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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24

Libre Belgique has been a thorn in
the flesh of the German invaders of
Belgium, and despite all efforts of
German spies it has never been dis
covered where this Ioyalist weekly
was printed. 1t is published regularly.
nevertheless, and distributed through
out the occupied territory, even the
German Governor General finding a
copy in his letter box with unfailing
regularity. 1t is commonly believed
the newspaper is printed on an auto
mobile, which moves from place to
place.
The Germans have tried by every
means to stop the publication of this
paper. Their spies even invaded the
confessionals and hoping to tempt the
priests into some betraying statement
would slip them money for the paper.
But when this money, turned over by
the priests to the Bishops, was handed
by the latter to the German authori-
ties, they found themselves condemned
by their own actions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
YANks GIVE SURPRISE TO
FRENCH PRiEST-BOYS, NOT
UNDERSTANDING HIS TONGUE,
THINK HE is ASKING FOR
MONEY.

How a French parish priests ser
mon to his people to quit profiteer-
ing resulted in the best collection he
had obtained in years, because the
American Catholic soldiers present
thought he was scolding them for
money, is shown in a recent issue of
The Stars and Stripes, the paper pub
lished in the trenches. The priest
wanted to return the money, but the
boys would not take it. The Stars and
Stripes said:
The cure of a little village church
down in the S. O. S. got it into his
head that his parishiOners were over
charging the Americans for laundry
work, for chocolate, for souvenirs, and
other things. Being a downright sort
of person he decided that something
must be done about it.
Next Sunday, in his church, filled
one-half with his own congregation
and the other half with American sol
diers, he proceeded to read the
former the riot act. In accents strong
and French, he laid down the law.
"Vous hernandez cinq francs quand
Vous aVez droit a I'm franc seule
ment!" was one of the points he laid
stress on again and again, by way of
telling the faithful that some of them
were asking five times more than
they had a right to.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
Belgian Editors Deported
PRIEST AMONG THOSE SEN
FENCED FOR ALLEGED CON-
NECTION WITH PHANTOM
NEWSPAPER.

Three prominent Belgians have
been sentenced to long terms of inn
prisonment by the German military
authorities for their alleged cOnnec-
ton with the phantom newspaper
Libre Belgique, according to Les
Nouvelles, a Belgian newspaper pub
lished at The Hague.
Father Delahaye, Belgian priest,
suspected editorial writer, was sen
fenced to fifteen years penal servi-
tude. DR.. Van Caillie, also "sus-
pected" editorial writer, twelve years,
and Lawyer Van der Khoven, "sus-
pected" manager, fifteen years. All
were deported to Germany The trial
lasted three months.
From the account printed in Les
Nouvelles it appears that nothing ac-
tually could be proved against the
accused men, and the heavy sentences
were inflicted ION suspicion"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
Continued from page IL
Socialism After the War

tition will still be too costly to be
borne. It will be necessary for the
Government to conduct certain indus
tries as monopolistic units in order to
avoid the losses that come from dupli'
cation OF plants and functions, and
from a great mass Of operations that
are totally unnecessary.
Prices will be so high that the Gov
ernments will be compelled to do all
that is possible to keep them below
eXtortiOnate levels. Only the Govern
ments will possess the credit and the
organization capable of rehabilitating
the industries that have been de-
stroyed or crippled during the war.
Neither by competition nor by CO.
operation will private individuals or
corporations be able to find places in
the industrial system for the millions
Of men returning home.
For many years, all the productive
energies of the nations will have to
be concentrated upon the essential
and fundamental goods of life, neg
lecting the non-essentials and the lux
uries Only the Governments can or
ganize and control industrial activities
in such way as to secure this result.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24

Mckinley member of the Board OF
Charities of the District of Colum
bia, and served as it's vice-president
for eight years. He was a member
of the immigration Commission ere.
ated by Congress in 1917, and is on
the Alumni Council of the Johns Hop
kins University.
DR.. Neill is a serious social welfare
worker. He has studied economic
conditions in Europe and probed into
the Pacific Coast immigration condi-
lions. He always advocated labor
laws for the protection of women and
children. DR.. Neill was the father of
the Erdman act. Under the provis-
ions of this law controversies, involv-
ing engineers, foremen, conductors,
etc, are the only ones that come
within the scope of arbitration or med
iation, and where there is danger of
interstate traffic being interrupted,
employer or employee may appeal to
the committee of Labor or Chamber
of Interstate Commerce.
DR.. Neill has been a member of the
United States Committee on Training
Camp activities since the war started
He is prominent in Catholic circles
and is a member of the knights of
Columbus and Ancient Order of Hi
bernians.
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ParoIed to Father Dempsey

James Smith Johnson, a negro, was
paroled Tuesday to Father Timothy
Dempsey, of st. Louis, after serving
six and half years out of a 10-year
term in the Missouri penitentiary for
assault with intent to kill
This makes the twentieth person
paroled to Father Dempsey, 10 of
them men and one woman Father
Dempsey says he is proud of the fact
that not one of them has ever gone
back to the old life. He secures en-
ployment for them when put under
his care and helps them . to beat
back
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Continued from page ~
RELIGIOUS SPIRIT
OF OUR SOLDIERS

of Catholic churches in Belgium and
northern France in ruins, the DELHI
crate targets of German shells; when
they see the sublimest thought ever
expressed in stone, mass of smoul-
dering debris, Its glass, rivaled only
by that of Charities, shattered in starry
fragments on its blOodstained pave
mcnt, and its fragments made the
settings of soldiers rings?"
But of all the appeals to the Cath
Ole soldier in France, there is one
that has q force and directness that
are Well-nigh OVerpoWering. 1t is the
antiquity of tho Church. The build
in2s in which he says his prayers are
old, centuries old, and they stand
erect today, despite generations of
war and persecution, firm as the eter-
nal hills, a type of that rock on which
Christ has built His imperishable
Church, with its fortrcss-like walls,
and massive flying buttresses, and
forest OF giant columns, and soaring
arches and twinkling glass, flashing
Out into the gathering darkness with
an indcscribable burst of color. AS he
prayS he calls to mind that Jeanne
dare, too, said her prayers in that
very church some five hundred years
ago. Long before the warrior Maid
Of DOmremy, another old time CRU
sadCr Richard the Lion Hearted,
hung up MS arms, his hammered spoils
displayed and at that very shrine of
the Madonna bcsOught Heaven for vic
tin trOd the ground where our modern
American Crusader now sweeps the
plains with his machine gun, and st.
Louis, King, of the Franks, and his
famous SUCCESSORS, were crowned in
the grand old Cathedral that is daily
suffering it's matyrdom at the hands
CT German gunners." But now these
great ShadOWy names of the vanished
past are dead and gone, the world is
upside-down, all things are changed
all save one, Gods church. Ecclesia
autem in acternum stat. Immediately
our soldiers thoughts run off into rich
new fields, his surging emotions pulse
with a strange new joy, he is carried
back by leaps and bounds into the dim
distance Of the earliest antiquity, and
as he opens his eyes he sees that as
far as there is any monumental evil
dence at all in France, it is Catholic
evidence, and he rejoices in possessing
the Faith of his fathers, his mind is
expanded, his vision has become en-
larged, and he thrills with pride at
being a member of that great world
wide communion, Catholic in time,
Catholic in peace, Catholic in doc
trino
If q sufficient number of American
born Catholic Chaplains is sent over
seas there is no reason why Catholic
American soldiers in France should
rOt lead lives as sanity as that of a
Centurion of the Gospel, who re-
cejyed such high praise from Christ
Himself, nor is it too much to expect
them to rival st. Sebastian in holiness,
in courage and in patriotism, and give
to America a modern military patron
as z synonym for al that a soldier
ought to be.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
DOMINICAN BISHOP

Apropos of The appointment of Fa,
Their McNicholas, o. P, as Bishop of
Duluth, Father Fowler, of the Do
minican Church, Kansas City, gives
the names of other members of his
Order who have been appointed Or
dinaries in the United States. They
were: Bishop Concannon, the first
Bishop of New York; Bishop Con
molly, the second Bishop of New
York; Bishop Fenwick, first Bishop of
Cincinnati; Bishop Miles, first Bishop
of Nashville; Archbishop Alemany, of
California; Bishop Whalen, second
Bishop of Nashville, and Bishop
Grace, of st. Paul, the predecessor of
Archbishop Ireland.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
K. OF c. SUPPLIES
DETAILED AMOUNT OF COMFORTS
AND OTHER THINGS SENT TO
OUR FIGHTING MEN-OvERSEAS
SECRETARIES.

William j. Mulligan, chairman Of
the Knights of Columbus Committee
on War Activities, in an address be-
fore the recent Victory Convention in
New York, gave facts and figures COW
ering the big work being done by the
knights here and abroad. Mr.. Multi
gan declared that since the drive for
secretaries started few weeks ago,
255 secretaries have reached France
and 125 others are. ready to sail.
Secretaries are now being sent
abroad at the rate of about IS a week,
he said.
In the big training camps and can
tonments in this country, he said,
there are 485 secretaries and others
are being appointed daily. Twenty
eight new knights of Colu mbus build
ings are under construction in the
United States. Negotiations are un-
der way to establish service houses
in New York, Boston, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma, San
Francisco and other cities.
In the last few weeks vast quaint.
ties of supplies have been shipped
abroad. Mr.. Mulligan gave some in
tereSting figures in this connection
Here is a partial list of supplies re
Gently purchased for shipment abroad:
Seventy-tive million cigarettes
these are being sent over at the rate
of 100000 week, and each bears
Lo Of tho KniOhtc nf, IN
lumbus
Ten thousand pounds of hard candy
Twenty tons of milk chocolate.
Fifty-five thousand dollars worth OF
mixed candies. .,,
Two hundred and twenty-five thou
sand cigars.
Thousands of cases of condensed
milk and thousands of pounds of tea
and coffee.
twenty-five hundred cases of chew.
ing gum.
Soap and towels by the hundreds of
gross.
Two million smoking pipes.
Six hundred athletic units, consist
ing of baseballs, indoor balls, volley
balls, soccer balls, bats, gloves and
other articles. Part of this equipment
is now in England and France.
The recommendation that the com
mittee would go out for $50,000,000
was greeted with applause and the
representatives from each state
jumped to their feet and stated that
any allotment made would be forth
coming.
A course of Instructions has been
arranged for our overseas secretaries
while in New York, explained Mr.,
Mulligan. Another floor has been
leased at 461 Fourth Avenue, and a
warehouse has been leased in the
lower west end of the city where
goods purchased may be stored
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
Belgian National Holiday
LONDON CELEBRATED OCCASION
WITH ASSISTANCE OF
x. OF c.

1t was a graceful and generous ac-
ton, whereby the knights of Column
bus gave a Catholic fraternal touch
to the celebration of Belgian Independ-
ence Day, in London, by entertain
ing to an elegant luncheon all the
wounded Belgian soldiers from King
Alberts Hospital, who came down to
Westminster Cathedral. The solemn
High Mass was celebrated by Mgr. de
Waechter in presence of Princess Ma
pOleon and the Belgian minister, fol
lowed by the TIE Deum" and prayers
for King Albert. The Knights, who
were themselves represented at the
ceremony afterwards, escorted the
wounded to their fine new hut be-
meath the shadow of the cathedral,
where luncheon was served. Another
notable feature Of the celebration was
the presence of the band of the 9th
Belgian regiment, famous for its skill
and courage, which gave the music of
the service and sounded the AUX
Champs" at the Elevation.
The Lord Mayor of London attended
in state, and the various powers were
represented by their ambassadors.
Cardinal Bourne, who presided and
intoned the "Te Deum," was after
wards present at the Belgian demon
stration in the Queens Hall and has
taken a place with other British Cath
oiics, such as Lord Edmund Talbot,
on the council of the Anglo-Belgian
Union, which proposes to draw the
two nations closer by means of inter
change of students and professors.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
CATHOLIC ON BOARD
DR.. CHARLES p. NELL HAS MADE
GREAT RECORD IN FIELD OF
POLITICAL ECONOMY-HAS OF
TEN SERVED AS STRIKE MEDI-
ATOR.

The settlement of AZ strikes, involv-
ing 1850 men and 505,880 miles of
railroad in six years, is the remark
able record of Charles Patrick Neill,
now chairman of the United States
Railroad Board of Adjustment.
DR.. Neill was born in Rock Island,
ILL.,, in 1865. Some years later he
moved to Austin, Texas, where he re-
ceived his primary education in the
parochial schools. He started to work
in a private bank in Texas, but uni
versity education was his goal, and
at the age of 20 he entered Notre
Dame university, which he attended
for three years, taking his senior
years work at the University of Tex
as. He later entered Georgetown Uni
versity, taking his A. B. degree in 1891
and six years later received his Ph.D.
degree at Johns Hopkins University.
His school record was brilliant, he
having won seven out of eight medals
offered while he was in college.
DR.. Neill was instructor at Notre
Dame University from 1891 to 1894,
and was associate professor of poll
teal economy at the Catholic Uni
versity, Washington, from 1897 to
1905 In the latter year he was ap-
pointed United States Commissioner
of Labor, which position he held I'M
til 1918, when he became affiliated
with the American Smelling Company
of New York. In 1915 he became
manager of the Bureau of Informa-
ter ef Southeastern RAILWAYS
His skill as a mediator was dem
onstrated in settlement of the an
thracite strike in 1902, and his work in
the Nevada coal strike in 1907. With
James B. Reynolds he revealed the
packing conditions in Chicago.
Since 1905 DR.. Neill has served as
Umpire of the Board Of Cancellation
created by the Anthracite Strike Com
mission for the settlement of disputes
arising in the anthracite coal indus
try. He was appointed by President
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and became full-fedged members
of the Sisterhood of st. Joseph: Sis
ter Marie ALBERT Miller, Minneapo-
lis, Mimi; Sister Mary st. Charles
Brennan, Minneapolis, Mimi; Sister
Mary Pauline Desgagnes, LaSalle,
Manitoba, Can; Sister Irene Elise Cox,
ST. Paul, Mimi. Sister Mary Faith
Wilwerding, Freeport, Mimi. Sister
Mary Hope Wilwerding, Freeport,
Mimi; Sister Mary Alba Finnerty,
Aitkin, Mimi; Sister Glare Isabel AL
len, Minneapolis, Mimi; Sister Mary
st. Rita Burke, Minneapolis, Mimi;
Sister Mary Delphine McDonough, st.
Paul. Mimi; Sister Ann Veronica Just,
Morris, Mimi; Sister Mary Rudolph
Fritz, Minneapolis, Mimi; Sister Mary
Lillian Meyers, Minneapolis, MINI.
The subjoined list contains the
names of the Sisters who made their
perpetual vows: Sister NJ. Doretta
Brady, Montreal, Can; Sister M. Elsa
Wieland, Empire City, Mimi; Sister
M. Anselma Spence, st. Thomas,
Mimi; Sister st. Alban Spence, St
Thomas, Mimi; Sister Agnes Blanche
Desilets, ST. Gertrude, Quebec, Can;
Sister M. Emerita Raymond, Chapeau.
Quebec, Can; Sister M. RosWitha
Krumholz, Paramount, Mimi; Sister
M. Victor Eisenmenger, SheFburn,
Mimi; Sister M. st. Claire McRory,
Charlottetown, P. E. L., Can; Sister
M. Aniceta McAvin, Kelly's Cross, P
E. l., Can; Sister M. Linus CrOken,
Kinkora, p. E. l., Can; Sister NJ. Cas-
STA Brennick, Iona, P. e. l., Can; Sis
ter James Marie Campbell, Cape
Traverse, P. E. l., Can; Sister Mary
Robert Macaulay, Morell, P. E. l.,
Can. Sister Mary Rennet Juba, Lit
tie Falls, Mimi; Sister NJ Adalia
Platter, Norwood, Mimi; Sister NJ
Evangeline Finn, Mortified, Mimi;
Sister M. Audrey Kuhn, Waterfowl,
S. D.; Sister M. Myra Cannon, Mime
apolis, Mimi. Sister M. Alphonse Nc
Gregor, st. Paul, Mimi; Sister NJ. Fla
via Carroll, st. Paul, Mimi; Sister
Marie Celeste DeLOge, Minneapolis,
Mimi; Sister NJ Remi Peloquin, Hugo,
Mimi; Sister NJ. Elena Greer, Kilken-
ny, Mimi; Sister Mary Aloysia Min
ogue, Minneapolis, Mimi; Sister Ag-
mes Catherine Mahoney, Minneapolis,
Mimi; Sister M. Mella O'Brien.
st. Paul, Mimi; Sister NJ. Novel
la Coriek, Minneapolis, Mimi; Sis
ter Anna Margaret NormiIc, Will
mar, Mimi; Sister M. Lorenzo Cory,
Moorland, Iowa; Sister M. DcPaul
Morris, Grafton, n. D.; Sister Julia
Marie Downey, Chicago, ILL.,. Sister
NJ Albertine Peyton, Graceville,
Mimi; Sister M. Rinaldo Monahan,
Charlotte, Iowa; Sister, NJ. Garcia
Knox, st. Paul, MINI.
In addition to those named on the
foregoing list, forty-eight Sisters took
their perpetual VOWS on July 2, the
Feast Of the Visitation Of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
To the Young Men of America.


Am I rendering valuable service to
my country during the period of the
war? Every young man over eighteen
is asking himself this question.
The War Department has just Of
fered new answer to the question.
They say: Enter college if you are
fitted to do SO or return to college if
you are already enrolled, and enlist
in the Student Army Training Corps
By enlisting in the Student Training
Corps you will become a member of
the United States Army. You will
receive uniform and be given mill
tary drill under officers detailed by
the War Department. During the
early part of your course you will re-
ceive ten hours of military instruction
week, six of which will be drill rifle
practice and other outdoor training
and four of which will be academic
work, for which military credit is
given, such as mathema tics, English,
foreign languages, history, science,
etc. You will be carefully rated both
by the college authorities and by the
military officers who will help you to
discover special line of military serv-
ice for which you have the greatest
capacity and preference. Later in your
course you will have an opportunity
to specialize in a branch of training
designed to fit Won to become an Off
Ger of field aisiliery, medical or engi-
neer officer, an expert in some tech
nical or scientific service, and so on
On reaching the age of twenty-one
you must register with your local
board. You may remain in college
;;::TsitiiII your call is reached under the
Selective Service Law. At that time
it will be decided whether you will
be called Immediately to active service
or whether you should remain in col
lege to complete the course you are
pursuing. The decision will depend
upon the needs of the service and upon
your achievements in your military
work and in your studies as deter
mined by the military officers at the
college and by the college authorities.
During the summer you will have an
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-24
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
VISITING OR PASSING THROUGH
THE CITY WILL BE CARED FOR
BY x. OF C.-CINCINNATI TAKES
STEPS TO HANDLE PROBLEMS
PRACTICALLY.

What promises to be the most com
prehensiVe effort of the Hamilton
County, Ohio, Knights of Columbus
as regards the welfare of Uncle Sans
soldiers and sailors, was launched
last Sunday at meeting of the Grand
Knights of the various councils of
Cincinnati, Ohio. Pursuant to a reso
luton adopted by Cincinnati Chapter
these gentlemen decided upon the i'm
mediate organization of what will be
known as the Cincinnati Chapter K
of C. War Activities Bureau, and elect
ed officers.
Prior to the meeting a telegram had
been sent to the supreme officers, out
lining the proposed project and asking
for the appreciation of the higher au
thorities. A telegram was received
from Supreme Secretary Mckinley, in
which full approval of the plan was
cordially given and the announcement
made that Camp Supervisor P. J. Nc
earthly had been notified to come tc
Cincinnati in a few days to lend his
cooperation and assistance to the
project.
1t is intended by the new bureau tc
establish in that city headquarters
with an official secretary in charge
who with a competent force, will see
to it that the X. of c. slogan, Every
body Welcome-Everyth Free
will be carried out to the letter.
Working in close conjunction witt
the local War Camp Community SerV
ice, which is a branch of the War De
partment Commission on Training
Camp Activities, the K. of C. represen
tatives will meet all incoming trains
carrying soldiers and sailors; lOof
after their entertainment if passing
through and their welfare in event O.
their remaining over night, cO-Operat
ing closely with the FenWick Club
providing writing material, smokes
reading matter and other acceptable
things; delivering messages, etc.
is probable that a corps of youns
ladies will be enlisted to assist in tn,
very commendable and patriotic work
The secretary will also pay dali.
visits to the schools where selects ar,
stationed for mechanical training, ant
provide entertainment for them, haV
ing on his staff, for this phase of thu
work, the lecturers of the various
councils.
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opportunity to attend summer camp
for intensive military training. Your
travelling expenses to and from camp
will be paid and you will be on active
duty under pay and subsistence by the
War Department.
AS a member of the Student Army
Training Corps you will be subject
to call to active duty at any time in
case of emergency. If you desire to
enter active service before completing
your college training, transfer to &C
tive duty may be arranged through
military channels with the consent Of
the military officers at the college or
the college officials. 1t will be the
policy of the Government, however, to
allow you to remain in college until
you reach the age of tWenty-One, or
until you complete your course
Previously mere have been two
methods by which a young man might
enter the National Service. He might
either enlist voluntarily as a private
in the Army or a seaman in the Navy,
until called to active service at the
age of twenty-one under the Selective
Service Law. The Student Army
Training Corps represents third
method of entering the service which
has special advantages for young men
fitted to go to college.
The National Catholic War Council
through it's Committee on Mems Ac-
tivities is cooperating with the Com
mittee on Education and Special
Training of the War Department in
this matter.
Information or assistance can be
secured by writing the offices of the
National Catholic War Council, 932
Fourteenth Street, Washington, D. c.,
Walter G. Hooke, Executive Secretary.