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About The Western American. (Astoria, Or.) 1922-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1923)
■-i T U B AH W E S Every Day, In Every Way, the Klan G row s Bigger and Better J L — . !___________________ :______________________________________________________________________________ i -u .— i------------------ -------------------------- — -------------------- - ---------------------------------------- -— i---------------------------------------------- godly men and gentlemen. The chap lain of my regiment waa as fin* a lad ss I evVr knew, and I Jpe# him. Play ed fair and toted square, and waa on# , By Elem Kay. of the Boy*, from reveille until *wuy after taps. Pity h* should be ao con w m ro o f taminated by thing* Ilk* th* above. Police Sergeant L. M. Iloldar, who was spending a part of **• **«*lion PO YOU *8Tt*LL TAKE TUB In Portland, la not a great baseball It KARST PAPEH? 81IAMB ON YOU. fan. and n few days ago he waa cred i r YOU IX). ited with breaking up a gam* In Port e ’ ♦ .e |HK Chicago Tribune says If Henry land. U to told that the game waa Ford Is lo be President of the nicely started before Holder arrived, d ao soon aa ha cam* It started lo United Htalee, It Is for Wilbur Olenn vLlive for Woe-president. Recggse. rain eo hnrd that lb * game had to be the Tribune saya. Vollva knows the called off. Portland fan* still claim world is rial "and this part of It cer- that "Doc" Holder brought the rain taluly will A e." The papdr also nom with him from Aaloria. ' they should concentrate, first, upon the so-called fro tea tan ts— not upon the eaay-going sinners who compose the cgigrogatkma, but the little tin-horn preachers who jump at «very opportunity By N. S. Sedanthar to lambast the Klan. Assailing the Fiery Class w lh their tiny k « n i W îm h 1 hammers! Poor, wretched tots! Puling infhnts, wheedling for Cep j right, IMS sugar-teato. UKY have c t I M lb* Klan "big The Ku Klux Klan is the w orld’s foremost and gfeataat cham oted and Intolerant." Yet the •187 pion o f the living C h rist! Get that, ye forkodtougut Slanderers! nawa carrlaa tha Intelligence that a Swallow it, ye knaves! Digest K, ye w o r W s o f iniquity, ye priest halted a Klan lecture In Denjer whited sepulchres, ye gilded, fat-paunehed serpents! "H o w shall | becauee he objected to tta delivery. —— There never wna n Klansman who ob ye escape the damnation o f hell ?" sa ü swmé fty Ths WsgMra A i sHdis **** * ”9^ c *..*< * : TIM W * i.-- ; Ymm iiT The Klan church is feasible. It should-ppeehlise in fine jected to hearing a prtem talk, or who a. m t ¿ r j , s : V- w m w m o * musk, instead o f fine clothes. The sermon should fral with Gos- refused to hear the prleafa aide If dé K iia f sué cfotriéitofi seCsly srs thle be "tolerance.” for God's aake. -------------------- ¡pel truth to w h kh every mind will agree— U p Somon on the give ua “ b ig o t r y a a they call It!- _ Cuitad State*. a a a * Mount. The meetings should be for “whoaogver'will.’' There ** a n * r M ad vi That form ot tolerance remind* u* ¡never should be a collection. A ll funds should be obtained p ri address o f auberrlkers can l i * H l » { * » ■ * * * vately. The congregation never should see o r h ea r of the Dollar. of the Chicago publication, ao groealy mlenamed. flat "Tolerance" dint» The two Almightys cannot be found in (he same plare. The Sun considerably when "Pawn comae ap & s n r f t » « r e v £ ~ 'i K day services, a mid-week lecture on Klankraft, also mid-week en Ilka thunder ont of Old Chi on the 11 ceauaunlrrntlons should bo a f f r i n i i l to 4M i rata o f »4 a Portland, Ora. tertainments. should be advertised liberally, informing the public Lake". That’s a bum take-off on Kip r u n nB i ...... ■■ "O f The Chaplain should haw charge o f all ling’s rhythmic poem, but *lt hits the tv * T u MM m * a*M *t*«tCM an * * , m i » i ********* » '■ * ■*- ■ ■ - * " of this m ajor attraction. spot, anyway. social welfare work, all funeral*, sick calls, relief activities. { g g f j ^ n Æ w a j a . 'g s u r s r e ¡ M j s n & 2 ~ * * # 5 l^ î. il i i Y ***1 * * * * “ ' •4 w t,M r*k ,hl* t*ri" •* “ 1,1 Such an institution, backed hy the Klan, would be a tower o f WHOSE Sl'NDAY SCHOOL CLASH strength to the Protestant cause and a source Of «(H ess blessing W15IIB* YOU IN LAST 8UNUAYT ■«load- s e e for the people. ^ M m Act encan KLANITOR1AL T 3£93 n B jrtTÆ üiî s^Si*sL^sr Am id all the noise and tumult o f the busy piart. you can find rest and quiet in the store o f the man who is afrtid to advertise in the Klan newspaper. A man who hasn't gumption enough to >» buy all the space he can get in a highly select circulation o f 40,000 readers, all o f them keen to know who is friendly to our cause, is sure to have hard luck, while his wiser neighbors gather in AMERICA NEEDS A GREAT NEW C H U R C H . the profits. Doily newspaper advertising is «A elk n t. but a great H Y D O N 'T Y O U « » * » church? - o f 40,000 roadert, aid often 50.000, Don't you know that an hour or two o f aelf-analysis, under can show fa r greater results. The space w e have for sale is ex the inspiration o f sacred music and Gospel appeal, would do you tremely limited, and is sold only to those whom we can guarantee. an immense amount o f good? • The devil w ill get you, i f you don't watch out. He will fly W e are making no special bid for patronage, but we have patron age to give— worth fortunes to the business men. if they only away with you some dreary rainy n igh t . * - Seriously, Klansmen: You are going to die soon. W e are knew it. “NOT FOR SELF, BUT FOR OTHERS W all condemned to the grave. Y e a n pass quickly, and the last ones IF AT FIRST WEDOfiTT SUCCEED— are the swiftest: A re you ready for the leap? A re you righ t with • Now , gentfe reader, after perusing the leading editorial in God? Never mind about “us,” Y O U are under examination. this ■issue, don’t begin picking too many flaw s, fo r all human work You know there's a Hereafter, as sure as tomorrow’s sun is im perfect W e can reform our own writings, but it is a big rise. contract to discipline a correspondent like the one we have in the There’s just this about it: W e must get right with God, National capital. The battle has been in the jungle, and the hair meaning that we must accept the Christ as Guide, harmonize oeir o f our w arriors is full o f cuckleburrs. H ere’s a true way story lives with H is will, practice the Golden Ride- and square up, as that may tickle you some. ^ f a r as possible, our sins o f omission and commission, else the leap The w riter was with the Graves Expedition ( war party ) in into eternity, due at any moment, may mean everlasting torment Siberia. Am ong many other things we took along a cinema out ■ o f some kind or other. N ever mind about hell o f the volcanic kind, fit, in charge o f a technical expert from N e w York, George S. : the- fabled lake o f fire and brimstone. The immortal mind, the Bothwelh The State OotoartroetU somehow neglected to make a M E M O R Y , will survive! W on ’t that be hell! Y ou’ll admit it, if state-room reservation fo r Mr. Hothwcll, who is a proud and you have * reflecting mind to ai^ e a l to. I f you’re an idiot— elegant American, and he had to occupy a berth-room with ques well, ail right. - 1 > tionable travelers on a third-rate Japanese'■eeftmship from tP l x " 1} a — T Sunda>“ wnd take the whole sinful Tsuruga. Japan, to Vladivostok. He was entitled to the finest <|am >. It W a i hearten the preacher. It will help all concerned and the fat o f the land, but this is what he g o t Oh, but he was It wiB erase the frown, m itigate the gloom, nnd create a new mad when hc arriTed; “ Mad” is used advisedly. He literally gpirit within you. danced in rage, while “they wrapped him in sheepskins at the The crowds pack the movie-shows every Sunday. They yearn landing quay In. a temperature o f absolute zero. His first de fo r entertainment, fo r music, fo r thrills. I f imbued w ith the right spirit, w e should find the finest o f these benefits in church, where every suggestion should be holy, in the presence o f the Master, in the house o f God. mand was fo r a barber and a “ bunch o f razors.’* He possessed what women would call a hea^l o f beautiful hair and was proud o f it, but he soaped it with army cleanser and soaked it in a tub o f hot water. He theh ordered the barber to “ commence” and had his head shaved completely until it shone like a pink toy bajloon still he raged and scratched. “ Oh-h-h,” he moaned, “ they’ve all dug in and their beaks still are boring my skull!” He referred to the tiny oriental in&cts which attack every West em er with beautiful hair. Thus it is with editors who try to write up to their ideal. They are so pestered, in the manner suggested, that they cannot be altogether good, however much they try. Besides, in the present world w ar between good and evil the scribes must tell what they see and what they think about it, and what’s going on at the front. _ , U PPO S E T H E K L A N SH O U LD establish a great Chapel, o ffe rin g comfortable seats, the Sermon on the Mount, on which all Christians agree, specializing in sacred music o f the finest kind, both vocal and instrumental, w ith splendid chorus o f men and women, boys and girls, all enrobed in snowy white vestments, would you attend? Regularly?— ye old sinner! Think it over. The Klan chapel can be established, with a little con structive effort. The Klansmen and Klanswomen are numerous enough to pack the Portland Auditorium to overflow ing, i f they would. Uh-huh, that’s another dynamic idea— a Klan church! Angels For the benefit o f inquiring readers who missed o u r com and ministers defend us! What do-you think? O f course, the little-bfHy, smooth-bore, 2x4 preachers w ill get up on their hind ment on the recent school election in Portland, w e are pleased legs and howl like a w olf at such a “ fantastic” idea. The big to repeat the assurances that Director Frank L Shull is eminently guns w ill be silent, however, and some o f them would jo y in the qualified fo r the great constructive work now before the Board, and that he will give everyone a square deal. He is entitled to the opportunity to serve the Lord in a great Klan Chapel. Dare yon say it “ can’t be done?” Everything is possible to the respect and strong support o f every Klansmon. concentrated mental power. The mind is supreme. I t is our tiny bit b f the Universal and Divine Intelligence. I t can create any condition or achieve any result which it may conceive and strive for, provided the aim is in harmony with the Infinite. I believe in God and in the tenets o f the Christian re „ The Klan Chapel idea, Brother, is eminently practicable,.and ligion and that a Godless nation cannot long prosper. on short notiee,— a Klan church, i f you please, with millions o f ' I believe that a Church that is not grounded on the prin sustaining patrons to begin with. Visualize a great new hoaest- ciples o f m orality and justice is a mockery to God and to-God church. See the magnificent F iery Cross hanging high to man. " " ( It above the altar. Hear the glorious chorus, “ Peace on Earth to I believe that a Church that does not have the welfare Men o f Good W ill.” Listen to the simple and utterly sincere o f the common people at heart, is unworthy. story o f “ Jesus and His love.” N o collections! N o fashions! I believe in the eternal separation o f Church and State. N o neck-stretching to see what others are wearing, no giggling, I hold no allegiance to any foreign government, E m - no whispering— all eyes forward, upon the Fiery Cross, all souls peror, King, Pope or any other foreign, political o r religious aflame with religious zeal, all hearts contrite and humble. This power. is the kind o f church it would be, i f backed by the Ku Klux Klan. I hold my allegiance to the Stars and Stripes next to my The churches in Am erica are on trial. The preachers are allegiance to God alone. under the eye o f scrutiny. I believe in ju st laws and liberty. -t- • While many true ministers, learning the truth, are proclaim 1 bclteve in the upholding o f the Constitution o f these ing the Klan to be the mightiest moral force o f this period, the .United States. greatest aid in Americanization, a m ajority still slander and flout I believe that our free Public School is th$ cornerstone the Klan, “ bending the pregnant hinges o f the knfce that th rift o f good Government and that those who are seeking to de may follow fawning.” Their "Federal Council” denounced the stroy it are enemies o f our Republic and are unworthy o f K lan ! Our most malignant foes are found am ongthe preachers \ citizenship. — not among the Roman Catholic priests, but among the so-called j I believe in freedom o f speech. Protestant preachers, the dressed-up and puffed-up D.D’s, t h e 1 / believe in a free press uncontrolled by ¡uAitical parties dingliats and doodle-diggers who have stolen the liveTy o f heaven or by religious sects. to serve the devil in. Where would their congregations be i f the I believe in law and order. Klan established a church? They then might turn their houses I believe in the p rotection -of our pure n omunhood. into sure-enough theatres, with a brass band at the door, and I do not believe in mob violence but I do believe thud ticket sellers. — v . . s laws should be cnaqted to prevent the causes o f mob violence. Klan w riters waste too much e ffo rt on the Roman Catholics', S A KLANSMAN’S CREED inate* William J. Bryan fbr Secretary of War. • AT LASTI Deputy Sheriff C. C. Ingalls has hi* I'll aay this: If A1 Smith I* elected | winter’s supply of wood piled up now. President of the United States. I waat II* has worked on II all summer be Nikolai l*cnln to be the vloe-preledeut. tween times. because Leatn la a Bolshevist and ad KANDY KID mits It. and this part of the world cer Oeorge C. Andareon. proprietor e€ tainly will be If Smith le elected. The Astorta's Most Rxclualv* Candy HI ode, Kaiser would make an admirable Sec aay* h* wishes all the hen* would retary of War, with the Pope for Sec die ao he .ould sell candy egga all th* retary of Stale. year around Inetead of Juat at Eeotor ( f K K T I I K N In doubt, blame It on s e e time. t - I f the Klan." le a saying they IX) YOU ADVERTISE IN THIS have over In Maryland. That’i Mary PAPER? KLANSMEN W IL L TRADE NTILL WALKING land's way. For more than a century WITH YOU. IF YOU DO. Enoch B. Mathtonn. Astori* lawyer. s e e ——- this benighted State has been under Journeyed tu Seturtde tent Friday to IE President ears we will have the thumb and rule of 8weet Papa on capture the Klan auto that waa to prohibition with us for a long, the Tiber, but there's a great big white change hands; but K E. Ilk* lot* of long lime, and that the couatry will robe gad helmet (talking through the pthers, foand nee for hf* return trip not return to the wets within the b u b - land now. ticket on the Royal Blue living. Amen! --- ----1 ■■■« i ---- ~ — — ------- It has cpme to deliver them from Ho be II! Then the big Job to to en H .U T T the bande of the prleals and free force the laws. Let * hop to It. boy*! Ou* A. Brtchson. l-ncky Astorte them for aelf-thought and celf-eipree- You turn up your bootlegger. and I’ll Florist who v a i th* Lucky Man at elon. ' No State has ever developed to tarn up atlas. Seems a hit harsh, but the Klan dance In Seaside tost Frida.* Ite utasoet where the Cathollce pre th* beat way to clean up to to sweep night, le ss proud of his new sport model Reo ae a boy with a new watch dominated. and whera such sentiments your owa yard first. e * * and no one blames him for It Early aa the above atound. EAD your Klan paper* re1l«lous- l e e Sa tarda y morning he called ap hta ly. fur (hey « I I I tell yon what brother In law at the Astoria National IS YQt’ R r ^ T O R A KLUXER? IF the Klan to dolnjt for food and for Hank aud told him about his luck. HE AIN’T. WHY A IN T HE? constructivenea*. That to the only Uua said, "what do you TH INK? They e e e 1ST BN. Old Klansman. you prob? kind of news that will hanetll you, gave me a 11 MO auto for 60 cents. i ably know all the latest jaxs You ran depend on the dally preas, as Why. I couldn't sleep all night thldk- songs and can sing hy heart, after a a rule, for an unfair deal. There are Ing aboat It. Beet luck I ever had!4 fashion, XI Jotaon's latest knockout. some noble exception*, especially In - OYER AT WARREXfrlX But can you sing "Jesus. Lover of My the West, and there will be more, aa Oeorge Barnett, proprlqpor of War- Soul," straight throughout without the press learn* the truth about th* stopping? If you Can’t, you’re a I Klan I If you haven't subscribed for renfon'a First d a ta Lunch lloom aud the Klan paper, (e t the oae aeareet l’ouI Hall, to reported to have played piker. v rummy all day and won uuly ftter you at once. Jolaon’s eoag may make you shake I hlckeys. We know Oeorge haa better Mr. Tutor, who preach** ta th* luck at his lunch table than he had shoulder» after a ay neo pa led faehlon. bat the song I Just told you Catholic church tn New York that at cards, or he would not be able lo aboat has a kick In It that Jan never Mayor Hyton attends, advtoe* hi« pgl In the fine new Improvements ha * * ' have. Beat pan about It la that flock to us* mob vlolgnc*. If they can Is nuking on hi» place. It to a kick that will stay with ydki. not break up Klan meetings otherwise. A new floor to being put In the even after yfitf have gone beyond the I'll toy a healthy wager that Mr. Tulgg pool room, to enlarge th* dally grow Fiery Cross to the Golden Cross Be will not be in the fight. It to easy ing restaurant business. enough for him to tell them to go yond. Barnett’s place Is opposite the War- _ • • • * 'down and get their head* broken, but renton depot and thé train crews are THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TO Tu,a|{ „ u k ln t ^ ,h>t hu finding It a very bandy dropplag-ln THIS PAPER 18 ONLY TW f) I ION EH , h, „ nol b<? br. k#n. , IemTfn! place. A YEAR. LOOSEN UP. THE EDI I don't believe there I* one Protestan! WAKKENTUN THEATRE TOR HAH RECEIPT TH A T W ILL pastor who will Incite his men to vio C. L. Lindi again haa taken over JUST F IT YOU. lence. , * * * the Warrenlon Picture Show House • * ORKHOU8E Klan may have been KPORTS from Chicago show that and ht reports good attendane* at bla low for awhile, but sho'i not President Hording Is «urroundrd opening tost week. Pictures Will be out hy a dickens of a sight! Hha day and night by a band of Homan shown every night except Thursday was one of th* principal kickers tn a Catholics, whs form hi« secret servirá and Friday. Fourth of July blowout. Judging bodyguard. This piare» the executive RITMIRT MHH4IN TO PORTLAND from what I’ vo heard about More uf the merry, reully and actually, of C. T. ("Jimmie” ) Larson, (h* snSr- house. she can pull a show worth go- the liornas peatlff. I aay It 1« u risk getlc Advertising Manager ot The log to gee. he should nol take. THREE PRENI. Astoria Evening Budget, mad* a fly DENTS IIAYE BEEN SHOT TO Alaska wants the Klan, the Juneau DEATÜ, AND EACH BT A ROMAN ing business trip, to Portland last Mr. Larson had to go on merchants say. Easy to get It. and CATHOLIC. Tklak you. aad protest Sunday. Hunday. because that ta the only day they probably will. Guesa they will to fea gres«! when h^.ia not chasing ads. use white fur robes and hclmqts up e * * there. Opens up a new line of trade Now that the Fort! business to set WARREN TAN DIDN'T WIN EITHER for the Jews, who were elated at the tled. who will they pick out next? We C. J. Patterson, popular Warrentbn chance to sell ao much white goods submit below a list of millionaires lumber man. was also present among when the Klan began buslnot* In from which they can take their pick tpe large number who went to Reaslds warmer climes. , to name as a man who la “ financing" after the Ren auto last Friday. A l * * # the Klan: though disappointed over having a tot HAVE YOU GOT YOUR MONEY IN John D. Rockefeller, Hr. or Jr. of wrong numbers, Clarcnc* does not A KLANHMAN’S BANK? HE CAN Thomas Fortune Itysn. rogret th* Divestment he made, ’cause U8E IT. Cornelius Vanderbilt. It Is* for a good cauao. * * * Charles M. Schwab FTER discounting the "oxagsera- MOKE LIVE WIIIH | Rabbi Wise. ttona” of "enthdslasts,’’ the New The Rev. M. C. Wire, father o f Rev, Cardinal O’Donnell. York Herald wakes up to the fact that Melville T. Wire, Pastor of th>sJls- Asa 0. Candler. the Klan Is big enough, after all. to Just tako your pick, and It still be torla Mothudlat church, occupied the attract world attention. Give Frank i about as accurate as the Jew chargo Astoria Rig Church Pulpit for his son Munacy time enough, and he will come last Hunday morning. He delivered a that Ford was "financing” the Klan. to the realisation ot any fact; but a very effective sermon to a large audt- • • • lot of tltnea he almost loses his shirt O, John's going to run for Pres enco and proved himself a good ora doing It. ident! Well, well! Ho that's why tor. The gist of hla sermon thought * * * hc was kicking up such a howdye-do was: "Let GOD be your Pilot.” Kentucky Republican* are getting down In Ixmlslana last fall and winter The elder Reverend W ire,'who re themselves in a nice kettle of fish! about a couple of bootleggers being side* In Newborg, iwssed an enjoy They now bid for the Depiorratlc killed! 1*11 bet a counterfeit copper able week-end at tho home of his Catholic vote hy lambasting the Klan. that Tommie Hardwick Is going to run popular son. who to among the treat The Klan Is not In politics, but there for vice-president with him. They liked of the Astoria ministers. Is a whole flock of Klansmen who would make a fine pair! ftoy, would vote and they hato like tunket to be n't this be a wonderful Cabinet: a c q u r k m NPfrn ii HKAQM called “ un-American and cowardly.” PAINTINGS President, John M. Parker. I do, myself. Dr. A. Van Duscn, Astoria Doctor, Vice-president. Thomas M. Hardwick. * * * Hefretary of State, Henry Jaw A l hB* acquired two fine oil paintings HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YOU/l of Clatsop County’s, famoua Scotch len. CONGRESSMAN YET? SEND HIM Secretary of the Treasury, Helen Broom The paintings nre very real A QUESTIONNAIRE AND THEN istic and bountiful In their multi Marls Itswes. SEE TH A T HE SIGNS IT. plicity of nature's marvelous work, Secretary of War, Jimmie Hylan. • • • and they are tho handiwork of As Secretary of the Navy, Al Smith. ROUGHNECK priest In Kentucky toria's own artist, the Ucverend Mel Attorney-General, A. V. Coocoo. used such vile' and filthy lan ville T. Wire. Postmaster-General, Phil Pitt Camp guage In heckling n Klan speaker that bell. IIEItE’ E Til A. A. hit AT/. 7S Indies got up and left. Protestant Secretory of the Interior, “ Me” Wo aro coming after your subscrip ministers don’t use language to which White. tion to The Western American;- be ladtc-s object, for they're gentlemen Secretary of Agriculture, William J. puro and have your money ready. Bo. and have wives and sisters of their Burns. Yon will like oar Delivery Hervlce, If own. If some hefty Klansman would Secretary of Commerce, Archbishop nothing else, 'cause Our Own* Uncle bang one of these birds on tb* beexer, Curley. Ham Is looking after that part of It. It might help him some. Secretary ot Labor. Edward Yoang By mall $JOO per year, cash In adi are ^ Clarke. vane*, please. - * ' * .1 # ~ ? 7 I * — _• r: T*. R‘ Mc If A S A t ' N