The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-13
COLUMBUS KNIGHTS
CELEBRATE DAY OF
GREAT OISCOVERER
Initiation of Candidates In
Afternoon and Banquet
At Night
REV. NOON breaches
ELOQUENT SERMON
March to Church Participated in BY
Largest Number of Knights Ever
Gathered in Birmingham.
Linnehan's Speech

Yesterday was Christopher Columbus
day--a legal holiday in Alabama
and it was celebrated by the Knights of
Columbus with an initiation in the after
noon and grand banquet at the Hotel
I1ilman last night.
The knights and the candidates for
4nitiation assembled at Columbus hall on
Third avenue near Twenty-first street at
$50 O'Clock, and at 1915 o'clock marched
in a body to st. pauls church to attend
high mass and hear sermon by the Very
Rev. W. d. Noon. o. p, of Washington,
u. C. At the head of the column were
horne large United States flag and the
banner of the local council. 1t is said to
have been the largest gathering of the
knights of Columbus yet seen in this city.
In the church the seats on both sides
OF the middle aisle were reserved for
the knights, and the pews were filled
from the altar rail almost back to the
doors.
Father Noon breaches
The Very Rev. Father Noon preached a
sermon Of rare eloquence from the text
II reckon that the sufferings of this time
are not to be compared with the glory
us"-Romans SIS. The preacher, like all
Dominicans. wore his white habit with
a black mantle and rood. He has q
strong, penetrating voice and could be dis
tinctly heard by those In the organ gall
lery as well as those in the body of the
church Father Moons diction was
scholarly, ard his eoquenee was moving.
A professional man who was present said
that Father Moons flight on the Trans
1iguration" was graphic and stirring.
The choir was in excellent form and
sang Webers mass in C."
From the church the knights returned
10 the hall, where the first, second and
third degrees were conferred. The latter
degree was completed shortly before 6
o'clock.
Third Degree Candidates
These were the candidates that received
the degree:
Thomas G. Tacoma, John p. O'Donnell,
Birmingham Thomas e. Martin. Mont
gomery; William M. Malloy. Edwin F.
Scanlen, Francis ]. Cummings, John p.
Rives, Louis j. Mancin, Robert w. Vance,
Joseph NJ. Towner, William S. Pritchard.
Thomas Michael O'Neill, Clarence w.
O'Brien, Michael Dulion, Arnold Dullon.
Jesse w. Walters, Birmingham; Bar
thoiew MCGOWAN. Ensley: Frank E. Helm
ton. L. B. Cowart. John f. Antwine, Bir-
mngham; Phil j. McDonnough, Julius j.
Freund, Tom Burke, Clanton: Edward #.
Jungemann, Thomas McGeever, e. j.
Clark, ]. F. Dalton, John f. Fitzpatrick,
James Fitzpatrick, Fallon OByrne, Harry
Kear. William Mallock. Birmingham; the
Rev. G. A. Callahan, Lawrence McLough-
land, John Coyle, James Coyle, Hunts
Vile; John +. McHale John f. Antwine,
Jr., e. c. Kahn, John f. Flynn and Henry
Jungemann, Birmingham.
Brilliant Banquet
At the banquet covers were laid for $50
and nearly all the seats were occupied.
Many ladies were present and the scene
was very brilliant. An orchestra led by
oliver Chalifoux and in which Signor
Nappi played--both being. members of the
order-furnished fine music.
Grand Knight N. Frank MCGOWAN pre-
sided and acted as POSTMASTER. After a
short prayer by the Rev. Father COyle,
the POSTMASTER in gracious words intro
duced State Deputy M. Edward Linnehan,
who spoke in part as follows:
Mr.. Linnehan's Speech
II had the pleasure of attending the
supreme convention of the knights of
Columbus, which was recently held In
the city of Boston. A city that less than
half a century ago was the hub of
bigotry, intolerance and prejudice
against our faith and the center of OPP
preston and persecution against our
people, but especially those of the Irish
race, and well do l remember that back
there in my boyhood days 1t was a
matter of daily occurrence for people In
soliciting help through the columns of
the daily press to close their ADVERTISE
ments with the statement that no Irish
need apply.
"In that old historic city, in the land
of the pilgrims pride and the puritan's
glory, hallowed by the names and deeds
of Adams, Bancroft, Hawthorne, Lowell,
Z Longfellow, Whittier and Holmes one