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New Britain herald., 1915-12-07
COMMUNICATED.
Taxpayer Advances Solution of the
 Municipal leo Plant Problem.
New Britain, Conn.,,

New Britain, Conn.,,
 Dec. '. 1915. To the Editor of the Herald.- Dear Sir:-Why not settle the much talked of, much fought over, and very expensive experiment of municipal ice for the City of New Britain? Do away with the question of expensive repairs every year by giving away the lumber in the building to the "poor and needy" the really first charitable thing the ice experiment has yet to accomplish. Sell the iron to some junk dealer.
 As it is now if is a menace to the public, spells the once beautiful lake scenery, and as far as I can discover has been of little use except to sell the ice to a few pcddlers.
 TAXPAYER
New Britain herald., 1915-12-07
McMILLAN'S NEW BRITAIN's BUSIEST
 BIG STORE
 ALWAYS RELLABLE'' STORE IN READINESS FOR THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPER .
Do Your Shopping
 Early

Better choosing right now-whilo stocks are complete while you can carefully select your gift things Store in readiness for the Christ mas shopper. Gift things for tho whole family conveniently displayed for your choosing.
 Make your purchase satisfactory, one.
 Reliable merchandise at the right price in up to the minute styles makes this store New Britains busiest shopping center. BLANKETS AND CoMFORTABLEs.
 COTTON BLANKETS. White and Grey, priced 69c, 9Sc, and $1.69 pair. - WOOL FINISHED BLANKETS. White and Grey, priced $2.25, $2.50 and s2.9S pair. PLAID BLANKETS.
 Priced $2.5O, $3.9S and $5.5O pair. FINE WOOL BLANKETS. Priced $3.9S, $45O, $5.5O, $6.5o and $7.9S pair.
 See our Special Extra Heavy Wool bldHheL at 9OsVV pdlT' RED WOOL BLANKETS.
 Priced $500 and $5.50-- pair.
 CRIB BLANKETS.
 In Plaids and Figures, priced 35es 45c and 59c each. SANITARY FILLED
 COMFORTABLES.
 Only the best pure white soft | cottons used.
 SILKOLINE COVERED.
 Priced SIPS, $1.75 SIPS and $2.2o each.
 SATENE COVERED. Priced $2.9S, $3.50 to $5.50 each.
 SILK NULL TOPS, SILKOLINE BOTTOMS. . Priced $3.50 each. } Blankets and comfortables mako } acceptable Christmas Gifts.
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Now it is charged the American Red Cross cannot send supplies to Germany because Great Britain holds them up. Is charity contraband = Pittsburg Dispatch.
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FACTS AND RANCHES.

If House Leader Kitchin will not play the administrators tune he shou1 be put off the band wagon Buffalo Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-07

If Colonel Roosevelt had the or dering of the diplomacy of the fu- ture we fancy there would be little diplomacy in it. No doubt it would mostly consist of big stick.-Roches- ter Herald.
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by carriers to any part of the city Cents g. Week, 65 Cents a Month. |ons for paper to be sent by mali able in advance. 60 Cents
 Month. S7.O0 year
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1t the Post Office at New Britain
 Second Class Mail Matter.
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diplomacy in it. No doubt it would mostly consist of big stick.-Roches- ter Herald.
 With Belgium crushed, Serbia over run and Schleswig, Alsace and Po- land still under the heel of the in- vader it is no time for anyone to think of peace save Germany, which is weary of the strife now her people are commencing to count the cost New York Telegram.
 Senator Borah of Idaho has adopt ed the water wagon as his presldeh- tial campaign emblem. This should afford a chance to gauge the value now of prohibition as an issue ln a nationwide regulation. It has never carried a candidate very far in the past.-Buffalo Commercial.
 A warning squeeze upon Greek ships may remind a prudent race that the Entente is their best customer. \ solid argument to those who have forgotten the battle of Navarino and the cession of the Ionian Islands. And could not Great Britain get along without Greek entrants, those mem ories of Corinth, and without Greek sponges for her tubs ?"-New York Times.
 Justice Hughes is today quite as fixed in his resolve as General Sher- man was in his, a generation ago. His "No" means no. The sooner the too eager Republicans of Nebraska com prehend this the better for them selves, the better for the party they nisrepresent, and the better for an eminent jurist, who is doing his work to entire satisfaction of the country i and who is entitled to be let alone. l Brooklyn Eagle.
 The Sherman antitrust law makes it a criminal offense for anyone to conspire in restraint of interstate and foreign commerce. The ordinary mind would immediately conclude , that any conspiracy to cripple Amer ican factories would come within the det1n1tlon but the astute legal minds of the Department of Justice are not yet convinced of that fact The Attorney General, we are gravely ln- formed, is Investigating g''-Syracuse Journal.
 If this world war is what it seems to be, a crisis for civilization such as nanklnd mas never met before ana may not meet again, events will force the neutral nations to take stand before the final decision is reached. The Lusitania nefarity did not suffice to enlist our whole-hearted moral support on the side of the eternal right, and the Ancona atrocity may not waken us to a sense of our duty to humanity. But if it does not, sure as fate and unacceptable as death, some compelling incident, some crime that we cannot pardon, some indignity that we cannot abide, some crisis external or internal some period foreign or domestic will force the timorous hand of the administration. or some great leader will rise and voice American ism in ringing tones that all the i world will hear. We shall show our l colors before this frightful debacle ! is over; and we shall not go down to history as a people of pious cant, con- tent to lose their self-respect if only ! they can line their pockets, too com , mercialized to give even their moral support to nobler peoples who arc
 giving their all that liberty, civiliza-
 tion and righteousness may live.- i Rochester Post-EXpress.
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lily Sunday exceptedl at 4:15 p. m. brald Building, 67 Church St,
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profitable advertising medium In ". Circulation books and press
 fn always open to advertisers.
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With Belgium crushed, Serbia over run and Schleswig, Alsace and Po- land still under the heel of the in- vader it is no time for anyone to think of peace save Germany, which is weary of the strife now her people are commencing to count the cost New York Telegram.
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Senator Borah of Idaho has adopt ed the water wagon as his preslden- tial campaign emblem. This should afford a chance to gauge the value now of prohibition as an issue in a nationwide regulation. It has never carried a candidate very far in the past-Buffalo Commercial.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-11-27
THE POLICY OF THE
DIOCESE.

In the course of his sermon, at
the dedication of tile Church OF
st. Bridget, Minneapolis, last
Sunday the Most Reverend Arch
bishop commended the pastor and
people Of the parish because they
had erected a church Of very mod
crate cost which would serve the
needs of the congregation until
u larger and more pretentious
structure was imperative. He de-
clared that it was the settled pol
icy of the Diocese, whenever a
new parish was founded, to have
the people erect a temporary
church which would suffice as a
place Of worship for some years,
and not ask them to assume the
burden of a large debt which
would be the case if they were to
build a permanent church.
This policy makes it possible
for new parishes to have a house
of worship within a few months
after their organization and to
make provision for a priests resi-
dence as soon as they are able to
do SO, and, later on, for paro-
chial school. After the school is
built and paid for, the congfega-
ton may then plan the erection
Of larger and more expensive
church and use the original struc-
ture for a parish hall, or some
other purpose, as circumstances
may determine.
The great advantage of such u
system is that it does not saddle
a large debt on the comparative
lly small number of families con-
shutting u new parish, the knowl-
edge OF which would serve to de-
ter others from settling in the dis
trict. 1t also leaves them free to
begin the erection Of that most
necessary adjunct to the church,
a school for the education of the
lchildren, much sooner than they
would otherwise be in a position
to do. There are parishes where
| the erection of a costly church at
the outset Of their corporate ex-
istence postponed the building OF
la school for twenty-five. or thirty
years and robbed whole genera
ton Of the benefit of a truly Cath
olic education. This does more
harm to religion than grand
church can compensate for and
retards the spiritual development
| of the parish.
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PRIEST DEAD
FATHER FREEMAN WAS PASTOR
OF WYMoRE FOR TWENTY-FIVE
YEARs-oRDAINED IN 1886.

Very Reverend James G. Freeman,
v. f., died on Monday, November 10,
in Wymore, Neb, aged sixty-eight
years. Death was due to a compiled,
ton of diseases. Father Freeman bad
been resident pastor of st. Mary's
Church at Wymore for the past
twenty-five years. He was the first
pastor of the parish and the upbuild-
ing of the church there is due entirely
to his efforts.
The funeral was held on Thursday
morning. Bishop Then of Lincoln
OBLIGATED and pronounced the last abb
solution.
Father Freeman was born near Du-
buque, Ia, in 1S47. He attended St.
Joseph's College, Dubuque, passing
thence to st. Mary's Seminary, Balti-
more, Nd, where he was ordained for
the diocese of Omaha on June 8, 1886,
by Cardinal Gibbons. He held several
pastorates In the diocese before April,
1889, when he was appointed pastor
Of Wymore, wIicro he has since re-
sided.
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4 RI
one on which evidence was adj
missible, was whether or not the
pamphlet distributed by Jordan
was obscene and indecent. He
said it made no matter from what
source the quotations were taken,
whether from Catholic theology,
the Bible, or elsewhere. The only
point to be decided was whether
or not, in the form in which they
were disseminated, they consti-
tuted indecent literature.
In accordance with this ruling,
no testimony on any but this
point was admitted; and when
several witnesses swore that Jor-
dan had distributed the booklet,
lit was submitted to the jury
for their inspection and, after
a half hours deliberation,y they
returned a verdict declaring
Jordan guilty as charged in the
Indictment.
That this is an important ruling
and establishes for the first time
in this State a precedent, to be
followed in future trials Of q SINH
lar kind, is evident to all, and it's
Importance must not be over
looked in future cases of this
kind.
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JUDGES RULING EsTAB-
LIsHES PRECEDENT.

In last week S issue we referred
briefly to the trial and conviction
of Jordan, an anti-Catholic lee
tllrer. on the charge Of distribute
ing obscene literature in the form
of a pamphlet containing quota
tions from the works of st. Al
-phonsus Iigouri. The case is
worthy of more extended com
ment because ruling Of Judge
Qvale. who presided at the trial,
establishes a precedent which it
is well to emphasize for the bene-
fit of those who may have re-
course to the law under similar
.proyocation.
Before the witnesses were call
ed, JUDGE Qvale III reply to
d request Of the prosecuting
attorney, ruled that the Catholic
Church was not ON trial and that
the only point at issue, the only
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LACORDAIRE
SAITH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
DEATH OF THIS ELOQUENT
PULPIT ORATOR WAS cELE-
DRAFTED LAST MoNDAY-BRIEF
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.

Monday, November 22, was the
fifty-fourth anniversary of the death
of the famous French priest, Pere
Lacordaire, and on that day in many
churches throughout France, Masses
were offered up for the repose of
his soul, says the Brooklyn Tablet"
This wonderful priest, perhaps the
most eloquent pulpit orator that
France has produced during the past
century, is gratefully remembered by
Irishmen for his famous funeral ora
ton on O'Connell. He was born in
1902, the son of a humble country
physician, and was educated for the
bar. His father had served under
Rochambeau in the war for American
independence. When the young man
was pursuing his studies and min
Cling with the social circles of the day
at time when infidel teachings we're
being widely disseminated, he became
affected by the contagion, and was
noted for his anti-Catholic utterances,
as much as for the eloquence with
which he expressed them.
Suddenly he astonished all his ac.
quaintances by confessing to an en-
tire change of feeling and sentiment
shortly after his coming of age, and
he announced his intention of study
ing for the priesthood, giving up all
pleasures and allurements of the
world for the toll and sacrifice of the
ecclesiastical state. He often said in
after life that neither man nor book
was the instrument of his conversion,
but that sudden and secret stroke of
grace opened his eyes to the nothing
ness of irreligion.
In single day he became q be-
lever, as did Chateaubriand, and once
la believer he Ionged to become a
priest. He always remained an ar
dent sympathizer with the cause OF
popular institutions, and was thus
often brought into controversy with
powerful monarchia1 interests. But
the fame of his wonderful eloquence
always filled the churches where he
preached with crowded audiences
who hung upon his words.
The Archbishop called him to the
pulpit of Notre Dame, and on one
occasion was so carried away by his
emotions that, rising from his throne
in the presence of the vast audience,
he greeted the orator with the title
Of Our New Prophet" Lacordaire
retired to Rome to study for q couple
Of years, and on his return revived
the Order of Dominicans and wore the
white robe Of the order in the Con,
stituent Assembly of 184s, to which
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he had been elected. He was appoint.
edit in 1854 to the direction of the free
college of Sorez, and preached his
last sermon in Paris.
Once only was he recalled from his
provincial solitude. In 1860 he was
elected to fill the chair in the French
Academy, left vacant by Nj. de Toe
queville. He was introduced by M.
Guizot, and his installation had all the
significance of a political demonstra-
ton. Montalambert prayed with him
to remain in Paris for a day or two,
but after some little hesitation he an
swered: mo, cannot; it would per.
haps prevent some of my children,
who are preparing for the coming
festival, from going to. confession. No
one can say what the loss of one Com
munion may be in the life Of Chris
tian."
With such zeal did he give himself
to his new duties that Sorez, under
his care, took rank as the first school
in the South of France His observ-
ance of monastic rule was rigorous in
the extreme, and his health suffered
by his austerities. THE great men of
antiquity were poor" he used to say.
Luxury is the rock on which every
one splits today. People no longer
know how to live on little. A great
heart in little house is of all things
here below that which has ever
touched me most" He died on the
22d of November, 1861. His last
words were: 'My God, open to me
open to mel"
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avoid absolutely all questions not
made necessary by the avowals
Eof the penitent or the circum-
stances Of the case. Indeed, there
is no theologian who lays down
.stricter rules III this regard than
ISt. Alphonsus Ligouri himself. In
his "Praxis Contestant, " refer
ring directly to what he had
written in another part of the
book about violations of the Sixth
Commandment, he says that in
regard to. these matters the con-
fessor is not obliged to interro-
gate the penitent, nor should he
do so, unless he himself has been
questioned, and even then he must
always answer in the most dis
Greet and modest manner. In
other words, the confessor pre-
supposes the penitent's innocence,
unless definite proof to the con-
trary is furnished and even then,
rather than run the risk Of inn
prudent Interrogation, he should
leave the penitent exposed to the
peril Of an unworthy confession.
Of course, nothing is said about
/ all this in the pamphlet dis
tributed by Jordan. Why did he
not quote, or at least allude to,
this passage from st. Ligouri's
instructions to confessors? The
answer is evident. If he did so,
it would draw the sting Of the
other quotations and defeat the
purpose he had in view in dis
Itributing the booklet. When the
writer of this pamphlet makes the
charge that women penitents are
to be Intercepted by the priest
| i'll the confession OH all sins OF
limpurity possible to frail human
| ity, he tells a deliberate lie, and
he does so for the unholy pur-
pose Of arousing and fomenting
Ihatred4of the Catholic Church and
her teaching. There is no pun
ishment too severe for the wretch
who will thus traduce the fair
name not only Of the Priesthood,
but of the Catholic women of a
community in order to coin into
gold the latent bigotry of his
Ignorant and prejudiced fol
lowers. lie should read the
story of the fate Of Judas and go
and do likewise.
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REANEY DEAD
WAS WITH ADMIRAL DEWEY IN
THE BATTLE OF MANILA-SON
OF NAVAL COMMANDMENTS.
LAIN SINCE 1893.

The Rev. Henry lronsides Reaney,
a Chaplain in the United States Navy
for the past twenty-five. years, died
from an acute attack of stomach
trouble in a New York hospital on
Thursday, November IS.
Father Reaney was born in New
York City on July rs, 1868, son of
the Commander of the old battleshiG
Ironsides. He completed his theologi-
cal studies in st, Mary's Seminary,
Baltimore, and was appointed Chap
lain in the United States Navy in
March, 1893 He was with Admiral
Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay in
1898, when the United States took
possession of the Philippine Islands
in the war with Spain. At the time
of his death, Father Reaney was Chap
lain-in- Chief of the Spanish war vet
Grams, an office to which he was elect
ed in 1904. Some time ago, owing to
i'll health, he was detached from sea
duty and ordered to a hospital fo1
treatment In length of service, he
was the Dean of the Navy Catholic
Chapel Corps.
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fancy AND THE DRIED SCOTT CASE
FIRST CATHOLIC CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE UNITED STATES DID
NOT SAY THE NEdko HAD NO
RIGHTS WHICH THE WHITE
MAN WAS BOUND TO RESPECT.

The Washington Herald having
allowed special contributor to again
put into circulation, in it's columns,
the old falsehood that Chief Justice
fancy, in the bred Scott case, had
expressed the opinion that "the negro
had no rights that the white man was
bound to respect, a Knight of Column
bus wrote to it a letter in which he
said:
Nothing could be further from the
truth, and it is high time that that
old calumny should be put into it's
grave and be buried beyond further
resurrection. | have, to that end,
taken the trouble to copy the words
and the context as used by Judge
fancy. They show that he was not
stating his own view nor formulating
the judgment of the United States
Supreme Court, but that he was set
ting forth the unfortunate condition
of the negroes in the eighteenth CEN
fury, about the year 1776, and how
inhumanly they were treated then.
Here is precisely what he said, as
recorded in the decisions of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court Go Howard,
1893, 400:
1T is difficult at this day to real
ize the state of public opinion in re-
lation to that unfortunate race, which
prevailed in the civilized and enlight-
ened portions of the world at the
| time of the Declaration of Independ>
ence and when the Constitution of the
| United States was framed and adopt
| ed. But the public history of every
European nation displays it in man
ner too plain to be mistaken.
| They had, for more than century
before, been regarded as beings of an
inferior order, and altogether unfit to
associate with the white race, either
in social or political relations; and
SO far inferior that they had no rights
which the white man was bound to
respect; and that the negro might
justly and lawfully be reduced to
slavery for his benefit. He was
bought and sold, and treated as al
ordinary article of merchandise and
traffic, whenever profit could be
made by it. This opinion was at that
time fixed and universal in the civil
/ lied portion Of the white race.
The judge then showed that thai
was the way in which the negro was
treated by England and by the British
colonies in America. He cited the
laws of Massachusetts and Maryland
to prove it. He then went on to say il
that decision:
I'VE refer to these historical facts
for the purpose of showing the tiXet
opinions concerning that race upoI
which the statesmen of that day spoke
and acted. 1t is necessary to do this
in order to determine whether The
general terms used in the Constitution
as to the rights of man and the right:
of people was intended to include
them, or give to them or theil
posterity the benefit of any of its pro
| visions"
Justice fancy did not think that thu
NEGRO had no rights, for he was {
Catholic and he knew better. The oil
calumny against his memory ant
reputation should come to an end.
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had when called upon to produce
his 'spapal bull. In the present
instance silence will not save him.

& 4
December is an important
month III the ecclesiastical year,
because of the two great festivals
which occur during it and which
are celebrated with more than or
binary solemnity by the Church.
The feast of the Immaculate Con-
ception, celebrated on December
8, recalls the singular privilege
of stainless purity with which the
Blessed Virgin was honored by
Almighty God, and the feast of
the Nativity which falls on Sat
urday, December IS, commence
rates the coming Of the Son of
God i'll human guise to begin the
work of redemption. These
feasts are inseparably linked to-
gether in the mind of the Church.
The immaculate Conception of the
Blessed Virgin was a fitting prep
aration for the unique honor of
Divine Motherhood conferred on
her by the Blessed Trinity; and
the religious observance with
which the Church signalizes this
event suggests to the faithful the
necessity of approaching the Crib
of Bethlehem under the protec-
ton Of the Blessed Mother herself.
Through Mary to Jesus is the
Church's watchword during the
time Of Advent.