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The Dickinson press., 1917-06-02

Miss Viola Keller, who was a guest
of Miss Vera Hartung for some time,
lett on Thursday for her home at
R~ichardton.
The regular social dance will take
place this Saturday evening at the
Masonic hall. The ladies will serve
an especially fine lunch.
Mrs. M. ]. Cassidy, son, Irwin, and
daughter, Miss Violetta, were in the
city on Thursday, making the trip
from South Heart in their car.
Mrs: R. c. Horn is enjoying a visit
since last Friday from her cousin,
Louie HUH, of Oshkosh, Wis, who
may later locate here. MI. HUH is a
plumber by trade.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Dickin-
son Cemetery Association will hold
its next meeting at the home of
Mrs. Hugh McGillivray on Tuesday
evening, June 5th, at 8 o'clock.
DR.. and Mrs. J. w. Bowen went to
Fargo OH Thursday afternoon, expect
ing to return the following day. The
doctor went on business and Mrs.
Bowen just for the pleasure of the
trip.
Deane Motley, who about three
weeks ago had both his legs crushed
when caught between a gasoline en-
CINE and a pillow, is now getting along
very nicely, being able to walk a little
without his crutches the past week.
Luckily no bones were broken, the in
jury consisting mostly in ugly bruises
of the flesh. The accident occurred on
the Motley farm close to Antelope
creek .
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-02

The Prince Auto Company of Min
neapolis has started operations in it's
new assembling plant, built o facili-
tate distribution of Buick cars in this
section of the country.
The Dickinson press., 1917-06-02

Come to the Press office for your
typewriter supplies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
REAL PARISH AIDS.

One Of the greatest consultations
of the priest and living argu-
ment for greater zeal in the serv-
ice Of God is the number of de-
vout Catholics who attend Mass
every day in the year, receive
Holy Communion daily or very
frequently, and are always ready
to do what they can for religion
and charity.
This is not merely the case in
certain large and fortunate par
ishes; it is the case in every par
ish, notes The Pilot. The indi-
viduals who make up these devout
groups may be working men and
women who take a few minutes
before the toll of the day to hear
Mass and few more minutes in
the afternoon or evening to make
visit to the Blessed Sacrament
they may be busy professional
men whose business intimates
would smile unbelievingly if they
saw them kneeling in some dim
church when others were relaxing
in conviviality. They may be peo-
pie of wealth who are commonly
credited with nothing except
worldly ideas. The grace of God
works in it's own way.
Some seem to need human au-
dience; consciously or uncon-
sciously. their devotion is theatri-
cal they are eccentric and notice
able in their manifestations Of
faith. But these are very small
minority. The majority Of devout
souls have no thought of anyone
except the Lord when they go to
Church. They avoid publicity
they are found before the Taber-
nacle when the Church is all but
deserted; they are living monastic
lives in the world.
This phenomenon of exception
al piety escapes the notice of most
people, those who never think OF
visiting the church except once
on Sunday morning when it is
crowded; and yet, if one went
about to all the churches Of the
diocese and counted the hundreds
and even thousands who in the
literal sense of the word live only
for God, he would be amazed. 1t
is one. of the marvels of the Cath
Ollie Church that even Catholics
themselves hardly notice, the num-
Der Of sanity souls whose lives are
dedicated to Gods service.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
BLIND MAN ORDAINED
SPECIAL DISPENSATlON OBTAIN
ED FROM ROME TO RAISE VIC
TIM OF ACCIDENT TO PRIEST
HOOD.

Cardinal O'Connell on Wednesday
morning, December 10, ordained Rev.
Henry j. Wessling, S. j., in the
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, Boston. Father Wessling is the
first blind man in America to be
raised to the priesthood. He lost his
sight seven years ago, while making
experiments with chemicals in Saint
Canisius's College, Buffalo, N. Y. Not
withstanding his terrible handicap, he
has been doing splendid service for the
Church and the Society of Jesus ever
since.
Father Wessling is native of Bos-
ton and son of the late Henry Wess-
ling, of Roxbury, a leading Catholic
of Boston, an active worker in church
and parish organizations and promi-
nent figure in the Federation of Cath
Ollie Societies of the Archdiocese of
Boston. For some time he has been
a member of the faculty of the College
of Saint Francis Xavier, New York.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
General Buell's War Effects
MEMORIALS OF NOTED GENERAL
PRESENTED TO THE UNlVER-
SlTY OF NOTRE DAME.

To the famous collection of war
relics of the University of Notre Dame
has been added number of priceless
effects of Major General Don Carlos
Buell.. These were presented to the
University by Rev. Father Lindesmith,
who was himself an army chaplain
and whose family has served in every
American war. The memorials of the
noted General include fifty maps,
many volumes of correspondence, his
diploma from West Point, his field
manual, saddle, pistols, sabre, field
glasses and uniform.
Don Carlos Buell. was born at Low
ell, Ohio, in 1873 He graduated from
West Point in 1S41, won captains
brevet at Monterey and later a ma
jor's at Contrearsas in Mexico. At the
outbreak of the Civil War he was
made a Brigadier-Genera and placed
in charge of the volunteers. He was
assigned to the Army of the Potomac.
He conducted a brilliant campaign in
Kentucky and was instrumental in
winning the battle of Shiloh. He was
then made Major-General. He de-
feated Bragg at Perrysville after the
Confederate had made his famous raid
into Ohio. At the close of the war
General Buell. became president of the
Green River Iron Works of Kentucky.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
THE POPE AND THE CHURCH

The present great war of ma
lions has been a prolific source
Of loss to the Church Of God. AL
though the Church has no armies,
no navy, no military weight what
ever to throw into the scale, the
Pope has been constantly remind
ed Of countless losses suffered on
every battle front. Cathedrals,
churches, colleges, schools, ibrar-
les, converts and seminaries have
been destroyed, remarks Roman
writer. Communities of nuns
have been dispersed after being
subjected to indignity and even
to outrage. Tens Of thousands of
priests. forced to fight in the
trenches, have been slain or in
capacitated. The slaughtered
Faithful probably exceed in num-
Der the population Of Ireland.
Death, destruction and destitu-
ton have been the war portion Of
the Church. Whenever, either side
has gained, the Church has invar-
iably lost. The myriads Of Catho-
lies in every country, who. by
their participation inIthe war are
fat ful alike to their political
and their religious duty, merit
and receive in equal measure, for
the sacrifices they make and the
rigors they endure, the affection
of the Spiritual Leader they rev.
erence in common, and who has
one sentiment for all Of them.
The Pope s. concern in this war is
not exclusively national, it is not
even confined to one Of the great
belligerent groups: it is univer-
sal. And every action of the
Pope, every item of his policy, is
and cannot fail to be governed ac-
cordingly.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
Ladies' Auxiliary A. O. H.
MEETING OF EXECUTIVE BOARD
CONTRIBUTE $4,000 TO THE
cHAPLAINS' AID ASSOCIATION
FOR MASS OUTFITS AID TO
HALIFAX SUFFERERS.

The executive board of the Ladies'
Auxiliary, Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, met recently at the Raleigh
hotel, Washington, d. c., and one of
the first acts of the organization was
to send the following greeting and
pledge to President Wilson:
To His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States
The National officers of the Ladies'
Auxiliary, Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, representing $4,000 American
women of Irish blood, in this. their
first board meeting since America
entered the war in the name of democ-
racy, pledge their fealty and devotion
to you, the President of their beloved
America, at this serious time in the
affairs of our great nation. Seventy
five per cent of our members are
mothers of sons already somewhere in
France or in the environments of Amer
lea, awaiting the call to the battle
fields of France in the name of democ-
racy. Each one of our members is
uOlHS everything pOSSluIe W Hclp you
in this war. We know after the war
is over our beloved America will still
be the greatest nation on earth. We
are willing to make any sacrifice to
help you to this happy end, and we
are praying that God will bless you
and save Ireland.
The names of all national officers
were attached to the above message.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
CHURCH UNITY OCTAVE
FRIARS OF THE ATONEMENT
WILL CARRY OUT DEVOTION
ACCORDING TO PoPE'S DESIRE.

The Church Unity Octave will be
observed under the direction of the
Friars of the Atonement (Third Or
der Regular of st. Francis) of Saint
Pauls Friary, Graymoor, N. Y, from
January Is to 25. In his Apostolic
Brief on this devotion, issued on Feb
ruary %, 1916, Pope Benedict XIV
said:
Every year the paramount and
overtowering Importance of this Oc-
tave grows more and more apparent,
Never did the world since the dawn
of Christianity need peace so desper-
ately as it does at the present hour,
and the hope of real and enduring
peace lies in the return of the disci-
pies of Christ to unity, and we who
have the fitness of Divine Revelation
and Truth know that such unity can
only be realized in the return of all
Christians to communion with and
loving obedience to the great White
Shepherd of Christendom, the occu-
pant of the Chair of Peter at Rome. %
This is what this Church Unity Oc-
tave emphasizes, and since February,
1916, it has been the voice of the Sue
cessor of Peter which has called the
whole Catholic world to it's observ-
ance, rewarding those who shall heed
the call with indulgences partial and
plenary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
Episcopal CONSIDERATIONS
SCOTTISH CHAPLAIN REFUSES
MITRE.

The hierarchy has doomed large in
the public eye recently in England.
Bishop Graham has been consecrated
coadjutor in the cathedral of Edin-
burgh, Scotland, by the Archbishop,
assisted by the. Bishops of Galloway
and Dunkeld. The new Bishop is not
only convert, but is also the young
est member of the Scottish episcopate
Another Scottish mitre has been de-
clined Father Hugh Cameron, ZAP
pointed coadjutor to the Archbishop
of Argyll and the Isles, who was in
Rome last week, has had an audience
with the Pope, and has begged to be
allowed to decline the proffered dig
nifty, His request has been granted;
and he has gone back to his Gaelic
soldiers, much to their delight, if to
the regret of the diocese, to which
he was called. On December 1 was
witnessed the conservation of the new
coadjutor of the Westminster Arch
diocese, Mgr. Manuel Bidwell, which
took place in Westminster Cathedral,
Cardinal Bourne officiating.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

The Auxiliary has contributed 1900
to the Chaplain's Aid association, and
Rev. Lewis J. O'Hern, G. s. p Wash
ington, ID. c., through whom the con-
tribution was made, in thanking the
officers for the magnificent generosity
displayed, took occasion to say that
the members in the priestly work of
furnishing Mass outfits had been an
inspiration to all engaged in the chap
lains' aid work
The provincial president of the aux
iliary of New Brunswick and Nova
SCOTIA wired the board that many of
our members are dead or homeless in
Halifax" and in quick response a
check for $500 was forwarded for
relief work.
Among other matters of business
discussed were plans for the establish
ment OF a. 5000 funeral benefit fund,
optional with the members, perfected
plans for which are to be presented
by the national president at the San
Francisco convention.
1t was further agreed to take nc
action respecting national organ I'M
til the convention next July.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
THE DYING.

It is estimated that 100000 per-
sons, on an average, die each day.
In the presence Of the great
cataclysm Of the past three or
four years, this average is
doubtless somewhat higher. This
means that every twentyfour
hours a vast number Of human
souls are hurled into eternity,
many of them with awful sudden
ness. Some pass away with the
full possession of their conscious
powers: others are struck down
suddenly into a state of uncon-
seriousness, and in this helpless
condition go forth to meet their
God, their Judge. Many of these
unfortunates are summoned hence
in an instant after years Of ne
glect. Their souls are scared by
sin, blasted by whitening indif-
ference to God most sacred COM
mands, stepped and empurpled in
the vilest iniquity. What chance
have such miserable creatures to
enter into the JOY Of their Lord?
If they have neglected their God
in this life, what but swift and
terrible punishment can they ex-
|pect before the tribunal of an in
exorable Judge
N
The Holy Father, mindful Of
the peril that daily confronts us
| all, expresses the wish that the
faithful during the month of Jan
uary pray for the dying, for those
who are to pass out into the Great
Beyond that day. Prayer, NOR
tification, good works, are so
many means at our command by
which we can efficaciously help
those who are in their last agony.
Not infrequently the continued
prayer Of a mother, a sister, a de-
voted child, has brought back, an
erring one in time to make his
peace with God. While a So
called death-bed repentance is but
the Church's expression of faith
in the infinite mercy oil, God, it
may sometimes be the result OF
cumulative prayers, Masses, and
good works offeredaup unceasing-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
IN DISTRESS BECAUSE OF BOOZE.

Coal mine operators and manufac-
turers of Westmoreland County, Penn
sylvania, are sending cries of distress
to Washington, says the Greensburg
Record. These industrial concerns
claim that drinking is proving a pow
erful ally
One prominent operator says:
I'VE are losing in coal output at the
rate of 1000 tons a day, with the ma
ton crying out for fuel, and this les
sened output is due to the drinking
places around the mines. The men
lose many days getting over their
DRINKS. -
I'VE pay the miners twice month
and all companies together have six
paydays month. Some miners will
patronize these places until all their
money is gone, even being harbOred
for as high as three days a week, until
their last money is spent for booze,
which causes them loss of several
more days, on account of their physi-
cal unfitness for work"
Mr.. Charles l.. Huston, General Man
ager of the Lukens Steel Company at
| Coatesville, Pennsylvania, has laid be-
fore the War Department a request
that the sale of booze be prohibited in
that town and adjacent territory, as it
is playing havoc among the workmen.
| In Pittsburg a number of large in
dustries have made similar COM
plants. The Bessemer Coal and Coke
Company, the Superior Fuel Company
and the Ford Colliery Company claim
operating efficiency is being greatly
lowered and output lessened at the
rate of 1000 tons of coal day, be-
cause of drinking places contiguous to
their plants.
| We respectfully call the attention of
the United States government, and of
the French government, and of the
British government, to the fact that
the wholesale liquor dealers of the
United States and similar organiza.
tons are circulating pictures of Amer.
lean troops on foreign service, soaking
up booze. The pictures are being cir
culated by many thousands. Is that
doing any one of these three govern.
ments any good?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
Desecrate Holy City
TURKS LOOT CHURCH AND MIS-
TREAT PRIESTS.

An official dispatch received in
Washington, d. c., a few days ago
from France states that the Turks,
before surrendering Jerusalem to the
British, brutally mistreated Christian
priests, carried off the famous treas
ure of the Church of the Holy Sepul-
chre, valued at millions of dollars,
and sent to Berlin the church's cele-
brated ostensorium of brilliants
Monsignor Camassei, the patriarch OF
Jerusalem, is said to have been de.
posed from his Office, and Father Pic
cardo, an Italian priest, to have died
from the effects of Turkish brutalities
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
had remained unmolested heretofore
during all the centuries of Moslem
occupation of Jerusalem.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

ulated by means Of which every
Catholic soldier both here and
abroad could be reached effective
~ both for his own good and that
Of the country and the Church.
To attain this end financial
backing was necessary. A call
was issued for individual contri-
buttons. Thousands of volunteer
workers canvassed the country
for a million dollars. This was
quickly subscribed. Then the
need appeared more urgent than
before, and the goal was set at
$3, 100000. Willing workers
again sprang to the rescue, and
the latest drive for funds is near
ly over. Incomplete returns from
various parts OF the country show
that in nearly every instance the
allotted quota has been over-sub-
scribed. The complete report for
st. Paul will show that this city
also rose above the amount as
signed to it: the same seems to be
true Of all parts Of the State of
Minnesota.
In this work the Knights Of Co.
lumbus have made history. For
the first time since the discovery
Of this country one Catholic lay
organization has been found big
enough and strong enough and
loyal enough to grapple with a
great national problem and to
master it in incredibly short time.
Whatever vicissitudes the future
may have IN store for Church OF
state in this country, history will
show that in the year 1917, q
great Catholic organization Of
priests and laymen proved one OF
the strongest bulWarks of Church
and state; and the readers Of the
future will pay respectful HON
age to that great body Of Catho
lie patriots, the Knights Of Co
lumbus.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
this free soil, what would these
renegades do or say.

1hio dACO oOl1, fWHdGS WU44lu IASSC
renegades do or say.
As matters stand. there is moth
ing left to us in this country but
to grid ourselves for victory.
Every man, woman and child
must be brought to realize that
now is the acceptable time, now
is the hour wherein to repay the
debt of gratitude each of us owes
to the Republic. Everything in
this world has price: the price
of freedom is sacrifice. Let there
be no complaints about it's bitter
ness, no Sinking of duty, be that
duty painful and exacting. Tn
preparedness has wrought havoc
enough, it is true; but this is not
the time to complain: it is the
time to make amends for. the
faults of the past. The govern
ment feels that the country is
back of it; our only hope now lies
in full and whole-hearted loyalty
to those whom we have placed in
position of power. Power is use
less without cooperation: it is
our stern duty to cooperate to
the very last stretch of our being
For, after all, what we do is for
our own individual safety and
protection, as well as for the
country at large.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29

Nothing in life's battle counts
higher than a sterling character
better than gold, of more worth in
the world s market than the high
est university diploma, says The
Catholic Universe. Now a good
character is the product of one S
own faithful efforts; it is a kind
Of house that every one has to
build up around him. Good or
bad, refined or coarse, character is
always being made as an essential
part of the work Of life, ending
only when we cease to live, and it
leaves to our surviving relatives
and friends a sweet memory and
comfort.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
DRIVE.

From the beginning Of their
foundation the Knights of Co
lumbus have worked in harmony
with the authorities Of the
Church. Avoiding the shoals up
on which other organizations
have persisted, the Knights have
striven to initiate their great pa
ron and have proven themselves
loyal sons of the Church. From
time to time they have come for
ward and taken determined
stand on public questions when
the honor and the dignity of re-
ligion were in jeopardy. On
every occasion they have sought
to impress upon the minds Of all
that they are, first and last, a dis
tinctly Catholic organization. The
incredulous often have said that
the Knights of Columbus were too
local in their character, and
would scarcely rise to great ma
tlonal problem. Time, the acid
test of all works, has put to shame
this incredulity.
When the call went forth from
Washington for the country to be
up and to arm, the Y. M. G. Al.
instantly saw the need of social
and welfare work in the various
encampments for the millions of
men who soon would be under
arms. With equal alertness the
governing body of the Knights
Of Columbus appreciated at it's
full worth the particular need of
such help for the Catholic troops;
a need that would be supplied un-
der the direct auspices Of their
religion. Blessed with leaders Of
great breadth of vision, the
Knights of Columbus at once set
to marshalling its forces. Cast
ing aside mere theories and aca-
demic discussions, the leaders
showed their practical training by
plunging at once into mass of
detail. The great plan was form
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
THE WAR.

The nations of the earth have fin
ally come to realize that war is a
very terrible misfortune. The
full import of the supplication in
the Litany, From war and pesti-
lence, O Lord, deliver us, has
been impressed deeply on hearts
and minds that hitherto have re
NAMED untouched. Homicide,
rape, pillage, brutality are fear
full things when viewed in the in
dividual case: in war the horror
evoked by multiplied acts Of this
kind is colossal, it is overwhelm-
ing.
From all indications, and from
the opinions of those best inform
ed, we CLEAN that the present
struggle seems destined to last
for several years. Both sides pro-
claim loudly their confidence in
ultimate victory. The Allies have
recovered from the shock of Rus
sian collapse and Italian setback.
They have readjusted. their. plans,
and now go forward with logged
determination to gain a lasting
and permanent peace. The inter-
nal factional strife Of Russia will
probably place her in the class of
negligible factors. Italy has been
brought to her senses, and is ex-
erting every ounce of reserve
power to stem the onward rush
of the tide. The reverses at the
Piave and the Tagliamento gave
the socialists an occasion to place
the cause of the defeat Of Italy s
arms at the Pope's door: when
the fact is, that it was a social
list propaganda that almost de-
moralized the armies of Italy.
The world seems agreed that
henceforth the largest part of the
burden will rest upon the shout
ders of the United States. We
have taken sides in the conflict,
and as true men and brave we
must stand by our principles,
even as they did in the brave
days of old. There are those in
our midst who fed from persecu-
ton at home, or were carried as
infants across the broad Atlantic
by fond parents, who sought So
cial and material betterment in
the New World. This betterment
they have gained in large and
generous measure, thanks to our
free institutions. If now they
seek by word or deed to embarrass
the mother who nursed them in
their poverty, who showed them
how to grow to their present
stature; If they cling to the COM
forts afforded them in the New
World, and at the same time re-
fuse to stand by that mother now
| in her distress, they deserve but
one fate, the firing squad, and
that very quickly. With such in
CRATES argument were an insult to
reason. Were America to lose
I in this war, and the evils from
which these people fed from for
eign lands were transported to