The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-05-11
French troops in Italy, recently paid
a visit to Cardinal Ferrari, Archbishop
of Milan.

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this afternoon by the House. Under
an amendment by Representative Hull
of Iowa they will be put at the foot
Of the class and called only when all
available men under last years reg
istration have been taken into service.
This and another proposition, which
does away with military exemption
for divinity students, will necessitate
conference with the Senate.
The divinity students lose their ex-
emption, Military Committee members
said, because there has been an abnor-
NAL increase in the number of pious
young men the last year. Under Pres
ident Wilson's recent regulations these
men will be used in non-combatant
divisions. Final action on the bill
was unanimous.
Bishop LawIer Bereaved.-Mrs. Eliz-
abeth LAWYER mother of Rt. Rev. J. j.
Lawler, Bishop of Lead, S. D., has de-
parted this life in Rochester, MINI.
She was eighty-four years of age Flu
neral took place Saturday from St.
Johns church, of which she was de-
voted member. The deceased was one
of Rochester's early pioneers, having
come to Minnesota sixty years ago
from the state of New York.
No Meeting This Year.-The sixty
third annual convention of the Central
Verein, the national organization of
German-American Catholics, which was
to have been held in San Antonio,
Texas, next August, has been indefi-
nitely postponed, according to an an
nouncement made by Mr.. Joseph Frey,
K. s.. G., of New York, president of
the organization.
The Central Verein was organized
by Catholic men of Buffalo and Roch-
ester in 1854, and the first convention
was held in Baltimore during the fol-
lowing year. Bishop Timon was
among the. first to approve of and en-
courage the organization. The society
is engaged in Catholic social welfare
work. It is the pioneer Catholic or
ganization in the United States, and
has accomplished incalculable good for
Church and country during the sixty
three years of it's existence.
Knights Of Columbus Asking for 500
Men for Work Behind French Lines
Five hundred able bodied men be-
tween 40 and so years old, are wanted
for service in recreational and other
work being carried on by the Knights
of Columbus behind the allied lines in
France, in response to a cabled re-
quest received recently from Walter
M. Herman, overseas commissioner for
the organizations committee on war
activities.
Four Gunners Killed; Priest Helps
Keep Battery Going.-Father William
J. Farrell, of West Newton, Mass, a
regimental chaplain, proved such
good fighter that high officer offered
him commission in his command.
Father Farrell went to the assistance
of a battery when four of the Ameri-
can gunners were killed, carried up
ammunition and helped the crew to
keep the gun working. He was wound
ed.
Father Farrell, before being commits
stoned chaplain, was curate at st.
Demands Church, West Newton, Mass.
Monk Discovers Unknown Sermons
Of St. Augustine.-A series of hitherto
unknown sermons of St. Augustine
have been discovered, German papers
say, at Wolfenbuttel Brunswick by
Father German NORM, Belgian Bene-
dictine monk. News of the discovery
has been forwarded to this country
from Amsterdam
The Apostolic Delegate to Canada
Ends Term.-The term OF Office of His
Excellency the Most Rev. Peregrine
Francis Stagni, o. s. NJ, D. D., as
Apostolic Delegate to Canada and New
foundland has concluded.
Monsignor Stagni is the third in
cumbent of the Office, which was per-
manently established by His Holiness
Pope Leo XIII. in August, 1899. On
October 81, 1910, Monsignor stagni
succeeded His Excellency the Most
Rev. Donatus Sharretti (19O2-1910),
who replaced His Eminence Cardinal
Falconio (1S99-1902). Previous to the
permanent establishment of the Dele.
cation Canada had the honor of re-
ceiving three Delegates of the Holy
See on temporary missions-His Ex-
cellency Monsignor George Conroy in
1877, His Excellency Monsignor Henry