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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
FIRST AMERICAN BISHOP

Holy Father had sent long lines of
Bishops to Greenland, seventeen of
whom are mentioned by name in
Scandinavian "sagas, and yet during
all this time the new world had not
been made known to Europe, an eX-
PLANTATION is to be had in at least two
conditions which prevailed at the
time
The primitive knowledge of geog-
raphy and maritime instruments in no
way allowed the Mortimer to associ-
ate Vinland with separate continent
or to locate it with reference to Eu-
rope on a spherical earth. Secondly,
the political unrest of the old world
at the time made any colOnizing idea
quite unthought of. Europe was too
busy settling her own national bound
airy to bother about founding another
(Fiske).
For all practical purposes, then, and
according to the proper meaning of
the term "dfscoverer, America still
remained in deep Egyptian darkness
But light was soon to break, and,
strange'to say, one of it's first beams
was to be kindled from an unexpect-
ed source-from far distant China, or
Cathay, as it was known in those days
And the two men who were to start
the conf1agration were followers of
the poor little man of Assisi-Fran-
ciscan monks.
About the middle of that famous
thirteenth century, Pope Innocent w
sent a friend of st. Francis, Friar
John of Plano Carpini, as mission
airy into the depths of Mongolia. A
few years later ST. Louis of France
sent him companion, William de
Rubruquis. Both of these were men
Of keen and cultivated minds. The
narrative of the second especially ''in
it's rich detail, it's vivid pictures, it's
acuteness of observation and strong,
good sense has few superiors in the
whole library of travel" (Yale's Mar
co Polo).
/, These two missionary tourists did
not visit China but soon fell in with
Chinese folk, and from them learned,
to certainty, that China was not, as
had been supposed since the days of
Ptolemy, an unknown land of vast eX
tent full of reedy and impenetrable
swamps,' but was bounded on the
east, as Europe was on the west, by
a vast and trackless ocean. China
then was not boundless, but was shut
in by waters-perhaps the same wa
tiers which incloscd Europe on the
West! Perhaps then by sailing around
these waters westward Cathay could
be reached by boat! Behold the al
Turing prospect which seized upon the
scientific and poetic mind of Column
bus and which he was soon to put to
such good practical account.
Then was revived again the almost
forgotten opinion of Aristotle as to
the shape of the earth; and Roger
Bacon, in his mastery way, was soon
furnishing food to be used some years
later by the fertile brain of the real
and recognized discoverer of Amer
ica-Columbus, Christopher, "the
Christ-bearer" who was to carry the
cross athwart the sea of darkness
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
CHURCH in PORTUGAL
MODIFICATION OF ANTI.CATH-
oLIC LEGISLATION IN PoRTU-
GAL-PRlvILEGEs GRANTED BY
GOVERNMENT.

News comes from Lisbon that at
the last council meeting of the cab
met the ministers approved the modi-
fcations to be introduced into the
Portuguese Law of Separation between
Church and State. Wonderful to
relate, the Republican government
has accepted almost entirely the
claims of the Catholics, and is said
to be anxious that the notifications
made will produce a good impression
on public opinion. In future, accord
ing to these concessions, the Church
will be administered as regards her
temperatures by the clergy, under the
control of representative of the
state, however, which will become
owner of the churches, if in any case
no service has been celebrated within
period of three years from the
passing of the new law.
The right of censure which the
Minister of Justice exercised over the
bishops pastoral letters has been sup
pressed, and the new law permits
priests to wear ecclesiastical dress
again. The Minister of the Interior
paid visit a few days ago to the
Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon to ask
his authorization to appoint a certain
priest of his archdiocese mayor of a
town. These incidents show that the
rulers of Portugal are coming to
their senses after a long period of
insanity, and that they are endeavor-
ing to placate really Catholic
people.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
Honorable Joseph Scott
NOTED LAWYER OF Los ANGELES
GETS THIS YEARS "IAE-
TARE" MEDAL.

Hon. Joseph Scott Los Angeles,
Cal, lawyer and lecturer of national
reputation, has been awarded the
'Laetare" medal for the year 1918 by
the University of Notre Dame, In
diana, according to announcement
made in the university church on Sun
day, March 10, ''Laetare" Sunday
The presentation will take place, ac-
'cording to the annual custom, at the
commencement exercises of the uni
versity in June.
Mr.. Scott was born of Irish parent
age, in Penrith, County of Cumberland,
England, on July 16, 1867. He re-
ceived his early education at ST. Cuth-
berts, Ushaw, and had as a fellow
student the late Wilfred Ward, and
as a professor, Merry del VAL now
Cardinal, once Papal Secretary of
State, with whom he formed a lasting
friendship. He and Wilfred Ward
were the only laymen among the
speakers at the centennial of st. Cuth-
bert's College.
The newest medalist came to the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23

United States in 1889, and became a.
student and professor of Rhetoric at
st. Bonaventure's College, Allegheny,
N. Y, and he there received his mas
ter's degree in 1893 Next year he
was admitted to the bar and having
settled in Los Angeles, took so active
and leading part in promoting the
welfare of that community that he
won wide esteem and confidence.
Santa Clara College honored him with
the degree of Phi. D., and seven years
later he received the degree of LII. d.
from his Alma Mater. He is one of
the most prominent and active mem
sbefs of the knights of Columbus. At
present he is giving lectures on the
reasons for Americas entrance into
the war.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
OF JOPPA

infected with the pest, to spare them
a more terrible death at the hands of
the Turks.
Situated on the Mediterranean, it is
the principal port of the Holy Land
1T is there that in times of peace the
pilgrim first sets foot in Palestine.
The. so-called harbor is an open road
stead with a reef of jagged rocks
about mile off shore, between which
the small boats have to pass to take
passengers to and from the liners. 1t
is situated IN the most fertile part Of
Palestine. In the suburbs are de-
lightful gardens, filled with orange,
lemon and spice trees.
There is good carriage road lead
ing to Jerusalem, a distance of thirty
one miles, and also railroad, built in
1892, which runs by the ancient town
of Ramleh, the Arimathea of Bible
times. It's population of 10000 is
truly cosmopolitan, all nationalities
and religious communities being rep
resented. The Catholic population is
approximately l,IOU. Inc Francis
can Fathers conduct hospice there,
and direct the parish church and a
school for boys The Brothers of the
Christian Schools have a boarding
school, two day-schooIs, and CONNER
.cial school. Italian Catholics also
have school for boys. The Sisters of
st. Joseph and the Franciscan Sisters
have each boarding school and a
day-school. There is also a French
hospital conducted by nuns. The
other (rion-C atholic) Christian com
munities, especially the Pedestrians,
also have schools. hospitals and or
phanages.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
HE WAS NAMED THREE cENTUR.
les BEFORE COLUMBUS DIS.
coVERY - ERIC GNUP ssosN
BISHOP OF GREENLAND-WENT
IN SEARCH OF vtNLAND IN 1121.

While the adventurous trips of the
hardy Vikings, and the advent of Left
the Lucky to the coast of what is to.
day our country, fully four centuries
before the days of Columbus, have
been established beyond any histori-
cal doubt, nevertheless it can be truly
said that America was not yet discov-
cred. No permanent settlement had
been made on the shores of Vinland
the Good and no general knowledge
of separate and distinct land had
penetrated to the intellectual centers
of Europe, writes Father Mannix, in
the Catholic Register.
1t is more than probable that during
the four hundred years between the
days of Lief to the destruction of the
Greenland Christianity by the Eski-
mos, cur shores were simply visited
from time to time on timber seeking
expeditions and no general attempt
was made to colonize. This becomes
most plausible when we remember
that while numerous relics and monu-
ments of the stay of the Christians on
Greenland are to be found there today
(the ruins of the Cathedral of Gardar
still stand), not one single token or
souvenir of the white man was ever
reported found on the coasts of Amer
lea by our forefathers in colonial
times. Not even a trace of cattle,
horses or kline in the feral state
has ever been brought to light. And
yet, the Mortimer would have taken
such with them had they attempted
colonization Columbus did so on his
second voyage, the Pilgrims did so
at Plymouth, and there is hardly a
record of attempted colonization
where these domestic animals were
forgotten.
In 1112 Pope Paschal II appointed
Eric Gnupsson Bishop of Greenland
and Vinland in partibus infidelium,"
toned that in 1921 this hardy pio-
neer Bishop went in search of Vim
land" 1t is, however, nowhere men
toned that he found it, and he sup
posedly persisted in the attempt. How
interesting and dramatic to picture
this Bishop, three centuries before
Columbus, starting out to occupy his
episcopal see on the American main
land-and perishing in the attempt!
He little dreamed that the birth of
the American hierarchy would wait
until the same year in which George
Washington would take his chair as
first president of a new republic
Q7S9).
America then in the fifteenth cen
fury still remained to be discovered,
since no geographical knowledge had
been added to the worlds stock on
account of the activities OF the North
mon. If one is puzzled and asks for
an explanation of this unusual fact,
i. G., that for four hundred years the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
MEDITERRANEAN PORT OF PAL
EsTlNE CAPTURED BY BRITISH
WAS PLACE WHERE NOE BUILT
HIS ARK - MANY BIBLICAL
SCENES TRACED TO ANCIENT
CITY.

Joppa, the Jaffa of Bible times,
which was captured by the British
forces some time ago, is one of the
most ancient cities of the world. At
the time of Noe it was already a
center of population, and chronolo9ers
say that Noe built his ark there.
After the deluge the city was rebuilt
by Japhet, the third son of Noe, from
whom it derives its name. 1t was
there that the cedars for building the
great temple of Solomon in Jerusalem
were landed. At Joppa, it is said the
prophet Jonas embarked with the OBJ
iect of evading the command of God,
to preach penance to the people of
Ninive. It was at Joppa that St.
Peter raised to life the widow Ia
bitha; there, too, in the house of
Peter, the tanner, he had the SYM
bolic vision of the unclean animals.
At Joppa Peter received the first Gen
tiles into the Church. The city fig
ured in the history of the Crusades
Godfrey de Bullion conquered it in the
twelfth century. Reconquered by the
Turks in 1887, it was retaken; by
Richard Occur de Lion in 1892. Dur
ing the thirteenth century the city
was alternately in control of the Turks
and the Christians. Napoleon l took
Fit by assault in 1899, and he was ac-
cused Of having poisoned his soldiers,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
THE KIPLNG SLUR
POEM INSERTED BY ACCIDENT
RED CROSS MAGAZINE WILL
APOLOGIZE FOR sLUR ON POPE
IN CURRENT NUMBER.

In the last issue of the Red Cross
Magazine a poem by Kipling, casting
raw slur on the Pope, was published.
The Registers comment brought the
following telegram Saturday from the
Red Cross headquarters in Washing
ton:
Catholic Register,
Kansas City, Mo.
Your recent statement relative to
publication of Kipling poem in Red
Cross Magazine has just been brought
to our attention. This poem was in
serted in magazine at the last minute
by editors without having been sub
mitted to Washington. It was re-
garded purely as a contribution from
Kipling and editors did not sense re-
Election on Catholic Church which it
contained. 1t is a matter of greatest
concern to the War Council of Ameri-
can Red Cross that this should have
happened and they regard it as a
serious error.
While the American Red Cross~fs
non-sectarian, every one knows the
splendid help and cooperation it has
had from Catholics everywhere, both
in contributions and in active service
in it's official ranks, and in view of this
spirit it is to be hoped Catholics every
where will understand that the appear
ance of this poem was the result of
oversight and error The next issue
of the Red Cross Magazine will con
tain an editorial of sincere regret for
the error that has been made.
(Signed) GEORGE E. FOLEY,
Secretary to Chairman,
Red Cross War Council.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23

it's, and is not to be taken on faith.
The Church does not profess to have
received a revelation of the facts of
history, of the science of chronology,
astronomy, chemistry, electricity, phys
les, or geology" and it is from these
fertile fields that theologians often
draw their arguments to show the
reasonableness of our faith. Theol-
ogy comes under the supervision of
the Church to the extent that the
theologians require the appreciation
of Church authority before they may
publish their works. This is a meas
ure OF precaution, and such an i'm
primatur does not place the writing
among the articles of faith.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
The Bishop McGolrick Burse
FUND GROWS STEADILY-OPPOR-
TUNITY TO HELP THE
FOREIGN MISSIONS.

Substantial increase was given the
Bishop McGolrick Burse during the
past week. Though the number of
contributors was not large, one friend
sent us fifty dollars, and two others
twenty-five dollars each. We have
reached the crest of the hill and are
now on the down grade. AS pre-
Viously stated in these columns, we
are endeavoring to raise one thousand
dollars among the readers of The
Catholic Bulletin, which sum will con-
stitute permanent foundation for
the education of native priest in
the foreign Missions. We desire to
complete the Burse at the earliest
possible date. At the present time a
little matter of about four hundred
dollars separates us from the goal.
If just one person in every twenty who
chance to read this appeal would act
this week the Burse would undoubt-
eddy be completed by Easter Sunday.
viii you not be "One in TWENTY"
Contributions of any amount will be
most welcome; send them to Rev.
James A. Byrnes, st. Paul Seminary,
st. Paul, Mimi.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
HIPPODROME.

Tabloid musical comedy will head
the bill at the Hippodrome the last
half Of the week. Tom Lindsay heads
the company of nine which presents
it. The Profteer,' a play dealing
with food speculation, is feature or
the bill which also contains hand
balancing act by Enos and Enos;
songs by Loos Brothers, who special
ize in syncopation and singing and
talking skit, called "A Case of Pick
les by HoWatson and Swaybelle The
eighth episode of Vengeance and the
Woman" will continue to be shown,
as well as comedies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
Archbishop Healy Dead

Most Reverend John Healy, Arch
bishop of Tuam, Ireland, died March
Is. He was born in Elphin, January
2, 1841, and was raised to the Episco-
pate in 1884, and became Bishop Of
Clonfert in 1896. In 1908, he was APP
pointed to the See of Tuam, in sue
cession to the Most Reverend John
Inactivity. Right Reverend Michael
1 siggins is at present Auxiliary Bishop
of the See.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
Medals Of Valor

The Italian military medal of valor
has been awarded to Major Guy Lowell
of New York; Captain Henry Blakis-
ton Wilkins of Baltimore, and Captain
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Md All
the recipients are members of the
American Red Cross and received the
medals for distinguished work on the
Italian front
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
John NJ. O'Halloran, Guelph,
$588.5O
K. of c. Service Flag

1t has been suggested from several
sources that the knights Of Columbus
prepare a Service Flag for the order.
The Committee on War Activities has
the matter in charge and is now seek
ing correct estimate of the men,
bers Of the order who have gone into
the service
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
Las Casas Honored

The War Department announced
that the camp for training selective
draft men of Porto Rico at San Juan
has been designated Camp Las Casas,
in honor of Bartolemc De Las CaSas,
the Spanish Dominican, famous as Il
defender of the Indians against their
Spanish conquerors.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
A Parish Campaign

There is no happier or prouder man
in Newark these days than Rev. John
J. Preston, rector of st. Aloysius
Church. Two weeks ago the popular
and energetic priest was worried by
a debt of $4,000 resting on the parish
property and today the debt is cleared,
thanks to the loyalty and good will of
the parishioners in responding gener-
ously to the appeal of their pastor for
contributions during a ten-day CAM
paign.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
German Catholic Authors

The deaths of two distinguished
Catholic journalists are reported from
Germany: DR.. julius Bachem of Col
ogne, a leader of the Centre party
and for many years editor of the
Ko1nische Volkszeitung, and Otto
Denk, Royal Counsellor of Bavaria, a
distinguished author, who was known
as Otto Won Schaching.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
Soperton's Drive

Forest County, Wisconsin, has nine
teen Knights of Columbus. Members
from Soperton and Wabeno canvasscd
the county, and raised $1,522.36, a re-
markable showing. They were high
ly commended by Supreme Secretary
Mckinley.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
Irish Author Dies

Richard Barry O'Brien, a barrister
and author, is dead in his home in
London. Mr.. O'Brien was prolific
writer on Irish land and political ques-
tions, was one of the founders of the
Irish Literary society and was it's
president from 1906 to 1911.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
Project of Propaganda

Pope Benedict has appointed Car
dinal Van Rossum, who was the first
Dutch member of the Sacred College,
Project of the Congregation of the
Propaganda.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
Chaplain is Decorated

A Knights of Columbus chaplain in
France, Rev. Ozias Boucher, of the
diocese of Fall River, Mass. has been
awarded the Croix de ,Guerre by the
French government for gallantry at
the front.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
DR.. Morrissey Improving

Very Rev. DR.. Andrew Morrissey,
G. s. r., Provincial. who has been
seriously Ill with pneumonia at Notre
dame University, is very much i'm
proved.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
MAKE HOME SAFE
AGAINST DRINK

Get drinks poison out of your sys-
tenn and be a normal man again. You
can do it in any ordinary case by using
the modern Meal Way" method for
three days at home, or in more severe
cases at the Neal Institute, 18th and
Minnesota Sts., st. Paul, MINI. Cedar
1858; rs. 24133. Better ask today for
full information about the "NEAL.
WAY"-Established in so cities.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-12-19
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

You are hereby kindly requested to
look at the date on the label attached
to your copy of the Union and, if you
;thereupon find that you are in arrears
that your subscription is not paid IN
advance settle such account with
out delay.
;. In reading your label where the
date, for instance, shows 'Jan. '19''
that means your subscription expires
on January 1, 1919-all subscriptions
expire on the first of the month speci-
fled on the label and upon the year
appearing thereon. Hence it will be
clearly seen that the reading OF the
label is simple.
Taking into consideration the high
cost of print paper and everything else
entering into the production of news
paper, as we'll as the small price at
which the Union is issued, it is mat
ter of impossibility to- extend credit
for subscriptions and come out even
We are in need of the money out
standing and would thank you to give
the matter your early attention.
=; :..:>= ~ ..... The Publisher.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-12-19

P. w. Jensen of the Diamond Leaf
Stock farm recently sold to the North
ern Mile Laos County Breeders as
ISOLATION of Wahkon pure-bred Hol-
stein bull selected by County Agent
Steward and committee of two mem
bers Of the association. The bull was
sent by truck to Isle. He is from Mr..
Jensen's herd sire, Clutch Bell But
ter Boy" His eight nearest dams
gave over 200 pounds of butterfat in
one year and full dams sister over
1900 pounds in like period.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-12-19

A letter has been received by DR..
Cooney from Russell M. Farnham, who
is with a medical department on a
motor supply train in France. He
states that although he has seen no
active service he has seen lot of
France, which he likes as place to
spend vacation but not for estab-
fishing a home and making living
He thanks DR.. Cooney for the many
valuable things he taught him and
says he is coming back to the good ole
". S. A. and study for an NJ D. de.
gree.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-12-19

When a man lights cigar or a
cigarette in the dining room of a hotel
and nauseates the other patrons with
it's fumes he is either an ignorant
beast or is trying to emulate the ''kul-
tur" Of the pro<Huns., Princeton's
hotels cater to ladies and gentlemen,
not to human skunks who impregnate
the atmosphere of the dining-room
with the stink emanating from burn
ing rags.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-12-19

It's the men who have the least
work to do who neglect to shovel the
snow from their sidewalks the busy
man invariably fnds<time to keep his
walks clean. You can tell whether
thrifty man or a sluggard lives in a
house by the sidewalk conditions. Of
course there are exceptions to this
rule, as, for instance, where man is
sick. In Princeton some walks are in
abominable shape, and we would sug-
.gest that the mayor give the persons
at issue pointer or two.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-12-19

The local registration board is still
in session. Crowder's department. is
a peculiar institution. One day notice
is received to "close up shop" and the
next this order is rescinded. It is diff
ficult to comprehend the vacillations
of the great war tribunal at Washing
ton, in fact we are inclined to the be-
lief that Crowder and Baker are both
up in the air.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-12-19

DR.. J. F. HOFFMAN, optometrist, will
be in town on Wednesday and Thurs
day, Jan. 10 and II. Eyes examined
and glasses fitted. Office at Mer-
chants hotel. 27-tfc
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-12-19
BEGINNING to Doubt.

Old Lady don't believe this Sure
Cure Tonic is a-going to do me any
good.
Friend It's highly spoken Of in the
papers.
Old Lady Yes, but I've taken for
ty-seven bottles, and I don't feel a
bet better. tell you what it is, Sarah,
I'm beginning to think these newspa-
per editors don't know everything. :" 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-12-19

Mrs. J. w. White (nee Mildred
Rutherford) and child of Russelville,
Ark, and Mrs. J. M. johnson of Min
neapolis are here on visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Newbert.