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MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP
DOWLING PONTIFICATED AT
SOLEMN SERVICES LAST WED­
PREDECESSOR.
September 25 was the first, anni
versary of the death of the late Arch
bishop Ireland. As Archbishop Dowl
ing was absent from the city, attend
ing the meeting of the hierarchy in
Washington that week, the solemn
commemoration of the event was post
poned until this week.
Last. Wednesday morning a Solemn
Mass of Requiem was sung by Most
Reverend Archbishop Dowling in the
St. Paul Cathedral for the
In and near the sanctuary were sev
eral hundred priests of the diocese
who formed the entourage of the
Most Reverend Archbishop as he per
formed the ceremonies of the solemn
ritual. Among the clergy were Right
Reverend Joseph F. Busch, D. D..
The school is the munificent gift of
Mr. Timothy Foley after whom it was
named. It is a red brick, fireproof
structure, 106 feet long by 54 i'eet
wide. It contains 12 classrooms, an
office and a rest room for the Sisters,
and an auditorium that will seat 1,000
people. It is one of the finest and
most up-to-date parochial schools in
the city. It is the first of Mr. Foley's
many great gifts to Catholic educa
tion. The school has been open for
NOTED ADMIRAL AUTOMATICAL­
LY RETIRED ON ACCOUNT
OF AGE.
Admiral William S. Benson, having
reached his sixty-fourth birthday,
was automatically retired from the
Navy last week. The officers, enlist
ed men and clerical force of the Navy
Department had seen to it that the un
assuming office quarters which the
retiring officer had occupied during
the war, were filled with flowers of
most brilliant hue.'
For nearly four years Admiral Ben
son has held the most responsible po
sition in the Navy, chief of the divi
sion of naval operations. He was
the first officer to be advanced to that
position, which is charged by law with
the responsibility of maintaining the
fleet in condition and preparing the
plans of its operation in time of war.
He practically established the office
for the law was silent on its organi
zation. How well he did the difficult
work placed upon him may be read
MASS FOR ARCHBISHOP
NESDAY FOR HIS REVERED
repose
of
the soul of his venerable predecessor.
At ten o'clock, the hour of the serv
ices, the immense church was filled
with members of the laity who had
gathered to honor the memory and to
pray for the soul of their former spir
itual father.
SCHOOL DEDICATION
MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP
WILL BLESS FOLEY SCHOOL
MAYOR HODGSON TO SPEAK.
The Foley school of the parish of
the Blessed Sacrament. Hazel Park,
will be dedicated on Sunday after
noon, October 12, at 4 o'clock, by the
Most Reverend Archbishop Dowling.
The principal addresses will be deliv
ered by the Archbishop and Mayor
Hodgson.
ADMIRAL BENSON'S FAREWELL
Word has been received at the
Apostolic Legation that Archbishop
Bonzano, the Papal Delegate, who has
been in Europe for several months,
sailed from Naples for the United
States on October 3. He will prob
ably arrive at New York on October
17, and will remain in that city for
several days before going to Wash
ington.
FOCH TO JBD PARADE
ALLIED CHIEF TO HEAD LEGION
MEN IN MILL CITY NOVEM
BER 11.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, command
er-in-chief of the Allied armies against
Germany, will lead the American Le
gion parade through Minneapolis in
the city's armistice day celebration
November 11, Legion officials an
nounced last Sunday.
Following Marshal Foch and his es
cort of French troops will march uni
formed regulars from Fort Snelling,
•with American Legion veterans in
column behind them, in civil dress.
The veterans of the Civil and Span
ish-American wars, with members of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, also
will form sections of the parade,
while other organizations, the Elks,
Shriners and the police and fire de
partments have been invited to take
part.
Bishop of St. Cloud, Minn., and the
Right Reverend Monsignori J. J. Sle
vin of Faribault, J. Guillot of St. Paul,
and F. Tichy of Silver Lake, Minn.
Also present were Timothy Foley,
K. S. G., and Charles H. F. Smith, K.
S. G., of St. Paul, and L. S. Donald
son, K. S. G., and Morris McDonald,
K. S. G., of Minneapolis.
The officers of the Mass were as
follows: Most Reverend Archbishop
Dowling, celebrant Very Rev. J. C.
Byrne, assistant priest Rev. J. M.
Cleary, deacon Rev. Anthony Ogulin,
subdeacon: Very Rev. H. Moynihan
and Rev. P. J. Boland, deacons of hon
or Very Rev. F. Schaefer, master of
ceremonies Rev. J. Cullinan, assis
tant master of ceremonies.
The music of the Mass was sung
with great dignity and precision by
a selected choir of diocesan priests
under the able direction of the Rev.
Francis X. Bajec, pastor of St. Fran
cis de Sales Church, St. Paul. The
organ accompaniment was rendered
by Mrs. Frank I.. Hoffman.
At the end of the Mass the Most
Reverend Archbishop delivered an elo
quent discourse on the subject of the
occasion which had called together
the large assemblage of clergy and
laity.
students since September, 1918. It
has an enrollment of about 170 pupils,
with four Sisters of St. Joseph as
teachers. It has already worked un
told good among the children as well
as the parents of the parish. Its in
fluence will be far reaching. The
school was designed by Mr. Harry
Firminger.
At the same time the parish house
will be blessed. The house was
erected at a cost of over $25,000, con
structed of red rug-faced brick of a
darker shade than the school, with a
red tile roof. It, too, is one of the
finest parish houses in the Twin
Cities. The pastor is Rev. William
Finley.
The hosse was -designed by Mr.
Fred Slifer of the Masqueray firm.
The ladies of the parish will serve
a chicken dinner immediately after
the services, to all who wish to re
main.
in the history of the Navy in this
war. He won the loyalty of the bu
reau chiefs, without which the Navy
administration would have clogged.
Secretary Daniels said that he. regret
ted it was necessary for the officer to
retire, as he had been of the greatest
service to the Navy. "I know of no
one," said Secretary Daniels, "whose
services during the world war have
been more conspicuous and valuable
than those of Admiral Benson, and
now he is entitled to a rest."
The members of Washington Coun
cil K. of C., paid tribute to Admiral
Benson, who is a fourth degree
Knight, at a meeting in St. Mary Hall
last week, when he was presented
with a gavel made from the wood of
the first Knights of Columbus hut
erected overseas.
Chief Justice Smith of the Court of
Appeals, and State Deputy Michael D.
Schaefer showered the Admiral with
praise for his valuable war work. He,
in turn, lauded what the committee on
war activities of the organization ac
complished, and what it is doing in
Washington now.
BLESSED OLIVER PLIIMET
MEMORIAL CHURCH TO
ERECTED IN HONOR OF
MARTYR.
BE
Cardinal Logue last month laid the
foundation-stone of a new memorial
church, which is being erected at
Blackrock, near Dublin, in honor of
Blessed Oliver Plunket, Archbishop of
Armagh, martyred for the faith. His
Eminence, who has just recovered his
beautiful episcopal ring given him by
Archbishop Farley when he was pres
ent at the consecration of New York
Cathedral, and which he lost in Dun
dalk recently, the stone being a single
sapphire of great Value, was presented
with a silver trowel by the local
authorities for the historic occasion.
The foundation-stone, moreover, was
one taken from the old chapel of
Archbishop Ptanket at Ballybarrack
Hill.
A magnificent panvgeri'c of the
Saint, who had cemented the faith of
the Irish people with his blood, was
preached by the Rev. Father McCardel,
Rector of the Jesuit Church, Upper
Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Mgr. Koroac, a professor at the Uni
versity of Prague, has been appointed
Archbishop of Prague, replacing Most
Rev. Paul Huyn, resigned.
HOLY SEE WATCHING DEVELOP
MENTS—NOT DIRECTLY CON
CERNED.
The recent critical events at Fiume
and the resultant political complica
tions in Rome da not affect the Vati
can directly but Pope Benedict is
closely and anxiously following devel
opments.
The judgment of the Vatican upon
the situation may be gathered from
an article in the Osservatore Romano,
remarking upon the infraction of dis
cipline by such regular troops as fol
lowed d'Annunzioyas a serious feature
of the adventure. The number of reg
ulars, however, is not great and over
whelming patriotism is offered as an
excuse for them but the fact of in
subordination appearing at all in the
army gives an unfortunate opportun
ity to the Socialists to quote it as
supporting their theory of disobedi
ence to authority.
The Vatican is carefully keeping
aloof from the political phase of this
and other problems and consequent
ly those, who accused the Holy See
of favoring the restoration of the
Hapsburgs in Hungary, now confess
their mistake.
The Vatican has appointed bishops,
for instance, in Alsace-Lorraine, Croa
tia, and Prague, when the religious
needs of the faithful required and in
accordance with those needs, but not
for political reasons. Generally
speaking, the Holy See is awaiting the
conclusion of the reorganization of
Europe to initiate its own ecclesiasti
cal reorganization, the Pope recogniz
ing, as Cardinal Gasparri said explic
itly, all legitimate political changes.
At the recent meeting of the hier
archy in Washington, Most Reverend
Austin Dowling of St. Paul, was ap
pointed chairman of the new episcopal
board of education, and treasurer of
the administrative council.
THE UjOff PLAN
NATIONAL CATHOLIC COUNCIL
TO ISSUE LETTER.
One of the Bishops, who attended
the recent meeting of the hierarchy
in Washington, said:
A pastoral letter, signed by all the
prelates who attended, will be issued.
It will be released to all the papers
on the same day and be read in all
the churches on one Sunday. The full
plans of the Bishops will be made
known in this letter.
Two hundred thousand dollars was
appropriated to the National Catholic
Welfare Council for its year's work.
The dioceses will be apportioned
their proportionate share of this fund,
which can be raised in any way the
Bishop decides.
REVEREND BROTHER ALBERIG
SACRED HEART BROTHERS NAME
SUPERIOR GENERAL.
The Very Reverend Brother- Alberic,
Superior General of the Brothers of
the Sacred Heart, was elected for a
third term of six years at the Gen
eral Chapter, held recently at Ren
teria, Spain, the motherhouse. Among
the newly elected assistants to the
superior general are the Rev. Brother
Theodule, representing the two Ca
nadian provinces, and the Rev. Broth
er Maurice, representing the province
of the United States. The Rev. Broth
er Macarius, president of Thibodaux
College, Louisiana, a man of great
ability and rare leadership, succeeds
Brother Maurice as head of the Ameri
can province.
The institute of the Brothers of the
Sacred Heart was founded at Lyons,
France, in 1821, by the Very Rev. A.
Coindre, for the Christian education
of the young. The blessing of heaven
protected the infant society and in a
few years it had spread over the
greater part of France. In 1847, five
Brothers were introduced into the
United States, while schools, acade
mies and colleges have been estab
lished in Belgium, Canada and Spain.
In the United States the Brothers
are located in the Archdiocese of New
Orleans and the Dioceses of Alexan
dria, Brooklyn, Indianapolis, Manches
ter, Mobile, Natchez, Oklahoma, Provi
dence and Trenton.
VILE HONOR CARDINAL
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS
CONFERRED BY PRESIDENT
HADLEY.
Yale paid homage to Cardinal Mer
cier at an impressive convocation in
Woolsey hall October 2. The degree
of doctor of laws was conferred by
President Hadley' of Yale, who re
ferred to the Belgian churchman's
"triple crown of service in the world
of thought, in the Church and in the
armed conflict." Former President
Taft was on the platform.
THE POPE AND FIUKIE SWISS CATHOLIC CONGRESS
ST. PAUL, MINN.,, OCTOBER 11, 1919
RESOLUTIONS PASSED DEMAND
ING ABOLITION OF ANTI-CATH
OLIC LAWS.
There has been a great gathering of
Swiss Catholics at Baden, more than
ten thousand inhabitants of the Can
ton of Aargau rallying to this con
gress, which was held in the little
town famous for its mineral springs
and for being for many centuries the
residence of the Counts of Hapsburg.
It is the fourth gathering of the kind,
which has taken place in the Canton.
Several resolutions were voted, the
most important, of which demanded
the abolition, without reserve, of all
laws against the Church also the law
specially relating to the Canton of
Aargau, excluding from State employ
ment all pupils of the Jesuits and
that disposition whereby Catholic the
ologians must submit to a State ex
amination.
A resolution wias also passed
against the entry of Switzerland into
the League of Nations. The reasons,
given for this decision, are worth
quoting: The first is because the su
preme moral power, the Papacy, with
out which a durably peace cannot be
established, is excluded from the
League the second, because the
League is not one of peoples but of
victorious States, which desire to ex
ploit Central Europe for capitalists.
PRIEST PREVENTS STRIKE
APPEALS TO STEEL WORKERS IN
MARYLAND TO REMAIN LOYAL
TO THEIR EMPLOYERS.
The Rev. John Gaymor, Rector of
St. Luke's Church at Sparrows Point,
Md., prevented a strike'of five thou
sand operators of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation in that city.
The plan is an open shop, but there
is a local labor union with a member
ship of 5,000 of the 5,500 men em
ployed. The men as a unit voted not
to join in the strike.
The decision of tl\p 5,000 men was
brought about by Father Gaymor.
Ever since unrest has beset labor con
ditions the priest has been doing mis
sionary work among the men, point
ing to them the futility of strikes and
exhorting them to remain steadfast
with their employers.
On Sunday, September 28, Father
Gaymor preached a vigorous sermon
against the strike, and within a few
hours after his utterances the men
met and voted not to leave their jobs.
LONDON Af VATICAN
LONDON PAPER, NOTED FOR BIG­
OTRY, FAVORS MISSION TO
VATICAN.
The polemic, which is raging regard
ing the retention of the British Em
bassy to the Vatican, becomes more
bitter every day. But now a power
ful journal, notorious for its anti
Catholic sympathies, has taken the
side of the mission. The London
Morning Post insists that this is not
the moment to withdraw the Count de
Salis and his staff from Rome. Has
not the German Reich just transform
ed the mission, which hitherto ema
nated from Prussia only, into one rep
resenting the whole German Empire?
Moreover, the journal points out that
never, in all her history, so much as
now, has the British Empire had need
of relation with the Vatican, for in
all parts of her domain are arising
questions, which can be settled only
with the aid of the Papacy. Canada,
Africa, Egypt, the new lands over
which Great Britain has a mandate,
India-—all have their Catholic prob
lems for solution. Therefore, the or
gan of the leisured and official classes
strongly advises the retention of the
mission to the Vatican, despite the
outcries of the bigots and the would
be economists.
REVEREND JIM. O'RYAN
GIVES INVOCATION AT JEWISH
WELFARE MEETING.
The invocation' "at a. great mass
meeting in the Denver auditorium
{Sunday night, September 28, to adver
tise the Jews' drive for funds on be
half of their suffering co-religionists
in war-stricken Europe, was given by
the Rev, William O'Ryan, pastor of St.
Leo's Catholic Church. A number of
well known Catholics were on the
stage. Julius Rosenwald, famous Chi
cago business man, referred several
times in his address to the beauty of
Father O'l^yao's prayet
FOCH ATJOURDES
Marshal' Foch visitod .Lourdes re
cently. He' stayed a considerable
time in the grotto and sanctuaries
and then left by motor for Tarbes.
jRECTOR OF BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL
APPOINTED TO CAT-HOLIC UNI
VERSITY—NOTED WRITER AND
LECTURER.
The Right Rev. Monsignor Hugh T.
Henry, LL. D., Litt. D., of the Phila
delphia Roman Catholic High School
for Boys and professor at the St.
Charles' Seminary, Overbrook, has
been appointed to the chair of hom
iletics of the Catholic University of
America, Washington, D. C.
Monsignor Henry is widely known
in educational circles, and as a writer
on church topics is regarded as one of
the most able scholars in the country.
As a lecturer he has had wide activi
ties.
Monsignor Henry was born in Phil
adelphia in 1862, was educated at St.
Patrick's school, La Salle College,
University of Pennsylvania and St.
Charles' Seminary. Ordained to the
priesthood by the late Archbishop
Ryan in 1889, he was at once made
professor of English, Latin and church
music at Overbrook, and in 1902 was
made rector of the Catholic high
school, retaining several of his classes
at the seminary. In 1910 he was
chosen as a member of the scholar
ship committee by Mayor Reyburn,
and has filled a number of important
places on educational committees.
Monsignor Henry was the editor of
"Church Music" from 1905 to 1909, and
was president of the American Cath
olic Historical Society for two terms.
He was made Domestic Prelate by
Pope Benedict XV in October, 1915.
In 1902 the University of Pennsyl
vania conferred upon him the degree
of Litt. D., and the degree of LL. D.
was conferred upon him later by
Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmits
burg, Md.
TO WISH "IMY"
FREIGHTER WILL TAKE TO
TER OCTOBER 11.
The vessel is to be called "Casey," a
title bestowed upon the workers of
the Knights of Columbus during the
fierce fighting in the Argonne Forest.
In announcing the tribute which is be
ing paid to the K. of C., the official
letter states: "The hull will be chris
tened Casey, in recognition of the
splendid work of the Knights of Co
lumbus in the interests of the soldiers
of the American expeditionary forces."
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged for the christening of the
"Casey." Little Miss Miriam Flaher
ty, daughter of Supreme Knight James
A. Flaherty of Philadelphia, has been
elected sponsor for the ship.
The Knights have pledged them
selves to keep a weather eye on the
future sojourns and career of the
freighter. A library for the crew,
recreation room, movie machine and
films, victrola, piano and other novel
features will be donated to the
"Casey," all appropriately designed
and conforming to the history of the
vessel. This interest will be main
tained continuously.
BOOKS FOR BLIND
AUTHORS PROVIDE FOR PRINT
ING THEIR OWN WORKS IN
RAISED TYPE.
A number of American authors are
paying the cost of having their own
works produced in raised type to pro
vide reading for American soldiers
blinded in the war. The American Li
brary Association announced this week
that in order to increase the number
of books now published in the new
Braille type, an improvised raised type
which has superseded a number of
other varieties in which the war
blinded have been instructed, the
agreement of eighteen prominent
authors had been secured to defray
the cost of having at least one of
their works produced in that type.
Included among the authors who are
conferring this benefit upon the blind
soldiers are Thomas Nelson Page,
Booth Tarkington, Irvin Cobb, Mary
Shipman Andrews, Douglas Fairbanks
and Zane Grey. Works by other
authors have already been published
in the Braille type, and Catholic insti
tutions are well to the front in im
proved methods for helping the blind.
DEATH OF BISHOP GIESEN
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|i According f© advices received in
Cologne, Germany, Bishop Giesen of
the mission in North Shantung, China,
passed away August 6. He was born
ill 1868 in Amsterdam, Holland, and
was sent to the mission in China
shortly after his ordination. He had
been in charge of his ticdr'iate for
the past eighteen years.
lutlefitt.
I
WA-
District Manager H. C. Higgins of
innesota
BTCRlCAi
SOCIETY
Last Tuesday noon a luncheon was
given in the St. Paul hotel to the gen
eral committee of one hundred who
are interested in the plans for the
meeting in this city.
Replying to a wire from the St. Paul
committee Mr. De Valera answered
that he would be in St. Paul on Sun
day, October 19. He will speak in
the St. Paul auditorium in the after
noon and in Minneapolis in the even
ing. Tentative arrangements have
been made to entertain the noted guest
also on Monday, but this is subject to
any change that Mr. De Valera may
make.
Committees Appointed.
At the meeting last Tuesday various
committees were appointed to care for
the details of the reception. Mr. John
P. Kyle is general chairman. Any
one who is interested in this matter
may communicate with Mr. Kyle, at
500 Guardian Life Building, who will
be pleased to receive suggestions or
co-operation with regard to the com
ing reception. The committees ap
pointed are as follows:
Executive Committee: J. P. Kyle,
Rev. C. F. Cremin, J. M. Clancy,
J. F. Finerty, T. J. Doyle, Dr. O. Mc
Keon.
Publicity Committee: Rev. C. F.
Cremin, M. B. Vaughan, 3. E. Cor-
coran' J- K',e« Rev- c- F-
the United Shipping Board has an-' Committee on Arrangements: J. P.
nounced that hull No. 1487, now com
pleted at the Hog Island shipyards,
Philadelphia, will be ready for launch
ing on Saturday afternoon, October 11,
the eve of Columbus Day.
Kyle, T. J. Doyle, Dillon J. O'Brien,
Rev. J. Dunphy, J. F. Finerty, J. M.
Clancy, T. J. McDermott, R. W. Har
gadine.
TIGER ISJHANGEO
CLEMENCEAU HAS GOT NEW
IDEA OF FRENCH CLERGY
IN BATTLE.
An interesting abstract of Premier
Clemenceau's private views concern
ing the peace treaty and of things in
general, as given to Senator Monsser
vin, is published in L'Eclair. M. Cle
menceau is quoted:
Glorious peace! We should have
desired it. no doubt, with greater ad
vantages for our country. But let
those who criticize the treaty and find
the clauses insufficient reflect upon
France's condition before the war. Let
them recollect that at certain hours
the situation of France was very low
that France did not make war alone.
Formerly I had great distrust for
the clergy I reproached it with con
cealing the liberty of our thought and
persecuting our freedom, and in the
early days of the war when I traveled
to the trenches I used to ask the sol
diers, pointing, out the chaplain, "Does
he not annoy you?"
The soldiers invariably replied:
"Annoy us. Quite the contrary. He
is brave, charming, devoted, cheerful.
We love him much."
Many times regiments asked me to
decorate their chaplain because of
magnificent acts of bravery and de
votion. These priests I decorated and
congratulated with all my heart.
EXTENSION SOCIETY
CATHOLIC SOCIETY GETS RIGHT
TO USE PAPAL INSIGNIA.
The Catholic Church Extension So
ciety of the United States has re
ceived through its chancellor, Arch
bishop Mundelein, a letter from Pope
Benedict, praising the society for its
splendid missionary endeavor, and as
recognition, granting the privilege
to use on the society's official paper
the Papal Insignia, a Tiara surmount
ing the two Keys.
RECEPTION FOR DE VALERA
MEETING LAST TUESDAY MADE
PLANS TO RECEIVE IRISH
PRESIDENT—COMMITTEES AP­
POINTED—MR. DE VALERA WILL
SPEAK IN ST. PAUL AND MIN
NEAPOLIS ON SATURDAY, OCTO
BER 19.
Plans for the reception to Eamon
De Valera, President of the Irish Re
public, who will appear in St. Paul
and Minneapolis soon, are going for
ward with energy. Last Saturday
night a meeting was held in the West
Hotel in Minneapolis to prepare a
worthy greeting for the distinguished
statesman. It was decided that a com
mittee from that city would go to Mil
waukee the day before to escort the
Irish President to the Twin Cities.
McGinnis.
Especially mentioned are the
churches and schools constructed, the
furnishing of equipment for poor
churches, the collection and distribu
tion of Mass stipends for needy
priests, the publishing of Catholic pe
riodicals and other holy undertakings,
in particular, the establishment of the
Seminary of St. Philip Neri near San
Antonio, Texas, where the society col
lected and maintained the dispersed
Mexican students for the priesthood,
many of whom were later ordained,
now returned home under more favor
able conditions.
The letter of the Holy Father ap
pears at length in the September is
sue of Extension.'
Number 41
Committee on Ways and Means E.
T. Foley, treasurer Rev. C. F. Cre
min, D. E. Lane, J. M. Leonard, W.
Collins, T. J. Doyle, J. P. Kyle, H.
Churchill, J. E. Corcoran, J. M. Clan
cy, R. W. Hargadine.
A sub-committee on entertainment
has been appointed. It consists of
Capt. W. T. Faricy, Col. W. J. Mur
phy,- Col. J. H. McDonald. This com
mittee will provide for the various
military escorts to receive Mr. De Val
era.
A committee of ladies will be ap
pointed this week to take up various
details. A large order has been given
for Irish flags of various sizes, and
these will be placed in the larger
stores around the city.
His Honor, Mayor Hodgson, who
is in deep sympathy with the Irish
cause, has consented to take an active
part in the reception to be tendered
the Irish President. The principal
officials of city, county and state will
be invited to meet the distinguished
visitor, and many have already signi
fied their intention of being present.
A committee will call on the Most
Reverend Archbishop to enlist his co
operation. Mr. J. F. Finerty will head
the St. Paul delegation which will
go to Milwaukee to escort Mr. De
Valera to St. Paul. It is thought that
Mr. Frank Walsh, who went to Paris
some time ago to intercede for the
Irish cause, will accompany Mr.
De Valera and will speak in the audi
torium. The present plan contem
plates a visit of the Irish party to
Reserve, Wisconsin, on Saturday Octo*
ber 18. Rev. Philip Gordon has in
vited the Irish President to be pres
ent at a congress of Indians there,
and it is the intention to confer the
honors of chief on De Valera. In
that case he will arrive here Satur
day night from Reserve.
The main purpose of Mr. De Valera's
tour of this country is to enlighten the
American public on the real issues
that confront the Irish people at this
time. He is not here to antagonize
England, but rather to place the Irish
question squarely before the people
of this country, showing the claims
of Ireland before the world in virtue
of the terms of the recent, peace con
ference.
Mr. De Valera will be accompanied
by Harry P. Boland and Shane Nu
nan, who are acting as his secre
taries.
AN APPEAL MADE FOR A OR EAT
AUTHOR.
The Right Rev. Bishop James J.
Hartley of Columbus, in a circular let
ter to his clergy of recent date, an
nounces the following: "Dr. Pastor,
author of the History of the Popes—*
on account of the disasters of the war
—appeals to the American Bishops to
help him finish his great work. Three
volumes are in manuscript four
more are required to bring the work
down to the year 18004 He is 65
years old and wishes to complete the
work before he dies. The Bishop will
be glad to forward with his own per
sonal offering any donations that may
be sent him for this purpose."
CiMAlJCHElNlY
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT HONOIti
ARCHBISHOP OF TURIN.
Cardinal Richelmy, Archbishop of
Turin, Italy, has been made a Knight
Grand Cross of the Order of Sts.
Maurice and Lazarus by the King, in
recognition of his patriotic services
during the war. The Duke of Genoa,
uncle of the King, Princess Bona of
Savoy, the Duke of Pistoia, and other
distinguished personages were present
at the ceremony, in which His Emi
nence received the insignia of the Or
der, which is the highest after that
of the Holy Annunciata, whose mem
bers hold rank as cousins Jo the King.
BEQUEST TO CHURCH
Because her son left but $500 to rel
atives and the residue of an estate,'
valued at $40,000, to the priest of one
of the Catholic churches of Ottumwa,
Iowa, to be held in trust for the
church, Mrs. Margaret Mullahy, de
clares that her son was of unsound
mind when he drew his will, and asks
that it be set aside. By the terms of
his will a niece gets $300 and nephew
$200 a 260-acre farm, appraised at
$40,000, is then left in trust for 8t.
Patrick's Church. The mother also
claims that a later will was made.
The Maynooth Mission to China has
attracted two more brilliant Irish
scholars to its apostolate, Dr. Maguire,
Professor of Theology at All Hallows
College, and Father Connolly, the Bur
sar at Maynooth College. The latter
is the third member of the Maynooth
staff to join the Chinese Mission.