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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
To Bring BeIgians Here
Chicago Priest to Bring Three Hun
dred Belgians to the United
States With Him.

Three hundred Belgian women and
children are awaiting permission by
the Dutch government to leave for
America in charge of the Rev. John B.
Deville of Chicago. Father Deville
has obtained permission to sail from
DR.. Alfred Zimmerman, German Sec
retary of foreign affairs.
The U-boat blockade has prevented
their departure. More than one thou
sand passengers from recalled Dutch
steamers are waiting in Rotterdam to
depart for the United States on the
first boat
Father Deville made tour of Bel.
GUM, where he distributed $4,000
francs raised by Americans for needy
relatives. He said the German au
thorities extended to him all facilities
and courtesies.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19

The cablegram addressed by men,
'bers Of the House Of Representatives
to David Lloyd George asking that
England settle the Irish problem fol-
lows logically upon President Wilson's 8
statement of the aims of the United
States in the war, according to the
Rev. Joseph H. McMahon, pastor of
the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes,
and we'll known as one of the most
eloquent and brilliant speakers among
the Catholic clergy of New York.
Father Mcmahon was interviewed at
the rectory of Our Lady of Lourdes
while discussion of the cablegram to
Lloyd George was at it's warmest. In
presenting his view of the.ca he re-
marked that he did not think it had
been emphasized before in the news
papers, despite the multitude of opin-
ions from men interested in Ireland
which had been printed.
ENGLAND is always singing hymn
of hate against 1reland!" he exclaimed.
Il tell you. it comes to this: When
ever Englishmen get talking about
Ireland they see red in the first place,
and in the second place they are de-
prived of the power of logical reason.
ing! The time has come for the right
ing of Ireland's wrongs. The action
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
PATRICK 0'D0NNELl's
GENEROUS Offer TO
U. S. GOVERN MENT
WeII-known Indiana Man Offers Fine
Farm Near Delphi, Free of
Charge to the Government
For War Purposes.

s. Chicago, May 1O.-An example in
practical patriotism has been set to
the farmers Of Indiana and nation by
Hon. Patrick H. O'Donnell, the we'll
known Indiana Irish-American, who
has long been leader at the Chicago
bar, and who is we'll known to men of
Irish blood and to all Catholic socie-
ties of the United States.
Mr.. O'Donnell owns one of the finest
farms in Indiana. He has offered it,
rent free, to the government for the
period of the war, and furthermore
offers all the tractors and implements
to work it. Here is what the Chicago
Evening Post says of Mr. O'Donnells
offer:
unable to secure farm labor ex-
cept at exorbitant wages, Attorney
Patrick II. O'Donnell today started a
new movement for government land
cultivation by volunteering 200 acres
of farm land, rent free, to the govern
ment for the period of the war, the
government to cultivate the farm and
take the entire proceeds for feeding
the army.
THE proposition was made in let
ter sent by Mr. O'Donnell to Congress-
man Martin b. Madden of Illinois. Mr..
O'Donnell not only made offer of the
land. rent free, to the government, but
agreed to provide tractors for blowing
the soil, other necessary farm imple-
ments, and use of his farm house by
the labOrers.
Thinks Others Will Volunteer.
Proposing government campaign
among farmers to secure use of their
lands, Mr.. O'Donnell suggested that
many farmers, he believes, will be will
ing to volunteer use of their farms,
free or at a nominal rent, to the gov
ernment for the period Of the war IL
the government will undertake their
cultivation.
1.-The high wages demanded by
farm laborers this year make it prac-
tically impossible for a farmer to cul-
tivate his land he said. In Illinois
and Indiana, laborers are demanding
$50 a month, and in the North So per
day.
MANY farmers would be glad to
volunteer use of their farms to the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
Case Of Sir Roger
Easement Is Renewed
Investigation Being Made Concerning
Last Rites Of Church Bestowed
Upon Martyred Patriot.

With the departure of Cardinal
Bourne from Rome, the silence that
has been maintained in regard to the
complaint about the refusal of facuf-
ties by His Eminence to the English
chaplain for the administration of the
sacramentS to the Irish patriot, Sir
Roger Easement, before he was shot
to death by the British, will be broken.
The sacraments were-at first at
least refused to Sir Roger Easement
because he declined to sign the writ
ten apology that had been presented
to him for signature apology for
all he had done in behalf of his mis-
governed native land. The facts OF
this important case were prepared by
Sir Rogers lawyers and laid before
the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
by a prominent prelate residing in
Rome-rumor has it that it was Mon
signor O'Riordan, rector of the, Irish
College, Rome-and finally, before
Pope Benedict. The documents had
all been translated into Italian for
this purpose. 1t is said. that amongst
them is copy of certificate show
ing that he was baptized Catholic
when he was boy of five years. AT
the time of his brutal execution in
England it was reported in the press
that he had been received into the
church as convert. Efforts have
been made to suppress all mention
of the case, until after the war, at all
events; but it is not improbable that
some information about it will soon be
secured for publication.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
MANIFESTO OF IRISH
BISHOPS ON QUESTION
Home RUL EPRAIsED
Shows Religion Is No Basis for Partj-
tioning Island, Says
~. John O'Dea,

The joint manifesto of Catholic and
Protestant bishops Of Ireland against
the partition plan" of settling the
Home Rule question was the subject
of much comment in Irish.American
circles in this country the past week.
Discussing the news, transmitted ex-
clusively through the London Times
Public Ledger service, John O'Dea,
secretary of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians in Pennsylvania, declared it
was convincing evidence that Ireland
should not be divided on the plea Of
religion.
II was pleased to learn through the
daily papers of the manifesto of the
Catholic and Protestant hierarchy of
Ireland" said Mr.. O'Dea. "The Pro-
testant bishops who signed this man.
ifesto have spent their lives in those
parts of Ireland where their Catholic
fellow-countrymen are largely in the
majority, and having never seen any
discrimination against their co-relig-
ionists are naturally indignant at the
mutilating proposals of Carson and
Bonar Law, who know so little of the
Catholic people of Ireland-of the
Catholic people who are permitted to
live under anything like normal con-
ditiOns.
"These Protestant bishops know that
instead of their followers in Leinster,
Munster and Connaught-ande even in
nartc 0f TI1Stnr whore Catholics nro-
dominate-being Disseminated against
they are given representation in town
and county councils, etc., beyond all
proportion to their numbers. In fact,
single act of injustice to Protest
ants where Catholics are in the ma
jority has not been adduced during
the entire Carson controversy. The
dragging in of the religious question
in Ireland's demand for home rule was
a Carsonite conception off Machiavel-
liam manipulation, and it, is the mean
est, the most unjust, and the most
exasperating of all the subterfuges
that have been advanced in the vain
effort to retard justice to Ireland-jus-
tice only now opposed by the mar
plottings of desperation.
"The sinister barrier of religious
prejudice raised by the Carsonites in
delibly indicates the illiberal type of
their policies. Their Vaccinations
will not prevail, for they not only
slander their fellow-countrymen, but
cynically defy the free spirit of the
age.' .....
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
CATHOLICS oUTNUMBER PROT
ESTANTS IN WAR.

More Catholics than Protestants are
engaged in the gigantic war in Eu-
rope. Archbishop Duhig, speaking in
Brisbane. Australia, before the en-
trance of the United States on the side
of the Allies, said that in the countries
represented amongst the Allies he
found there were 09,710,000 of a Cath
olic population as compared with 52,-
100000, or less than half, of the Prot
estant populations. Among the Teu-
ton nations the Catholics are in the
majority too, for Austria is a Catholic
country, and in Germany the Catho-
lies are one-third of the population.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
Sim Feiner Elected
In South Longford
McGuinness Wins From Mckenna by
Narrow Margin.

One of the bitterest parliamentary
contests Waged in Ireland in years
came to close Wednesday, May 8,
in South Longford, when Joseph Nc
Guinness, Sim Feiner, was elected
to the House of Commons at the spe-
.cial election held to fill the vacanacy
for the Southern Division of Long
ford County, Ireland. His majority
was 81 over Patrick McKenna, Ma
tionalist
The campaign of three weeks was
Ionc of the btterest in generation.
Coming so close on the first anniver-
sary of the Dublin uprising the Red
mondites faced extraordinary OppOsf-
tion by the youthful advocates of alb
solute independence.
This is the second victory in a by
election for the Finn seiners.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
AMERICAN FLAG is PLACED ON
CATHOLIC CHURCH SPIRE

For the second time in the history
of Lafayette Ind, an American flag
floats to the breeze from Catholic
church. 1t was raised on the spire
Of st. Mary's church this afternoon
by the Very Rev. John r. Dinneen,
dean of the Fort Wayne, Indiana, dio.
cese. In 1898, the Rev. Father Din
neen raised a flag when war with
Spain was declared. The spire is 178
feet high and the flag floats from the
highest point in Tippecanoe county.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19

without prejudice to the undertaking
by Parliament of a further and final
settlement of the questions most in
dispute after the war. They are, there
fore, prepared to put forward propos-
ais on the following lines, with a view
to present action:
Ulster Counties to Be Excluded.
'First-They would introduce a bill
for the immediate application of the
home rule act to Ireland, but exclud
ing therefrom the six counties of
Northeast Ulster, such exclusion to be
subject to reconsideration by Parlia-
ment at the end of five years, urless
it is previously terminated by the ac-
tion of the Council of Ireland, to be
set up as hereinafter described:
General Irish Council Proposed.
.Secondly-With a view to secur-
ing the largest possible measure of
common action for the whole of Ire
land, the bill would provide for a
council OF Ireland, to be composed Of
two delegations consisting. on the
one hand, OF all members returned to
Westminster from the excluded area
and, OH the other, of a delegation
equal in numbers from the Irish par
lament. this council to be summoned
on the initiative of any six members.
1t would be empowered by majority
of the votes of each of the delegations
to pass private bill legislation affect
ing both the included and excluded
areas, to recommend to the Crown the
extension Of the excluded area, by an
order in council, or any act of the
Irish parliament, to agree to the in
clusion under the home rule act of
the vvsShale OF Ireland, subject to the
assent Of majority Of the voters OF
the excluded area, the power to he
vested in the Crown in that case to
extend the act to all of Ireland by an
order in council, to make recommends
tions or it's own initiative upon the
Irish question, including the amend
ment of the home rule act as finally
passed. The president of this council
of Ireland would be elected by agree
ment between the delegations, or in
default Of agreement would be nomi-
mated by the Crown"
Financial Difficulties Foreseen.
"rhirdiy-The letter says that the
financial proposals OF the home rule
bill are unsatisfactory and should be
reconsidered. Important objects, such
as the development of Irish Industries
improvement in town housing and the
| furtherance of education, with in
creased pay for teachers, owing to the
war condition, it declares, cannot be
dealt with under the bill without un
due burden on the Irish taxpayers.
General Conference Suggested.
"Fourthly, the government woult
recommend that after the second read
ing of the bill embodying the above
proposals, together with the home rule
act, it should forthwith be considered
by conference to be constituted OF
the lines of the speakers conference OF
electoral reform, though not consistin,
exclusively of members of Parliament
and meeting under the chairmanshiI
Of some one commanding the sam,
general confidence in his impartialit.
and judgment as Mr.. Speaker himself
"The government feels that pro
posal which provides for immediate
home rule for the greater part Of Ire
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
ORPHANED AND AGED
Get Big Sum Under Will Through
Court Decision.

Contest over the will of the late
Ann Mcintyre, Of Grand Rapids, Mich,
ended last week when Judge Perkins
in the circuit court issued an order
confirming the original will. The mat
ter was referred to probate court,
where the instrument will go through
the usual process of probate.
The estate is valued at 100000, all
but $4,000 of which is to be equally
divided between the St. Johns Or
phan Asylum and the Home for the
Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
HoNORs FOR TWO AMERICAN
PRIESTS MADE MoNsIGNoRs.
(Catholic Press Cablegran

catholic Press Cablegram.)
Rome, May 8, 1917.-The "Acta
Apostolicae Sedis" announces that
Pope Benedict has appointed Rev.
Thomas S. OReilly, rector Of the
Church of the Holy Name, Brooklyn,
honorary private chaplain to His Holi-
ness, with the title of Monsignor; and
Rev. Henry Tappert, rector Of the
Church of the Mother of God, Coving-
ton, KY, a Domestic Prelate to- His
Holiness, with the title of Monsignor.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19

Mr.. Milan was elected one of the
two insurance delegates from the state
of Minnesota to the Supreme Council
at the recent state convention of the
knights of Columbus. The Supreme
Council will meet in August at Old
Point Comfort, Virginia. Mr.. Milan is
one of the best known young business
men of this city and the choice of the
state convention meets with the ap-
proval of all the Knights throughout
the state.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
RESOLUTION
PASSED BY HENNEPlN COUNTY BOARD, a. Q. H.

RESOLUTION
PASSED BY HENNEPlN COUNTY BOARD, A. o. II.
AT meeting
of Hennepn County, held Minneapolis 8th following esou
tions unanimously
We avail ourselves this opportunity pledge lives
flag of freedom
We President Wilson members Congress the
necessity insisting England proclaim
world Allies small
ons at the time justice Ireland
We that this will failure does not establish
shall
rule unwilling people;
Ireland
taking the nations
President,
be brought the attention
both
OBRIEN,
Chairman.
j. FITZGERALD
Secretary.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
CATHOLIC ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR NEW BRUNSWICK.

For the first time in the history of
the province of New Brunswick, Can
ada, a Catholic has been chosen for
the Office of encouragement, the Hon.
James P. Byrne. Two other Catholics
are included in the cabinet, the Hon.
Peter veniot, minister Of public works
and the Hon. L. A. Dugal.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19

Major Donahue was reelected State
Deputy at the recent State Conven-
ton of the knights of Columbus, at
Red Wing, last week. Citizens as we'll
as the men who are serving under
Major Donahue in the state artillery
throughout the state are pleased with
the news. Not only Of the fact that
he is one of the most popular officers
in the state, but because OF his bust
foremost knights in the Northwest in
conducting the affairs OF the Knights
of Columbus in the state.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-05-19
ENGLAND LISTENS
ATTEnTlVElY TO
APPEAL OF U. S.

Father Mcmahon Says Request Of
Our Congressman Was Proper-Eng-
Iishmen Will Welcome This Express
sion Of American Opinion-Ireland
Will Not Listen to Any Offers Of
Partial Home Rule.
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The Jasper news., 1917-07-26

enthusiasm, the appeal for workers
has gone into the byways and hedges
of social life.
The summer, therefore, Is a season
to be filled with intense activity and
n great national grouping of women
from every rank and file of human life
on this continent, all met together I'M
der one flag.
This extraordinary condition con-
Meeting the buying of new clothes and
the doing of war relief work, appears
to the apparel people in all the glory
of an unexpected Christmas present.
The city centers are hummlng with
women on every kind Of errand bent
stopping ut restaurants for lunch,
shopping in the hottest days for new
clothes to carry them through the ap-
pointments of the next month and the
sewing rooms of those who make their
gowns at home are busy preparing the
increased number of blouses, skirts
and underwear that this sudden call
to arms has brought about.
The government of the United
States steps in also as n buyer of huge
amounts. 1t is ordering clothes for
the enlisted woman of the naval re-
serve force. Already 1t has asked for
1000 blue serge suits, smartly made,
1000 white cotton drill suits, 1000
separate white skirts, 1000 straw hats,
and another 1000 dark blue felt hats.
Government Sets styles.
The tendency in all the new clothes
Is toward the silhouette adopted by
the government for its enlisted women.
Skirts are narrow and Of reasonable
length, blouses are simple, with wide
turnover collars of lace or white wash
material, and jackets are short and
made on mannish model, depending
on the cut for distinction.
Those who do not care for suits are
fitting out their wardrobes with cotton
frocks. Even at the smartest hotels
in the heart of great centers, fashion
able women are appearing in checked
ginghams with broad straw hats.
This is fashion which has never
been tolerated in the majority of great
American cities. Such clothes have
always been kept for the suburban
towns and the country, and when Il
woman found it necessary to go on the
street of great city during the heat
of the day, she felt that tradition de-
mandcd that she subject herself to the
discomfort Of suit. She preferred
to pass away from moisture in q blue
The Jasper news., 1917-07-26

for every opportunity to make life
irksome for him, ingeniously piling the
work upon him in deft ways which they
will discover; and, If he Is incorrigible,
they will find chance (whether 1t is
prohibited or not) to toss him up in a
blanket, or send him through a squad
spanking machine. A squad spanking
machine operates with stats. And II
the new soldier has rendered himself
obnoxious in the tent, he will find that
the corporal, If he does not actually
assist in this treatment, will at least
sanction it.
in short, it is the easiest thing in the
world for the pampered and self-cen-
tered new soldier from home where
he has been spoiled to get himself "in
bad" Once sin bad" It is . long, mr.
duous and contrite process to get out.
And, discovering himself 'in bad" If
he does not Immediately begin to re-
form, he will find that he is marked
man, not only in his own squad, but
to the squads on either side Of him.
and at length become the butt of the
whole company. In that case, his days
and nights will be made wretchcd for
him.
But If the new soldier, from the
start, is cheerful, agreeable, alert, will
ing at all times to help in policing the
bookkeeping his own effects in order
and the common space and property
clean-always ready to respond to de-
tails, and never forgetful of the fact
that he is but one of seven privntes
with equal duties and rights he will
have nothing to worry about from his
companions.
The Jasper news., 1917-07-26
Activities
Affect Clothes

New York.-War relief work has
given an unusual stimulation to the
clothes industry. The dressmakers
were not in a happy frame of mind
during the spring. They felt as IL i'll
luck were hitting them all along the
line. There was an offensive against
the center and the ends.
First, there were the enormous
prices that had to be paid to the
Hrench designers for the gowns that
were sent to this country as inspira-
tons for new work. Added to the
prices was the serious danger of not
being able to get the clothes that
were ordered through the lack Of
transportation that came after this
government dismissed the German am
bassador.
The renewed activity Of the subma-
rlne campaign was liable to make Mr..
Ginty and French gowns comrades on
the sands of the sea.
When the prices had been paid by
the dressmakers for the spring gowns
and the transportation had proved Sc
economy cry was raised.
The dressmakers and the shopkeep-
ers who sell clothes had not had suf-
ficient time to realize q profit on their
vast expenses for French gowns in
March, and the majority Of them de-
cided, possibly unwisely, that they
would hold sweeping sales in order
to clear out whatever they had before
economy brought about crash in
commerce. The shops were also com
PEELED to pay their salaries during this
troublous time, and they believed that
they could do this more easily by hold
Ing sales. They would get cash, and
they would keep the workrooms busy
by alterations.
New Clothes for Quiet People.
BY the time a great many people
who deal in women's apparel consid-
cred themselves on the verge of nerv-
Gus prostration through the strain of
the spring. there came into the whole
clothes situation gllmmer of light
that has broadened into q strong ray
of sunshine.
1t has created optimism in oil quar-
ters. 1t came through war relief &C.
tivitles. That seems an astounding
thing to have happened, but it is an
other phase Of the proverh ut is an
Ill wind that blows nobody good"
1t makes an interesting chapter in