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Cong/Smith Gives ~Eloqaent Address

Or Abe Lincoln Speech of Minnesota's Congressman

In the House of Representatives last April on a Bill to Accept a Deed of Conveyance from the Lincoln Farm Association to the United States of the Homestead of Abra­ham Lincoln.

Preparations Made For Washington's Birthday

The following speech of Congress­man Smith which was delivered in the House of Representatives last April Is appropriate to Lincoln's Birthday and is taken from the Congressional Record of April 5-12,1916:

Mr. Chairman, under ordinary cir­cumstances, after hearing the able and exceedingly interesting speeches of Hon. Jos. 6. Cannon and the Hon. Isaac R. Sherwood and others upon the life and deeds of Abraham Lin­coln, I would not be so persumptuous as to attempt to add anything to what has already been said about "the great­est memory of our earth."

The transfer by the patriotic com­monwealth of Kentucky of the log cabin in which Lincoln was born to the gentle care and protection of the United States is no ordinary occasion.

I never expect to witness a more patriotic and inspiring scene. It is an event that arouses in every Amer­ican heart a desire to give expression to the love and veneration in which he not only holds the great emanci­pator but everything connected with his life from childhood to the grave.

From the fullness of the American heart the mouth speaketh of the things that make life worth living; of the things that ennoble and sanctify God's heritage to man.

Would that I had the ability to de­pict for you my heart's image of Abra­ham Lincoln; it would fill you with thanksgiving to Almighty God for hav­ing sent in the hour of our country's direst need. Abraham Lincoln—the greatest power for good and the great­est leader of men since Christ—"a Christ in miniature," said Tolstoy.

Filled with such emotions, I know thatjny generous and patriotic col­leagues will bear with me while I in my humble way on this historic day lay a sprig of laurel on the tomb of one of our own kind and generation— the immortal Lincoln—the friend of men.

Born of humble and illiterate par­entage, on Nolan Creek, in a wild and unsettled hickory forest of Kentucky, in this rude cabin—a very strange and unlikely place for the birth of the Nation's saviour. From this lonely home in the wilderness, devoid of books, schools and churches, and even of the stimulus of educated compan­ions, this incomparable child of the forest by sheer force of character ad­vanced step by step .in knowledge and statecraft until he reached the high­est position in the gift of the greatest nation on earth. And this, too, at a time when that nation needed its greatest genius to save it from self-destruction.

These inspiring exercises testify more eloquently than any words of mine how completely he restored the Union as it was before the mighty rebellion, in which he was the match­less leader. Today the Southland is vying with the Northland in paying homage to the memory of the pre­server of our Commonwealth, its flag and free institutions. If the shades of the venerated and martyred Lin­coln could witness this scene of a reunited and happy people, its cup of joy would overflow.

His was a life filled with greatness and sadness—free from malice, jeal­ousy and revenge.

His solicitude for the welfare of the South after the fall of the Confeder­acy was beautifully expressed in these words:

"I want the people of the South to come back to the old home, to sit down at the old fireside, to sleep under the old roof, and to labor and rest and worship God under the old flag. For four years I have seen the flag of our Union riddled with bullets and torn -with shell and trailed in the dust be fore the eyes of all the nations, and now I am hoping that it will please God to let me live until I shall see that same flag unsullied and untorn waving over the greatest and most powerful nation of the earth—over a nation of freemen—over no master and over no slave."

When Lincoln gave expression to these noble sentiments his heart was filled with solemn Joy over the close of the war, and his mind was occu pied with hopes for the future welfare

The Public Generally Is Invited to the Auditorium Thursday, February 22, to the Greatest Patriotic Meeting Ever Held in the Northwest—Pre­parations are Being Made to Ac­commodate an Extra Large Gather­ing—Judge Kavanagh Will Be Speaker.

The marked success of the Wash­ington's Birthday meeting in the Au­ditorium on the evening of February 22 is much in evidence from the man­ner in which the committee in charge is working. Every committee is work­ing in unison and from the arrange­ments so far success is foretold.

The address by Judge Kavanagh is to be in keeping with the spirit of the day, especially dealing with the pat­riotic lessons to be drawn therefrom. No reference is to be made to politics nor the present situation of our coun­try. The Knights of Columbus have been conducting a program which stands for religious freedom of con­science as assured by our constitu­tion, and demonstrating that the Catholic Church teaches patriotism as a fundamental part of the faith.

The following is a biographical sketch of the speaker, whose popular­ity is evidenced from the votes cast for him.

Marcus A. Kavanaugh was born in Des Moines, Iowa, September 3, 1859, and received his preliminary educa­tion in the public and parochial

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Be La Salle Alumni to Dance February 14

Popular School Organization Will Give Their Annual Ball at the Plaza Ho­tel—Supper Will Be Served to 300 Guests.

1809-Abraham Lincoln-1865

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J^ouracore sad seven yean ago JT onr fathers brought forth upon

thi» continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that aO men are created equal Now we are en­gaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation

. aoconceived and aodedkated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their live* that that nation might live. flit is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hal­low, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. Itisfor us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. If is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take in­creased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full mea­sure of devotion: that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in. vain; that this nation, under God,shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.

The De La Salle Alumni Associa­tion will give their annual ball this year on Valentine's Day, February 14, at the Plaza Hotel. This is one of the biggest affairs of the year with the Alumni and it is expected that at least three hundred will respond to the call of their president. The hall will be appropriately decorated for the occasion with the school colors, purple and gold. Walter Graves, president of the association will lead the grand march with Miss Helen Bell. After the dancing a supper will be served in the main dining room. Arrange­ments are being made by the execu­tive committee which is composed of: Messrs. James E. Lee, '91; John J. Gleason, '03; Frank J. Williams, '06; John A. Seibel, Jr., '05; James F. Gog-win, '08; William P. Graves, '08; James P. Hessburg, '10; Amor O. Bauman, '10; B. J. Mulcahy, '10; Ar­thur Miller, '11; A. A. Cavanaugh, '11; James P. Trainor, '12; Amie E. Paul-iot, *14; William E. Kelly, *15; Wil­liam Arnolds, '15; Fred Byrnes, '16.

On the reception committee are: Messrs. John Lee, '91; Morris McDon­ald, Edward J. Burns, J. E. A. Keefe, Joseph Brown Rigg, George S. Roth, '03; A. W. Ingenhutt, '04; Arthur Cook '06; H. H. A. Franz, '07; William S, Doyle, Anthony Webber, Edward Fo­ley, '08; Jacob R. Hartman, '09; Jo­seph Brown, R. F. Pendergast, '10; Mi­chael Ring, '11; Miles Kane, '12; Cal vin J. Sparrow, '12; C. P. Lindsmayer, '14; Eugene Burk, '15; Leo F. Des mond, Philip J. Riley, '16; Hugh Hick-ey, J. B. Matthews, Paul Jeffries.

Caluity at Shrino of SL Winifred ii Wilss

For First Time Since 8eventh Century the Water Ceased to Flow

on January 5th.

Hely Rosary Church Societies Elect Officers

Officers of the various societies of the Holy Rosary Church have elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Altar Society, president, Mrs. Kieley; vice president, Mrs. Renz; sec­retary, Mrs. Mason. Holy Name So­ciety, president, M. J. Gillis; secretary, Wm. J. Butler; treasurer, Leonard Far-rell; B. V. Sodality, prefect; Anatatla Barber, St. Thos. Sodality, Boys' Dl< vision, president, John Crowley; vice-president, Francis Crowley; sec­retary, Raymond Humphrey; treas­urer, Charles Monahan; marshal, Harry Shea. Girls' Division, presi­dent, Teresa Curran; vice-president, Lorraine Vanterllck; secretary, Mil­dred Bowers; treasurer, Margaret Mc-Gough.

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of the water, while human means to that end are not being neglected by the Town Council.

London, Feb. 2.—A serious calam­ity has happened at the famous shrine of St. Winifred's well, which is known as the English Lourdes, and is sit­uated at Wales at Holywell, a village near Pantasaph. Only last week the guardian or care-taker of the well, was called up for military service and was allowed further exemption on the ap­peal of the local clergy as he was in­dispensable in dealing with visitors to the well. Now he can be dispensed with quite easily, for the flow of wa­ter from the miraculous spring has en­tirely ceased. Ever since the seventh century, when the water came forth miraculously, the spring has been noted for its remarkable flow, which, up to five years ago, was as much as 6,000 gallons a minute. In 1911, however, it fell to 2,000 gallons a minute, and a short time ago the Local Council held a meeting to consider steps to be taken to prevent a further diminu­tion of the supply. On Friday last, however, the water suddenly ceased to flow. Investigations showed that the stoppage had been caused by the firing of a charge in a tunnel some distance away where men were work­ing to free some lead mines from wa­ter. The result of the explosion was to stop the main supply to St Wini­fred's well, flood the village of Bag-hilt and nearly drown the men en­gaged in the work. The whole dis­trict owes its prosperity to the well, and the large number of visitors ahd clients of St. Winifred who visit it yearly. The well is in the charge of Franciscan Fathers, and there Is in addition to the monastery a fine hospice close to it. Many miraculous cures have occurred quite recently at the well, which have been recorded from time to time in these letters. Old clients of St Winifred are very much distressed at the news and are making novenaa for the restoration

Hennepin County Ladies' Auxiliary Growing Rapidly

At Last Meeting Twenty-Eight New Members Applied for Charter—Cam­paign on in Full for a Greater Mem­bership—County President Anna Bryant on the Job.

That the county board officers of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Hennepin County are earnestly endeavoring to increase the membership of their organization is evident from the reports of their last meeting, held last Tuesday evening in Division No. 2's hall. Mrs. Anna Bryant, the progressive county chairman, made known at this meet­ing that 28 new members made ap­plication for a charter, to be known as Division No. 10. The application comes from members of Father Cleary's parish, and will, when organ­ized, be one of the most popular di­visions in the county, as the appli­cants are all prominent society lead­ers of that part of the city. Mrs. Bryant stated that the auxiliary was out to pass the Ramsey County figure, and judging from the already accom­plished work, she will be successful.

High Chief Ranger Cannon of Chicago

Catholic Order of Foresters High Chief Ranger Will Be in City February 11. —Joint Initiation Will Be Held at 8t. Boniface Hall, 7th Ave. and 2nd St. N. E.

Severe Sentence Is Imposed on

Irish Patriots Peter Larkin, Brother of James Lar-

kin, Noted Dublin Leader of Irish Labor, and Other Irishmen Sen­tenced to Long Term Prison Sen­tences in Australia—Kennedy and Franz to Be Hanged.

Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 1G, 1916. —There is a growing feeling among many members of tradeB unions and among Irishmen generally against the conviction and severe sentence im­posed on some twelve labor leaders, principally Irishmen, in connection with the strikeR and alleged destruc­tion of munition ships and docks. The trial of the prisoners was rushed through in ten days and there was little or no justice in the proceedings. The judge and jury are quoted as dealing harshly and savagely with the prisoners condemned in advance. The charges leveled at the prisoners in­cluded conspiracy, sedition, rescue of prisoners and conspiracy leading to treason towards the crown. The men met. their fate bravely, but their wives, mothers and daughters were removed by the officers from the court room amid a heart-rending scene when the prisoners were sentenced by .lustice Pring. All of the prisoners denied their guilt, of the charges. Fngun was given fifteen yejrs at hard labor, Lar- j

Dramatic Club Of Holy Rosary

Will Give Play Modjeska Dramatic Club Will Present

"The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." The Play Was Made Famous By May Robson — Through Friends in New York Permit Was Given to Club With Big Royalty to Playwrights.

Members of the Holy Rosary par­ish, who have manifested interest in tiie occasional offerings of dramatic entertainments at the school auditor­ium, are to be favored with a com-cdy this Tuesday evening that will make theiu sit up and take notice according to the Reverend Father Fee ley, whose personal efforts have produced such wonderful results.

Although the attendance generally is up to the standard, the members of the Modjeska Dramatic Club har­bored the belief that in order to thor­oughly satisfy tho parish clientele, it was absolutely necessary that some­thing out of the ordinary run of dra­matic offerings be given. To that end t.hey have completed arrangements for the presentation of a show, the ti­tle of which is known the world over, and the plot so uproariously funny and genuinely amusing that the possi­bilities are that a repetition will be necessary.

The play, made famous by May Rob-son. has but recently been released

kin ten years, Beatty fifteen years, jl)y ,he New York producers, and has Glynn fifteen years, Grant lifleen I10^ aB ye<- heen placed on tho open years, McPierson fifteen years, Desant [ market. The title is "The Rejuvena-ten years, Moore ten years, while ''ion °f Aunt Mary," and ran for weeks Kennedy nnd Franz were sentenced to be hanged.

Dance by Glee Club IB ofiUdiesrAuxiliary

A Chance for the "Batsti" a* "Little Cupid Will Be There to 8ue for the Greetings They Are Sending You." Prominent Matrons in Charge of Affairs.

Next Sunday, February 11th, a joint initiation of the Catholic Order of For­esters will be held at St. Boniface Hall on the east side. One hundred new members will be initiated and it is hoped all the members of the various courts throughout the city will be present. High Chief Ranger Cannon of Chicago will be present and all the state officers and many prominent members from throughout the city and state will address tiie meeting after the initiation. Visiting brothers are cordially invited.

Tiie young ladies of the Glue Club, of the Ladies' Auxiliary, Division No. 1, have this week mailed invitations to prospective bachelors, young men and married men, asking them to come to a Valentine party, Monday evening, February 12, at the division's hall, 17 South Seventh street, where one of tiie best times of the season will be held. Special music has been provided for the occasion, and the young ladies state in their Invitations that cupld will be there with his little dart to pierce all the eliglbles, and judging from the response to the invitations the ball will well filled with those who arc willing to be pierced.

Mrs. Julia Dempsey will be mistress of ceremonies and the following com­pose the floor committee; Mesdaines Jordan, Lane, Casey, Lee, Ryan, Mur­phy, Curran, Coughlin, Rice and Douglas.

ELECTRIC CROSS AS MEMORIAL. The beautiful electric cross, erected

above the portals of St. Anthony Church, Davenport, Iowa, by Mrs. John Cody in memory of her husband, blazed forth for the first time, a bea­con of light in the darkness of the city, on New Year's eve. The day was the anniversary of Mr. Cody's death.' The cross is a very handsome memorial, and contains forty electric lamps. It flames against the evening sky, a sign of wonderful beauty and promise, and greets the eye of every traveler en terlng the city by C. R. I. & P. Rail­way, and may also be plainly seen from the river.

WORK OF ONE K. OF C. NURSERY. In the Columbus Day Nursery, Bos­

ton, started originally by the Knights of Columbus, 122,214 children have been cared for in nine years. The nursery, which is in charge of Sis­ters, has distributed 77,512 pieces of clothing and procured for parents 941,' 031 days of work, with pay estimated at $1,000,000.

EIGHT NUS FROM ONE PARI8H CELEBRATE JUBILEE.

Eight nuns celebrated the silver ju­bilee of their entrance into religious life in the same church in which they were baptized, received their first Holy Communion, were confirmed and were professed—the Assumption „ Church, New Orleans—occurred recently. They are school sisters of Notre Dame.

8UPERIOR GENERAL OF NOTRE DAME 8ISTER8 DEAD.

Mother Mary Anne of Milwaukee, Superior General of the Sisters of No­tre Dame in the United States, died of pneumonia while on a visit in New Orleans on Tuesday, January 16. She was born In Germany In 1848 and had been a member of the Order more than fifty years.

WasecalHibernians Elect Officers

Waseca, Minn.—The Ancient Order of Hibernians have elected new offi­cers for the ensuing year and installed the following officers, January 18:

President, J. .1. Sullivan; vice |in;si dent, Tom Foley; recording secretary, C. Dalton; financial secretary, Pat Joyce; treasurer, James McBride; sen tlnel, Tom Burke. The Auxiliary in­stalled the following officers: Presi dent, Mrs. Tom Foley; vice president, Mrs. Tom Meenan; recording secre­tary, Mrs. Chris. Dalton; financial sec rectary, Mrs. Matt Keeley; treasurer, Miss Anna Burke; mistress at arms, Mrs. Joe Larkin; sentinel, Mrs. M. J. Cahill; chair lady standing committee Mrs. J. J. Dooley. A fine program was enjoyed after the installation, then pro gressive cards were played until mid night.

to capacity audiences in New York. Through influential friends in New York the Modjeska Dramatic Club succeeded in seclfring one of the first releases, and although the royalty is considerably larger than any ever yet assumed in staging shows for the par­ishioners of Holy Rosary, both Father Feeley and .Director George MacNichol are confident that the attendance and the general Interest shown by the lov­ers of "something entirely new" in amateur circles will more than war­rant tiie assumption of the heavy ob­ligations. Reiiearsals have been under way for several weeks and Mr. Mac­Nichol promises the patrons not only the surprise of their lives, but the best production that has ever been staged at the Holy Rosary and he al­ways keeps his word.

The cast Is as follows: The Misses Stasia Barber, Helen Wenzen, Norlne Conlcy, Margaret Mills, Elizabeth Kl-ley and Messrs. George Keenan, Dave McGovern, Arthur Bovier, Harry Nee, Claude Bowers, Owen Barber and Le-oy Mathers. Let us not forget Ruth," the dramatic cat. This wonderful production will be

presented Tuesday evening, February 1917 at 8:15 p. m. in the school

auditorium, 2424 Eighteenth avenue south. It is a well known fact that the best dramatic talent in the par­ish belong to the Modjeska Dramat­ic Club and those assigned to the dif­ferent parts by Mr. MacNichol have all been picked as particularly adapt­ed to the part portrayed. The Holy Rosary parish has always been con­sidered the richest parish in the city in the point of theatrical talent, so those whp attend will be treated to one of the season's beBt offerings. In­dividual stars are essential to a suc­cessful production, but stars are plen­tiful in the Modjeska Dramatic Club.

WORK AMONG COLORED CATH OLIC8.

Engaged in the work ot the Jose phite Fathers in this country among the colored people are 62 priests, 83 sisters, 23 lay teachers, 4,473 pupils, 30 seminarians, 50 ecclesiastical stud ents. The Josephlte Fathers conduct St. Joseph's Seminary, Baltimore; St, Joseph's College, Montgomery, Ala. St. Joseph's Industrial School, Clay ton, Del., and St. Joseph's Home, Wil mington, Del. They have 48 resident priests in their missions,. 18,969 peo­ple, 1,677 baptisms, 868 converts and school attendance of 4,47S Inst year.

Pro-Cathedral Choir to Give Sacred Concert

Seventy-five Voices to Take Part In Sacred Concert 8unday, February 18, at Pro-Cathedral, Under Direction of Edward F. Joncaa, Choir Master.

Under the direction of Edward F. Joncas, the choir of the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary, will give a Sacred Con­cert in the Pro-Cathedral on Sunday evening, February 18, at 8 o'clock. Seventy-five singers will take part in the concert, and some of the most famous soloists in the city will sing. The program; while not as yet com­plete,* is-Staid'to be one of the best ever-attSttSpted in Minneapolis. Every­one is invlted-to attend and the doors of the church will be thrown open early that those who desire good seats may have them by coming early. The Pro-Cathedral is an Ideal place for a concert of this nature as the church is large and the accommodations ex­cellent, announcement will be mmi« next week where tickets may be pur­chased and the completed program will be given. , ,

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