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Thuradny, June 14, 1923 WOMEN OF THE K.K. ORGANIZE AT LAST ON NATIONAL PLAN TH E WE S T E R N AMERICAN dragons and members o f the klon cilium are Shriller*./ Greetings Irons Mr. Gifford The idvice of Mr. Gifford, who has supreme charge of all Klan affairs west o f the Rocky Mountains, will be followed in thr promotion of the Women o f the Ku Kin* Klan. There Lasker o f Shipping Boot'd have been many rmqor* xml asser- Now Showing the Peo lions, mostly overdrawn or false, to which no attention should be paid ple W ho’s Who. No .official announcement will he made except by Mr. Gifford. *• Mr. G ifford requested your corre (Western American Bureau) spondent to extend for him to the WASHINGTON, D. C . June 14-- “ LOTIES" his cordial and respectful Considerable agitation has been greeting* ami to assure them. In his caused here in past two or three days name, that they will form a powrrful by articles appearing in the New part of th« sew national organiaa-1 York W orld revealing the fact that lion—the gr< alest order composed of Albert D. Lasker, Jew chairman of women in America or the wyrld. * the United States Shipping Board is HIGH ROLLING JEW MAKIHGMONEY FLY form«. «0 and th« Myall« ->nrm«rs. If the Klan bolds sta meetings in the dead o f night. do the Elk*. If the Klan conducts its business in secret so do aB the college Greek let ter fraternltiet'ind the Department of State. Imperial Wizard Anatre -If the Klan holds Idiotic parades in GOODYEAK SERVICI STATUIR Quel len Tkat U Often the public streets, ,o do the police, , ««t " . . . . . letter carriers and the firemen. Heard Nowaday*. NINTH ana OAK — TWO STORKS — I SIOHTH and COUCH If the Klan'» officers bear ridicts- Beware o f “ The Kamelia," lous names, so do the officers o f lilt PORTLAND, OMgOI (Western American Bureau) Lambs' Club. Under Ban o f the If the Klan Mrs the mailt for shak WASHINGTON, D. C . June 1 4 .- Organization. ing down tuckers, to does the Red "WII1 the Klan endearor to organise Cross. |Of extend Into Canada?” it a question If the Klan constitutes itself a cen put to Imperial Wizard Erant in sor o f private morals, to does the Washington during the Shrine con Con greys o f the United States. vention. ■ ’ If the Klan lynches a Moor for “That’s foolish," commented the Largest Union o f Women in spending more than $1,000,000 in . a raping someone's daughter, so would wizard smilingly. "The Klan it Amer , .- junket to Europe on the giant liner, 7.00. or I. ican, not British, Or Canadian. !f the America Becked by the Wa Be AB kinds ef Altera llama, Clean lag aad r~ i i ~ * f Leviathan, Canadians want a Klan, or feel they Ku Klux Klan. The trip is to be made at the full need one aa we da, they arc perfectly Pheae Us Breadway M41 , expense of the government and enter at liberty to form one o f their own. tainment aboard the liner will be W e have no business ia Canada, Tire h*adqwart*r* ml tke W e a e a ml S. E. Corner Sixth and Pine Portland, Ore. lavish. Every »tale room and cabin Cuba, Rome ot England and do not Ike Ku K lui K l a n . la whit h ike Ladle* will be filled by a specially prepared propose to go there." ml Ike tnvUihl* Empire kaa been and selected guest list, picked by m*rg*«l, It el 407 Pillock block, Perl- Rank end File o f Shriners Lasker himself. Most of the guests, it has heen revealed, hail from Illi I«"*, la c h a rt* e l Mr*. Meykelle Do Not Approve o f Such A. R. Woodworth nois, where Lasker is to be a candi Iuue o f Religious Freedom Jelle, Ike Mother Ceaaeeler, until an aad nos. priesa »Sc to He per yard N o our U n-W tavha In fina ab oar am- Capers, However. Paper hanging, painting and tinting. tarlai for Baby Dramas. 4« tachas wtda aad flnlsaed Ilka Urna, pries Me te date for the United States Senate at Reioed by AaMaaination official announcement by Fred L. • c per yaan—Wa pay «1 postag e P ive us a triti sedar. Wall paper and paint. the coming election. G ifford ef any change. o f Cardinal. Trying lo Mako Amend« (W estern American Bureau) IMlwaad M74 The W orld's revelations, it is sup • ■ . --------- - -4G • WASHINGTON, D. C , June 1 4 .- (W ritern American Bureau.) Za-Ga-Z.ig Temple o f the Mystic posed. are being made to offset in a (Western American Bureau) C. T H 0 U S Z R c . TH 0B E SE B P WASHINGTON, 1». C , June 14.— Shrine occupied ( arroll Hall, official manner part o f the damage it did it MADRID, Spain. June 14.—The re Deci»n.n to organire the "W om en of home o f the Knights of Columbus, self by its unwarranted attack on the cent assassination of Cardinal Sotde- 1 © the Ku Kltix Klan" to include, I’ rot.- during its stay in Washington, and Ku Klux Klan two years ago. A number o f Congressmen have ex villa y Romero, archbishop of Sara citxu.1 women’» o r p o iM lie U over fratrrm /cd quite freely with the black gossa. emphasizes the fact that Rome the country, except the Kamclii, wat robed and hooded Knights of Rome. ; pressed themselves quite vigorously it losing her hold on temporal do over I-askrr’s prodigal spending of the reached.by the im|>erigl kloncINunt of -T h e Caseys gave the Dei Moines minion and world power. Spain is the the Knighti of the Ku Klux Klan al outfit a reception where the members public money, and while under the one nation that the world believes the present laws there can be no check lit rim ing session la>t night at the met all sorts of priests and others Catholic church has a strangle hold who are working assiduously for «hr. put on his expenditures. Congress will W illard Hotel. on, but recent developments give "1 he Kamelia," which wa* Hrickcn downfall R$ Masonry and other Speedily take measure to prevent a rise to speenlation at to whether this repetition, when it meets in December. from the lilt of «tit lenet to hr taken branches ©t Protestant i»m. 1« return. citadel o f Popery, too, is not weaken Joyrid* Dooouocod iulo , ihe nr»» ««rder, wa* recently Ihe Za-Ga-Zig band g av e,th r Cath ing. Senator Caraway, o f Aranksas, has olics a royal band concert, which was foniidrd by William Jmeph Simmons, The assassinated Cardinal had just added his emphatic voice to the de pn>m»lrr of the Klan,- and ha« been 'criticized quite freely as “ unholy," presented to the Spanish government the «object o f much controversy presumably, because the Pope bad nunciation . o f the million-dollar jo y demand that the Catholic church ride and sees in it a bit o f campaign not blessed it. within Klan ranks. continue to be recognized as the state R. E. Cerner Second and Considerable criticism attache* tt> ing on the part o f Lasker for the Sen- church in Spain. The klonriltum indorsed fully Ihe atorship at thr expense o f the Am eri Portland, Oregon the local temple. Almas, for accept adiniuistralion 61 Ur. II. W . Kvans, When the liberal party in' Spain can people. Thr Senator has called as Imperial W uard and planned a na ing Carroll Hall in the first place and on the President to put his foot down came into power, it promised t'b re tional rampaign for the enfurcemrnt lo Za-Ga-Zig for accepting it at all -J C. THOMSEN C. TH0RE8KR C. on the junket and keep the money in form the constitution, so recognizing in the second place. The rank and o f all law's on Ihe statute books and the Catholics, t o permit equality of file of Shriners here do not approve the treasury. •II constitutional amendments. * Every Senator and Congressman all religions. The aged Cardinal—he of the close communion established Meet in Atlanta June IS has been invited to make the trip at wat in the eightieth year—on behalf ~ A thorough invettigatiou o f ' the between the Shriners ami the Romans government expense, but led by Sen o f the church protested to Premier * charge« which havr bCen m sde in the -during the convention. ‘ ator W a ltjr 7. Edge, o f New Jersey, a Athucemas and Warned him that he prc«s against imperial officers of the large number of-them have declined. must uphold the present system in his Klan. it was announced, will be made refusing.-to be a party to such a prodi speech opening the new session o f the at a special meeting of the Kloncilium gal expenditure o f taxpayers’ money. Chamber-©! Deputies. in Atlanta June IV. No mention, was As a result o f this demand the re Indignation throughout the nation made, however, <>f the receivership ii rising rapidly and late in the week ligious freedom issue, which has been proceedings instituted by. • certain it is bcsnF predicted that lha trip Aoemawt for (jggra, ~ was suddenly element in Atlanta. These are char may not be made after all—that some raised again. Then on Monday, the -- i » - * acterised by Klan officials as having way will be found to call a halt on aged Cardinal's automobile was at no significance. Membership in the Mosquito such a lavish and unwarranted out tacked by a group of armed men. Headquarters of the new women's Cardinal Soldevilta and his chauffeur lay o f money. State Continues to Climb "CCV-i****»-» U-dl i.q. Koek. were killed and the cardinal’s secre Ark. It will be incorporated under Up, However. tary, a-priest, was severely wounded. the laws o f Arkansas. A meeting to EXPERT EMPLOYED organise the women will be held i (Western American Bureau) Estimated Furnished ON BUSINESS END TAbor rm or PHONE SELLWOOD 1089 | N EW YORK, June 14— The Span- within a few- days. ACME ELECTRIC CO. Several Orders United I i»h-American W ar veterans of New li WARttrNER. Proprietor Am ong the women's organisations Jersey and the Loyal Orcfcr of Moose Eleetrieal Contrae tors One o f the best circulation man Fixture*. Wiring and Supplias which were listed as being desirous i of that state have bitterly condemned agers in the West has accepted a p o ATI Work Guaranteed l«e% o f affiliating with the Women o f the the Ku Klux Klan "as a menace to sition with The W estern American 10*« Hawthorn* Aoe. Portland, Or*. THE LATEST Kn Klux Klan are the League of ,-thc American government" in resolu and will begin work on July 1. His ARE YOU BUYING YOUR MILK AND CREAM OUT Protestant* Women, the American tions adopted in separate meetings in first task will be to perfect and sys FROM THE RIGHT DAIRY? Scarf P i n a .................$1.00 W om en, the Puritan Daugtftrri o f Asliufy Park. tematize the circulation o f the paper ; E u t Side Van A Storage Co. B u tton s....................... 1.00 % The fight for the resolutions w as. to ice to it that every subscriber gets America, the 1-adirs of the Golden “ Oar Baila«** I* Moving" C u ff Links ..................1 50 Mask and the la d ies o f the Invisible made by the Jewish and Catholic elc- his paper on time, and to make effec Evenings .-all tas. Phon« TAhor U l« Raw and Pasteurized Ear Bings ................... 2.60 rumo an« Furnitur» Moving menta o f the two organisations, which ' tive in every way the rapidly grow Empire. Parking Crating and Storage MILK AND CREAM Rings ........................... 250 dominate both in New Jersey. The new orrfer. ir'svas emphasized, O ficie KB» H a w th o rn e A ve . ing HsL W e now have a family of 4 *' _ . •■*« * * *' 1 Single C h a rm ......... L00 Office M e n a T A b o r O tM B is known that in preparation for readers numbering normally more will in no svay be connected officially Double C h a rm .......... 1 5 0 W e deliver to both the with the Tut Tilux Klan. although it these two conventions, the Catholic*, than forty thousand, and errors in Laveliers and Chain. 2 50 through their priests, have been w ork handling so large a circulation with East and W est Sides will have its fullest support. m Prepaid to any address la . The kloncilium meeting was pre ing for weeks to bring all the Cath out expert assistance were inevitable % * the United States ceded by a conference of the grand olic men they could master who are and unavoidable. W e now have the J. A. LA K IN If bo , you shoald know tke difference : dragon* of every state in the union. eligible to either organiration, in t o 1 largest circulation o f any weekly jou r Sole Manufacturer Thr grand dragons also approved to the fold in order to pot over these nal in the Pacific Northwest and now between Operative and Speculative 106 Grand Avenue, Portland. Ora. . will push it to the first goal o f 100.00C Freemasonry. Tau should know when the fattest 4*tcnt the administration resolutions. Speculative or Symbolic Masonry be- 1 Klan officials' in Jersey regard the readers. o f Ur. Evans. » Please notify the editor gan; how It bsgan and where U he-' 925 Tacoma Are. AMES GROCERY Mag* o f the Klati leaders left two measure of very little consequence when yon don’t get your paper. ran: when and how It ennte to America and Us development; and a n d 1 Washington Sunday, although Dr. and they have caused but a very small Thursday is our publication day. * when It came to your Slate. You GROCERIES - MEATS - FRUITS Evans am( others wilt remain for the ripple o f comment. Such things do | WE SOLICIT BOTH WHOLESALE AND RETAIL VEGETABLES «hould know when, where and how Shrine convention in session here not connt. they say. Membership ¡tv- Scottish Rite Meeonry began, and Ita' this week. Ninety per cent o f the thr Mosquito state continues to climb. h lgfry . Tou should know tke dlffer- Phone Taker 8736 144« E. Glissa S t *aW between the York Rite and the dgpttlsh Rite. You should know about Columbia 'he Royal Arch degree, and Council Gardner Car* aatforl** degree, the High Priesthood and the Kntghta Templar. CRESTON GARAGE THE MASONIC HISTORY, published ' Qribbl* aro*. by Paat Grand Master George Thorn-! burgh, 33d degree Hon., will tell you j 80th Powell Sts. W rksr in SMART SET Asks til that and also the origin and history Phon* 8Un**t and 5SM Oartland. Or*. i f the Eastern Star, and of the Shrine. Some Pertinent Questions It tells about the Morgan excitement, Phon* Sun.st ITS» when a candidate ran for President on o f Our Critics. DR. L. R. PUGH *n Anti-Masonic ticket and almost l i t J. o . w o o l» *wept Freemasonry out of this coun Dentist try. It contains a biography ot George By GEORGE JEAN NATHAN ntrudnrtion hy Col. William Joseph Simmon*, O ffic e Boom « I and 1 L*ach Building Washington at a Mason, and Albert <7th and F**t*r Read In March "Smart Set.” Emperor Invisible. Empire Pike, so long the hand of the Scottish I-ay the tire and rim fist on its side. ,Oa4*h the hooks *of the Portland, Oregon Not a single solitary sound reason Rite. It tells of th* origin and pres Re*.: «Vit Tint & 2 Off-an-oa tool on one side of the rim. Hold the other hooks with the has yet been advanced for putting the ent status of Negro Lodges. No othsr Famous Klan Speeches Included Free right hand and turn the lever until they catch the of>|>osite side of the rim history contain« such a variety. The Ku Klux Klan out o f business. ■» When tke hooks are in position, loosen the i n joint slightly with pries la only $100, postpaid. “ W E ARE HERE” a screwdriver or hammer and turn the lever uadi the rim end* lap over If the Klan is against the Catholics •ach other about three inch«. By Colonel William Joseph Simmons so are the Masons. GROCERIES Always adjust tool by turning tevor so as to keep «crew threads of If the Klan the Jews, jo both clamp pieces same distance in pipe. <1< Twelfth Bt. N. W. “ FAMOUS ERIE SPEECH” are half of the hotels three Then lift out rim. The Off-an-on tool will hold the rim contracted WASHINGTON, D. C. 682 W. Lombard SL Empire I By Edward Young Clarke while you change tubes. quarters of the good clubs of the re To replace tha rim, turn the lever in the opposite direction until the public. ends of the threaded rods catch on the inaide of the rim. Force the rim “ AMERICA” If the Klan is against the foreign- Off lee Telephone t TAhor $882 nearly into place, then hit inside of rim with a hammer and they wil By Dr. Caleb A. Ridley born or hyphenated citizen, so is the snap together. Don’t try to foree the rim ends past each other without tapping them with a hammer, or you might spring yoar rim. National Institute o f Arts and Letters. The »econd edition of "AHK YOU A CITIZEN" is off the press. It Isn ’t necessary to have the tool exactly across the center of the If the Klan is against the negro, so Owing to the quantity printed, we are able to reduce the price to rim. It work*,better away from center, nearer to the split. L .X . McDCLIN. Manager are all the states south o f the Mason- sixty (CO) cents per copy. Price effective March 24. To put a s'pruag rim on a wheel, place the Off-an-on tool across the Dixon line. rim where it is sprung, force it into «bap*, remove hooks from the too Guitars, Roofs, Stacks and Flag Pole« The famous Klan speeches name-1 above are Included free with and .tart the riiu on the wheel. The tool will drop out as you shove If the Klan is for damnation and Cleaned, Painted and Repaired each copy of "ARK' YOU A CITIZEN?" the rim ou. persecution, so jia the Methodist Sheet Metal Work churf h. COLUMBIA MANUFACTURING CO. 77 East Sixty-fifth Street North If the Klan is bent upon political Manufacturer* Call TAbor 1883 control, so are the American Legion 706 ( ouch Building , Telej|S»e BEaron 5 3 « Furnace repairing and galvanlied Iron chlmnay extensions a specialty M A IN 1168 712 COBBBTT BUILDING, PORTLAND. OBBQOM and Tammany Hall. ‘ ., SEVERAL ORDERS UNITEO BLACK ROBED GANG AND MASONS UNITE ^ ^ H O T H IN G MAURO TIRE & REPAIR CO. E nglund & H en d erson TAILO RS ROME FAST LOSING “ GRIP UPON SPANISH New Swiss Good« at M aps'* a s Evas s? m ï s î MORGAN DRY GOODS STORE & Thoresen at the Bungalow Market J. H. Rankin Co. ROMANIST FACTIONS : DENOUNCING KLAN Tbe Particular Market for Partiadar People Furnishings J. H. Rankin Co. MILK A Yea a Freemason? W ILLSBURG D A IR Y WHY BLAME KLAN FOR M O M S ? Are You a Citizen? How to Use the 0ff-an-0n Tool The Klansman’s Guide is against good and J. L. SCHAFER Tin FELLOWSHIP FORUM The Bishop Chimney Sweep RAY BELLAMY, Distributor If the Klan wears grotesque uni- !fj - ir J 'j j - ' I l V * 3j| F_ W B . • ? ....... ■ "7 7 . - - ~ " ' '-,7 ^ H *’ r , j