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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
THE "Y" IN FRANCE

commit grave and disastrous blum
ders.
can instance of this may be found
in the fact that in certain towns in
the North these good apostles have
put it in their head to give courses in
sexual education.
Their intentions are good, or at
least we hope so. But as though it
was problem of acquainting young
savages with such delicate matters.
they enter into details, and throw
upon the screen images which are
most offensive to the feelings of our
people.
Young men and young girls of sew
enteen or more are invited to hear
these lessons which every educator,
every father and mother in our coun-
try Of old Christian civilization, only
teaches children in the most private
manner and with all proper religious
respect"
Pope's Criticism Fully Justified.
La Croix once more lays stress on
the Protestant character of the activ-
tiles of the agents of the Y. M. c. A,
and furthermore adds that:
I'm France, in Italy as far as in
Rome, where they display an extreme
activity to purify the faith they aim,
more particularly, at creating dis
loyal movement among the Catholics.
Never, in fact, shall our Latin popu-
lations forsake their ancestral religion
to join, sincerely and disinterestedly,
a Protestant cult. They never shall
be converted, they shall be perverted,
which is all the sect is wishing for. -
Therefore the writer of the article
| expresses his heartiest thanks to the
Holy Father for calling the watchful
attentions of the Catholics to the actiy.
| tiles of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
SECRET DIVORCE HEARINGS
ADVOCATED BY PARIS LAWYERS

(By N. G.. w. c. News Service.)
certain number OF lawyers of
the Paris bar have drawn up peti-
tion asking that divorce cases be tried
at secret hearings They claim that
the mutual reproaches made by par
ties who have instituted divorce pro-
ceedings are too often an advertise
ment of immortality, and consequently
they would deprive these Of all pub
licity.
It might be mentioned, in this con
nection, that the Catholic jurists, at
the end of the Social Week of Caen
expressed the desire for an association
of lawyers who would refuse to han
die divorce cases.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
STATUE OF CARDINAL FOR GROUNDS
q. Y OF his CATHEDRAL

= The familiar figure of Cardinal Glib
bons win stand for all time in bronze
upon the grounds of the Cathedral of
the Assumption, if plans now project
ed by intimate friends of the late prel-
ate are carried out.
A proposal to erect memorial on
the southwest corner of the Cathe-
dral grounds has met Will" enthusias.
tic commendationi from many quar-.
ters The nations foremost sculptors
will be invited to submit designs fo1
the monument, and it is expected that
campaign to aid in erecting the stat
ue will be inaugurated.
1t is felt to be particularly fittins
that the statue of the Cardinal shoulc
be placed on the grounds of the Ca
thedral where he was baptized ant
elevated to the Cardinalate and where
in he is buried.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
$4,000 ITALIANS TO U. S
IMMIGRATION TOTAL OF 1920 RE
PORTED BY ATTACHE IN
ROME.

Emigrants leaving Italy for the
United States in 1920 numbered 1876,
900, Commercial Attache HI. C. Mac
Lean at Rome says in cablegram re
ceived by the department of Com
merce. More than $4,000 emigrants
went from that country to Argentine
and 5000 to Brazil
The total of 211,O00 emigrants sail
ing during the year was four times
the number leaving Italy in 1919, Mr.
MacLean said
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
THE "Y" THROWS DOWN ITS
MASK IN CATHOLIC FRANCE
SINCE THE WAR, PROTESTANT
CHARACTER OF ITS RELIEF
WORK BECOMES MORE AND
MORE EVIDENT INTRODUCES
SEX TEACHING TO THE YOUNG.

Under the signature of Cyr, which
is the pen name of a distinguished
canon of the Lille diocese, La Croix
has just published another article de-
nouncing the Protestant propaganda
of the Y. NJ C. A. among the popula-
tions of the devastated regions.
after keeping, during the war, a
kind and usually even-handed neutral
ity, the Y. NJ Ca" writes Cyr, sis
more and more throwing down the
mask in its after-war activities.
"Of course, the need for its assist
ance remains most considerable. Hav-
ing at its command almost unlimited
resources, it squanders them all over
the countries which the catastrophe
has laid waste. But its charity has
miscarried.
1T pretends to stand above every
Church and away from every religious
confession. This attitude does not re.
quire great effort on the part Of the
adopts of reformed religion, but it is
yet rather offensive If it makes no
proselytes among the .Protestants, il
is apt to unmake Catholics, tear them
away from our churches, our Oeuvres
and cause them to forsake every
Christian practice.
"Its appearances and its deeds oi
genuine philanthropy are in many in
stances misleading. Quite often its
agents will make it point to extend
personal favors to some clergymen.
"But these various private acts will
only serve to disguise their baleful ac
| tivities."
Sex Education Obnoxious.
The writer Of the article states, be
| sides, that the Y. NJ G. A. is organic
| ing patronages, clubs, gymnastic SO
cieties, libraries, theatrical perform
ances all the while, pretending to re
main neutral--in a country where sim
liar organizations. created by Catho
lies, are already in existence. He
goes on:
But they set about it in such wa,
that our religious faith and our Chris
tian customs are barred from thei
well advertised propaganda.
i Sometimes, even their ignoranc,
Iof cur Latin feelings, causes them t,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
THE BISHOPS COMMITTEE

days at the headquarters of the Wei
| fare Council. In the course of theil
deliberations they made a thorough
canvass of the work already accom-
kplished and about to be undertaken
by the various departments and bu
reaus of the organization
With respect to the lay activities of
the Council, Archbishop Hanna spoke
with enthusiasm. 'The response al
| ready made by the Catholic men and
year ago is most encouraging" he
said. The Catholic organizations
have shown themselves fully alive to
the need for Catholic unity and their
cooperation has already achieved much
good. Their continued life must mean
much for the patriotic reconstruction
work now SO sorely needed"
The committee took up the case OF
Philippine students who are coming
to the colleges of this country Such
students now number some three
thousand. Through the Bureau of I'M
migration of the Welfare Council, Of
fees will be secured in Manila to
register and aid these students before
departure. Offices with field and edu-
cational secretaries will be establish.
ed at San Francisco and Seattle.
The Department of Education re-
ported the publication of a notable
work, the digest of the laws dealing
with teachers certifcation in all the
States of the Union.
Resolutions of appreciation were
adopted in memory of His Eminence,
Cardinal Gibbons, the first president
of the National Welfare Council
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
STUDENTS PREPARE FOR
MISSION CRUSADE

,Pretentious plans for the annual
convention of the Catholic Students
Mission Crusade, which will be held
in Dayton, Ohio, August 1921, have
been made by the Dayton units of the
Crusade.
Each foreign mission society in the
United States will be invited to erect
a booth in the convention hall for the
purpose of placing exhibits of work
carried out under it's auspices. The
general sessions will be divided into
two parts, one dealing with legisla
tive matters wffeh will include the
formal adoption of constitution and
the status of new units, and the Other
with topics of general mission inter
est.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
ON MEXICAN CRUCIFIXIONS

Ages. On the other hand, the writer
of the account, appearing in the pa
per quoted, is guilty of another un-
warranted assertion, when he says:
''It has been fifty years since f1agel-
lants have been seen in Spain and in
New Mexico" The noted traveller and
Americanist Charles F.. Lummis wit
messed scourging and crucifxion in
San Na+ee in New Mexico as late as
1888, and records his observations in
his book: "Some Strange Corners of
Our. Country" Lummis even photo
graphed the scene-a venture which
earned for him serious bullet wound.
To his knowledge crucifiXions were
carried out in two other places in New
Mexico in the same year, while scourg-
ing and other practices of the peni-
tents were observed in % places at
the same time. I'm 1889, 1890 and
1891" Lummis writes in the chapter
The Self Crucifers' of his book, there
were again crucifiXions in San Mateo
and one other town that l know Of
and there may have been more. y
"The crucified one," he writes, who
itentes, does not always die in conse.
J quence of the awful torture, but when
he does, nothing is done to his fanat
| ical brethren"
Influence o. the Church.
The observations of that careful
student Lummis are augmented by the
following statement: "The Penitentes
| or Penitent Brothers we're once very
numerous in New Mexico, but have
| been quietly stamped out by the
Church until but few active bands re
main Lummis wrote in 1S91), anG
they only in the most out-of-the-way
hamlets." They were 'Mexicans, very
| Ignorant and fanatical ones.''
/ If one considers the great Difficult
ties opposing, the missionary labors
of the Church in the Southwest of ou1
country formerly, the vast distances
Indian uprisings, and finally, hostile
Mexican governments, one can readil,
Irealize how such customs could takt
lroot in race that considered abilit,
4 to suffer great pain in silence thu
/ greatest virtue of man, and which
taught the young man4to endure tor
ture in silence when initiating hin
into the secret societies existin!
among them. ..E
i 1t may interest the reader to know
4 that there is an American novel b.
Louis How: TheaPenitentes, in whic
, the subject is !. treated, in a. name
i similar TO that pursued by the. write
of the account from Albuquerque.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
IRISH THANK HARDING
THANKS CABLED TO PRESIDENT
BY DUBLIN MAYOR.

Gratitude for President Harding S
support of the movement in America
to raise funds for the suffering in Ire
land has been cabled to the White
House by the lord mayor of Dublin.
"The afflicted people of Ireland, the
cablegram said, "are sincerely graft
fed by your encouragement OF the
movement to give them financial sup
port. America was always true to
Ireland in her hour of trial. The
funds are urgently needed to restore
buildings destroyed and to relieve
distress"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
EUCHARIsT|C CONGRESS

A national French Eucharistic Con
gress is to be held at Paray-leM eMonial
France, next June, according to a no
tice published by the Bishop of Au
tun. The Congress will last over
June 3, 6, Z, 8. 1t will be inaugurated
by day of prayer and a pilgrimage
of men on Sunday, June 5, at which
Cardinal Dubois, Archbishop of Paris
will preside. Both French and for
eign Catholic leaders will take part
in the opening pilgrimage.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
FIFTY POSIULAATS FOR
GOLDEN JUBILEE

The Dominican Sisters of the Con.
gregation of the Holy Cross, whose
central house is in Brooklyn, are max.
ing preparations in anticipation of the
golden jubilee of Mother Augustine
Fleck, which will occur in August.
The Sisters aim to gather at least
fifty postulants for the religious life
between now and the fiftieth anniver-
sary of their prioress and present
them to her as worthy recognition
OF the number of years spent by her
as a daughter of st. Dominic.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
FATHER .MGGOVERN DEAD

The Rev. Thomas S. McGovern, O.
P, for eleven years pastor of the
Church of st. Vincent Ferrer, New
York, died there April 5 in st. Fran
els Hospital Father McGovern was
5S years of age. He was ordained in
Somerset, Ohio, in 1889, and had held
pastorates in Louisville, Columbus and
Minneapolis. In the city of Minneap-
oils Father McGovern was superior OF
Holy Rosary Convent for several
years and he made many friends here
by his genial and priestly qualities.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
MAShRYk'S DEATH REPORTED TO
Be NEAR

President Masaryk's death Is now
regarded as a matter of a few weeks,
as there has been no Improvement in
his condition, which has been grave
for some time. The selection of his
successor continues to engage the at
tention of the leaders of the princi-
pal political parties.
Masaryk, president of Czecho-Slo-
vakia, is an apostate Catholic and a
bitter enemy of the Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
CRUCIFIxIoNS AND PUBLIC SELF
SCOURGINGS IN MExICO-MIS-
LEADING STATEMENTS CON-
cERNING THEIR ORIGIN AND
HIsToRY-REPoRTs AND VIEWS
OF A RELIABLE OBSERVER.

The ST Louis Globe Democrat of
March 80, printed report dated the
day preceding at Albuquerque, New
Mexico, which is probably being pub
lished in other papers and is apt to
create an erroneous and misleading
impression. The headlines tell of
1.-Two Men Crucified in New Mexico
and announce that "Eyewitnesses Tell
of Agonies of Victims of Religious
Rites" In the course of the item the
reader is advised that "at least two
men were crucified in New Mexico
on Good Friday There were probably
more" but American visitors at the
village of the 'Penitentes' had no op-
portunity to see more than the two
referred to, states the Central Bureau
Bulletin. The entire spectacle, the
item continues, was 1.-The elimination
of a week of ceremonies of fast
disappearing religious order that dates
back to the days of the Conquista-
dors' (the Spanish Conquerors)
UnfOunded as this statement is, 9th.
ers appearing towards the end of the
news item are still more SO. The
Brothers of Light ESQ the account al
leges the penitents call themselves)
'are an order of flagellants that dates
from pagan times ii. e., in Europe)
and continued into the Christian era
and fiourished under the teachings oi
st. Anthony of Padua" This Saint
the writer of the item maintains with
singular cocksureness, organized the
so-called self-whipping brotherhood
formed in the thirteenth century il
Europe, and which spread Throughout
the continent"
The FIageIIantes in the Middle Ages
This assertion is rank nonsense
1t is a fact that the itinerant religious
brOtherhoods of the Scourgers o
Flagellantes made their appearance il
Europe about that time, and that
from the 18th to the 18th century, the,
wandered, frequently numbering thou
sands, chanting and praying through
the land, practicing penance in public
and often scourging themselves.
is not true that st. Anthony of Padu
founded or organized them. They ar
first mentioned in his biography. The
appeared as early as 1860 in Italy
1896 in Strassburg, and in Lombard
in-1333 as the result of the preachin
of Fra Venturino. The brotherhood
of Flagellantes were most numerou
from 134S to 1850, when the Grea
Plague, the Black Death, had deepl
stirred the emotions of men. Althoug
in many places these brotherhood
exerted a wholesome moral influence
yet even as early as 1349 religious il
subordination, the development {
sects, persecution of the Jews. etc
rendered the. pronouncement of a P;
pal ban necessary. When the Flage
lantes again appeared in 1893 the
were suppressed by decree OF tn
Council of Constance. s
Chas. r. Lummis on the New Mexie
Penitentes.
1t is true that for long time Slnt
penitents in the State of New Mexit
secretly have carried out scourging
and even crucifixions during Ho
week. But it is neither proven nj
probable that there is any connectit
between these people and the brothe
hoods of fiagellantes Of the Midd
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
new sPA AN|sH NUNCIO

Monsignor Tedeschini, substitute
Secretary of State, has been appointed
Papal Nuncio at Madrid, to succeed
Cardinal Ragonesi. He will be con-
secrated Bishop by His Holiness on
May 5 in the Sistine Chapel, and will
assume his official duties about the
end of May.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-16
KNIGHTS OF ST. GREGORY

The Holy Father on April con-
ferred knighthood of the Order of st.
Gregory the Great on George Gillespie,
George Macdonald, Thomas Karell
and John T. Smith of New York.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
RICH FUEL COMPANY
WOULD DOUBLE Rates
Asks Commission For 100
Per Cent Increase.

One of the outstanding features
in the application for a 100 per
cent increase of rates by the Uni
ted Fuel Gas. Company in the south
ern part of West Virginia is the at
titude taken toward it by other
public service corporations.
In Charleston and Huntington
several OF the largest public service
corporations have contributed lib
orally to the fund being raised by
the citizens to fight the proposed
increase OF the United Fuel Gas
Company before the Public Service
commission. These corporations
have no hesitancy in letting the
publics;ee that they have no con-
nection with applications for rate
increases which they claim are not
only unjustified but are also op-
pressive.
These public service corpora
tons are looking into the future
and do not want the United Fuel
Gas company to give all other pub
lie utilities in West Virginia has a
black eye. They claim that If this
gas company finds conditions such
that a 100 per cent increase in
rates is necessary their own bust
nesses would naturally be affected
as well, but that such a condition
does not exist and that the United
Fuel Gas company is taking advan-
tage of the friendly interest and
generous attitude OF the Public
Service commission towards the
gas interests, and is making the
most OF such a propritious oppor-
tunity.
The United Gas Company declar-
ed SO per cent cash dividend In
1919 and capped it off with a 200
per cent stock dividend
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29

I was his rejoinder, but not to the
solid geometry charge. AS to Ly-
curgus | don't know what that
might be. Do you thing it is any
thing intoxicating?"
Hughes is quick thinker and a
fluent extemporaneous speaker. HIS
style is not so smooth as that OF
some OF his silver-tongued prede-
cessors but 1t is distinctly pleasing.
Above all, it is convincing. one
feels that he has investigated the
subject thoroughly and has firm
grasp OF all its details.
Charles Evans Hughes was born
in Glens Falls, U. Y, April IL,
1852. His father, Baptist clergy
man, was OF Welsh descent, MS
mother Scotch-English-Duth. Young
Hughes, of whom it is said that he
could read at the age of three
years. was educated in the public
schools OF Oswego, N. Y; Newark
n. j.. and the City Of New York;
at Madison (now Colgate) and
Brown University, from which he
was graduated in his nineteenth
wear. with highest possible honors.
Refused 100000 Request
He then taught Greek and mathe-
mates in Delaware Academy,
Delhi. n Y, until the close OF the
wear 1882. when he became clerk
in A law office in New York, mean
time attending the Columbia Law
School. From that institution he
was graduated, with more honors
and a prize fellowship.
In 1888 he married Antoinette,
daughter of Judge Walter S. Car
ter, head OF the law firm of which
he was lrst clerk and afterward
n partner. Later the firm became
Carter, Hughes & Dwight, Hughes
leaving it to serve for two years as
a professor of law at Cornell.
Until his death the late Joseph
Pulitzer was a great admirer OF
Hughes.
In making his will Pulitzer left
Hughes 100000 and made him ex-
ecutor OF his estate, directing that
no bond or security should be re-
quired. In a cablegram at that time
Pulitzer said:
Tell Hughes that have left
him hundred thousand dollars in
my will and made him trustee OF
my estate. Tell him he can accept
1t without embarrassment Tell
him, too, If he is 80 damned consci-
entious that he fears he may EN-.
barrass the world or the Dispatch,
that I'll arrange with them to rip
him UP the back whenever he feels
he needs It,"
Hughes refused to accept the
100000 and declined the position
of executor, but he never lost the
friendship OF Pulitzer, who assert.
ed to his death that Hughes would
some dav be President of the Uni
ted States.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29

ing by eating only the lightest OF
lunches; several officials do away
with the lunch hour altogether, and
most of them are enthusiastic hik.
ers.
The most strenuous devotees Of
the latter recreation, however, be-
long to what is known unoficially as
"The Statesmen's Marching Club"
and it lives up to its name. Its
principal members are Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr., Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy! Senator James
Wadsworth, New York, and Repre-
sentative Mick" Longworth, Ohio.
Colonel Roosevelt, who is also one
Of the light lunchers," mostly be-
cause of lack Of time, usually leads
the column" according to his as
sociates.
The rough garb affected by the
club has led to number Of com
plications. Recently, while the trio
was resting in bosky section near
Washington, they overheard the
mother Of several children who had
been picnicking nearby warn her
HUSBAND 10 keep an eye on the
children, because | think there are
three horrid tramps over by the
road" She was greatly surprised
when she found who the "tramps"
were.
When President Harding "golfs"
he nearly always has several of his
late associates of the Senate as
partners; while other members of
Congress practice walking to
work" which latter, in view Of the
local car service, is at times about
the best way toget there. Uncle
Joe" Cannon, Of Illinois, and Repre-
sentativ Phil Campbell, of Kansas,
head the Congressional hiking dele,
cation.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
MISTAKE HkRD|NG'S
AIDES FOR TRAMPS
Cabinet Members Dress
Rough On Hikes.

President Harding's cabinet today
is fully as athletic as any of its
predecessors, to judge by the activi-
ties of its members during their off.
hours around Washington.
Be it said in the beginning, how.
ever, that these "off-hours" are not
numerous at present.
Not only the Cabinet, but many
members OF Congress have joined
on the wave of physical culture
which has swept over the capital
since the president became so &C.
tive on links and afield"
The new fad takes vaious forms.
Secretary of the Navy DENLY, vet
eran Of Navy and Marine Corps, is
farmer when he has time; Secre.
tary of Labor Davis keeps in train.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
PULLMAN EXPENSES
IN EXCESS OF REVENUE

The annual statement of the
Pullman Company for the fiscal
year ending July 81, 1921, made
public in Chicago. shows revenue
of S67,242,066.31 including $60,315,-
717.76 from the earnings Of cars
for eleven months ending July 81.
Total expenses including dividend
OF $9,599,820 were s70,720,902.23. an
excess of expenses over revenue
chargable to the surplus account of
$3.478,83592. Total assets are Civ
en- as $163,24S,9S9.O3.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
"GHOSTS" IN SEANCE
BEFORE OHIO JIJDGE

Ghosts of Tom L. Johnson, Col
onel Robert Ingersoil and vuentin
Roosevelt stalked In procession be-
fore a select gathering at West
Side home, Cleveland night al
which Judge George A. Howells, Of
the municipal court, was the honor
guest, according to the claims made
by spiritualists, who staged the
event for his information.
The demonstration was the out
come OF a desire expressed from
the bench by Judge Howells while
hearing a charge made against Mrs.
Mary ]. Wade. spiritualist and for
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-29
c. o. P. CANDIDATE
HAD A BIG LEAD

A. Platt Andrew, former assist
ant secretary Of the treasury, was
chosen to succeed Wilfred w. Luf
kin as congressman from the Sixth
Massa chusetts district at the spec
ial election there.
Mr.. Andrew, the Republican can
didate, won by a majority OF 1873
over Charles 7. Pettingell, of Ames-
bury, Democrat associate justice OF