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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-08

INVESTIGATIONS and trial Arguments
during the year have shown loopholes
in many statutes, Mr.. Palmer said. He
called attention TO the fact that il
IS not a crime to send threatening let
ters through the mails unless in
turtherance OF a scheme to defraud or
as means Of extortion. Pointing out
that letters threatening personal in
jury or destruction OF property may
be sent with impunity he u-Eed re-
vision Of the law TO cover such cases.
Mr. Palmer said also there was
great need for a statute providing
punishment for an Individual at
tempting to defraud the United
States Present statutes provide pun
ishment only in the event that two
or more persons couspire to defraud
the government
Recommendation also was made
that criminal procedure be changed 10
make more simple the removal Of in
dlcted persons TO the districts where
the lndictm ents were returned
The attorney general recommended
creation Of q pardon and parole board
OF three fully empoWered to handle
all pardon and parole cases.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-08

Mr.. Palmer said that while other
government agencies during the past
year were rounding out their laBors
incident TO the war, his department
found Itself only half way through It's
Investigations and litigated questions.
Countless hundreds Of claims grow
ing out Of the war have been made
against the government. he said, and
must be fought through the courts.
Cases in which in which the govern
ment seeks TO recover funds paid out
through error Of fraud provide an
other source OF supply for litigation
AleEed infringement Of patent rights
by the government in manufacture Of
var materials as well as similar
claims arising from private manufac-
ture OF war supplies on the cost plus
a. ran cement also puts litigation on
SHOULDERS Of the departments staff
The department policy Of resumlng
prosecution Of trusts has restored to
activity other invcgtiEationg and
crime proving machinery. the attor-
uey general added
In addition to these. aTr. Palmer
SAID, the department viii be burdened
Tor months TO come with its prosecu-
ton OF Tlolators Of the sedition and
seiectiFe service acts. Department
agents are engaged now in gatherin--
necessary data through records Of 10
cal draft boards and prosecution OF
the cases viii proceed upon compile
ton Of that work
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-08
Red ActiUity
Increases As
US. Menace
Department of Justice Is
Adding to Data Needed
to Run Down Radicals.

Washington. D. C.. Dec s.-The de-
partment Of justice Is confronted with
Increasingly dangerous radical ac-
tivities," attorney general Palmer
said in his annual report submitted
today 20 congress.
Mr. Palmer said that II the total Of
365.295 index record cards. 1900 Ber-
ullon records and 262.712 finger print
records now in the department.. some
$1,000 represented data concerning
reds" and their work. He mentioned
that the department had increased
steadily its contributory sources Of
Investigation.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-08
URGES ARIZONA PEOPLE NOT
TO TRAVEL DURING SHORTAGE

Phoenix, Arlz-, Dec s.-Arizona
people are urged not 10 travel unless
urgently necessary on railroads in
coal burning territory during the
period Of fuel shortage, ia a letter
received by the corporation commits
sion today from c. d. Scott, general
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-08

To Heal A Cough
Take HAYES HEALING HONEY. $50.
per bottle.-AdV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-08
THE WEATHER

e. s. DEPARTMENT or AuglruLTuRE
NEATmEn RrREAr.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

GOVERNMENT LOAN ORGANIZATION
Second Federal Reserve District
LIBERTY LOAN CoMMITTEE =
rao Broadway New York
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15
THE LEAGUE OF PRAYER.
Holy Father Approves Of League for
Return Of Nations and Peoples
to God.

His Eminence Cardinal Gasparri
has addressed letter to Father
Philippe, IS Rue de la Republique,
Paris, director of the League for the
Return of Nations to God, informing
them that our Holy Father Pope Ben.
edict XIV, has learned with extreme
satisfaction of the foundation of a
League of Prayer for the return of
nations and peoples to God and Christ
through the Holy Church, and that it
is specially suited to the grave needs
of the present time. The Sovereign
Pontiff has given permission for the
League.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15
WELCOME TO MARSHAL FocH.
French Leader to Be- the Guest Of
Georgetown University in
Washington.

General Foch of the Allied Army
has promised the president and fac
ulty of Georgetown University that if
conditions are such that he can visit
the United States in the early sum-
mer he will be the guest of the uni
versity during his sojourn in Wash
ington. That is all we can say yet,
except that we hope most earnestly
that the intrepid commander may be
enabled to take this well-merited va
cation"
If all goes we'll Marshal Foch may
arrive early in June and receive the
highest honorary degree the univer-
sity can bestow, LID.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15

who was beloved by the Ancients and
his memory is yet as fresh in the
Gaelic speaking districts as it was in
the glorious past.
Noted for Calamity.
The physical form of these men is
no doubt exaggerated but all the his
torians admit that they were the
picked men of their time. And judg-
| ing from the men we have seen even
in our own time, they must have been
marvels. Father Edmund Hogan, in
his excellent work, "The Irish People,
Their Height, form and Strength"
dedicated to the Gaelic League, gives
splendid evidence of the fine physical
form of the ancient men of the Gaelic
race.
| That they were natural loving
race is proved by the immortal
"caoine,' that they always raised
over their dead, telling in glowing
language of the sad fate that befeu
their people, creating scene strong
er than any painter ever pictured on
canvas. Their chief aim was to per-
form some noble deed whereby they
were to be remembered by the men of
Erin after their death, and it is safe
to say, regardless of what our enemies
may say, that these noble deeds were
performed and their names forever i'm
mortalized.
1t is said of the Fianna that they
respected woman more than any other
body of men that ever existed, and
as l said in previous article, two of
the injunctions placed on every one of
them when entering the Fianna were
never to accept dowry with wife
but take her for her good manners and
accomplishments and never to deceive
a woman.
These things are enough to make
any 1rishman proud of these great
men and every Gael today should hold
them up before him as models to fol-
low.
It is said that Conan told lie to
Oscar once and Oscar struck him with
the back of his famous sword, ex-
claiming: "You have disgraced for
ever the truthful men of your race,
thou bald, good-for-nothing braggart."
Poor Oscar would have great time
today striking every 1rishman who
tells lie. But it must be truthfully
stated even today that the Irish
race respect women more than any
other race in the world.
My humble advice to young Irish
men today is to keep these models be-
fore them through life, avoiding every
thing they avoided, and practice every
thing they practiced, and by so doing
They will compel even their enemies
to admire them.
Read this motto of the Fianna care
fully and place it in your heart where
it shall never leave: Truth, on my
lips, cleanness in my mind, and purity
In my heart" It was also the motto
of Cuchullain and followed by the i'm
mortal Pearse from the cradle until
his body fell pierced by English bull
let's. Thrones shall crumble to dust,
and kings shall pass away unheeded
like the leaves of a forest tree, but
the noble motto, and memory of the
clean men of Ireland, shall live on for
ever.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15

ton? If it is right, why not take the
lesser evil and use it on the minority
who pigheadedly refuse to act like
democrats and agree to the wishes of
the majority? And, if coercion must
be used in Ireland, why use it on the
real Irish who have all the rights
there are to the country, instead of on
the descendants of aliens who have no
rights but those of bandits, murderers
and tyrants? Pardon us, the words
are tritle warm, but what they lack
in GOODNESS they make up in truth.
The average Englishman is very
logical ndividual-except when dis
cussing Ireland and the Irish He is
very just individual-except when
he is in a fight with the same Irish.
He tries hard to be a good Christian,
but his Christianity fails him when he
touches on the Irish question. He
boasts that he is democrat, but he
loves aristocracy enough to make him
despise the only true democrats in the
empire, because they live in Ireland,
and have some faults for which his
own people are responsible. He is
truthful and keeps his promises-to
all but the Irish. He justly accused
the kaiser of making scrap of paper
out of treaty, but he forgets that
England has made scraps of paper out
of every treatry made with the
Irish, from Limerick to the latest
Home Rule bill. He likes to keep out
OF trouble, but he is an adept at max
ing trouble for honest and conscien-
tious 1rishmen who generously put the
welfare of civilization before the
needs of their own land; so he de-
ceived John Redmond, and sent his
brother Willie and poor Tom Kettle to
despairing grave in Flanders. He
never has kept promise to Ireland,
and he never will. He does not keep
promises that he made to her even yes
terday. He pledged himself, when
America entered the war, to do justice
to Ireland. He sent his emissaries to
America to assure us of that Justice,
but these very emissaries, including
an Angelian bishop and a Catholic
bishop, saw that he was lying before
they got through with their visit, and
went home like honest men. They
knew that the promises were worth
less. The most sorrowful words that
we have heard since the end of this
terrible war, in which once more so
many Irishmen died for a hope that
could not be fulfilled, are the words of
Shane Leslie, leaving America to go
back to the old fight again: II only
wish to clear my conscience by saying
that if the Irish cause is not given JUS
tice, then in view of all have written
and said iii the past I shall have to
confess myself fool or a knave.
have chung to moderate position,
hoping it was possible to combine 10y
atty to two countries, both of which
have an equal right in the world.
have also belieYed in Englands sense
of justice yielding under American
pressure for the right. If 1 am wrong
and Ireland is not given self-deter-
mination, l shall have to eat many
words and admit that Sim Fein is the
only position left to Nationalist"
We chung long to the same hope
Alas, it is dead!
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15

meal they assembled around pit
made especially for the occasion, full
of fresh water, and there bathed their
hair washed their limbs, and removed
the sweat, and exercised in such a
manner that they were as speedy as
a hare before they retired for the
night.
Their bed consisted of the tops of
trees, moss, and fresh rushes, the tree
tops on the ground, the moss in the
middle and the fresh rushes on top.
These are, according to Kelly, called
in the old books, the three tickings of
the Fianna Eireann. The ordinary
host that served under Fionn, the wise
commandments, consisted of three
battalions of the Gnaithfhainn, or reg
ular tianna, having three thousand
in each battalion, when the men of
Ireland were at peace with one an
other.
Dress Like HighIanders.
A0o1 "AoA HcCcSSACy uc1uduucu IL
F'ionn had seven battalions serving I'M
der him. Their dress was of various
colors and according to the Book of
Lismore, not unlike the Scotch High
land garb of the present day. Oisin
describes their uniform and accoutre.
ments thus: mot one of them but
had satin shirt, tunic, silken
robe, glittering breast-plate, green
shield, a lance, two spears and two
hounds"
Their banners, according to Oisin,
were magnificent, being made of
"srol" (satin), in the manufacture of
which the ancient Irish excelled all
other nations. They were of various
colors, blue, green, red, white, and
had representations of trees, animals,
military weapons, the yew tree. oak,
ash, the wolf dog, stag, the sword,
the spear, the bagpipes and the harp
were particularly favored.
The standard of Fionn called the
gal griene," had on it's bosom the sun
shooting forth it's dazzling rays
Their arms consisted of battle axes
swords, spears, javelins sings and ar
rows. The chieftains besides Fionn
were: Oisin, his son, famous as a
poet warrior, and generous man; Gao
lite Mac Roman was the man who
settled all disputes that rose among
the Fianna.
Oscar, the son of Oisin, was the
greatest hero of them all. He was
always kept on the reserve until the
tide of battle was going against them
Then Fionn called the mighty Oscar
to defend the Fenian hosts.
Coll MacMorna, the leader of the
Connaught Fianna, was considered a
great warrior and Oisin in his lays
seems to give him due credit. Conan
| Maol, bald headed Conan, was the
! only coward that ever entered or was
allowed to enter the ranks of the
F'ianna. He is described as brag
CART, laggard, renegade, traitor, COW
ard, and was at the time and ever
since the subject of satire and ridi
cule by bards and chroniclers. Yet
Conan was a valuable asset to the
Fianna and he was admitted and kept
because he was Of great use to them.
In those days there were no wires to
carry dispatches and Conan had the
finest scream and howl of any man in
Erin. Consequently when Fionn want.
ed to send a dispatch to his battalions
Conan was selected to send the in.
structions from the top of the highest
mountain, with his mighty yell.
Diarmuid O'Duibhne who eloped
with CRANE, the daughter of Cormac
Mac Art, and was afterwards mar.
ried to Fionn, was another warrior
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15

In sixteen Catholic churches scat
tered throughout various cities iii the
United States, doors are opened at 2
o'clock every Sunday morning and
service begins half hour latec.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15

BY Seamus Moriarty, in The Leader.
st. Patrick.
On noble Oisin, son of the king,
Whose deeds men sing this day in
song!
Thy grief abate and to us relate
BY what strange fate thou hast
lived so long!
Oisin.
o Patrick, here's the tale for thee,
Tho sad to me it's memories old
'Twa after Gavra-I mind me we'll
The field where fell my Oscar bold.
l have received a letter from the
woods of the State of Washington, re-
questlng me to write a few ESSAYS on
the gallant Fianna Eireann, or Fenians
OF Ireland. l will gladly do so be-
cause since my early youth l have
been an admirer of the great stories
that have come down to us about the
gallant Fionn and his mighty hosts.
Some of our people seem to think that
the Fianna never existed and that the
story that has thrilled our ancestors
for centuries is nothing but myth.
j. j. Kelly (Sceilig), the man who
read the proclamation of the Irish Re-
public in Gaelic before the Dali Fir
cam, says in his book Leabhar ma
Laoitheacldh, the Book of Lays: To
prove that the Fianna existed we have
the three things that establish the
truth Of every history in the world ex-
cept the Bible, namely oral traditions
OF the ancients, old documents, and
antique remains.
For it has been delivered to us
from mouth to mouth that Fionn and
the FIanna did exist, and, moreover,
there are numerous documents that &C.
tually testify to this. There are also
antique remains named after them in
plenty. I agree with every word that
Kelly says because there are in the
places called after the Warriors of the
past.
One of the peaks north of Ard
nacaithne, my native village, is called
Binn Dhiarmuid, after the famous
Diarmuid O'Duibhne, and Leabaig
Fhinn, the bed of Fionn; Rath Cho-
main, Conan's fort; and one of the
Basket Islands is called Inis mhic
Fhaolain, the Island of the Son of
Faolan or Phelan
The Fianna was the standing army
of Ireland and used to be quartered on
the people of Ireland from Samhain
(November) to Bealtaine (May), and
their duty was to uphold Justice and
prevent injustice for the kings and
lords of Ireland, as also to guard and
preserve the harbors of ireland from
the violence of foreigners.
From Bealtaine to Samhain they
were engaged in hunting and the chase
and in such other duties as the king
for instance preventing robbery, ex-
acting the payment of tribute, putting
down malefactors and so of every
other evil in the country. For this
they received certain remuneration as
every king of Europe remunerates the
captains and generals serving under
him.
However, from Bealtaine to Sam
hahn the Fianna were obliged to de-
pend solely on the products of their
hunting and the chase as maintenance
and wages from the king Of Ireland.
Thus they were to have the flesh
for food and the skins of the wild ami
mails for their reward. They took but
one meal every twenty-four hours and
that in the afternoon. Before the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15
ITALIAN PRIESTS NOT cANDI.
DATES.

Rome, March 4, 1919.-No credence
should be given to stories about Ital-
ian priests running for seats in Parlia-
ment.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15
Unanimous Vote What Is 1t? Irelands Warriors Of Old

In the February number of the Ex-
tension magazine, we have the Editor
in Chief, Rt. Rev. F. G. Kelley, D. D.,
discussing the eternal question of Ire
land in the following editorial:
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1919-03-15

BY Seamus Moriarty, in The Leader.
st. Patrick.
On noble Oisin, son of the king,
Whose deeds men sing this dav in
song!
Thy grief abate and to us relate
By what strange fate thou hast
lived so long!
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-01
APPLICATIONS FOR
 ALASKA SHOOT TEAM
 ARE BEING RECEIVED
Fairbanks and Anchorage Rifle Men Are Anxious to be Included for the Competitive
 Teams

Applications for places on the Alaska team which will compete with teams from every state in the union at the National Rifle Match which will be held from August to August 30, inclusive, in Caldwell, New Jer. sey. have already been received from Fairbanks and Anchorage at the Gov ernor's office.
 If Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell or rhane are to be represented on the Alaska team, it is urged that they hold competitive shoots at once in order to ascertain who their best representatives would be. Others that have qualified as sharp shooters are urged to make their applications at once.
 There will only be F members of the Alaska team It will consist of one team captain, twelve principals, two alternates, one team coach, and one team quartermaster, all shooters.
 Eight of the seventeen members must be men who have not hereto fore participated in National aMtch The Governor will select the first seventeen members whose applica tions are received, that can or have qualified as sharpshooters.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-01
NEWSPAPERMAN HERE
 FOR BOOK CONCERN
 AND VACATION TRIP

Jedd P Fuller, for many years 8 western newspaperman, publisher of the Builder and Engineer of Seattle and other publications, is a Juneau visitor. MT. Fuller has combined business with pleasure in his north ern trip, and while taking a vacation from his publication business, is in troducing the Taylor Book Company's publications, giving particular atten, tion to Webster's New International Dictionary and the New International Encyclopedia.
 MT. Fuller has been at Ketchikan, Wrangell and Skagway. He will leave soon for a trip to Sitka, but will re turn to Juneau and be here for a week or two.
 Many years ago MT Fuller was one of the publishers of daily newspa- per in Portland. Later he was con nected with the Oregonian and other daily newspapers in the west and south. He has been engaged in busi ness at Seattle for the last twenty years. This is his first vacation since that time
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-01
CANVASSING BOARD DENIES CHARGES
 OF WICKERSHAM
Canvassing Board Was Not Partisan and Did Not Delay Canvass
 Purposely Until After Sulzer's Death

At the meeting of the Territorial Canvassing Board yesterday Gov Thomas Riggs, Jr, for the Board made statement for the record denying the truth of the charge made by Judge Wickersham in his contest complaint that tho Canvass ing Board, which canvassed the re- turns from the election held Novem- Der 5, 1918, was composed wholly of Democrats and that it 'purposely de- layed the collection of official returns and the canvass thereof from month to month until April Is, 1919, where. upon, learning that their candidate. Charles A. Sulzer, was then dead. they finally and hurriedly concluded the canvass and compilation and is sued a certificate of election in the name of said Sulzer, knowing him to be then deceased"
 Gov. Riggs statement showed that one of the members of the Canvass ing board Acting Collector of Gus toms, Charles D. Garfield, was a INSpuuilodll, anu lHdt tue eleCIlOU returns were canvassed as fast as they were received, that Gov. Riggs and Territorial Secretary Davidson each, by wire and otherwise, tried to hurry the returns from the various election precincts, wiring to Nome in order to get them to disregard the quarantine regulations there in effect in order to get the mail for warded with the election returns It also showed that the final returns were received at Juneau April 15, 1919, and that a meeting of the Can wasting Board to convene the next day was called on that day. before the Board knew that MT Sulzer had passed away.
 The statement of Gov. Riggs was assented to by Survey General Davidson, who was present at all the meetings of the Canvassing Board and was familiar with the facts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-01
YOUNG MEN URGED
 TO AVAIL THEMSELVES
 OF AN OPPORTUNITY

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25-A call has been sent out by officials of the United States Shipping Board urging young men immediately to avail themselves of the opportunities for instruction which will qualify them for positions in the American merch ant marine In this connection. c. w. Saunders, one of the officials said:
 "The Shipping Boards marine en gineering school at BerEley can ac- commodate about thirty-five more students It is of the utmost i'm portance that these classes be filled to their capacity, as every graduate is needed to fill a place on some merchant ship Vessels on the East Coast are in need of officers to man them and unless the situation of June, 1917, when the Recruiting Service of the shipping Board was organized because more vessels were in dock than at sea, almost, due to the fact that we had no men to man them, is to be paralelled, every qualified man must prepare for this officers ticket.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-01
IS FOUND INSANE

Fred Sayhenka, who was tried yes. terday afternoon on charge of in sanity and found insane by the jury and sentenced to Morningside Sani- tarium by Judge Newark l.. Burton.