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LIGHT O E WOLRD m o m c s iu rn 'I hr Oidi ini Paper of The Wuyul Rider* al U m - lini Holte, Imperlai headquarter« 559 Hurgan Mulldlna, Portland, Oregon. Adilm v «Il muli |ur 111* puper lo I» A. Drier, Editar, IU7-IIIS l’Ilio,I, lllork, Portland, Urcgoit YC S H A L L KNOW P U B L IS H E D W E E K L Y THE TRUTH K Colonel Robertson, Newspa per Owner, Is Warned to Give Square Deal. YAKIMA, Wash. March 2S The greatest lecture on Christian end American Idssl» ever given In the Yakima Valley was listened to by an The klau» rt'-perlfully a d «»rll«rr* I M AN, n M dm lina ara Ikrtn In da ^ r«.i|w ratlau r r n . Oar I boldly la III olir Mr allai nsd »Iber < Roman Church, Backing A l for President, Opens Campaign. rick on irrt s e a »■ * M mutarli! la sdierlHem think ary a! promote a the Krdaeel won't gel ■ I'rmrllfc klauul» ha*«» la all thing«. patron« are I heir Aiwa b lo Interfers Wenterm American MpeeUL ' don't «vaut- J lL I I I I . I 111 I U I &ABHI NOTON. D. C . March 2K-— tisers. We* m ill T A B HAH The Roman Catholic burch Is making k lanera are < h |||* r I || t rn r Its first public and determined fight I U I W ll appreciative and representative amll rnce of more lhan 200U o( the best All Power of Pop« representative cltlsens here In the Machine in Ami Capitol Theatre. Thursday nlghl. - . r> i j j Marvli 27 .-The lecturti was given by, ' the Itrv Charles C Curtis, pastor of ‘ ' (he First Christian Church of Van Bm lrrn Amrriraa Special, corner, Wash, who holds the nulque <NKW YORK. March 21c distinction of tielng pastor o f one of At Smith of New York »11 estaat faith in the Evergi •esn stats, «a 1 » « . It la nhw definitely known, ae} well as being lh* revered leader of ihe cording to sUtrmsiUs nude bars last Klan movement In Vancouver, Clarke week by Monslgnor Francis K Kelley, county. Wash . through hts offlrlsl c* president of the Cathode Church Ex- parity a* Ktailed Cyclop* of Columbia tension Society. Kelley asserted that Oorernor Klan No. 1 (lh * first chartered Klan In the State of Washington', nnd Iin' Smith'« candidacy has the full snd perlsl l-rctiirer for the nsltonal organ- complete hacking of the powerful mi chlnery of the Roman Catholic rhnrrh Dalton |n America awl Is out to win si *11 Mayor Rovlg Acts Fairly. Itsssrds. . ^ Mayor llovlg had been requested und The CstholliS. lt Is said, hare been urged I'T opponents id the Klan to stop trying to keep their backing of him. and prohibit the meetlug. for Yakima that is. their official barking, a* much I* quite a renter of Roman Catholic in the dark as,possible, until, goaded Influence, but he decided to art, by constant birrages by the opposl strictly In accordance with Ihe spirit lion, ihut Kelltg dcrlsred at a meeting of American liberty? und Justice, and here: furthermore he snnouiired through the '•Well, let's ngnlnate him and get It evening pnper that he would take the ! over w ith!" | platform and have something to say. Kelley also »bounced the Inaugura* The Klnn orgunlser. learning o( this tIon of u imnilluglng contest with decision. Immediately telephoned on I'rotesiunta lu fcxs*. and aald It In Invitation lo Mayor llovlg to occupy tluvrc very’ wodh He also said the Catholics werefrolng to csrry on s ' hlrenuous pros^tlng contest In the Lone Star statrl ir b*»t weapon. Battling to Make America Catholic and “W et,” but They Shall Not W in. M AKE YOU FUEZ U R S D A Y , M A R C H 29, 1923* their friend« arc I I« palmáis* ttu EHTUfX AMER» >1) and «quar*. if<C II will |iar hl» I« Ik- kind « I Bulinai »Br ìi arc advertising girli o. thy Calk- Maman Trlnrram grow las lents aI pntroa- Ikem have Ike 1 ferini* of oar lay mlelakenly k cowardice. It A N Y W H E R E IN U. S. PR ICE 5c Ir right«. Mad ef a d «A - the slat« of New York, according t o , dry leaders her*. The recent attack j on the Antl-Baloon League and on | William 1l. Anderson, state superin tendent of the league. Is being en gineered by non* other than the CMho- 1 Ur* themselves 1 Friends in Astoria Put • Slusher Over the Top Friends o( Elizabeth Ray Nrlson, boldlna ballot* In thr singing contest, now being held at the Blue Moan* Theatre, are requested to err that the ballot* are drlirered or mailatl to ber at 1571 East Everett «treat, on or before April (. Mlaa Nelson appro- rlatea the effort* being made In ber behalf and, through ber many friend*, she hopes to carry away the honors. 13759957 Governor Parker and His Roman Henchmen Stand Pilloried Before All EVERYONE A GAME LOSER 'Eight W o r th -W h ile Prizes Awarded to Those W ho Longing for Golden West Daily Press, Confessing Pa pal Control, Fails to Feature Final Result. W e' against the national prohibition law In Howls Catholic charc-h. for fesr at U M SUMS { hr the Catholic smptro. CHICA1 in « lu x Oorsrnor £ wfttk. of New York, la a Klan "distreasiaAhal" pulirsi in Catholic and la advertised far and ‘ court here and ^ K n lgl Columbus near as a Catholic He also la a can attorney took i t * 0 he didate for the Democratic nomination He even turned and I for President. The dry* have destg-, known K. of C. Bistra nsled him aa "tbs candidate trying There Any Good Men Hera?" All tbs to rid* Into the White ^fouse astride a ' Klansmen In ihe audience laughed whleky .bottle." The case bring tried was In the Smith. It D known, ha* the full con marine at * coupk uf city flrerficn on fidsnee of the Catholic church and on charge* of I ring a Klansmen H. K. numerous occasion* he has etpraoaed . Ramsey. Imperial KHgrapp. was in full sympathy with the efforts of court to defend the Klan side of the Mayor Hylan to drlrs the Ku Klux j question and Robert E 'Sheppard was Klan from New Y'ork City. looking after the Hally Leugue end On reading over a list of those fight of the thing ing the prohibition law. one finds the After Mr. Ramsey had explained the names of typical Catholics and in - purpose of the Klaa, he was sneered many Instances even the prteati are at by Attorney Patrick O'Dotinell. who In the rolls. « doe* not belong to the Klan. remarked: It also Is revealed that the Keck*, 'Well, give the Klan diatreis slgn.il. fellers, father and »oa. la withdraw ing their »uppori «1 Ihe AnU-Moloon because they are going to need it." Very solWfniy, Mr. Sheppard placed League were inspired hr Raymond !>. Fosdlck. aa employ*, who Is a Cath the first, finger of his right hand to olic and who 1» high la the ceuaell- the center of his forohead and drew tt of the wets. It is learned here through authorita down over tho rfght oy* to the center tive sources that Klansmen of New of the right cheek, and then wlgx>ed York state, who are Increasing by his fingers. droves every day, are lining up behind the Anti-Saloon League, forgetting1 predellotions, to see that the Romish We happened 8 « house the other Empire does not win out fn Its fight night, and overke parlor door was on the Constitution of the United . 08052059 the legend worm In letters of red: State* ' Whst Is home flthoui a mothef?" Meier A Frank's Department Across the root&vas onther brief: store still Is on labor's unfair list, "God bless our hie." Klansmen by unanimous vote of the Pori- Now what's UsmsUer with "Qod Measure land Central Labor Connell rep. Bless our nad"?He gets up early, reseating all the trades, Monday, Desenre lights the fire, bodan egg. snd wipes Dee. 11. The reasons given ara off the dew of thmwn with his boots these, chiefly I while many a m op Is sleeping. He ALBANY, N. Btarrallea wages paid to 4M9 makes the weeklhandout for the employes, meetly women sad butcher, the groctjthe milkman snd girls, whs get the apprentice baker, and his llttllle Is badly worn minimum of 29 a week. It waa tened to every word of the masterful before ho has beegome nnantmonsly declared that a* aildres* for two and a half hour*. if there is s nolln t! s c u s i or girl, however economi There w.m not a murmur of dl***nt, |g kicked In the and cal the might be, coaid live de discord, or disrespect, and the speaker j „talrs to find th iirg l cently In Portland, or elsewhere, wns applauded heartily many time* ns j,lm. Mother dart the on sach pitifully small wages. lie drove home Ihe points of his nrgu- ■ v»Bd bought the k* Exaction of unreasonable de muent snd appeal. place and the needlant gree of service. Ynklmh Valley long has been ward. Mother doem a Autocratic and Impndenl re. known as n difficult field, because It 1 well, Dad bought IB. i fatal of J. Meier, alleged head of I, a Catholic educntlonnl and business nqgar cosj like themcl the firm, to consider these grlex. re:'ter. Yakima proper was rerog- Dad buys cblckeA r aaees of labor with a view to nixed ns the most difficult of all tho i (|inner. carves lh«v h amicable adjustment. fjtles of the state In which to bring draws the neck fr o i»« about an awnkcnlng of the Protestant av«ryone else Is aem The largest part of tho patron age ef Meier A Prank, amount people to a realization of the necessity What Is home w ill ing to millions of dollars annual for organization. Yes, that la all r ig l' ly, Is tald to come from the slen Roman Machine’« ( enter. home without a fath l der parses of the poor. In Inside circles It Is generally on* 11 *» a boardli Por these reasons tho working known that Y’ aklma Is the slate cen- '• un?*r * , l * b * " dl folk of Portland baro declared ter of th# Romnn political machine, ,l,e w ik »*- Meier A Frank to be aalalr. and and a cunning policy ha* been followed j here’s to y d are Imploring a right-thinking consistently to bring the better clU-1 vour faulta-you md pablle ta rena tier their frier- zens of the community H»*" thinking them—bgt you re a llj ogees. (Continued cu I’»* » t> ¡m l»» ,|rh« n j SHALL B A L L O T S FO R MISS N ELSO N A R E W A N T E D Iti »tern Amrriraa MperlaL n UTH P O R T L A N D , OR M A T E R N IT Y A C T O. K., APPEALS C O U R T SAYS | WAHIIINUTON, D C.. March 28 — t Thr Hboppurd Towner matrrnlly art h.i* lirni de< larvd Talld by the District ,» of Columbia i ourt of appnale, thu* af- rirtnlng I hr ruling of the lower court (J which refuaeil to enloln tWretary of ilia Treasury Mellon from enforcing the act on account of lia alleged un- of Great «onetilut tonality. Citizens Thr law was attacked »ml declared 't u r e conflacalory by Mm Harriett A Froth- Ingham of Boaton, Maaa.. who objectif I lo the provision for tsxutlon contained r0 C ilD I V therein. The eaoe Dow will be appealed to the 1‘nlieil Histes Hupreme Court for s final ruling.____ i Editorial Page peat Proposed With W ell- Contempt. TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN: The undersign«! committee, appoint ed by th ejter. James R. Johnson.,Ex alted Cyclop* of Portland Klan No. 1. co-operating -with the Exalted Cyclops Of Pacific K lafl. No. 2. Aatorla. and the Mother Counselor of The I-ail leg of the Invisible Empire. Portland, hereby certify that the following candidate* in the campaign for subscriptions to The Western American hare been found by us to be the winners of the prisea set opposite their names, to gether with their respective votes, a* shown by the tally, double-checked: . WABHINOTON. D. C.—March 28 — Will you help Und Dwight William Madison. 14-ysar-old son of William Madison. Mason and full-blooded In dian chleftaip. who disappear c l from Washington on the night of March 57 Chief-Madison heller, his son left here, longing for the Western country where he was raised. The lad is firs feet tall, weighs 120 pounds. h ;« dark brown hair and eyes and the thumb nail of his right ^«yed. la ridged. When Western American Special. s WASHINGTON, D. C . March 28.— In Its current Issue, The Fellowship Forum, n national Masonic newspaper published here, under the rspltlon of "Protestant F r a ie r n a lis m Wins." prints the following editorial resume of the notorious Mer Rouge case:" 1 A FTER months of labored effort on »the pert of G is m o s Parker, of Louisiana, and his crowd of henchmen. model IN S Rea MRH. H. E. HADLEY. BorifsgLa. Ore, HJII0.I50 lot*«. It inner of i n * oaii prlse.-a Ford IK S coupe. MRS. FRED ARMBRI’STEK, ( celila Apartments. Portland. 7^75.1(1(1 rotes. Winner of third prize, a 1923 Ford tourfng rar. MABELLE JONES, Portland. «¿12,: (125 votes. Winner of fourth prlie, a #200 diamond ring. NAT R ., LONG, Portland. 4.105.325 vote». Winner of fifth prise, a #159 radio «et. boy .M c C l e l l a n d , 4.ei2.2ou Tot*«. <1 inter of «Ixth prfr», #ltsi In gold coin. __ > • " MRS. H. W. HI NT, I jt K f f i » Totes. Winner of sexeuth prise, #50 I* rash. MRS. F. T. BELL. 8JW8JÓ« votes. Winner of eighth prise, #25 In cask. Captain A. D. Montelth and William K. Hailey did splendid work for the rnntest without thought of prlze-w(n- ning, und their friends gave each of them a highly complimentary xote. They did not qnlte come within the money, however. (Signed) BENJAMIN H, INMAN, WALTER ROBIN SMITH, D. U BRISTOW, R. HICKS, W. N. SMETHTRST, Committee. Any news of Brto tlnoiM'*Bo ABRNk manica ted at once to The Followsihp Forum. Washington. D. C. ■ ... 11 1 predicted by The Fellowship Forum In ment o f this newspaper la Indeed grate- it* laeoes of January 20 and 27. The ful and indebted. On behalf of the evidence submitted at this time bore candidates, and the paper Itself, the so many evidence* of being a put-up public la entitled to the moot emphatic . Job that only the blindest partisan thanks for the general good will shown could see anything but failure in the during the campaign. plan of Governor Parker and his aid* Develop Salesmanship. to destroy the Klan through such But as to the winners. The figures methods as were used in the grand speak for therjaeVes. To those whoa* jury inquiry energies hare carried them through The Fellowship Forum correepond- thts campaign to success. The Western ent at Bastrop oa January 20, made American extend* the heartiest con- the statement that "some powerful in- gntulatlona. We are proud'of our fluence, generally believed to be the representatives who took part in this Roman Catholic hierarchy. Is shielding competition, and we hope they, who by one of the rotteneat situations and right of conquest have last claimed moek lav-less gangs that exer existed ¿heir awards, will in turn be proud ; in an American community in it* at- oFtheir prizes. '«mpt here tostampout the Ku Klux (By FRANK W. CAMERON Contest Manager.) The Western American’s big auto- overcome obstacles that beset this mobile contest la ended, and the strain never ending conflict called "life." March 28.—Not a that everyone connected with the affair Of course, it is InsdaMfetohat in a re of the Ku .Klux has been under, is Happily relieved, campaign of this klni^^hNPall eandl- » to voice a protest It was a strenuous time all around, dates cannot win flr s ^ r iz e ; that It ir bill, which com- and an anxious one, to be sure, but Is an understood fact at the beginning 1th the state of the now that the end Is reached and the o i the contest, anif. right or wrong, get societies. results announced, everyone is satis civilisation seem* to have accepted and Over nor A! Smith’s fied ' applied nature’s rule of "the survival aa expected that n Naturally the greatest struggle was of the fittest.” • made on the bill for the splendid Reo touring car. Energy Wins Rewards, daily when a pule worth 11895, the grand capital prize. To accomplish a given purpose a orded It on Wednes- The Western American offered the great amount of energy Is necessary, best prizes obtainable; we were will- and fortune seems to lavish her richest Jsthollc bishops, a Ing to pay liberally for good work, and gifts upon those who are equipped with rats and numerous we got it, for neves before In this sec- sufficient energy to carry out the the Romish church ,tion of the state has there been such mandates of ambition. I were Masons who opposed the organi- In conclusion we wish to say that *ution as being altogether un-Ameri- ir relations with all the candidates can. By thla latter class, the Klan was ire been pleasant Indeed. They la looked upon as a aecret. lawless body ra. have dealt with an organisation of men who songht to take the law Iq hich, to the best of Its ability, mpdei thelr own h .ndll and by dolnB i« campaign on© *long to be re mom- press their contempt for the govern- red for its wholesome character and ment. The inreatlgation revealed the Ir dealings It waa a great race and fact that the testimony famished leeree I d bold relief the possibilities eg.Inst the Klan waa given by boot- that cardinal rirtue-arabltlon. logger*, gamblers, libertines and other Awards were made by th* Judges, lawless elements of th* population The tdar the rule# announced at the be- memfer, 0f the Klan were known as nnlng of the campaign. (CnntiMied on Page i)