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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1923)
THE JUS WESTERN AMERICAN Klan Ch ieftain of Oregon ant attention to a limitad nunibdr of Invalida or elderly people • It L ifts A V K M K B et 16th end Uth Sta.. Ballwood PIMM Sillw ood «7 7 Phene Main 11U F. È. BOGARD . pish m i n • Kinde oí Freeh and Salt Flah and Poultry. Vour Patronage Solicited • i n Secane, Near Yamhill, Portland. Ora. All Oregon Battery Company These EAat IMS ^ a at, ______ tiauM committee!-. meeting at Indianapolis according to* ' the Washington Herald. Hearst morn- * ing newspaper heye, Every man on th« editorial steft of the Herald Is a C atholicor v iew Csithultc force* In the Legion have been working for eight months in w j effort to get the executive committee to' latrach a drtve against the Klan. At the last meeting of the lonuBiltee a resolution demanding the campaign was defeated only after five hours ofl vigorous and acrimonious debate which split the committee into two al most equal parts. : "T o what extent the Klen forces.' have been able ot recruit their forces in ail effost to stave off the drivel against them ts not known." observe*; The Herald, thus displaying 0*9 j •source from which its news comes. The Legion is on it% last legs uqw ami this proposed drive against the ~ Kla'n" will finish It. Pot several tnonths Klaijv-man ' havi been withdrawing i from the Legion because o f Catholic domination in many parts of the coun-j try and because of the pernicious po-^ Ltical activities of the leaders of the Legion. Owsley,- the Commander, is , a Protestant. bat is generally classed as “a wegk-kneed slater.” V .4 r S . 'V M Grand Ava. La France Hatters C. C. Southworth LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN'S Panamas and StrBW Hats ( lagged, Blew bed, Ubtohrd aad Ketrtotaled No Acids used W « also carry a full libs of Trimmed and Oat rimmed Hato and > MIHInory Supplita , Trad« .With a 100 Por Coat Hat Store 392% M orrison Street Phone MAin 1043 CHEVROLET DENTIST — ----- ,----------- + 4C3 Dtkum lulldlng Portland. O r«««« Office lUUwy. tU » Kee. U ltd try. U lt Here We Arm BEAVER ELECTRIC CO. “ ELECTRICIANS" Pi*««« ■ A «t «Ml in Ornad Ava, CiUiuu Baak inda * Opp. Olds, Wortman A King Portland, Oregon DR. W IL L IA M R. VETTER Salesman with L. Y. Billingsley lian thorn« A ta aad East Eighth M. f . Phone EAal #7*1 » VISOR NOW $10 Kemovaa t|l«r« of l!«*iiltaM or dun Mentos Prlvirur S et« amt E »»y on E y «« M «,U In O n tu n by Portland, gr»«oo D. A H. M AN U FA C T U R IN G CO. L DR. H. A. H U FFM A N B u t to v «n tx »«. P h o «« SAM I ■parlal l>l«<-uuat to W k l l » - lM I«U «d Yree While You W all , DENTIST Office (fpura: t:M to It: I to « OINKRAL PRACTICg • 40» Morgan Building Portland, Oregon. t*hul!« T, 700 » CHEVROLET BOZLEE A CARVER TUIE MERC h I E. A. DOCKSTEADER Balsaman with Hugh Hmlth Chevrolet Co. Forty-second and Baudy Huulward n TS TILCANIXISU lia First SL IDEAL B Bond nay I7B4 (New Strand Hotel A LADIES H ANDLE M AN W IT H O U T POLfCE AND IN DEMPSEY MANNER ____ Can (le a the BEST OF CARE E. PETERS. Prop. BREAD 3S5 Stork Stract , Between Park and Watt Park White Meat Market “J3alp! Help! ’elp! ’elp!” yelped a certain Ill-conditioned ciuxeu sev eral «hays. ago. wheA he- undgrtoolt to ----------a---------------- - be insolent to a group of Portland . the Klan. Simmons was to continue in ; held In July, and the regular meeting ae It i>oaaIbly caa be arranged f shall, 1718 Sandy Bealevard ladles during the play-going hour ia the office of Emperor of the Invisible i 0f th« Grand Dragons of Uw country visit every Klan In Oregon jnd give GArfleld H i t the evening Ila identity te known, the lnformatStotohich I know all loya l1 which he l<t been elected to be h eld to C ile k g o in Klansmen w ill™ g la d to receive— the at a After ah the otftciai w o A . « a f Un- h » .A y ,4<»i Oft ¡* ^ H « m“ 4 MEATS, FISH A N D 1 A * dadle«. One o f them, ia eeply Jl.oari) a month /lahed, fn. whllh MrOT/fcdd took an actual Met« regarding all tbu Imperial tn Ma taanlannr promptly Jwhacked PO U LT R Y DnHf« oT tie Emperor f actire and Important part, he was re officers, thp nature and progress of htto'dref the noggin with an timbrel-1 g fmraong ^ Emperor. wlU have quested to accompany. (he Imperial lheir work." Two Deliveries a Day la. Another landed a wclI-dtrectmL, g , of tJle Koranic, ritualistic and Wlxard on ah inspection or rather a Beware nf Searchlight 10:30 A.*11. and 1:3* P. U. kick. Still another contributed * philosophic work of the Order and speaking tour In the southeast sec- Too much strep cannot be laid at ^ scientific uppercut—but It was thd' ^ Mnn office la for life. He will tion of the United States. He attended this time upon the tact that The • .L. ' ■ kick, landing with deadly and unerr- cfeate ccuntere4gna! pass words, a very* elaborate and spectacular out- Setuclillght. a rec »gained Klan paper* Highest Quality -fc0* * * e* a“ d in tKe tenderest gj(?ng> „ymbola and work of the rtOoV Initiation at Little Rock. Ark., during th« admialstratlon of E. Y. SEEDS — H t LBS spot, that caused the ogler, when he Qrjjer_ He wiy design all parapher- where more than a thousand aliens Clarke, owned by Clarke and Mrs. Tree» — Ha»aa cuiifflil his breath, to ho»r, Help' t naija. regalia, uniforms, costumes, were made Klan.-men. Thi» splendid Elizabeth Tyfer Grow, has for its pur (lardan Suppl ma ' elp! e,P! i .emblems. Insignia, flags, banners and spectacle was staged on a scenic 50- pose the «ask ot aasUtlng Clarke In t en e wen a«a> rom ere. jewelry for Individual wear, honorary acre field on a thoroughbred .stock his scheme of exploiting the Protes and official jewels, books, 'pamphlets farm owned by a noted "Klansman In tant women of America for personal literature of the Order. A lices- the city of Ltttle Rock. gain, Mr. Gifford said, anlf The Search tumes, designs, symbols or other in- Hoed Eat» for Multitude light will continuo Its efforts to blem signia officials adopted by the Order, The grand barbecue, which is a ish the reputation of the truo-hearted whether created by him or not, shall special feature of all such southern Klansmen who stand four square, for be recognized and shall be respected gatherings, began at 5 p. m.. and the all the principles and purposes of the ' (Continued from Page 1) initiation ceremonie» wore finished at Order, us expressed In the Constitu tlon department yt the Order, had by the members. ^ Poultry and Pat Food« and The Emperor has the sole power to 10 p. m. amid tumultuous enthusiasm tion and the Oath ot Allegiance. started a dastardly and treacherous at- Supplies • FertlHaar Our lW-pasa Complete Catalog on tack upon Imperial Wizard Evans for . create all titles and honor within the and unrestrained festlvltlei. The foo(l Clarke Hiding In Cuba requeat. Trade with a 100% Seed the purpose of forcing him to recognize Order on whomsoever he may elect for the multitude includes thousands Asked as to th whereabouts of E store. ..the right of WT. J. Simmons, former and will issue and sign all certificates of pounds of barbecued beef, count- Y. Clarke, Mr. Gilford said he did not bead of the Klan, to initiate a new or diplomas relative thereto. less hams and tons of edibles, and know positively, nut that Clarke had woman's organization, which was to The unanimous verdict, at the con- still there were many Klansmen who failed down to date to put In un ap be promoted l»y them for profits— the { elusion of the controversy, Mr. Gifford were unable to obtain food. ' »<> ira- pearance. probably owing to the blg end of the revenue going to them, «aid, was that the Klan Is bigger than mente was the throng tn attendance., trouble he is in at Houston, Texas, Th# imperial Wizard promptly any man. or set of men, and that its This vast gathering waa a complete where charges w< re preferred against "fired” Clarke, because he was a*destiny la controlled by the member- success, showing the spirit of the him under the Man* White slave act. grafter and for other reasons So well ship, through it* duty elected officers, Arkansas Klanamen and the sapremo When last heard from Clarke wai In known as to require no explanation, absolutely. , social power of the Americanization Cuba, presumably a fugitive from Jus- NO. 1 First Growth FIR and OAK Clarke had been pocketing 34 out of Imperial Wizard Supreme ^ movement. The official meeting was tive. The Klansmen everywhere arc- WOOD Delivered from M f__ every 35 fee to the Imperial Klan, and The Imperial Wizard ia the Supreme presided over by Grand Dragon J. A. demanding his apprehension and trial/* Own Camp \*2 is now a wealthy man. When ousted. Chief Executive of the Qrjler, bolding Comer of Little Rock, and extreme penalties, if he is proven Hauling of All Kinds, Anywhere he somehow persuaded Simmons to full authority and power within the j Visit lo ludlaua guilty. act directly against' the orders of the Constitution In all administrative mat- From Little Rock Mr. Gifford went Concluding his ri marks, Mr.-Gifford Klonvocslion, which la the supreme- ters, and to act In any and all matters lo Indianapolis, Ind.. amending a con- asked that the report of the imperial Robert»on Fuel Co. -body-of the Klan and so he W hy the [ not prescrlbeibiu the funstltutlon. He vent ion of more than 404 rMesatrrv unce committee, bo published In full. P. O. Address: Route 3 Gqorgla courts, in starting what they may delegate such authority to his from the States of Kansas, Nebraska, He said he trusted In the proverbial dabbed the “ Kamelta," officially an- subordinate executives or adminlstra-, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, North l/a- loyalty ar,d common-Mnsc of the Ore nounctng It as the Klan auxiliary, tive officers as he may deem necea- kota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Tcn- gon Klansmen. to keep them as In whtcb Simmons had no shadow of sary, but*the Imperial authority of the nessee and Arkansas. This waa a dividuals from form ng opinions of Im-j L IIEYE8 and C. HETEB. Mere right to do. * Order shall never center and be vested great get-together meeting of this P< ria l affairs u p o n >ha basis of what Pioneer Figh Co. Evans Fully Xudained ' in him and shall not bé divided. He group of State* to discus* political they may read In thr vena(,newspapers Wholesale and Retail The Imperial Wizard, when this has supreme supervision over all de- issues for the welfare-of the klan St and magazines. He asked that bis tot Yamhill Street happened, in order to save the Order partments of the Order. large They also attended several "most cordial per <nal greeting" be Portland, Ore. fr^m the unnecessary humiliation of The Imperial Wizard has full power rousing Klan meétlogs in other States, extended to every Klanaman In the 8HIP A SALMON EAST going through the courts and having a^id authority to remove from office At each meeting it was Mr. Girford's Htatc of Oregon, tor ther with hla dT>- It* records probed Into, agreed to sub- at any time any officer of the Order pleasurable duty to extol the fidelity peal to each and every one to "prac " n ilt the entire controversy to a hoard other than an Imperial officer, or any nf the Oregon Klansmen, and to ex- tice klanniahnesa* In'all things, keep of arbitration legally appointed by rank or capacity, or any employe, for l»laiu the manner in which they do ing the Sacred Obligation ever In Phone Broadway 1963 tila court for u private hearing. This cause. He has full power to apiioint J '*bid the enemy and passed the Scot- mind, and especially to deal with and lioard decided that the Klonvocation all . Imperial officers and Grand t,sh ,{,t4 School Rill November, g e n e r o u s ly support -e*e another.” »u s the supreme.guterning body of the Dragone. He also holds the full and Lager interest in the Oregon school Keeping in Clow Touch. Klan: that the Order was not owned original authority and power of the *>H1 wa* evinced by Klansmen and all Mr. Gifford « head .uarters office at l>ody and aouf by Stidmon*. as audac- Supreme Imperial Kleagle. Whenever citizen* everywhere, and Indications 445 Pittock Iflock Is - pen dally durlflg ioualy Claimed by-him; and that the a question of paramount, importance PPlnt surely to Ita duplication In evary his absence, ^iis secretary attending const Hut ion and law* passed at the to the interest or prosperity of the State in the Union In the next few to all urgent bus ini s*. He Is keep li. L. Christenson, Prop. Klonvocation. waa a legal and binding Order arises, not provided lot in the years. "Oregon alway* leads!” ing- in close touch, by telephone and document. , Constitution, the Imperial Wizard has Mr. Gifiord’* 8tafent*ht telegraph, with important affairs In Simpions lereupnn surrendered all full |iower and anthoiity to determine "it has been my intention to viait Oregon and h»|iea to it« at home in a copyrights to^ the Klan and its forms such question, and his decision Is all the Klans in Oregon and to make fuw days. Thu minor hat be has been and properties, previously held In his .final. , a thorough report, so that every Klaas- considering transfer to another sec-, 3 North Third Street .owjf name, ft then wa* decided In laipurtaat'Bcrtliig« i ailed man invidually would know the exact l tiou of the country is ibsoiutely false. Near Ankeny cjgpferanca of tty> arbitration com- After the final settlement by the workings of the. Imperial Palace," he When informed of this-rumor, he re *«*lto»c, composed of men representing arbitration committee. Mr. Gifford *dW. "M y home ‘state tour must be plied: “ Absurd, nolo-, oat! My heart ♦ tbu ditte rant sections of the United , said, the Imperial Wizard called th e , deferred now, because I bava been, ia in Oregon; those 1 .nail live out my Portland, Oregon Htntea, that upon his relinquishmtnt Kloncilium together and organised the called unexpectedly ton confefbncc a t ' life, please God, amid the people and of all claims and property rights tn regular meeting of^that body to b« Hot Springs, Ark., bu|t just ak soon the arenas which I iove-go well.’* . Gifford Reports Uuid on Imperial Klan j WOOD Phone Main 633« Acme Pharmacy “Come to (A m Future New York of the Pacific With Jackeon" Million« now twine Inveatcd In n«w <Uv«lopm«nl Th« last great world port rapidly altalnlnc pre-eminence. 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