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The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
0'Shaughnessy Makes
Valuable Discovery
Bulgarian Buttermilk Plant Placed in
Luke-Warm Milk Will Instantly
Convert 1t to ButtermiIk - Mr..
Shaughnessey Is Prominent in Chi.
cago Catholic and Irish Affairs.

AS an asset in the care of the sick
in hospitals, Thomas O'Shaughnessey,
Chicagoan, has brought to attention
a recently discovered plant which will
almost instantly convert milk into
buttermilk. The plant is native to
Bulgaria. The Bulgarian buttermilk
plant" has only to be placed in luke
warm milk, according to Mr.. o.
Shaughnessey, to convert it into but
termilk. In luke-warm milk the plant
also grows rapidly and propagates at
an alarming rate. Mr.. O'Shaughnes-
sey has decided to have an investi-
cation made by the city health de-
partment, and if it is discovered the
plant possesses the qualities at
tributed to it, he will pass it along
for the use of hospitals. Mr.. Thomas
O'Shaughnessey has for number of
years been a prominent figure in Irish
and Catholic affairs in Chicago. He
is an artist of exceptional talent, and
many of Chicago's beautiful ediflces
testify to his marvellous ability as a
stained-glass worker. His inspiring
reproduction of the Celtic Cross in
stained glass recently exhibited at
the Irish Relief Fund bazaar in New
York caused much comment and ad-
miration in the New York press.
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24

At the recent Hennepin county
board meeting of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians preparations were made
for a great campaign throughout the
county for new members, and the cam
paign received a great impetus at the
meeting as there were fifty members
of the board present.
1t was decided that the Easter COM
munion of the Hibernians of the coun-
ty should this year be received on
Palm Sunday in the Church of the
Holy Name. A membership committee
was organized, consisting of the presi-
dent of each division in the county,
who are to cooperate with the county
president, Frank d. Feeney. in can
vassing every district within the con-
fines of the county for new members.
While the new committee is making
no boasts, Mr.. Feeney said, however,
that it will not stop at no three fig
ures, but continue until Hennepin
county will lead in membership in
the state.
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
ASCENSION W.c.0.F.
TO FURNISH STUDY
ROOM FOR SISTERS
Will Furnish Room for the Ascension
Sisters In Their New Home-com-
munity Room to Be ElaborateIy Fin
ished for Sisters, Where They May
Conveniently Study.

Ascension Court, Woman's Catholic
Order Of Foresters has established a
very worthy precedent in contributing
to the furnishing of the new sisters
home in Ascension parish. They
offered to furnish one room in the
new home. The one chosen is the
community room, the large living room
of the house, where all the sisters
gather together for study and work.
Two long oak tables are surrounded
by eighteen chairs. Here the sisters
assemble every evening to prepare the
lessons for the succeeding day, to cor
rect papers and to complete records.
The walls of the room are lined with
bookcases, dainty, handmade curtains
are at the windows. An open fire.
place makes this room a cheerful
place for work. The most impressive
article in this beautiful, sunny room
is magnificent statue of st. Joseph
on a three-foot white pedestal. The
sisters are delighted with this beau
tiful gift, the w. c. o. F. ROOM
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
IRISH LITERARY
CLUB WILL DEBATE
REDMonD's MERITS
Interest Growing Constantly in the
Study Of Irish History and Litera-
ture-Meetins viii Be RepIete with
Interest-Debate on John Redmond
to Be Feature Of. Meeting.

The ladies of the Irish Literary Club
of Minneapolis prove their continual
loyalty to their ancestors in their firm
determination to preserve and perpetu-
ate the faith of their fathers unsullied
and hand it down to their children that
they might be enlightened and in
spired to emulate Irish ideals and be-
come Hibernian heralds, carrying the
truths of Irish history to the rising
generation of Irish Americans. Every
Irishman in Minneapolis should give
thom every assistance possible in this
laudable work.
The regular meeting Of the club will
be held next Monday evening with Di-
vision No. 1, Ladies' Auxiliary, at IL
South Seventh street, where many mat
ters of interest to the Irish race will
be discussed. Perhaps the most in
teresting debate ever held by the club
will take place at the Monday evening
meeting. John Redmond's career as
NJ. P. will be debated. The ladies Sc.
lected have been giving the best of
their time in the past few weeks look
ing up the history and accomplish
ments of Redmond. The debate should
be very interesting, especially now
when conditions in Ireland are so un-
certain.
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
NEIL cR0NIN WILL
Lecture IN ST. PAUL

Hon. Neil N. Cronin, of this city,
will lecture at st. Marks Catholic
church, at 1896 Marshall avenue, st.
Paul, on Friday evening, March End
Mr.. Cronin will lecture on "Catholicity
in South America" Mr.. Cronin is
one of the most prominent young at
torneys in this city and as lecturer
ranks high in the estimation of plat
form critics and the good people of
st. Marks parish can feel assured
that there is treat in store for all
who attend his lecture.
In another issue will be found a
lecture by Mr.. Hewtson, a recent con-
vert to the church. "The Catholic
Church Is the Only True Church." as
delivered by Mr.. Hewtson at st.
Marks, on the End of February, is
we'll worth reading, as It is pointive
and truthful.
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
Communicated


On February 18th, Brother ]. J..
DAILY, President of Division No. 3, An.
cient Order of Hibernians, visited with
Division No. and issued a challenge
for membership contest, which was
eagerly accepted by the members of
Division 4, and committee was ap-
pointed to- meet a like committee of
Division to ratify same. On Tuesday
evening, February 20, the committee
from No. 4, headed by President James
McConville, visited with Division 8,
where Mr.. McConville gave very in
teresting talk on Irish affairs and the
reason why we should join the Ancient
Order of Hibernians first. Arrange
ments were then made for the big con-
test, which is now on and will continue
until September LIST, concluding with
an oyster supper by the losing divi-
sion. Brother Frank J. Feeney,
our popular county president, was also
present and gave an excellent and spir-
tied talk on the affairs of the order,
and in the course of his remarks took
occasion to compliment and congratu-
late Division No. 8 upon their interest
in their meetings, and of course the
members all agreed to go up to Divi-
sion No. 4 after the contest and eat
oysters and enjoy the hospitality of the
warm-hearted members of that divi-
sion.
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24

mine is nothing other than combina-
tion of chemical elements, taken from
the dust and eventually to return to
it to become dust Now ask you If
you ever convinced yourselves that
combination of chemical elements
wrote Paradise Lost and built those
wonderful Greek temples, or those mar
velous structures the cathedrals of the
middle ages? Do you think that only
certain chemical combinations taken
from the dust and returning to the dust
erected those cathedrals? That re-
quired personality, and If it needed a
person or personality for such things
as these, then who made the sun, who
made all the world? Ridiculous to
talk about the existence of God In
other words, it is ridiculous to talk in
the shape Of denial, or in the sense of
denial. There is no question about it.
And what relation does this bear to
the Catholic Church? 1t bears this re-
lation, that in the Catholic Church we
obtain the truest idea Of God. In the
Catholic Church we have the clcarcst
demonstration of Gods personality, be-
ing love. You remember St. John
writes in the new testament God is
love-" That is true Of the Catholic
Church. In the first place non-Catho-
lies teach that God in the person of his
Son. He was here few brief years,
and he worked certain miracles. He
was crucified His body was placed in
the sepulchre. He rose again the third
day and he ascended into heaven and
ever since then he has been absent
from us. That is taught by non
Catholics. The majority of non Catho-
lies believe that the ascension meant
the departure of our Lord to he absent
from his people, but he left certain
things to represent him, but not him
self. Now the Catholic Church teaches
that He left Himself, and the Catholic
Church, you see, gives the only inter
probation that His words will bear. He
did not only say "This is My body
but He said Behold, am with you all
days" and the Greek is all the days or
every day. But we were taught, as l
was taught, that the bread and wine
simply represent God, but did not be-
come Himself. But what becomes Of
| the incarnation? If God Himself could
come here on earth and be with us, why
should He not be with us in the taber-
nacle? Did He not come to stay? But
a non-Catholic will say he went up
into heaven. Listen to His words:
"No man will have ascended into
heaven but He that came down from
heaven" You can place no limit on
almighty power. 1t is utterly impos
sible, it is presumption, to attempt tc
limit Almighty God. And 80 then you
see the Catholic Church teaches thu
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
Irish Catholic Colony
To Be Estab Iished
Twenty-eight Thousand Acres for the
CoIonists.

Thomas Maloney, president of the
Realty T. Colonization Company, of
Omaha, Neb last Saturday purchased
a tract containing 28,9G2 acres of land
olic colony.
Mr.. MalOney is former treasurer of
the Hibernians, but has been spending
good many years in colonization
work, with headquarters at Omaha,
Neb.
Mr.. Maloney, the president, was
former mayor of Council Bluffs, and
is man of considerable prominence.
He says the colony to be established
will be composed of the very highest
class citizens, agriculturists and busi-
ness men, and will come from many
sections of the old country, and from
different sections of the United States.
1t is first proposed to build town
to be named Easement" in honor of
the memory of the Irish patriot, Sir
Roger Easement, who was executed
last year charged with conspiracy and
treason, and completely in an alleged
Irish uprising plan.
The colonization company will lay
out the town, build churches and
schools, grade the streets and build
homes and business buildings for the
colonists.
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24

those who attended that church be-
cause we were taught that they were
the enemies of the church in the days
of the reformation. But we know that
the Protestants were the prosecutors.
There is not today any scholar who
has any sense of justice in his makeup
who, if he were writing of the refor-
nation, would not tell you that the
first to die were the Catholic monks.
Therefore you can see who began the
prosecuting
l was as when l first thought of en-
tering the Catholic Church. Many
things had been told me against the
church, even by my own mother, who
was thoroughly conscientious and good,
and l believe that she believed those
things. Consequently l was as boy
poisoned against the church. Why
should became Catholic? We must
first be convinced Of the meaning of
God. We can have no science without
God. Science is not merely knowledge,
science is all knowledge. Science is or
der Where you have not order you
have not law. You cannot have order
without law. In the nation, in the
community, in the city, on the streets,
you cannot have order without law.
Here we have knowledge of law. Rev
erend Father is the chairman, you
are the audience, ! am the speaker.
You cannot have order without law,
and you cannot have order or science
without God. The greatest of modern
natural philosophers was w. Thomson
(Lord Kelvin) and lie emphatically de-
clared that it was utterly impossible to
creator. Charles Darwin uses that
word creator" DO not attempt to
discuss his books until you have read
them. There are many people who
discuss his books who have never read
Darwin. Darwin uses that word "cre-
ator" Darwin says he has not changed
LIB UclIOl, LIdL Iut SlcdLOF
life in many forms at the beginning
(?). We have mystery in the Catholic
religion; we have mystery in our faith !;
we have mystery in science. What
does Darwin say? According to Charles
Darwin we cannot have science with
out mystery, and a religion without
mystery is absurd. You see here the
so-called science of the scientific world.
If there be no God our life is mean.
ingless. So is everything worthy of
the name of religion. What is the uni.
verse? Why should 1t require mind to
interpret the universe unless mind
created it; because mind, you know, is
the very highest part Of our nature
Well. then, you see it is almost super
fluous to discuss with reasoning people
the existence of God. Let me give one
argument that you may use in thu
question of faith. It is q very simple
one. If there be no God this body O
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
"ThE CATHOLIC CHURCH THE one TRUE CHURCH"
Catholic ehurehby Heweon February

The following lecture was delivered
by Mr.. Heurtson, a recent convert to
the Catholic Church. Mr.. Heurtson
was for number of years an Episco-
palian minister:
Rev. Father, ladies and gentlemen:
1 shall briefly speak of the most mo-
mentous change that know of in life,
and that is change of faith, because
our faith or creed controls or ought to
control our conduct. Whatever we be-
lieve to be wrong, that we ought to
avoid. Whatever we believe to be right,
that we ought to do. Greed is unpopu-
lar because it is restrictive; but law is
restrictive, and a creedless community
is in the same condition mentally that
lawless community is in morally.
Consequently then the right minded
people who desire to live this life as
it ought to be lived need and desire
creed. Which, then, amongst the many
conflicting creeds is the true creed.
This evening am privileged to be
with you to give you the reasons that
led me, after fifteen years of profound
study to the conclusion that the creed
of the Catholic Church is the true
creed. | am here to give you the rea-
sons briefly, as say, why became a
Catholic. Now, like those outside of
the Church l heard great deal about
the Church; most of it was absolutely
untrue, and l had the disadvantage of
receiving an education in schools in
which history then as today was taught
that is largely false. = Simply because,
as you know, England, desirous of hav-
ing the supremacy of the civil power,
wished also to have her king head of
the church, and dethroned the true
church. In that country began what is
known as the reformation. I lived
where the Catholic Church was in my
boyhood days engaged in a very fierce
struggle. l can remember the little
Catholic Church in that cathedral city.
The old cathedral was the Catholic
cathedral, and that cathedral was built
in the thirteenth and fourteenth cen
turtles. 1t took two centuries to erect
that cathedral, and in that cathedral is
the most beautiful window, where 1t
has been ever since the cathedral was
erected some five or six hundred years
ago. The stone tracery in that cathed.
raj was exquisitely beautiful. 1t is
said that were that window to fall no
device known to man could ever re.
erect it. And that cathedral was erect.
ed in days that are termed the dark
ages.
The Catholic Church in that little
town when was boy was an insight
ficant brick building on bye street
and it was attended mostly by Irish
people. They were mostly Irish who
attended the little Catholic Church, ant
they had an Irish priest. We were
taught as little children to despis,
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
Ramsey Division No. 3
A. 0. n. and L.A.A.0.H.
Held Joint Session In Their Hall Last
Thursday Evening, a Week Ago-As
Result Of Last Meeting It Was De.
cided to Meet Often.

On Thursday evening, February IS,
Divisions No. 3, Ancient Order of Hi
bernians and the Ladies' Auxiliary,
held joint social session, and enter
tanned number of friends. Excel
lent music was provided for all who
danced and at 1880 an appetizing
buffet lunch was served. 1t was a
most enjoyable affair throughout the
evening, and everyone enjoyed the
meeting immensely. The divisions
plan to have these joint sessions fire.
quently as such an excellent time was
had.
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
PAULlsH cHoRIsTERs TO SING IN
MILWAUKEE.

Catholics of Milwaukee and suburbs
are much interested in the benefit
concert the celebrated Paulist choir
will give in the Auditorium Sunday
evening, March d, for the St. Vincent
Orphanage. The concert division of
the main hall is to be used for this
notable entertainment and the friends
Of the baby asylum are confident that
5000 tickets will be sold.
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
KNIGHTS WILL BE ENTERTAINED
TUESDAY,.
The Mcdowell Conservatory Of Music
Will Give Recital at the Knights
Of Columbus Club Rooms.

On Tuesday evening, February q,
the Mcdowell Conservatory of Music,
consisting of some thirty or more
members, will give a recital at the
club rooms of the knights of Colum.
bus at 428 Eighth street south,
In addition to the rendition of sew.
eral choice selections, Miss Elsa
Mace will sing a few popular songs,
Mr.. Fletcher, solo, Virgil Persons
will play the violin and Miss Cleo
phus will read paper on Irish and
Scotch music.
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24
GREAT Meeting
IN new YORK OF
IRISH PATRIOTS
Resolutions Urging President to Main.
tain Neutrality and Conserve the
Peace Passed-committee Appoint
ed to Wait on President.

On Saturday last, week ago, the
executive committee of the Friends of
Irish Freedom met in the Murray Hill
Hotel, New York, and adopted resolu.
tions urging the president to keep
peace.
Declaring that not only ideals, but
the material interests of this country
will be served best by maintaining
peace, the executive committee of the
Friends of Irish Freedom adopted a
resolution last Saturday, offered by
Justice Daniel F. Cohalan of the State
Supreme Court, calling upon President
Wilson to refrain from entering the
war.
A committee to carry the resolution
to Washington and present it to Presi.
dent Wilson was appointed as fol-
lows: President Victor Herbert. James
X. Mcclure, New Rochelle chairman
of the executive committee; John d.
Moore. secretary; Judge Joseph T.
Lawless. Norfolk, Va; DIR. John T..
Kelly. Pittsfield. Mass; John l.. Ilealy,
Wilmington. Del; and JOHN A. Nc
Garry, Chicago.
The committee was instructed to
remain in Washington and oppose the
passage of any legislation by Congress
which might bring the United States
into war or prove advantageous to
Great Britain in it's prosecution of the
war.
Among the members of the execu-
tive committee at the meeting this
afternoon we're John ]. Curley, city
collector of Boston; Hon. Francis A.
Campbell, of Boston; Peter Conroy,
Boston; James O'Sullivan. Lowell,
Mass; John r. Egan, New Bedford,
Mass; DIR. John +. Kelly, Pittsfield,
Mass, and Thomas r. Cassidy, Adams,
Mass.
Representatives of New York City
branches of the organization were
Jeremiah A. O'Leary. president of the
American Truth Society, similar or
ganization: Dr. Thomas Adds Emmett :
Justice John w. Goff of the Supreme
Court, John ID. Moore and Thomas
Hughes Kelly.
The chief demands which would be
made upon the United States in the
event that this country entered the
war; according to the resolution, would
be supplying the Allies with gold and
supplies and of taking from them "the
bonds and sureties of governments al
ready breaking under their burden of
pressing debt"
Other sections from the resolution
read as follows:
Can you for a moment doubt that
the very vast majority of your coun-
trymen-a and countrywomen want peace
and abhor war?
"You have a great responsibility
resting upon your shoulders and we
appreciate fully the tremendous force
of the influences being exertcd by the
friends of the Allies, but we are con-
fident that above all you can see the
extraordinary glory you can win for
our country and yourself If You hold
our land out of the war and by peace
full and honorable methods call back
the warning nations to sanity and
place America by the unselfshncss of
her actions and the display of her
moral strength in her place of rightfuI
leadership among the nations of the
earth"
The Irish standard., 1917-02-24

Harvard has refused to let Mrs.
y-Sketfington speak in a building
under corporation control This is a
great compliment to the power of the
Irish widow, says the Boston Globe.
When she tells her story of the way in
which the British government treated
the Irish at the time of the Dublin re-
volt her listeners are visibly affected.
Passion has often been characteris-
tic Of champions of the Irish cause.
Mrs. Skettington speaks very simply.
Those who sit before her are con-
sciOus that she understates her case,
that she holds herself back Her mes
sage is the more powerful because Of
her evident restraint. The bare facts
are such that they cry out with a
penetration possessed by no human
voice.
Francis Skeftington, a playwright, a
pacifist, who had placarded a section
OF Dublin urging restraint, was ar
rested by Lieut.. Morris as a "precau-
tiOnary measure" according to Morris
testimony. Without even a prctense at
a court-martial, Capt. Bowen Colthurst
gave orders that Skeffington and a
companion be shot At the time
Bowen Colthurst gave as his reason:
81 am taking these men out to shoot
them as II seems to me the best thing
to do"
court-martial found Bowen Colt
hurst guilty. but insane" Mrs Skef-
fngtOn declares that she is not eager
for Bowen-Colthurst's blood. She is
among us to expose the system of
which the murder of her husband is
a part.
After fifty Dublin men had been shot
the soldiers went in search of evil
dence with which to support the shoot
ing. They broke into the Skeffington
home and into the homes of the other
victims and seized whatever pleased
them. They even carried off love let
ters, but they failed to find the evil
dence they sought.
Sir Francis Vane, the only British
officer who dared to protest against
the wanton butchery. was dismissed
from the service.
Sir John Maxwell confirmed many
sentences of death upon the Irish vic
Tins of the Dublin affair In the farci-
cal process which he supervised, men
were first tried by their accusers and
then executed by them. Some died
without chance to see priest or to
say their prayers. Others were re-
fused even a drink of water Young
boys were shot to death in the pure
want0n fury of soldiers who were
sent to uphold the honor of England
in the south of Ireland.
Without a hearing thousands of
Irishmcn were imprisoned. Many
were dcported to Sicrre Leone and
elsewhere. For eight months hundreds
were kept in a prison camp at From
gOch, Wales. Lloyd George ordered
their release just before Christmas.