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'I hr Oidi ini Paper of The Wuyul Rider* al U m - lini
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Portland, Oregon.
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YC S H A L L KNOW
P U B L IS H E D W E E K L Y
THE TRUTH
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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
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Marvli 27 .-The lecturti was given by,
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the Itrv Charles C Curtis, pastor of ‘
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(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.
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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!"
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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.
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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 .
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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>
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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.
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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.
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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.
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