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TOTAL WAR DEBT
1890 BILLIONS

BALTIMORE. Jan. S-Ths total
war debt Of all the beiligerent coun-
tries will range from sIIb.ooo. .ooo.o 600
to 500. 900 900. .00o-and OF this, the
share Of the United States will prob
ably be $4,000 900 .00o-only II per
cent OF this eountry's wealth and $500
. person
Despite the great strain In the war,
Americas position, industrislly. fnsn-
cially. socially and governmentally.
10 stronger than was I've years ago.
this because Of a shorter partictps-
tion In the war than European coun-
tries, and freedom from devaststion
, that has been experienced abroad
Favers League Of Nstis.s.
These are the salient statements
made today by Secretary OF Agricui-
ture Houston In q speech 20 the Az
sociatiou Of American Agricultural
Colleges aud Experiment Stations
"a League OF Nations" the secre-
tary said. seems TO me TO be pre-
requisite 20 disarmament In the nee
essary degree. TO the interchange Of
commodities among nations under
rational and equitable conditions, 10
the freedom OF the seas. and 70 de-
velopment OF the proper attitude and
practice IN reference 90 the backward
territories OF the world"
To Ala Retsrning seitier<
Every possible assistance, said Nr.
Houston, will be given to returning
soldiers and others who may wish 10
begin life anew In the difficult bust-
ness Of farming"
Peace nnds American agriculture
on q Substantially sound foundstion
and developing In the right direction
but much remains to be done In this
feld, because this fundamental part
of the nations industrial life VIII not
stand still. the Secretary concluded
The Washington times., 1919-01-08
SEEKS 5000 DAMAGES
FOR ALLEGED INJURIES

Annie Young has filed suit
against Montgomery Blair and his
chauffeur, Norman A. . Miller. for
5000 damages for alleged personal
injuries
Mrs. Young. VINO Is represented by
Attorney Alvin L Sewmyer. alleges
that on December 8. last, while she
was driving in a horse-drawn vehicle
along Georgia avenue, Mr.. Blair's
automobile, with Miller operating the
machine, collided with the vehicle
which she was occupying throwing
her out on the street and injuring
her severely.
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DAD
DEFENDED UNION

CHICAGO. Jan. 7.--As to the polit-
ical faith OF Gen. John ]. Pershing,
commander in chief Of the American
armies in Europe, over which there
has been much discussion Of late, this
leaf from the family record may
throw some light:
His father, John F. Pershing, raised
the first Republican banner in La
clede, Linn county, Mo. It was at the
beginning of the civil war.
Some Of his pro-slavery neighbors
sent word that If he expected to re-
main much longer on this earth 1t
''kinda looked like as how he'd better
haul the Lincoln flag down."
Told to Bring Collins.
The father OF John ]. sent back
and suggested 10 them that IL they
thought they corId haul 1t down for
him they had better bring their cof-
fins with them to avoid unnecessary
exposure.
The flag stayed up throughout the
civil war-and there was no funeral
at the Pershing homestead either.
Notwithstanding the natural stavis-
tic assumption, none of General Per-
shing's family or even remote rela-
tives knows what political party he
favors. None ever heard him say
where he stood on that question, al
though the Pershing brood surmise
that John J. was deeply impressed
by his fathers political wisdom.
Doesn't Know His Politics.
James F. Pershing, the generals
brother, his wife and son. Lieutenant
Pershing. are at the Chicago Beach
Hotel.
81 don't believe" he said today
John ever intimated whether he be
longed to any political party. You
know, he was at West Point when he
was twenty-one years old, and he's
been a soldier ever since. He's been
all over the world and I don't sup
pose he had an opportunity to iden'
tify himself with a party. Sometimes
he was in the Philippines, and he
couldn't vote there. I suppose he just
didn't give politics any thought, but
kept on soldering. l don't suppose
there II q member Of the Pershing
family who could say what his poll
tics Is. One might have a suspicion
but none could say for sure"
The Washington times., 1919-01-08
To Aid Returning seldierr-
HOOVER WANTS 1,4oo, 900
TONS OF FOOD FOR EUROPE

Cables from Herbert Hoover set
out that 400 600 tons OF food. cost
ing $3.50 900 goo. are needed TO carry
eastern European countries until the
next harvest.
The survey Just completed by the
American commission shows that fsts.
meats, and milk are so short In many
districts that the health OF the people
is greatly impaired, particularly that
Of children
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US. To SUPPRESS
ACTIVITY

If Bclshevism raises its head In
violation OF Federal statutes. the De-
partment Of Justice is ready to sup
press 1t promptly. Justice Department
officials declared today.
Reports on alleged Bolsheviki pro-
pasanda In :his country have been
submitted to the department from
time to time, and it is said activities
The Washington times., 1919-01-08
Band Concert

BY THE SOLDIERS HOME BAND
ORCHESTRA, IN STANLEY HALL
THIS EVENING, BEGINNING AT 6:l5
O'CLOCK
March, ''Over the Top. .O'Hara
Overture, The Four Ages of Man
Lachner
Morceau, -Elegie' .... .Barmotine
Rag Absurdity. The Booster. Lake
Waltz Suite "Sobre Ia Solss". .Rosas
lover the waves).
Finale. "a Baby's Prayer at Twi-
light" ................. Jerome
The Star-Spangled Banner
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ART WORKS FOR PRESIDENT.

ROME, Jan. SKIING Victor EN-
manuel has given to President WI
son the famous picture Trinita De
Monta- by Artistide Sartorio, and Ru'
bino's statue of Victory"
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LORD NoRTHcLIFFE ILL,

LONDON, Jan. s.-As q result OF
overwork, Viscount Northclife is
threatened with a nervous and phys
ical breakdown. 1t was reported today.
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Buy A Used Car

Don't harbor the idea that because
a car is not brand new it is not a
safe investment. Good cars are
all the time finding their way to the salesroom
floor to be sold as SECONDHAND! After car
has gone few hundred or even few thousand
miles, it still is at its best, unless it has been
abused paint is not quite fresh-and its
sentimental value is less-that Is all ss%sv,sns
You can buy secondhand car from dealers
and private owners who daily list their
cars in the Sale Automobile Column. It
will save you MONEY MONEY! Eventually, you
will own and drive AUTOMOBILE Why not
START OUT NOW, with good used car-and get your
when you have become seasoned driver? The
reading of the "AUTOMOBILE" column of this paper
will tell you where to find the best BARGAINS in this
city.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25
HIS CATHOLIC RELATIVES
LATE THEODORE ROOSEVELT
WAS CONNECTED BY MANY TIES
WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH..

1t is interesting to recall certain of
the Catholic relatives of Theodore
Roosevelt, says The Columbian. These
included: Mother Eliza Ann Bayley
Seton, Archbishop James Roosevelt
Bayley, grandson of James Roosevelt,
who founded the Roosevelt Hospital,
New York, and son of Guy Carleton
and Grace Roosevelt Bayley); Guy
Carleton Bayley, Jr., Miss Resale
Blocker, Roosevelt Bayley, Archbish
op Seton, and Miss Roosevelt, who be-
came a Catholic in New York last
year.
Mrs. Roosevelt's mother Mrs. Edith
Tyler Carew, of New York and Rome
was a devout convert who lies buried
in one of the old Roman cemeteries
near her villa.
Nicholas Longworth, who married
Alice Roosevelt, counted Catholic rel
atives by the score, some of them hay
ing been: Archbishop Wood, of Phil
adelphia, (great-uncle); Mrs. Sarah
'Worthington Peter, (grand-aunt); Mrs
Maria Longworth Storer (aunt); the
Marchioness de Chambrun, etc. 30.
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it weeping bitterly because he Of
Tended you; and see the Almighty
by his side asking you for His sake
to forgive the brother that Of
Tended you. "But how can / see
through the so-called HILL" he is
sure to ask. Set it on fire with a
little charity and you will find it
nothing more substantial than
tissue paper; what you imagine is
hill will become only a pinch Of
miserable ashes.
Oh, Narrowness You are the
bane Of charity, the cause Of much
heart-burning, the plague, the
pest, the evil genius that haunts
and fortunes iberal-minded, good
hearted people intoathe very mad
ness Of desperation, if they-the
narrow ones-are in a position of
authority, and if not, they are be-
fore us in the same capacity as
Mr.. Uriah Heap, Scrooge and Mar
ley q 20. Away with you, y mar
row-minded man, from the society
Of all honest, generous, good peo-
pie, 60 hide yourself in the dark
assures Of the ice-caves Of Arctic
chimes, and live out your cold and
narrow life amid the bowling OF
the frosty winds that pile up the
heartless ice into huge bergs and
then send them off towards the
south as symbols Of their wrath
But come not into our congenial
cline to chill us with your frosty
breath and to have our lives
squeezed out of us by the rocks in
the narrow gorge you would have
us pass through to get to yom
little cold heaven.
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conditions are to be met by each
State, under penalty of not re-
ceiving their apportionment from
the general fund. Thus, in a
word, education would become
distinctly a Federal institution.
According to the provisions Of
this bill direct blow would be
struck at the schools where re-
ligion is taught. An atmosphere
of suspicion would grow up
around the private schools, they
would come to be looked upon as
un-American, and their death
would be not far distant.
It surely behooves those in
whose hands rests the destiny OF
our parochial schools to scrutinize
this matter carefully, and to take
such steps as are necessary to
forestall the dread catastrophe of
the extinction of Catholic schools.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS IN
DANGER.

Last October Senator Smith, of
Georgia, introduced a bill which
has created wide speculation as to
the future Of the private and,
especially, the parochial schools
of the nation. A special review of
this bill will be found elsewhere
in this issue.
The substance Of the proposal
may be stated briefly, thus: It
is planned to create can execu-
tive department in the Govern
ment, to be called the Department
Of Education, with Secretary OF
Education who is to be the head
thereof. !" This may sound ex-
ceedingly simple and timely. It
is the intention of the bill, how
ever, to appropriate one hundred
million dollars each year for the
purpose Of federalizing education
in the public schools. The various
States that will receive their re
spective portions of this huge
fund are expected to put up dol
lar for dollar in the same work.
Moreover, no part Of this vast sum
can possibly be used for the sup
port Of any religious or privately
endowed, owned, or conducted
school or college, but only fo1
schools entirely owned and con
trolled and conducted by the State
or county, or district, or local
authority, as may be provided fol
under the laws controlling and
regulating the public school sys.
tenn Of said State (Section 2O)
The ostensible object of the
whole scheme is to Americanize
the children, especially those Of
foreign origin. The real effect
will be, however, first: to place
stigma upon the parochial schools
and second to increase. taxation
UNNECESSARILY. The whole idea
seems to flow from the prevalent
mania of centralizing everything
in the country, of withdrawing
State rights from the realm Of ira q
| dition and subjecting them to on
centralized authority. Variou
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25
POPE THANKS CLERGY
HEROiSM OF PRIESTS IN ROME
DURING INFLUENZA EPi-
DEMIC.

Benedict the Fifteenth is extremely
proud OF his Roman clergy, particular
ly for their manner of acting in the
crisis through which Rome, like every
city in the wCrld, had to pass while
the influenza ragged. In the letter
which the Pope has sent Cardinal
Pompili, Vicar General of Rome, the
Holy Father warmly lauded the hero
ism and devotion which the parish
priests and their assistants showed in
consoling and assisting the sick and
the dying. The Pontiff's tribute is
certainly a touching one:
'To these valorous land often I'M
known priests writes His Holiness,
in the course of his letter, Eve wish,
Lord Cardinal, that by means of you
may come the sole reward which those
.virtuous ministers in their Christian
humility expect on this earth, :.
namely, the reward of knowing that
the Pontiff praises them and that he
thanks the Lord for keeping burning
in His Church the sacred fire of that
chief, intrepid and tireless virtue
which unifies in God His mystical &C.
clesiastical body"
And then the Holy Father pays also
to the Vicar General of Rome tribute
equally well merited:
"And to you, too, Our worthy Vicar
who in those grave moments knew
how to interpret the paternal cares in
the heart of the, Pope, and who now
reap. the fruit of your wise rule in
|. the noble conduct of the Clergy, We
willingly give Our we'll merited ap
plause while, as a token of a grateful
and benevolent soul, We impart te
| YOU and to the venerable parochial
clergy ythe Apostolic blessing yul
"RENEDICT XIV. P. r."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25
AN ALCOHOLIC ALPHABET.

A stands for Alcohol, death-like it's
grip;
3 for Beginner, who just takes sip.
C for Companion, who urges him on;
o for the Demon of Drink that was
born;
Z for Endeavor he makes to resist.
r stands for Friends" who so loudly
insist;
G for the Guilt that he afterwards
feels;
n for the Horrors that hang at his
heels.
/ his Intention to drink not at all,
j stands for Jeering that follows his
fall, d.
X for his knowledge that he is a
slave
M for convivial Meetings SO gay,
N stands for No, that he tries hard
to say.
o for the Orgies that then come to
pass;
P stands for Pride that he browns in
his glass.
@ for the Quarrels that nightly
abound.
r stands for Ruin that hovers around.
S stands for Sights which his vi
sion bedims,
T stands for Trembling that seizes
his limbs;
U for his Usefulness sunk in the
slums,
V stands for vagrant he quickly be-
comes.
w for Waning of life that's soon done,
x for the exit regretted by none.
Y outh of this Nation, such weakness
is crime.
z ealously turn from the tempter in
time.
Father N0thsD Record.
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"To make a long story short, [
am willing to contribute $40 per
month to the support and main
tenance of your publication pro-
vided one hundred other sub
scribers or friends of your paper
do likewise; Of if this number can
not be obtained, [ am willing to
contribute said amount provided
fifty others will contribute a like
sum-" We find this offer not in
the columns of a Catholic paper,
but in The Truth Seeker, an anti
religious weekly published in New
York Subscription rate, $3.50 per
year,. These people are mis-
guided, but here is an instance of
their earnestness, and their sense
Of the Importance of the press in
pushing their beliefs. Let us med.
itate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25

Of lila wounded and injury
cases tabulated in the American
expeditionary hospitals between
January Is and October Is, 1918,
S5.3 per cent recovered and re-
turned to duty, according to the
War Department bulletin. The
percentage Of deaths was 8.8.
France losses in the war, in dead
and missing, were 1,3S5,3O0. The
missing included in this official
total, which is the first made pub
lie by the French Government,
have not been located in German
prison camps and are believed to
be dead. Approximately $4,000
French soldiers are totally dis
abled, making the republics man
power loss 2,260,30O, or nearly 6
per cent of the population.
France had 100000 men mo-
bilized, it was stated.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25

usually begins with a hatred Of
wealth and power that belong to
others, with an insane desire to
possess that material good at any
price, even at the cost Of blood
and injustice. The sight of GER
tain elements Of the population
reveling in luxury, while others
pine in misery, serves to infuriate
the thoughtless and to incite them
on to pillage and murder. The
great principle of the equality of
man soon suffers shipwreck when
confronted with the storms raised
by minimizing groups.
1t is probable that prohibition
never would have become a law in
this country had the liquor traffic
been held within due bounds. The
sight of the widespread abuses,
flowing from unrestrained license
in this regard, together with the
frequent connivance Of those who
were officially sworn to eliminate
those evils, finally goaded on
whole communities to wipe out
the entire business, root and
branch. Likewise, the mania for
wealth and unjust profits among
certain classes might eventually
lead to the overthrow Of the whole
economic structure Of this coun-
try. While the uses and the pos
session of wealth are perfectly
legitimate, an uncontrolled ambi-
ton to amass wealth, at the ex-
pense Of the so-called lower
classes, will invariably act as a
recoil, and will one day sweep
away wealth and it's votaries.
The government and the indus.
trial leaders Of the country have
not been slow to sense this dan.
ger, and to their credit be it said
that they have endeavored tc
equalize the uneven conditions ex
listing among the workers OF the
nation. Increased wages, shorter
hours Of work, conveniences anc
| comforts for the worker, have en-
tered into the plan of many cor
| porations and Of the government
itself. If this spirit be continued
and maintained upon rationa
and just basis, there will be little
fear that Bolshevism will succeed
in overturning our national insti
buttons. Contented workers ant
we'll paid employees will be SLOW
to risk the sacrifice. Of their all b.
giving ear to, the ranter or tn
demagogue,. be- he .Bolshevist, 50
cialist, or the common agitator.,
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TALKS TO STUDENTS

of it is man who accuses me of bad
motives. I feel like levehng such peo-
pie, but I have travelled about a good
deal in the world and have schooled
myself to ignore such. people-to de-
spise them.
In the college we should not be the
slaves of public opinion. Have the.
courage of your convictions. Go ahead
and do what you think is correct.
Very often it is jealousy which pulls a
man down. He may be reproached on
intellectual or on moral grounds. He
is studying too hard and will get
ahead of us, some think; or he will
get better reputation. He will &C.
cupy a position we would like to fill
but are not able. Soon a dead uni
formity is introduced. If | do this
my comrades will laugh at me, the
young man thinks, so he does nothing
distinctive and becomes one of a band
of sheep. The beauty of a band of
sheep, if they have any, is that they
all move in such perfect order. They
are not credited with very much bril-
liancy and follow wherever their
leader goes.
Do not form any cliques to further
your purpose. Some smart individual
wants to advance himself so he gets
few less brighter than himself to
! join with him. He puts one of these
forward to do all the talking-to gel
all the honor, he says-but never
mentions that he will get all the blame
of the scheme fails. He works for his
purpose behind them as a shield L
they fail he is all right He is no
known or seen at ALL The other poo1
catspaws help him to pull the wires
and they get the blame. 1t remind:
me of the fable of the cat and thu
monkey. The monkey used the cat tt
get the chestnuts out of the fire.
| Those people who want to pusl
themselves forward and make thei
merit known by despicable means
show by their very actions that the,
know there is something the matte
with themselves. I take great pleas
ure in finding out and defeating in
trigue. If you have any merit it will
win its way. Be steadfast in your life
Always aim to do what is right an,
you will retain your self-respect. Hon
esty is the best policy-what the as
cetical writer's call holy simplicity
i. e., singleness of aim and purpose. B.
men with the courage of your convic
tons. Stick to your principles an,
resolutions. Do what you think i
right and go ahead with courage an
| personal independence. God alone ha
the right to judge.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25
DRY NATION NEXT JULY.

The brewing of beer in this country
stopped on the first day of the past
month; the making and the importa-
ton of wine will cease on May 1; the
sale of alcoholic liquors must termi-
nate on June 30.
Under the emergency agricultural
appropriation bill, with it's "bone-dry"
rider, which the President has signed,
there would be nationwide prohibition
from next July until the American
army is demobilized. 1t is estimated
that the rehabilitation will take about
two years. r go
Before these two years elapse, the
Prohibition amendment to the, Con-
stitution which has been ratified; by
the necessary thirty-six, States will
|haVeabecomei a 4 law ON January 16a
1920.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25

The German radicals have
opened an anti-religious cam
paign. Confscation of all church
property is threatened, and the
usual disastrous results may be eX-
pected. One Of these same radi-
Gals, resident in Wisconsin, was
elected to Congress on the Socia-
list ticket last fall. Victor Ber-
ger had previously been member
Of the House, but his return
thereto will be seriously delayed
by his conviction on charges Of
unpatriotic activities during the
war. Berger is a rabid anti-Cath-
Ollie.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25
BOLsHEvIsM.

When Cain slew Abel he be-
came the first Bolshevist on rec
ord. Through envy Of his broth
er's better fortune, Cain injected
violence into a hitherto compare
lively peaceful world. Jealousy
and envy of another's success al
ways produces its Bolshevists. 1t
is but another phase Of what is
commonly called socialism. it is
a virulent type Of this evil
Modern RolsAeYism, however,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1919.
NOTICE.

We call attention to an an
nouncement elsewhere in this issue
of pamphlet on the life and
services Of the late Archbishop
Ireland. The brochure contains
thirty-two pages, and sells for
twenty cents, with special rates
for quantities. The pamphlet will
serve as an interesting souvenir,
and as a ready reference for an
account Of his death and obse-
quies. The pamphlet is illus
trated.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25

A Protestant minister (the Rev.
A. L. Crapsey) has said: cit
seems to many of us that we
should leave the schools and other
agencies Of our civilization free
to do their work; and when that
work is done, leave the Philippine
Islands to develop their religious
life naturally along the lines of
their history. 1t is impossible that
any new form Of Christianity
should take root in that soil. Elk
perience teaches that the seed OF
the Reformation is sterile;in lands
that have been long under the in.
fuence Of the Latin race. Our
missions have been barren in
Mexico and in South America
and they will be barreii in the
Philippines, in Cuba, and in Porto
Rico"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25

Bishop Busch of st. Cloud says
in My Message: Those who have
time to spare for reading should
take up the Holy Bible and read
a passage regularly. Too few
Catholics read the Bible systemat-
ically, although we usually deny
this charge very Indignantly when
brought against us by those out
side the Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25

The Sisters of Mercy, of West
Hartford, Conn, have issued a
very interesting brochure on the
subject of The Religious Teacher
and the Work of Vacations. The
various chapters represent confer
ences given by Rev. John B.
Delaunay, c. S. c., at the Sisters
College Of the Catholic Univer-
sity.