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T- THE Thursday, May 24, 1923 i- KC TALKS H K L F OUT OF THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH Virginia Americana Brook No Slander Against the Ku Klux Klan. A L E X A N D R IA , Va , May I » - People liernabunt» gre good K l a n e m n . whether they belong to the Klan or not They believe In It and they will brook no alauder of It It they can help It. ■— ... iThpra. I* »a llvoatork ralaer about ten m ile» frpju hero by the name of Jam*'» WllitHt Mr WlUon r » l» e i fine flveeto rk for the market and naturally hae a tut feed bill tv e ry month- that la the p rlie of «v e ry feed dealer In thla aeetlon of Virginia Fuf the eake o f hla own convenience, M f''W lU o n due» all hi» trading at one store. Con ««qunntly. that etore can count on about $ 100« a month from Jlth Wilson. Hot Roman Competitor. Mr Doran k«epa Ihe feml atora. Mr* Doran aleo la a hot Catholic and a rabid Knight of CotAmbua. Kecently. the Alexandria Klan ataged a parade and thereafter Mr Doran t had tome pretty cute remark* to make about tKw Klan. Nobody »aid anything; they Just let him rave. Then he got bolder and made more o f them, end made them more Intemperate. One day Mr. W lUon enme Into town and Mr. Doran »aid tome pretty warm thing« In Ihn prnaonc* o f Mr Wllaon. “ What’» t h n ir roared Wllaon Doran repeated bU remark "T h e hell you eay“ ‘ bellowed hark Wllaon. "W ell. I don't belong to the Klan end I don't think any of my fam ily does. At the same time I think It Is a dam' fine thing and I am net going to «land for any talk like that about It. If that's the way you feel and I'm pretty certain tt la, you can Ju«l give me my bill, let me pay H end I II hunt up some good Kluxer end trade with him." Doran'» expostulation» availed him N.?7, 11000 and training btm»<df ta think the K l»n 1» not such a bad thing aftar all. ROMANS VICTIMIZE IGNORANT BLACKS Persuading Deluded Dark ies to Swarm Nqprtk for ‘Social Equality. W ASHINGTON. D. C.. May 21.— In spreading their propaganda against tha Ku Klux Klan. the Catholic* are garnering th all the negroes In the South they can Induce to join their church .through superstition Recent complaints have been heard ‘’froiq point* In the South that negroes are leaving some o f the cities In such droves that th* rank* of common labor are being aerloualy depleted. "Qhocta of th* D evil." Thla la due to tha fact that agenU of the Catholics are Inducing the ne groes to come North where tboy oan vote and be protected by the Catholic*. They prey on the natural superstition o f the negroes and tn n number of tnstanoea have been known to tall the fearsom e darkle* that the Klans- men were ghost* o f the' devil. Also, an agent of the National Cath olic W elfare Council waits at the door A of every penal Institution In th* coun- * t r y for criminal* who have juat served thetr time, to be released. Coming back Into the world *R er 'a term behind the bars, the ex-priaoner naturally 1» susceptible to kind over ture* from anyone and they fall for the wiles of the Romanists, who get him a Job and then afterward claim hla vote. They conceal from the authori ties tho fact that the than U an ex- convict and register him as a voter. TbU la the manner in which the Klan la being fought through the Ekat- ern section o f the country. The prison yame la being tried In practically every State In the Union. YE O M A N SCHOOL HOME W E LC O ME IN OREGON • Saya the Catholic Sentinel; "Should the Yeoman Ix>dge wlah to locale Its $10,000,000 children’s home In Oregon. Attorney-General Van W ln kl* holds that It could get around the compul sory public school law passed by the people last November by form ing • public achool district o f Its own to embrace the children’s Inatltntion." A fte r considering this Rem, the Sentinel adds; "T h at $10,000,000 in vestment doea look.too good to 1st go, and If there la a way to secure It for Gregon, let’s find It. But If this sort o f evasion can be practiced In the case ot the Yeomen’s school, why not In the esse of other private schools T" In our snowy while nightie and large white cravat we rlae to remark that the Sentinel editor wouldn't be so sll-flred Ignorant If he would read T H E W E STERN AM E R IC AN aa care fu lly as we do the Catholic 8*ntlnel. W e read It rather Impiously and with mental reservations and fingers crossed, but we grit our "te e th " and read it for the leads w * rtiay get to Insld* Information. W e muat keep close tab* on Christie's Curves. W e respectfully refer the Sentinel to T H E W E STERN AM E R IC AN of May 17, In - - ... 1 .t ■ WEST IK W A M E R I C A N . - " ■I- — - - ' " which appear* an syr-openlng a r tic le ' by a I’euUleiou raintaler, Dr. Uraaa* j man. proving beyond illapat* that the Oregon Public Reboot Law w ill not raally Intarlara with tha malutanatu;'' and upbuilding of the prlvata achooli, but w ill benefit them rnormoualy. If tha Yeoman hail all the money DISLOYAL IMMIGRANTS WARNED | TO ALEP HANDS OFF 000 FLAG May Motor Woodlaws m t in tha word, aa the report iverna to Italian Fascisti Becomes New Menace to American Insti Indicate, let’» Join hand* with our tutions, Mussolini Organizing Them in This Country holy Catholic neighbor* In luring as Loyal Subjects o f King and Pope—If This Isn’t the . them to Oregon, making »peclaj pro Limit, What Is? Wholesale Deportations Now in vlalon for their home and achool.1 Order. without fracturing In the »lig h ten the Public School Law, which ifiuat be and »h all be obeyed when the time Fascisti 'fnewxm per«, printed In ramea. su The Knlghta of the Ku Klux Klan, The m ort th . Je.loua Roman, learn h ,ï,n * " wor" *»K >'-h *n rtrd alleglnnc* Italian and sprigging up in many of about that Public Hchool U v Ib . 10 on* f1* « . «< • "• ■"<» ««rlpe% and the larger cltle*. refer to the king o f ; Italy as ‘our klndY and Italy as “ our more lhey are golng to llke 1»; llkt- onB coun,rï,' A « ™ '™ . °P P °” wlae the Ifltlmllacad, Heventhdeyaalnte aRerably the faaclet movem-nt whlch c o u n try .". In "IH tle Italy*" the country over. ! ♦ ahd other guofy opponenU of th . '* f* * ' b#con,ln« * me“ c« “ >• the fascisti hymn, extolling the use of mea»ure. .Com a'on, fellows, let'a g lve . * n,,a<* our friand C hrl.tle th . I .f l h.nd of M u .M ltnt'i battis In hle home coun- the dagger and the bomb, 1s being fellowehlp In th . noble e n t.r p rl». of lr» *° w M “ « rommunl.m and anereby wlnnlng for Oregon thla ten million * nd h* lt P * « " 1 M «r e ».lo n w e . an en- tirely worthy reuse It Is When he ‘bvrka." Good g ra v y I reaches overseas and through hi* agents seeks to make 6,000,000 Ital iana lo th* United States swear un swerving allegiance to th* Itallao fas cist government, over and akove the government of thely adopted country, that he presents a real danger. Already the "black ghlrta" are or ganised In dozens of American cities, Virtue o f Common Honeaty their object being to unite all Italian*, Is Becoming Rare Among whether naturalised or not. to the fas cist cause. They are called upon to Our Politicians. swaar unconditional obedience to the Italian government and their oath nutltflaa th e ' oath of naturalisation. Western American Bureau. K AN R A R C IT Y . K an . May *3.— Practically unaestmllable In tha Am er Gratitude U a rare political virtue. ican melting pot. Italian aliens for th* J u t think bow the Ktantmen here most part flock to the big cities where feel' when the first official act o f they coTonlxe. They apeak their pwn the man they elected Mayor of the city language. They keep their own cus waa to appoint a Homan Catholic na tom*. They attend their own church, tt I* thee* Italian colonies, Roman hla aecretary. Catholic In their religion, that the fas T hat'« baae Ingratitude, biting the cists seek to weld Into a bast machine, hand that'a feeding you and aU that purely for political purpose*. Italians aorf 'of thing rotted Into one. There'* are urged by them to take out their alw ay» one thing certain, however, naturalisation papera In this country white the quoting o f proverba aeema for the purpose o f using thetr votes SsfTh order—a burut child dread* en masse at the dictates of overlords the ftre. M a jo r Gordon ia now «err- in Rome. Ing hla flrat, last and only term. A re P e r Italy First Tn the recent ekUtlbn. the Klan Should differences arise between the lore Ita »hlrt o ft Its back to-put Oor* United State« and Ita ly these Italian- don over and It put him over with, a Amerlcan fascisti would, through thetr bang. H U election aaanred. he named oath*, be bound lo support Italy .Dorothy M orrUaey. Roman Catholic, rather than the United 8tat*s. Such recently graduated from a Catholic an organisation o f foreign Roman achool, aa hi* aecretary. • J Catholics would eventually become In hla lodge affiliation*, he la a yet another powerful political adjunct Mason, both Boottlah R ite and York tn forw arding the ambitions o f the and a s Odd F ellow . . a . Roman Catholic church 1n America. TToteaUnt* here are viewing.^t* ad* mtnlatration w ith ' a great deal of alarm, tor they fear an active revival Of the M ayor Burton regltfie of Roman- lam In the city. BASE INGRATITUDE AGAINJXEMPUFIEO IN R EFLU O DARE NEGRO A N D C A T H O LIC P U B L ISHERS U N ITE The sad news come* that the "Mount colt H erald" has turned Ita tittle tootsies to the dalslea, never to ap pear again. Lawrence Dlneen was llu Drains ot the thing. It was suld to have been owned by John O'Hara, dHor o f the Catholic Sentinel and author of th* Catholic History o f the United Slates (chock full o f papal propaganda I, and by hla brother, IPrleet Edwin V. TVHara, superinten dent of the Roman schools o f the dio cese of Oregon. They grew tlrad of "Mount Scott Herald," the tilin g bloke somehow and the preas became mum forever. And now here's th* natural denoue m ent: A ll the subscribers to their defunct paper are. now receiving ■The ADVOCATE." Indicating that the O'Hara subscription list waa turned over to the negro Journal, which Is rather ably edited by E. D. Cannady, assisted by hla wife, a tal- ented woman "T h e Advocate" 1t a member of The Associated Negro Press. It Is somewhat surprising that the colored people of Portland, who give generous support to “ The Advo cate,*' should b* w illin g to accept this kind o f a deal, or that the sub scribers to the " M t Scott Herald" should be satisfied with "Tha Advo cate," which Is devoted exclusively to the Interests o f the colored people. It Is none of our funeral, however. Let the Ko-KI-Ka*B read what they like end grow fat on propaganda. T h * aforesaid little deal simply shows the Ko-Ka-Komblnatlon, which cer tainly Isn't good for the negroes, how ever much tt may advantage the Cath olics. _ . Editor Cannady’s last Issue presents e Hambuoyant banner on the front page advertising "B ella Donna,” the offensive m ovie play by the notorious P ole Negri, showing white women on terms of Intimate aortal equality with negro men. That kind o f stuff la sure to Injure the canes ot the negro and hamper the advancement ot hie race. The attitude o f white men. South and North, toward social equal- tty with tha negro, le exactly the same when th* Northerner learns to understand tha colored man as the Southern white man does. The Cath olics are certainly making an awful mistake In encouraging the negro’s Impossible aspiration*. Reveals Many o f Best Men in California Proud o f Membership. W estern American Bureau. SAN DIEOO, Cal.. May 13.— Three flam ing crosses located In different sections o f the city on hills surround ing. attracted much attention a few nlghte a g d There has been much Roman Catholic criticism regarding the Ku Klux Klan and greet stress laid upon the alleged fear that Its mem bers were “ too cow ardly" to appear In public unmasked. In reply to the charge o f Its enemies, the Klsnsmen appeared without hoods or masks. The strategy ot tbe Klan In appear ing without the regalia o f the Order revealed that many o f the best men in the etty and State were In the organisation and proud o f tt, and this fact greatly chagrined the Roman Catholics. The appearance o f the .fiery crosses was sold to be In recognition o f the results ot the recent city election. The candidates Indorsed by the Klan were elect«d „w h leh In no wise helped to relieve the despondency o f the Cath olics over the defeat o f their candi dates. President at Funeral. W A S H IN G T O N , D. C., May 23.— President Harding v a s the principal mourner at the funeral o f Bishop A l fred Harding ot the Episcopal church, who died here during the week. “ Warning or Donation." R O fcK VILLE , Md.. - May IS — W h ile services were tn progress tn the Chls- tlan church here last Sunday n igh t four Klanamen wearing their white Authorized Ford and Fordson Dealer Expert Ford Repartes % v a v Whar* Alberta Create* Union Portland« Ore. C. A. N O R W O O D chanted. , Bicycles and Supplies Fishing Tackle 1 "Blackshirts” prevented a meeting ; Repairing of Americans at Watarbury, Conn., b e - ; cause they had grltlclsed tbs fascisti SUneet *723 6007 Fester Read movement as being un-American. . ■- 1 1 Mention Th* Western American when A cablegram to Muaaollnt at Rome buying at our store and watch us amlie from the fascisti at Ronton, Mass., preaches disloyalty, as follows: Oath * f Allegtanre * "The Italian FtecUtl at Boston, strongly united by the ancient and new faith of Rome lo the Intangibility o f the Pathfertaad. swear thetr unlim ited and unconditional obedience to the leaders of the New Italy " "B e Italians eVen though you have to serve another government," Is the message from Mussolini to millions of Italians In Am erica , Another fascist newspaper frankly prophesies that the day will soon come when Latin votes wit be strong enough to dominate American elec tions and horn oan» the control o f American affairs by Anglo-Saxons. The country ha* no room for Italian politicians who seek to unite their fel- a newspaper for THINKERS. TH AT No one but an Honest-to-Goodness 100-Per-Cent American approves o f our policy, but TH AT AH Protestant Americans swear by us, “ Sir” Joe Scott and his toe-kissing friends, notwithstanding. TH AT W e want 100,000 more subscribers to offset Po litical Romanism. TH AT The Western American b fast becoming a na tional'publication o f distinction. TH AT . Our subscription price b only $2 the year and TH AT Our address b 408 Pittock Block, Portland, Ore. The Blue Front Grocery and Market W. B. W OLCOTT. Prop. KING KABINET SHOP US East Burnside Corner Knot, eigh th 8t- Second Street su d Cow lita Ave L. A. PE R R Y Castle FURNITURE REPAIRINtt, RgFINISH INO A N D A O g N g R A L LIN K OF CARFCNTSR WORK GROCER Deliveries Leave at 1« A. U . and 1 P. M. STth St. and Sandy Boulevard star* TAbor Stag ! ALL AMERICA* j Klean Komfort Kommands U1U0Ä SHOP The Service Barber Shop O. a COONROD Proprietor | I M Stark Street N m r Fifth 1 Portland, Oregon INSIDE B LO C K W O O D 13-lnch pondence instruction; the third for advanced students and teachers. The , Klan la hacking this work. • in s a DUKE’S MEAT MARKET C. E. DUKE, Prep» DAY PRODUCE CO. American Flag and American tnstttu tlon*. . . v , Bring this advertisement with you as tt will entitle yea ta l t % t i n s on your furniture, repairing or reflnlehlag Portland. Oregon low countrymen tn America in oppoel- ! O. A. Day tlon to the American Flag, American j Broadway TU I — Kompetent R arefai — Klean ideals and American principles. The United States shall never be controlled either by the temporal or Whelamtt* Ptedaee Msrehaata the spiritual forces of Rome. P risse« Poultry Our Specialty 1U Fren« «tree* Portland, Oregon A few deportations of fascist leaders to their beloved Italy and still further j and closer restrictions of Immigration s p e c ia l seem to be the most effective methods 60S dozen assorted Trout rile s , ddken by which the fafclst infiltration may 40c be stopped. • j ' * ... ■:■ : r \ '~ ~ J The Knights o f the Ku Klux Klan C A . N O RW O O D warns all disloyal Immigrants, fascisti US7 Fester Rekd included, to keep thetr hands o ff the % Meats, Fruits and Vegetables East tttfcS t I Pheae TAbor 6878 i A ra R E D M A N ’S ^ CONFECTIONERY o£ E R Y AN£ W E D E LIV E R Stimali M ad SB, Lent* MULTNOMAH HOTEL GARAGE Second and Axtasj Rêlkâhli Auto R ipglrlag Battery aad Electrical W erk apule. Washing and A cosasort» . i.. L i:. 8top»*e. GEO. LOCKH O VEN, N. A. NELSON, Manager Cash on D elivery E. D. Bowe Ivanboe St. BREAKFAST Empire 0368 ---------- *----- I-----------------------------------I Promotes Americanism. M c K A Y ’S P L A C E MIDDLHPORT, 0 „ May 23 — Rev. CIGAJU AND TO RACCO Mr. Wilson delivered an address here j on Americanism last week. T h e meet- [ Steam Ceoked Hot Laaches AH H em Ing was crowded with' men and women •tag 4, Liberty Markst. FMUi and Yam- anxious to promote pure Americanism and Protestantises. DINNER LU N C H E O N ST. N IC H O LA S C A F E T E R IA Opon Eventi We Have Reducid Our Prlcee, N et 1 ' W e Appreciate Tour P atron Albert E. C m Joel H. C m Phone Broadway T »l* Mail Orders Give* Prompt Attendimi Best Quality and a »quere deal fo r a ll at the RUGGLES, Merchant Tailoring Cross** fo r Heroes. Cleaning, Pressing, Alta rattens M cK IN N E Y , Tex., May 23. — Hero Tremont Bakery Gesta’ Salts Cleaned and Pressed, $1JH 6882 Seventy-second S t 8. E. crosses have been presented here to « 4 THIRD STREET Portland. Oregon_________ Mala 8(08 members o f the Ku Klux Klan o f re construction dale. During the presen- Phone KAet 0 1 » « tation addresses the applause was so GEORGE W ETLE Ne Job too Small N o Job too Largs frequent, as the feeds o f the Klsnsmen : Douglass A Douglass Repairing ef A it* Radiators o f former days sere referred to. T w o • Specialty Service Station R. H. RANDOLPH All Werk Guaranteed o f the aged Klsnsmen who were so CONTRACTOR—B E N E R A V JOBBING FENDERS. TA NK S, BODIES 21c G A S ' til that thetr recovery is doubtful, ' Acetylene Welding Plans and Specifications Furnished Gas, Olla, Tlraa and Aoesessrtaa asked that their crosses be sent to «64 Hawthorne Av* Portland, Oregon Corner Itb 20« E. Fiftieth S t __________T aber «64» them, which was done. 72d a t and Poatar Raad Mutt Is Americans. YORK, Msy »3.— Ms oral James G. Harboard, head o f the Radio Corporation o f Am erica and former deputy chief o f staff o f the army, has Iseatd an order that all aliens now In tie employ o f the com- j pony either miat become naturalised | Without delay or hunt other Jobs. K L A N A D * M IN ISTE R. B E A U M O N T . Tex., Msy Phone Main 0980 BARBER SH O P Ed. Moore, Prop. 1*5 Front St., Bet. Morrison and YarnhlU Portland, Ore. Í- T J V V M ORGAN & K A IN D reier* I » Goodyear T ires aad Tabes AND R E TR E A D IN G All K ind« o f Tires—W « Quaranta* All our W ork 23.— ' T w elve Klan.nan dressed In the full j > ,8 | ^ ’l J MmM*'itadF.U7 » , p i i i r ,nfl regalia o f the Oder, entered the Park •U N S E T BOM Street Chrlstianthurch here last week ,n - Fl iter Read Fort land. and presented |7« to the Rev. P. F. Herndon. The letter accompanying the donation stated that the g ift waa presented to the minister because of hla "good and drlaUan teaching*." TERMINAL , R ID L E Y IN H O S P IT A L . A T L A N T A , OL. M ay IS.— Dr. Caleb A. Ridley, Imptrlal Chaplain o f the Ku Klux KIsn. Is tn a hospital here after an automoMle accident In which hle sedan eonarsaulted twice on a steep hill down which he waa speed ing at the Urn* ...Union Shop The St. Charles Hotel YU LC A N IZD tG robes and hoods entered the church and presented the pastor, the R ev, S. J. Goode with an envelope containing money aa a donation to the church. The pastor voiced his appreciation of the g ift by saying " I do not know G ET T H ttE BO O KLETS whether this le a warning or a dona A re You a CltBen?— The Ktansmen’a tion.” N ot a word waa spoken by the Guide, «0 cents and ramons Klan Klanamen who Immediately retraced Speechs», by Cobael Simmons, 38 cesta, thetr footatep« and left the charch. fer sale by Bay Bellamy, Box 45, Port land. H ot numtars. Backing Education. N E W Y O R K , May 23 — Th e Work- H E A R 1 IIS LE CTU R E era' Education Bureau at the closing aesslon o f Us recent convention de J. W. Gordoa *H1 deliver a tacture cided to prepare text books written In the Congretttional Church, at the especially fo r working men. The types corner o f Ivtahoe end Richmond w ill be promulgated; one for the use Streets, 8L JoM*. Oregon, next Sun ot schools operated by labor unlone; day night, Msy >7, 1133. another fo r home use with correa- , Subject, PATRIOTISM. I C om pa n y 1 When Talking to Friend* TELL THEM V The Western American is one o f the moat widely quoted newspapers among all the patriotic journal*. TH AT It circulates among thinking citizens and that it b Grocery *64 E. Burnside St. N M f E. tatti St. Beacon 17*4 Morrison aad Shipley Transfer A Storage Company Moving, Packing and Skipping Forniture and Plane M oving s Specialty I$8 Fourteenth E t Portland, O ra FREDERICK W . O TTO R E A L E S T A T E — IN S U R AN C E Groceries, Fruit, Vegetables, Dairy and Bakery Goode, and Cured Meats. 1'/¡ North Se vont h St Seaside, Oregon R A Y BELLAM Y Quinns Auto Machine Shop Cylinder* bored ft.tO each In moat cars G ENERAL INSURANCE W IT H O U T R B M O V m o 7*6 Ceach B alldlag 148 E. K lW ngtw orth A re. Office i Seseen Between Second sad Third IM a Original W affle M e a n Is Portland TEN TEAM S IN BUSINESS In Your Hoar o f Need W aL 3362 Near Album Old Lino Lifo Inaurane« Snook A Whesddon American Central Life Insurance Co. J. A . CORNES G ROCERIES Fruits and Produce In 8 « « »on «701 Foster Road The Gem W affle House % 247 A lder. Alder Open Until Midnight Every Day in the Year Real Tabor 1W7 Sold Everywhere R ea Walnut IMS 14^ Second Street Between Grandma’s Cakes and Cookies ,, t_ W. Keeler P. O. Box 105 Seaside, Ore, ntty st<