Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-05-24
Unarmed Men in High Places Who
Helped Soldiers TO Win the
War.
Supplemented Work of the Organi-
cation by Important Work at
Home.
Big Men Who Helped Drive the
ship of State to Vic
tory.
ALL PLAYED IMPORTANT PART.

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The thousand-odd men of the
Knights of Columbus who wore the
K. G. brassards on their uniforms
in France as we'll as the thousand
odd who wore the equally neat, if
less impressive, home service uni
form of the Knights, did good job
towards winning the war by rem
dering first comfort aid to the men
who pushed out of the way the con-
siderable number of Germans, Aus
TRANS and other misled persons who
obstructed the path to victory But
there are many knights of Column
bus who wore nc uniforms, yet la
bored earnestly and substantially to
make German defeat a solid and I'M
deniable fact. And this is exclusive
Of the hundreds of thousands of
Knights who subscribed heavily to
Liberty Loan, Red Cross and all
other war drives and the thousands
who acted as minute men and spe-
cial police.
There is, to begin with. Joseph
Tumulty. Secretary to President
Wilson. The world knows how inn
portant Tumulty's job has been, its
Importance being stressed by the
savage libel circulating from pro-
German sources that he had been
executed for treason. Only those
intimate in the councils of the ma
ton know the full extent of Tu-
multy's services to his country dur
ing the war, but dhe very nature of
his post is sufficient warrant for the
statement that he played a leading
part in the conduct Of the war.
Edward n. Hurley, of the United
States Shipping Board, is a member
of a midWestern Council of the
Knights of Columbus. A successful
lndustrialist, his services were early
Communicated by the Government,
with what results the nation knows
Frank p Walsh, who. with former
President Taft. was a labor-dispute
arbiter, earned fresh laurels through
his war work.
John Mccormack. the celebrated
tenor, worked wonders in money
raising for the Red Cross, the
knights of Columbus and other war
activities, and to him President
Wilson attributed unique ability for
keeping the fountain of war senti-
Hltul HOWilS III inC OOuhtAss
John Burke, Treasurer OF the
United States and former Governor
of North Dakota. had hand in the
financial management of the war.
Lawrence o. Murray, ex-ComptrolleI
of the Currency, who enjoyed the
unique distinction of serving in that
capacity under three administrations
-Roosevelt's, Taft's and Wilson s.
volunteered his expert financial
knowledge in the management of X.
Of C. overseas work. having been in
Paris as Overseas Commissioners for
nearly a wear Daniel J. Callahan
of Washington. made a record as
Chairman of the War Savings Com
mittee for the District of Columbia.
He is Supreme Treasurer of the X.
of c. and Treasurer of the National
| Catholic War Council.
w. d. Dwyer of ST. Paul, a SUI
preme Director of the X. of c., aid
ed in preserving order during trou-
bIed times in the Northwest by rem
dering highly specialized legal serv-
Ice to the State Government. Joseph
C. Pelletier. District Attorney OF
Boston and Supreme Advocate OF
the X. of c., kept the hub a clean
city for thousands upon thousands
of sailors and soldiers TO visit and
made active pro-Germanism an un-
( safe pastime within the limits OF
Suffolk county. In this large job