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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1923)
ijrHmr*d«2iBÍ¡¡221jL^LS22 LAW OP SECRECY SHALL BE OBEYED: KEEP VISORS DOWN « ,n THE na hearing can and will be arrom- pllahad within a «hart tlm«. Imagine aiding In your home and aaalng aoma world «vent taka place aa v id Idly an If you ware actually preaent, ev«n to tba hearing of tha thing« that u-anapira. r ' l WÈSTERN AM ER IC AN g T H E R E n 'native-born A m erican whoae heart does not swell with pride as he%K *M * upon this wonderful land that gave him birth? Is there one, who bein g a son o f this great land o f Lib erty, could owe allegiance to a foreign power, when in his own uiaiaa«« la no country there is peace and prosperity, whers every man is equal, r 2 ,' ft; r ^ u « n d WS J 1 a*. *>*" h » ™ <« Where his children have every sort o f edu- illnlttiitt* of f I VdR Uiounuti(i mil Aft • • » . « . . . « . u:*> i# i a a a »_ aaally aa fiva mil««. Th. vibration. i»tlonal advanUges, where he can worship if he wants to and how will pa«a through th« «arth’a aurfar.1 he wants to, where he can enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of unbroken. Tbla la « aubjact which happiness? B a m Treason * to Reveal would aland columm- of writing and Who is the native-born American whose blood does not quick not dacraaaa In Intaraat. W* ar« lad Identity of Fellow-Mem en at the sight of the starry banner that prompted Francis Scott to tnakn annthar worn aipraaalon at ber of the Klan. iha future poaalblllllea of our world Key to write his immortal lines? W ho would not give his life that today, "W ill wondara navar coaaeT" this King whfcTT waved from Bunker HUL from Ferry’s flagship, from Morro Castle and at St. Mihiel still » a y float supreme? Yet On« of lb« first dutl«« of • Kinn« IN T E N S IV E D R IV E there are those who for a mess o f pottage would sell their birth U «o la to obny lb* n il«« anil r.'«ulu FOR N E W M EM BERS right and see this flag torn from these sockets and trampled in Ilona of tbla groat American ordar of whlofc we ara ao luatly proud At tba baad of tha Hat of tha laura of tha Klan alanda that of abaoluta aaerecy. Tbla law la balng violated by aoma Klanaman, poaalbly with tha boat and moat patriotic of Intention«. Reporta rama to tha Imporla! Palar« of par ada, of Klanaman with thalr vlaora ralaad and of Klanaman freely admit ting thalr m«mbnr«bl|> to altana and./ worse «till, divulging tha memberahlp ot olbara. S tric t Sac racy Nacaaaary. The Itaalma of Maryland and Data ware have united in an Inlanalve drive to further klankraft and Increaae tha membership of the Klan. On May I*, hundred« of flary rroaaaa ware lighted on hill top« in tha two Htai«a at » p. m . Thu aigni- Mod Uui tRuiulng of the campaign whlrh will align thousand« of Prat- »Riant Americana beneath the starry flag and fiery rroaa. The drive will be continued until H-ptember 1, al which time there win I » a gr»af g«th- »r im of tba Klana of tha two stataa for tha purpoa. of forming H i..- or- May Motor C om pany Authorized Ford and Ford son Dealer Expert Ford Rapa ring Where Alberta Cross«« Union — Portland, Ore. «•pairin g The Knights o f The Ku Klux Klan do not fed that it was for Mayor Brlckhouaa Is not In sympathy KING KABINET SHOP Second Street and CewtMs A r e n s , Castle Reek, WaaMngtew ¡ r n L. A . P E R R Y FU R N IT U R E R E P A IR IN G , R E FIN IS H IN O A N O A G E N E R A L L IN E OF C A R F E N T S R W O RK GROCER DeUveries L e ev o a t 1« A. M. and 1 P. M. Bring thl» advertisement with you os It arm «ntltlo you to U S Mar I at «7th St. and Sandy Baulovard Store TAbor MOf Portland, Oregon - on your furniture, repairing ar r.flnlaM ag ' Klean Komfort Komm&ndi UNION SHOP ALL AMEBICA!» The Service Barber Shop ^ DUKE’S MEAT MARKET O. E. COONROD Proprietor . i*2 Stark Street Portland, Oregon C. E. DUKE, Frag. Near Fifth Meats, Fruits and Vegetables Broadway TUI O A. Day] Rarefai — Klean — Kompetent Phone TAbor 4872 DAY PRODUCE CO. R FI)M A N \S GROCERY AND M lU i™ ° CONFECTIONERY Wholesale Prodace Merchant. D m a d Poultry Our Specialty I f * Front Stroot Portland, Oregon i S P E C IA L W E D E L IV E R 500 doten »«sorted Trout File«, dozen 40c SSW^SSad St, Lenta •. MULTNOMAH HOTEL GARAGE C A. N O RW O O D 4SS7 Foster Road with the Klan project for the reason these that our fathers welded a union o f states into a great“*nd Ballatala Auto R«pairing Battary and EUctrtSTVftr that be reals it might create strife glorioua America, with their blood in 1861. lg the community. When was there a INSIDE B L O C K W O O D w ar that could compare with this? N o struggle has ever excelled <, lS-lnch Ossa an Delivery thia in fiercenaa, or equalled it in p e rc e n ta g e ^ loMr^yet none was more (narked by that absence o f cruelty' toward the van- EL D. Bowe quished which characterized the termination o f our Civil W ar. tns S. franhoo Bt. Em pir« OSit “ Brethren o f ours are these men,” Exclaimed the Union comman- (je r i w hen the incomparable remnant o f Lee’s army, surrounded M cK A V S PLACE He say« there ara other organisation antagonistic to the Klan whoa« membership would never attend function, in the building- Many foreign-born persons. Knight, o f Co lumbua and Jewa would not co-operat«. u" ^ t by tea ticsss their cestber, •srs s c fc d 'tb s ir arrsa» a sd s e t * -czlr; ing .eating 7Soo person. and coating not less than «so.ooo. The only pro- vision v*as that the city should leas« the building site for so years and give iha Klan permission to hold ita meet- !°*!l., t orP . This move proves to the people of Little Rock that the Catholic« and Jew« have been bluffing all along in iheir vaunted patriotism and thalr al- ¿ r a n d " * * T ?"'" 'T There be two Invisible Empires In the world of men: one 1« the Order ot tlm Ku Klux Klan—-here yesterday, to day and forever—devoted to pure and uncompromising AmerlcanDm; the ° 'h: rv prr r; ."J p " P* P*,1 r r- claims spiritual ahd political, power lupreme over the human race. The invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan is known to all men by its beneficent works; th«, empire of «he Pop. he- comes visible In emergencies, as In Russia, when he asks th» Soviet Pow er to free seventeen priests because they are, he declares, “ members of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy and sub jects of the Vatican." N O M A N ’S R E L IG IO N A S S A IL E D B Y K L A N Let us be charitable to all men, but let us be Just to our children and pos terity. No man's religion, as such. Is Intended to be assailed. But In deal ing with facta we should uncover de signs of those In mothortty In the Ro- man church-solely for the protection of our established Institutions. Jf we should offend any partisan of thl. church, such offense can only bd the result of misinformation or Ignorance on the part of that partisan. It la the observation of the writer that the ad- herents of Roman Catholicism know lars of Ita true Imprint of blood on the face of the earth, than do mem- hers of other religious beliefs.— Im- perlai Night-Hawk. w Open EvftQiABt ■> ; w as fired. The soldiers o f Grant made haste to open S te s a Cooked D o t L a n c h e» A U Honra 4, Liberty Market. FMth and Yam- (heir haversacks and uncork their flasks to revive and sustain the hiu gtraats ----------- I strving heroes o fthe South. , Compare this with the slaughter o f the aristocracy o f France and » square deal for all at tha a ft*r their revolution, the massacre o f the Polos by Russia after i lutaly to the city. o»w A xr*o s WVM ssWhMM ST S SWT '«hJup a v w i v 1 ST. NICHOLAS CAFETERIA W a B a ra Reduced Our Prteaa, N s* tha Quality W « Appreciate Tour P a t----- — Albeit Cr CC; Phone Broadwagr ISM Joel H. Cea of h< n comP|e,wl1 ,h‘‘ their attempted rebellions and the bloody assizes in England, tolerance toward any move made by tha Klan. good or bad. has convinced people hare that their only concern Wa are living In the age of won In trying to stamp out something of ders. Whan Ian years ago folks which they do not approve. would scoff at a new Idea and say, TWO INVISIBLE EMFIRRR. “ Impossible,“ (hay now. aonaldar It serInuRly and admit, “ Well, that might be dona. Nothing Is really Impossi ble." Especially does this seem true of the wlrelexs. The lateet dlecoverad use of the wireless la Its ability to make the deaf hear. Many people who have never heard any 'sound, have listened to music and the hu man voice for the first time In their llvea. because the ear drums ware ef fected by the^vlner vibration« of wlre- lc «« when 'the ordinary tuning for vibration made no Impreaalon. In a moit remaykabl« book, “ A Dweller on Two Planeti," dedicated by Phyloa, one who baa lived on thle earth 12,000 yeara ago, through the medium of automatic writing, we learn that wlreleas waa developed be yond our preaent conception by a civ ilisation far auperlor to the genera tion ot our day. In ancient Atlantia an Instrument called the “ nalm" en abled one to aee distant event, a, they transpired and to talk face to face with friends, though thousands of m il«, separated their physical bodies. We ara about to rediscover this remarkable wireless mirror. At the preaant time, Edouard Bella, distin guished French scientist, It at work on an Invention which he oalls the telephoto device, that whan perfected will equal the “ main” product of a forgotten civilisation. Nicola Tesla, American electrical wlsard, la alao experimenting along the same line, and saye that the means of seeing by wireless ai v e il When Talking to Friend* TELL THEM The Western American is one o f the n o it widely quoted newspapers among all the patriotic journals. THAT It circulates among thinking citiseiis and that it is s newspaper for TH INK ERS. THAT N o one but an Honest-to-Goodneas 100-Per-Cent American approves of our policy, hut THAT A ll Protestant Americana swear by us, “Sir** Joe Scott and hia toe-kissing friends, notwithstanding THAT W e want 100,000 more subscribers to offset P o litical Romanism. THAT The Western American is fast becoming a na tional publication o f distinction. THAT Our subscription price is only $2 the year and THAT Our address is 408 Pittock Block, Portland, Ora. Woodlaws 4M* I>iety, to obey and uphold the law and Constitution o f our coun- Phone SUnset 2723 4*07 Fester Read try, is necessary. N o people should be as proud o f their heritage, their tradi Mention T h « W ««tarn American when tions and forltears as Am erica's Native Sons. Why? Because in buying at our aturo and watch us «m il« their veins run the Courage o f the Pilgrims, the Bravery o f Boone, The Blue Front Grocery and the Wisdom o f Washington, the Sagacity o f Franklin, the Nobility Market . j o f Lincoln and I.ee. Surely the blood o f kings and potentates W. B. W OLCOTT. could be no more royal— no lineage more noble. The Knights of 4S2 East Bnrn.Me Cornar Beat Eighth St. the R u K ,ux K la n dei,ir e th a t th ig blood be not polluted, but kept MAYOR REFUSES Ï0 ACCEPT BIG OFFER Wonders Never Cease r- the mud. The Knighta o f The Ku Klux Klan respect other flags but C A. NO R W O O D bow to none but Old Glory and pledge themselves to see that it Stcyalaa and Suppose Flailing Tackle always shall float supreme, conscious o f the fact that devotion to . ^ r ^ g ' ,ff,,,r'‘ Wl" ' Pur<* as a sacred heritage and thereby forge on to the front and Tha effartlrnnaaa of tha work of At ibe ‘reseat meeting at n.itim orr take its place at the pinnacle o f all nation* of the world, where tbla «acrat and patriotic organiaaijon j i t waa planned to doubt« the m»mb-r. purity, Christianity, peace and prosperity reign supreme. This is 1« hampered In It« affacllvanaaa by the ■hip of the Klan in Maryland and une o f the ultimate desires o f the Knights o f The Ku Klux Klan. lifting of th« vl»or and tba revela Delaware d u rin g the com ing thru W e now are the moat envied o f all nation«. We are looked tion of Identity. Tha anemia« of tha moniha. upon u« a Utopia by the poor, oppressed and discontented o f other Knight« of the Ku Klux Klan want lands, and to America they come and suck from her bosom her nothing batter than to have tba Iden riches and at the same time maintaiq allegiance to their own na tity of Ita member* positively known an that they may plan thalr aaaaulta tion. America ha« become more and more a melting pot, and her definitely and Individually. All thalr native-born in many sections are being pushed into' the back effort« are to tbla end. ground by the flood o f foreigners, most o f whom retain allegiance Ily railalng your vlaor aa a Klnn«man to a foreign flag. you are acting unfairly to your fallow The Knights o f the Ku Klux Klan do not feel that it was for Klanaman. The enemy la organlaed. Public Auditorium Needed the refuse population o f other lands that the Pilgrim Fathers watchful, resourceful and Intelligent. but Klan’s Building Plan One« you are known aa a Klanaman worked and suffered to transfonn a stern and rockliound coast la Rejected. your friend« and aaaoclataa are uodar into a civilized country, where men might have a right to worship auaptrlonQare marked down for boy God in their own way. cott or woraa If for no other reaaon Western American Bureau. The Knights o f the Ku Klux Klan do not feel that it wqs for than thta. guard your memberahlp with L IT T L E HOCK, Ark!, June 7.— Mere- these that our forefathers overthrew foreign oppression in 1776, care. Thouaanda of Klanaman atanil ready bars Of the dty council here have d«- but feel that they suffered in the ice and snow of Valley Fogge of court« tt*»Vtell tba world they are elded to report unfavorably on the that we, her native-born, might secure political independence, so- member« and proud-of It.“ Mut they o ffe r o f the Little Rock Klan to erect c ja j security, happiness and the improvement and progress of are Klanaman for a definite purpoae • public auditorium In tha city park, our race. ~ » — harauae they have apaclal work to do. I f they reveal thalr Identity thplr effort« for Amerlranlara. tha ««tabllah- mant of batter moral«, tbq enforce ment of law« through properly con- aiItuted authorltle«, ara handicapped from tba vary beginning. They Navar Know. Tha wrongdoer at preaent navar knowa wh«g tha aya or a Klanaman la npoo-t)lm. *“ Men In high public office who are remlaa In the trait Imposed upon them ara at preaant unable to tall from which direction or at what hour action may come In the cauae'of batter gov- ernment. To «sp ot« your Identity „ a Klana man lessens your ability to perform constructive work for your country and your community. Ta divulge tha memberahlp of a fallow Klanaman Is nothing but the basest treason and under KJan law la punishable aa such. — I M P E R I A L NIGHT-HAWK. May SO. •4 A M E R IC A . Best Quality Tremont Bakery &8S3 Seventy-fiecond SL 9. E. The Knights o f The Ku Klux Klan know that it was for us, ________ Portland. Pragma________ their descendants, native-born Americans, that our noble sires Phone EAst «144 worked, struggled and fought, and it is and always will be the GEORGE W E T LE earnest endeavor o f the Knights o f the Ku Klux Klan to preserve Repairing «1 Ante Radiators this great Nation fo r its native-born through Christ Jesus, our a Specialty All W ork ttuarantoed Criterion o f Character. FENDERS, T A N K S , SODIES Acetylene Welding T h e native-born American is the salt of the earth— and the Portland, Oregon «54 Hawthorne Ava tanks o f The Ku Klux Klan are open only to men born in the Corner»th United States. _____________ There should be a revival o f the true American spirit that made o u t country great and it is the aim and ambition o f the Knights o f The Ku Klux Klan to play a leading part in the build ing up o f this spirit— not only in its own legions, but among the whole American people. The' Knighta o f The Ku Klux Klan stand fo r “America First”— fitst in thought, first in affection, and first in the Galaxy 0 f Nations. Hall Orders Giran Prompt Attsatten RUGGLES, M erchant Tailoring Cleaning, Pressing, A iterati« ns Gents’ Salts Cleaned and Free sed, I L K Hain 2M8 No Job too Small N o Job too Largo R. H. R A N D O L P H C O NTR ACTO R — G E N E R A L JOBBING PUns end Specification« FurnUhed HOW FHEY CONTROL DAILY NEWSPAPERS • ________ Chance Never Lost by Cath olics to Plant Their Men on the Press. i „ the Apr1i |,*u, of ,he New Age M B|ne there wa, artlcle wlth _ the tU1*' Cathollc,,,m and 0‘ * Pre,s' whc,h baa **H*d forth from some of 1 our readers letters that prove the truth of the statements made therein, We quote from one of them: Anent an article In the April New Age. I feel constrained to add my per- Jesss Christ Is the k la asman’« cri sonal experience and observation terion of character and to Him we Catholicism and the Press. I am absolutely convinced that the look for IlghL love and l#k TERMINAL Grocery Phone Main OMO ...Union Shop T h « SL Charles Hotel BARBER SHOP Ed. Moore, Prop. . 165 Front gt., Bet. MorrUon and YamtalU i ___ ________ Portland, Ora. M O R G A N & K A IN Dealers In Goodyear Tires and Tubes vrL C A M Z IK G AND RETRHADI5G Company Moving, Packing and Shipping Karaite™ and Plane Moving a Specialty 106 Fourteenth SL Portland, Ore. Open Until Midnight Every Day in the Year R A Y BELLAM Y GENERAL INSURANCE L ife -4- Accident — Auto 7lp Conch Building F R E D E R IC K W . O T T O REAL ESTATE— INSURANCE V V/z North Seventh St 8 «salde, Oregon Quinns Auto Machine Shop Cylinder« bored 13 50 each ta moat car« WITHOUT REMOVING 14S E. Kllllngsworth Ave. N eer Albín* 100 P «r Cent Bervlca — Day or N ight J. A. CORNES GROCERIES Fruita and Produce In Season «7S1 Fester Read Sold Everywhere The Gem Waffle House Between Second and Third Groceries. Frnlt, Vegetables, Dairy and Bakery Goods, and Cured Meats. Rea. Tabor 1M7—O fflco Beacon 552* Grandma’s Cakes and Cookies 247 Alder 148 Second Street Between Morrison nnd Alder Qaa, O lle, T i r o » and 204 E. Fiqiath S t_________Tabor 464* The spirit o f Americanism as set'up by our forefathers must AU K ind« o f T ire *—W o Onarantoo All our Work be preserved and cherished and kept forever alive by the burning Baggage, Plane and Furniture Moving £54 E. Burntld# St. Nftftr E. 2tth tt. Special Tripe Made Any Place intensity o f patriotism and Christian manhood. To preserve this SUNSET 1030 spirit in all its purity, integrity and perfection, the Knights of •Sth and Foster Portland. Ortgon Bsacon 17*4 Road R ««. Walnut 1 3 « The Ku Klux Klan provide a rallying point, a guiding hand and Shipley Transfer & Storage ft 8,n ,e a im f o r a „ tru e Americans, Roman Catholic Church has a system for getting ss msny ss possible of Its adhersnU Into the n-wspapers. This system seems to he alw ays alert. Re cently we had a vacancy on onr staff. The fact waa little .known outside our office, and of course there are some Catholics working for our organisa tion. Almost before we had time to get in touch with anyone, we com menced to receive applications from Catholics for the position of reporter. Some of them were at home, but meet of them came from other cltlqa by letter. We usually take pains to In vestigate before we hire, aa to the general qualifications wltlont respect to religion, but I have had some ex periences of. a vary unsatlbtectory nature with Catholic reporters and generally find a way to learn the af filiations of an applicant D oox U h ft Dong] Service Station 21c GAS ’ Hawse te F eritesi TEN TEARS O f BÜSCHEM In Y oar H o a r o f N eed Wal. 2SU Old Line Life Inaurano« American Central Life Insurance Co. L. W . Koolar ! P. O. Bo» 106 n e d r ift e d Waffle Soaalde, Ore. Snook ft Whealdon