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Member of the National Catholic Welfare Coun- cil News Service. (jkr jQuttttm .Official Organ of the Catholic Laymens Association/Ceorgia. TO BEING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER FEELING AMONG GEORGIANS, IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED" The Only Catholic Newspaper Between Bal timore and New Orleans AUGUSTA, GA., AUGUST 10, 1922. $2.00 A yea:. ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY 23,WOO 10. S. Non-Catholic Federal Re serve Expert Asserts Fig ures Previously Announced are Erroneous. Washington, D. C.—-Following the exposure by Lewis Meriam, formerly of the United States Bureau of Cen sus of the inaccuracy of the figures ou the religious composition of the United States as of Dec. 31, 1916 furnished to the war department by Rev. Dr. Walter Laidlaw, secretary of the Federation of (Protestant) Churches, another non-Catholic of the highest standing as an expert statistician lias analyzed Dr. Laid- law’s figures and demonstarted their unfairness to the Catholic body. Mr. E. A. Goldenweiser, statistic ian\ of the Federal Reserve hoard, not only substantiates the findings of Mr. Meriam (who reported that he had been forced to the opinion that Dr. Laidlaw had attempted “to Put something over” on the Caflio- lics) hut does so by somewhat dif ferent, although equally conclusive methods. He uses the figures of age and sex distribution of the total population of the country largely to establish the fact that the Catholic total is far in excess of that fur nished to the war department by the secretary of the Protestant Council. Dr. Leidlaw reported 15,721,815 Cath olics in the United States; Mr. Gol- denweiscr declare^ that a “reason able estimate of their number is 23 - 000.000.” The report of his analysis made by the expert statistician of the Federal Reserve Hoard to the Rev. John J. Burke, executive secretary- of the National Catholic Welfare Council, is as follows: By E. A. Goldenweiser. (Statistician Federal Reserve Board) No exact statistics of the number of persons of each religious denom ination in the United States are available. The census of religious bodies, published decennially by the bureau of the census, gives infor mation about the number of church members and other items delating to church organizations, but does not give data as to the number of persons who profess a given faith although not affiliated through membership to the church organiza tion. The latest report on religious bodies by the bureau of the census report, out of a total of 41.926,854 members of all denominations in 1916, members of the Roman Cath olic church consisted 15,721,815, or 37.5 per cent. This number, as stal ed above, includes only persons for - whom there is a record of actual membership in the church and cer tainly does not comprise ail the per sons of Roman Catholic faith in the United States. Deductions. For partial proof of this statement reference is made to the composi tion of tlic Catholic Church mem bership by sex. Of the total num ber of Catholics, 12,569,395 were re ported by sex. Of this number, 6,- 149,035 were males and 6,420,360 fe males, the percentages being 48.9 and 61.1, respectively. It is not reason able to suppose that in the total population of Roman Catholic faith there were more women than men since in Hie total population of the United States there are more men than women and among the immi grants, of whom a large proportion are Catholics, the ratio of men lo women is even larger. In 1910 the total number of males per 100 fe males in the United States was 106.2 and in 1920 as a consequence of the interruption of immigration l>y the war, the ratio declined to 104. It is probably safe to say that in 1916 tlie year to which the figures on re ligious bodies refer, the ratio was about 105. If we assume that the sex distribution among those for whom it is known, then 51.1 per cent of file 15,721,815 Catholic members were females. This would make a total of 8,033,847 females. To this number of females there would cor respond at the United tSates ratio of 105 males per 100 females—8,435,- MILLIONS SLAUGHTERED By Bolshevists in Russia, Survey Discloses. By Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Baron von Capitaine, Cologne Correspondent, N. C. W. C. News Service. Cologne.—-More than 1,700,000 persons have been put to death in Russia since the beginning of the Bolshevist regime there in 1917, according to the “National Tiedende,” which has just com pleted and published a survey of conditions in that country. This paper declares that the Bolsheviki must accept responsi bility for this wholesale slaugh ter. The “Tiedende” says that the numbers of Russian citizens killed and executed and their social condition were as follows: Teachers, 7,675; physicians, 8,- 800; officers, 54,650; soldiers, 260,000; police, 10,500; farmers, 12,900; “intellectuals,” 355,250; workmen, 192,000; peasants, 815,- 000. Within recent months 28 bish ops and 1,215 priests have been killed. KLIN OFFICIALLY flOEO FROM CITY K. of C. Junior Branch For Catholic Boys Voted IN SOUTH GEORGIA National Convention Pelham, Ga., Takes Action After Mass Meeting Which Unanimously Voted to Op pose Ku-Klux. Prelate Proves Americanism of Catholic Schools Portland, Ore.,—The Most Rev erend Alexander Christis, Arch bishop of Oregon City has is sued a pastoral letter dealing with proposed legislation where by attendance at public schools would he made compulsory in the stale of Oregon. The letter quotes the lale Theodore Roosevelt, Chief Jus tice William Howard Taft, form er Vice-President Marshall and leaders of various religious den ominations to show the necessity ot a thorough religious education being imparted to children. Speaking of the Americanism of parochial schools the letter says in part: “You, beloved members of the laity, are the best proofs of the Americanism of our own Deno minational Schools; you know that these schools are absolutely American for innumerable reas ons, aiqong which are the fol lowing: “First—Teir history is American. Religious schools an tedate the American revolution; their growth has kept pace with the growth of the country; re ligious schools arc not a foreign importation. “Second Their curriculum American. Our religious schools follow the accepted American course of studies from the first grade to the university. “Third—Their teachers are Americans. The nation has no- lietter or truer citizens than the instructors in our denomination al schools. “Fourth—Their pupils are Am ericans, or under the influence of their training they are being rapidly changed into the refined and finished product. “Fifth—Their ideals are Amer ican; nowhere is love and re spect and devotion to the flay more insistently taught than there, as every crisis in Ameri can history has proven. “Sixth—The motto of every Catholic school in the land is American. For God and country, a fitting complement to the mot to of our nation itself, In God We Trust. “And so, beloved members of the laity, the five elements that make the public schools of- America great are shared and at times excelled by the denomina tional schools ol' Oregon and elsewhere.” is.. Augusta, Ga.—The official baring of the Ku-Klux Klan from Pelham, a South Georgia city, the condemna tion of its principles by Judge Samel H. Sibley, of the United States Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and by other public officials; the po litical activity of the Ku-Klux in the state in view of the coming elec tions, the declaration by three can didates for Mayor in Atlanta that they are not members of the Ku- Klux; and the refusal of the corpor ations committee of the State Sen ate to recommend the adoption of the unmasking law—these arc a few of the recent developments in the Ku-Klux situation of Georgia. The action at Pelham was promp ted by the attempts of Atlanta men to organize a Ku-Klux council in the Mitchell County city. Two men came to the city representing themselves as stock salesmen. One was invited to address the Bible class at the Bap tist church. It developed tht they were trying to organize a Ku-Klux local, and opposition grew to such an extent that a mass meeting was call ed. W. C. Cooper, president of the First National Bank of Pelham, was elected chairman of the meeting and J. A. Lewis, City Clerk, secretary. Mayor A. R. Baggs declared the pur pose of the meeting to he the pre vention, if possible, of the organiza tion of the Klan in the city. A dozen citizens made strong talks against tlie Klan, and the pastor of the Bap tist church in which the Ku-Klux or ganizer spoke send a message from his sick bed in which he said that he had been misled when he invited the speaker, and he urged that" the organization of the Klan in the city he prevented. The meeting voted unanimously to oppose the Klan. Following the meeting, City Council adopted an ordinance prohibiting parades of masked men. KNIGHTS PROSPER Nearly 800,000 Members Now Enrolled. Atlantic City—Close to 800,000 members are now enrolled in the Knights of Columbus, according to reports submitted to the su preme convention in session here, which showed the enrollment to be 782,400. Of these members, 558,327 arc associate, and 224,073 insurance members. There are fifty-nine state councils, includ ing those of Canada, Mexico, and other jurisdictions, and 2,248 sub ordinate councils. Ambitious Program Adopted, Captain Rice Unanimously Elected a Supreme Direc tor of Order. His Work in Laymen’s Association Commended Joseph Scott Nominated C. L. A. President for Post—• Contests for All Positions But His. Jap Scientist, A Leader of Race, Dies a Convert Atlanta Kiwanians Hear Judge Condemn Kiansmen Federal Judge Sibley Scores I n v i sible Government— State Anti-Masking Law Blocked. ABBEY THOUSAND YEARS OLD. Cologne.—Among the several Ger man monasteries which are this year to celebrate the millenium or more of their existence, Corvey Ab bey on the Weser, near Hoexter, al though by no means the oldest, is perhaps the most historic and in teresting. It is now eleven hun- years since Corvey became base of the Christian missionaries who spread the Faith throughout Nor thern Germany and Scaudansvia. Judge Sibley’s condemnation of the Ku-Klux Klan was voiced in an address before the Atlanta Kiwanis Club, where he delivered a power ful argument for law enforcement and law observance. After scoring mol) rule and lynching, he said: “1 was approached to join the Ku- Klux Klan, approached as a Federal judge, and I declined. ' Why? Be cause there are features in this or ganization which would make my membership inconsistent with my duties as a judge. In the case of the Ku-Klux Klan, the great power for harm lies in the secrecy which shrouds every movement. If it is not responsible for acts of lawless ness, it at least lays itself open to suspicion.” The hill introduced into the Senate by Senators Jones and Snow, making it a misdemeanor tor any organiza tion or its members to appear in public wearing masks and robes, was turned back to the Senate, by a vote of six to one, with the recommen- dation*that it he not passed. Rev. Caleb Ridley, a Baptist minister, and chief lecturer for the Klan, appeared for the organization against the hill. Previous to the vote on tlie hill, it was modified to permit the wearing of robes, in order that the use of caps and gowns by students and pro fessors in commencement exercises might be legal. Several members of the Ku-Klux Klan have announced for public of fice. One of them, the editor of The Searchlight, is running for the state legislature on a platform directed against the Sisters of the Good Shep- (Continued on page 11) New York.-.-Diplomats, scientists, and distinguished men from every walk of life gathered in St. Patrick’s Cathedral last Tuesday for the fu neral services of Hie iate Dr. Jokiclii Takamine, eminent scientist and per haps the best known Japanese in tlie United States, who became a convert to the Catholic Church six weeks before his death. Dr. Takamine, who was a samurai of the Kanazawa clan, spent the ma jor portion of his life in the United States and was known as the un crowned Ambassador of Good Will between this country and Japan. He was horn in Kanazawa City in tlie province of Kaga and was one of the first graduates of the Imper ial University of Japan, taking his degree in engineering and chem istry. Later he studied at the Uni versity of Glasgow. His Wife a Convert. The turning point of his life came in 1884, when he was appointed as Japanese commissioner to tlie world fair at New Orleans. There he met Miss Caroline Hitch, whom he mar ried, resolving thereafter to spend the remainder of iiis life in the United States. His wife, who was a convert, probably was the influ ence who brought him into the Church six weeks before his death. According to the Rev. William B. Martin, acting rector of the Cath edral, Dr. Takamine had delved into tlie philosophies of all different re ligions, devoting much time to such study despite his deep interest in science. He awoke one morning about six weeks ago and informed his wife that he needed spiritual support. He had wandered far -into intellectual fields, he said, and had come to the conclusion that the one thing missing in his life could lie supplied only by a belief in God. Of all religions lie had studied, lie declared Catholicity suited him best, because it was a religion of author ity and revelation. His wife sum moned the Bight. Rev. Thomas J. Kerman, of the St. Nicholas Church, Passaic, who found Dr. Takamine so well informed concerning* Catholicity that no further instruction was ne cessary. Hi3 Great Discoveries. Dr. Takamine’s two greatest chem ical discoveries were adrenalin, now used by surgeons throughout the world to raise blood pressure, which is accomplished through the con traction of the small arteries, and takadiatasc, which has done much to improve the brewing of sake and the making of indigo. Adrenalin has made possible bloodless surgery in minor operations, especially on the eye, ear and throat. Dr. Takamine believed in a union between Japan and tlie United States founded on common economic in terest and mutual esteem and in pursuit of this Ideal worked unceas ingly. Atlantic, City—Rcdcdicated to the ideals on which the order was found ed, and pledged to the carrying for ward of a four-fold program in be half of God and county as well as the exploration of new fields of service, delegates to tlie fortieth su preme convention of the Knights of Columbus brought their annual ses sions to a close yesterday. The new work of the order will be in behalf of the Catholic boy. Inspired by an eloquent plea by the Right Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, Bishop of Trenton, that the order turn its attention to such work, a resolution indorsing the establish ment of a junior order of Hie Knights of Columbus was favorably received by the convention and will he made the subject of investigation by a special committee. In addition to this new and dis tinctive field which will he explored the convention went on record as fa voring the coiitiiiuatioi of the re ligious and patriotic works to which it has already set its hand. These include: Knights of Columbus welfare work in Rome as requested by the late Pope Benedict XV and on which a report was submitted by former Supreme Knight Edward L. Hearn. The work of tlie K. of C. historical commission, whose report showed that the first prize in the national historical contest was won by Sam uel L. Bemis, professor of history in Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., a Presbyterian institution. The establishment of a national correspondence school, open to all, K. of C. free schools for vete rans and hospitalization work. The resolution proposing the es tablishment of the junior order was introduced by William C. Prout of Boston, elected a supreme director at the convention, as chairman of the committee on the good of the order. It read: ‘Realizing the obligations which rest upon us as good Americans and good Catholics to do our share in giving proper direction to the aims and activities of the citizens of to morrow, this committee recom mends in the strongest possible manor the appointment of a special committee to examine the question of a junior order of the Knights of Columbus, or an organization of a like nature.” Notable addresses were made at Hie convention by the Most Rev. John J. Glcnnon, Archbishop of St. Louis, who emphasized the duty of ’he organization to counteract the spread of bigotry by effective pro paganda and by Bishop Walsh of Trenton. Luke E. Hart, former state deputy of Missouri, nominated as Supreme Advocate of .tlie organization to suc ceed Joseph G. Pelletier, who re signed at the directors’ meeting held in Chicago last month, was elected Supreme Advocate after a contest with William C. Mulligan of Con necticut, by vote of 165 1-2 to 154. Captain Rice Elected. Captain Patrick H. Bice of Au gusta, Ga., was elected unanimously to fill ail unexpired term as supreme director. Captain Bice was nomi nated by Joseph Scott of Los Ange les, who called attention to the spirit of bigotry prevalent in the south and the valiant and successful ef forts made by the Georgia Laymen’s Association, under Captain Rice to uphold the standard of the Churcii (Continued on Page 10) mm