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The Irish standard., 1918-12-07
MILLION DOLLAR CHURCH
+, PLANNED FOR WASHINGTON

Washington, D. C.-The erection of
monumental church in honor of
Mary Immaculate, to cost at least
81 900, 900, was decided upon last week,
at the Catholic University Of America,
when Cardinal Gibbons presided at a
representative gathering of archbish.
ops, bishops and prominent laymen.
The church is to be dedicated as
thank offering for the glorious vic.
tories of our soldiers and sailors, and
will also commemorate the golden
jubilee of Cardinal Gibbons episcopate.
The cardinal has appealed to the
Catholics of the country, and espe.
cially to the women, to complete the
fund for the erection of the shrine.
The project was' prepared several
years ago, and received the blessing of
the late Pope Plus x, who urged all
Catholics to generously contribute
toward the happy completion of this
church, which so many praiseworthy
Catholic women have undertaken, "In
this way" the holy father said, twill
arise a masterpiece of religious archi-
lecture which will lift heavenward the
mind of every student who enters it,
make him thirsty for wisdom from
above, fill his heart with the same, and
preserve it religiously while he lives. :"
The exact location on the campus
Of the Catholic university has not been
determined upon, but the shrine will
be of marble and accommodate at
least 5000 persons. There will also
be adjoining it convent and rector's
house.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-07

Ireland-"The spoiled child of Eng.
land''-Yes! A fitting sobriquet when
we consider her government. When
the alien rulers of the land failed to
eXterminate the race by eviction and
starvation they then turned to the
espionage system by bribing miser.
able starving few to serve the pur.
pose. Such a system of governing
any race can do little else than spoil
its people by submerging them into
feelings of enmity, jealousy, hatred, re.
venge, ETC., etc., that will take genera.
tons to eliminate.
1t is a foregone conclusion that no
Drawer, cleaner, or better soldier ever
fought the battles of the world than
the Irish and Scotch brigades and
| none have been more grudgingly re
warded. Thousands Of these have re
Gently fallen in the human slaughter
| house of Europe under the slogan:
| I'VE fight for the liberties and free
dom of smaller nations" i.e., emanci
patton. Is Ireland to be reached the
sponge of gall" in return? Surely
England Of today is not going to re-
peat the story of her former rulers.
TO think of Ireland-naturally the
most crimeless country in the world
with her wealth Of religion, talent
etc, second to none-being void of a
Parliament, is preposterously absurd
How can any normal being with even
minor conception of fair play in this
twentieth century Of our Lord, hest.
tate to advocate home rule for such a
land? Are bigotry and prejudice to
continue in future? If so, then, the
war is failure. The prayers of the
wicked availeth naught as Kaiserism
has proven, but the prayers of the
just, the immorta]iZed Marshal Foch
has proven, availeth much-the sin.
ner may storm heaven with supplica
tons, but will a just God hearken to
such call? No! The sinner must
purge his own faults first. Did Christ
not teach us that beautiful lesson at
the time of His crucifxion when He
turned to the penitent thief?
Let there be no more scraps of pa
per for Ireland and no more political
wedges driven into her heart. Let it
be a united country filled with the
ideals of the slogan that won the war
for us. Let there be a League OF
Nations" that will make the world
safe for democracy and democracy as
safe for the world, with God AL
mighty's help.
1t must not be forgotten that be
fore England was, Ireland had a his
tory. Alfred the Great sent his peo
plea race then without learning-to
Ireland to be educated and from Ire
land did he not copy some of the best
laws England ever had? Surely the
time for justice to Irish Ireland is
at hand-that she may have share
of the joys of liberty legateed by the
war;
MARGARET ]. HOWARD.
Ottawa, Nov. 10, 1918.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-07
WEDDING IN CEMETERY
TO STOP INFLUENZA
Custom of Russian Jews Revived in
Philadelphia in Presence of
Twelve Hundred.

With the hope of protecting the
Orthodox Russian Jews of Philadel-
phia from further ravages of the in
nuenza epidemic, says The Public
Ledger, Harry Rosenberg, I'll South
Fourth street, was married to Mrs.
Fanny Jacobs at the first line of
graves in the Jewish cemetery, Gene
terry Lane, near Cobb's creek, at 3
| o'clock on Sunday afternoon, October
21.
With the grim white and gray tomb
stones and monuments as BACKGROUND.
more than 1900 Russian Jews, in 81
| lence and awe, watched Rabbi Lip
schultz perform tho wedding ceremony.
And when, amid their stark sur
roundings, the couple were pronounced
man and wife, the orthodox among the
spectators filed solemnly past the
couple and made them presents of
money in sums ranging from 10 cents
to 500, according to the means and
circumstances of the donor, until
more than $1,000 had been given.
The last monetary Offering made,
the bride and groom walked to the
greensWard further from the graves
where a wedding feast was quickly
spread from the two truckloads of
food which others of the faithful had
provided.
This marriage in cemetery, with
| the idea OF Warding off the ravages
OF an epidemic, is IA revival of a Gus
| tom which has prevailed for hundreds
of years among the Jews in the heart
OF Russia. The participants in the
| ceremony say that when Russia was
swept by cholera several centuries
ago, Jews died by the hundreds. Panic
seized them and a council OF elders
and rabbis was called.
They decided that the attention of
God would be called to the affliction
if the most humble man and woman
| among them should join in marriage
| in the presence of the dead.
So they searched for a young man
and woman who were unknown to
each other and were without wealth.
who were willing to marry to save
| their fellows from the cholera scourge.
| When they had been found, each was
asked if willing to become sanctified
by marriage in the presence of the
dead. The young couple agreed, and
the ceremony was performed. Money
| was contributed to give them the nee.
essary start in life. And, according to
the tradition, the ravages of the chol-
era subsidized within three days.
Many times since then the custom
has been repeated in Russia, the last
| time some fifty years ago.
When the recent epidemic of i'm.
fuenza began to take it's toll of Rus.
sian Jews in Philadelphia by the score,
some of the elders, now residents of
the city, but who had witnessed the
reported staying Of the cholera in
Russia fifty years ago by the mar.
riage in the graveyard, determined to
invoke the efficacy of the custom to
save the lives of the remaining fell
lows.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-07

He complimented Mr.. Larkin and his
associates on their able direction of
K. of C. activities and assured them
that K. of c. war relief work abroad
had made a deep impression and ac-
complished wonderful results. He re-
ferred especially to the achievements
of K. of c. Chaplains, crediting them
with being big factor in maintaining
the American army's morale.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-07
FocH AND PERsHlNG.
Marshal Foch was annointed

Marshal Foch was appointed Su.
preme Commander Of the allied
forces through the passage of a rs.
word resolution offered by Gen. John
J. Pershing at the allies War Coun.
Gil in Versailles. The resolution pro.
posed the unification of the allied
forces under the supreme command
of Marshal Foch.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-07

Monsignor DeWiart, secretary to
Cardinal Berne, who came to this
country as representative of the Bel.
GUM Government to attend the Ju.
bilee Celebration of Cardinal Gibbons,
was visitor at Knights of Columbus
Headquarters in New York City while
here, the guest of William P. Larkin,
Director of Overseas Activities, who
escorted Monsignor DeWiart through
the various departments and explained
the work being done in each.
Monsignor DeWiart, after the visit,
said he could now better understand
the tremendous scope of the Orders
work abroad and the apparent results.
The Irish standard., 1918-12-07
haf Canadian
Citizens Think

(The following letter appeared in
the Winnipeg Northwest Review in
it's last issue)
lRELAND'S CLAIMS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
WHEN is A THEATRE TlCKE
NOT A THEATRE TICKET?

An unused theatre ticket worked It's
,-av by some unhappy chance Into the
mechanism Of one OF our great libraries.
once within the grasp OF workers trained
To treat all things that come into the
library as II they were books, whether
cndued with the inteGuments Of book
ishness or not II was straightway
treated as a book It was solemnly
entered as No. 34s,756 in the volume
of records devoted TO the serial entry
Of ali incoming books; then, having
been Just as solemnly considered as 20
lis form and content, II was pronounced
a prose treatise on the drama in Amer
ica--being, ~ II was, a ticket Ia one
of clyde Fitch's consoles next Il was
given a cabalist,c mark, say, I4S,62FSI;
Indicative Of its assumed content, and
saving also that il must forever stand
among books on the American Gramat
before books by authors whose names
began with III and after any whose
names began with Fh. That ic might
be found when asked for, II was re,
corded on a card under the entry word
Fitch, on another under Drama on
another under Theatre" and on stu
others under words of appropriate ex-
haust iyenese, ,--John Cotton Dana IN
Inc Atlantic
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
Deaths

-ABRoTT On April u, ALvtNA. widow
Of Theodore Abbott. AGED GH years. Rola-
tive, and friends invited 20 funeral services.
on We'd. at O'Clock. ~ her late residence,
2OOI y. l3th st. Int. private.
BALLENGER. April II. KATE MYERS.
wife OF J. Thomas Ball.nger. Relatives and
friends invited to funeral services, Mon
2'30 y. m, husbands residence 400 W.
Cpsal ST.. Gtn. Int. West Laurel lin Gem.
BARBER April 13. HENRY y. husband
Of Kate Barber. aged 81. Relatives and
friends. employees Of phllg. Storage Battery
Co, invited to funeral. Wed. . p. NJ. 3O2g
Van -Kirl; St, Wisslnom1g Friends mas
call Tues. to 0 p, IN. Int, private. Auto
funeral
BENGTsoN - April s. Captain JOHN
RENGTSoN, Relatives and friends J.. and
Il. II. Relief Of Port Richmond; Enterprise
Assu., No. .. Masters, Mates and Pilots. in
vited to funeral services, We'd. I y. IN.
parlors Francis J. Flanagan. 2g22 Richmond
81. lat Belyue Cpm RemaiuB may be
viewed Tues, after : p. m.
BLANkENBURG.--April 12 1915 at his
late residence. l3S WCst Walnut lane Ger
mantown, RUDOLPH Bt.ASKGNBCRCi
aged 20. Relatives amt friends are invited
to attend funeral services, at Arch St
Methodist Episcopal Church. BROAD and
Arch SITS, rh.ls., Mon, April 10. at $40
p IN. Remains may be viewed from II
noon TO y. M, IT the church. lntprment
private. Kindly omit flowers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15

restriction OF shipping facilities for for
cign woods, and for the transportation
by the railroads Of our domestic product.
Government Policy Necessary
"In Wow Of this very serious situation.
which may involve disastrous conse.
duences II seems imperative that tho
national Government should at once de-
eide upon and publish a policy which
viii solve the problem for an intelligent
method Of handling the domestic clip,
and with that end I'm view, the following
committee has been appointed by the
president of the Philadelphia Wool and
Textile Association. TO confer with
the proper authorities at Washington:
Charles j. Webb. Percival Tattersneld
and James Batemau Following the in
structious of this resolution. a request
has been sent 60 Major General G. W.
Coethals. Quartcrmastcr general Of the
United States army, soliciting n per-
sonnl conference with the committee app
pointed 20 act for the association in
this matter
"The country has had some experience
OF the lack Of broad foresight and knowl
edge Of conditions as CNcmplfed In the
coal situation which developed last win
ter, and unless this matter Of handling
the domestic clip is undertaken at once
and In AN intelligent manner, 1t Is en-
tirely within the lines Of probability that
when We want wool at the point Of con-
sumption II will not be available. To
meet the conditions, created by tho great
crisis of the war, which face us today.
every resource Of tho country Is going
e. be strained 60 the utmost. This strain
win undoubtedly he felt upon our wool
supplies. The time to take action in re-
apect "a wool is now. ~ foresight is in
tnltely better than hindsight'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
STOCK CONTROL BOARD
NOT CHANGED AS YET
Federal Reserve Board TO Act
Until President Names
New Committee

Washington. April -.
There will be no abandonment Of the
supervision OF stock issues by the capi-
tai issues committee Of the Federal Re
serve Board it is announced. until the
President names the new comittee under
the terms Of the war finance corporation
bill
There has been some question in the
minds of business interests and stock
holders rs to the status Of the reserve
board committee now that the war
finance corporation hill hose become
law. In order that there might he no
hestancy on the part Of essential indus
tries in seeking new capital the decision
to continue the old committee was
reached.
Another factor In extending the life
of the present body was that the House
and Senate inserted into the bill a pro-
vlso which will make necessary the APP
proval of the Senate 70 the nominations
Of the President The bill as origi
rallv drawn authorized the appointment
of the committee by Secretary McAdoo
without any interference.
Its modification at the time was said
part of certain Senators to keep off the
permanent committee some Of the men
known to he favored by Secretary Nc
Adoo for the place
During the week just passed the CONF
mttee disposed Of twentv-eight apple
cations. aggreeating $54.93G,o0o, OF
which S2l.O49.00O We're diSapproved The
33.ss7,OO0 approved include $SG4,0o0
Of refunding obligations. SO that the
new issues approved aggregate $S3,0@3.-
600. New issues for the CORES pOuding
period last year amounted to SlS,S9t,-
| 900. The increase Of this year over last
/ is readily accounted FOR by the approval
this week OF a single issue Of $4,000
600 Of common stock.
While the total Of issues approved Is
large II should he borne in mind that
such approvals have been given with
the understanding that no Offering Of se-
curltics will be made during the pend
ing Liberty Loan campaign unless such
issues are for the special purpose Of
meeting maturing obligations or are
otherwise vitally urgent.
The committee will he guided in its
future Operations as nearly as possible
by the provisions Of the war finance
corporation act, so that the operations
of the subsequent committee and the
present committee will be as consist
cut as possible.
The committee has not yet decided
10 reduce the minimum for public utl-
ity and industrial issues considered by
il from five to one hundred thousand
dollars
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
TODAN,S BUSINESS EPIGK!
Dress yoar letters rs carcldHg "
uou dress yourself
What does this mean 70 YOU"
Business Questions Answered

DO you agree with having a. slogan IN
business? I havr "a foriais $ business 1nd
would remember Us by--sonofalng llle
There's a reason" or "BablSs cry FOR IT,
4 slogan is not going To make every
one think Of your store in connection
with Il unless you have the service and
the goods to back II up. Il !sut the
slogan that makes people buy. IT'S what
o''''"I "CICoNTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
Philadelphia ArrirdIS
at NeiU York Hotels

=.
W. Alto, Hro2icll
Mrs. w. Nito, Iro4lnN
z. Hickman, Van CORTLAND.
Mra. r. BlocEmun, Van Cortland,
y \. Rosa rduS Nro1i"ll
J. M. BurNea lnHga,r'.
Mr.. j. ". Chg~tou, 'natham.
y. r. Cook bristol
Mrs. J. y. 'uuh. bi'stoI
=. u. prosncr. Cumberland,
r.. A. Gray, llanuors.
g. 4 james. Latham.
N'gr. g.. y. James. Latham.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
PLAN COOPERATIVE BUYING
Lancaster Rural Mail Carriers Dis
cuss Method Of Lessening Cost
of Living

Lancaster, Pa. April lJ,--At a meet
ing Of the Lancaster Rural Mail Car
riers Association plans were discussed
for solving the high cost Of living. The
carriers are considering the toTma SSS
Of an organization to pool the buying
of uecessa ries needed by the carriers
and their families. IT, this matter they
hope to purchase foodstuffs in quantities
that VIII be sufficiently large to insure
lower prices TO the men. There will
be a special meeting Of the carriers in
the near future at which time definite
plans will be formed.
Paul Z. Busnoug, of LititZ was elected
delegate to the state convention of Rural
Carriers, which win he held in Green
vile Mercer County, on Labor Day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
BANKERS HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN WAR LEADERSHIP OF FOCH
writer Gives Story of Germans Plan for In
vasion of America-Gossip
of the Street

,v e stock Saturday Notwithstanding the firm
rderone pervadng Street and
49, ,rokers the encouraging
me banker outcome It was
General impression today big news
I'D he heard in
by meant as good surprising the conf
ns we're confidence in
~ Allies spite the of their rather position they
N csped ability Foch might arise
One banker speaking and his
ol TO his they fight to the
80 man said IIag merely notified the
pb armies strongest
ops further that
was up hold from
General Iag they be
M announcement coming
their support
n. face of whatever against them.
There of pessimim during
an the stock
long continues
r attention developments wellnown
broker
,abzng nothing
vas having slightest influence
Many of the banking
e especially by
trail Empires
the Allies
posibeo o the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15

CROMIE. --- In loving remembrance Of
GEORGE II. CRuhiE. who died April 1J,
1905. his WIFE AND FAMILY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
German InUasiOn of the United States

an Invasion United
In with American who student at
German he told Of how his
mate officer the and instructor at one
the hesaed inform him that nearly
military Germany required to submit
OF a his training.
that while the
he thought
the consider what might happen If an
smpt were made to apply any one OF the many plans Tor the
the United the archives Of the German general
.
F said he you may be sure they are
last detail there chance Of carrying
confess that the suggestion Jared me- passing
the paper transmit the shock
70 them with whom contact.
speaking for myself 7 think I speak
entmen saying felt fighting
and political philosophy namely democ-
for protection ruthless and
bsnnkal foe
Feeling altruism with much self
motives
within the last two weeks but few
aos of the German guns threatened our
6ed ones France
attitude of the nation has been
month has been debating bill that would give the President
's power to speed preparations.
@ have been reduce their production unless prices
@ advanced the politicians been repairing their FENCES Tor inc
aoer elections has seemed TO be thinking oil Wat hs"
nppn to all of Germany
Us it contingency from the
standpoint practical rather than an aca
aanH question?
From and must fight to win it.
We shut our eyes to the Germany inn
% strengthened by the surrender Of
Russia NJ Runania
From already quantities Of food
wv Fnmana she abundant supply of petroleum. The IRON
"a coal mines Complete control of the
w &soerian railroad question of little time More na
a % Europe and Asia under her domination
ne theory that she forced yield by economic sangua
a% must be abandoned.
4 10 win the protect
y to defeat Germany and the realize
s @ is finished this is Americas and only business the
% What We get
r the Republicans will make little
s. II
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15
Another Reason for Strength of Stock Market

stock
strongly
held present they
in called Il compilation a
applied per
reached the highest Of the market boom
Another OF
Of
December 81, whereas
Of only A the stock held.
addition showing in the number of shares held
BY Foreign holders,
and
Of Of
compared l40O71
in l797O
2j61 preferred 2S52S2
tO9S471
in md
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15

d Deery Building, Our advice is to
Liberty Bonds Government does not ask you 10 give
as donation IL without exceptional
lnterestony asks the privilege to protect you al
Protection peace the ultimate yield This should in
more seriously earnestly the financial gain which
pen for profit ~
the United Government OF 1881 touched
i they just the Liberty Bonus
y out many realize that fact From
~ these bonds 1852 and in 1879 sold
Pa hpa bonds for. or.patrossm pront"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15

IN MEMORIANI

g. liymau G Co.--A Lyman. carpets.
rugs, mating. ltnoieums and otlcloth. Brvs-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-15

DELANEY At 2i5l y. Camec ST., Anril
IL PATRICK j.. husband Of Mary Z. De-
laucy (uec O'Connor). Notice OF funeral
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-26

German patrol boat heard him an,
flashed q searchlight. They picked up
Joyce right away. but Barney WIS
making good Roadway and was almost
free when they dragged him in. They
beat them up on the patrol boat. and
when they put them back on the
Yarrowdale Badewitz beat them up
some more and put them in irons.
Then he began to shoot at their feet
with his revolver. and no had sailor
stand by to hand him another revol.
yer when the first one was empty.
Then he would cash their faces with
the barrel Of the revolver and shout,
I'm Badewitx. I'm the man who
fooled the English" and shoot at them
some more.
All the while the sailors were cele-
brating, drinking and eating, and yell
ing, as usual, and the whistles on all
the German ships were blowing, and
they were having great fest. After
about thirty hours we left, being es-
corted by mine-layer and mine
sweeper. I asked q German garby IL
that was the whole German navy, and
he looked surprised and did not know
I was kidding him, and said no. Then
said, $50 the English got all the rest.
did theyl" and he handed me one in
the mouth with his bayonet hilt, SO
quit kidding him.
We saw rows and rows Of mines,
and the German sailors pointed out
what they said were III. M. IS. Lion
and Nomad, but do not know wheth-
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-26

er they were the same ones that were
in the Jutland battle or not. Finally
we landed at Swinemunde just as the
bells were ringing the old year out
and the new year in. We were a fine
bunch Of blackbirds to hand the kaiser
for New Years present, believe me.
They mustered us up on deck, and
each Of us got cup Of water for our
New Years spree. Then we saw we
VIE in for It, and all hope gone. but
we were glad to be released from our
hole, because we had. been prisoners
since December 10-three days on the
Moewe and eighteen on the Yarrow.
dale-and the coal was not any softer
than when we first sat on 1t.
So we began singing. "Pack up your
troubles In your old kit bag and smile,
boys, smile. What's the use Of worry
ing? It's never worth WHILE" and so
forth. They made us shut up. but not
before we asked ourselves IL we were
downhearted. and everybody yelled
"No"
And that is how we gave our ~
CARDS to Swinemunde.