Tlw> (»Melai l'aper uf The Royal Kldrr» of (he Red
Hube, Imperlai Headquarter« 6M» Morva a Halid-
lav. l‘orl land, Oregon.
Address I »inmunlralbm« lo I . A. liefer, editor, W n
I 'll lor k Mark, l’oriland, Oregon.
Vol. I, No. 41
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Ü TH SHALL M A K E YOU F R E E
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1923
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WOMEN OF
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Warden Making Pen What It Should Be
LADIES OF LOTIE
ASSERT AUTHORITY
TO ROLE AFFAIRS
GIFFORD IS TARGET
OF ROMAN TELEGRAM
IN ANOTHER TIRADE
Transfer of Management
Without Understanding
^Results in Family Row.
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DAVIS IS TAUGHT LESSON
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Asealllag Read L. Gifford, aa
usual, I ha Portland Telegram
proclaimed the hope of tta heart,
that ha would not return to Ore
gon but would bo soalgned to
another district ot hi» own re
quest. Baaing thla attack upon
pure rumor, the Telegram ex
plains that Mr. Olfford'a preatlge
la on tho wane and his "auto
cratic" powar of leadership has
boon weakened. Tho story lo
false, without a scintilla of
truth In TtP Mr. Gifford*» com-
of leadership end prestige for
aehlevemaçt never have boon so
groot so at tho prosent timo, and
that ho lo ona of tho moot popu
lar altisono wett of tits Rockies.
. Thr reason for this la almply
that Fred L. Gifford Is able, cour
ageous, honest, bold, resourceful,
square, white and lovable.
Their Own Program.
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There was a ml»onder»t*n<llng and
clash of authority between Ku«h II
■ »avis, Supreme Oratld Counselor of
the "LO TIE ," and the officers and
member» of Portland Council N'o. I,
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at the lafter'« regular meeting In Red
man's hall last Friday night, which
reaulted quickly In the rtgoroua en-
forcement of the local Council'» by- ^
laws, even against the demand of tho
Supremo Grand Counselor. whose
^Vlshea a» to program for that meeting
differed from those of tho Council'»'
officer» and member», of whom about 1
Portland Klan No. 1 Pur-
600 were present.
rr The unfortunate misunderstanding
potè» Having SpVndid
grew nut of the transfer of the man- ,
Home of Its Own
pgement of the Order from K. H.
Sawyer to R. H. Ihtvls about fear)
months ago, but jiow that Hie facts i Hy a vote unanimous, excepting two
and the law are understood by all or three, Portland Klan No. 1 at Its
concerned, there will be no further
regular weekly meeting Monday night
trouble as far aa Davla and the local
adopted
a resolution authorising the
Council are concerned.
The
Portland
Council
of
the Exalted Cyclops to appoint a com
"L O T IE " la by far th» largeit wom mittee of three to devise ways an%
an'll organisation In Portland, or In means and uraw tentative plana for a
Oregon. It is composed of Indiee
magnificent Klan building, to be
from every walk in life — society
* women and working women, buxines» erected In Portland aa the permanent
women, and mnny of wealth and home of the Order. The committee
PLAN MAGNIFICENT '
BUILDING FOR KLAN
leisure all true hundred per centers " to r*,P°r‘ on Jun® “ * " * «
The
In the noble cause of Amorlranlsm.1Portland Klan is well able, ftnan-
aml all eager for the rapid extension 0lal*y' to erec* the building and to
of their social service, for the com- furniah It tumptuoualy throughout.
. It will be a mecra and shrine for
NAB CUSTODIAN OF
JEW RABBI’S WINE
AS A BOOTLEGGER
ON IMPERIAL KLAN
AND m AFFAIRS
Grand Dragon of Oregon
Realm Gives the Facts.,
Wanted by AIL
M. Roaencrana, a 00-year-old Jaw,
living with Ma totfa at 329 Col leg*
»treat, Portland, wa» arretted and put
In the county JaltBfMay. May IS, by a
Stata Special *4* ill on a charge of
tailing To whosoever called gallon jug»
of high-powered “eocramental" wine
at $430 a gallon. Roetncranx, who
had no legal permit but was merely
ALBANY IS SCENE!
OF A SPECTACULAR
KLAN INITIATION
Royal Riders of the Red
Robe Gather with Klans-
men of Oregon.
LAY IN YOUR COAL
AND AID THE GOOD
CAUSE^OF CHARITY
Out of tho sal« of every ten
of coal delivered from now on, a *
certain big-hearted fuel dealer,
who doesn't want hit right hand
to tell the left hand about it. will
give SO cents te the charity fund
of the Ku Klux Klan— not be
cause he’s a Klanamarv for he
isn't» but because he admire« the
K l4 *f secret charity werk and,
has implicit confidence In Its
broad-guage methodo of effici
ency. Now id the time for you
to store coal for next fall and
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RECLAIMING MEN
AT STATE PRISON
I FOR USEFUL LIFE
Warden Johnson S. Smith
.. Doing Great Work for
State and Humanity.
GRAFT AND WASTE CUT
Tho “osci
mule-kick In It, a nd a few glaaaae of
It will moho a poodle-rfog spit la a
anyono. Ho almply
bloodhound's eye.
Mo pronto 50 cento on every too
Spectacular and Impressive was the ,
FRED L. GIFFORD, Grand Dragon
This Is tha overdue beginning of the
sold. Telephone Broadway 4371
ot the Klan In the Realm of Oregon, break-up of th* ecclesiastical
outdoor Klan meeting and UStlitlon
or Broadway 0187 and I «am tha
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who was summoned to the Imperial ring, recently depended
by the Ku ceremoniee on the aviation fie li at
identity of this big-hearted mar
Palace In Atlanta, Ge., several weeks Klux Klan. The outlaw ring, m RA o I» ¡ Albany. Ore.. Tuesday. May 15. Thou-
chant. >**..
ago Jo aaaist In Important organisa has lino, extending |hto every part of
ele*«-1 4 -
sands of Klanamen
Klausmen attende!
attended, d
delega-
tion work, returned a few days ago, the State, Is operated .In the name of
weary with hit arduous labors and religion. Th . profits or. said to b e '“ 0“ 8 Comln* from
° f ,ha
travels, but elated and happy over the enormous. Marty other* arrests are State. A great fiery cross gave light
prospects of tremenuoua progress for Imminent.
The defiant Jews and for the weird ceremonial, when a large .
the Kfnii; but he hardly bad caught up Romans a^o going to learn, shortly, class of aliens were made notttlate
on sleep and renewed acquaintance that tho law-abiding white folk, are KUnimen
The off,cia, program on
with hit family when an Imperative I runnlng things is Oregon,
the aviation field was preceded by a
summons came for him to go east on
By I E * A. I»f
Certain unscrnpnlons persona o f the
late Olcott regime In Oregon now are
striving, wtih the stealth of the hyena
and the cuhniag of the fox, to dis
credit the administration of Johnson
S. Smith, Warden of the State Prison
at Salem. Their motives are mani
fold. They want to regain the oppor
tunity for graft and boose festivities
in the prison, oust an honest Warden
I whom they respect and fear, and give
j a black eye to the Pierce administra
parade a mile long, all in full recalls. Hell-Roarin’ Dawes,
Non- tion. To accomplish these alms a
tome more vitally Important business
for the organisation. His plans for
all keeping step with military preci- combatant Jigadier-Brindle cunning propaganda has been devised,
a State-wide tour of communication
primarily based upon a hne and cry
slon. eyes to the front, all marching si
Gives Birth to Scheme.
with many scores of Oregon Klana
about the escape of "so many con
lently, unmindful of the salvos of
were annulled by this summons from
victs" since Warden Smith took charge
applause which went pp from the
the Imperial Palace and he left last
last January. The claqne 1» led by
densely jammed streets, lined every-
™ICA<JO. ILL.-Brlgadier-Genem l
Sunday morning, hoping to return In
one .TJpjohn. former secretary to
where with eager and admiring ob- Charl€8 <,' ’ I* W88' of " He,‘ and Mar,a" “ Roman Bennie." who was a member
a few dayi.
servers.
Nothing occurred to mar famc' ia the late8t to 9tart hlm9eU a of the Parole Board during the Olcott
“ I.Mtle Glnnl of thr West”
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little fraternal order all hla own to
the hqrmony of the day.
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Mr. Gifford hat fam ed the sobriquet,
regime, and by George Putnam, pub
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combat the Ku Klux Klan.
Great Titan James R. Johnson, who
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down In Dixie and everywhere, as "The
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The profane swashbuckler has or- lisher of a notorious daily paper at
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Is also Exalted Cyclops of Portland
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Little Giant of the Went." for he be _
Thousand.* of Oregon Klans- Klan No x hem)ed the ,on„ Drofes. s™““* what he caI18 th* Mlnnte Salem which, for many months, has
longs to the whole Pacific region,
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Men of the Constitution" at Evanston been the organ of the Roman Catholic
men in
Full Regalia
to
Sion, acting for Grand Dragon Fred U and ^
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than 31(M) hierarchy and the purveyor of »lander
rather than tp Oregon alone, and his
jflslts In other aectlona are like
against the Knights of the Ku Klux
Take Part Here.
° ,ff0rd' Wh0 ,a ,n D,X,e on an offlcial pledges for membership.
mission. The Great Titan was recog.: The noll.oombaUmt general doe» not Klan.
triumphal tour. The rare abilities of
nlsed by nearly everybody and was n y JUEt what these aMi(,ed Mtnute
the great Western Klan leader, hla
TrpJohn Is now employed, ostensibly,
Arrangement* are being perfected cheered to the echo by the multitude. Men are to do ¿xcept to alt and think. by Putnam's paper.
genius In mats leadership and con-
structive work, have Impelled many
*»y • distinguished Klan officer and He marched, as did many others, with an(j mayhap write a letter or two to
Putting Up a Smoke Screen.
keen observers in polities. In authorlta-
committee co-workers for a spec- hts hood raised. Automobiles carried the editor once In awhile and voice
These
men and their associates. In
tlve quarters, to suggest him r * the 1 tacnlar open-air initiation ceremony aged KJansnaen. but all other marched | their protest agatnst things In general,
right kind of timber for Vice-President of Portland KUn No. 1 In the Oregon afoot.
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j Leading Knight» o f Columbus and c,udln* «-W ard en Jim Lewis and
bribe TTnTTed 8tates on Che Kepubncan
metropolis < ^ ly - io June. The date The Great Titan, attended b y ; B'naf RYttti Ttghfg aro foremost )n ' other», are patting up a smoke-screen
ticket, with an Eastern man In first
“ nd <**•* o-sentlal Information will
Kleagle R. R. Hamersloy, fo r m a liz e - the organisation. It is »aid. to shield themselves; to hide
the gross
place, or aa the people's nominee for be published, pcotably next week— at seated charters to four prosperotte-
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mismanagement and horrible condl-
M M E MEN LINE
f FOR THE ROMANS
GRAND OPEN AIR
KLAN CEREMONIAL
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Mr. Davis and hit two'comps'nlons 10r* « ',n ‘ P«tr»ot. and the center of
retired from the meeting when he was • cnor« r for 8,1 ,he con»tnicU** BC.
made to understand the Ironclad na-1 tlv*l *e8 °* Hi* Klan lu this section,
Ifnlted States Senator from Oregon.f thp Proper time.
Klanp. these being Lebanon, Corvallis. JOIN THE KLAN NOW
' ,ions whlch ex,8ted ln the pri,on un'
lure of thr Council's by-laws, and that
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Thousands of Klansmen will be seen' Albany and Mill City.
I is m n r r r A s i/ M it r it .
dpr Lewis.
For example. Warden
In either candidacy, It la generally de
the local organisation was a self-gov- are the architects oT their Pwn'des-
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In
full
regalia,
and
visitors
will
at-1
Besides
the
big
delegations
of
Klana-
AN r
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n ? ! r ^ o n M S!nUh found 8tored awa* ln the ,iUh3r
ernlng body. Jealous of Its rights and tiny, and recent events have demon clared, Mr. Gifford would be a sure
t v A l d E . 13 U U L 3 U U 1 1 prison basement enough woolen uni
tend from far and near.
Grand men from other towns, numbering
prerogatives. Shortly afterward Mr. | atrated that they are fully gble to take winner. He has no political ambition.
Dragon Fred L. Gifford. Great Titan many hundreds, the Klan throng tn-1 Do you wish to Join the Knights of form cloth, of which the suits of the
Davis left for Little Rock, Ark., to nt- care of themselves.
Mrs. Maybclle howeT*r - apd deprecate* al such sug-
i prisoners are made, to last many years,
James R. Johnson and other high offi eluded an escort of honor composed
jciux-K lani Do It now. for
lend a meeting of representatives o f ; Jette, the beloved Mother Counselor o f 1 **atlon*
1 would refuse positively
c ia te of the Klan will be in attendance. of a large number of Royal Riders of tbe initiation cost may be raised eon- for which the State paid thousands of
Protestant
women's
organisations. | Portland Council No. I, will preside any nomination for, or appointment to
doUars at fancy pTtees. This stuff
The Portland Connell of the "liO TIE " at a regular meeting Friday night. any P011*'0* ' position, he said recent- and th* beautiful ritualistic cere- the Red Robe fronj Portland, includ- ! sldcrably almost doubled, tn fact—
was purchased from the Tom Kay
monial
work
of
thé
Order
will
be
used
|ng
Imperial
offloers.
The
Royal.
80me
tlme
in
June,
and
a
resoluton
ly.
In
reply
to
a
proposal
of
a
group
of
will continue to function, serenely : May 18, In Redmen'e hall, as usual.
In full. A hug* Fiery Cross will II- Riders marched In the formation oT a authorising the raise now Is being Woolen Mills of Salem and others.
and harmoniously, hml is expected An Interesting program has been ar friends.
lumine the .»(-en* and It will be * spec fiery cross, jn the position ot honor considered by Portland Klan No. 1. No wonder Mr. Kay was hotly opposed
Interviewed
for
Public
speedily to become a still greater ranged.
to Governor Pierce and the school bill!
tacle
never to he ffrgotten.
! behind the band.
The proposed addition will be used in
Interviewed b riefly, last Saturday,
power tn the 'social betterment activi
The reporters of the Fortland Tele
They should have purchased about six
There
waa
very
little
left
to
eat
the
'
constantly
expanding
charity
Mr.
Olfford
said
that
op
his
arrival
ties of the Oregon metropolis.
gram and the Oregon Journal drew
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In
Albany
after
the
visitors
were
gone
work of. the local Klan
Now Is the bolts of the cloth every six months,
There la ho offt*M -auxiliary to the long bow a concerning fho "LO TIE " in Atlanta he found the Klan’s im
WRITE-UPS COMING
nnd the restaurant people were time (or all good Americans of the for the prisoners aren’t hard on
Ku Klux Klan, m e fi, and all women meeting Inat Friday night, grossly perial finance committee In session.
IN OUR NEXT ISSUE happy.
! Protestant faith to get ln at the pres- clothes and a good coat will last five
are warned to beware ‘of promoters' misrepresenting the facts and draw I See full report'in another column!
At the aviation grounds ahe Royal I ent low cost. Applications w ill be 7®*18 * nd can
handed down from
claims that the “ Kamella." recently ing conclusion» which were totally at Th* report waa submitted while he
Riders formed for the official review .1 received at 463 Plttock Block, or 408 on* Per*on t0 an<>,her.
"launched" by certain Oeorgla ex variance with the facta. Thla Eu«**- waa there. It speaka for Itself, and
Certain frtruds who recently
The same wasteful and grafting sys-
ploiters. has the backing of the Klan work on the part of the fehtlve scribes shows that Imperial Wlkard Evane and
gave copy t* soUrltors employed i They were given an enthusiastic wel- j Plttock Block, pr may be taken by
come.
These knightly Americana ! any Klansman. Some tremendously j tern applied to everything and all kinds
The contrary Is true, In fact, and the only evoked amusement and ridicule hla co-workers have placed the Klan’a
by The "estera American for
have an Order similar to the Klan. important and constructive work 1* of unnecessary purchases of Supplies
"Kamella" has no standing whatever among the Ladle* of th* "LO T IE " end affair* upon a solid business basis,
buslne«» nflto-np Mem« are as-
In Klan circlet.
It was a graft their hosts of friends, who understood eliminating all graft and exiravagnnee.
Identical as to principles and pur under way., vitally interesting to were made. Enough brown dnek cloth
oared that this material will ap
scheme, pure and simple, aiming to the situation. It wa* ilmpty a little
pose*. to which foreign-born. citizens every goqd cltlxen. Once Inside the was bought to lost three or four years.
pear In ear Rest week*» Noue, due
i Clarke*» Grafting Stopped
exploit the unsuepectlng women, and family tiff over concurrent authority
are eligible; It was organised by and Klan. the novitiate will kick himself One part of the dungeon basement
off the preaB Muy Í4. The fea
J..O. Wood*, editor of Th* Rearch-
for staying out so long. (Be sure yon, was pgoked with perishable canned
. for thla reason U wa* repudiated offi and ■ Jurisdiction, and, of coarse, the Hght, the p.ihHrHy nr gap orEdWam T.
ture bds keep delayed uattl eanngh
for them. In fact. ~ ’~7‘ '
cially hy the Klan.
Ladles had their way. a* Is always the Clark*, former head of the propaga-
were ohtalBqd to make It at
In the great parade, which got under are a White Man. though, before sign goods, now worthless, and a long lin*
ing that application.)
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