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I » ' v ---- . ■ - u% ► i The O fficiel Kaper of The R o ja l Rider» of the Rod Hube, Imperial Headquarter« U S Menraa Halid* la «, Purtlaad, Drogen. Yt SHALL KNOW TH£ TKUTM Al UTN SHALL M A K E YOU P U B L IS H E D W E E K L Y D E P E N D A B L E SM ITH C A N FIX Y O U R C A R D EPENDABLE u S SM T * ITH (W alter 0. Hmltlii. who. Eddie tip iddio Rlckomhackor. Rie famou» Ace, dnclarta la “ on# of tho beat automotive mechanic» In Amor- lea." ami wlnnie widely known g a r»»# burned In the Or oat f i r e la Astoria, n o « ha» chart# o f tho Union Afoauo (larag* (100 par cent), owned b j Mr». Christina O'Brien, at I I I W «Idler They Have Outsmarted the street. corner of Union aroaao. Boat Papal Autocrats, So Far, , ijlile. and w ill do all kind# of auto rs- iPOIrlbs. rebuilding and recondition But They Need Aid. ing. at fair caab pricoa. Mr. Smith la uaalalwd by Carl WeatllB. alao a fin# mechanic, who waa employed in th# Htnlth Uarago In Astoria. That # hla right mm#. D EPENDABLE SMITH, and he la dependable In all thing», a John W ealey’a Heirs Put Pep genuine Hundred Percenter. Ha 1» a Into the Pope— They Have noted ei-aervlco man (IV o a the regu lar cat airy I and la an honored mem His Little Old Goat. ber of the Veteran» of Foreign War». Tell your (rletida about hla garage, at Hume time n«<> The Western tm ir -lftS l Weldler atreet, corner Union are- HEARJHE gods laughing Uan Implored Ihr hlan.m rn of tm er- lea lo adopt a plan »It) hlanvman »«* telephone East 01U PORTLAND, AMERICA IS FACING FATE OF OLD ROME EGYPTANDBABYLON / - Damn That Man L oc I m A ll You W ant To, But Rood W hat H « Say*. HONORED SAGE OF 0RE60N Protestant» and Catholic« of America Must Rise or Fall Together. By C. L which e v e r y ' IE M AD T TE LL IT .la ir M - T b e x a a e rari formerly King »to of North Caro li «ab etilin i moro Ike Ko K lu i K l u , la the court» here. K Imperlai K leafl. •tasta. ha» advised M Ih» Klaa w ill ho : MEACHAM IS FAMOUS FOR ITS HOSPITALITY you know that tad that anthorltr Ir ta iln i the Klan Can Klansmen Make Them- aelvea Invisible, and How? ASTO R I A, O re. Jnly *•.— The J. C. Penney Company ha» dlspensed wlth her L i » eervlces o f E. R Keefe, manager of thè big merchandlse «toro bere for jenr, for file fear*, to the Method!»! J | when one per cent of her people con- < ollrg r lor ll»i)* «n Monte Mario, al Rome, Italy. .Ho popular w a» the Idea, j »«« o « « V f « I M !• » * fW lW which Drat WB« suggested to ! the editor ' trolled all of her laud. thè last aerea yesre. and he ts sue- ceeded by a man who ts satd to be saUafactory to toc big majority ot thè company’» patrona. Mr. Keefe of I ’atUand. the PorilSSd a tea asteo la regular aeaaloa adopted a ringing rena. lotion (muring the pmpo»ai and call. Ing upon thrlr Imperial officer« Is lake the nr ce»«nrj action lo provide the machinery for the huge annual donation. The editor of Ihl« Journal aster «»urta any thing which he cannot fin- Mi. and he »tili I» Wurkjag, determin edly, In ocronipllali fills great run. «trii rth e pun><mc. II ahull hr done! The Maaona dunnle In the «ame way it »moll «perlile anni annually In build und nmlitlaln I lo ir chain of hu.pttnia for crippled rlilldren a grand and glorlona work Indeed. The k limameli will he doing an equally g ir a i thlug by helping the Melhodlata ealnhll.h nnd drielup the great nua-donemlna- llouaJ training ae.,ool for boya In (he I terimi ( lly. The eaaentlnl farta runcrrnlng the fanion» enterprise are glten below In a aperlal Inten lew nhtnlnrd for nnd flrat pulii tailed hy the norld'a grealrat and heal newapaper—the ( lirMInn Hrlence .Monitor. Kiery reader ran find profK and Inrrraalng Interrai by aliaorhlng the Inaplriilloiiul farta In hila article. \ole particularly Ihr ronaummate aklll rierclaed liy (hear Amerlran world worker« far rlil llia tlon In oh- tainlng from the I’ ope hlniarlf the lo. gal title to the properly upon Monto Murin, upon nhleli he held a huge mortgage. Yankee aklll and ahrewd- lira, n iter hud u finer II I il «t ru I Ion. and It la one Dial iiiakra the goda on high Olynipu« hold their aldea In Jupitrrlan liiughtrr. \ Yankee HrthodM Itlahop got the I’ ope'« (ioni, and la keeping It, ton. LONDON, July 3 Tho Methodist College on Monte Mario, the ''eighth hill of Home," the closing of which ts threatened, according to reports In various newspapers hy order of li#niU> Mussolini's government because o f a l leged feeling ngnlnst II on the part of the Homan populace, was discussed In an exclusive Interview with The Chrls- tInn Science Monitor by H C. Hoag land. Hie Influential Methodist layman who was called In ot supervise the running of the Institution for several months last year when Dr. Tipple waa away In America. Mr Hoagland. who Is particularly well Informed on tho various problems pertaining, to the Methodist project, says he realises that there Is formidable opposition In nome lo the proposed enlargement of the college buildings on their present prominent site, hut considers that this s' ntlmont Is m o«tly of Inspired origin (Continued on Page Six) ----- — ‘“*■ Prmaident Harding J*«v«r W ill F o r g t ^ t h i W a rm th of H it Welcome Thgre. President Warren memliera vividly O'. Harding re- and often talk» of Mearham. Oregon, and the aplandld welcome given him there, and he re member# well the ilefreebmant Stand provided by Casteol and Stanley, en terprlaing merchant», who mad# extra ordinary preparations to serve the crowd». Thla service was a brilliant eucceea In every way. The keen-eyed President noted this enterprising stunt and smiled In huge satisfaction. Ha himself. Is a first rises butlnese man. He was Impressed by the firm 's genial Invitation, “ Kora# On! T ry Our Place." Another, "K offee on th# Orogun Peak,'* also (truck the Presidential fancy. Cas teel and Stanley deserve the gratitude of their community for anrh Jem-up Hundred Percent Service, which le the right w ay to make a community grow. They made Meacham famous on tbla occasion. Who visits the White House heresfter and eayt Meacham. will find the President's welcome warm and all latchatrlngi hanging on the outelda FREE T E X T B O O K S T O BE C O N SID E R E D Next Friday evening. July 17, there w ill be a meeting at the North P ort land Library, on K llllngaworlh ave nue. at which a debate w ill be held as to whether or not the State of Oregon shall purchase text books for the schools of Oregon on the open market. Everybody le Invited « F R E E -F O R -A L L R O W k IN M O S Q U IT O S T A T E Western American Bureau A8B U R K PARK. N J , July 26,—A free-for-all fight ensued when a Cath olic mob attacked a party of Klans men marching to the Methodist church here to hear the Rev. DeWItt Cobb, chaplain o f the New Jersey State Senate Several Klansmen were hurt In the scrimmage and a number of rednecks took aw »y many souvenirs of the occasion In the form of black eyes, sore shins and vacant places In the teeth. PENDLETON, T E N T IO N t Pay ne attention ta that malician* little «tory about a rase of wet good*. H I* Hie líasele«« fabric of a dream. Editor, le Pi Have you over read tho history ot Egypt, understanding!/T I f you have, you kaosr that al to i ___________ i- - *• ; trolled *7 per cent o f her wealth Have you ever read tho history o f Babylon, uadersundtnglr? I f you have, you ynow that Babylon was ■mothered, strangled, and died: « t a p ped In the deadly folds o f the usurers' blanket, at which time two per dent o f the people controlled all o f the visible wealth o f that eeuatry Why It »rop e P a re» Ruin Do you know that whoa the Roman Empire expired 1100 persons con trolled all o f the toon known world, and that the name usury system which destroyed those governments w ill de stroy any people who permit the heme lecherous system to control their finances? Have you kept Informed upon tbs geaerel tread of conditions in Spain. Italy, Prance and other countries all over the earth? I f you have, you know that they are all on the verge of bankruptcy and dissolution, solely be cause of having permitted a corpora tion to control their monetary iff*Ire , keeping an ever-increasing flow ot usury from the useful w ork er« Into the coffer* o f th* big perpetual sys tem. . We .«net Improve, or Die Heretofore, people have always had opportunity to seek better conditions In some new country: but that le now Impossible. Our people are the Iasi >t the world's hardy pioneers. We must either face conditions as they tre, or Jump Into the Paclfto Ocean. Nowhere In Nature do we find mny- '.hlng st a standstill. Always there le growth, or decay This la as true of nations as It Is o f other livin g things, »nd Invariably the results trace back to a root cause. There Is Only One Remedy A short , time ago I received a letter from a friend who It now In England, but whose home le In New York. This men has been tried by all things that test character and has never wavered n the maintenance of duty and honor. Atstlstlcs which he sent me show that *•9 per cent o f the English people are non home owners, and 95 per cent of theth are without capital. This con dition has come abont In England In the same way that similar conditions came about In the countries I have mentioned as having perished. One , thing only can prevent the Brtslh nation fro melther becoming a papal subject, or from going to pieces upon the rocks of dissolution. And that Is: TH E N A T IO N A L IZ A T IO N O T E X CHANGE A T COST. - America New la Dim A r i l And how about our own country? (Contlaaed on Pngs t ) T O D A TUM Giant Barrel Overturns at the Benson enfi Expose« ’ Something Truly Awful. Angels and ministers o f grace, D E P E N D Us! What was that awful crash? What ftmee and penetrating smell tu this? What ancient memory aroused? It sounded like ten thousand window-lights taattored In collapse. And hearken, tag children, to the Ir reverent laughter of tha ribald m ulti tude! It waa Prldaf, July 10. at exactly M S o' the clock The scene waa at the Benaoa Hotel Broad we y and Oak. Portland. Sydtag Mann, the arealthy porter, of the Bataon. was out on the atres! busily supervising the loading ot a huge motor lorry— one o f the enor mous. rakish, «toee-to-toearround a f faire— with five or six gigantic hogs heads. tilled with Something. Sudden ly two truck «heals stuped, accident ally at the edge M the sidewalk, and one of tho mvateriouo hogsheads was overturned. It tall «h .the ground with s dull, alckenlng thud—tho kind that Cub Reporters tell about— and with a crash that resounded for a mile. It sounded like the collapse ot a glass factory. It was only, a bottling works, however, tor out rolled upon the street, or broke Into flinders aU kinds of boose bottles, and containers of all slses. The smell that arose caused old- tope rF two blocks away to halt and anlff the air Ilka bloodhounds. They batted their eyes, gasod at each other, extended their proboocll and said "H uh!" And when tbs? located the dis aster they wagged thotr beans and said "Uh-HhH." A few law-abiding ones, hurrying past the scone, said. “ Where, O. Where. Is the mystic Cleaver— the alleged Prohibition Sleuth?" It was hogsheads filled with "SO L D IE R S ." each with the lingering smell of the distillery, but lately emptied— THOUSANDS AND TH O U SAND S of them, enough to stock a large barroom. Where did the "aoldlora" come from end whither bound? They were being loaded under the direction of Sydney Mann, porter of tho stately and fa mous Benson I* It PO SS IB LE ? Per ish the suspicion. But there lay the fallen hogshead. Its cargo of "soldiers" (Continued oa P ago t ) A N Y W H E R E IN U. S. PR ICE The Rev. W A. Hamtott. prominent Texas mlntoler. believe* Tttemtly that the principles o f the Klnn should be preached from the housetops. Visiting L e Payette, Oa.. recently he addressed a largg gathering in the public square, using the roof o f a house as hla lecture platform. A flag and a fiery cross warn placed on the roof beside h la by members o f the La Payette Klaa. L a ter Dr. Hamtott spoke to a large crowd In due' o f th# public parks at Calhoun. C o — The IM P E R IA L N IG H T- H A W K . July A Sc SPECTACULAR OPEN AIR INITIATION AT MOUNT TABOR PARK Royal Rider« o f Red Robe , Invite You td Witness Splendid Spectacle. INVITE ALL FOREIGN BORN A C A D E M Y O F CRIM E IS U P F O R A U C T IO N r Special IH»patch I f you have, Persia went lo Chang« of Management Meana Greater Patronage and Prosperity for Store. doom by the usury route and perished ul ihi» Jonraal ata Oflaetal journal of the Women of the Ka Klux I t a « o * t of the Roctloa. t M A K E S K L A N A DDRESS FRO M R O O F O F H O U S E a»d that «lin easee eeeeful proeecutlon Implying that the woald not leetlfr I» beiag handled b j LOCKE Persia, understanding!/* _ — f t F ION, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923 Have you ever read tho history of im ranlng aevcrul m illion. Ilf Ihrml would donalr two dollara «îv ^ ■ KLAN SHOULD HELP METHODISTS EIGHT FOR GREAT SCHOOL ft; Ubo Official Paper of the IsrW k lo of Jim l a Klux Klaa, ta the Rea .1 ildre»« ( oinmanlrallon» to 1.. A. Derer, Editor, I’ ll tur It Itlnrk, Portland, Oregon. Vol. I, No. SI " o f The Western American, then pub- II»tod la Astoria. Mr. K e efe wan one of .the K . C committeemen who moot 'o advertisers and advised and bagged them to take their ads out o f the*pa per because It was an exponent o f the Ka Klux Klnn. Mr. K eefe and M s co- workers wars unable to #efeat the editor o f The W eater* American, how-- ever. who. continued serenely st M s task p f overcoming the enemies of tbewhUe man's organisation. The Penny Company's store, under Mr. K eefe's management. d H not profit any. to say the least, through his activities as a Knight o f Columbus. His retirement from, the Company w ill mean a largely increased patronage and prosperity. On account ot Mr. Keele's K C enthusiasm, the report was spread that J. C. Penney himself '• a Roman Knight, but thla is now skid to be untrue. . , Plann*ng Ce «p o lit ic s Mr. K eefe came here from Pendle ton, Ore. He ts now planning to go into business tor himself. In compe tition here with J. C. Penney Comprfnj, «nd he probably wNl- have an exclus ively Roman Catholic patronage. The Romans here- a r\ small, numerically, but they make up In Concentration what they lack In numbers, dealing ex clusively with persons o f their own faith. The Protestants now are leern- ‘ ng to practice this virtue, using their •normous buying power fo r mutual profit and promotion. » * “ Another m in. a well-known usurer, who was alleged to have been associat ed with Mr. Keefe In the effo rt to boycott The Western Am erican among the Aatorla business men. emphati cally protested his Innocence when personally charged with It. but his «rullt o f this offense was so generally believed that It caused the defeat o f a nopular cititen whom he becked for « certain political position. In this fight he and K eefe and the whole Roman outfit were pitted agatnnt the Klen forces led by the editor o f T h e Western American. The Klansmen won. overwhelmingly. In the several elections, and never met defeat In anything while Editor never lived In Astoria. He was able somehow to figure out their moves In advance. The Invisible Factor For example: In the fierce and re lentless mayoralty fight a large group ~>l business met* met secretly one day 'h the Chamber of Commerce. None «a s admitted to the conference except 'he elect ant? trusted ones, A prom- ( Continued on Page 5) W ester« A m erica» B erras j . N EW YO RK. July ta.— Tammany Hall, headquarter* o f tb* Irish Catho lic-Democratic political ring, la to be sold, according to announcement by John R. Voorhla, Grand Sachem o f the Society o f Tammany. The H all oa East 14th street has been the scene of y occasions that changed the course of the NatiOL The tale o f the hall w ill bring ISM .ta*. It to planned to move the office further uptown. r - ----------------------- ome Day He W iU Don Sn ow y, White Robe and Be Fitted W ith a Hood. C orrection: In S' recent tesue we had a new# Item from DayvHto, Ore., telling how a little man named Snow—Mayor, or something or other—had outrageously prohibited the Klansmen o f that city •he use o f the Community H all, which was built by the eltisens for the use o f all alike in holding pobllc meelngs. T h e Item erroneously stated that It was Mayor Snow o f Condon, which made Mine of the Condon Mayor's friends mad. of course. Snow Isn’t Mayor o f the beautiful, thriving and progressive city of Condon, and no such Roman stunt as he performed could be pulled o ff in Condon, where the folks are too white and square to permit such an outrage. Dr. Gaunt is Mayor of Condon— G-A-U-N-T. He’s « real M. D.. a wise, patient and to il ing physician He Isn't with the Klan— yet— but he’s a Klansmau at heart and a white man, which means he Is the best kind ot American. W hile the Croto holds out to burn, the most reluctant may return. We'H put a white robe oa him some day— a tail or-made one— and he w ill wear It with pride and grace. W * may fit a hood- on him. too. But that other •ellow— Snow: H e’s reported to be a real, devout and loyal follow er of the Roman Pope— which accounts for his iction In pocketing the keys to the Community H all and refusing to let white folks use their own property. He Is Mayor ot Dayvtlle for the last time. too. everybody la reported as in - - 1..... * * * Even the square Catholics won't stand fo r such conduct. Yes. lots ot ' t o are square and talrrmlnded, lovers of justice, good cltixens, tolerating what Klansmen call Political Roman- sm because they cannot help It. They 'nbertted that religion and they can not be expected to overcome the Jesu its. who ars now bossing the Roman Hierarchy. It takes the power of government, backed by s qongress and in army, to halt the program ot tha Jeauita. The blood-red record of the leeolts certainly ought to be suffi cient warning to lal Americans. Urges His Patrons to Trade „ W ith His Competitor. Mount Tabor Park. P o rtia s «, wtu be tb# scene o f the spectacular open-air Initiation ceremonial o f the Royal R id er» o f the Red Robs. Saturday ev ening. July M . starting promptly at • . o'clock. Take the atmet ears to tSth and Belmont, get o ff where the ear turna to go over the h ill, walk two Mocks south to the Mount Tabor pic nic pounds. Auto# should g e to 50th park driveway to the pten There wiU. be s lighting effects. Ice cream and other refreshments w ill be available fog all. It to an open-air Initiation and special Invitation Is extended to all foreign- born. naturalised Am erican cltixens. who stand fo r the Constitution o f the United States and the American rin g , without any degree of allegiance to aay foreign authority whatsoever. The spirit o f the- Four R 's to beet illustrated by an Incident which oo* currad hi tbs m eeting of the Portland Council last week. During the discus sion o f klanntshaess. one o f the mem bers. u leading merchant, got up and boasted is the strongest terms for pat ronage fo r a competing merchant, whose place is only three or four doors sway from his store. H is own busi ness la in healthy condition, be said, and he begged his friends to divert their trade for awhile to his competi tor. who needed It more than he Aid. and who la alao a Royal ' R ider and a splendid American. This act o f loyalty evoked applause, o f course, bnt It la common practice among the Royal Riders. r C O N N E C T IC U T K L A N E N F O R C IN G T H E L A W S j -------- N E W HAVEN. Conn.. July * «.— De termined to put a stop to bootleggers and other law violators, the cltixens o f N ew Haven have organised a law enforcement body. This movement Is Inspired b y the | N ew H aven Klan and Is receiving great Impetus. The state and federal enforcement authorities seem power less to cope with the situation and it was rapidly going from bad to worse 'when the Klan took hold o f It. P U B L IC C E R E M O N IA L IN A R K A N S A S T O W N B E N T O N V lLLE . Ark.. Jnly * 6 — A county-wide Klan m eeting was held here on July 11. T w o thousand Klans men in Benton county and from Fay etteville and Springdale and other points In Washington county, were present. A barbecue, ceremonial Including ad m inistering the obligation In public, ¡were features o f the day. J. W . Moore, a national lecturer, o f N ew Orleans, has Just complete da lecture tonr of this section. Someone has discovered that It takes 140 nnta to hold a Ford togsthsr and only one to hold It In the road.