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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1923)
T b « Official Papar #f tba la.Hlbla Empire, k sight» af tba Ka KMx Klaa, la tba R a b l» oí Itr «trun. Ihr Official Faper « ( T b « Hujal Ridar. • ( tb« Had Rnba, Imperial headquarter* Vid Muriran Unlldlna. I'urtland. Orav«u. YC SHALL KNOW T H E TRUTH "Alfb T W TRUTH PUBLISHED W E E K LY DEVER ANTI-KLAN ANNIH ILATES SPACE IN EMERGENCY TALK . munlrata personally w Ilk b aa-worRar . at Cbattaaouira, Tonnuasea. With rhnrnclerkUc p rump ta «»« ba quietly pat ta a long distance rail far bU Irland at l hottaaewga, and la the «aaa aalet a i a M r "L a a « BUtanee” PLAN ‘HUNKY’ KLAN ^ W O M E N FORM H UM AN W A L L F O t A PRIEST ten millions . . . . . . j . „ »«am p . taarroal Iba village priant. OF MEMBERS IN II.S. New Chicago Mayor Mem- mm4, tk, „„rrrtti, Mr. «Word Soldier of Fortune Propoaea - ber of Northern Branch held a «afl.fnrtair eaaramadoa with ■ to Hcdp in Mobilizing tba (Hrad la Chattanooga. and tbr White Men. of Noted Family. . hearing wan a« partaet a* between Mr. «(fiord, THOSE OF DIXIE KLANSMEN ' 3 ? | HMECHAL OE LOfilS OUST t-e.workers bat LSI» wan what oao af S T S i SSSU, ZSJS n7 -------- ‘If (Vinner Defies “Blue Law»” that r#a wa» talking w t k l* wa» (h r 1 dares, W ill Admit Only and Boldly Proclaims tiaeaiios •Curtahtfjr,’* the Uiaad Bra- Hunkiet and Wops, ~War on the Klan. iroa replied, «mJUng. " t r e a t yog _ , ft ^ aware of the fart that I N i l l l OS*» [ ' ~ ------------ — no figure wttS tbo modara telephone: Western American NpecUl Homo day yoa are Iftaly to orerhear1 WASH I NOTON. D. C . April 4.— CHICAGO. April 4.—Tbo campa Urn "loot rodod by the «lection ot WUlti a me talk lay with the Tra itdaat at T h «««’* going to bu a “ huuky'’ Klau K. Oarer aa Mayor of Chica»» haa Wa-klastoa, or with King Ooenre. In the L'nlted Statea If you don’t I) n i i tbf moat unique one In the ritr'a Chattanooga Is Ja»l aa »ea r a» A v i believe u, aak Charle« K. Proakerat*. political history There wore two '» ¡U rta ky ’ manager of thy mailing and eubucHp- nur»—Klaa or null-Klan. and Rum or j n r.lrru American Spacial Father Krakau, tor m b . patty oil — banded tbeaiaalvt about the chi yard today and. w f Mules» (ought pfl 200 soldiers. Village wobmb I inbed g phalanx, linking themselves together by Inter- hraiding their ball aad lying the-lr hands together. With the w a lf'v t womanhood they WmpiitHy surround ed the church la a doable line and re- slsted (or boars any atiratpt of tbe 120 infantrymen and to cavalry to peret rate It When finally g «Barge of th« cav alry crushed tbe human wall benaatb h>0<. of torsos, a second Use formed about tbe door of tbe cban-li. hurling hot sand aad burning »alt In the ¿yes o f tk e-sm k tfc— — — Fifty-six wotgea ware sVrested and many seriously Injured When the priest was taken out the attack was renewed, by men sod feur police were wounded. Deter a In te r PnUttdan FREE A N Y W H E R E IN U. S. PRICE Sc EXALTED CYCLOPS OF ASTORIA KLAN RIGHT SORT’ _ SANDERS RETIRES FROM THIS PAPER MASS MEETING AT WALLA WALLA BIG £(• SUCCESS OF KLAN Mr. Coartati T. Haider» ba« retired frees Tbe Western American a« bari- ere lion whatever with (be paper. Frank W. ( aaaerea saeceed« k aeseeiafe editor aad manager. Mr. i Is a well-knew a and ex parte ac- ed newspaper a u having been earn. mtHf4 with many great newspaper* , Prominent a n d Popular American of Sterling *■ tba Character la Installed. --------- West aad tkreggheat the eeaa- rJ Z J ? at» U W ATER POWER ID -------- ■ Patriotic and Fraternal Or ganizations Hear Truth About Situation. fallen are saeb a » to need ae recem. 1 Mr. Com eras ssceessfallj handled CATHOLIC CONSPIRACY HIT AU White Men in City by "cetera America»’» -------------- . _ . . , , tost dealing with many estimable we- Leading Citizens, Including the Sea Rejoice and and ^ Mg » the ttoal aaalysfa kk per» Ladies, Mobilized for Com •anal Are Exceefling G lad. munity ImproTemen. »need perirei I j and witbeat reproach. Wektrnr " ASTORIA. ORE . April 3.—After an Intensive development period tbe As --------- 1--------------------- LAST TRIBUTES TO . BELOVED KLANSMAN toria Pacific Klaa No. 2 at last baa reached a permanent tooting and one , ot the greatest moves yet nude by Ute ’ ------------- ------------------ Astoria Klan townrda organisation; • RCAO TH lg, rtRlENDS perfection was completed last week when a prominent aad popular cttlxen Western American Special To Our Many kdDmribars: ear installed- aa Exalted ’Cyclops of CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. April Î. - During the a la test, subscrip A t tbp funeral and burial services of tions -piled up” ee rapidly that - the local organ!xaUoa. At n meeting held laat week aad a t-1 Monroe Batoy, which were con ducted the Contest DepMfwent eeuld net tended by hundreds of representative 1 take care af them» ea that "with by Valiant Lodge M a t citixeas. tbe Oraad Titan of tba Realm in a Ilion department of The Fellowship Ijtw Kn(orcemant. f Forum. Mr. Pronkcvetx 1» not eligible Tbo Klan.and law entorooment were to membarahlp In the Ku Klux Klan llnbcd up strongly together aad the although he heartily approve« Its anU-Klan forcea war# Irrotrlerably I principle« and fta method» of opera- Ued up with the rum lasue. j tton. He aaya It W no fault or hla Artbar C. Lueder, oa-po e f aaUr of •aoMMmaa. "> » that ha waa bora lh RaaaU. Chlowo. led tba law eaforsaBMat i Wberstoro. ho waa betpoaning the (orse» aad bad the noltd backing ot Je*»t Minion Ei«dUH *Çan- Ffaet a farr days ago tbs* bdwadW aai | tbo Klanameo of the clofc , - not Run Eyerything - become s white-robed Klansman and 1 Juris* William R Derer waa the Wa now are placing upon our aald: “ f am going to organise Tun a leader of Ihooe who demanded rum mailing fist^eii su been baas, and Everywhere ’Hunky' Klan in the United States and more ot It and alno demanded the fully believe within the next ten laat like the Ku Klux Klan and take auppreaaion If not the aulire anni days all those who have ee kindly In nothing by Hunklea and Wops. and hilation ot the Ku Klux Klan. Jodqe Western American Special favered’ ua with their auhaerip- Derer beloosa to the Catholic brunch tions aeon will receive their Washington. D. a . April II—One there are about ten million or us.” By way of etwetdatton, Mr. Proske- of a family notati In »oulhern Malory. Protestant pastor her« haa refused to paper, “the beat in America.” The Devera oí the Àoulh aro Demo be bulldoaed by th« Catholic view of -rata la a soldier of fortune, ne1 plus “ In the meanthne," says Prank w . Cameron, recent oontoot mart- crat» and Klanamen Thoee of the , ng he resented a "call gown’* ultra and then some. Born la Russia.; agar. -“may wo have year kind North are Roman t'athoflca. ^ a Jesuit prt«ot openly and at t he started out In life a» a first lieu- | tenant In the Austrian army. Then he ! indulgence, for our aim la ta see Religion» line« alsa were «trongly , pubnc meeting. * drawn In this struggle, with Proto«- , ,t w„ , m^ ng ot tbe local Board j • * " * 1 aa a prlrate In the army of that every subscriber receives the lants and Catholics strongly llutng up ^ public health committee. Th* Netherlands. Some time later he paper and soon. Aa an after thought, please investigate your against each other. Judge Dover led ' wh, n ,h . Rev Hrneat Cotton Smith!1 WM • Private In the Canadian army the Catholic side and Mr Lusder made rPCtor of w Thomas’ Episcopal T,4" n « ° ,n* back home he served as a mall carrier and ascertain hla re ligion, hla celor and advlae the open appeals for tha support ot the (-j,urcht advocated tba use ot crimln- PrtTm*« *h Ik* Serbian army. After circulation department of The Protestant element of the city. Jews. ^ rather than animals, la vlvtaac- thi* lm,,> ha b«wm e a rnare- Western American and maybe a nagroea. and t£e foreign-born voting ,,OB by adenUata “ I am A. favor o f 1 ch>1 *** lo« '* ” wblch *• Branch for ‘nigger In the woodpile can be population war# behind Dever. criminals. b «t not aalmaia tor ‘ “ top-sergeant ”, in the French Atrican uncovered.’ " Deter Defies Bine Laws I vivisection." w »re hto words. ¡Cavalry. Computing this tour he be- Please refer all’ complaints, all Mr Lueder n remised In his ckm -1 The Rav. Francis A. Tondorf. c f I came a second lieutenant In the Serb- - . “ , h„ 1 2nforca to^ A e Georgetown UatVeraUy, then ballad In ! • « » « “ f « » « l t»*" tor Mme kicks and all misunderstandings palgo tbit he would enforce to th time In the secret service of the Serh- to Mr. Cameron, tha man who ip letur alt tba Inws at preaant on tbe : w,ul , . ... used to being kicked around from “ Please don't nay that. Doctor. minister of war. statute books, the main thing demand “day to day In every way," fo f You'ra going ngalnat tba cloth; you ,n .•'»dltlon, Mr. Proakevet. Is s ed of any candidate that the Kn Klur thirty-second” degree Mason, Knight that makas him better and better. can’t mean It.” Klan Indorse*. He especially prom Dr. Smith refused to accept the Templar. Shrlner and member of the ised to see that all the prohibition Catholic ruling oa hla opinions, and I ° r*l#r «he Eastern Star, He la a ' laws were enforced. Knight of Pythias and a Red Man anybody to live and that he intro da On the other hand. Dever boldly heatedly told tbe meeting ea. Tbe and aa he says himself, he belongs to spend the rest of hta lUe in thlB prlaat-tdeoUat sa balded, real lata* ho proclaimed that evan though the pro to several "hunky" societies In Amer country. Furthermore, be thinks (bat couldn’t fun everything everywhere. hibition laws were on tha books, he ica. with this record and these : convic .did not Intend to enforce them. 'T am After trying all this, Mr. Proakevets tions back of him, there U no oae not going to Impose blue laws on the 1 pointed postmaster at oae time la of tbe opinion that the United States better qualified to load a "hunty" resisting people of Chicago.” he said, j through tha efforts of t h « Senator, la the only place in the world tor Klan of 100 per oent Americans. "nor la It any purpoaa of mine to try I Mr. Lueder is the Republican caadl- to make over the morals o f the people j date la the election while dodge Dever of this great community.'* ! held the backing of the Democratic Judge Dever did* not even take Into j party minus that part of It that waa consideration the fact that It waa not j Klan. It U a well established fact hla province to make lawn but that that no Klanaman voted for Judge the Mayor is simply to see that tbe Dever. laws are executed, whether ha Hkes them or not. This great principle (a Dever who waa recognised all akmg what waa taken Into consideration by aa the winner ta the battle on account | Mr. Lueder. of hie masterful political strategy and Parochial Schoel* Win hfs year« of experience (n Chicago! Mr. Lueder also took tha positive politics, (a a man o f extraordinary stand that none of tbe public (honey ability. Hto family tree had Its orig should go to parochial schools aad inal growth In Ireland hto genealogy that It the Catholics wished to benefit being trsceablp directly beck to tha by the public money they would have ancient Irish kings. The family waa to sand their children ta the public scattered during the Emmett uprising schools. Judge Devsr, on the other and members of It hare been notable hand, promised an aqual cut In the figures In the politics of Oermany. public school money, one-half gnlag England, France, Italy and tbe United to the Catholics and tha other going States. An Italian prince of the House to the regular e»tablfshed public of Savoy figure« In a romance con school*. • , nected with the Southern branch of Many politician» watched the cam the family In the United States. AU paign here as haring a bearing on originally were Catholic, hut marriage the national campaign of next year alliance* caused a division long b e-' and none were more Interested thin fore the Civil War. United Statea Senator Medlll McCor Judge Dever of Chicago to noted as mick who comes up for ra-elec'Jon a fighter and a man of hto word. He next year. He haa been on the ground win be, with all hto (hulto • • to mor several weaks watching the way tha a l » a huge Improvement on WTlOam straws ware blowing without taking Hale Thompson, tor Dever to (ntrtgse- »Idea one way or another. ly patriotic, accrrrdlag to hto ftgfetf, Mr. Lueder ft an Old proteg# of and h»i a« forriju ttthehm<ats n - Senator McCormick having bean ap- tept the Rom a! Catholic church. PRIEST 1UUD9TER GETS 1 C A llTK H M A R E YOU PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1923' Vol. I, No. 35 I’urUaad and t.torla. SHALL We» tern W ALLA W ALLA. WASH., April 1 - Citisens of Walla W alla and their famine« turned out In large numbers at a mass meeting which was an nounced a* being held under the aus pice« o f the various patriotic and fraternal organisations ot the city, In the Odd Fellows Hall last Sunday. The Odd Fellows Hall to also used by Walla Walla Klan No. 1 for their «•«U J M Imp Following the installation of tha I ■pl»aripel~ church, after which they Cyclops, n distinguished lecturer of proceeded to tbe cemetery in anto- thoslaetic applause from bis auditor«. Rev. Oreuham .said that the Klan ‘ Portland, who accompanied the Qrand aeoblles. Assembled around tbe open Titan to Astoria, delivered an address grave, each placed with tender, lov did not question the right of the poli that thrilled and stirred every Klana ing bands a sprig of cedar, emblematic tical freedom of the negro but em phasized the Inherent right of the man present to a keener sense of his of undying friendship. Departing, obligation to uphold and protect his they entered tbe woods surrounding white pun's supremacy over the col ceantry. his State and fellow Klana- tbe cemetery, vanishing down the ored races of the world. He told hto emn « Although he spoke tor more green aisles ’ of nature s cathedral ns audience that the negro, or the yellow originated big, con- ¡than an hour, the time eped'vKh hto quietly and mysteriously aa they had rfl&fes kftd’ eloquence until at the condnatoa of appeared, tearing a profound Impres strnctive humanitarian ideals, bat , the address, which seemed all too sion upon tbe astonished throMg gath were imitators of the white race. T h e , | short, there waa an outburst of ap ered there to pay the last tribute to white man had sent hto missionaries to all parts ot the world to alleviate plause that fairly shook the hall. |n departed brother. the suffering of all races, and to qif- This »-«a the first visit to Astoria of Monroe Eatoy was n charter mem I either ot the Portland men aad they ber of the Knight» of Pythias lodge lighten those who had little or no op both spoke highly' of the reception aad served that Order for almost 30 portunity for intellectual develop ment. accorded them. - years. The white must dominate if be to The Exalted Cyclops of the Kn Klux Hto death was the result of a frac Klan to no stranger la Astoria, 'he tured skull, received lu a motorcycle to save himself, it to absolute necessity, declared the speaker, and having lived more than 4« years la accident. pointed ont that the "yellow peril” the City by the Sea. Th# Cyclops to The expense of the hospital and med a retired business man V h o has the ical services was defrayed Jointly by to Indeed a reality. Rev. Gresham touched on the sub utmost confidence in the future great- the Knights of Pythias and the Ku ject ot the separation of church and arms of Astoria ae well aa the estab Klux Klan. state, and said thgt those critics who lishment of a solid Ku Klux Klan la say that there to no such a menace as Astoria. He la a aaaa of sterling character and of absolute honesty la This haa now been supplied with the the state being dominated by the selection of the new Exalted Cyclop^. church because it to prohibited by the all things. change their The Astoria branch of the Ku Klux From the Inception of the local pub Constitution would Klan la well known aa one of the moat lic work of the Astoria Klan the new minds if they but took the trouble to active Klana In the Northwest, and If Cyclops has been one of the leeders go a little deeper into the situation. anything haa bean laolftog ft wag who consistently haa striven (or the He said that they would learn that constructive and financial leadership. betterment of local moral and polltl- j the Catholic church was not only at cal conditions, and hto Induction Into, tempting to, but in reality was, get office to a fitting recognition of the, ting control of our city, state and na- work he haa accomplished. , Uonal governments, and was attempt- The new leader, although native ; Iu* 1« control the thought of our born, is of Scotch descent and enough , children through the subtle insertion Scotch at that, ao that he to deter- of th« ir propaganda in the page* of the mined that every cent of money ex- I school text books. pended by the Astoria Klan shall ba ' The Jews placed the bar on them carefully accounted tor. and already selves by their attitude toward the __ taken _________ __________ ______ ___ be has steps to strengthen the Christian religion.” said Rev. Gres- 1 financial - r- the -- ■ ham. explaining why Jews could not policy of local — Klan. become members of the Klan. "The Klan membership is essentially Chris tian. the Living Christ our criterion ot character.’’ The Klan being a voluntary organ isation haa an absolutely moral and ) legal right to limit Its membership Just as any other organisation. The Klan to referred to as a "hood Western American Special ed mob,’’ but when and where has this WASHINGTON. D. C.. April (--“ organisation ever been convicted of a ■George Washington bas lost his head., single offense, he asked, railing at- It'fe ll from his statue as the latter | tentlon to the Mer Rouge, La., farce, ! was being removed from Its granite1 the California case, Jackson County. 1 pedestal In Washington Circle. Oregon, fiasco, and similar occur The statue to to be removed to rences where the name ot the Klan . Brooklyn. N. Y.. for repairs. Hun- has been brought In. ’ tired» watched the removal and saw Following the address of Reverend Washlagtonto head crash to the pave Gresham. Ira Clark spoke briefly on ment. the Boy Scouts as aa organisation. d o * * Mamiaatien of the horse upon He highly praised the work being * U « b Washington was mounted show done ter our youngsters. “ When out ed the animal's head harbored num- ot school tbe boy«' spare tlmd 1* often srouf KpArrew nehtf The birds pro employed in the wrong way.” said (Continued on rage 7) tested audibly when they were routed. t WASHINGTON’S HEAD ' FALLS, FROM STATUE