The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-06-08
Catholic Chronicles

killed whilst visiting French-C
madam battalions dressing station,
was buried lover there" with full mill
tary honors. A Protestant army chap
lain tells the Associated Press that
the solemn burial service chanted by
war-tried French Canadian soldiers
twas the most impressive and moving
! incident he ever witnessed at the
front.
Silver Jubilees.-Three priests of
the Diocese of Oklahoma, Rev. Fathers
Fredric Van der IA, of Apache; Zenon
Steber Okarche, and Edward V. Rey-
nolds, Langotcn, will celebrate their
Silver Jubilee as priests this year.
Father Van der Aa comes from an
old royal family of Holland Father
Steber, when a little child, saw his
parental home in Alsace burned by the
Germans. Father Reynolds, native
of Kentucky, is the first priest Or
dained in Oklahoma. His grandfather
was eXiled from Ireland for several
years on account of troubles in that
country
Sea Mystery.-Another sea mystery
is presented by the disappearance of
[ the United States naval collier Cy-
clops. With some 800 men on board
she left the West Indies for an Allan
tic port on March 4 and has not since
been heard Of She was a large, pow
erful ship, equipped with wireless, and
yet she has vanished without sending
a call or leaving trace.
| To Establish Home.-The Catho-
lie Women's War Relief Association
OF Washington, d. c., is about to es-
tablish a home for Catholic young
women who have come to Washington
for war work. The city is overcrowd-
ed and proper accommodations at fair
prices are hard to get
WidoWer Observation-Disclosures Amer
lean, M. ]. Dwyer, who while resid-
! ing in the Noble Ecclesiastics, Rome,
attended lectures in Propaganda, has
been ordained subdeacon The say
ing that man cannot commence hard
study with much hope of success after
forty is falsified in this case. Mr..
Dryer is now 81 years of age and has
been widower for a considerable
| time. Three years ago he resigned
the position of district attorney in the
| United States and went to Rome to
| study for the priesthood. His exami-
nations in Propaganda, in philosophy
one time he was editor of Donahoe's
Magazine
Inhuman Parents.-Charged with
having scared the hands and face of
her eleven-year-old son with a hot
poker as punishment for misbehavior,
Mrs. Charles Strang, resident of
Staten Island, was found guilty by
judges of special sessions court. Ac-
cording to the testimony the lad was
punished for stealing jelly. Counsel
for Mrs. Strang made no defense and
sentence was reserved by the court
The womans husband, Chas. Strang,
is to go on trial later on charge of
infiicting similar punishment on his
ten-year-old daughter Elizabeth
Staff Of Life.-Bread and macaroni
are the staple foods of the peasants
and working classes in Italy. Reduc-
ton Of their use which has been neces-
sary has involved considerable hard
ship on these people.
An Automobile Record. = Twenty
| seven children were killed in New
York during the month of March by
automobiles.
op-Governor. = The somewhat
| remarkable news reaches us that after
| repeated requests on the part of the
| President of Brazil and at the wish of
the Nuncio Apostolic, Mgr. Don Fran
cesco Aquina-C orrea, Auxiliary Bishop
of the archdiocese of Cuyaba, Brazil,
has accepted the post of Governor of
the State of Mato Groso. The State
has been in condition Of unrest for
some time, and no proper person could
be found to accept the governorship
in cOnsen11ence Hence tho so1ectiOu