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S ilverton J ournal VOL IV. PAPALJIOTES SILVERTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1915 No. 18. THE BIG FIGHT IN TEXAS ONE PARTY A MURDERER AND LIAR Patriotism in a free country i. a deadly foe to Romanism.. • • • A Connecticut paper Haya that a hili wan introduced In the legislature exempt! hr from taxation all property owned by the Knights of Columbus. That’a Romanism. • • • Dr. Oatruin, the great evangelist, asserted privately that the Catholica have the death grip on Oregon, but he hud not the nerve to tackle them openly. (The following is as the account • • • The late lamented legislature mad« appeared in the Catholic Sentinel of a large appropriation for the use of Feb. 26th.) Catholic an<l other private inatitutlona. Let ua ammend the .State Constitution to cut out such abuses. • • • If any non-Catholic wants any very late evidence that the Old Church is •till a tyrant let him know that there C, F. HALL OF HT. PAUL, BLACK'S COMPANION, FIRED THE are Catholic Bills now pending in Congress which provide a prison sen FIRST SHOT tence for criticising the Catholic Church. • • • The Catholics went to Blacks room armed! Read both sides and judge for yourself. What will be the outcome? Patriots, our very civilization is at stake! TRUTH ABOUT THE TEXAS TRAGEDY HOW FIGHTSTARTED Tier for the purpose of interviewing (The following is as the account Mr. Black and to protest against his appeared in the Christian Standard lectures and to see if we could not of February 27th.) persuade him to offer proof corrobor ating assertions which he had made in his last night’s lecture. We are (Special Correspondence to the Chris members of the Knights of Columbus tian Standard.) and also of the Catholic Church." Ryan described meeting Black, his adopted daughter, Sadie, and his com panion, C. F. Hall, of St. Paul, the entire party seating themeslves in Black’s room on the latter’s invita tion. EX-PRIEST KILLED AT MARSHALL, TEX. Hall Fired First Shot After entering the room they again asked Black if he was the man de livering the lectures, and, being in formed that he was, the speaker re plied, "Had we known you were going to deliver that kind of lecture we would not have allowed you to do it, and you are not going to lecture tonight, and you are going to leave town now." Black replied, “I am not going to leave town now, and am going to lecture tonight." At this, two of the Catholics, Rog On February 2d ex-Priest William A Catholic paper of Seattle under "Mr. Copeland,” said Ryan, "told Black, a member of the congregation ers and Copeland, rushed at Black the blessed smile of Bishop O’Dea, Mr. Black that if we had known the at Bellaire, Ohio, traveling under the and caught hold of him, one of them PRISONER GIVES STATEMENT say* (Jan.29) “.Marriage is neither nature of the lectures he was deliv ausp!ces of the "Free Speech League,” holding his arms. Black attempted OF AFFAIRS CULMINAT contracted or dlsolvml by civil author ering we would have offered protest ity." The thing seems to belong ex- ING IN MURDER sooner. We asked him not to lecture of Minneapolis, Minn., accompanied to draw his gun, but was held in a c'usively to the bunch of Romish again tonight unless he could produce by his adopted daughter Sadie, and way that p.evented him from doing bachelors. -------- A parade of 160 men and boys be proof of the assertions he was mak C. F. Hall as traveling companion, ar so. • • e ing. To this Mr. Black answered As the two Catholics scuffled with rived in Marshall and scattered circu hind Clarence F. Hall, Mias Sadie “Your committee cannot recom Black, "Billy" Parker and William he was going to lecture tonight, that Black one of them shot him. Hall lars headed "Rottenness of Rome,” mend the practice of sending juvenile Lloyd Clark, staff correspondent of this was a free country. In reply to offenders for correction to uny pri "The Menace," preceded the open this Mr. Rogen shook his finger at advertising meetings to be held at the says he could not tell which man fired vately controled institution to be ex ing of the grand jury investigation Black and told him he was not going court house for three nights. The the shot, but Sadie Black says it was ploited for private gain. The state at Marshall, Texas, into the killing to lecture tonight. subjects to be discussed were “Effects Copeland. At this stage of the af should own all such, and be under ex of William Black and John Rogers “At this, Black, who was seated, of the Confessional-box,” "Convent fray Hall drew his gun and shot clusive State control". —County and the wojndir.g of a third man in reached to his hip pocket for his pis Life,” and “Is the Oath of the K. of Rogers dead, and dangerously wound Board, Millwaukee, Wisconsin. Rogen, who was unarmed, a religious quarrel Feb. 3, says the tol. ed Copeland. Ryan and Tier, who C. True?” • e e caught at Black’s right arm. Hall, Catholic Citizen. were also using their guns, and had The first lecture was given as ad President Wilson gave a two hour The leaders of the imprompto pa who was standing on the other side of the room, fired and shot Rogen shot Black the second time, ran out hearing on the ¡migration Bill before rade represented the anti - Catholic vertised n Tuesday night, and was he vetoed it. A writer who was faction. There was no other demon and Copeland shot Black. Hall then of about the usual order of these into the hall and downstairs. The present says Pat Tumulty managed stration, and apparently all danger opened fire on Copeland. I drew my wildest excitement prevailed, and hun exposures of Catholicism. the hearing after the manner of an of a serious clash has been passed. pistol, but could not shoot, as Tier On Wednesday morning the K. of dreds were soon gathered at the hotel. attorney coaching his witnesses. The Subsequently five arrests were was standing in front of me. After Three prominent Catholics, includ The Bill hsd pnssed the house by a made on indictments charging the we left the room several shots were C. began holding secret meetings in ing the two who escaped from Black’s two-thirds vote, and the Senate with murder of William Black. The ar fired down the hall at us.” different partj of the city, the Cath "If you didn’t expect trouble of only seven negative votes. But in rested men were released on bond. olic priest, Father Granger, being room, and C. F. Hall, who defended the attempt to pass it over the veto, The grand jury which handed down some sort, why did you have your Black, were placed under bond to the vote in the house stood 261 for the these indictments is still in session. gun — your pistol?” he was asked. present at t1 ese meetings. During await the action of the grand jury. “We had heard the statement that the afternoon a number of Catholics Bill and 126 against it, lacking four A message from Marshall, Texas, these fellows made the night before, were around the hotel. Late in the Hall easily made bond, and could votes of the necessary two-thirds. states that John Copeland, cashier This was a test of strength by the of the State Bank, who was seriously that they were ready for resistance, aftern on Black and his daughter and have made many times the amount Hierarchy in Congress. The bill pro wounded in the shooting affray in and we took precautionary meas Hall went for a walk, and when they required, as scores of the leading vided a literacy test for immigration; which William Black and John Rog ures.” citizens came to his aid and prof Miss Black testified that Black returned about 5:50 o’clock four this the Hierarchy opposed. ers were killed, is now considered adopted her about a week ago. Last prominent K. of C.—S. John Rogers, fered assistance. • • • out of danger. The grand jury is in session at the Black’s funeral took place last month, she said, she ran away from George Ryan, John Copeland and Geo. By the action of the County board the Good Shepherd Convent at Hot Tier — met them in the hall opposite time of this writing. The judge has (Dec. 1914) an Investigating commit week at Bellaire, Ohio. Two years ago Black was working Springs, Ark., returning to her home their room. The testimony of C. F. asked that they make a thorough in tee went through a II. O. G. S. at in the Riley mine at Bridgeport, side in Little Rock. There Black adopted Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and found a Hall and Sadie Black, brought out vestigation, not to hurry through, but penal institution run on principles by side with Catholics. He never her. Concerning Miss Sadie Black, at the examining trial, in substance, to take time to investigate everything purely Catholic, presided over t>y a claimed or admitted that he was of connected with the affair, and to in "aged about 17,” whom the lecturer is about as follows: Mother Superior; over 100 inmates their faith. The farthest he would had adopted, it was stated in the dis dict the proper parties. graded according to religious stand go was that he knew all about Cath The Catholics asked Black if he patches that records at Little Rodk, olics. ing with insigna and regalia nttached Feeling is still at high pitch, and Ark., “are said to show she had was the man delivering anti-Catholic to their clothing marking How the Fight Started if fanned, the least bit would burst been in charge of probation officers lectures? Black informed them that the different classes. The upper into a conflagration. The Knights of since July 6, 1914. ” A private letter George Ryan, an attorney, charged he was. They then asked if they could class takes music and does fancy work with the killing of William Black, addressed to a party in Bellaire and Luther have received about 250 new see him in his room. He replied that for the market The second class written before the tragedy, states made the following statement in his members since the tragedy. This is does flag, banner and penant work that she had been sent by a judge to they could. All seven entered the for commercial purposes. The third examination after his arrest: going to be a hotly contested trial. room — the four Catholics, Black, “I went to the hotel with John a house of detention for wayward class does laundry work conducted Marshall, Tex. J. F. Bradford. his daughter and Hall. Copeland, John Rogers and George ness. along commercial lines. The institu tion is conducted for private gain, the value of services conservitively did they resort to mob force? It row, old flat-earth theories of priest estimated at from $4. to |R. per week looks to a Knight of Lincoln in Oregon craft and government for revenue. per girl, besides receiving $2. a week for her keep. All merits for advance Old “Mother Goose is a funny old • • • Some people think that the A. P. A. that Mr. Black was telling the truth. ment are based upon a religious stan duck, movement died, but the lessons it But then history says that Colum Some so-called protestants play into dard, so that the non-Catholic inmntes And “Old Mother Hubbard” ’a taught can not die, and “truth bus lied to his men when he first the hands of the enemy by boycotting (about one-fourth) have no chance. came over and his knights don ’ t seem crushed to earth will rise again”. another; everybody who does not do just as "Your committee is of the opinion to have much use for the truth yet. • • • But the "dumdest” old auk, that ever they think they should and think just • • • that the practice on the part of courts What do you think of white-slav did squack, as they think they should think. sending non-Catholic girls to this in The un-American way of bankrupt This is the very rotten, Roman bad Is the inferior “Superior Mother”. ers who live off the earnings of poor stitution should bo discouraged, and unfortunate girl victims? Are there ing a man because he does not believe principle we are trying to fight. It by statutory restriction he made im Old “Father Time” is a relentless old any in Oregon? You know itl in the Roman way of doing things is not liberty. It is not American. possible. “cuss". and because he is not afraid to say And the state (the tax payer) has • • • • • • And the “Father of Lies” is the paid these white-slaverB thousands of so is not in accordance with the teach Benedict, Father of the Benedictins, Devil; The battle is on in these United dollars for the support of their white ings of Jesus whom they profess to who could knock the devil out of one But the “darndest” old skate of a slave-pens. Are you going to do follow. States of America between two great • • • monk with his fist, and out of another reprobate, anything about it? If you don’t it uncompromising forces. Nobody can with a whip, found it hard to get Sat Is the "Father”, to marriage, a will soon do you! Columbus, the thinker, discovered escape the responsibility -f action. an out of himself. Old Nick came in rebel. • • • America and died in chains in a • • • Which side are you helping? By in the form of a black-bird and revived The Knights of Columbus who kill prison. Now, after all these years, In his heart the image of a woman The working people of America ed Mr. Black in Texas were armed to the organization known as the action you help the side that wants he had seen in Rome. To get rid of are being torn to pieces by the "Cats” kill. This is in accord with their al Knights of Columbus would imprison everybody to listen to authority and it (or her) he rolled his naked body and swal'owed by the “Sharks”. leged oath. The law is open. Why every thinker who opposes their nar- say nothing. Act to day! on nettles and thorns till through lac eration of the flesh he lost all desire of physical pleasure. If our ex priests and ex-nunH are to be credited, the modern priest does not take to Hurrah for our Side! The Silverton Journal will not suspend. A good woman patriot of Iowa turned flesh-torture cure. • • • the tide of battle by sending us encouraging words and One Hundred Dollars in cash. Others helped A writer suggests that Saints Denis with smaller amounts, and, although other plans had been discussed to save the work, this decided the nnd Liguori, whose theology and in editor to get ready, leave The Journal under the management of Mrs. Hosmer and go into the lecture structions are so scaly that to trans late them out of the Latin would send field. Editorials, notes on the work in the field, and facts, dug up in the different localities, will be sent the translater to prison, must have in every week. Patriots, boost! Our next trial will soon be upon us and we must do our best to be pre had a practical acquaintance with the subject to which they have done so pared. When practical make arrangements for a lecture. Write to us! Get a subscriber! Get others to much justice in discription; specula help! Letjus all work, for, as Colton says, “Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise tion without practice would hardly themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be epjoyed.” have made them such adepts. OUR HOLY LORD GOD THE POPE hi . . If the pope before his election, has been guilty of crime, and goes into office without giving the public some kind of notice that he has repented, and reformed, or if he commits crime after his consecration, what is the ef fect upon his official character and standing? Remember that the pope has a threefold ’character to main tain, as a man, as a civil ruler, having actual authority, or claiming it, and as a professed teacher of religion. If, as a man and a civil ruler, he has been, and is, personally vile and rot ten, how can he be, in any sense, a suitable person to officiate as a re ligious teacher, not to speak of en throning him as supreme teacher of Religion for all the people of the earth ? There, Brother, Neighbor, Fellow Citizen of this American Na tion, there is the question that is up to you to consider today. If the “Head” of the church is per- sonal'y unholy, how “holy" is the church itself likely to be? And that church whose “head” has served an apprenticeship to the devil, and is now doing journeyman work for him, is that church in any sense, a church of God at all? In fact, on Roman ist principles, or on any kind of prin ciples. is there any “church" in ex istence, during the time a wicked man holds the office of pope? Will some priest speak up, and tell us w) ere his “church” is, when his pope is gone to the devil? It will do no good to howl—“bigotry"— “persecution”, and perpetuate a lot of cussin, like the alleged pope Peter did, when he was asked a question he didn’t like to an swer. It is said that “Charity covers a multitude of sins.” But the state ment as made in Scripture, suggests that the sins may be so big in size, and so many In number, that Mother Charity’s mantle can’t be streached enough to get all the sins well under cover. Pope Leo 13 the paternal an cestor of cardinal Satolli, found i' that way, as his underlings, cardinal Newman, Dr Alzog, Dr. Pastor, and a herd of others, have found, to their discomfuture. They have found, and have been compelled to acknowledge that many, very many, of the “infall ible” popes have been bad, VERY BAD. Now very seriously, neighbor —Where had the Church of Rome got to, when its “head” was tucked under the head of Beelzebub, and things were sizzling, and they were getting ready for company in the hot coun try? It sounds very big when a scurvy old sinner is dubbed “infalli ble", but Satan isn’t scared from his property by any such name as that. Does any one ask: “Have any of the popes been such characters as are here described?” Let facts be submitted to a candid world. We have heretofore mentioned the facts that many times, two persons at a time, have claimed to be in the line of the “infallibles”. And sometimes three persons, and one time, four per sons, at the same time claimed to be THE pope, the only, and simon pure article. We named Benedict 9 who took office in A. D. 1033, and who sold the office for the honor of a woman. We named John 12., A. D. 955, who by means of circumstances in the personal conduct of his ances tors, both the parental and the mater nal, had relationships that do not come to the lot of the ordinary man. John was his own half brother, and his own uncle; and his esteemed mother was at the same time his hon ored grandmother. And he was wor thy of his breeding, and suddeny de parted this life in consequence of be ing found, with company, in another man’s bedchamber. He filled the of fice for nine or ten years. Where was the church during that time? John had other faults beside those indicated. Now beginning with A. D. 955, and counting the popes to Pius 6, 1774, out of the 125 men who occupied the office during that time, for each of whom Rome claims “in fallibility”, and each of whom was named "His Holiness”, there were thirty men who, during their lifetime and by associates of their own so- called “faith”(save the mark.)-thirty men who were known and recorded as MURDERERS. Remember, this takes no account of any wars an/ of these may have waged as civil rulers; nor of any complicity they mey have sustained as to wars between other rulers or states. O yes— Our Lords and Go.D, the popes, have certainly been “Holy”. “L”