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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
MOB VIOLENCE.

During the past few months
the press of the country has
chronicled many incidents that
go to show the danger of mob
violence. It has been said that
new laws should be enacted to
punish enemies within our own
gates. Again it has been said that
existing laws are sufficient when
their execution is not placed in
the hands of spineless officials.
Wherever the truth may lie, the
fact is. that mob violence is in
creasing at an alarming rate.
One Of the worst features Of this
extra-legal form of punishment is
that not rarely the innocent are
made to suffer.
The psychology of the mob is
easy to understand. Given a
thoughtless leader, with even an
apparent grievance, and immedi-
ately other thoughtless ones will
rally to his support with deeds OF
reckless violence. History has
shown with a shudder how terri
bic is the mob, how uncontrol-
able, how desperate when excited.
From the mob which screamed,
His blood be upon us and upon
our children" down through the
pages of history to the incident at
Collinsville the other day, we see
everywhere the terrible effect of
unrestrained passions when arous-
ed and spurred onward by ire
sponsible leaders.
It seems that the only effective
way to curb these violent out
bursts is to enforce the existing
laws with vigor, frmness and
severity Military law brooks no
infraction Of discipline, but deals
severely with the offender. There
is no conceivable reason why civil
authorities should not set aside
all so-called influence" and
mete out the severest penalties to
known offenders. Primrose DALI
ance with Justice is always dan
gerous. In times like these it is
positively criminal on the part Of
any official, and will lead ire
vocably to repeated outbursts Of
the mob spirit. ID
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

an example Of wasteful4 extrava-
gance on the simple occasion OF
merely telling the world that it
has graduated so many boys and
girls.
1t would seem, therefore, that
in keeping with both the spirit
of the time and the needs of the
nation our educational institu-
tons could give resplendent ex-
ample of patriotism and of CO.
operation by insisting upon SIM
plified Commencement. Where
special funds are available for
such an occasion, it would be the
height OF generous loyalty to in
vest this amount in Bonds or in
Savings Stamps. Over and above
the actual benefit accruing to the
government from such a course,
it would prove most direct and
telling influence upon the minds
of the graduates themselves.
They would thus be brought more
closely in touch with a realization
OF what it means when a nation
is at war,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
GOOD FRIDAY TOLL
REPORT ON DEATHS IN PARIS
CHURCH FROM SHELL-LONG
RANGE GUN MAKES BLOODY
GOOD FRIDAY.

The State Department at Washing.
ton has given out summary of Am
bassador Sharpe's message to Secre-
tary Lansing, describing the results
of the shell fired by German long
range gun from a distance of more
than seventy miles upon church in
Paris on Good Friday. .< Z
The appalling destruction wrought
by this shell is, as the Ambassador
remarked, probably not equaled by
any single discharge of any hostile
gun in the cruelty and horrors of it's
results. On no other spot in Paris,
where people had gathered on that
holy day to worship, could destruc-
ton of life have been so great.
!. Nearly a hundred mangled corpses
lying in the morgue, with almost as
many seriously wounded, attested to
the measure of the toll exacted. Far
up to the high vaulted arches, between
the flying buttresses well to the front
of the church, is a great gap in the
wall from which fell upon the heads
of the devoted worshippers many tons
of solid masonry. 1t was this that
caused such great loss of life.
AS the Ambassador entered the
church where but few hours before
had been gathered the worshippers,
he could easily picture the scene that
followed the explosion. The amount
of the debris remaining just as it
fell on the floor covered the entire
space between the lofty columns sup
porting the arches at each side. Only
a miracle could have saved from death
or serious injury those who escaped
the falling mass. The scene was that
Of some horrible shambles and it was
not until well into the night that all
the bodies were recovered. Upon the
floor in the many places could still
be seen the blood of the victims,
among whom were many prominent
and well-to-do people.
The Ambassador called to express
his sympathy to his Swiss colleague,
whose lifelong friend, the secretary of
the Swiss Legation, was killed while
leaving the church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
CATHOLIC WAR RECORDS.

AS will be seen in an article
published elsewhere in this issue,
the National Catholic War Coun-
Gil has made a most practical and
useful suggestion to the clergy of
this country. This is, that they
realize the Importance of collect
ing and preserving accurate and
complete statistics of Catholic
participation in the war.
Experience has shown in the
past that unless written records
are preserved with regard to
Catholic work in any great public
movement, !. subsequent writer's
will endeavor in every way to be-
little the part which we have play
ed in that movement. In various
parts Of the country the clergy
are already collecting and pub
fishing in the diocesan papers ac-
counts of the work accomplished
in their respective parishes and
institutions. Flags, attesting to
the number Of men in service
from each parish, the amount Of
Red Cross work accomplished,
War Bonds and War Savings
Stamps, and all other forms OF
work bearing upon the war, are
being everywhere faithfully
chronicled.
1t is easy in after years to talk
in glittering generalities of what
Catholics have done towards win
ming the war. For the sake of
historical accuracy, however, it is
essential that written records be
compiled now, that they be print
ed, and thus preserved for future
reference. In this way every
parish, college, school and other
institution will be enabled in fu-
ture years to point to the exact
record of meritorious work ac-
complished during this dark
period.
The Catholic Bulletin will
cheerfully publish all such rec
ords and reports, be they large
or small, to show what our peo-
pie are actually accomplishing for
our government in this her hour
of great need.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
MOTION PICTURE SHOWS And GIRLS

some girl would say Indignantly in
reference to some really dreadful at
traction: Why, l didn't see a thing
wrong in that" Whereupon it was
usually necessary to prove to her that
if she had been the right sort of girl
she would have seen the wrong very
easily.
Now, right here is where the very
worst feature of the moving picture
craze presents itself Young girls
actually grow to think that, since ito
the pure all things are pure it is a
sign of unusual purity of soul not ito
see thing in pictures that positively
reek with immortality.
The next thing was to get them to
see that the pictures had done harm
to their own souls, and this was most
difficult because the worst result of
the frequenting of picture shows is
that it wears away the delicate
bloom of modesty so imperceptibly
that young people do not even know
they have lost anything, and, as has
been said before, they take credit to
themselves for not being what they
call "silly" about trifes.
An Appeal to Mothers.
What are you going to do about
conditions like these, you Catholic
mothers? Do you think it fair to us
teachers that we must face the task
of undoing the evil effects of habit
you have allowed to form? Must we
spend our time in roofing out each
day some noXious plant whose seed
was planted in your child's soul by a
suggestive moving picture film? Do
you know that your daughters, taught
by the exciting school of the picture
screen, are half convinced already
that love justifies anything? that
"a woman has the right to live her
own life" as she pleases? that, in
short, they are in danger of growing
up with the most crooked notions un.
less somebody straightens them out
before it is too late? Do you even
suspect that ideas antagonistic to
| faith and morals are being imbibed
| by your children, and are likely to
spring into action just as soon as
/ those children are old enough to
escape from your loving care? Is it
not your place rather than ours, and
| is it not far more mothers duty
| than a nuns to impress upon your
daughter the sacredness of marriage.
Yet such teaching is often left undone
or left to those upon whom the bur.
den should not fall, because you, Cath
Ole mother, do not dream that it is
at all necessary because, you say, the
girls don't know anything about such
things" Do they not? Try! Accom-
pany them to every movie" thea
ter they visit, and find out what they
know.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

Standing. She has taken man as
she found him, and has by her
enactments brought out the best
qualities III his nature. When
peril confronts the nation the
wise government, following the
example Of the Church, plays
upon these same qualities with
good effect. Just as the Church in
the spiritual field produces spirit
ual fruits, so the government by
similar methods brings forth the
temporal fruits of patriotism and
of national salvation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
CATHOLIC COLLEGES
GROUP OF BUILDINGS AROUND
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY is
GRADUALLY INCREASING.

A recent number of the Catholic
University Bulletin" contains a his
tory of the colleges of the Catholic
University. The three main divisions
of the student groups are: (a) the
lay students, graduates and under
graduates; (b) the divinity students
OF Caldwell Hall; and Co the students
in the colleges which have been built
around the University during the past
quarter century. A distinct group of
buildings, though affiliated with the
University, is the Catholic Sisters
College.
Chronologically these colleges were
founded, as follows: 1895, Holy Cross
College; 1898, College of the Holy
Land; 1899, Marist College; 1900,
Marist Seminary; 1900, Trinity
College; 1914, Catholic Sisters
College; 1904, Apostolic Mission
House; 1906, ST. John Kantius Col
lege; 1914, Catholic Sisters College;
1915, Chaminade Institute; 1916, st.
Paups College; 1916, Oblate Scholast-
icate; 1917, Capuchin House of
Studies; 1917, Sulpician House of
Studies.
Through the cooperation of the
rectors and superiors of these col
leges, brief history of the growth
of this important phase of university
activity has been compiled, and is
printed for the first time, both
as an historical document of value
for the future, as well as an informa-
tional guide to the friends of the
Catholic University of America
throughout the United States.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
SIMPLIFIED COMMENCE
MENTS.

The National War Savings
Committee, appointed by Mr..
McAdoo, Secretary Of the Treas
ury, has sent out an appeal to all
the educational institutions Of
the country for "a special cam
paign. This concerns what is
called a simplifed. commence
ment.
The spirit of the day, as exem-
plified in our domestic life, may
be summed up in the word, thrift.
We have been told that in order
to win this war, as we desire to
win it, it is necessary that citi-
zens and communities practice as
much as possible the spirit of
economy with regard to personal
expenditures. The purpose of all
this is that surplus funds and sup
plies may be devoted to those who
have been taken out Of the pro-
ducing class, and sent forth as
defenders of the nation. When
several million workers are sud-
denly transformed into fighters,
it is essential that those who re-
main workers contribute to the
maintenance Of the heroes who
sacrifice all for our success.
In line with this spirit comes
now the suggestion that the COM
mencement exercises in our vari-
GUS institutions reflect the serious
ness and earnestness which con-
fronts us in every part Of our So
=cial life. 1t is admitted that too
often extravaganza marks these
various exercises, which are term
ed Commencement. Raiment,
banquets, social affairs, all calling
for large financial outlay, should
now be confined within the
bounds of economy. At a time
when the government is almost
begging US to loan every spare
dollar we possess, it i'll becomes
our schools and colleges to give
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

Regarding attendance at church
it is a marvel to non-Catholics
everywhere the crowds that pour
in and out of the Catholic churches
on Sundays and holy days, at
what seems to them unearthly
hours in the morning. Rain or
shine, summer or winter, it is the
same, observes an exchange. Why
do they come? What brings
them? 1t is not the priest, the
sermon, the music, the ceremonies,
the lights or the flowers. 1t is
the sacrifice of the Mass. 1t is the
willing obedience that Catholics
render the precept of the Church
obliging them to hear Mass on
Sundays and holy days of obliga-
ton. At all events, they are
found every Sunday in their
churches. The Mass is the mag
net that draws them. They come
to worship God, not to be enter
tanned.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
LOUIS RENAULT DEAD
WAS GREAT FRENCH JURIST-A
MOST DEVoUT CATHOLIC.

The death is announced of NJ Louis
Renault, who enjoyed a worldwide
reputation as an international jurist
and one of the foremost opponents of
principles which should underlie the
law of nations. 1t has pleased Prov
idence to remove him from this world
of war at a moment when, humanity
speaking, there is most need of men
whose impartiality, grasp of principle,
and balance of mind command gener-
al respect, and at moment when
problems must arise upon which he
could have spoken with very special
authority.
Besides many other missions, Louis
Renault was the representative of
France at the international Congress
of The Hague. In his country home
in the Department of the Seine and
Marine in France he left the memory
of an irreproachable life and an ex-
ample of Christian virtue, taking part
in all the services of the Church and
following the Blessed Sacrament in
procession on the last feast of Corpus
Christi. Simple and kindly, this great
man of science was approached by
the humblest inhabitants of the vii
lage, and was the head of an associa-
ton formed with the object of en-
larging the picturesque chapel at
Barbizon and of building new church
there A telegram from Rome an
nounced that our Holy Father, who
greatly appreciated his work for the
comfy of nations, joined in mourn
ing the loss OF great jurist and o
great Catholic.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
Death Of Western Jesuit

Rev. George De La Motto, superior
of the Jesuit mission at st. Ignatius
on the Flathead Reservation, Mon
tana, died suddenly last week. Father
De La Motto was head of the mis-
sion for a number of years. Apoplexy
was the cause of his death. He was
president Of Gonzaga University at
Spokane from 1893 to 1895, and later
was appointed Provincial over Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington, Montana,
Idaho and Alaska.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

A writer remarks: "Out Of the
$50 French members of the So
ciety of Jesus fighting for France
more than Is per cent have lost
their. lives, and of those still alive
SO per cent have been decorated,
1t is the same with the other re-
ligious and the secular clergy" "
Incidents like the following have
not been uncommon: 1.-The cap
tain said: Eight men are need
ed for a very perilous mission.
Eight men stepped out of the
ranks. All priests!' was the com
ment Of their comrades. " This
wonderful heroism Of the priest
hood is preparing great triumphs
for the Church in France.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER
CASES.

One Of the charges constantly
aimed at the Catholic Church is
that she tends always to deprive
a man of, the great boon of per-
sonal liberty. Fast, abstinence,
forbidden books, relics, dues, col
lections, and what not, all have
been pointed to as being so many
blows at that inflated pet called
personal liberty. A rapid review
of the acts of our government
in fact, of all governments will
show that the factor of personal
liberty is but a minus quality
when the welfare Of the COM
munity at large is at stake.
The Catholic Church has always
practiced and commanded fast
and abstinence on certain days.
Therefore the Church was pagan.
The government enjoins all kinds
Of retrenchment as regards food /;
but this is patriotic. Circum-
stances alter cases. The Catholic
Church has for centuries exer-
cised the right to an Index Ex-
purgatorius, in virtue of which
certain books, detrimental to
faith or morals, were forbidden
to Catholics. This was intellectu-
al narrowness. The government
has now deemed it necessary to
forbid to it's citizens the perusal
of various books and newspapers
found to be detrimental to our
best national interests. This is
perfectly right, for circumstances
alter cases.
For centuries Catholics have
been accused Of idolatry because
they showed respect and rever-
ence towards the cross, relics OF
saints, and sacred images. This
was rank paganism. Now the
man who refuses to doff his hat
in respectful salute towards our
revered banner, or who neglects
to rise when the national anthem
is being played or sung, is very
roughly dealt with. Again, cir
cumstances alter, etc.
Even Catholics frequently COM
plain that their pastors insist en-
tirely too much upon the question
Of church dues and collections.
Such demands upon their charity
or justice are viewed in the light
of financial oppression, even when
the church or school is burdened
with enormous debt. Now when
the government is bearing a ire
mendous financial burden no loyal
citizen would think of Sinking
his duty and of refusing to con-
tribute according to his means to
help liquidate the national debt.
War Bonds and Stamps, which
are a good financial investment,
as well as Red Cross and other
donations, which are purely a
charitable investment, all are
cheerfully presented in a spirit OF
true patriotism. AS before, cir
cumstances, etc,
After all, the old Church has
grown with the experience of
ages. Christ bequeatned to her
the spirit Of wisdom and Of under
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
A DRY NATION,

lime was when the cause OF
total abstinence in this country
drew the attention of but few peo-
pie. AS is usual with the minor
ity in any cause, the advocates Of
this movement were, looked upon
with mingled feelings of SYM
pathy and contempt. Temperance
advocates appealed to the in
dividual conscience: prohibition
lists clamored for legislation;
therein lay the chief difference
between the two movements.
Of late years, however, the
American people have come to
look upon the liquor traffic as
something that easily could be
dispensed with, to put it mildly.
In some quarters, the physical
harm done by the excessive use
Of liquor impressed the people
deeply. In other communities,
the social and the spiritual ills
consequent upon these excesses
stirred all thinking people with
an adherence Of the evil. In
every case the incontrovertible
fact stared the observer in the
face: the man who uses liquor to
excess is a plain drunkard; the
drunkard is always a brute; the
harm done to himself is the least
evil, since he usually succeeds in
wrecking the happiness Of his
family or Of those who are so
unfortunate as to be allied in the
bonds of blood with such human
beast.
The great objection to a dry
nation was based on the right Of
personal liberty. In view, how
ever, Of the many shackles placed
upon personal liberty by the
present war, nearly all right
minded people are perfectly will
ing to yield also this personal
liberty, if thereby they can sue
ceed in obliterating the train of
evils, social, economic, and spirit
ual, that wends it's foul way
through every stratum Of society.
Next November the people of
Minnesota will be called upon to
vote on the question as to whether
this State shall Danish the liquor
traffic. That the use of wine for
sacramento purposes will be safe
guarded in this State, is apparent
from the proposed amendment to
be added to the end Of Article
fifteen of the Constitution. This
proposed amendment is as fol-
lows:
"The manufacture, sale, barter,
gift, disposition, or the furnish
ing, or transportation, or keeping
or having in possession for sale,
barter, gift, disposition, or the
furnishing, or transportation of
intoxicating liquor of any kind,
in any quantity whatever, except
for sacramental, mechanical, sci
entific, or medicinal purposes,
shall be forever prohibited within
this state from and after the first
day Of July, 1920, and this amend
ment shall be self-executing. The
Legislature shall enact laws for
the enforcement of this section
and shall provide suitable penal
ties for the violation thereof -
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

The greatest increase was in in
dustries, which took i'll $4,000
more women, but the largest pro-
portionate increase was 214,O00
additional women taken into gov
eminent service. Women have
replaced 1,417, 900 men since 1914.
Industrial and government work
have taken 100000 women former
ly employed in domestic service
or in dressmaking.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
DIPLOMAT is BURIED
WILSON ATTENDS FUNERAL OF
CHILEAN AMBASSADOR.

State funeral services were held in
the national capital last Monday for
the late Senior don Santiago Aldunate,
the Chilean ambassador, who died
Wednesday of last week. President
Wilson and his cabinet, the diplomatic
corps. the Supreme Court and mem
bers of the Senate foreign relations
committee and the House foreign af-
fairs committee attended.
Services were neid at ST. Matthew's
Church where Requiem Mass was
said. The body was placed in a vault
where it will be kept until warship
is ready to carry it to Chile.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
Hibernian Convention

The Hibernians of California have
made most elaborate arrangements to
greet the delegates to the Hibernian
National Convention which is to take
place in San Francisco in July. Over
$4,000 has been raised so far by the
local Hibernian committee to help
entertain the big convention, which
was set for San Francisco by the dele
gates to the last national convention
in Boston.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27
TRUE TO FORM
DESCENDANT OF DANIEL o'coN-
NELL CITED FOR BRAVERY.

Mrs.. Mary O'Connell, a widow of
Rockaway Beach, L. l., read with
glistening eyes of how her son, Daniel
M. O'Connell, had been cited for
bravery. Daniel, Mrs. O'Connell re-
called, is still several months short
of being Is years old. From this
statement, Private O'Connell is prob
ably the youngest American soldier
in France to be commended for valor.
He is descendant of the ilIustrious
Irish leader, Daniel O'ConneH, after
whom he was named.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

DR.. Franklin Martin, Chairman
of the General Medical Board,
Council of National Defense, re-
ports that there are, not counting
still-births, 100000 deaths a year
in this country Of children under
five years of age, most of these
deaths being preventable
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-27

An exchange offers, to certain
contributors, this advice, which
we heartily endorse: o friends, do
not send your home made poetry
to this office, and then get angry
at us because it is so crude, we
cannot print it! Don't do any
thing that will break up a friend
ship of long standing. We can t
help it because you can't write
poetry!