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Member of the National Catholic Welfare Con- ference News Service 1& Jtr 'Quilttin Official Organ of t he Catholic Laymens Association^Ceor^a TO BRING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER FEEUNG AMONG GEORGIANS. IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED" I I The Only Catholic ] News paper Between j B al t i m o re j Orleans. and New d TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. X., NO. 10. AUGUSTA, GA., JUNE 15, 1929 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR Mexican Archbishop Named Apostolic Delegate There News Briefs WASHINGTON, D, C. — Very Rev. Ignatius Smith, O. P., prior of the .Dominican House of Studies, at the Catholic University, has completed his six-year term in that position, and has been succeeded by Very Rev. Stephen McDermott, O. P., of New York. Father Smith was formerly national director of the Holy Name Society; Father McDermott was until recently pas tor of St. Catherine of Sienna Church, New York. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—St. Jo seph's College of the Jesuit Fathers here is erecting a reinforced con crete stadium with a seating ca pacity of 5,000. LEAGUE OF SACRED HEART PILGRIMAGE TO ROME NEW YORK—Rev. John Corbett, S, J., in a radio talk over WLWL recently announced a Roman pil grimage of the League of the Sa cred Heart, leaving New York On the Leviathan, and then return ing on the President Roosevelt July 8. Rev. Charles J. Mullally, S. J„ national director, will lead the pilgrims. ST. LOUIS—Rev. Henry Huh- man, pastor of St. Henry’s Church, known here as the "flying priest" because of Kls skill in aviation, died here early in May. Lindbergh in structed Father Hulmann before his trans-Atlantic flight, and on President Cosgrave and Eammon de Valera to March in Procession (By N. C. W. C. News Service) DUBLIN—In the great Eucharis tic Procession to be held here on Sunday, June 23, as the crowning event of the exercises marking the Centenary of Catholic Emancipa tion, President Cosgrave and Eam mon De Valera will walk side by side, bearing the canopy under which will be carried the. Blessed Sacrament. Both political leaders, in accept ing the invitation of Archbishop Harty and the Catholic Truth So ciety to serve as canopy-bearers, have made it clear that in acting together in this capacity, they in tend to indicate no political rap- proehment or truce ,but to pay homage as Catholics to their Cre ator. All the Catholic Senators and Deputies in the Oireachtas have re ceived invitations to take part in the procession, and it is understood that all of them, including the Exe cutive Ministers, have arranged to do so. Should the vacant See of Down and Connor be filled in time to en able the Bishop-elect thereof to take part, it will bring the number of Archbishops and Bishops from Ireland participating up to 28. It is confidently hoped that the Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Arch bishop of Baltimore, will be able to come to Ireland for the ceremonies, and that other American and Eng lish Bishops, not yet in to^uch with the Catholic Truth Society,, will al so attend. The first steps in building the temporary altar and canopy for the celebration of Mass in the fifteen acres, Phoenix Park, have been be gun. | (By N. C. W. C. News Service.) ’ GRAND FORKS, N. D—Com peting against 113 other high schools in North Dakota, the Aca demy of St. James of Grand Forks, conducted by the Sisters of St. Jo seph, won the Lions’ Club Sweep- stakes trophy for general scholas tic excellence at the Annual State High School Contests held at the University of North Dakota, May 16, 17 and 18. St. James took five first places and three thrid places in the va rious events. First place was awarded the St. James Junior Playmakers for their presentation of “The Travellers’’ by Booth Tar- kington. The Wild Rose, Academy magazine, was judged the best among high school publications with a rating of 98.G per cent. This same magazine won first prize among all magazines, newspapers and annuals at the Northern Inter- Scholastic Press Association con test held last November. 1 Other first places won by St. James at the university contests were': Girls declamation, won by Constance Gerszewski; in music, Mexico Inventories Church Property Many Valuable Paintings and Other Articles Reported Missing Through Looting (By N. C, W. C. News Service) MEXICO CITY—The Federal Government has issued orders that an inventory be' made of all property pertaining to the Catholic Church in Mexico and that all churches be turned over to a general committee of the faithful. This general com mittee, it was announced, will appoint sub-committees to have care of the church property and the government will hold the members of these sub-commit tees responsible for the loss of anything from the interior of the churches and for the Dis appearance of any article ap pearing in the inventory. In his statement of May 8, Presi- Recognition of Russia Opposed by Fr. Walsh Georgetown Vice-President, Authority on Soviet Condi tions, Addresses D. A. R. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON.—Speaking to the thirty-eighth Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution here, the Rev. Dr. Ed mund A. Walsh, S. J., vice presi dent of Georgetown University and a widely recognized authority on Russia, declared that the United States government should withhold recognition from the soviet until it "ceases its unwarranted attacks on the existing institutions of this country.” Urging the Daughters of the American Revolution to continue their fight against communism, Father Walsh took sharp issue with Senator Borah on his resolution providing for recognition by this country of the soviet government. The delegates manifested a keen interest in the distinguished priest’s description of conditions he found in Russia, and his quotations from soviet documents providing for the spread of soviet propaganda. He painted for the delegates a strik ing contrast between the second Russian revolution and the revolu tion of the American colonists. the piano duo, won by Regina Mulloy and Louise Malo; musician- ship contest, which includes a writ ten examination in theory, harmony and history of music This also was won by Regina Mulloy, with third place in th4 same event going to Honora O’Connor, another St- .Tames student. Third place was awarded the St. James Glee Club in the mixed chorus event and to Louise Maio for sight reading in accompaniment. Prizes for these victories are silver loving cups and gold medals for individual achive- ment. Earlier in the year the Academy of St. James won recognition in a contest sponsored by the American Chemical Society. An essay on "The Relation of Chemistry to the Modern Home,’’ written by Mar garet Ross of St. James, was judged the best on this £opic for North Dakota. The prize was $20 in gold and the right to enter the essay in the national contest. The national prize, which 'will be awarded later, is a four-year scholarship to any university the winner may desig nate. President Gil Has Invited Monsignor Ruiz to Discuss Subject With Him o o PRELATES RE-ENTER MEXICO (By N. C. W. C. News Service) LAREDO, Tex.—The Most Rev. Leopoldo Ruizy Flores, newly appointed Apostolic Delegates to Mexico, and the Rt. Rev. Pascual Diaz, Bishop of Tabasco, crossed the in ternational border into their native land June 8. Arch bishop Ruiz is on his way to confer with Provisional President Emilio Portes Gil relative to a settlement of the religious problem which for nearly three years has kept the nation in a state of unrest. The two prelates v/ere ex pelled from Mexico in April, 1927, Archbishop Ruiz being deported to the United States with the late Archbishop Moray del Rio, Primate of Mexico. Bishop Diaz, then secretary of the Mexican Hierarchy, was taken by the police through the brush tp the Guatemalan border. For several days nothing was heard from either the Bishop or his escort and great con cern was felt. It developed that his entry into Guatemala was halted by the fact that he is a member of the So ciety of Jesus. O -O (By N. C. W. C. News Service.) .WASHINGTON.— The appoint ment of the Most Rev. Leopoldo Ruizy 1-lores. Archbishop of More lia, as Apostolic Delegate in Mexico, has been confirmed. The appointment of Archbishop Ruiz who has been received with enthusiasm by the other members of the Mexican Hierarchy who were confidentially informed of his se lection some days ago. Archbishop Ruiz in Washington said of the appointment: “In view of the desire for a termination of the unfortunate conflict, which for more than two years has consti tuted a major problem in Mexico— a desire which is shared by all parties in Mexico—there is every reason to hope that the coming ef forts will be successful in working out a reconciliation which will per mit of the early reopening of the Churches and the resumption of public worship throughout Mexico.” This inventory order, coming as it does immediately after the exchange of declarations between President Portes Gil and Archbishop Ruiz Flores looking toward a settlement of the religious problem in Mexico, is considered particularly signifi cant since it is generally felt in Mexico City that a conference between representatives of the Church and State soon will be held. The church inventory order is the result of frequent robberies which have been committed in the churches since 1926, in which year the government took possession of the churches. Many valuable paint ings and other religious articles have disappeared since the edifices, have been beyond control of church authorities. Deputies Expelled Forty-twomembers of the Cham ber of Deputies were expelled from that body at a session held Mon day night and it was stated that they will face charges of complicity in the recent rebellion. The ma jority of them had favored the presidential candidacy of Gilberto Valenzuela. VILLAN0VA HONOR GOES TO U. OF P. SCIENTIST Mendel Medal Awarded to Dr. John A. Kolmer (By N. C. W. C. News Service.) VILLANOVA, Pa.— Villanova College has honored Dr. John A. Kolmer, director of the laboratories of the Graduated School of Medi cine at the University of Penn sylvania, international authority on the blood and considered by the medical profession to be one of the most eminent immunologists in America, in conferring upon, him the Mendel Medal. The presentation of the medal by the Rev. J. H. Griffin, O. S. A., president of the college, marked the occasion of the formal dedica tion of Mendel Hall which is to house Villanova’s School of Science. The dedication exercises were pre sided over by Cardinal Dougherty. The awards of the Mendal Medal marks the inauguration by Vil lanova of an annual presentation to eminent Catholics who have achieved distinction in the field of science. CATHOLIC DIPLOMAT Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador to the United States and dean of the diplo matic corps at Washington, who recently caused much com ment i n foreign offices throughout the world and in the press by his offer to forego the right common to diplomatic representatives in the United States to import liquor, is a Catholic ond a member of one of the oldest Catholic families In England. Another U.S. Missionary Is Murdered in China Body of Thirty-Two Year- Old Priest Found in Bandit- Infested Territory By Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Baron von Capitaine (Cologne Correspondent, N. C. W« C. News Service) COLOGNE.—The Mission House of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at Hiltrup, near Muenster, has just re ceived word of the murder in China of Father Joseph Winkelmann M. S. C., whose body has been found with those of three other mission aries between Kweichow and Hunan. Father Winkelmann has been missing since the end of November Leaving his station at Shihtsien he went to Shanghai to confer with his provincial and conduct three younger missionaries to Kweichow. They were evidently killed by bon- dits. Father Kinkelmann was thirty-two years of age. The German missions in China are said to be in a pitiful state. Many of the stations have been plundered and the missionaries* taken prisoner and held for ransom. A number have been killed. Fake “Interview” With Foch Exposed by French Journalist 1,555 Jurisdictions in Catholic Directory Paris Annual Places Cath olic Population of World at 4,000,000 By M. MASSIANI (Paris Correspondent, N. C. W. C. News Service.) PARIS.—The Catholic Pontifical Annuary for 1929, which has just appeared, indicates that the Catho lic Church now lias' 14 patriar chates, 245 archbishoprics, 908 bishoprics, 57 abbacies and 331 apostolic vicariates. These 1,555 jurisdictions administered the af fairs of the immense Catholic family of 400,000,000 souls. In addition to the occupants of the residential sees, there are 600 bishops- who although they are not in charge of a diocese have duties of an episcopal nature. Some of these are included among the 1,555 prelates enumerated above, for ex ample, the vicars apostolic. Representation of the Holy See is assured in states and nations where Catholic interests exist by 50 pontifical delegates—24. nuncios, 4 internuncios, 1 charge d’affaires and 21 apostolic delegates. Foreign representatives at the Holy See are divided into 11 * embassies and 18 plenipotentiary ministers. It is scarcely possible to enumer ate the women's communities which, besides important Congre gations, embrace purely diocesan institutions. With regard to men's Congregations, there are 37 monas tic orders,. 17 mendicant orders, 8 orders of clerics regular, 66 ecclesiastical congregations and 10 religious institutes. At Rome there are 30 seminaries and ecclesiastical colleges of dif ferent nationalities and 23 colleges belonging to religious orders. Article in “America” Proves He Did Not Voice Nn- Catholic Statements (By N. C. W. C. News Service) NEW YORK.—In an article pub lished in America, a Catholic Re view of the week, the Rev. Paul Doncoeur, S. J., refutes statements made in an alleged interview with the late Marshal Foch published in the Boston Sunday Post aujl other newspapers. The alleged interview, said to have been translated by one Winifred Stahl from the French of “Rene de Paux,” “close friend” of the marshal and “distinguished French journalist” pretended to give Foch’s views on theology. Father Doncouer’s article is en titled “A Newspaper Hoax on Mar shal Foch.” The alleged interview, he says, was greeted with laugh ter in French journalistic, military and religious circles. The so-call ed interview, he asserts, never was given by Marshal Foch. He adds: “Moreover, the ideas attributed to the Marshal are an absolute contra diction of everything he professed and practiced up to the day of his death. Everybody who knew him scoffed at the cloudy and stilted metaphysics attributed to him. The marshal was a sturdy and ro bust believer. Never, in his most confidential moments with his friends, did he ever utter a word which remotely resembled this al leged interview. He died as he lived, a believing and practicing Catholic. “Far from believing that God Is a product of our own imagination (as he is represented as saying), his profound conviction, as ex pressed to those who enjoyed his confidence, was that we are guid ed by God in all the happenings of this world and that we are but “blind instruments of His‘Divine Providence,” The “distinguished French jour nalist” named in the alleged inter view, “Rene de Paux,’* does not ex ist, Father Doncouer said. There (Continued on Page Five) Catholic School Girl Wins National Spelling Contest (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON.—Virginia Hogan a pupil of St. John's parochial school of Omaha, Nebr., won the National Spelling Bee and the Nat ional Awards of $1,000 itj gold from 20 other contestants from various parts of this country at the Nat ional Museum here yesterday. The parochial school pupil won her victory by spelling correctly the “luxuriance.” which had caused the downfall of Viola Strbac, of South Milwaukee, Wis., who, at the time, was the only other sur vivor of the boys and 17 girls who being eliminated by mispelling th? word “panacea.” By coincidence, the victory and the award came to Miss Hogan on the eve of her thirteenth birthday. The young girl, who is an honor pupil in the eighth grade of St. John’s schol, won her way into the contest here by triumphing in simi lar contests held for the City of Omaha, and then for the State of Nebraska. In the contest here, she represented the Omaha World- Herald. While an exact count was lost in the excitement of the occasion, it i:» believed that Miss Hogan won out in the seventieth round of words. This means that she spelled cor rectly 70 of the most difficult words in ordinary usage. The judges of the contest were the Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Represen tatives; Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, U. S. A., and William C. Deming, chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission. The words were pronounced for the contes tants by Dr. Francis A. Litz of Baltimore City College, and Prof. C. E. Hill of George Washington University. George B. Woods, dean of American University was chair man. (Continued on Page Five) (Continued on Page Five) Ireland’s Rival Leaders to Bear Canopy for Host N. Dakota Catholic Academy lTriumphs Over 113 Schools