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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26
CRIMINALS BORN AND MADE.

Magazine writer's and other
contributors to the public press
are fond of speaking Of criminals
as mental" detectives; Grim
inals are born, not made, y we are
told. The inference is that all
crime owes it's origin to some de-
feet in the mental makeup Of the
criminal: some twist or kink in
his mental processes that seems
to drive him forward and impel
him to wrong-doing. Isolation in
colonies, permanent sequestration
of such persons is then advocated
as the only preventive of crime.
Now, the older writer's and
thinkers had different theory.
They took for granted that man
has a free will-something that
seems to escape some modern
psychologists. This free will is
faculty that enables man to
choose or not choose, to prefer
this to that. 1t is the motive
power behind the acts Of a ra-
tional being.
True, in some cases there is
found a mental defect or flaw that
prevents reason from acting in a
perfectly free manner. The same
holds good in the physical order
where we have cripples, paralyt-
les, persons born blind, deaf, etc.
Crime, however-the committing
OF an act contrary to law-does
not necessarily imply defect of
the mind; some Of the worst Grim
inals have the highest intelli-
gence. 1t is the will that is at
fault, that faculty which insists
on following a certain line Of con-
duct which reason and judgment
have already declared to be err
roneous.
While it may be true that some
criminals have evil tendencies
from the very dawn Of reason
just as some persons have a nat
ural hankering for praise, money,
power-it seems equally true to
state that the majority of wrong
doors are impelled thereto by rea,
son of their moral, not mental,
perversity. In some cases the will
and its training along rational
i lines have been neglected in early
life; environment, ambition, emu.
lation of false idols, all have
!. played their part in developing
wrong viewpoints and standards
THE usual result is the precociou,
4 desperate, thug, immoral person
j or paretic. Personal preferenc,
will often drive this potentia'
!, criminal into various other darl
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26
Holy NAME SOCIETY
ORGANIZATION OF MEN NUN.
5ERS 100000.

The Holy Name Society has been
and is one of the strongest and most
potent factors for religious life in the
United States. The work which it has
accomplished for religion forms a
golden epoch in the history of our be.
loved country. It has united. men by
the hundreds Of thousands, so that
today it's army is 100000 strong in
these United States alone.
The society is being formed in
South America, Europe, the British
Isles. Australia and even taking root
in the once dark continent of Africa,
but now fast becoming light by the
spread of the Gospel. The society is
also being formed in the Far East
and in every part of the world where
the Cross of Christ has been planted
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26
TO STOP SUNDAY PAPERS

(By N. G. w. C. News Service)
The Superior Board of Labor of
Brussels has adopted the project of
a bill putting ban on the publishing
and forwarding of newspapers from
4. a. m. Sundays till Mondays at the
same hour. A fine in proportion to
the number of people employed by the
newspaper is provided for an infrac-
ton of the law. In case of second
offense, the fine will be doubled.
The bill will come before the Par
lament in the near future.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26
HON0Rs FROM SULTAN
X. OF c. OFFICERS DECORATED
BY RULER OF MOROCCO.
(By N C. w. G.. News Service

(By N. G. w. c. News Service.)
More than a dozen officers of the
Knights of Columbus, including SUI
preme Knight James A. Fqaherty and
DR.. Buckley of st. Paul, have received
decorations from. the Sultan of Nor
Deco as testimonial of their services
in behalf of Franco-American friend
ship. The decorations include fifteen
golden crescents of the Star of Nor.
Deco, which is the equivalent of the
French Legion of Honor. Supreme
Knight Flaherty and six other ma
tional officers were given golden col
lars. General Lyautey, French COVER
nor of Morocco, transmitted the dec
orations.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

government to a life sentence in
contumaciam during the war or
account of alleged espionage, is
about to issue memoirs. They
will, no doubt, prove highly inter.
esting, thinks the Echo. Mgr
Gerlach was attached to the Vati.
can and an intimate favorite OF
the Holy Father. He was a victim
of war hysteria and anti-clerical
prejudice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26
FOR GERMAN NEEDY
CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA
CONTRIBUTE LARGE SUMS.
(Rv N. G. w. g. News Service, ,

(By N. C. w. G. News Service.1
Returns to date from the collec-
ton taken up in the Chicago Arch.
diocese for the sufferers of Central
Europe indicate that it will reach far
over 100000 and may exceed the
$4,000 recently contributed to the
Peters Pence, which it is understood
was turned over in its entirety to the
Central European sufferers by Pope
Benedict XIV.
- According to the Rt. Rev. Mon.
signor Edward F. Hoban, d. d., chan.
cellor to Archbishop Mundelin, $685.
900 from the proceeds of the collec-
tion already has been placed at the
disposal of the Rt. Rev. Monsignor
Rempe, v. G., of Chicago, who was
sent by the committee of the Bishops
to Vienna to take charge of the distri.
button Of the fund.
Philadelphia's contributions amount.
ed to more than $4,000,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

3 5 4
his freedom, as many do. More
over. what protection have his fell
low criminals, his guards and the
prison officials themselves from a
murderous outbreak on the part OF
a desperate inmate who sees a
chance of escape in his acts, while
failure scarcely entails further
punishment for him.
When an epidemic menaces the
life of the community it is not
sufficient to merely restrict the
plague to certain sections or per-
sons: it must be stamped out en-
tirely if society is to be adequate
| W protected from a recurrence OF
the evil. So long as single germ
remains there is no warrant that
the community will not again be
visited with the dread malady.
A murderer is such through the
evil use of his will. While it is
possible-and it has happened
that the murderer may reform if
given chance, often the odds are
against such probability. In the
meantime, the community is ex-
posed to repetition Of his crime !;
and surely the life and welfare of
the community at large are supe-
rior to the life Of a proven male
factor, and they are entitled to
absolute protection so far as it is
humanity possible.
Then what about the innocent
man who was struck down or
hurled into eternity by the nefari-
Gus arm Of brutal assailant.
What about his life that was blast
ed in an instant. What about his
family, his dependents. Is even
capital punishment for the crimi-
nal excessive recompense for all
these distressing results?
One may argue that such pun
Iishment is relic of barbarous
ages: so is murder. If, as oppo-
nents of capital punishment argue.
this is but legalized murder,-the
worst thing they can call it-what
is actual murder? Is it not some
thing immeasurably worse?
Go through the lanes and CORR
doris OLA state prison. Look about
and see the men who have wilfully
and deliberately snatched away
human life. Here is one who ma
liciously attacked and strangled a
young girl. There is another who
in a rage slaughtered his wife and
three children with an axe. Over
yonder stands man who planned
and plotted the brutal murder of
his young wife. Another shot
down the President of the Repub-
lie, while a short distance away is
the man who walked up to the
altar and deliberately sent bullet
into the heart of a meek and gen.
tile priest as he is in the act of
distributing Holy Communion to
the God-fearing people about him.
I Does your heart well up with
sympathy? Then let it be be-
slowed upon those innocent men
and women, and not upon the
brutes who gave way to passion,
disgraced their manhood, and who
even now are a living menace so
long as they have an opportunity
or an occasion to vent their rage
on others.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26
ELVES MEMORIAL CONCERT

(By N. C. w. G. News Service.)
Persons prominent in New York So
ciety gave concert February "a as
a memorial to Gervase ELVES, the
English Catholic tenor singer who
was accidentally killed in Boston last
month, and to raise funds for a suit
able monument to him In England.
The concert was given at the home
Of Mrs. Vincent Astor. Many Of the
leading singers and instrumenta1lsts
Of this country contributed numbers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26
Ode to Washington 1921
BY Morton II. label.

Again we gather and again we raise
Our voices in inspired strains OF
song.
Our lips breathe homage where our
hearts speak praise,
And reverence lives among our
numbers strong.
The years pass flying and our time
is fleet,
+ Our days are filled with heroes OF
an hour:
Whoe'er they be-small minions who
compete
With Fortune, or receiving flames
bright dover,
Flourish their day in glory. Only one
Comes of an age to WELD his hand
of power,
And live as lives our father, Wash.
ington.
The years have now fuli-numbered
seven score, ,i7<'* - E
Since first he came into the light OF
men.
He came to charge from off the new
worlds shore
The rude oppression of the sword
and when,
His aims accomplished and his pur.
pose filled,
He saw the nation, freed, arise in
might;
Heard yet call to come, advance
and build
Upon these stones of peace the
law of right;
Rear the first columns of Nations
fame:
A dwelling-place of justice, truth
and light,
Memorial to it's founders honered
name.
in war he came to victory with the
sword,
In peace to triumph armed in heart
and mind.
And where amid the strife his ruling
word
Brought to his aid an army; so in
kind,
The times, of peace found power in
his law,
And wisdom in his object and com
mand;
The problems of the doubtful years he
saw,
And in the strength of vision he
could stand
Before all doubts and dangers with.
out fear,
Direct all destinies with guiding
hand,
And feel support and aid and favor
near.
The land he held so dear, the nation
fair,
Has grown to hold the height of
honored places.
A home of happiness and freedom,
where
Are gathered men of many lands
and races.
Where law abides and honor's code
prevails,
The. reign Of harmony, the rule of
trust;
Where virtue fourishes and treason
fails,
And rules none save the worthy
and the just.
So grew the edifice his mind con.
ceived,
In beauty and in strength as all
things must
Where Faith is cherished, holy laws
believed.
And so our country's father e'er will
be,
The symbol of our purpose and our
cause
AS long as floats a flag, wind-filled
and free,
And power lives in just and right
eous laws.
We sing his praises, fervent homage
pay,
With high regard we hear his story
told;
Our every civil action would convey
The values which his heritage would
s. hold.
Our ship Of state is Ger the waters
led sf $
And guided, as the gatieons Of old
With him, provoked, our nations fig
~ n i n s al
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

Inote very well that sometimes
the Catholic press mods and goes
TO sleep, but almost always tired
men do that, says the Columbian.
The most powerful aid to the
Catholic press must be the Cath
Ollie pulpit, and the day is past, al
least should be, when it is consid
cred beneath the dignity of a
Catholic priest to speak for the
Catholic press or to write for it,
if he can-if he cant write for it
let him talk for it, as | am doing
now.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

By his selection for the Sacred
College Archbishop Dougherty be-
comes the fifth American cardinal
Those who have preceded him are
His Eminence, James Cardinal
Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore.
Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, the
late Cardinal McCloskey Of New
York and the late Cardinal Farley
of New York. Cardinal Falconic
was a naturalized American citi.
zen.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

Minnesota has added another
holiday to its list. Governor j. A.
O. Preus has signed an act amend
ing the general statutes, which
classify state holidays so that
hereafter Armistice Day, Novem-
Der II, will be celebrated.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

The Importance of some. people
consists in their continuous efforts
to block the good plans and work
of others. Real opposition to
progress does not by any means
come entirely from the openly de-
PRAYED: much Of it proceeds from
the secret envy and ambitions Of
the apparently good. 49,.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

Do you wish to prove the true
nature of friendship? Count a
mans friends" when he is on
the crest of popularity. Then
when misfortune has overtaken
him, count his friends. The diff
ference equals the amount Of base
metal. A ton Of rock gives a few
grains of gold.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1921

Broken friendship, between ma
tions as we'll as individuals, is like
broken china. 1t may be repaired
and become serviceable again, but
it will not be just the same.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

Contributors to the Archbishop
Ireland Education Fund will prob
ably see the day when they will
realize that it was their generos-
ity that saved the schools Of this
diocese from threats of extinction.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

Bigots may lie, but they seldom
lie still. Michigan is to be treated
to another attack on her parochial
schools next year under the lead
ership Of the same Hamilton, who
raised havoc last year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26
NEW ORDER OF SISTERS

The Roman Congregation of Relig-
ious last week approved for seven
year trial, the institution of the Sis
tiers of the Cross and Holy Heart of
Jesus, in Mexico.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

1t is announced that Mgr. Ger
ZACH, the Austrian prelate, who
was condemned by the Italian
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

Mr.. David Goldstein, noted X.
of G. lecturer, has been touring
the country in a motor van espe-
cially constructed and speaking
against radicalism of all kinds.
His chief address is now in pam
phlet form and is entitled, Amer
icanism against Bolshevism. 1t is
a strong and logical plea for the
true spirit of American ideals and
should have a wide distribution.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

To stop attacks ON racial, relig-
ious or political grounds, As
semblyman Edward r. Rayher,, a
Manhattan Republican, has intro
duced a bill in the Albany, n. Y.
legislature to amend the Libel law
so as to permit recovery of dam
ages for attacks on those belong
ing to any race, religious demon
nation, sect or order, ION the
ground of. their religious. racial or
political affiliations" The intro
duction of the bill, it was said, was
caused by attacks on Jews in
Henry Ford's Independent.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-26

Remittance may be made by Draft.
Post ONCE or Express Money Order, or
Registered Letter. addressed to
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN,
315 Newton Bldg. st. Paul. Minnesota
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1921-09-01
UNA PAREJA FUE
SECUESTRADAPOR
UIN ASALlAIlIE
A punta de pistoIa la hi
20 venir de junction
City a San Antonio
Aqui Sc acabo la gasolina al
automovil en- que viajaDan
y debido a clio pudo
escapar la pareja

El mar;es en- Ia noche, seis mi
las de Junction City un individuo
armada con un revolver asalt6 a C.
4. Jetton. de esc lugar y Ia Srita-
Annie Taylor. de Rock Springs, qui-
tandole n primero cl POGO dinero que
llevaba compeliendolo lueso a cam
biar su traje por el del asaltante. Des
pues dc este 10 oblig0 que 10 condu-
jera a San Antonio. hacienda un re-
corrido de ciento cincuenta millas
hasta que la gasolina re acsbo aver
en- Ia maiiana. al pasar por Ia cuadra
400 de Ia Gale y. Flores.
La poticia de este suceso sc supo
en- ei Departamento de Policia cuando
Jetton la comunic0 por telefono a las
seis de Ia manana de aver. h. Capt.
tan Brown Y el Official de mo,ocicletas
Christoph acudieron violantemerte en-
auxilio de Jetton y la Srita- Taylor.
pero va no encontraroH al asa1tante,
porque este, al acabarse Ia Gasolina,
abandon6 el caro- Y Sc alej6 diciendo
que iba en- busca del combuStibie. In
mediatamente Sc giraron 6rdea7s a
todas las sub-eStaciones de poi!cla Y
a los detectives sheriffs para que
procedieran q haCer una activa cam
Lana con e. ocJeto de localiz;.r al
:rnccionado iGdividuo, cuyas se:3s die
ron las victilEas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1921-09-01
Ell Departamento de Estado
espera las noticias oficia-
les de George I. Sum
merlin

Teiegrama Especial para Ia PRENSA".
WASHINGTON, agosto 3I.-La de-
cisi0n adoptada por Ia Suprema Corte
de Justicia de Mexico reiativa al am
paro concedido Ia empresa petro-
lera The Texas Company, ha causa
do Ia mejor impression en- los circulos
oficiales.
Los funcionarios del Departamento
de Estado. especialmente, estan ST.
guiendo con un eXtraordinario iDteres
el curse de las sesiunes de la Suprcin,.
Corte de Justicia de Mexico en- 10 Que
respecta a los amparos de las COM
panias petroleras americanas, espe-
ran Que las pr6ximas decisiones del
Alto Tribunal estan1eZcan en- defini-
tiva que la Constitution de Quereta
70 no es, retroactiva. Si esto que Sc
espera ocurrc, habra- Gesaparecido el
principal obst3culo Que eXiste para
la reanudaci6n de las relaciones amis
tosas entire los dos gobiernos.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1921-09-01
por Mason.
CAM BlA Ell TRAJE

En- un punto no lejano de San An
tonic, cinco o seis millas, y siendo
va de dia Jetton recihio orden de pa
rar despues de haber caminado toda
Ia noche. En- este punto el piagiario
hiZo que Jetton cambiara sus panta
lones por los uyos sin que su rictima
pudiera rehusarse ante la boca del
revolver que empuhaba en- Ia diestra
aquel individuo.
De alli II maquina reanudo su mar
cha. yendo Jetton y su amiga en- el
asiento de atras y e. volante del auto
a cargo del salteador, que no abandono
un solo inStante su arma.
Cuando entraron a Ia ciudad Jetton
esperaba encontrarse algun policia pa
ra llamarle la atenci6n, pero no vi6 a
Iinguno. El automovil siguio rodan-
do por las Gales de Ia ciudad hasta
llegar 4 ia cuadra 400 de Ia calle r..
Flores donde la falta de gasolina 10
oblig6 a pararse.
En- este lugac el hombre abandor5
a sus victimas. anunciandoles que iba
en- busca de gasolina, pero no Sc pre-
sent5 mas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1921-09-01
UN GRAN FESTIVAL lNDIO FUE
CELESRADO EN- SANTANDER

Del Serricio Especial Para LA PEENSA'
SANTANDER, agosto 3l.--Se ha
celebrado con gran solemnidad el fes-
tival indio organizado como un tri-
buto 4 America.
Un gran nGmero de espanclas que
residieron en- las republicas hispano-
americanas tomaron parte en- Ia para
da, llevando banderas de Mexico, Ar
gentina. Cuba y otros paises.
Con ell mismo motive Sc celebro una
aSamblea reIgiesa.
Ramiro Mact1u Sc di-isio
Ia asamblea de espanoles. resi-
dentes de dichos paises latino -ameri-
canos eXpresando su admiration por
los colonos que han ayudado al Gesen-
volvimiento de esas republicas, que
ofrecen tan ancho campo las empire
sas comerciales c industriales espano-
las.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1921-09-01
La delegation saluadorena
a las fiestas del Cente-
mario rumbo a Ell Paso

Telegrama Especial para fla PRENSA-"
NOGALES, Arizona, Agosto 31.-
Hoy salieron de esta ciudad; runbo
El Paso, Texas, y c. Juarez, Chi
huahua, por donde entrara-in a Mexi-
co, los delegados de Ia Republica de
F. Salvador que van la Ciudad de
Mexico, para asistir las fiestas del
Centenario de Ia Consumacion de Ia
Independence, en- representation de
su pals La delegation dicha viene
presidida por el aIinistro de Relacio-
nes Exteriores DE FL Salvador, sefor
Francisco Paredes, habiendo negado
aver la vecina poblacion de Nogales,
Sonora. procedentes de Mazatlan. Los
representatives salvadorenos tuvieron
que hacer el viaje por esta Via, en-
vista de que no pudieron desembarcar
en- Manzanillo, por haberseles infor-
mado. cuando venfan runbo ese
puerto. que Sc hallaba en- cuarente-
ma, por la epidemic de yomito que ha-
bia, aparecido ALI.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1921-09-01
PASAPORTES LiBRES
ALOS QUE VAN A
LAS FIESTAS
Habra rebaja en- el precio
de los pasajes en- los
ferroCarriIes
Sc desea proporcionar las
mayores facilidades a
los que vayan a la
capital mexicana -

El Consulate General de Mexico
en- Laredo, Texas. giro oficio al dc es-
Ia ciudad transcribiendole ucnsaje de
Ia Secretarfa de Rela clones Exteriores
de Mexico. Ell e. cuai sc dice a los
rpresentantes consulares 10 siguiente:
"Con motive de los proXiuIos fes-
tejos del Centenario, Sc proponen We
mir al pals touristas en- gran nlmero
a quienes es prudente proporcionar
toda clase de information que solici-
ten. con eli objeto de que su excursion
Sc erectde sin tropiezo alguno pue-
dan disfrutar de las comodidades que
el pals ofrece.
En- tai virtud, tratandose de CRU
pos de excursionistas, los Consulados
mexicanos concederin libre pasaporte
a eSas personals para entrar al pas.
Por su parte, los Ferrocarriles Nacio-
males, han iniciado gestiones con las
empresas ferrocarrileras, nortaameri-
canaS, para que Sc conceda un des-
cuento del veinte por ciento en- los
pasajes, 10 que redundard en- tcnficio
de los excursionistas."
FL mensaje anterior, que tue trans
critic a los consulados. nos fu': mos
trado en- las oficinas consuiares de es-
ia ciudad, en- donde Sc ha procedido
a cumplir con las instrucciones reci-
bidas. pues sesun pudimos saber, son
inGmeras las preguntas que Sc han di-
rigido al Consul de personals que Sc
hallan intcresadas en- asistir los pro-
Ximos festejos.
Oportunamente Sc nos ofrecio CO.
municarnos ell resultado de las gestlo-
nes que hacen los ferrocarriles, de las
que hablaremos al ser conocidas. So
bre este mismo asunto, interrcGamos
al vice. Consul mexicano para que nos
dijera ell motive que existla al conce-
der el libre pasaporte los extranjeros
que solamente en- grupo Sc dirigieran
al pals, nos dijo que probiamente el
gobierno 10 habia dispuesto asi toman-
do en- consideration q haciendolo indi-
vidualmen;e muchos extranjeros apro
vecharfan la oportunidad para cntraT
al pals sin paSaporte.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1921-09-01
A SAN ANTONIO

Ell paraie er solitario Y nj Jetton nj
II Srita. Taylor llevaban consigo ar
ma alguna para defenderse. por 10
cual tuvieron que obedecr. Una. vez
abajo, el asaltante, sin dejar de ANA
gar sus vfctimas con Ia pistola. re-
gistro 4 Jetton y extrajo de sus boil
sillos unos cuantos pesos que llevaba.
Terminado esta operaci0n mando a
ambos que volvieran al caro- Y colo
candose en- el asiento de at-as hizo que
Jetton pusiera en- marcha Ia maquina
con direction San Antonio, llevando
su lado el motorista Ia Srita. Tay-
lor.
Jetton, obligado por las circunstan-
cias queriendo librar su acom-
spanante de cualquier atentado Sc
presto a obedecer. corriendo 10 mas
possible que permitian las condiciones
del camino. Detras de ST. cabeza la
pistola del asaltante Sc mantuvo ane-
nazante hasta que cogieron ell camino
para San Antonio. despuas de pasar