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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
RECENT DECISION WILL ALLOW
TWENTY-FIVE PRIESTS FOR
UNITED STATES ARMY-OBJEC-
TIONABLE CLAUSE is REJECT
REQUIREMENTS FOR CHAP
LAINCY IN ARMY AND NAVY.

A most important piece of legiSla-
ton affecting the Catholic Church
in this country was effected when the
regular army appropriation bill passed
Congress April II. To understand the
Importance of this legislation it is
necessary to go back to the national
defense act passed during the last
session of congress. increasing both
arms of the service.
In the clause relative to the army
chaplains a proyiso was added on the
floor of the senate by Senator Hastings
of Wisconsin, stating that in chaplain
appointments preference and priority
shall be given to applicant veterans. if
otherwise duly qualified and who shall
not have passed the age of Al years at
the time OF application, who have rem
dered honorable war service in the
army of the United States or who have
been honorably discharged from any
such army"
The senator had no intention at the
time of eliminating the Catholic chap
lain from the army, his only intention
being to appoint those who had serv-
ed. Contrary to the opinion of Secre
tary of War Baker and the adjutant
interpreted this clause strictly, and
maintained that veterans must be
given preference. over all non-veterans
of every denomination Unfortunate
ly it was impossible to find Catholic
priests who were technically veterans,
and the above clause threatened the
complete removal of Catholic priests
from the regular army.
With the approval of Secretary
Baker, Rev. L. ]. OHern, c. S. p, who
represents the Catholic hierarchy in
chaplain appointments, began work
looking to the repeal of this clause,
laying the facts of the case before the
members of the military committee of
both the house and senate, and in this
work he was greatly assisted by
Michael Farley, member of the
| house military committee.
| Through the unanimous consent oi
the members of the military commit
tee, the repeal of the Objectionable
clause was printed in the regular
army bill. Its position was rather
precarious, because being new matter
it was subject to point of order ant
could have been thrown out of thu
army appropriation bill by objection
on the part of any member of eithel
house; however, the bill with the re
pealing clause passed the house tWic'
| and finally the senate, becoming ;
llaw April IL.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
CEREMONIES OF INVEsriTuRE-
ONLY CARDINALS HAVE RIGHT
TO "EMlNENcE"-THEY ENJOY
VARIOUS PRIVILEGES.

For the creation Of a Cardinal all
that IS required is the will of the
Sovereign Pontif sufficiently ex-
pressed. Neither a certain form nor
any special ceremony is essential. be-
cause the whole substance of the Car
dlnalate consists in the power of
jurisdiction, and its consequent pre-
rogatives, which depends simply on
the will of the superior. The Car
dlnalate is not, like the priesthood, a
sacrament, imprinting character and
requiring Sacramental matter and
form divinely instituted; and hence
the unanimous teaching is that the
form of promoting a Cardinal depends
entirely on the will and word of the
Supreme Pontiff, writes Father Baart
IN his work on The Roman Court"
The form and ceremonies for Gre
ating a Cardinal in the usual manner
may be thus summarized: The Ro-
man Pontiff calls q secret Consistory.
and the other business having been
transacted, he addresses the Cardinals
who are present in these or similar
words: You have brethren"
Then he mentions the names of those
whom he has determined to promote
to the Cardinalate, and asks: What
do you think?"
AS sign of assent the Cardinals
uncover and reverently incline their
heads. Then the decree concerning the
promotion Of the new Cardinals is
drawn up and at once published out
of Consistory.
If the neWly-appointed Cardinals
are in Rome, they proceed in their
usual dress and without any attend
ants, to the Apostolic Palace, where
one of the old Cardinals presents them
to the Holy Father, who gives them
the red hat or biretum. And from
that time to the public Consistory in
which they receive the insignia they
are not allowed to make or receive
any public visits, neither may other
Cardinals call on them without the
previous permission of the Holy
Father.
Investing the Cardinal.
If a newly-appointed Cardinal is
absent from Rome, one Of the attend
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
Succeeds Mgr. Aversa
POPE APPOINTS A NEW NUNCIO
TO BAVARIA.

Pope Benedict has appointed Mon
CONGREGATION for Extraordinary Eccle-
siastical Affairs, Nuncio to Bavaria, in
succession to the late Archbishop
Aversa. This will entail a great loss
to the Papal secretariat of State,
where Mgr. Pacelli's twelve years
work won him high reputation; but
the change is necessitated by the great
importance of the nunciature at
Munich, the occupant of which is the
diplomatic representative of the Pope
to the German Empire. The new
nuncio will be consecrated titular
Archbishop of Sardis by the Holy
Father on Friday, May II.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
THE REICHSTAG RELAXES
ABoLISHES LAW FoRBIDDlNG
JESUIT COMMUNITIES
IN EMPIRE.

A Berlin despatch says that it is
officially announced that the Bundes-
rath agreed to the decision of the
Reichstag to abolish the anti-Jesuit
law. The abolition of the imperial
coalition law of 1908, which has been
passed by the Reichstag, was also de-
cided on. The anti-Jesuit law pro-
hibited members of the Order from
residing in Germany 1t was passed in
1872 at the instance OF Bismarck.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
Eleanor c. Donnelly Dies
WELL KNOWN CATHOLIC WRITER
AND POET DIED AFTER LONG
ILLNESS - SHE WAS WELL
KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE
CATHOLIC WORLD-HAS MANY
RELATIVES IN ST. PAUL.

On Tuesday, May l, Eleanor Cecilia
Donnelly, the author and poet, died
at Villa Maria in Westchester, Pa,
the convent of the Sisters of the I'M
maculate Heart of Mary She had
been i'll for some time.
Miss Donnelly was born in 1898, in
Philadelphia, her parents being DR..
Philip and Catherine (Gavin) Dom
nelly. She was educated by her
mother. More than fifty volumes of
her works have been published. Some
thirty volumes of her poetry and prose
were given a place in the British
Museum Library few years ago.
She has been constant contributor
to leading Catholic ma ~a'ines, and
has given many readings from her
poems, notably before the Catholic
Historical Society and in the Library
of Congress at Washington. She re-
ceived the apostolic benediction of
Pope Leo XIII and Pope Plus X. Miss
Donnelly was selected to prepare the
Jubilee Ode for Pope Leo, and the Ode
for the recent Centenary OF the estab-
lishment Of the Diocese of Philadel-
phia. She has been known as the
Adelaide Proctor of America
Miss Donnelly was the sister of the
late 1gnatius Donnelly of ST. Paul
Among her relatives in this city are
Attorney Stanislaus J. Donnelly, q
nephew, and the following nephews
and nieces: Ignatius Donnelly, Philip
c. Donnelly, Catherine c. Donnelly,
and Mary F. Donnelly.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
HOW CARDINALS ARE CREATED

ants of the Sovereign Pontiff is at
once despatched to carry him the red
biretum. A public Consistory is
then called for the purpose of giving
the insignia to the new Cardinals. All
the Cardinals being assembled in the
Apostolic Palace, the Sovereign Pom
tiff, wearing his precious mitre, orders
the new Cardinals to come forward.
They, boWing profoundly, are placed
with uncovered heads in the sight of
the Pontiff below the last Cardinal.
Priest. The Pontiff makes a short
address on the Office and greatness
Of the Cardinalate. Then the Car
dinals approach and kneeling, kiss the
feet and then the hand, and lastly
the mouth of the Sovereign Pontiff.
After this they go to receive from
the other Cardinals the kiss of peace.
This being done, the Pontiff confers
the red hat on them and says:
For the praise of Almighty God
and the ornament of the Holy See
receive the red hat. an emblem of the
singular dignity OF the Cardinalate,
by which is signiied that even TO
death and the shedding of blood in
clusiVely for the eXaltation of our holy
faith, for the peace and quiet of Chris
tan people, for the increase and pres
ervati0n of the Holy Roman Church,
you are to show yourself intrepid; in
the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen"
Privileges of Cardinals.
The privileges Of Cardinals are
many, but chief among them is the
precedence all of them have over
Bishops, Archbishops, Primates and
Patriarchs. They also have the ex-
elusive right to the title "Eminence."
and are considered equal in rank to
kings. In fact, some kings even have
yielded precedence to Cardinals.
Everywhere they rank with princes
OF the royal blood Hence. too, as
Princes of the whole Church they
take personal precedence over apostolic
delegates in church ceremonies and
social gatherings
Moreover, the word of a Cardinal is
to be believed when he asserts that
something vas done in presence of the
Holy Father; also when he says that
some mandate was given him verbally
by the Pope; also when he asserts
that he is Legate, for then the ord-
nary power Of Legate is to be
acknowledged in him even without his
showing any letters Of delegation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
Made Knight Of St. Gregory
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES MARK
ED THE INVESTITURE OF SIR
KNIGHT CHARLES JAEGLE OF
PITTSBURGH.

Sunday, April q, Mr.. Charles ],
Jaegle, proprietor of The Pittsburgh
Observer, was formally invested by Rt.
Rev. Regis Canevin, Bishop of Pitts
burgh, with the insignia of the Knight
hood of st. Gregory the Great, with
which he was recently honored by His
Holiness, Pope Benedict XIV. The cere-
mony took place, with all the pomp
of the Roman Ritual, in st. Augustine
Church, Pittsburgh. Mr.. Jaegle is one
of the founders of the Catholic Press
Association; has been it's treasurer
since it's establishment; and has al
ways taken an active part in the lay
apostolate of the Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
HARTY ON BOARD
NEW COLLEGE TO BE
OPENED.

Archbishop Harty of Omaha, Neb.,
was elected a member of the Board
of Trustees of the Catholic Univer-
sity. The Board decided to open, next
fall, new Basselin College, an insti-
tuition provided for by the will of the
late Theodore Basselin of Croghan, N.
Y, for the training of young men for
the Catholic priesthood, with particu-
lar view to elocution and effective pub
lie speaking. Later on, separate build
ings will be erected for this purpose.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
New Russia and the Vatican
A NEW COMMISSION IN RUSSIA
TO DEAL WITH CATHOLIC
CHURCH.

Several facts confirm the statement
recently made relative to the improve
ment of the relations between Russia
and the Vatican certain to result from
the change of regime in what was the
great Empire of the North. According
to kilograms received in Paris the
new Russian Government has ordered
the creation of a Commission entrust-
ed with the task of establishing the
relations between the Russian State
and the Catholic Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
BRADY'S CHARITY

The funeral service of the late
James Buchanan Brady, known as
Diamond ,Jim,' was held recently in
New York. It was attended by more
than. 1000 men and women represen-
tatives of the many planes of life upon
which Diamond JIM moved and was
universally popular. He died sudden
ly of a heart attack at Atlantic City.
In his will he leaves $4,000 to the New
York Catholic Orphanage.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
JOAN OF ARC DAY

London is to have Joan of Arc Day
on May s, when Mile. Gina Palermo is
to ride through the streets of the city
in the character of the Maid of Or
leans. and at night there will be in the
Queens Hall Pageant of Fair Wom-
en-" Lady Diana Manners, in bright
armour, will be the central figure as
Joan, and Madame Clara Butt will per
sonify Great Britain.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05

The Catholic Church Extension Soci
ETY. has obtained a series of thirty arti
cles on Mexico, by Eber Cole Byam
who is a recognized authority on the
subject. The Catholic Bulletin has
been privileged to secure these arti
cles, which will appear every week un.
Ill all are published.
An Anti-cathoIic Revolution.
What do you know of Mexican his
tory? Can you give even a suggestion
of who were the original inhabitants
of the country? If so, can you explain
anything about their mode of life,
their government, their social organ
iZation, system of land tenure, or
mode of warfare? What do you know
of the Conquest of Mexico by the
Spaniard, and the civilizing work of
the Church and State following it? If
you can answer correctly a part of
any one of these questions, you are
informed far beyond the average of
your countrymen. And yet the
chances are that whatever opinions
SOu lldy nave dbOuL hSAlCO arc NCl
likely to have been formed upon in
formation furnished by people not one
whit better informed than you are
The American public has for the
past six years been treated to a steady
stream of misinformation calculated to
ceeded, owing to the fact that an
alarming proportion of the American
people were favorable to the main pur-
pose of the Mexican Revolution, be-
cause it conceded with a secret desire
of their own, and that is nothing more
nor less than a heavy blow at the
Catholic Church. Religious prejudice,
you say? Can it be possible that
Americans possessing a love of liber-
ty and standing for the great princi-
pie of religious freedom, have so far
forgotten themselves as to even SYM
pathize with any s5irh harharous en-
terprise? Strange as it may seem,
that is exactly what they have done,
and, what is even more startling, is
the fact that large body of Ameri-
can Catholics have been bamboozled
into lending their aid and encourage
ment to a cause whose triumph has
been won through the greatest perse-
cution of Christianity since Diocletian.
Tainted Sources of information.
The average American remembers
little of the history learned in school,
and is left to gather his knowledge of
the subject in later years from the
magazines and newspapers, and the
fatal consequence is that he is fed
with falsehood, for the history he thus
reads is colored by socialism-which
is synonymous with anti-Catholic-for
the vast majority of the writer's of to-
day are socialistic sympathizers.
1t is high time for the American
people, and especially those of the
Catholic faith, to pause and take time
to INQUIRE into the causes underlying
the trouble in Mexico, and to consider
who the Mexican is, who he was, and
why it is that a small but vicious
minority has been permitted practical
ly TO abolish the exercise of religious
crimes of murder and outrage, to say
nothing of the wholesale destruction
and confiscation of property.
The present revolution in Mexico is
considered justified by most Ameri'
cans because they are over-ready to
believe in the existence of a host OF
evils in Mexico, for which they are
even readier to charge the Catholic
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
Alumni Meet Postponed

SO many young priests have volun-
teered to go out as chaplains, that the
meeting of alumni of the American
College in Rome, which was to have
been held in Baltimore on May 23, has
been postponed,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
Unreliable Histories.

1t is to be regretted that a false
sentimentalism has been permitted to
color to so great a measure, the his
tories of Mexico that have been pub
lished in the English language, and to
this is to be added the even greater
regret that these almost invariably
have been diluted and adulterated in
authority and in value by misrepre-
sentations, and even mis-statements,
due to inherited prejudices; Bandelier
and Lummis being notable exceptions.
A whole host of reliable writer's of
Mexican history, both lay and re-
ligious, lived and labOred during the
three hundred years that the country
was ruled by Spanish governors, but,
because of the excessive cost of pa
per and printing, many of such his
tories remained in manuscript, and
those that were printed were limited
to editions of but a few copies. Many
of these documents were printed or
reprinted after the War of Independ-
ence, but, for reasons already stated,
few hundred copies. Then, too, not
only are many of these works in Span
ish, but some, indeed, are in the ma
tive Indian language. Translations of
some of these have been made into
English, but the editions are limited
and expensive, and, therefore, beyond
the reach of the average reader. The
consequence has been that those seek
ing information about Mexico have had
to depend upon the medium-priced
works of popular and well-adVertised
authors, and here the seeker for in
formation has found the supply poison
ed at it's source.
The dislike of the Spaniard by the
Anglo-SaXon is attributable to causes,
many of which reach back into the
early Latin Germanic conflicts, hut
these were all cemented together into
a wall of prejudice and dislike hNSfhs
Inflated Armada of Philip II of SPAIN
Since that period it has been a settled
purpose to assume all evil in the Span
lard and to admit no good. And in
the general indictment, his religion,
for various reasons, has been includ-
ed. To justify this dislike and preju-
dice, our historians have seen fit to
imagine in ancient Mexico state of
society and culture equal-indeed,
some say superior-to that of contem
porary Europe, and have then pro-
ceeded to picture it's destruction and
the subsequent oppression of .the
people, with fire and sword, in colors
of tears and blood.
Imaginary Grandeurs.
We are told of a great Empire,
whose Emperor" was the center of
really marvellous organization, possess
ing all the various qualifications of
social castles known in contemporary
Europe, and all bound together by
laws and customs whose loss is bit
terly lamented by the writer's. In
deed, they would have us believe that
it would have been much better for
all concerned if the ancient MeXicans
has been left as the Spaniards found
them.
AS matter of fact, there was no
"Empire"-much less an Emperor.
Neither was there any trace of a COM
plicated organization of state, either
civil or military. The Mexican Indians
were not without their virtues, but
these were despatched and besmeared
with the blood Of human sacrifice and
the SAVIOR of cannibalism.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
THE HISTORY OF MEXICO

Church with being, in part at least,
the cause.
The truth about what the Church
found in Mexico is just as important
as the truth about what the Church
did with what it found, and both
should be seriously considered by
those Americans who are, not blinded
by prejudice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
4 SERIES OF ARTICLES BY A
NOTED AUTHORITY ON THE
SU6JECT-cAUSES THAT LIE AT
THE BASE OF THE ANTI.cATHo-
Lie REVOLUTION.
(sy Eber Cole 5yam.)
Part /.

The Catholic Church Extension Soci-
ETY. has obtained series of thirty arti-
cles on Mexico, by Eber Cole Byam,
who is a recognized authority on the
subject. The Catholic Bulletin has
been privileged to secure these arti-
cles. which will appear every week I'M
ill all are published
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-14

Strkers Awaiting Reply from Three Mine Managers of the District to Proposition for Arbitration Submit ted Through Citizens Committee Men Amended Proposition this Week in Response to Telegram from Governor Agreeing to Go To Work Immediately if Arbitration Plan is Agreed Upon.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-14
FRENCH RESIGNS FROM PHELPS
 DODGE

DOUGLAS, Sept. 14.-Stuart w. French has resigned his position as general manager, of the Phelps Dodge corporation. Rumors to this effect have been going around Douglas for several days. It became known to- day that MT. French rendered his resignation to the board of directors some time ago, and that recently it was accepted.
 Mir. French has been in the east since about the middle of July and hence nothing can be stated as to his
 plans for the future. He was made general manager of the Phelps Dodge corporation at the time Walter Doug Las vacated the position to become president which was in July of last year He has been with the Phelps Dodge interests since the year 1899 It was then that he came to Bisbee from Chicago to become as sistant manager of the old Copper Queen Consolidated company. He re- mained in Bisbee until 1904 when he
 removed to Douglas and assumed charge Of the then new smelter ir this city and has resided here since that time. In the year 1910 when Walter Douglas was made general manager of the Phelps Dodge X com pany MT. French succeeded him as general manaeer of the Copper Queer assuming direction of the mines oi
 the company as we'll as of the meltel
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-14
NO SECOND GALL FOR REGISTERED
 MEN

No discharge for dependency not within the relationship specified in regulations promulgated.
 The following rulings concerning the execution of the selective ser vice law have been issued by the Provost Marshal General:
 When and whether there will be a second call is within tn discretion of the President. There is no date set for a second call and, so far as is known, no second call is in present contemplation.
 No person Not in Quoto to be Sent With Quota.
 A registrant whose order of liabili- ty is so late that he is not within the quota of {; local board can not, even on his own request, be advanced and sent with the. quota.
 More Than One Selected Man in
 Single Family.
 The fact that more than one per son is selected from single family is not of itself ground for exemption or discharge.
 Can Not Search for Names of Missing
 Persons.
 Many requests are received at this office to go through the lists of per sons registered in an effort to locate missing persons. The registration lists comprise 1O,00O,OO0 names seg- regated into 4,557 groups scattered in as many localities. It is manifest ly impossible to comply with a re- quest to search these lists for the names of missing person, and no such attempt can be made in any case. Prior service No Ground for Exemp-
 ton or Discharge.
 Many registered men who have been selected for military service have applied for exemption or dis charge on the ground that they have beeIN discharged from the Army. Navy, or Marine Corps. sometimes for physical disqualifications and sometimes merely upon expiration of enlistment. It seems scarcely nee essary to say that prior service or Marine Corps is not ground for ex- emption CT discharge from draft, and that such applications can re- ceive no consideration.
 Assignment to NonmiIitary Service.
 The draft is for the purpose of in- creasing the Military Establishment. Registrarts may in certain circum- stances be exempted or discharged to enable them to continue in nonmili- tary pursuits, but after they are se- lected for military service they may not be assigned to nonmilitary ser vice.
 No Substitution in Favor of Drafted Men.
 The selective service law specifi- cally prohibits the acceptance of sub stitutes for men selected for military duty. The obligation is personal and can not be transferred. l Restrictions on Discharee for Depen-
 dency.
 Local boards have no power to grant discharges or hear claims for discharge by or in respect of regis trant when such claims are based upon the circumstance that persons not within the degree of relationship specified in the regulations are de- ! pendent upon the registrant's labor 1 for support.