WESTERN
Twenty Thousand
end Spectacular Out-
Local Cere—owial.
Fifteen thousand Knights o f the Ku
KUix Klan and about 5000 spectators
A ME R I C A N
JObiwrdijrjjJtm
three weeks in St. M«ry,jb4Ho»pl*»l,
Can glee U m
recovering front- injuries received in
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BEST OF CARE
a drunken brawl with Al Kauffman
, ltR)Uw| numb#r of
a 1mm tir y wagon driver, who beat ana
Invalid*
m d I c
k
Invalida or
or rldarlv
elderly d
people
kicked the ex-shcriff in a merciless |
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manner.
Bet. 15th and Uth Sts. Bellwood
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Eye-witnesses said Kelson "got
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nntlWQRfl
ft a« » »
what was coming to hits" for insolent |,
misconduct There were no arrests^
Phone Main HU
The brawl occurred it Martin C o s -1
tello’s booze-joint, known as the
F.
E. BOGARD
Green Front, MS A llot street.
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Having recovered sufficiently, Nel
son again it re sum in* activities in AN Klnea of Fresh snS galt Fleh an*
__ Poultry. Veur Patronage eolici tee
Po l" ic*' « V y '" * f* vor w,th n « tesone, Near Yamhill, Partearte, Ore.
his friends, the wets fitd underworld
elements; He attend« every booae
trial in the juatico court, accompa
nied by his tillikum. Attorney R. Dr Oregon Battery Company
i ampbell. w ho is reported to hare the
T ien e l i t i N t t
support o f the underworld and the
promise o f plenty o f money for a cam M Groad Ava
l'iirtlaad, Oregea
paign to make Astoria again safe for
the wets.
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Attorney Campbell was fired un
ceremoniously aut of the Astoria DR. WILLIAM R. VETTER
Klaa during the Nelson recall fight
DENTIST
for daring opsnly to support CHo Nol-
soa aad to oppoao the recall. Ha was SOS D sk u a i B uilding
Portland, Orcgcn
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lha oaly maw out of many hundreds O fR ca n ttd w y . «U S
who assumed this attitude.
Sheriff Slasher is riiforcing the
Here We A n
laws without fear or favor. He is
being coihplimehted throughout his BEAVER ELECTRIC CO.
home county and the entire state, for
“ BLBfITRH’IAN ST
his fearless and efficient clean-up
Fhone BAst Olili
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work. His official and private con- * 1M Ornad A m . CUlsaaa IMak BUM
duc.tds ahoTe reproach and the,office
Portland, » mean
has been elevated to a higher plane.
Raw TA be
The best, citizens of Clatsop county UAIn USO
are declaring that nerrr again witf the
DR. H. A. HUFFMAN
people there stand for a 's h e r iff of
DENTIST -V
the Nelson type.
Otnee Hours.- tlSS m II ¡ I to «
attended a magnificent outdoor initia-
I tion ccreinomai staged by Portland
m»m- Klan No. 1 upou the lofty summit o f
Board, scenic Mount Scott Monday night,
-•tsrdajf, June 11. The mobilieation followed
aaeif to promptly and without the slightest
efficient confusion an official call from the
e, proving j Exalted Cyclops andean unobtrusive
•e lawmaker notice in The Western American.
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in automobiles. A half mile distant
k, I have con-
(from the Station o f the Cross, the
-andidau
As a,
first ghostly picket qnietly gave each
•eavor to conserve
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person directions where to go and
the public pays for
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what to do to present confusion.
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.d as one deeply inter-
Other pickets on the road, at strategic
jb lic school system, win
places, repeated the orders aftd gave
timesj for it* best inter-
further-— directions.
Automobiles—
. these reasons I ask. the sup-
thousands o f them—were kept 25 feet
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i ttfc voters.”
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apart to prevent accident. The mobil-
Mr. Woodworth’s Fiaa Tribute
C A. W oodworth, who previously
was like an army on the march, in
" - ; had anuouoe,ed his candidacy'-lor this L
permet nrrtrr. . , , ■
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; i. j I office, w-ithdzew
, 'to
, favor of T . U i l t r L U n d e r the Fiery Cross
the \ortho-w.bsuA.ÍM£vdkJUw only by repu-1
Upon the summit flamed a huge
.«.asidn and tation. and issued the folls>wiug state- ...
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At the
. peatcdly inter-1 m cnt: *
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. sound
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applause, not only ‘ - l believe-that Colonel North an d!
‘ hc whtte-rol.ed
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. Klansmen fell into line in front o f thc
OKN«R A L PRACTICK
ismen themselves, but mvselt would appeal to a great extent
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___j temple, form ing a circle a block long
Do you want to recall Pier«#?
ue thousands
o “ f spectators to the same class o f voters. O u r1
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upon the greensward, with every offi-
, . aed about the outside.
. business experience has been some-
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There were at least 25.000 spectators I what along' the same lines and if l i . and attendant-at hn props'r sta-
BOZLEE A CARVER
tion. The ritualistic ceremonies were
from Washington and Baltimore and remained to the race, considering that
TIKE MERCHANTS
conducted by the Exalted Cyclops and
the surrounding country.
Colonel North has a more intimate
his staff. After a brief speech by
VULCANISING
The Hcarst newspapers, continuing contact with public business pertinent
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' Exalted Cyclops W ilson o f Tillamook
their usual dirty tactics, .printed tjie to school affairs, I would simply be
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BBodAway 87 M
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, _ . • Klan and a few remarks by other off»-
following morning a partial list of moved by seltisli and personal ambi-
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cers, the ceremonies began, cutminat-
automobiles bearing district o f Co tion.
ing. in the advance o f the great class
lumbia license plates, with the names
"T o o often the voting public has
o f applicants for admission, all o f A w f u l C r i:
o f the owners, or persons in whose been confused by a multiplicity of
whom were made Klansmen.
names the cars were registered. candidates, who to major matters had
Klavern Uncovered by
A. E. PETERS, Prop.
A ‘delegation o f the Royal Riders of
Snoopers were busy aU during the the same desirability, and therefore I
Bright
Scribes.
the Red Robe, in full regalia, in bril
SSA Stark Straat
ceremony taking the numbers.
am pleased to withdraw from the
liant contrast with the white-rohed
There is a rising tide o f sentiment 'race in Colonel North’s favor.”
Between Park a a « Want
Klansmen. guarded the portals to the
here against the Hcarst papers, which
WASHINGTON, D. C , June
Sacred
Circle,
and
at
the
conclusion
shortly will probably resolve itself
of the ceremonies were given a royal The Ku KIux Klan Joes do such awful
into a systematic boycott of the yel
ovation. This wa* an im pressive,fea tilings.______
low sheet.
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First, it tarre« aud leathered al
ture. indeed* The knightly figures o f
L. B. H obeon
the Royal Riders, robed in red from most everybody to the nation.
ONE BRIGHT SPOT
Then it did a lot of damage out in
17SS
head to foot, each wearing a tong
IN ASTORIA TOWN
sword, guarding the Klansmen at California.
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Next it killed ajcltole flock of folks
jhtupicipal Auditor Ira G. Nelson, o f
their devotions, seemed« like, the he
d o w n in L ou jsiau ,
MEATS, FISH AND
roic Crusaders o f tod. Born in for
eign Igmid, they- ifd d ..p lld n a n i* «dp r Tken it jus£ Mawd li.|l pcnciuliy
a POULTRY
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oftfr one c o untry — t n o r ’ Own dear most everyu-hW SP^
Now,
up
in
New
York
state,
it
has
Two Dellrarleg a Day
the handling of aU duties. Hi* s devo
devo-J
Scene in Californie.
America—and they join with the
1 0:3 0 A. M. aad 1 :3 « P. M.
tion to h?s w ork as a servant of the"f
Klansmen as brothers, equal in all piled on the straw that broke the
people has evoked general plaudits.
adits, j
rights and comrades in the same great camel’s back.
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FRESNO, Cal.. June 14,-O nc o f the Cause.
It held! a Klavern I
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Notwithstanding Mr. Nelson’s emi-
Can you believe it?
«Ftil,
n fy kit ofH rn l bpaduwa« most unique Klan ceremonials ever
At .tbc-yfinclusicui, o f the ceremonies
KtȒ!ss% enmuro
Sui^i a crime is almost unbelievable,
demanded recently by the Autocrat of held in .the history of the ofd er'w a s the Exalted Cyclops suddenly ac-
EBBDS — K L M
All the Astorians, bur as yet the staged here recently when 100 can laimed the Royal Riders, which was but when actual facts stare you in
Trae# — Eat«*
didates were naturalized 7100 feet the signal for an impressive trihnte. the face, what else can you do but
ukase is disregarded.
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Mr. Nelson is a «stickler for law- 1 above the sea level in the midst o f the | R etw ; in|r thf. Vatote.' the red-robed ¡bclicvc' cspeeijlfy when this is
Riders fell into line o f twos and charged by thd New York W orld?
enforcement. For exam ple: He ac rugged Sierra mountains.
The W orld’s Klan expert Went out
The ceremonial *as held at n.ght marche<1 ake JtateIy greBadicr, acro„
cepted the rsignation o f an alien who
was employed as an assistant in his and two crosses were stsed. One of thc - ¡ rcle> past the altar and out of the other night and mixed in and
with the crowd and came back
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office. This was done in compliance them was 30 feet high and another 40 the re nclosure thr0UKh deep lines o f around
with the new state law. which pro feet high was placed on a peak over-1 Klan5men. amid vociferous and con- and ma(le the startling revelation in
hibits the employment o f aliens in looking the surrounding country and ' tjnuocs applausc. „ w aj a heartfcIt his paper.
I An otfense against Rome is almost
tribute to a splendid body o f men
that capacity. The Municipal Auto was visible for miles.
As the beautiful wbrds of the bene-
A j the mu]titudc began to disperse.! not *° 6c tolerate«; a few inurijcrs or
crat* immediately ordered the rein
and Pet Foods and
statement of this employe and en diction “ Enter thou into, the Empire 5tartin{r homeward, the military disci- ^ JO can ,iC overlooked between friends
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forced his demand through pressure Invisible and repose thy sonl in p e r -jpf1ne o{ fhe Klansmen was d e m o n -'and countless tar-and-fcather parties
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raquoat. T rad» with a 100% Baad
petual peace” were said, a thick, gentle 5trated- The thousands of au tom o-! can bc dismissed with the adage that
upon the City Commission.
atora
fall o f snow began to softly filter biles and pedestrians were mingled in Boys just will be boys.’* ~
down as if heaven, too. had pro one vast mass, but there was no con
But to hold a Klavern is awful.
nounced its benediction on the scene. fusion. A Klansrran gavtf authorita- j
» * ( “ '• and those unspeakable
After the ceremonial, a ! anquet was tive directions at every strategic j Kla,limen in New Y ork state who did
served at a hote lnearby and when it point, and in a few moments the lo n g ! '1 »hoo,d
P ';"1»b ' d ^ ,houi|
was over there were nine inches -of cavalcade was. started down the hill. and no doubt thc Klcagfc will take a
snow on the ground.
The pickets kept the cars 25 feet vacation at once. Maybe the Goblin
fapart and divided the throngs through will get in on it, too.
HAVING GREAI TIME
IN OLD YORK STATE
of Holding a ;N e w S t r a n d H o t e l
100 NATURALIZED '
ABOVE THE CLOUDS
White Meat Market
COL. NORTH IDEAL
(Continued from P age 1)
DnVC
avenues #1 exit. It was an ex -
D U Y 3 ; Jmp|t o f perfect mar,haling.w ithout
Funeral Director» and Embaimer*
8ERVI0E TO A L L "
•t EQUAL
nation, its prestige and glory. Deeply •
No. 1 First Growth FIB rod P\E
to his regret he was not accepted for
M ajor Luther I. Powell, acting upon ! an accident o f any kind or unpleasant
WOOD Delivered from My
overseas service, but was commis
Own Camp
ideas frequently advocated ’ in The 1 incident.
sioned to reorganize the National | Western American and upon resolu -; tt lSJMt K la m m e n m o b iliz e in this
Hauling of All Kinds, AaywtMTo
Guard, with the rank o f Colonel. He
tions adopted by Portland Klan No. " • * " « » . w*‘ h«ut special effort to aa-
did this important work with won
I. ha* issued an Imperial P roclam a-1 “ "h * « « ' “ * nuosbers, and without
derful efficiency, winning many en
, Robertson Fuel Co.
tion o f the establishment o f the Na- Fublicity, what would happen if, on
comiums from the War Department.
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tional
Junior
Order
KNIGHTS
OF
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Catholic
Governor
of
Maine
At the conclusion o f the war he THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE, o f which Dragon o f the Realm should proclaim
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turned the Guard back to the former
Is the Storm Center of
he signs himself as Generalissimo. *
*he Klaos o f Oregon to
officers and went on the reserve list,
The new order is incorporated under r*Uy »round the Flag at a certain
Patrioti? Wrath.
ready at any time for another call.
the laws o f the state of Washington, t*™* » " d place? It would mean the
L. HKYE8 and C. HEYEE, Mara
Member of Fraternities
M ajor Powell authorized the publica- ‘•“ •«h mobilization o f an army o f good
Colonel North is a member o f all tion o f The Ideals o f the Junior Americans, moving in unison and par-
Pioneer Fi«k Co. ,
AUGUSTA. Maine, June 14.—Low-
branches of thc Masonic Fraternity, Order. which embody the Klan prin- fect o ri»r.
Wholesale and fiatali
jering the United State* flag at half
SOS Yamhill Btreat
and is a member o f the Odd Fellows, ciples, bftt detailed publicity cannot he ! What would happen if a similar c a ll' mast because bis pet dog bad died
Portland, Ore.
Elks, W oodmen of the W orld, Mod- j given in The Western American until
'»»“ *«• by the Supreme Imperial j brought down thc wrath o f all patri-
HniP A SALMON EAST
erri Woodmen, Royal Arcanum, Port Mr. Gifford, the Imperial Represcnta- Kleagle for mobilization o f all the (d ie bodies on Governor Pcrcival liax-
land Chamber o f Commerce and many tivc, shall have given the requisite K*»ns upon a national scale? This iter, who wa- elected on the Catholic
local clubs. He and Mrs. North have authority.
would develop, with a speed and ticket fast S' plLjnber.
an interesting family ’ of*Jhrce young
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skill that would astonish the world, a
Baxter, at thc time o f his election,
Phone Broadway 1«M
sons and a daughter, residing at 181 KLAN BUILDS FINE
7 grand army o f devoted patriots, aura- j was . exceedingly, bitter against thc
Fifty-third street.
H O M E FOR ORPHANS boring millions, ready to make any|Ku KIux Klan, although he himself
Asked for a statement o f his can
HOPE COTTAGE, a splendid home »aertfice in defense o f the Nation and is Protestant, lie went to especial
didacy, Colonel North pledged himself for orphane children, costing $75,000, with a heart for any fata. This is the pains to go over the state anil bitterly
to the welfare of the public schools, has been completed by Dallas Klan, mission and tha meaning of the Klan,condemn the organization and in re-j
recognizing them as thc most import- N o. CO. Realm o f Texas, and will be; —hare Yesterday, Today and Forever lurn received the full backing o f the
ant o f American institutions of lib- opened at Dallas in the next few —non silba sed anthar.
Catholic organization
in
Boston,
erty. "Every dollar o f the taxpayers’ weeks.
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and
which controls the Catholic vote of
IL L Christenson, Prop.
money should be expended efficien t-; oth ir ‘officers will attend the dedica- OLE NELSON ACTIVE,
the New England »tate*.
ly, he said, “ with school business, tion.
A F T E R C O O D R F A T IN f'
condncted with the same economy a-
Hope Cottage will fiem-e 100 orphan
NEW YORK, June 14.—A headline
is given to the best regurated private, babies.
It is a modern fire-proof
Ole Nelson, ex-sheriff o f Clatsop | in the Evening Mail says: “ Georges
b usiness.
struct ore. Strictly ik y * to «Bit
It county, who was kicked out o f o ffice I Ctemcnccau Arrives.
Ruined Nine
3 North Third Street
"Because o f my familiarity w ith' adjoins the great hospital for the caie by rcrall on August 11, 1022. havin
Putnam's floirn "^ I-°*i o f
Near Ankony -
buildings and their construction, and j of crippled children
now
being erected
been defeated and his political m a- folks wondered what the old Tiger
business natters in general.” the by thc Shriners.
chine smashed by-SheftfT Harley J. had been doing untTiTtthey found out
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Colonel added, “ voters o f District No. j Hope Cottage will lie
formally Slnsher, is OB the Astoria streets'that was the name, o f a dog jusj ar-
Portland, Oregon
1 have suggested that I possess the turned over to the city of Dallas as again hobnobbing with the Astoria , rived to he mascot fo(51|)« Princeton
qualifications of a Director, and as a philanthropic gift.
street bootleggers, after passing a b ou t1 football team.
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N. W. Bank Building
W. M. JACKSON, President
Portland, Oregon
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