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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
CIRCUS ROUTING EXPERTS
TO HELP R. R. PROBLEM

international News Service:
NEW YORK, Jan. E.-Experts in
the booking and routing of circuses
will come TO the aid Of the govern
ment in its problem OF transporta-
ton for the country, and the eff
cient methods Of the show business
viii be applied directly 10 the work
Of moving supplies for the United
States.
Nor will the circus methods 10 be
placed on the military roster be con
fined 10 the booking OF transporta-
ton The kitchen system OF the big
tops will also be transferred 10 the
army environments, and men who
have long travelled with the circuses
and esta blished the kitchens OF the
outdoor organizations will shortly
be enlisted into the service Of the
country for the purpose of standard
izing the kitchens at the various
army environments.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
DIRTY CHIMNEYS
SOURCE Of FIRE
Reduction of Fuel Bills Made
Possible by Clean
FiueS Also.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. Clean
Your Flues" is the subject of a re-
cent bulletin issued by the National
Fire Protection association.
Fires occurring in chimneys are
due primarily to Accommodations of
SCOT" says the bulletin. "Accumu-
lations of SCOT are due 10 imperfect
com bustion of fuel and to neglect to
clean the chimney at proper inter
walls. Wood and bituminous or soft
coal, under the best conditions, pro
duce more SCOT than anthracite or
hard coal
1T is essential that furnaces
should be properly designed and in
stalled with reference to the kind
OF fuel 70 be used.
Much can be done by intelligent
firing. Comparatively small charges
Of coal put on at frequent intervals
and spread upon a portion of the fire
bed only will produce better COM
bustion than is possible with large
charges at infrequent intervals The
object of not covering the whole FIRE
bed with coal is TO permit the gases
from the freshly fred coal 10 be
quickly ignited As soon as fresh
coal has been cooked it should be
spread out over the entire bed. when
IL viii burn as a bright fire without
further smoke. A continually and
freely smoking chimney is a sure
sign Of imperfect combustion.
Stoves and furnaces should be
periodically examined 10 see that
they are in proper repair.
How to Clean Chimneys.
The best method, of course. is a
thorough cleaning by an exrert
chimney sweep. Where the services
of such a man are not available, the
common method Of lowering a brick
wrapped in a carpet by a rope from
the top Of the chimney and swing
ing it around inside will be found
effective.
"The burning Of zinc scraps over
hot fire is reported to have been
attended with good results in some
cases.
"Stovepipes and hues should be
carefully examined from time TO
time TO see that they are in good
repair and should be thoroughly
cleaned out at least once a year.
Special attention is necessary to the
condition of those portions of a
stovepipe which may be within ven
tilated thimbles used for the pro-
lection of partitions. etc, through
which the pipe happens to pass. De-
terioration of the pipe and thimble
due to rust, which would be detect
ed in exposed pipe, often escapes
notice within the thimble and is only
discovered when a SCOT fire occurs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06

PASSENGER SERVICE. steam
about 40 trains daily-7O in and 20 or
WATER SUPPLY; The city's water
100 artesian wells Plant valuation, 81
ing capacity for "A hours 24,000.00O &
and puts out fires with pure. cold spar
OF less fortunate cities
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06

CHICAGO, Jan. s. - Scarcity of
essential factors. but rapid move
ment in business of all lines. is
commented upon in the report OF
business conditions in the seventh
feIeraI reserve bank district. issued
By the Federal Reserve bank of
Chicago. here this week.
The report reads substantially as
follows.
Business in practically all lines
is moving at a rapid pace and the
principal comment in this cOnnec-
ton is the scarcity Of the essential
factors, namely, labor, trs.nsporta-
ton. fuel and materials. A few in
dustries, however. through the lack
Of fuel and material, have been
compelled TO cut down their work
ing force. There is little effort be-
ing expended in search Of new bus
mess. as concerns are working at
capacity 10 turn out that which
comes 10 them unsOught. The usual
holiday trade is not anticipated. The
investment market has been mar
rowed To such an extent that ad-
justments looking 10 reduction OF
forces are taking place. Investment
activities are practically confined to
short term corporate notes and mu-
nicipals il is reported that the
large November and December ma
turtles in investors hands have
been satisfactorily met
The corn crop is in itself a great
disappointment though there is
some solace in the fact that this
condition has augmented TO a CON
siderable degree, the feeding of
live stock. Heavy snow has been
decidedly favorable TO winter wheat
and rye. Cold weather has. if any
thing. operated to the improvement
of the corn situation. Large acre
age Of winter wheat is reported. The
bean and potato crop is not being
freely marketed owing 10 transpOr-
tation difficulties. Money rates are
expected to remain hard indefinite
~, due to government financing.
immense activity and soft corn sit
uation, which brings the farmers to
the banks as borrowers at a time
when they are usually in funds.
Scarcity of labor and materials
is a matter of serious consideration
to agricultural implement manufac-
turers; otherwise. a good spring
business is anticipated and collec-
tions are good.
''Autom2bile concerns are seeking
to divert their facilities into other
channels such as the manufacture
of aeroplane engines and bodies,
trucks and ordnance parts, which
will secure for them government
contracts. Pleasure automobile
business viii be greatly restricted.
Collections have frightened some
what
Building Low.
Building is practically at a
standstnl. due to the season and to
scarcity of materials and the car
shortage. Collections are good
generally though some complaint is
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06

and causes sparks 20 drop into the
partition.
Fires in chimneys can sometimes
be e2tinguished with hand chemi-
cal fire eXtinguishers from below
Bicarbonate Of soda thrown upon
the FIRE viii unquestionably retard
the blaze. though il is extremely un-
safe to rely upon this method for
total extinguishment Some fire de-
partments also recommend that salt
be thrown upon the fire 10 extin-
guish chimney fires In every case
o., is safer 10 call the FIRE department
at once, while making every effort
To extinguish the fire before the fire
men arrived. Such fires sometimes
become very serious. and no chances
should be taken. A very large pro
portion even of the less serious fires
can only be extinguished with chem
ical extinguishers turned in from
the top after all the drafts have been
closed
IF the people can be made TO
understand that il costs the city as
much for the fire department 10 re-
spOnd 20 a chimney fire as TO fire
in the business district with $4,000
loss, it may interest them enough
20 make them look after their chin
neys.'
The indianapolis fire department
reports that for the As hour period
beginning Saturday evening. Dec. I.
As roof fires occurred. necessitating
as many runs by department APP
paratus Such fires have been al
most equally as numerous proper
tionately. in other cities of the state.
due 10 the increased use of the
cheaper grades of bituminOus coal
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
TECHNIQUE.

The star actor, unable 10 restrain
his mirth at the astounding sa-in
decollete worn by his leading woman
in the scene where she, a street wsif,
pleads with him 10 give her a
farthing. that she and her widowed
mother may not starve, turned his
back TO the audience. So uncon-
trouable were his chuckles that his
shoulders heaved up and down, and
his head shook. and his neck got
red. and his eyes watered.
a master OF the acting tech
niaue." thought the audience. How
wonderfully he expresses the emo
tional oUtburst OF griefi"-Puck.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
BUNNY TO DO HIS BIT

HUTCHINSON, Kan, Jan. -
Kansas Negroes who are fortunate
enough to go against the Boches viii
have the famous darkey charm, the
left hind foot Of a rabbit, to keep
him safe from the TeutOn bullets.
X. c. (Kroon) Beck, well known
Kansas naturalist and rabbit king
of Kansas, has agreed TO furnish ev-
cry Negro drafted man in the state
a rabbit foot
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
JUNK B0ATMEN BANNED

international News Service.
NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-The junk
boatman has been banned from the
harbor of New York.
The authorities revoked all such
licenses today following an investi-
CATION which indicated that much
Information regarding ship moves
could be obtained from junk boat
men 10y enemy agents.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
.RAlDlNG OPERATIONS
ON THE BRITISH FRONT
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LONDON, Jan. 5. - Aside from
bonn bardments only raiding opera
tons took place on the British front
during the night, the war Office re-
ported today. Near Zonnebeke, on
the West Flanders line, the Germans
attacked a small outpost and cap
tured some prisoners. Near Hole
beke an attempt TO penetrate British
trenches was repulsed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
RECOVERING FROM OPERATION

Mrs. Frank Brechenser, us Cal
ifornia av.. who submitted 20
serious operation last Monday at
Epworth hospital, is slowly recov-
ering-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
VERY REV. JOHN T. McNiCHOLAS,
o. p, CHOSEN TO FILL VACANT
sEE-APPoINTMENT ANNoUNc-
ED LAST SUNDAY.

On Sunday, July 81, official notice
was received in ST. Paul of the ap-
pointment of a successor to the late
Bishop McGolrick of Duluth, Mimi.
The choice fell upon Very Rev. John
T. McNicholas, o. p, who is at pres
ent residing IN Rome. Details of his
conservation and installation will be
announced later.
Bishop-elect McNicholas was born
at Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland,
December Is, 1877. While still small
child he came with his parents to this
country and lived at Chester, Pa. He
received his education in the school
of the Immaculate Heart at Chester,
and at st. Joseph's College, Philadel-
phia, Pa. He completed his higher
studies in the Dominican Scholasticate
at Somerset, Ohio, and in the we'll
known Dominican College of Minerva
in Rome.
The new bishop is known to the
clergy of this country also through his
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
RED CROSS SISTERS
NUNS ENLIST AS NURSES FOR
SOLDIERS IN FRANCE,

Ten Sisters of Charity, composing
the Loyola unit, have arrived in New
York from st. Vincent's hospital, Bir-
mingham, Ala, and are being outfitted
at the Bureau of Nurses Equipment,
222 Fourth Avenue, preparatory to
sailing for France
Headed by Sister Chrysostom, this
unit contains, besides the nuns, a die
titan, laboratory assistant, secretary
and ninety Red Cross nurses. When
they reached New York the question
OF outfitting the nuns came up for the
first time in the history of the Red
Cross. The Sisters affirmed, however,
that they had enlisted with the un-
derstanding that they should retain
their official habit of dark blue, with
large white cOronet. In all other re-
spects they will follow Red Cross
rules.
Since the beginning of the war the
mother house Of this order in France
has been doing field work. 1t was de-
cided by the headquarters in this
country that the nuns should go
across, now that so many American
soldiers were fighting on the French
front.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
SIX BISHOPS APPOINTED
VACANT SEES IN VARIOUS PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY RECEIVE
NEW INCUMBENTS.

Last Saturday word was received of
the appointment of bishops to fill six
vacant sees in the United States. Be
sides Bishop McNicholas, the new
Bishop of Duluth, mentioned else.
where, the following are named:
Right Reverend Michael Gallagher
Bishop of Grand Rapids, Mich, sue.
ceeds the late Bishop Foley of De,
troit.
Rev. Terence C. Brady, rector of St
Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque, Ia, is
appointed to Baker City, Ore, in sue
cessiop to Bishop O'Reilly, who was
transferred to Lincoln, Neb.
Rev. Christopher E. Byrne, pastor
of Holy Name Church, st. Louis, is
appointed to Galveston, Texas, to sue
ceed the late Bishop N. Gallagher.
Rev. Arthur Canon Drossaerts, pas
tor of st. Joseph's CHURCH, Bator
Rouge, La, becomes Bishop of Sar
Antonio, Texas, to succeed Bishop
Shaw, who is now Archbishop of New
Orleans.
Rev. Jules B. Jeanmard, recently
Apostolic Administrator of New Or
leans, becomes the first Bishop of the
newly erected Diocese of Lafayette
La.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27

articles on the new Code of Canon
Law, and chiefly his commentary on
the new marriage laws. Bishop Nc.
Nicholas has a brother, Rev. Michael
McNicholas, who is also a priest of
the Dominican Order. He is in New
York City.
In 1894 the new bishop entered the
Dominican Order and was ordained in
1901. He taught philosophy and canon
law in the Immaculate Conception
College in Washington, D. c., and was
master of novices for four years. Lat
er on he was appointed director of the
Bureau Of the Holy Name Society,
which attained epeh prominence un-
der the brilliant Dominican Father
McKenna Father McNicholas was
also editor of the Holy Name Jour
nal, New York, from 1908, and later
he was made rector of the Church of
ST. Catherine of Sienna, New York.
He was instrumental in bringing about
the Holy Name Congress in Baltimore
in 1911, and was afterwards appoint
ed to succeed Father McKenna in the
work of the Holy Name Society. About
a year ago he was summoned to Rome
to act as assistant to the general Of
the Dominican Order, and as professor
in the Collegio Angelica, Rome
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
More Voters in ireland
NUMBER INCREASED $50 PER
CENT UNDER NEW LAW.

The number of persons entitled to
vote in Ireland will be increased near
ly $50 per cent under the new fran
chise law giving everyone who has
lived in Ireland six months the right
to vote. The franchise is extended to
women over 80 years old who are the
wives of electors.
The city of Dublin has had up to
now about 10000 voters. In future it
will have 100000
Their suspicious as to the intentions
of the Government with regard to con
scmption very nearly kept thousands
of them off the new voters lists, fol
when the forms were sent out requir
ing information as to age and resi-
dece they saw in it a plot of the Gov
ernment to facilitate their enrolment
as conscripts. Their leaders, how
ever, promptly allayed their fears ant
issued orders encouragirg thea to SC
cure the franchise.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
SOUTHERN CATHOLICS ARE AS
SISTED IN CARING FOR SOL
DIERS-ALTARS FOR FRANCE
RETURNS ON MEN IN SERVICE
COMING SLOWLY FROM PAR
ISHES.

1t was foreseen long ago that the
presence of large aggregations OF SOL
diers and sailors in the South would
impose upon the Southern Catholic
communities obligations of service
heavier than their small numbers
could bear, and that help would have
to be sought from the generosity OF
the more populous dioceses of the
North. Several such applications were
in fact considered and approved at the
recent meeting of the National Catho-
lie War Councils Committee on Spe-
cial Activities Funds were voted, for
example, for further equipping serv-
ice club house for men at Charles
ton, S. c., also towards a service club
at Columbia, S. c.. also towards serv-
ice club at Greenville, S. G. All
these places are under the supervision
of Bishop Russell, of Charleston. AT
Newport News, Va, the st. Vincent de
Paul Society has been carrying on q
service club, the demands upon which
are much beyond their resources
They have been helped. The same
is true of Fortress Monroe and al
Portsmouth. Bishop O'ConneH and thu
! Richmond Diocesan Council will su
peryise these works. Bishop Curley'!
Diocesan Council have acquisitions fol
and been accorded Catholic Visitors
4 House at Jacksonville, and another il
urgently required, and will be provid
ed at once, at Camp Stuart, Newpor
News. Still another Visitors Hous
is under way at Camp Upton, New
i York
i Demand upon Catholic generosit
in war work comes from still farthe
i afield. Among Frances other losse
are the churches in hundreds of vi
. lagos and the altars at which Mas
| can be said. In any, perhaps in all. (
these villages, American Catholic so
/ diers may be quartered, sothe Cath
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
TO COACH CHAPLAINS
REV. JAMES r. HOULIHAN WILL
INSTRUCT PRIEST-SOLDIE
STATIONED IN FRANCE.

The Rev. James F. Houlihan, ma
tive of Susquehanna, Pa, and for
merly well-known priest in the Scran-
ton diocese, has been named instruc-
tor of chaplains by the United States
and will be stationed in France. For
five years Father Houlihan has been
an army chaplain.
At Bois de Belleau, France, Fa.
ther Houlihan won the name among
the soldier boys as the fighting chap.
lain Time after time he braved
machine gun fire to furnish tobacco
for the soldiers and on one occasion
he held funeral services within thirty
yards of the German trenches. In his
new position Chaplain Houlihan will
instruct chaplains how best to serve
God and humanity on the battlefelds
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
For Lost Soldiers

The Knights of Columbus announc-
ed this week the opening of a lost
soldier" department at headquarters
in New York. Through cooperation
with the adjutant generals Office
the statement said the bureau will
furnish information as to the where
abouts of men who, through care
lessness fail to keep in touch with
their families and friends.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
ONE OF PoLAND's GREATEST MEN
THE JESUIT SKARGA, PATRl-
OF AND LEADER OF HIS PEO-
PLE-cALLED "PRoPHET OF Po-
LAND"-FOUNDED LOAN BANKS
FOR POOR.

The world fatty refuses to recog.
| nize members of religious orders,
and primarily Jesuits, as partiots
says the Central Bureau Press Bulle-
tin. Over and over again one is
forced to realize that, in the popular
mind, the becowled religious are con.
sidered ENJOYS of Rome, who bear no
true and unselfish love for their own
people, and have no interest in their
welfare. 1t is, therefore, all the more
worthy of note that the open Court,
published by the well-known Monist
Paul Carus, prints the biography Of a
man who is venerated by his people
as noble patriot,-Father Peter
Skarga of the Society Of Jesus.
No one can read this article with
out being filled with the greatest ad-
miration for this priest and religious.
Still even this Well-meant biography
fails to convey proper impression of
the real Importance of this great man,
of whom Prof. Ignatius Chrzanowski,
historian of Literature, writes: ".
At that time there arose a man in
Poland, who loved his country with
such consuming love, who was so
painfully affected by all that happened
to his native land, who was more
solicitous Of it's future than any other
man living in the 10th century; a
man, pure as a tear-drop, sanity of
heart and in his deeds, and gifted
with SURPRISING knowledge; a man,
who determined to arouse his people
once more and to win them to reform
and charity by conjuring them in the
name of God. This man was a priest,
the greatest preacher Poland has pro-
duced, and one Of the greatest in the
wide world, a man of plain birth,
Peter Skarga (1536-1612), the author
of the immortal Diet Sermons"
(Kazania sejmowe)."
In the article appearing in the
open Court" entire passages are
quoted from these sermons and the
proof advanced for their partly
prophetic character; Skarga had pre-
dicted the decline and fall of Poland
some 200 years before the end came,
so that he had aptly been surnamed
the Prophet of Poland" A part of
his prophecy has come true, and the
Poles hope that the second part,
which treats of the resurrection of
Poland, will become a fact also.
Skarga was, moreover,-and this
fact interests us particularly-the
pioneer social reformer of Poland, who
not only expressed in words but also
in deeds the thought of Catholic So
cial action. 1t is worthy of note, espe-
cially at this time, that this priest
prepared a prayerbook with wonder
fully beautiful prayers and medita-
tions" (Chrzanowski) for soldiers,
thus evidencing at that remote time,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
Catholic General Honored
GENERAL MCINTYRE TO BE AS
SISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF.

Major General Frank Mcintyre, chief
of the Insular Bureau and formerly
chief military censor, has been select
ed to become principal assistant to
General March, chief of staff.
General Mcintyre has been chief of
the Insular Bureau since 1912, having
previously served in the bureau with
the rank of major and colonel He is
an infantry officer and graduated from
West Point in 1882, later becoming
honor graduate of the Infantry and
Cavalry School in 1889.
General Mcintyre is not only one of
the best known of the Catholic officers
in the service, but one of the most
popular of his brother officers on duty
in Washington.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
Readjust Polish Church

When Mgr Achille Ratti, APOSTLE
Visitor to Poland, left Rome recently
for his new sphere of action, all doubts
had been cleared up in the public
mind as to the nature of his mission
This is purely of spiritual character,
and consists in arranging the affairs
of the Church in Poland in view of the
position which the downfall of the Rus
sian regime has brought about In
his capacity as Prefect Of the Vatican
Library Mgr. Ratti has long been well
and most favorably known to Poles;
hence his special fitness for his new
post. During his absence his place ir
Rome will be filled by Mgr. Mereatti
writer for the Greek language in the
library.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
Catholic Conventions

The eighteenth convention, or the
seventh triennial convention of the
Catholic Mutual Benefit association,
will be held in the Rittenhouse hotel,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday, August 27.
The annual convention of the Catho-
lie Press Association of America will
take place at Chicago August 16 and
IT, Dr. Thomas p Hart, of Cincin-
natl, is national president, and C. M.
Becker, of Brooklyn. N. Y, national
secretary.
The international convention of the
Catholic Order of Foresters will be
held in Duluth, Mimi, August 10 and
II. About five hundred delegates from
the United States and Canada are ex-
pected to attend.