Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-11
TEMPLARS URGED
TO new CRUSADE
Grand Prelate Walden Calls for
War on White Slavery, Child
Labor and Liquor.

Denver, Col, Aug. lit is estimat-
ed $4,000 Knights Templar arrived
yesterday and late last night to at
tend the 32nd triennial conclave, which
informally opened Saturday night.
Early this morning st. Bernard COM
mandery of Chicago and Creditor COM
mandery of Burlington, Iowa, arrived.
1t is expected $4,000 knights will ar
rive today Public interest centers
between the dress parade tomorrow
morning and the horse show and ball
in honor of the sir knights at the sta
dunn Thursday night. The stdium
will be converted into a dance hall,
the largest ever used for that pur-
pose. Nine thousand tickets have been
issued for the fete The horse show
will precede the dance, and will be
accompanied by an Illuminated auto
mobile parade.
The days of crusading have not en-
tirely passed for the knights Templar
! of America if they follow the ideas ex-
pressed by their venerable grand prel-
ate, Bishop John NJ. Walden of Gin
| cinnati, at the divine service held yes
| terday afternoon at the Auditorium.
White slavery, child labor, and the
liquor interests are the pagans Of mod
ern times in Bishop Walden's eyes.
and he preached a crusade against
these and other social and economic
conditions with vigor that belied his
80 years.
Bishop Walden, in HIS arraignment
of modern conditions, said:
"The present day service for Knights
Templar may be actuated by motives
as chivalric in spirit and purpose as
at any time in the past. There are in
American society the unprotected and
defenseless as dependent for help and
deliverance as were any when the or
, der was first formed.
Think of the untold number of the
victims of child labor, of boys and
i, girls of tender age who ought TO be in
school, but who are in cotton mills.
tobacco factories, and other health-de-
stroying and oul-contaminating occu-
pations.
, protective laws for the yor-s> of sew
eral states have been secured is
Christian and knightly in its aim and
spirit"
The speaker dwelt upon the rise of
woman in worldly affairs, and contin-
? ued:
, But there are still conditions in
society where countless women are
enduring constant and heartless suffer.
ing. The report in several cities OF
the cruel and vicious results of under
I paid service in stores, shops, and 9TH
e er places where women, young and old,
D are employed, forms a trumpet call to
I every man of the church and to every
e Sir Knight to study how this grievous
, social problem may be solved.
: The number of sufferers from child
D labor, however great, is exceeded by
the number of women and children
/ the saloon. The verdict of the human
/ conscience is the saloon must 60"
g The Bishop took a strong position
Y against strikes and lockouts. saying:
: STRIKES and lockouts affect so many
people and so many interests that II
t is an urgent duty of the state and In
D some cases Of the nation to provide
s for their prevention by law. They
3 should in every instance be prevented
e The service was conducted by Emf
r nent Sir Knight John Wallis Oil
g grand prelate of the Colorado encamp
> menty and was attended by more thar
1000 knights. The parade from this
e general headquarters at the Brown
S Palace hotel to the Auditorium wal
g the most pretentious display made 81
s. far. It. whetted the enthusiasm OF tn,
T thousands of visitors or the pageanti
s of the next few days.