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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.


The meager reports from Mex
leo which have dribbled into
the public press since the long
suffering people Of that Republic
were turned over to. the tender
mercies Of Carranza and his ban
ditti are far from encouraging,
even to those who had hoped,
against their better judgment, that
the "first chief" would redeem
the past record of his party by
restoring to the Catholic Church
the property Of which she had
been unjustly deprived and per-
hitting the fullest exercise of her
spiritual ministrations among the
faithful. No attempt has been
made to do this; but, ON the con-
trary, the systematic persecution
inflicted by the so-called Constitn-
tionalists during, the past two
years has continued. The hearing
of confessions has been forbidden,
as well as the ordinary means of
carrying on the material work of
the Church by collections among
the faithful. In this and other
ways the powers that be" in
Mexico are striving to destroy the
influence of the Church over the
faithful.
What else would be expected of
a bandit who was placed in the
rulers chair without any qualifica-
ton for the position save the fact
that he had a larger following
than the other bandits who were
opposing him? 1t is a stain on
the honor of our country that the
present administration had any
thing to do with placing, him in
control of the situation In Mex
leo. But then, its dealing with
Mexico from the beginning of the
late revolution has been nothing
but farcical Congress is endeav-
oring to get official information
ABOUT the whole dlSgFaceful affair I;
but will it succeed9
| Senator Fall of New Mexico
has introduced into the Senate a
resolution calling upon President
Wilson for the information on
which he based recognition Of the
Carranza government in Mexico.
This is an effort to get at the bot
tom of our relations with that
republic.
Senator Borah of Idaho has
announced that he will oppose the
confirmation of the President $
choice of Henry P. Fletcher as
ambassador to Mexico on the
grounds that no ambassador
should be sent to that country
until Carranza has shown that he
can establish his government in
Mexico City, and until he has
shown a disposition to accede to
the American demands for in
Identification for losses in that
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22
THE MENACE" WINS
ACQUITTAL.

SNot guilty was the verdict
returned by the jury on january
IA in the case of the Menace Pub
fishing Company, of Aurora, Mo-,
and four of its officials who were
charged with sending obscene
literature through the mails. The
trial took place at Joplin, Mo.
Francis Nj. Wilson, United States
District Attorney, had charge Of
the prosecution and admonished
the jurors that they were not to
regard any question of religious
belief in arriving at a verdict, but
We're to consider only the evi-
dence that might be submitted as
to the sending through the mails
of the alleged obscene articles in
so far as it might be shown that
the laws relating to the mails may
have been broken. The defend
ants were represented by j. /.
Sheppard.
Technical matters relating to
the issuing and circulating of a
newspaper were gone into at
great length on the first day of
the trial. Objection was made to
the placing before the jury of ex-
tracts from the articles alleged to
be obscene and indecent on the
ground that these citations should
be taken in connection with the
articles which, if read in their en-.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22
OUR LADY's CHAPEL FUND,

:
In this issue we publish the
first contributions made through
The Catholic Bulletin for the BEN
eft Of "Our Lady's Chapel" in
the new Cathedral For the ac-
commodation OF people residing
at distance from ST. Paul who
may desire to aid in furnishing
this chapel, we have decided to
open "Our Lady's Chapel Fund
in which acknowledgment will be
made of all donations received
for that purpose.
The Catholics of st. Paul are
expected to give their contribu-
tons to the authorized solicitors
who report directly to the Execu-
tive Committee. But there are
Catholics in other parts of the do
cese who may not know to whom
donations for this purpose should
be sent; it is for their benefit
that The Catholic Bulletin under
takes to forward their donations
to the proper authorities and to
make acknowledgment of them the
week after they are received. We
cannot undertake to send receipts
or to write personal letters to the
contributors, but we will forward
their names, addresses, and
amounts to the Treasurer of the
Executive Committee, as well as
publish them in these pages.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

country. There is no government.
in Mexico today worthy OF the
name, says Senator Borah, and
we should not recognize o govern
ment that does not govern, nnless
we intend TO intervene and there
help build up a government.
1t is not improbable that Mexl-
can affairs will be pretty thor
|oughly thrashed out in Congress
during the present session. Every
Senator and Representative, no
matter what his politics may be,
should be interested in getting to
the bottom of the situation. Apart
from the political phase OF the
situation, our Catholic represen-
tatiyes in Congress should ascer-
tain why the Administration sup
ported the bandit leader whose
| followers melted out the most
brutal treatment to their cO-relig-
|ionists in Mexico.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22
RULE EXCLUDING LIQUOR.

Here is the rule excluding the use
OF liquor from meetings, whereby the
knights of Columbus protects itself
from the evils that result from fra
ternalism linked with conviviality:
The use of intoxicating liquors is
prohibited at any meeting or degree
word OF the Order; or directly or in
directly under the auspices Of the
Order or any Council thereof"
THE foregoing law" says the ma
tional officers, in the Official column
Of the Columbiad, applies to the use
of intoxicating liquors before or after
meetings or elsewhere; in the Council
Chamber or elsewhere; through a
committee. an officer, or any member.
The words directly or indirectly were
to reach the case of ordinary
violation of the law
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22
JOHN BULL GRAPPLES WITH
JOHN BARLEYcoRN.

Here is the proclamation which some
patriotic Englishmen are publishing
to the world:
Il have killed more men than have
fallen in all the wars of the world.
Il have turned men into brutes and
have made millions unhappy.
Il have transformed many ambi-
tious youths into hopeless parasites.
Il make smooth the downward path
for countless millions.
Il destroy the weak and weaken the
strong.
II make the wise man a fool, and
trample the fool into his folly.
L am known to the abandoned wife,
the parents whose child has bowed
their gray heads in sorrow and to the
hungry children.
Il am greater foe to the empire
than the Germans.
Il have almost brought defeat on
the empire through drunken work
men.
Il am doing my best to bring this
about.
am sui cong STRONG.
Il am Alcohol
In spite Of the most determined OPP
position, drastic regulations on the
liquor traffic went into effect on Mon
day, November 20, in the city of Lon
don, because at last the powers that
be are convinced that they must loosen
the grip of Kaiser Alcohol if they are
to hope to defeat Kaiser Wilhelm. On
week days intoxicating liquors may be
sold to be drunk on the premises only
during the following hours: Noon to
2:30 P. NJ and from $50 p. M. to $50
P. M. Sundays, to 8 P. M. and 6 to
P. M. Spirits for home drinking can
be bought only from noon to 1880,
and not at all on Saturdays or. Sun
days The penalty for breaking this
regulation is fine of $500 or six
months Imprisonment.
"a cable from London says that at
an ordinary time the metropolis and
whole country would have been up in
arms against such autocratic prohibit
tion.' But this revolutionary Ito Eng
land) restriction has been made pos
sible under the Defense Of the Realm
Act. 1t is a tremendous confession
wrung from England by an awful con-
dition."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

How trivial and pusillanimous
the excuses are which Catholics
make for not subscribing for a
Catholic paper or for failure to re-
new their subscription is known
only to Catholic publishers. If the
letters containing these excuses
were published, together with the
names and addresses of the writ
ers, what a revelation it would be
to their friends! "A Catholic who
cannot afford three cents a week
for a Catholic paper must be very
poor indeed. And yet he is not SO
poor in worldly goods as his neigh
Dor who never reads a Catholic
paper, is inintellectual equipment
when there is question of explain
ing Catholic doctrine or defending
it against the assaults of the bigot.
One can find some excuse for the
Catholic who cannot afford to take
a Catholic paper; but there is
none for the Catholic who never
reads one. The latter are more
numerous than many are inclined
to believe. If you wish to find
ont how many of them are among
your intelligent Catholic
friends, just make a quiet investi-
CATION. The result will surprise
you.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22
MCCORMICK TO SING FOR
METHODISTS.

Announcement was made last
Sunday in the public press that
John Mccormick, the famous Irish
tenor, will give a concert in the
Minneapolis Auditorium on Feb
ruary 2. This news was received
with< great delight by his many
friends in the Twin Cities by
those who heard him on former
occasions as we'll as by those who
are now anticipating the pleasure
of hearing him for the first time.
In the announcement, however,
no mention was made of the pur-
pose for which the concert is to
be given, nor under whose aus
pices Mccormick is to appear.
We have learned that this con-
cert is for the benefit Of the Hen
nepin Avenue Methodist Church,
Minneapolis, Of which the Rev.
DR.. Gillies is pastor. This fact is
being deliberately kept from the
public because, no doubt, of the
large following which John Nc
Cormick is known to have among
the Irish people of st. Paul and
Minneapolis, as well as among
Catholics in general, who rejoice
in the success which has reward
ed the efforts of one who has
never concealed either his nation
atty or his religion.
We are also reliably Informed
that Mccormick s manager advis-
ed those in charge of the concert
not to publish the fact that it is
to be given under Methodist aus
pieces.
If John Mccormick wishes to
give a concert for the benefit OF
the Methodist Church, or for that
of any other religious denomina-
ton, we have no quarrel with
him. He is making his living by
his musical ability and there is nc
reason why he should not avail
himself Of every legitimate op-
portunity to use the talent with
which God has endowed him to
earn livelihood for himself and
those dependent upon him. Nol
is there any valid reason why the
Methodists under whose auspices he
is to sing in Minneapolis should
be unwilling to take the public
into their confidence to the extent
of letting them know to what put.
pose the proceeds are to be ap.
piled. But when this information
is deliberately kept from the pub
lie, in order that Mccormick I
friends may be induced to attend
in larger number than they might
otherwise be inclined to do, i
savors very much of scheme t.
get money under false pretences
and if Mccormick s manager is {
party to this deception, thu
friends of the noted tenor shoulC
teach him a lesson by refusing t.
patronize the concert.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22
DRINK AND SOCIOLOGY.

The sin of drunkenness runs like a
red line through all our studies of the
social problem. Among all people, but
most saddening to us. particularly,
throughout the life-story of Catholic
families that have gone under in the
struggle for existence. this sinister red
line is to be seen. This being SO, the
question can not be ignored by any
earnest-minded worker for the bet
terment of the poor and unfortunate.
The study of sociology without a
study Of the drink question is like the
play Of Hamlet with Hamlet left out.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

Last week it was announced
from Berlin that DIR. Karl Lieb-
knecht, the well-known Socialist
leader, was expelled from mem
bership in the Socialist party by
a vote of sixty to twenty-five,
for continuous gross attractions
of party discipline, whatever
that means. When the Socialists
begin to quarrel among them
selves, party secrets will be made
public and the deluded followers
of Socialism will learn the truth
about the anti-Christian tenets OF
the organization.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

During the Church Unity De-
tave which closes January %, the
prayer of the fervent Catholic
will be that all may be one" in
Christ Jesus one in faith, one
in sacramento participation, one
in submission to the same visible
authority on earth. This unity is
found. only in the Catholic Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

3 We cannot undertake to send
receipts to subscribers. The date
following the name on the mailing
label indicates the month and year
to which the subscription is paid.
When a renewal is received, this
date is changed. If no change is
made within two weeks after the
remittance is mailed, notifica-
tion should be sent to this office
and the matter will be satisfactor-
lily adjusted.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22
SATURDAY, JANUARY %. 1916.

Back to Holy Church is the
dominant note in the prayer of all
who observe the Church Unity
Octave, the purpose of which is to
bring about a reunited Christen-
dom.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22
Rev. James NJ. Reardon. Editor.

Entered as second-class matter, Jam
uary ~. 1911, at the post office, st
Paul, Mimi, under Act of March 3. 1879
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

There is no obedience in Chris
tianity except obedience to the
authority of God.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

He who made man must have all
man has-and more NeiCman.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

AS soon as we cease TO pray, we
hasten toward hell.--Bl. Cure OARS.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

Give smiles to those who love You
less,
And keep your tears for me.
The sun., 1916-10-24
NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD

Mr.. and Mrs. Cortlandt Field Bishop
are making a motor trip from Lenox TO
White sulphur Springs. w. Va.
Miss Josephine Smith OF 500 Park
avenue will give n dance on the night
OF January ! at Sherry's for ,ler niece,
Miss Elsie Welsh Sa,tsrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. B'odgett will
leave Pride's Crossing. Mass, to-day
and Will go at once TO the home OF
Lloyd Warren, which they have taken
Tor the winter Their daughter. Miss
Katherine Blodgett. Is visiting Miss Mar
garet Mason in Tuxedo.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Pynchon
will give II large dance at Sherry's on
January . for their daughter. Miss Bea.
trice Pynchon.
NJ. and Mrs. Llndley NJ. Garrison have
left Sea Bright, y. J., and arc AT the
Gotham for the winter.
.Iohn Grier Hibbcn, president ri
Princeton University. and Mrs. IIibber
are a, the Wolcott for a brief stay.
Miss Caroline Adrienne Spear, daueh'
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. F'urman D.. Spear
will be married 10 Walter e.. Hill thi:
evening in The ballroom OF the st
Regis.
Rear Admiral willard II. Brownsor
and Mrs. Brownson. who passed the sum
mer AT Bar Hsrbor. are at the Gotham
before starting for Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones hav'
come from Newport to the Plaza TO = .
| main for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Denegre hav'
taken fr the winter the nous of Mrs
Benjamin knower. Z East Seventy-sev
enih street.
DR.. and Mrs. J. II. Lancashire hav'
lief. their summer home in Manchester
Mass, for 1868 Fifth avenue. The!
will 20 TO California during the win
-ar
The sun., 1916-10-24

important board Of the church, was con.
nrined In the House Of Deputies to-day.
ne previously had been reelected by the
House of Bishops.
Inc opposition. according to state
'ments made ON the floor of the house.
was intended as a protest against the
action of the board in sending repre-
sentatives to a Pan-American missionary
conference of Protestant denominations
IN fanama last February in spite OF
inc objections of several members.
several days ago. at Il joint session
OF the two houses of the convention, the
i.lsht Rev. A.. e. A.. Hall. Bishop OF
vermont. said that in his opinion the
salary OF the president Of the Board
vi missions. $500 annually, was too
nigh. No action, however, will be taken
III that connection.
Reelection Of George Gordon King of
Newport. X. J., as treasurer of the Board
OF Missions aud the election OF the menu
ocrs by the House OF Bishops also was
confirmed In the lower house.
\ step looking toward the eventual
chansc OF the name Of the church, ito
make ii more nearly In accord with it's
apostolic origin was proposed In u reso-
luton offered in the House of Deputies
ny the Rev. Martin Aigner OF Franklin,
ia. This resolution. WHICH was referred
To tic committee on prayer books, would
substitute the words of the Holy Catho-
lie Church OH the title page OF the
prayer book FOR the words "ot the
church."
Leaders OF the convention asserted
that since the church il named In its
constitution "thc Protestant EpIscopal
Church OF the United States OF America
the proposed substitution can ha We no
effect on the church title. Earlier dec
iarations that there probably would be
no attempt in this convention to change
the church name were reiterated.
Thc convention to-day took cognizance
OF the iifty years Of service OF the Right
Rev. Daniel $. futile of -. Louis. pre-
siding Bishop Of the church. as a Bishop.
Vt u joint session OF the two houses the
|, Right Rev. Davi Sessuins. Bishop OF
Louisiana. paid tribute to the work OF
Bishop Tuttl.. especially that OF his
earlier days In the missionary fields OF
Montana. Idaho and Utah.
Announcement OF the appointment OF
n standing social service committee
headed by tho Right Rev. Edwin :.
Lines. Bishop OF Newark. was made to.
day by the House OF Bishops. The APP
rointment. according to leaders OF the
church, In effect marks the approval OF
the upper house ''of the sense Of sociaI
responsibility and social sympathy
which has manifested itself at this con.
vention."
This year. FOR the Arst time. the I,igh,
Rev. Paul Jones. Bishop OF Utah and
member Of the newly created committee
pointed out to-day the convention has
held a daily social forum At which the
attitude of the church toward the soc'a'
welfare of the masses" has been dis
cussed openly.
The sun., 1916-10-24
STRAKOSCH
DIES SUDDENLY
Husband and Manager Of Clara
Louise Kellogg Heart
Disease Victim.

HARTFORD. Oct. 23.-Carl ~Strakosch,
husband and manager OF Clara Louise
Kellogg. the opera singer h died in
New Hartford several months q was
found dead In bed at the f1eublin Hotel
to-day.
lie was In good health sunday and had
planned a motor trip for to-day. lie
called his adopted daughter, Miss Claire
Strakoscli. about I o'clock. but before
the arrival Of the physician she sum
moned the impresario had died. The
medical examiner later gave heart dis
ease as the cause OF death.
Mr.. S~trakosch was born in Vienna
April 16. 1850, a member OF a famous
musical family. and after being her man
aser for several years married Clara
Louise Kellogg in 1887. lie and his
adopted daughter had made arrange
ments to spend the coming winter In
New York.
The body will lie from | to I o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon in the Church
OF the fmma Conception In New
Hartford. and the funeral mass will be
on Thursday. Burial will be in the
New Hartford Catholic Cemetery.
The sun., 1916-10-24
GOLF TEA AT WHITE SULPHUR.
Mrs. J. A.. woolley Entertains
After Tombstone Tournament.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W. Va. Oct.
GA tombstone golf tournament was
Mayed here to-day. about twenty players
competing for the prizes offered BY Mrs.
J. A. Woolley. who afterward enter
tanned at tea at the Casino.
Miss Edith WINS Of New York was the
soloist AZ a concert in the G%reenbrier
and was heartily cncorcd. She and her
father. Augustus II. WINS. who rave been
occupying n cottage in Virginia row. will
start home on Wednesday, going by au-
tomobile.
Arrivals to-day included Mr.. and Mrs.
william A. Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs. Benja-
min d. Bryan. Mr., and Mrs. Addison
Brown and Mr.. and Ntrs. Nelson Robin
! son OF New York.
The Grcenbricr hounds met This morn
ing and chased a fox. which escaped OH
the cliffs oh the banks Of the G~reenbrieI
River. In the fed with Lawrence Dick
son. NJ. f.. H.. were Miss Harriet Dcaver
Miss Margaret Dunlop. Miss Caroline
stevens. Mrs. Joseph l.. Widener and
, Miss Fin Wldencr.
The sun., 1916-10-24

urday after ono ~ 'hc most successful
season IN It's history.
Miss Julia Ward McAllistcr win de-
part this week. Mr.. aud Mrs. Arthur
Graham Glasgow will return to WASH
ingion this week. Mrs. John i. wy
song has returned to New York for the
winter. Ex-Cornmodore Arthur Curtiss
James started for New York to-day on
his yacht.
Mrs. burke Roche has gone to New
York, having closed Elm Court. Mrs.
Dulauev Rowland closed her summer
home and returned to New York. Mrs.
stuart Duncan gave a dinner Mt Bonnie
Crest this evening, Mr.. and Mrs. w
r.. Shepherd and Miss Shepherd have
returned To- Rye after visiting Mrs.
Vanderbilt at the Breakers. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Laurcns Van Allen are In
New York for two weeks. Col H. \.
stevenson returned to Germantown. Pa,
to-day.
The sun., 1916-10-24

p,ssAic. y. u. Oct. 23.-MrS. susan
simmons. aged So. whose ancestors were
among the original settlers in New Jer-
se,. and whose greatgrathfather. John
Post. led tho rassaic colonists who de-
stroyed the bridge over the Passaic River
between Passaic and Bergen counties.
after Washington and his army had
crossed il. cutting on the pursuing Brit
ish. died last night at her home In
brooklyn. to whcih city she moved re-
Gently. Surviving her are her husband,
Howard Simmons. and a son. Charles
simmons OF Newark.
The sun., 1916-10-24

Sir Joseph Deecham. well known as a
medicine manufacturer and philanthro-
pist, was born June 8. 1915. He was the
son of the late Thomas Bcecham II
Southport. Lancashire, and founded
great pill manufactures In Europe and
the United States.
Sir Joseph was created A knight in
1911 and was elevated to n b%aronctcy In
1914. lie VA also n knight of the Rus
sian Order Of st. Stanislaus. He WAS the
proprietor of the Aldwych Theatre in
London and was three times Mayor Of 81.
Helens.
In 1879 Sir Joseph married Josephine.
daughter of william Burnet, Of London.
They had two sons and Ave daughters.
The eldest son and heir. sir Thomas
Deechain. Is the operate conductor. COM
poser and impresario. whose wife Is
Utica G. welles. a daughter of Dr. stuart
welles OF New York. a descendant 81
GOV. Thomas Welles. who was one OF the
Puritan Fathers.
Although he started life a. n farm
boy. Sir Joseph's fortune. estimated AT
$3.50. 900. 900. Is one Of the greatest In
England. Two years ago he bought the
great Covent Garden properly. compris-
Ing nineteen acres in the heart of Lon
don. paying the Duke OF Bedford 500
900. 900 for Il. The property embraces
twenty-five streets and the famous Co
| vent Garden Opera House. Il was an
rounced later that he had transferred his
interest.
The sun., 1916-10-24
a.. Alfred Litt1eAeld.

G.. Alfred Littlefeld. son Of the late
Gen. Milton :. Littletield. died at his
home. ~ st. Nicholas place. yesterday
at the age of IS. Mr.. Littieflcld was
general agent OF the New York Edison
Company. with which he had been con-
nectcd twenty-five years. lie was born
in Philadelphia. Mr.. Littiecld was a
charter member Of the Illuminating
Engineering Society and in 1914 became
its general secretary. lie VAS a MEM
Der Of the National Electric Light Assoc
citation. the Electric Vehicle Association
Of America. the American Museum Of
Safety and other organizations. In 1905
he married Miss Evelyn Blauvelt Of New
York. who survive him.