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state ought to take up the cudgel of
decency and to safeguard humanity.
During the registration more than a
year ago, it was found that among
young men of draft age, there were
445,000 of them in the United States
suffering from syphilis and about five
times this number from gonorrhoea
These 445,O00 young men were not in
cluded in any of the drafts. While
there is no way of telling the number
of men above the draft age who are
suffering from the effects of these d.
large. For instance, the number Of
young men in New York alone, men
Of the draft age, $4,000 some are suf-
fering from syphilis. In Illinois the
number is $4,000 and in Georgia more
than 10000. Colorado is low with
only 1000 and North Dakota has g.
000 These young men constitute a
part of our army Of defense and steps
should be taken Immediately every
where to stamp out the disease. The
death knell of prostitution must be
sounded. This country engaged in the
greatest struggle in all history and
the venereal diseases to which the in
discreet are subjected will prove as
great an enemy to Americans as the
Huns themselves There is no use
worrying about the young men in the
army. General Pershing is looking
after their welfare and they will come
back the cleanest lot of young men
the world has ever known We who
are left at home, away from the dan
ger of the enemy's shells, should show
our loyalty to the ause for which
these young men are fighting by using
our influence to stamp out these d.
seases. The man or woman who
knowingly contributes to the spread
ing of either of these diseases should
be considered as dangerous to Amer
lean society as the spy who tries to
undermine our government. Both of
them are engaged in work that lies in
the same direction. Soon every med
ical man in the United States will be
under direct government control and
perhaps internment camps will be pre-
pared for those who are responsible
for these conditions.
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BUY THEM W !! =: s: BUY THEM!
MINOT MEN ENLIST FOR PATRI.
OTTO FARM WORK.

The Independent is proud of the
fact that the men employed by this Of
flee or otherwise connected with it
ere 100 per cent farmers, according to
the registration cards signed up for
the Ward County Was Service work.
his old shop will run short handed
during the harvest and threshing sea-
son if necessary. We may not prove
to be very good farm workers. Some
of US are too fat and some of US are
a trifle too thin. Two of US are as
Laid headed as a billiard ball. We may
l., little short-winded and soft-mus-
cled. Our hands may blister and our
old backs ache, but we've enlisted for
farm work and are proud of it. We
are willing to take the "going wages"
If we're worth it and less if we are
not. Some of US are likely to turn the
money we earn over to the Red Cross
which will be fair proposition. Most
of US came from the farms originally,
but we have strayed away and taken
up other avocations. Hundreds of
other Minot men, some five hundred, it
is estimated, have signed up for the
work. This is a mighty force of will
ing workers which is going to make it
certain that the crops in this vicinity
will be safely harvested and threshed.
The experience is going to be good,
especially for the man who sticks close
to his office. He's going to get plenty
Of good fresh air and exercise and he
will return to his desk in much better
condition than the man who spends
his vacation lying about the lakes. The
men. Of Minot have demonstrated that
they are not afraid Of hard work and
plenty of it, when they assisted the
farmers dig rock from the Red Cross
half section of land east of the city
some weeks ago. They are going into
this harvest game just as earnestly
and the Independent trusts that none
Of them will set too fast pace for
their employers. Some one has sug-
gested that those signing the cards
form themselves into a semi-military
organization, in which case it would
seem appropriate to borrow a modern
military term and call the organiza-
ton "Minot's Shock Troops"
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man who talked for Germany up to
April 6, 1917, when the United States
declared war on Germany, but who
suddenly became silent on April Z and
has remained silent ever SINCE" In
all fairness to the many thousands Of
loyal German-Americans in this coun-
try, the Lieutenant stated that those
who threw off the yoke of their Faith
erland and became 100 per cent Amer
leans, should be given more credit
than those who have never been bound
to Germany by any ties.
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Arza f.Da, f-ass

While all America is rejoicing this
week over the great American vic
tory IN France, we should not lose
sight of the fact that the war is not
yet over and that it will in all prob
ability take long time yet to bring
Kaiser Bill to his knees. The Huns
have suffered humiliating defeat,
costly in men and supplies, but the
German leaders, with cold calculation,
have figured out just how many men
they could afford to sacrifice on such
and such front. A succession of
such blows as the-Germans have re-
ceived during the past week will set
them to thinking at home, however,
for the dear Crown Prince will have to
do some explaining to pacify the folks
back beyond the Rhine. Of course we
are going to drive the Kaiser's men
back beyond the Rhine and carry the
war on into Germany. This is going
to take time and many thousands of
men. Germany has made her brags
that on her home ground she has the
strongest Notifications in the world,
and perhaps she has. We have got to
keep after her relentlessly. We must
COIlCIlue W pOuE Hleu lILO rance Dy
the hundreds of thousands. We have
started in this war and we are going
to see it thru. Uncle Sam has merely
gotten rid of his surplus clothing and
has just warmed up bit, preparing
for battle. Of course, our casualty
lists are going to grow larger and
larger for when we take the offensive
we must expect this. But we must
not pay too much attention to this. AS
Lieut.. Roselli, the brave Italian, re-
marked in Minot when he appeared
here Monday, we've got to die some
time, and how much more glorious it
is to die for an ideal than to live on
for twenty or thirty years longer, and
then "cash in" after all efforts to keep
US alive with oxygen have proved fu-
tile, and with a doctor on one side of
US and nurse on the other. Many
things could be worse than glorious
death on the field Of battle when one
is fighting for justice.
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Golisch Returns from St. Paul Visit,

Golisch Returns from st. Paul Visit.
y. Leo Golisch, manager Of the Twin
City Paper House Of Minot, returned
from visit to St. Paul. Mr.. Golisch
reports wonderful crops in Minnesota,
corn looking especially fine.
Mr.. Golisch learned much about the
paper market while in the cities.
Print paper is very scarce and there is
i Little hope of conditions Frightening.
Inc scarcity Of coal the coming win
yer, Is going to be a serious PROPOSE
ton and the government will I'M
doubtedly order all paper mills closed,
such as the makers Of fancy crash pa
pers, that are not considered particu-
iarly necessary. Cheap bond papers
have practically been taken from the
market and all bond papers for bust
ness letter heads have advanced near
~ 30 per cent since April I.
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VINO did some hair raising stunts were
Henry Gilmore, Fancis Mccormick,
Alvina Vrem, Marjorie Nelson, Mil
dred BJorn and Thelma johnson.
Inc side show was worth the price
OF admission many times over. There
was fortune telling and Elmanda, the
rat rat Lady; the curiosity shop and the
Wild Girl from Borneo. Marjorie Nell
son dld the Scottish Fling in costume.
a Little Bit of Heaven was sung by
Mildred Biorn and The Freckled Faced
Little Girl by Marjorie Nelson. The
youngsters sold pop and novelties and
the visitors threw rings on nails for
right.
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Minot Youngsters Gave Circus for Red
Cross.

Some small boys and girls who live
IN Lakeside addition on the North Side
gave real kids circus for the Red
Gross last Saturday evening. They
fitted up barn for the event and took
in 1897. After paying all expenses
they turned $3.50 over to the Red
Cross.
The managers of the circus were
Marjorie Nelson, Thelma johnson. Al
VIVA Vrenn and Mildred Bjorn. Henry
Gilmore was the clown. Other partic-
ipants were Francis Mccormick, Har-
riet johnson, Josephine Petras, Helen
Wenneson, Donald Lee, Eleanor Nc
Cormick, Hazel Petras and Walter
Wenneson, the violinist and trap
drummer. The trapeze performers
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How different from Democratic Am
erica! Colonel Roosevelt was denied
the privilege of heading division to
France, but his four sons have all
been in the thick of the fighting. One
OF them, Quentin, lost his life when his
alrplane was shot down. Two of the
other Roosevelt boys have been
wounded and only one has escaped un-
harmed so far.
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IW.S.S.l

Hindenberg has evidently come to
life again, but it looks very much as
if the former Gar of all the Russias
is goner. Nicholas has been shot by
order of the Bolsheviki, who feared
that an effort was being made to place
him back into power The other mem
bers of the family are said to be safe
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America is proud of the record the
Sammies have made in the big often
sive which was started by General
Pershing and the French last Thurs
day. The Huns, as we all know, had
made their fifth big drive, which had
been stopped almost as soon as it be-
gan, not because the German prepare
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Enlist in Nauu

Fred Jewett, Melvin Fauchah and
Fred Rush are three prominent young
Minot businessmen who have jn0t en-
listed In the navy They will remain
here until ordered to report il Min
neapolis.
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-, Would-be Newlyweds who do not
IKE the sound of Mendelsshons' We'd
Ding March any longer on account of
its German origin, should wait Just a
little while till John Phillip Sousa
completes his new march upon which
ne is said to be at work..
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Last week the Independent publish
ed poem about "the carefullest man
in the world" referring to the Kaiser
and his six sons, who see to it that
they are safe behind the battle lines.
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Lieut.. Roselli, speaking before the
Rotary Club the other day, told a
mighty fine way of determining the
pro-Germans. He said, "Beware of the
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We might suggest that those de-
fective raincoats sent by INSCRIPTIONS
manufacturers to General Pershing's
army, could have been sent to North
Dakota.
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Eight states have begun relentless
fight on venereal diseases and every
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
DIOCESE OF ST. CLOUD

ST. Cloud: Mrs. Daniel Coonan of
Minneapolis, was the speaker at the
quarterly meeting of the Guild OF
Catholic women of ST. Cloud on last
Friday afternoon The meeting was
held at the st. Cloud Institute. Mrs.
L. Schumperlin, president of the Guild,
presided. Right Rev. Bishop Busch
was present This was the first meet
ing for the opening of the winters
work. The outline of work planned
will cover the different phases of So
cial work necessary for prevention
and relief for the needs of the city.
In her talk Mrs. Coonan urged the
united effort of all women OF all
classes. She said, There never was
a time when we needed the co-opera'
ton, the devotion, the vision and the
love that we do now to help bring
about the best results for all peoples
of all nations Though our schemes
may be perfect in theory and our
plans for reconstruction may be
formed without flaw it will not avail
if the Individual remain selfish and
blind. A nation cannot regenerate
moral law and social service except
through individual self-denial, self,
sacrifice and service
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MINNEAPOLIS UNITS CONTINUE
WORK IN VARIOUS LINES OF
HELPFuLNESS - REPORT OF
PARISH ORGANIZATIONS FOR
NOVEMBER.

A record of 355,316 dressings for
the year 1918 is the grand total of the
surgical dressings department of the
Catholic Red Cross of Minneapolis.
Of these the Pro-Cathedral unit sup
piled 1872, 9-considerably more than
one-third of the entire number of
pieces, the st. Thomas unit supplied
41,827 pieces. Several units did not
begin until late in the year-some in
April, some in June and even later,
but the grand total of more than $685.
900 dressings indicates to what good
purpose all of the units contributed
their share of time and Jealous labor
for the wounded. This department of
the work is now closed, but the other
departments will continue, for in some
respects the need of this charity is
greater than at any former time.
The report of the twenty units of
the city for the month of November,
including the surgical dressings, is as
follows:
ProoCathedral: 1928 Sx9 com
presses, So 19x20 oakum pads, 80
12x12 cello pads, 1904 sponges, 295
AKA wipes, IS 1x18 pads, $40 2x2
wipes; refugee garments: Al boys
winter suits, 20 girls dresses, COM
fort bags, hand-tied; knitting section:
10 hand-knit sweaters, SO pairs hand
knit socks; Is remodeled army shirts;
1 pair wristbands.
All Saints: SO pajama suits.
Ascension: $500 sponges, 1000 2x2
wipes, 100 face masks, 100 bath robes,
80 sweater vests, so hand-knit
sweaters, Is pairs hand-knit socks.
ST. Boniface: 1900 AKA congresses.
"a pajama suits, SO comfort bags, %
pairs hand-knit socks, IA hand-knit
sweaters.
ST. Bridget's: No report.
st. Clements IA convalescent
robes, 10 hand-knit sweaters, so pairs
hand-knit socks.
Holy Name: 80 pajama suits, 40
sweater-vests, 20 boys shirts IA
years., Is pairs hand-knit socks.
Holy Rosary: 400 sponges, 20 8x12
pads, 35 AKA congresses, SO pajama
suits, IA hand-knit sweaters, 10 pairs
hand-knit socks.
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THE FORTY HOURS
IMPRESSIVE FERVOR IN CHURCH
OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SOLEMN CEREMONY IN NEW
EDIFICE.

The Forty Hours Alteration in the
new Church of the Incarnation blend
ed the Sacred Heart devotions of the
First Friday with devotion to the
Blessed Virgin Mary in honor of her
Immaculate Conception. The adora-
ton began with Solemn High Mass at
eight o'clock Friday, December 6, and
ended Sunday evening, December 8.
1t was the first solemn ceremony in
the new church and the people of the
parish responded with most edify-
ing fervor.
The Mass of the Most Blessed Sac
rament was celebrated by Reverend
Edward F. Casey, with Reverend
George Rolwes as deacon and Very
Reverend J. M. Cleary, pastor OF the
church, as subdeacon. The new sur
pliced choir of twenty-five boys sang
for the first time the responses of the
Mass At the communion all of the
surpliced boys clustered around the
altar to receive Holy Communion, and
a half-hundred girls dressed in white
with wreaths and wells were the first
of several hundred to gather at the
sanctuary steps to receive the Bread
of Life. At the end of the Mass the
procession through the aisles and am
bulatories of the church was led by
the fifty girls in white. They were
followed by the members of the Altar
Society and the Apostleship of Prayer.
The cross bearer, followed by score
of acolytes carrying lighted candles,
with censers swinging and flowers fall
ing before the Blessed Sacrament
moved slowly around the church while
the "Pange Lingua" was chanted by
the choir.
During the three days the different
sections of the parish we're assigned
to the alteration in the church. On
Friday evening Reverend E. Wilbee,
pastor of st. Anthony's Church,
preached on Frequent Communion. At
the Solemn Mass in honor of the I'm
maculate Conception Very Reverend
H. Moynihan, President of st. Thomas
College, preached on the Blessed Sac
rament. Sunday evening the devo-
lions opened with the Rosary and the
renewed pledges of the promoters of
the Apostleship of Prayer Very Rev.
J. M. Cleary then preached on Rev
erence in the House of Cod" The
chanting of the Litany was led by
Father Rolwes and then the process
sion took place as on Friday morning.
Sunday evening, however, the men
of the parish we're the only adults to
take part in the procession. The girls
and boys marched as before, but with
them marched representatives of the
| Catholic Order of Foresters, the ST.
| Vincent de Paul Society, the Ancient
Order of Hibernians, the Knights of
| Columbus and the Mems Club. About
| two hundred men filled the ranks of
| the procession and presented most
| impressive and edifying demonstra-
| ton of active faith The Forty Hours
/ Alteration served to emphasize, as
nothing else could, the truth that all
the sacrifices made SO generously by
the parish during the past two years
in building the beautiful temple OF
which all are so proud, were made to
provide a home for the Eucharistic
God.
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MINNEAPOLIS CATHOLIC RED CROSS

Incarnation: 275 AKA congresses,
120 8x12 pads, 35 pairs hand-knit
socks.
ST. Anthony: LOO AKA congresses,
10 bathrobes, As girls dresses, 6
quilts, .hand-tied, II pairs hand-knit
socks, 16 hand-knit sweaters.
Robbinsdale (Sacred HearD: 20
pairs hand-knit socks.
Ladies' Auxiliary A. o. H.: 100
sponges, $50 2x2 wipes, Sc ski pads,
10 boys winter suits, 6 pairs hand
knit socks.
st. Helena's: so comfort kits, so
housewives, 7 pairs hand-knit socks.
st. Josephs. 1900 AKA congresses,
SO pajama suits, 81 pairs hand-knit
socks.
st. Elizabeth's: 40 paiama suits,
200 remodelled army shirts, 2 pairs
hand-knit socks.
st. Stephens: 1850 AKA COM
presses, 10 18x23 paper-backed pads.
ST. Thomas: $50 Sx12 pads, 76 2x2
wipes, $40 AKA congresses, sponges,
10 pajama suits, 20 boys shirts, 10
girls dresses, hand-knit sweaters.
st. Lawrence: so comfort-kits, 100
housewives, 20 day-shirts, % pairs
hand-knit sweaters.
The French Unit: 1877 Sx12 pads,
552 AKA congresses, Ats 2x2 wipes, rs
boys winter suits.
Holy Cross: 80 pajama suits, so
comfort kits, p hand-knit sweaters,
% pairs hand-knit socks.
Detailed reports for the gauze-work
Of 1918 are not yet completed from
all of the units, but the variety of the
dressings and articles supplied is
shown by two of those centers whose
work in the gauZe department contin-
ued throughout the entire year.
The Pro-Cathedral unit, since JAN,
1918, has turned in: 5,736 AKA COM
presses, 23,615 sponges, 18,308 AKA
wipes, 26,915 2x2 wipes, 1889 9x9 COM
presses, 2O,837 SKA congresses, 274
16x24 paper-backed pads, 3,465 IKEA
cotton pads, 24,63O tampons, 1928 11x12
cotton pads, 1,744 1x19 packings, 1852
14x2O cello pads, 313 face masks. $50
oakum pads. Total dressings, 1859.
st. Thomas unit, since JAM, 1918,
has supplied: 1914 AKA wipes, 2,791
AKA congresses, 2,O82 9x9 congresses,
2,S43 SKA congresses, 3,113 2x2 wipes,
1874 sponges, 293 gauze strips, 5,046
tampons, 46O Ike packings, 201 irriga-
ton pads. Total dressings 41,827
dressings.
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dred in the commercial department
and thirty-five in the seventh and
eighth grades. The little ones could
not all promise the full amount OF
$500; but the older students more
than made up the deficiency, num-
Der of them promising $12. The
Colonel, Helen Waterhouse, was over
whelmed with the eagerness of the
girls to get their pledges on record
She had prepared for an energetic
campaign against the Indifferent, the
unwilling, and the faint-hearted, but
found herself besieged by applications
for pledges until her supply was ex-
hausted and her campaign never be-
gun. The average amount pledged
was 1927.
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which has been nearly completed in
about six weeks.

The Saint Paul Association, having
opened its membership to women, is
meeting with encouraging results
along the line of securing new mem
bers. The following is quoted from a
letter addressed to the women of the
city:-"We, the women of Saint Paul,
have learned during the war, the
forceful advantage of city-wide coop
GRAFTON. This success at mobilization
has led many of our most active war
work women to become .insistent that
return to peace conditions shall not
allow US to drop back into state of
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isolation of interest, narrowness Of.
vision and faulty execution which
characterized the woman power of
Saint Paul previous to the War. II
we do not capitalize cur war service
we shall deny ourselves such active
participation in the fruits of victory,
as we have justly earned, and indeed,
the opportunity to effectively register
our convictions regarding the policies
of reconstruction shall have been
lost"
The following Catholic women are
now members OF the S. p. A.. Mes
danes Pierce Butler, w. Butler, w. j.
Logue. M. P. Ryan, H. T. Quinlan, r.
A. Walsh, Miss Agnes Doherty.
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The War Camp Community Service
committee will meet next Monday at
the Athletic Club at 1880. A survey
of the work of the Society, being car
ried on for the soldiers and sailors in
this city by the organization up to
date, will be read by J. G. Flanagan,
chairman.
The following names have been in
cluded in the list of county chairmen
for the National Catholic War Coun-
Gil: Mr.. J. J. Bovy, Red Wing; Mr..
Chas. Purcell, Green Isle; Mr.. Thomas
w. Henry, Delano, Mimi.
The Parks and Fairgrounds De-
partment of the city, under Commits
sioner J. c. Clancy, is forming a COM
munity chorus, or singing society. An
invitation is extended to all the mem
bers of church choirs.
The st. Paul Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross will hold an election of
directors for the coming year on Dec
ember Is. The members who are seek
ing reelection are: Mesdames G. w.
Ames, A. r. Colvin, Albert Hall,
Misses Margaret Lettuce, K. Clum and
Messrs.. Louis Betz, Otto Bremen, A.
W. Lindeke, L. R. Ordway, Drs. Arthur
Sweeney and w. A. Dennis. New
nominees are: Mesdames G. N.
Akers, G. Gutterson, W. ]. Kidder,
Geo. c. Squires, Fl. S. Webster, B. l..
Goodkind, H. T. Quinlan. g., M. Griggs
and Messrs H. T. Drake, Hans Mad
sen, John H. Seeger. Every member
of the Red Cross is entitled to vote
The ballots can be secured and cast at
Red Cross Headquarters on December
Is, from 8. A. M. to 5. P. M.
The ladies committee, which is or
ganizing the parish of st. Luke, mel
on Tuesday at the Knights of Colum
bus Hall. Mrs P. Gallagher, chairman
spoke Of the success of the work