The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
NEW WORLD ITEMS

ion of a priest who has recently made
q study of the results attained IN the
interdenominational church census
and of other sources OF information
Catholic Named to AnnapoIis.-Law-
renee T. Connolly of RoXbury, Mass
has been appointed to Annapolis by
Congressman GalliVan.
Priest Dies on Stage.-Rev. Thomas
s. Flvnn of CanaStota, n. T., dropped
dead on the stage of Canastota Opera
House last week when he was ABOUT
10 speak at Il patriotic exercise.
Diocese of Panama.-The diocese
of Panama dates from Feb. II, 1854.
It has six vicariates and So parishes
and about 100000 Catholics. The
Christian Brothers have colleges IN
Colon and Panama. The Salesian
Fathers have a boys orphanase, and
the Sisters of Charity boarding
school.
General Mcintyre Wire Censor
Direction of the censorship over tele-
graph lines between the United
States and Mexico has been placed IN
the hands of Brigadier-General Frank
Mcintyre. Chief Of the Insular Bureau
of the War Department, who has
chosen a group OF civilian telegraph
crs for the actual work. General NC
ntyre is Catholic.
Catholic Girl Gives Marshall Joffre
S175,o0o.-After the parade in Boston,
Joffre, the hero, became Papa Jotfre.
Little Mary Curley, the Mayors
daughter, presented him with the
gold box containing cheek for $lIa,-
0NO-$25 900 more than had been eX-
pected and all to go to the father
less children of France" The Marshal
kissed Mary.
Archbishop Joins Red Cross Society.
Archbishop Mundelein of Chicago
has Joined the American Red Cross
Society. In a letter of acceptance to
Charles H. Wacker, chairman of the
citizens committee, the Archbishop
expressed his hearty Endorsement OF
the Red Cross movement and offered
the full cooperation Of his diocese
in furthering the work.
Church Looted.-Breaking into the
Catholic church at LathrOp, Cal, last
week, thieves stripped the altar, not
even sparing the crucifX. The heavy
brass candlesticks. linen altar cloth,
cut-elass cruets and priests vest
ments were taken. Discovering the
theft Sunday, when he went to Lath-
rop to say Mass, Father O'Malley re-
ported it to the authorities of Stock
ton.
Delivers Baccalaureate Address,
Archbishop Hanna delivered the
baccalaureate address to the gradu-
ates of the University of California
Sunday afternoon in the Greek Thea
ire at Berkeley Nine hundred stud,
ents occupied the seats reserved for
them while fully seven thousand per.
sons were present in the huge amphi
theater TO witness the final ceremon
les of the Glass Of 1917.
Church Will Seat 1,2Oo-Last Sun
day Father Guinan celebrated the
last Mass in the old Church of the
Blessed Sacrament at SeVenty-first
street and Broadway, New York, and
on Monday Workmen began to teal
it down to make way for the new
$1,000000 structures - church anC
school-which are to replace it. And
yet the parish is but thirty years old
The present structure was built or
the plan of the Spanish mission
churches, adapted to Eastern condi
tons.
Declines Good Offer.-Charles R
Mccarthy, Phi. D., professor of poll
teal science at the University of Wis
consin legislative reference library
and prominent in Catholic affairs, has
declined an offer of position as adviser
to the Chinese government at $12,50(
a year. He rejected the offer because
he felt he would ''be able to do more
good in America than out of it."
To Stop Profanity.-The eXecutiv,
committee of the Archdiocesan Holy
Name Union, Cincinnati has appoint
ed a committee to take up with thu
Cincinnati Traction Company the mat
ter of eliminating profane and oh
scene speech among passengers OF
the back platforms of street cars, b.
having conductors stop the use of bat
language uttered in their hearing
Silver JubiIees.-Three jubilee OF
servances of interest to New Englan,
Catholics will occur this year. TIL
Rt Rev. Thomas d. Beaver, D. d
Bishop of Springfield, will observ
the twenty-fifth anniversary of hi
conservation as Bishop on Octobe
IS. The Right Rev. Joseph G. AndeI
son, d. D., vicargeneral, and paste
of St PauTs Church, Dorchester, cele
brated the silver jubilee of his ord
nation on May 20, and on Decembe
II, the Right Rev. George A. Guertir
D. D., Bishop of Manchester, will CON
memorate the twenty-fifth anniversar
of his ordination to the priesthood