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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07
THE "DAN PATCH"
Entire Line Of the Old Company to Be
Operated

The entire line of the Minneapolis
Mortified & Southern railway, former,
ly the Dan Patch,' is to be operated
the board of directors decided at a
meeting of stockholders in Mime
apolis Wednesday. Directors and Of
ficers were elected, and a resolution
was drawn up thanking the reorganiza-
tion committee, including the Mime.
apolis Civic and Commerce association
James H. Ellison, reelected presi-
dent, said the officers were not yet
ready to go into detail as to their
plans. eve expect to operate the en-.
tire line and are busy working out
ways and MEANS" he said. 1--WE will
have to have some more equipment
but our general plan of action is not
complete"
Directors elected are: H. A. Whit.
tier, Northfeld; w. F. Roche, Lake
Vile; John B. Irwin, Richfield; F. T.
Day, Waseca; r. H. Benham, Orchard
Gardens; and from Minneapolis, w. O.
Winston, ]. H. Ellison, w. L. Harris,
c. C. Wagner, A. D. Walker and Julius
Rosholt. Mr.. Whittier was elected
vice-president and Mr.. Winston trea-
surer. About 1000 of the 1900 shares
of stock organization, were represent.
ed at the meeting.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07
Has Settled 47 Strikes

The settlement of AZ strikes, involv-
ing 163,050 men and 5O5,ssO miles of
railroad in six years, is the remark
able record of Charles Patrick Neill,
now chairman of the United States
Railroad Board of Adjustment.
Neil was born in Rock Island, III,
in 1865. Some years later he moved
to Austin, Texas, where he received
his primary education in the parochial
schools. He started to work in pri-
vate bank in Texas, but a university
education was his goal, and at the age
of 20 he entered Norte Dame univer-
sity, which he attended for three
years, taking his senior years work
at the University of Texas. He later
entered Georgetown University, tax.
ing his A. B. degree in 1891 and six
years later received the PHI. D. degree
at John Hopkins University. His
school record was brilliant, he having
won seven out of eight medals offered
while he was in college.
Instructor at Notre Dame
DR.. Neill was instructor at Notre
Dame University from 1891 to 1894,
and was associate professor OF
political economy at the Catholic
University, Washington, from 1897 to
1905. In the latter year he was ap
pointed United States Commissioner
of Labor, which position he held until
1913, when he became affiliated with
the American Smelling Company Of
New York. In 1915 he became man
ager of the Bureau of Information Of
Southeastern railways.
His skill as a mediator was dem
onstrated in settlement of the anthra
cite strike in 1902, and his work ir
the Nevada coal strike in 1907. With
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07

Friday, September 6, was the 161st
anniversary of the birth of the great
French Catholic soldier who was
Americas friend in her hour of need.
Lafayette was a mere boy of twenty
when he left his young wife in France
and at his own expense came to this
country and presented himself to Con-
gress and offered his service where
they would be best suited for the
cause in hand.
Lafayette received his first impress
sions of the American struggle for
liberty while he was stationed at
Metz Undoubtedly he was led to ap-
ply to the American Commissioners
at Paris among whom was Franklin,
through his recollection of the loss of
Canada to France. 1t was at the
same time that he, an aristocrat, be-
gan to understand the common people.
Certainly from the first moment Of his
landing in America until the end of
his days he was most democratic in
his dealings with all men.
When he appeared before Franklin
and Deane and desired to offer his
sword to America he was dissuaded.
He was told that in the first place
there was no ship to take him. and to
that he answered that ne would chart
er vessel himself and at the same
time supply it and also take any COM
munications the Commissioners had
for America.
There was no other answer to a
persevering, courageous and generous
young soldier than to accept his offer.
He gladly embraced the opportunity
to lend his aid and also invited other
dashing young Frenchmen to accom-
pany him. He was as good as his
word, and in due time he and his ship
arrived on this side Of the Atlantic.
Congress read with interest his re-
concentrations from Franklin, and
they agreed to the single provfso in
his offer, which was that he, on &C.
count of his position, was to receive
the commission as a general officer
and he was to be free to answer any
summons of his King. But at the
same time he stipulated that he was
to serve without any emolument
It was about the middle of April,
1777, that the young nobleman ar
rived in South Carolina, and it was
in July that Congress gave him his
commission as Major General, al
though he was then some weeks less
than twenty years of age. Placed
under the personal care of Washing
ton, the great Commander-in-C Chief
soon became attached to the young
officer The feeling of admiration
was mutual, and Lafayette until the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07
Superiority Of h., .>arish Schools
Whenever the Pnbc and Parish School Systems Come Into
Competition the LaureIs Are With the Latter.
Parish Schools Now Lead All Others

lens which confront her. We are
not blaming her. 1t is natural that at
her years she should seek amusement.
We are merely stating facts in order
to draw conclusions.
The teacher is the key to the school
and the teacher who consecrates her
life to the work and garners expert
ence with the growing years is more
likely to be fit and capable than the
teacher for whom teaching is but a
passing phase.
There is no religious teaching Order
which has not house of studies and
preparation. The postulants and nov
ices fill in their time with solid study
and conscientious preparation. The
material which enters the teaching
Orders in our day is the finest. Many
are the graduates of academies and
Normal Colleges. Not a few enter the
convent from the ranks of the teach
ers. This superb material is drilled
and prepared tirelessly as only Sis
ters can drill and prepare, all urged
on by religious motives and the spur
Of a vocation. It is frequent expert
ence now to find teaching Sisters
taking high degrees in colleges and
universities, secular as we'll as Cath
olic.
Next to the teachers, a school must
look for it's success to the system
which it accepts. 1t has become a by
word even among educators that our
public school system has become the
home of fads and new.fangled ideas
it has become the dumping ground
of novelties. American children are
the victims of every educational ex-
pertinent which fits through the pro-
fessorial brain. And, of course, the
great business concern which lies
back of the public school system of
the land is always ready to supply the
necessary "educationalia.' That con-
cern is the A. B. c. of the schools
Children who are wasting their valu-
able time on fads must neglect fun
damentals. A great cry has gone
forth for the three RS"
1t is characteristic of the parish
schools that they seek no novelties.
; They have centuries of conservatism
behind them. They know the value
Of a good foundation. They are not
willing to exploit on the defenseless
child the educational schemes of SEN
sational professors. The school is not
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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07

James B. Reynolds he revealed the
packing conditions in Chicago.
Since 1905 DR.. Neill has served as
Umpire of the Board of Cancellation
created by the Anthracite Strike Com
mission for the settlement of disputes
arising in the anthracite coal indus
try. He was appointed by President
Mckinley member of the Board of
Charities Of the District of Colum-
bia, and served as its vice-president
for eight years. He was a member
of the immigration Commission Great
ed by Congress in 1917, and is on the
Alumni Council of the John Hopkins
University.
A Serious Welfare Worker
DIR. Neill is a serious social welfare
worker. He has studied economic
conditions in Europe and probed into
the Pacific Coast immigration condi-
| tions. He always advocated labor
laws for the protection of women and
children. DR.. Neill was the father of
the Erdman act. Under the provision
of this law, controversies involving en-
gineers, foremen, conductors, ETC., are
the only ones that come within the
scope of arbitration or mediation, and
| where there is danger of interstate
traffic being interrupted, employer or
employee may appeal to the com
mittee of labor or Chamber of Inter
| state Commerce.
DR.. Neill has been a member of the
United States Committee on Training
Camp Activities since the war started
| He is prominent in Catholic circles
| and is member of the knights OF
! Columbus and Ancient Order OF
! Hibernians.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07

There was a time when Catholics
were disposed to admit that in sever
al respects the parish schools were
inferior to the public schools of the
land. But that time has long since
gone by, says the Newark, N. j., Moni-
tor. Catholics now know that where
parish schools do not surpass, they
are in every way fully the equal of
the public schools. Daily experience
is proving this Whenever the two
systems come into competition, the
laurels are with the parish schools.
The ordinary business man moreover,
is not slow to speak his mind and ex-
press his opinion on the comparative
merits of the two systems and invari.
ably to the credit of our parish
schools. It is his settled conviction
that the parish schools are not the
victims of the countless fads and
changes which haunt the public school
system and that the fundamentals are
better taught in the parochial than in
the public schools. The nemesis of
faulty spelling does not hover over
the pupils Of our schools.
To the thinking man and woman
there must readily come the reasons
for this superiority of the parish
school. 1t lies chiefly with the teachers
and the system.
The average teaching life of teach
er in the public schools is four years
and half. The Sister who teaches
in our schools is a teacher for life.
The young girl who graduates at
Normal College and enters the public
school as a teacher looks upon the
school as temporary haven, as a
means of livelihood till other days
dawn. She expects, and rightfully,
that before many years she will enter
the matrimonial state. She looks
forward anxiously to the day when
marriage will release her from the
daily drudgery Of teaching. Young
and bright and winsome, she soon
finds herself the centre of many suit
ors. Social life appeals to her; it's
distractions make not merely foil
to the weary hours of school, but is it
not true that they are ofttimes the
causes of lessening her ability and her
interest in her school work? The
young teacher out late the night be-
fore at the theatre and the supper
which follows or at a reception is not
physically so fit for the intense duties
of teaching nor so alert on the prob
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07

British began the final chapter Of the
war.
After the war Lafayette visited the
United States and was everywhere re-
ceived with welcoming hands. To
ward the evening Of his life the great
Frenchman was in need, having lost
his property and having been other
wise deprived of his patrimOny. 1t
was at this time that Congress voted
him money and lands, which he sold
for 100000, and at the same time in
vited him to revisit the scene of his
youthful victories. His tour of the
country lasted fourteen months, dur
ing which period he visited each Of
the then twenty-four states, and in
every town and city he was the object
of a splendid welcome. He died in
France in 1884 and there was general
mourning and many tributes to his
memory in the United States.
The present war has caused his
name to be Illuminated again, for once
more France and America are fight
ing common foe, but this time the
country which France helped to free
is returning to assist her in freeing
the world for democracy.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07
American Boys
Make Good
DR.. Buckley Says Minnesotans Helped
Captivate Nation at Chateau
Thierry

"After the showing of the Ameri.
cans and our own One Hundred Fif-
ty-first Field Artillery near Chateau
Thierry, American credit was good
any place in France" said DR.. E. w.
Buckley, speaking at banquet given
in his honor by members of the
Knights of Columbus at the st. Paul
Association rooms last Tuesday night
DR.. Buckley told of the wonderful
record of Chaplain William ]. Har'
rington, formerly pastor of st. Luke's
Catholic church. Father Harrington
was with the One Hundred Fifty-irst
Field Artillery in their battle near
Chateau Thierry and said all of the
men displayed singularly Minnesota
spirit in their battle with the Huns.
After the initial battle, France
would have given their all as appre'
citation of the American bravery" he
said. "The German plan has been to
force the Allies back by superior
numbers, but here the Yankee boys
refused to play the game and won by
a counter attack DR.. Buckley said.
Dr. Buckley spoke Of the value
General Pershing placed in chaplains,
saying that the chaplains and secre
taries of organizations held the key to
the fine morale among the American
troops In France.
w. ]. Jameson, professor of dra
matte art at St. Thomas college
spoke, welcoming DR.. Buckley back
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07
K. Of c. Donors Blessed By Pope
General Pershg and Marshal Foeh Cable Messages 70 kats
Col. Roosevelt Awards $4,eee Of Nobel Prize to
Order. Bishops Urge One Joint Drive

same heart for the success of our
common eause.'
Colonel Roosevelt's Gift
Besides which, Ambassador Jusser-
and has written the Superme knight,
thanking him for the generosity of the
X. of c. towards the French Nation.
To even more accentuate the proud
position the Order occupies in the eye
OF the Republic. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, in distributing the Nobel
Peace Prize awarded to him some
years ago. and which, it will be recall
ed, he turned over to Congress for dis
posal, has awarded the X. of c. the
sum of $4,O00-an equal sum going
to the Y. NJ. c. A., the Salvation
Army and the Jewish Welfare Board,
while the American Red Cross is
given $1,000 and other relief work for
our fighting men and the fighting men
of tho Allied nations, is generously
| remembered
This practical appreciation on the
| part of the illustrious ex-President Of
the great work being conducted in the
name of the Catholic people Of Ameri-
| ca by the Knights of Columbus will
| be relished by Catholics everywhere.
| 1t stands as another singular item of
testimony to the manner in which the
Order is regarded by all Americans.
great and small
Bishops Telegraph Fosdick
The Order has clearly defined It's
position in the matter of further ap-
peals to the public for funds to sup
/, port it's work and it is cordially sup
ported in its attitude by Bishop Mul-
doom and Hayes of the Administrative
Committee of tho National War
Council. On hearing of the decision
that two separate drives be made for
funds, ono by the Y. M. C. A. and
kindred organizations and the other
by the X. of c., the Jewish Welfare
Board and the Salvation Army,
Bishops Muldoon and Hayes jointly
| telegraphed Chairman Raymond B.
Fosdick of the War Departments
Commission on Training Camp Activi-
| ties, their telegram reading:
| I'VE most sincerely hope that the
announcement of the divided drive
does not reflect the final Judgment of
| the Government. For unity, economy
and Americanization, let us have only
| one drive which, without doubt, would
be an immense success from every
CONTINUED on page8)
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07
Minnesota Boys
Well Cared For
Minneapolis Men at Wadsworth Are
Pleased With Camp

p. V. O'Donnell, son of P. j. O'Don-
nell, state secretary OF the Ancient
Order of Hibernians, was in the city
recently visiting with his wife and
his parents. Mr.. O'Donnell is now at
tached to the traffic department in
the Quartermaster's corps at Camp
Wadsworth, South Carolina, to which
he was assigned as member of the
Minneapolis contingent, which en-
trained July 22nd.
Private O'Donnell returned with the
body of Lester Schumann of Norris,
Minnesota, who died at the camp
While in the city for his brief stay
Mr.. O'Donnell gave very interest
ing address before Division No. 1, A..
o. H. of which Division he is a mem
Der. He stated that there were over
10000 men stationed at Camp Wads-
worth, and that owing to their splen-
did physical condition and other
qualifications Minnesota draftees are
much in demand there. Competition
is keen among officers who desire to
have the Gopher state men in their
companies.
"The boys are we'll cared for and
we'll fed" Mr.. O'Donnell said. "They
have nothing but praise for the treat
ment they are receiving"
Private O'Donnell is we'll known in
this city being for years city freight
solicitor for the 500 Line, and later
with the p. j. Downes Company in the
marketing of auto trucks and was very
successful in all his undertakings.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07
Lafayette Soldier Of
The American Revolution

day Of his death regarded his mentor
and friends as the greatest American.
From the first he was convinced Of
the business of the American cause
and he fought for it is if it were his
own. He not only served without ray
but actually lent assistance to the
struggling colonies out OF his own
private means. In all he advanced
about $4,000 to the American cause,
and in those days that was an i'm
mense sum money. Less than two
months from the day he received his
commission he was in command of a
body of troops in the army that en-
gagged the British at the battle of the
Brandywine. The Americans num-
bered in all about 1000 effective
troops, although thHA' total number
was about $4,000, while the British
confronted them with an army of 49,
600 trained men. Then on Septem-
! ber II, 1877, when he had just passed
his twentieth birthday, young La
fayette, tall STRIPPING, received his
baptism of fire. He received more
than that, for one of his legs was so
badly wounded by bullet that he had
to be carried to Bethlehem, where he
lay for weeks, attended by the Nora
Wan Sisters.
For a time Lafayette was under
Gen. Sullivan, and he saw much hard
service. When the Rhode Island
i, campaign was drawing to close and
D'Estaing's fleet and 1000 French
troops were withdrawn, it became evil
dent to those who thought on the SUBJ
ject that the patriot army was in sad
quandry. 1t needed supplies and it
needed assistance in men, and it need
ed the alliance of powerful nation
1t was true that the badly clothed
and sadly supplied little struggling
army of the colonists could hold out
for a long time; but it was evident
that help was needed If peace was to
be signed that would guarantee their
liberty. Lafayette was one Of those
who saw that the patriots must have
help. He had been absent from home
and his young wife for two years, and
he asked for a leave of absence to
visit France.
Toward the end of the year 1878 he
returned home and Congress, al
though it was poor in resources, did
prove it's gratitude by ordering Frank
lin, then American envoy in France,
to have a sword made and presented
to the distinguished young soldier.
Lafayette returned again, and this
time France sent over an army and.
what was more valuable, fleet to CO.
operate with it, and with these new
forces in the field against her the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07
MINNEAPOLIS

Dr. C. Da Wright, chairman of the
golf committee at the Minneapolis
Athletic club, has reached the final
round of the club championship at the
Town and Country club. He advanced
into the championship round by his
victory Saturday over G. E. Routh, Jr.,
2 up. He will probably play Fred
Mailer for the championship some
time next week.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07
MRS. BRIDGET DwYER
Died Last Saturday; Had Lived In
MlnneapoIis Sixty Years

Died Last Saturday; Had Lived In
Minneapolis Sixty Years
Mrs. Bridget Dwyer, 1923 Twenty.
fifth avenue north, for 60 years resi-
dent of Minneapolis, died Saturday
night at the age of 96 years.
Mrs. Dwyer was born in County Tip
perary, Ireland, and came to Mime
apolis direct from there. She is sur
vived by six children, 81 grand
children and two great.grandchildren.
Her husband is dead.
Those of her children living in Min
neapolis are Mrs. M. E. Fitzgerald,
Mrs. Gregory Tracy, John Dwyer and
Thomas H. Dwyer. Two other sons,
Anthony ]. and William j., live in
Portland, Ore, and Hibbing, Mimi, re-
spectively.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-09-07

Replying to the message sent to him
by Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty
of the knights of Columbus at the
Supreme Convention of the Order in
New York, His Holiness Pope Bene-
dict sent the following cable from the
Vatican:
Rendering heartfelt thanks for the
solemn sentiments of homage, fidelity
and attachment rendered by the Su-
preme Council of the Knights Of
Columbus, the august Pontifi blesses
with all his heart the members of the
Order and all charitable persons Geo.
operating in your noble work.
SODALIZlO."
President Wilson, also, through his
secretary, Joseph Tumulty, replied to
the pledge of answering loyalty made
to him by the Supreme Convention
of the X. of c. His reply reads:
MY dear Mr.. Flaherty:
"The President genuinely appreci.
ates the heartening assurances that
you give him in your telegram of
August 7th in the name of the knights
of Columbus of the United States.
Such messages do much to keep him
in heart and he asks me to convey to
you one and all an expression Of his
cordial thanks"
Pershing and Foch Cable knights
General Pershing, responding to the
pledge of devotion and increased eff.
forts sent to him and his troops by
the X. of c., cabled the following
cordial reply:
James A. Flaherty,
X. of c. Headquarters,
New York City.
wish on behalf of the troops under
my command to thank your organiZa-
ton, not only for its generous and in
spring message, but for the substantial
service it is rendering the army in
France.
JOHN J. PERSH1NG.
And Marshal Foch. being apprised
of the fact that the Knights of COlum.
bus had awarded him a baton inscrib.
ed with the names of the victories
that have rendered his name immort
al in the military history of the world
sent this reply through the French
High Commission at Washington:
81 beg you to accept my personal
thanks for the testimony Of approba.
lion and sympathy which you have ad
tory, we are all working with the