Address ('ommanlrallaas ta I » A. Pera
Til lurk Block, Cartload. O r e m .
T H E T R U T H ''A f f b T i
Public Meeting Disturber
Gets Dose of His Own
' Medicine.
MEN. ,
Ob
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Klans tK%.
a solemn aad
, at
Memorial tfcy on Wednesday. May M.
ind si the Imperial Palace Hie occa
sion was observed.
‘ Patriotin programs on tbs part of
KUaoiiJiB honoring (the memory of
America’s heroic dead ware bald la
various Klarem », while In many lo
calities Klansmen joined with the
American Lag loo. The Veterans of
Foreign Wgys and the O A. R. (a
holding, patriotic exerdaea.—The Im
perial Nlght-flawk.
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dY THE PRESIDENT
IN POWERFUL JOD
Hording Justly Cannot Be
Blamed for Promoting
Negro. Race.
dom inate Ib e L e « t t jjM o M r y sod
Ñ a u ls r lly .
The
aad w ithout unyom f r i j o l e e , t, of-
S ta le j ’ * ree-
te r Is u h ln » up
ord , d iM v e w * * a 4 | r i i s g l z e * 1er
| 1 him and
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w ltb (b e p u r p o r t
Item , o s a “ w « ta N É e r , " who
s s > a llo w la g K tae «■ n u e iit* 1«
of
affair*.
south.
hsre been loosed In the White hirer
HARDING PROMOTES
contiguous to this city, sines an at
tempt
was
mad* Tuesday * renin*.
May S3, to hold s public meeting at
- « a t e i- Mary Ape -
Kent* at Which
■a the principo!
gel. 1 'as nan,”
was
speaker, bat which was broken up by
rowdies following an nr*umsnt Which
w u precipitated by one of Ibe audi
ence.
Although a aerlous matter. In that
the conelltUlloBal right of l f M speech
and free asaemblage was Interfered
with, Ibe affair had a decidedly hu
morous angle.
Your correspondent
had an opportunity to talk with one
of the participants In the affair, ap
parently a biased partisan, but one
who revealed the true situation.' Hie
story Is given below.
Rowdies from Healtle.
Tho meeting wgo held In the Kent
Odd Fellows hall. and. about 1*00 per
sons wer# prosonl to hoar "Sister”
Mnry Angel's address. Including May-
9 or Have Leppert add Police Chief 8.
J. Francisco. II has been said that
the audience contained n large antl-
Klan faction, most of tho members of
which had motored to Kent from 8e-
f stile with the avowed purpose of
breaking up the meeting.
"Sletor" Mary Angel began her ad
dress and had stated that a child
raised In the Catholic faith was influ
enced by It from earliest childhood
- and (aught to hate Protectant«, when
s young man from Seattle, named
Potxl, sprang up and hurled the ” 11«.”
There were cries of "Sit down!" and
"Throw him ou t!” but the young mgn
asserted his right to speak and the
hall qulrkly became a babel.
a«,l'oatfitfc*ter in City
of Virginia.
Notorious Private Secretary
of Woodrow Wilson Is
Plotting for Power.
d e m o c m t h T l m - up given
THOUSANDS ATTEND
INITIATION IN OHIO
Henry Ford, Pacifist, Seems
Illumined for an Western American Bnreuak
WARREN, d , May 31—More than
to Be, After All, Least
19« men were naturalise«* Into the In
of Erik.
visible Empire here this week. More
than 2900 persons attended the cere
monies which were held on the out
skirts of thw'glty. The ceremony made
a deep impression on those who wit
nessed I t The next mo retag, the War
ren Tribune, a newspaper, publiehed
on editorial, supposedly serious, ask
ing a lot o f fool question» which have
been answered satisfactorily.
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BALTIMORE. Md.. May 31.—More
tan 15« fiery crosses, one for every
Klan In Maryland, and upwards of 50
In Delaware, blazed the message of
i hundred per cent Americanism
Monday night. May 38, startling the
bitterest o f Klan enemies with this
great evidence ot the strength of the
Klan In the Catholic stronghold of
America.
Twenty.flv* crosses burned in Balti
more alone, more than one for each
Catholic pariah In the city. One of
them waa located not a block from
the archepiacopal residence ot Arch
bishop Michael J. Curler, Irish Ro-
Cathoitc prelate o t on American
people.
BOYCOTT AND ABOSE
VIRGINIAN KLANSMAN
WASHINGTON. D. C.— Stringo com
binations are being made In the Demo
cratic political fight jnst now aad old
line politicians and would-be states
men are scratching thebr heads In
puzzled perplexity as to how the thing
is going to wind up.
Heretofore there have been four
distinct elements In the preliminaries
to the race for nomination for the
presidency. They are:
William Gibbs McAdoo, former sec
retary ot the treasury, who saw de
feat for the party Ip 1920 and spurned
the nomination;
Henry Ford, the ffirver magnate,
whoeo wife said she would not Rve in
the White House.
i t p ^ - s a s ^ s s ; __________
for the nomination.
th* United States, was staged under
Colonel R. K. spiuer, . a.stm-| M
gmwmoe of N#w T o r t
the supervision of Dr. J. H. Hawkins. gnished Virginia attorney. 1» E x. I ted whom ^
te T „ d(wUre<i
Imperial representative In charge of Cyclops of Robert E. Lee Klan No. 4
MUST
be
mode
President
organisation work in Maryland and at Roanoke. Va. On account of his
Now the race has narrowed down
Delaware.
affiliation with this Protestant Amer
to
only tv o elements which have set
Dr. Hawkins had named 9 o'clock In ican order he has been boycotted by
the evening as the zero hour for the Roman Catholics in that city and at-1 awry much of the former calculations.
demonstration" and promptly at this tacked by newspapers which are corf- The combinations affected are:
McAdoo and Ford!
hour the huge crosses, which were of trolled by Jewish advertisers.
Underwood
and Smith.
a uniform height of 25 feet, almultan-: When one o f the local newspapers
McAdoo and Ford ore both Masons
eously blazed into (lame and burned printed the fact that Colonel Sptller
and their combination might seem
for the better part of an hour. Each was i Klansman. Catholic priests at
logical. In the face of Mrs. Ford's
cross was focated on the highest point' Roanoke at once instructed their par
declaration that she will not live In
of the town in which It was located. ishioners to boycott him. he oays.
the White House. Ford would make
The territory covered was the en Ten ot his cliepta quit In the midst ot
an admirable Vice-President, aa vice-
tire state of Maryland, from the Alle coses and he let. them go. charging
ghenies on the west to the Atlantic them nothing. One man suing a cor- e v e n t s go. He would equal the
present one, at any rate.
coast on the east and In Delaware portillon which had agreed to com
Underwood, however, is a 33rd de
from the Pennsylvania border is the promise for a Urge amount, gave his
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ths southern Senators voting solidly Cooks and Street Carman. Cooks and Mason-Dtxon line on the south.
case to another lawyer who tried it gree Mason and AJ Smith is a 4th de
gree Knight of Columbus. Just who
against the appointment of a negro Mont Cutters. Cooks sad-Firemen all
“ This is just to let them know the and lost it
would play second fiddle to the other
to probably fjie most Important ted- well-known amateurs,
One
old
Catholic
woman
told
Col
Klan is here to stay." said Dr. Haw
sral post outside of the' judiciary In
The proceeds of the smoker will be kins, explaining the purpose.
onel Spiller that the priest had told here is hard to say. In 192« At Smith
the South.
devoted to a noble cause
her to withdraw her lawsuit from his refused to ran in second place with
T™», ,5 i n ■•>;< oi the rejection of
The Cooks -wild asuiausnts union
office. "She refused to do so and Spil Cox. Underwood mmsetf already has
Cohen’ s appointment by the 8enate, deserves the solid sspport o f all the KLAN ACTIVITY URGED ler won the case without charging been near a nomination for t&e presi
dency and Jq khoini ta, have thor
the President has named him In a re- Klansmen and their friends. -It Is a(- BY N. C GRAND DRAGON her a fee.
The newspapers Jeer at CoMmel oughly inspected the White House as
cess appointment, which he has the dilated with the Central Labor coun
Urging Klansmen to take active In- Sptller's military title, intimating that a probable home tor his family for
power, under the law, to do.
d l. ‘ This union's tosin business Is to
Had the appointment occurred In furnish competent help and protect : tereet in the public affairs of their he Is not properly entitled to !{• The four yean.
This writer has long contended that
the North where such things are not the material welfare of Ita members, communities, the Grand Dragon c? *he records of the War Department show
regarded aa so heinous, the political It. Is helping to maintain the American Realm of North Carolina has sent a that R. K. Sptller served as captain Underwood, despite his high Masonic
offense would not have been regarded standard of living—six days' work and special message to all Klansmen in In the regular army, spending seven honors, takes his Masonry rather light
his district.
years in the Philippines and retired ly and is entitled to no consideration
aa so extremely grave. But the South one day's rest; and Mir pay.
The letter, which la well worth the before the war with Germany. In 1917 on (hat ground. His new alignment
hat a very strong antipathy to the
Klansmen; It you want to keep tabs
elevation of the negro, or any lower on who's who. who's fair and whd's consideration of Klansmen In other he volunteered and became a Lienten- with the Catholic candidate emphiv
ant Colonel In the Adjutant General's1 sises the wisdom oC/tlTls, judgment,
racs, to any exalted position.
No- otherwise among the reataurants and realms, is as follows;
where In the country Is the negro cafes 0y Portland, get in touch with ! "What are you doing besides meet department, aiding General Crowder Underwood at one_Mme strongly de
in rraming selective draft leglslatloh. nounced the Ku Klax Klan, Vbich is
treated belter than In the South, but j this union, telephone BRoadway 7648. ing once in a while?
“ Are you taking a proper part In Then he was assigned to the staff of said to have endeared him heartily
the people there live on the principle ' x re.uumnt, cafe or hotel that treats
General Leonard Wood, aiding in the to the Romanists.
that the whltp man waa made to rale, ^ f ooks and assistants and other help local affairs?
"Are you supporting public schools organization of the Eighty-ninth Di
and. furthermore, he Is going to rule. faIrly ,g , ure t0 be fair toward the
From the present indications. It
Strong 'protest was lodged with m an Qet the big idea, old Klansman? and seeing to It that the children of vision and later the Tenth Division. would seem that the McAdoo-Ford
th. President from a ll parts of tha -Qot acquainted with these union broth* your communities are getting a pro He then was transferred overseas and combination would be more attrac
served on the staff ot General Persh tive to those Klansmen who lean to
South, especially those districts which , erg the eTenln(f of Jun,
gee the big per education?
“ Are you seeing to it that officers ing.
will ram. under the rule of the "burr- boutg
and holler for
the Democratic party. Both men are
of the law are doing their duties?
heed.” This defiance of the will of - -
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This Is the man whose military rec- known to bo Bfue-lodge Masons,
the best men to win.
"In other words, are you real citi ord ts being scoffed at by a few whip- ¡ whether higher or not has not yet
the white people and
the Senate.
Save up four-bits fur the red letter
zens of your community, or are you per-snapper newspaper scribblers In (been M id. generally. Neither have
In addition doubtless will stir deep
occasion. Ladies cspictally invited,
just jelly-fish,, existing without Inter Roanoke who. when the cull to arms
resentment In the South, the solidity
r shown any strong Catholic indí
and there will be nothing to offend
est In anything excepting that small came. cravenly stayed at home them- nationa> nor b . Te ttK,T „tried to any
ot which Mr. Harding has great hopes
the most fastidious oae.
portion of the universe that I lee with selves.
ot breaking In his 1M4 campaign.
extent with the Catholic element for
Tickets are on sal« at the follow- in yourselves? There Is no vice so
votes.
,
Ing places;
reprehensible as selfishness combined BOOTLICK LASKER
It might be pointed out in thin wise
THE KLAN OATH.
iAU of Riches' cigar store»; A. G. , with laziness.
HAS BIG AMBITION .s agatost
McAdoo that he is the
Spalding's
sporting goods store;
"Up and at It. Klansmen."—The Im
! son-in-law ot Woodrow Wilson. Also,
" I moat solemnly declare and at- K ®»y‘* Olympia cant room; Hesse's perial Night-Hawk.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 31.—
firm that to the government of the c* rrt room: Rtalto billiard parlor;
Chairman "Jew” Lasker of the United i K mI* ht ***
“ *he 8am* tlme th» ‘
Spates Shipping Board, announces that he d,d not marry Mr Wllso,, nor Mr
United States of America and any Lnmh» cl" b: ° wl “ rd room: Penny's SIMMONS LAUNCHES
P o U d «. and was a man of
State thereof, of which I may become *oft rtr!nk parlor; Tsnscher's card
ATTACK ON WIZARD the Leviathan will be as drv as all ‘
"gtt-out " on Its maiden trip. He says,note
Ion* before Mr. Wilson
a resident. I sacredly swear an un- ro0,n: I*»bor Temple recreation room:
he Is "w et” Mmsalf. but that the Pres- jhai' eV* I‘ b* f“n bearrt of nationally,
qualified allegiance abova any other Cooks
headquarters. 2«SH
Stark Western American Bureau.
,be otber hand, attention might
ATLANTA. On.. May 31. — Colonel (dent has ordered that there be no
and every kind of government In the;street.
called to the fact that at a polite
William Joseph 8Immons’ latest fibre liquor (told aboard her. intimating
whole world. I meet solemnly pledge
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my life, my property, my vote and! A sneer went up o« Massachusetts against Imperial Wizard Evans seems that he doesn’t care a hoot In Hade» cal ,0^ e-f# »t here last week, Mr. Me-
my aacred honor to uphold the flag, avenue In Washington, but there Is to have died a-bornlng. He gave an for the law, himself, but. as tong -us I Ado° aunftered among his supporters
notorious Joseph Patrick Tnmulty,
the Constitution and constitutional trembling there, nevsrthele«». Prot- Interview to the newspapers charging he is boot-Uckiag the President right
laws, and w ill protect, defend and estantlem at lost is utitud against i^ll the I. W. with everything from soap now. he’ll do what the latter says. Just whor wae private secretary to Presi
dent Wilson.
enforce the same unto death."
time— Yesterday, Today and Forever! to nuts, and then all went still again. as a favor to America.
and parity e f t * white mas hi all * * • » ,he 1‘ dlB* ’ • * * » ' » *
e^
tb lars and wHI fbrht to the last ditch I
ot Jana A as <*en date, reeerved
any attempt 1« elevate negroes aad «for attending a »rest benefit smoker
Western American Bulletin.
mixed breeds to position* ef power, In the Labor Tea*»!* Auditorium under
BEDFORD, Va« May Ml.—A reeola- Harding Is the limit, aad be hi the auspices of thelSooks and Assistants
lion expressing sympathy for Marlon. | ^
Krflter.
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Union. Local No. N7. This will be
Ohio, reportod to be la financial dls-i
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; one 0f tha moat hajdyable occasions
tress and aalllng upon Présidant Hard
o( the season. Han't mbs i t
Western American Barena.
ing not to pass any "tax upon na tor
Do you like clean. scientific bozln#
WASHINGTON, D. C., May
tho benefit of Marlon,"
and wrestling—the aanly art of »elf-
adopted by a bag« mass meeting here. Pre* M*nt H* rdln* h** ■«•lrd the
defense? There win be no le u than
Recognising the "Intense love^ our doom of the Republican party In the ■even (treat boots In which local cham-
South by his appointment of Walter L.
President bears for his home town end
Cohen es Controller of Cuatoms for Plon»hlp contenders Bay be developed,
cltlsene thereof, gp evidenced by hie
the New Orleans district. Further- 3om<> of these "habita are huskies of
appointment ot H. C. M. Stowe as
more, he did this In direct defiance of ‘ he Hnwt ‘ YP«- KIUer on® of thete
postmaster at Bedford," the resolution 1 the Seftate.
t
bouts Is worth the price of admission
said that Bedford hat a bonded In-!
Last summer the President sent the [ —f,“ J cents,
debtednees of her own and finds taxea I
nomination of the "coon” to the Sen-
The hoilng and wrestling matches
j
any additional financial obligations.'
"In our opinion,” tbs resolution
reads, "the assessment of a special
tax to aid Marlon would be as Illegal
and unprecedented as the appointment
by tha President of n cltlxen of Marlon
Ohio, as our postmaster at Bedford,
but not more so, and If one can be
done, why not the other? Hence our
apprehension and alarm.
"W e most earnestly request our Pres
ident not to press this cup to our lips
at this time, but for the present pass
us by and we will promise him tbdt
It nt any future time we can be of
any assistance or help to Marion,
Ohio, such Is our gratitude and appre
ciation of his past acta that we will
not toll him or Marlon, Ohio.”
A copy of the resolution has been
duly engrossed aad forwarded to the
President at Washington.
Resentment continues unabated here
over the action of the President la
appointing Btowe aa postmaster over
the heads of several Bedford cltlaeas
who were applicants for the post-
masterahlp here.
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Horrible Stench Arises.
P'. ji '.
At this point things came to a dra
matic climax. The lights were «witch
ed off. A nauseous odos developed,
which quickly caused au exodus from
the hall. Someone had uncorked a
phial of that quintessence of diaboli
cal stench, tetra chlorine.
It ap
peared to bo n "plant,” a deliberate
plot to break up the meeting, but It
recoiled upon the conspirators. If M S M M ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
m LAD 1RS' OFFIOB A T
(hero were any.
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Poetic Jn«tlee Is Result
The headquarters aad bnsinsa»
There was something poetic about M office o f The LaAlea o f the Invia- a
the denouement. The stink bomb was R Ibis Empire. Portland Council Me. M
hurled with poetic license.
There * 1, ta charge e f Mrs. Mnybetle M
was poetic reve/ige In the motive; but ■ Jetts, the Mother Counselor, 1a ot
It might be said there was poetic jus
407 Ptttock
Block, tolophoat H
W Broadway 1873. where all b e a la «« H
tice In the result.
Practically the whole of the nause * pertaining to tbs local Council Is B
ating acid was spilled upon the per « transacted. AU members are ad- B
son who , Interrupted "SliteT" Mary M visad to pay no attention to con- H
Angel. He had on a fine new spring M trory rumors set afloat by enemlM
suit, hat and shoes. It was necessary M e f their Canse. The Portland Co un-
for him to put all his clothes In ths k d l Is prosperous and progressiv* R
nsh-can. while It took aeveral ounces V and jnst now Is undertaking o con- H
of perfume to neutralise the odor from V strnetlTo program o f honorable B
his hair. He certainly was a madder IB ochlrrsaeat which Is amo te bono-
N
If not- a wiser man and his howls of P fit aU concerned.
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dismay resounded.
•
would s ta ir emphd t t y that be
noble s o d fla g j £ r i r a * and
g a lla n t veteran .
t t y
o f >h
su p p ort a a d
red
os thing*
-n m e llm e « a r e wr|
o r sed-
a re o fte n said, R |
spar e f
d ea tam p er,
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(Kn mflMB^L
W s lev Is a ll
1« s
Union,
im w R & x
valley, that tortile agricultural district
undred and Fifty Fiery
Crosses Blaze Message
of Americanism.
«M nr
s
Ik* distribuito» of Ms patronage. It
k purely ■ M t t K « f loyalty n i
arlie. aa tarait T ta b* ex per te i e f hin.
The er Meare which we hold ra n e«
auUrarltatlvely (»a n Hardin»*» awa
hone eonnaaltjr, » b ow l»* that "Bam-
RKATTt.B. May >1. — Charges and
counter charges, suspicion sad ■coun
ter suspicion, Innuendo and gossip
ä
n«*wK
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This jearaal has certain -tarlila* i
rvIdeare la Ita pouwesslea, available
far national publicity darlag the cuas
ia » pneuMeaUal »campaign, premia*
that President Harding Ja-tly cannot
be blamed tor elevating asumen ta
s p jÄ ir c iä i
The Pultlxer Medal for the beat
Jewish controlled journalism Ibis year
goes to the Commercial Appeal, Mem
phis. Tens., for "its courageous ear-
toons and articles In reference* to the
operations of the Ku Klux Klan."
Runners up in the contest are not
given but they probably were The
Baltimore Catholic Review. Baltimore.
Md.; The Negro World. New York;
The Jewish Courier, Chicago., an* Dej
Katholiscbes Wochenblatt. — The Im
perial Nfght Hawk.
kv«d s reren 1
Nub Ataerf-
ran, Alvin
#»• by. Nutl.mal
< i .«m a n d e r « t t * « 1E M W ran L*-
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AMAZING FACTS'AT HAND
SPLENDID VIADUCT
FORMALLY OPENED
Bathes in Perfume to Neu
Klmn Fights Every Attempt
tralize Horrific Odor
to Elevate the Blacks
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Wester« Americas Bureau.
from His Hair.
Above White*.
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WASHINGTON; D. C.. May * L —
Western AateHeaa Bureau.
DISCRIMINATION IS
SURELY SHOWN HERE
Wm *
THROWS DUDSJN ASH CAN
Francis Scott Kay Bridge, which
spans the Potomac from Georgetown
Let It he fnlljr sadrrsteed that the to Rosslyn, Va.. was formally dedi
lis a b not promoting the propaganda cated on Memorial Day.
■ -of “ei-noB«” and that news of
The magnificent viaduct waa re
hind b irliea soSrlf far Ma edaratleaal cently completed aad opened to traf
fic. which relieve« the almost unbear
and ealertalaneat value.
able traffic from Washington to Alex-
ANYW HERE IN U. S. PRICE 5ç
F t ble KLAN POWERFUL IN
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ROMANSTRONGHOLD
SURPRISING FOLKS
AMENDE HOI
TO NOBL 1 SOLDIER
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PORTLAND, OREGON,
Vol. I, No. 43
STINK BOMB BITS
WHERE IT BELONGS
WITH DIRE RESULT
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YOU FREE
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of the Ka Klax Man, la the Rea
Official Jearaal of The Ladled at t!
Tire, * astenni Headquarters at M
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