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---- * * v «î - - - V~ V 9 * % *' ■<• » * ! The Soldiers of the Pope Ate U ir abl e as « Citizens A Vhr o f f l r U Papor of Ih« I ails ih le Ei Kalgbt« <rf tha Ka U n hla a, la Ih« Rral The orriilut i'uprr >.( Ih r Ite ja l Il Wer. of Ihr Rrd ' tluur, IM ftia il ht-udqiiurter« a it h|/hna llullillag, l'uri Inibii, OrnrH. i U r r » all Mail 1er Ih» paver lo I . A. I>e»rr, K W «r, H M lM l’ Illech Blurh, Purflaii-I, Orrgoa YC SHALL KNOW TH£ TRUTHS 5 HALL M A R £ Y O U UTH •n f * £ E The Qffklal Umpire, Imperial m Vol. I, No. 30 K-C TO MAKE WAR IN OREGON STATE PORTLAND. OREGON» PUBLISHED W E E K LY BABY T ILLM A N SOME BETTER FROM BURNS SEALED CASH BOX AI DANK RECEIVES AU CONTEST FUND / FU N FOR TH E A T PAPER'S Jo«hiia Tillman. I hr bright and -«■■■-. ■» ' I charming baby of Mr. and Mra J. R • Tillman of Reaalde and AatorU, la | recovering «lowly at the Good tUmarl | tan hoapllal from thr effects of «evert I burn«, «uxtaln.-d arrldratnlly at th« family home In Rraald* several daya | Supreme He«d of Black- Robed, Black-Cowled Papula Is Defiant BOLDLY SPOUTING ANARCHY been constantly at thr brdaldr of U m _______ In the most bra son and Impudent manner, before an audlenrr of several hundred Kgtnan Catholics, thr notnr. loua Joe Scott of Los Angeles <>na of I he national supreme heads at thr Knights i»P Coltuabaa. ahthlied by l»op« as 4 "Knight- o f r%f«r brag on Washington - Iiirihday. Hi Portland proclaimed war against all sapportPM of the Oregon public school bill, and declared that the black-robed anti black-masked K t"» Wvfuld supply the weapon a and man-power with whlrh to reals! to the death (hr enforcement of (hat law. which ka« adopted at the recent Stale election by an over whelming majority. of hosts of frlrnda la Oregon *' "*» KLANKRAFT DEFINED BY PORTLAND CHIEF exalted Cyclops tea“ with thrilling effect] the theatre, raastng MCE TO EDO M ARCH baby . She has thr profound symeatky Declares Stale Cannot Build Jails “Often Enough" to Hold His Followers Hundreds of cl born, on several guests of Thr West« the «rather was k gram offered the tatest Irrst was to the Floys’ Chorus, last famous Kittle Ms* Alder asd. Thr uitlr oar ha* suffered m Subscription Campaign Can-''«»"» K1r** ••** (m arly bnt srrma Imburd with thr did—tea Moat Ifepoait «t as only they ran “ SlO« lighting spirit of hla dad tt takes to hear them. They Lumbermen’s Trust Co. .more than a few haras and harts to put a Tillman out Mra. Tillman has . Victors To Be Those Who W o * H»rde«t Dunn, _ the Find Period ______ 'with huge enjoyment. -American Is planning ah' the cbmpIlBients of the Kali IK « Klux Klan The Second period of The Western | American's great subscription cam- [ * paJgn la ended and all the contestant« ' now racing to their final anal,I « Ufa • ’«h a *, March 1«. AT M? D A Y, MARCH 1. 1923 Thai ltney j The ! AURORA KLAN BIG HELP IN CAUSE OF I » force ! lha .. j ig g g ,,.- " u MRS. D A V IS IS ILL B U T IS IM PROVING Mrs. Lucien Trigg Davis, wife o f Judge R. H. Darts, Supreme Grand Counselor of the Ladies o f the In visible Empire and herself a member !of the Supreme official family, still iia very til at berianartmeM home la Hub of Willamette Valley To Extend Spokes of the Klan Wheel One of the K Ian's greatest lecturers fh the Oregon Realm served in the Aurora section four days in February, fh e thirteenth, fourteenth and sixteenth, gaining substantial re- iW tta LEADERS OF KLAN IN OREGON S H E BACK AT REDNECK K Is hoped she may be able to receive visitors In about a week, but at the j present tlmh all visiting Is prohibited by her physician | Mrs. Daria's official tour of several HUNDREDS EASE» TO --------- -----------------------rHe- q A N Y W H E R E IN U. S. PRICE 5c the Multnuma': Hotel in Portland. niui- “God Give U r More Such **m M o n t ” Saya Distin Men!” a joy guished Lecturer at the ladle« at (he larUIhla at Portland, Orrgoa. K-C Preacher of Anarchy Flayed by Defender of t Americanism. CATHOLICS CH THE TROTH | her health will permit. Thu ,t' m “> man* Great Meeting at Oregon City Marked by Enthusi- , asm and Loyalty. anxious Inquiries. «. Mrs. Davis is greatly loved by boats Of friends in Oregon and throughout the country. DEAN HICKS SPEAKS IN NATION’S FATHER Before an enthnslastic audience that packed the largest theatre In Oregon City Tuesday nighL two Klan orators flayed Jae Scott of i/M Angeles. Cal» the supreme heal of -»hie Knights of in of the flaeet orgaflrallons i Spirit of Chhmlry'J — — — . . Prom now on. all conteatanta wlU i A fair-sited audience gathered at ington Our Land, Té K»C defiance oT tlSr James R Johnson. Exalted CycJopa Jdepo.lt their subscriptions, lo g o t * * ; {canby la the city haD The atteodagee Go Wrong.” Forever. I School Law. declaring tha Oregon of Portland Klan No 1. found tine. He- » • « * **• "***“ * “ » for “ me- ***> was exceedingly good, considering the authorities “could not build Jails spite his constructive activities In tha » * • * • r*’ from U o | snowstorm. THE MODERN ROBIN HOOD. large enough and OFTEN enough” to Oregon metropolis,,to deliver aa ad- °* •*»• advertising cards. In a ; Robin Hood la not dead, f Dean R. T. T. Hicks, the well known drear on Klaakraft at Me Ml n atili« •**>"<> money-box which Is now in tho Hla spirit has lived throng^ tha age«, welcomed, him at Donald In the Ma-' and h«me9«ely popular Protestant hold the K-C rebels. The audience included scores of Friday, night. February S3. in lha en* to<ty of Tho Lumbermen's Tras! and now lives aaaeng the AagM Baxcns sonic Temple, all eager to know tke soldiej^of the common good, delivered Roman Catholics, who listened open- Armory, before an enthusiastic c a ¿al Company at Broadway and Oak. This | of the Gpldeu West. truth a flout the Klan. a' stirring patriotic address before a mouthed' to the revelation of Klan box will not be opened until Saturday enoe of about SSM persona By hla enemies, he la called an out Accompanied by the Exalted Cyclops larX* audience In the High School audl- principles, methods and purposes. - „ . - , „ , ,. v . . , night, March 10, at 10 o'clock, and law but who are hi* enemlas? **Thsy cannot build jails big enough The Exalted Cyclops told hla hearers . .. . . .. of the Aurora Provisional Klan. t h o , » « « « » at Ralnior on Waahlngtons . . .. . . . . only then will any one kuow who the Some o f them left during the high and OPTEN enough to hold usl” he what the "K K K «r a n t «M R I Like (he e Robin Hood of Marrie Old h.----- - — - - — - where a Birthday. He urged all to follow thy ; visited Hubbard, ^ u voltage denunciation of Anarchist declared, the Inference balng that tha Uu gland. he la every where Wherever |antfl and appreciative audience in the t Tflt principles of the Father of Our or. an * * ' * ’ * ° } j The contest department of The West- Scott, whereby the audience got their Jails would meet the earn# fata aa tha He city hall listened with rapt attention, Country; to keep ever before them warned »bam the C .thoU c Am„ lr. B (h. ( . eom. there Is a wrong to be righted. number and hereafter will be able to mllllon-dollar Washington High eehoel going to fight the Oregon public school "Our very soldiers Join hla ranks" '.for an hour and a half, notwtthitand T»1« *»***» '<*«*>* o ' . . . , . . . Americanism, ” ... , _ ml (tee of twelve be appointed, four keep them under the eye of scrutiny. of Portland, which went up In flamee, bill with every weapon was said of them ol old, and Is ss true at their com-.,.___. .. - ... ing the chiHine«« of the building By doing this, he said, one cannot go Everyone in the big audience. Includ , . . . ______ „ „ I from the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, •at by an Incendiary a short time age. msnd . and . .. now. that every Klanaman muat ___ „ | The grand climax of the lecture tonr wron*' e,ther ,n prtT,,e " f* or puW,c ing the adherents of the Roman pope, . . . V1 . . . . , 'four from the Royal Riders Of the Red KC'a Applaud Their "Here" Our lawyers, doctors, statesmen, sfirvice be ready to do hla full duty. „ v 7' .. , , , . . Kobe, and four from the Ladles of the warriors, merchants, bankers, farmers waa a great meeting In the Armory at : was eager to hear about the Klan and Scott'a address was npplauded wild Woodburn. The supply of application ; Oe*n Hicks urged alt to be charK- the applause was continuous through The Klan, he declared, 1« doing won- .16Tli,w , Empire, to see that the —and. who knows there may he among ly by the KC rrowd. In which stood derlul work in Oregon and throughout AwBrd, m flUr|). >B- ,hu (x>m. blanks was exhausted. Hundreds able, honest, truthful; to have the out the two speeches. , , S3 nawly fledged KCa. who had Just th. country, under the general Uadar- m M M .B nild,0gs will be followed to them—King Richard btaself! soemed eager lo Join, realising the veneraUoa and respect for Peter Collin« of Boston, l a « , of As of old. he thwarts at «wery turn been put through the ghastly Third ship of Dr. H. W. liven«, tho Imperial th6 )eU#r seriousness of the present situation. "«Hhers that Washington had for hia ficial lecturer for the K-C, who Is degree, with Its suggestions of the In Wlxard, and other member, of the ! * - w. lbelr the machinations of self-soaking and and eager to mnlt their efforts as good —° ne of the outstanding traits o f his here with the special carload of Je quisitorial tortures of the dark ages, perlal Family, and In thl. at*te under frt#nd, to k^ p ,n otal, unprincipled politicians. citizens in bringing about tb* solid*r- noble character. He admonimbed all suit workers la the guise of “ Tho The widow and the orphan, the aa described In a recent Issue of The the able direction of Orand U r u f t w)th th„ rontMt never to be discouraged by failure or [lty of the American Nation. Catholic Extension Society of the Western American. Fred L. Gifford, whose service, for tha v , . rr a u lM | lo u aU t and hungry and the destitute receive seeming defeat, because failure some As a result of these lectures, large Caited States of America." was bold- Non-Catholic reporters who heard common good are now recognised and bounties from his hands times Is as necessary In the building lag his meeting at the same time la every o «e of them, fairly and aqtArely H, , U ndi >rdlaB „ ^ p ^ t y of numb«™ « • P ~ P « r i « to be natural- charactw Scott's address could hardly believe lauded by •Yeryone. is coaclasloa, we wish to say that 1 *--J *---- **-- *-------- *»-- 01 cnaracier as Is . success, failure ______ Moose haT but had only a «mall womanhood, a true Knight In p no lesa Ixed from the different towns la the their ears, though hla defiant and an The Klan also U creating puhll« !our rriatlons with aU the caadidates Aurora is 8how,n* OUr tnw •*1™ ’ " ,T~ Une th* erswd. The people, iaeiadtag the of our Aurora Provision.) Klan romantic age— sad guar archistic utterances were no surprise sentiment against the bootlegger wad hare been pleaeant. Indeed. They, in . 11Wf|M desrlv JHba by our i d u t ifu l hub of the Willamette de'ecU which must be remedied If Catholics, thronged the Klaa meeting ' to the Klansmon. who are well In . . .. .. . . . . . we would he the men and women that dope peddler and striving for rigorous turn ^ v , dealt with an organisation sacred liberties, so dearly .won by our I In the theatre. Anglo-Saxon fathers - theta English - '« T W * nd w,n « t e n d the spo)H-s of formed of the KC-Cathollr pgpgram in enforcement of all constitutional lairs, i which, to tha beat of our ability, made Demand Scott’ « Arrest Yoemen. The Anglo-Ssxd. W l r lt - t h . »• * » ^ Oregon. He declared the white Proteetants are the campaign one long to be re mem . 1 » t . O .™ .!., th . K l.n . spirit of noblu Hood Is abroad In Even the Portland Oregonian the The arrest of Joe Scott, “ knight of supreme In America aod never will for its wholesome character and m.n w .r . d « M lit, a . , . f th . . « / - , .*“ > «■ -------- “ >— ----------------------- iour land! MRB. G. E. L. next morning ramn out wijH an edi abdicate government to the half-baked saint Oregory." so dubbed by the fair dealings. ________________ _______ hall by the Catholic mayor, who Said ■ |j i c t is/ g I T a W 1 -II1 I* torial denouncing Scott’s declaration .hordps from Europe, nop will they aver pope for hls “ eminent services to aa “ anarchistic and un-American." The amalgamate In any way with the £ he d,dnt want the psmee and h.rm<my f V * p Q R B I G G E R P A P E R ! ' • « ‘ollci.m in America.’’ was demand- ^ ‘¿ Z j KEELER OF SEASIDE n e u r i i f / , m e r a i r n e v of his communUy to be disturbed.! *U I\ D IU U U v r A r L I t i _ Oregonian gave a fair account of the Kikes. Koons and Kathollca." or toy leaves In bold relief the possibilities |' R E N E W S HIS ENERGY jy,,,,, Woodburti the lecturer eent a » • --------- ' ^ by of ,hP ,ecUirer® T1» " » *• KC-rebel'a utterances, featuring II .other questionable breed. plenty of law for this action, both . • of that cardinal virtue—Ambition. I . i U W. Keeler, the popular agency m « M ,/ to t Many Items and articles of unusual message to the the msvor mayor, thsnkinr thanking him 1 properly. State and federal, and. he said, the Mr. Johnson is a natural orator «a d All candidates and their friends are manakw of ,ha American Central Llto for the publicity given the Klan and '• ‘ •rw L w*>lefc were due for publlca- The Oregon Journal camouflaged lha Oregon authorities have been filling holds his audiences spellbound. In urged to come to the Contest Depart i ngural„;e Company In tha/.Lower Co- »seurlng him that members of tho i t,on thl® w« * k- to w ,lt for th* i story, nob quoting what he said, nod the Jails with I. W. Vf. for utterances other days in Tsnnaaaoo he evoked tha meat, and large envelopes, advertising |umWa s t r i c t , hesdquaskfcrs at Sea- Klan among hie fellow-elttiens her¥- in« * ‘ u "',d' h is »"w iao to Increase , burying It on the hack page under n and activities less than a tenth as applause of multitudes 'with his ap cards and subscription blanks will be side, has been visiting «old frtedds In » « » r would see that Justice prevailed the of the p,p* r “ l * « • time, tor | misleading heading. had as the things' that Scott aaid In supplied, together with any other In peals tor progressive laws. Among Portland, wher. he receu t» uaderwent «*>♦ cRy of O e tv .l. and that Amerl- «o n o m le. are n ttc e .«rr and produc The Portland Telegram gave a brief, Portland on Washington's Birthday. other great achievements/ ha put formation wanted. a siege of Illness bat has recovered hla "honTfl become and remain so- “ ° “ kl* h Besides, funds are • condensed account and hurled It Inside. “ If Scott could suck a* bard a« he Aa a last warning; The finish from health, completely, renewing hi. en- Preme. through the first child labor legisla ,being reserved for the establishment ; Had any Klanaman said something of can blow." «aid one «peakrr, “ he tion In America and laid the basts tor now on It entirely In your hands. We, orgy in business and constructive The lecturer reports that “ great ° * y J n * ** com | fhe kind Tho Telegram would have might take hack to priest-ridden fa ll. many progressive measures which now like you. are In the dark, but the sines work. ' {credit Is due" to the Aurora Provl- 7 ' 1“ <Ully hlaaoned It with a screaming banner _____________'» « i M » ■ . ' of the Oregon «plrlt of i bring blessings upon the common who work the hardest will be the vic Mr. Kapler lias been with hla stonal Klan and Its efflclen. Exalted W ° f th* Rock,*‘ ' ,nd on* of tha nnd a thundering editorial. brat in all America. The Western | Americanism." tors. i people. pany seven years and hM boon a top- Cyclops, also the Klansmen of that j The Portland News had only a aqulb. I ................. .............. American arili continue permanently ! * * ' 0 ,r J"**» aren’ t big enough to notch member Of tho 3100,000 Club thriving city, tor the able suppo hurled away Inside. * a| tha off )cwl journaj 0f the Klan in ****** U»* K-C ro b e's" he declared, several Ham. He la a candidate for glvnn the lecturer on hia official tour, People Want a' Dally Newspaper. tha Realm of Orewm. The coming “ we will turn the parochial' schools the quarter Million Club this year Many KtamniBn are complimenting late jails, at small expeuajg for the * * * 4 prlvdie eaterprise. hla friends, who mint The Oregonian for Its fair uows serv change, and keep them there while see that he goes over 4ha top. state. "They are all 100 percent pure c t w e n i T T A RAI I T n ice and rather timid editorial, but all the Ktan Is making this country safe ATTA The Western Am elia*» next week gold," the lecturer said, "as well as ^ 6 M ER tK A 1 I A f B l A A L L L L TC I V Klansmen arc demanding the Imme ♦Mrs, H. E. tfAdldSr. Burlington (Linnton),_. .„ 5.531.150 fer Americans." BE GIVEN M ARCH 2 will bate a apeclal arttkle about Mr. pure American. Everywhere In this diate establishment of a morning dally Mabel! Jones, 1179 Gladstone A ve......... :____ 5,250,125 "How can good citiseas he aspect^] Keeior's company, whit* is on« of territory the beneficent influence of newspaper with an evening edition, Mr*. Fred Armbruster, Cecilia Apartments 5,095,100 to endure the outrageous defiance by the Klan Is being felt and a bright ,Th® Cameretta Club wUl give an- the best In Americs so that the people may get the news Harley Slusher, Sheriff, Astoria.............. ..... 4,920,125 an orgarrfxcd alien minority pf « bene new era of progress is dawning. Ood °*“ ®r dance and card party In full without bias or camouflage. Roy McClellan, 445 Morrlaon Street ....... .... 3,476,010 ficent laa- nassed by the overwhelm NOW BUCK UP OLD TOP. give us more soch M E N !" ‘ *»e evening of March 3 at 8 o'clock Governor Walter M. Pierce, who Mrs. H. W. Hunt. 9342 55th Avenue. S. E...... - 3.272.000 - - In Pythian hall. West Park and Yam- ing vets of the people*" AND « M I L f! supported the public achodt bill, la ex Nat R. Long, 940 East Twenty-fourth Street.. 3,006.000 Governor Parker Is Scored The blggeet huneh of covrsrd* to bIH street, Portlaud. This is tho From the day of you«birth pected to have something tn ary. A. D. Monteith, 587 E. 15th, North-.. 2.350.000 be found on earth today are those who second of a aeriee of dances and T ill you ride In ■ heatae, "Governor Parker of Louisiana, who shortly, aa to whether the black-robed W. E. Bailey, 626 17th St________:____________ 3,235.000 are afraid o f being railed bigot by parties plauaqd fa » tho season, Tha framed up with Roman Dateettve •Thing« war* nsveeaaAad and blaek-eowled KC’a will tie per Mrs. F. T. Bell, 6*2 Linn A Venn*.________ _ 1,»8,000 soma pompous priest ot some nuHy1 public l* Indited. Tickets W rent*. Burns the Msr Rouge oatrags agatn-t They might net haw^aen woraA. » mitted to defy and flout a eonstlfft- Ethel Howard, 1391 Tabor Street.— ------------ 1,968,000 Now, (Continued on Paga *.» Vnlgbt of p o p fit..’. . .« (Continued no Pag« T> Standing of Contestants