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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
BURIAL PERMITS REQUIRED

dress of the undertaken; and such rec
ords shall be open to public inspection
at all times.
There is heavy penalty for per-
mitting unauthorized burials by those
in charge of cemeteries and the State
Board of Health has been obliged in
several instances to prosecute sections
who have permitted such illegal
burials. In other cases the prosecution
has been directed against the under
taker who failed to observe the legal
requirements before consigning the
body to the earth. In the latter cases,
the death was not reported to the local
authorities and when application was
made for certified copy of the death
certificate, it was found that the legal
formalities had not been complied
with; and it is to prevent this that the
State Board of Health has taken q
definite stand in regard to this matter
The law applies to all cemeteries
and it is of the greatest Importance
that it be complied with. In many
cases our Catholic cemeteries are in
charge of sections who are either un-
aware of the provisions of the law or
who do not insist upon the burial per-
NIT before interment takes place. In
same instances, where the local pas
tor has direct charge of the cemetery,
interments have been permitted on
the assurance of the undertaken that
the burial permit would be secured
later on and when, as matter of
fact, nothing more was done in re-
gard to- the matter. This failure to
comply with the law involved both the
undertaken and the priest and rem
dered them liable to prosecution.
1t is absolutely necessary, therefore,
that those in charge of Catholic ceme-
teries, whether priest or sexton, insist
that the undertaken produce burial
permit before the interment is made.
The State Board of Health will here
after prosecute all cases brought to
its notice wherein burial has been per-
mitfed without the proper legal Ger.
tifica te.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
''EXTENSION' AND CATHOLIC LITERATURE

department of literature and without
doubt they make genuine and impor-
tant contributions to English letters.
In his criticism of the noted Catholic
essayist, Archbishop Spalding, we
have the following just appreciation
from the pen of Brother Leo OF
California Archbishop .Spaldlng
is writer whose following is by no
means confined to Catholic readers,
for thousands outside the fold of tho
Church have recognized the universal
note in his words and sensed the deep
human sympathy of his utterance.
Withal he il distinctiyely and in the
best sense American. His sane Opti.
mism, his ir1sistence on selfTeliance,
his passion for education, his u1l-
compromising candor are qualities
that, however deep their roots may be-
buried In the past, are given to us In
d form refreshingly homemade. "A
true essayist, Archbishop Spaldfng
does not preach; he Is content to-
enlighten, to stimulate, to charm.
He has the exceptional gift Oh bring.
1 ing all his observations and all his
reading to bear upon a given point
and to enrich his readers without Dor.
ing them.
fCQntinled on PAGE aI
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
FAITH SCIENTIFIC AND THEOLOGICAL

Burroughs, and printed in the Allan
tic. Scientific faith involves many
mysteries and many unthinkable
truths. Theological faith involves
mysteries and unthinkable truths
Also" But Burroughs explains an
unthinkable truth as a contradiction,
and a mystery according to him is
an unthinkable truth. Now by apply
ing bit of logic we deduce that a
mystery is contradiction, according
to the learned John Burroughs,
naturalist, essayist, and lover of
speculation. But in spite of all that,
and now that John Burroughs has
given the answer to the famous ques-
| ton asked long ago by Plate, name
| ly, what is truth? here is the defni-
ton given by Burroughs. Truth as an
unthinkable contradiction! / was go
ing to give ST. Thomas definition of
mystery, truth, and contradiction
but it would seem awfully, painfully
medieval. st. Thomas lived in the
dark ages, which are called dark be-
cause people who lived then, did not
think with their brains, and had no
brains to think with And unthinkable
contradictions have reality; because
John Burroughs says we are compelled
/ to assume their reality, in order to
account for things as we know them
l suppose he means as he knows them
that is, in some unthinkable manner
/ "The mysteries of religion are oil
a different order from those OF sci
ence; they are parts of an arbitrary
| system of mans own creation; they
contradict our reason and our expert
lence, while the mysteries of science
lare revealed by our reason, and trans
cend our experience. One implies the
CONTINUED on page ID
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
NEUT RR4AAlLITY OF lTHE The HOLY SEE

role of judge, alas, SO far, not even
that of peacemaker. The sovereign
rulers of other neutral nations are in
the same position as the Pope. They
cannot do anything to stop the war
or to shorten it.
Pope Benedict XIV instead strove
successfully to lessen the horrors OF
the war He used his influence ON
behalf of victims Of the war-non-com-
batants and disabled prisoners. He
raised his voice in protest when the
laws of humanity and the usages of
civilized warfare were violated. He
repeatedly and eloquently appealed to
the rulers of the peoples at war urg-
ing them toward peace, and at his re-
quest prayers for peace were said
in every Catholic Church and i'm every
Catholic home throughout the world.
Could the Pope have done more?
1T is absolutely necessary, apart
from any other consideration, for the
Holy See to observe the strictest and
most impartial neutrality, as other
wise the Pope's influence in favor OF
peace would be lost. Every right
minded person will admit as much,
and only those whose minds are
biased think wrongly that the Pope's
efforts toward peace are based on
motives of partially.
81 have heard it said that an indi-
cation of the Pope's leaning toward
Austria Hungary is afforded by the
fact that Mgr. Fruhwirth, the Apos-
tolic Nuncio in Bavaria, who is an
Austrian citizen by birth, will be Gre
ated a Cardinal at the next consis-
tory Mgr. Fruhwirth has been Apos-
tolic Nuncio for more than eight years.
He has been raised to the purple on
account of his services, not on ac-
count of his nationality, just as in for.
mer years other diplomatic represen-
tatiyes of the Holy See have been
similarly honored even If Of foreign
nationality"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
FRANCISCAN PROVINCIAL DEAD
MOTHER DEslDERIA OF THE LIT
TIE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF
ST. FRANCIS AND SISTER cLo-
TiLDIS DIED OF PNEUMONIA.

Death took a heavy toll at st. Clare
Convent, Hartwell, Ohio. when Sister
Desideria, aged rs. Mother Provincial
of the Little Sisters of the Poor of st.
Francis, almost fifty-nine years in the
Order, died on November "a, of pneu-
monia. Several hours earlier on the
same day, Sister C1otildis, a member
of this same Community, and a nun
about forty years, succumbed to pneu-
monia also.
The funeral of the Mother Provin.
cial was held from st. Clare Convent,
Most Rev. Archbishop Moe1ler officiat.
ing at the Solemn Requiem Mass, and
twenty-six priests attending the serv
ices At the funeral of Sister Clio
tildis the Requiem Mass was celebrat
ed by Rev. Leonard Nurre, o. Il. M.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
CARDINAL FALcoNlo EXPLAINS
ATTITUDE OF THE POPE to-
WARDS THE EUROPEAN WAR
HOLY SEE IS STRICTLY NEU-
TRIAL.

Cardinal Falconio, formerly Apos-
made an exception to his rule recent
ly and granted an interview to cor
respondent of the New York Sun be-
cause, he said, he wanted to speak as
an American to his fellow citizens.
Cardinal Falconio said that the policy
which the Holy See has followed in
regard to the great European war has
been one Of absolute and impartial
neutrality and that this stand has oc-
casionally been misunderstood, chiefly
owing to the fact that Pope Benedict
XIV is almost expected to sit in judg-
ment on the belligerents and decide
who is wrong.
In explaining the situation and
pointing out the principal reasons why
the Pope has to be neutral Cardinal
Falconio said:
"If His Holiness should even ex
press personal opinion as to who Is
right and who is wrong in this war, il
would follow as a matter of course
that he would practically be siding
with one group of belligerents against
the other. The Pope disapproyes oi
war and deplores it. His mission or
earth as the head of the Catholic
Church is essentially a peaceful one
and naturally enough all his efforts
are directed toward peace.
"The Pope has been powerless tC
avert the war Neither before mol
since its outbreak has the dispute
which started the conflagration beer
submitted to him for arbitration o.
mediation, and he cannot assume tht
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
CATHOLIC ALUMNAE CONVENTION
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING IN
CHICAGO ADOPTS coNsTITU-
TioN FOR AN INTERNATIONAL
Observation-Disclosures BY
PROMINENT SPEAkERs-NExT
MEETING WILL BE HELD IN
BALTIMORE IN 1916.

The second annual Convention OF
the International Federation of Cath
olic Alumnae was held in Chicago
from November 26 to 20, and was at
tended by one hundred and fifty dele
gates from different parts of the
United States and Canada. At some
of the larger meetings fifteen hundred
women were present, while eight hun
dred alumnae attended the luncheon
held ON Saturday, November 27.
The primary purpose of the con-
vention was the adoption of a con.
stitution and bylaws which had been
prepared by the committee on perma-
nent organization under the direction
of Mrs. James ]. Sheeran of Brook
lyn.
At the High Mass in st. Patrick's
Church with which the Convention
opened on Saturday morning, NoYem-
Der q, the Right Reverend A. ]. Nc
Gayick, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago,
preached and at the public meeting
addresses were delivered by Very
Reverend DIR. Pace of the Catholic
University, Washington, on THE
Principles of Successful Organiza-
tion;" by Judge Kayanaugh of Chi
cago, on Woman In Her Relation to
the State;" and by the Rev. John L..
Belford of Brooklyn, on "The Catholic
Alumnae of the World"
At the business session the pro-
posed constitution was read section by
section and finally adopted. 1t de-
clares that the purpose of the FEEDER
alton is ito serve our schools by
making possible an interchange of
ideas, to strengthen the social life of
our alumnae associations and to en-.
courage the reading of the Catholic
press"
The following are the officers of the
Federation: Honorary President
Cardinal Gibbons; President, Miss
Glare /. Cogan, Brooklyn; First Vice
President, Mrs. Fl. T. Kelly, Toronto
Canada; Second Vice President, Mrs
Frank Hahne, Dayton, Ohio; Record
ing Secretary, Mrs. Frank McEniry
Moline, ILL.,; Corresponding Secretary
Miss Hester e. Sullivan, Brooklyn
Financial Secretary, Miss Irene N
Cullen, Brooklyn; Treasurer, Mrs
VIM. Muldoon, Jamaica Plains, Conn
The Executive Board consists of tn,
officers and the following members
Mrs. T. F. Phillips, Dubuque, Ia; Mis-
i w. L. Hart, Toronto, Can; Mrs. M
Gallery, Chicago, ILL.,; Miss Cecile Lor
EMO, Brooklyn, n. Y, and Mrs. e. G
Paine, Milwaukee, Wis.
| The advisory council consists o
Bishop Shahan and the governors o
the different states. Mrs. John II
Donohue of st. Paul is the goyerno
for the State of Minnesota.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11

During the first six days of the
whirlwind campaign for the Boys Or
phanage in Minneapolis, the sum of
$4,000 was secured and judging from
the generosity with which the appeal
has been met by the business men of
Minneapolis, the total amount pledged
will be sufficient to liquidate the in
debtedness of the institution and en-
able it to make the necessary altera-
tions and improvements with view
to rendering even better service to
the community in the future than it
has been able to do in the past.
Those in charge of the campaign
are confident that the returns on the
closing days will be much larger than
any yet reported. The campaign will
close with a banquet in the West
Hotel on the evening of Friday, De-
cember 10, when the final returns will
be announced. The public have shown
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
BISHOPS ASsA|LANT INSANE
DEMENTED PRIEST WHO AS
sAuLTED BISHOP HEFFRoN OF
WINoNA, HAS BEEN COMMITTED
TO THE ST. RETER HOSPITAL
FOR THE CRIMINAL INSANE.

Commitment to the State Hospital
for the Criminal Insane at st. Peter,
Mimi, was the sentence imposed by
Judge Granger in the District Court
of Winona last week on the Rev. L..
M. Lesches who assaulted the Right
Reverend Bishop Heffron of Winona
on August 27, inflicting a serious
wound from which, however, the
Bishop has completely recovered.
The trial opened on Tuesday, No
vember 80, and after the prosecution
rested, medical testimony was intro
duced to show that the defendant
was incapable of distinguishing right
from wrong at the time the shooting
took place and that his condition was
such at the present time as practically
to preclude the hope of anything like
complete recovery.
After three-quarters of an hour S
deliberation the jury returned the
following verdict: ''We find the de-
fendant, Father L. M. Lesches, was
insane at the date of the assault and
acquit him on that ground. We
further find that he had homicidal
tendencies"
In accordance with this verdict the
Judge passed upon him the sentence
already referred to and he was taken
to st. Peter last Monday.
A
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11

This week was an important one il
the Eternal City because of the fact
that His Holiness Pope Benedict XIV
held the first private Consistory OF
his reign in which he announced the
names of six new Cardinals and re
served that of the seventh "in petto,
to be made known later at his pleas.
ure.
AS already announced the new mem.
bers of the Sacred College are Mgr
Tonti, Papal Nuncio to Portugal, since
1902; Mgr. F'ruhwirth, Apostolic Nun.
clio in Bavaria, since 1907; Mgr. Soap
inelli, Apostolic Nuncio, at Vienna,
since 1912; Mgr. Cagliero, Apostolic
Delegate to Costa Rica, since 1904;
Mgr. Mistrangelo, Archbishop of Flor.
ence, since 1899; and Mgr Gusmini,
Archbishop of Bologna, since 1914. No
intimation has been given out regard
ing the name of the Cardinal reserved
lin petto"; but whenever he is pro-
claimed he will take rank in the
Sacred College from the present Con
sistory and not from that in which
his name is made public.
At the public Consistory held on
December g. the Red Hat was con,
ferred upon all the new Cardinals
who were present in Rome. Cardinal
Fruhwirth will receive the Scarlet
Biretta from the King of Bavaria, and
Cardinal Scapinelli from the Emperor
of Austria, and later on will so to
Rome to receive the Red Hat from the
hands of the Sovereign Pontiff him.
self
At the private Consistory His Holi-
ness delivered an allocution to the as
sembled Cardinals in which he dwslt
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11

The Minnesota State Board of
Health wishes to call the attention of
all cemetery officials to the pro-
visions of the General Statutes of
the State of Minnesota, which require
the issuance of a burial permit by the
proper official before those in charge
of cemeteries can permit the inter
ment of the remains. The burial per-
mits are issued upon the filing of a
proper certificate of death with the
local registrar or sub-registrar and
these permits give the place and time
of death; the full name, age, sex, and
nativity of the deceased; the cause of
death; the name of the medical at
tendant; the time and place of inter
ment; the name and address of the un-
dertaker; and state that certificate
of death complying with the law has
been filed in the Office. This permit
then authorizes the burial of the de-
ceased or makes provision for some
other disposition of the body. The
statute also provides that 'tthe sexton
or person in charge of any cemetery,
burial place, or other premises, shall
not inter nor permit the interment or
other disposition of the body of a de-
ceased person until he receives bur-
ial permit" He shall keep record
of all interments or other dispositions
of the body made on the premises un-
der his charge, stating the name OF
the deceased person, place of death,
date of burial and the name and adj
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
FOR NAVAL BERTH
FATHER HORTON DESIGNATED
FOR APPOINTMENT AS
CHAPLAIN.

To fill one of the two existing va
cancies now in the Catholic 6hanlain
corps IN the army. Rev. flnnlp j. flor.
ton has been designated for exanina.
tion and appointment and will appear
before an examining board of officers
as soon as one is convened.
Father Horton was born at New Ha-
ven, Conn, in 1883 and is now at St
Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. The
rank of chaplain on entering the
service in the army is that of first
lieutenant, at an annual salary of
$4,000 Father Horton is highly re.
commended for the appointment
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11

The Federated Alumnae Of the Sis
ters of st. Joseph of Carondelet was
organized recently at st. Joseph's
Academy, ST. Louis, Mo-, the Mother
house of the Congregation, during a
three-day convention held by the
Alumnae Association of that institu-
ton. The new Federation will in.
clude all the members of the Alum.
nae Associations of the high schools
and academies conducted by the Sis
ters of ST. Joseph throughout the
United States. 1t will be divided into
provincial chapters corresponding to
the Province of the Congregation with
headquarters in st. Louis, Mo-, St
Paul, Mimi, Los Angeles, Cal, and
Troy, N. Y.
The officers elected by the Asso
citation are: Honorary President
Rev. Mother Agnes Gonzaga, Superior
General of the Sisters of st. Joseph;
President, Miss Stella r. Gillick, st
Louis, Mo-; Vice Presidents, Mrs
John Fl. Donohue, st. Paul, Mimi, ant
Mrs. John V. Diener, Green Bay, Wis
Recording Secretary, Miss Veronici
Reilly, Chillicothe, Mo-: Correspond
| ing Secretary, Miss Esther Wurdack
lSt. Louis, Mo-. Treasurer, Miss Agnes
Rieke, Kansas City, Mo.
At the opening Mass of the conYen
ton the sermon was preached by Rev
M. /. Stritch, S. j., of st. Louis Uni
versity. and during the convention
Archbishop Glennon addressed tn
Alumnae, about two hundred OF. whom
were In attendance.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
NO DEARTH OF oLIc
WRITERS ~ EVERY DEPART
MENT or LlTERATuRE-NEED
OF GOOD CATHOLIC JOURNALS S
SPECIAL NUMBER OF ExTEN-
SION MAGAZINE COMMENDED.
Written for The Catholic Bulletin b.
Percivai clayton.)


The November number of the Ex-
tension Magazine deserves the widest
possible circulation among the Catho-
lies of the United States, inasmuch as
it calls special attention to the class
of literature which should be found in
the Catholic home As the Manag.
ing Editor remarks, there are from
ten to fifteen thousand Catholic books.
at the very least, in the English Ian.
guage; and surely in SO large a col
lection it ought not be difficult to
find something for every individual
taste.
To begin with the Catholic essay
lists, there is no dearth in our country
or in all English speaking countries
OF Catholic writer's who labor In this
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
IRISH TEMPLE PLANNED
CENTRE OF MUSIC, ART AND
LITERATURE IN CHI
cAGo.

The Irish citizens of Chicago, rep
resented by the United Irish Socie-
ties, have made plans for a 100000
Irish temple of music, arts and liter
ature. The receipts Of the Manches-
ter Martyrs demonstration and of the
John Mitchell centenary viii form the
nucleus Of this fund.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
FAMOUS PIANIST DEAD
PADEREWskIs CATHOLIC TEACH.
Err PASSES AWAY.

Theodore Leschetizky, famous as a
piano teacher, once of Vienna and
later of st. Petersburg conservatory,
died last week near Dresden, aged 85.
He was Catholic, and the teacher of
Paderewski, and other great artists.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11

OF MINNESOTA PRO.
VIDE THAT THE SEXTON OR
PERSON IN CHARGE OF A CEN.
ETERY SHALL NOT ALLOW IN
TERMENT UNTIL A BURIAL PER
NIT is PROCURED - HEAVY
PENALTY FOR PERMITTING UN.
AUTHORIZED BURIALS-PRosE-
cuTloN BY STATE BOARD OF
HEALTH.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11

POPE BENEDICT ADDS SEVEN
MEMBERS TO THE SACRED COL
LEGE, PROC LAIMING THE
NAMES OF SIX AND REsERVING
THAT OF THE SEVENTH IN
PETTo"-THE PoNTIFF'S ALLo.
CUTION-PRIVATE CoNSlSToRY
HELD DECEMBER 6, AND PUBLIC
THREE DAYS LATER.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
FEDERATED ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION FORMED BY GRAD
YATES OF SCHOOLS CONDUCT
ED BY THE SISTERS OF ST. Jo-
sEPH OF cARoNDELET WILL
INCLUDE A PROVINCIAL CHAP
TER IN EACH PROVINCE OF THE
coNGREGATIoN-MRs. JOHN n.
DoNoHuE, OF ST. PAUL, ONE OF
THE VICE PRESIDENTS.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11
CAMPAIGN FOR ORPHANAGE

$4,000 SECURED IN SIX DAYS
PROSPECTS FOR COMPLETION
OF THE FUND BRIGHT-TEAMS
DOING SPLENDID WORK UNDER
ES-CAMPAIGN WILL
CLOSE DECEMBER 10.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-11

tcQntinnea On PAGE a.1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-18
STATE INSTITUTION At FORT
MADISON MAY BE ADAM.
poNEp az CONTROL BOARD.
DIXON FAvoRs GRADUAL
TRANSFER TO FLYNN FARM
Probably viii Be Done Unless State
Legislature Appropriates Money to
Establish custodiaI Farm Elsewhere
Warden Sanders Temporarily in
Charge Of Prison Farm.

Perry, Nov 1S.--While the state
board of control has turned the Flynn
farm near Des Moines over to Warden
Sanders to be operated until further
notice as prison industry, w. j.
Dixon. chairman of the BOARD, favors
retaining the property as prison
farm and gradually transferring the
Fort Madison penitentiary to the site
,if q custodial farm is not established
by the general assembly.
The Fort Madison penitentiary is
too far to one corner Of the state" said
Mr.. Dixon. 1T is very expensive to
take prisoners there. If that peniten-
tiary were abandoned and Il prison
farm established in the center of the
state it would be better for the state
and it could be operated at less eX-
pense.
1.-The board of control has only
turned the custodial farm over to
Warden Sanders for the time being. 1t
is my personal belief that the farm
should remain prison farm and be
need additional legislation to bring
this about"
Senator A. NJ. McColl went to the
Flynn farm to inspect the property
with reference to the wish of Warden
Sanders to develop big dairy plant on
the property.
The Flynn farm was purchased as a
site for a custodial farm. The last
legislature failed to make an appro-
priation for the buildings.