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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
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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
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Helfy Department of the Imperial K l.n ' _
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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.
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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. «
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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. [
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