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The Washington times., 1917-02-01
BORDER GUARDSMEN
SUFFER FROM COLD
Capital Troops Find Tents Poor
Protection Against Pene-
trating Winds.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Feb. Twin
ter has again LAID a heavy hand on
Camp Wilson, and the longest and
most severe cold spell OF the season
has started. The training programs
OF the Thffd District OF Columbia In
fantry and in all other camps Of the
Twelfth division, have been suspend
ed because OF weather conditions.
But even in the shelter OF their tents
guardsmen are shiyeering under the
bite OF the penetrating north wind
Headquarters has been advised from
Washington that II will be necessary
for Regimental Sergt. Maj. Joseph ID.
Hood and First Sergt. Archibald King
to take another examination before
they can be commissioned as second
lieutenants OF the Third They were
successful In passing the examination
recently given by a board OF officers
OF the regiment, but under new regu-
lations they must also take an exami-
nation prescribed by the War Depart
menI
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
tai LEAGUE.
Totals. 81 $40 81 2
CENTRAL HIGH GRADUATION
Congressman, James 7. Lloyd Gives
Address at Exercises.

Right living and labor as the road
to success in the business world wers
urged by Congressman James T.
Lloyd of Missouri at the graduating
exercises at Central High School las;
night.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, member Of
the Board of Education presented d.
plomas to twenty-nine graduates, the
first to be graduated from the new
building. The Rev. John Van Schaick.
jr.. president Of the Board of Educa-
ton. presided. Invocation was given
by the Rev J. Henning helms.
Several selections were given by the
orchestra.
The following students received d.
plomas:
Agnes Jay. Duvai bucket. Helena
Duffield Elder. Virginia RoseberrS
Griffith, Mildred Clifton Hail. Florence
Emma Hartman. Margaret Bradford
Hildreth, Celeste Alma Hill. Mabel
Irene Kinds, Regina Adele LaniBan,
Margaret Moore. Katharine Louise
Sanders. Cleo Lorena Scanland. Freda
Stein, Catherine Taylor. Landon will
Hanson Trudgian, Eleanor Black
burn Washington. Charlotte Augusta
wischhusen, Virginia Terrence Young,
Charles Lewis Curtiss, jr., Edwin
Dorsey Doniphan. oliver Bailey Ex-
line, Arthur Meyer Hartman. Ralph
Emmert Heitmu1ler. Alec HorwitE,
walter Latour Milstead, Gwynne Rad
cliffe Proctor, Carl Henry Shaifer, tr.
Edward wynkoop Stitt and Paul Ed
ward Warning.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01

is the Lincoln University. II was
founded by Gen. o. o. Howard, a Yer
monter, shortly after the close of the
civil war. The university Is doing Q
great work, II Is stated, but its scope
must be increased.
For Endowment Fund.
At present a campaign is being
conducted to raise an endowment
fund OF $1,0O000O for the university
and the prominent men who journey
there for the observances on the 10th
18th, and 18th OF this month, will be
urged to lend their support in rats
ing it.
There are about 700 students In
the university at present, and the
majority of them earn their way
through. The boys manage and work
the 6O0-acre farm, while the girls dc
the housework. sewing, washing
dishes, and cooking.
NotabIes To Attend.
Among those who are expected to
attend the memorial exercises and
lend their aid in creating this endow-
ment fund, are the governors of Ken
lucky, Virginia, and Tennessee, the
three States whose borders meet at
Cumberland Gap, who will deliver adj
dresses Of welcome; Governor Mccall
OF Massachusetts,; Henry Clews.
Adolph lewiston, Max Pam. John E.
Liggett, Martin H. Glynn, former gov
ernor Of New York: cambridge Colby,
Marcus NJ. Marks, president Of the
borough Of Manhattan: Jacob NJ.
Dickinson, former Secretary OF War;
Leslie N. Shaw, former Secretary Of
the Treasury; Congressman Joseph
Cannon of Illinois, Senator William
Alden Smith OF Michigan; Charles A.
Towne, formerly United States Sem
ator from Minnesota; Lawrence Y.
Sherman. Senator from Illinois; James
E. Watson, Senator from Indiana.
Robert l.. Owen, Senator from Okla
homa; John K Shields. Senator from
Tennessee; Charles z. Townsend, Sem
ator from Michigan; Jacob e. Meeker.
Congressman from Missouri; George
r. Foss, Congressman from Illinois;
F. A. Seiberling, of Akron, Ohio; A. l.
Garford, of Elyria, Ohio, and Thomas
Penney, of Buffalo. grand master of
the Masons In New York State.
Among leading educators who will
attend are the presidents OF Roanoke
College, Wesleyan University, George
town College, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. University OF Kentucky,
University Of South Carolina, Car
thage College, and Moore's Hill Col
lege.
Plans have been made to run special
trains to Cumberland Gap from New
York and Chicago on February 10.
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NATION UNPREpARED
SPEAKER DECLARES
H. E. Coffin Cites Need Of In
dustriaI Plans to- Meet
Conditions.

Because OF "exigsncies of the sltu-
alton" and responsibilities Of his Of
nee" Secretary OF War Baker did not
make his promised speech before the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States at its meeting in the willard
today. Notification that he would be
unable to attend was given by r.
Goodwyn Rheet president of the
Talk on Preparedness.
Startling statements of the nations
industrial appropriateness were made
by Howard z. CofIn, of the Naval
Consulting Board in his speech before
the chamber. Figures were read by
him which showed that England could
land huge force of men on the East
ern coast within a short time. that
the Government plants now manufac-
turing munitions would require eight
years to manufacturerthe rifles need
ed to supply suitable repeIiing force
and twenty-five years to supply cart
ridges
He stated that within one week
after the declaration Of war "the
WheoiS OF commerce Wouid cease. He
further stated that It has been esti-
mated that II would take FROM one to
two years for these plants to change
to the manufacture OF war munitions
wants All Factories Equipped.
He suggested the manufacture each
year by every manufacturing estab,
Iishment in the United States Of some
war machinery from Government
plans.
In making his report from the ma
tionai defense committee OF the cham
Der. Bascom Little, Of Cleveland, In
troduced his subject by saying that
"any one who has read the papers to-
day will realize that this question Is
not academic; 1t is real, and more
than ever"
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
POLISH EMIGRATION BANNED
No Boys or,Men Between Ten and
Fifty Allowed by Germans.

Germany has declared ban on the
emigration from Poland OF all boys
and men between ten and nifty years
old.
This information was brought to
light today by statements of steam
ship companies. who have been
thwarted In efforts to bring to Amer
lea the families OF several Poles now
in the United States.
According to the steamship men.
women. old men. and boys ten years
OF age and younger may leave the
country for neutral ports. and are
accorded the protection OF the Ger.
man government from their homes &c
the port of sailing. in Holland.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
BENEFIT SUPPER TONIGHT.

Ladies' Of the Mt. Pleasant Meth.
odist Church, south, will give a bene
fit dinner from to o'clock this
evening in the lecture room. of the
church at 18th and Lamont streets,
northwest.
The menu will comprise chicken,
slaw, cranberries, potatoes. vege-
tables, ice cream and coffee. The
dinners will be given under the d.
rection of Mrs. ]. J. Printup, Mrs.
Page Heironimus and Miss Pauline
Jones.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
Mccarthy Gets 1872 in South
east League, and Campbell
$50 in Commercial.
ROYALS ROLL BELOW FORM
Register Their Lowest Total in
Many Matches Against the
Casinos.

Mccarthy, of Sanitary Grocery, in
the Southeast League, and Campbell,
of Southern Railway, in the CONNER
cial. established new records for their
respective organizations last night.
Mccarthy rolled a set of 3S:., with a
high game of 152, both of which are
the best marks registered in the
Southeast League this season, and
Campbell, with a total OF $50, takes
the high set laurels of the CONNER
cial.
Sanitary Grocery, which is in the
Southeast pennant rice, won only the
second game from bIodel Lunch, Nc
Carthy's 152 count being mostly re-
sponsible for the win. Southern had
little trouble in scoring a clean sweep
over Barber & IIoss.
ROyaIA Roll Poorly.
With the exception OF Lewis, not
one of the members of the crack
Royal team performed up to his stand
ard when the Casinos were encoun-
tered in TIE National Capital League,
although The Royals won two out of
three. A total of 1876 represented
one of the poorest showings of the
record-smashing combination in many
matchek
More than ordinary interest at
tached to the Casino Royal battle, as
both of these teams will meet the
Palace Quint, of Roanoke, Va, here
Saturday. The Casinos outrolled the
Royals on total pins, an accomplish
ment few Jeans are credited with
having achieved this season, with q
set of 1851.
Much Expected of Team.
While the Casinos are expected to
give the expert Roanokes some worthy
competition, local BOWLING fans are
depending on the Royals to vanQudsh
the visitors, and last nights showing
of the latter was disappointing. 1t
was the continuation of the slump
that the Royals fell into following
their brilliant performances just after
the Christmas holidays.
The RoytLls have finished their
league roning for this week, and will
have no ,pSOre, competition until the
lioanoke eam is met.
1t Is 3 tObable that the Royals will
be tied Cor the District League lead
tonight, when the Continentals roll
the Resolutes at the Royal The Con-
tinentals. need all three games in
order to gain a deadlock, but this
sbopld not prove difficult in view
OF the comparative strength of the
two teams.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
FIf1Y WARS AL oRpHANeE.

Resolutions were passed yesterday
at a meeting of the Ladies' Aid OF
the st. Johns Church orphanage ex-
pressing sorrow of the organisation
at the recent death of Sister Sarah
Huntington, who died in her eighty
second year after fifty years dsvo-
ton to the work Of the orphanage.
which she was largely instrumental
In establishing.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
ELEIcnER WIlt ElLEn.

Frank Hurbert Fletcher by his win.
dated September 10, 1918. directs that
all OF his estate, be left In trust to
William e Wise. with the proviso
that Wise pay the income from the
property to his daughter. Mildred n
Wise. and turn the property over 10
her wSen he deems the time oppor-
tune. The viii was filed today for
probate by Attorney Leo A Rover.
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
MOUNTAIN FOLK TO
Do LINCOLN HONOR
Martyred Presidents Birthday
To Be Observed by People
of Cumberland Gap.
MANY N0TABLES TO ATTEND
Exercises To Be Held at Univer-
sity Founded in Locality of
Emancipator's Birth.
MANY N0TABLES TO ATTEND

All the nation will join in the cele-
bration OF the birthday of Abraham
Lincoln February IL, and programs
OF these celebrations are being drawn
up now by organizations throughout
the United States. But perhaps no
where in the country will the birth
day of the Martyr President be so
solemnly and impressively observed
as by the mountain folk of Cumber-
land Gap, where Kentucky, Virginia,
and Tennessee touch sides in the
midst of the wild and rugged Ap-
palachians.
For among these mountains Lin
coin was born.
Cabins such as the one In which
Lincoln was born still dot the noun
tains, Here, II lis said, are found a
people whose ancestry dates back to
the first pioneers OF the country in
an unbroken line OF sturdy mountain
GERS
The Washington times., 1917-02-01
Just As Lincoln Did.

1t was in surroundings with which
the mountain boys of today are stin
familiar, that Lincoln was born. Those
mountain boys of today fling them
selves ON the floor in front of q
"lightwo6d" fire to pour over their
few books. just as Lincoln did.
In a way, the celebration of Lin
coins birthday this year is expected
to help in the movement to improve
the conditions under which those
mountain boys OF the Lincoln type
have to educate themselves.
For in this mountain country thsre
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
4 SAINT FOR THE WEEK
ST. PloR, SOLITARY.

When very young, Pior left his
home, promising God never again to
behold the face of his relations. He
placed himself under st. Antony, and
made such progress in virtue that,
when only twenty-five, Antony deem
ed him fit to live in solitude. The cell
in the desert of Nitria in which he
spent his life was so miserable that
other solitaries who tried to initiate
him could not remain in it a single
year. The little food he took he ate
walking about, lest he should feel any
pleasure in the act. The last thirty
years of his life he drank nothing but
water so salt and brackish, that the
solitaries who visited him brought
water with them rather than taste it.
Yet by his prayers he obtained a
spring of excellent water for some of
the brethren.
Fifty years after he left home, his
sister hearing he was living sent her
so''~ to implore him to visit her. He
refused, and she then procured letters
from the Bishop to st. Antony, desir-
ing him to send Pior to her. Antony
gave him the obedience, and Pior i'm
mediateiy complied. When he reach
ed her house he shut his eyes, and
said, "My sister, behold your. brother
Pior; take your fill of gazing at him.
She begged him to enter, but he
would not; and after making his
prayer outside her door he returned
to the desert without having seen her
faithful to his early promise Pio1
died in his hundredth year, towards
the end of the fourth century.
Pior hired himself one summer to
husbandman to gather in the har
vest, as was the custom with some
solitaries, that they might earn their
bread in the sweat of their brow, and
when he came for his wages the man
told him he should be paid another
time. Pior did not ask again, but re
turned next summer and worked fol
him with equal care Again he re
ceived no payment: the same hap
pened the third year, and Pior utter
ed no impatient word, nor relaxed in
his diligent labor. At length the mar
brought the money, and throwing him
self at his feet, implored him to par
don his delay. But Pior simply tolG
him to go to the church and take il
to the priest.
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commotion, and it's inhabitants flocked
in thousands to the rivers brink, close
by the Franciscan monastery, in order
to witness the wondrous sight of Our
Lord in His Sacramental form. float
ing on the waters of the Gave. Al cry
of JOY and praise assembled to Heaven:
Blessed and adored forever be the
Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
A solemn procession was immedi-
ately formed, issuing from the cathe-
dral, the bishop at it's head. The bells
of the city were rung, banners were
produced. The clergy, the municipal
authorities, FASTENED forth in vest
ments and robes of office, together
with citizens of every class and con-
dition, as if to welcome the coming of
a monarch. And surely it was mon
arch, the greatest of all monarchs, the
King of heaven and earth, Our Lord
Himself, Whom they went out to meet.
When the procession arrived at the
rivers bank the body was gently
drawn in and reverently laid at the
bishops feet; STOPPING down, he took
the ciborium from the martyrs hands
still clasped around it's stem-with.
out the least difficulty, and, amid the
chants of the choristers, he soleMnly
bore it to the cathedral and placed it
in the tabernacle. The miraculous ci-
borium is still preserved as an object
of special generation to this day.
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OUR SHORT STORY

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Though a Protestant, she had de-
Tended the Catholic faith. And her
feminine logic had triumphed. He
hardly looked like man worsted in
argument by a woman "Will you
marry me, Sheila?' he asked.
She replied that she could not face
a life of struggle and social ostracism.
Though society admires the slum-
doctors disinterestedness,' she laugh
ed, cit leaves no cards on his wife" :
The sarcasm stung, but John Keith
took his disappointment manfully.
"Goodzbyl' he said.
Won't aunt sneeri' she sighed,
when he had gone.
He has lost five thousand pounds, .
scoffed Mrs. Dacre.
He knew nothing about my
money! Shielaa retored Indignantly.
''He thinks me an adopted child, en-
tirely dependent on you.''
Tie nearly duped you into running
all I have done for you,, fumed the
aunt. Had not taken you when |
did, you would have married some
penniless adventurer before you were
out of your teens. How have you
shown your gratitude? By dangling
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
AN UNWORTHY COMMUNION.

1t was the day of First Communion
for a little band of children in, a
French village. The sun rose clear
and bright, the air was warm and
laden with the fragrance of spring;
nature seemed to wear her most pleas
ing aspect to do honor to the festal
day.
The children took their places in
the church, joy beaming from every
countenance, except one, which wore
a sad and troubled expression. The
Mass began, hymns appropriate to
the occasion were sung, the hearts of
the children beat high as the moment
approached when they were to go up
to the Holy Table and receive their
God for the first time. But to the
horror of all present, one of the first
communicates fell backwards on the
floor of the church as soon as he had
swallowed the Sacred Host.
On being raised up he was found
to be perfectly rigid and apparently
lifeless. The bystanders carried him
into a house close by and laid him
on a bed; the doctor was hastily
summoned and everything was done
to bring him to himself and restore
animation to the cold and stiffened
limbs. All was in vain. Meanwhile
the Mass was ended, and the priest
being informed of what had occurred
lost no time in repairing to the
side of the child. He called on him
by name; there was no answer; he
called on him again; he babe him
speak; he lavished on him caresses
and words of endearment. At length
convulsive shudder ran through the
boys frame, his eyes Enclosed; with
a vacant, CLASSY stare he looked
around him and perceiving his con
lessor beside him, he opened his
white and quiYering lips, and in
audible accents uttered the appalling
words: Il have committed sacri-
lege!" Then the unhappy child
turned his face to the wall and ex.
pired.
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Saviour, pleading with irresistible ef1-
scacy for us on the Cross. We are
solicitous about many things. Our
health, our fortunes, our future, the
welfare of those we love give us many
an anxious hour and many a pang of
heart. Why not borrow the very om-
impotence of God to help ourselves and
those who depend upon us. by joining
our prayers each day with the most
efficacious Sacrifice of the Mass?
This Immense Benefit To Our Soul.
An consider that this immense bene-
fit to our soul, this assurance of God S
protection, this great comfort to the
heart of Christ, will cost us no more
than some half-hour in the morning,
which can we'll be saved by a bit less
slothfulness in dressing, by few mo-
ments saved from the daily paper, by
the economy of some little time from
sleep. To say nothing of our love and
tenderness for Our Saviour, Who
the Mass for us every morning, our
very common sense should make us
unwilling ever avoidably to miss SO
great a blessing so easily gained. II
any favor in the way of money or
pleasure we're so easily gotten, what
crowds would come morning after
morning.
But our chief motive for daily Mass
is not self-interest nor the interest of
others, but the love of Him Who SO
patiently offers Himself for us in
every poor hamlet and city, in every
church and chapel, wooing us with
such patience and desire to have us
come daily to Mass. And when we
come we shall find it most easy and
consoling to give our Lord that other
precious pledge of our love and
source of innumerable blessings, the
frequent and daily Communion which
is the desire of His heart
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BLESSED SACRAMENT PRESERV.
ED FROM HARM.


In a picturesque valley of the south
of France, among the Upper Pyrenees,
nestles the little town of Orthez, in
the district of Bearn. At a short dis
lance from the town there formerly
stood monastery, in most secluded
spot, quite out of the world, on the
banks of the Gave; it was peopled by
"a, small community of Franciscans.
The time of which we are speaking
was that of the insurrection of the
Calvinistic Huguenots.
One evening, about eight o'clock,
the stiffness of the tranquil spot was
broken by loud shouts of Death to
the Papists!" Alas! the revolution
lists had come; a crowd of heretics
swarmed round the monastery walls.
The gate bell was violently rung, the
doors were forced open, and the in
vaders, soverran- the peaceful sanctu-
ary, the retreat of the unoffending and
defenseless monks. The unhappy
Brothers, entirely at the mercy of the
savage crew, met with a cruel fate.
One was killed with the sword, the
others were burned alive. Yet God
did not allow the malice of the wick
ed to prevail against His omnipotence.
At the first attack the Father Guard
ian deemed it his chief and most ur-
gent duty to remove the Blessed Sac
rament to a peace. of safety. How
ever, while, carrying the ciborium, he
unfortunately fell into the hands of
the impious hereties. With diabolical
delight they sought to take his preci-
Gus burdens from him, in order to
desecrate the consecrated Hosts at
their pleasure. But behold! wonder
full to relate, not single one of these
men, no. nor all together, could wrest
lit from his grasp.
At length he fell beneath repeated
blows on the head, and one 8of his as
sailants ran a bayonet through his
heart. But even in death his iron
grasp was not relaxed; the murderers
were not able to force the sacred YES
sci out of the martyrs hand. Then,
angry and impatient, they cast the
body into the fast-fowing waters of
the Gave. What happened then?
Nothing short of another miracle. The
ciborium remained safe in the hands
of its gallant defender, whilst his life
less remains were swiftly carried
down by the current to the town of
Bayonne. where they stopped under
the walls Of the Monastery of the
Brothers Minor AS soon as this was
perceived crowd collected on the
spot; soon the whole town Was IN q