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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

has an entirely new program which
he will present in Moline.
Billy Miller and Co. Will present
a comedy sketch, Adam Killjoy."
and the Menning sisters will play
harp and violin The Meanings
we're at the Columbia theatre, DaY-
export the last half OF the week
and they created an excellent i'm
preston with big audiences.
The Helen Leach Wallin trio
does a strong jaw act. Two of the
women hold the ends of the wire
in their teeth while a third walks
the wire and does many sensation
al and difficult tricks.
The Palace will have the same
efficient crew this coming season,
a fact which insures smooth and
capable performances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
Afdhe Majestic.

The great Nazimova in The
Brat" has been booked for the Ma
jestic theatre Sept. /, >, 3, 4, and
bids fair to be the biggest photo
play attraction brought to the city
since Hearts OF the World 'Fhe
Brat has already been called the
greatest vehicle NazimOva ever haG
and the report is substantiated
everywhere by capacity business.
For Sunday. Monday and Tuesday,
the Majestic theatre will present a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23
At the Snenrer Snuare.

Robert Warwick, Madge Ken
needy and Pauline Frederick viii
compose next weeks bill at the
Spencer Square. Robert Warwick,
in Secret Sefvice," comes Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday. Madge
Kennedy will appear in her latest
play, Through the Wrong Door,
Wednesday and Thursday, and
Pauline Frederick has been booked
in THE Peace Roaring River" for
Friday and Saturday. In Secret
Service" Robert Warwick is sup
ported by Wanda HaYley, Theo-
dOre Roberts. Raymond Hatton,
Edythe Chapman, and others OF
note in the moving picture world.
There are many tense situations in
Secret Service" Among these,
perhaps the most striking is that
wherein two brothers, Lewis and
Henry Dumont. meet in the Var
ney home in Richmond during the
siege Of that city by the federal
forces in the most stressful period
of the Civil war.
Lewis is on secret service, ar
IGhSiu u SEuu d ulCoSdSt " ALC
confederate commander which will
result in laying Richmond open to
easy capture by the northern
troops. Henry gains the informa-
ton he needs and allows himself
to be captured by the rebels.
He escapes and gets to the Var
ney home. The escape has been
permitted by a secret service man
who suspects the two are brothers
and spies. He thinks they will be-
tray one another But they are too
shrewd. Henry whispers to Lewis
to shoot him. He refuses. Henry
shoots himself to make it appear
Lewis did so in capturing him.
Thus the plan is saved but Henry
pays the forfeit.
The usual added attractions have
been. booked for the week, and the
Olympian quartet. which is becom-
ing more popular each day, will
give concerts daily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-23

sFPTEMBLR I-2-3-f
I3AZIhlOVA In THE BRAT"
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25

Women, and was president of sew
eral other associations, in which the
Pope is interested. In this capacity
she exercised large but reserved
charity, of which few we're aware, and
she will be sadly missed by the poor
of Rome.
Died at Prayer-Father Patrick F..
Kavanagh, a well-k1own Franciscan
historian, was found dead in kneel-
ing posture in his room at the Fran
ciscan Monastery, Wexford, on Tues
day Father Kavanagh wrote his
tory of the Rising of 1898, which has
had large circulation. He was over
eighty years of age He assisted at
the marriages of the late John and
William Redmond in Australia.
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25
POPE'S FAMILY STRICKEN

Deep sympathy is felt in Italy with
the family of the Pope, who have been
doubly stricken during the past week.
On Sunday last the Marchesa Eugenia
della Chiesa, wife of the Marchese
Antonio, who is brother to Pope Bene-
dict XIV, died somewhat suddenly
at the palazza in the Via Tornicelli.
The deceased marchesa came of
the Jacobini family, which has given
piety and modesty, who devoted her
one Cardinal Secretary of State to
the Church. She was a lady of great
life to works of charity and her do
mestic affairs. She succeeded the
mother of the present Pope as presi-
dent of the Association of Catholic
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25

James A. Flaherty, Supreme Knight,
New Haven, Conn.,; Martin II. Car
mody, Deputy Supreme Knight, Grand
Rapids, Mich; VIM. ]. Mckinley, Su-
preme Secretary, New Haven, Conn.,;
D. J. Callahan, Supreme Treasurer.
Washington, d. c.; E. w. Buckley, M
D., Supreme Physician, St. Paul,
Mimi; J. c. Pelletier, Supreme Ad-
vocate, Boston, Mass; Rev. P. j. Nc
Givney, Supreme Chaplain, Bridge
port, Conn.,; Thos. J. Mclaughlin, Su-
preme Warden, Newark, N. J.
Directors-John F. Martin, Green
Bay, Wis; VIM. p Larkin, New York
City; William J. Mulligan, Thompson
vile, Conn.,; John H. Reddin, Denver,
Colo; w. D. Dwyer, ST. Paul, Mimi;
DR.. N. A. Dussault, Quebec, Canada;
Paul Leche, Donaldsonville, La; Geo.
S. Monaghan, Detroit, Mich; j. J. Nc
Graw, Ponca City, Okla; William F.
Fox, Indianapolis. Ind; Joseph ]. Mey-
ers, Carroll, Iowa, aid Luke Hart, St.
Louis, Mo.
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25
NoTRE DAME WILL HAVE NEW
BUILDING.

Notre Dame, 1nl.-Entering on the
last lap of their $4,000 building cam
paign, members of the Notre Dame
council have started an interhall drive,
which, it is expected will bring the
total subscriptions we'll over the mark
set for. closing time, Feb. goth.
Work on the proposed structure
will begin Immediately after the close
of the campaign. The building when
complete will serve as university
social center. Hitherto, most of Notre
Danes social affairs have been held
in South Bend. A spacious dance
hall and auditorium on the top floor
will hereafter enable the students t.
make their activities distinct univer-
sity affairs. Bowling alleys and bill
lizard and pool parlors will be installed
in the basement of the building; a
large foyer and reading room and
lounging rooms are planned for the
first floor; X. of C. administration
Offices and chambers for the second;
and the auditorium for the third. Al
though the knights are conducting the
campaign the new building will be
open to all students of the university
at all times.
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25
Pioneer chicagoan, Former Cit
Comptroller, Banker and Hon.
ored by the Pope.

William J. Onahan, SO years old, a
resident of Chicago for sixty-two
years and formerly City Comptroller,
died on January IL at his home, 1854
Manchester Place, Chicago. He was
born in County Carlow, Ireland, and
come to Chicago in 1856.
He held his first public Office in
1868, being appointed member Of
the School Board on motion Of AID
erman Comiskey, father of Charles
A Comiskey. In 1869 he was elect
ed City Clerk, and in 1879 he was ap-
pointed City Collector by Mayor Har-
rison.
Afterward he was City Comptroller
under Mayor Cregier and Roche. In
the 'SO's he was President of the Pub
lie Library and later, when jury re-
forms were demanded, he was made
jury commissioner.
Mr.. Onahan was elected president
of the Home Savings Bank in 1898.
He was one of the organizers of the
Irish Catholic Colonization Society.
For this and other work in the Cath
olic Church Pope Leo XIII made him
Papal Chamberlain. The Laetare
Medal was awarded to him by Notre
Dame University.
Mr.. Onahan married, in 1860, Mar
garet C. Duffy. Six children were
born, only one, Mrs. Daniel " Gal
lery, surviving.
The library of Mr.. Onahan was
one of the largest in Chicago, the
section devoted to Irish history and
literature being especially valuable.
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25
SUPREME KNIGHTS FAVOR IRELAND

The Supreme Board of Directors of
the Knights of Columbus, at it's Janu-
ary meeting in New York City, which
ended last Saturday, unanimously
passed the following resolution in ref
erence to the liberty of Ireland, which
was cabled to President Wilson at
Paris.
The Supreme Board represents a
membership OF approximately, 100000
men in the United States. The resolu-
ton was received from Supreme Sec
retary Mckinley Wednesday by J. P.
O'Mahony, Of this city, who is Nation
al Committeeman for the Friends of
Irish Freedom in Indiana. Following
is the resolution:
Whereas: President Wilson has
stated, "No peace can last or ought to
last which does not recognize and ac-
cept the principles that governments
derive all their just powers from the
consent Of the governed, and that ma
tional aspirations must be repeated.
Peoples can now be dominated and
governed only by their own consent
Self-determination is not mere
farce" Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That in keeping with
these words of truth, we hold that
the right Of Ireland to self-determina.
tion cannot be denied And be it
furthur
Resolved, That President Wilson be
asked to use his great influence at the
Peace Conference to the end that the
people of Ireland be permitted to de-
termine for themselves the form OF
government under which they wish
to live. Signed.
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25
Task ls So Enormous And Weiqhty
That Il Is Set Aside Until lmme.
date Problems Of Peace
Are Settled.
Catholic Press Association.)

F. L
Rome, Dec. 26.-American Catholics
will regret to hear that the project
of unification of Catechetical teach.
ing throughout the world is postpon.
ed for the present. Only postponed.
And only that, because it is so big, so
important, and because the Holy Faith
er's heart is set on it so keenly. If
it had been small matter, it could
have been proceeded with now al
most as we'll as at any other time.
For such great matter-the great
ness of which becomes more evident
the more it is studied-it is better to
wait until the world has settled itself,
at least a little. That may be taken
as the substantial reason for post
pOnement.-
Work Has Been Done.
Meanwhile, work has been done. The
great project first became public
through an article in the American
Ecclesiastical Review by Rev. Roder-
ick A. McEachen, D. D., which left
no doubt as to the Holy Fathers
interest in and intention to carry
through the work. And that same
priest has been employed in the mean
time in clearing the ground and lay
ing Observation-Disclosures instruc-
tion being his specially. There is a
vast room opening off the highest
Loggia of the Cortile di San Damaso
at the Vatican, in it vast table, and
on that a more than vast but neatly
ordinated selection of all the cate.
chisms of the world. Ordination, and
selection is the task Doctor McEach-
en- has been turning his attention to
since he was charged here to make
preparations for the real Introduction
of the work. For this, it will be re-
membered, is far more than the pre-
paration of just one uniform cate
chism text. It is the coordination of
catechetical teaching, as big thing,
in many ways bigger thing than the
Codification of Canon Law in proper.
tion as Law, widely speaking, is not
such a big thing as Faith. And, be
! ing so big, it is postponed.
Commission To Be Appointed.
For the codification comprehen-
sive Pontifical Commission was ap-
pointed by His Holiness Pope Plus x;
and one may we'll presume that a
similar Commission will be appoint
ed for the unification-if that is the
word, by which it will be known col
loquia1ly in the future-and the diff
culties of such an appointment just
at present are obvious. Facilities for
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25

Ireland stood before the world today
as republic. Its duly elected repre-
sentatives had exercised the right of
self-determination to the fullest eX-
tent, had even selected delegates to
represent it at the peace conference
as a separate entity.
According to the provisional consti-
tuition of the republic, legislative pow
ers are to be vested in deputies elect
ed from existing parliamentary constit-
uencies The ministry will consist Of
president and four executive officers
secretaries of finance, home affairs,
foreign affairs and national defense.
All revenues will be raised on the
vote of the "dail eireann." The con-
stitution may be altered upon seven
days notice. Sir Horace Plunkett,
Prof. Edward De Valera and Arthur
Griffiths will probably be appointed
Irish delegates to the peace congress.
The parliament. opened at $3.50 yes
terday afternoon with a prayer by
Father O'Flannagan of Gaelic. Then
the famous round room of the Man.
sion house was filled with strange
Gaelic accents, which came haltingly
from unaccustomed lips. The first
brief words in Eglish were spoken at
1920, when E. j. Duggan translated
the Sim Fein declaration of independ-
ence.
Removal of Troops Demanded.
Later the chairman employed Eng
lish in excitedly suppressing demon
stration at mention of the name Of Sir
Edward Carson, leader of the anti
home rule faction. The only other
time when any language but Gaelic
was used was when Count Plunkett
translated into French an appeal TO.
worldwide recognition of Irish indie
pendence, insisting that the existing
Estate of war" between the English
and the Irish could terminate only il
complete independence. Removal of
the British garrison from Ireland was
demanded.
! Twenty-nine Sim Fein members OF
the parliament we're present. The 9th
ers are in Jail.
The walls of the ball were quantity
embellished with classic statues in
plaster and coats of arms. Past lord
N, vOre have Witnessed manv more ex.
citing dramas, notably in recent years
at the conventions Of the Nationalist
party, when there were impassioned
speeches and hot party contests.
| That the proceedings seemed tame
by contrast was due to the fact that
they were conducted in the language
of the Irish tongue. This was trib.
ute to sentiment, and interesting.
| Emotion Not Lacking.
It should not be inferred there was
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25

Five Marist Sisters from Tours
France, passed through this country
last week, enroute to the Fiji islands
to act as teachers and nurses in the
leper colonies. They expect to reach
their destination about February.
They are the first Sisters, to volun-
teer to go to the leper colony to as
sist the Marist Fathers in their work
for the natives. They left France for
this country the day the armistice
was signed.
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25

any lack of emotion or want of feel
ing of responsibility on the part of the
delegates. They evidently felt them
selves men playing great parts in a
solemn sacrament
The rotunda of the Mansion House
where the congress met, is dingy old
place lighted by stained glass windows
overhead. The platform and half the
floor were fitted with tables for Off
GERS and delegates. The remainder of
the floor and the circular gallery were
reserved for the public, admission be-
ing by ticket.
Many Women Are Spectators.
A large proportion of the audience
was composed of women. The number
of young priests was conspicuous.
The meeting lasted only 80 minutes.
The address of free nations began:
s'''The nation of Ireland, having her
national independence, calls through
her elected representatives, in Parlia-
ment assembled, upon every free ma
ton to support the Irish republic by
recognizing Ireland's national status
and her, right to vindication at the
peace conference"
1t declared that Ireland was radical
ly distinct from England in race, Ian.
guage, customs and traditions; Ireland,
it said, was one of the most ancient
nations of Europe. She had preserved
her national integrity and vigor intact
through seven centuries of foreign op-
preston and never had relinquished
her national rights, which she had de-
| family proclaimed every generation
throughout the era of English usurpa-
ton, down to her last glorious re-
sort to arms in 1916"
After referring to her geographical
position, the address continued:
"Ireland's independence is demand
ed. BY the freedom of the seas her
great harbors will be opened to all
! nations, instead of being a monopoly
to England. Today these harbors are
empty and idle.
ireland, irrevocably determined at
the dawn of the promised era of self,
determination and liberty that she will
suffer from domination no longer, calls
every free nation to uphold her ma.
tional claim to complete independence
as an Irish republic against the az
rogant pretensions of England, which
were founded on fraud and sustained
by overwhelming military occupa.
ton.
"She demands to be confronted pub.
licly with England at the congress OF
nations, that the civilized world, hav-
ing judged between English wrong and
Irish right, may guarantee Ireland its
permanent support for the mainte.
nance of national independence"
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25
Build Public Works
Give SoldiersI Work

ally for the ordinary lines Of employ
ment.
The City Council and other city
officials are to be commended for
their prompt action in the promises,
and will doubtless soon open up many
other new projects and public enter
prises that will tend to relieve the
situation.
Duty Of State Authorities.
We desire to call the special at
tention of the State Legislature and
the State officials to their obligations
and opportunities in this matter.
What have they done, if anything, to
afford employment to our returned
heroes?
The Legislature is now in session,
and surely will not fail to take ap-
propriate action along this important
line. The United States Department
of labor has called attention to this
matter in its latest news circular as
follows:
Build Public Works.
Public works of all kinds that will
give employment to men demobilized
from the army and from the war in
dustries should be put under way at
once as a reconstruction measure, ac-
cording to secretary of Labor William
B. Wilson, who, in statement out
lining his views on this subject, points
out that not only will the transition
from wartime conditions to a peace
basis be facilitated thereby, but that
work Of great permanent value to the
Nation will be accomplished.
States, cities, towns, in fact all Gov
ernmental divisions ought now, he be-,
lieves, to make up for the reduced
construction due to the war. The
Governments obligation to provide
employment for the returning soldiers
and the necessity for many forms Of
improvement in municipal end state
equipment render such q program es-
sential at this time, he holds Give
every man an opportunity to earn a
living. &
Secretary Wilson further says:
II am not one of those who take
the ground that country of a Gov
ernment owes every man living. But
all Governments, all organized society
is man-created, and consequently,
more or less artificial because of the
restrictions that must of necessity be
imposed for the purpose of enabling us
to live in harmony with each other
And because of those restrictions, men
have not always the opportunity of
working for themselves, and ! am one
Of those who believe that all good
Governments will see to it that every
man has the opportunity to earn
living. In other words, the Govern
ment does not owe him living, but it
owes him the opportunity to earn
living"
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25

travel must return to Something ap-
preaching the normal, and to some de-
gree the tension OF feeling, at pres
ent inevitable and not likely to dis.
appear for many a long day yet, must,
at least, be modified. For this is en-
inently world project. If the Com
mission for Codification was interna-
tional, and if every Bishop in the
Catholic world had to be consulted
and the suggestions his canonist ad-
visers made, carefully studied, far
more so is this the case for unifica-
tion. But, while there is obvious need
that the attention of the Holy See
should be concentrated at once on a
thousand problems Immediately aris-
ing out of the cessation of fighting,
and involving the consideration of
the peace, which must do something
to introduce new order of things in
the civilized world-for whatever
part of the world may think, nothing
can prevent Rome and the worldwide
Catholic Church having great inter-
est and great part in the establish
ment of this new order-on the other
hand, it's Faith remains ever the
same; and the study of the unifica-
tion of it's teaching, which must cer-
tainly last many years, can begin to-
morrow almost, if not quite, as well
as today @
Received in Audience.
Meanwhile, having finished the pre-
liminary work entrusted to him here,
Doctor McEachen is packing his
trunk to cross the Atlantic, home. So,
If American Catholics regret the post
ponement of the great project, which
is peculiarly theirs, as it originated
if any universal Catholic project can
originate out of Rome-in America,
the Catholic University of Washing
ton is at least the gamer in that the
occupant of the chair of catechetics
will soon be- at it's service. He and
his sister, Miss Mary McEachen, who
has only lately arrived in Rome and
consequently is not inclined to hurry
back, were received in private audi
ence by the Holy Father recently.
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25

Oldest Small Nation.-Of the small
ler nations of Europe, Ireland is the
oldest. For more than 700 years Ire
land has been struggling for self-gov-
ernment. At present her revenue tax
is $150,000,000. Her imperial rev.
enue is thirty-five million dollars
greater than that of Holland, nine
times greater than Switzerland, and
equal the combined revenues of Den.
mark, Norway, Switzerland and
Greece.
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25
Too Much Red Tape Used in Providing
Jobs for Our Returning Soldiers and
Sailors-secretary Of Labor Wilson
Offers Timely Suggestion to Public
Authorities.

From almost every part of the coun-
try is heard the complaint of the re-
turning soldiers and sailors of the ma
tional service that they are unable to
find employment for themselves. What
and where is the trouble? Have the
armistice and the rehabilitation
found us as unprepared for peace as
we were for war? Have they come
so unexpectedly that we have not
matured plans and methods for the in
dustrial and commercial readjustments
that we knew were sure to come when
the Kaiser should eventually throw
up his hands and shout "kamerad"
We prefer to believe that it is the
suddenness of this happening rather
than any lack of appreciation of the
glorious work your fighting Yanks
have been doing that is responsible
for the present deplorable situation.
Nevertheless, it seems necessary to re-
call the promises and pledges made to
these young men as they went out on
their great crusade to save the civili-
zation of the world. At the receptions.
rallies, farewell dinners and other
patriotic functions given at the time
of their departure they were given
to understand that there would be no
trouble about their replacement in
their old positions or in better posi-
tio1s upon their return. Why then,
do these boys have to go begging for
employment now? Why are they
compelled to resort to Socialist meet
ings to vent their Indignation re-
garding their treatment?
Too Much Red Tape.
The Civic and Commerce Associa-
tion OF Minneapolis is lending valu-
able assistance to meet the require
ments of the situation, but some of
the soldiers have been heard to re-
mark Its a history of my life they
wanted, not to give me a job" An
Other soldier declared, There was as
much red tape in my application as
for a transfer in the army" 1t is
to be hoped that the officials Of the
Association may quickly take note
of the hint contained in these com,
ments, and win the esteem of the sol.
dier and sailor applicants by cutting
out some of the red tape procedure in
the matter of placing these appli-
cants. 1t should be remembered that
man who has passed successfully
all the examinations and investiga
tions incident to entry into the ma
tional service must be fairly well
qualified physically, mentally and NOR
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25
Ireland a Republic in
the Eyes of World
Addres. to Free Nations Asks for Support o.

Addres. to Free Nations Asks for Support of
New Republic by Recognizing lreland's Nat
ional Status and Her Right to Vmdication at
the Peace Conference. No Answer Made
by England of lrelands Challenge of Self
Determination. First Two Days of Session
of the New Irish Parliament Was Success
full and Organization Was Thorough and
Firm. Only Associated Press News is Avail
able 60 far, Which Seeth With Englands
Propaganda.
The Irish standard., 1919-01-25
Death CLAIMS COUNT W. ]. 0NAHAN

Mr.. Onahan was active to within
a few days of his death and within
the last year was elected president
of the Illinois Catholic Historical So
ciety. May he rest in peace!