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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-23


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q Cleveland Avenue, ST. Paul, Mimi
COURSES Collegiate A. B. Home
leads degree High school prepares college
BUILDINGS Large, sanitary, fne-proof Single
COLLEGE HALL Completed 1914 specially designed with every improved
appointment for homeEke comfort
LABORATORIES Have absolutely modern scientific equipment
DERAM Library building Large airy
lighted
MUSIC HALL Under nstructon
JEANNE DARc AUDITORIUM Perfectly up and
choral work. .@55s
GYMNASIUM necessary apparatus physical training
indoor games.
SITUATION Picturesquey
overlooking the Mississippi river.
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other fields of activity at marked
INCREASED COMP f N s A TT ON.
Schools or classes are closed in
some localities throughout the
country; in others teachers of poor
qualifications are being accepted.
The shortage represented by these
two groups is estimated at 100, 900.
Transient Force
Hurts Profession.
The profession has always suffer-
ed from large transient force.
Today even this force is shrinking,
and in addition the outgoing force
Is carrying away many who are
highly trained. Moreover the in
coming stream OF trained instruc-
tors from college and normal school
is lessening. Normal school en-
rollments average 20 per cent less
than before the war. THERE Is
LITTLE INCENTIVE TO ENTER
THE PROFESSION.
Young people now turn to other
vocstions. UNLESS THERE Is
PROMPT. EFFECTIVE RECOGNI-
TIoN OF THE SITUATION chill
DREN WILL CERTAINLY BE
LESS WELL TAUGHT TOMORROW
IftaN 1hB AXE 1ODA1.
During the school year ending
June 30, 1918. the DOSAGE OF teach
ers from all causes was 203 out of
force of less than 1000. During
the year enoinR June 30, 1919. AZ
was 230. There is steady loss this
year.
Many more teachers are feeling
the stress and are seriously con-
sidering leaving the system. Teach
ers are adaptable. The war OPEN
ed many opportunities to them.
They realized quickly the value of
the new fields and their capacity to
NIL them. Many who left were
teachers of great value to the sys-
tenn.
Many would gladly have remained
under right conditions. Some would
gladly return were conditions made
right. The school plant has been
kept going with difficulty, and only
because we secured teachers who
had come to Washington from other
communities.
Originally they came for war
work, but being real teachers have
been willing to come to US in the
hope that within a reasonable time
conditions would improve. Yet we
heNt PiODaDiN ltn applicants for
Information to one who actually
comes to the examinations. The
vast majority are unwilling TO cor
slider our pay scale.
Bssic Pay Of
Teacher L. Small.
The basic pay for teachers enter
ing our graded schools after two
years OF professional training IL
$3.50: that for high school teachers.
after an investment OF four years
In college is $1,000. Longevity in.
creases in the lower grades are so5
or $50 annually for a limited term,
Longevity increase In the high
schools 10 500 annually for eight
years. There Is also Temporarily
the small Government bonus.
Teachers, like other members OF
community, have home responsible.
ties. They msst keep up their health
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JENKINS RELEASED
T0AVERT BREAK
Mexican Attorney Tells Senate
Committee How Consular
Agent Secured Freedom.

Mexican interests IN New York
suggested to Luis Cabrera. minister OF
finance in Mexico, that bail be fur
nished to release United States Con-
suiar Agent William Q. o.sJenkins, from
jail. to avoid a diplomatic break. 1t
was testified before the Senate For
eign Relations subcommittee on Mex
ican affairs today by Emiliano Lo-
pez Figuerea, a Mexican attorney of
New York.
Figuerea testified under protest.
II deny the jurisdiction of this
committee and its right and power to
compel my attendance and examina-
tion, on the grounds that this COM
mittee has no authority over alien
residents, but can only compel the
examination Of citizens of the United
States" he said. Furthermore, II is
a violation Of the international
comfy, as well as the courtesy which
this country owes to alien residents,
to compel such alien residents to testi-
fy concerning a matter concerning
this country"
He said he was willing to testify
IL his objects were overruled- The
committee told him objections were
not sustained.
Questioned as to his knowledge of
the telegram sent to Mexico suggest
ing the release of Jenkins on bail, he
said the telegram made the sugges.
ton but did not name J. Salter Han
son as the man to furnish the bail
He said the only motive in sending
the telegram was to prevent further
strained relations between the two
countries.
Asked If he knew the Mexican law
on bail provided for bail only with
the consent of the prisoner, he claim.
ed ignorance.
Francis ]. Kearful, counsel for the
committee. asked IL a man named
Meta had not gone to Germany to or
ganize a large German colony for Mex
leo.
II do not believe It," replied the
witness. II had a cablegram from
him in London" Figuerea was con-
fronted with Sociaiistic writings in n
Mexican magazine, L'Rasa. the pub
fishing company Of which he is presi-
dent. He denied any part in the for
nation OF an editorial policy for the
publication. The magazine was quo
ted by Kearful as saying that no
country outside soviet Russia" has a
constitution so considerate of tho in
terests of the people as the Mexican
constitution.
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Findings Of Reclassification
Board Forecast General
Salary Increase.
BRIEF FILED IN CONGRESS
Report Says Inequalities Of
Wage for Similar Work
Breeds Unrest.

The first hint as to whether Gov
ernment employees In Washington will
receive increased salaries as the re-
suit of the work of the joint COM
mission on reclassification of sal
aries was made this morning in a
preliminary brief filed with Con-
gress by the commission.
General salary increases are fore
cast in the commissions fpal report
according to this preliminary state
ment, which points out that the COM
mission will be influenced in its re-
vision of salaries by the following
findings:
Findings to Be Basis.
Salaries paid outside the Govern
ment service in positions where the
duties and specifications involved are
comparable to those of Government
positions.
Minimum. most common, and maxi
mum Government salaries now paid
in the District OF Columbia
: what salaries adfnfnistrators say
arc required to secure and 70 retain
efficient employees. ~
What the employees concerned say
they think they should receive.
Changes since 1914 in the cost OF
living. 49,,
While the commission does not state
what it's conclusions are in the con-
alterations OF these conditions. II
does state that 1t is being guided by
the facts revealed in its fnvestiga-
tions.
Outside Pay Higher.
Such investigation have disclosed
that salaries paid in outside employ
ment are generally higher than those
paid by the Government for similar
employment; that the salaries are en-
tirely too low to retain efficient en-
ployes; that the employees as a whole
have asked for higher salaries; and
that the cost of living in Washington
has advanced approximately so per
cent while salaries have increased
but a fraction of this percentage.
Thus, II is understood, that with
these facts in hand and the policy
Of handling them announced, the com
mission cannot do otherwise but rec
ommend salary increases for Govern
zone important consideration is
that of equity in pay, not only as be-
tween the classes OF varying rank
within a given service, but as be-
tween the classes in the different
services" states the preliminary re-
port.
The report continues: "The titles
OF positions appearing in past appro-
priation bills have had virtually nc
specifications of duties or qualifica-
tions back OF them. Statistics being
compiled for the commission for each
class of positions will show the facts
on inequalities OF pay for the same
character 81 work.
Inequalities Breed Unrest.
these inequalities have bred un-
rest In the Government service. The
newer members of the Congress NAV
not appreciate the need nor the
magnitude of the work of this re-
classification. But the older members
on whose initiative the commission
was created, were moved by a real
ization of the need. They realized
not only the lack OF uniformity in
pay for the same work, but also the
lack OF scientific standard for fixing
salaries"
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Marked Unrest In Schools.

There has been and is marked un-
this has its origin in continued
financial strain A part Of IT is due
to working and living conditions.
and other factors brought about
largely by the war. In part, IL Is
due to the feeling that more atten-
tion should be paid to immediate
needs. In part. II Is due to various
plans of reorganization, on which
marked differences of opinion ore
evident.
Yet there Is undoubtedly a very
widespread desire for time and op-
portunity for the system to revover
it's real strength. undisturbed, and
to that end for relief of clearly rec
ognized immediate needs. The fewer
uncertainties the system faces, at
the present time, the better.
The teaching force is OF high
grade. 1t is professionally well
trained. 1t realizes in large meas
ure its duty to the community and
desires to fulfill II. I believe Il Is
anxious to put the whole of its en-
ergy on the real work of the public
schools. Let us all help II to do so.
The problems of the public schools
are many. To discuss a considera-
BILE number in detail might tend IN
some degree to take the emphasis
from the most fundamental and
general. prefer. therefore, to focus
attention on a few large problems.
Teacher Recognition
Is Big problem.
The fundamental question in most
school systems today is a teacher rec
ognition. Teaching children eff
GENTLY Is the work for which the
school system exists. All its great
machinery should so function that
conditions may be right for effective
teaching. The teacher is the heart
of n schol or class. He must be
well equipped from the standpoint
OF general education, and profess
sional training or experience. He
must have good personality and ca
pacity to reach and interest chill
dren. He must keep alive during
his term of service: his mind ana
spirit refreshed by right study,
travel. contact with the community.
Conditions must be such that beforc
his class he may be always a vita!
personality. Teachers should be Sc
iected carefully--not hired In bulk.
The war taught the nation the
great value OF the public school
certain OF it's weaknesses, and defi-
mite helds for the extension OF its
work. The demands for physical
training, vocational training, science
instruction, specific preparation for
citizenship and for the development
OF sound American ideals are but
sign boards pointing to Increased
public school efficiency and to en-
larged demands on a teaching force.
Yet the teaching force desired Is
GROWING SMALLER. Why7 Be-
cause the average teacher, the coun.
try over, not only fehls the financial
burden due TO a wage scale far be-
low that for many an occupation
requiring no special training, but
he feels a lack OF genuine recos-
milton OF the place and value OF
his work which the scale implies.
Consequently. niany capable,
adaptable teachers as Eoing into
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sAuburn-Haired CeclI'' Jailed
and Formally Charged
With Killing.
WIFE, REARREsTED, FREED
New Clues Expected to Lead to
Recovery Of Missing
Money Belt.

Mt. CLEMENS, Jan .3.-Following
. statement by Mrs. Georgia Schwartz
q dressmaker that MES ]. Stanley
Brown ordered mourning costume
. week before her husband was killed
in his automobile December %, Mrs.
Brown today was re-arrested and
locked up in the county jail
Mrs. Brown was closely questioned
by State authorities, and later freed
for the second time.
Cousin Also Held.
Besides Mrs. Brown. her cousin and
Browns close friend. Lloyd Provost
10 under arrest, as is Cecil Beatrice
vester, a close friend Of Browns, and
ct one time the acknowledged sweet
heart of Provost The girl is actually
charged with the murder.
But so far the crime has not been
fixed upon any of these persons to
the satisfaction Of the authorities.
Feasibility that the murder Of
Brown may be traced through some
c9 the personal effects or posscssichs
~ the slain man was strongly sug-
gested by the uncovering of new cyl
dence.
Ths fountain pen of the dead man
has been found. 1t has been definite
ly located in the possession of Ben
Sorenson. the Camp Custer soldier
sweetheart of Cecil Beatrice Vester.
This important fact was made
known to the local authorities
through the receipt of an anonymous
letter received by Chief of Police
Alan Straight
The letter was postmarked Camp
Custer and was to the effect that
Ben Sorenson was not only display
ing . fountain pen formerly belong
ing to the murdered Mt. Clemens man.
but had openly boasted of the fact
that his sweetheart, Cecil Vester. was
regularly trimming Brown"
S7lrl Tells OF Pen.
The writer concluded with the
Statement that every soldier in bar
racks, numbering 600, at Camp Gus
teR. knew of these facts.
Word was Immediately sent to the
eommanding officer at Camp Custer.
Whe said he would make an investi-
cation without delay.
Cecil Vcster was visited in her jail
o8ll by the newspapermen to whom
she admitted giving Sorenson a foun-
tain pen formerly belonging to the
Asad man, but claimed that she had
taken It from Brown somc time be-
fore his death. and that the Camp
Custer soldier had had II in bis oos-
session before December %.
It was reported that members of
the law firm of Lungerhausen, Weeks
4 Lungerhausen, counsel for Lloyd
Provost, now held without warrant in
connection with the death of his
friend and companion were on the
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BARON MADE HIS BRIDE
LIVE LIKE WILD BEAST
Lady Csrbery Claims Peer Guilty Of
Cruel Practices-Divorce
Is Granted.

LONDON. Jan. 3.-How Baron Car
berry. big game hunter and airman,
took his beautiful bride to Africa
after thoir honeymoon in 1918 and
made her gallop miles on horseback
despite her delicate condition; how
she was made to hunt wild beasts
alone: how she had to live in a grass
hut like a savage, and how he beat
her with a sjambok. are some of the
alleR ations regarding the married life
OF the peeress made by her in the
Dublin courts.
No defense was submitted. Lady
Carbery was granted a decree nisi of
divorce. but she will have to present
. bill to Parliament for her complete
marriage severance
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NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Sir George
Paish, eminent British financial ex-
pert, disclosed few more facts yes
terday about the loan he is here to
float for bankrupt European coun-
tries, the amount Of which. he an
nounced on his arrival, "will stagger
the world"
While he did not disclose the
amount, which the New York Amer
ican learned and exclusively pub
lished was to be about 5000, ,000,-.
Ooo, Sir. George xsssurcd 70 it again
yesterday rs "a gigantic bond issue"
He also stated flatly:
international Issue. !,
"The bankers cannot take care q
the situation. 1t is too big for them"
Indeed, Sir George announced that
his idea OF raising the staggering
loan was by an international bond
issue.
But the startling announcement by
Sir George WIS that not only must
the American government cooperate,
but that the American people, the In
diytdual investor-the man In the
street-must be persuaded to sub
scribe.
This disclosure was made when the
British expert was asked how he
would arrange a satisfactory method
of payment by European countries. He
replied:
your methods OF granting credits
are nearly exhausted. The bulk or
the money we loan the world is loan
ed by investors. 1t will have to be
done in a similar manner in Amer
ica."
Predicts Controversy.
In this connection 1t is interesting
TO note that the New York corre-
spondent of the London Daily News
cabIed his paper in regard tc. the
proposed loan, as follows:
"A loan ct anything like $4,000
000, 900 would have to be placed by
propaganda among small investors.
and an acute controversy would be
certain to arise"
While the correspondent does not
amplify this simple statement, he un-
doubtedIy was referring to the al
ready widespread British propaganda
conducted in America, to which the
Hearst papers have called attention,
and which has aroused much resent
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Problems of Washington
The Public Schools:
Teachers Pay
Ernest L. Thurston, Superintendent of the
Public Schools, Sets Forth in a Series of
Articles the Problems That Now Confront
Educational Authorities in This City.
BY ERNEST L. THURSTON,
Superintendent of Public Schools.

TO the Editor Of Tho Times:
In replying to letter. which request prepare
statement concerning SCHOOL problems conditions
TO quote from nords foLows:
I'm view of the unusual conditions the District schools
believe that uotd be public scrvce might hare
authoritative statement from regard to these conditions
"The public much school
siuation, and opporune presenting the
problems which confront school authorities Tho
Times odnts cooperate actively wth school officers public
spirited citizens and organizations effort better conditions
here. and asks for this contribution in this spirit"
To such request made in this cooperative spirit of
community SERVICE it is both privilege and real duty
to respond The public schools the public's schools
The community is entitled to KNOW from responsible
school officials the factors which affecting the efc
ency of this great public institution.
During the last three years the District of Columbia
school system has endured great strains. Only the
sponsble administrative officials know how difficult it has
been to continue effective work The system, however is
fundamentally strong and sonnd At the time met
ditions TO the best OF IT'S ability
1t still has its serous problems. Some increasing
in difficulty It will do its best to meet these but it
qures time, definite help, and understanding public.
Many of these problems by entirely its
They less common to other communities and
reflect a national situation.
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IS At Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH. Pa Jan. B.
Sixty-6,e alleged members Of the
Communist party Of America are
In Jail here today and n crushing
blow was dealt "reds" when Fed
ernI agents, assisted by local au-
thorities. conducted fifteen raids
In the Pittsburgh district. A
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St. Louis Has Leader.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3-Stephen
Antioch, said to be secretary Of the
Community party in the United
States, was among thirty -four al
legged radicals taken in raids BY
FEDERAL authorities here and In
East St Louis last night and this
morning. Quantities Of "red" lit
craturc were seized.
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Connecticut Bags 40.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Jan. s.
Federal officers assisted by State
and city police had rounded up
about 40 alleged radicals early this
morning, the arrest beginning last
night. Bridgeport Waterbury, New
Britain, Manchester, Hartford and
New London were included In last
nights raids.
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Buffalo Gets 1876.

BUFFALO, n. Y, ian. s.--Tbc
second raid planned by the Depart.
meut Of Justice and carried ant BY
local police, netted 136 alleged
radicals Inst night. Most Of them
are said TO be members of the
Communist party.
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Sent To Ellis Island.

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. 8.-Immi-
grafton service today started work
Of removing alleged radicals ar.
rested in this district to Ellis Is
land. The first ship load consisted
Of 107 persons, including twelve
women. Another ship load was to
leave here this afternoon.
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files and BOMBS FOR REVOLUTION SEIZED In RA
RESULTS OF RAIDS
in RED CENTERS
Chicago Gets 22l.

CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-The number
of alleged radicals under arrest.
rose to 22l before noon today. Au-
thorides said more arrests will
follow.
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Government Cooperation Not
Enough, Declares British
Fianncier. It
INDIVIDUALS MUST HELP
Scheme Seen to Substitute
New Bond for Securities
Held Here.

LONDON, Jan. s-Lord Grey,
British Ambassador 10 the United
States, who is returning TO Lon.
don, will submit important flnan-
cial proposals 10 the British gov
ernment the Pail Mall Gazette
announced today.
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FORMER PRESIDENT OF
CHINA DIES AT PEKlNC

Y1KrNo. Jan 3.-Fcng Kuo Chang,
6nPner President OF China died here
HDssday.
On hts dsath-bed he addressed q cir
1u1nr teiegram to all warning Gover.
Hets, In which he urged that civil
9trffe end. and that reconciliation be
ncuth factions
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Boston Holds 81.

BOSTON, Jan. 3.-AccOrding to
official figures today fifty-seven
reds were under arrest here today
following raids by Department Of
Justice agents last night. More
than zoo alleged reds were taken
in raids throughout New England
last night.
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Michigan Gets 500.

DETROIT, Jan. 3.-More than
500 reds and radicals, with .
sprinkIing Of l. w. WIS, to day
awaited action by immigration au-
therfties, following q series Of ST.
multapeous raids last night by
Federal, State and city police.
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80 At Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, JAN s.
More than eighty radicals were
seized here last night. Three raid
ing parties today sought twenty
others for whom warrants were
issued.
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Trenton Arrests rs.

TRENTON, N. ]. Jan. S-AbOut
seyenty-five alleged radicals were
arrested here last night and early
today and were to be given hear
ings this morning.
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so In Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. S.
Fifty persons arrested iH raids on
alleged red headquarters through
out Indiana last night were to be
brought to Indianapolis tsday for
action by Federal etSicialk.