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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
SENATOR J. G. CALLAHAN.


Senator Jerry" Callahan, as he is
popularity known, we'll deserves the
status he enjoys as candidate with
out opposition at the primaries for
Senator of the Twenty-eighth District
The district comprises the whole of
the first ward and portions of the
third, tenth and ninth wards of Min
neapolis. Mr.. Callahan, who is one of
the youngest of the State Senators,
has just completed his first term, and
he and his constituents may we'll be
proud of his record of efficient and
faithful service at both sessions of the
Legislature. Springing from the ranks
of labor, it is of course a part of his
nature to be in sympathy with all
remedial legislation tending to pro-
mote the welfare of those engaged in
manual labor for their livelihood. To
his intelligent initiative, and untiring
persistence in winning his detectives,
the people of Minnesota are indebted
in large measure for the advanced
position of industrial legislation in
the state. He has confidence in the
intelligence, fairness and sound judg-
ment of the common people, and be-
lieves that his efforts in behalf of the
humblest of his fellow-citizens will
find appreciation and commentator
at their hands.
That the keynote of his service is
the elevation and improvement of
those who are most in need of the pro-
tecting arm of the state may be seen
in brief enumeration of some of the
principal subjects that have engaged
his attention during his first term.
Among these are, the semi-monthly
pay bill, which was passed largely
through his efforts; the Cancellation
Court for small debtors, which has al
ready proved it's great value to the
masses; the two-platoon system for
firemen, the anti-injunction bill, and
the improvement of the Workmen's
Compensation law. These and other
similar measures have received his
enthusiastic support, as has also the
amendment to the State Constitution
providing for an eight-hour day for
workmen.
Senator Callahan has raised himself
from a railroad position with the
Great Northern Railroad, in which he
served twelve years, to his present
standing by force of ability and de-
termination to succeed. He is a pow
erful platform speaker and is always
sure of hearing because of the fact
that he has something worth while to
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
DEGREES AWARDED.

The 18th annual commencement of
the College of st. Catharine took place
Wednesday morning in the Jeanne d.
Arc auditorium at the school. Rev.
F. P. O'Brien, of the College of st.
Thomas, conferred the degrees. Can
didates for the Bachelor of Arts de-
gree included the Misses Marie Hor.
tense Guyer, Marie Theresa Dunlevy
and Lucille Marie Murphy.
Diplomas in music were presented
to the Misses Frances Clare Pape and
Gertrude Lucille Bernier. Myrtle
Brewer and Agatha Hynes received
diplomas in the Teachers course in
art. The commencement address was
given by the Rt. Rev. ]. j. Lawler,
D. D., Bishop of Lead, S. D.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08

the law department of the University
of Minnesota, from which he was grad
uated in 1894, and has practised law
in Minneapolis since that time.
Mr.. McN1illen made the following
statement of his political principles:
Since our beloved country has be-
come involved in the world war it is
our duty to make whatever sacrifice
may be necessary for it's protection
and defense and'to preserve and pro-
tect the liberty which our forefathers
have given us for the benefit of our
selves and posterity. Over and above
all else we must consider the welfare
OF our nation first, last and all times
Let us never forget the words of our
immortal republican leader, Abraham
Lincoln. when he said that the gov
eminent of the people, by the people
and for the people shall not perish
from the earth
eff l should be elected l shall CO.
operate with, and support the presi-
dent Of the United States in the dis
charge Of his duty as commander-in-
chief of the army and navy, to the best
of my ability.
II believe that efficiency and econ.
omy are very important, if not abso-
lutely necessary elements in the sue
cessful prosecution of any undertaking.
II have great confidence in the 10y
atty, ability and efficiency of the re-
publican party and if elected l shall
vote with it's members in organizing
the House of Representatives and be
guided by its opinions and advice"
Over the Top June 18th.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
A MEETING OF GIRLS WILL BE
HELD AT SETON GUILD.
Will Enroll Girls in "Liberty League"
All Girls Over the Age of IL
Years Are Cordially Invited.

Mrs. D. E. Virtue announces meet
ing to be held in Seton Guild rooms,
21S So 4th St., second floor, Tuesday
evening, June 18th, at s o'clock, to
which all girls over twelve years of
age who are interested in recreation,
athletics and war activities are cor
daily invited.
The main object of the meeting is
to enroll the girls in the great Fedora
ton known as the "Girls Liberty
League" authorized by the Govern
ment for the purpose of creating an
interest in industry and athletics. In
this way every girl becomes national
asset and is doing her share in this
world war.
A system of awards comprising eight
points is the goal.
Employment at your Office, factory
or home will count for five points.
Thirty-six hours of war work during
the summer months, knitting, surgical
dressing work or any other war &C.
tivity, will count for one point.
Sixty.four hours of recreational
work engaged in athletics, such as
swimming, boating, canoeing, walk
ing, tennis, military drill, basketball,
baseball and other games, will count
for two points.
Those winning six points will be en-
rolled on the honor list.
Those winning eight points will be
entitled to medal.
Seton Club summer vacation home
for girls at Lake Minnetonka offers
special advantages to those interested
in athletics.
No fee in connection with "Girls Lib
erty League" Many advantages and
benefits.
Come and bring your friends Tues
day evening at o'clock. Admission
free.
Miss Emma S. Tucker, Director
Girls Activities Committee, will ad-
dress the meeting and give you fur
Their particulars on the "Girls Liberty
League"
Seton Guild girls will furnish the
music. Everybody welcome.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08

say and expresses it with such grace
and fuency of speech that holds the
attention of his auditors, whether they
be workmen, judges in court or his
fellow lawmakers in the Senate. MI.
Callahan is a graduate of the law
school of the University of Minnesota
Q912) and enjoys rapidly growing
professional practice. 1t is almost
foregone conclusion that the popular
Jerry will succeed himself as Sen
ator of the 2Sth District and that he
will render the same quality of SER
vice to his constituents and to the
State as in the past term. We predict
for Senator Callahan highly success
full future political and civic career,
for he possesses the very qualities OF
craftsmanship and democracy which
city, state and nation are now most
urgently in need in official life.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
Irving A. Caswell

CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT
and Republican Candidate for Re-
Nomination.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
MORE THAN 200 ATTEND
SETON GUILD OPENING

More than 200 guests attended the
annual opening Of Seton club at Phelps
Island, Lake Minnetonka, which was
held Sunday. Cretin High school
orchestra of st. Paul furnished the
music.
Mai. Thomas P. Foley, Of Chicago,
now stationed at Fort Smelling, gave
an address on Women in War Work"
Miss Grace Shannon gave readings
and Mrs. Neil J. Kennedy sang a
group of songs.
Among those who motored out were:
Major and Mrs. Foley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Neil J. Kennedy, Mr.. and Mrs. D. E.
Virtue, Mrs. Stanley Huxtable and
son, Sterling, Mrs. M. G. Ragatz, Mr..
John Walsh, Mrs. M. r. O'Connell,
Mrs. Jennie X. Newell, Mr.. Frank
Uehling, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schultz,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Newell, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Hall, Miss Frances Walsh, Miss
Anna C. Norton, Miss Sophia Schultz,
Miss Margaret C. Keller and Messrs.
Walter and Eugene Villame.
Those who spent the weekend at
the club were: Esther Garrett, Laura
Caffrey, Grace Carlin, Julia Britt,
Dorothy Reimers. Evelyn Newell, Net
tie Keynes, Lillian Nelson, Agnes
Weurth, Rose Weuth, Mae McCon-
vile, Nettie Ferguson, Mildred Story,
Hazel Preux, Blanche Farmer, Mar
garet Huyck, Helen Lotus, Grace
Lotus, Katherine Lotus, Nell Nc.
Carthy, Madhe Carlin, Katherine Jer-
ONE, Madge Stultz, Ruth Huxtable,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
Fred D. McMillen
Minneapolis, Minnesota.

W1nneapOI1S, M1nnesOta.
Republican Candidate for Represen-
tative in Congress-, 10th District. Mr..
McMillen has resided in Minneapolis
over 20 years; he was born and raised
on farm near Clinton Falls, Steele
County, Mimi, and was educated at
Pillsbury Academy, Owatonna, MIMI,
from which he was graduated in 1890.
After leaving school he spent two years
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
PAID ADVERTISEMENT

This advertisement Is inserted for
Fred D. McMillen, 924 Andrus Building,
Minneapolis, Mimi, by Elmer S. Leach,
for which he is to pay SIS.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08

Wanted Immediately good woman
as housekeeper in a home OF two
priests. Work light Apply at once,
X. Y. this Office.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
E. ]. conroy
Candidate for Mayor

Political A.
Burnquist by
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
TWIN CITY NEWS

Grace Shannon, Clara Muther, Stella
Oswald, Mabel D. Johnson, Esther
Rydlum, Alma Reehl, Florence Mis-
gen. Hazel Wilcox.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-28
Barbanties of the Germans.

was taken TO Passchendaela 70 a.,
OLD ruined church. There I soon an
peared before a German doctor bs5
a big bandage round my head and
from 1t blood was dripping freely 7
had oeen gassed and was soaked in
"Iooo Gown to my waist-an alto
Gether pitiarle object Too weak to
. SIT up was held in a chair by two
! oroerHes. The doctor looked at me.
Englander." he hissed.
NO, sir" I answered. not resr-zinr
be spoke in hate, canadian -
"Englander." he repeated sayareIv
and spat behind him as he smoke. AN
Englanders. all swine" And h6 made
a motion OF shooting me in the chest
hes' Engiander," repeated reauz-
ing that he hated us lock, stock and
barrel. '''iO
Take him out. the English pig. I'll
not touch him" And they took me
out and back into the body OF the
church, where lay without attention
for thirty hours-a touch OF kuItur
once again.
Then was taken TO Roulers to a
Belgian convent hospital where a
German doctor. who afterwsrd iusti-
fed the sinking OF the L,usftanis nm
doubtedly saved my life by removing
bone fragments from my brain. frsr-
ments which were causing almost in
cessant cerebral vomiting"
There fell in with gentle Belgian
sisters and some faithful civilians
who remained with them I heard in
credible tales OF German barbarfties
during the reign of terror the previous
October.
Sixty-nine civilians, selected bv a
German spy in their midst in peace
ome, had been shot in ci7d blood
The spy had since been made military
commander Of the town.
In a nearby village some fll-adyised
Belgian women had fred on German
soldiers passing through. A drunken
German major had ordered the three
women found in the house to be taken
10 the market place, stripped and
turned over to the will of equally
drunken soldiers. He said griuIy that
he would make women the world over
rear TO shed the blood Of sacred Ger
man super-men. Afterward the VIII
iage was given over to loot, fire and
me sword. That again was kultur.-
Z. V. Combe, in Leslie's
The Washington herald., 1918-10-28
Hun Attacks Broken,
Pershing Reports.

German efforts to regain by counter
| attacks ground lost to the Americans
In the recent fighting north of Yer
dun yesterday were unsuccessful, ac-
cording to the communidue received
here last night. The communique
states:
North of Verdun the enemy con-
tinued without success his attempts
to regain the ground lost in recent
fighting. Yesterday evening an at
tack launched with strong forces
against our positions between Ban
tantheville and the Bois des Rates
broke down under our artillery fire
before reaching our lines East OF
the Meuse there has been sharp
fighting in the region OF the Bots de
BelIeu.
"On the front OF the Second army
there was lively artillery fighting in
the Woevre."
The communiques for Friday and
Saturday were also received last
night.
Fridays statement was:
"On the Verdun front there is no
change in the situation"
Saturdays communique reads:
''North of Verdun our troops have
made further progress in the Bois de
Bourgogne, reaching the hamlet of
Farnay.
Artillery fire has continued heavy.
particularly in the region of Banthan-
theville and east of the Meuse."
The Washington herald., 1918-10-28
THE W. A. A. C.'S SCHOOL

The members Of Queen Mary >
Army Auxiliary Corps now have
their own school in London. the FIRST
OF many such training establishments q
which the British authorities prop148
10 open for the education Of wont "a
clerks for the army. The pion{ n
school has been orCa nized by
London County Council at the reqI
Of the war Office. and Il owes inc
ton 10 the fact that clerical wor4
are wanted in enormous numbersV
the corps Many women and girl 4
their patriotic zeal 10 be OF ser L
to their country have volunteered
the domestic side OF the corps "
a very little technical training Is
they require 70 ft them for ser
on the clerical staff. and this is
being provided in an extensive course
IN Office routine, bookkeeping, Eng
lish typewritinE. and not least inn
portant the intricsCios OF filling Up
army forms.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-28
Our Colored Troop,.

Had 1t occurred to you. the univer-
sal loyalty OF our colored citizens?
Have you ever met a colored man in
this country who was pro-German? I?
Do you even know any one who thinks
he has actually seen one? have per
sonally made inquiry in the South. in
New England, on the Pacific Coast
and here at home in the Central West,
and have arrived at the firm convic-
tion There amt no such animal as
pro-German American colored man.
When the big war started and Bern
storff let loose his long and carefully
prepared plans of arson, bombs,
| strikes, and general confusion in this
country, one of the most dastardly
schemes on which his boss depended
was an uprising Of 100000 colored
people in the South. The effort was
well organized. bountifully supplied
with money. was operated with great
secrecy, and at first was carried on
outside the larger Southern cities. All
sorts sof impossible rewards were
promised; the blacks were to own and
rule the South; every sort of poison
lie was used to tempt the colored peo-
pie into a revolt against the whites.
1t was expected and hoped this revo-
luton would keep this country busy
for the duration of the war. OF all
this, people in the North heard very
little.
To the everlasting credit of the COL
ored people they refused to be led
into the trap. and like the proposed
revolution in India and Egypt and
some other countries, the plot miser-
ably failed
At last We entered the war. What
then of the colored man? When vol
untary enlistment was offered, he re-
sponded promptly and in large num-
bers. During the civil war, 1t was no
infrequent part OF a Northern gener-
ais report of a battle that the COL
ored troops fought bravely." The re-
ports which are reaching US of the
colored troops in France include more
than fought bravely"-they fought
magnificently.
A letter from an officer describing
such regiment going "over the top
Is a picture worth painting Bare
headed, shirts unbuttoned or no shirts
at all, with the most unearthly yells,
as demons let loose. they went at the
enemy like a cage of wild lions re-
leased. These boys from the cotton
and cane fields like best to fight with
the bayonet. which Fritz enjoys least
OF all. but in hand-to- hand combat
they fall back on their trusty razor
or knife, in the use of which they are
more proficient. The stanchest Hun is
said to quail and run before one of
! these dusky giants bent on carving a
map of Florida on a fat German face,
or a delta of the Mississippi on his
throat.
Yes, the colored troops are still
lighting braveIy, BY II. II. Wind
sor. in the Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-28
WAR AND DIVORCE
BY DOROTHY DIX
THE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER.

/ had never suspected that the men
they had always known as being en-
crossed with the state of his grocery
trade, or the stock market, had any
sentiment concealed about their per
sons. or that they were capable OF
making a supreme sacrifice for an alb
stract ideal, or doing a deed so heroic
that it put their stage and film idols
I to shame.
And when such a woman saw her
husband give up the position that he
! had spent so many years OF hard
twork in reaching, or leave TO blum
dering hands the conduct Of the bust
ness that was his own hearts blood,
and go forth to fight, and die for his
country. IL need be. she saw for the
| first time the real man to whom she
was married, and he looked like a
God to her.
! And that's one reason why women
who form most Of the matrimoniaIly
disgruntled, have quit hammering in
such numbers at the doors OF the di-
vorce court. For women are ideal
lists and hero worshippers, and they
can forgive anything to the man who
has II in him TO be great on a great
occasion.
Perhaps, though. the chief reason
why war has made a decline and
| falling of in the number of divorces
is because il furnishes the temporary
I separation that most husbands and
wives need in order to rest their
faded nerves and whet their satiated
appettes for each others society
For IL propinquity is the great
matchmaker il is also first aid TO diH
vorce. There is no human being Of
whom We do not tire in time No
charms that do not pail upon US il
we get an overdose OF them. No vir-
tues that do not turn into faults If
we gaze at them perpetually. I'm
broken domesticity is merely another
case of the thirty quails in thirty
DAYS that no stomach can stand.
Husbands and wives quarrel and
fight and rush to the divorce court
simply because they are fed up with
each other. They think they will be
perfectly happy If they can only be
parted. and when they get their de-
cree they find out that they have be
come habit to each other. and they
are miserable apart
The war is affording these people
the opportunity TO make this discov-
cry, and find out how near and dear
they are TO each other, and many a
woman who was pricing tickets to
Reno is weeping now over a ragged
letter from the front and wondering
how she could ever have imagined
leaving John; and many a man. ly-
ing awake in the trenches, is ask
ing himself how he ever could have
been fool enough to have thought for
a minute that there was any other
woman in the world than the stout.
lGrizzled-haired wife who has worked
and toiled so faithfully by his side.
Oh, war has its blessings. And one
OF them is that it makes men and
women know each other better.
Copyright, 1913, by the Wheeler Syn
dicste, Inc.)
The Washington herald., 1918-10-28
Artificial Combs Control Bees Sex.

Artificial combs made of aluminium
are a new invention, described in the
Popular Mechanics Magazine, which
are claimed to increase the production
of workers and limit the number of
drones. Another feature OF the inven-
tion is that it relieve.~bees of the ne
cessity of building wax combs, and
thus enables them to devote all their
energy to honey making. Furthermore.
in the event of infection occurring in a
brood. the cells may be thoroughly
sterilized. In view of the request OF
the Department of Agriculture that
keepers of bees market only extracted
honey. so as to increase production by
reusing the combs, the new aluminium
devices seem particularly timely.
The Washington herald., 1918-10-28

One of the curious by-products OF
the war appears to be matrimonial
peace. Possibly husbands and wives
have found out that in times Of a
world war they can get all of the
! fighting they want, outside of the
home circle, and that IT Is more thrill
ing to strafe the Hun than ii is TO
row with their honeys, so they have
satisfied their belligerent instincts
without the necessity of scrapping
with each other.
] At any rate, according to the statis-
tics. there has been an amazing de-
| crease in the number OF divorces that
| have been asked for since the be-
| ginning of the war, and reports from
all over the country indicate that the
| love of peace is brooding over more
households than was ever known be-
fore.
OF course many reasons may be as
signed for this desirable state of af-
4 fairs. The most obvious is, of course,
that in the face of a great tragedy
we see the little pin pricks of life in
their true proportions. Small. indeed,
| has been the soul that has taken
heed of its own little personal ir-
ritations and grievances in these DAYS
in which a universe is dTenched in
blood and !tesrs.
| Nothing has been more significant
than the fact that people have almost
| ceased TO complain of their own petty
! troubles about which they would once
have walled to high Heaven. Sup
pose a wifes pies aren't exactly like
his mother used to make. Husband
eats them in silence and without
| criticism, thinking of the starving
millions in Europe.
Suppose a husband isn't the COM
bination of a matinee hero and John
I D. Rockefeller of a woman's romantic
dream. She's so grateful to have a
husband at all, and home over her
head, when she thinks about the
I women whose men have been killed
and whose houses are only little piles
of stone now that ghe never even
notices his failings.
Millions of people who have taken a
calm. prosperous, domestic life for
granted. and as nothing more than
their due. have been shocked by the
war into a realization OF how blessed
they were. and into an appreciation
of what home and love really meant.
Many A man has realized for the first
time how much he cared for nus wife
when he tried to visualize the fate
of the women of Belgium and Flan-
ders Detailing her. and it has made
him a better and more considerate
husband than he ever was before.
Likewise. many a woman who has
nagged and fretted and fused at her
husband has suddenly had It brought
home to her that such as he is. he
filled her whole life, and that her world
would be empty without him wher
she thought about his going forth to
war, and possibly never returning.
Also millions of women have gotter
a new prospective on their husbands
They have never thought of the plain
practical Unromantic man TO whom
they were married as heroes. They
The Washington herald., 1918-10-28
Shocker Displaces Harvest Hand,

A grain shocker. described and illus
trated in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. has been pronounced one of the
most important inventions for the
farmer since the appearance Of the
binder. 1t attaches TO a binder and
operates automatically, performing the
work Of two harvest hands. At a time
when grain raising is so important and
farm laborers are so scarce. this ma
chine is considered doubly valuable
The shocker is mounted on two
wheels and derives its power from the
binder, from which it receives the
bundles, holding them IN a horizontal
! position until enough have collected TO
make a shock. On being tied together
IN well-compressed shock. the bun
les are discharged with the butts
downward and spread apart enough 10
prevent their falling over. The shocks
are not capped, but are so nut to-
gether that they shed water readily
and are well ventilated. The grain is
so carefully handled that few kernels
are shaken of. II is said that less than
one horsepower is required to operate
the machine