The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-09
NEW WORLD ITEMS.

Rt. Rev. Monsignor Robert Hugh
Benson, the fourth son of the late
Edward White Benson, Archbishop OF
Canterbury and primate of England,
and a noted convert to the Catholic
Church, was initiated as a member
of the Knights of Columbus April 19
in Calumet Council, Chicago.
Priest Directs Catholic PIay.-"The
Call" a three-act tragedy by the Rev.
F. A. Sheridan, c. S. ", was pro-
duced by The Henry Irving Players
at Our Lady of Victory Auditorium,
Irving Park, Chicago, Sunday and
Tuesday evening, May and 5. Two
subjects of vital interest to every
Catholic are dealt with in the drama
mixed marriage and vocation. A
large number of the priests of the city
were present at the production Tues
day evening. The director OF the
Henry Irving Players is Reverend
Martin P. Weidner, former student
of St. Paul Seminary, who was or
dained in June, 1912. He took deep
interest in elocution and public speak
ing throughout his theological course.
Planning Home for Aged.-In Wis
consin the Outagamie County Fedora
ton of Catholic Societies, composed
of twenty-four organizations, is con-
sidering the building of home for
the aged.
Strathcona and Bishop Fraser.-ln
the course of an interesting sketch OF
the career of the late Lord STRAIT cona,
who, from clerkship in the Hudson
Bay Company, became the foremost
figure in Canada, a writer, who was
personal friend, says: Lord Stratn-
coma knows we'll what that country
owes to the missionaries and the
Catholic Church. L have always been
friendly with the Church and her
Prelates,' he said to me; indeed, l
am closely allied to the Old Churcn
myself. My relatives on one side in
Scotland were Catholics, one OF them
was Bishop Fraser, the first priest to
be allowed to put bell in Catholic
steeple in Scotland after the "retorma-
ton" He was so well loved that al
though the law was against it, not
even the most bigoted would denounce
him to the officers of the law
Gift of Denver 'Protestant.-Mr.
Werner Reed, a non-Catholic of Den
yer, whose daughter and son were
confirmed in Rome last month by Car
dinal V. Vannutelli, was received in
audience by the Holy Father. In
Rome he ordered large bust of Plus
x for the Cathedral of Denver.
Tax Exemptions for Religious Bod
ies.-Religious corporations and other
ecclesiastical organizations will not
be required to withhold at the source
the income tax on the interest on
their bonds and other obligations, &C.
cording to a ruling issued by the
treasury department last month. Re-
ligious and charitable organizations
are exempt from the payment OF In
come taxes. Recently Archbishop
Ouigley of Chicago inquired of the de-
partment whether it would be neces-
sary for such organizations to with
hold and pay to the government the
tax on the income from bonds issued
by them. The treasury department
rules that such organizations are ex-
empt mot only from the payment OF
an income tax but from every obllga-
ton or requirement imposed by any
or all of the provisions of said Sec
ton (of the law upon withholding
agents"
Beouests to Six Churches.-When
the will of John Eccles, OF Norwich,
Conn. was filed for probate, it show
ed $166,OOO bequeathed to religious and
charitable bodies. Six churches, two
of them Catholic, are remembered.
Mr.. Eccles was a cotton manufac-
turer.
capuchin Tertiaries.-Under the
jurisdiction of the Capuchins there are
5,739 conferences of secular tertiaries
with membership of 9S5,67O.
Jubilee of German Catholic Body
On Sunday, April 26, took place the
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
of the organization of the ST. Peters
German Catholic Benevolent Society
of San Francisco, the Oldest German
Catholic organization on the Pacific
coast.
American Aid for Home Rule.-T.
B. FitZpatrick, national treasurer OF
the United Irish League, has already
sent $4,000 to England this year to
further the cause of Home Rule, and
plans to send more within a few
weeks. He recently received from
the United Irish League of Chicago
$4,000.
Social Centre for Mexicans.-
"While charity organizations, the
board of education, Methodists, and
various civic bodies, have been max
ing elaborate plans for the better
ment of the condition of Mexican and
Spanish residents in the slum dis
tricts of this city," says the Pasadena
News, "St. Andrews Catholic Church
has anticipated them all, and is now
building a chapel combining house
of worship and social center. This
institution will be rather unique in