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HIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1922. MAY LET: CABINET MEMBERS APPEAR .BEFORE By Robert J. Bsdr diked Jiewe Staff Correspondent Washington, June Zi. A. radical change in legislative procedure, which would permit cabinet members person ally carrying; to the floors of con gress the government's views on perill ing measures, is favored by Presi dent Harding. The possibility of debates In the house and senate, during which execu tive department heads would engage, with representatives and senators over important departmental measures and - policies, developed when It was learned that the cabinet Friday devoted much time to consideration of the idea. The change, it was stated, could easily be effected in this way : First, pass a resolution making it possible for cabinet members to speak from the floor at their own request, or the request of congress, a privilege i;ot now granted under congressional rules. ijrESTIOSIWG PROPOSED Second, fix practicable rules govern ing such discussion which would per mit, not only exposition of the ad ministration's attitude on government measures, but questioning of the offi cials by representatives and .senators. uch procedure, is the practice in the British parliament, where members "of the cabinet personally lead debate on landing issues. There would be one marked difference, however, under the proposal favored by Harding and his cabinet. In the British parliament an adverse vote on a measure espoused by the government is regarded as a vote of lack of confidence and frequently is followed by resignation of the cabinet. This, of course, would not be followed here. Three measures are already pending in congress, designed to give executive officials a voice on the floor. Two of these one by Representative Mon tague, Virginia, and the other by Rep resentative Kelley, Pennsylvania, are identical, and would permit members of the cabinet to have seats in each chamber two days out of each week. The third by Senator McLean would give this privilege to the heads not only of departments, but of nu merous commissions, the shipping board, etc The Kelley bill was con sidered by the cabinet Krlday. It is the crinion of Harding and the cabinet that it would not be practicable to have cabinet members actually take seats regularly in either chamber, but merely to be given the privilege of speaking from the floor when desir able. IDEA IS OT 'KW The idea of cabinet members ap pearing personally before the house and senate is an old one, and at one time was practiced. Since 1790, how ever, when congress refused to hear Hamilton, who desired personally to make his report on public credit, there has been continued an abstentation by cabinet members from personal ap pearances, except when called before committee hearings. Secretary Hughes, in a recent speech at Ann Arbor, revived the old i&sue. .etther he nor other executives, in cludmg President Harding, favor cabi net members voting In either house of congress permission for which could by granted only by constitutional amendment. "But," said Hughes, in his speech, "it is quite consistent with our sys tem that the head of a department should have the opportunity personally to -be heard where important depart mental measures and policies are under consideration. "Every facility should be provided, consistent with our system, which will 'aid in avoiding misconstruction, allay ing suspicion and preventing unjust aspersions. The remedy for misuder titanding is explicitation and debate and the opportunity for thus inform ing the public in a responsible manner should- not be curtailed bv anv un necessary artificiality of method." I Jl was stated . Friday that every CONGRESS See Three National Parks The Journal Way Two Completely Conducted Excursions will leave Portland this summer on July IS and Aug," 11 Mffi EXCURSION LIMITED TO 25 MEMBERS Special Sleeper Special Autos Each Two Weeks9 Tour Includes 2 days in Rainier National Park 5 days in Glacier National Park 5 days in Yellowstone Nat. Park member of the cabinet is In accord with this idea, which now may find its way into congressional discussion for ac tion. - , : - -.u THOUSANDS ATTEND STRIKER'S FUNERAL tCccttmted trots rate Um) down because they were non-union, working -In a closed mine, or because they were guarding the non-union workers. - Some were killed as they worked in an open coal pit. others were, killed as they ran from their attackers. Others were beaten so that they were disfig ured for life. Herrln. has no apologies to make. It I? again sleepy and somnolent. But a lazy eye is ever raised and a false move will energize it again. There was a semi-official report Fri day night that big mine union officials would not come to Herrin as they had planned because more trouble was more than a possibility. If trouble does break, it was reported, these offi cials have no desire to be In the vicin ity. OUTBREAK JGSOBED The most amazing apathy toward the outbreak exists v.here. No one speaks of it except with a half laugh. Curious men in no great numbers sauntered into the morgue Friday, dressed in blue overalls, and calmly looked over the dead. Going out they stood on the curb and whispered to each other. Almost without fail their whispers were accompanied by those gruesome half smiles. It is openly admitted, here that the mining element of Herrin feels no re morse or 5 fear. They are building their homes in Herrin and raising their families here, and strikebreakers have no right to their Jobs. Now. after terri ble scenes of bloodshed, which do not seem terrible to Herrin, these intrud ers have been driven out. Herrin's attitude explains why after 40 men were imported to open a new coal strip guarded by nearly as many imported guards. Senator W. J. Sneed. who is also district president of the mine workers' local No. 10, appealed to President . Jehn Lewis of the United Mine Workers for a statement on the status of these men in the eyes of the national body. MEN CALLED OUTLAWS The men imported claimed they be longed to the steam shovelers' unions. Lewis replied that this union was an outlaw and the men common strike breakers. The same reply came from President Frank Karrington of the Illi nois miners. These replies in hand, a young miner named O'Neill rode through "bloody Williamson " county, calling on the strikers to gather for a meeting in the woods east of town. They came by hundreds in response to his call. In the meantime District Attorney Duty and his aides appealed to Super intendent C. K. McDowell of the re opened mine, to stop work and avoid trouble. The district attorney and the sheriff knew what wotild happen. They had seen the sleepy pussy use her ter rible claws before. When McDowell refused they took two machine guns away from him to avoid immediate fighting. Then Hugh Willis, union member, and Senator Sneed, the most popular men in the county .appealed to McDowell to stop work at the mine. "McLowell put a gun in my stom ach and ordered me off the property," said Willis. Thus the meeting found hundreds of miners inflamed as it drew to a close. A truck loaded with commissary supplies for the non-union workers passed : some one fired and then an other fired. The guards fired back. Two strikers were killed. "On to the. mine" became their bat tle cry. Hundreds of miners came into Herrin and tried to buy guns and am munition. When refused, they took them. The encompassing of the mine, the rout of the workers, the surrender, the "break for liberty" of the prisoners, and the rest is at the morgue and hos pital. SLAUGHTER FORGOTTEN Quite a stirring day. but Herrin, ap pearing somnolent again, but watching from the corner of its eye, apparently has forgotten. Of course events like the following C L?r -T-i i wm . to0W ) IDAHO ..fill i $240 Covers Every "Necessary Expense including meals on diners and at hotels, hotel accommodations, and transportation. Strictly High Class' Service Guaranteed Each Tour Will Be Personally Conducted By Dorsey B. Smith - Manager Journal Travel Bureau Portland, Ore. were unfortunate: s " ; . Host of the strikebreakers were Chi cago west side laborers with no status. But- there was a . man named Robert Phpemaker ; in charge f the- mining operations. .- He was man of 49. mar ried and the father of three children, holding , three university degrees in civil and ' mining engineering, r His father, the mayor of Charleston. ' III, and a. man T5 years old. identified his body late Friday and he said as he looked at the face, shattered with bul lets : -This will probably kill his mother." A good many expressed regret about that Some outsiders have been heard to say that troops should be ordered here. Governor Small decided to do this early Friday. But authorities here are del uged with telegrams to do nothing of the kind. The terrible pussy, will with draw the velvet from her claws again. The trouble is over let it go at that, say the local authorities. Even Robert Medili, state director of mines and minerals, wired ' -Governor Small from here to cancel his mobiliza tion orders, stating that "it would do more harm than good." Colonel Sam B. Hunter told the United News : "The situation is well in hand and there is no need for troops." Sheriff Melvin Thaxton and District Attorney Duty added that troops would only create more trouble. President Farrington of the Illinois miners changed his plans late Friday ard decided not to come here. So the matter stands. It is a closed incident. Newspapers here do not even print things about the outbreak. Cor oner William Maccowan swore in an inquest jury Friday and adjourned the hearing until Sunday. And sleepy Herrin sleeps on, with one green eye open. ATTORNEY GENERAL PLANS TO PROSECUTE THE MINERS (By United Npwb) Chicago, June 24. While indications were that Governor Len Small could continue to refuse to send state troops Into bloody Williamson county, At torney General Brundage, late Fri day, be'gan action to prosecute the miners who massacred at least a score of non-union men near. Herrin.' Brundage has sent Assistant Attor ney General Rodeburg, and another aide to Herrin to make a complete investigation. If the fi-cts warrant it the attorney general declared, murder indictments will be returned against those responsible for the slaughter. 'The attorney general's office has no -authority to prevent riots," Brun dage said. "But it has authority to punish rioters. Such action is open to us as we took, in the case of the riots at East St. Louis, when we made an investigation which resulted in the indictment ana conviction or tne ring leaders." Following receipt of telegrams from local authorities in the mine district, urging him not to send troops to Her rin. Governor Small, who is in Wauke- gan, told the United News : leanest reports 10 me are mat inc situation is quiet and that there is no fear of a further outbreak. It does not seem now that troops will have to be sent." "There is something rotten down there," commented a member of the governor's official family, as he noted the unanimity of the advice from Her rin to keep the troops away. Among the confidential telegrams to Small from Herrin was one which said : "There isn't a man in Williamson county with enough nerve to arrest any miner who took part in the riot." Coal operators here charge openly that the miners .have not only ter rorized the Williamson county offi cials but have bluffed state officials who were at the scene several days prior to the riots. Reports were cur rent that Small intended to oust Sher iff Melvin Thaxton and possibly others for not keeping him informed of the situation, but the governor "would not say anything at this time." F. W. Wilkie, traveling superintend ent of an agency which sent men to the mine, said that every man sent by his agency was unarmed when the miners attacked. Their arms had been surrounded to the sheriff on Monday, he said. MILITARY COMMISSION BEGINS INVESTIGATION OF SLAVGHTER Herrin, Ill.i June 24. Sending of troops into the troubled Herrin district in "unnecessary and Inadvisable," the local authorities today informed the military investigating committee or dered here by Governor Small. Assurances were given by Mayor A. ITacTEET watl r ARK. AO0Nft. T. Pace and Hugh Willis, leader of the 10.000 miners in the district, that no new outbreak of violence was contem plated or likely. ' Sending of troops. Willis and Pace said, would only cam plicate the situation and might result la provoking hostilities. H "I will guarantee you that there will be no further trouble, Willis, who is board member of the district or ganization of the miners. " declared to Major General Milton J. Foreman, head of the, military commission of eight. COMMISSION' ARRIVES Willjs told Major General Foreman that he "courted a full Investigation." He insisted that the non-union miners started the hostilities that resulted in the death of 23 and injury to a score or more. He said the Southern Illinois Coal company was responsible for the trouble, "because it repudiated its agreement entered . into with me by attempting to mine and load coal for industrial purposes, employing strike breakers." The military investigating commis sion arrived here by way of .Carbon dale, being accompanied from that city by Major Robert W. Davis, coeditor of the Carbondale Free Press. Besides Major General Allen, Major Fred E. Rand. Major John Richman and Major Bert J. Dolan. Precautions were being made at the Herrin hospital, where 16 of the wounded non-union men are quartered, to get them out of town at an oppor tune time to avert the possibility of a renewal of the violence. S3 BODIES FOUND The condition of several of the pa tients is critical - and at least one, it was said, is at the point of death. With the finding of two more bodies last night, the known dead has mount ed to the total of 23. The arrival of Governor Smalls mil itary commission already has had a marked effect on the community. The number of men idling in the streets was appreciably smaller this morning and the crowd, which, for 24 hours, had assembled at the morgue to view and comment "on the "exhibition" of dead non-union men, had almost en tirely disappeared. Union men in eight mines in the vi cinity of Herrin who quit last night in fear their work would be misunder stood and they would be attacked, re turned to work today when assured by Willis they would not be harmed. The men had been doing maintenance work at the mines. LABOR TTNIONS DENOUNCED IN SENATE FOB MINE MASSACRE Washington. June 24. (U. P.) La bor unions were bitterly denounced for their part in the Herrin (111.) mine war, in a fiery- speech in the senate today by Senator. M,yers. Montana. "The atrocities at Herrin. when union laborers attacked men who had been brought to work the mines, were more horrible, more shocking than any com mitted by Germany in the World war." Myers charged. ry , "A free America noVs not exist any more. Today an hanest workman who does not belong toUhe labor unions is not able to earn anNtonst living with out first getting consent of an organ ized minority which has decreed that no man in America shall work without its permission." OF GERMANY IS SLAIN (Continued From Pace On) ly attacked Rathenau in a speech. "You are the murderer," they cried. Some of the Socialists grabbed Hell ferich by the collar as they accused him of responsibility for the assassina tion. He left at once. A messenger arrived with a bouquet of roses for Hellferlch. The flowers were tied with a black, wliua and red ribbon on which was inscribed : "To the savior of the Fatherland." A melee ensued in which the messen ger was beaten. Turbulent scenes were again enacted In the reichstag this afternoon as a result of the assassination. Socialists attacked Nationalist members, trying to drive them from the chamber. It took the president a quarter of an hour to restore order. Chancellor Wirth revealed Dr. Rath enau knew his life was menaced. "The foreign secretary was warned weeks ago," said the chancellor. "I believe this outrage was due to the unscrupulous propaganda of reaction aries and also to France's policy of hatred and suppression which is ..driv ing the Germans to desperation. I ex pect that my turn will come, too." The cabinet was called into session and unanimously approved Chancellor Wirth's declaration that the utmost steps must be taken to protect the Re publican government against further attacks. WAS REGARDED AS ONE OF NATION'S STRONGEST MEN Rathenau was one of the most power ful men in the German government. Rathenau ranked with Hugo Stinnes as one of the strongest men in Ger many. He incurred the hatred of the monarchists by his activities In the government of Chancellor Wirth. It was he who conducted the negotia tions with the Russians at Genoa which led to the German-Russian treaty reopening trade relations be tween these two nations. SETERELT CRITICIZED On his return to Berlin after the Genoa conference he was severely criticized by some elements for his negotiations with the soviet representa tives. Rathenau was always considered Germany's leading expert on recon struction matters and was foreign min ister in the former Wirth ministry. When this cabinet was re-formed last winter Rathenau was made acting for eign minister. Since the end of the war Rathenau has been known throughout the world as Germany's most competent authority en maemnity problems. Rathenau was head of the German electrical trust. He and Hugo Stinnes were considered Germany's wealthiest men. Despite his great wealth he was a member of the Socialist party and it is possible his assassination was due !o the monarchists. OPPOSED REACTIONARIES In all his dealings with the allied governments and with his own govern ment Rathenau had stood for a sane and quick settlement of the reparations and indemnities problems with France, Throughout Germany's troubled times in the transition from a monarchy to a republic Rathenau opposed, and to his death, continued to oppose, the re turn of the reactionaries to power. More than any other man In Europe he held the confidence of the Wirth ministry. President Kbert and the Ger man people as a whole. His death is considered a most serious blow to the sane reconstructionist.- movement. WAS ARDENT SCHOLAR Dr. Rathenau was. the son of the founder of the dectrical Trust of Ger many. .: In bis early - youth he devel oped a great liking for educational pursuits. He studied in many differ ent countries and from the technical and scientific point of view was con STRONG MAN sidered one of the best educated men In the world. He was the author of numerous" books n sociological prob lems, nearly all of them of a very ad vanced character, f . ' In an interview with a representa tive of the United Press last year Dr. Rathenau insisted that he had always been opposed to the war. While I he was active In' the German economic administration during the war. he took the position that he could follow : no other ; course afer war actually had been declared. ENORMOUSLY RICH Being enormously rich and of the highest class of business baron, he oc cupied a very unique position follow ing the war when he was called upon by Chancellor Wirth. to participate as a leading member of the republican government. His sympathies, however, were entirely with the new govern ment, and it was because of his high position in business and educational circles that he was able to exercise extraordinary influence in his new ca pacity. As minister of reconstruction he directed the first work toward put ting Germany together following the collapse of the armies on the Western front. Dr. Rathenau was particularly pop ular with Americans. He spoke Eng lish with perfect ease and the famili arity of one who constantly used the language. He had traveled extensively in America and found rnuch common ground for discussion with visiting American financiers and business men. He was a tall man of commanding appearance and the skilled manner of a trained diplomat. Many American observers considered Rathenau 'by far th strongest man in present day German life and looked upon him. as the greatest influance working toward a sane solution of Germany's problems. NATION-WIDE ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW REGIME SEEN Berlin. June 24. fU. P.) Assassina tion of Foreign Minister Walter Rath enau today was the signal for a country-wide attempt to overthrow the gov ernment tonight, leaders of the inde pendents in the reichstag warned. The city was thrown into a turmoil, the communists demanding immediate arming of the workmen to resist a monarchist uprising. Majority social ists urged dissolution of the Officers' league and reorganization of the reichstag. The assassination evidently had been carefully planned and was carefully carried out. In some quarters the Offi cers' league was held responsible. It was also pointed out that acquittal of the suspected slayers of Mathias Erz berger had encouraged political mur ders. PNEUMONIA TAKES .ROCKEFELLER (Continued From Pa One) hope was given up several hours be fore he breathed his last. Burial will be made in Sleepy Hollow cemetery, but the date- has not yet been announced. 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STARR PHONE BROADWAY B4S1 If 03 d 0 (2 00 r York, Philadelphia. BeHli July Joly 20 1 ...... Ave. ...... FROM PORTLAND S. OoM Harbor ..Aug. IS ss. Blue Trie nolo IS. Artigas apace ) Peciflo Coast Agents . U. , Phono Beoedway S4S1 COWARDS BROUGH I fMEAL AND BERTH INCLUDED III STEAMSHIP III GM?AT A TOD" See Diego, C. at ::::: :::::: 1 'sen, is m am h a 1 turn of ' the kaiser. I wish, 1 could make this, statement public at this time, but there are - obvious reasons why It - would be Unwise. The statements made by Dr. Rathe nau in this Interview reveal his true attitude toward the situation in Ger many and make perfectly clear the hatred held for him by the royalist party. MRS. CASPER CAPSER Ilwaco, Wash.. June 24. Mrs. Casper Capser. resident of Seaview, Wash., and well known In Portland, where she lived before coming to the. North Beach, died Friday evening After an illness of several months. Funeral services will be held at Holy Rosary church in. Portland. Tuesday morning at 9 :80 o'clock. FRIDAY HOODOO IGNORED Vancouver. -Wash.. Jane 24. The double hoodoo of Friday and the 23rd failed to deter two couples who pb tained marriage licenses here. They were Hansen Guellaksen. 41. andLo ella Haynes. 35. Portland ; Ralph W. Wood. 28. and Mabel Diener, 21. Ka lama. Wash. v- For experiments X-ray tubes have been built that operate at 300,000 volts. Catholic Citizenship Article TWO Can You Justify Those- Who Attack the Citisenship of Catholics by A MASS OF HAZY QUOTATIONS from scattered members of an organization which in the United States slone has nearly twenty millions of adherents, especially when such quotations are almost Invariably garbled, misinterpreted, or t best are but the private views of an individual? When you wish to know what (he American Constitution stands for, do you go to Mr. Radical, Rev. Crank or Mrs. AntiAmerican? No, not when there are reliable channels to consult. Should not the citizenship of Catholics be judged by the consistent conduct and uniform patriotism of the great majority, rather than the misdeeds of an occasional individual? Is it not really criminal to invent fictitious quotations and numerous fake oaths to blacken the citizenship of Catholic' citizens? If not criminal, then how designate such con duct? Yet this is being done every day in Oregon. A MOST DRASTIC INSTANCE of this kind is the FAKE OATH ascribed to the Knights of Columbus.; thousands of copies have been circulated in Oregon. Did you read this fake oath, and did you think it genuine? If so, you were grossly deceived. THE FAKE K. OF C. OATH has been exposed and condemned in Congress; that is how It .got into the Congressional Record, not because it was true but because if was a fake. It has been condemned in many courts in the United States and Canada; e. g., in Philadelphia, Pa., in the Quitter Sessions Court, in the C2se of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Charles Megonegal and Clarence H. Stage. Jan. 30th, 1914; again, Waterville, Minn., in the case of State of Minnesota vs. A. M. Morrison and Garfield E. Morrison, July 29th, 1914; again, St. Johns, Newfoundland, in the District Court before Judge Knight against Charles A. Swift. In these and in various other courts, defendants were found guilty of circulating the false, fictitious, FAKE OATH. During the war, the" campaign of vilification reached a low ebb. Lately in Oregon and elswhere it has been revived with added impetus. In October, 1914, the business men of Indianapolis, Ind., ap pointed a committee of Non-Catholics, who investigated and con demned the imposture in the strongest terms. Surely some of our representative Portland Non-Catholics ought to be willing, to make a similar investigation, if any of them think this oath genuine. In the same month the Masons of Los Angeles made a searching inquiry, and fhey reported the so-called Oath to be a malicious forgery. Surely the. Masons of Portland would be willing to show the same spirit of fairness, if any of them doubt that this oath is a fake. WHAT THE MASONS SAlDi Hon. Paul J. McCormick, Court House, Los Angeles. My. Dear Judge: ' c ' I take pleasure in handing you herewith the findings of the com mittee of Freemasons to whom you exhibited the ceremonials and pledges of the Order of Knights of Columb'us. I am very glad that I have been able, in a measure, to secure this refutation of a slanderous lie which has been widely circulated and which has been disseminated in many cases by well meaning, credulous and deluded, persons. I shall see to it that this report has wide circulation among ' Masons and" you rnay use it in any way you deem best to bring about an understanding of the truth among men who. above -all controversies and contensions, desire to know and to follow that which is right and true. Yours cordially, W.- R. HERVEY. October 9, 1914. v We hereby certify that by authority of the highest officer of the Knights of Columbus in the State of California, who acted under instructions from the Supreme Officer of the Order in. the United States, we were furnished a complete copy of all the work, cere monies and pledges used by the Order, and that we carefully read, discussed and examined the same. We found that while the Order is in a sense a secret association, it is not an oath bound organ ization and that its ceremonies are comprised in four degrees which are intended to teach and inculcate principles that lie at the founda tion of every great religion and every free state. Our examination of these ceremonials and obligations was made primarily for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not a certain alleged oath of the Knights of Columbus, which has been printed and widely circu lated, was in fact used by the Order and whether if it was not used, any oath, obligation or pledge was used which was or would be offensive to Protestants or Masons, or those who are engaged in circulating a document of peculiar viciousness and wickedness. We find that neither the alleged oath nor any oath or pledge bearing the remotest resemblance thereto in matter, manner, spirit or pur pose is used or forms a part of the ceremonies of any degree of the Knights of Columbus. The alleged oath is scurrilous, wicked and libelous and must be the invention of an impious, and venomus mind. We find that the Order of Knights of Columbus, as shown . by its rituals, is dedicated to the Catholic religion charity and patriotism. ! There is no propaganda proposed or taught against Protestants or. Masons or persons not of Catholic faith. Indeed, Protestants and Masons are not referred to directly or indirectly 1n the cere monials and pledges. The ceremonial of the Order teaches a high and noble patriotism,. instills a love of country, inculcates a rever ence for law and order, urges the conscientious and unselfish per formance of civic duty and holds up the Constitution of our country ' as the richest and most precious possession of a Knight of the Order. We can find nothing in the entire ceremonials of the Order that to our minds could be objected to by any person. - MOTLEY HEWES FLINT. 33d Degree Past Grand Ma?ter of Masons of California. DANA RE1D WELLER, 3 2d Degree Past Grand Masterof Masons of California. WILLIAM RHODES HERVEY, 3 3d Degree Past Master and Mas"ter of Scottish Rite Lodge. SAMUEL E. BURKE, 3 2d Degree Past Master and Inspector of Masonic District. THE FAKE K. OF C. OATH is a most drastic instance of a thousand and one similar forgeries and misrepresentations. From this - one draw your own con clusion Space does not permit replying to alL Below is THE REAL OBLIGATION which the Knights of Columbus take. From the day the order was founded, there never has been a word in the. ritual, ceremonial, promises- or proceedings of the Order-that conflicts with this: 'I swear to nSupport the Constitution of th.e United States. I pledge myself, as a Catholic citizen and Knight of Columbus, to enlighten myself fully upon my, duties as ' citizen and to consci entiously perform such duties entirely in 'the interest of my country and regardless of all personal consequerifces. I pledge myslf to, do alt in my power to preserve the Integrity and purity of the ballot : and to promote reverence and respect for law and order. I promise to practice my religion openly and consistently but without osten tation and to so conduct myself in public affairs and in the exercise of public virtue is to. reflect nothingbut credit upon our Holy Church, and to the end that she may flourish and our country prosper to the greater honor and -glory of God." Foregoing is the obligation which the Congressional Committee, : the various courts and the Masons -verified. Article Three will appear Saturday, July i. Persons wishing; to reply to or comment upon above, or procure further information on Catholic teachings and its relationship to Catholic citizenship are cordially Invited to address E, E. Eberhard, Sec. Catholic Defense Guild, Drawer K, Milwaukle, Ore. . ' ; . ', , (Pald Advertisement by EE. Eberhard.) . . Pack Strawberries. For Cold ;' Storage Vancouver, Wash:, June 24. The Washington Growers Packing corpora tion has a" force of girls hulling small strawberries at the packing plant and packing them in paraflne lined barrels with one part part sugar to two parts berries. These will be placed in cold storage for shipment to eastern syrup and jam manufacturers. TThls Is the first attempt to dispose of the smaller berries 4n bulk and is more or less of an experiment. The number of -crates disposed of through the association will not be known for several days but the amount of berries handled will fall below the crop of last year. CAPTAIN HARRIS HURT Vancouver. Wash., June 24. Cap tain C. A. Harris of the &9th Infantry suffered a broken shoulder blade when a horse he was training for the polo meet July 4 threw him. He was treated at the post hospital, and went to his home. Private James C Phil lips, while herding mules, was thrown from his mount and his leg wsa broken.