The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-10-20
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Seven in ReIieion.-Seven of the
eleven children of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
nv Alleeier of Fort Wayne, Ind, have
consecrated their lives to the service
of God.
Army Chaplain Appointed.-Reyer-
end F. J. Barry, a professor IN 81. All
brose College, Davenport, Ia, mas sue
cessfully passed the examinations TOT
a chaplaincy in the army ana mas re-
ceived his appointment
Georeetown's soIdiers.-A register
of all former students OF Georgetown
University now in the United states
military service. is being prepared.
Already about 30 of last years pupils
are now with General Pershing IN
France.
Priest Addresses Recruits.-At the
request of the mayor Of Chester, Pa,
the Rev. Antonio Garritano, rector OF
the Church of st. Anthony OF Padua
ttalianl, addressed the recruits OF the
national army last week when the
youno men left for the South.
Another Chaplain in France.-ReV-
ere1 d Franz ]. Feinler, formerly army
chaplain at Vancouver, Wash, ana
later in the Philippines, accompanied
the American eXpeditionary force TO
France in his capacity as chaplain.
Charity Taxed in Mexico.-A tax OF
: mills on the dollar has been placed
on the capital OF all private charltaple
institutions in Mexico.
A Catholic Chief Justice.-The chief
Justice of the United States supreme
court, Edward Douglas White, ap-
pointed bv. President Taft, is Cath
Ollie. and now the chief justice of the
court of appeals of the District OF
Columbia Constantine J. Smyth, is
Catholic He took the oath OF once
on Monday. He comes from Omaha
and was prominent among the law
vers of Nebraska.
Jesuit Brothers Conscripted.-Brot
er Shelly, S. j., of Seattle College, and
Brother La Fourne of ST. Michaels,
Spokane, were among the conscripted
soldiers who began their training at
American Lake, Washington, recently.
Only priests and divinity students are
exempt from the conscription law.
Bishop Reconsideration Bish-
op Chartrand of indianapolis celebrat-
ed his sacredotal silver jubilee recently.
He is AZ years old, was born in ST.
Louis, studied under the st. Louis
.Iesuits and at ST. Meinrad's, under
the Benedictines. and attended the
University of Innsbruck for two years.
Bishop Muldoon in Camp.-.Right
Reverend p j. Muldoon, Bishop of
Rockford, H., was a guest at Camp
Grant, ILL.,, recently, when the cere-
mony of the raising of the post flag
was carried out with complete mill
tary precision. Major General Barry
and his staff, assisted by a force of
nearly eight hundred men, carried out
the military program effectively.
Supreme Grand knight-James A.
Flaherty of Philadelphia, supreme
grand knight of the Knights of Co
lumbus, has accepted an appointment
on the library war council This body
was created by Secretary of War Ba-
ker to assist the war service commit
tee of the American Library Associa-
ton to raise a fund of $1,000,000 with
which to supply reading matter to en-
listed men.
Sixty Hear Observation-Disclosures
Francis Duffy, chaplain of the One
Hundred and SiXty-fifth infantry from
New York, formerly the old Sixty
ninth regiment, gathered together
sixty priests, who were distributed
throughout the Rainbow division at
Mineola, L. l., on Tuesday to hear
confessions. There are six chaplains
in the division, which will soon leave
for France.
Conservation of Australian Bishop
Nine prelates, including five arch.
bishops, were present at the conse
Grafton of the Right Rev. Dr. John
Mccarthy, as Bishop of Sandhurst
Australia, in the Sacred Heart Cattle
dral, Bendigo. DR.. Mccarthy, who is
a native of Clare, was private secre
tary to Archbishop Carr. In addition
to being dean of the Cathedral, he
was Vicar-Geperal and Chancellor Of
the Archdiocese of Melbourne
Catholic operate Society.-Phila
delphia is to have Catholic operate
society, which will soon produce THE
Mikado" as its first performance
Prominent men are behind the move
ment This will be the second grea1
opera society among Catholics il
America. Denver has had such al
organization for several years-Fathel
Joseph Bosetti's grand opera troupe
which annually attracts national at
tention in the musical journals.
Polish Church Consecration.-St
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