Judas Iscariot was a Patriot, In Comparison with Some Tom tit Politicians W h o Espouse a Cause Only to
Betray It, and W h o Stab
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VOL. I, No. 17
P U B L IS H E D W E E K L Y
CREDIT MASONS FOR GREAT VICTORY
IN ADOPTION OF OREGON SCHOOL LAW
ANO PAY NO HEED TO FOUR-FLUSHERS
P O R T LA N D , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , N O V E M B E R 30, 1922
HON.
HIGGINS M U H T EVANS is imperial
ENOUGH TO ASK FOR M O IF IRE HAS EVIL THAT MUST BE ABOLISHED BY
CITY MANAGER POST
EXECUTIVE ACTION OR BY RECALL
Famous Texan Wins High
Rank in Leading Ameri
can Order; Simmons
Is Emperor
Three New Commissioners
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Under Suspicion of
Judge Eakin Still Mum on Vitally Important Subject, but
Gross Treachery
Special to Western American
Must Explain H ow System W o rk « and Then Put
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Final Stop to It, in Interest of Justice
A T L A N T A , Ga„ Nov. 28.—
K. OF C. PLOTTERS AT WORK
CAMPAIGN 10 GO ON FOR NATIONAL GOOD
until foreign
A N Y W H E R E IN U. S. PR IC E Sc
a."
Powell Disclaims Giving Out Seattle Interview, Which
Evidently Was Designed by Enemies of Klan
and of All Patriotic Societies
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UTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE
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are ousted
M A Y O R -E L E C T O. B. S E T T E R S of
Aeteria v i . l t . d Portland Monday on
Creation of Department of Education With Head in hid « a y to Kennewick to on joy a
tMftk*d
#1 tha Kern, of h‘a « e th e r,
«
President’^ Cabinet Npxt Victory la Sight,
i
prio r fa tha u nw alaa'HIa tea* af 'p ic k -
W ith Big Majority Assured
mg winnere" for m unicipal Jobe undar
tha new commlaalon-managarlal aya-
A fter veins o f patient and systematic educational effort, tam of government adopted Novem
ber 7 by the Aetorlana. “ Th e re len't
the A. & A. Scottish Rite o f Freemasonry, under the brilliant near enough pie to go 'round,' eaid
IreUersltif* o f I’hilip-Schu> J e f Malculr»;' 33d degree, S o v e r e ig i n the m jyo r-«i*ct ih conversation with
a group of frienda at tha Oregon. “ In
(¡rand Inspector-Genera! in Oregon, Hhs won the adoption by
fact,” he added ruefully, “tha task of
the people, at the November 7 election, o f the great foundational aatiafylng a m ajority with our selec
statute requiring all children to receive their primary training tion», to ba mode aoma tim e In De
cember, la harder by far than the work
in the free public school«, thus safeguarding liberty and pro of getting elected." Judge Settere
moting Americanization in Oregon by compelling all children predicted "tremendoue progreae" for
alike to receive the same instruction and drilling In fundamental Aptdrla and Clataop county within
knowledge, as a basis for education and good American citizen- the coming year.
Dr.
H.
guished
W.
Evans,
publicist
a distin-
of
Dallas,
MR. FULTON CLAIMS NO MAN IS IN SIGHT
BUT THE WOODS ARE FULL OF ATTORNEYS
Banking Clique Scheming to Texas, already famous for his
Get Grip on City and
constructive work as Imperial
Port Finances
Klokard, was elected Imperial
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Uu-xsewu atobftoa.
and ■wS«w"'tYie
W izard o f the Invisible Empire,
,here Knights jof the Ku Klux Klan,
all
beaded by O B. Setters, won a com
plete triumph, strange reports
are
here.
Dr. Evans Will succeed Colonel
t U Tin^ U 111 8UCC<^ a 'r?1011^
current, to the efftK't that two or
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tk n
1 1 «a.« •< C r m > m lo a in W illia m
J. Sim m ons, fo u n d e r o f
Astoria
has surpassed Reno, Nevada, in the disarraceful
^
2 the present Ku Klux Klan
precedence o f having a -divorce m ill” that loosens the nuptial
Higgins. president of th* As.orts Ns-
The new office of Em oeror. knot at a rate fa r exceeding that o f m arn a gea -d ivorces by mail-
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at c
tionat Bank, campaign manager of was created fo r Colonel Sim- order, and while you wait!,| This divorce mill is operated in and
M p stone, defeated mayoralty can mens, to which he
e .e -ie j
and through the Circuit Court o f the Twentieth Judicial Dis-
d.dau. opponent of the Public School fo r ,ife. by acclamation.
trict> o f which j . A . Eakin is the presiding judge.
mu.
Ulllkum of the K.Cs, said Hlg
glne having had the unmatched au * Ed' ' ' ird
ounR
r
w °j
What do you think o f a court that operates a “ mail-order”
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dacity and Ihcredtble Impudence to served as Imperial W izard tern-
porarily. during a long illness system o f divorcing men and women from the m arriage contract
apply to the new board for employ
ment as City Manager—a position In i f Colonel Simmons, was elected and its sacred and holy vows, apparently without regard to the
which he would bo Lord High Boss to the office o f Imperial Giant.
y hip.
rights o f children?
of the Whole Works. In theory.
Thoughtful observers everywhere are declaring that the
The constructive work o f the
i f the charges are true, and they stand unchallenged a fter
Prom u reliable correspondent in
Oregon Public School I.aw, conceived by the Freemasons and pro
v a s practically having been published on November 10, the State B ar Associa-
Astoria tbe WESTERN AMERICAN Klomokatior.
moted by them to tile angle o f success,
the greatest and most
has received „ detailed «c o u n t of the ; finished today and the officers ^
and ^
ju d ic ia l authorities should take notice and
far-reaching piece o f constructive legWation enacted in unv
sayings and doing, of the persons in- and delegates, here from all
State in fifty yeanrs
voived ln the attempted plot, eapos-j p a rts 0f the country, are pre- P ut 8 stoP to w h a t appear* to be a most outrageous travesty
ing the raotlres o( «II concerned, a nd. n a r j n g tQ f e t u r n ho^ e
T h e y upon justice.
Clean Town and Military tolling things that would cause a com
Backed by Patriotic
have
been
shown
every
courtesy,
Whoever is responsible fo r the "m ail-order” divorce system,
Efficiency Assured if
munlt) stir In Astoria.
Societies in General
and
honor
while
in
Atlanta
and
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exists 89 sieged, in the Circuit Court o f the Twentieth Ju-
lu this Issue the WESTERN AMER
He Heads Police
were
the
recipients
o
f
countless
dicial
District, ought to be removed from office without cere-
ICAN
Is
giving
the
three
Commission
Hats o ff to the Masons! The chief orettit for this m agn ifi-! ______
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A S T O R IA . Nav. Z8— W alter Gobin ers-oleot the benefit of a doubt. Every social invitations.
mony,
by action o f the judicial authorities i f practicable, and by
cent victory, which will bring showers o f blessing upon Amer-| 9mith, noted motor mech. nlcl. „ , nd
man's Innocence is assumed, until he
The
Klonvokation
adopted
a
reC8^
or
impeachment, i f necessary.
ii'nn posterity to tin1 last generation, belongs to the Scottish Kite garags man here, it generally regard Is proven guilty. U Isn't fair td’ as
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o f Freemasonry, to the Supreme Council o f tha Thirty-Third ed as the popular favorite fo r appoint sume that Dick. Tom and Harry are new Constitution, which is said,
Degree, nnil to its patriot leader in Oregon, Philip Schuyler ment by the new city commission aa CCRS BENEATH CONTEMPT, slm- to be a masterpiece o f construe-
The W E S T E R N A M E R IC A N published on Novem ber 10
head of the police department, though, uJy booauBp a bad odor pervades their
tive work, designed to make the
Malcolm o f Portland.
It
I. understood,
h»» not formally Immediate neighborhood. TJiey prob- pr^at Order imperishable jn the original statement of-the alleged facts upon which action is
Never before has seemed so resplendent and so appropriate
applied for th. po.itlon,
, ably have been foolin' w,th a SKUNK, j A m e ric a n fr a te r n a l a f f a i r s .
to be taken. Many days have passed and Judge Eakin makes no
'M
IN ELECTION BAHLE
the Triangle in the blazing sun surmounting the Crown upon the
Mr. Smith, who le a n ex-service man
double-headed Eagle, and its motto: “ Deus Meumque Jus.” The with an honorable record, was the
glorious old Masonic Order, rich beyond measure in Its prestige leader In the battle for the w inning
ticket In the Novem ber 7 election. Th e
o f a thousand years, never did anything finer and more timely remarkable mobIHzatlon of votera and
than this Public School Law in Oregon.
tbe constructive preparations for team
It was backed, o f course, by patriotic societies in general, [ work on eioction day were due, a. ccn-
nnd by the Ku Klux Klan in particular, the great Klan being con- C8ded bz 411 concerned, to M r. S m ith ',
secrated to Liberty and tie voted to the educational work o f which1 ,lr* le** ,f,ort*' The' t ’ 0** •*p.r|encd
d preposterous oolltlcl*n* hfr* dee,,re th,t Mr>
the Public School Bill is a part. It were foolish and
man
to claim that “ the Klan did it," und no true Klansman will
w ill make
make ’ I eincts, *nd h i. .y .te m of quietly keep-
The
western
S e lectio n
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to 1 ^ ” , ^
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If. however, said Dick. Tom and ' tending the
Klonvokation is thar* es are adjudicated before a higher tribunal. Whether he
Harry see fit to obey the bidding of headed by Fred L. G ifford o f
or not- however, he must answer before the great bar o f
the s k u n k , it then win he the time! portiand Ore
Grand Dragon Pnblic Opinion, which is the overruling and supreme authority
to take off their hides and bury the q{ thc
Northwest
in America.
carcasse*
main. Mr. G iffo rd ’s popularity1
Great sums o f money are being expended by children’s aid
Men often hear storie« of disgust
lnK and horrid acts committed by Dick, was attested in many ways dur- societies and other charitable organizations in the e ffo r t to
He is a na- take care o f minors who are the victims o f the divorce evil, which
" UolnK
«-i.»» of th« dirty.! tional f iifur* in the development >«
in large measure to corrupt and crooked lawyers and to
th« depraved, the
« le de- o f the i : e a t 0 r d e r .
courts
which
make a mockery o f justice.
Ing tab on a ft voters, never h * . been vltallied and tho dainnwl—victim, of
Is it possible that these" scoundrels have no vestige o f con
; equalled In an A .to rla election.
the devils of aln and uilafortuno. W ise]
A clean town and strict law en-
science? Do they never think o f the scriptural condemnation o f
men. however, discount such-stories.
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forcement »re «aid to be a.aured. If making allowance for exaggeration i » O V C m O r
men who sin against children— that it were better that a mlll-
IlttO IT n e d
such a tsiast.
Only Harm Is Done
b y Stupid Publicity
i Mr. Smith ¡a appointed Chief of Po
in the Northwest press, since the election, stories have been iice. He ha. declared that h i. f ir .t
blazoned to the world quoting Mr. L. I. Powell to the effect that ^ official work would be the ousting of
the Klan had "put over" the school bill in Oregon, and that he
‘ b*fl'"lnfl w ith the boot-
“ tvas preparing a campaign to duplicate the achievement in the '*9B*r*
down,°wn' *tre*u ' He de'
State of Washington. Mr. Powell has denied having given out , , ont of th, ,iquor law .r, committed
any such interview, or authorizing any such nonsense.
T h e 'bY undesirable foreigner», m o .tiy
story evidently was conceived by enemies o f the Klan and o f the
w ith Sm ith a.
Masons, and was designed to hamper and delay, perhaps to de- C h i.f. would be .tric tiy . m ilitary or.
feat, a duplication o f the Oregon law in the State o f Washington, ganiaation. it it ■aid. with every man
A l l investigation is said to he in progress to fix responsibility for working .y «tem atlcally and perfor-n-
the fake interview aiYd its false and damaging statements. It ln° hl* duti** wlth pr«ci,ion.
goes Without saying that the Oregon School Law ultimately w ill1 Mr' 8mlth ‘‘‘ '“ "O' t0 * ,» m"y "otrd
t)e duplicated in every State, treatise th6 Masons and all patriotic In' 1 * 7 " h ° i . * u 7 «7 *^ n e 7 " Gobi"«,
iiocieties demand it. backed by their vast Protestant m ajorities; w . . one of the fa m o u . heroe. ef the
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Union arm y In the elvll war.
Tom and }t«rry - stories of conduct ing the^essions.
and human credulity. “ I must SEE
that, to believe It." Is the common
remark; or. In the language of the
Ml.sourlan, "Show me!”
Therefore, unless and until the aald
Commlssloners-elect prove themselves
by action the victims of the SKUNK,
the WESTERN AMERICAN will hold
Its fair opinion of them, in charity,
confidence and trus^.
After all, in this day of rule by the
Almighty Dollar. It Isn't unnatural for
even a Commissioner-elect to mak"
goo-goo eyes at the presided of a
powerful hank
Concerning (*, R Iliggln. and the
Job of City Manager, which he valnlv
and pathetically covets, the WEST-
(Coatlnu.il on Pag. f )
Of Great Ceremonial e^one
about such a man’s neck and that he be cast into
, the sea. rather than offend against an innocent child?
To grant it "m ail-order” divorce without due regard to the
Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 28. — The
rights
o f children, as alleged, surely would be the worst crime
mansion occupied by Governor Parker
was placarded last night with printed o f the kind imaginable,
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notices of a "ndfurallratlon"
ceremony
In Defense of the Innocent
of the Baton Rouge Ku Klux Klan
scheduled for Thanksgiving night.
We take up this cause in defense o f justice, alleged to have
The governor today saw hundreds
of sticks arranged In rows appearing been murdered in the Temnle o f Law. W e present a b rie f in be
ns tombstone, on which were attached half o f th e innocent and helpless.
the dodge rl He took the matter as a
j n behalf o f the people, we demand an immediate reform
Jukj ‘
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i o f the divorce practice in the Circuit Court o f the Twentieth
The handbills invited the Judicial District, in which J. A. Eakin is presiding judge, and
public to » “.end the ceremony.
we will press this cause to a finish. Furthermore, i f the charges
Governor Parker t* openly oppoeM up« proven true, we demand that Judce Eakin resign from of-
posted
to the O t a .
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(CoetfaueS
on Pete T .)
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