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Member of the National Catholic Welfare Con ference News Service. Tifcr jQuttftin jjfr h e Only Catholic Newspaper Between Bal timore and New Orleans TEN CENTS A COPY. YOU. V, NO. 15. AUGUSTA, GA„ AUGUST 16, 1924 $2.00 A YEA it ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY 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