The Irish standard., 1918-08-10
Won Military Cross FIR. Francis

LOndOn. Born fOrty-three years ago,
he was educated at the Bishop Ridley
College and Keble College, Oxford, and
at the Canadian College, Rome.
During his collegiate career at Ok
ford he joined the Church, and later
| studied for the priesthood, being or
dained at Quebec in 1899. He has
many distinctions including Fellow
ship of Louvain University, Carpenter
Gold Medal of the London University,
where he is lecturer in Analytical
Psychology. He is well-known in Ire
land, as he is an examiner in philo-
sophy at the National University.
He served various missions in Lon
don, and later was rector of the West
minister Cathedral Choir School and a
Cathedral chaplain.
Author convert.-Readers Of the
works of Clay Meredith Greene, the
distinguished author and playwright,
will be interested to learn that he was
| recently received into the Catholic
Church. the ceremony being performed
in the Church of the Blessed Sacra-
ment. Hollywood, by the Rev. John D.
Dalshe, of Loyola college In the at
ternoon of the same day he was con-
firmed by Bishop Cantwell
A Charitable Jew.-A Jewish mer-
chant of Boston lately died and when
his will was read he left the following
bequests to Catholic institutions:
$4,000 to Carney Hospital; $1,000 each
| to the Working Boys Home, the Holy
Ghost Hospital, Little Sisters of the
Poor and the Home of Catholic Desti-
tute Children.
A Welcome Change.-Twenty-fiv
years ago Detroit was hotbed of \,
p. Aism. Yet Detroits board of alder
men, by unanimous vote, has prohibit
ed the selling of The Meaace on the
streets. Public opinion is harmonic
ing itself somewhat with the policies
that will help win the war
Compulsory Military Service.-The
bill to establish compulsory military
service in Cuba, following four days
| OF bittercst debate, was approved by
the House of Parliament at Havana,
by vote of as to 26. BY previous
| agreement a committee, consisting of
three Conservatives and an equal num-
Der of Liberals, was then appointed
to revise the provisions of the bill and
is expected to report on Monday, when
the debate will be taken up on the
amendments.
To Tunnel GibraItar.-The Spanish
War Office has appointed a commits
sion to study the project of tunnel
under the Straits of Gibraltar to
Africa, to take five years. The straits
are nine miles across at their mar
rowest point.
Gets War Cross.-Another Catholic
American priest has been honored in
France. Chaplain William ]. Farrell
of the Field Artillery, has been decor
ated with the French War Cross.
It's crime.-Monsignor Kilkenny,
Vicar-Capitular Archdiocese of Tuam,
referred recently to traders charging
excessive prices for goods, and spoke
on the moral aspect of the question,
pointing out that it was an injustice
for which atonement should be made
A Fine Record.-The Sons of ST.
Francis, at home and abroad are doing
their part in the great war. The Fran
ciscan province of Stigmata, in Tus.
cany, Italy, has sent 81 priests, Sc
clerics and 50 lay brothers, to the
Italian army. Two priests are re-
ported dead and wounded; l cleric
has been killed; 5 are in prison and 2
are wounded; lay brothers are killed,
3 are prisoners and 2 have been
wounded.-Report Of April 20, 1918.
Gives Up schooI.-After teaching
the Conejos, Colo, public school for
forty-two terms, the Sisters of Lor-
etto have decided to give it up. The
movement is voluntary on their part.
The public school officials expressed
the deepest regret at losing them and
the citizens of the town consider it is
little short of calamity Conejos
is a Catholic town. This explains why
1t was possible to have public school
taught by Sisters wearing their re-
ligious garb. The Conejos public
school was the only one in Colorado
taught by Sisters.
JAPAN HoNoRs AMERICAN.