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The Irish standard., 1918-05-11
Carson Behind Con-
seriptien for ireland
His Latest Activities ReveaIed-As
Head of the Publicity Department
He Has Urged This Action.

The cry of the English press for
conscription for Ireland was sent up
at the instigation of Sir Edward Car
son, the person appointed by the Gov
ernment to take charge of it's publ1-
city department. For although the ex-
First Lord of the Admiralty has, to all
appearances, stepped out of the Gov
ernment, his voice is heard there still.
This is matter that must not be lost
sight of. Sir Edward Carson has
sworn that Ireland shall not have
Home Rule. On the 28th of May, 1914,
he declared, at Mountain Ash, in
Wales, that eff the Government imag-
ined that the third reading of the bill
was the last act in the drama he could
tell them that it was only the first act
in a gruesome tragedy" Later on we
had the announcement of the famous
Homburg luncheon, and in August
of the same year the war broke out.
The Irish Times, writing in reference
to Sir Edward Carson's speech of the
period to which we refer, put the
words "gruesome tragedy" in black
The Irish standard., 1918-05-11
Bishop D. ]. Dougherty, Of Buffalo,
Appointed Archbishop Of Philadelphia
Prelate Was Born and Raised In Archdiocese
Which He Now Is Head. He Spent Thirteen Years in
the PHILIPPINE Islands AS Bishop of Nueva Segovia and
Was Transferred Buffalo Diocese in December 91 S.

Annie, and brother, Anthony, who
is tax collector for Butler township
reside with their mother in Holmes
vile, while another brother, Patrick
lives at Girardville.
Was Brilliant Student.
When the new Archbishop was a
c-4ild the family moved to Girardville
He attended public school till he was
fourteen, when he applied for admis-
sion to the Seminary Of ST. Charles
Borromeo, Overlook. The authori-
ties there thought him too young, al
though he successfully passed the en-
trance examination.
Then, under the advice Of his pastor,
he went to ST. Marys College, Mon
treal, Can, which is in charge of the
Jesuit Fathers He remained there
two years and again returned to Over
brook. He was given the privilege of
undergoing examination for higher
class and made the same standing as
he would had he been admitted at
the age of fourteen.
Although the youngest in his class,
he Immediately took first place and
continued to hold it till three years
thereafter, when he was sent by the
late Archbishop Ryan to the American
College in Rome, where he studied
from 1885 until 1890, taking the degree
of Doctor of Divinity.
Ordained in Rome.
He was ordained in the Church of
st. John Lateran, Rome, May 81, 1890,
by the late Cardinal Parocchi. His
first Mass was celebrated the next
day at the altar of the Chair of st.
Peter in St. Peters. On his return
to this diocese he was appointed a
professor in the Seminary of St.
Charles Borromeo, where he labored
for about thirteen years, occupying
during most of the time the chair of
dogmatic theology. He was filling
that chair and was also teaching
Greek and French when, in 1903, he
was appointed twenty-eighth Bishop of
The Irish standard., 1918-05-11

Speaking recently of the Irish con-
scription issue, which is now engag-
ing almost worldwide interest, eX
Governor David l. Walsh, of Massa
chusetts, expressed himself as follows:
Lest their motive be misunderstood,
Americans of Irish descent, are nee
essarily and lawfully cautious while
our country is at war, With England
as one of her allies, about discussing
the treatment Of Ireland by England
in the past. Remember that our first
allegiance is to the United States, we
are prepared to give all that we can
in man power, in money, in service,
and sacrifice, to end this terrible war
in glorious victory for our country.
Americans of Irish descent do not
need to proclaim their loyalty. Deeds
in time of war as we'll as in time of
peace speak louder than words. The
services of Americans of Irish blood
in every camp, on every transport and
their names on every casualty list
proclaim most emphatically their
willingness to "give their all" to this
government which has been so gen
erous not only to the Irish race, but
in fact to the oppressed and tyranny
ridden people of all races.
do not understand, however, that
our loyalty to America compels us to
now take the position of asserting to
the world that the story of the op-
preston of the Irish race that we
heard from the lips of our ancestors
was false or untrue; neither can it
be expected that we are to confess
that we have been mistaken in our
knowledge of Irish history or that the
political enemy of our race was not
as bad as we proclaimed, or the story
of Irish prosecutions as extreme a.
we pictured them. Above all, our
loyalty to America does not require
us to remain silent or Indifferent
while there may be scattered broad"
cast in America misrepresentation of
The Irish standard., 1918-05-11
Ex-Governor David |. Walsh Explains
Why Irish conscri ption Is Opposed
Speaking Recently of the Irish Consumption ISSUE Which
Is Now Engaging Almost Worldwide Interest Ex-
Governor David Walsh of Massachusetts, Expressed
Himself AS Follows:

tie Irish peoples attitude toward this
war.
If it is possible that some Amer.
leans may construe certain political
acts as indicating that the people of
Ireland are slackers or Indifferent to
the supremacy Of Democratic ideals
in this war-then it is most appropri-
ate and indeed necessary for Amer
leans of Irish descent to speak out
The Irish people in Ireland, because
of censorship during the war, are re-
stricted in their opportunity to speak
to Americans or to state their own
position. While this condition exists,
tle descendants of the Irish race in
America may very properly state the
position Of their kith and kin in Ire
land, as they understand it, to the end
that the Irish race should not be mis-
understood or misrepresented
The conscription question has de-
veloped situation which in my opin-
ion makes it very proper for those of
Irish descent in a position to do so,
TO speall-not for the purpose of pro
voking controversy but for the purpose
Oh explaining to America the attitude
and position of the Irish people in
Ireland OH this question. I
Why are the Irish opposed to mill
tary conscription imposed upon them
by the English government? For the
same reason that the world would ex-
pect Belgians to resent military con-
scription fastened upon them by Ger
many, if by any possibility (God for
bid) Belgium should be held in the
future as a province of Germany The
very same underlying sentiments that
we would expect from the Belgians un-
der German rule, exist today and have
existed for centuries in Ireland. Ire
land is protesting, as understand it,
against military conscription being i'm
posed upon her by a nation that has
denied her political freedom. A peo
Continued on page 81
The Irish standard., 1918-05-11

Succeeding his father and friend -
the late Most Reverend Edmond f.
Prendergast, D. d., the Right Rev.
Dennis ]. Dougherty, D. D., Bishop Of
Buffalo, has been appointed by the
Holy Father as metropolitan of the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Thus does His Grace-elect return to
his native diocese, whence, obedient
to the command of the Holy See, he
went forth fifteen years ago, a
simple priest, pious, learned and zeal
Gus, to assume the onerous duties Of
the episcopacy in the far distant and
trouble-stirred Philippine Islands.
Product Of st. Charles Seminary.
The Most Reverend Dennis ]. Dough.
erty, D. D., fourth Archbishop of Phil
adelphia and eighth incumbent of the
see, is, like his illustrious predecessor
of happy memory, a product of St
Charles Seminary, Overlook.
His Busy Career.
Archbishop Dougherty was born in
Ashland, Schuylkill county, Pa, on
August 16, 1865, the year in which His
Grace the late Most Reverend Arch
bishop Prendergast was ordained to
the priesthood. He was the fourth
child that blessed the happy union of
Patrick Dougherty and his beloved
wife, Bridget Henry. The new Arch
bishops father departed this life in
1891. His mother is still living, being
resident of Holmesville, two and a
half miles from Ashland. She is
Lightweight years old and is a native
of County Mayo, Ireland, coming to
this country in her girlhood
Two sisters of His Grace-elect re-
side in this city, Mrs. Edward Monag-
han, of 955 North Fallon street, and
Mrs. P. J. Mccormick, of $40 North
Forty-eighth street. Including a neph-
ew, Mr.. Henry Mccormick, theo-
logical student at st. Charles Semi
nary, Overlook, there are five nieces
and two nephews in this city.
Three sisters, Winifred, Rose and
The Irish standard., 1918-05-11
IRISH HOME RULE AND
C0NSCR|PT|ON DELAYED.
Serious Obstacles in the Way-Labor
Members of Parliament Believe
Both Will Have to Be
Abandoned.

Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer and Government spokesman,
said in the House of Commons that
he could not say when an Irish Home
Rule bill would be introduced. This,
according to some lobby correspond
ents of the morning newspapers COW
ers the fact that the introduction of
the bill. has been deferred, and hope
of it's presentation next week has row
been Abandoned
The Daily News says the Govern
ment has met with serious difficulties
in it's Irish policy, and cannot find a
successor to Baron Wimborne, who
has resigned the Lord Lieutenantship,
while the committee appointed to
draft a bill up to this time has settled
virtually nothing except the preamble.
It's deliberations, it is added, are held
up on the issue of giving the veto to
Ulster, and also in considering past
Ministerial promises to Ulster.
The only way out of the difficulty,
in the opinion of responsible Labor
members of the House Of Commons,
is that the Government temporarily
abandon both conscription and home
rule. 1t is nowise improbable, adds
The Daily News, that this course will
be adopted in the near future.
Question of Irish Coastal Defense.
sidelight is thrown on the diff
cult issues involved by the meeting
Wednesday of between SO and so
peers and members Of the House of
Commons both Unionist and Liberal,
who accepted an invitation of the
Navy League to discuss what to do
regarding Irish coastal defense in the
event of the passing of Home Rule
bill. The meeting appointed delegates
to urge upon the committee drafting
the bill that the Imperial authorities
ought to retain full control of Irish
harbors and ports, probably, also,
railroads.
1t is reported in political circles
| that the more extreme elements of the
Unionist Party have stiffened lately
against any form of Home Rule, and
letter just written by Sir Edward
Carson to the Secretary of the
Southern Unionist Committee in Ire
land, suggests that the rumors are
we'll founded. Sir Edward says, in
part:
I'm the present condition of Ireland
it seems to me little short of insanity
for any government to reopen the
question of Home Rule. This, indeed,
is craftsmanship manufactured out of
panic and founded on broken pledges
in breach OF trust. If we have to 60
down, let us do so with the flag flying,
and not in alliance with those whose
object is to gain a vantage ground for
enforcing further separation policies"
Dublin Lord Mayors Proposed Visit.
| There is no reason to suppose that
the Lord Mayor of Dublin will be re-
fused a passport to America by the
Secretary for Ireland, to whom he has
decided to apply, says a dispatch from
Dublin to The Daily News The cor
respondent, however, in alluding to
| Continued on page 81
The Irish standard., 1918-05-11
CHILD WELFARE week
BEGINS SUM-, may z
The Day Has Been Designated Chill.
dren's Sunday, and On 1t cIergymen
Throughout the City Will Plead the
Cause of the Little Ones, Either in
Sermons or Through the Medium OF
Brief Announcements.

The week is being conducted under
the auspices of the Federated Wo-
mems Clubs and the Womens Com
mittee of the Council for National De-
fense, and has the endors ement and
cooperation of practically all the pa
triotic and civic organizations of Min
neapolis. 1t is a concentrated phase
of Children's Year, which began April
6, and in the course of which we are
trying to save the lives of 100000 lit
tie ones who would otherwise die, from
preventable causes, before reaching
their fifth birthday. Children's Year
was proclaimed by the United States
Children's Bureau at Washington, and
physicians, nurses, statesmen, welfare
workers, child experts, thoughtful men
and women in all walks of life, have
endorsed the need for such work at
this time above all others.
Do not think that, when these 1OO,-
900 baby lives are saved, the shame of
a large infant mortality rate will have
been wiped out. There will still be
$4,000 little ones doomed to premature
death. The annual death-rate in the
United States, below the age of five,
is 100000. OF these deaths, one-half,
or 100000, might be prevented, with
intelligent care. So, you see, even if
we succeed in preventing two-thirds
of these infantile deaths, or 100000,
there will still be $4,000 deaths that
might have been prevented.
Child Welfare Week supersedes Baby
Week this year. During previous Baby
weeks, only babies below the age Of
two were the object of concern; Child
Welfare Week and Children's Year are
for the benefit of all children below
the school age, six years.
The activities of the "Week" will be
many and varied, and will present
many novel features in the way of ar
resting window exhibits and inside dis
plays The customary plan Of having
one centralized exhibit has been aban-
doned in favor of number Of spe-
cialized exhibits distributed through
the big Nicollet Avenue stores as fol-
lows:
Dayton's, pure milk.
The Leader, model feeding.
Powers, Anto-tuberculosis committee
and Visiting Nurses.
Minneapolis Drygoods Co., Dental So
ciety.
Donaldson's, blind, deaf, and crippled
children.
In addition, most of the stores men,
toned will contain inside exhibits and
clinics, as we'll as window displays.
Booths containing young girls, re-
cent debutantes and brides, dressed in
the garb of dairymaids and trained
nurses, will be stationed in the Young
Quinlan, John w. Thomas, z. e. At
kinson, and Dayton stores. The dairy.
maids will give out literature pertain.
ing to the pure milk campaign which
is one of the features of the Child
Welfare Week, and the Nurses will an.
swer questions relating to other phases
of Child Welfare.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-17
THE UNION DRY GOODS COMPANY

| of them from this division. They in
clude Barre, Montpelier, White River
Junction, Burlington and Randolph. The
| for years, but the Central Vermont has
not needed one. The government, in max
ing the system uniform, has installed the
committee on all roads.
Senator G. S. Page of Hyde Park
called at the State House Tuesday morn
ing. He visited several of his friends in
the building, talked shop a little and then
enjoyed an automobile ride back to his
home. The senator is looking hale and
| hearty and does not seem TO have SUI
| fered from the hot weather or senatorial
debates Of the last few months.
A conference between f. H. Brooks,
Elmer johnson. w. A. Wood. John t.
Gushing and James Taylor of the food
administration occurred in the State
House Tuesday afternoon relative to the
! work in the different departments.
Three Mortified boys have made APP
plications for enlistment in the navy
through the local office, one of whom
passed the examinations here, while two
rallied These were Wilmot c. Smith
and Victor Outlet, who were rejected,
and Raymond c. Bean, accepted. Nor
man Booker Of Waterbury was rejected,
while William j. Riddell of Montpelier
was accepted
7. c. Turner of Barre has been APP
pointed administrator by the probate
court of the estate of Lottie L. Turner,
late Of Barre, while Miss Emma j. Fos-
ter of Montpelier has been appointed adj
ministratrix of the estate of Abbie G.
Berry, late of Montpelier, and Alfred
Canals as administrator of the estate Of
Joseph Cantara, late of Montpelier.
Two young men were sent to-day to
Fort Slocum to complete their enlistment
in the signal corps of the regular army,
after which they expect to be assigned
TO the training school at Burlington.
They were Donald Staples and Robert
Hoadley of Montpelier, Two more are
expected to go Thursday. Walter G.
Tomlinson of East Barre has enlisted in
the medical corps.
hearing took place to-day in the
matter OF the divorce case of Nora Cook
vs. John Cook, in which the petitioner
asks that the petitionee be ordered by
the court to pay the alimony and pro-
vide more suitably for the two sons. 1t
was set forth that he has not been com
plying with the alimony order After
hearing the case the court ordered the
custody of the children to the wife and
the husband to pay So week alimony. In
the matter of alimony in the case of Maria
Corti and Gniseppi Corti, hearing took
place relative to the custody Of the chill
dren, Mrs. Corti claiming that the chill
dren are not properly cared for by Mr.
Corti, who was given custody of them.
A hearing upon demurrers in the case Of
A. d. Lane VS.. NJ. L. Wood also took
place to-day before Judge f. L. Water
man, in which both sides demurred from
the attitude taken by the opponent in
the case.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-17
WANT PORTO RIcANs
To Go to Work in the Coal Mines of
Virginia.

San Juan, Porto Rico, June l7.--Five
thousand Porto Rican workers are want
ed by a Virginia coal mining company
to bring its mines up to 100 per cent out
put. At present these mines are under
producing about rs per cent. The solu-
ton Of this problem lies in labor and the
Virginia corporation believes that Porto
Rico can furnish that. 1t is willing to
pay transportation and provide homes
for Porto Rico laborers if way can be
found for bringing them North. This
has been made much more perplexing by
the sinking Of the Carolina and the dan
ger of other submarine attacks.
Still, Special Agent Roberts, who is in
charge of the transportation of island
workers to the mainland, is hopeful. He
believes that the federal government is
going to make every effort to take north
workers who register for employment,
He points out that in the United States
there Is shortage of all kinds of labor,
while here, now that the sugar crop is
over large number of mep are idle and
without immediate prospects of finding
work II they are left here, they are con-
demned to a long period of uselessness
and poverty, while their presence in the
North would be real asset for the in
dustries of the country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-17
JUDGE HOWE DENIED MOTION
For Verdict in Favor of the Defendant in
Disloyalty Case.

Hartford, Conn, July l7.--When the
United States court convened this morn
ing, Judge Harland B. Howe announced
that the motion of the defendant, Rev.
Theodore Russell of Bristol, accused of
disloyal and seditious utterances, for di-
rection of verdict was denied. He added
that parts of other motions would be
granted when the case was submitted to
the jury. Brief arguments were made by
lawyers on both sides.
Judge J. p Tuttle for the defense said
he was surprised to find that the United
States government had gone so far as to
persuade man to commit crime to
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-17
SIDELIGHTS ON
CEN. PERSHINC
Are Furnished by Those Who Accompa.
MED the American Leader to
Mexico in 1916.

FL Paso, Tex, July H. - Americans
who accompanied General Pershing to
Mexico in the various civilian capacities
never tire of talking Of the little side.
lights on the character of the general
commanding the American forces in
France, as shown to them while he was
in the desert of western Chihuahua.
Il saw better character sketch OF
General Pershing than any of the writers
can picture" said one cattleman here.
He squatted in front of a camp fire al
San Geronimo, frying his bareback in the
bacon grease of his mess pan, with the
wind blowing sand into his face and food
and the general grinning good.naturedly
all the time as one of our cowpuncher
scouts spun a yarn about buffalo hunt
he was on in the Little Canadian up in
the Panhandlei"
These men tell many incidents of Gen.
eral Pershing's stay on the border and
in Mexico as illustrations of his regard
for his men and for the service
On an inspection trip from Namiquipa
to Colonia Dublan, he saw a mule driver
beating his team because they would not
pull an overloaded wagon ont of a rut,
Jumping from his automobile, General
Pershing lectured the mule driver, forced
him to tighten the load, deity swung
the team around, and drove the wagon
onto the high road
Again he reprimanded a colonel who
forced his men to march all day with a
60-pound field pack when empty motor
trucks were passing all day en- route to
the same destination.
San American soldier win fight harder,
live on less food and accept more hard
ships than any other soldier in the
world" General Pershing said in com
menting upon the incident, "but he can
see no reason why his pack should not
be hauled in empty trucks if trucks are
passing. Neither do /
A camp sutler at Colonia Duhlan
smuggled in an automobile load of bad
whiskey. After disposing of his stock,
the man appeared at General Pershings
headquarters TO ask for pass back to
the border. He got the pass as a free
ride as prisoner and was forced to dig
latrines and repair roads en- route.
The announcement that General Per-
shiny had adopted two French orphans
recalled food of tender memories to
friends of General Pershing on the bor-
der, for it was while he was in command
here that his wife and two children were
burned to death at the Preside in San
Francisco. General Pershing's hair,
chestnut brown, slowly turned to gray
after his loss, and he could be seen fire.
quently riding on the mesa beyond Fort
Bliss, alone with his great grief.
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