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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-17
The New Bishop ofDuluth

in the arduous task of preparing the
little ones for their reception of the
Sacraments. Among his most recent
contributions to ecclesiastical litera-
ture is his scholarly article on the
Rosary Confraternity published in the
Ecclesiastical Review. AS preacher
the Bishop-elect is we'll known, his
services always having been in great
demand during his years of ministry
In America, as retreat master of
priests and nuns and speaker at
national gatherings.
During the last Christmas season
Father McNicholas suggested ma
tion-wide Christmas gift for Pope Ben
edict. A very large sum was thus sent
to the Holy Father, New York alone
contributing $4,000. 1t was also
through his initiative that the Church
in the United States was honored dur
ing the past year by letter from His
Holiness urging all the priests of the
United States to renewed activity for
the extension of the Holy Name Soci
ETY..
Being a linguist of great ability
Father McNicholas is conversant with
French, Italian, Spanish and German;
he is particularly able to govern his
see, which comprises population
! tiles.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-17

Whenever the Yankees have had
an opportunity to meet the enemy in
a straight-out handto hand fight the
American has demonstrated that he
is a chip off the old block, and that,
bear in mind, is saying good deal,
says a New York Herald correspond
ent.
People who have not been face to
face with the war that has ravaged
Europe for nearly four. years must of
necessity have but a. poor conception
Of just what war in these days is
like. Read what an officer from a
Southern state, who served with dis
tinction in the Philippines and is
serving with distinction now, says
about it:
"lf there were to be a few great
battles like Gettysburg, Spottsylvania
Wilderness, Charlottesville, Cold Har
Dor or Antietam it would be differ
ent proposition. The boys would
know that the killing would occur at
certain times, on certain days and the
victims would be recorded as having
fallen in some great battle about which
all coming generations would read
But here there will be only few
| great battles known as such by name
There will be the Marne, Somme
Aisne, Verdun, Ypres, Picardy and
some others, of course, but the mil
lions and millions of casualties which
this war has rolled up will represent
for the greater part side line fighting
and little subsidiary struggles about
which no one will ever hear.
"a division of any army might be
holding part of a sector--a quiet sec
tor, too. There would be no grea
clash between the opposing forces
There would be raids, meetings of pa
trolls, sniping, deaths by artillery ant
gas, accidents-;l thousand and one
things, and at the end of Il year thu
number Of casualties in this division
would be as great as il the unit ha(
been in a great battle. There is ;
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-17
Why Self-Government Has Long Been
Wanted and Why 1t Is De-
manded Now.
IN. o. S." says in the Chicago Citi-

IN. o. S." says in the Chicago Citi-
zen:
1. The Act of Union was carried by
bribery and corruption. Titles and
lands given for votes.
(a) The greatest English states
man, Gladstone, said of it: 81 know
no blacker or fouler transaction in
the history of man than the making
of the union between England and Ire
land"
(b) Lecky, the we'll known histor-
ian, calls it "a crime of the deepest
turpitude.'
(c) Dicey, professor of law in Ok.
ford University, says: THAT act of
union was an agreement which, could
it have been referred to court of law
must at once have been cancelled as
a contract, hopelessly tainted with
fraud and corruption"
(d) DR.. Johnson, the famous lexico
grapher, said to an Irish friend: "Don't
unite with us, Sir, for we shall rob
you."
2. In 1S45 Ireland had close on nine
million population. Today she has not
quite four and one-half million.
(a) According to Mulhall's statis
tics one and a quarter millions were
swept into eternity by famine and fe
yer from as to '4S, and this with suf
ficient food grown in the country to
save them, for though the potato crop
failed, other foodstuffs were abundant
The American ships carrying food con
tributed by America as they entered
Irish ports passed outgoing ships
loaded with Irish food destined fol
English markets
3. In 1894 a royal commission was
appointed to consider the question ot
Irish taxation. 1t consisted of such
specialists as Lord Farrer, Lord Wei
by, Sir B. Currie, Sir D. Barbour anG
/ Sir r. Hamilton, with several Irisl
Unionists and Nationalists. In 1896
the commission reported that ireland
since 1853 was annually overtaxed ter
million dollars, which from 1853 tt
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-17
Big Man Of
Moose Visits
The Vatican
Holy Father Grants an Audience tt
James J. Davis and Party and
Extends Blessing.

James j. Davis, director of the
Loyal Order. of Moose, recently re-
turned from visit to the battle fields
of Europe which he made as chair
man of special committee appointed
by the order to go to the fighting lines
in Europe, and find out if there was
anything the Loyal Order of Moose
in America could do for the members
of the order who are doing service
in the American Expeditionary
Forces.
After visiting the battle line in
France, Mr.. Davis and his associates
visited Rome, and in the Eternal City
they had the privilege of an audience
with Pope Benedict XIV. This is Mr..
Davis description of his meeting with
the Holy Father:
I'VE arrived in Rome, and, finding
we had few days to wait, we went
to see Mount Vesuvius. When we got
back to Rome we found that an audi
ence had been arranged for us and we
would see the Pope. When we got
back, l said to the rest of the boys,
Let us go right away and see the
Pontiff now.' So we arranged and
went to the American College and
were taken by young interpreter to
the Pope. We told him of our mis-
sion and about our order. He asked
US If we were Catholics. We said
we were not, but we asked the Pope's
blessing, and he blessed US and our
families, our friends and their fam
flies, the members of our society, par
ticularly Catholic members, and their
families. He blessed the objects we
had in our hands and the friends in
our minds. So great privilege was
given us-something l would have
liked for myself but never expected.
want to say that the pictures you
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-17
BIG BALANCE IN
K. c. WAR Fund
Annual Report Shows Large Gain in
Intermountain Membership
Total.

Receipts for the Knights of Colum.
bus war fund up to June 80 totaled
$780,, ,86146 according to the annual
report of w. ]. Ginley, supreme secre.
tary, copies of which we're received in
Salt Lake last week. The report
shows expenditures from the war fund
totaling $2,219,s92.46, leaving a bal.
ance on hand Of $5,287,969. This re.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-17

(By Knights of Columbus War News
Service.)
With an extremely warm welcome
from the City of New York, the Thir-
ty-sixth Annual Convention of the Su-
preme Council of the Knights of Co
lumbus was held at the Waldorf-As-
toria on Tuesday and Wednesday, Au-
gust 6 and "Wednesday August Z,
being the hottest day in the recorded
meteorological history of the great
cosmopolis. Hundreds of delegates
from all parts of the United States
and the Island possessions, from Can
ada, Cuba and Mexico attended, MAX
ing the gathering thoroughly represen-
tative, not only of American Catho-
licity, but of Americas public opinion.
His Eminence Cardinal Farley Arch
bishop of New York, who was to have
presided at the solemn High Mass
held in St. Patrjck's Cathedral, was
unable, through illness, to do so.,- But
he sent cordial letter of welcome to
the Convention and Of ,Godspeed for
the Orders work Rev. Bernard j..
O'Reilly, chaplain of the New York
State Council, sang the mass-the Gel
ebrated st. Patrick's Cathedral Easter
Mass-and Monsignor Michael J. La
,velle, rector of the Cathedral, deliv-
cred the address of welcome.
Bishop Russell Gave Sermon.
Bishop Russell of Charleston, a
member of the Administrative Com
mittee of the National Catholic War
Council, delivered the Convention SER
mon, discoursing eloquently on the
duties of true knighthood at the pres
ent hour.
yours is holy vocation" said the
Bishop, ''as holy as that which prompt
ed the knightly orders of old to take
up the cause of Christ.
Thus the keynote of the convention
greater service for God and coun-
try-was struck at the convention
Mass.
Promptly on the seating of the del
egates in the large convention hall
the business of the convention was
begun, after the invocation of Gods
blessing by the Supreme Chaplain.
Bishop Patrick ]. Hayes, Bishop in
Ordinary of the American Military and
Naval Forces, was escorted into the
convention, where, in the name of His
Eminence Cardinal Farley and the
people of the New York Archdiocese,
he presented the Order with a check
for $3,OO0,OOO, the knights of Colum-
bus portion of the huge sum raised
in the great Catholic war drive held
in New York City and other points
in the Archdiocese in the early Spring
of this year.
Bishop Hayes Presents $3,000y 900
Check.
Supreme knight James A. Flaherty
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Sim Fein To Conduct
Meeting. Despite Bans

Dublin, Aug. 15.-Labor day meet.
ings scheduled for Omagh by Sim
Feiners and followers of John Dillon
labor leader, have been forbidden, un.
less permits required for gatherings
are obtained. Officers of the Sim
Fein have instructed 1900 societies to
go ahead with meetings. Mr.. Dillon
labor leader, left today for Omagh
where he was to address gathering
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accepted the check in behalf of the
Order, acknowledging, in a short and
comprehensive speech, the Orders in
debtedness to thos who had so gen
erously supported it's work, and con-
secrating the large sum to the fullest
measure of benefit for the boys at
the camps and at the front.
The delegates, as was TO be expect
ed, received the reports of the Su-
preme officers and of Chairman Null.
ligan of the Committee on War Activ.
tiles with the utmost enthusiasm, and
most cordial was the applause which
attended the Supreme Knight in the
course of his address. When the Su
preme Knight declared that, if need
be, the Order would supply thousands
of buildings and secretaries and hun.
dreds of volunteer chaplains, the hall
rang with rallying endorsement from
the delegates.
The Supreme Secretary's report, in
conjunction with the reports of, the
Supreme Advocate and the Supreme
Physician demonstrated to the Con.
vention that the Orders affairs were
in a fourishing condition, especially
with regard to the great increase in
membership, and Chairman Mulligan's
report of the status of affairs under
the administration of the Committee
on War Activities was a source of
profound satisfaction.
Gift from the D. Of J..
An interesting sequence to the gift
from New York Archdiocese, present.
ed to Supreme Knight by Bishop
Hayes, was the presentation by Mrs
Genevieve Walsh, Supreme Regent OF
the Daughters of Isabella, and a spe
cial committee of that organization
of check for $4,000, an instalment
of the fund of the D. & 1. are raising
for the knights of Columbus War
Fund.
Bishops Muldoon and Russell, repre-
senting the Administrative Committee
of the National Catholic War Council
addressed the convention, giving an ex
position of the arrangement according
to which the next great drive for
funds under the auspices of the Ma
tional Catholic War Council will be
conducted. Their addresses consti
tuted one of the cardinal features OF
the convention and the delegates heard
them with the utmost interest.
One announcement of the utmost
Importance, made by Chairman Multi
gan during the course of the conven.
tion, was that stating the position OF
the knights of Columbus as willing to
participate in the mooted joint drive
for all Governmentally authorized or.
ganizations engaged in war relief
, work.
"Joe" Scott stirs Convention.
When Brother Joseph Scott, of Los
Angeles, fresh from the battlefront
in France, where-and also in the Eng.
lish training camps-he had been max.
ing special survey for the Commit.
too on War Activities-appeared before
(Continued on page 81
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-17
IRELAND and THE
). irish QUESTION

1917 would amount to six hundred and
forty million dollars ($64O,O0O,O
and still the injustice goes on.
4. The Irish question is erroneous
ly set down as a religious question.
This is disproved by the fact that in
the rebellion of 1898 several Episcopa-
lian and Presbyterian ministers of the
North were hanged with several Cath
olic priests from the south of Ireland.
(a) Nearly all the leaders of that
movement were Protestants, such as
Wofe Tone, Arthur O'Connor, Will
liam Sampson, Archibald Hamilton
Rowan, William Putnam McCabe,
Thomas Russell, Lord Edward Fitz-
gerald, and the two Emmets, Thomas
Adis and Robert.
(b) In the '4s rebellion or Young
Ireland movement, William Smith
O'Brien, John Mitchell and John Mar.
tin were Protestants.
5. In the Home Rule movement
Isaac Butt, Professors Galbraith and
Haughton of Trinity College and Will
liam Shaw, a leading banker, were
Protestants, as was Charles Stewart
Parnell.
6. When an American, Mr.. Ford OF
automobile fame, purchased some land
in the City of Cork in 1917, with a
view of starting factory for the man
ufacture of farming implements, mo
tor trucks, automobiles, etc., he was
opposed by English manufacturers
and was required to have an act OF
Parliament passed to empower him tc
spend his own money on his own prop
erty to help Ireland industrially.
Z. The six counties of Ulster which
Lloyd George proposed to exclude, &C
cording to the latest government cen
sus, stand religiously as follows:
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see of the Pope do not do him justice
He is wonderful man, kind hearted,
and faithful, and he has many trying
situations to confront He was so
kind as to send us through the Vati-
can, and those of you who go to Rome
should not fail to see wonderful pic
lures in the Sistine Chapel
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The American Knows He Is Up
Against the Biggest Game the World
Ever Knew and He Is Eager To Do
His Bit.
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knights Of Columbus
Victory Convention

Meeting in New York August 6-7
Is characterized by Enthusiasm
Observation-Disclosures by Three
Bishops--campaign for Millions T..
Be Launched.
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8. Very many of the Protestants OF
these counties are Nationalists, and
nearly all the Catholics.
Continued on page 8
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
NICHOLS WOULD TAKE
REGULAR TAXI STANDS
FROM STREETS OF CITY

"Taricabs should not be allowed to
park in regular stands ON the city
streets" said Police Chief Nichols this
morning. They are only in the way
when citizens want to get at the places
where they are parked In most cities
Of this size the cabs have to stay in
garages and they have their represen-
tatives at various corners in the city
These representatives simply ring for
them when they are wanted This
avoids much congestion Of traffic
This opinion was brought out IN po-
lice court this morning on the com
plant of the Wells Fargo Express
company that the taxcabS blocked ac-
cess to its place OF business on North
Broadway
According to the city ordinance no
one can mark off space on the street
and forbid parking OF cars except ho-
tells, schools and churches The police
power OF the city may, however, on a
ruling. close a portion OF the street to
parking Tor a time Gasoline stations
and stores, though, have not this right
a.
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IGppl11iH
Eh111f1eS/
oSI HAzf Mason
HOT DAY REFLECTIONS.

COMEWHERE the festive Eskimo
y is digging pathways through the
snow, and handing out the Ian
guage weird while pulling lcebergS
from his beard His feet are frozen in
his shoes, and he has chiblains in his
thewS his breath is freezing as it flies,
and iCicles are on his eyes. Alas, his
fate is dark and grim, shed some
nineteen tears for him Could he for
sake the arctic storm, and come. down
here where he'd get warm, how glad
and grateful he would be. how he would
chortle in his glee Somewhere, on
grim Spitzbergen's shore, the natives
thaw out nevermore They know not
what it is to sweat rheunatcs is their
one safe bet If they go out to get
some wood, their ears are frozen UP
for good, and presently they're un-
awares assaulted BY some polar bears,
and eaten cold, without a sauce to make
them less total loss. Their wives and
orphans sadly go to seek the fragments
in the snow, and meet a frightful fate
methlnks; they're gobbled by a wolf or
lynx How thankful we should be,
wot, thai all OF us are smoking hot!
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
Roll of Honor

Thirty-five men joined the army, the
navy and the naval reserve, yesterday,
and thirty-nne men are still paroled
by the army recruiting station TO wait
until afildayits Of correct age are re-
turned TO the station
OF all the aiildayitS sent out. sigma
ture has been refused on only three
OF them The grandfather OF one ap-
plicant didn't want hls boy in the army
and the parents OF two other boys said
the applicants were not vet eighteen.
Army.
Ralph N. Earl Oklahoma CITY; Shcr-
man +. Cox oklahoma city; Herman G.
Ncwcomb Martha; Clarence l.. New
comb Martha; Ezra O. Jones, Tulsa
Kimsey l.. Wood, AKins Stephen VI
Bruddock. Chickasha; Leslie Hopkins
Banco Mather l. Mulanax Granite;
Ralph VI McCune, Perry; Virgil II. Tru-
man; Alton; Martink f. Mills, Altus; Carl
j. Rciss Apache; Norwood W. Huiley
Muskogcc, Oklahoma; Omer l. Grady
Dauylle. Arkansas
Navy
Clay r.. Brown. James w Royer Wal
ter Moore, Carl J. Graves. CedeoliH Eli
son Henry +. Barnett, Nelma ", kes-
ter
Reserves.
Mnyrlcc r Futz. Roy G Allen, Jesse
+. Green, Adam J. schaeffer, Clcll j.
Lowry While r. Stracncr, Albert NJ
Lehr ir, Walter G Mckcever. Richard
T. Philpott. Thomas j Chownng Edd
Mathews, John J. Rnmseyer Coleman
Oycrstrect
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20

A member NJ the American military
control in Petrograd told me Of the
following incident as one he had wit
! messed. A woman dashed into the
street after boy of fifteen. Hes
stolen my pocket hook: he's stolen my
pocket bookw she cried A miserable
Shriekinc urcbiu spad madly down the
road in front OF her lie was caught
by paSserSbv and a crowd gathered
Blow upon blow fell upon the defense
less head Childish shrieks of terror
filled the air The woman. appalled, at
what she had done. rushed back TO the
house. Again she made a desperate
search, and suddenly in a dark corner
she unearthed the missing pocket book
Again she dashed into the street. way.
ing her property and calling loudly
her mistake But il was too late. the
childish cries were still: a beaten and
liieless body had Just been hurled into
the canal Sick shame seized the mob
Then the woman came. telling her sto.
nv Rage Surged in their hearts Unde-
the tsar they had been mercilessly
beaten and abused Brute force had
been their instructor They turned on
the woman and applied the only method
they knew They beat her 10 death
and dropped her in The canal.-Auantic
Monthly.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
Initial Uptum in Pit Fails to
Hold Good,
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
BY BRIGGS

CHICAGO. July 2o-Fresh liquidation
IN a large scale In the corn market to-
day led to sharp new breaks in prices.
Perfect weather and the bearlsh senti-
mcnt engendercd by the war news were
the chief factors. Opening prIcrs which
ranged from hc off to lac advance. with
81 SO to sl53A, were followed by mod ,
crate upturn and then by decided set
backs all around Oats dropped with
corn. After opening unchanged TO NC
higher, with August. 70%c TO Tic. the
market hardened Il llttle, and then un-
on hogs gave firmness to provisions
Week end covering by shorts brought
about something Of rally toward tho
Inst Prices closed nervous. 1c to 2itc net
lower, with August. 81 50M to 81 5o1s
and September, Sl5lAml52
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6Frman Jmnk

Copyright. 1918. by the New York Timei
the Chicago Tribune and the Oklahom
city Times)
THE HAGUE.-Following up
the echo OF the press which dis
credits every American effort, the
Lokal Anzelger publishes an article
by its military correspondent on
America as The ReScuer."
it says that England and France
are encouraging the decreasing
hopes OF the people more than ever
by Americas million army. The
situation of the entente, the paper
alleges, is so iraught with diff
culties that the people must be
stimulated otherwise all hopes for
success will collapse; besides which
America makes an impression
on the neutrals. although this is the
last, merely incidental, propaganda,
but there is real effort aioot to
influence Russia and make her
ready to fight again.
III they have any sense left in
the entente capitals they must see
that all prospect OF America saving
the situation has disappeared We
are far from wishing to under-eSti-
mate Americas splendid human
material Anyone who knew the
Americans in the Boxer war must
have been pleased with the tall,
snewey men, but must have recog-
nized at the first glimpse that these
troops knew little OF military DIS
cipline. A strongly developed spirit
OF independence makes an unds-
ciplined crowd OF soldiers. The
American soldier fights or marches
II he wants to- otherwise not. These
fellows were smart and each one
Tor himself says the paper.
The paper says even Roosevelt
was convinced Of this, and said
they could only compare with the
militia After Americas entrance
INTO the war only 100000 voluu-
teered, SO that compulsory service
was necessary Thus the new army
has not desire to fight like the
old army says the paper, "and what
IS this army TO replace? Ten mill
lion Russian soldiers fully equipped
and from a nation born and bred
IN milltarism. Even ii America
makes up in numbers, it is impos-
Slblc to give them the same training
as the Russians
The paper points out that Amer
lea has not even the same adyant-
ages as Poland for training an army
and that anyway the American
army cannot be considered as a
factor in the enemy ranks till 1920
at the earliest, and then only il
the transports and American arma-
mcnt industries come up TO the
standards of the old military ma
tions. The paper pretcnds that the
U-boats will prevent either Of these
possibilities.
The failure of America in the
sphere of munitions is shown by
the fact that even today American
regiments must train without rifles,
but the principal thing is that Amer
iCa has no leaders"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-20
FORTY MEN ENROLLED
IN SUPPLY TRAIN

Forty men have so far been enrolled
in che supply train OF the Third regi-
ment, Oklahoma national guard
While the minimum strength Of the
train is forty-iivc men, officers in
charge of recruiting are anxious 10 get
about sixty in the company before
muster, which will take place about
next week.
4 big recruiting meeting in charge
OF Captain Thoburn was held at Pack
ingtown today at noon and it is expect
ed that a number of enrolments will
be added TO the list
Sergt Frank Brimm said this after
neon that he or. Captain Thoburn will
be at jlS HerSkowitz building every
day to talk to recruits and that there
are still places for more mechanics and
desk men.