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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17

from the intrusion of white cattlemen.
While in the city, one of the Indians,
named "Hatali,' contracted pneumo-
mia and died in Providence Hospital.
Before his death he was baptized a
Catholic, and he was buried in Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
Rev. Bonaventure Oblasser, o. T..
NJ, at the special request of the Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs, came to
Washington with a delegation of Pa
pages, who opposed the opening up of
their reservation. Rev. Fridolin
Schuster O. +. NJ, the missionary to
the Loguna Pueblos of New Mexico,
has been in Washington with a dele
cation of Loguna Indians, who came
on business of Importance to their
tribe. Rev. l.. Taelman, S. J.. he SUI
perior of the Missionaries on the Grow
Reservation, Montana, at the request
of the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
is in Washington with large delega-
ton of Crows, who are opposing the
opening up of their reservation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
Death of Father Costa
VENERABLE ITALIAN MISSION.
AIRY LABORED IN AMERICA
FIFTY-THREE YEARS.

Very Rev. Joseph Costa, of the Or
der Of Charity, siXty-four years in the
priesthood of which forty were spent
in Galesburg, Peoria Diocese, Illinois,
was buried on Tuesday morning from
Corpus Christi Church in that city.
POntifical High Mass of Requiem was
sung by Rt. Rev. Edmund NJ. Dunno,
d. D., Bishop of Peoria. The deceased
was "a years of age, and for the past
ten years had lived in retirement.
The Very Rev. Joseph Costa, O..
c., r. D., was born October Is, 1923, at
Pettinengo, Province of Bella, about
thirty miles northeast of Turin, Italy.
In 1851, as u member of the Order,
he was sent by the General, the Rev.
Antonio RoSmini, to the English mis-
sions belonging to the same order.
On February Is, 1853, he was or
dained priest by Rt Rev. Bernard
Ullathorne, Bishop of Birmingham.
AS a priest he labored for eleven years
in Great Britain. In 1864, at the
request of Rt. Rev. H. D. Juncker,
D. d., first Bishop Of Alton, ILL.,, he
was sent by the General of his Order
to work in that Bishops diocese.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
ALCOHOL IN FRANCE.

The abolition or all spirituous drinks
in France, in practice, though not in
theory, will shortly be brought about
by a most ingenious method. The
Government, by decree, has for
hidden all imports of alcohol except
for Government purpose that is for
munitions or for medicinal use. The
immediate result of this simple meas
ure will be the total suppression of
spirituOus drinks and alcoholized wine
in France. AT the outbreak of the
war all the alcohol factories in France
were Communicated for war purposes.
Since the war the distillery trade has
depended entirely upon imported
spirits, amounting to 100000 hectoli-
tres per annum. These imports now
cease. 1t follows that the manufac-
ture of spirituous drinks must cease
also, spirituous drinks including not
only neat spirit, but all so-called
aperatifs, which are almost all alco-
holized. The Syndicate of DistillerS
points out that as the stocks i'll hand
will soon be exhausted their trade
will be wiped out, and it observes at
the same time that the Treasury will
lose upwards of G40,000,000 annually
in taxation on spirits.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
THE NEGRO EXODUS
SHIFT is FROM PROTESTANT
SOUTH TO NORTHERN CITIES,

One of the indirect results of the
war i'll Europe is the migration of the
negro from the South that during the
last year has taken on the proportions
OF an exodus. Negroes are leaving the
South by the thousands, more want to
leave and more are going to leave
The demand for labor in the North
opened the door of opportunity, and
the restiveness OF the negro in the far
Southern States was such that the
point was reached where, for better or
for worse, the desire to get away had
taken strong hold. 1t is said that
100000 negroes have crossed the
Mason-DiXon line in the past six
months.
By this shift of a notable section of
the colored race from the Protestant
South to northern cities where Catho-
licity is vigorous, the work of evan
gelization is brought nearer our doors
and rendered easier, writes Edward
+. Murphy, M. A, in America"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
A PRETTY FAIR TEST.

A Presbyterian minister in Seattle
recently expressed his views on Pro-
hibition in that city, as follows:
"Of course there were people who
left this town and State when it went
dry, but they were people we could
very well afford to lose; namely, they
were saloon keepers, barroom BUNS
and the usual hangers-on of saloons.
The legitimate stable population of the
State and city has increased very
much since the State went dry. We
had 315 saloons in the city, and yet
| do not believe you will find fifteen
business houses that are empty. They
have all been converted into other
stores and other kinds of businesses.
One merchant wrote me that he had
opened three shoe stores in buildings
formerly occupied by saloons and that
he is selling fifty per cent more chill
dren's shoes than ever before. People
bones. The general business of the
town has increased from ten to forty
per cent. The bank deposits in the
last twelve months in the national
banks of the State have increased
100000 and in the State banks
$16,0GO,000. In other words, the de-
posts have increased $2S,0OO,OOO
Nine months of that increase have
been under prohibition. Our people
are prosperous, happy, contented, and
rejoicing that the State is dry. We
are enforcing the law in the city
eighty-five per cent to the good and
throughout the State ninety per cent.
The saloons shall never return. The
liquor interests of California, Ken
lucky, and Montana have spent hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to dis
credit, violate, and destroy our law,
but they have failed"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
To Build Votive Church
VENETlANS IMPLORE PROTEC.
TON AND MAKE SOLEMN
PROMISE.

In 1880 the Doge Of Venice, in Italy,
NicOlo Contarini, made Il VOW before
the image of Our Lady called Nico-
peia, giyer of victory, imploring pro-
lection for the city from the calami-
ties of war. A similar vow, in almost
identical terms, was made solemnly
on recent Sunday in st. Marks Basil
lea, in Venice, by Cardinal Lafontaine,
the clergy and people, imploring pro-
lection from air raids. While every
thing possible has been done to pro-
tect the famous monuments of Venice,
which Christians and art-loYers have
enjoyed for centuries, and would like
to enjoy again after the war is over,
irreparable damage has been done to
at least three famous Venetian
churches by bombs.
The civil and military authorities in
full strength supported the Cardinal,
clergy and people in Sundays ceremo-
ny, which vowed to build on the Lido
church to Our Lady, dedicated to
the Immaculate Conception, and the
Cardinal vowed on his behalf and for
his successors to make pilgrimage
there yearly, on the anniversary of the
laying of the foundation stone, to cele-
brate the Holy Sacrifice, and to fast
the day before.
Long ago the French Cardinals, epis-
copate and people made similar VOW
of pilgrimage to Lourdes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
REASON FOR PENANCE.

Next week will see the opening
of the Lenten season. For all
earnest Catholics Lent means a
time of genuine sOlicitude for the
things Of the spirit. The somber
pail of penance overshadows the
actions and the conduct of the de-
yout Christian. For the Catholic
Lent is a period Of prayer and of
fasting. Even the ancient Egyp-
tians recognized the efficacy of
abstinence and were accustomed
for physical reasons to fast one
day a month.
Back Of the ecclesiastical regu-
lations for the proper conduct of
Lent lies a deep reason. Man was
created to enjoy the happiness of
God for all eternity, but man must
rejoice only i'll the fruit of his
own labor. He is chiefly spiritual
with d spiritual destiny in view.
The average mortal, however,
lives more life Of the senses than
OF the spirit. He revels i'll the
tangible, the visible, the easily at
tainable The things of the spirit
are invisible and intangible to the
senses but quite pervious to the
soul. Recognizing the truth that
man is more easily led by>an APP
peal to the senses, the Catholic
Church sets aside once year a
period Of introspection and of
repression OF the sense appeal i'll
order the more easily to reach the
interior OF mans being, the soul.
The sensual i'll man is depressed
by fasting and other forms OF
penance, while the spiritual is
permitted to soar into the purified
atmosphere which is foretaste of
heaven. Hence it is that the
various exercises Of penance i'm
posed upon us during Lent are
but means to the end, which is
our spiritual regeneration and
publication. Not all persons at
tain to this spiritual renovation
but he who would rashly criticize
or neglect the means of penance
Immediately places himself outside
the possibility, ordinarily speak
ing, of spiritual progress. In
other words, a wilful neglect OF
the practice of penance during
Lent means that man has bar
tered his spiritual salvation for
the ephemeraf enjoyment Of the
t1eeting pleasures of sense.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17

from within. This resistance re-
qulres every ounce of strength
that can be contributed by the IN
d1vldual citizen. Such time IS
the present. The volcanic erup-
ton OF the past thirty-onc months
has torn Europe asunder from end
to end. The mailed and blood
stained, the iron gauntleted hand
OF war, has reached up from the
depths OF the sea and plucked
from the surface Of the oceans OF
the world the proudest specimens
OF the ships of men. Nay, more,
this relentless hand has spanned
the sea and is even now threaten
ing to crush in ruthless grasp
the fair goddess Of liberty.
The Chief Executive OF the ma
ton, placed upon commanding
eminence as sentinel and guard,
has sounded the alarm. Acting
within his rights he has severed
diplomatic relations. 1t is for
Congress to decide for or against
war. The President calls upon
all citizens to sacrifice petty
differences and to come to the
aid, morally or physically, Of the
endangered nation. During times
OF peace liberty has shoWered her
blessings, as gentle dew from
heaven, upon every citizen OF this
fair land. Recreant and bastard
he were who would now III the
hour OF peril renounce or disown
her who has mothered him so ten
derby. Irrespective Of origin OF
ancestry, of color, creed or poll
teal utilization, every citizen Of
this Republic is solemnly bound to
stand stalWart and resolute back
Of the chosen leader. Catholics
owe a deep debt of gratitude to
the Republic: let them now lead III
rcpaylng that debt. May God
avert from our peaceful homes
the hellishness of war: but il the
DEGREES Of heaven decide to per-
NIT the devastating blight OF war
to sweep over our land may every
citizen without fear or hesitation
put forth the energies OF his soul
to hasten the day Of peace.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17

Bigotry is nothing if not little.
Thus when it was proposed re-
Gently i'll Chicago to name u pub
lie school after DR.. John B. Muir
ply, the famous surgeon, the
Board Of Education refused to
listen to the proposal on the
ground that DR.. Murphy was a
fervent, practical Catholic. DR..
Clemensen, a nOn-Catholic, made
vigorous plea for the rccogni-
ton, adding, "When / was abroad
| found Protestants and Catholics
united i'll their love and admira-
ton for this surgeon, and / be-
lieve this community should be
equally broad-minded." Evident
ly, the Board is not broad
minded.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
Limited Partnership Plan
CALLAHAN TELLS HOW IT WORK.
ED OUT IN FACTORY.

p. n. Callahan, of Louisville, KY,
with the assistance of Rev. DR.. John
A. Ryan, of the Catholic University,
has evolved plan of partnership with
his employees, which is regarded by
many of the leading sociologists as a
solution of the wage problem. 1t has
worked SO well with Mr.. Callahan
company that the company has shown
the greatest increase in profits since
it's organization rs years ago, and it
is said the employees all have bank ac-
counts.
Mr.. Callahan, who was in Washing
ton recently, attending the United
States Chamber of Commerce meet
ings, explained the system as follows:
1T is not profit-sharing but a limited
partnership. Until 1913 we gave all
our employees every year bonus of
approximately ten per cent of the
gross profits of the company, and I'M
til two years ago we gave it to them
outright. We have changed that plan
now, SO that the bonus, whatever it is
(and in the case of the factory EN-
ployes last year, it averaged close to
$3.50 EACH, is deposited in bank to
their credit. In case an employe leaves
the company he can draw his bonus,
and death, of course, automatically
gives it to his heirs. This bonus may
be drawn for three reasons--if he de-
sires to invest in home; il he wishes
to buy life insurance, and in cases of
extreme distress. We do not con.
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Norman Murray, an agnostic,
has recently written: "Catholic
Quebec is much more moral than
any district of it's size in the
Protestant portion of the United
States to the south OF us. There
are more divorces and wife de-
serters to the thousand in the
United States in one year than in
French Quebec since the time of
jacques Cartier. We have a great
deal more liberty i'll Montreal than
they have in Toronto. The over
bearing intolerance Of the, Prot
eStants is Il disgrace TO amy civil
lied nation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
CARDINAL FALCONIO.

America was shocked a few
days ago to learn Of the death,
after a brief illness, Of Cardinal
Diomede Falconio, former Apos-
tollc Delegate to this country.
While the death of a Cardinal,
one OF the intimate advisors OF the
Holy Father, is usually severe
loss to the Church, no one can
fail to realize that the sudden re-
moval of this illustrious prelate
entails a loss to the Church in
America, one that scarcely can be
replaced. The distinguished
churchman was most active, and
he devoted himself unreseryedly
TO the cause Of Catholicity ia the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17

In England the slackers are
kept quite busy diverting atten-
ton from themselves. Recently a
committee of the Protestant
Truth Society requested the gov
eminent to recall Count de Sails,
the new Papal Envoy, inasmuch
as his mission is 'fruitless, waste
full, and unconstitutional" Count
de Sails is a Catholic, hence the
committee should also urge that
the Catholic soldiers of France,
Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Canada,
and the rest Of the Empire should
also be recalled.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
FRANCE URGED TO PRAY
PUBLIC SPECIFICATIONS TO BE
OFFERED DURING LENT.

Solemn public prayers will be of.
fered for the French armies through.
out Lent through the action of Cardi
nal Lucon, Archbishop of Rheims, and
Cardinal Annette, Archbishop OF
Paris. The Cardinals sent to all the
bishops of France a letter reading in
part as follows:
1.-THE hour is grave. Spring will
bring recrudescence of the intensity
of war operations on each side. The
belligerents will make an effort which
each will want to be a decisive one
Our soldiers will fight every day. Must
we not pray every day while they are
making the supreme effort with arms :
Let us make u supreme effort by
prayer"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
ALCOHOL AN ALLY OF SICKNESS.

The following solemn warning to
users of alcohol was issued by the
United States Public Health Service
at Washington, d. c., and widely
promulgated by telegraph:
1.-THE United States Public Health
Service brands strong drink as the
most efficient ally of pneumonia. The
liberal and continuous user of alec
holic drinks will do well to heed this
warning, especially at this season.
Indulgence in alcoholic liquors
lowers the individual vitality, and the
man who drinks is peculiarly sus-
ceptible to pneumonia. The United
States Public Health Service is con-
sentative body. 1t does not engage
in alarmist propaganda, and it issues
this warning as an act that will bear
endless repetition"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
Catholic Missions Death Roll
TEN BISHOPS AMONG THOSE WHO
WHO FELL ON THE FIELD
OF SACRIFICE.

Some interesting figures are pub
Hshed in the annual return of the
Catholic missions for last year. The
list of those who have succumbed to
their labors during the year includes
1876 names of whom ten are Bishops
and the remainder are priests. Of the
Bishops three were French, and the
same number English. There was one
each for Belgium, Spain, Canada and
Germany. Of the priests ninety were
French, five were from AlSace and
two from Lorraine: nineteen were ma
tives of Italy, thirteen came from
Erin, while eleven Spaniards, ten
Dutch, eight German, seven English,
seven Belgians, five Americans, three
Portuguese, two each from Luxem-
bourg, and Canada, and one from
Brazil complete the numbers.
The doyen in age and apostolate
was the Rev. p. Plan, o. M. l., who
was born in 1888, in the diocese of
Rennes, went to Canada as mis-
sionary in 1858 and spent the re-
VI l1LC tllJICs lC
religious orders and congregations
who contributed to this splendid re-
suit are given as follows: Twenty
priests belonged to the foreign mis-
sions of Paris. The Fathers of the
Holy Ghost gave eighteen mission
aries, the Oblates fourteen; the
Jesuits twelve; the Lazarists seven;
Marists, six; White Fathers, three;
African Missions at Lyons, three;
Sacred Heart Picpus, two; Assump-
tionists, one; and Benedictines and
Salesians the same number each.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
Oil First Discovered by
a Priest.

The first reference to the discovery
of petroleum in America was contain
ed in a letter written in 1929 by Jo-
seph de la Roche d'Allion, French
missionary working among the Indi-
ans. He had crossed the Niagara riv-
er and made his way southwark
through western New York into north
ern Pennsylvania, where he found a
spring from which oil flowed This
oil was highly esteemed by the 1ndi-
ans for medicinal uses.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
LINCOLN.

According to the standard Of
history and of the world a great
man is one who has conferred
some UNUSUAL benefit or remark
able boon on his fclloWnen
Greatness is weighed by the
criterion of service or achieve
ment. Greatness is relative and is
measured by the qualifying terms,
more or less. Some men have been
distinguished to such a degree that
history has honored them with
the special title of Great. Such
men were Alexander and Alfred.
Occasionally, however, history
presents before the symposium Of
the world Il man who is SO in
hcrently and SO Enthusiastically pos
sesscd Of Il title to greatness that
he stands upon a plane by HIM
self. Here and there an indi-
vidual looms up in all the majestic
grandeur Of an inaccessible noun
tain peak. Such a man was Abra-
ham Lincoln. Lincoln represented
a great country III time oil war:
others have done the same. He
battlcd against enemies both
within and without his own coun-
try; and others have done like
wise. He fell by the hand of an
assassin for the cause which he
upheld: like victims have been
cut down i'll other countries. But
Lincoln did more; he rose from
the soil and strobe onward, and
was carried forward by his fellow
countrymen to the highest seat OF
honor within their gift. Scarcely
was he placed upon that lofty dias
when his country instead OF
reverence shoWcred obloquy upon
him, instead of gathering about
him to pay homage to his exalted
qualities and merit they picked up
stones to hurl at his devoted head.
Half Of the country branded him
a traitor and Il despot; among his
own people he was maligned,
hated, scorned, ridiculed, cursed.
Small minded cartoonists beyond
the sea held him up as laughing
stock for the ridicule OF Europe.
Throughout it all, Lincoln
stood ever fearless and intrepid.
His faith in God was supreme.
Whether protested Christian or
not Lincoln, like the other Abra-
ham, saw the will Of God being
worked out even amidst the clash
of arms, the treason Of millions,
and the seas of blood that deluged
the land. Speaking OF the war
caused by the white man s injuries
to his colored brother Lincoln
said: eff God wills that it con-
tinuc until all the wealth piled by
the bondmen s two hundred and
fifty years of unrequitted toll shall
be sunk, until every drop OF blood
drawn with the lash shall be paid
with another drawn by the sword,
so still it must be said, the judg-
ments of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether. "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
THE DUKE OF NORFOLK.

Through the almost sudden
death Of the Duke Of Norfolk,
England has lost one Of her lead
ing statesmen, the ranking noble
i'll the kingdom, and her greatest
Catholic layman. He occupied u
position i'll English national life
that was unique. His taking
away leaves Il void which no one
Ill the Empire is qualified to fill.
By reason Of his personal charac-
ter, the long line of nobility
through which he traced his an
cestry, as we'll as through his
personal interest, the Duke Of
Norfolk gave a wonderful pres
tigc to the Catholic Church in
England. His eminent qualities
caused him to be highly esteemed
and respected by all classes, ire
spective Of religious or political
affiliations. AT great public
gathering in Liverpool, Cardinal
Manning once uttered the follow
ing words which have become
truer with each succeeding year:
eff there is any man in England
who has acquired by the most
just titles the affection and re-
spect of every Catholic, til at man
is the Duke of Norfolk. | hardly
know OF any man Of whom | can
say with more confidence that he
has perfect rectitude of mind
and life
The Duke was in all things an
ardent professor Of practical Cath
olicity. He was to be found at
the head of all good and religious
movements. He was chair nan of
the Catholic Education Council
and Of the Catholic Record So
ciety. 1t would be impossible to
appreciate justly his high inhu-
ence us Catholic layman for the
betterment and advancement of
all good works. His charity OK
tended wherever the need Of re-
ligion called. From what is
known Of his charities and the
churches he has built and helped
to build, the unknown may be at
least surmised
In politics the Duke of Norfolk
was a strong Unionist. For this
reason he was not always loved
by the friends OF Irish home rule.
Since he was, however, always
frank and honest in his opposi-
ton to Home Rule he elected the
respect even of his antagonists.
He honestly believed that Ireland
could be best provided for by a
legislative union with England.
This belief was to him matter
OF strong conviction based upon
the utmost sincerity. In other
matters he was always friend
and admirer of the Irish people
and of their religious devotedness.
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slider our plan a benevolent one by
any means, but purely a business
method that insures greater efficiency
and profits. Every employee is just as
much interested in the affairs of the
company as I am.
Father Ryan, in my opinion, is the
best informed man in the world on the
wage problem, and it was due to his
efforts that we evolved plan that has
worked SO WE'LL
Mr.. Callahan is head of the X. of C.
Religious Prejudice Committee and
owner of a large paint and varnish
company at Louisville.