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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1923)
Thursday, Juna 21, 1223 THE WESTERN AM ERICAN HOODLUM ELEMENT TAUGHT A LESSON IN A JERSEY CITY Old Homestead Baking Co. Th« Nicht flread for Nicht P m , i , U/h Drei* l r l aad O tl,*n }■■■ t, Phon« T i M r M i l VV. Z. flight Wood and C'Mtl Co. 110»KtiT tVLIiillTM ANO B E ASURE» Roman Mayor Halt* Parade, Whereupon (Clansman Raise Their Hoods. 183 T ,'O fp * Av*. Portland, < 2 lii tabur I U « IM I Hawlburtvr Hodge's Sweet Shop EVERY MIN STAYS IN UNI Th« H o rn « of S w e a t* WkotoooU ood Botoli Ceady Insults .to American Flag Rebuked by Citizens, W ho Acclaim the Klan. W hy J •' L a r « Klaeald’s I M M S B ich a * IT (Ml Bmuigkt 8 :20 A. * . . 4;C0 r . K . sise a . V. • :t0 A.JI. I : M P.H . lUlaler L o r d . Daily Loti fv rn n u m and P U m Mover O ffk e : 37» V. ftUrri«on, Cor. _ JAìfKs V. nona M 1C -7 » Manchaatar Partland, Oregon (JftilIS. I word of praise you would receive In reply. As to tbe advisability of public ownership. ' presuming you hare an open mind on Ike subject, ant going to aslc that you attend at least one of the Isctnren as indicated on tbe enclosed announcement, to be de livered by Mr. Carl D. Thompson, after whit'll t reel g llT V ou will be willing to udmlt that oil railroad workers are not dumphoots. Yours very truly. A M. ARNOLD.* Ili il K G A S O L IN E F IL LIN G S T A T IO N Chas. T. McPherson T M rtr-tS i,» aad M m I M im M PortUad. Orocoa ___■ _________ . d insurance Specialist P h on e Life — Fire — Accident Health^— Automobile Office t Pilone MAJn 6598 309 Yoon Building 1023 Belmont St. East 1128 E U R E K A PRINTING CO. Commercial and Job Printing IlMid 'Btf : ra o a c T Atwr SMB 1111 E. Caruthers Bt Jual prior to the atari oi the parade ore. Tbe K in s men, paying no lUten- Mayor Pilcher, a Mason, ordered the thin to tbe hoodlums, continued on Everyone Should Hear parade to atop unleaa the Klansmen their way with fotdod arm*. — Noted Lecturer on Subject Mayor Keel« f l m s retnovijd their masks. While the D & D RESTAURANT KL^N L Ì Y EM FOREVER. Throughout the tine of mnrrh the Mayor had no Irgal right to laeuo such of Vital Importance. WEST aud CASEY . an order, the Klahsmen, betnR alwaya Klan amen were a rested by cheer* nnd “Tile Spirit of the Ku Klux Klan tnw abiding. ratsrd thetr hood*, much appiano«, end thoee who Imitated the atilt Uvea, and should live a priceless Arknowlcdging receipt of the letter IS*. EAST TH TXTT.F,H ;nTII ST. to the aurprlae of "Mia Honor," and enake were tpw nnd far between An heritage lo be aacredly treasured by __________ _____________________ the Klansmen colored the high school given below. The Western American atond ready for the order to march. iii U M Aho love ihelr country, re- f>rpa^ f ralt and Vegetables a Specialty Thla unexpected move upaet the auditorium, tbe leverai thousand peo- heartily concedes that Mr. Raymond gariliesa of «notion. aud are proud of t pie aented there aroee and cheered jLonergan is a brilliant writer and a _ __ Mayor, who had thought to keep the its scored traditions. That this spirit P. W . B R A D FO R D Klansmen out of the parade by hla the Klan. which »»used Mayor PI leer fooil authority, as a rule, on economic ma.7 ,iy* alWa > , io warm the hearts QUALITY GROCERIES grandstand order to unmaak. but the. seated opon the atagf. to feel very subject«, hut that he la wrong, a i t » '¡ o f manly men. unify them by tho Mayor hail- another car^ up hla aleeve. > uocomfortalijo after hip a tte m p ilo wrooJ^ m his attack upon Gon- „pifU Q( |*w|^ klanKhucss to aaeungo , We Deliver He gave-orders‘to allow tbe first dt- * discriminale against a purely Amart- eraJ leopard Wood and In hts cam the billowing tide of fraternal allea- paign for government ownership of ktlon that surges lb human breasts, Vtatoii of the parado to etart. The can order. When the Mayor Issued hla iM l the railroads. "Labor," th* railroad and inspire them to achieve the high Klnn Vas not 1« thla first division hut waa lu a division led by a amali inJuuto Illegal order for the K Ian li j workers’ propaganda journal, boosting est and noblest to the defense of uur Hungry T curiste— body of Junior prdor men, a band and ra en to remove their masks, the for government ownership, Is excel- country, our homes, each other sgi! When travetlrg throuch Bastero u munii company of war Veterans Af Klescie in fpjurge was heard/to Set. lenity edited and admirable In 111 evt- ’ imm-.ulty, is the paramount ideal « • ! Oruooti. don't fati to visit Madras, those Who (Ud not wish to psAde and ter a half hoar w»U. the aecoud d i-,i 1 and dent sincerity and square-dealing, but' ihv Ku.ahU of Ihu Ku Klux Klan. _______ _____ _ Step oat id Its editor* and promoters themselves ' ~ vision waa allowed to start, but no, dlacloae Ihelr ________ Identity to K. BY f r » Farn« as Restaurant i. — W. J. Simmons. C vm v v M s ] Just WlgM sooinjc had stalled Ao move, than Nnv-.j Uur..r.durtt lo Jim ball *»d rerapve are deceived os to the merits of pub- --------- ¡¡¡¡J----—— ------ - . i ral polk- men on'hntitorrjrcUh fined their r*galia.v Not one man left the lie ownership of the railroads. | 1" ! nnapoti*. fnd.. Klansmen have up In front of tho parade end d«-- line but so. olte body the Klan «men In a cloee-up study of conditions in treated their home city to a civic bath. mand-d Ip aes the permit, staling lhat , ralaed» ihelr masks and stepped for- Russia . during the world war. th e' » " W R a t o r a employed by the Klan L S Bobinaon. Prop. the Junior Order parade had gone and j ward, showing lhat under the white writer loarned from General Lorn on have turned' over to tho police aad Alberta Tira Repair Shop this waa a separate parade’ and that robe and hood were many of the VULCANIZING oaaojf (the MeAdoo of the old reglqiel federal officers the names of a Jorge no permit had been’ laaued. Thla waa city’« leading citlaons and business Dumber of booUeggers, proprietors N ew and Caed T ire» nnd other railroad managers that the plainly an attempt Id annoy tho men— men of high social standing In of immoral resorts and professional All Work Guaranteed cause of the Terror and the recurrent Klansmen and would have met with the city and itste, and men whose gamblers. Furthermore, they have 1033 Union Av«.. N. Portland, Ore. revolutions and famine, was the break success only for the stand taken by character Is, beyond reproach, backed up thejr Information with down of tho railroad system through th* Juniors in line, who claimed It the i Many remark« were heard along the sworn affidavits and actual evidence. the weakness aad Inefftclgncy of pub second division of the parade. line of march from the .thousands of A large number of arrevts have been . . . . „ men and women who viewed the lic ownership. General Lomonoaaotf made and most of the initial prosecu G O D EL BROS. parade. Tbs Ktanamen were com- and hla co-workers froaly predicted1 tions have resulted In convictions. After a little further delay, Ihs sec- ‘ mended for being undaunted, and the tbe same kind of disaster in the MEATS, GROCERIES ANO This campaigri relûtes the accusa VEGETABLES n"d division ones more got under way M, yor w„ condemned for hi*, unfair- Unltod Slates, if public ownership tion that the Klan takes the law Into 997 Belmont We Deliver only lo be stopped amiln by pollcfe- u„ . Ampr|r, n conduct. The wore attempted,1 for efficient rallrdhd [ Its own hands. in possible when men. who demanded that tho Klans- opposition and the disrespect from management mcn allow themselves lo be searched the hoodlums has caused the finest mixed with pol The experience MRS. L. E. KLETZINC KIWANIANS VISIT IMPERIAL tor weapons. Again the Klansmen type of men in Bloomfield to seek en of every county thal has tried It lx PALACE. Reliable Agent for A ll submitted to the law ami smiled, while trances to the Invisible Empire, that against pub ip. Thu InternalioAal Convention of Ki- the Irish policemen frisked them. NO freedom shall tg>l pariah from our However, he A dltor'vf The West- ‘ Magazines WRAPON8 WERE FOUND ON ANY land. orn American^ glaAy will Yiear the leo- wanie Club was hold in Atlanta. Ga.. Subscriptions Quarar.leed KI.ANHMAN, and tho parade once u. Cgrl D. Thompaon of during the last week In May and thou I 'hone Walnut 347« turo bj 14V« Oat man St. more got under way." There were 35,333 automobiles lost Chicago, respectful ear to sands of Klwanians were in tbe city. Thear delays,- caused by guljUc o ffl-1 In 182*. moat of thorn anawerlng to his “ me Klwanians number in their member s and Inspiration.” - T abor U44 cta1*j*d\oj>xcped«-«M^ the name of Dixie. _______________ He will 18 at 8 p. m., \n ship many of the leading business Central Dbrary hall; Jane <0, at 8 men of the nation. That there are Sunnyside Fuel Co. p. m.. at Jefferson High School; June 1 also a great many Klansmen In their Established 1304. Inc. 111! 21. st 2:80 p. m., at Central Library ranks was evidenced by tho visiting hall, and Jtme 21. 8 p. m . at Central Kfwanls delegates who visited the Im Long or Shert'Kood and Cool E. 36th and H aw thorn« A v «. Library ball, hla theme b.etng “ How to perial Palace. —IM P E R IA L NIGHT- meet local problems of public uttlf- HAWK. A 8K FOR tlea." Ha ha* a plan for a greater Green Hill Dairy Swindlers, reputed to have reaped city, and ror an equitable distribution millions through lake charity schemes Pasteurised of the coats and the benefits of pub Cream durlrg nnd aft6V the war. are pre lic utilities. Everyone should hear W hip Cream paring to stage a comeback, accord-' Butter Milk him and everyone is welcome. _______ lag to tho N'sw York district attorney. By Test One or tha Best Fred A . Armbruster Manager Grand Ave. and East Stark * Portland, Ore. Eleventh Street G arage C. W. PRIGGE, Proprietor Guaranteed Auto Repairing CORD aoxxti................... $12.00 3>x3fe........... ts.oo 31*4 21.00 32x4 ....... ...... . . . 2X00 33*4 ................... 23.30 I bene Tabor 2137 •W « ................ 34*41/*................ tMag m • • • i» m • 833 East Eleventh Mirrai -* =3n r j K T better Ml rw-r ftforo Y O t W O A lf by E aiftig adjustments ents i amtth it» *»•-* t overhauling done NOW. s We can givo you the price in ml vanee, i t you w&nt i t & THE LENTS GARAGE AXEL KlUI'AHL, Proprietor 8919 Foster Road Leather High For j Lower Columbia Hijjhway A • Auto SsrTÎce Station W E L C O M E FO R A L L ¡"fA b o r’’ and the part this publication I»? playing In Receiving the railroad ¡ ttAker. Rear In mind thy railroad I wofk'er la bcgluuing to think for Uirn- I sep. and It you wero to aak any craJts- ! man for hla opinion of "taibor." 1 ven ture the assertion that U would be Six Klpnamen Iron Bue.ygns Klan. a 8. Whitcomb, Mgr Roalm'qf Oblo, hill regalia noted m on a Karl « i t » aa pallbearer* a t jh e funeral of . Milo Portland Plumbing and R. Hayes, Boy Scout Com raids loner of Heating Co. Bucini*, last we^k. Tlruy bore (ho Ca«itract*r¿ casket to a.watting h*ar*o end at the Repair* Done on th* Day Order ad M7 Sandy Boulevard eatBdtary lowered It into lb* grave. *8*8 Qt. Portland, Or*. yoy Class belt Repairing tronble* consult . us Jobbers in all clueses of fabric belts ' PEERLESS B E LT R E PA IR F A C T O R Y 53 First Street OEO. 'W E E 8 H H O N S , Prop. Portlands Oregon THIEL A L L K IN D S O F su n set 3442 ••Brotherhood of Railway and Steam- ,ak‘!r* ,re ■ •"c,l,n« 8lms ,or 7410 Foster Road ship Clark a. Freight Handlers. Ex-; 'hestrteken '» '* ° t Europe, ostensibly prase and Station Employ.*. AfflR. lo huy t0iMi ^ cloibinK toT THE LADD •tad with American Federation of ,f do,,ors* " Ul aetUalljr the <«racers 2nd Rntrhers Fountain Hilt! Labor. Division Protective Com-! * lfU ' ’ Iteslhuraut mitt** Representing Employes of S. Political Mirada. The best in all departments P. Co, Pacific System. Should Gove mor ~ ATTIml th, Roman Phone Service Delivery "Portland, Ore., June 18, 1923. Mr. Catholic cholro for the prosCIrfficyi be Sunset 173d Qever, editor. Western American, 40T nnmtnnted by thç Democrats, tho na 11th and Hawthorne I PKtock Block. Portland. Ore. Dear tion will probably bo treated to the (TIETRQLRT _ * Phone East 0720 I Sir: , My attention has been called to smerlarle of the State of Taxas going C H A S. C. EM ER Y the editorial In the laat Issue of The Republican by 50,000 vote*. Authorised Service end Parts Western American entitled “ Railroad Chattanooga Klan No. 4. Realm of Satisfaction Guaranteed— 1 $ Teerd Workers Deceived." Knowing Hew "While Mr. Lonergan’s views as con Tennessee, haa probably the largest 7*7 C. Eighth at Hawthorn* Portland Klan Klau rn In th* country. It will cerns Mr. Wood may not square up ex accommodate 8000 people. Th*o walls actly with oqy views, I will say that : from an economic standpoint he Is are painted with representations of Frank Russell Barber Shop Klansmen In full regalia and a huge right more times than he Is wrong. ’ Fhlldrea’» Hair CaUiog electrically lighted fiery erobw stands "The part of your editorial to which a Specialty In rear of the altar. This Klan also I take exception Is the last part hav- -Tmirttitim» <k»wt town office«. MIT Sandy Boulevard I big to do with the. publication of Belts M A R K T O S P E C IA L O R .D IR X M I L K * Phone Sunset 1534 Sunnyside M arket f t 3 ™ E X P R E S S Â N D M O V IN G Copying a od Enlarging eel vee Ui a v e ng e the Insult-Ui the Burlington, Oregon 1 ' j , i i P FRED G A N T E N B E IN Peter Pan Service ^RAILWAY WORKERS '4 L E. H A D L E Y >1 i ■ y- [ ■ i KW ICK KAÄEKUL KOMPETENT Does the Mongrel H ow l at the Moon? Joy-Makers for Young and Old for the Glorious Fourth * lettre T rim i» » l ttfih jutai iteriteMe l'W.Uttù, Ore. leappeear, SC l l f m K od ak F in is h in g lll.iiu.MKIKI.il. N. J„ Juno iC-e- Lttsl ii I k It l th« Junior 0. I'. A. M. staged a rue Hay parade ami Invited all Tra il rnal ami patriotic organxletluns to take part aa their Rinata 1 A written invitation « a t aturt to the Bloomfield Knlchla o rtho Ku Kins Klan and waa arreplrd. alter the Klan lenders had conferred with the city official who had laaued the permit to th« Junior need the un American element Order. This official aahl there waa no law Uloomfleld to gather Into a mob. »Calnat maakrd parade« In the Hlr.tr which broke out with «11« Inaultc and and ad via* <1 III* Klanam u that they the throwing of e g x « The « m * thrown had a perfect right to parade Xs In hit the American Kla* carried by the vited aural» Arrangements were - bulling Klaiiameo on horeeback. No uiad<- and two hundred aud fifty rob«d at(ompt was mode by tbe police te Kleuemrn assembled at the startling atop this uu-Amarloao outrage, but H p t .. ■i-.-l—: ____ ■__! arvrral civilian« took It upon A Ro vai Blue Line Busses Portland, Astoria and Seaside rr<MPpt l>eMrerjr I'ftone RKII wcmm I Ï.U2 Schedale ?.. - I .S HI AT O « RESTAURANT f' 313 Aster Street A S T O R IA , ORE Wear C O R TLE Y CLOTHES S u its arid O verco at* at P ric e s $18.50 to $35.00 Oar Gaarnnteet After having worn any of our Suita or Overcoats nnd def<-om devtlep we w ill’refund the money you have paid or make other adjustment satisfactory to purchaser. Kpertal Mac of Shoes, list.. Shirts Underwear, etc, at reasonable prices CLEMENT THE B O ST O N S T O R E Curnmr S» ».nib and Aster Sts. Astoria, Oragea urttf“ . J