The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-01-26

the universal welfare and and is do all that
lies in her power to reclaim the world to sanity civ
mission and must conne her activities interference
matters and lines of action Herewith
SHOULD GIRLS BE PLACED UNDER SUCH
RESPONSIBILITY?
The killing of young in this city weeks ago
by young girl clerk who when the entered the Office
where she engaged in counting the money receipts
the day and commanded her to throw her hands
he intended to steal the money! grabbed revolver and
shot the intruder to DEATH has occasioned widespread
comment and speculation by of the
surrounding the gruesome tragedy. victim was
young man of twenty-five with wife and child He had
just drawn his and had plenty of money his pocket
is explained in behalf of his apparently foolish
that he fond of joking and kidding" people
the time that he entered the office where he met his death
he simply intended to pull off of his jokes
upon the clerk But the girl wrought up to
dton doubtless by the reports of the hodups
that have made this city notorious during past few
months Immediately grabbed revolver and fired the
that proved fatal
Under no aspect of the culpablity crimi
naty be attached to the who did the shooting
Whether she right not in concluding
in danger she evidently believed that she was while
she in this frame of mind the homicide occurred No
jury could be found to convict her of crime therefor and
no judge would permit such to get far
the jury The of public opinion fully vincates
her action under the circumstances,
And yet it is to be regretted that this young
laid under the necessity Of resortng to the killing of
fellow creature in virtue of the conditions existing
time and place Of the tragic incident It will be
unforgetabe episode in her life history and unless she
is mentally and temperamentally able Withstand its
recurring reenacment in her memory, it nge her
whole life with and regret Is not such RESPONSE
y too heavy and too dangerous for girls who forced
be alone under such environment Could not the count
ing of be done without such might bring
temptation the casual onlooker especially where large
involved? What has happened cannot of
be undone but much be done prevent repetition
Of similar events in the future Employers hardly
justified in exposing their clerks to such expert
ences and employees should hesitate to accept
positions where the risk and responsibility is so great
CATHOLICS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR;
is surprising to read statement of this kind in an
article by Condo Paen associate editor Of the Catholic
Encyclopedia in which he attempts to record the services
of Catholics in the several American beginning with
the Revolution. He says:
The part played by Catholics in the of the nation
is difficult estimate numerically What proportion of
Catholics served in the Continental armies we
means of knowing That Catholics contributed their
proper share to military service in the of indepen
dence attested to by General Washngtons words in
reply to the address of representatives Of the Catholic
body: staig aAl ..1NI
"I presume that your fellow citizens will not forget the
patriotic part which took in the accomplishment of
their revolution the important assistance which they
received from nation in which the Roman Catholic faith
is professed.'
of the Revolution the Catholic population of
country 25OO0 according the estimate of Arch
bishop Carroll. This would allow, taking in every
ve 5000 Catholics in the ranks of the Continental armies
Washngtons words clearly imply that Catholics did their
full share in the struggle"
paragraphs grossly underestimate the invaluable
rendered by Irish and Catholic soldiers of the
Revolutionary war in the American We have
of knowing and do know that SO cent OF
the whose the military roster of the
Revolution those of 1rishmen the overwhelming
jority of whom always Catholics This historic
has been substantiaed the authority of Editor
editor of of the standard encyclopedias
and expert statistican.
In an article the Standard of about year ago we
aduced part of the testimony which this statement
predicated. It brought out in an investigation Of
the by British parliamentary commission after 1T
close. British official at Philadelphia, Galloway by
name if he could tell definitely regarding the
of the Revolutionary forces and hi
reply that he could give exact Information from h
point Accounting for onehaf of these
from other he stated that the remaining
onehan were Irish or the sons of Hishmen
This has frequently appeared in the columns
of the New York Sun and been challenged Of
contradicted. There one hundred and fortyfou1
Patrick OBens the muster rolls of the Revolution
Evidently Palen has not read the book entitled Th
Patricks in the Revolutionary War"
i that Mayor Van Lear has given o. K to his wal
policies President Wilson must be greately heartened
in the performance official duties And the kaiser
too be correspondngly shearened at losing such
saunch supporter his ideals and kuur. The counci
of the Boshevih WILL doubt, be perurbed until the!
get better line the exact significance of the utter
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