Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-09
ARCHBISHOP LEADS
IRISH FUND DRIVE
lreIand's Sons in This City to Raise
$15o,ooo to Support Plea
for Freedom

Archbishop Doughcrty. Bishop McCort,
Bishop Ynzbck and number Of other prom
incnt clcrgymcn and laymrn have been named
10 direct the campaign for Sl5O.O0O, which
will he conducted here during the ton day
period, beginning next Monday, by the
Friends of Irish Freedom.
The object of tho fund. which represents
Philadelphia : quota of n nation wide drive
is to dcfray expenses OF bringing before the
Peace Conference Ircland's plea for r""ognl- =
tion of its Independence aud to conduct an
educational campaign throughout the coun =
try on behalf Of an Irish republic.
Representatives of virtually every Cathollc
parish in the city nrc associated win III"
various committees which will conduct the
big drive. They are holding meetings nightly
in campaign headquarters l62G chestnut
street at which addresses nre made by Mat
thew Laly. vino will direct the campaign,
aud prominent priests and laymcn interested
in the Irish cause.
On the executive committee named today
are the following:
Sir James J. Ryan. Dr. Peter +. Moylan,
Mrs. William !. Bogloy. the Rev. ID. j..
Broughal, Judge Eugene G. Bonniwel, Will
liam Royce James +. I5oylan, Miss Jane
Campbell, Dr. William Carroll, Mrs. Eliza
beth Day Cavanaugh, Miss Mary {. Clare,
Francis $. Clark. Mgr Gerald =. Coghlan
Mgr. NJ. ]. Crane. the Rev. Ignatius Do
han. DIR. William r. Dempsey, Thomas l'cv-
lin. Luke Dillon, Michael Donohoo. the Rev.
Michael &. Donovan, Miss l.. Doughcrty,
Michael Francis Doyle. the Rev. y. w.
Driscol. T.. J. Du Nee Patrick Donohu",
the Rev. J. G. J.. Ewcns. Monsignor Nrvin
+. Fisher f.. Fitzgerald.
Patrick Fitzgerald, James A. FIaherty,
John T. Flood, Mrs. Mary A. Gallagher.
Joseph p. Gaffncy. DR.. NJ. +. Gallagher, the
Rev. Walter +. Cough, the Rev. Matthew
A. Hand, John llaney, the Rev. Joseph
l1annigan, NJ. F. Hanson, Mrs. Pembroke
u. Harton. Monsignor Hugh IT. Henry. the
Rev. d. Heron. James F. Heron. the Rev.
NJ. j. Higgins John Hogan. John +. Hor
gan, the Rev. T. J. Hurton, James Irwin,
Miss Margaret Kain.
Miss Sarah Keenan,. Mrs. Sarah Kelly. the
Rev. John W. Kcogh. Monsignor William
ki"ran. Mrs j. p. Lego. Patrick Loguc.
John 4. Loncrgan. John V. Loughncy. the
Rev. DR.. u. Mcguire. Hugh McCafircy,
Henry Mccartney. the Rev. r. s. Mccarthy.
Joseph 7. McD"vitt. VI. j. MrEnery. Joseph
Mc'iarrity. j. ]. M"Garvcy. the Rev. James
NJ. MrGuirc, Joseph Mclaughlin, Judge John
Monahan. Mrs. James Mundy. tho Rov.
James Nash. the Rev. j. -. Ncvin, Mrs VI.
Nolan. James II. Nulty.
DIR. w. j. O'Bricn. John !. O'connor.
John ODca. Miss Constance O'Iara. Fran
els O'Knne. the Rev. ID. j. O'Mahoney. DR..
Austin ONlallCy. Joseph O'NciIl. Michael
ONell. Owen O'Neill. Patrick O'NcilI,
Thomas +. O'Neill. John J. OShcu. Mrs.
Augustine Pealc. Miss Agnes Cluno Ouinlan.
A. Raymond Raft, Thomas Reilly. Michael
J. Ryan. the Rev. Gregory r. Scholz. James
b. Sheehan. Monsignor James l.. Sinnott
the Rev. Joseph c. w. Skcly. John VI. Skel J.
ly. Mrs. Thomas +. Somcrs. Bryan Tansy.
the Rev. Robert Ellis Thompson.
William Tobin. Joseph Trainer, Daniel
Wade" Miss katherine Walsh. Mrs. Honor
Walsh. Or. j. FIR. Walsh the Rev Red
mond j. Walsh. Monsignor W. J. Walsh
the Rev. +. y. WaStI.