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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
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this idea, which now may find its way
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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
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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
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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
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cemetery, but the date- has not yet
been announced.
Mr. Rockefeller had just completed
a J250.000 mausoleum in Sleepy Hol
low cemetery, which is the finest in
the cemetery.
Mr. Rockefeller was one of the most
powerful and most hoted capitalists in
the United States. He was a director
of a large number of corporations
and his counsel is said to have car
ried more weight than any other bus
iness man in New York City.
KEEN TO THE LAST
Despite his advanced age. his facul
ties were alert and normal. He was
able to conduct business affairs up
to his last illness.
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number of railways, gas companies
and banks. Among the companies of
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WAR, SAID RATHENAU
( Continued From Pace One)
The greatest proof of this was In the
Kapp coup when his royalist rule in
Berlin was utterly destroyed by "the
silent protest of , the people through
the only effective general strike ever
known in history. The people of Ber
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a dead city, without food, water, light
or any of the necessities of life. So
far history has failed to appreciate
the tremendous significance of this
great eventy which I am sure worked
the final eftd of organized royalst ac
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it was a war brought on by cowards
who were afraid to face the econojmlc
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what they had done, they had gone
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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.