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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 5, 1929
ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR
A PROCLAMATION
Ey the President of the United States
WHEREAS, October 11, 1779, marks in Ameri
can history the date of the heroic death of Briga
dier-General Casimir Pulaski, who died from
wounds received on October 9, 1779, at the siege ol
Savannah, Georgia; and
WHEREAS, October 11, 1929, marks the one
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of
General Pulaski, it is but fitting that such date
should be observed and commemorated with suit
able patriotic exercises;
THEREFORE, I, Herbert Hoover, President of
the United States of America, in pursuance of the
provisions of Public Resolution No. 16, Seventy-first
Congress, approved June 18, 1929, do hereby invite
the people of the United State of America to ob
serve Friday, the eleventh day of October next, as
the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the
death of Brigadier-General Casimir Pulaski, Revo
lutionary War hero, by holding such exercises and
ceremonies in. schools, churches, and other suitable
places as may be deemed appropriate in commem
oration of his death; and further, I hereby direct
that on that day the flag of the United States be ap
propriately displayed upon all Governmental build
ings in the United States.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the
United States:
Done at the City of Washington this 26th day
of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-nine, and of the Independence
of the United States the one hundred and fifty-third.
(Seal) By the President: HERBERT HOOVER,
HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of State.
(Pulaski Day will be observed in Savannah October 9, the anni
versary of the Battle of Savannah in which Pulaski was wounded,
instead of October 11, the date of his death, in order to give the dis
tinguished visitors an opportunity to attend the Pulaski Day ob
servance at Washington two days later)
CARDINAL DUBOIS
OF PARIS DEAD
Great Churchman Labored
to Combat Communism by
Turning Souls to God
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
PARIS.—Death has come to Car
dinal Dubois only three months after
the passing of his sister. Not merely
his family and friends and members
of the .Archdiocese of Paris are af
fected by his being taken, but people
throughout the world will grieve at
the loss of so great a churc .man,
Statesman and friend of humanity.
Louis Ernest Cardinal Dubois,
whose name was to become associ
ated with three of the most historical
cities of France—Verdun, Rouen and
Paris—was born in the little town of
St. Calais in the Diocese of Le Mans,
September 1, 1856. He who was to
have as his last church the world-
famed Cathedral of Notre Dame de
Paris received his early religious in
struction in the village church of
Notre Dame de St. Calais.
After completing his studies for the
priesthood with a brilliant record,
Louis Dubois was ordained in Sep
tember. 1879, just fifty years ago. He
rendered valuable service to his na
tive diocese" and was serving as vicar
general when, in 1901, at the age of
forty-five, he was made Bishop of
Verdun. That year also marked the
beginning of the Waldeck-Rousseau
anti-clerical policy which was to ha
rass the church in France until 1929,
the year of the cardinal’s death. He
was one of the last bishops appoint
ed under the Napoleonic Concordat,
and it was one of his most ardent
desires that a new concordat should
be established between France and
the Holy See during his regime as
Archbishop of Paris.
In 1900, when he was made Arch
bishop of Bourges, a new spirit was
abroad in the land and Catholic ac
tivities were in the process of re
organization. The new archbishop
gave great impetus to the movement,
urging the formation of clubs in every
parish and uniting them by means of
a diocesan federation.
At the beginning of the World
War, Archbishop Dubois was still in
Bourges, and, therefore, far removed
from the battlefields. But in 1916,
when he was"transferred to Rouen, he
came into close contact with the
headquarters of the Belgian govern
ment, then within his new archdio
cese. That same year he was made
Sf cardinal.
In the winter of 1919, when the fate
of French religious establishments in
the Near East hung in the balance,
Cardinal Dubois was sent on an of
ficial tour of Palestine, Syria, Athens
and Constantinople. Upon his return
to France, he received from President
Deschanel an official expression of
gratitude of the French government
for the service he had rendered. It
was at that time that he was made
a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
He was named a Commander of the
Legion in 1926, on the occasion of
the silver jubilee of his episcopal con
secration.
On the Feast of the Immaculate
Conception, 1920, Cardinal Dubois was
enthroned as Archbishop of Paris as
successor to the decased Cardinal
Amette. Notre Dame Cathedral was
filled to overflowing and a great con
course of people filled the vast square
(Continued on Page 7)
Chinese Bandits Kill
Bishdp, Two Priests
Franciscans Reported Mur
dered by Brigands
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
HANKOW, China. — Bishop John
Trudone Jans, O. F. M., of Sussen,
Belgium, and two of his aides, Father
Van Wert and Father Dynaert, have
been slain by bandits near Siaotung,
Hupelr Province, it" is reported.
The three missionaries were mur
dered by a band of Communist bri
gands in an isolated section of the
Province, according to a despatch
from an Ichang, correspondent receiv
ed by the Belgian consulate here.
Bishop John Trudone Jans was ap
pointed titular bishop of Rhodus, De
cember 23, 1923, and was consecrated
vicar apostolic of the Ichang vicarage
May 1, 1924, at Changsa, China. He
was born in Sussen, Liege, Belgium,
March 4, 1877 and entered the Fran
ciscan Order in 1S9G. He was ordain
ed September 8, 1903.
His jurisdiction in China com
prised the major portion of the Hu
peh Province, with headquarters at
Ichang. where he made his residence.
The Ichang vicarage, in 1928, had a
population of 7,150,000 of whom 34,000
were Catholics.
That particular section of China has
Several missions, all of the Franciscan
Order and most of them under Bel
gian priests.
Cardinal Dubois
Photo shows Louis Ernest Car
dinal Du Bois, Archbishop of
Paris, who has just died follow-
lowing an operation. Cardinal Du
Bois attended the Eucharistic
Congress at Chicago in 1926.
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
VACATION SCHOOLS
NOTABLE SUCCESS
Fifty Thousand Children in
Attendance. Bishop Walsh
Commends Movement
(Bq N. C. W. C. News Sheet)
WASHINGTON.—The highest point
of success thus far in the religious
vacation schools movement was
reached during the past summer,
when approximately 700 schools were
held in more than 70 dioceses, ac
cording to an announcement by the
Rev. Edwin V. O’Hara, director of the
Rural Life Bureau of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
That a total of approximately 50,-
000 children were in attendance for
one month during the summer is in
dicated by complete reports from 35
of the dioceses showing an attend
ance of 30,000 and partial reports from
25 other dioceses placing the attend
ance at 15,000.
Father O’Hara said that there is
every prospect that the hope of the
bureau for 1,000 schools in 100 dio
ceses next summer would be fulfilled.
The schools were held in a great
variety of conditions and' without
exception were successful beyond ex
pectations, Father O’Hara said. Eighty
schools, the largest number reported,
were held in the Diocese of Los-An-
geles-San Diego. The Archdiocese of
Dubuque was second with a total of
75 schools, organized by the Rev, Dr.
J. M. Wolfe, diocesan superintendent
of schools.
Numerous testimonials on the use
fulness oand success of the schools
have been received by the bureau.
Archbishop Drossaerts, of San An
tonio writes: “The schools conducted
in the archdiocese achieved unhoped
for results. It is a pleasure for me
to acknowledge the good accomplish
ed. Children were reached who, with
out these schools, would never have
seen a Sister or a catechism.”
Bishop Walsh, of Charleston, S. C.:
“I cannot express the enthusiasm of
the children, parents and teachers. I
can only tell you that pastors are so
impressed with the possibilities that
1 am going to try to have as many
schools as possible next year.”
In the Archdiocese of Baltimore the
schools were conducted under the
auspices of the League of the Little
Flower, directed by the Rev. W. How
ard, Bishop of Clarkesville, Md. In
a number of dioceses the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women took the
lead in organizing schools.
Father Joseph Schmidt, director of
the Propagation of the Faith 'in the
Diocese of Harrisburg, organized 12
schools with a total attendance of
1,900 children.
Minister and Family
Received Into Church
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
LONDON.—An Anglican clergy
man and four members of his family
have recently entered the Church,
separately and in different parts of
the world, it is just revealed.
Mr. Maurice Frederick Bell, M. A.,
until last May Anglican vicar of
Newland, Worcestershire, has been
received into the Catholic Church at
the Abbey of St. Maurice, Canton
Valais, Switzerland, by the Abbot.
A month earlier his wife had been
received at St. George’s Church, Wor
cester, England. Their eldest son,
Anthony Bell, had a flourishing pre
paratory school at Aldwick, near
Bognor Regis, and he gave this up
to become a Catholic. The local
priest, Father Kelly, O. S. M., receiv
ed him. He has since been clothed
as a novice at the Abbey of St. Mau
rice where his father was received.
The second son, Roderick, who was
working with an Anglican mission in
India, found his way into the Church
independently and has now returned
to Europe to study for the priesthood
with the Salesians at Fribourg, Swit
zerland. The third son, Michael, was
received a few days ago at the Abbey
of St. Maurice. He is relinquishing a
scholarship at St. Edward's school,
Oxford, to go to Ampleforth, a Bene
dictine School.
Medical Scholarships
Given Mission Board
Creighton U. Will Train
Doctors for Foreign Fields
(By N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
NEW YORK—Two scholarships to
train doctors for service in the for
eign mission field, have been donated
to the Catholic Medical Mission
Board by the Rev. William J. Agnew,
S. J., President of Creighton Univer
sity, the Rev. T. H. Ahearn, S. J.. re
gent of the University, has informed
the board.
The Rev. Edward F. Garesche, S. J.,
director of the board, announces that
the scholarships will be awarded to
the applicants considered most prom
ising, and adds that an effort will be
made to send one student to the Uni
versity this year. Applicants must
fulfill all University requirements, as
well as pledge themselves to serve at
least five years in the foreign field.
Both men and women are eligible
for the scholarships, which give free
tuition for an entire medical course.
Fr. Duffy Official
of New Drama Group
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—The Rev. Francis P.
Duffy has been elected vice presi
dent of the newdy formed Church
and Drama League of America, an or
ganization intended to encourage the
production of more and better plays
and motion pictures. The group,
founded recently, already has a mem
bership of 20,800, with headquarters
in New York and chapters in Chicago,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh,
Boston, Milwaukee. Pasadena, Ta
coma. St. Petersburg and Ogden. In
addition to Father Duffy, officials in
clude Bishop William T. Manning, the
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, Rabbi
Nathan Krass and Dr. S. Parkes Cad-
man, who is president.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
ROME.—Missionary deaths in China
have been brought to a total of eight
in the first eight and one-half months
of 1929 by the murders of Bishop
John Trudone Jans, O. F. M., Vicar
Apostolic of Ichang, Hupeh Province,
and two of his priests, according to
figures compiled here by Fides Ser
vice. This makes 1929 the worst year,
in point of fatalities, since the presenl
Wave of banditary began. Twenty-
two missionaries have been slain
since 1923.
Bishop Jans, who went to China
May 9, 1907, was the first bishop to
become a martyr in China,
The Fides Correspondent at Peking
reports that the Apostolic Delegate
at Pekin, His Excellency Archbishop
Celso Costantini, and the French and
Belgian ministers have protested to
the Chinese government. The gov
ernment. in reply, telegraphed from
Nanking to the representative of the
Holy See that it had commanded an
inquiry and issued strict orders to
the local authorities to guarantee
protection to the Catholic missiona
ries in the region.
The eight killed since the first of
this year were, Father Seybold, Hol
bein and Coveyou. American Pas-
sionists, murdered Apt?l 24; Father
Timothy Leonard. Irish priest of St.
Columban’s, July 15; a Belgian Fran
ciscan, Father Tiburtius Cloodts, Au
gust 28; and Bishop Jans and his two
priests. Fathers Van Wert and Dyn
aert, about September 14.
Father Angelo Melotto, Franciscan
was the first of the present list of
priests to be killed, meeting death
at the hands of bandits September 4.
PULASKI PROGRAM
PLANS COMPLETE
Pontifical Mass Feature of
Savannah Sesquicentennial
Observance. Governor Is
sues Proclamation
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—A proclamation is
sued here by Governor Hardman of
Georgia designates October 9 as UuE-
aski Day and urges the people of the
state to observe it with fitting exer
cises. At the same time Governor
Hardman announced the appointment
of the following members of the
Georgia Pulaski Sesquicentennial
Commission: Hon. Gordon Saussy,
Mayor of Savannah. RL Rev. Michael
J. Keyes, D. D.. Bishop of Savannah,
Hon. Pleasant Stovall, former L’nited
States Minister to Switzerland and
editor of the Savannah Press, H. V.
Jenkins, publisher of the Savannah
Morning News. Mills B. Lane, presi
dent of the Citizens and Southern
Bank. T. M. Cunningham, Jr.. Mrs.
Robert H. Roux, Mrs. J. E. D. Bacon,
Mrs. F. E. Johnston, William Harden,
Morris H Bernstein, General William
L. Grayson and Brigadier-General
Robert J. Travis.
SAVANNAH, Ga.— The coming of
the Sesquicentennial of the death ol
Count Casimir Pulaski, who lost lib
life in the seige of Savannah wh?ie
serving as a Brigadier-General in the
American forces, finds this city pre
pared to observe it with one of the
most complete programs ever arrang
ed for a similar event in this section.
The program has been prepared by
the Mayor’s Committee under the di
rection of Hon. Gordon Saussy, Mayor
of Savannah.
The observance will bring to Sa
vannah an official delegation from
the capital of Poland. Warsaw;
the Pulaski Centennial Commission
appointed by Congress; Francois Pu
laski, a descendant of Count Pulaski,
who comes from France; delegations
from the Polish, French and Czcheo-
slovakian embassies. governors of
several states, United States officials,
representatives of nearly every PolisA
organization of size in the United
States, numerous other notables and
hundreds of citizens of Polish extra
ction from every section of the East
and Middle West.
The Savannah observance is being
held October 9, the anniversary of the
Battle of Savannah in which Pulaskr
received his fatal wound, instead of
October 11. the date of his death, in
order to give the notables attending
an opportunity to attend similar cere
monies two days later in Washing
ton, D. C.
Pulaski was a Catholic and a ma
jority of the 1.000 colonial soldiers,
French. American and Polish, who
fell in the Battle of Savannah were of
the Catholic faith; the Mayor’s Com
mittee therefore invited Rt. Rev.
Michael J. Keyes, Bishop of Savan
nah, to arrange for a Pontifical High
Mass as the religious feature of the
ceremony. The Mass will be cele
brated at Park Extension if the wea
ther is favorable, if not it will be
celebrated in the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist. Rev. Joseph D.
1923. An interesting fact in connec
tion with his death is the opening of a
250-bed hospital in Hankow, China,
dedicated to his memory. This in-
stiution, opened about two months
ago. is in charge of the Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary and native Chi
nese Franciscan Sisters.
Other missioners who have given
their lives for the Faith in the Orient
since 1923 are:
Father Achille Soenen, Scheut
Father, killed by revolting soldiers,
December 23, 1923.
Father Pitton, Paris missioner, kill
ed by brigands February 4., 1924.
Father Aurelian Maignez, Francis
can. killed by soldiers cf Honan, Au
gust 3. 1926.
Father Ruyffelaert, Scheut Father,
murered near Suiyuan, August 12,
1926.
Father Frederick Lauwens, Scheut
Father, killed near Siwantsc. August
20. 1926.
Father Dugort and Vanara. Jesuits,
killed by soldiers at Nanking, March
24. 1927.
Father Joseph Hou. a native secular
priest of the Vicariate of Kian, Pro
vince of Kiangsi, killed April 25, 1127.
His catechist was buried alive.
Father Van de Boc, Scheut Father,
and a Chinese priest, killed with six
other Catholics. September 30. 1927.
Father Hermenegild Waeldele,
Franciscan, assassinatd by disbanded
soldiers, November 3. 1927.
Father Alexander Julliette, Pirpiq
Father, killed by brigands on the Is
land of Hainan, January. 1928.
Father Joseph Winkelmann, Sacred
Heart of Issoudun, killed by bandits.
Nor-ember 28, 1928.
(Continued on Page 7)
22 Missionaries Slain in
China in 6 Years—8 in Year