IRISH PROFESSOR TO TELL OF PRISON LIFE

The Butte Miner, Butte, 1920-03-16, p.12

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Page 12 continuation of the front-page article "IRISH PROFESSOR TO START ST. PATRICK'S DAY PROGRAM", here headed "IRISH PROFESSOR TO TELL OF PRISON LIFE (Continued From Page One.)", in columns 2-3. Neighbouring items on the page are wire copy and other p. 1 continuations: "A. E. F. Position is Complex One"; "Transfer of County Funds Declared Illegal"; "Substitute Reservation is Adopted by Senate" (subhead "Democratic Lines Tighten."); "German Revolution Believed at an End". The article gives the 1920 Butte St. Patrick's programme: a lecture by Professor Thomas E. Hardy on "The Treatment of Irish Political Prisoners in British Dungeons"; solemn high mass at St. Joseph's church at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Father M. McCormack celebrant, with the panegyric by the Rev. Father James O'Shea "who will speak in Gaelic"; an afternoon parade under marshal James A. Murray; a mass meeting at the court house steps; and evening dancing parties whose proceeds "will be devoted this year to the purchase of Irish bonds in the name of the Hibernians". It prints the general committee for the evening entertainments (John J. Caplis, chairman; J. M. Brown, secretary; W. J. Sewell, treasurer; J. J. Murphy among the members), the managers of the four halls (Hibernia, M. J. McDonough; Pallas, James J. Murphy; Knights of Columbus, T. J. McCarthy; Odeon, J. J. Caplis), and the orchestras, door committees and reception committees of each hall. J. J. Harrington, secretary of the Irish bond drive committee, announced that more than $26,000 had been raised and $21,000 in cash donations, with more than $50,000 expected by the middle of April. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. The user's filename calls James "treasurer"; the article names W. J. Sewell as treasurer of the general committee and James J. Murphy as a committee member and manager of Pallas hall. The 1920 Irish Republic Bond drive is the proper cluster (see existing 1920-01-24 and 1920-03-04 coverage); this page is the day-before update naming the committees and the fundraising progress.

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Butte's St. Patrick's Day arrangements for 1920 are set out in detail: Anthony Sullivan, W. E. Dwyer and T. J. McSorley serve as marshals of the day, with four halls — Hibernia, Pallas, Knights of Columbus and the Coliseum — each assigned managers, an orchestra, a door committee and a reception committee. Hibernia's reception committee includes Judge J. J. Lynch, P. J. Boland, James E. Murray and John J. Sullivan, while McNamara's orchestra plays Hibernia, the Plewing orchestra Pallas, Colton the K. of C., and Owen's the Coliseum. Alongside, a high Mass is noted at which Irish societies will attend in a body, with the Rev. Father Joseph J. McKiernan as celebrant and the Rev. Father James O'Brien preaching. [transcription partial — heavily OCR-degraded; several committee paragraphs and surrounding wire items not recoverable]

  • “members of the various Irish societies will attend in a body”

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  • Henry O'Connell · hibernia_hall_door_committee
  • Anthony Sullivan · general_committee_and_kc_hall_door_committee
  • John O'Sullivan · hibernia_hall_reception_committee
  • M. J. English · odeon_hall_reception_committee

    Printed without a title in the Odeon list; the article separately names 'the Rev. Father English of Whitehall' as master of ceremonies.

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# IRISH PROFESSOR TO TELL OF PRISON LIFE *The Butte Miner, Tuesday, March 16, 1920, p. 12, cols. 2-3; the article begins on p. 1, cols. 1-3.* --- [Page 1, cols. 1-3 (page record 1920-03-16_butte-miner_p01):] **IRISH PROFESSOR TO START ST. PATRICK'S DAY PROGRAM** [Portraits, captioned:] REV. M. HANNAN. PROF. THOMAS E. HARDY. **Will Lecture Tonight at High School on "The Treatment of Irish Political Prisoners in British Dungeons."** **Church Services, Parade, Mass Meeting and Dancing Parties Part of Celebration in Honor of Erin's Patron Saint.** Commencing with a lecture which will be given Tuesday night at the Butte High school auditorium by Professor Thomas E. Hardy on "The Treatment of Irish Political Prisoners in British Dungeons," local citizens of Celtic blood will start the annual celebration in honor of St. Patrick, which occurs each year on March 17, the natal day of Ireland's patron saint. This year the celebration promises to eclipse all previous efforts. Solemn high mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph's church, Wednesday morning (Continued on Page 12—Column 2.) [Page 12, cols. 2-3:] **IRISH PROFESSOR TO TELL OF PRISON LIFE** (Continued From Page One.) at 10 o'clock, and members of the various Irish societies will attend in a body. The Rev. Father M. McCormack will be celebrant, the Rev. Father M. O'D. Barry, deacon, and the Rev. Father Meade, sub-deacon. The Rev. Father English of Whitehall will be master of ceremonies. The panegyric will be delivered by the Rev. Father James O'Shea, who will speak in Gaelic. The latter portion of his sermon will be in the American language. There will be no parade to or from the church. The afternoon celebration will be featured by a parade, which will form at the Federal building at 1 o'clock, and the principal downtown streets will be traversed. James A. Murray will be the marshal and the following aides will assist: Thomas Murray, Barry O'Leary, Harry Thompson and Bernard Clarke. The order of position assigned to the organizations will be as follows: Grand marshal and his aides. United Spanish War Veterans. Members of the American Legion under Commander Bassett. Returned soldiers and sailors not members of the legion. Pearse-ConnollyIrish societiesPearse-Connolly Irish Independence ClubButte, c. 1917–1920A Butte republican club named for two executed leaders of the Easter Rising, close to the radical wing of the city’s labor movement and a target of wartime suspicion.More in Key terms → fife and drum corps. Pearse-Connolly club, 1,000 members. St. Mary's boys' band. Thomas Ashe branch, Friends of Irish FreedomIrish societiesFriends of Irish Freedomfounded 1916Founded at the Irish Race Convention in New York in March 1916 to win American support for Irish independence; the main open republican organisation in the United States through the war years.More in Key terms →. Casey's military band. Ancient Order of HiberniansIrish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms →. Knights of ColumbusFraternal & benefit ordersKnights of Columbusfounded 1882Catholic men’s fraternal benefit society, founded in New Haven, Connecticut.More in Key terms →. Catholic Order of ForestersFraternal & benefit ordersCatholic Order of Forestersfounded 1883Catholic fraternal insurance order founded in Chicago; local lodges were called courts.More in Key terms →. Patrick H. Pearse branch, Friends of Irish Freedom. Robert Emmet Literary associationIrish societiesRobert Emmet Literary AssociationButte’s camp of the Clan na Gael — the secret Irish republican brotherhood in America — meeting publicly as a literary society. Its minute books record members by number rather than by name.More in Key terms →. Other organizations friendly to the Irish cause. Carriages and automobiles. Immediately after the parade there will be a mass meeting at the court house steps and several local orators will address the assemblage. In the evening, as is the usual custom on St. Patrick's day, the celebration will close with several dancing parties, and the proceeds will be devoted this year to the purchase of Irish bonds in the name of the Hibernians. The general committee in charge of the evening entertainments is announced as follows: John J. Caplis, chairman; J. M. Brown, secretary; W. J. Sewell, treasurer; M. J. McDonough, John Gibben [sic], P. J. Boyle, J. J. Murphy, J. J. Lynch, Anthony Sullivan, W. E. Deeney, T. J. McCarthy. The managers of the four halls are: Hibernia hallIrish societiesHibernia HallThe meeting hall of Butte’s Hibernians and a venue for other Irish societies; meeting notices name it again and again.More in Key terms →—M. J. McDonough; Pallas hall, James J. Murphy; Knights of Columbus hall, T. J. McCarthy; Odeon hall, J. J. Caplis. The orchestras at the halls are: Hibernia—McNamara orchestra. Pallas—Fleming orchestra. K. of C.—Dillon orchestra. Odeon—Young's orchestra. The door committees are: Hibernia—Con P. Sullivan, Dan Lynch, Henry O'Connell and D. J. Harrington. Pallas—N. J. Strangey, Anthony Lavelle, Tom Burke. K. of C.—Owen Ryan, Anthony Sullivan, P. J. Boyle. Odeon—Ed Lawler, Ed Mulcrone, Patrick Craig. The reception committees follow: Hibernia—J. K. O'Rourke, Michael Bolton, John Green, W. J. Sewell, J. J. Lynch, John Gribben, John O'Leary, W. E. Deeney, James Brennan, John O'Sullivan, John Connell, R. R. Kilroy, Walter Breen, James J. McCarthy, Tim Leary. Pallas—C. J. Bonner, John J. Byrne, ohn [sic] McCole, Thomas Gilmore, John P. McQuaid, John K. Sullivan, P. F. Clearq [sic], Andrew Connell, John J. McCarthy, C. H. Gallagher, Charles Kennedy, Larry Duggan, Harry Thompson. K. of C.—James E. Murray, J. R. Jackson, J. L. Hannifin, J. J. Harrington, D. J. Coleman, D. J. O'Donoghue, Hugh Daly, J. M. Brown, P. J. Brophy, Bernard O'Donnell, Ed Fitzpatrick, D. M. Kelly, Dan T. Malloy, Thomas O'Rourke, John C. Murphy. Odeon—Thomas Dowling, James J. Connolly, Ed Connolly, Vincent Alton, M. J. Conway, M. P. Drohan, Dan Bonner, M. F. Kiley, James P. Larkin, Barry O'Leary, John McManus, L. P. Donovan, Joseph J. McCaffery, M. J. English, J. B. Mulcahy, Joseph Murray. More than $26,000 has been raised by the Irish bond drive committee and $21,000 has been in cash donations, according to the announcement of J. J. Harrington, secretary of the committee. The campaign will continue until the middle of April and it is expected that more than $50,000 will have been raised by that time. Only half of the county has been solicited and the various workers announce that they have little or no trouble with collecting money for the cause. The celebration of tonight and tomorrow will in all probability materialally [sic] benefit the cause and considerable money is expected to be donated. *[Text checked against the page scans at 2.4-2.6x (the closing lines at 4x), 21 Oct 2026, starting from the tile-by-tile readings of pp. 1 and 12 of 20-21 Oct 2026 (Sonnet) and the Opus readings of the Irish items, which agree word for word except "materialally", which the page prints. The earlier text of this file, from an OCR pass, was largely wrong and has been replaced entirely.]*

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Source ID: 1920-03-16_butte-miner_st-patricks-committees-irish-freedom

On page: 1920-03-16_butte-miner_p12

Clipped by lukedmurphy on 2020-09-30.