♦ ericait o ffic ia l Journal In <)rrg«n for the A n ie n t sed H ies, tròia* Order h algh i* uf Malls. The O fficial P eser o f The Beyal Ridera a f the Bad The Official ef the Bn ta ^ *•**“ *"* . YC SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH £ £ 'uun m U T H SHALL H A K E YOU M C E PO R T LA N D , P U B L IS H E D W E E K L Y N, F R ID A Y , A U G U S T 31, 1923 t a Misa, is the B e a ta e f Official Jearta e f the W emea e f I t a K a went af the A N Y W H E R E IN U. S. PRICE Sc KLAN NIRO — V IT A L L Y IM P O R T A N T FOR Y O U T O A T T E N D A MARTYR TO NATION'S CAUSE Mongrel Roman Mob At* tacks Peaceabla Parade, Murdering One Man. ALTAR S DRAPED IN BLACK ----------- o f American H opei _ Ideals Commit Most Atrocious Crimes. r ; Pythian r : n, Temple, T.i:r::d s î **«*• ^ * . ku kiu * ku « and ï ï r roastructlva work of vital Im portance to the com moo cause. The Exalted Commander. Mrs. Maybelle Jette, asks a ll who can qualify through former membership la the L.O.T.f E. to call at her office, 407 Ptttock Mock, and rwedvs some lit e r eat lag Informa »h * - h» r co-worker. hope to enroll more t p a 1,000 select members before the Christmas hells I me again SNQOTWG.IS NOW O l 0 j&ìf TASK S mongrel Kfti à aulittrh o f P it. August M. The W E S TE R N A M E R IC AN hy telegraph fro m the Pub-1 ■' — Helfy Department of the Imperial K l.n ' _ . r- , « „ the true and run account whi.h a y Sem ces Given Freely to A ll pear, below. Alike, Including Jews -N oth in g la loo good for the readers of The W E S T E R N A M E R IC AN The end Catholics. telegraph tolls on this excellent report amounted to 1*3 70. and the Imperial Klan paid the bill For this superb A ll kinds of persons In trouble of eervlrr, rendered no promptly anil ef some kind, sometime* real, but more ficiently. we are all thankful, and our compllimmta are returned to the Pub often Imaginary, call dally at tha ex licity Department and to U . vigilant workers, who are constantly In touch ecutive of|ces of the Klan. and they with every purt of the country.— Edi Include Roman Catholics. Jews and tor. % » negroes, and all are given a hearing BY STAKK COKRRMPOXItEXT OK and help, if possible. The Klan Is no respect or of persona, outside o f Its T11K IM P K K IA I. I U N . own membership. Special by Telegraph. A T L A N T A , O s , Aug. «H.— Bourn, i A Knight o f Columbus, well known h im .m e n ! A brother He* dead. The In business In Portland, was being pur C ro«». lym bel of Christian «a rriflee sued and harassed by an enemy, who and hope. I« - tumped and broken In happened to Iw t mischievous Jaw. the mad of a tittle Pennsylvania town, The Roman Knlgbt Implored the aid «bip. The Stars and Stripe«, glorion* of the Klan. The Jew (w h o wasn't a emblem of freedom and llbrriy, he* good ono) was almost persuaded to be hern torn to «bred* af the hand* of a a Christian, shortly afterward, aqd aioh.'artnatcd sad laipellrd by tafia- now ho lots that K-C severely alone. ra re * whlrh are the antithesis of what Tuesday night a Jaw (this time a Old Glory stands for. good on e), who has a worthy Roman Yes. Klan«m rn, moarnt Drape your Catholic wife, appealed to the Klan altars In blark. Honor the memory for protection from certain enomlaa. of a simple and hamhle Amerlran. who It was given promptly, In vindication laid dona his lfteK unafraid and un- Í of good-will and tha law. shrinking, for the Canse whlrh Is Scores of examples Ilk* the*# could l'ourN* * be given, adding a social service list Salale Klansman Thoms* R. Abbott. of Th, W E S TE R N AM E R IC AN , many of Atlnshnrg, Pa* a fellow Ju«t like of wb(lm l n Catholics and Jaws, yon or.m e. who. because he dared to ..Not for but for oth<ra> - th, march with the Cross and the Klag. ,,ght of th, r le r y C r o - . was martyred at behest of enemies 1 Alas! I f R were not for tbo Ines mnrt* deadly to Amerlran hope* and capable controversy over Political Ro Ideals than ever was a German Kaiser, manism— If all were good A M E R I or a Cal holle king of Spain! C ANS without any kind of foreign al Think II over, Klnssmen, and n«k legiance— the Klansmen and th* "Ka- yonrselves Ihr age-old qnestlan, “ lio n aeya,” Protestants and Catholics, ne long, O L o rd ! Ilow long I” Then, gro** and Jews, today would be th* fortified by the example af Tom Abbott beet kind of friend*. of Pennsylvania, and Robert* of The Issue Is real, however, and the T e x a s and other* who have died ar conflict la Irrepressible. Our Nation suffered for onr Canse. go terih and work and live, with renewed energy , cannot andura without tha develop ment of th* American nationality and fo r the Right. Klansmen Abbott,, who we* shot to 8 patrlotl.m free from tatot of th* death hy an antl-KIsa fanatic last week In Cernegl#, P en n , was a Im e martyr to the Can.e, hopes and be- lief* o f Protestant Christianity, a* ever was n Cranmer, a Ridley e r a Lathner, or the host o f “ heretic*" “ who kept alive the sullen flam e* of km It lif leid.” He died In a Just and noble Canse. Oh, how sorry I am that It hap pened! He died heennse he wa* an AM E R I CAN. Ho Pittsburgh newspaper* quote Klan*man Abboll’ « widow, with two (Continue«! un I'age 11 BROCKWAY’S HEAD AS SCOOT LEADER MOST BE SEVERED porti - and KLAJffcaanf:.'. it is ei-1 telly Important for ell of you to nl- tead the regular meeting o f Portland i Klan No I Monday night. Sept. I | liuslaeaa of great Importance le to be considered, and the voice and vote of every loyal member la needed. WOMEN or T H E K L A N : Attend Demand His Immediate Resignation. ONLY NECESSARY PUBUCITY S P IT E F U L OF At Condon, “ The Mln-yut* rnoted by Klan—with only i l followers, are aoce they operating slyly, members of the al Church met a j • removed” their Cheney, from Ms 1 menaely popular however, and i l l of hla greater l ed by the BUSY county/ outfit pro tea of the Of deluded the annoy- ' tien Co-j number of agrégation- W hite Men. see a church with a far FOES ID AMERICA’S SCHOOLS SET FIRE TO ANOTHER HOME Burning o f Glencoe School W e s Incendiary. D E T E C T IV E S SEEK FIENDS W ho Foolishly Hales and Opposes p a r Public Schools — W A T C H THEM! Details W ill Be Given Next Week, if Situation Requires It. V E R N O N IA T O H A V E A GORGEOUS PAR AD E E a r, V . K . Allison, the renowned Klan orator, w ill speak Friday night, August I I . gt a great open eir meeting of Klanamen and their friends at Ver- nonla— the beaatiful little city in the magnificent Oregon forest. In one of i "God's First Temples"— amid scenery | of the most beautiful and satisfying kind, the people will hear the m enace of the Knights o f the Ku Klux Klsn. delivered by one of Its famous spokae- There wlH be a parade of K lai | In fall regalia. The occasion la : carnival anniversary of the coming of I the railroad to Vernon la Many visitors are expected from the suiroaodlng country, including POSTMASTER M S INSISTS ON GIVING LANGOE 0 1 MAILS Portland Postmaster Disre gards Imperative Decree of the District Court. BATTLE WILL BE F0U6NT OUT Before W e A re Through with Them, W e ’ll Have One or T w o in Pcs, In this sty«. Ha 17 Wight, August *6. about • he aheyed. p lW I o'clock. Ku A M E B IC A * demand« the re* Ige ati eu e f Jeme* E. Breekway Chief Executive of the Portland f rÜ Bey Meeufs e f America. ,The police1 hare many clews »rin g s monthly "ra g " wRM a Very small circulation, which was known The people of Oregon generally are form erly as "T h e Northman.” and pub lished previously In Norwegian dialect, demanding that f t esc fiends be caught or some other foreign lingo. > and that the law be 'changed to Inflict By formal authority of the 8 a - . Lengoe confessed, reluctantly, in presse officers o f the Ancient and 11- ; the penalty of capital punishment the trial o f the case before Judge R ob *., upon every person convicted of auch ^ ,U8tr'ous Order Kaghts o f Malta— the ert Tucker In the District Court that ; greatest aad oldest fraternity o f Us crimes. kind In the world— the Knights o f the ; 1* R. W heeler, publisher of th* Rom There' Is said to be quiet but great Ku Klux Klan has been approved as | anist Portland Telegram , advised him rejoicing among the known enemies of to its principles, purposes, methods to aproprtate, the name o f T H E WES the public school system, who view sad mission, aad T H E W E S T E R N T E R N AM E R IC AN , which he did near wtth satisfaction and fiendish glee the A M E R IC A N has been adopted as the ly a year ago. Our second-clam mall* Inconvenience thus caused to about official journal of the Knights o f lng privilege then was suspended and 700 American school children, and the { Malta in Oregon and the Great Nortb- we were compelled to pay full postage rates on all papers, with a growing schools are to reopen within a week. The million dollar Washington High The official designation appears for circulation, this loss amounting now School of Portland was burned In the the first tim e on the title page o f thla to a large sum of money. 'but no •flresta h a w * been made y e t I f we find II necessary te publish next week the farts and detall* apea which (h i* ar ile a hi baaed, a ll roa rer»ed w ill re- The K n ig h u of the Ku K lux Klan gret that tht* demaad was not obeyed* hk( u k fn „ attitude ih IMBTA3TEK. « 1 Portland. Aug. <7. 1M3. T o Portland Klan No. 1, Invisible Em pire. Knights of the Ku Klux K lan: Whereas, This organisation appoint ed a committee to investigate the ad ministration of the Portland Council. Boy Scouts o f AmerUm, and Whereat. Thl* organisation haa ap proved heartily the reports of said committee, as submitted from time to time; .therefore, be It Resolved. That It is the sense o f this Klan. In Atlonclave aasembled. that this organisation should Indorse, openly and publicly, the work o f thla committee, and In compliance with Ita recommendations, we demand: Klrsti The resignation of James E. Breekway as Chief Excretive ef the Portland Caaarll, Boy Scouts of A awe lea. Secondt Reorganisation of the Portland Council, Boy Scoafs of A arnica, along representative lines, as required by the national srgaalaaUea. Third t A complete aad compre bel *lve aadlt of the books aad rec ord* ef the Portia ad Ceaarll, Boy Heosts of America, for Ike last three year*, and he It fir lh e P -“ “ ^ ^ Resolved, That thla committee bo and It Is hereby Inatructed to release a copy o f thl* resolution to tha press with the assurance that Portland Klan No. 1 la solidly behind these demands, COMM ITTEE. K N IG H T S OF THE KU K L U X K L A N ADOPTED UNANIM OUSLY, Monday, hyphen. ! The Great Controvaray Is ovar this August *7. ISIS. well-eatabllahed fact: Tha, Roman Catholic Hierarchy Is a foreign po- O PE N A IR M E E T IN G Ittlcal Institution In religious guise, STIRS D A L L A S , ORE. and It seek* to dominate America. Speelal Dispatch. A number o f members o f Pelham D A LLA S , Or*., Aug. IS,— Thousands .Klan No. 163, Realm of Oeorgla, at attended a great open-air meeting of tended tha funeral services of B. T. th* Klanamen at Dallas Wednesday Cooper recently. Four Klansmen In night. Rav. V. K. Allison, one of the full regalia o f thalr order placed a famous patriotic orator* of the North- wreath on the grave Klanamen Cooper jwest, was th* principal speaker. stlr- was a charter member o f Pelham ! ring th* Klansmen with hi* appeal for | Klan, I solidarity and activity In th* Caua*. combatting the malicious attacks waited by Hearst's International Maga- xtne. which for soma months has been pubt.ihlng papers stolen from Klan headquarters a year and a half ago and Interlarding thU documentary evi dence of K laq activities with lies man same manner several months ago and issue. Beginning next week, continu Money Appropriated ufactured by themselves about the la ‘ now about to be rebuilt. A finer ing regularly. T H E W E S T E R N A M E R In the meanwhile, despite our con building will also be erected In place IC AN w ill contain a department o f stant protests to Postmaster Jones.' Order. onr private m all was delivered in part news for the Knights o f Malta. of the Glencoe school. The present national administration In the meanwhile the priestly ene- When you see a brother wearing the to Langoe. who appropriated the haa taken the offensive at last, by mtes o f the putyie school are very busy insignia o f an sight-pointed star, with money contained In private letters, in filing In tha federal court In N ew thts week, just before the reopening an Inner double circlet of stars and a tended for subscriptions and advertis York, a petition seeking the return of data, especially busy in Sell wood and Fiery In the r. You may ing in T H E W E S TE R N AMERICAN. letters and documents stolen from Langoe, whose right name is said other suburban sections, warning igno knew that he I* DEPENDABLE; that Klan files and peddled to Hearet for rant parents whom they can influence he la an AMERICAN o f the very high to be Hanson, and who formerly was a gum 0f $3oog. that their children must not be sent est rank, for this I* an exclusive fisherman at Astoria, had his tele- It henceforth w ill he th* policy of honor, difficult o f attainment, and »b on e name Inserted In the directory to the public school. th* national administration o f the The question is, how long w ill the only th* Faithful and True can g o 1 • • T H E W ESTERN AMERICAN, de-^ | Knights of th* Ku Klux Klan to assail spite the fact that the name of his people tolerate this increasing peril threugh the teats, vigorously the un-American Interests and open menace to their most cher-: Klawnmen. all, sahfta tha Ancient concern was the Northman Publishing whose activities against as have for labed Institution of libnrty and e q u a * - * "d Illustrious Knights e f Mart a. Company, thus enabling him to get our the most pari gone unrebuked. The jl y , 'when* deeds e f glory threugh the ages telephone calls and to reply impudent llsarst suit may he regarded as a ly and insultingly to callers when they In the meantime, also, tha bsnafl- .hdv* he'P *d 80 flr8“ **y to *av* elvill- starter along this Ua*. thought they were talking with some cent compulsory public school law. i****°n' ,nd wt,° 88 o p ta ta d action now, Tha suit against Hearet is predicated one of the staff of the W E STE R N passod by the people o f Oregon in th e -** th® RIGHT mouvant, means an upon the recent litigation so success- AM ERICAN. r in fi.iiv hr th « Knieht* nt the Isst general election, ia th » subject1 •noemocs increase ad gew gem e er In th* fully prosecuted by the Knight* of the " ,„ . I Klan crusade fo r the American Aim T o Wreck Our Paper y Ku Klux Klan In protactlng their of * tawault beg in this *>»*k In th8 L . ... Our losses through this criminal membership Hat. in the M at. of I n - ; ™ * « ! S to to . District Court o f P ort- Fiery Cress, outrage have been enormous and al diana and th* city Of Chicago. land. Attorneys «n e e d e d that th l* 1 which th* K nlgM e of Malta have up most wrecked the enterprise. The suit would go for final aattlement ' Cd A list o f 11.000 names o f Klansmen held and fought under f o r nearly a original Intention was, of course, to In the city of lodtunapollo was stolen the United States Supreme Court, TH O USAND Y E A R «, the hosts e f th* wreck T H E W ESTERN AM ERICAN by a thief and trait or who sold them 1 The battle for liberty and religious Invisible Empire w ill penquer the completely and to deprive the Klan of to the Unity Leagne for fSOO cash freedom Is going to be fought out now its spokesman. The take “ Western world. « The Unity League proposed to publish In the country's highest tribunals, and. Am erican." edited by Langoe. with this Hat of KUMume* but an Injunc- If the Oregon law falls there to K L A N E X E C U T IV E S certain contributors on a certain tion was granted by the United 8t*tes survive the acid tests as to conatltii- M E E T IN P O R T L A N D newspaper, “ battled” against the pub court In Chicago which ruled that the tionallty. the battle then w ill be fought lic s c h oo l'b ill, the Klan a n d 'e v e ry Klan executive« from every pert of stolen lists w a n Klan property ami out In the Congrae* of th* Unite '. thing In the Klan's program o f Oregon w ill meet In tartlan d before could hot he m afr public Editions o f States. achievement. The Langoe fake was th* end o f th* weak on business of the publication tarrying th * Indian- ............................ and is Just as un-American as the real spoils namex were Impounded and mor(. than doubled its strength since great Importance. T h * news of this W E S TE R N AM ERIC AN is genuinely kept from circulation by th* order o f the date o f these documents. The suit I gathering win he announced at th* American. the United (Rated court. | specifically seek* the return of all Klan meeting In Portland next Mon- A fte r the case was tried upon Its Baaing their «¡ctlon; on the ruling : f tolen letters and papers and would j day night. 8 *p t 3. and the dally papers merits before Judge Tucker, who Is o f the federal Jbdge In Illinois, the restrain further publication o f such also may poaatkly get it. sued a peremptory decree that no one Klan now seeks to recover from stolen «tuff. — ln Oregon except ourselvea should use Hearst's Internatfcnal Magnate*, orig The letter* published In Haarat’s B«<;k*y* Klan No. ». Realm of Ohio. the tIMe T H E W E STE R N AM ERICAN, inal letters stolen from th* Klan flies | magazine speak tor themselves The located at Cohtmbus. Increased Its and that no mails addressed to T H E and sold to them. These thefts lo o k articles accompanying them have been membership hy 100 last week when a W E 8TE R N AM E R IC AN should be re " v~ On thia place some while tg o and th * letters ruled with absolutely untruthful state- I big naturalisation was bald ceived hy anyone except ourselvea. throw IRtle light on Ike activities of meats about the Order. !ts alms snd occask * the SAglece band of Buckeye Poítmaztei» Jones continues his efforts the Order today, sine* the: Klan h a s 1 activities. *Klan mud* Its first public appearance. [ (C ostina«« <uT Pace i> t L- - «- v w u m d M ta * . w à * # m