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September 2,-1916. °
The Saelic
Cmenican.
NEW BEDFORD F. FLAG DAY.
Immense ‘Gathering Give Great
“Ovation to Miss Nora Connolly,
* | Daughter of the Irish Martyr
Band From Interned “Kron-
rinzessin, Cecile’ Play Na-
tional Airs.
jaunty August 19, was a record
7 for the New Bedford Friends ot
A crowd, conservative.
ly * ineated “at ‘10,000, gathered at
‘Acushnet Park in the ev ning at a
‘ax to a-day that was filled with en-
park shortly after 9 o’cloc!
been scheduled to speak earlier in the
day, but in some way mfssed connec-
tions at Boston and did not arrive in
the city. until nearly 9 o'cl
Miss © onnolly is an vata young
womal years.
She was Greseea cntirely ‘in black from
her si to r voice, al-
in part! Spriends
My voice will not
space and since
orphans, women and hi dren of Ire-
jand.
are now 1,800 men in the con.
cintrtion camp at Wales held as pris.
of wi One hundred and fifty
men. are serving out ventences of from
“three years’ penal servitule to life penal
servitude. You must realize that these
have le support of their
families, and the great distress that
to miles. Money is neces
sary and antsy: {hey must be assur-
ed of a steady
“The ebeliion. “ot 1216 will go.down
‘ott was merely the begin-
tory.
Mise Connolly ‘was interrupted at this
long and cont inuous cheering
and Clapping of hand
ut the. frst “pattie,” she con-
vote tot ‘the Parliamentary Party.
Again cheering broke’ in upon her
speech.
“What has the Pirilamentary, Party
accomplished in all ae The
rebels in one week got oSrime Min-
England over to ieettle things.”
dom, spoke at length
ity of England and the worth of the
Irish patriots. ‘
‘The day, designated Irish Republic
Day, was also marked by the attendance
of another distinguished guest avid
in, who was ractieally
ut
Ush. He is tor wane the United States secre
at the present tim:
RISE nae FOR FIRST TIME.
green for the Catholic section of
was hoisted uP to join the Amé
‘he offi the local branch are
28 follow:
President,, John Regan; Vice-Presi-
dent, Bartley J. Curran; Recording Sec-
Tetary, Miss. M, V.. Regan; Financial
Secretary, om Quinn; , Treasurer,
Thomas J,
_,camnltieeDartes J. Curran, An-
ew Leonard, John Quinn, John J.
Plamen an, Joseph Mullarkey, James J
Connolly, Edward Mulroy, Michael Mo
Donald, John J, McGuire, John J. ™
Cann, James MeLapehitn Patrick car
- Rey, Daye M: , Florence Sullivan,
85 Many V. Rega
JAMES, CONNOLLY BRANCH,
A well attended meetin meeting of the James
panohy Branch of the Friends of Irish
was held at Gannon’s Hall,
Sietyeth Street. and Third Avenue,
\ New York, on 2 Sundays Angust 20, Sev-
eral now. were “enrolled.
silver medal w donated by the So-
Stety towards the outing gnd games at
[ere rT: Park on Augu Prepara-
st
fous were made for a ‘all to be held
't: O'Hara's Hal in November.
of the Irish Republic, stripe o
¢| Treasurer. J. P. &
| bel
offered by Colonel Joyce, an
| from amoi
race will be present, which it is expect- | 4m
: Ball Meeting in Boston, on Friday,
were made by John M. foleghan and
Michael Meagher, Mrs. Kate
Miss Margaret Ryan of
Ladies Association.
FROM FR, DEMPSEY'S HOTEL
Splendid Contribution From
Workingmen’s Hotel for Irish
Relief Fund,
t. Louis, Aug. 24, 1916.
the Timerick
Mr. John Devo:
Bator Gane American, New York.
lend—I am enclosing you
a ist of subscribers to the Irish Relief
Fund from our Hotels,
$103.50, which has been placed
hands. of the regular treasurer here,
Mr. _Watiens J. Kinsella,
‘° also any priests you know.
THE LEAUERS OF THE RECENT
IRISH REBELLION.
(Continued from Page 2.)
Thus he closed a letter from Kilmain-
ham to his sister on the eve of his
execution, May 7: “Perhaps I'd never
again get the chance of knowing when
‘was to die, and so I'll try and die well.
i received this morning, and hope to do
so again before I die. Pray for me,
and ask Father Devine, Father Healy
and Father O’Brien to say Mass for me,
May G
help-us—me to die well—you to bear
your sorrow. I send you a prayer-book
8
&
izen Army, was second in command at
the City Hall,” When Sean Connolly
it
@ consecrated grave at Glasnevin.
Tuomas Wearen, Captain we Com.
pany, Second Battalion I. R. Army,
min Enniscorthy twent, vats years
ago, was killed In the Hibernian Bank,
Lower Abbey Street, on Apri His
brother’ Patrick: was deported and in-
terned et Wakefield.
Sean’ Berxago Howaro,
teen, was educated by
aged seven-
the Christian
not ex ‘courting @ any publieity in | as token.” “Con Colbert,” oa famons
this * eaten except for the example it annt, ‘abstained from all Brothers, and had a brilliant Interme-
give to others who are a better ” diate course, taking teeten in
position to subseribe to this worthy | ‘PTOvsh Lent.” Father ‘Augustine has} and French, besides win prizes for
cause than the ones whose names ere|Wtitten of his last moments: “While|Irfsh history and Irish ntory-telilng at
enclosed. I think you’ will agree with|™y left arm linked the prisoner's right,| the Father Mathew Felis. In 1914 he
me that it is very edifying to find men'|and. while 1 was whispering| Wnt to London, as Boy Clerk, return-
wh a meertain and oa ms $e the na ne Commission, Dublin,
something -in; his ear, a sol-| jn, he was transferred to
work is poorly patd at best, giving of | 4, hed ‘ ¢
their scanty means to their brethren in| “€F PProac » the “congeste “pistrets Board. Ths
the ol who now need a: ce, | Pal on his breast. While this was| position he relinquished in January
May the spirit of Patrick Pearse and|belng done he looked down, and then | /**t eos a er ree ee emer
his companions continue t : ts
ms nue to animate us| addressing the i Street. He was a member of the Flanna
earts true to the
te
| cause of trish Independence {s the con-
stant pray
he
Yours raternelty, ’
(Rev.) ‘Trmoruy Dempsey.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE IRISH RE-
FUND FROM FATHER
“pewosars re ST.
UIs,
Rev. 7. Dempeey, a Rev, J.
Linehan, om M. Gatla:
cents; Will-
fam Craig, $1; John state $1; John
Carmody, $1; John Keenoy, $2; wi
jam Burke, $2; J. B. Brooker, 50 cents;
John Haley, 60 cents; Hugh Crotty, 32;
Tom’, Carroll, $2; John Gleason, $1;
Patrick Dunne, $5; Mike Roddy, $2; E.
Cosgrove, $1; Tom Durkin, $1;
Le cents; E. V. Walsh, $1; Wilk
iam, Hurley, 60 cents; John ‘O'Meara,
$2; James Murray, $1; John Cronin,
: Joba Farraher, $1; William Roddy,
$1; Mike Sullivan, 50. cents; Jerry
» “lam ss Clancy, 3
id, $1; James asey, $5;
ye "si, or, Fay, 50 cents;
Patrick Timea $2; Peter Benson, 50
e Bolger, $1; James
$1; William
nion, $2;. Charl
Fitzgerald, $1;
Mary Coughlin,
Annie Smyth, $1;
Jessie Erlinger, 25 cents; Regina
25 cents; Margaret Geary, $1;
Brown, 50 cents. Total, $103.60.
BALTIMORE MEN ORGANIZE, | in«
pnaraele
-| New Branch of Friends ‘of Irish
“Freedom Named After Sir
‘Roger Casement. .
* BALTIMORE, Md. Aug
was a large and enthusiastic “meeting
held here on Saturday ee August
19, at the ste ean” anize the
Friends of Irish Free ver was
the fret Branch ‘remined in Baltimore,
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
Nellie
Mr, J. P. Cunningham National Com- | erim
‘ee-| mitteeman, was temporary
and Mr. M, J. Hughes, temporary secre-|§
Chairman,
ery.
soldier in a cool ani
perfectly natural way, said, ‘Wouldn’t it
be better to put it up higher—nearer
the heart?” The soldier said something
in reply, and then added, ‘Give my you
hand now.’ The prisoner seemed con-
fused and oxtendad his left
that,’ said tl
The ight was accordingly extended, and
having grasped and shaken it. warmly,
e kindly, human-hearted soldier pro-
ceeded to gently bind the prisoner's
hands and afterwards blindfolded him
jome er, my arm
and accompanied by an-
other priest, we entered the dark’ cor-
Hidor leeding to a yard, and, his ps
rayer, the brave lad we
1
inked in his,
tort fo ate
|. J. Heuston, a Dublin boy, came of
a ‘typical Catholic family, his brother
tel Ing an ecclesiastical student, his sis-
Educated by the Christian
Brothers, he passed, after a
Intermediate couTae, Into the service
este!
of the Great Sou and
Railway, The idol ot ‘the Boy Scouts, of
was Lieutenant, he
tenced to death by ‘courtmartial « on May
8. In a letter to a colleague he de-
clared: “Whatever I have done I have
done as a soldier of Ireland in what I
believe to be my country’s best interest.
I have, thank God, no
Be
| his final message from “the ceil, he said,
“Remember me to the 8 of the
Fianna.” “The last thing I saw him do,”
id a Dublin priest, “was to bend his
head and kiss the crucifix before he
went out to die.” His last words were,
‘My Jesus, mercy!” “I cow!
Indulgence crucifix in bis hand: when
ell. | ft
* peaban Mackex, killed during the
fighting at Boland’s mie was a mod
Dublin bo} While yet almost in his
unded St. Patrick's
ran Gaelic League. With his
Gaelic. activities he combined an un-
yrs “evotion to the Labor cause.
He wiel a very vigorous pen, an
being a moat effective speaker, was al-
ways a prominent figure at Gaelic
League, Irish-Ireland and Labor gath-
f Irish he won
2
motion of Mr. Charles R. White-|from the Otreachtas a 1003
rosa Clerk of the Circuit Court, sec-|the Ballingeary College in er
onded by (Donough, the | tificates with honors in the third, ‘fourth
Branch was named after Sir Roger and fifth years of the Fleming Compan-
Casement. ship, accompanied by gold meda’
The following permanent officers were | 1m th d Higher Courts of Ro-
‘J. McDonough, Prest:| mance. His services to the Trade and
lent; ‘oseph iggins Plunkett, a ous Lal were rewarded some
fn of Joseph Plunkett, the he martyr, V y Is election as Alderm:
‘ord, deo
Re
a Ma
Financial Secretary, and J.
ingham, Jerome
°. M. J. Murphy, William
Hughes were ap-
”
ng the leaders of the Irish
ed. will raise the membership of the
Branch into the front rank in point of
mbers. o -
a
€
ROGER CASEMENT BRANCH.
Roxbury Trishmen hmen Denounce Eng-
land’s Savage Action.
“The n er Casement Branch of the
Friends, of Irish Freedom of Roxbury,
18, under auspices of the
Frienda an Irish Freedom, protesting
he rifling of Americat mails,
the Dlacklisting of Am in business
firms, and the: con’ tonptacus treatment
England of American citizens and
demanding prompt and suitable action
by the Government
gainst these outrages.
It was voted to hold an entertain:
the entire building
tendered in behalf of Division 12, A. O.
A/HL, by its-P1 How-
ard.
meeting were Thomas
South Boston, John Byrne of W:
Miss Maura Quinn of Roxbury, Michael
a
Qo
I early
Very interesting and spirited addresses
of Cambridge, and Jeremiah
Carroll : :
rray,
Shane McShane, hi
his smashing r
nm
it of the United States | Hall h
kindly | ¢!
in the Dubin
ig to the gem mands on
1s
election at the
last. notable
jaelic League function was when E
MacNeill Jectured o' m the Volunteers be-
fore the Central Branch.
casion. his Erlend wera @ delighted with
journe,
fnerodueed polities
ch his Lord-
2
who deliber rey
will be obvious—that
thenceorward mm would speak only
Iris! ne
camden, “atreet April “oo; fied ature nine
dave in Portobello Hospital, at the age
forty. Council mr oe Tepre-
Seaton the Labor Pi ea the pa ue
Corporation for wine we
mer member of the South ‘Dublin ‘nen
dians, a prominent official of the Guild
of Incorporated Brick and Stonelayers’
Union, and worker in
the National movement. Hel aves &
idow and seven children, peneing
wage from thirteen years to
‘ather ORetliy, Witte:
rier “street, officiated at his graveside
at Glaenevin.
Sean ‘ConNoLey, Captain in the Cit
attack on Dublin Castle on Easter on
ers has
Jonx OReucr, a ‘ember of the Cite
brillfant | mat
iming—| He
a periodically visiting
fiers who
la-| urgent and earnest hope, fo!
Pipers’ Band and had
speaker of Irish. He fought under Com-
mandant Daly in the Church Street dis
e act in which he was engaged
is worthy
‘ory of the Insur-
rection comes to be written. Wounded
m, he was taken to the Father
Mathew Hail, where he was anointed
by Father John, and thence to Rich-
mond Hospital, where in spite of the
ted staff, he passed
it was rumored that tl
military intended taking it.
AUL MANNING, aged twenty-
five, vice-rector of the Third Order of
St. Francis, attached t¢ . Mary of
the Angels, Church Street,
noble character, ‘deeply religi-
ous, exceedingly devoted to his mother
sisters, lly sensible of the
sacrifice he was mak! ear
and soul in the Voluntear” movement.
Fighting in North Brunswick Street,
near his own home, and determined not
to absent himself from his post for a
moment, he was approached by
mother on Easter Thursday, and on be-
tit
Warsn, aged twenty-eight, a
Signal Sergeant in the Irish Volunteers
ft
Sodality in
was" very
much attached to his parents and sis-
ters, and, beyond being a member of
the Croke Football Club, mixed very
Ute in society, devoting all Bis spare
tim nd hi e Volunteer
mov vemen mt. He fought at the corner of
Church Street and Brunswick Street,
was wounded. On the morn-
tng of his death he wrote to his mother,
“just a few lines to let you know yo!
are ever in my thoughts, and should the
worst befall me I am bapsy to have
a hand in this fight, for I know
an a be proud of me.”
Tuomas ALLex, aged twenty-nine, and
m | a native “of Meath, was a very active
all
is | the advantages of Physical culture. alt
| was said
f him it he
the first into the anit hall ond the st
to leave it. Created Lieutenant, Ezster
Monday mornin: was verely
wounded in the left lung while fighting
Catholic death.
writes a priest
ug in the
tent, and
bore all with noble, Christian "ert. ”
° Teave es a widow and four children,
fhe men operating ia the Four
courts area Brereton ‘said:
possessi thé
in the Courts, vaocked with spirits
champagne and other wines, yet there
was no sign ot drinking. .I was inform-
ed they were all total abstainers.
courtesy and conside
* they proved by thelr conduct what they
were—men of cation, incapable of
acts of ratelity.”
low can we wonder, then, at the fer-
vent hosts that attended etn Requiem
“their
Dublin hospitals, at the eagerness with
with each other in
the mortuarles to
smooth air and attend to the a1
pearance oa their dead. History will
deal drastically with the political lead-
acity have driven such men from the
constitutional
try’s peace and our people's honor, that
the defamation of the Volunteers, of
whi read heat re too
ioc has "Nea ased to
ow cei low
om. reeset’ pens and the Ips of the
thovel htless,
| days after the
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MICHAEL MALLIN’S APPEAL. | cr
On the Eve of His Murder He
Asks Alderman Kelly to See
That His Destitute Family Is
Taken Care
Michael Mailin, who was one of the
petriot, leaders shat in Dublin a few
Easter Weck Rebellion,
wrote the following letter to Alderman
Thomas Kelly the eyening before his
Siderman T, Kelly.
ear Alderman—I have left my poor
wife and children povstaly destitute,
Will you kindly loo: nolds
and fre ladies of the cum ann na ne maBan,
The; elieve, charge of things.
I an nothing but my life to give to
Ireland. That I freely give.
who fs to die at a quarter to four to- otto
morrow morn:
ing.
God bless you. God save Treland.
Mal
Commandant Stephen's “Green. co ym
mand, Irish Republican Army.
—>
ALL HALLOWS NOTES.
‘wo of This Year's Graduates
Awarded State Scholarships—
New School Opened in New| Hex
a
Rochelle.
The names of two of this year’s grad-
uates of All Hallows Institute were
found on the list of State Scholarships
as published lately with the sanction ot
in 1913. Since that time All Hallows
has been preaited with six. Messre
kdwi
2
“The Scholarships entitle the holders
You will,|t9
|S
F Yor
saith ve “nie year’s Nguceersful stu:
his
Rev. Lannon, who has
assoclated omith the school since 503,
has been appointed the new Principal.
——————
at apotheosis or t pends, the Irish
Parliamentary Part;
LEGAL NOTICES,
STARE. SOPHIE. in pursuance
nein, & ccerates of of
y,
ot Hon, Jol P.
ans
of
Wall apreet, in ‘ine S Borough of wanhettaa, cl
New York, or before the 28th day of Feor.
orp tert,
sted, New York, the th day of Augart, 1016,
ar lesen,
Ezeca!
Maver L. Hal
Atiomer fori recut tore,
Bi Walt Btree
tan, New York City. casFebin
PNFIL, MARY ANN-—The People of the State
race or God free ard
widow, 6000
Mary 0 Oise ew
sisdohae! ONell wao resiars at No, 870
Wes eet, tn the City of Akron. Ohle,
m of you are
cited Te show oduup before the Sarron
of our County of New. Voi
fates’ Court
reat the Hall ot
Records in the County of New York, op the ffth
andred ant
ow
Of October, one thousand nine fiandred and
to receive from the State $100 a ye: T | finteencat baif-past ten oisiooks in the forenoon
for four years, white in attendance. att ‘iat dase why wil aad teeta
some college within the State. Peat ead bers soai prope wiot
Studies will be resumed on Septem: jn Tertimnou
ber 26 in all departments of the school.
This date, however, can be regarded as
ter native only owing to the view which
the present conditions. of the infantile
receive due notice of any change of
date wbich may be deemed
Doorley,
Principal of All Hallows since its in-
SINGING FIRES OF ERIN
ELEANOR sR ROGERS COX
“Miss Cox has a great repute:
s
a
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poetry that has ever come out ot
ind ‘Miss Jessie B. Ritt
CvThis spirited and eloguent oh
ume of verse.”"—Don Marqui
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