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I i K r 1 t NOT-I CHURCHMAN ILL AT ADVANCED AGE COflfl'REMJ'CO Archbishop John Ireland, who re cently completed a million dollar cathedral in St. Paul, Minn., is seri ously ill. He is 77 years of age. A FACE FROM THE FATHERLAND 6&n.yon uiei Gen. Von Einem, conspicuous among the commanders in the Ger man army for bravery under. fire. , CLAIM THERE IS sNO "UNITED CATHOLIC LEAGUES OF U. S." The Day Book today received the following letter commenting on the publication of a letter purported to have been sent to members of a so called "United Catholic Leagues of the United States," urging them to vote for Sweitzer: Editor The Day Book: In your is sue of April 3 1 noticed a letter which was alleged to have been sent out just prior to the recent primaries. This letter was signed by the United Catholia Leagues of the United States. I have made a careful investiga tion and can find no record of any such organization. It appears to me as though this letter was sent out to stir up an Anti-Catholic feeling among the people. . If you have any information con cerning the existence of this so-called United Catholic Leagues of the United .States I shall appreciate if you will publish it or if you will in vestigate into the existence of such an organization. If possible for you to do so please enlighten me prior to the election next Tuesday. Edward Grill. The Day Book in an investigation found no such, organization. Chancellor Hoban of the Catholic church stated that he had investi gated the letter and that there was neither a United Catholic Societies of America nor a M. J. Scanlon, who was supposed to hasre received the communication. "The name of the organization in dicates that it would be a large one if it existed. In my position as chan cellor of the Catholic church I would know if the society were not a fake. It is." Other Catholic authorities were, visited. The existence of the United Catholic Societies was denied by Father O'Callaghan of the Paulist Fathers, the Catholic Extension So--cieties of the U. S, and the Catholic World, a religious publication.- . ? -- .iijfcB i r v : MiiftrfifcT''yit. f