davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-08
CALENDAR
ISSUED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS
--INvALU LIABLE TO SCIENTISTS.

A remarkable calendar has been
issued by the Jesuit Fathers of the
Observatory of Zi-ka-wei, near Shang-
hal. 1t is compendium Of astronom-
ical learning, and contains most
curious data regarding the ancient
Chinese calendar. Besides this the
volume embodies complete meteoro-
logical record Of China which should
make it invaluable to scientists, and
the dozen carefully drawn charts of
the heavens are practical helps to
understanding the phases of the moon.
Added to these purely scientific de-
tails are comparative timetables, with
the various divergences in clocks
throughout the world, and the astro-
nomical charts, with calendar OF
the weather throughout China, which
will be of real aid to those students
who desire to master these conditions
in the vast empire.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-08
PAPAL CHAPEL

On December p the sPapaI Chapel
in celebration Of the first anniversary
of the coronation of Pope Benedict
XIV, which was postponed from Sep.
tember, was held in the Sistine chapel
Cardinal Tonti. the first member OF
the Sacred College created by the
present pope, celebrated the Pontiical
High Mass and officiated at Benedie
tion. Among those present were the
full diplomatic corps accredited to the
Holy see, twenty Cardinals, several
Of the POpe's relatives, and others.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-08
FIFTlETH ANNIVERSARY OF Or
DiNATIoN BROUGHT coNeRAT-
ULATIoNs FROM THE SUPREME
PoNTlFF-THE FORMER APos-
ToLIc DELEGATE WAS oRDAIN-
Ed AT BUFFALO ON JANUARY
4, 1866.

Last Tuesday, January 4, was the
fiftieth anniversary of the ordination
Of His Eminence Cardinal Falconio,
former Apostolic Delegate to the
United States. The occasion was
made memorable by the reception Of
congratulations from His Holiness
Pope Benedict XIV, from the members
of the Sacred College, as well as from
q host of friends, including many
Americans.
His Eminence was born September
20, 1912, in the Diocese Of Monte
Casino in the Abruzzi, Italy. AT the
s,atte nf W Il u sbsssd RE I'D
ciscan Order and was sent as a mis-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-08
HOW PASTORS CAN PROMOTE
THE WELFARE OF CATHOLIC
PAPERS AND EXTEND THE
SPHERE OF THEIR INFLUENCE
EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE
BY REV. A. 3. o'NElLL, c. S. c.
IN "THE ECCLESIASTICAL RE
VIEW" FOR DECEMBER.

Il =
In stating that our papers are fair
ly efficient with respect to these ma
ior requirements of true Catholic jour
nalism, have no desire to minimize
the defects in minor matters
ical makeup, varied attractiveness,
topical timeliness, well-ordered depart
ments, judicious selection of quoted
matter, readableness, etc, etc, which
one hears so often commented upon
by clerical censors of diocesan, met
ropolitan or cosmopolitan periodicals.
These defects exist, although not per
haps in such superabundance as they
make out. and they would not in all
probability be materially lessened
even if the present editors yielded up
their chairs to their critics. While
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-08
RELIGIOUS RECEPTION

Sisters are as follows: Miss Anna
Bonn, Sister M. Zfta; Miss Renee
Fenton, Sisters NJ Mechtildes; Miss
Teresa O'Sulliyan, Sister M. Corneiia;
Miss Elizabeth O'Mahoney, Sister M.
Austin; Miss May O'Connell, Sister
NJ. Francis Assist; Miss Hanna Cal
win, Sister M. Louis.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-08
FATHER sTENGER WAS PASTOR
OF ST. ANTHoNYs, N. D., FOR
THE PAST II YEARs-7s SERVED
ON THE MISSIONS IN INDIANA
AND ARKANsAs-oRDAlNED IN
1880 BY THE LATE BISHOP
MARTY.

Rev. Stephen Stenger, o. S. B., for
seventeen years pastor of st. An.
thongs near Napoleon, N. D., passed
away at Bellevi1le, ILL.,, on Friday
night, December 81. The deceased
had passed his sixty-first year and
the thirty-fffth of his priesthood.
Pneumonia was the cause of his un-
expected end. A few weeks ago he
resigned the pastorate of st. An
thongs with the intention of retir-
ing to St. Mary's Abbey, Richardton,
N. ID. Before doing SO he decided
to visit the scenes of his former labors
in Illinois and Arkansas. While on
the trip he contracted a severe cold
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-08

TRANSLATION OF THE LATIN AID.
DRESS DELIVERED BY POPE
BENEDICT XIV AT THE SECRET
coNsIsToRY HELD ON DEcEM.
Der LASTING PEACE DE.
STREET.-THE PoNrIFF's POSI-.
TioN - PRAYER AND GOOD
WORKS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
EX-GOVERNOR ST. JOHN DEAD
End Comes to the First Prohibition
Executive OF Kansas at His
Home in Oiathe.

John Pierce ST. John, ex-governor
OF Kansas and a nationwide figure
for prohibitions cause, is dead in
Olathe, after an illness of two months,
caused by heat prostration June 20.
At that time Mr.. ST. John was in Jet
more, where he was engaged in a go
day speaking tour for a temperance
organization He cancelled the remain
der of his engagement and returned
to Olathe, but recovered sufficiently
to attend the Prohibition National
Convention in ST. Paul, July Is, 10
and 20 On return home he stopped
at Shelbyville. Ill. July %, where he
made his last address before a chau-
tauqua audience.
Governor st. John took to his bed
shortly after his return from ST. Paul
and weakened steadily. For a week
preceding his death he was uncou-
scious the greater part of the time.
John p St John was a son of Sam
uel and Sophia ST. John, and was born
in Brookville, Franklin County, Indi-
ana, February rs, 1888. He went to
school in log schoolhouse, clerking
in store to pay part of his expenses.
While in his twenties he went to Cali
fornia, where he chopped wood, work
eO at mining, eamDOat1nS and mer-
chandising. In 1860 he took up law
in a firm at Charleston, Ill, entering
the firm after years apprentice
ship.
He enlisted for the Civil War as
private in Company C, -Sixty-eighth
Illinois Volunteers, and was elected
captain. He served with honor, and
when the One Hundred and Forty
third Illinois was organized became
its lieutenant colonel.
He retired to private life in 1864,
and in the year following moved to
Independence, Mo-, where he prac-
ticed law four years. He went to
Olathe in May, 1869, forming a law
partnership with M. v. Parker. 1t
later was dissolved -
In 1872 Mr.. ST. John was elected to
the state senate from Johnson County,
declining a denomination. In 1876 he
refused the nomination of the Kansas
state temperance convention and with
drew his name after the Republican
convention the same year had begun
balloting on the gubernatorial nomi-
nation.
Mr.. st. John married Susan J. Par
ker, March %, 1860. He was a Con-
gregationalist, but late in life became
a Christian Scientist.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
KILLED BY AMMONIA FUMES
Three Men Dead and Two Injured by
Explosion in Kansas City
Meat Market

Kansas City, Sept. &C. w. E.
Neuer, A. Bergman and Michael YebI
are dead and Ernest Neuer and Tony
1asillo injured as the result of the
explosion of an ammonia pipe in the
basement of the Neuer Brothers meat
market. 1926 Main street, yesterday
anorning shortly after o'clock Near
Ivy 100 gallons of ammonia were
poured out into the basement when a
Hour-inch pipe filled with the liquid
burst under high pressure
The three dead men were trapped
and killed without a chance of escap-
Ing as the ammonia poured suddenly
clown upon them from above, almost
Instantly rendering them unconscious.
The two who escaped, Ernest Neuer
and Lasillo. however, were nearer
exits and were able to stagger out of
the basement to safety, although half
ssuffocated and partly burned A
sixth man, an employe at the market,
was in the basement at the time, but
Eurtunately he was near the front part
sDf the building, while the explosion
fccurred in the rear. He was quickly
rescued through a window by firemen
and was not injured.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
PATTERSON NEW G. A. R. HEAD
Pittsburgh Man Elected Commander.
in-chief at Kansas City Encamp-
ment-To Boston Next.

Kansas City, Sept. 2.-William J
Patterson of Pittsburgh, Pa, was
elected commander-in-chief of the G.
A. r. at the business session at Con
ventfon Hall yesterday. He received
436 out of $40 votes cast.
-Four names were presented to the
meeting. They were:
Patrick H. Coney, Topeka
William /. Patterson, Pittsburgh, Pa
LeVant Dodge, Berea, KY.
J. Payson Bradley, Boston.
Bradley withdrew in favor of Pat
terson. Dodge withdrew without in
dicating his preference. On the vote
Coney received 134 votes and Patter-
son 436. Coney moved to make it
unanimous, which was done.
William H. Wormstead of this city
ran an interesting race with Thomas
II. Brown of Sioux Falls. S. D., for
senior vice-commander. Wormstead
received 230 votes. Brown 227 on the
ballot Brown moved Wormstead's
election by reclamation.
E. K. Russ of New Orleans was
elected junior vice-commander and
the Rev. Orville s. Reed, Manzanola,
Col, was elected chaplain-in-chief.
That completed the choosing of
elective officers and the new COM
mander announced part of the ap-
pointive officers as follows:
H. Benzough, Pittsburgh, Pa, adju-
tant general; d. r. Stourts, Buffalo,
quartermaster general; J. Henry Ho1-
comb, Philadelphia, assistant quarter
master general.
Near the close of the meeting the
newly elected officers were installed
formally. The election took most of
tie morning. Once the balloting was
halted to receive a committee of the
Woman's Relief Corps, headed by
Mrs. Carrie Acknowledgement
president, which presented a draft for
$1,000 to be added to the Grand
Army's permanent fund.
Resolutions were adopted commend
ing the Boy Scouts and thanking Kan
sas City for it's entertainment of the
organization.
Next Encampment to Boston.
Kansas City, Sept. boston will
be the scene of the fifty-first national
of the Grand Army of the
Republic. The second business ses-
sion at Convention Hall yesterday af-
ternoon SO voted.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
EQUIP TROOPS FOR DELAYS
Guardsmen En- Route to and From
Border Prepare for HoIdup by
Railroad Strike.

Washington, Sept. National guard
regiments and regular coast artillery
companies en- route to or from the
border have been ordered equipped
with extra supplies for the journey on
the theory that a general strike will
delay their movements.
Secretary Baker and other war de-
partment officials refused today to
discuss reports that the $4,000 guards
men suddenly ordered northward last
night are being moved as a precaution
against strike violence. The states to
which the troops are returning are
those in which only small portion of
the guard was not called into the fed
eral service and in most of them large
railway terminals are located
Approximately 10000 troops are un-
der orders to move to or from the Dor
der and many of them will be en- route
on Monday morning, the time set for
the strike. Army officials indicated
today that if the troop trains are
caught in tie up the Llen will detrain
and make camp at whatever point
they are, to await instructions.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
President Wilson Formally Ap-
proves Adamson Measure
Passed by Congress.
BROTHERHOODS ARE SATISFIED
Railroad Workmen, However, VIII
Strike If Act Is Declared In
constitutional by Courts.

Washington, Sept 5.-The Adam
son 8-Hour Day Bill. exacted from
| Congress last week by the railroad
| brotherhoods as the price of calling
| off the Nationwide strike ordered for
Labor Day, was signed by President
Wilson in his private car at the Union
| Station, where he stopped on his way
| from Shadow Lawn, N. J., to Hodgen-
| vile, KY.
How long peace shall reign as a re-
suit of the bill apparently is Deepen
dent upon developments in the pro-
posed move to test the constitution
ality of the act. Should the railroads
take no action, but await the begin
| ming of an investigation of the work
ings of the 8-hour day by the special
commission for which the measure
provides, the brotherhoods will re-
main inactive.
Still Keep Strike AS Weapon.
The employees leaders declare,
however, that should the law be held
unconstitutional and the railroads at
tempt to restore, the 10-hour day on
their lines, a strike will follow
promptly.
Brotherhoods in a circular letter
to their members today made no COM
ment on the measure as passed. They
merely pointed out that it would not
become effective until next January =,
and that many things might occur be-
tween now and then which would
change materially any suggestions or
comments they might make.
None of the brotherhood leaders
witnessed the signing of the bill,
which was attended by no ceremony,
the President writing his name upon
the bill at the station, where it had
been taken. Near the car window u
group of trainmen in their overalls
paused in their work long enough to
watch the President write his name.
An engineer passing on a yard en-
CINE, celebrated the occasion with
several prolonged blasts on his
whistle.
Brotherhoods Are Congratulated.
While at the station the President
also signed several commissions and
executive papers. Later the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson took a motor
car ride about the city.
Hundreds of kilograms came to the
brotherhood leaders at their hotel to-
day. Most of them were congratula-
tory. One or two were from locals
who had received no notice that the
strike was off, so tomorrow in some
there may be temporary difficulties.
Efforts were being made tonight to
communicate with all of these points.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
CROWD AT LINCOLN SHRINE
President Wilson Speaks to Throng of
$4,000 at Memorial Ceremonies
in HodgenViIIe, Ky.

Hodgenville, KY, Sept abraham
Lincoln's birthplace here, a little hut
now preserved and protected within
shrine of stone, yesterday was add
ed to the treasures of the government
of the United States. President Will
son received the need to the property,
together with an endowment fund of
100000 for its maintenance, from the
Lincoln Farm Association. Standing
before the historic cabin, the Presi-
dent spoke to a throng of twenty
five thousand persons of Lincoln as
the embodiment of the validity and
vitality of democracy.
This little hut the President said,
was the cradle of one of the greatest
sons of man, a man of singular, de-
hghtful, vital genius, who presently
emerged upon the great stage of the
Nations history, gaunt, ungainly, but
dominant, but majestic, a natural
ruler of men,"
Lincoln was not a typical American,
the President said, because mo man
can be typical who is so unusual"
But" he added, sit was typical of
American life that it should produce
such men with supreme indifference
as to the manner in which it produced
them"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
TERM "GRINGo' LONG IN USE
Contemptuous Epithet Applied to For
eigners Alleged to Have Had
Its Origin in Spain.

VIII you permit me to contribute a
few words on the subject of the origin
of the word gringo? Gringo is an old
Spanish word that antedates the Mexi-
can war by seventy years. 1t was de-
fined by the first edition of the Stan
dard Dictionary, in 1891, zone of Eng
l1Sh blood of speech; a contemptuouS
epfthet." By the New Standard, 1913.
the term was treated as follows: In
Spanish America, a foreigner, partic-
ularly an American or one of English
blood or speech; contemptuous
epithet Spanish gibberish)."
1 have been able to trace the word
back to 1877, 129 years, and find it
explained in P. Easteban de Terreros
Pardo's ''Dictionario Castellano," pub
l1shed in Madrid in that year. See
Vol. III, page 240, column L: "Gringos
--Llaman en- Malaga a los estranjeros,
que tienen cierta especie de acento,
que los priva de una locucion facil Y
natural Castellana en- Madrid dan
Ell mismo Dor la misma causa con
particularidad a los Irlandeses."
Roughly translated, this means
"Gringos- name given in Malaga
to those foreigners who have a GER
tain accent which prevents them from
speaking Spanish fuently and natur
ally, and in Madrid the same term is
used for the same reason, especially
with reference to the Irish" The word
may be found also in Melchior EN-
manuel NuneZ de Taboada's '.Diction-
naire Espagnol-Francais,' published in
Paris in 1885, "Gringos, ga-Adj.,
Figure ct famillier.) Gree, hebreu. On
lie dit dune chose ininteligible."
Translation: "Gringos, gs-(fgura-
lively and colloquially.) Greek, He
brew. 1t is said of thing that is not
intelligibIe.' Letter to Editor of New
York Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
100 HURT WHEN SEATS FELL
Grandstand at the Colorado SPRINGS
Arena Collapsed During the
Welsh-White Battle

Colorado Springs, Col, Sept s.
The collapse of a portion of the
bleacher seats at the Welsh-White
lightweight championship battle today
precipitated 200 spectators to the
ground and injured at least 100, sew
eral seriously.
At various hospitals here tonight it
was stated that all of the sixty per-
sons taken there Immediately after
the accident would recover Many
later were released after having their
injuries dressed.
The crash came before the larger
part of the crowd had arrived. Po-
Hcemen, aided by members of the fire
department and special officers,
quickly placed and injured in automo-
biles and comparatively little confu-
sion resulted. The boxing program,
in which Welsh was the victor, was
not delayed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
COIN IN EACH CAN OF DYE

New York, Sept. 2.-Customs Off
Gals here have discovered one of the
methods by which Germany's manu-
facturers of dyestuffs made their
wares popular in China and other
parts of the Far East before the war.
The discovery was made when a pack
age of colors bought by an American
Spectator in China was received for
appraisal. 1t bore the name of one
of the largest German makers of dyes.
When the appraisers opened a few of
the cans to ascertain the character OF
the goods they found that the cover
of each of the cans contained a secret
receptacle holding a silver sixpense
piece valued in Hong Kong at about 8
cents in American currency.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
ALLIES PUSHING
LINES FORWARD
Strong Offensive Against Ger
mans Along Somme River
i'm France Continues.
TAKE IMPORTANT POSITIONS
Naiser's Troops May Be Forced From
CombIes by Thanking Movement
-SIaVs Gain, Too.

London, Sept. 5.-Keeping up their
strong offensive against the Germans
north and south of the Somme river
IN France, the Anglo-French forces
again have driven their lines forward
and captured important German posi-
diO1S.
South of the Somme the village of
Soyecourt and part of the village of
Vermandovillers have been captured,
while, seemingly more important still,
the French have made fresh progress
east of the village of LeForest, which
lies one and one-half miles southeast
of the railroad town of Combles-a
gain, which, taken with the capture
of Guillemont yesterday, seemingly
<1utaanks Combles and apparently
makes it untenab1e. More than five
thousand Germans have been made
prisoner north and south of the
-Somme in the last two days.
Berlin Admits Losses.
On the British right wing progress
rs reported north of Falfemont Farm,
while a German counter attack north
west of Moquet Farm was repulsed.
IN the Verdun sector Paris records
fresh gain near Fleury.
Berlin, in admitting the claims of
British and French successes in the
fighting yesterday in the Somme re
EiDn, says the battle over the 1S-mile
front from Beaumont to the Somme
was of the greatest ferocity. The Ger
anans held their ground at Thiepval,
north of Pozieres, and near Ginchy,
but Guillemont village and wood were
Host. as likewise was Ginchy, but a
counter attack of the Germans won
back a part of the latter town.
Take All of Second Line.
The German second line, from the
-Somme north to Combles, now is en-
eireIy in French hands. That line
passed through Clery, LIE Forest and
slightly west of Combles. All these
positions now are held by the French.
Slavs and New Ally Gain.
There is heavy fighting on the front
I'm Russia, west and southwest of
Lvtsk and north of Zborow and near
fBrezezany. in Galicia, with the Rus
slams generally the aggressors. Petro-
grad controverts the assertion of Ber
Tim that the Russians obtained only
local successes near Brezezany by the
declaration that the Russians won a
took 2,641 prisoners.
In the Carpathian region, according
to Petrograd, the Russians have cap
cured an entire series of heights and
have advanced to the Hungarian from
tier.
All along the Pennsylvania front
the Rumanians continue to press their
advantage against the Austro-Hun-
garians. Here they have captured ad-
ditional towns and now are said to be
ihombarding the town of Hermann
sfadt, which is second in Importance
soniy TO Kronstadt. The German and
Bulgarian forces are attacking along
the entire front between Dobrudja
and Bulgaria. Near Koemar, Berlin
reports, the Rumanians were driven
back with the loss of 700 men taken
prisoners.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
MACHINES THROUGH FENCE
Five Persons Injured in Two Wrecks
During the Motorcycle Races
at Concordia Fair.

Two men were seriously injured and
a third sustained minor injuries in the
ten-mile motorcycle race at the Cloud
county fair in Concordia recently.
Fillmore, on his second lap, ran against
the fence and tumbled in a heap in the
middle of the track with both legs
broken, his jaw dislocated, and inter
nal injuries.
Hefner, following, ran into the
wreck. He was thrown clear of the
fence and machines and suffered only
a sprained ankle. His machine caught
fire and the gasoline tank exploded,
throwing burning gasoline over the
track
E. E. Henderson of Lecnardvilie was
the next man to run into the mixup.
He was thrown over the fence and
alighted on his neck. He was uncon-
scious when removed to the hosl ,ital.
After an examination it was found that
Fillmore and Henderson have little
chance of recovery.
The first day of the Cloud county
fair was the largest in the history of
this part of the state. More than l 900
automobiles were parked inside the
grounds. The estimated attendance
was 1000 :.
Touches Wire; May Die.-Arthur
Ferris, an electrician for the street
car company at Leavenworth, was
probably fatally injured at Leaven-
worth when he touched a high tension
wire while at the top of a tall ladder
The shock hurled him to a concrete
floor. He was badly burned and I'M
conscious when picked up.
X x x
Five Claim 81 900 Reward.-Five
men are claiming the $1,000 reward
which was offered for the arrest of
Homer NJ. Cullor, the man who has
confessed to the killing of Sheriff
Walt Davis of Lyon county. J. G. Liv-
ingston of Mountain Grove, Mo-, P. J.
McNerlin of Keota, Ia, and three
other men, who are said to have as
sisted in the bandits capture, are
claiming a share of the reward Gull
lor is in the Topeka jail. The con-
troversy may be decided in the courts.
$4,000 Fire in Lawrence--A short
circuit caused a fire which destroyed
the Peerless garage at Lawrence re-
Gently. The loss is estimated at $751;
600. Five new cars belonging to
Lawrence merchants were destroyed.
*
Paralysis Attacks Kansas Boy
Paul Sugar, the 7-year-eld son of j. II.
Sugar, living three miles from Par
sons, is ill with infantiie paralysis, his
right leg being completely paralyzed-
This is the first case reported in that
section of the state
x
OIathe Realty Dealer Dies--B- H
Tillotson, sc years old. pioneer real
estate dealer of Olathe. is dead For
a number of years he had been a JUS
tice of the peace He was one of the
heirs of a $4O.00O.O00 estate in Eng
land that is now in litigation
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
The Child Labor ain I,v

Washington. Sept president Will
son yesterday signed the Child Labor
BILL Il am glad to have had my
small part in it," he said as he af-
fixed his signature. 1T will mean
lzazch to the health and vigor of the
<xzntry."