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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24
POSTOffICe IS SWAMPfO
WITH the HOLIDAY RUSH
THREE coNVEYANcEs REQUIRED
TO HANDLE DELIVERY or
PAR ELS.

The holiday rush at the Calumet
postofiice yesterday and today is fuzzy
twice as great as was anticipated. The
office is literally sWamped by the rush
of belated parcels and holiday remem-
hrances going and coming. while =
line of people sometimes extending far
into the street is waiting for the atten-
ton Of the main delivery window.
ihree teams and six carriers are busily
engaged In distributing incoming par
GELS ana probably will ne so engaged
until late ia the evening. At that the
postmaster cannot state positively that
every parcel will reach is destination
in time. lie viii no. attempt 10 ao-
complish the impossible. but every re-
source of the office is being strained In
an effort 10 deliver as many parcels
as possible. The rush of outgoing par
GELS is almost as heavy and requires
the diisent efforts II an augmented
force Of clerks.
Few patrons seem ~ have needed the
early warning OF the postal depart
ment, mail early" Up To week ago,
the rush was not unusual. This week,
however. the situation has been try
ing All of the reserve clerks and car
riers have been called out. in addition
To emergency clerks as carriers. The
congestion has upset all precedents
Originally IL was expected two car
riers and one conveyance could lool;
after the parcel post delivery. Now
six carriers-and three conveyances find
it will ne difficult for them to complete
the delivery By this evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24
BOOSTERS" BACK TO-DAY.

The influx of Calumet residents who
LEFT a the beginning of the strike with
the intention Of locating elsewhere, bun
who return 60 the copper country e.
resume their residences. knowing mat
The strike is 10 all mtents and purposes
thing of The past, Is growing more
marked daily. Among the recent ar
rivals are John Greenslade. back from
Iron River, Homer Larochelle, back
from Cuddihy Wis, Walter KendZoria,
back from Cobalt Joseph Supanich,
back from Duluth ana cyril Nichols
back from Superior WIS.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24
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I. LOCAL aREViTiES.
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Henry Munich, manager for the s
& II. Green Trading Stamp company
has gone to Chicago TO spend Christ
mas.
William Griggs, formerly of Calumet
now Of Port Arthur has returned To
spend the holidays.
Miss Mabel Payetta of Detroit. who
has visited here for the past year has
gone 10 the state metropolis for tho
holidays.
James Vivian has arrived home from
Duluth and will spend Christmas vii;
local friends and relatives.
Miss Adeline Torreano, a recent
graduate Of a Mount Clemens training
school for nurses is spending Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Rcs-
Salo.
Arthur BRAY Of Cornwall, England,
has arrived here To make his home.
having secured position in the loca,
mines.
Harold Goodfollow. who has been at
tending Albion College. Is here 10 spend
the holidays.
Fred and George Chatcl have re-
turned from Ann Arhor to spend
Christmas.
Miss Winnifred Rowe who hac been
teaching i'm the Lowell Mich. high
school, is spending her vacation with
her parents here. Miss Rowe was
Michigan last June.
Dr s. II. Edwards Of the G. a. ".
STAFF viii leave this afternoon for Chi
cago to spend the HOLIDAYS. lie will
be home January =.
Attorney Jesse Millilten OF Washing
ton. u. c.. who has been visiting with
Calumet friends will leave this after
noon Cor his home.
owing 10 the fact this is Christmas
eve. there viii he no mid week prayer
meeting In the Calumet Congregation
al church this evening
Miss Jennie Petersen OF Cokato,
Mimi, is visiting with Miss Kate
Johnson of OsCeola.
Miss Dorothy Veale has returned
from Oberlin 10 spend Christmas with
her parents AT Osceola.
Miss Alma Malstrom of Chicago. is
spending IA" holidays with friends IA
Osceola
Mr. and Mrs. I'D. Wearne of Crosby,
Mimi, are visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Rule
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac johnson have
gone to Republic to spend Christmas.
Mrs John Lynch has left for Iron-
wood, where she expects To locate per
manently.
Miss Clarice Jones, secretary of the
Calumet Associated Charities. has left
for Tenton. Mich, to spend Christmas
with her sister Mrs. Crane
r. w. Northy of Marquette is here
on business.
Miss Anna l.. Sterberg has arrived
home from Duluth To spend Christ
mas.
G. NJ. Nicholson has returned home
from a visit to Duluth.
Adolph Herman is home from onto
nagon. where he has been teaching
school.
Harry Donald has arrived home from
the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor.
James Kerr has returned from Pom
| tiac, where he has been working i'm an
automobile factory, To spend Christ
mas here.
j. w. Nara is home from a business
trip TO Chicago.
Miss Ruth Hall is back from Oberlin
ohio. where she has been attending
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. f.. TrcbIlcook OF Lau-
rum arc spending the holidays in Ne.
/ gaunee
Miss Nettie Thomas Of the Calume,
crlces Of the Mineral Range has gone
, 10 Milwaukee 10 spend Christmas
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24
REPAIR WORK COMPLETED.

overseer OF Highways Rurrill stated
today that road repair work in the
township has been COMPLETED this year
During the past few weeks, owing to
the absence Of snow. money has been
spent ON road repairs which otherwise
would have To be spent 10 removing
snow The condition OF West Pine
street, the road leading 60 the Lake
View cemetery was improved Il a
marked degree and some work also
was done on Red Jacket road
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24
SPECIAL RATES AT PALESTRA.

Manager Harry Hermann of the
Palcstra announces special rates for
Iiuhbcll and Lake Linden patrons, be-
coming effective Monday. owing Ia a
delay IN the printing of the tickets.
= hc new rates will not lac available un-
III the beginning OF the week.
The rink will be open tonight and
christmas afternoon aud evening.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24
Advertisement

Give him somthIug useful as Xmas
SIT 4 suit. muffler. pair of gloves.
sweater, cap. silk handkerchief or =
neck tie. Pcnberthy ana Spehar.
Advertisement. -
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24
POND WATER SHUT OFF.

Owing to leak near Portland street
the pond wafer has been smut of he
tween Fifth ana sixth street from
Scott 10 Pine streets ANA likely viii be
shut or All day tomorrow affecting all
consumers ia this district
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24

The Pacific Coast league will begin
~ next season March 81 and close
October 2G just one day ahead Of last
sea son's schednle
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24

We have a beautiful line of necktiee
which would make acceptable Christ o.
mas gifts. Penberthy and Spohar.
Advertisements 81
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-24

10 members OF Calumet Tent 2lS
* - y. VI, NJ there viii be no re
view Of the Tent held Thursday eve.
Dee. 95th. none on Thursday, Jan. list.
\ review viii be held on Monday cveo
Dec 2gth To which al Sir knights are
urged "a attend.
JOSEPH HARRlS, Com
GEO WRIGHT. x *.
Advertisement -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01
Y. nj. G. A. TACTICS.

Some time ago we stated that
the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation of Atlantic City, N. j.,
brought suit against a Catholic
business man of that city to en-
force the payment Of a subscrip-
ton pledged towards it's support.
The subscription was given with
the understanding that it would
confer upon him the rights and
privileges of full membership in
the association. When he learned
that such was not the case he
asked to have his subscription can
celled but this was refused and
legal action was taken to enforce
payment. Last week the case was
tried before Judge Cole and a YER
dict was rendered against the de-
PENDANT who must redeem his
pledge in cold cash.
The defendant in this case was
in good faith when he promised
a subscription to the Y. M. G. A.
He did not know it well enough
to doubt it's profession of unde-
nominationalism. He believed
that it was an unsectarian organi-
zation into which all were well
coined on an equal footing. He
learned his lesson, paying dearly
for information which the Y. M.
G. A., if it were honest in its deal
ings with the public, should vol
unteer whenever it solicits a con-
tribution from any but an Evan
gelical Protestant.
There are many other Catholics
who will not believe that the Y.
M. G.. A. is sectarian institution,
Protestant in its scope and objects
and Protestant in its government
By degrees, however, they are
learning the truth that, despite its
profession Of unsectarianism, it is
unwilling to concede a voice in It's
management and control to any
but the members of Evangelical
churches. The Protestant charac-
ter of the Y. M. G. A. is pretty well
known to Catholics nowadays and
any who are cajoled into contrib
uting to its support cannot plead
ignorance of its true nature.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01

olics which has been made the OBJ
ject of attack by the enemies of
the Church. 1t matters not that
every word spoken by Mr.. Bryan
in regard to the Knights of Co.
lumbus is true; the bigots do not
want to hear the truth because the
truth would soon put them out of
business. They love the darkness
rather than the light because
their thoughts are evil and they
are actuated by most un-Chris-
tian motives. It must be CALLING
to them to have Mr.. Bryan recog-
nize the value Of an asset like the
Knights of Columbus in the work
Of developing and preserving the
best that America stands for
among the nations of the earth.
Tt must be no less notifying to
them to realize that he has the
courage to state his convictions
without fearing that the American
people will misunderstood his mo-
tives or question his sincerity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01
A TRIBUTE TO LATIN
AMERICA.

The world knows that ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt is in South Amer
lea. Before his return he will
visit a number of the South
American Republics and preach
the gospel Of the strenuous life to
their citizens.
In the course Of his first address
delivered in the University Of Rio
de Janerio on October 25, he paid
the following tribute to the people
of Latin America 81 believe that
in the era which is now opening
the Republics of Latin America
will be able to teach much to the
people of my own country. The
Latin American people possess
many qualities which it would be
well for us in the North to de-
velop. Their unquestioned super
iority in intellectual brilliancy
and logic will enable them, when
once they have secured internal
peace and governmental stability,
to achieve a better solution of
some of the most vital problems
of popular government than any
that has yet been reached in any
part of the world.'
Ism t this quite contrast to the
statements made by a certain class
of visitors to South America who
see nothing but the so-called de-
cadence Of the Latin American Re-
publics, and Of their uncultured
and superstitious people? OF
course, the people Of South Amer
lea are largely Catholic and that
accounts for the glaringly false re-
ports sent out by so-called mis-
sionaries and purveyors of Prot
estant Bibles. Intelligent people
pay no attention to these ire
sponsible bigots. They are quite
familiar with the truth in regard
to the situation in the South Amer
lean Republics. Nevertheless, it is
pleasing to note this expression of
opinion in regard to the intelli-
gence and ability of our South
American co-religionists from a
man like Mr.. Roosevelt.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01
A CITY WITHOUT A VICE
PROBLEM.

The following extract is taken
from an address delivered by the
Honorable John F. Fitzgerald,
Mayor Of Boston, at the reception
rendered by Cardinal O'Connell
to the delegates to the Second Mis-
sionary Congress in the Copley-
Plaza Hotel in that city on the
evening of October 90:
stMay / for a moment put off
the private citizen and speak to
you as mayor of the city, It is
with no little pride that / welcome
you to city which has no vice
problem as vice problems are
known elsewhere, and in which it
must be said that the morals of
the people, so far as police super
vision is concerned, are here in
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01
PRAISE FOR THE KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS.

On Discovery Day, William Jen-
nings Bryan, Secretary of State,
delivered a lecture in the Acad-
envy of Music, Philadelphia, under
the auspices of the Knights Of
Columbus. The hall was thronged
with members Of the Order and
their friends who wished to hear
the American Premier. Mr.. Bryan
in the course of his address paid
the following tribute to the
Knights Of Columbus:
81 am glad to take part here to-
night because this occasion is cele-
brated under the auspices of a
great organization The Knights
of Columbus, with a membership
of 100000 intelligent, earnest,
patriotic men, have accomplished
much, and have before them a
larger work even than that which
they have already done. No one
who is interested in the ethical
things of life, no one who is con-
cerned about the lifting of the
moral standards of nation can
l'be Indifferent to the work of any
such organization founded upon
such principles as those upon
which this organization rests.
Three hundred thousand men CO.
operating together for the adj
vancement of things that are good
constitute tremendous power in
the land, and | am so deeply in
terested in all that concerns the
advancement of civilization, and
especially of this nation s part in
the worlds civilization, that I
could not be Indifferent to the or
ganization under whose auspices
we meet tonight. And the third
reason why / feel honored to be
invited as a guest tonight is that
organization is connected with the
largest branch of the Christian
Church. As a member of a Chris
tan Church, though a different
one from this, / am still proud of
what the Catholic Church has ac-
complished In this country and in
the world. When travelling
through foreign lands I have not
yet found country which its mis-
sionaries have not reached, not a
country in which its devotion to
Christian ideals has not been ex-
emplifed.''
Evidently, Mr.. Bryan has the
courage of his convictions. A more
timid statesman might have feared
to arouse the enmity of the so
called Guardians of Liberty, the
Knights of Luther, the A. P. A.,
and the horde of yelping anti
4 Catholic fanatics whose Bible is
the Menace, by paving such a
tribute to an organization of Cath
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01
ALCOHOL CAUSES INSANITY.

According to the statement of DR..
Albert Warren Ferris, president of
the New York State Commission in
Lunacy, out of total population in
the state of 9,117,279 in 1910, the num-
Der of known insane persons was 3d.
$50. Dr. Ferris added that while the
increase in population since 1890 has
been Ats per cent the increase in the
number of crazy persons has been
1889 per cent. The doctor declared
with the greatest emphasis, that "the
first great cause of insanity is alco-
hol. 1t is matter of record that 269
per cent of the cases of lunacy in our
hospitals is the result from the use
of whiskey or other spirituous
liquors."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
ALLY OF DIVORCE EVIL.

Divorce is undermining the social
fabric in the United States, and its
attendant and consequent evils of i'm
morality and infidelity are dethron-
ing God in the hearts of men, and,
like a plague devastating society.
And it is stated on the same unques-
tionable authority that alcohol was
the direct cause of divorce in 36,516
cases in the twenty years covered by
the Government report, and Indirect
ly, with other causes, of 54,281 cases."
Since that report was issued, divorce,
we are told, has alarmingly increased,
and to such an extent that the courts
are obliged to create new hands to ex-
pedite the legalized adultery, and so
too has increased it's causation.
Cardinal Farley, in an interview
with a reporter of the Chicago Daily
News" recently stated that there had
been about 100000 divorces in the
United States in year. And what is
true of America is equally true of
England. II am firmly convinced that
II drink were eradicated this court
| (the divorce COURT might shut it's
doors, at any rate for the greater part
of the time. Half the suicides and
tWo-thirds of the poverty and ruin of
families may be attributed to the
same cause"
Mr.. Poynter, for three years Under
Sheriff of London and Westminster,
made the following declaration before
a committee of the House of Com
mons:
Il have long been in the habit of
hearing criminals refer all their mis-
cry to drinking, so that | now almost
cease to ask them the cause of their
ruin. This evil lies at the root of all
other evils of this city and elsewhere.
Nearly all the convicts for murder
with whom | have conversed have ad-
mitted themselves to have been un-
der the influence of liquor at the time
of the act
by due observation for nearly
twenty years." says Judge Hales, 81
have found that if the murders and
manslaughters, the burglaries and
robberies, and riots and tumults, the
adulteries, foundations, rapes and
other great enormities that have hap
pened in that time, were divided into
five parts four of them have been
the issues and products of excessive
drinking-of tavern and ale-house
meetings"
In Sweden the connection between
alcohol and crime has been the sub
ject of state investigation, and it
was found that of 24,398 prisoners
who were sentenced during the de-
cade 1897, 1874 attributed their
crime to drink; this number gives the
proportion of TIP per cent Similar
ly, in Massachusetts it was found that
of 26,672 persons arrested in one
year, from August, 1904, to August,
1905, 1875 were guilty of drunken
, ness alone, 657 of drunkenness Joined
with some other offence; of the re-
naming 8,440, 43 per cent were more
or less intoxicated when they COM
mitted the crimes for which they were
being punished.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01

1t is not likely that this Con-
vention will be of any greater
value to Methodism than the Gen.
eral Conference held in Minnea-
polls. It is within its province
to define the creed of Methodism,
but it is too much to expect that
it will make any recommends
tions leading to uniformity of be-
lief among the adherents of that
cult. We trust, however, that the
delegates will not permit few
hot-headed and bigoted opponents
of Methodism to bring the Con-
vention into disrepute, as was
done in Minneapolis, or give it a
similar disgraceful ending.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01

At last Sunday nights fire in
Milwaukee, which destroyed half
a million dollars worth of prop
erty and brought death or injury
to many firemen, there was no
more heroic example of bravery
than that shown by the Catholic
priests who, at great personal risk,
went into the ruins to administer
the last Sacraments to the Cath
Ole firemen pinned beneath the
fallen timbers. The world expects
such heroism from a Catholic
priest, and it is never disap-
pointed. He is always at his post
where duty calls and no element
Of personal danger will deter him
from attempting, at least, to min
lister to the dying.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01
ALCOHOL NOT NEEDED.

The Irish Messenger of the Sacred
Heart devotes department to the
temperance cause. In the September
number just at hand table is given
showing the decrease of the amount
of alcoholic stimulants prescribed in
Dublin hospitals in the twenty-five
years 1884-1909.
In the former year the cost of stim-
ulants in the twelve hospitals given in
the table amounted to $500, or about
$3.50 per capita, while in the latter
year, 1909, the amount of alcoholic
stimulants prescribed was about
$1,000, little over 81 per patient.
The editor of the Messenger says
these figures are an eloquent refuta-
ton of the assertion that alcohol is
serviceable in times of sickness.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01

An esteemed contemporary
speaks of Bishop conducting"
Mass, whatever that means. How
can we blame secular papers for
the egregious plumbers they make
in describing the ceremonies Of the
Church when the same plumbers
are reproduced in Catholic papers.
The item to which we refer was
Gifted" in it's entirety from a
secular paper and it's appearance
on the front page of a Catholic
paper is indicative of deplorable
want Of editorial supervision.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01

Last week negro who was ac-
cused of having made an insulting
remark to white woman was
lynched by a mob in Monroe, La.
These murderers should be dealt
with severely. Their action shows
an utter disregard for law and
order and the rights of a fellow
citizen. Their example is demon
alizing to the community and the
respectable people of the South
land should do something to put
an end to the horrible exhibitions
of inhuman brutality which, in too
many instances, have character
lied their treatment of negroes
suspected of such crimes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1918.

The selection of Mr.. Charles E.
Vasaly as President Of the Mime
sofa State Conference of Chair
ties and Corrections is a practical
confirmation of the statements
made by the Rev. John A. Ryan,
D. D., of st. Paul Seminary, in his
Letter to the Editor, " which we
print on another page. Mr.. Vas
ally glories in his Catholicity and
is always ready, when occasion
offers, to vindicate the teaching
of the Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01

The Feast of All Souls, on
which the Church commentaries
all the faithful departed, will be
celebrated next Monday, Novem-
Der 3, instead of Sunday, Novem-
Der 2, the date on which it annual
ly falls. It is not a holyday of
obligation, but day of special de-
votion in honor of the poor souls
in Purgatory. It calls to the minds
of the faithful the spiritual needs
of the suffering souls and invites
all to offer up prayers and good
works for the relief of their i'm
prisoned brethren.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01

which he edited with such pains
taking care. He wrote number
of works dealing with the days of
French occupancy Of this contin-
ent and the travels and explora-
tions Of the pioneer Catholic mis-
sionaries and voyageurs.
As an historian he was utterly
devoid of religious bias and never
failed to give the Catholic Church
full credit for whatever was ac-
complished by her missionaries
who planted the standard of the
cross in the new world, and espe-
cially in this northwestern por-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01
AN UNBIASED HISTORIAN.

The death of Reuben Gold
Thwaites, which occurred at
Madison, Wis, on October %, re
moves from the field of historical
research one who, though not a
Catholic, deserves well Of the
Church. He took as his own spe-
cial field of labor the study Of the
manuscripts and records dealing
with the early days Of American
history and left to future histori-
ans a veritable mine of historical
data in the "Jesuit Relations,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-01

The grand jury which reviewed
the evidence against Thomas E.
Watson Of Georgia, whose indict-
ment for sending obscene matter
through the mails was quashed by
Federal Judge Foster last week,
did not bring in a new Indictment.
This anti Catholic bigot escaped
the clutches of the law on tech
nicality. He is free, for the pres
ent at least, to carry on his old
time TRADE against the Catholic
Church but, unless he has learned
a lesson, which is very doubtful,
he will soon be under indictment
again.