Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-01
'112 new KNIGHTS
ARE INITIATED
Big Class Adopted Into Coun.
ellis Of Three Cities at All
Day Gathering.
JUDGE {. F. DUNNE SPEAKS
Addresses Assembly Of 700 at Roller
Rink-TeIls of Rise OF Pres
ent Day Catholicism

INC uuuuE0u anu LWciNc CduuluotcS
were initiated into the Knights of Co
lumbus yesterday by the three coun-
ellis Of the tri-cities, the second and
third degrees being conferred on them
at the Industrial hall and followed by
banquet and speeches at the roller
skating rink. Over TOO sat at the
table last night and the sumptuous
repast which had been prepared was
served In elegant style by the Daugh-
tiers Of Isabella.
At 1890 o'clock in the morning the
candidates and several hundred mem
bers of the order assembled at the
Sacred Heart church where Rev. ]. F.
Lockney conferred the papal blessing
and spoke a few words of greeting
and advice to those who were about
to. enter the Catholic order. The
papal blessing which Rev. Mr.. Lock
ney was empowered to bestow is I'M
usual and shows the high esteem in
which he is held in the Catholic
world
DEGREES CONFERRED.
In the afternoon the candidates
were given the second and third de-
grees at the Industrial home hall be-
/ fore several hundred Of the members
/ Of the order. The second degree was
given by Hugh Stewart Of Dubuque
and Lee Dougherty of Davenport, as
sisted by the Rock Island and Daven-
port councils. The third degree was
given by the Chicago delegation, LIE
roy Hackett leading the work and be-
ing assisted by the Chicago degree
team.
sEvEN-C0URsE BANQUET.
About $3.50 o'clock 700 candidates
and members assembled at the rink
where a seven course banquet was
served by the Daughters Of Isabella
The speakers Of the evening were
Judge e. F. Dunno of Chicago, Hon
Jerry Sullivan of Des Moines and w
NJ. Brown of Chicago. Each had many
interesting bits Of advice and goot
cheer to bring the candidates and
members.
Grand knight James e Reidy pre-
sided as postmaster during the even
ing. The address of welcome wa:
given by ]. 3. Murphy and in behal
OF the order he welcomed the candi
dates and those who were present Il
the festivities OF the evening.
In the course of hfs remarks Judg,
Dunno spoke of tho rise Of Catholi
! cism during the past hundred years
The Catholic church-going people ar
more consistent, he said, in thei
church attendance and in churcl
loyalty than any of the other sects
AN interesting query made some tim,
ago by the Chicago Record Heral,
showed that SO per cent Of those VIII
ENTER the portals Of the church durinI
the week are Of Catholic faith. Thes
statistics, he showed, only bore GU
his statement that the Catholics wer
consistent
CAUSES OF RISE.
II This rise of Catholicism he assigne
to three causes, the first of which is tn
I stand which the church has take
against the divorce evil. OF the big
4 percentage Of one divorce for ever
| IL marriages which exists at preseI
in this country, very few are secure
by people of Catholic origin. Juds
Dunno pointed out that it was tru
i to q large extent, that when there
a Catholic divorce. the woman d
| vorces her husband for the protectio
of her children rather than hersel
The second cause which he assigne
TO the rise of Catholicism was II
/ stand against race suicide. The mu
4 der of the unborn babe he called 9
great II not greater murder than thi
Of ones fellow being. and the ba
which the Catholics have put on sue
| practice he claimed as one of the bu
warks of their faith.
liz The third cause which he gave VIZ
the combination of a moral with
secular education, the training of Il
conscience as well as the mind. Tn
education, Judge Dunno showed, WI
the making Of true, honest Amel
can citizen. The Catholics are as goo
citizens as any in the United Stat
and this he attributes to their hie
moral sensibility.
TELLS OTHER SIDE.
Mr.. Sullivan in his address took I
the prosecutions against the Catholi
in foreign lands and showed how,
| some ways, the Catholics have pc
mitted themselves to be overcom
This he laid TO the accounts of Il
| Catholics themselves who have laps
into inaction and permitted the BAG
ward trend without raising their han
to stop IT. The price of peace,
said, Is q sacrifice and this he show,
in several illustrations. Having ma,
his point, the speaker asked Z
| Knights of Columbus, an active, viri
Catholic organization, why tn
should not take an active part in
campaign against the persecution
Catholics in Russia, the lapse
Catholicism in France, and the fallil
away from the church in other land
| POINTS OUT IDEALS.