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Show q . , -. Two great Catholic ini-e'ntors . have been signally 'honored in this ' country recently. Holland's submarine boat has been purchased by the government at a cost of $180,000 and the, National Academy of Sciences at Washington has awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, Roent-gen, the inventor of the X-ray, the Bernard Ber-nard medal. This medal is presented only once in five years and is .given; to the person making the most important scientific discovery during that period. Holland nd Roentgen are .practical Catholics.- '." - - - - -:. , ' |