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c ric m t Thl» » f lir t a i I'lMM-r of The K »)n i IIM cr» o f Ihr Itrd Kohr, I tu pi rin I Itrailqu iirlrr« ViV Morgan Build* IU If, l'u ri lumi, O regon. Id illi'* » t «i in in u h Uu I loti» I » I.. .1, Hi ter, M lto r, ION I’ llturk Muck, I’ urtlund, Oregon, Vol. I, No. 40 UTH SHALL MAKE YOU M C E YC SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH P U B L IS H E D W E E K L Y B O R T L A N D , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , M A Y 10, 1923 The O fficial P » » r r • ( Ule la . W M « fm p lre , k e ig h t« *# I M ' Kn K l « « Kinn, in U m Realm e f Orrnun. O lile lai Jnaraal e f T b « Ladini o t Um laviaOtle Km- hire, Mettenti HeeA p w ric r» at 9m Plttueh Bleck, Portland. « r e m . A N Y W H E R E IN U. S. PR ICE 5c HARMONY Criminals G IFFO R D B R IN G IN G T H E BEST OF N E W S IN IMPERIAL ml ....""■ " EVANS IS SUPREME Kroil I. lì If furl. Grand Dragon of • ho Realm ,,f llA lu n . will rotura U) Simmons Surrenders His Copyrights to Forms of Organization. LIBERATION OPALE , , I I I A . la a A fifi ITIPA1 I/IPTIANO ’■¿rllLI l III AL VlulllYlo tuck Muck, early n on week, cnml from Atlanta, whom ho ha« boon lor the lam juuiith uasImlHK In the reor- itanlratlun o f tho Imperial Klan'a nf- falra. Tho Grand Dragon 1» bringing «unit* Kood now» for the Klauatnen of Oregon und the Pacific Northwest Tremendoua p ro gre»« may ho expected In thin State In tho Immediate future Mr. Gifford aenda «re e lin g » to every Klunamnn In the State from Imperial Wizard l)r H. W. Krant. Colonel Simmon* aud hlmaelf THC S E T T L E M E N T S IN A N U T SH E LL. PATRIOTIC UNION TO UNITE FORCES OF PROTESTANTISM Waatern Amarle an Bureau. w \ S lllN G T W i D. (• May 9. Di« tr lit nf Col imi Northern Vlr- ! pri-purlng exten glnla Kla | slvely to en t« dían ina Klansmen convention m June. during the It ia known- of the Shriner» are Klaname the Klans here feel It la almost cb o f a Klan con vent Ion aa it ' it Ion lin e conventi.! tarier» will .11 be Real Purpose of Strike In General the offlc K in « K lin gle Sajto Tsi Poindexter, Munsi'V Building, Staged in Northwest Is where the. vh may call and ashke themselves 1 Revealed. Being establlfhed 'L; i Clubroom* Í I whpre ente rvMf b e gfiaeaAta» ‘ fr i I visitors. ! room will call at Mr.' 1 visi tots whe _____ to establish ‘I amen Identities aa j IS WOBBLY DEMAND KAMELIA NOT RECOGNIZED p - ^ T R A IL IH S cI^ A ¿ L O £ N G » 0i? M IN ILKIIIC INSIDE FACTS HERE GIVEN US Kloncilium Continues Func* tioning as Chief Govern ing Body of Klan. K L A N T O W ELC O M E SHRINE V ISITO R S j dealer's Counteract Malign In fluence of Pernicious Foreign Meddlers. ‘r ^ V ^ f T ’ L WITH THE HYPHENATE W ettern American Bureau. Expert Observer in Seattle DKVOL. Ok la . May 9 - T o »how the Lifts Screen for the su p eriority o f the Public School, as fostered and protected by the Maaon* Public. and the Ku Klux Klan. over the Cetho- I lie parochial school, ft la pointed out j here that of the four accredited echoed* 'o f the county, Randlett erhool baa the Western American Bureau. S E A T T L E . Wash.. May 9 Seattle lowest credit. Which I* lJ 1». while the schools that are controlled by the Prot- can aolvr It* vice problem and put an ' Must Unify Americans and Prevent Union of Church and State. Western American Bureau. W ASH ING TO N. D ..C\, May S.— Or. William J. M«h Manoi (ned as has P L E A O F C R IPPLE D C H IL DREN IS H E A R D Waatern American Bureau. WASHINOTOM . 9. C.. May «.— Th e hardbolled clretgs worker Baa melted before the mute plea at the crippled child and on Teeeday morning the animal and h a aaa performers of Rlngllng Itroe. circus «0 1 perform for hundreds o f crippled kiddles here. The show will be given free o f charge to the children end the movement orig inated among the circus people them- aelvea. John Rlngllng. owner o f the circus, is a 32d degree Mason and a firm be liever of one hundred per cent Am eri ca nsi m His circus Is run by Am eri cans. although he employ* many for eigners. Bnt Rlngllng la aa American and all who come ia contact with him knoir It. COW-BELL MUSIC MARKS M’NARY’S WARDEN IS VICTIM OF COWARDLY FOES: TO BE VINDICATED Slimy Scoundrels Making Criminal Efforts to Ruin * Prison Management* CONVICTS SEE ____ THROUGH GAME V Insidious Propaganda at W o rk to Discredit Smith’s ^ Splendid W ork. N ext week's issue o f T h e Western A m e ric a « w ill contain .a comfrehen- •£jt *<P _ at tho •« fitfrJ * eoroipifi m* -A 1. A il acts of the 1922 K '«• M ite -tiS M turn JB l e t t credit*. v»fc at tow edftidged aa tap*1. _____ r t s a a s s a s e i t e a f e i • M » T to'fceAotIHr iBRMfor-tTonerif o f t k i N l 2. Colonel Simmon« sign* over — la being aaade. on the part of county, with the exception o f the one ln e t In 24 hour*, should It determine i tlonal Council of Patriotic Americano. all hlo copyright« to the Knlghta enemies o f the state administration. .at RandletL has an saura Protestant to do so. i o f which Judge George Fleming Moore, of the Ku Klux Klan. A t the crisis In the State campaign This w ai one o f the outstanding de faculty. The Randlett school employés ; editor In-chief of The Fellowship last Call, when every true Am erican to discredit tho prison management. 3. Dr. H. W. Evana ia recog TTT- velopm enu o f the “ W obbly" strike ! tw o Catholic« teaCher*. Forum, national Masonic newspaper. waa working for the School BUI. va Warden Johnson S. Smith has nothing nized aa Imperial W izard and ___ ,, staged In the Northwest from April L.. ."i . m — i to conceal and welcomes the fullest Colonel Simmon» a« Emperor wiith M. Depew, Ex ' la president.' rious and sundry orators, male 25 to May 7 by the ................... I W. W. and their | female, who had their price, w ere ' Investigation The occasional escapé power« and dutlea aa outlined In the Klan Includes In ita memberahlp! sympathizer*. Forraat General Secretary. alted Mason, Think« Klan the cbnatitution and by lawa of the Another well-known Klan official hired by the kike-kathollc-kombination o f a prisoner from the woods camps I men of aticli force and loyalty that no | Between- April 25 and May 3 aev- Klan > I controveray can become so acute that eral thousand “ W obbllcs" arrived tir who is an officer of the new organiza to skate about from place to piece and was not his fault and naturally is to Is A ll Right 4. Kamella I* not recognized at tion i« General Nathan Bedford For talk against the school bill and for be expected despite all vigilance and .It cannot b* settled within the Kitin' Seattle. The purpose of the strike, the woman'a auxiliary of the Klan rest. Grand Dragou o f Georgia, who Homan Bennie— the papists Republi precautions. The main thing fo r the I itself. (.Signed! i called mainly In the lumber Industry, taxpayers to know la that Warden „ '• and no Klanaman, acting at a K N IG H T S OK T H E K U j waa to stage a demonstration to try w estern American Bureau, l will be General Secretary- General can candidate for Governor. The battle raged fiercely e lf over Smith *is placing the prloon manage Klantman, can take par^ In the Forrest's illustrious father was the KLU X K L A N " to e ffe c t the release of political pris N EW YORK. May 9. - 'T h e Grand founder of the original Ku Klux K l»h the State, but nowhere wag it hotter ment upon a strictly business basis . JU organization of thla or any other „ „ .u * ™ _ oner* In this country. Questions of- ............. ..... Praa* Reports Untrue. than In Astoria and riatsop county. with a v iew to making H self-support woman'a organization. They may wage*, hours o f labor or living condl 0,d Man o f New .3 orkt /dhauifpey M. of reconstruction days in the South. The settlement was reached after a After the Job-lot o f "Protestant" mer ing. act at Individuate and private tiona In the camps and mills were not Depc«'. 33d degree Mason,. Shriner and Offices at Capital. series of meetings between reprueen-! cenaries had spieled their worst to citlzene. however. “ H ighgrsders" at Work. Involved, strikers em phatirallv de- a imoS( everything elsd' /hat Masonry The General offices of the Council Astoria audiences, at so much per tutlvea of the then existing factions In 5 The Kloncilium will continue The whole institution was practical dared. But only a few o f the strikers . ___ _ . .. 1- , will be in t*'ashington. D.-C. The pur spiel, o f course, came then the Con j the Klan which extended oyer a period to function under the conetltutlon ly wrecked under the Oicott-Jfm Lewis had sufficient money to sustain them bas' .‘ a,lno<. * b lof,‘? into dan,n‘ n* pose o f the Council will be to unite all of two weeks. ae the chief governing body of the for more than a week In town, and to tbe Klan, and he s 99-yearg old. at that, Protestn’nt societies In Am erica that quering H ero— United State* Senator regim e — “ highgraded" In a hundred Sensational newspaper report« as to. Charles M cN ary.' He was heralded by Klan. d ifferent ways. Moreover, the Olcott Lots of the big men. awed by Mayor seek to preserve American unity 9nd (lie basis of the settlement which were protect the Woodk worker* from the . v L . i — great blowing of trumpeta. braying current In Atlanta were wholly without I leeches Infeatlug the "skid road" di* Hylan's Catholic du b , have denounced to prevent any union o f church and o f journaUgtlr xsses. and beating of outfit made the prison a center o f wet On Monday morning. April 23. Iltlrn festivities and crimes were committed tomtoms truth They were attributed by tae 3? ' lk>' lh,‘ ;W0bb" r d* i"th e Klan from one end to the other. State. It will have the same effect j th# lion which Imil burn pending within -------------- ,,------- with Protestantism »hat the N ation »! The Senator was mildly welcomed In the name of the law which merit 1 newspapers to u man who was not a cfded to close every bootlegging o t c ^ ___ . ___„ --------’ llm rank» o f the Knight» of the ICu gambling Joint or bawdy house in th e ’ *>“ » «*"• '< "* “ * * > “ Pruudl>r tv- Catholic elfare Council has with the st the Jdeppo” and escorted to a U rge condign punishment and public con Klux Klan alnci' April 2, was dt»«o!v -d member of the conference, who had lower end of town. fused to become a Roman parrot. Catholic people. The new organiza-i theatre, where an audience of choice' 1 no part In the negotiation* and who ,, , . „ . . . l>> the I'll I ton County Superior Cot rt __ w ,_ A t this time evdry effort Is being Aim of "W obbllaa." i is not un official of the Klan They Mr. Depew celebrated his 89th hlrth- tlon will have unlimited* financial ‘ following Hi« reaching of an umlrnl lo backing. « .. fof made by the cunntOK enemies of the In their protective campaign the day during the week Just passed and were to the effect that Certain depart- iigrei'inent hy Klausmen on both * .d ->» dTT.J^ , b“ * b° . rtArfk h‘ - s u t e administration to demorelire the ' moot heads and officials at the Imper- “ W obbllcs" purposed, first, to save the Workers Being Selected. of the late controversy ; he declares he Is good for 89 ipbfe. n k k e d 1 a and id P the walls and woodsmen from the vicious tempta 1 lat T’ ulace would be discharged. Workers In the cause are now being! ?nr for tiTe the footlights, which which l i »in f * « » « « " • ■ within »«« r,t In the The Knight* of th « Ku Klux Klan t* tions brazenly held out -to them, and although It is felt th «t this is going selected and sent to all portions of! blinked mysteriously. The curtain waa forest camps. Quantities o f poison Klovokatlon's Acts Legal. now enabled to present u »olid frt nt I a stride strong on Optimism. ous liquor, for example, are left close second, to show the thinking people of Suddenly* the band played lo the un American force* w hich ns* ill WKile Mr Depew is not a Klanstnnn the United States by Dr. Mahoney. down. by the camp, where the prisoners can Ii wgs derided by the conference Seattle that the bootlegger, the dope who at present is in Montgomery:. Ala., something-or-other. and up went the It from without and having settlod >11 that the constitution, charter and by- peddler, the gambler and the houses and at his age probably would not feel not help seeing it. for the purpose o f Inside if I f fix'll It I i * h *1 ii a »plrlt of Ir in l a ws of the Knights of the Ku K b it j of Ill-fame can be put out of business ) like taking up new fraternal duties, with Judge Moore, attending the scs- curtain at a signal. Behold, there sat getting them drank and causing them fruternall«m can turn wlih new .'I- Klan ns adopted by the National Klcn j In a day If such an end Is really de- i* in thorough sympathy with K lin sion of the Grand Lodge of Alabama sedately and more or less comically to run away or start a riot— anything in a semi-circle the leading Knights aot tallty, courage und strength to t to I vokatton lu»t November would ccn-|Blre,i On April 28 the ' W obblles" or- principles. He never has bePn ask id Masons. to "g e t” Warden Smith. Other officers of the Council are Columbus of the town, flanked by one furtherance uf Its campaign oT pri p- 1 llnue to be the controlling Instrument* | ganlied raiding squads which conduct I I for an expression on the Klan, or if Liquor Surrendered. Dr. B. S. Heintzelman o f Bayonne. N. or two Roman Maaona. and in their agatlng p u r e American principle* of government for th!« order he' has, the New York papers have re- ed a whirlwind campaign through th e ; J., who is Second Vice-President, and midst, smiling hopefully, the dapper It is to the everlasting honor of throughout the United State* | It was accordingly decided that Dv. I lower district of Seattle. Every b oo t fusod ,0 |,rlnt “ little _________ Senator ______ from Oregon. George W . Young, of Washington, who ____ _______ Impudent the prisoners involved to state that Harmony Now Reigns. I II \V. Kvnus wns Imperial Wlxtud, legging and gambling Joint was or x r r v r r ------------ x D i n i TC D I A r t is General Treasurer. Mr. Young is! as Punch and fresh as a daisy. He they delivered the liquor intact to Harmony now reigns In the rank« j duly ol»>cted, and that he would cen- tiered closed. When the proprietor I v U I U K 1 U U 3 r L A L L secretary of the Independent Publish-! was introduced with the usual ex the ___ warden, _______ _____ ___ one ______ man saying: "In o ' till« great patriotic orgnnlxalt >n | finite to serve as such with hi* duties had the, tem erity to defy the squads IS CLOSED B Y K L A N Ing Company, the corporation which travagant pomposity and he pranced . other years I was a drinking man. and and In celebration of It* re-establish'd and opwers outlined by the Insttu- of crusaders, .his place was properly ' published The Follnwship Forum. * daintily to the front, made his little j nkP tj,e effect of the stuff. It was unity uml brotherly love every K im | meat* mentioned. He Is recogn iz'd: reported at police headquarters, and Western American Bureau. To Be a Miohty Power bow and began H U voice was low one „ ( hardest tasks of my life III the nation on May ti w ill hold it ! us the chief executive officer of tha] If then no action wfas taken, the place ERIK. Pa., May 9.— Klansmen here The Council already is functioning. and seductive, and ''“ »btleas to g ive up this liquor, but honor de- special program and fiery croasea will Knight» of tho Ku Klux Klsn waa demolished in true "C arrie Ns-! this week issued a warning to Ruby blaze throughdtit the land May * I* | Colonel W illiam J. Simmons w ill I tlori" style and picketed to p reven t1 Scott, negro wench, and keeper o f a and in the course of a few months l*U * » i r k ^ PoM ' am‘ ‘S ' the anniversary o f the founding of t m i continue as Emperor of the Invisible 0at ™ me ™ rt„' Insidious and poisonous propaganda a continuation o f business. notorious place, to cease her nefarious expected to become a mighty power ; be badJ 1 original Ku Klux Klan In the bitter Empire, to which office he was elected. in the Protestant world The Cath-1tan* H>* . Wef*. tb?— _ ° f—* Is being spread among the prlaoner* Property Destroyed. trade or suffer painful consequences njiz-a Vitforouslv hrtv*» onrwwf»*! it* (t>r* i Pr°YMSOr in oratory RlUl his moY®* within the walls of the institution, day* of the reconstruction period. and will, according to tha provisional N xtu n U y. m e ftfST dlriVCl result of A fiery cross w*s burned before her m r i t o n ^ ^ l n g w h a T ^ r h . p ^ ' 1 » « U rem .ndrt one of a leopanl. He with a view to making Warden Smith The official statepmnl issued by the of tho constitution, have charge of all the raids was a voice of protest raised house and the following letter was left when Protestantism is no longer dlj not orate. how eyer. nor erupt. nor unpopular and causing trouble. The conference which Is approved by belli j ritualistic ,and Kloranlc work. by the element parasitic which preys, for her: effervesce. He began talking in a snake has been scotched, however, and side» In the past controversy a id The Imperial Kloncilium. compos'd upon the woodsman Properly was! "T h e Klansmen has Just paid your divided. calm, measured, coafidential. mono- the criminal aim o f the warden’s rn- which announce* to the world that of 15 Klunuraen. belli* dmtroyed. and the food c itlie n « disorderly home its first visit, to warn tonic. conversational manner, his emte* has heen defeated. The pris all dissension Inside the Klan has Klansmen of the nation *111 as in t ie of werfl treated to thv lament- you and the rest o f your kind to close IN S U L T T O Q U E E N theme being the glory of the G. O. P. oners have leaders among themselves ended Is ns follows i past, function as the chief governing up and get out. You have defied the able comedy of seeing the bootlegging B Y PO P E RESENTED ' and the achievements o f the Republl who know the warden is a square, hon "W e are gratified to say that the | body of the Klan. laws of God. country and city long ; can party. Hia plea was for partisan est, true-hearted American, who will litigation pending within the Knights i Various patents and copyright on and gnmbllng Joints tucked under the enough. Now listen, you black viola Western American Bureau. regularity, which meant: Cast your see to it that every man gets what of the Ku Klux Klun has been adjust <d i ritual, paraphernalia, equipment, etc. protecting wing o f the police. Police tors. close your places and go! Erie M ADRID, May 9.— Catholic Spain la rote for Roman Bennie and against rightfully ia coming to him— that good on an amicable basis, acceptable to In the name o f Colonel William Joseph orders were sent out declaring there does not want you. You evidently In revolt against the deepottc rale of the Public School Bill. time earned will be allowed, together ult parties. The adjustment has b e ’ it j Simmons were »lgtied over by him to must be no demolishing raids. The "W ob b lles" sat bark and waited to see have a pull, but this organisation you the Pope over the government and Oh. he was the neatest little side- with every other right and privilege brought about through the kindly of the Knights o f the Ku Klux Klan. cannot defy. We are composed o f 8000 dally lives of the people. The straw stepper of the whole campaign! He which justly can be clalmed. If the w olf's prey were to bo protected fices of a commission of Klansmrn, Colonel WIlHam Joseph Simmon* as well as the wolf, hut on the follow one hundred per cent American white that broke the camel’s back landed slapped the "Dlm m ycrats" on the co-operating with tho attorneys who agreed to wltlidraw all litigation which Vaat Hive of Industry. Ing day, becoming auspicious of the men. If you do not heed this warning when the Recluse at Rome termed , wrist, warbling his courteous obiurga- have been directing the litigation he had Instituted against Imperial tender solicitude of the minion» of our second nnd last meeting will be Queen Victoria's dresses as "immoral. Warden Smith has made a great ttoas, and by this time the audience "Naturally the terms o f thq adjust Wizard Dr. H. W. Evans and his ad house o f industry out of the pri*on. Queen Victoria, one o f the most was tired— five minutes. •he law. resumed their raiding a n d !0" « o f ,OTO* 'V ® aUnd ,or a c,ean ment cannot ho made public, but will ministration. instead o f a den of Iniquity, and In a bottled up tight every bootlegging and and greater Erie and w ill allow noth beautiful monarchs o f Europe, is de Then— Oh H orror»! bo communicated In the due course to gambling joint In the "skid road" dis ing to hinder our purpose.— -KU K L U X cidedly modish and since her accession Rllngl - ty - bling - Ity - br-r-r r-boom- few months he w ill have made the Status of Kamella. the membership of the Klan. It cm prison a place worth visiting, a bn to the throne with Alfonso X III. has hang: Dlng-doug-dlng-dong ding! In connection with the KamelU, this trict. Threats were hurled, but the K L A N ." be snld, howover, that tho charter and Ruby “ has went." heen the pride o f the Spanish people: Then suddenly, resounded a raucous man reclamation center, always a which was recently pollco. fearing the righteous Indigna tho constitution nnd by-laws ns adopt organization, Her gowns always are of the latest cow bell, clanging aad hutting upon place of penance and enforced reform, ed by the Klonvokatlon are niado the launched by Colonel Simmon*, la not tion o f the people al large, did not The district remained conditions exist with the consent of style and the women of Spain look to the ambient air. apparently coming but a place where good will and honr basis and contorlllng Instruments of recognized us a woman s auxiliary to Interfere. from beneath the Senator’s feet. He est effort to live right Is the dally government o f the organIxatIon Will- the Knights o f the Ku Klux Klan. No "tig h t" until the woodsmen returned certain business elements who con her to set the fashions ............ A recent "propoui>e«zr<-»t" from the j stepped- a t o » : rúmUz aad siagerijs f t \ * 9 f Mfs. sider the w ood w ork er legitim ate prey. tan( Joseph fifthm«HT» K rovognlxed as member of ihc- Knlghta cf- the K e (o the timber. M ar 7 . Don’t lay beck'and expect your mayor main monastery « t Rome, however* has ^evidently feering It might go off. He * T h * ,4*c.ts concerning th e State ■‘‘ Maligned fo r Years.' Kmporor and II W. Evana as Imperial Klux Klan. aa a Klanaman shall or prison w ill be published In next week*» "T h e ‘Wobbilea’ have been maligned or your police to clean the' effy with 'decreed these beautiful gown* to 'b e gulled sweetly, rubbed his hand* uer- ganize or assist In organising any Wizard. W estern American. Tim e waa lack "im m oral" and has othersrl«* insulted voualy. geafured gracefully and began woman's organization, it was derided. for years, but I think we are doing politicians dominating the enforce- "It can be said that the Interests of ing for preparation o f the copy this As a consequence, the BUT—Oh. horror»!— the Klan have been the paramount con As Individual citlsens they are at lib the «e o p le of Seattle a good deed in ment of-law . Too many ere feeding the queen. Ding • dong - ding • dong - ding • week. sxtd one prominent I. W . XV.1 o ff vice, hooch end gambling. The people are "up In arms" against the sideration throughout the negotiation* erty to organile or assist any organi- return Other Important announcements end dong boom-boom-Br-r-r-r-r ’ and the result of the agreement put* sat Ion, male or female, provided the W e have shown them how they cen 'Wobblles’ hsve shown the way In Recluse It is likely the king w ill banish the Again the clamorous cow-bell, drown Information w ill be found la next the organization ona basis that will I principles of such organisation are clean up their city overnight, purge Seattle, Teeom * a id Peril*nd. What w eek’s paper. Be sure and get your j not In opposition to thowe of the It of th* bootlegger, gambler, dope j you need 1* a f e * Cnrrle Nations— pspal nuncio to Spain, severing all ing out «II etger sound* 91 leoc*. with greatly strengthen It. copy o f It. trnntlaucd ab T at* 2) peddler nnd scarlet element. Vicious 1 that, and the gut« to hack them up! ’ diplomatic relations with th* Vatican. '•It Is also gratifying to know H at I Knights o f the Ku Klux RUtn. J / .