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The Bishop-Elect of Natchez
Kt. Rev. Richard O. Gerow, D. D., rector of the Cathedral
of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, and a native of that city,
who has been named to succeed the late Rt. Rev. John E. Gunn,
D. D., as Bishop of Natchez. The consecration of Bishop Gerow
will take place in the fall.
Catholic Quebec’s Broad Policy on
School Question Solves Problems
Prime Minister Appoints Co mission to Consider Rights
of Jews and Protestants in Apportionment of Public
Funds to Their Denominational Schools.
Bishop Floersh Succeeds
to See of Louisville
"By N. C. W. C. News Service Special
Cable.)
Rome—The Rt. Rev. Denis
O'Donaghue, Bishop of Louis
ville, has been appointed Titular •
Bishr ” of Lebedus, and because
of the condition of his health
will be retired from the See of
■Louisville, according to an
nouncement made from the Vati
can today, His Coadjutor, the Rt.
Rev. John A. Floersh succeeds to
the See of Louisville as Bishop.
Bishop O’Donaghue has been
head of the Louisville diocese
since February 7, 1910. Prior to
that time he was Titular Bishop
of Pomario and Auxiliary Bishop
of Indianapolis. He is seventy-
five years old. Bishop Floersh
served as Secretary of the Apos
tolic Delegation in Washington
during the incumbency of Cardi
nal Bonzano as Apostolic Dele
gate He was appointed Titular
Bishop of Lycopolis and Coad
jutor with the right of succes
sion to the B ! shop of Louisville,
February 6, 1923.
JOSEPH CONRAD, NOTED
CATHOLIC AUTHOR, DIES
Polish Novelist Universally
Recognized As One of Fore
most Writers of Age.
HID TO REST
Venerable Abbot of Belmont
Buried “Out In Sunshine”
As He Requested—Eulogy
By Bishop Boyle.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
London.—Josepji Conrad, noted
Catholic novelist, died at his home
at Bishopsbourne August 3. Death
came suddenly as he sat resting in
a chair. He had been in apparently
normal health yesterday although
suffering somewhat from an asth
matic attack. He was 66 years old.
The author, whose full name was
Theodor Josef Conrad Corseniowski,
was a native of Poland. His father,
a literary critic and poet of distinc
tion, was exiled to Siberia by the
Russian Government just before the
Polish uprising in 1862. His mother
was sent into exile with the father
and died in Siberia. The hoy, how
ever, was permitted to remain in
Poland and was educated in Cracow.
Early in life he developed a pas
sion for seafaring life and joined
the French merchant marine. Later
he transferred to the British mer
chant service and eventually rose
to the command of steam and sail
ing vessels plying in the Pacific
trade between England and Austra
lia. His experiences at sea formed
the material which he embodied in
many of his writings.
In 1884 he had renounced alle
giance to the Russian Government
and had become a British subject.
Thereafter be adopted the modified
and Anglicized form of his name
Joseph Conrad.
Conrad’s first book, “Alamayer’s
Folly,” was published in 1895 and
was well received. Other well
known works from his pen are: “An
Outcast of the Islands,” “Tales of
Unrest,” “Lord Jim/’ '"Victory,”
“Nostromo,” “The Nigger of the
Narcissus ” “The Mirror of the Sea,”
“The Rover,” and “The Rescue.”
He paid his first visit to the
United States in 1923 and was re
ceived as one of the foremost au
thors of the age.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Belmont Abbey, N. C.—The Rt.
Rev. Leo Haid, O. S. B„ Abbot of
Belmont and Vicar Apostolic of
North Carolina, was laid to rest on
July 29 in the Cemetery of Belmont
Abbey over which he had ruled
since its foundation thirty-eight
years' ago. He was buried in ac
cordance with his own request, out
where the sunshine can reach me
at the foot of the huge stone cross
in the center of the Abbey Ceme-
terv. He had frequently expressed
a liking for this burial place, shad
ed by cypress trees and radiant with
growing flowers, in preference to-a
more formal tomb in bis cathedral
abbey church.
Bishop Boyle’s Eulogy
The Cathedral Abbey church wit
nessed the last ritualistic honors
with which the Catholic church
honors her illustrious dead. Uisnops,
archabbots and abbots, religious and
secular priests, lay brothers and
nuns, and thousands of the laity
brothers gathered in the church this
morning for the Solemn Pontifical
Mass of Requiem celebrated by the
lit. Rev. Charles Mohr, O. S. B.,
abbot of St. Leo's Abbey, . Florida,
one of the several educational in
stitutions which the late Abbot qt
Belmont assisted in founding. Of
ficers of the Mass included: Father
Melchior, O. S. B., Assistant Priest;
the Rev. William O’Brien, Deacon;
the Rev. George Watkins, Sub-Dea
con; and Father Nicholas, O. S. B.,
and Aloysius, O. S. B., Masters of
Ceremonies. The Rt. Rev. Hugh C.
Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh, de
livered the funeral sermon. He at
tributed Bishop Haid s success in his
undertakings, which, Bishop Boyle
(Continued on Page Four)
Election of Abbot August
20-Fr. Willibald Prior
Belmont, N. C.—Very Rev. Willi
bald Baumgartner, O. S. B-, formerly
rector of St. Leo’s church, Winston
Salem, N. C„ who was appointed
prior of Belmont Abbey and Vicar-
General of the Vicariate of North
Carolina by Bishop Haid previous
to his death, is in charge of the af
fairs at the abbey pending the selec
tion of a successor to Bishop Haid.
Father Willibald succeeds Father
Felix, who died recently in Naples.
The election of the successor of
Bishop Haid will take place at Bel
mont Abbey August 20 under the
direction of Rt. Rev. Abbot Ernest
Helfnstetter, O. S. B., of St. Marys
Abbey, Newark, N. J., the president
of the Ainerican-Cassinese Congre
gation of Benedictine Monks. Forty-
five members of Belmont Abbey
have a right to participate in the
election of the abbot, but in tlieir
choice of abbot they are not limited
to members of the community but
may choose any benedictine monk
of the American-Cassineses congre
gation.
Irish Republicans Have Formulated
Plan for Constitutional Fight
FORMER PRESIDENT OF
SPRING HILL IS DEAD
Father Tyrrell Was Fifty
One Years a Jesuit—He
Started Tampa Church.
Special to The Bulletin.
Mobile, Ala.—Rev. William J.
Tyrrell, S. J., former president of
Spring Hill College, pastor at Ybor
City, Florida, and a member of the
Society of Jesus for nearly fifty-one
years, died August 6 in Mobile after
an illness of some months.
Rt. Rev. Edward P. Allen, D. D.,
Bishop of Mobile, celebrated the
requiem Mass for the repose of
Father Tyrrell’s soul, assisted by
Rev. G. N. Moeller of the Cathedral
of the Immaculate Conception
Messrs. G. St. Paul, S. J., and D. It.
Druhan, S. J., severed the Mass.
Present at the mass were Rt.
Rev. Msgr. D. A. Brady, V. G.,
Pastor of St. Vincent de Paul's
Church; Rev. W. Culnane, Rev.
ATames T. Byrnes, both of the Im
maculate Conception Cathtdral; Rev.
L. Schuler, S. J.; Bey. C. Seidl,
S. J., of St. Joseph’s; Rev. M.
Henry, of St. Patrick’s; Rev. Jos.
E. McDermott, of St. Matthews;
Rev. E. J. Hackett, of St. Joan of
Arc's; Rev. Emmet B. Kennedy, of
St. Catherine of Sienna’s Church;
Rev. Daniel J. Rice, S. S. J. Rev.
R. Klyn, S. S. J., of the Church of
the Most Pure Heart of Mary; -Rev.
B. Schwert, S. S. J., of St. Peter
Claver's; Rev. Clias. A. Evers, S. S.
J.; Rev. M. McNally, S. J., Presi
dent of Spring Hill College; Rev.
J. McLaughlin, S. J., Rev. J. De-
Potter. S. J., Rev. T. Stritch S. J.,
Rev. Fr. Snebelen, S. J., Rev. T.
Cavey, S. J., Rev. M. Moynihan, S.
J., Rev. T. De Beurme, S. J., Jtev.
G. Rittmeyer, S. J., Rev. D. P. Law-
ton, S. J., Rev. Fr. Di Pietro, S. J.,
Rev. Fr. Blatter, S. J., Rev. Fr.
Remy, S. J., together with the
Fathers, scholastics and lay-brothers
of Spring Hill College. A few other
friends of Father Tyrrell were pres
ent to wish him a last farewell.
Bora in Ireland
Father Tyrrell was born at Cion-
more, Kings County, Ireland, March
8, 1854, the last of nine children
born to Edward and Elizabeth
(Warren) Tyrrell. He received his
early education in his native town,
then going to Dublin to the College
of the Oblates and later to the
Catholic University of the Marists,
where the future Archbishop Blenk,
of New Orleans, was then a scholas
tic. He finished his secular educa
tion at the college of the Carmelites
pt Clonkalkin College. Father Tyr
rell joined the ranks of Loyola by
entering the Society of Jesus. He
applied for admission into the
Lyons Province in France, which
had extensive missions in the
Southern United States at that time,
and was accepted. entering the
novitiate at Clermont, , Auvergne,
October 15, 1873. Three years later
he left for the United States, and
spent the following years as pro
fessor of literature at St. Charles
College, Grand Coteau, going to
Spring Hill College later as prefect
and professor.
Studied in Spain
In 1880 Father Tyrrell went to^
Woodstock College, Maryland, for
his philosophical course, then spend
ing a year in Miltown Park, Ireland,
later going to Ona, Province of
Burgos, Spain, for his course in
theology. Here he was ordained by
the Archbishop of Bogota, South
Shanghai, China—A dramatic and
propitious event in the life of the
church in the Far East took place
here in connection with the great
Plenary Council of the Catholic
Church in China, just ended.
It came at a banquet significant
ly tendered th* fathers of the
council by the Christians of China
and the chief authorities, all pagan,
of the province in which Shanghai
is situated and of the city itself.
At this banquet, General Ho-Feng-
ling, the pagan military governor, in
an address, turned to the venerable
bishops surrounding him and said:
“We think ourselves fortunate in
having these‘fifty and more Bishops
as valued collaborators. Our nation
will be grateful to you for the great
benefits you have brought.
“It is the duty of the state to
govern men; but .religion alone
teaches us to govern ourselves. Civil
law is modified according to the
times and circumstances, but reli
gion, notwithstanding all the past
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Montreal—Hon. L. A. Taschereau,
prime minister of the province of
Quebec, has announced the names of
those appointed to the special com
mission which has been organized
for the purpose of inquiring into
school matters, this body being
composed of Catholic, Protestant
and Jewish representatives in equal
numbers. The Catholic members
are Sir Lomer Gouin. M. P., a for
mer Premier of the Province; Aime
Geffrion, K. C., an advocate with a
wide knowledge of constitutional
law, and Auguste Richard, a manu
facturer.
The Protestant members are Gen
eral Sir Arthur Currie, principal of
McGill university; E. W. Beatty,
and present difficulties, is always
the same. It is already many cen
turies since foreign missionaries
first came to propagate religion in
China, hut till now there have only
been ihshops among us. You. your
excellency, are the first archbishop
to come to honor us with your
presence.
“Since your arrival you have re
sided in Pekin, and your virtues
have already gained the esteem and
confidence of the Chinese people.
With calm and sweetness you di
rect religious affairs. And now you
are here in Shanghai to reunite .in
council around you more than fifty
bishops of China, with the aim of
augmenting your charitable and edu
cational works. It is also the duty
of our government to promote these
works, but we rejoice to see the in
terest you take in them and we
think ourselves fortunate in having
these fifty and more bishops as
valued collaborators. Our nation
will be grateful to you for such
great benefits.
K. C., president of the Canadian Pa
cific Railway, and chancellor of Mc
Gill university and Walter Mitchell,
former provincial treasurer.
For the Jewish community, the
members are: Michael Hirsch, a
prominent manufacturer; S. W. Co
hen, an engineer, and Joseph Schu
bert, a member of the Montreal
City Council.
How Taxes Are Apportioned.
By law, in the province of Que«
bee, taxes on property for school
purposes are paid into panels, Cath
olic anil Protestant, according to the
religious belief of the property
owner. Commercial corporations
pay into a third panel called the
Neutral Panel and a third panel
also paid the taxes of Jewish prop
erty owners. Catholic and Protest
ant commissions having obtained
the sums paid into their respective
panels are entitled to share the
monies paid into the neutral panel
upon a proportional basis according
to population with this exception
that the Protestant board is entitled
to withdraw as a first charge the
total amount required for the edu
cation of the Jewish children un
der their care. One of the sugges
tions offered was that a fourth
panel, a Jewish panel, should be es
tablished, and this is one of the
matters to be studied.
Catholic Broadmindedness.
There are Catholic problems, too,
but these arise largely from the
growth of the city and the popula
tion and the necessity for making
financial arrangements for new
schools to take care of the increas
ing number of children. With rep
resentatives of all sections appeal
ing to the legislature for assistance
in dealing with each problem, Mr.
Taschereau and his ministers (feme
to the conclusion that a smhll com
mission selected from the interested
groups and free from political bias
could best deal with the problems
and present a report to the govern
ment. This, then, is the manner in
which a legislature preponderate^
Catholic in membership has under
taken to allow all interested par
ties to give free expression to their
views in an endeavor to find just
solution to all problems.
By JAMES H. COX
(Dublin Correspondent, N. C. W. C.
News Service)
Dublin.—The release of Eamon De
Valera and Austin Stack caused a
sense of relief among persons of
every shade of opinion in all parts
of Ireland. It is now assured that
political opposition in the southern
portion of the country will be
strictly constitutional.
Republican Constructive Program
The Republican leaders, it is
understood, have a constructive pro
gram which they intend to put be
fore the people for the development
of the country's resources and na
tional sentiments. New groupings
in Irish public life may soon be ex
pected.
In the rank and file of the popu
lation the events since the signing
of the Anglo-Irish Treaty have left
no trace of bitterness. Citizens, ir
respective of their personal views,
are keenly" desirous that a concilia
tory and tolerant tone shall inspire
public affairs.
Immediately on his liberation De
Valera proceeded to the Republican
headquarters at Suffolk Street, Dub
lin. Some minutes later he motored
to his home in the suburbs, only
to find that his wife and family
had left for the west of Ireland a
week previously. That night he
slept in the house of Sear T.
O’Kelly, T. D., a number of citizens
with bared heads escorting him
there. It is confidentially under
stood by N. C. W. C. Service that
his next movement will be a visit
to his family and to his constitu
ency" in County" Clare.
De Valera’s Political Plans
Then he will returr^-at once to
political activities. Three elections
for the Dail are pending, and the
Republican chief will throw all his
energies into these contests. Thus
the new constitutional turn in Irish
political action will be signalized.
Bishop Dignan was among the
first ! send De Valera a cordial
message. Many persons of Free
State sympathies did likewise.
(Continued on Page 12.)
Chinese General Pays High Tribute
To Work of Church in Far East