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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11
MEDICAL WORLD AND ALCOHOL.

In 1897, DR.. Won Pettenkofer, the
eighty years of age, issued, with Pro-
lessor Bunge, of Basel, an appeal to
Demonstrating physicians to sign a
declaration concerning the dangers of
alcohol. Despite the names of these
great leaders, so new was the idea
of abstinence that only nine responses
were received. Less than a decade
later, practically the same declaration
specifically urging abstinence on scien-
tific grounds was sent out again, and
among the over seven. hundred med
ical names from many countries, Ger
many furnished over one hundred.
Thus, had the struggle on the CONT
nent gained in a few years.
The great British medical appeal of
1904, asking for temperance education
in the public schools similar to that
in, Canada and the United States, as
a means of increasing sobriety and
health. bore the names of nearly six
teen thousand British, physicians. 10
1t is impossible, of course, even to
mention all the declarations by which
the medical world has given it's infu
ence to the struggle against alcohol.
There was the Quebec manifesto of
1912, signed by nearly eight hundred
doctors of tina: province, declaring
that there are mo 'hygienic' drinks
among alcoholic liquors" and that ito
be in the most complete possible pos
session of our faculties and powers at
every moment of our lives, we must
be vigorously abstinent."
There was the resolution of the
| American Alienists and Neurologists
| in 1914, and since then resolutions
have come thick and fast from local
and state medical organizations, de-
claring even for prohibition. The
American Medical Association resolu-
| ton of 1917 refuted the long-standing
| belief of physicians and laity in alco-
hol as necessary drug. Over six
hundred physicians of Massachusetts,
| asked the legislature of that state this
year to ratify the National Constitu-
| tional Amendment. British and East
Indian physicians last January again
united in an appeal to the people of
India to maintain abstinence from al
cohol and other narcotic drugs. Even
a moderate use was declared harmful,
especially in hot climates.
The medical world as whole is
broadminded and aggressively awake
today against alcohol, fortified to its
own satisfaction by the scientific evil
| dence for what the heart of the nom
scientific world long ago knew must
be true. Here lies the great reason
of alcohol.
| -Cothoifc AbstsfneY.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
FoRTY.THREE.

1t is the business Of E. e. Ritten-
house of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, to figure when you will die,
says Health Hints. He keeps an eye
on you all the time. Not you person
ally, but you as an average American.
In his report about you as presented
to the life insurance presidents at
their last convention, he says concern
ing the use of intoXicants:
you use more alcohol than your
grandfather did You drink 1913 gal
Ions Of alcoholic liquor each year; he
drank GA gallons. You do this in spite
of the repeated warning of insurance
companies that moderate drinkers die
IS per cent faster than total abstain
ers; and steady drinkers So per cent
faster.
You spend 367 per cent more for
patent medicines than your father did.
"In your easy-going, optimistic way,
you are cheered by the fact that the
general death rate is decreasing. You
fool yourself with the notion that this
means green old age for you. AS
matter of fact, the decrease in the
death rate is due to the better care of
infants; the adult death rate is alarm
ingly increasing.
"Since 1900 the death rate from
Bright's disease has increased Is per
cent; from diseases of the heart, q
per cent. These are the diseases Of
hurry and worry, over-eating, alco-
holc indulgence, and nervous wear
and tear" ....
The average age of the American
people at death is forty-three. To
| raise this average, Mr.. Rittenhouse
| recommends these simple rules: An
| annual medical examination; more ex-
ercise outdoors; more walking and
less trolley cars; more dentistry; no
booze.
catholic Abstdfrey.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

Roosevelt is dead! These words,
flashed around the world, last
Monday morning, electrified the
nations of earth. So closely was
he identified with the workings OF
international affairs that the mes
sage seemed at first incredible.
Many times and oft had he faced
the perils Of Nature at her worst:
assassin and insane had essayed
to terminate his career the veter-
an Of war and danger died peace
fully in bed. Like his ardent
friend, Archbishop Ireland, he sur
vived a strenuous life, and like
the Archbishop, he passed away
quietly in his sleep. Thus ended
the eventful lives Of two Of Amer
lea s most illustrious sons.
The former President of this Re-
public will one day claim from the
gratitude Of posterity the need OF
praise that we now so cheerfully
accord to Washington and Lin
|coln. Men may have differed on
many subjects with Theodore
Roosevelt; they may have opposed
him in politics, ridiculed his poll
cies and his motives. But did they
not do the same to Lincoln? How
ever much one may have differed
with Roosevelt, we cannot but adj
nit that his government Of this
nation was one of continuous up
lift for the republic at large.
Other Presidents have gone down
in history for one or two acts that
distinguished their administra-
ton: Roosevelt did not neglect a
single branch of public economy.
He doubtless made mistakes. But
I who shall attempt to pick flaws
in the magnificent fabric he wove
to the honor Of America at home
and abroad?
Outside the positive acts that
placed our government on a surer
footing than ever before, he
| aroused the public conscience to
a point where depravity OF every
kind was obliged to quake before
the scorching glare of public criti-
cism. Vice and crime that hither-
! to had stalked in high places were
brought into the open, with the
result that a better and healthier
spirit took possession of the rank
and file Of the American people.
Enemies he had, and well was it
so, for was ever great work &C
complished without the strength
that is developed from violent op-
position?
Politicians opposed his policies,
fanatics raved at what they failed
to comprehend, even religion, in
the person Of certain sects, scored
him for a fair mindedness that was
| 1.-The keynote Of his greatness.
In spite of all the sarcasm
Hurried at him from high and low
places, never was there uttered a
word that would indicate narrow
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

The announcement is made that
Mgr. Bickerstaffe-Dr better
known to lovers of good literature
as "John Ayscough," is shortly to
enter upon lecture tour in the
United States and Canada. This
news should be of especial interest
to Catholics, whose literature he
has enriched by a score or more
Of good novels and by other books
of an informing and elevating
character.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

One of our contemporaries COM
menting ON the arrival in this
country of DR.. Emile j. Dillon,
the famous authority on Russia
and the Slavic nations, refers to
him as a " devout Catholic" The
Catholic Columbian, however, not
ing this, is of the opinion that a
man who could SO foully attack
the Holy Father as Dillon has
done repeatedly during the past
four years, can by no process OF
reasoning be set down as a "de-
vout Catholic" Devotion to the
Holy Father is the hallmark OF
any. mans Catholicity.,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

Reports that Paderewski has
been proclaimed or has declared
himself president of the republic
of Poland are said to be deliberate
falsehoods. The same is true as
regards the report that plans. were
being made for a Polish autocracy.
Before going to Danzig on a Brit
ish cruiser Paderewski told a cor
respondent what his mission was,
and denied that he was a candi-
date for. honors Of any kind. He
insisted that he was going simply
to- carry out the wishes of the Po-
fish national committee in Paris,
and also to give what help he
could in the work of forming
permanent government for the
new Polish republic after the elec-
ton oil January 26.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11
PAY FOR SOLDIERS
MAKES ARRANGE
MENTS TO FAVOR
TROOPS.

In order to remove the uncertainty
of the pay feature in the arrange
ments made for the rehabilitation of
troops, the Public Safety Commission
has issued the following statement:
Returning soldiers will be given
one months pay plus transportation
allowances of three and one-half cents
per mile from points of rehabilitation
to home town. Their railroad tickets
will cost two cents mile by direct
route. Generalization will be from
nearest army camp to home section
Of majority of men in each unit
This is in accordance with tele-
graphic information received from the
War Department.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11
ST. PAUL HEALTHY ! CITY

st. Paul's claim to being the health
lest city in the United States again
is vindicated.
Figures made public in Wa shington
by the Census bureau show that ST.
Paul during 1918 had the lowest death
rate among the forty-six largest cities
of the country.
The rate in St. Paul was. 1873 a
thousand. Minneapolis and Grand
Rapids, Mich, come next with a death
rate of IA each.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

"History and Methods Of the
Society Of st. Vincent de Paul, )"
by Irene G. Ball, a reprint from
the Catholic Charities Review, is
a 24mo pamphlet of 80 pages
which may be procured from the
Newman Club at Berkeley, Cal.
This essay, which is largely his
torical and practically expository,
won the Newman Hall prize at the
University of California, this year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

"The Y. M. G. A. dates from
1914, and it's founder was George
Williams, a young clerk in a bust
ness house in London" says the
Catholic Citizen. And one of the
three founders Of the American Y.
M. G. A. was an "ought-to-be"
Catholic named Capt. Sullivan,
whose grandson, DR.. John Ash
burton Cutter, Of New York City,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

Opposition to giving the Pope a
seat at the peace conference was
voiced at the recent Michigan
Baptist Association convention in
Owasso. The convention adopted
a resolution urging the Federated
Council of Churches to exert all
possible power to oppose the
Pope's reported desire to attend
the peace parley. Are the Bap-
lists Christians?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

America and England have each
lost, in the war, a noted writer
who was a convert. America
m0urns the death of Joyce Kilmer,
killed in action. Cecil Chesterton,
who died Of trench fever, leaves
a real void in Catholic ranks in
England.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

4 report from Paris said that
the President, when he went to
Rome, would visit the Quirinal,
the Vatican and the Methodist
College in order that no hard feel
ings may arise. But why neglect
the Episcopalians, the Waldensi-
ans and other sects which may pos
sibly have erected conventicles in
Rome
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

A bill to prohibit the use of the
red flag or any other emblem Of
a movement to overthrow the
Government Of the United States,
has been introduced in the House
by Representative Osborne of
California. The bill provides
severe penalties for the public or
private use Of the flag of Bolshevik
anarchy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11
SATURDAY., JANUARY II, 1919.

The Magi, coming from afar,
adored the Child Of Bethlehem and
brought Him their precious gifts.
The Magi were ambassadors Of the
Gentle nations and represented us
on that occasion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11
AIsace-Lorraine Precedent.

H.
The appeal to the precedent of Al
sace-Lorraine the rough. and ready
reasoner will in all likelihood sweep
aside with the brusque objection that
there is no parallel between the two
cases in point; that we are treating on
the one hand of the wrong done to a
great nation, on the other of what has
been widely accepted as the happy
elimination of state and ruler
whose petty domain stood stubbornly
athwart the progress toward the uni
fication of Italy Yet in that state
ment is the very core of the difficulty.
Is an act of injustice less unjust for
having been perpetrated upon small,
weak, defenseless victim? Is nation
more warranted in doing wrong in
proportion as it is more able to do it?
Justice is not concerned with relative
strength or weakness, with exigencies
or ambitions; it is not .swayed by ex-
pediency, but solely by rights and OBJ
legations. No nation Or state. how.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11
CARDINAL HOLDS RECEPTION

Cardinal Gibbons preached his New
Years sermon in the Cathedral last
Sunday and William Jennings Bryan
and many soldiers and sailors were at
tentive listeners. After the nontifical
Mass and sermon the venerable pre-
late held his annual receptions at his
home.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

was received into the Church Of
his maternal ancestors last month
by the Paulists. DIR. Cutter gives
this information, together with
other interesting details concern
ing his relations, in the story of
his conversion which he is contrib
uting to 1.-The Missionary
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11
DAUGHTER OF ENVOY

The only daughter of Henry White,
one Of the American peace delegates,
is a Catholic. She became a convert
in France, where her father was Amer
lean ambassador, on her marriage to
Count Ernst Herman Scherr.T htss.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

Rev. James VI. ReardOn, EditOr-fn-Chief
Rev. C. l.. MeGinnis, PHI. d.,
Associate Editor.
Harry LOcheed, Advertising Manager.
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-11

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-14
COURAGE OF YANKEE
SOLDIERS LAUDED
BY BEMIDu NURSE
Miss Mae MacGregor, Cited for
Bravery on Battle Front
Returns Home.

With the citations her heroism won
at a Red Cross nurse, Miss Mae O..
MacGregor returned to Bemidji this
morning after nine months service
in France. Miss MacGregor, who is
daughter Of Mrs. Mary MacGregor
of this city, went overseas as one Of
the Mayo unit and became a member
of the mobile hospital, which saw &C
tive service in Belleau Wood, on the
Chateau Thierry front, and braved
the rain of shot and shell that the
whipped Germans flung in despera-
tion against the Yankee doughboys.
The nurses of the mobile hospital
pitched their tents on the field and
stayed on the job.
Miss MacGregor speaks feelingly
in praise of the behavior of the men
who were compelled to undergo seri-
Gus operations under adverse condi-
tions.
"The heroism was wonderful"
she says, immediate surgery was
necessary in many cases where limbs
were to be saved. Supplies We're
furnished by the Red Cross in splen-
did conditions, and there was always
plenty of dressing and garments, the
work of women of the United States v
Miss Mac Gregor returned to Amer
lea three weeks ago, but has been at
the Bistmore hospital in N. c., receiv-
ing treatment for an illness contract
ed while in the service in France.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-14

not much hope of putting the theory
into effect, for it is pointed out that
Germany will not abolish conscription
unless the neighboring nations do.
Since the Germans do not expect
their neighbors to depend on volun-
teers, plans are being worked out for
a new conscription army, serving
shorter periods and modelled more af-
ter the Swiss than the old Prussian
army. The militia idea is popular,
but is considered idealistic.
The German army if interior de-
fense which probably numbers around
a hundred thousand men, or possibly
a few thousand more, is an expensive
proposition. Volunteers have to be
won over to the Spartacans, who offer
more money. Food and equipment is
paid well to keep them from being
good. The new army has a rather
slack discipline, and none of the old
Prussian snap is seen when officers
appear. Familiarity and almost inso-
lence are seen on every hand. The
German trooper has changed lot
with the revolution, and if appearan-
ces are at all indicative, the Gov
ernment forces in Germany today are
not to be feared outside Germany.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-14
TO PLACE TREES IN
LIBRARY PARK AS
SOLDIERS MEMORIAL
Park Board, At Suggestion of
Civic Club, Will Carry Out
Secretary Houston's Plan

AS one Of the memorials dedicated
to the Bemidji boys who have given
their lives for their country In the
world war, a clump of elm trees is
to be planted in the northwest COR
ner Of the Library park by the park
board. The plan, suggested by the
Civic committee on beautifying Lii
brary park, of the WOmens C0mmun-
ity and Civic club. Is in keeping with
recommendation made by David r..
Houston, secretary OF agriculture,
that the people of the entire country
plant trees this month in memory
OF the boys who have made the su-
preme sacrifice.
The committee also suggested that
an arc light be placed on the north
side of the Library in the center Of
the park and that a drinking fOun-
tain be installed in the park, the
need for which has long been felt.
Both propositions were approved by
the park board members and will be
attended to Immediately.
The suggestions were presented to
the park board by Mrs. Earle Barker,
president of the Civic and COmmun-
ity club, Mrs. c. A. Huffman, chair
man of the Civic committee, Mrs.
italian l.. Huffman. Mrs. e. w. john
son, Mrs II. M. Stanton and Miss
Beatrice Mills.
The park board considered several
other matters pertaining to cam
paign of beautifying the city. and
special attention will be given to
making Diamond Park more attrac-
tive
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-14
NEW LAW MAY HURRY TROUT
SEASON IN THIS SECTION

The trout season opens in Mime
sofa tomorrow in the southern zone
and on May l in the northern zone,
provided the legislature does not
pass a pending bill, in which event
the northern zone season will begin
on the date Governor BurnQuist signs
the measure, Carlos Avery. state
game and fish commissioner, an
nounces.
When the southern zone season
opens the senate is to take up on spe
cial order the pending bill. 1t pro-
vides for abolition Of the zone and
an open season throughout the state
beginning April Is. The measure
further would fix limits Of seven-inch
minimum, twenty-five trout for a
days catch and fifty fish or twenty
pounds in the possession of each per-
SON. Predictions are that the bill
will pass and become effective pOssi
bly, in ten days or two weeks, and
many Bemidji trout enthusiasts are
hoping its will even be earlier.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-14
Law MAKERS TO
ADJOURN NEXT
WEEK.: SESSION
OF IMPORTANCE
Legislators Have But Short
Time in Which to Consider
Many Bills of Consequence. .
ONLY SEVEN WORKING
DAYS NOW REMAIN
Measures Passed Largely Reg
ulatory-Principal Bills Re-
main for Last Hour Rush.

Minnesota's legislative session is
drawing to a close. This is a short
week for the lawmakers, as both
houses will adjourn Thursday to OBJ
serve Good Friday and prepare for
the "Easter Parade" in their home
towns. -,
The last day for lawmaking is
Thursday April "a. Both houses are
expected to close up their business
the night before and make adjourn
ment on the last daya celebration.
Presents will be given speakers OF
both houses and senators and repre-
sentativcs will exchange greetings
Governor Burnquist probably will
participate in the love-fest with
majority Republicans.
While nearly two thousand bills
came before the legislature during
the session only a few more than 200
J had been passed and signed by the
i governor, today. No extraordinary inn
tportant measures have been passed
thus far-most of the "hot stuff" re-
mainipgin in the shuttle for last minute
action.
j Probably the most interesting leg
islation is the submission to referen-
dunn Of the Babcock good roads plan
which if adopted by vote Of people in
November of next yeariwil put Mimi
esota among the leaders Of the states
in road building. The Babcock plan
has been widely talked since the sign
ing Of the arniistice and now that the
legislature has put it up to the voters
hackers of the plan are already
conducting a state wide campaign
for Endorsement 'TEl"" p
I Suffrager~<to the extent Of allowing
women to vote for presidential cleo
tors-is probably next in importance.
Women who conducted a strenuous
fight for state suffrage, however, con-
slider it only a core Of the apple they
sought. ,, $780,,
! The Motor Corp bill prohibiting en-
forcement measures, workmen's COM
pensation insurance and the Red Flag
bill are memories of bitter fights on
both floors.
The motor corp bill has passed
and also the Red Flag bill. Two per
.,ptnt beer was eliminated from the
sprohibition enforcement measure in
the senate after a hearty afternoon
of slap-sticking. Workmen's compen-
sation insurance was once killed and
brought back for reconsideration in
the senate last Friday, April II. The
bill would place workmen's compen-
sation insurance under administration
by the state. .
A large number of regulatory
measures and. bills, affecting only
minor local affairs. in various dist
riots of the state; have gone on the
books but the fireworks of the session
are yet to crop out this week and
next. Only seven working days out
of the two weeks means busy hours
for the law makers.