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Show CARDINAL GIBBONS DIES AT BALTIMORE HOME fl IpEflCEFUL END MARKS CLOSE i QFLQNGCftREER Prolonged Illness Affects I Heart of Catholic Primate; Pri-mate; Aged 85 I, VIEWS OFTEN QUOTED Cardinal Opposed Prohibi-bition Prohibi-bition Movement and Also 3 Woman Suffrage fclM p l,TIM'"' 1 March 84. m. Card In .1 ' ii:. !...- , rchbishop of I lultiruor.- .umi !""' "f 1 ho Amei I Catholic church, died I the arch- piniKop.ii rcsldcnci here toda after a I Sblonsecl Illness whh h ni Li This heart. He was In hla ! 5th j rn eivl en me J" :i al 1 DOS Pope Benedict who had followed rtAv. r'onr-e el 'I .ibl...t.- 1 lines. 'wilh ),A ,r. ,., -I il Llld I lll- Ktthv '' blessing in ihe follow- ciblCRr:, from kolie receded f I arch-epl! opal residence this kleailnrs and comforts on his on ' -J'ttr.? Cardinal Gibbons, sonde to him rom , i - hi the s Bollc benediction mm I The I --! is K f the cath. i: I. Imparted the hli .B I tn behalf of the pope al the bedside Hf the unconscious cardinal, jij WA8 ARDENT PATRIOT- I Active service ol more than hair a ill etiturv In t! ountry ; -;!M wcf his chun h is i losed iy the nth of Jarm ' Cardinal Gibbons. At 11 Ibe cek-brai."" "' i;t "f ll" I tnntvfrsary or his elevation lo 'he I w.riiinallute his '' I ' Of ill - !M iif c i pr d jK( ;- ft.. Hi. i'. fl Kcnd ..'"l then president, who p-iM. I "Through his I ind useful life Hrd trial Gib o i has spared no efforl lr Hi.- ..I g ' "'-'I- Ee uplift in k of hi fellow-men." "Ton lim- p.-! - -l lUr subject, net. I f. ,.r. ::s i.' i-n ' h should (." responded the cardinal. "One Ktru onu ' n i claim, and that is BB ardent io.- for my native country BCd her political Institutlona Hfter the republic of the UnlU d Bl U K o! the most prcciom heirlooms Vvvcr bestowed on 'mankind down the Bps. it " the dul and should b l he MfieiiKh' ol even '" strengthen Kiwi ..!! tua'- ur K'lVi-iiiiiii nl I Hcrvanre of lis laws and b -htv of tin i i i i i in-- HAD STRONG INFLUENt 1 Cardinal Gibbons, as senior bishop Athn huP h wielded a strong Influ' It: . a- ' II us within th Hftltcd 8t at Thi confidanl i' three hi.- h --"tjl important tour; to Rome, thi last In August. H$M ;i f,.-.-. th Opt nine the war, to elei i the successor to Hlos X Hi arrl d too late, ho Ho parti--,. In the Hrated Benedlci to thr- pontificate. uHVpon returnlnR .. :.- '! -l -' pt visiw.i i'r. :i-i.m tls Informed Htecus - ii mea to bring aboul peace He cardinal v.-.iy strongl) Intert Bh" sffalrf ol the church In Mexico urin' .h- i r .: times iii that puntrv and dei lared that he r'ntuii: would never nilt of hiy efforts that the condition 'of 11,. . linns Of MeXiCO Klf lioralf cn I IN K Cardinal iiibbona was active In his Korr. ,,r th-- illn-- In thi war and in l-tlpr wrliirii i,, the Catho ar h-li-.. - ol Sew York in 1911 pben tin- United S tat i i entered the onfn.;i. urR.-.l in.- fullest huppof "f Bx ifovernmeut A few months urev-odsi-. he sent jio.Ouo to the American Hnmlttee in London for Ihe relief of iC Hr'Ki.ins. ill- rn.-i.tiv nul.ihh- itar.ri-s cf in- benevolence In a trmou al Baltimore, In 1919 he prais-the prais-the gpoech by Lloyd George and Bd that Germany's war alms would Bill About in,- game time he explain' Beni-dn I'm war policy, article ich so pleaued th'- pope that 'ir jttlir.d it translated and published hdcaat. in ii h asserted sympathy Bf'h the Hilled aim of winning Iht woi Hr permanenl peai To a hieve Bi result he also ' cpressed opposl-Br"1 opposl-Br"1 to "i cet itlon of hostilities when Butria madi fresh overtures. K C'.-l.-bra' ii.i, I,.- .Mil), .inni i-i - ir :i Bhop in Baltimore, on October 21. Vif. an attended bj ecclcalaa- Jt irom all over Iho world, he re-B'vt' re-B'vt' among nil other glftt; the Biorr.ti0n OI k.rand ()ffi,-ei- of th- U '; V of Honor from France. Italy also Rcoratcd him month lutcr he '"l with former President Kooae-( Kooae-( both of wlmm had hcfii friends Bf veare, In a message of. cheer to the Bertran Expnditli ry forcei "nt- 10 1919, hi observed hla Mrd lnlvcrsarv aM cardinal-arohblshop Ihi iotli f his priesthood. r,Jli'-'l M ni.,, (he luri-n pinnate J lielgium. letf-, hi in on this occas- tH'OTKl) IN I'RI SS Bjh, cardinals n-v. on pi BPnom i. and sociological question! j1" 11 i sought l.y nt-wspap-B- In Interviews ho endorsed tl"- Jn f(,r tn,. f.-tnijiiuhmi ni of Uie Jew-B Jew-B '"5111' i.-iii,i in i-;, i. Mn i" opposed B government ownership "( pubHfl BFle.i. maintained that prohlbitlor Bnt the Invasion of home ami sac-BB'ntal sac-BB'ntal practice," condemned Ul- (Continued uu Pago Two) I PEACEFUL Ei I MURKS CLOSE I OF LONG CAREER ; (Continued from Pnjro One.) vorre, praised the work of the Salts,-' Hon Army In France, favored Aineri-fl Aineri-fl can military training. Importuned the- clerfry to flpht Bolshevism, demanded ihnt tlM Turk should be driven from Europe and appealed to the public to support America's entrance Into the I' .iKue of nations. At a convention Ql Irish Nationalists In Philadelphia fl expressed the hope thai the Paris peace conference would make it pos-ible pos-ible 1 to free Ireland " He was one of the advocates of Neighbor day. for stimulating fraternity and community spirit among American;'. In a procla-i mntlon he designated June 12 for this observance. r SUITS BOYHOOD, fl Born in Baltimore. Md.. of Irish parents. July 1S34. James Gibbons pont his youth In Ireland, but when he was a lad of H years his parents returned to America, settling Irf New Orleans where he acted na "grocer's "I look back on those early days of hard work with pride," he said In cpenkinp of his boyhood. "I am a llrm believer In the school of hard and honest labor." His ambition for 1h p)ietliool be-gan be-gan in those early days. At 21 he began preparations for his service in the Roman Catholic church. Gr.idu-fl Gr.idu-fl ating with distinguished honor from historic St Charles college in Mmy-land, Mmy-land, he pursued his studies nt the Seminary of Bt. Pulplce and St. Mary's university In Paltlmore. At the ont-break ont-break of the civil war. he was or-dalned or-dalned to the priesthood in Baltl-more. Baltl-more. "The average American is a lover of peace," he frequently remarked. "He stand for pearo at home and abroad. Let us hup'- that International disputes will soon be decided not by standing armies, hut by permanent onrts of arbitration" RISKs IS CHURCH. At the rlose of the civil war. Father fiibbonr. became private secretary to Archbishop Spalding and was appoinl-eel appoinl-eel chancellor of the diocese. Througn strength of eharactor he rapidly won his way. He was elected assistant chancellor to the second Plenary Council at BaUlmnre In 1 Two vears later, hv a bull of Tope Plug IX. ihe vounr priest was sent to North Carolina where he served as titular bishop and first vlcarapostolin. H1b record in the southern state Is remarkable. He traveled among his people from the sea to the mountains, ratlnr from bar boards and Bleeping In shabby cabins. Thus it Is said, he made the personal acquAintatnce of every adult Roman CMimiic In North Carolina. He built bIx churches, es-labllshed es-labllshed the Sisters of Mercy and bUllt for them a school for negroes and whites. "Rellcion teaches me thai We re all children of the same Father." ho once said. ,rWe are nil brothers and sisters of the same Redeemer, and consequently, members of the same family It teaches me the brotherhood of humanity " The hard-working young bishop was sent to Richmond In 1872, He built and enlarged schools, asylums, and churches In Richmond. Petersburg and Portsmouth. His untiring labor attracted the attention of Archbishop Bayley, of 'he Baltimore dl Through his influence, Bishop. Oib-bons Oib-bons became his coadjutor. A U w months mter Archbishop Bayley died, Bishop Gibbons 4T, j .-arB of age be-came be-came archbishop of the diocese, then the highest dignitary of th Roman I Catholh idinich in the Failed States BEOOS&6 C ARPI N AT,. Aa archbishop, he headed the delegation dele-gation of Amerloan prelateH to Ron,. In 18R3. He outlined their plans lor the third plenary COUnol to be held the next vear Pope Leo XIII appoint-ed appoint-ed him to presldo over the conn ll fl lie directed the enactment of many H' new decrees which were favorably ap proved by the ecclesiastical authorl- The brilliant executive ability of Archbishop Gibbons was Immediate!! recognised He was created a cardi- nal, a prince of the church, a n.u: rter centur- after he had entered the priesthood This was in 1886 he was then 62 years of age The impressive reremontew tonic placa In hip home eiiy und cathedral in Baltimore. In the presence of hler-archy hler-archy of the church, Cardinal Glb-bons Glb-bons vas clothed In the insignia of I ho office. He arrived in Rome the following year and received the apos-tollc apos-tollc blessing and admission Into th1 collece of cardinals, the twenty-fifth In succession. Cardinal Gibbous celebrated Ihe centenary of the founding of the Catholic hierarchy In the United States in 188s. He convened the first national congress of Catholic Id nu n In tho Fnlted States in the S&m yai H He laid the cornerstone of the Cutho- lie university In Washington, and a an its chancellor since Its foundation He was the first Roman Catholic prelate In the United States to take pari In the election of a pope, casting his bal-1 bal-1 tot for Pius X. scnoLAKsmp rbooontzed. j Tho scholarship and statesmanship of Cardinal Gibbons has been recognized recog-nized by theologians of all creeds. "Religion." he said shortly before his death. "Is the only solid basin for Koclcty Religion Is to society what pemont la to a modern building; It makes all parts compact and coherent rhe. teachings of Christ have been the basis of all Christian legislation for nearly 2000 years and continues to be the llcht and guide for hundreds of I millions of souls. Neither Solon nor Nycurgus nor Justlnla. nor Napoleon aor any other framer of Laws ever ox-prted ox-prted a tltho of the Influence which I Ihe. gospel of Christ exercises on the human races." The last days of Cardinal Gibbons s-eie spont among his friends in his aatlvo Baltimore. Ho was a plctur-I plctur-I ?squ figure on the streets. Notwtth- J itanding his high office, his eminence I rms one of the most democratic of aanerlca. During his dally walks about Ihe city, he received the respectful j i&lulatlonn of persons of all faiths, re- iponding with his genial and cordial I mlle whether to a policeman or a ilstlnjruished financier OPPOSED WOMEN'S VOTE. I Cardinal Gibbons retained to the J ast a keen Interest on sociology. "Wo are confronted by at least J :hreo great evils," he eald in a recent ntervlew, "They are polygamy and J, Jlvorce; Imperfect education, and tn I lendency of our women to become 1; -nore like men and less womanly j Woman occupies the throm- In tp( II .tome. She should not seek Shothei J sno. That has been proved tlmi i&i igain In hiwtory' and that Is why 1 am ,j pposed to woman suffrage." J The trend of the times and th H ower of the press as a protector ol X lociety greatly impressed Cardinal dlbbOna during 3Jie last ears of his life. Thl power of the press !.q Incalculable" Incalcu-lable" he said In speaking of recent developments "Its argus, almost searchlight eye, is ever looking for the weak spot In humanity, to throw It Into cold prominence. As a rule the public exposures of public men are now public benefactions. The shattering of popular uloln has of lato become a thin of almost dollv occurrence. oc-currence. It IS a sad thing to QontOlU plate, but It la an Inevitable condition.' |