davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
BISHOPS RED CROSS
THE FIRST "RED CROSS FLAG" IN
AMERIcA-cARRIED TO THE IN
DAMS BY SANITY BARAGA.

One of the most important figures
in the history of missionary effort in
the United States is the sanity Bishop
Baraga, who sacrificed a brilliant fu-
ture in Austria in order to devote him.
self to the conversion of the Indians
in the forest wilds of Michigan.
OF late much has been written of the
origin and history of the Red Cross,
and Catholic writer's have pointed out
the fact that as early as the sixteenth
century st. Camillus of Lellis attached
a red cross to the garb of the men,
bers of his community who were en-
gagged in caring for the sick and infirm.
No mention, however, has hitherto
been made of the fact that Bishop
Baraga, when he plunged into the will
derness in 1880, bore aloft a banner
which must have been quite similar
to that of the Red Cross of today, OBJ
serves the Central Bureau Bulletin.
We are indebted for information
concerning this fact to the first Bish-
OPP and Archbishop of Milwaukee, Mgr.
J. M. Henni, who writes in his treatise
Munich, 1859, "A Glance into the
Ohio Valley" This excellent mission
airy hastens from forest to forest, from
lake to lake, bearing in his hand a
white flag with a red cross, to an
nounce his arrival las the servant of
the crucified God"
In this manner this distinguished
bore the banner of the Red
Cross to race of people who, gener-
ally speaking, have received but little
benefit or kindness from the white
man. And that thirty years before the
introduction of the Red Cross by the
Geneva conference.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

3 II
The end of the scene shows us the
day and
Battle S magnifcently stern array
The thunder-clouds close DER it,
which when rent
The earth is cover'd thick with
other clay,
Which her own clay shall cover,
heap d and pent,
Rider and horse-friend, foe,-in
one red burial blent!
Nothing justly can be said
against providing amusements and
recreation for the troops. Lee
lures, musicales, boxing, athletics,
all go to afford healthful and
wholesome distraction for the men
in camp. Setting up hotels" for
girls who will act professionally
as partners for the soldiers at
dances seems to be drag
ging down young womanhood to
the level of the geisha. 1t is doubt
full if the soldiers will be much
benefited in any way by such
promiscuity, nor is it at all GER
tain that undesirables Of both sexes
will be kept within proper bounds,
in spite Of ministerial chaperones.
By all means, provide every
thing that will tend towards the
betterment of the soldier: he de-
serves it all. He also merits pro-
lection both from his own weak
ness and that Of others. 1t is
doubtful il respectable girls will
lend themselves to such an i'll
advised scheme.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Alleged Army Officers
BRITISH OFFICIALS TO MAKE
COUNTRYWIDE ROUNDUP OF
ALL MILITARY IMPoSToRs.

A concerted countrywide effort to
round up pseudo British army Off
GERS" who, it is said, have imposed on
the American public in many ways, is
to be made by British officials, now
in New York, it was announced re-
Gently. An investigation has disclosed,
it was said, that at least fifty men
posing as British officers are now op-
Grating throughout the country.
British officers here are indignant
over impositions practiced on Ameri-
cans by alleged representative of the
army. One man is said to have regis
tered at one of New York's most ex-
elusive hotels and succeeded in Dor
rowing $4,000 from an elderly woman.
The impostors have been able to get
unlimited credit at other hotels in the
United States. One alleged officer is
said to have dined with American
army officers, upon representation that
he was a colonel in the British army
and actually to have taken part in a
review of troops.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

"Send for a Priest. This mes
sage, fraught with the greatest
possibilities of this life, to the dy-
ing soldier, will be worn by
every Catholic boy wearing the
uniform of Uncle Sam, through
only one of the lines of activity OF
the Knights of Columbus War
Fund. The United States govern
ment equips every soldier with a
metal Identification medal, on
which is stamped the soldier S
name and military unit. On the
diverse side of this disc, which the
soldier wears suspended from his
neck. the Knights of Columbus sec
rotary in every cantonment will
stamp the warning Send for a
priest so that the Catholic boy
found wounded may have the com
forts of Catholic death. The few
dollars you give to the Knights OF
Columbus War Camp Fund may be
the means, through a "Send for a
Priest" tag, to bring the soul OF a
friend or relative slain in battle to
eternal peace.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Chief Duty is Obedience
BE SLOW TO CRITICIZE YOUR RUL-
ERs WHO HAVE LIGHTS AND IN
FORMATION THAT ARE CLOSED
TO you, SAYS CARDINAL GIR-
RoNS.

"The paramount duty of American
citizens in the present crisis is a
hearty and loyal obedience to the con-
stituted authorities declared Cardinal
Gibbons in a sermon on Loyalty to
Country"
! BE slow to criticize the cardinal
continued. Remember that you view
the situation from one angle; your
rulers contemplate it from various
angles. They have lights and sources
of information that are closed to you.
Your judgment of the administration
and your criticism of their official acts
should always be subordinated to
generous and wholesouled submission
to their rulings. 1t is theirs to COM
mand; it is yours to obey.
and in manifesting your loyalty to
your country you will be pursuing a
sacred and honorable course and you
will be following the invariable ira
ditions of your fathers from the foun-
dalton of the republic.
Il thank God that we live in coun-
| try where liberty is granted without
| license and authority is exercised
without despotism; where the govern
ment holds over us the aegis of its
protection without interfering with the
| God-given rights of conscience.
''The United States has succeeded
in solving the difficult problem of re-
conciling legitimate authority with in
dividual freedom. We have no union
between Church and state. But this
does not imply any antagonism be.
tween the two powers. Church and
state amicably move in parallel lines
| helping one another in their respective
fields of labor.
THE question is often asked: will
| the republic endure?' 1 have a firm
and abiding faith in the perpetuity Of
| the nation. She has successfully
weathered many tumultuous tempest
in the past, and with Gods help she
will triumphantly ride over the storms
that now assail her
But if our country, with her glori
Gus institutions, is to survive, her sur
vival must rest on stronger basis
than on the genius of our statesmen
the wisdom of our laws and the patri
otism of our people. If she is to en-
dure she must stand on the eterna
principles of truth and justice ant
Righteousness. She must rest on de
vout recognition of an overruling Prov
idence Who has created all things b!
His power, governs all things by Hi
wisdom, Whose guiding hand direct
the affairs of the nations and of men
without Whom not even bird can fal
to the ground. Our hope for the future
welfare of the country must rest OF
downright honesty in our dealings
with other nations"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
JERUSALEM DELIVERED.

When the student of history
reads OF ancient wars and peoples,
OF places and events, he seems to
peer into the dim past of another
world. Centuries lie between him
and those olden times. There are
certain landmarks, however. still
preserved amongst men, which
seem to bind the distant pas. with
the present in terms Of today.
Such is tho city Of Jerusalem. Dat
ing from the time Of King David,
nearly thousand years before
Christ, this old time city of beauty
and power stands before us today
arrayed in the habilments of an
cient times. Her robes seem
lquaintly antique; but somehow
they find an appropriate appear
ance in the setting Of the modern
world. Jerusalem, the holy city Of
the Jews, the city Of David, stands
like a sentinel of old bearing wit
ness to the overthrow Of kingdoms,
the birth Of dynasties and their
destruction, the onward progress
of the race. Like the city Of Rome,
Jerusalem seems destined to last
for all times. She measured arms
with Babylonian, Egyptian, and
Assyrian in the heyday Of their
strength. She knew the mettle Of
the powerful Greek. A lover Of
independence, she feared not to
take up the gauntlet Of the sturdy
Roman as he cast it at her feet.
A long siege, terrible slaughter,
the dispersion Of her sons to the
ends of the earth, were the result
of her deed.
| Christ, the Son Of David, chose
this holy city as the scene of His
triumphs and Of His ignominy.
Her glorious temple echoed to the
divine doctrine which fell from
His sacred lips. AS a sign of a
new era in it's religious life, the
veil Of this temple was rent in
twain when the Saviour yielded up
His spirit in death. Foreseeing
it's future of disloyalty and blood
shed, Christ had wept over its
children. Roman ruthlessness
drove these children out amongst
the nations, and Roman paganism
set np it's shrines in the most hal.
lowed spots.
| Throughout the Christian era
Jerusalem has withstood sieges
| and assaults without number
| Practically every country Of Eu-
rope has sent it's sons at some time
or other to take possession of the
holy places. The answer to the
Iquestion, Why the great Crusades
Of the middle ages, is Jerusalem.
For many centuries it has borne
the Mohammedan yoke. Chris
tan armies have been hurled back
from her gates, and the Ottoman
has kept his heel firmly pressed
upon her neck.
| Once more Jerusalem has been
delivered. 1t required the ire
mendous upheaval occasioned by
the world-war to wrest this an
cient stronghold of religion from
the unbeliever. The capture Of
the city last week by the British
forces marks a new epoch in her
history. Consecrated for all ages
by the presence and the works OF
our Redeemer, Jerusalem seems
destined to remain ever the center
of interest for the whole Chris
tian world.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Catholic Hall for Women

Ground was broken last week for a
Catholic Hall for Women at the State
University in Austin, Texas. The
building, which was designed by two
professors of the School of Architec-
ture of the University, will be a mod
ern adaptation Of the old Spanish
mission style of architecture. Physi-
cally, it will be thoroughly we'll
equipped, modern, up-to-date in every
way. There will be few double rooms,
and almost every young woman will
have d room.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

At the festival held in commem-
grafton of the quadricentennial OF
the Protestant Reformation by the
Evangelical" churches of st.
Louis, the Rev. w. Mehl, of Louis
vile, KY, regretted deeply the
abolition of the parochial schools
among the Evangelical churches.
These were discontinued because
of lack of genuine loyalty, il
we had appreciated just what that
institution meant to us and the
future Of our church, we would
still have schools. , "
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

AT a meeting of the supreme
board Of trustees Of the Knights
Of ST. John held at Columbus,
Ohio, recently, it was decided to
subscribe for at least one Catholic
paper to be sent regularly to every
member Of the order in the army
or navy. This is intended as d
weekly reminder to the soldier
boys Of their religious affiliations
and duties, and to keep them in
touch with Catholic news from
chair home city and diocese.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

When the American Catholicism
der. attends divine service in
France, Belgium, Italy, or else
where, he must feel at home in a
religious sense, for he will find the
essential features of his worship
the same. in foreign lands as at
home. The training Of his youth
will enable him to participate in
the sacrifice of the Mass or attend
to any of the other services of the
Church, observes an exchange.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

The total number Of deaths due
to the use of firearms in the regis
tration area Of the United States
in 1916 was 8,240, corresponding
to a rate of lis per 100000. Of
these deaths 1886 were suicidal,
3,241 were homicidal, and 1913
were accidental. The suicidal use
of firearms shows a decline as COM
pared with 1915 and 1914; their
homicidal use decreased as com
pared with 1914. ~ \
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

A Protestant, the other day,
made this remark, ''I'm not a
Catholic but, do you know, every
time | see a man lift his hat or a
woman bow her head, when they
pass the church of their faith-a
thrill goes over me similar to that
evoked by a glimpse Of Old Glory |!
Truly there must be something
wonderful about it, this Catholic
religion. -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
SATURDAY, DECEMBER is, 1917
Next Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday will be Ember days.

The issue of The Catholic Bulle-
lin for next week, December %,
will be a Christmas number. 1t
will contain eight extra pages, will
be illustrated, and will present
special articles of interest. This
issue will sell for the usual rate Of
five cents a copy. Priests and
others desiring an extra supply
should have their order in this Of
flee not later than Tuesday, De-
cember Is. Special rates will be
allowed on quantities Of twenty
five copies or more.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
BEGINNING OF INTEMPERANcE.

DIR. T. III. Hyslop makes this in
teresting statement:
..Intemperance does not necessarily
mean only obvious and palpable
drunkenness. From the very moment
in which alcohol has disturbed the
healthy exercise of the mental facul-
ties, or has impaired the moral sense
by unduly exciting the animal pas
sions, or has in any way untitled a
person for discharging his duties in
the proper struggle for survival, from
that moment has there been guilt of
intemperance."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

The Masonic Tidings, a leading
publication of American Masons,
denounces the Latin Masons, who
are affiliated with the Grand Orient
of France, Italy and Portugal. In
a recent issue Of the New York
Evening World we read that the
Masons of New York State have
decided to resume friendly rela-
tons with the Grand Orient OF
France.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
THE WAGES OF SIN.

A pitiful story of human agony
and it's awful consequences recent
ly gripped the hearts of the peo-
pie. The picture is an outstanding
one. A mother stands quivering in
a frenzy Of emotion and demands
her baby. The father of the child,
from whom she has been divorced,
refuses the plea. The bullet goes
true. The man she swore to love,
honor and cherish lies a corpse at
her feet. The little boy has the
memory of murdered father and
mother that was tried for his
murder. The first act OF that
tragedy was enacted in the divorce
court. The one great argument
against divorce is-the great fact
of the baby. The court passes the
Judgment of Solomon, the baby is
cut in half. The most pitiful
creature in the world is the child
of divorced parents, observes the
Catholic Messenger.
While divorces are frequently
granted for what are actually
most frivolous reasons, the legal
grounds for divorce are the most
serious charges that can be made
against a man or woman. What
touches the honor or good name
of a parent reflects on the honor
of a child. The child of the
divorced has lost a parent forever.
It is worse than orphaned. The
sweet and holy memories OF par
ents will assuage the grief OF the
orphan and relieve the bitterness
of loss. The child who has lost a
father by death hears from the
mother the story of the noble man
that was his father, how cour-
ageous, generous and kind he
was. The boy is told to walk in
his footsteps and grow to reflect
honor on the name he bears. The
father of motherless child tells
his daughter what a saint her
dead mother was, and he finds
his greatest consolation in the
thought that his little daughter
will some day be the image OF her
mother in heart and character.
What can a divorced parent tell
the child about the other parent
When. the child Of a divorced
couple hears companions and
playmates speak Of the joys of an
undivided home, what thoughts
and agonies must pass through
| the heart of the child! He suf-
fers many a heartache when he
sees both father and mother Civ
| ing to companion the protection
and love unknown by child be-
reaved Of a parent by a law which
man has made in defiance Of the
law Of God. The child Of the di-
lvorced is deprived of the natural
right to two parents. The work
lof father and mother differs in the
rearing of a child and each sup
lplements and compliments the
other. The viewpoints Of father
land mother harmonic while they
I.differ and the child is entitled to
lboth. It is we'll known that it is
difficult for q man or woman
WHOM death has widowed To
properly bring up q child. How
much more difficult the task fol
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Thanksgiving Day in Rome

Thanksgiving day was celebrated at
the American College in Rome with
an informal dinner, the principal
guest being Cardinal Cerretti. He
brought with him from the Vatican
the appointment Of the spiritual di-
rector, Father Mahoney, as Private
Chamberlain to the Pope, with the
rank and title Of monsignor.
He who stretches a point is always
In danger Of impaling himself ON It,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

For the first time the Feast o1
all the Saints of Ireland was cele
brated last month. By decree oil
February %, 1916, the Holy SEE
granted this new feast to the
Church in Ireland, to be celebrat
ed on November 6.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

Ten Catholic chaplains of the
regular army are serving in
France and the number is con-
stantly increasing. The method of
appointing chaplains to the navy
remains, as it has always been, in
the hands Of the Secretary of the
NAVY.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

The Anglican Society, known as
"The League Of the Standard of
the Cross" has up to the begin
ming of this year, sent over TO-
600 crucifxes to Protestant SOL
diers. Another good sign of a
Rome-ward tendency.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

Jerusalem, once the mighty, has
fallen again. It's capture last
week by the British troops opens
up vast possibilities for a bright
future. According to the Jewish
Calendar the taking of Jerusalem
occurred exactly 2,082 years to the
day from the time it was recap
tured from the Assyrians.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

In trying to explain a recently
quoted statement of DR.. Burton,
the Minneapolis Tribune remarks
that the doctor said he would
rather shoot his wife and daugh-
tiers than to have them fall into the
hands Of the German army, not
that he would actually do this
thing.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

ture wars. The disclosures from
Petrograd show that neither wis
dom nor honor guided the councils
OF the nations that entered into
the secret agreement.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

A wire from Halifax, n. S., de-
clareS that in the terrible disaster
there last week there was no loss
of life among priests or nuns.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

Remittance may be made by Draft
Post Office or Express Money Oroer, OF
Registered Letter, addressed to
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN,
s15 Newton Bldg, st. Paul, Minnesota.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

God converses with man i'm prayer
and reveals many things between a
Pater and an Father O7igQiis,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

Rev. James Nj. ReardOn, Editcr-in-Chief
Rev. C. F. McGinnis, PHI. d.,
Associate Editor.
Harry LOeheed, Advertising Manager.
Printed by WillwerScheid & Roth.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

Entered as second-class matter. jan
uary II, 1911, at the post ot1ce. st
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

The mailing label on your paper is
RECENT for your subscription, and re-
hinder of the date Of it's expiration.
To insure change of address, the SUD-
scriber must give the old, as Wen as
the new, address.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
Advertisinr Rates on Application.

Advertising Rates on Application:
ALL advertisements are under eolto-
rial supervision None but reliable hrms
and reputable lines of business are al
Vertised and recommended to our read
ers. A mention of f.
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN,
when writing to advertisers, will be
mutually beneficial
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:

$3.50 a year, If paid in advance.
$500 a year, If not paid in advance.
$500 a year to foreign countries.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-04-21
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd judicial District Court-Par.
ish of St. Mary.
R. II. Chargois Va. Sam Caro-.
No, IA 27O.

The property hereinafter described
having been offered for sale in this
cause. at public auction, on the eth day
of April. 1917, between legal hours, ac-
cording to previous advertisement, and
no price having been offered for said
property at two-thiris (2-3) Of the ap-
praisement made on it, according to the
notice given at the time of said Offering,
shall offer for sale at twelve months
credit. the purchaser being required to
furnish good and sufficient joint se-
curity, and special mortgage on said
property. bearing interest, from the
day of adjudication. ut the rate of eight
tS) per cent per annum, for cash, a,
public auction, for what it will bring.
At the principal front door of the Court
House, in Franklin, Louisiana. on
SATURDAY. TIE 2STH DAY OF
APRIL. 1917,
between the hours OF eleven o'clock A.
III and four O'Clock p. M, the follow.
ing described property, to-wit:
All of the property in the tailor
ing establishment conducted by Sam
caro- in the Town Of Morgan City in the
building Of Hugh NJ. Young, according
to the detailed estimative and descrip-
tive inventory filed in my office.
Sheriff's office. Franklin, Louisiana,
this llth day Of April. 1917.
CHARLES PECOT, Sho,in.
Borah, Himel. Bloch d. loraL,
Walter L. Gilmore,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-04-21
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial! District Court-Par.
ish Of St. Mary.
St. Mary Building Association vs.
Donaldson Jones.
No. II 2S2

st. Mary Building Association vs.
Donaldson Jones.
No. 14,2S2
By virtue of an order Of seizure and
sale. issued out Of the Honorable the
23rd judicial District Court. in and
for the Parish of St. Mary and to Inc
directed, in the above entitled and num-
bered suit. haze seized and will offer
for sale for cash. without appraiscment.
to the last and highest bidder, at the
principal front door of the Court House,
in the town Of Franklin. on
SATURDAY. THE 2STH DAY OF
APRIL. 1917.
between the hours Of Il O'Clock a. m.
and 4 o'clock p. in.. the following men-
toned and described property. to-wit:
That certain piece or parcel OF land
lying and being situated on the east
side of Bayou Teche. and being Part
of the old Fusilier place, and fronting
on the Bayou Teche, and running back
twelve acres. which tract herein des-
cribed contains two superficial acres,
and being bounded above by the land
of Thomas Small Sr., below BY land of
Renben Jones, in front by the Bayou
Teche and in the rear by land Of Bald-
win, together with all the buildings and
improvements thereon situated, and
thereto belonging.
CHARLES PECOT, Sheriff.
Sherjff's Office. Parish of st. Mary. La.
Marcl1l4, 1917.