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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1923)
tu e WÉàTtMLAMlâlCA* eonoaptloo af K lank raft and doing m ttrg Injury our mum TIM Raal Klan I m m _ : Trad L. O(fiord pacloutiy graatad Th* Klanann a daplara th* factional to a division an “ raligton." Thay admit an tatorrtaw, Batarday May reprssantattv* of th* Portland Tale- tha goad that la In tha CathaMa ahuroli tha atari I np vlrtuaa and patriot!* lay* gram, Which appears ta full Iratow. ROBERT WEIGHTS ARP ally af mlIItana at lta adfcaranta, and MEASURER Tba Ku Klut Kite In Oregon wlU ▼•et withdraw from pol|tlc»i activities-- A y, P oised, Orvgaa w m howl»d down by tt)a aarage Proa- except In the matter of supporting •'tutor; "Enough ha ertad, “ thl* legislative measure* »hi- k ’ hr* pro- la a conadyl". (Thera waa laughter Protestant—and win function tn fo- and exfUod movant anta la tha room.) la maintain I a f hie awn fraternal obli tura closely along da«-* that ar* purely Tha * Arebblahop calmly rdfortad: gation ; and, finally, the Klanamoa fraternal, with "battrr Americanism" "Aa you Hbe. Certainly, If you eoa- earneetly desire and bepa that thalr aa tha foundation of tha ritual. aider aa as charlatans, offarara of «so Cathode fetlew-eKlaeao may Matea ta "Tha raligtoua and racial fight la rt flea«. tf you say that ! am playlag ranean and aaaas ta plana the authori over, ao far aa tRa Klan Is concerned, a comedy, It la Impose Idle for ma to ty of thalr forcipe Pontiff above that nnd unless tha other side brings U to datong feyaeir, and there remains for of eer Preaidant and tha Canadttatton. us. wa will hava none of It. W* will Tha h,ls—msn da net want tha remain pro-Protestant, ** we have al me noth log hut the sola of eiotlm “ Tha Pmrtdaat of the High Trlhunal Cathollea ta dia for the Paye, but to ways been, bat w* wig sot Ira actively roared a retrain at tha priest Ihdoroff die. «shan the time eeasee (and H la anti Catholic, aptl-JcTtsh or anll-any- [ replied: “AU right. What Id a church eomlngt) tor aur own dear America— thing racial or religions." without teachingT f o r instance, It tha moat flertoue ooontry in tha Tbto anaoaaoaaaent was made In an some yoaag people between IS sad II whrld. , V ' Interview by Trad L Ulfford, Satur Hare is Oregon the new law, to day afternoon, at which time be an yea re of age coma to a a to marry them, bow can I do It without glelng take affect th 1SSS (D. V.), will re- nounced hla appototaeni aa Imparls! ■him some notion of religion? Ton quire aO children to nuand th« public Representative, with control of nil the , yourself, do yon not teach children schools—a wise and nnaseaury safe territory weak of the RocKy Mountains.) anything before the age of IS years? guard; bat this law does not inter- aad outlined th* tntare policy of tha What eot*l of a child would It ha who organisation. 1 had learned nothing before he waa U „ was confiraaed and reitaqated u r from his ofrioa thla morning, when PresMaot: “ You are criticising the ha lari for WaahtaRon. I). C.. where laws of tha So»let Power r he will Be ta confaranca with othagj hand* of the Order, considering tar- ther plans for davalapomnt of tha pro-! to thalr church..they will cease and gram of Klaa activity ta.a fraternal prohibit (ha further arthritic« of tha rather than a aami-tp'ltlcal organisa Collage of Pro pa gauds of Roma and Ita tion. , • .^. -la * ; President ; “Tha law torbida It.“ » agents in America and face the facts With the ousting af Edward Young of the situation aa true Americana, Clarke from tha position of Imperial Sentence at Death Deapite the brutal Internptioae and with no foreign allegiance Whatsoever Klt-sgle, and file acct-Ml in of If. W. —* ■ms*». Tim “ KC" and. The Klan Evans, of Dattaa, Taxes, was launched Than It no reason for anyone to tha reorganisation Of the Kn Klux tha ad fui trtal and condamaatlou of RESTAURANT Chrlst. tbla harolc prtaot hald hla own oppoM the Knlgbta of the Ku Klui Klaa, necordlaa «6 Mr. Ottford, aad la a brimani assonar, dabnitog wtth Klan and Its construct!»» purpose of a "house cleaning" Is now under way. tha Bovtet Batcben thè lew and thè promoting Apericadtsm la every legal which be believes will wipe out ad of tnctg lavofvad la tha accnantlou. In manner. The Klanamen. In regslla. the things that Briragh) the Klan under wear white robes, the "KC* prefer tba ftra o f criticism la many parts'of the black. Tha one wears, la the lodge country In the Clarke regime. room, tha white hood; tha other wears Mr Olfford himself hat returned1 tha black cowi. is rogada rarely the from the reseat cbsfereaee in At!»»»» with his spbera bf actirltlea extended parlaon. The one te a protectant or to Include all of tha territory west of ooacern itself only with the propa der, the other Catholic. The Klan Is the Rocky Mountains, while he also gation o f Christianity.“ nta logic and deeotod to the snslntentnre and Im- retains tha offlcu.of Grand Dragon of Oregon, and- will make bis general eloquence ware unavailing, howoear, and before ha could conclude tha Court “KC" Is champion of the parochial headquarters tn Portland brutally halted hint wtth thla pro- school. Both ahonld be united tn thn * T|»er* are twe other Imperial Wa- upbuilding of the PUbltf school, which trteta. the southagn and Baatera, pm- n min cements “RePtance of death?" T R E E S a m a aü sùlke,tJn<t tfab wi.o sided over by M etal* o f equal rank , Russedville Nursery Ca. ly lad; would disavow the placing of »rith -Mr. Gifford and In tha Ktaa ra- _________________ _____ "Catholic ctttaeneblp“ above “ AMERT orgsnfxattoa this triumvirate controls ' rhonsa” Taber w t , im i . 7|*a. Ask lor CAN cltlsanshlp“ and show them- th*^ etklfe United Btatea, subject to , UUP moment I am. before an earthly tribunal, aad soon shell -ap ■elves altogether American, with no the Itrfperial PaltC* in Atlanta.. * Colonel WUHam J. Simmon* founder pear before tha one on high. I have foreign allegiance whatever of the Klan. remains little more than A l b e r t a T i r * & Re| but one daalra: that tha earthly tri VULCANtZtSU Tha Klaa la opposed, with all pi Ita a’ figurehead, his-health being com- bunal be Just toward h e end that the heBVMiy tribunal ha equally merci might, to any kind jrf union between pletely broken—and hla fortune, too. ful., My whole life Una Men baaed churct mad State, while the “ KC? fa It la assorted by (he faction that ac upon two elemoata: lota of tha church vor thla un-American development, de cuses the deposed Clarke of having and love of the country which I adore. structive to an our ideala of liberty. manipulated Simmons .and the entire In tha light o f continuing tragédica orgaaisutioa frf Tfti own benefit. If It la all the same to me whether “ Wa do not' Intend to go after t am condemned to prison, of whether In Russia, surely thè Catholics can see G O D E L BRO S. T am shot, tf la not because I am a tha foflr of tha principle, so bravely Clarke, now that ha la out of the fanatic. Frequently an hmocent per but foolishly taught by 'precept and organisation,'' said*Mr. Gifford. Satur son must bo executed In order not to ezampts, that thalr first duty is to the day. sh ortly beftfo his departure wtth release a guilty one. My solo object Pope of Romo, who datais .both aplrit- Klan ofTIctalb, after* which he will re S97 Belmont has bean to bring ray country donor ual and political authority. The brutal- main over tor tha Shrine convention. “If we made t bod bargain lu let- MRS. L. E. KLKTZINO to tha Catholic Church, which 1 "•fnem Ixod and Ignorant Russians, led by to bo the only true one. under the monsters, are dealing with the probleih ting Clxtke get control, we might aa 'Reliable Agent for A ll old regime t. waa In prison two gnd In the only way they know; the Amgl- well write It up under profit and lost, Magazine« a hair years at Tobolsk. One of my cam are solving U by the clylltxed forget It now that he la disposed of. Subscriptions Q u aru tesd priests spent three years Ip tba pri method« qf education and constitu and piny the gsmaout the boat wo con. -W e ness W dowoln nor time tional JRW, with su dúo rognm i » - r son at Sousdnle. . . .” to deraloplog a Mag the lines of Amer- President: “Do not digress! What rights of the minority. I own Ism, tolerance sad liberality. groat Trouble Threatens do wa care what the Catholic prlaats Unless the two gneat lections in our “ Locol Klon orf aalza Mona will not country, represented by Protestant he permitted to Safe lectures given Persecuting Ad Rettglen S u n n y g id e F is t i C o . Wa have given enough of tha steno and Cathollo. Klsnaman and "KC.” whlofc are unauthortaed by the Im Established ISSI. Inc. tSU graphic« report. which was published got together aa good Americans on the parto) PSloce, and all of the lecturers Long ar Short Weed mad Coal at length in The Cathode- Sentinel of common basta of tha Constitution. will be handled by the national organ- HagTi«, to shew tha horrid eharaeter there Is llhely to ho greet trouble In Ixatlon. “ The-e will bo ns more antl-Cathollc. of the Soviet persecution of all reli ouf country—trouble which east!y can gion In Rasala. and to prove the ex- be averted by the practice of the Chris antl-Jewlah or intl-raolat lacturoa sited heroism of the Roman Catholic tianity which both faction* protesa— permitted. “ The whits mask will ha retained— prlaats and prelates of high rank who and by avoiding extremal of all kinds. I am ana af the prtoripal remaining defied tba Soviet monitors to do their In everything. Tha teal loader* of the Klan are boosters for its retent ion, by th* way worst and who died Ilka Christian gentlemen. May thalr memoriae never broad guage Libertarians, and not In —but it wdt be retained only aa ledge room regalia. perish from tha annals of man. May any r se pact bigots or toasties. "Tha ayasboHsrn of tha Klan is the flAwers on their grave* bloom for Nun Teacher* T* Go. vitally bound np In thla regalia and ever. THE LADD in tha name of Oed and eur esmipon Nuna appearing In the garb of theft- for that reason I do p o t . believe It Grocers sad Botchers, Tonatala humanity, Klansman. Americans! ft*, orders In thn public school* of Ore ahonld ha abandoned from th* ritual Restaaraat member 'St all tfmea that tha Klan gon are ’preparing to leavf the pub- of the fraternity. The bast in all departía oats "It cannot be used outside the lodge, fights Its opponents only In aatada- lie service. The law which bars their Phone Service Delivery fanaa; that reprisals In kind ar* mad* employment goo* into effect May tt, however, - under any dircumstance*. only because af the unfair aaaaalta after which they cannot appear In and will remain In charge of a custo and underhand tactics af tha Kalghta their nun's garb aa teacher«. The dian who has no authority to tot it CHEVROLET Phon« Bast «714 of Columbus; hut that wa have na law forbidding religious garb was be taken from the lodge rooms. CHAS. C EMERY “ Any man who appear* In future quarrel—and only high raapaot—for passed by the last legislature after Autharttad Pervio* and Parts tha Cathode Faith and Religion; that It waa shown that a number of schools wearing Klan ragalia outside th* lodge, toUstecttagjMattsmatesd-tl Tsars dur opposition to only against what wa m Marlon and Washington counties except In casa of formal public func rightly term Political Remanls«N“-th* were being taught wholly by nuns tion of tha lodge, olthart will hava to? Eighth at Hawthorn* rsrMaSd functioning af tha Papat Hierarchy In placed tn tbelr position* by board« of stolen It or trill bt wearing It not aa Amprl«en polities and th* madddng of school* director* which weVe wholly a Klansman. . "Chder the ‘ Clarke regime many foreign priest* In eur country’« da* Cathode. Frank Rusgell Barber Shop A plot has been revealed In Oregon thing* crept in that have caused the mast!* affaire; that eur m lea ton la tha Children’ * Hair Catting . promotion of pure Americanism, which whtraby tha Cathode* ar« laying plant Klan to be looked upon with suspicion la tolarant of ad raHgton, a* guar to pi*«« young Catholic wraman U tha and have aroused animosity In many antaed under tha Constitution, and In- sclyoeia, having than» ooncaal thalr place*. Now that Clark* haa been tolarant only of alien Interference anj| Catholic connection*, .but .taaahing ol I jn Ins tort- after having espfeited Ufa organization tor' hi* own kstalflt and fbon* Rost oat* C. R Whttco^b, Mgr- propaganda; that tha Catholic* have Cat holla principle* after thay Portland Plumbing «■ • ! only to place AMERICAN oUltenahip thalr position* aa taaahsrs. The Na »Tgrandlasment. regardl*** of Its prin- shove “Catholic cltlsanahlp" and the tional Cathollo Walfara Cegnatt to be Clplos and purpose«—Uto avgsnlsstlon H SR t i n g Co. Contractor« Constitution above everything ta re hind tha mav* aad Me mav* ta train will take.positive steps to wipe out Repair* Don* on th* Day Ordarad store harmony and geod-wld between thaae young womon already 4» under th* affects of «any of tha things that thasa warring fee*Ians. The' Klan» «**” < * « -* » • • , I® t e i ' j r r “ * m , ^ to splendid Schedule . U. Klanamen Admira Exalted Heroism o f Prelates W ho Die for Principle. , Tragedy Embodies Vitally Important Lesson for All American Patriots. BY LEM A. DIVERS May what you wilt, wrong though they b* In placing obedience to the Pop« above tha law of tha Stata, w* must admire aa redbloodvd heroes th«*« grim and unyielding Roman Catholic protolaa whp stood up In the prido and «E je.tr ot manhood and, in tha toco of death, standing trafora thalr executioners, defied lira Soviet butcher* at Moscow aad wetauaiod dpatb rather then deviate one lota from devottoa to their raltgtoaa cause. There * a lesson for nil Americans In this startling story from Russia, stenographic notes ot which aro gtvan tn exlvuso In Tha Catholic Sentinel Ot May 14. Tha WfHTERN AM BRI CAN triad to obtain tha story ot tha trtal and axecuiion ot tha Cathollo priest* la Husato, hut failed. flM datilo» ataa failed. It waa a story » hit h any Journal wen might covet, tor H la a tragic episode In the red chapter of history now twtng do ve loped la the Land of tha Dark Tettola AJI Admire Truo Harolaro Whatever wa may think of Roman prtosu nod thalr adherent*, who placo obedlabc.- \u lui-o Pontiff above all other authority, ad of na, if true Amar le***, admire and applaud th* barolo Russian Catholic* who hurlod dottane* In the toot li of death and perished Ilk« gallant man. Tha rack, tha stake, the hangman and tiring squad hold bo terrors for courage of this axaltad type, and It recall* n remark of Jybp Randolph of «ItoagqJlV - Taayttlclata hath no aiopgtag-piae* Short ot ham van or of hall.“ Ilchin^boflkg now that w* are deal ing with a (ragie.phase A fanaticism. bqt one embodying harolo aplrit and lofty xoal. holy and sacred to the con science of Its followers, wa must b* -charitable, kindly and libarsi, mak ing al| dad allowance tor tira almost Inviiulhle power at heredity aad tor hallowed memories, pnd ask pf onr Cathode fednw-cdltcti* «tir thla con cession to Americanism: * that thay bring all Jpfluenc* to boar, through th alr prillata and congregation«, throughout our country, to piece AMERICAN clttaonshlp above "Cath ollo cltlxenahlp,“ and obedience to th* Constitution ot the United Rut*» above avo authorin'. Thto-ig th* only basis of safety and harmony. Tha story of the trial of thn Roman Kxarrh Tedoroff. and of Archbiahop rvniui, »• U m m v U move ihrlNInw than any stage-play possibly Could be, for It waa n blood-rad tragedy, full of berolc climaxes.. After tha aplandld address of Tribunal. Prosecutor Krllaako sav agely replied, concluding as follows: Trtal M l of Thrill* “ Citizen Feds raff cart spank In tha pulpit af God, o f lira Prophet Eilat, but If h* begins to tod Ignorant people and children that tha Prophet Edna will com* down from heaven and crush you, w* will net permit It. To the formal prohibition of tha law ta terrorize ohddren, you roply, *1 ohall do ao,’ and wa say ‘We do not permit It.’ Wo In Rueela know how to react against that. Your game la up) You have nothing to do but to boar your cross. Your raligton—1 aplt upon Itf —ao on ad rodglon—on Catholic, On thodox, Jewish, Mohammadon and tha rest. Thara to no law hut the Soviet law, and by that law you muet die." “ Contradiction of Duties” With raagniricent courage, tn noble and classic language, tha doomed Archbishop defended hla course and that of his associates. He did this ap parently for :h«S purpose of leaving aa hlatorlacal record. "Canon taw la (pr u i," he »aid in the coarse of his ad- dreaa, “ an absolutely «acred thing. The existence of the Roman Pontiff ta a dogma of our Catholic faith. Sub mission to him aa tq tha Vicar of Chrlat on earth ta, for us. a formal obligation. That la why tor aa It waa a matter pfluclplo • * *. Th*re waa a conttodlctloJ of duties/ Power ta one thing and the propagntton of atheism 1« another. .1 hay« njwaya fought athalsm by showing Its paper- leas nets. I often spoke at tha meat- lags -In Petrograd; politick waa ex- I fy 4 <5t Porting Astoria aad Seaside U a n Tarto h ai !" Kodak Finishing Palar Pax Sm ica V IN G j: GASOLINE FILLING STATION Phone East 1128 EUREKA PRINTING CQ. 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