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VOLUME XL1I.- NO. 24.
LOUISVILLE, SATURAY, JUNE 14, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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PROHIBITION
Politicians Emulating Example
the Cat and Ills Nlito
Lives.
of
Republicans Having Much Trouble
With Colored Voter and
Stoims in Sight.
Louisville's "Hick" Firemen Again
Try to Put Out Firo in Cot
tonseed Plant.
INGRATITUDE TO THE 'HERALD.
, Like the tomcat and hla prover
bial nine lives, the prohibitionist
politicians refuse to be squelched,
and despite the fact that the Issue
is practically settled nation-wide
there are a few in every section
who refuse to see that their pet
hobby can no longer be used to ad
vance their political and self-advertising
ambitions. The Kentucky
"drya" Issue an appeal to the people
of the State this week to Yote
acalnst the demon rum this fall, and
of the six societies represented five
are an unknown quantity and the """ ""- ?. . were
public is expected tc t lelieve thai the tg&fiZ
societies are bona-fide, although t j dd ,k th
none have ever heard of anyone else Tthoutfalltog over their own
connected with the organization but feot ThJ H ,fl puWlHhed pic.
the signer of the appeal for prohibi- f h efflent flre flht.
tion. Henry S. Barker the former t d,dn,t , ,n why the bflre
Democratic office-holder of twenty- underwrUers sUn classed Louisville
four years standing, but .now a Re. as a j b of the thlrd c,ag3 b
publican leader, is President. J. A. cauge f u hick flremen Well
Alexander represents the Democratic anrtray tho near flremen dIdn.
Forward League, and the average show a bU f BmUtld6 for the Her.
man has never heard who constl- ald,g efforti Flr(J broke t ,
tutes the membership of this league at the cottonseed oil plant andfathe
2,1 w?e?. n,d whTere ? , ,3,, "M&" firemen made a holy show of
The Antl Saloon League is "pre- themselves. It seems as if places in
sented by Ir. Palmer, of Michigan. the de to the flre were tran(J
and we'll have to concede the doc- d and the coal wa waB ,n
tor's organization is a working one, front at Thlrd street and tho Con.
as it has worked the people of , federate monufent. The going to
America out of millions of dollars the flro must be descrlbed aa a
and finally out of their rights and parade instead of a "run." as the
."kJ168, t,t t 1.1 . I slow time they make now couldn't
Then comes Dr. W. S. Lockhart, be clas3lflod as a .run.. To g0
representing the Men's Federation, back to our Bt Tne coal g
which organization made its reputa- h drJver and all became en
tion looking for vice and crime dur- tangled ln the traffio at thls polnt
ing Democratic administrations, but and n tho m, he flre pumplng
since the Republican "reform ad- pparatus wa8 wrecked.
mlnlstraUDn-camo-dnto -power np-iris-hardry---necessary to MlBCUSg
Federation has evidently been look-J the Jottonseed plant flro agaIn aa
ing out the window. Though crime the f.hlik flremen lost control and
ahd scandal during the present local nfrald t(j confesg their faure t0
administration has reached the high handlo tnl3 poor old worn.out are,
water mark, there has noverbecna ' of the department heads inatead
chirp from the Men a Federation. of r,ng,ng ln a second alam Wed to
Rev. Lockhart had goo(lgrounds to caU QUt help by zTzte telephone
stir up a little mess on his own ac- me8Sages Fortunately there were
count, as tho enterprising burglars fiome real flremen at Camp Taylor
ln our midst cracked the safe In hla and th quenched the flames It
office in the Inter-Southerr ' building mIght n'ot a t)ad ,dea to moye
on January 9 and got away wltn.,,. flrpm,n.H .nhnnl out to tho nnt-
?550 in Liberty bonds. The next
important signature to the call for
r rrm t nr- t
"votes ror proniDiuon- is uoi. r. a.
Callahan, who claims to represent
tho Catholic Prohibition League,
and of which society there is not the
slightest clue. There is not a sin
gle Catholic organization in Ken
tucky on record aa favoring prohibi.
tjon, ana irom wiire i "
members of- Col. Callahan's i society
no one knows. The same applies to
.. innt tmiv nnf nf tnp nttinr or-1
t icuoi, iu. v w ...- ------ --
ganlzations represented ln the tall.
They have no standing, no Publish-1
ed membership, no place of meeting,
etc., yet these six men attempt to
tell the people of Kentucky their
duties as voters and citizens. 1
The efforts of the Courier-Journal
and Times and the other Republican
papers seem to huvu b . """"-
in trying to ciesuw mM""-
Democratic ranks and the guberna
torial contest between Black and
uarron, tne cniei .-. ' '"irri
laes to oe "" """' : the sad news of the death on Sun
same sltuat ion applying tc .the con atternoon at Denver of Ernest
tests for other State offices. Gov Qf clement B rt
?laBCk,PCtahre ?rob.itldSg BlIS who. is connected with the James
, r,7 ".. frihtpnpd manv i
against Monow has frigntenea many
against onu ." ;"b. "":? """i
Republicans, who were depending mi
n "n.hrd ?L"anJt0n,,trict.tManGy
O. P. In the Kieventn uisuici, wbuj
ii" Z, nj rWpi''b nomlna-lC(l
predict that Gov. Blacks .Nomina
tion will take all tne ngnt out oi
Morrow and the HerUBearcy ma-
cw?e-.i f,w ta tanks and of
2; ft l!j0nllR LnT mention' to the'
S? ,lX " ,, row wUh
'the colored voters and printed flr3t
In these columns. The colored Re
t.iiiinn lpnders say that Morrow
tuuuiwu - - i ---o- -,,tnp'
ana nu m ' ""i" VuVn Vk "nd
nhnnt thfi "wronKS oi iuxu
pay some attention to the "wrongs
of the colored voters." A mass
meeting of colored voters In Louis
ville has been called for Monday
night ln Qulnn Chapel, with Major
Gen. R. R. Jackson, of Chicago, and
flinnor'niember of the Illinois Legis- handed to every, soldier as he boards ing powers of government are under
i?,. or tho sDeaker of the even- a train leaving Germany for an em- the ultimate control of the elector
al nd he will speak in the Inter- barkatlon point. Of course he has ate.
J!5' f Willi nm Warley. the colored other things to carry, but he never Make no doubt that the Irish vote
nonnhHMn aspirant for Legislature refuses tho doughnuts, and usually will be a block vote against England
Republican aspirant im b . . .. outUnil all thlnirs Encllsh ns lone as
In the lentn WUIU. .. .
Searcy and his machine will not be
at the depot to welcome u.o -...
gulshed visitor, nor will Mr. Bur
Hngame. Deputy Mayor, welcome the
Major General on behalf of tho near
Mayor or Mr. Hert. The prospect M
coupling a colored Republican on the
.i.,i,rt m,ii Mnrmw la causing sleep
leas nights to "Howdy Ed" and the
Hert-Searcy machine, and the sup
port of tho Courier-Journal and
Times has not offset that worry.
Tho Louisville Times, which over
looks the Joke police and flre de
partments, minimizes tho escapes at
the work house, Jail, etc., but al
, ways finds time to throw a bouquet
at near Mayor Smith, Just gushes i all
over itself dlscusalng Smith's ap
ointmeata on the Sewer Oflmmta
rfoa. of Which HE WILL BB
CHAIRMAN AND HAVE TUB DK-
CIDING VOTE, and thanks goodness
no horrible ward politician received
the appointment. The Times fur
ther raves how evenly divided the j
Sewer Commission is from a politi.
cai standpoint, dui ior prooi oi mis
we will quote the Louisville Herald
and tho Evening Post as to the poli
tics of the near Mayor's appointees:
Wednesday morning the Herald said
Mr. Mengel and Mr. Davles were
Democrats and Mr. Wood and Mr.
Fenlev were Ilenubllcans. The Post
the same day said (Mr. Mengel and j
-Mr. wooa were itepuDiicaus ana
Mr. Fenley and Mr. Davles Demo
crats. Take your choice. Until
near Mayor Smith can explain why
his appointees on the Board of
Works and other city departments
have left the city treasury depleted
the sewer bond issue is a 100 to one
shot and all tho gushing editorials
In tho Bingham press and the in
dorsement of some disguised Repub
licans in the Board of Trade are not
going to give the Smith "reform"
administration a cool two million
to blow in whllo perpetuating the
"reform" crowd. You know what
Abe Lincoln said about fooling all
the people all the time, etc.
Tho Keystone comedy police were
crowded out of the calcium light
this week by the "hick" Are depart
ment, which made a big hit with
everyone except tho owners of the
cottonseed oil plant. Another that
didn't appreciate the show was tho
poor old Herald, which on Tuesday
published glowing accounts of the
"hick" firemen's school, telling how
the noble boys were progressing at
the firemen's school and the high
averages they received for efficiency.
Reward of merit was distributed
freely for those who had learned to
,' . .. . . ,,
tonseed nlant as. If they can not nut
. -
this fire out, it will serve as train
Ing for the "hicks." We'd certainly
hate to pa j- the bills for demolished
apparatus the "hick" flremen are
storing up. In addition to the dam
age at the cottonseed plant fire
some bright ones tried to tako a
fire truck through a narrow alley at
Twenty-sixth and Jefferson, tearing
off all the sideg and equipment of
he truck fl t tQ , u ff Qne
...... r.
ot tne joKe nremen in closing tne
flre alarm box turned ln anotner
aldrm and had the poor "hicks" and
the,r mte dumray motoi.s coine a
tralllng down agaln 0ne or tw0
ni)re weekg nkJ th,g and the Key.
8tone ,lco wIU have to ook to
theJr ,aure,S( the .,hlck flremen
gottlng t0 be som3 reguiar "hum-
dingers.
ERNEST G. KLLERT.
Monday relatives here received
tJarK reamer uoinpuuy, oi. uouis
doroAH wat
Until a year ago the deceased was
Acme-Jones
Company, when falling health cau3-
bim to resign his position. He
Denyer accom ,ed b h,8
Oiio T'liorH hn to.
";fn "n uhlm untll -hlB death.
Besides his father and sistei. Miss
.Stella Ellert. he Is survived by hla
mother, two sisters, Misses Marcella
and Aniielene Ellert, and two broth
er&, Sylvester and Alpys Ellert. The
Douy was Drougnt to i.ouiBviiie auu
taken to the r
to the residence or nis par
! ents. M2 Coral avenue, the funeral
taking place yesterday from St. Bon
iface church.
LEAVE ONLY nOLES.
Six full-Erown doughnut3
are
..,, (l,lr toft nt tlm InllMmiR
bit of "American pastry" except thejst. It must be remembered also
holes The Knights of Columbus that for forty years the cause of
provide this "creature comfort" for Ireland has been pleaded unceaslqg
the doughboys. The Knights at Co-'iy ln the United States by a host of
blenz maintain a plant wltn a ca
pacity of 50,000 doughnuts dally.
SISTERS ARE WEDDED.
AnnmiTirnmfint was made Satur -
day in New Albany of the wedding history of the united States, written
of Miss Margaret Lelst and John In a spirit of bumptious nationalism,
Ganle'y Wednesday night In St. has not been calculated to make for
Mary's Tectbry, the Rev. William F. t Anglo.Amerlcan understanding. Tho
Selbertz officiating. Announcement, comradeship of a great adventure in
also was made of the engagement of humanity merely anaesthptlzed this
the bride's sister, Miss "Lena Lelst, feeling, and any definite antl-Eng-aad
John Eadrls, whose marriage Jlsh campaign will stir it to ugly
was solemnized Tuesday mdralng.llfe. These forces, assembled aad
with nuptial mass at St. Mary's ' assemblable, given unchanged eon
caurcl,, Idltlons, will have power to direct
I "lm ' " " ' HIM . I'll I I mi I i
Not a smile Illumines the face
the German financial delegates leav
financial representatives. At the lo
the Allies'. ' .
IRELAND'S CLAM TO JUSTICE
Self-Determination Applies
to George Creel,
Irish United as Never Before, Vote as a Unit For Independence and Have Strong
. .
Claims
George Creel, who was Chairman
of the Committee on Public Infor
mation during the war, and during
his services as press censor visited
Ireland, studied conditions and talk
ed to leaders, write3 as follows con
cerning Ireland's claims for self-
govornment In the New York Amer
ican:
The world Is asked to consider
Ireland merely as "England's domes
tic problem." Certain circumstances,
unyielding as iron, preclude the ac
ceptance or any such view. Not
even by the utmost strain of amia
ble Intent can a question that
strikes at the very heart of-interna
tional agreement be aet down and
written off as "domestic." That
magic formula, "self-determination,"
has marched armies and tumbled
empires these last few years, play
ing too large a part in world con
sciousness to be limited by any ar
bitrary discrimination in the hour
of victory and adjustment.
Even as Poles, Czechs, Jugo
slavs, Ukranlana, Finns and scores
of other submerged nationalities are
struggling to the upper air of inde
pendence, so does Ireland appeal
to the solemn covenant of the Al
lies, with its championship of the
"rights of small peoples," and its
sonorous assent to "tho reign of
law, based upon the consent of the
governed."
As never before the Irish are
united. With the exception of pro
testing majorities ln four Ulster
counties, Ireland voted as a unit ln
1918 for a republican form of gov
ernment. The seventy-three repre
sentatives elected by the Sinn Fein
refused to take their seats at West,
minster and have assembled as an
Irish Parliament, of sorts, ln Dub
lin. The thousands of British sol
diers ln Ireland virtually constitute
an army of occupation. In America
the race has put aside the factional
bitterness ot the past, and stands
solidly and squarely ln support of
Ireland's demand fbr Justice. It is
this that gives the Irish question an
American aspect. In the United
States there are over 15,000.000
people of Irish birth or descent,
woven Into the warp and woof of
our national life by common aspira
tions and devotions. They stand im
placably to-day between .this coun
try and England, crying out against
any alliance, agreement or even
amity until the case of Ireland has
been fairly considered and Justly
settled. Such a mass, Instinct with
intelligent emotionalism, cannot be
Ignored either In honor, decency or
plain common sense. This is a
democracy ln which the Jreaty-mak
, Trial, nnoiflnn la allnnrafl tn n.r.
brilliant and persuasive personali
ties, with the result that a great
body of liberal sentiment is firm in
the belief that Irish wrongs are real
and call for redress.
i Nor many It be forgotten tnat tne
NOT ONE OF THEM IS SMILING.
of a single one ofShese men. Good enough reason why. They are
ing Trianon Palacefat Versailles, following a meeting with the Allied
ft Is shown tho military chaperono furnished the Teutonic delegates by
to Irish as Welles to Pole, Ukranian and Finn, According
Chairman of Committee on Public Information.
f
. . S i r o '
on American neople For Support.
and shape the foreign policy of the
United States. What? then, is to be
the attitude of thbseYAmericans who
are not of Irish blood an. who have
no concern
with thJIflsh; question f
tears dfohe dettlnleVl
save as it bears
of the United States? It Is idle to
adopt a tone of heavy reproof and
talk of "America first." America
has always been first with the Irish
American, for while love of Erin is
an unchanging passion, his allegi
ance, once given, is never divided by
a hyphen.
Men of Ireland gave heart and
strength to George Washington;
their money aa well. When the
Bank of Pennsylvania was organ
ized to supply funds for the sup-
nort or tho American JVrmv. nni
third of the subscribers, represent-
ing more than one-third the capital, played heroic parts in the victories
were members of the Friendly Sons of peace. In the advancement of
of St. Patrick, and this organization , the frontier, the harnessing ot
later contributed outright the sum' streams, the battle with mountain
tciTcnn f o nni nr ti enn ', ! tho .,., r ,io.t
000. Washington praised this so-
ciety as "distinguished for the firm
adherence of Its members to the serve our gratitude and faith,
glorious cause ln which we are in. ' There Is no department of Ameri
volved," and accepted membership cau endeavor profession, trade or
in It as offered by a unanimous calling that Gaels hae not en-
vote
Irish aid was not confined to
these shores alone, however, for
Count Arthur Dillon sailed with 2,
300 Irish troops from France to
fight for America In tho West In
dies. It was this force's capture of
British bases that relieved the Col
onials of a great danger, contribut
ing no little to tho ultimato success.
Gen, Andrew Jackson was the son
of Irish parents, and a fourth of
his officers in the war of 1812 were
men of Irish birth or parentage, and
it is estimated that not less than
170,000 Irishmen fought under Lin
coln for the preservation of the
Union.
Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, an
Irish rebel, deported for life by the
English Government, and escaped
from Van Dieman's Land jto the
United States, was among the first
to offer his sword, and this testi
mony, from a British observer,
might well serve as a general de
scription of Irish conduct through
out the struggle:
"To the Irish division commanded
by Gen. Meagher was principally
committed the desperate task of
bursting out of the town of Freder
icksburg, and forming under the
withering flre of the Confederate
batteries, to attack Marye's Heights,
lowering Immediately in their front.
Never at Fontenoy, at Albuera or at
Waterloo, was more undoubted cour
age displayed by the aons of Erin
than during those six frantic dashes
which they directed against the al
most Impregnable position of their
foe. The bodies, which lie ln dense
masses within forty yards ot the
muzzles of Col. Walton's guns, are
the best evidence of what manner
of men they were who pressed on to
death with the dauntlessness of a
race which has gained glory on a
thousand battlefields."
When the United States, driven to
war by the outrages and 111-falth of
the Imperial German Government,
called for men to support the Ideals
1 of democracy, the most Instant and
entnusiastic response vra iiom mo pioneer uhiuuk iwumuro tui vituui
so.called Irish-Americans. Hatred rights In America, and known over
of England, handed down from gen- the country as such, renounced her
erntlon to generation through seven allegiance to the Equal Rights As-
centurles, was put aside out ot de- soclation, saying she can not con-
votlon to the country1 of their adop- sistently remain a member of an
tion, and the records of the War 'organization which has declared Its
Office are thick with Irlih names i determination to give its energy to
and instances of Irish valor. Prior, the ratification of the amendment.
to the adoption of the .treaty ar- Miss Clay, in explaining her attitude
rangemeats. Mich uaaatarallzed rea- on tho question, said the amend-
Idents of the United States as were
citlzens of a co-belligerent country
had the right to claim exemption
when drafted. The reDort oN the
Provost ,Marahul shows that.jthismade their, first communion, the
class" waived exemption ln the fol- ch"ufch"belng thronged -wittf'njrrir
lowing percentages:
Ireland . 30.4
Belgium 24.4
Scotland 24.2
England 22.5
Wales ..... ... 22.0
Sorvia 21.07
Canada 21.0
France 19.4
Italy 16.8
Just as they have fought side by
side with pure native stock In ever
Ameifcan war for the preservation
of democracy and the triumph of
a ., ij..i. i .i. iit.
democratic Ideals, so have the Irish
and waste, men of Irish blood have
left records of achievement that de-
teied and enriched, and when, out
of ancient devotions that must ever
oi ancient aeyotions tnat must ever
remain dear to decent hearts, they
ask that pledged principled of Jus-
tlce be applied to Ireland, America
can not evade an answer. It is
plain, however, that too much Is at
stake to permit the Interference of
mere sentiment. Justice is the one
safe foundation for world peace. If.
the contentions of the Irish are
wlthout Justice, then it stands to
reason that the Irish In the United
States must no longer be allowed
ouues Jiiusi uu muter ue uuuwou
to stand ln the way of Anglo-Amer.
lean amity that is the very key
stone In the arch of international
co-operation. If It stands proved,
however, that Ireland suffers Intol
erable oppression, and Is today out
side the Justice for which millions
have died, it is the plain duty of BUlck has expressed his intention of
England to remedy a condition that attending and delivering an ad
blocks the free and friendly part- drest if his newly assumed duties
nershlp of nations. permit his absence. Tho object of
It is to furnish the facts upon the home building campaign is to
which an honest and Intelligent an- encourage the owning of homes by
swer may be based that this series the occupants thereof, and to give
of articles has been written. immediate employment, by the ro-
sumption of building operations, to
LEXINGTON. available labor This conference de-
genes a large attendance.
The marriage of Miss Mary
Frances Manning, of Astoria. L. I., I LITTLE FOLKS' PARTY.
to Elemer H. Jones, of Fayette
county, was solemnized Wednesday ' Miss Lucille Qulnlan was hostess
morning at St. Peter's church, Lex- at a children's party Saturday after
Ington, the Rev. Father Freiberg noon. Her guests Included MIssee
celebrating the nuptial mass and Marjorle Ann Metzjier, of Wheeling;
performing the ceremony. The at- Mildred Doerhoefer, Jane Ridley,
tendants were Miss Julia Gormley nose Ann Sherman, Florence Kroe
and Joseph Mooney. ger, Mary Alice Ridley, Julia Garo-
Mrs. M. L. Ryan was called to un0 Sweeney, Joyce Qulnlan, Mary
Covington because of the serious ill- Hotfeld, Rita May Sherman, Lillian
ness of her niece, Miss Marguerite Kroeger, Alice Dabney Sweeney,
Healey. Masters Basil Doerhoefer, William
Sherman, Hilton Bennett, Frederick
VIOLATION OF PRINCIPLES. Kroeger, James Savage. Roy Quln
Because Congress has passed the
Susan B. Anthony amendment, Miss
Laura Clay, daughter of Casslus M.
Clav. the "Lion of Whitehall." for
years President ot the Kentucky1
, Equal Rights Association and a
ment is in reality aimed at tho de
struction of States' rights to a great
er degree than toward the success of
woman's suffrage; that In her Judg
ment It is a part of a propaganda to
put aside States' rights; to destroy
the principle of that which is the in
alienable right of a people to deter
mine 'for themselves that which is
lor their own good. She 3ald the
amendment gives a false definition
to woman's suffrage; that It places
the women of certain States in the
position of being forced to vote on
the question at issue, and that it Is
to her repugnant that the women of
the State sTiall force upon the -citizens
of another Commonwealth
something that doe3 not represent
the will of the people. She said she
believes such a violation of prlnci.
pies of States' rights will lead to
other results in political affairs in
jurious to tfie people of the country.
Miss Clay' said she believes in up
holding the dual character of the
Constitution, which is both Federal
and State, and that a Federal
amendment dictating who shall vote
ln a State Is destructive of the char
acter of the Government, by substi
tuting administrative units for self
governing beings. ,
VISIT 'ME ALTAR.
Last Sunday, the feast of Pente
cost, will live 1n the lives of many
happy little children, in a number of
parishes who approached the altar
to receive their first holy com
munion. At the Cathedral six girls
and twelve boya received the sacra-
ment at tho 7 o'clock mass Trom tno
hands of Father Rock, whoso kindly
words they will never forgot, and
'after a. breakfast served by the la
dles of the Altar Society they were
confirmed by Bishcip O'Donaglwie,'
I who was assisted by Fathers Dris-
COli, u touBor , anu iu;k. iho
Bishop made a short but Impressive
talk to the little ones.
At St. Brlgld's church Rev Father
Jansen celebrated the 7:3Q o'clock
mass, when a class of twenty-seven
girls and fourteen boys received the
sacrament of tho Holy Eucharist for
the first time. The altars were bril
liant with lights and Father Jansen
in Ms sermon spoke words of ad
vice and encouragement to his young
charges. '
St. Cecilia's church presented per-
day momins at the 7.3o o'clock
mass, when rorty-iour gin ana
forty-four boys received their first
noiy communion, anu ua-m u um-
day evening when Bishop O'Don-
laghue administered to: them and
I fifteen converts the sacrament of
confirmation,
At tho Chui-ch of Our Lady twen-
ty-elght glrl3 and thirty-'slx boys or
the parish who had been prepared
hv Rev. Martin O'Connor, tho pastor,
relatives and friends. Father O Con
nor talked to the children in a feel
ing and invpreSilve manner on the
solemnity of the occasion and the
spiritual benefits that would come
to them.
TRINITY COUNCHy.
Next Moday evening Trinity Couu-
c" w e,e" uf'T T.,ri.inHnn
nate- for AtUnto Jurtadlc Uon
u !"" -"Tv , i.k.V n,io An
will be held at Columbus, .Ohio. Au.
trust 18 and 10. On the same oven-
P181
'?B th,e momb5 ,tftn,ln.g Y alm
"c,pa.te .? .So. i. n J r
beach 8ul.t- A00",?? ,",n WPnlr
rans'e !! ? iviSifv Tnd
for the members of lrmity ana
"ielr. ,r!eJ10- . InnhWnthwill be
?,iiIodB7 f 'f L ''? ail
devoted to a social meeting and all
routine business will be dispensed
with. A Boosers' Committee, re
cently appointed and consisting of
Jos. M. Belle, Frank chupp, Jas.
n. Kellv and J. L. Sullivan, aro
- - - - , h h ss ,n thelr
m5., ..Z., '", liili i i-o.t i n.
Jg ,s shown by the members,
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fotwico has been caueu ny uie
United States Department of Laboi
and L. R. Putman, Regional Direc
tor, will be present to explain the
plan which the Department of La
bor has cauyed to be adopted ln sev-
...i ninnP otntea. Gov. James D
lan, C. J. Savage and Wesley sner
man.
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DIOCESAN CHANGES.
The Rev. 'Richard Maloney, who
has been pastor of St. Peter's
cnurcn at ataniey, uuh uocii uuua-
forred to the pastorate of St. Ste.
phen'B church in Owensboro by the
Right Rev. Denis O'Donaghue, Blsh-
op 0f Louisville. Father Maloney
succeeds the late A. T. JMcConnell,
who died somo months ago. The
appointment Js for life. Father John
Hlgglns, the assistant pastor, has
been transferred to St. Peter's
church at Stanley.
IMPORTANT.
Great Work That Confronts -Irish
Jlare Is tho Victory ,
Fund.
Will Enable Its Friends to Meet
Enemy of America and
Ireland.
First Step to Redeem New York's
Pledge Given Spectacular
Support. ' ' '.
LOCAL COMMITTEES ORGANIZE.
The most 'important work ever
undertaken iby our race ln America
Is the collection of the Irish Vic
tory Fund. It will enable the Irish
race here and at home to meet the
enemy of America and Ireland on
overj' field. IT MUST SUCCEEDI
It Is succeeding but only where
hard work Is being done for It.
.Money does not leap spontaneously
out of purse and pocket. The Amer
ican public has been called on so
j often during tho past two years that
a padlock of caution now guards Its
diminished resources. Not merely
the merits of our cause, therefore,
ibut energy combined with well-de-
I vised and dignified methods must
swell the Fund.
I Examples provided by the numer
ous recent "drives," whether for
I American funds like those of the
(Red Cross, Knights of . Columbus
'and Salvation Army, or in behalf of
other suffering nations across the
water Polos, Belgians, Aremnlans
and Jews should be studied by our
people. New York, naturally looked
jto for the most up-to-date methods
as well as the biggest contribution,
,has under 'the leadership ot Judge
Cohalan, adopted many of tho plans
successfully demonstrated by the
'other Funds.
I The first step to redeem New
York's pledge waB tho formation of
a New York Irish Victory Fund
Committee, comprising representa
tives of various Irish-American or
ganizations and eminent men and
(women ot the race. Judge Cohalan
as Chairman has the support ot Jup-
ttcesQtrf f ?-a xreganV"Hcmlrfck-pd
Collins, or eminent lawyers like
' r T mtln-HlA ..) Hfn4tvt r1n.
boy, Dliector of the Draft of New
York; of men eminent in the arts
like Victor Herbert; of women who
have labored to enroll their sex In
the cause, like Miss Sarah McKel
voy and Miss Mary (Manahan; of the
editors of the Gaelic American and
the Irish World, and of many oth.
ers making up a committee which
symbolizes the new plane upon
which Irish affairs stand. A suc
cessful Fifth Avenue business man,
William J. Spain, is Treasurer.
Such a local committee should bo
the starting-point ln the drive for
tho fund In every community. Where
separate societies work without a
common direction lines of action
will cross and the public may be
Irritated by appeals from competing
forces. Rivalry Is not as successful
as co-operation. And the failure of
all Irish forces to get together
would depilvo the cause of half the
advantage It should derive from this
work. Even If the fund is greater
than the fondest hones anticinated.
that Is only half the result desired;
the other half is the birth of the
new spirit of United Irish-America.
Tho first move by the New York
committee was to adopt a policy of
frequent meetings in the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel. Such meetings in
the best surroundings ln any com- i
munlty will not only demonstrate a
ntipnntA rt vltrnrnna ond itnnttnnniia
action, but raise the campaign and
i the cause in the eyes of the public.
.The next step was to pledge the
various Irish spcleties and the vari
ous boroughs of the city to definite
I quotas of New York's general quota
Each society and each borough may
resort to the methods it finds most
effective Nevertheless, the work Is
kept firmly in the hands of the
committee, not only the decisions
made at general meetings, but by a
uniform card of appeal and a uni
form collection card.
The most spectacular feature of
the campaign In New York has been
the publication of full-page and half
page advertisements ln the leading
dally papers. This work Is under
the direction of the National Head
quarters of tho Friends of Irish
Freedom, and will be repeated in
other large cities. Nothing could
more splendidly illustrate the promi
nence which tho Irish question has
attained in America tho impera
tiveness with which It demands at
tention than these statements of
Ireland's case ln tho same manner
as tho cases of (Belgium, Poland and
other small nations have been
stated.
Among the plans authorized by
the New York Committee are col
lections at church doors, ln restau-
rants and ln theaters. Stories of
these collections will be published
hereafter. Of course many societies
are gathering their quotas In part
by collections at public meetings,
and In Brooklyn a mass meeting
under the auspices of the United So
cieties was held in the Academy ot
Music, where after addiessea by
able speakers, an appeal was made
for pledges and immediate contribu
tions, which were collected by pret
ty colleens in ancient Irish costume.
Though New York is looked to
for the biggest contribution to the
fund aHd for up-to-date methods,
seme other cities have thus, far
beaten New York in raising their
quotas of tho Irish Victory Fund,
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