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Evening star., 1915-11-09
Wants Commissioners to Act.

TO Col. HartS for making the improve
ment.
Wants Commissioners to Act.
On motion of DIR. Starr Parsons the
association reaffirmed it's position in
the matter of giving the Commission
ers power to appoint members of the
board of education. The justices of the
Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia, he said. do not want to be
bothered with the task, and the Com
missioners, he suggested are in a bet
ter position to understand fully the
wants of the people.
DR.. l.. u. Walter, chairman of the
committee on police and fire depart
ments, said he was glad to report that
police conditions in the ninth precinct
have been greatly improved during the
past month, Maj. Pullman having re-
stored three efficient members of that
command, Bicycle Policeman Benjamin
Williams and Footmen Steele and Lam
bert. He said others probably will be
restored later in order to bring back the
precinct to it's normal condition.
Complaint was made of the schedule
for cars on the bureau OF engraving
and printing line and on the Sth and
street branch of the Capital Trac-
ton CompanY.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-30
CATHOLICS INCREASING
RECENT STATISTICS SHOW 4
GREAT GROWTH IN NEW
YORK CITY.

Commenting upon the birth rate in
New York City, where it is shown
that, according to nationality, the
Catholic birthrate is the highest in
the city, the New York Sun said re-
Gently:
Another interesting point in this
report is of sociological significance,
since it illustrates most forcibly the
influence of religious training. In the
Summary of Number of Births, Ac-
cording to Nationalities, the follow
ing figures are instructive:
"The birthrate among Germans was
11.61, among the French. 1S.45. among
English, 1909, among Irish, 26.95.
among Italians, 1912. among Russians
and Poles. 1852, among Austro-Hun
garians, 1898, a thousand families.
t'These figures show conclusively
that parents of Catholic nationalities
furnish the larger Increment of popu
lation in this city. The difference Ii
so large, the average being 49.5(
among the Catholic to 14.05 in Prot
estant nationalities, that it mus
prove Of the utmost significance Il
the social and political economist
especially il the comparative infre
quency of divorce among the formei
class be considered
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-30
C. 7. A. CONVENTION

1t was voted to attend rally to be
held at Belle Creek on December %,
the forty-second anniversary of the
organization of the Catholic Total Alb
stinence Society of that parish.
In the evening public meeting was
held in the former House of Repre-
sentatives in the old State Capitol.
The musical program consisted of
piano selection by Master Frederick
Becker, and vocal numbers by Mrs.
John Whitaker and Mr.. Robert Gehan.
Mrs. B. L. Hoffman and Mrs. Robert
Gehan were the accompanies. At
the conclusion of the musical pro-
gram addresses were delivered by
Father Donahoe, who presided,
Father Reardon, and the Most Rev
erend Archbishop, who spoke of the
organization and early days of the
Father Matthew Society in the old
Cathedral parish and traced the prog
ress of the Union to the present time.
He dwelt on the evils of the social
glass and the family sideboard stocked
with drink and exhorted his hearers
to be loyal and active workers in the
cause Of total abstinence which has
done SO much good for religion and
sobriety in the State of Minnesota.
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JUBILEE CELEBRATION

ard spielmann, o. s. b., assisted at
the throne
The High Mass was celebrated in
the beautiful new chapel connected
with st. Benedict's Convent. This is
the third chapel in which the Rev
erend Jubilarian has officiated since
he assumed the position or chaplain
each OF the others having to give
place to one of larger proportions in
order to meet the growing demands Of
the community, and mark the growth
and development Of the institution
during the past twenty-five years.
After the Mass a banquet was
served to the Right Reverend Bishop,
the Rev. Jubilarian and the visiting
prelates and priests, by the Domestic
Science Glass Of the College.
In the afternoon the members of
| the Dramatic Club staged the drama,
The Piper's Pay by Margaret Cam.
eron. AT five o'clock, luncheon was
served to the visitors by the Domestic
Science Glass. and the celebration
was brought to a close ait half past
seven. with Benediction OF the Blessed
Sacrament.
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Written for The Catholic Bulletin BY
George Benson Hewetson.)

To the September issue of the Cox
ford (England) Diocesan Magazine" :"
DR.. Gore, the Anglican Bishop of Ok
ford, contributes the first of three ar
ticles on questions raised by the Con-
ference of Anglicans and other non
conformists at Kikuyu, and by the
inglican Archbishop of Canterbury's
treatment of the issues raised by that
much discussed event.
At the outset of this, his first ar
ticle, DR.. Gore sympathetically alludes
to the dissatisfaction which good
Christians with increasing strength
and increasing numbers feel concern
ing the divisions of Christendom.
Then turning his attention to the
movement towards unity he writes of
the divergence of opinion amongst
Anglicans and the other noncon-
formist bodies. He observes that
Catholic-minded people amongst these
look toward unity on a Catholic basis;
Evangelicals, that is to say, those
Anglicans whose leanings toward
unity are with what are termed the
Free Churches" leave the Catholic
Church and the Greek Orthodox body
out of account. DR.. Gore evidently
fails to perceive that before these So
called Free churches can unite with
another communion they must first
show that it Is possible for them to
unite amongst themselves, possibil-
ity which their so-called freedom has
hitherto precIuded. Freedom to them
means that they must be free" to re
main as they are. All approaches to
unity amongst them have so far failed,
and cannot but continue to fail so
long as they are free" The Catholic
Church being One cannot assimilate
telements OF disintegration. Like her
Lord she knows how to refuse the evil
and choose the good, however much
for doing SO, she may, like Him, be
misund by the world Nor is
her choice of the good less obvious
because there are so many in her fold
who might be truthfully termed bad
Catholics. Her choice of the good does
not mean her selection of the good
from among the people, even from
amongst her own; it means the choice
Of the course which, whatever mis-
representation and persecution 1t may
bring upon her, is the only course she
can follow in fulflment of the promise
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EPISCOPAL CONSIDERATION
BISHOP SCHUYLER OF e. PAso
BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PIT.
Avail WAS THE. coNsEcRAToR
AND FATHER o'coNNoR, S. j.,
PREAcHED--WlLL BE INSTALL
ED SOON.

The Right Reverend A. ]. Schuler,
s. J., of Denver, received the fulness
Of the sacerdotal power on Wednes.
day, October %, the Feast of SIS.
Simon and Jude, when he was con,
secrated first Bishop of the Diocese
of El Paso, Texas, by the Most Rev,
erend Archbishop Pitaval of Santa
Fe, N. Mex, assisted by the Right
Reverend Bishop Granjon of Tucson
Ariz., and the Right Reverend Bishop
McGovern of Cheyenne, Wyo.
The first date set for the consecra.
ton of Bishop Schuler had to be
changed owing to the non-arrival from
Rome of the bulls of appointment
Bishop Matz of Denver, who was to be
the consecrating prelate, was prevent
ed. from officiating by a serious illness
Bishop III Lynch of Dallas who had prom
ised to preach the conservation ser.
mon had to yield place to the Rev
Michael ]. O'Connor, s. j., of ST
Louis, because of an accident which
detained him in the hospital. Father
O'Connor who preached the sermon
is well-known in st. Paul, where he
presided at the last retreat for the
diocesan clergy.
Bishop Schuler will leave Denver
in short time for his new See which
is in the ecclesiastical province OF
Santa Fe.
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DEATH OF A. ]. SHIPMAN
PROMINENT NEW YORK ATToR.
NEY AND WRITER ON RELIC.
lous AND OTHER SUBJECTS Ex.
PlREs AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
FUNERAL SERVICES ACCORD.
ING TO LATIN AND GREEK
RITES.

Andrew J. Shipman, for many years
noted lawyer Of New York, and one
of the most prominent Catholic lay
men in that city, died Sunday evening,
October II, from an acute attack Of
Bright's disease, brought on by over
work while a member of the recent
Constitutional Convention He was
fifty-eight years old. Mr.. Shipman at
the time of his death was a member
of the law firm of Blandy, Mooney &
Shipman, of No. Al Wall street, and
was counsel for large business and
financial interests.
He was born in Springvale, Fairfax
County, Va, on October Is, 1857. His
mother was a member of the Carroll
family of Maryland. Mr.. Shipman re-
ceived his education in the public
schools of Virginia, at Georgetown
College, Washington, d. c., and at
New York University.
Besides his achievements as law
yer, Mr.. Shipman was a widely known
writer upon legal, historical, religious
and social subjects. He spoke many
languages and was acquainted with
the literature of several European
countries. He wrote extensively upon
topics regarding Russia and the Slavic
race, the Eastern Church and Slavic,
Hungarian and Italian immigration to
the United States. He was an author
ity on the history of the Greek Cath
olic Church.
The funeral took place on Wednes-
day, October 20, from st. Patrick's
Cathedral, and was attended by a
large congregation of people of prom
inence in many walks Of life. The
celebrant OF the Mass was the Rev.
John j. Wynne, s. j., and the eulogy
was delivered by the Right Rev. Mon.
signor M. j.. Lavelle, v. g., rector of
the Cathedral. The many social, fra
ternal and charitable organizations
with which Mr.. Shipman was afiliated
we're we'll represented, and there we're
also present many members Of the
legal profession.
The Solemn Requiem Mass was fol
lowed by services seldom seen in a
church of the Latin Rite, for the
Right Rev. Stephen Softer Ortynsky,
Bishop of all the Ruthenian Greek
Catholics in the United States, con-
Quoted burial service according to
the Greek Rite. He was attended by
score of Greek Ruthenian and Ar
menian Maronite priests, and choir
composed of Armenians chanted the
music of the service
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-30
THE APPLE TREE
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Helen Hughes HleIscher.)

Beyond in the autumn sunshine,
A tree gloWed fair and red;
It surely must be apples,
Or so we children said.
But the way was long and fearsome,
High fences barred the way;
In the pasture browsed the cattle,
Sheep on the hillside lay.
Some time cows were tired,
Or hungry for the grass,
The sheep looked very sleepy,
They might not see us pass.
Our toys we're all forgotten,
The street cars made Of tin
Were piled in awful wreckage,
The block house fallen in.
Over the wall of the garden
We hung in council deep,
And talked of the ways of cattle,
And the wiles of fighting sheep,
And the breadth and the length and
vastneSs
Of the fields that lay between,
And strangers who had walked there
And bears that had been seen.
And while we talked so wisely
Of the things that might befall,
A little foot kept stealing
Across the long low wall.
Then somehow we we're over,
And pattering light away;
Our feet had the wings of terror,
But hope sang blithe and gay.
We reached the tree all crimson,
IN the. light of the setting sun,
A maple touched by the early frost,
But apples, there was none.
Long was the journey homeWard,
That hope had made so brief;
How often since has beckoning fruit
/ Proved but a withered leaf.
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made to her that she is to be guided
into all truth. She can have no fell
loWship or union, therefore, however
plausibly it may be presented to her,
with error. Bad Catholics are to be
in her until the harvest, as our Lord
said the tares are to grow and re-
main amongst the wheat. The aver
age human conception of what "the
good" in a divine sense consists is not
necessarily right. On the same
grounds it would be quite impossible
for the Catholic Church to enter into
unity with Anglicans. Where there
no such insuperable obstacle as the
invalidity of Anglican Orders, such a
frank confession as DR.. Gore makes Of
the very evident present condition of
Anglicanism would render unity alb
solutely impossible. In each diocese,
so it is admitted, the extreme men"
of both the High and Low Church par
ties are held together by an almost
infinite graduation of opinions. An
Anglican diocese in England, there
fore, presents only sort of cohesion.
The same may with equal truth be
said of the whole Anglican COM
munion. In the mission field it is
possible, so it is asserted, to find
monochrome" dioceses, dioceses in
which all the clergy are either High
or Low Church; and to find adjoining
each other dioceses of the opposite
extremes. Schism therefore between
two such dioceses might easily occur,
and might effect the whole Anglican
body. DR.. Gore continues:
II have already explained to the
diocese (of Oxford that the opinion
of the Archbishop is only an opinion,
and does not claim in any way to bind
us. / have also stated that l cannot
accept it. It seems to me to be a
compromise based on no Ineligible
principle and tending far beyond
what is at present contemplated. Sup
pose mission churches in Central
Africa and other parts of the world
to act on the opinion-suppose that in
he Evangelical missions of our com
nunien all the world over 1--WE are not
aware that Anglican missions are SO
videspread) Protestant missionaries
we're widely invited to preach in our
aurclres and our missionaries were
ommonly to go and preach for the
pther denominations, while mean
while the suggested hospitality at the
lords Table for wandering Christians
Of all denominations were commonly
exercised, is it not inevitable that
there would ensue great strengthen
ing of undenominational teaching and
feeling in all these missions and that
situation would arise which would
make the refusal to allow non-Angli
can ministers to of1ciate at the Holy
Communion, Or Anglican members TO
so to communion with other bodies,
CONTINUED on page s.)
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BLESSED
LARGE GATHERINGS WITNESS
CEREMONIES AT THE NEW
DIOCESAN oRPHANAGE AND
CHURCH or ST. JOSEPH, suPE.
RIoR, Wls.-BoTH STRUCTURES
WILL BE READY FOR occu.
FANCY NEXT YEAR.

The cornerstone of the new Dio-
cesan Orphanage at Superior, Wis,
was blessed and placed in position
on Sunday, October II, by the Very
Reverend Charles j. Weber, pastor of
the Church of ST. Joseph, assisted by
Father Scheyer. The ceremony was
attended by all the priests of the city,
as well as by a large concourse of
people among whom were hundreds
of none Catholics. b In the copper box
placed in the cornerstone were de-
posted the names of the diocesan
and civic officials, copies of religious
publications, daily newspapers, coins,
etc. The principal address was de-
livered by Father Rice, pastor of the
Sacred Heart Cathedral. Mayor
Konkel also gave a brief address. The
Orphanage will cost, when completed,
about $125,OOO, the greater part of
which was obtained by public sub
scription.
On the same afternoon the corner
stone of the new Church of st. STAN
islaus for the Polish Catholics of SUI
perior was laid by the Rev. A. Ia
wenda, pastor of the parish. The
new structure will cost about $4,000
and will be ready for occupancy early
next summer. The foundation is al
ready completed and much of the SUI
perstructure has been built.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-30
BISHOP REFUSES LEGACY
$4,000 RETURNED TO FAMILY OF
TEsTAToR CUT OFF
IN WILL.

A recent press dispatch from Pitts.
burgh chronicles an act of justice and
disinterestedness ON the part OF
Bishop Canevin. The late George Vii
sack, of Millvale, Pa, having be
queathed SIS to each of his four chill
dren, leaving the rest of his money
tamounting to $4,000, to st. An
thongs Church for the purchase of 9
bell, the Bishop promptly presented
petition in court, asking permission
to execute a quit-deed to the children
of the deceased for the entire sum
He said that they needed the money
much more than the church needed 9
bell
The judge who granted the Bishops
petition declared that it was unprece
dented in his experience.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-30
MGR. BURKE IN ROME
IS VISITING THE ENGLISH
TROOPS AND LOOKING AFTER
THE cHAPLAlNs.

The Right Reverend Monsignor
Burke OF Toronto, Canada, former
President of the Catholic Church Elk.
tension Society, requested by Arch
bishop Stagni, Apostolic Delegate to
Canada to look after the furnishing OF
a sufficiency of chaplains to the Cana
dian Catholic soldiers, who are fight
ing with the Allies, and who has been
appointed visiting chaplain" by the
Canadian government, has arrived in
Rome. He has visited the chief camp
in England and has travelled along the
entire western front, and he hopes to
proceed to the Dardanelles.
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REV. HENRY HoRcERDiNc, o. s.
g., CELEBRATED THE 18TH AN
NIvERsARY or HIS APPOINT
MENT AS CHAPLAIN or ST.
sENEDIcT,s COLLEGE AND
ACADEMY, ST. JOSEPH, MINI.

Monday. October rs, was the occa-
sion Of celebration at St. Benedict's
College and Academy, st. Joseph,
Minnesota, which is of rare occur
renee, namely, the twenty-fifth ami
versary Of Father Henry's chapIainey
of that institution.
At nine o'clock the Jubilarian was
the celebrant at a Solemn High Mass,
assisted by the Rev. Fathers Joseph
Kraeuter. o. s. B., as deacon, and
Norbert Gertken, o. g. b., as sub
deacon.
Right Reverend Bishop Busch, Of
st. Cloud, delivered the sermon.
Right Reverend Peter Engel, o. s. b,
Abbot of st. Johns, was present In
the sanctuary, and Very Rev. Her
man Bergman, D. 5. b., and Rev Ger
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-30
THANKSGIVING DAY
PRESIDENT WILSON INs A
PROCLAMATION DEsIeNATEs
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IS, AS
THANKSGIVING pay MA NJ Y
REASONS FOR GRATITUDE 70
GOD DURING THE PAST YEAR.

The following is the text Of the
proclamation of the President of the
United States designating Thursday,
November 25, as a day of Thanksgiv-
ing for the blessings vouchsafed this
nation during the past year-a year OF
unparalleled distresses and disasters" :"
ut has long been the honored Gus
tom of our people to turn in the fruit
full autumn of the year in praise and
Thanksgiving to Almighty God for His
many blessings and mercies to us as
a nation. The year that is now draw
| ing to close since we last observed
our day of national thanksgiving has
been, while year of discipline be-
cause of the mighty forces of war and
of changes which have disturbed the
world, also a year of special blessing
| for us.
Another year of peace has been
vouchsafed us; another year in which
not only to take thought Of our duty
| to ourselves and to mankind, but also
to adjust ourselves to the many re-
sponsibilities thrust upon us by war
which has involved almost the whole
of Europe. We have been able to
assert our rights and the rights of
mankind without breach of friendship
| with the great nations with whom we
have had to deal, and while we have
asserted rights we have been able also
to perform duties and exercise priv
ileges of succor and helpfulness which
should serve to demonstrate our
desire to make the Offices of friend
ship the means of truly disinterested
and unselfish service.
Our ability to serve all who could
avail themselves of our services in the
midst of crises has been increased by
a gracious Providence, by more and
more abundant crops; our ample
financial resources have enabled us to
steady the markets of the world and
facilitate necessary movements Of
commerce which the war might other
wise have rendered impossible; and
our people have come more and more
to a sober realization of the part
they have been called upon to play
in time when all the world is shaken
by unparalleled distresses and dis
asters.
"The extraordinary circumstances
of such time have done much tc
] quicken our national consciousness
and deepen and confirm our confidence
! in the principles of peace and free
, dom by which we have always sough
: to be guided. Out Of darkness ant
i perplexities have come firmer coun
sells of policy and clearer perception
! of the essential welfare of the nation
: We have prospered while other peopl1
were at war, but our prosperity ha
! been youchsafed us, we believe, onl,
: that we might better perform tn
functions which war rendered it i'm
possible for them to perform.
S Now therefore, /, Woodrow Wilson
+ president of the United States o
S America. do hereby designate Thurs
day, the 25th of November next, as
7 day Of Thanksgiving and prayer, an
t invite the people throughout the Ian
o to cease from their wonted occup:
], tions and in the several homes an
! places Of worship render thanks /
r Almighty God.
- aWo0DR0W WILSON"
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The Right Reverend Thomas O'Gor-
man, Bishop of Sioux Falls, S. d., was
ordained in the old Cathedral of st.
Paul on November 5, 1866, by the
Right Reverend Bishop Grace. The
fiftieth anniversary of that eventful
day falls on the fifth of next month.
During these five decades of conse-
Grated years, Bishop O'Gorman has oc-
cupied many positions in the Church,
all of which he has filled with singular
ability and devotedness. AS Priest,
Missionary, College President, Univer-
sity Professor and Bishop, he has
shed lustre on the Church in America.
1t was natural, therefore, that the
priests of the Diocese of Sioux Falls
should desire to mark the completion
of these fifty golden years in some
special manner. Being aware of the
sentiments of Bishop O'Gorman in re-
gard to a matter of this kind, into
which the personal element entered so
largely, they knew that he would not
consent to any public celebration OF
felt that the occasion demanded some
sort of recognition. 1t was finally de-
cided to make it family affair, so to
speak, one in which only the priests OF
the diocese would participate. Accord
ingly, arrangements were quietly made
to tender Bishop O'Gorman compli-
.mantary banquet 81 SiouNsF9alla to
which few intimate friends Of his
would be invited in addition to the
diocesan clergy.
Owing to the fact that November
fifth falls on the first Friday of the
month, it was decided to anticipate
the date of the anniversary by holding
the celebration on the evening of Wed
nesday, October q.
The banquet was served in the Car.
penter Hotel, and among the dis
tinguished prelates who honored the
occasion with their presence were the
Most Reverend Archbishop Ireland OF
ST. Paul, the Right Reverend Bishops
McGolrick of Duluth, Heffron of Wi
mona, Lawler of st. Paul and Garri.
gan of Sioux City. Mgr. Ryan of Dav'
export, Ia, and Rev. Ignatius Tomo'
zin of Albany, Mimi, who was or
dained with Bishop O'Gorman, were
also present.
On that occasion the following ad
dress, accompanied by a purse Of
$4,000, was read on behalf of the
priests, by the Right Reverend Mgr
Thomas A. Flynn, v. G., of Madison: