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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
THE POPE'S CHARITY

In addition to these specific sums
for the sufferers of particular locali-
ties, the Holy Father gave also a total
of G69,310 lire to the International
Saye-the-Child Union of Geneva for
disbursement according to his instruc-
tions, and $4,000 lire to the same or
ganization to meet the expense of dis
tribution.
The accounting of the fund shows
how impartial was the Pope's use of
it. Although a great deal of the
money distributed came from coun-
tries which were at war with the Cen
tral Empires, most of it was allotted
to the sufferers of the latter states.
The chief consideration with the Holy
Father was the needs of the people,
and as the condition of the children
in Germany and Austria was conspic-
uously urgent and pathetic, they were
accorded the principal share. Other
countries obtained their due proper
ton. The devastated areas of France
and Italy, for example, received an ag-
gregate of 465,000 lire. In the sue
coring of these unfortunates there was
no question Of their class Or creed.
Donations to the Pope's fund came
from every part Of the world. The
largest gifts, aggregating 100000
lire, or about a third of the total fund
were received from America
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF ST. PAUL
SEMINARY PASSED AWAY LAST
WEDNESDAY MORNING - HAD
BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR
MANY YEARS.

Rev. James A. Conry died at st.
Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis, at l A.
NJ. last Wednesday. He had been ill in
termittently for many years and had
gone TO the hospital two weeks ago
when he felt the end drawing near.
Father Conry was born in Medway
Mass, July Is, 1852. His classical ed.
ucation was received in Boston Col
lege, Boston, Mass. He completed his
course in philosophy in ST. Bonaven-
lures College, Allegheny, n. Y,
where he was classmate of Rev. R.
j. Fitzgerald, Rev. Fl. ]. McAvay and
several other priests of this Diocese.
He made part of his theological course
at Allegheny and completed it in st.
Thomas Seminary. st. Paul, where he
was ordained on June 2, 1887, by the
late Archbishop Ireland.
Shortly after his ordination, Father
Conry was appointed assistant in St
Mary's parish, st. Paul, where he re-
manned until July, 1890, when he be.
came pastor of the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception, Faribault. He
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
CHURCH AND SCIENCE
PRIEST SCIENTISTS ARE AIDED
BY FRANCE.
(By N. C. w. C. News Service.)

(By N. C. w. C. News Service.)
The Academy of Sciences of Paris
has just granted subsidy of 5000
francs to help in the work of Rev.
Father Gauthier, a Jesuit, now direc-
tor of the Zi-Ka-Wei observatory
which is located in the vicinity of
.Skakghwei (China). Father Gauthier
has built a. station to record signals
flashed by other far away stations.
TIE Academy has also granted an
other subsidy of 1000 francs to Faith
er Parent, professor in the St Maria
College at Aire Tin the Artois) Faith
er Parent, by his own means and the
help of some correspondents, is as
sembling the most complete collection
of dolichopodides to be found in
France. His ambition is to make the
best study of these insects up to
date.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
CONRY DEAD

remained in this position until 1900,
when ill health forced him to retire
from active work. For a number of
years Father Conry travelled through
out the country in search of health,
usually spending his winters in the
Southland. In November, 1919, he
was appointed Spiritual Director in
ST. Paul Seminary.
The funeral was held Friday morn
ing at 10 o'clock from the Church of
st. John, this city. His Grace The
Most Reverend Archbishop spoke
beautifully of the priestly character
of Father Conry and gave the final alb
solution after the Mass. Rev. T. f.
Gleeson was celebrant of the Solemn
Mass of Requiem. The deacon was
Rev. T. A. Printon, and the subdeacon,
Rev. P. O'Neill. The master of cere-
monies was Rev. o. Dolphin, and the
Chaplains to His Grace the Arch
bishop were Rev. Jeremiah Haming-
ton of Minneapolis and Rev. JaA'C.
Byrne of st. Paul. The music of the
Mass was rendered by the priests
choir under the direction Of Rev. F. x.
Bajec. The pallbearers were Rever-
end Fathers R. J. Fitzgerald, J. H.
Gaughan, E. J. Wilbee, J. II. Cleary,
H. Moynihan, F. J. Schaefer, J. ].
Woods and p. J. Hart. Interment was
in Calvary cemetery.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
WHY De VALERA LEFT
REFUGEE PRIEST TALKS ON CON.
DiTIoNs IN IRELAND.
(By N. C. w. C. News service.)


One hundred thousand Irish men are
willing to sacrifice their lives as the
price of freedom, according to the Rev.
J. W. Meehan of Castlebar, County
Mayo, who has arrived in America to
visit his brother in Nevada Father
Meehan was himself imprisoned. by
British soldiers and has received more
than one hundred death threats.
When asked as to the objects of
President canon de Valera in return
ing to Ireland, Father Meehan said:
"It was to take his proper place in
the fighting ranks of his own people
and to treat with England when Eng
land is prepared to treat on basis of
one distinct and Independent nation
dealing with another. The Irish are
solidly behind de Valera. The spirit
of the Irish nation has never been
broken and it never can be. The soon
er England realizes this the better for
Ireland, for England and for mankind
the world over"
Father Meehan's arrival here was
said to be mysterious. No one has
been able to explain how he managed
to get from Ireland to this country.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
HONOR CHAPLAIN DARCHE
NAVY DEPARTMENT CoNFERS
CROSS ON CHICAGO PRIEST
HERO OF WORLD WAR.

The United States Navy has con-
ferred upon the Rev. Harris A. Darche
of Chicago, the Navy Cross, accom-
panied by the following citation:
For extraordinary heroism in rem
dering services difficult to measure in
the operations against the enemy in
Belleau Woods, from June 1 to June
IA, 1918, when his efforts in searching
for and burying the dead, in giving
cheer and spiritual comfort to the
fighting troops, in aiding the surgeons
were tireless; and he performed the
last rites of the Church under fire.
(SigneO "For the president,
"Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy"
Prior to this date Father Darche re-
ceived the Legion of Honor and the
Croix de Guerre with palms from the
French Republic.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
CLERGY IS WARNED
HOLY SEE WARNS SILESIAN
PRIESTS ON PLEBIsclTE

(By N. C. w. c. News Service.)
Catholic priests of Upper Silesia
have been forbidden by the Holy See
to take any part in the propaganda in
connection with the forthcoming pleb-
iscite, which is to remain German or
become Polish. Penalties are threat
ened in the case of any priest who dis
obeys the Holy Sees warning.
The plebiscite was originally intend
ed to be taken this month, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
Treaty of Versailles, but it has been
postponed, and no definite date has
been fixed. A commission represent
ing England, France and Italy is to
supervise the plebiscite. The United
States had the right tosbe represented
in the commission, but declined to par
ticipate.
Monsignor Giovanni Battista Ogno,
Apostolic Commissioner for Upper
Silesia, is still in close touch with the
situation and is keeping the Holy See
informed of conditions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
PRIESTS N ACCIDENT
NEW YORK CLERGYMEN HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE.

(By N. C. w. C.. News Service.)
Monsignor John Edwards, of st. Jo-
sephs Church, New York, and five
other priests, narrowly escaped death
when an automobile in which they
were riding overturned on the Schraal-
denburg road, near Worthwhile, N. J.,
last Monday evening, and pinned
them beneath the vehicle. They were
returning from Blauvelt, N. Y, where
they had attended the funeral of the
Rev. David A. Murray, when the acci-
dent befell them. A punctuEe in a
tire was the cause Of the mishap.
Monsignor Edwards, who is more
than 80 years of age, is suffering from
the effects of the shock. Father
James N. Aylward was severely in
jured.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
THE MISSIONARY PROBLEM

weigh very much with the central au-
thorities who though having no inter-
est in the spread of the Catholic re-
ligion, as such, are far from oblivious
of the beneficial and civilized effects
of the work of the missionaries in the
territories of the Empire. Indeed, they
have admitted, in SO many words, that
it was the consideration of these
matters that induced them to stay
their hands in the matter of the de-
portations of missionaries and sis
terS.
The position appears TO be, at the
present moment, that the authorities
in London await the decision of Rome
and until it is known how the Holy See
views the proposals made by the For
eign Office any speculations as to the
ultimate result are the merest guess
work.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
TWO CARDINALS DEAD
NOTED ITALIAN AND PORTu-
GUESE PRELATES CALLED BY
DEATH AFTER DISTINGUISHED
CAREERS.

The Sacred College of Cardinals has
just suffered the loss of two of it's
renowned members. Cardinal Camas-
sci died on Wednesday of last week
in Rome, while last Monday Cardinal
Netto passed away in Spain. Both
prelates had taken important parts in
national and international affairs.
His Eminence Philip Camassei was
born in Rome September IA, 1848, and
received his education in that city.
For a number of years he was rector
of the College of Propaganda and was
revered and loved by students attend
ing that institution from all parts of
the world. In 1904 he was made Bish-
op of Naxos, and in 1906 was appoint
ed Patriarch of Jerusalem. During the
world war Cardinal Camassei was re-
ported at various times as missing,
imprisoned or dead. Developments
later showed that all this time he was
living quietly and humbly in the town
of Bethlehem.
Information has been received of
the death of Cardinal Jose Sebastiao
Netto, formerly Patriarch of Lisbon,
who died in one of the Franciscan
monasteries of Spain, where he retired
after the revolution, in 1910. He was
born in Lagos, Portugal, February 8,
1S41, and received the Cardinals hat
from the hands of King Louis OF
Portugal in 1884. Previously he was
Bishop of Angola and the Congo,
where he was a missionary Of the
Franciscan Order.
After the Portuguese republic abol-
ished religious congregations in Portu-
gal, Cardinal Netto left the country
with all the other religious and retired
to convent in Spain.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
CATHOLICS AND CRIME

centage of Catholics in prison. Faith
er Kalmer shows in this connection
the disadvantage which foreigners
meet, and points out how their in
ability to speak English, their failure
to meet priests who know their Ian
guage, their poverty and friendless-
ness, their being crowded in cities,
etc, often influences them to commit
crime and has an effect on the num-
ber of convictions.
Catholics Bulk of Working Glass.
Father Kalmer points out that Cath
olics constitute the bulk of the poor
working class, who must live, because
of low wages, near the mills, fac
tories and railroads where they work.
Though the children attend parochial
schools, the rest of their time is spent
on the streets and in the alleys where
they meet vice and crime on every
side. Their homes are congested and
they have few means of recreation
at home. Hence" Father Kalmer
says, ''it seems logical to say that
the majority of Catholic children are
exposed to greater dangers of vice
and crime than the majority of non
Catholic children"
Father Kalmer also quotes with ap-
proval the studies of Father Krose, S.
j., on the question of the relative
criminality of members of different re-
ligious denominations and communi-
ties.
eve would be justified says Faith
er Krose, 'in comparing the criminal
ity of two different communities or
religious denominations only when all
other circumstances are equal; that
| is, for example, when religious per-
sons are of the same sex, age, occu-
patton, vocation, financial and social
standing, of the same amount of re-
| ligious training, etc"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
ROAD TO ROME
SEVEN CATHOLIC CHURCHES ON
ONE CLEVELAND STREET.
(By N. C. w. C. News Seryice.)

(By N. G. w. G.. News Service.)
Conceding to Brooklyn, N. Y, the
title, ".City of Churches" Cleveland
claims for Superior avenue, the dis
tinction of being the American Road
to Rome.
A Catholic man, riding Superior
avenue trolley from the Public Square
to e. 105th Street, some three miles,
doffs his hat respectfully seven times
for he passes that many Catholic edi
fees. They are st. Johns Cathedral
and the Cathedral Chapel, st. Peters
st. Columbkille's st. Mary's Immacu
late Conception, ST. Francis and st
Thomas Aquinas'.
The Catholic atmosphere of the
street is to be enhanced still more
this spring, when work on the new st
Georges Lithuanian Church begins.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
PRAYERS FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT

the attention of the new President;
problems both domestic and foreign,
upon the solution of which depends
the happiness of the American peo-
pie.
LET vigil light express your pa
triotic prayers for divine guidance and
support of the President during the
four momentous years that open be-
fore him. May our Blessed Mother
shield him and counsel him through
love for this land of her prediction
Let us all join in this act of nation
al Catholic devotion with prayer for
all nations struggling for righteous
peace. Let us also pray that through
our Blessed Mother the grace of God
will come upon him to light the way,
for him to aid by his good counsel in
lifting the yoke of bondage from Ire
land"
President-Elect's Belief in Prayer.
The inspiration of the burning of the
vigil lights is President Harding's own
declaration of his belief in the efficacy
VI PAoyOl, anu Va pO"C1 w
in the solution of the problems that
will confront him in the White House.
Il believe in prayer" he declared in
recent interview in Marion. Il can
understand how those prophets of old
in their anxieties, problems, perturba-
tions and perplexities found courage
and strength when they gave their
hearts to the Great Omnipotent in
prayer. The government of this re-
public has been adrift and the newt
able result has followed. But, am
not afraid, for know that through
courtesy, confidence and strict adj
herence to justice one will have at his
call the best minds and intellects in
this great republic, and with their
truth, advice and direction we cannot
go wrong"
The Rev. DR.. Bernard J. Mckenna
has sent out letters to Catholics in all
parts of the country urging them to
arrange for having vigil lights burn in
their name in the Salve Regina Chapel.
The lights will be burned for five days,
from March 8 to March s.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
TO MERGE "Y's"

(ByN. c. w. c. News Service.)
The merging of the Y. NJ c.. A. and
the Y. w. G. A., under the common
name of the Christian Association"
was predicted by Walter M. Wood,
general secretary of the Y. M. c.. A. in
speaking before the Friends Con-
ference Class in Philadelphia.
$50 far" said Wood, ''it has been
tried out in Philadelphia by admitting
women and girls to Y. M. G.. A. units
and the attendance of men has greatly
increased. Why should brothers and
sisters go to separate organizations
for entertainment or husbands and
wives separate in pursuit of knowl'
edge or health?"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
FATHER O'HARA
,ls PORTLAND SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS.

= Standardization Of Catholic schools
in the archdiocese is to be carried out
under the supervision of the Rev. +.
v. O'Hara, who has been appointed
superintendent of elementary schools
in the Portland, Oregon, diocese. Fa-
ther O'Hara has held conferences with
teachers and he discussed the stand
ardization plan with state educators
who met last week in Salem, Oregon.
Archbishop Christie has requested that
teaching communities appoint a direc-
tor of studies to represent the com
munity in all dealings with the dio-
cesan superintendent.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
GOVERNOR ON DIVORCE
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR ASKS
FOR STRIcTER DIVORCE LAW
CITES BAD EFFECTS.
(By N. G. w. C. News Service }

(By N. G. w. G. News Service.)
Restriction of divorce as a protec-
tion for children and as means of
improving social conditions is ad-
vocated by Governor Louis F. Hart of
Washington, in his first message to
the present legislature which is now
in session at Olympia. It is likely that
bill to carry out the Governors rec
ommendation will be introduced, but
it's success is problematical.
"It is a lamentable fact obvious to
those who have inquired into the past
life of the boys and girls in the train
ing schools that the present condition
Of far too many of these young peo-
pie is the direct result of a broken
family life made too frequent by easy
divorce and it's associated evils" said
Governor Hart.
Surely parents owe to society the
proper care and training of their chill
dren in decent family life. Surely
children are entitled to a home with
parental love and care bestowed by
those who are responsible for their
existence. Society should not look
with calmness upon the easy way in
which men and women throw off
their marriage relations under the too
ready sanction of public officials. The
problems of marriage, family life and
divorce need the careful attention OF
the legislature.
"As important steps in the solution
of the problem I recommend that our
divorce laws be made more stringent;
that the grounds for which divorce
may be granted be restricted, and that
collusion be an absolute bar to di
vorce'
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
million DOLLAR SCHOOL
NEW INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS
UNDER WAY IN coNcoRDIA
DIOCESE,
(By n. c. w. C. News Service. }

(By n. c. w. C. News Service.)
Work is being rushed on the new
Marymount College for girls in Sa-
lima, Kan, which, when. completed,
will be the largest girls school in
Kansas and one of the glories of the
diocese of Concordia, to which the
Rev. Francis Joseph Tief, of Kansas
City, was recently appointed.
The new school will be under the
direction of the Sisters of st. Joseph
and will cost more than million dol
lars. 1t will be modern in every par
ticular. The site is the highest point
in Salina county, just south of. the
Country Club and overlooking Smoky
Hill Valley with its thousands oi
acres of wheat lands.
The Sisters of st. Joseph now hay,
their headquarters in Concordia.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
ILLINOIS CHAPLAIN REFUTES AN
ANTI-CATHOLIC LIBEL-CATHO-
LICS HAVE SMALLEST PER-
CENTAGE OF CRIMINALS, IN
STEAD OF LARGEST.
(By N. C. w. C. News Service.)

(By N. c. w. G. News Service.)
According to the Rev. Leo Kalmer,
.. F. NJ, Chaplain of the Illinois State
Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois, the
libel of long standing against Catho-
lies that they have larger proper
tion of convicts than the other church
es, is false. Father Kalmer has made
study of the religious affiliations of
prisoners in the Joliet penitentiary as
well as in a number of other state
penitentiaries in the United States.
He says that in % states for which
figures were obtainable, Catholics
stand 632 per cent better on their
record Of criminals than the other re-
ligious denominations.
All of the figures of the religious
Affiliations of convicts are deceptive,
Father Kal;ner says, because convicts
are apt to declare themselves mem
bers of a certain religious denomina-
tion for the sole purpose of getting
help in securing a parole or pardon.
Less than forty per cent of the people
in the United States declared them
selves to be of religious affiliation in
the 1916 census figures, while accord
ing to Father KaImer 86.9 per cent OF
the prisoners registered as members
of a church.
Conclusions in Causes of Crime.
Father Kalmer during his years oi
experience in the Joliet penitentiary
has used his intimate knowledge ot
the prisoners to form general conclu
| sions concerning the various contrib
utory causes of crime among the pris
oners. All but Ia per cent of the
Catholic prisoners had been neglect
full of the practice of their religion
previous to conviction. AS other con
| tributory causes of their downfall
Father Kalmer lists bad companions
association with bad women, drink
drugs, etc.
In the Joliet penitentiary, out of tn
l771 Catholic prisoners, nearly two
thirds had not made their Easter dut
the year previous to conviction an
over one-half had been away fror
their Easter duty for over a yea
Nearly one-seventh had not receive
their First Communion. Only "a ha
always made their Easter duty. Ele'
en- of the prisoners received Hol
. Communion monthly previous to a
rest, but all of these were peculia
: cases of feeble mindedness or perver
| ed conscience, or they declared then
selves innocent, or we're victims {
: sudden passion and the like. A lare
} percentage of the Catholic prisoner
i who were married had not been ma
!, ried by a priest.
II Father Kalmer's experience wit
prisoners has convinced him th'
!, while the practice of religion pr
+ vents vice and crime, the environmel
!. of men often leaves them open
temptations and weakens their pow
e of resistance. The percentage I
9 prisoners of foreign birth is larg
!. than that Of American birth. Th
tends also towards raising the pc
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-29
MISSIONERS' STATUS IN BRITISH
LANDS STILL UNSETTLED -
PRIESTS AND SISTERS IN EN-
PlRE NOT TO BE DISTURBED
LONDON WAITS ON ROME.
CBy n. G. w. C. News Service)

The provisional arrangement, where
by the British authorities agreed to
suspend all deportations of mission
aries and religious Sisters of former
enemy nationality throughout the Bri
tish dominions, came to an end on
the last day of the old year. 1t had
been hoped that the negotiations be-
tween the Holy See and the British
Foreign Office, in which Mgr. Francis
C. Kelley, of Chicago, has played the
part of "liaison officer with most ben
eficial results, would have been
brought to a final and satisfactory con-
clusion.
Certain unlooked-for contingencies
have arisen which, apparently, nave
postponed the results hoped for by
this time, and the whole matter is
practically at the same stage II was
when Mgr. Kelley last left Europe fol
the United States.
But although the missionaries are
able, for the present, to go on Wltf
work undisturbed, it is felt that the
regularization of the position will bt
for the ultimate good of both parties
From the political point of view, the
authorities in London, are desirous o
having conditions established in wa.
that will be satisfactory both to th'
Vatican and to Whitehall; while from
the point of view of the Church in gen
eral, and the missionaries in pal
ticular, the whole situation Will b.
both more satisfactory and certalnl
more stable when they know just ur
der what conditions they are to re
main at their mission stations.
Good Work of Missionaries Recognize
On the political side, it does not al
pear that the distractions are llkei
to come from the central officials, VIII
are obliged by their position to take
broad survey of the whole question
There is more possibility OF obstru
tion coming from the lesser local OF
Gals. who are tempted to try inser
ing their own personal objections to q
equitable settlement. Though 1T
only fair to say that, as the interes
involved are SO varied and SO Il
reaching, purely personal oblectlol
from local officials are not likely