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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
THE POPE AND OUR COUNTRY

development of every kingdom and
every power in Europe, and it is not
improbable that he will live to see the
death of some of them, and chant
their requiem. The Pope has looked
on calmly while the Goths and the
Vandals and the Huns, the Visigoths
and the Saxons invaded the fairest
portions of Europe, upsetting thrones;
all this he has seen while the divine
dian stands as firm as the rock on
which it is founded.
Loyalty of American Catholics.
I thank God, my friends, that the
spiritual children of Our Holy Father
in the United States are second to
none in loyalty to our beloved cOun-
try, and our service to our country
is manifested more by deeds than by
words, and while we form about sew
enteen per cent of the population,
dare say we form some thirty-five per
cent of those fighting in the Army.
What makes Catholicity so strong
power for the countries today? What
is it? 1t is the teaching that you re-
ceived and that | received You were
taught and you teach from your pull
pit that the State is supreme in the
civil domain, just as the Church is
supreme in the ecclesiastical or spir-
itual domain. You have been taught
when you were young that every man
that is elected to office, whatever that
office may be, from President down
to the humblest official, as soon as he
is elected, becomes a representative
of Almighty God Himself and is
clothed with divine authority. This
is the thing that gives strength and
courage to our young men and teaches
them that our obedience is not an
act of serVility we pay to man, but an
act OF homage we pay to God.
No Union of Church and State.
/ do not wish to detain you much
longer, but the question of Church and
State reminds me of thought here.
With regard to the union of Church
and State the question may be asked
as to whether we should love to be
united to the Government. | do not
desire, my friends, that a union of
Church and State be had in our coun-
try, but if there is union of Church
and State-an- official union, the civil
authorities would have the right
they would be apt to dictate to us
what doctrines we should preach-put
paddock on our mouths and make
us like dumb dogs-but | wish from
my heart that the same happy condi-
ton of things existing among us today
may continue for all time to come;
that the priests of the United States
may conserve their time and talents
and their energy-and their life-blood
If necessary, to the cause of Chris
tianity and the enlightenment of the
the faithful; they will receive in re-
turn the gratitude they received to-
day and the homage and love and
affection and the free will offerings
of a devoted and grateful people.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
REQUIEM FOR FRENCH

The celebration of Frances day at
Westminster Cathedral, London, by a
solemn Requiem for her dead, was a
very splendid occasion. The Mass
was sung by Bishop Bidwell, in pres
ence of Cardinal Bourne. Before the
high altar rested a great catafalque
draped with the tri-color and guarded
by Zouaves and British officer. The
famous band of the Zouaves, which
was visiting London, played Gounod's
fragment of Jeanne dare and Men
delssohn's Marche Funebre, during
the assembling of the congregation
and at the close played the Marseil
laise and the British national anthem
all standing.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
ERIN'S CHIEF JUSTICE

Lord Justice Thomas Francis Mo-
lony, Lord Justice of Appeal in Ire
land since 1915, has been appointed
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, accord
ing to an official announcement.
Lord Justice Molony was born in
Dublin in 1865. He was Solicitor
General for Ireland in 1912-1913, and
Attorney-General in the latter year.
In 1914 he was member OF the Inter
mediate Education Board for Ireland
and also was a member of the royal
commission on disturbances in Dublin
In 1916 he was a member of the royal
commission which investigated the
shootings during the Sim Fein up.
rising. SOM
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
Great Falls Chaplain

Rev. William P Callahan, first as
sistant rector of st. Ann Cathedral
Great Falls, Montana, is the third
priest from the diocese of Great Falls
to join the colors.
Rev. William P Callahan was born
at Darlington, Wisconsin. He studied
at Saint Ambrose college, Davenport
from 1906 to 1913. He made his
course in theology at the Grand Sem
mary, Montreal, and at the st. Pau
Seminary of this city. He was or
dained at the latter institution by
Archbishop Ireland, in June, 1916, fol
the diocese of Great Falls.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
ASK PAPAL ASSISTANCE
POPE SEEKS TO RESCUE FORMER
RUSS EMPRESS. +

The Pope has taken steps to assist
out of Russia the former Empress
Alexandra Alix, and her four daugh-
ters, Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Ana
stasie, who have made pressing ap-
peals for their liberation, according
to the Osservatore Romano, the Vat
lean official organ.
The Pope, in asking the Russian
government to permit the widow of
the recently executed former czar,
Nicholas Romanoff, and her daughters
to leave Russia, pledged himself that
if their liberation were granted he
would provide for their suitable sup
port.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
Mgr. Nelson Baker

Rt. Rev Mgr. Nelson H. Baker,
Vicar-General of the Diocese of Buff
falo, and pastor of Saint Patrick's
Church, Lackawanna, ~ Y, has been
appointed administrator of the do
cese. His appointment is the first to
become effective in this country un-
der the new code, having been made
directly by Archbishop Bonzano, Apos-
tolic Delegate.
This is the second time that Mon
signor Baker has been administrator
of the diocese. He was chosen first
when Archbishop Doughertys prede-
cessor in that See, Rt. Rev c. H.
Cotton, D. D., died on May 9, 1915.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
The Kansas Way

Official notice has been received by
the citizens of the community for
merly known as Germantown, Kan,
that their petition has been needed
and the town will hereafter be known
as Mercier, Kan, in honor of the
greatest hero of the war, Cardinal
Mercier of Belgium, formerly rector
of the University of Louvain. The
new Mercier is composed mostly of
staunch Catholics, large percentage
of whom are of German descent but
all loyal American citizens.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
The Little Flower

The death is announced of Canon
Domin, priest of the Diocese Of
Bayeux, France. During A years he
was chaplain of the Benedictine Con-
vent and school at Lisieux, where he
gave First Holy Communion to Sister
Teresa of the Child Jesus, Carmelite
of Lisieux, known the world over as
the Little Flower"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
Priest Commissioned

Rev. Bernard J. Mcnamara, D. D.,
assistant rector of st. Patrick S
Church, Baltimore, has been commits
stoned chaplain in the army with the
rank of first lieutenatn. Father Nc
Namara is one of the best-known
priests in the Archdiocese of Balti-
more. He received his degree from
the North American College in Rome,
where he made his theological
studies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17

The writer, Rev. w. Demouy, in the
Denver Catholic Register, is indebted
to The Civilta CattOlica, Rome, for
the data contained in the following
article.
Our Holy Father and gloriously
reigning Pope, Bendict XIV, has
merited, from all right-minded and
impartial people, the title "Pontiff of
Peace" "Pontiff of Charity" AS the
representative upon earth of Christ,
who was the Prince of Peace, and as
the universal father of all the faithful,
it is natural that the Pope bear such
a title; but Benedict XIV has well
merited it for other reasons. He has
risen above the burning atmosphere of
passion which has surrounded the ma
tions, and he has embraced all people
with equal love. In times of such
stress as we have witnessed for the
past four years, a figure such as our
Holy Father is necessary in the world.
Under the sweet influence of his per-
sOnality, borne up by the confidence
he inspires, and yielding to the au-
thOrity that is his, men have found
a ruler and a helper magnanimous,
impartial, and imbued with the spirit
of the commandment to love God
above all things and other men as
thySelf."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
Convention of c. M. B. A.

The eighteenth annual convention
of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Asso-
citation will be held in Philadelphia,
August 1890. The convention will
open on Tuesday morning with a
solemn High Mass at the Cathedral.
In the evening the delegates will at
will be held under the auspices of
The National Fraternal Congress at
Independence Square, @
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
POSITION OF HOLY FATHER IN
PRESENT CRISIS - CARDINAL
GIBBONS POINTS OUT NEED OF
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND
STATE.

Cardinal Gibbons delivered the fol-
lowing address at luncheon rendered
Archbishop Dougherty in Philadel-
phia.
I am asked to respond to the toast.
"Our Holy Father and Our Country -
My heart at the present time, mS
friends, goes out to our great soldiers
who are fighting in the trenches of
France and who are constantly giving
their lives to their beloved country,
and our hearts go out also, naturally,
10 those who are to become or who
have become widowed through this
terrible and destructive war. But, as
the toastmaster has said, very proper
ly, there is one majestic figure that
looms up above all others-one ma
jestic figure commands our sympathy
and our admiration, and that figure is
Benedict XIV.
Pope Like Moses of Old.
see him now in spirit with uplifted
hand, like Moses on the mountain,
praying for his children on both sides
We all know well the criticisms that
Father; he is opposed in England, es-
peially the complaint has gone out
that our Holy Father has not taken
sides with the Allies against Germany
and Austria. That would be impos-
sible. Our Holy Father cannot be a
ne ortic ln
it; he is the Father of all; the others
are his children. But if the Pope is not
a partisan he is not blind witness or
an Indifferent spectator of the crimes
to which the Bishop referred to today
in his discourse; he is not blind wits
ness to the crimes that have been
committed against humanity and
against civilization. The Holy Father
has time and time again protested;
he has protested against the forced
invasion of Belgium; he has protested
against the deportation of Belgian
subjects; he has protested against
the destruction of churches and librar-
les in Belgium and in France, and he
has labored not without success in
affecting the exchange of prisoners.
The Greatness of the Papacy.
My friends, we cannot too much
exalt the Pope. The Pope is the
highest parsonage today on the face
of the earth. This is not a figure of
speech, and why? The Pope is the
perennial ruler; Leo may die. Plus
may die, Benedict may die, but the
Papacy lives forever. The Pope in
his day has seen kingdoms rise and
fall; he has seen kingdoms change
into republics and republics into mon
arches. He has seen the rise and
the development; there is no exagger-
alton here-he has seen the rise and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
HISTORY OF WAR PRISONERS RELEASE

EFFORT OF BENEDICT XIV IN BE.
HALF OF PRISONERS OF WAR
SHOWS THE PoNTIFF'S GREAT
CHARITY - PUBLICATION OF
THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPOND.
ENCE WITH THE BELLIGERENT
NATIONS HoNORS THE Pom
TIFF.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
Program of the Pope.

Our Holy Fathers special program
which has won for him the name of
Pope OF Charity" is that of influ-
encing the nations at war to eX-
change the prisoners incapacitated
and incapable of further fighting,
whether from wounds, disease, or any
other cause. The world at large
though slightly informed of this-has
never known it sufficiently well, owing
TO the silence and the onesided work
ings of the secular press. Even Cath
olic papers and periodicals, while they
frequently have made reference to this
charitable and wonderful work, have
not cited the lengthy and delicate ne
gotiations which preceded the success
full accomplishment of this task.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-17
Summary of Negotiations.

Summary of Negotiations.
A brief enumeration of the nego-
tiations between the Holy See and
the different nations, perhaps will be
well received in this country, since
the kith and kin of all are engaged in
the conflict beyond the seas; and
fathers and mothers, relatives and
friends, will feel debt of gratitude
towards Benedict XIV, whose efforts
have made it possible for infirm, in
capacitated and severely wounded
soldier-prisoners not to be compelled
to spend their days-even for the
duration of the war-amid the hor-
rors of an enemy prison camp. I'm
doubtedly this country also will read
lily enter into such agreements, when
the good of boys demands it.
It was on the occasion of the Christ
mas greetings December "a, 1914)
presented by the Sacred College of
Cardinals to His Holiness Benedict
XIV, that we obtain the first inkling
of this great enterprise in war relief
work. In response to the good wishes
of the members of this noble court
the Holy Father referred to the wal
and to the peace which he had, by
all means within his power, both pub
licly and in private, endeavored tc
preserve. Now he wished to pour
some balm, if possible, over the mum
erous terrible wounds of the conflict;
and to this end he had proposed &
christmas truce to the belligerent ma
tiOns. This was refused by some
nevertheless, the beautiful spirit which
inspired it was neither lost nor over
looked.
One of the First Documents.
Benedict XIV then made allusion tt
the initiative he had taken in thu
work of mutual Exchange of pris
oners who were unable for furthe
military service;" and thus the Hol,
Father publicly and solemnly CAV
out the contents of the program h
had mapped out to ascertain the fee
ings of the various governments i
this regard. Hence, one will see tha
as early as December of 1914, Pop
Benedict began to exchange view
with the different powers as to thi
relief work.
One of the first documents in thi
matter dates back to DECEMBER /:
1914. 1t contains only general terms
but the tone clearly shows its inten
and purpose. letter was addresse
by Prince Schonburg, ambassador
the Holy See from Austria-Hungar!
TO the Cardinal Secretary of State, !
which was communicated to him
despatch from the minister of foreig
affairs, expressing the deepest graf
tude to His Holiness. Reference wa
made to the work undertaken by tn
Holy Father to better the lot of tn
prisoners of war of Austria-Hungar
and the fatherly kindness containe
therein was recognized and highl
praised, Besides, it had excite
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-28
IvANHOE
CoNTRTBrTOR

March 22nd looked like rain, lawns
are taking on fair tipge OF green.
The few families left in Ivanboe are
enjoying health and plenty Of "scen-
cry"
Rev. J. W. Lspey is holding meet
ings at Overstreet school house this
week.
Pupils Of the grammar grade are
surely interested in tasket ball.
Charles Reid and grand son. Ernest.
Of Follett, we're here attending to busi-
ness today. The Reid's have all NOV
ed their houses and families to Follett.
Mr.. Crump ard Editor Holland
were Ivanhoe visitors today.
The Red Cross ladies met with Mrs.
John Lowell Thursday and report a
busy day.
Mrs. Johnson received word yester-
day that her nephew, Harry W. Shack
elford, OF the aviation school at San
Antonio, Texas, experienced a fall of
3 200 feet when the pilot lost controll
of the gas supply in some way. Mr. =.
Sheckelford's escape with only u brok-
EN- ankle seems little short of a miracle.
Mesdames Hills and johnson stien-
ded church at Follett last Sunday
through the kindness Of MIR. Schwope
and family and their car and in the
evening Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z. Baldwin
did them like favor
Rev. F. II Netf is the new pastor a,
Follett.
The new minister on Ivanhoe charge
is Rev. Tingley who will preach at old
Ivanhoe next Sunday.
A Mr.. Handley was taken into Gus
tody yesterday, we were told for too
much pro- German talk.
The Sunset Red Cross gave a pie SUI
per at the Overstreet school house Fri.
day night and took in about thirty dol
lars. The program was furnished by
the literary society at that place.
Three cases of pneumonia are re
ported at the home Mr.. Yates north
east OF here.
School closes in the Copple distric
this week.
| Miss Msude Courtney will take he
basket ball team to Higgins to play OF
Saturday.
The school went over to the Lovel
school to spelling and cipherin
match Friday nicht-Smiles.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-28
GATE

II. s. Mathers and family have re-
turned from Nebraska where they
have been for the past eight months.
He came home little sooner than he
of his father who is a little better.
Allan. the youngest son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Poorbaugh, is very low
with pneumonia. Their relatives
from Kansas are here.
Mrs. L Dickson, who has been visit
ing her daughter in Oklahoma City
returned home last Friday.
A bridge west OF town was burned
Sunday.
The "Soldier Boy" from France
spoke here Saturday afte noon and
raised 81, 900 in stamp money,
Mrs. w. I. Doyle, Zelda Collyer
Irma Ranney and Cornne Leo went tc
Laverne Saturday. Merritte Maphet
weat as chaufer.
Mrs. Heycu went to Forgan Frivay
night to stay over Sunday.
S. X Heath received word last weel
that his father had been killed and
his brother seriously hurt in a run-s,
way. He left at once to take his faith
er to California for burial,
l.. Haywood has been confined to hi
bed for the past ten days and is nj
better.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-28
NORTH FORK

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Williams en-
tertained at dinner Sunday Messrs
George Armstrong, Herschel Allen. p.
J. Gheen, Calvin Williams, Percy
Gheen, Hugh Nc Korkle and Roy
Gheen Mesdames Armstrong, p. J y,
Percy and Roy Gheen, Williams and
the Misses Flora and Leone Allen.
Most Of the farmers in this neigh
borbood have begun discinE aud plow-
ing for spring crops in spite OF dry
weather.
Tom Lemaster was in this vicinity
buying cattle Tuesday. He was ac-
companied by his brother-in.law, Mr..
Rice.
The Sophia Red Cross will have an
Easter donation OF eggs Monday.
viii Erts and son, Milburn spen,
Sunday with Ed. Gaunts.
Mrs. P.J. Gheen, chairman OF Sophis
Red Cross, was invited to Sunset Sat.
urdsy night to talk on Red Cross work
MIR. Gheen accompanied her and they
spent the night with Mr., and Mrs jim
Cunniningham.
The sale at Frank.Evans was well at
tended. TIE Sunset Red Cross made
neat sum serving lunch.
Measles is all the go in our schoo
now.
The writer extends thanks to oditoI
for sending our mans to the headquar
| ters of conservation OF food. We re
ceived a beautiful pin and a nice let
ter of encouragement which we appre
ciated very much.
Mrs. Madison ia visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. Clyde Mahaifey, at present.
Frank Patterson 10 building nic'
cement chicken house and milk house
this spring,
Roy Gheen and wife are visiting a
Tyrone this week.
Emery Gail has been absent from
school this week because Of sickness.
Mrs. Riley Ginsmsn spent Monda.
evening with Mrs, Mayo.
Mrs. Lake and Mrs. Hoover spen
Sunday at La Kemp. p.-Country Lad
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-28
NOTICE OF sETTLEMENT Of ACCOUNT
In the County Court.

State of Oklahoma. County Of Beaver. IS.
In the Matter of the Estate of William T. Strobe
Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that Joe Michel
the duly appointed administrator. of the estate Of
William T. Strobe deceased. has rend er d
and presented for settlement and filed
in said court his final account and repor,
Of his administration as such adminis-
TRAITOR. and his petition for distribution Of
said estate. and for his discharge. and that Mon
day the % day of April. 1918. being a day of the
regular term Of court. to-wit. of the April term.
A. D.. 1918. at o'clock p. m. at the county court
room in the city of Beaver. in said county of
Beaver. has been duly appointe
by the court, for the settlement Of said account
and for hearing said petition. at which time and
place any person interested in said estate may
appear and file exception in writing to the ac-
count and contest the same.
In testimony whereof. have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said court. this %
day of March. 1915
JOHN A. SPoHN,
County Judge.
Attest: c. C. DeGraw. Court Clerk
3-2s A. BY Jessie Keith. Deputy.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-28

Kansas. She expects to be gone three
months.
Mr.. Jackson and daughter, Mrs. Nell
Chase and Mrs. Chas. Osteen. were
calling at VIM. Hefner's Sunday after
noon.
The young peoples party at Amos
JacSsons Gas well attended and q good
time is reported.
Ray Blood and wife made a flying
trip to Liberal, Kansas, last Saturday.
G. l.. Crawford was trying out his
new Buick last Sunday.
John Lane and family. Meredith
Shockley and family we're Sunday
afternoon callers at G. f Blood's.
Leslie Fifar. who is home on q fur
Tough from Csmp:Funston was calling
at Bert Shockley's last week.
Park De Gsaw is building . new
house.
roSTRrBrroR
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-28
Assessors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that will be
in my Office till April 10, 1915, to take
delinquent assessments. All assess
ments not in by that date will be sub
ject to penalty. Bear this in mind {.
Make your assessment promptly. Bear
this in mind, Make your assessment
promptly and save the penalty.
Frank Shockley. County Assessor
3-2l Ali At
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-28
NOTICE OF INTENTION 70 FUND

Notice Is hereby given that on the LIST day Of
April 1915. at 9o'clock a. m. or as soon thereaf-
ter hearing may be had, the Board of Edu.
cation of the town of Beaver. Oklahoma. by its
proper officers. will proceed before the Distric,
Court Of Beaver county. Oklahoma. to make d
showing and offer proof and ask said Count tc
hear and determine the existence. character and
amount of the outstanding legal warrant indebt
edness. and to sign the bonds to be issued in pay
ment of same. All persons interested may ap
pear at the time said proof is made, to remon
strate against the issuance of said bonds. Datet
this lith day Of March lois
Attest: II. ID. MEEsE, Director,
c. c. DEGRAw, Clerk
Seal. 3-2l 3-2s 2t
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-03-28
Conquest Contributions

March %; The wind continues to
blow. A good rain would be most
welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis and
Lester Mardock and Miss Elsie Curtis
were supper guests at Elmer Browns
Wednesday, Mrs. Davis and little Bon
its remained over night.
Miss Laura Hetfner left Thursday for
an extended visit to her sister, Mrs
Ralph Reynolds, Of Council Grove.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-05-07
RANCE OF THE MARKETS
TODAN'S QUOTATIONS
ny WIRE: HOME
MARKETS
KANSAS CITY L,vas.ocx
noosi

Receipts aoeo
Nagkof STRONG 20 be higher
llalh 81 aales tifia go tii 81.
Top pfi,e sl3 80
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-05-07

New York. May 2 Warning fhai
ii.e Russo German peaoa treaty nc
Eoiiat~i NJ Hreri l.iioYsk Will snuse
permanent anfarunism between Cor
many and Russia and that II VIII b.
come the 'errm ~ ficrre wars IN ~
future" was given by Dr i.udwir
Haas -Karlsnhe. mrnlser - ,hs
rsichssag. IN icficr 20 tho Berlin
TaFehiaft r~coniiy
y would bc better for Germany n
tho Russian borsier states were not
-~cFregaied- hc asserted Owing "a
The uncertainty ~ tho ftrure ~ Rus
s;a he declared Germany should nus
10 now commftci - a fixed policy
For tiat reason. he rsoiufef oai. n
would he -nnore than dangerous fur
tie German eur'~rnr 20 become duke
.. Courland or ~ any naitic country
since once fhe cm-erur was connect =
~ with the Daiiic fnturr. there wouh
b. no turning back
The new border states fof RB.aia
shonld remain free and ve desire -
rsmain free.~ he concluded