The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-05-29
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| Wis, at the Sacred Heart hospital for
| six years, was confirmed by Bishop
Schwebach, La Crosse, after he had
| confirmed a class of 21S at st. Pat
! rick's Church, and another class of So
at Sacred Heart Church. The Bishop
made special trip to the hospital to
| administer the sacrament of COnfirma-
ton. Mr.. Roland, who is a Yankee by
birth. who spent most of his life in
Alabama, became a convert to the
| Catholic Church at ninety-eight. He is
undoubtedly one of the oldest persons
ever confirmed in the United States.
Considering his years, he is fairly
| active and Spry.
At Southern congress.-The Ri.
Rev. Monsignor C. P. Thomas, of
| Washington, D. c.. is representing
| Cardinal Gibbons at the ninth annual
convention of the Southern Sociologi
cal Congress, the regional branch of
| the American Sociological Congress,
which is meeting in New Orleans this
week. Cardinal Gibbons has taken
great interest in the work of the So
| Geological Congress. We must ever
keep in mind the principles of the Cos
pei of Jesus Christi he wrote recently
to the secretary of the organization.
He is the Chief Cornerstone of the
individual. and the family and the ma
ton, and the interests of the in
dividual and the nation will be best
conserved by following the maxim of
our Blessed Lord, to DO unto others
what We would have others DO unto
you.''
Record Is CIeared.-The record of
John NJ. Sullivan, of Newport, Ky. in
| the Navy is to be cleared of deserton
charges by Congressional action,
upon advice from the War Depart
ment. Sullivan, who was a gunner on
! the L. S. S. "Powhatan" during the
beginning of the American participa-
ton in the war, deserted to the Army
branch of the service in order to see
some real fighting, enlsting in Co. A,
| Ninth Machine Gun Battalion, under
| the name of John Shannon.' While
in charge of gun squad, fighting in
| the front line. he was wounded, but
refused medical aid until all of his
men had been cared for, death result
ing from his heroic self-sacrifce. The
posthumous award of the Distin-
! guished Service Cross will be given
his father John L. Sullivan, an en-
ploye of the Hotel Gibson, Cincinnati
who lives at Newport, Ky.
Knights Combat Vile TheatricaIs.-
According to the Northwest Catholic
| Progress of Seattle, the community
improvement work of the fourth de-
gree Knights of Columbus in Spokane
is showing results. One of the lead
ing theaters of the CITY," said John R.
Cassin. one of the knights, through
its manager, has already allied it.
self with the movement and is requir-
ing a deletion of both picture and
stage parts that have a lowering moral
influence. Other theater managers, re-
alizing that, unless radical improve
ments in the moral tone of our public
| L,
a long suffering public will relegate
the theatrical business to as complete
a destruction as that which befell the
liquor traffic, are welcoming the educa-
| tiOnal work of the Spokane knights
toward a public demand for entertain
ment that will be more popular among
refined people"
Death of Father Rother, S. j.
Father Aloysius Rother, S. j., who oc-
cupied the chair of philosophy at st.
Louis University for many years, died
at the University Wednesday May 5,
at the age of siXty-One years. Father
Rother was the author of several i'm
, portant philosophical works.
Death of Sir MaTachy Daly-The
former Lieutenant-Governor of Nova
Scotia, Sir Malachy B. Daily, X. C. NJ.
G., died on April 26, after many weeks
of patient suffering. The late gov
ernOr was lawyer by profession and
the son Of Sir Dominick Daily and was
born in 1886 at Marchmont, Que He
was elected to the Provincial legis-
lature in 1875, holding this seat until
1886. In 1890, his appointment came
, for the nant-governorship, a post
of honor he held for ten years re-
ceiving at the end of his term a
, KnighthOod. For several years he
was president of the "Charitable Irish
Society," and was a member of the
commission in charge of the School
for the Blind. Sir Malachy DAILY was
an excellent Catholic.
x, of c. Employment Service.-The
monthly report of the knights of Co
: lumbus employment service in Den
5 yer, submitted by Secretary Kenny
| shows total of $50 men placed in
+ employment during the month oil
t April. The above figures are startling
2 in many ways. They show that EN-
l ployment is plentiful in the city anG
5 also that there are a great many mer
! out of employment. The latter sit
? uation is partly due to the number o
f ex-service men who are being sent tt
? Denver by the government on account
I of slight throat or lung trouble. The
: work being done by the knights o.
! Columbus in getting these men ii
: touch with the job is worthy of com
mendation, as it is not only placing