The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-14


by President Wilson to the Philip
pines with a view to determining
whether or not the Filipinos are now
ready for independence.
Gibbons Memorial Hall.-The Glib
bons' Memorial Hall, on the campus
of the Catholic University, Washing
ton. will not be dedicated until the
coming fall. It is the Cardinals wish
that this ceremony should not take
place until the building is free of debt,
and from present indications this will
very probably be accomplished in the
early part Of the summer.
CIeveIand's Greek Catholic Church.
Ia Cleveland, the work on new
church to be used by Greek Catholics
and dedicated to st. John the Baptist
began June 1.
Boston Home for A. o. 1.-THE An
cient Order of Hibernians will build
at Roxbury near Boston, a $125,000
HOI@2, IL Will UC IAO hcANOOAC0N Va
their order in this country.
AGAINST White SlaVery.-The Holy
Name Societies of the National Capt.
toll have joined in the war against the
white Slave Traffic" and at recent
meeting a resolution was adopted de-
cIaring for a number of amendments
designed to strengthen existing white
slave" laws. Representative Ben
Johnson, of Kentucky, has offered to
introduce this resolution in Congress
at the first opportunity: Should it
become a law, it is said it will be
practically impossible to carry on the
white slave" traffic anywhere in the
United States.
Catholic Colonization Society.-Un-
der the presidency of Archbishop
Messmer there was a meeting of the
Catholic Colonization Society at Mil
waukee not long ago. Several chap
lains of districts were appointed
Projects for colonizing Moses Lake,
Wash, and Deer Lodge, Mont, were
considered.
Real Support for Catholic Press
De Soto Council, K of c., New York,
on Friday evening, May %, subscribed
for 900 copies of the Live Issue for
one year, each member to receive a
copy every week. The Live Issue is
published by The Social Reform
Press Of New York at so cents year,
and is the only weekly publication
devoted exclusively to the work of ex-
posing the evils of socialism.
Justice Fitzpatrick.-The President
of the Supreme Court of Canada, M.
Fitzpatrick, is an active member OF,
the st. Vincent de Paul Society. At
the recent Ozanam celebration, he de-
livered a very memorable address in
the Basilica of Quebec, pointing out
the social duties of Catholics espe-
cially towards the poor.
ITISH t1tSGOtIS0t 0OSbSSyo NJ NAO
meeting of the Executive Council of
the American-Irish Historical Society,
held at the Waldorf-Astoria, Joseph l.
C. Clarke was elected president gen
eral of the society in place of Patrick
F. MCGOWAN, whose death took place
the previous week.
Irish Library SoId.-On Tuesday,
June 3, and the following days the
Irish library of Stephen J. Richard
son, of New York, was sold at auc-
ton. There were over $500 books in
the collection Mr.. Richardson for
merly published The Gael, and spent
several years on the idea of publish
ing an encyclopedia of Ireland along
the lines of the Catholic Encyclo-
pedia. He collected his library with
the view of covering every phase of
Irish literature.
Father o'Connor's Operetta.-The
second edition of the operatta, EVERY
soul and the Land of the Sunrise Sea-"
WOTuS dAU huSIS Ny TIC NOV" D. L a.
O'CoMnor. s. j., has just been pub
lished. It was written expressly for
children, and its success has shown
that the effort was not in vain.
CoIored Nuns Orphanaqe.-St.
Frances Orphan Asylum, Normandy,
Missouri, will build a $4,000 addition.
This asylum is conducted by the
Oblate Sisters of Providence, an or
der of colored nuns.
Clergy Approve curfew.-The cler-
gy of San Francisco are taking an
active part in compelling the enforce
ment of the cHrfew law, which pro-
hibits the presence of young persons
under q certain age on the streets
after nightfaN.
6equests of Mrs. Dean.-Bequests
to Catholic institutions amounting to
$4,000 are made in the will of the
late Eliza p. Dean of Boston, widow
Of a Harvard professor. The gifts
include $4,000 to the Corpus Christi
Monastery of New York City and
$4,000 to the Archbishop of Boston for
a scholarship in st. Johns Seminary
in Brighton. The Catholic University
of America will get the residuary
estate.