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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-10
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
A CHiLD'S PRAYER.

AS Nine. L was walking along
street Of Lyons, one cold day, she
saw little girl about seven years old,
half clad, dipping something in the
icy water OF a fountain. Curious to
know what the child was doing, the
lady approached her.
What are you doing, little girl?"
she asked.
I'm washing my dress"
you should put on another one
while you do it, said the lady.
This is the only one | haVe.'
"What is your name?'
MARY
"Where are your parents?"
My mother is dead and my father
is home sick
Take me to your house,
The child looked at the stranger
with fear, then, treasured by the af-
fectionate smile that met her eyes,
she put her little half-froZen hand
into that of her new-found friend and
led the way to the squalid tenement
nearby. This they entered, and, stop
ping before a door, the child called
out:
Papa here's a lady that wants to
see you,'
"To see me? A lady? Some rich
person who wants to enjoy the sight
Of my poverty, I suppose. Tell her
| TO go away
The lady, who had entered the
room, said gently:
Il have come to offer you help"
Il don't want anything except to
be let alone in peace in my own
house, replied the man, taking the
| piece of money the visitor had laid
on the table and tossing it contemptu'
ously away.
| There was nothing more to be done
so the lady kissed the little girl and
whispered
Meet me at the fountain"
Several weeks passed by without
any news of the child although the
| fountain had been closely watched
Finally, she was found begging in
| the streets. This time the lady took
her home and learned her sad little
| story.
Mamma was very good" she said
every morning and night she had
me say Our Father and Hail Mary.
| Papa was good then, too, but after
mamma died, he grew sad. He reads
big papers, now, and he never speaks
Of God and rich people without get
ting very angry
| This story gave the good lady an
idea. She made the child promise to
say Our Father" once every day, and
Hail Mary ten times, and sent her
home laden with food.
| A month later, the child came to see
! her benefactress, her face radiant this
time.
| Madame, papa, would like to see
you, but he is afraid to come here" she
| exclaimed. :
| This difficulty was soon overcome
| Nine. L hurried to him. She found
| the surroundings as poor as ever, but
| the mans face wore a look that eX
! pressed the change that had taken
| place in his heart. , Ills.
Madame" he said respectfully, 81
can't tell how it happened, but
hardly know myself. On hearing the
child say Our Father and Hail Mary,
1 was at first impatient because she
said them so many times. Then, after
a few days, l found myself repeating
the prayers with her mechanically, re
membering that my poor wife did the
same thing Then, by degrees, MY
heart softened. / felt sorry for my
wickedness and for my insolence to
you when you came to see us. l ask
your pardon and also Gods forgive
ness for all my SINS
This was freely granted, and the
kind lady interested herself in the
little family SO that there was nc
more want
| Thus, by means of the prayers Of a
child, soul was saved and brought
to God. E '
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-10

smoking, pltcnln, uoWn stt
Caseys',
Spending Sunday down at Caseys'
after Mass.
Hard and cold is youth to fancies that
around the old men cling,
So they left them perched upon the
rail, to swap their vaporing,
Took seat inside at Caseys, on the
good chairs at the Caseys';
While the Caseys' new piano made the
old house rock and ring;
And their mild eyes stared and glis-
tened, as they sat around and
listened,
To the tuneful little ditties Laughing
Mary used to sing;
And they rubbed their chins, and rec
koned" that to no one was she
second,
"Cripes. she'd sing the blooming head
off any singer in her Glass;
Then the banter and the laughter,
When the chorus hit the rafter;
1t was great being down at Caseys',
healthy, wholesome fun at
Caseys',
Spending Sunday down at Caseys'
after Mass.
There was something in the old life
that | cannot quite forget,
There are happy, golden mem'ries
hov'ring round me even yet,
Something special down at Caseys,, in
that wonderland at Caseys,
Where the very ducks seemed whittier
far than other ducks l met,
Where the grass seemed always green
er, where the life of man was
cleaner,
And the joys that grew about us shed
no leaves Of brown regret.
Oh, the merry, merry party; Oh, tht
simplefolk and hearty,
That could fling their cares behind
them, and forget them wher
they pass,
Simple lives and simple pleasure:
never stinted in the measure,
| There was something down at Caseys
something clean and good a
Caseys,
Spending Sunday down at Caseys
after Mass.
Passed and gone that old bush home
stead where the hours to-
| swiftly few,
Silent now the merry voices Of TIL
happy friends I knew;
We have drifted far from Caseys'. Al
deserted now at Caseys',
Just lone brick chimney standing
and a garden tree or two
Still the minahs love to linger Wher
the .signpost points the finger,
Down the dust track winding west
ward, where the tall white tin
Der grew;
And the big hill seems to wonder wiz
the ties are snapped asunder-
Why the neighbors never gather nov
or loiter as they pass
But a tear-stained thought beseemin
comes along and sets me dream
ing.
That I'm back again at Caseys'-wit
the old, old friends at Caseys'-
Spending Sunday down at Caseys
after Mass.
John O'Brien. Western Australia Record
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-04-10
POOR OLD MEN AND WOMEN.

Some time ago we heard a super
irtendent Of pOorhOuse say that
many grim tragedy is enacted within
its walls, says The Echo. He spoke
OF the fathers and mothers-the old
men and women whose earning days
are OVERRIDING obliged, often through
the ingratitude and neglect of chill
dren, to seek shelter within its walls.
When they died their bodies were
taken-cautiously of course-from the
asylum, and forthwith we learned
from the daily press Of the demise of
-, the father or mother of our
respected felloW-citizen. Then there
are wreaths and flowers as tokens of
the love of the bereaved children who
persist in playing the hypocrite to
the last
These affectionate children never
gave a thought to the parents when
they were housed and clothed and fed
as paupers. They never visited them,
so fearful were they that the world
would learn of their cruelty. They
swept their hearts clean of filial af-
rection, and forgot the love that once
swept them in generous waves, the
anxiety and work occasioned by their
upbringing, the many sacrifices made
for them. The tired face and eyes
filed with tears - the tired heart
breaking under it's anguish, the tired
and wasted body CARRIED in pauper
raiment-all this never crosses their
line of vision.
But what a source of bitterness
these children dig for themselves.
When reverses come upon them and
experience punctures their illusions,
and life is as bleak as a wind-swept
moor, memory will rise up and
scourge them and burn into their
heart, that for them there is naught
but repentance. This memory will
endure to the grave, showing them
ever and anon the tear-stained face of
her who was their visible guardian
angel and who should have been sur.
rounded with all the comforts that a
dutiful heart could invent. The
waves or remorSe, put unaValllng, will
flow round about them, and conscience
scourge and remind them always OF
the parents who were allowed to die
in the poorhouse.
And parents want so little a nook
in the child's home-a word of love
. to cheer them as they go down into
the valley, a, little thought and sym
pathy to make the way easier-surely
these demands are moderate But
they are ignored by some children
Instead of love they give neglect; in
stead of a home a place among pau
pers, and, instead of thought, cruelty
that decent-hearted man does not
wreak on a dog. And we have wit
messed the passing of some OF these
deserted parents and heard them
committing to the care Of Jesus and
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25
GERMANY,S NEW FATE
FIXED BY MI, II,LERAND
AND LLOYD GEORGE
Two Premiers All Smiles; Nitti's Consent Still to
Be Obtained; British Premier Had Stood for
Policy of Reconciliation.

San Reno, April 24.-Premier lloyd
George, of Great Britain, and Premier
Millerand, of France, have come to a
full understanding concerning Germany.
They are drawing up a joint declara-
ton, setting forth the several points of
their agreement, which, as Premier
Lloyd George says, "covers everything -
The agreement was arrived at during
a conversation lasting nearly four hours
in Lloyd Georges hotel rooms and on
the balcony adjoining them. At the
close of the conference. NJ. Millerand
came out looking perfectly contented.
Lloyd George said beamingly:
Everything is most satisfactory A
full agreement was reached in sub
stance
Later he added:
Monsieur Aillerand and l are draw
ing up a Joint declaration covering ev-
erything.'
The foundations for the agreement
were laid during an after -dIlner talk
Thursday, which was continued during
intervals in the councils work Friday
and was completed in detail Saturday
The Italian premier, Signor Nitti, is re-
lied upon to approve Lloyd Georges and
NJ. Millerand's conclusions.
MilIerand Fought Reconciliation. ).
Withdrawal Of allied transports from
part of the Rhineland, in consideration
of immediate execution by Germany Of
certain financial obligations of the
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25
WHETHER IT'S CRIME
TO BE COMMUNIST LEFT
TO SECRETARY VIII SON

yer said. were directly traceable to the
communist organizations.
EndcavOring to distinguish between the
communist party and the Communist
Labor party. Hale declared the applica-
ton blanks of the Communist Labor
party made the applicant bound to be
guided by the principles of the party.
An applicant for membership in the com
munist party, on the other hand. pledged
support as an active worker. The plat
form Of the communist party, Hale aver
red, was nothing more than the socialism
Of Karl Marx.
As proof that there is connivance be-
tween the department of justice and
some Of the communists, Hale offered
9 confidential letter purporting to be
from Frank r. Burke, Of the depart
ment to Boston agent, announcing
January 2 as the date for communist
raid and declared you should arrange
with your under-cover informants to have
meetings of the communist party and
the Communist Labor on the night set.
as such arrangements would facilitate
the making Of arrests"
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25
THREATS Of ARREST
To DRIVE STRIKERS
BACK REPUD|ATED
Bumptious Official of Justice
Department Reproved by Su.
periors for Aggravation.

Cleveland. April 24.-Threats that
several hundred striking Cleveland
switchmen would be arrested unless they
returned to work Saturday morning,
made Friday. by John Sauwkin. depart
ment of justice representative, were de-
clared to be entirely improper and with
out authorization in telegram sent
from Washington by Assistant Attorney
Wertz.
A. L. Faulkner. local representative
OF Secretary Of Labor Wilson. inter
vened in the strike situation hyS calling
into conference the leaders OF the strik-
ers. Following the conference. he de-
clared federal authorities here had over
stepped their authority in threatening
arrest of strikers.
He said he would appeal to u. s. lis
tRict Attorney Wcrtx to- prevail on the
railroade to permit the strikers to re-
tam their seniority rights. should they
ments.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25

Order IN Which They Run.
From returns received from the lead
ing counties of the state including all
the principal cities, it now appears that
senator Walsh's associates upon the
delegation will be. in the order in which
the vote now places them. as follows:
Judge Roy +. Ayers Of Lewistown.
G. J. Kelly of Butte, George Ramsey of
Helena, Mrs. Maggie Smith Hathaway
of Stevensville. Judge J. F. O'Connor
Of Livingston, James p. Bole of Boze-
man. and X. X. Purcell of Helena
Those are the ones who are in the
might overtakc and pass them, but
should they continue to run as they
hive in the returns already in, the list
Of delegates will be from among them.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25
STR|KERS.WAR|lED
!. AGITATION MEANS
HARSHER MEASURES
While Chicago Federal Commits.
siOner Assures Them of Rights
Clyne Harps on Wrongs.

Chicago, April. 24.-The cases of 4o
strike leaders. arrested last week,
charged with acts violating the Lever
act, were continued until May 3, when
arraigned before United States Com
missioner Mason. Among them were
John Grunau, president of the outlaw
Chicago yardmen's association. and
Harold Reading. head of the United
Enginemen's association.
'"Thc government has not arrested
you men to force you to 90 back to
work., Commissioners Mason said to the
defendants. but because you are charged
with breaking q law. A man has 4 rieht
to quit his work any time he feels like Il.
That's his constitptionsl right and It il
not the intention Of the government to
compel you to return To duty =
District Attorn4y Clyne warned tie
strike leaders that II they peraisted in
strike agitation, the government would
adopt more drastic measurss In dealing
with them. ii ss'ss s5 .ss. 81
eve Vim not ean any more meetings"
Grunau said, Tia men have shown that
they have no intention of returning To
work until Their demands are granted"
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25
INDUSTRIES SEND
OUT S0SCALL As
R.R. STRIKE L|NGERS
Calamity Threatens Illinois
Plants Manufacturers Wire
Senator Mccormick.

Chicago, April o4.-While the rail.
road general managers association re-
ported decided breaks in the ranks OF
striking switchmen." the Illinois Manu-
facturers' association, in a telegram to
Senator Medill Mccormick. declared
that manufacturing plants in Illinois
will be compelled to close and untold
distress will follow ''unless railroads
can switch the cars"
'"The closing down Of plants will ere.
ate calamity" the telegram read, Our
the help of the strong arm of govern
mcnt. Is it afraid to act?'
Mr.. Mccormick was asked to renew
his effort to get the railroad labor board
away from the Washington atmo-
sphere
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25
CITY OF CASCADE.
The Daily Tribune.

Special to The Daily Tribune.
Cascade, April 24.-very little inter
est was taken in the presidential pref
erence election in Cascade. Friday. Only
Is out Of total of 22O votes were cast
There were AZ Republican and 23 Dem
ocratic ballots. The returns show:
Republication president: Lowden
10, Hoover s, johnson 8, Wood 6. and
Harding none; for electors: Kemmis :s2.
Mcleod 30, Power 30. Farnsworth .S,
and Richardson %. For delegates-Cal-
laway "a. Burlingame 10. Connolly 26.
Hart "a, Larson 20. Selway 20. Goddard
II. Gum II, Donlon II, Mcdowell II.
johnson 10, Gibson II, John Allen 5.
w. b. Allen s, Adami 3. Alexander &.
G.. b. Allen 4, Ambrose 4. Miss Auder-
son 3. Baker 4. Brimacombe 4, Dorr 5,
Fenncr 6. Hairc 3, Kirton ?, Mcmillan
2, McWiliams Z.
Democrats-For president: Edwards
8, McAdoo 4. Wilson 3. Vice president.
Samuel v. Stewart 1S. Electors-Ciscl
16, Hurd II. Kennedy Is. ToOle II. For
delegates-Ayers 6. Bsrth 18. Bole IL,
Burke 3. Erickson 5, Hathaway 4,
Kehoe 3, Kelly 10, Lane 2, McGregor l..
Murphy 10. Newman Il, OConnor 3,
O'Neill 2. Purcell 10. Ramsey 5. Rey-
nolds 4. .Scearce !, Stewart. 4, Thomp-
son 1, Walsh IA.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25

New York April 2i-Amalgamatior
of the overills clubs Of the country into
4 national organization to force down
prices will be attempted by the promoI-
ers of New York's OIL CLOS parade
Saturday. it was declared by Walter
J. Kingsley. Of the Cheese Club. one of
the sponsors Of the movement
Following the procession up Broad
way. Kingsley stated that the next step
in the campaign will be. the formation
of a national army to wage effective war
on high clothing prices by refusing 10
buy until quotations drop to within reas-
onahie limits
The Cheese club is willing to UNDER
take the amalgamation Of the orerails
clubs Of the country into national or
gani2atlOn TO agree ON what should be
the maximum price to pay for hats,
shoes. suits, dresses. underwear. socks.
stockings and such necessities-and to
p)edge it. membership to refusal to buy
until wearing apparel can be bought
within that maximum.
Parade Not up to Plans.
Thousands of New Workers protested
against the high cost of clothing Satur-
day by watching an overalls parade of
hundreds. in the nationwide drive
against profiteering in wearing apparel
started by the Cheese club.
The parade turned out to be in part
a demonstration against prohibition.
White elephants in blue denim end
chorus girls in automobiles were also in
the parade. but hoi polloi in patched
trousers and plain overalls were in tie
majority.
Mean to Agitate Further.
Girls in glngham dresses were also
outnumbered by girls in overalls.
Members of the Cheese club. who in
troduced New York to the overalls mode.
were bit disappointed. Leading the
parade behind mounted police, they ex
pected many more thousands of OF clo'
devotees to swing in behind them. When
Confined on Page Two)
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25

Washington, April 24.-Secretary Of
Labor Wilson, after an all-day arg,,,
ment, took under advisement the qucs-
&ion whether membership in the Com
munist Labor party in itself consti-
tutes grounds for deportation of aliens
During the hearing there was flare
up over statements attributed to Federal
Judge Anderson, of Boston, that the
government Operates some part of the
Communist party in this country" Swim
'burne Hale, of New York, upholdine
It, and. J. Hoover, Of the department
OF justice, declaring it an unjustifiable
misconception Of the facts"
Asserting that John Reed, last re-
ported detained in Abo, Finland, for af-
filiation with the bolsheviki, was the
founder of the Communist Labor party,
Hoover declared it was like all other
Communist organizations, "a gang Of
cutthroat aliens who have come to this
country to overthrow the government
by force" Fifty per cent Of the in
nuences behind the recent strikes. Hoo
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25
WALSH AND A. B. D. DELEGATES LEAD POLL
Boycott ON Candy
and Soda Proposed
as Sugar Price War

New York, April IA months
boycott Of candy, soda water aad
pastry IS advocated by Edwin J..
0'Mailsy, city commissioner Of psb.
lie markets, to relieve the sugar
shortage and bring down prices. ne
says tack Of sugar for homo con.
sumption was due primarily to enor-
NOUS consumption by manufacturers
who had obtained control Of the sup.
ply. A boycott, he oonteadsd, will
mako them release part Of their
holdings for public purchase.
To show alleged profits In candy,
he quoted from 4 circular sent out
by q corporatloa that Is selling stock.
The circular said that chocolates
sold at so cents to $l.00 q pound and
the cost Of production was 4 little
more than q cents. !
"Thers u plenty Of sugar." 0'Mat
Icy added, "Dut under Z system OF
uareguIatod private control Of neces-
stiles Of life, the public markets are
stripped bare Of sw0ar."
0'Malley has roceived letter from
Secretary Tumulty, saying that he
will bring to tho attention. Of Pres.
ident wilson Immediately ON alleys
request that Z board Do appojatod
to fix the price Of sugar and ,re9u.
late tho distribution.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25

treaty Of Versailles. was proposed b,
Italy and Great Britain at the confer
ence. Permier Millerand refused to
agree to this plan
The Anglo Italian agreement included
disarmament of Germany under threat
of blockade and the simultaneous in
auguration of policy of reconciliation
Want Double Size Army.
Germany has asked the interallied
conference to increase from 100000 to
2VO.OOO men the standing army provid-
ed for Germany by the terms of the
treaty Of Versailles.
The request was contained in a note
which set forth that an increased force
was necessary for the maintenance of or
der in Germany and that. furthermore,
the army would not accept an order for
its dissolution. The note further re-
quested that Germany be allowed to re-
tain the entire general staff aud corps
Of officers, which means the entire
framework of the active army.
Two other German notes were hand
ed to the foreign office at the same
time. The first referred to the dis
bandment of the civic guards.
The second embodied requests that
the reichswehr force in the neutral zone
should be fixed according to the num-
Der of msos>instead of the number Of
units, and that Germany be allowed to
have eleven batteries Of artillery. in
stead Of two. in the neutral zone.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-04-25
JOHNSON PREFERENCE
VICTORY SEEMS ALSO TO
EXTEND TO A. B. %. SLATE

In addition to the Republican dele
gates to the national convention in Chi
cago be,n; instructed to support Hiram
Johnson for the nomination for presi-
dert. it looks as though the delegation
would be composed in the main of those
delegates who went into the race with
a pledge to support johnson printed on
the ballot with their names.
The returns are no more complete on
the Republican delegates than on the
Democrats, the interest centering in the
Republican preferential choice over
shadowing ali else and pushing the re-
turns on the delegates into the back
ground The few returns that have been
received. however. may indicate the
manner in which the various candidates
are running in those sections which have
been already heard from.
Ono Weak Spot Ia Slate.
The one weak spot in the figures is
that those so far received include for
the most part the vote in the home
counties of the candidates where they
would be naturally expected to poll their
heaviest vote. In view Of this fact,
later returns might change the COM
plexion of the delegation.
The Silver Bow vote. aided by heavy
vote cast in their behalf in other parts
of the state, seems to have made certain
the election of the entire 0. H. p. Shelley
handpicked delegation which was pledged
for Johnson for president. this slate
consisting Of Adami. Alexander, G.. b.
Allen. Ambrose, Anderson. Baker, Brima-
combe, and DOrr.
There are three outsiders who have
run strong in northern Montana and who
may be in at the death if they hold up
in other sections as yet unheard from.
They are Senator James NJ. Burlingame
and Judge Lew L. Galloway, Of Great
Falls, and Senator +. o. Larson, of Cho-
teau. Connolly. of Billings. also has
a chance to get in if later figures main
tain the lead given bn small returns