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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-03

German Diplomats ct Moscow. !
News Of the presentation - the sovlss
esvsrnnsnt at Moscow Of credentials
BY German anA Turkish diplomatic
Department.
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Coming for Medical Conference.

Physicians and surgeons. representing
practically all states of the Union. will
como here tomorrow for q conference
ana to attend the annual meeting of
the general medical board Of the Coun-
ell Of National Defense. which will be
held Sunday.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
CHAPMAN MANOR slu. Rid(.

Easy motor ride via Frederick and Thurmont.
Convenient BY rail. High altitude; dry, cool and
pleasant day and night. Accommodations excel
lent and ample for transient and permansnt
guests. Write J. L. CHAPMAN. Prop.
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ROLLS CIGARETTE,
KILLS PROSECUTOR
Harry Dorman Stays Patrick
o'Nea' at St. Eliza
beth Hospital.

Howard Hall. the building At st.
Elizabeth Hospital in which criminal
insane patients are cared for, this morn
ing was the scene Of q homicide. in
which Patrick O'Neal. an Army patient,
was slain by Harry Dorman. . Navy
patient. Tho weapon used was win
dow weight, Weighing about fifteen
pounds, and one blow crushed tho skull
Of o'Nsal. killing him instantly. He
was in bed asleep when he was slain.
The homicide. it 10 stated. resulted
from . hallucination on the part Of Dor
man that o'Neal was engaged In SER
les Of prosecutions Of him. and also that
he had robbed him Of money. When one
Of the hospital physicians and an at
tsndant Questioned Dorman about the
killing. It is stated. he admitted hav-
ing done It and gave his reason there
for. but to Sergt. Dent Of the eleventh
precinct he said he could not recall
having killed the fellow patient. add
Ing. II may recall IL later"
Slain Man Killed Mexican.
O'Neal. who was thirty-one years old,
resided at $50 North 6oth street. Phils-
delphia, whom he entered the Army. He
served on tho border, whore he was ar
rested and chargd with killing a Mexi-
can. He was sentenced to ten years
imprisonment. It was while serving
his sentence in the federal prison ct
oped insanity and was sent here for
treatment reaching st. Elisabeth Hos
pital about 0even weeks ago.
Dorman. who 10 twenty.four years old.
was resident Of Pomb Creek. Iowa, 1t
the time Of his enlistment. He was ar
rested as an alleged deserter. accord
ing to hospital records, and was de-
clared insane. He has been In the hos
pital some time.
An investigation Of the affair disclos-
cd that Dorman. feeling that O'Neal had
plotted against him and robbed him,
last night got out Of bed and took the
heavy weight from the window sash,
secreting 1t under his blouse this morn
ing about s O'Clock when the door Of
his room was unlocked to permit him
make preparations for the morning
Smoked as He Killed. :.
When Dorman walked from his room
he asked Frank Cornell, an attendant,
for the '.makings" Of 4 cigarette. The
orderly accommodated him. saw him
TOA ClkaTett0 ana walked away Wh0n
he had given him a light. Dofmaii
walked to an alcove. at the end Of the
hall. where O'Neal, who was not well.
was sleeping. and quickly ended tho
latter's life, 1t IL charged.
When Cornell walked to the alcovA
and found o'Neal dead. he turned 20
Dorman ana learned from him that he
had killed him. Sergt. Dent of the
eleventh precinct went to the hospital
and made an investigation.
Coroner hewitt directed that the body
quest will be held at 8 o'clock tomof-
row afternoon. Dorman will BE- taken
to the inquest. II his condition 10 such
that physicians think the ordeal will
not excite him unnecessarily.
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To Hold Final Meeting of Seas

The Musolit Club will hold it's final
meeting Of the season at the 18th street
building of the Y. NJ. C. "A. at o'clock
tonight. An interesting program has
been arranged by the executive COM
mittee.
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Meissner's Machine Damaged.

Me1ssner followed so closely when
the German Strengthened out that the
latter's wing tore both of the under
wings OF Meissner's machine. but at
the same time the young American
poured a deadly stream Of bullets into
the enemy plane. which start ed smok-
ing. Meissner kept up the fire until
the German machine burst into flames
and then crashed to the earth.
The American pilot landed safely on
his own sido Of the lines. but the Ger
man fell about a mile inside the Ger
man lines to the south of Thiaucourt.
The American infantrymen in the front
lines watched the engagement from
start to finish and cheered loudly
another American air victory.
Lieut. Meissner. whose home Is in
Brooklyn. n. y. returned to his hangar
to receive the congratulations Of his
comrades and to make his report with
q bashful grin on his face. The lieu
tenant Is young and slight and "tickled
to death" that he has one enemy scalp
hanging to his belt.
The story OF his exploit having trick
led in over the telephone wire. the cor
respondent went to the lieutenant's
hangar. 1t had been reported that q
wing of Meissner's machine had been
torn Off by his opponents airplane.
Impossible" said one of the MEM
bers of Meissner's squadron before the
young aviator had returned to his BILL
let. III the boche really had scraped
Jimmy with his wing we would have
had to call on the Red Cross to make
inquiries Though Switzerland as to
what had happened to him.
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Meissner Appears on Scene.

Just at that time Lieut.. Meissner HIM
self jumped out Of an automobile and
walked toward the group gathered
about the hangar
well! Well! There's Jimmy now"
cried his companions, as they all ran to
meet him. All tried to grasp his hand
at the same time. while many ques-
lions were hurled at the young aviator
The lieutenant blushed and looked
around as II at a loss how to begin
Then he briefly told an American story
in an American way. Just as II bring
Ing down German was an everyday
trick.
WELL" he said. II saw him at about
5000 meters. There was another ma
chine. which I believe was a French
one. headed in the direction of the Ger
man. just sailed in first. but the
boche swung down toward the earth
when I was just above him. I went
down after him, firing all the time.
Then he Strengthened out. and. turn
Ing his wing point quickly. rammed
my wing, but as that was happening. I
cut loose with my gun again. Smoke
came from the German machine. which
headed for the interior of Germany
and we both were soon over his terri-
tow
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Point Hall
DrvpI1Dv MACE

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eoncreta construction. All modern Improvements.
safe bathing and boating Tennis. Golf. Fine
auto roads Noted for its excellent table,
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Kept Right on His Tail.

II thought that might be some sort
Of camoufiage for a getaway, for they
tell me these Germans are full Of
tricks. so I kept right on his trail
Then he began to drop. real red flames
streaming from him. I knew that I
had him and that l had fired 200 shots,
but 1 also knew my machine was
damaged. So turned around and
headed for home, but I thought I had
better come down safely inside our
lines than to risk fight all the way,
80 I did it and there you are"
Then the lieutenant went over and
told his mechanic about 1t. The pair
stood beside another airplane. on the
wing Of which had been pasted as "a
hoodoo chaser" q liberty loan poster,
showing Liberty waving the American
flag over the heads Of the American
soldiers. and bearing the inscription:
Fight or buy liberty bonds"
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KEPT ON GERMANS
TAIL AND GOT HIM
Lieut.. Meissner, Cornell Man,
Downs His First Antag-
onist in Air.
HIS MACHINE DAMAGED
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May Am American aviator
has brought down the fourth German
airplane along the American front
northwest Of Toul. Lieut.. James A.
Meissner, whose home is Brooklyn. after
a thrilling aerial battle at about Is, 200
feet. shot down an Albatross scout
which fell in flames.
Lieut.. Meissnsr il twenty-one years
old and a graduate Of Cornell. He came
to France few months ago and quail
lied az a pilot here.
While he was protecting a photo
graphic plane a German machine came
In view. The day was brilliant with
sunshine. A French plane started for
the German, but Meissner. who was
flying high nearby in a speedy Nieu-
port chaser, made dive for tho Ger
mans tail. When within range he
opened fire with his machine gun. and
the German started a spiral nose dive,
but after few seconds Strengthened
out and started back for Germany.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
NORFOLK HOUSE,

The Duchess of Norfolk has lent
Norfolk House for club for ladies
from overseas in England in connec-
ton with the war. The Duchess in
sisted on the appointments Of the
house remaining as they were, SO that,
in no other club can the members
read or sit in silence, talk or listen to
lectures and concerts, smoke and
amuse themselves according to their
desire, amid furniture with an artistic
and historic interest beyond price, I'M
der ceilings which are almost legend
for decorative skill, and surrounded
by pictures of Velasquez, Murillo Hol-
bein, Vandyck, Breughel, Salvador
Rosa, and other great painters of the
past. The glories Of Norfolk House
provide matter for a volume, but the
ladies of the Royal Club can study
them at firsthand and without books.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
BISHOP CURRIER DEAD.

Baltimore, Md, Sept. 23-The Rt.
Rev. Charles Warren Currier, former
ly Bishop of Matanzas, died on a train
this evening when on his way from
Waldorf, Nd, to this city. Bishop
Currier had been in apparently good
health and confirmed class Sunday
at Waldorf. He was pastor of St.
Marys Church, Washington, d. c., be-
fore being named Bishop of Matanzas
in 1913. He was long active in Indian
mission work and was a member of
the National Bureau of Catholic Indian
Missions. Several years ago he re-
signed from his Cuban charge be-
cause Of ill health and had been liv-
ing in Washington. The funeral will
take place on the return of Cardinal
Gibbons from the funeral of Cardinal
Farley in New York.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
PILGRIMAGE ON FOOT.

For the first time last month since
the great pilgrimage to Croagh Pat
rick Ireland, was revived by the last
Archbishop of Tuam, fifteen years ago,
there were no railway facilities. The
restrictions OH motor cars were rigid
ly enforced, only those carrying priests
being permitted to pass, and this led
to the pilgrimage being confined to
the people of Comaught. The ascent
of the mountain was begun over night
and earliest pilgrims arrived with
break of day, amongst them an elder.
ly man on crutches Masses were Gel.
ebrated at the oratory from seven till
noon and there was a record number
of Communions
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
SHRINE REOPENED,

The shrine erected in Kenmore,
N. Y, in honor of the Venerable John
Nepomucene Neumann, D. d., c. IS.
R., has been reopened. 1t was erected
in 1912, on the site of log cabin
built by Father Neumann. Several
sacred objects provided by the sanity
priest are preserved there. The
statues made by his bother are still in
the small sacristy, and, the Missal
which he used has been carefully pre-
served. The Venerable John Nepomu-
Gene Neumann was one of the pioneer
priests of western New York and was
the first Redemptorist professed in
America. In 1852 he became the third
Bishop of Philadelphia. He died on
January 5, 1860. On December IS,
1896, he received the title of Veneer
able, and the authorities of Rome have
under consideration the acts of the
process of Qualification.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
RED CROSS USES SEMINARY.

Wounded French and American SOL
diers have furnished a new use for the
old seminary Of st. Sulpice in Paris,
where the American Red Cross and
the French Secours de Guerre are
working together for their relief.
The former institute for the educa-
ton Of priests has done it's share of
war work from the beginning and for
a long time was used as a home for
poilus when on leave, and refugees
from the villages near the front.
While the drive was on, the institu-
ton harbored $500 refugees every
night, the Red Cross uniting with the
French in providing transportation for
these unfortunate persons, as we'll as
food, clothing and care.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
FIRST ENGLISH SERMON.

The distinction of having preached
the first sermon in the English Ian
guage at the historic St. Gatien Cathe-
dral at Tours, France, has fallen to
Father Patrick Turner, of Birming.
ham, Ala, Knights of Columbus chap
lain. The joint French-American SER
vice, Pour la France" was held I'M
der the personal direction of the Ven
cradle Archbishop Negro.
American flags were draped over
the great altar and all radiating al
tars, and one large Stars and Stripes
was festooned over the facsimile grot-
to of Notre Dame de Lourdes in the
left transept Thousands Of American
soldiers and civilians filled the quad
rangle in front after several thou
sands had crowded the interior.
Not since the Maid of Orleans her.
self stopped in the church to pray in
1929. the townspeople say, has a great
er service been held in one of Frances
most famous cathedrals.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
IRISH NURSE DECORATED.

The Serbian government has deco
rated brave Irish nurse who is serv-
ing with the American Red Cross
Nurse Kerrigan, daughter of Mr.. John
Kerrigan of Dowra, County Cavan,
served in Serbia with an American
Red Cross detachment from Septem-
Der, 1914, to June, 1915. When the
town of Belgrade fell she was prisoner
in the hands of the Austrians for ten
days, and for her conspicuous bravery
and devotion to duty has been deco
rated by the Serbian government.
After the fall of Belgrade, Nurse Ker-
rigan contracted typhus and was in
validated home. On her recovery she
joined the American Red Cross for
duty in France, where she has served
from 1915 to the present time. She
has been decorated by the French
government with Les Palms.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
TOOK FINAL VOWS.

Sister Euphemia of the Order of st.
Basil the Great, recently professed
her final VOWS in the chapel of St. Ba-
sils Orphanage, Philadelphia.
This order Of Sisters is of the Greek
Ruthenian rite, founded in the sixth
century, and the profession ceremo-
MES were unique in that they were the
first of the kind in the States. Sister
Tuphemia was the first of little band
of three who came to the country in
1911 at the invitation of the late
Bishop Ortynsky, to labor among the
Ruthenians. There are now one hun
dred Sisters in America following the
rule of st. Basil the Great.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
St. Stephens Parish
HIS SPIRIT NOT BROKEN
Wisconsin Soldier, Severely Wounded,
Minimizes His Own Condition.

Paris, Sept. 27.-Loss of his left eye
and left hand and a half dozen minor
wounds in various parts of his body
have not broken the spirit of Sergt.
Floyd G. Rath of Sparta, Wis. He is
to leave a Paris military hospital for
his home in the Badger state in
few days, but he says he will make
an attempt to return to France in the
Red Cross service after brief visit
with his relatives, says Jack Reming-
ton, war correspondent.
Sergeant Rath is a graduate of the
Sparta high school. Later he took
course in medicine and pharmacy at
the University of Wisconsin. When
the United States entered the war he
enlisted in the medical service of the
army, but later obtained transfer to
a trench mortar battery.
While on duty with that unit at the
front last month he was badly wound
ed and was sent to one of the military
hospitals in Paris for treatment.
Through a knights of Columbus hos
pital worker Sergeant Ratlr learned a
fraternity brother, G. P. Shea, also of
Sparta, Wis, was employed at the
Knights of Columbus headquarters in
Paris and as soon as he was able to
leave the hospital he paid Mr.. Shea a
visit.
The latter learned that Sergeant
Shea had written to his mother and
sisters of his being wounded, but had
not told them the nature of his
wounds. When his old college room
mate attempted to express his sympa-
thy for the sergeant, the latter re-
piled:
Il don't deserve sympathy; it is
more fitting that should be congrat-
ulated for being alive'
The spirit which has caused this
Wisconsin boy to minimize his sacri-
fees and to display an eagerness to
enter the game again for the purpose
of assisting in war relief among his
khaki-clad comrades is commendable.
Sergeant Rath is reticent in discuss
ing the action in which he received
his wounds, but it is significant that
he is wearing a decoration which dis
closes to those versed i'm French mil
itary affairs that every member of his
unit has been cited by the French
army authorities for valor in the field.
The Wisconsin noncom has been in
France more than six months and has
participated in number of important
battles against the Boche.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
IN DENMARK.

The Hon. Maurice Francis Egan, the
well-known Catholic writer who re-
turned home on short leave from Co.
penhagem, where he is the United
States Minister, speaking recently to
a representative of the American
press, bears testimony to the reality
of the Catholic awakening in Den.
mark. There are continued CONVEX
sions, he says, among the aristocracy
and among the very poor Since 1S49
there has been complete political and
religious liberty for Catholics. At
present, according to "Orbis Catho-
licus," the Catholic population is but
a little under 10000 out Of three mil
lions, with 4S churches, 81 clergy, and
1913 religious women.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
A llNGUIST.

The late Mother Eleanore McGfoin
Eden Hall, Pennsylvania, was not only
a woman of broad and deep culture
a philosopher and a theologian, but
with the greatest ease and facility
English, French, German, Italian
Spanish, Latin, and the Oriental Ian.
guages. She had such a thorough
command of the Latin language that
when she went to Rome she conversed
in Latin with his Holiness Pope Leo
XIII with such grace and facility that
he was amazed and expressed his ap.
probation and admiration.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
LADY BAGOT.

Lady Bagot, formerly Miss Lillian
May of Baltimore. Catholic, has won
numbers of British and French war
decorations for brilliant service. 1t
may be remembered that Lady Bagot
was some years ago much in the public
eye because she insisted OFT having
bara, baptized Catholic, her husband
being non-Catholic. Lord Bagot re-
fused to allow the baby to be baptized
by "a priest. His sister, however,
solved the difficulty by taking the
baby secretly to Father Vaughan, S.
j., by whom it was baptized.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
DAUGHTER OF DEAN FARRAR,

Mrs. Z. Thompson of London, Eng
land, a daughter of the late Dean Far
rar. the eminent Anglican divine and
author. has lately become a Catholic
and now heads the Catholic Women's
Misisonarys League, society which
provides material help for the foreign
missions. Mrs. Thomas inherits much
of her distinguished fathers literary
talent.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
is YOUR SUBSCRIPTION DUE?

count? Are you in arrears to the
Irish Standard? Kindly examine the
address label on your paper. From
this you will be able to determine
what you owe. Under the new order
of things the Obligation if any, must
be promptly taken care of, as per Or
der of the War Industries Board.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05

"Lemme see one o. dem cuckoo
clocks said Mr. Erastus.
Here you are"
Gould you change de tune little?"
whats the idea?"
II wants an alarm clock. l don't
take to desc hasty an excited alarm
clocks. If you could train one o. desc
to cackle like chicken, l could wake
up spry an hopeful every time"
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
NOT OFFICIAL RELIGION,

Cardinal Andrieu, OF Bordeaux, in
answer to Nj. Clemenceau, says that
the French government is not legally
precluded from proclaiming public
prayers for war success; that there is
no official religion in France, but this
noes not prevent the authorities of
state from assisting at national pray
erS
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05

Archbishop Symon Dead-News of
the death i'll the City of Cracow of the
Most Rev. Archbishop Symon, one of
the four Polish Bishops eXiled by the
Car, has been received with dee, re-
greet at Rome, where His Grace re
sided for ten years of his exile.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
FATALLY WOUNDED.

SO years Old and the last member of
an illustrious noble family at Italy
we'll known in the United States
where, as simple Father Luigi, he
taught in universities and seminaries
several years ago. has been fatally
wounded by an Austrian shell while
aiding troops on the battle front.
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
IRISH PAPERS
FORBIDDEN NEWS
New Ruling Prevents the People From
Becoming Acquainted With
Events in the Country.

Many Of the Irish provincial week
lies condemn the new order forbidding
any report to appear in the Irish news
papers of meetings for which "per-
mits" have not been applied for and
granted. Most of them at the same
time ridicule the assertion of Mr.. Dill
Ion and his newspapers that the effect
of the order will be to help Sim
Fem and ki" the so-called 'constitu-
tional movement The following ex-
tracts are characteristics:
Anglo-Celt: THE fact of the organ
izers having applied for a permit
does not save the newspaper, if the
permit has not been granted This
means that every journal in Ireland
shall have to ascertain before inserting
the report of a public meeting,
whether the organizers We're given the
necessary permission to call the gath
ering together. The greatest
safeguard that any country can have
is a free press, and when this is inter-
fered with it only creates a subterra-
mean channel through which views
that would otherwise never find ex-
preston are given out to the public"
Westmeath Independent: Us it a
case Of censorship run mad? How is
the newspaper editor, sitting perhaps
in an Office a hundred miles away from
public meeting, to know that a per-
nit was not in fact obtained for
| meeting. In the Balfour days
of coercion in Ireland no such drastic
effort to dragon publicity was at
| tempted. Mr. Short, or whoever is
pulling the strings of the marionette,
has improved on what hitherto was
considered could not be- worse.
while license of this like rests in
the hands Of a Government Junta in
! Ireland, in common decency let US
hear no more about the misconduct of
treatment OF ireland for the worst
that can be alleged against Germany"
.. Permits for the "Party."
Mayo News: This is a timely and
logical sequel to the many other prod
ucts of the French-Long and Short
administration, and is quite character
istic OF their methods. Coming Or
the eve of a General Election it may
prove a blessing to the community if
there is sufficient spirit amongst our
| politicians to resent the order requir-
ing permits. What an ocean Of
'rameis' it will save us. In fact, it
would be much better if Mr.. Short
took the most logical shortcut of COM
polling all politicians to keep their
papers to the publication of advertise
ments, and, say, official bulletins"
Meath Chronicle: "The last vestige
of liberty remaining to certain Sec
ton of the Irish Press has been torn
away on the eve Of a General Election.
BY it's latest mandate forbidding, I'M
der the dire penalty of suppression,
the publication of reports of meetings
for which police permits have not been
obtained, the Press Censorship in
vogue in this country has dealt it's
coup de grace. The country is now,
to all ntents and purposes, effectively
muzzled, it's people being denied the
right OF free speech, and the National
Press gagged. Hence, we are in a fit
state for a General Election"
The Irish standard., 1918-10-05
CAN HAVE ANY SCHOOL,

The Cardinal Archbishop OF Paris
has offered the Knights OF Columbus
the free use of any school buildings
they may need i'll any part OF France
for the furtherance of their social, re-
ligiouS or other war work.