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New Britain herald., 1917-10-25
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
FOR COLUMBUS DAY
ACTION TAKEN TO MAKE IT LE-
GAL HOLIDAY IN DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.

Representative Daniel J. Griffin, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, has introduced a bill
in the House, to make October II of
each year a legal public holiday in
the District of Columbia, to be known
as Columbus Day. The bill reads:
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, that the twelfth day of
October in each and every year, being
the anniversary of the discovery Of
America by Christopher Columbus, be
and the same is hereby made a legal
holiday in the District of Columbia, to
be known as Columbus Day, to all in
tents and purposes in the same man.
ner as the first Monday of September
in each and every year is now made
by law a legal and public holiday:
Provided, that when the twelfth of
October shall fall on Sunday in any
year, said holiday shall be celebrated
on the following Monday"
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PATRIOTISM UNSTAINED
X. OF c. TO DROP FROM ROLLS
ANY MAN WHO FIGHTS
AGAINST UNITED STATES.

John FL. Reddin, supreme master of
the Fourth Degree, X. of c., who at
tended a meeting of the national di-
rectors of the order in Washington
this week, sends the following:
Resolutions of loyalty of the 400,-
900 members to the. country, the
waving of the war clause" for all
present insured members and decis-
ion to drop from membership all who
engage in military or naval service
with any power in the war against
the United States was the important
action taken at the annual meeting Of
the supreme board of directors of the
Knights of Columbus.
Realizing that the crisis confront
ing our country calls for the active
cooperation and patriotic zeal of
every true citizen" the resolution
reads, ''the supreme board of direc-
tors hereby reaffirms the devotion of
it's 100000 members in this country
to our republic and it's laws and
pledges their continued and uncondi-
tional support of the president and
the congress of this nation in their
determination to protect it's honor
and it's ideals of humanity and right"
Copies of the resolution will be sent
to the president and to congress.
In regard to the war clause" the
agreement provides that the disability
of soldiers and sailors as extra haZ-
ardous risks be removed as regards
all present insured members of the
order who may now or hereafter bear
arms on behalf of the United States
during the present war. tts..J,L : 81,
Any member of the order now or
hereafter engaging in military or ma
val service with any power in the war
against the United States, shall be
deemed to be an alien enemy, and
thereby forfeits his membership in
the order.
In response to the tender of service
sent by the Knights of Columbus to
President Wilson, Mr.. F1aherty, SUI
preme knight, received the following
letter:
Il thank you very warmly for your
generous letter of April II. May not
ask you to convey to the members of
your organization my genuine appreci-
alton of this assurance of confidence
and support? 1t is, indeed, most
heartening.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
Personally signed
"WOODROW WILSON,"
Mr.. James A. F1aherty,
Supreme Knight,
Knights of Columbus,
New Haven, Connecticut.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
THE MONTH OF MARY.

1t is ala cid custom, dating from
the time OF early paganism, to
dedicate each month or period of
the year to some special form of
remembrance Thus each month
had it's own festivals, and it was
supposed to confer certain speci-
fed tendencies upon those who
were born in a particular month.
The Catholic Church took many
of these old customs, purified
them OF all pagan faint, and pre-
served and retained the essential
feature, namely, the recollection
or the commemoration of some
thing or other. In this way each
month Of the year was dedicated
to the remembrance of a mystery
or of some sanity parsonage con-
nected with religion.
The month of May, the most
joyous of the year, was selected
as a fitting period i'll which to
honor the Mother of God. This
month presents nature i'll all the
splendor of youthful vigor, ar
rayed i'll the robes of spring as
the queen of all seasons. Material
life bursts forth in effulgent
glory and joyousness, and runs
delighted through all the avenues
of nature.
Catholics throughout the world
unite in recognizing Mary, the
Mother of God, as the harbinger
of the new spring that came upon
the world when Christ her son
was ushered into the midst of
humanity. One feature Of the
joyous acclaim which greets the
Blessed Mary is congratulation
and lawful pride in her who is
fallen natures solitary boast. !"
Another note, however, in this
great symphony should be one of
prayerful appeal to her who
stands at the head of our race,
leader, heroine and model. Empty
praise is but vain form of self
complacency: imitation and APP
peal are the two elements that
give solidity, strength and sub
stance to the hymn of gratitude
that ascends from all loyal Chris
titan hearts to- her who reigns as
| Oueen of heaven.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28

There are many citizens who
are not familiar with the rules
governing the use of the Stars and
Stripes. To them the following
hints on flag etiquette will be Of
interest:
The flag should not be hoisted
before sunrise nor allowed to re-
main up after sunset. 1t should
not be displayed upon stormy
days.
When our national flag and
state or other flags fly together or
are used in decoration together
our national flag should be on the
right.
When used on a bier or casket
at a funeral the stars should be
placed at the head. In no case
should the flag be allowed to
touch the ground.
1t is an unwritten law in the
navy that the flag is never to be
washed: it is always to be con-
sidered immaculate.
For indoor decorations the flag
can only be used as drapery; it
cannot be used to cover bench
or table, desk or box where any
thing can be placed or set upon
the flag.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
WAR HYSTERIA.

It is a fact of psychology that
when the mind is aroused to an
unusual state. of excitement,
Imagination frequently .intrudes
itself into the domain Of reason.
The mind is furnished aud
adorned with mental images
which are the result Of experience
as reflected in some way or other
through the medium of the senses.
When these senses are in state
OF high tension objects often APP
pear distorted. The result is that
the mental images will likewise
be distorted and the mind is ever
apt to go off at a tangent. Who
but has been stirred by imaginary
perils that are supposed to Turk in
the darkness. The mind Of the
child not rarely is aroused to a
high pitch by fanciful apparitions
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Publication to Continue
"ROME" is AC.
CURED BY MONSlGNOR
CONRY.

Monsignor Conry, who for several
years acted as Roman correspondent
for some American Catholic neWspa-
pers, has secured from the executors
of the will of the late Monsignor
O'Kelly, the name, goodwill, and all
other rights of the latter's paper,
Rome which was published in the
Eternal City weekly for many years,
but recently only once a month on
account of the scarcity and high cost
of paper, and which lately ceased to
appear owing to the illness of it's tai
ented proprietor and editor. Mgr.
Conry says that it will resume pub
LEGATION every week Immediately after
the war, with the same name and ON
the same lines as before, and with
the addition of several new features.
AS editor he will be assisted by some
distinguished ecclesiastics in making
it more interesting and popular pub.
lication than ever.
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have produced many new forms
OF amusement and a. vast variety
OF objects, more or less useless for
practical purposes. The result
has been that the love OF novelty
asserting itself more and more
frequently has caused many to
believe that they cannot possibly
live without indulging the pro
penslty for countless objects OF
doubtful usefulness. Further re-
suit has been that thrift, which
distinguishes nearly all the peo-
pies of continental Europe, has
been an unknown quantity among
our people.
Recently Archbishop Glennon
OF st. Louis delivered a strong
discourse on this subject. He
pointed out that the lack of thrift
today has given occasion to many
Forms OF poverty that should
never exist. Not "a few persons,
especially among the young, have
all lngrained idea that they must
at all costs emulate those who are
more favored by fortune. Hence
tits that all classes almost indis-
crlmlnatcly, from the girl earning
seven dollars a week to the bud
ding clerk with his twelve or fif-
teen dollars per week, seem to
think that the natural virtue OF
thrift must necessarily be sacri-
feed upon the altar of style and
amusement. 1t were well that the
young especially should carly be-
gin to cultivate this apparently
lost virtue, and to strike out with
even small steps on the road that
leads to personal material indie.
pepdence. One effect of the pres
ent war will probably be to force
a curtailing of useless expendi-
lures. Parents themselves, al
though frequently offenders il
this line should stimulate the say.
ing tendency in the young. In
this way we might be spared the
sight of many All aged person
helpless through sickness and il
dire personal want through early
extravaganza.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
PRIESTS TO RESCUE
BISHOP AND PRIESTS ON THE
SCENE OF HORROR AFTER AW.
Full EXPLOSION AT AMMUNI-
TIoN WORKS, EDDYsToNE, PA.

Realizing that souls in their agony
would be crying out for the consola-
ton afforded by Holy Mother Church,
when the terrible disaster at the Ed
dystone Ammunition Corporation, Ed
dystone, Pa, sent so many into eter-
nifty with scarcely any warning last
week, and knowing that the Rev.
Thomas F. Ryan, rector of the
Church of st. Rose. of Lima, Eddy
stone, chaplain at the works, would
be unable to cope single-handed with
the situation, almost score OF
priests, including the Right Rev.
Bishop McCort, sped to the scene of
misery and death.
From Philadelphia and points lead
ing to the munitions plant priest after
priest hurried to minister the sacra-
ments to the wounded and dying.
Into the various hospitals they went
and worked with calm and compos-
ure that brought wonder and admira-
ton from the reporters dispatched to
the scenes from the Philadelphia
daily papers.
Amid the appalling din caused by
the heartrending cries OF the burned
women and girls and men and boys,
confessions were heard and in some
cases the Holy viaticum administered.
Many were baptized at their own re-
quest, it was reported by eye-Wit-
!ncsses; and one woman after receiy-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
SHORTAGE In PRIESTS
DEATHS ON FIRING LINE HAVE
DEPLETED RANKS OF PRIESTS
AND SEMlNARlANS.

+ ittis''EFbEIt ~
The shortage of priests and of
seminarians studying for the priest
hood, has become a problem in Eu-
rope. In several of the Entente coun-
tries, priests and seminarians are
forced to fight in the trenches and
consequently they are exposed to
death just like ordinary soldiers. In
France and Italy priests. regardless
of their sacred calling, are sent di-
rectly into the firing line and the cas-
ualties are necessarily considerable.
The Bishops of Italy, France and
Ireland have issued appeals to their
priests to take up at once the recruit
ing of young men of their congrega-
tionS for the priesthood. A foreign
mission project started last year at
famous Maynooth seminary in Ire
land, by which priests were to be fur
nished to China, has been asked to
wait short time until the more
pressing needs of European parishes
can be supplied.
Efforts are being made to fill UP
ranks of classes in Catholic seminar
les, even the famous seminaries of
Rome being reported to have many
vacant rooms and scholarships.
These appeals state that the num-
Der of Catholic priests in the armies
and the number of deaths, have SO
depleted clergy forces that many
churches have had to be either closed
or served inadequately, aged priests
saying Masses in different churches.
Automobiles have been brought into
service to convey priests from church
to church between Masses.
The appeals of the Bishops of
France say that many French priests
now at the front will be unable, even
if they return, to take up service
again, and homes must be provided
for their remaining years.
Young men are lacking in these
countries, but boys remain, and syste'
matte instruction has been entered
upon among them. The estimate is
that some thousands of young Ameri
cans of Latin birth will be recruited
to fill the needs in ireland and pos
sibly also in Italy.
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been such member in good standing
prior to June list, 1917, who joins the
army or navy of his country (United
States or Canada, whether ais a
volunteer, or under conscription
shall and does not by that fact lose
his membership in the order. but
shall retain and hold his membership
therein with the same force and effect
as if he had not entered such mill
tary service.
Third: That there is hereby levied
upon each and every member of the
order in good standing June LIST, 1917,
a special assessment of fifteen 15)
cents per month, during the term of
the present war; the first assessment
under this resolution to be due and
payable July LIST, 1917, and monthly
thereafter; and the High Secretary
is hereby authorized and directed to
make and issue the proper calls for
this assessment. The proceeds OF
these assessments shall be placed in
the benefit fund of the Order and
shall not be used for any purpose
except the payment of death claims
Fourth: That this report and reso
luton be published in full in the
Catholic Forester and that the High
Chief Ranger and High Secretary
issue and mail to each State and
Provincial Court and every Subor
dinate Court of the Order a copy Of
this report and resolution, together
with such further statement as they
see fit and proper to show especial,
the necessity for this extraordinary
| assessment and ask members of thu
Order for their loyal support in thi:
enactment for God, Country ant
Order.
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THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, APRIL Is, 1917

ing the sacrament expired in a few
minutes. For hours the priests went
their way from cot to cot, giving
spiritual advice to the faithful and
consoling those affiliated with the diff
ferent sects.
Bishop McCort was officiating at
the reception of novices at the moth
erhouse of the Sisters of st. Joseph,
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, when he
learned of the tragedy After the
ceremonies had been completed, he
motored to Eddystone He visited all
the hospitals and institutions, caring
for the injured and did everything in
his power to console the suffering of
all. To the authorities he offered the
use of thirty beds in the st. Edmond
Home for Crippled Children, Phill-
delphia.
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in the surrounding gloom. Per-
sons of intelligence and poise are
also subject on occasion to the
unpleasant thrill which comes
from proximity to imagined dan
ger.
One of the effects of state of
war is to stimulate the senses and
the imagination to an unwonted
degree of activity. The booming
of the waves on the shore imme-
diately becomes a terrific naval
battle. An innocent object float
ing lazily upon the bosom of the
deep is at once reported as a
periscope. The old summer resort
fancies Of huge sea serpents are
revived, even if somewhat altered.
A boat which cannot Immediately
be identified becomes, in the
imagination, a desperate raider.
If the above tricks of the
imagination are confined to the
thoughtless, this agile faculty has
more subtle wiles for the man of
apparent balance. In discussing
war problems many a man, or
dinarily sane, allows himself to
be misled woefully in his eager
ness to uphold his own view. In
his case sea serpents, visionary
submersibles, and other deceptive
apparitions are replaced by
prejudice, bias, or bigotry. He
starts out on certain line of
thought whose source is to be
found in imagination, not i'll rea-
son. With nimble wit he will
transform groundless rumor into
an established fact, and will build
thereon a whole structure of So
called opinions. When the solid
shot Of sound argument skaters
his castle of glass, he Immediately
proceeds to build another. The
man of sound reason and correct
ideas will not allow himself to be
diverted from the path of logic.
If interested in a subject, he will
verify all statements before ar
irving at conclusions. He will
not pierce the law Of charity,
which he owes to his fellowmen,
by engaging in a controversy not
to uphold the truth but simply to
prove his own contentious. In
the midst of widespread hysteria
he will endeayor to maintain
thoughtful and secure balance
for the arrival of real facts and of
actual truth has a disheartening
effect on vague theories and loose
statements that have proceeded,
unsupported, from the fertile
realm of imagination.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
PRAYS FOR PEACE
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR OFFERS
PUBLIC PRAYER IN
CATHEDRAL.

A solemn peace service was held in
st. Stephens Church, Vienna, Austria,
on Sunday, April Is, the Austrian en-
peror and Empress Zita kneeling
amid high officials and the sobbing
congregation which crowded the
edifice, imploring peace. Cardinal Piffl
officiated, and at the elevation of the
Host Emperor Charles, in a loud
voice, read prayer. 1t was in part
as follows: "The ruler and people of
Austria, kneeling this day before Thy
holy throne, promise to build a
church dedicated to Our Lady, the
Queen of Peace, where solemn serv-
ice will be held every year to COM
memorate peace day and a requiem
mass on All Souls day for Austria's
fallen warriors. Oh, Lord, bless this
undertaking, and grant us peace in
our days."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
Catholic Judge Lauded
RECEIVES A RARE TRIBUTE
FROM BAR ASSOCIATION.

+. Resolutions lauding the services of
William T. Boyle, as Judge of the
Common Pleas Court of Camden, N.
j., were passed at a meeting of the
Camden County Bar Association, fol-
lowing the opening of the April term
of court. Judge Boyle was the first
Catholic to hold judicial Office in
South Jersey. He was appointed
Prosecutor of the Pleas in 1912 and
elevated to the bench in 1918. In jul
dicial circles it is customary to cele-
brate the occasion of the incoming
Judge, and Judge Boyle is the first
one whose retirement has been mark
ed by a tribute of honor. Regret was
expressed among the lawyers and lay
men that politics should cause the
removal of such an honest and con-
scientious iurist.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-28
ROCKING THE SHIP.

Many persons evlnce surprise,
feigned or unfeigned, at the dras-
tic measures which the govern
ment has adopted i'll REFRESHING all
signs Of disloyalty to the nation.
We are told, for example, that
a man who utters words against
the President, a man who be-
Titles the flag, a man who dis
plays antagonism when the ma
tional anthem is being rendered,
is to be dealt with severely. This
and other like enactments appear
to some persons to be excessive
and dangerously near to a viola
ton of our right to freedom of
speech and action. Such persons
who thus thoughtlessly challenge
the wisdom of the government are
among those for whom there
should be no place in this coun-
try. In time of peace great lati-
tude is permitted the average citi-
zen: i'll time Of war or national
danger that latitude necessarily
must be restricted in order to
make the body of defence more
compact and secure, free from the
danger OF even one weak stone in
the structure. The welfare of the
whole demands that every part be
perfect; the security Of the whole
makes imperative the instant re
lection of any part that threatens
detection. Flaws are always dan
gerous, and especially SO when
this weakness is liable to be com
municated. to others.
Next to the idiot who did not
know the gun was loaded comes
the brainless imbecile who insists
on rocking the boat. Brainless-
ness does not always necessarily
confine a man to a state institu-
ton; there are countless idiots in
every walk of life who, generally
speaking, are considered harmless,
since their vacuity is known to
all. INDIGESTION and lack Of deter
mlnation are ever fatal to success
Ill any line OF endeavor. There is
no more pitiable object than a
man placed in authority who
through weakness or fear dares
not use that authority in manly,
conscientious manner. Hence it
is, that the men who guide the
destinies of this nation in war as
well as III peace, have taken a
firm stand i'll regard to all and
any persons who would attempt
not only to scuttle the ship OF
state but even to impair her eff
cheney in the very slightest way
Like useless baggage, or like
Jonas of old, such breeders oil
harm to their felloWmen should
be Immediately disposed Of and
cast into the deep.
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Catholic Order Of Foresters
STATUS OF MEMBERS ENGAGED
IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE
THE SOCIETY MAKES AN Ex-
CEPTioN IN VIEW OF THE UN.
USUAL CONDITIONS EXISTING.

Inquiry having been made by many
members of the Catholic Order of
Foresters as to the status of mem
bers who either voluntarily or un-
der CONSUMPTION enter active military
service in the war in which the
United States and Canada are at this
time engaged, and what action, if
any, the High Court will take regard
ing the status of members SO engaged
in active military service, the follow,
ing reply is hereby given:
The Law Committee points out
that member who enters what is
called prohibited risks, by that fact
loses his membership in the Order.
The High Court, however, has full
power to interpret the laws of the
Order and to make that interpreta-
ton binding thereon. Power to
amend the Constitution is vested only
in the International Convention. This
convention, however, will not meet
until August, 1918. As military serv-
ice was and is in the. prohibited class
the Law Committee submitted the
following resolution which was un.
animously adopted by the High
Court:
Be it Resolved by the High Court
of the Catholic Order of Foresters:
First: That persons enlisted as
"State or Provincial, militia and
naval men" are hereby defined and
interpreted to be: Persons who Ell
list as State or Provincial militia and
naval men subject only to duty in
the State or Province in which they
enlist and who are not subject to
call by the General Government OF
their country.
Second: That any member of our
order in good standing, and who has