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Evening star., 1918-06-02
BUILDING STRIKE ENDS.
Three-Year Agreement Barring
Non -Unionists Signed.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. June Except
for single exigency. all possibility
Of a strike of Cleveland building
trades unions has been removed for at
least three years. 1t was announced
today after the signing Of an agree
ment drawn up Jointly by represen-
tatives Of the unions. the Building
Trades Employers Association and
Federal Mediator Faulkner. The one
exception is the employment Of non
union labor. which the agreement for.
bids.
With the signing Of the agreement
the building trades strike. which af-
fected $4,000 men since the break oc-
CURED May /. automatically ended.
There are nve tradss that failed to-
day to come to an understanding on
wage scales for the present year. but
1t Is understood that the men wifi re-
turn to work in a few days.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
COMMUNITY BAND FIXES
DATES FOR CONCERTS
Series Arranged for Present Month
With Final Program to be
Announced Later. i, I

Tho Community Band at a rehearsal
last evening f,xeds the dates and loca-
tions Of tho series Of concerts It will give.
There will be public rehearsal at
Chevy Chase School June z. followed by
concerts at Park View School June II,
at Wilson Normal School June 81, at
Thomson School June 28 and a final
concert at Central High School on ssdate
to be announced later.
The band will be assisted by George
O'Connor. In comic songs: Arthur b,
Middleton. IN bass solos y. o. Burton.
in cornet solos: sergt. Terrand, in &C.
lections on his novel trench VIOLIN" and
a patriotic numhsr will be presented BY
girls of Business High School. These
girls will represent allied nations, ac-
cording to the presentation arranged by
Miss Sybil Baker and Miss Edith vii
son. =.
Following these concerts the hand will
be heard at community gatherings ana
other meetings about the city.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
BRITISH MAKE ADVANCE
IN CENTRAL PALESTINE

LONDON. June 1.-The ohlcisl stata.
ment on operations in Palestine issued
by the war ONCE tonight reads:
"our troops in the central area in
Palestine advanced their line to a
depth Of ono and three-fourths miles
on q front Of fve and q half miles
southwest of Tabor on the nirht Of
May 2S. They captured two Turkish
posts. repulsing several counter at
tacks with considerable losses TO. the
enemy"
Evening star., 1918-06-02
WINS STAR AT ANNAPOLIS.
Rjehard Max. Rush One Of Nine
Honored at Academy.
>pss1al 01spateh to Ihs star,

AnaAPoLIs. Nd. June 1.-Richard
YAK. Rush Of Washington 10 one Of the
hina star members Of the class Of mid
Shipmsn who will graduate from the
Esvsl Academy next week, according
y announcement made following q
,Aeedng Of the academic board this
afternoon. Young Rush. who was
&Dpointsd to the academy from
MARYLAND stands ave in a class Of
3oo. Malcolm r. Schoeffel, appointed
From Pennsylvania, leads the class
bf midshipmen.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels will
4d1yeeD the graduates and hand
&hep thste diplomas Thursday morn
Evening star., 1918-06-02
French in Good Position.

The situation on the line from Fore
sn-Tardenois to the little River Criss
has not yet been defined for, us, ex-
Vile Montoire, but on the Crfse II.
self. and particularly on the heights
facing the southwestern exits from
SCISSORS, and for some way to the
southwark. the French hold the Crise
hrmly ind occupy = good position.
North OF tho Aisne the battle still
RACES for possession Of the ground
won by Gen. Petain's victory at NAL
maison. ground which the enemy must
covet, because its possession will en-
able him to connect up with his two
Evening star., 1918-06-02
RESERVE NEAR 2 BILLIONS.
Twelve Federal Reserve Banks
Show Increase Of 10 Millions.

Total reserves Of the twelve fed
eral reserve banks now are nearly
two billion dollars. The federal re-
serve boards weekly report last night
showed 31,sz5. .7os, 900 reasrves, inolud-
ing $i,e17.s26.00o In gold. an increase
Of $i9,000,000 in the week. Bills dis
counted increased in the week to
$ss7.3b7.000. -.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
PRESENT BATTLELINEs II
/. r20 KILOMETRES LONG

PARIS, June THE present ,dkht-
FMS. front extends about, 1eo stiIo-
meters as thes birdYnies. 1t. is thirty
two miles from tnven to Scissors,
about forty from Scissors to the
Marine and more than forty from the
Marine to north Of Rheims, acoording
IA thu slnkpn na} nnn ne ~ = -
Evening star., 1918-06-02
SPEAKER CLARK AND FILMS.
Announced to Feature Patriotic
Rally Under Citizens Associations

Speaker Champ Clark will speak
and two-rsel war Aim will be shown
at the patriotic rally under the aus-
piess Of the Mt, Pleasant, Columbia
Heights and rhrk View Citisens' as
sociations At C4ntral High School the
evening Of June s ut 8 o'clock. There
will be other speakers and musical
selections. Arrangements are in
charge Of the war savings and thrift
stamp committee. including John
Do1ph, Samuel Feland, Ralph NJ.
Harris and william q, GUIDE. Admir-
1tQ1 " fHl1.. - 4 Z
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Death Of Gen. J. W. scully.

ATLANTA Ga. June Brig. Gen.
J. ". scully. o.. +s.- A.. retired. who
held a;long record OF. service. died at
his homo here today. Gen. Scully was
BORN In ireland <eikhty.one years ago.
He served In the Union. army during
tns Siy ctt;r War an1 mo Mss .n sScsirysly on
pedition, during the Spanish h-Ansriesn
war.
: Gen. seully is survived ~ Ais widoy
and two AAughtAIn, s..s, -
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Anticipating Trouble.

eral Agent Doggrell in commenting
ON the Coosa county situation stated
1t as their firm opinion that serious
trouble would arise whom Q round
up of alleged deserters and slackers
was started there. The sheriff stated
that it would be a fight to a finish
and 1t was his opinion that troops
ment authority" he said.
The federal representative voiced
practically the same opinion. Dogg-
rell left this afternoon for Birming-
ham to confer with his chief as to
the Coosa and Chiffon county mat
ters. Thus far no federal agents have
been sent to the former county.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Says Weakness of Allies -.
Is Loss of the Initiative
CoL Repington Declares Foes of Germany Do
Not Possess Superiority for Great
Offensive Discusses Situation. -.

great attacks and drive TIE French
away from the s-Ailette and behind the
Aisne. Until Thursday 1t was from
the east only that tho Germans were
attackinE here. and that day they
stood On the line. OF soissons-cha-
But yesterday their attack pm this
sector was aided .zby supplementary
assaults delivered across the Disc and
the Ailette.- and the French were
forced back to the line Epagny-Bler-
ancourt. Thus the new German at
thirty miles and is now prolonged to
the Disc. It has penetrated south
ward to- a greatest depth OF twenty
miles in the same pock et-shaped form
that the attacks, on the st. Quentin
and Armentieres sectors assumed.
Valuable Positions Lost.
= To deny its success is childish. It
has torn from the allies valuable po-
sitfons. has" cost US heavily in prison
ers, .casualties and war material, and
by opposing German strength toAal-
lied weakness has contributed to that
reduction of our fighting, strength.
which 10 the chief aim OF the enemy.
A succession of such blows as those
which the enemy has delivered since
March. 81. and under similar condi-
tions of application of the German
strength to our weakness, Is not q
prospect that can please any ono. and
least Of all Gen. Foch, whose talent
for the offensive is acknowledged.
1t is agreeable to us to notice how
cool and confident the French remain
in these difficult hours. To .be this
anvil and not the hammer 10 not con-
genial to the French temperament,
and the sooner the roles can be re-
versed the better shall we all be
pleased.
Foch's Task onerous.
But the task Of our French COM
for the allies do not possess the su
periority OF force necessary for a
great offensive, while even Foch has
no great liberty Of maneuver in re-
treat, owing to the proximity Of the
sea to the front that used to Be called
the line that was formerly called
French.
But il the enemy can employ from
thirty to forty divisions for, a thrust
across the Aisne toward the Marne,
then even Foch can detach nearly
probability is that an equality at
least will soon be re-established on
the Rheims-soissons front. II the
Germans force back the French from
the Ailette to the Aisne q much more
threatening front will be-. formed
armies will be In a position to press
forward unitedly IN this direction.
But the battle front from the sea
to Rheims Is 100=.miles long, and it
is still possible for the enemy il he
retains the Initiative to pursue the
plan OF alternating blows to which
he has hitherto restricted himself
Tho fundameptal weakness of the
allied position Is tho loss of the
initiative.
Evening star., 1918-06-02

By LIEUT.. C0L.s 1EPINGTON. {
Cahlekram to The sunday Star and
New York World. Copyright, 1918.
LONDON. Juno 1.-The reinforced
German armies under Gems. vol
Boehm and Won Buelow are still alon(
engaged in the battle which began or
Monday last and no. fresh movement
in other sectors was reported up to
yesterday afternoon. These two armies
nineteen divisions. but have been
strengthened for the attack and are
now variously estimated at from TWEEN.
ty-nve to forty divisions "a German d.
vision Is composed Of about $4,000
men).
have seen no positive statement OF
their present strength. We have not
been favorably placedto secure such an
estimate and besides, the surely unex.
peeted depth Of their penetration into
German main headquarters to send for.
ward more troops TO confirm the sue
cess gained.
Discusses Situation.
I propose today to offer few 70.
marks upon the situation on the new
battlefield. On the allied right al
Rheims the Germans claim to have
captured the defenses to the northwest
Of the town, including the northern
parts Of La Neuyiiletts and Bstheny
Thus Rheims is CLOSELY bssst and liabll
to fall into the enemy's hands. but &c
long a. the Moronvillers position
farther east, the scene Of one Of Gen
Petain's most complete triumphs, re.
mains in the hands Of the French, nc
progress southwark can be made by
the Germans between the Vesle and the
Suippe.
West Of Rheims four British divi.
sfons which have seen all the best OF
the fighting since March u. stand in
terpolated in the French line. and by
all accounts from their commander
have fought spisndidly. though we
have no direct report from their com
mander. They Wore last heard of on
the Thillois-Brotillet line, but the
loss Of vezilly by thu French may
have compelled Jour divisions once
more to retire to tpreserve the general
alignment.
Evening star., 1918-06-02
Assurance Of q. 8. Sympathy.

Secretary Lansing recently fornaIIv
. <Recaared that the nationalistio asnira.
4ons Of the Czecho-S -Slovaks and the
1ugo-Slavs for freedom have the earnest
kympafhy OF the American government.
Ehts message has gone to the ambitious
9pp1oDed races rs . further assurances
ef me purpose OF the United States to
fntsr into no peace treaty with their
SppfeeoosS that does not concede their
Evening star., 1918-06-02

Paris Again Under Fire.
PARIS, June i.-Paris 10 again. un-
der German hre today. The lombard
mont by long range guns was ~.
sume6. this nQsntH& !. y. >. sss.s 81
Evening star., 1918-06-02
onupae1s sub5aSation Of Austria-Hun-
Seasy 10 German domination and the
,feliminasaen Of any hope for even sSmi-
1aasDssAsnes that may have been en-
ksstsansl By The csechs, Jugo-slav,
Aal skAsP anti-dsrman elements in
ne duat snonarchy. 10 seen here as the
Deseaia result Of the new military
; eSsaty between Germany and Austria
Guagary.
Tha State Department has Just re-
I $eavsd through its own sources what
h4lisvsd to be the text Of this re-
faatkablA document. and 1t 10 said to
Sso0rm the general statements Of its
+. eSevtsaeos already announced in the
tstss.

Amon8 ether things. II shows that
I tpSu which the United States might
! pave discussed peace with Austria it
. Hae dteAppeared along with what lib
&tfy Of action had been left to the
bua1 monarchy by her ally.
Ia Sn1o treaty, ~ ofhcials here interpret
- Auso1a-6ungary surrenders to Ger
4nA0Y not only for tho present, but for
f9hs future ~ we'll. the complete control
~ her military establishment in time
s0f peaoe a. we'll as in war. This car
Austrian army, even to its personnel,
which means that the Germans Will
3old to military service under her own
SomnAnders, II Necessary. every fit Slav,
Czech. Italian, Pole and Rumantan
4empranang the population Of the Aus
lro~dungartan empire. It follows tn II
fhsle can b. NO political Independence
ef these peop1A
Evening star., 1918-06-02

q e: 9, =; ,.s.c !:
The Irish standard., 1918-08-10

in the sixth century, and the ceremo-
MES were unique in that they were
the first of the kind to be performed
in this country. Sister Euphemia was
one of little band of three who came
here in 1911, at the invitation of the
late Bishop Ortynski, to labor here
among the Ruthenians.
There are at present seventeen
nuns, twenty-one novices and thirty
four postulants in the community.
These are engaged in teaching and
training the children of st. Basil or
phanage and in making Kylym rugs,
which are woven beautifully in orien-
tai shades and patterns and bring fair
prices on the market. The rugs last
many years and promise to be a ma
terial source of income to the asylum.
The Irish standard., 1918-08-10

1t is German propaganda of the sort
that is being used in all the allied
countries by German agents who seek
to arouse any sort of religious dissen-
sion in order to divide people united
in opposition to Germany. Among
American Protestants they circulate
tales of Roman Catholic treachery,
such as the amazing rumor that Pres
ident Wilson's secretary had been
shot for treason.
Among the Roman Catholics they
pass out accounts of discrimination
against Roman Catholic soldiers by
Red Cross officials, of protests of Ma
sonic orders against allowing the
knights of Columbus to build recrea-
ton huts in the camps, or prosecutions
of Roman Catholics by the British,
French and Italian governments.
It is evident, in these cases, that an
inquiry directed to the authorities in
Washington would prevent much evil.
1t would not only catch the enemy
lie, but it would probably catch the
enemy liar. It would make the circu-
lation Of his stories difficult and their
invention dangerous-to him instead
Of to the nation. Loyal women, in
stead of asking one another about re-
ports of official scandals and discour-
aging gossip and rumOrs of dissensiOn
and ISLANDERS upon sects and classes,
should write to some bureau as the
Committee on Public Information to
! ask the truth of the report. If it were
a friend who was being slandered you
would consult the friend. If it is your
country that is being slandered give
your country the same opportunity to
| defend itself.
The Irish standard., 1918-08-10
GOES TO CHINA
Rev. Bernard Meyer of Stuart, a Mary
knoll Missionary, Goes to Orient.

Rev. Bernard Meyer of Stuart, a.,
a priest of the Catholic foreign Mis-
sion Society of America, will leave
September 9Th, for San Francisco, set
ting sail there for China, where he ex-
poets to complete his life work in the
Chinese missions. Always filled with
ambition and zeal for missionary
career, he looks eagerly and prayer
fully forward to his new labors.
Father Meyer has the distinction of
being the first member from Iowa of
this young but apostolic society estab-
lished at Maryknoll, Ossining, N. Y.
He was educated at st. Ambrose Col
lege from which he graduated with
high honors. His theological studies
he made at st. Mary's Seminary, Bal
timore, going to Maryknoll several
years ago to make preparation for the
foreign missions.
Father Meyer was ordained at Mary
knoll, December, 1916, by the Bishop
of the Des Moines diocese, Rt. Rev.
Austin Bowling. The Field Afar, the
Maryknoll monthly magazine, says of
that ordination occasion: Bishop
Bowling made an address which went
out over the country and across the
seas, carrying precious words which
have been widely quoted"
The Irish standard., 1918-08-10
American Red
Cross Nurse
CircuIates fragrant FaIsehood Con
corning the Pope-Unfit to
Be in Service


Be in Service.
A Miss Regina M. Downie, M. D.,
daughter of r. M. Downie of College
Hill, Beaver Falls, Pa, who describes
herself as working under the Ameri-
can Red Cross with headquarters at
No. 4, Place de la Concorde, Paris, "
since February, 1918, and as conduct
ing clinic for the assistance of re-
fugee Belgian and French women and
children" in letter to her family,
which has been published in the Beav-
er Falls Tribune, has penned an afro
cious falsehood concerning Pope Ben
edict XIV. Here are her words:
did you know that the present
Pope is the natural son of the late
Franz Joseph of Austria? This may
throw little light on his pro- German
peace proposals and explain why Eu-
rope pays no attention to them"
The Irish standard., 1918-08-10
IrreIigion Part Of
bo|sheviki Platform
CONTINUED from Page ~
less Russian than he is a Jew.
A Convent Under Fire.


A Convent Under Fire.
During the April offensive on the
western front a convent of nuns, in
the line of the German advance, was
subjected to a severe bombardment.
An English chaplain who had taken
shelter in the convent with some
soldiers tells how the nuns were &C.
cupied during the time that the Ger
man shells were bursting around their
home:
"The nuns and the rest of their
charge l could not find. An officer
told me that they had refused to leave
the old people and that they were all
together in a room on the ground
floor. Luckily, the room was not on
the weather side of the house.
found them there quietly answering
the Rosary said by one Of the nuns,
There was a little altar with candles
burning. They were glad to see me-
gave general absolution, those that
could kneeling down to receive it. We
then continued the Rosary. Anxiety
indeed there was, but no confusion or
noise. The Reverend Mother, though
her eyes were fixed on sacred pic.
ture on the wall, was alive to the
wants of all, and was ready with a
chair when any one came in to share
the protection and comfort of that
room. Gradually the storm moved
away. Not one of the community or
old people was hit; nor were even the
windows of that room broken. There
was one English soldier present. He
said to me: 4 am not Roman Cath
olic myself, but I simply could not
leave them when saw how they were
taking it. Twenty or thirty shells at
least must have fallen round the walls
of the convent. Two or three of the
nearest were buds; those think hit
the building. One came through two
walls, broke a door and failed to ex-
plode. Just outside in the garden I
saw as I came away that two Nilsson
huts had likewise been Dashed in. God
only knows how much we owe to the
prayers of those good people. In the
receiving room, now strewn with de-
bris, I found that poor fellow died
during the ordeal. He will now be in
greater peace, trust. Very luckily
there. woro Ia rd1v anv cacos in at the
time. The few we had were at once
removed to neighboring cottage.
had the good fortune to meet the
whole Of the household later the same
day. They were migrating right out
of the zone of danger and seemed to
be in excellent spirits. With them
was French priest over eighty years
of age"
The Irish standard., 1918-08-10
1.-THE IRISH
IN ENGLAND

(From the London Catholic Her
ald," June 20, 1879
In discussing the application of con-
scription to Ireland the London Cath
Ollie Herald says:
"Our appeal today is not to Liberal
ism, not to Labor, not even to the pub
lie opinion of the world, not to the
Huns of this land, not to the Govern
ment which they now control.
"Our appeal is to every man, woman,
and child of Irish blood, of Irish feel
ing, of Irish descent, or of Irish SYM
pathies. We ask them: Will you arise
in your might and prevent this crime?
Or will you be consenting parties?
There is no halfway house, no
compromises, no evading the issue.
Are you for or against the murder
Of the Irish nation in Ireland?" That
is the question. For or against it you
must be, whether you like it or not.
The man or woman who does not arise
now and do his or her duty may talk
and rage and illuminate in the coming
days. But it will all be in vain.
"Now and not another time is the
only time.
"Too late it will be when the crime
is consummated, when Ireland is a
shambles.
care you in business? Are you
shaking in your shoes about being
called up? Are you afraid to lose your
trade, or your job, or your property
yes, or your life?
IF so, say and do nothing that would
involve you in any risk. Live like a
slave and die like coward--as die
you must, sooner or later. And what
will it avail you to have saved your
miserable skin and lose your manhood,
your self-respect, your very soul?
"You are in i'll company, no doubt.
You are away from Ireland and Irish
influences. The horrors of conscrip-
ton there will not be yours. Perhaps
your son or your brother, or your
father, living here in Great Britain.
has already gone to the war freely
and gladly, believing it to be war for
Freedom and Right.
Perhaps he has already been called
up under CONSUMPTION, or is about to
The Irish standard., 1918-08-10
UNcLESAM BANS
BLOODY OATH"
Absurd Forgery Circulated by Stupid
Bigots Is Termed German Prop
uganda by Military Authori-
ties and OutIaWed.

The United States Government has
officially banned circulators of the al
legged Bloody Oath" of the knights of
Columbus as German propagandists
and traitors to this country. Below will
be found a remarkable statement sent
out under the authority of the Secre-
tary of State, the Secretary of War,
and the Secretary of the Navy, circu-
lated through the Administrations
Publicity Bureau:
The mails have been full of another
German deceit in the shape of a
printed Bloody Oath of the Knights
of Columbus" It purports to be SOL
emn vow taken by the Roman Catho-
lies to make and wage relentless war,
secret and openly, against all heretics,
Professionals and Masons," and to
burn, hang, waste, boil, fay, strange
and bury alive these Infamous heret.
Iics." 1t is given "as printed from the
Congressional Record, Sixty-second
Congress, Third Session, Vol. 40, Part
IA, PIP. 3216-17, February Is, 1913" And
lit does indeed appear in the Congress
lsional Record for that date, but only
because it was produced in an election
contest and denounced before Con.
Igress as an abominable forgery by the
candidate against whom it was circu.
lated.
An agent caught passing around
printed copies of this "oath" in New
Jersey has been arrested and impris
oned, but the circulation of it, through
the mails anonymously, still continues
It is German propaganda.