The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-01
SEEK TO DEPUDI4TE
ATTACK on COURT
Eleven Resolutions Ready for Pre-
sentation as Knights of Columbus
Meet in Annual Convention.

| Atlantic City, n. j., Aug f.-Elever
resolutions demanding that the order
repndiate the attack made by Supreme
Knight James A. Flaherty upor
the supreme court Of Massachusetts, ia
connection with the Pelletier case were
ready for presentation to day at the
opening of the annual convention of
the Knights Of Columbus.
A letter signed by 100 representa-
tive Catholic citizens" OF Boston calling
upon the convention to disavow the
attack was sent to every delegate.
A spirited contest is expected over
the election for q supreme advocate
and six members Of the board OF
directions. William J. Mulligan a mem
ber Of the board of directors tnd Luke
+, Hart are the candidates for supreme
advocate. The Mulligan supporters
call themelves the @Progressiyes" and
seek to change the policy OF te order.
Supreme Knight James Flaherty, in
his opening address at the 10th inter-
national convention Of the Knights Of
Columbus, to-day denied that a single
cent Of the war fund Of the Knights Of
Columbus was being used in the Amer
lean movement of the order or in its
Italian welfare work.
Il condemn most emphatically,s he
said, "the vicious and insidious propa-
gands, which alleges that the war fund
of the Knights of Columbus is being
put TO use in the historical and Italian
welfare workof the organization Not
one penny of the Knights of Columbus
war fund has been devoted to these or
other movements not directly related
to the welfare Of the American service
men,"
Delegates representing 100000 mem
hers of the order from every state in
the union and the provinces OF Canada.
as well as the Philippines, Hawaii,
Alaska, Panama and Porto Rico are in
attendance For the first time Mexico
and Cuba have sent fun state deiega
tions.
He reported that the Knights of
Columbus program to expend the ST.
000, 900 balance Of its WIZ fund on edu
cational and hospitalization work had
progressed TO such an extent that the
Knights during the past twelve months
rendered service in 362 hospitals 10
more than $4,000 men; that they had
graduated 10000 from their evening
schools; provided $4,000 free courses
in their new national correspondence
school at New Haven. and paid the
way of 500 veterans in forty colleges
for another year. The colleges in |
cluded such institutions as Yale. !
and Notre Dame. he said. |
He stated that Pope Plus NJ had |
the request of the late Pope |
that the Knights maintain
welfare work in Rome. The supreme /
he said, had voted 81 .000.000 |
TO do this. A special message from
the pope to the convention VIII be
delivered by Edward T. Hesrn. Eu-
ropeaa commissioner of the order.
Plans for the institution of a ma
,ionsl university for cultural training
'or the general public 20 be operated
" mail were discussed AZ a meeting
i the national committee preliminary
o the convention. The plans viii be
allied before the convention next
Wednesday.
Caillsrd Hunt archivest Of the state
e apartment is expected today to an
lounee the winner q the $500 prize Of
he Knights Of Columbus national
history contest.
Governor Edwards and Navnr Bader
ormally welcomed the knights Five
hundred cadets from Philadelphia are
ere 20 entertain and provide music
or the convention Ii