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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-10
JOHN NJ. THOMAS


state department OF f-GNtatl1U-
Albany. \. Y.
March :. 1915
President John VI. Thomas.
Aiiddlebury. College,
AIiddleburv. Vt.
Nv dear President Thomas
My absences from. my office have
prevented earlier acEnowled ament OF
Your recent letter.
You are quite right in your Inference
thar in what | said TO the district SUI
perintendents Of New York state, /
was giving hearty support to the pro
posed state organization and the IN
vieoration of the rural school. The
import OF my address was mainly in
support Of thesis which you nave 50
admirably devcloped--the idealization
of the near.
had not then, nor have ! since. been
able to read the chapters of the report
which have to do with higher educa-
ton ! can only say now that we arc
here deeply interested in carrying cor
ward system inaugurated by Eocto or
Draper, with the cordial support OF the
people of the state, under which provi-
sion is made for three thousand stat,
scholarships, the holders Of these sthol-
afShipS. WhIcH are dN'tIuttl iiifpue =
the state department. of education tina.
is. the university Of the state Of New
York;, receiving their 5utinn IN The
various colleges and universities o1 tire
state.
| have come to believe thoroughly in
| the wisdom of this plan in its develop
ment, and this viii give intimation 10
YOU of my attitude. if it is of interest
to you, concerning the state : eneour-
agement of higher education. What is
being done, of course is not, as You
know, comparable absolutely or rela-
lively with that which is done hv many
commonwealths in the West.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN II. FINLEY
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-10
DR. John H. Finley.
Commissioner Of Education,
Albany, y. Y.

~'
My dear Doctor Finley
You have been quoted in the papers
of Vermont As apProviu" the recent re.
port of the Carnegie Foundation and its
recommendation as 70 education in
Vermont. | note that the address in
which this approval was expressed was
delivered 10 the school district Supcrin-
tcndeuts of New York state and in
fer that YOU may have been thinking
only of the recommendation OF the
Foundation aS 10 stfte organization
and elementary education. The Carne-
gle report. however, recommends that
Vermont discontinue all state aid to
higher education, including scholar
ships for Vermont students. which have
been maintained i'm tie three colleges
Of the state for nearly "a years
Knowing your hearty approval of the
recent system Of state scholarships
adopted by the state OF New York ana
your generous sympathy toward Youth
IN all small colleges, a. -Nrii as toward
such colleges themselves. cannot be
lieve that you would take the position
that Vermont shouid become the only
! state in the nation which offers no as
| ~iStdnce in amy form to youth who de
| sire higher education. Would YOU bt
willing to reas>ure me on this point2
| Faithfully yours.
4 ~ 4 1,
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18

against all heretios, Protestants
and MSsons, as I am directed 10
do, extirpate them from the face
Of the whole earth; and that /
will spare neither age, sex, or con-
dition, and that / will burn, hang,
waste, boil, flay, strangle end bury
alive these infamous heretics. s."
Whether they take the oath or
not, they lived up TO il in the case
of Spurgeon, for about eight
o'clock Sunday evening a mob Of
thugs and murderers, who admit
ted 10 Spurgeon az the time that
they were Knights Of Columbus,
entered the Pierce hotel, overpow-
cred the sergeant Of police, and
personal body guard, entered
Surgeons room on the third
floor Of the hotel, dragged him to
a waiting automobile at the curb
and spirited him out Of the city at
high speed.
Spurgeon was tied around the
neck with a heavy leather strap,
taken from the machine on a lone
ly road twenty miles from the city
of Denver, stripped naked and
beaten into a pulp.
Believing that Menace readers
are able TO read between the lines,
also that the few facts as reported
in the Denver papers are enough
to stir the Protestants of this ma
ton TO the point Of revolution
against the damnable indignities
of the system that breeds such
hell born outrages as that perpe-
trated against Spurgeon, we are
again going to follow out our pol.
icy for this once and let the
Rocky Mountain News tell you
the story of what happened Sun
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18
Roman Terrorists Raise Black Flag in Denver
ROME REACHES DEPTH OF INFAMY

! A mob of thugs and murderers who admitted to
Otis L. Spugeon at the time that they knights of
Columbus, entered the Pierce hotel in Denver on the
euening Of April 5th about o'clock, Ouerpowered
sergeant of police, and personal bodygudrd entered
Spargeon's room on third floor of the hotel dragged
him to Uaiting automobile at the curb and spirited
him out of the city at high speed
Spurgeon uas tied around the neck wih heavy
leather strap, taken from the machine on lonely road
tpenb miles from the city of Denuer, stripped naked
and beaten into a pulp.
He rDas found by friends, removed to police head
quarters and later to hospital where his wounds were
dressed As we 90 to press with this issue Spurgeon
is in critical condition, bleeding from the lungs and
suffering from numerous hounds oUer the entire body.
Craze doubts of recovery are entertained by his physi
clans. The ROmanized police force of Denuer shOw
little disposition to act the matter, but the patriotic
citizenship of Colorado are nightly aroused and wiI
demand justice.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18
Rev. Otis Sturgeon Latest Victim Clerical Mdnap Nationwide
Campaign Mob and MderAnher Damnabe Outrage Added to
the Long List Of Atrocities by Roman Catholic FendTeo Tactics
to Suppress Free Speech mdae Patriots and Make America Catholic

was struck in the face BY one Of the min.
ister's critics with such force that his nose
bled. Then the trouble became general
According 20 Policeman AHtel the
trouble started when twenty or thirty
men broke into the hall without paying
the admission fee Of 25 cents and began
taking seats, crying out, Everything is
free. everything IL free Tho sympath.
iEers Of the speaker tried 10 put out the
newcomers and 4 general 6rht cnsued, In
which threats 20 shoot freely were made
John A. Smith, who was standing outside
ofsthe building, went 70 the assistance
Of Policeman AHtell and somebody turned
in a riot call
The patrol wagon and an automobile
loaded with policemen responded and
soon restored order and the meeting con.
tinued.
The Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon is a Baptist
minister and has been making anti Cath.
ole lectures. Ho was 10 have given a
lecture on the subject he spoke on at tho
Pillar Of Fire hall, AZ Trinity church Fri.
day night, but when the church trustees
found out what he was going 10
lecture about they refused 10 allow him
TO speak.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18
MOB KIDNAPs REV. SPUR
GE0N.
Room Invaded, Police Guard
overpowered and Victim
Whirled Out Of Denver 10
Henderson Where Alb
ductors Warn Him
Against Return.

The Rev. Otis l. spurgeon, a Baptist
minister Of Dcs Moines, Ia, and socrc.
tary Of the Knights Of Luther, an anti
Catholic organization, was kidnapped
from his apartment in the Pierce hotel
shortly after O'Clock last night He
was forced into a motor car and carried
twenty -four miles out Of Denver on the
Brighton road, where six men. who held
him prisoner, forced him 70 leave the
machine, beat him severely over the head,
face and body and abandoned him In
the darkness after warning him never
to return 70 Denver"
For two hours DR.. Spurgeon lay In
the weeds along the road, afraid TO dis
close his hiding place 20 the police who
we're searching for him, for fear they
might be his assailants returning TO the
attack.
The wounded clergyman, who has been
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18
Sunday Night the Climax

In the disturbance Of Saturday
night, the Romanists failed to ac-
complish their purpose. They
had hoped, of course, that the dis
turbanee would go from bad to
worse and that Spurgeon would be
murdered in the end.
All day Sunday they had time
to reflect on their bungling of the
night before and to arrange a plan
that would be more effective. You
will remember that the oath at
tributed to the Knights Of Colum-
bus contains these words:
II do further promise and de.
clare that. / will, when opportun-
ity presents, make and wage re-
lentless war, secretly and openly,
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18

day night. BY doing this the
Catholic press cannot follow its
usual tactics of heralding the cry
from one end Of the continent 20
the other that The Menace has
he'd. The story is taken verbatim
from the News of the 9th inst. We
reserve personal comment until
such time as we have more fully
recovered from the shock from
what we consider the most damn
able outrage perpetrated since
the days when Roman Catholics
burnt Protestants at the stake in
Spain. The story from the News
follows below;
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18
Telegram from Spurgeon Dictated from His Bed Denuer Hos
pta Where He Suffering the Agones of Death from Wounds
Inflicted by Roman Catholic HOOdums Whose Argument
Brute Force Typical of the Beasts of the Jungle
The Menace, Aurora, Mo.

The Menace, Aurora, No.
appreciation sympathy whom
know with me n hours suffering
fight the
not hhHed
suffering will be the
Indifferent Protestant believe America revolution and will take
wise and cool heads from life and property
the officials take the struggle Of to-
day and of Americans and the preservation
kilograms from all parts of the country and Denver patriots active
thousands and the midst friends Notwithstanding the fact that the mob has declared
that shall not
while the automobile bducs Knights
when would not their questions promptly
they stopped
clothing and the body limbs
poketto
them
had declared their intention of mtHsig with knife and who had ed
clothing and their further mMdous
intentions The Denver without exception disposed not print the facts butthe
first article the accurate OF published
The police department and city detectives pOWa render assistance but
Luther fact
aroused and viii demand Justice Mrs with
statement the
Romasm and had warned against lectures but absolutely
refused make such statement u
dragged
permanently the terrific pummE
My broken healing and Jaw none the from the brutal bI
received there sA&wH~st W.f1&
visiting suffering
able this sacrifice for doom pronounced and
unable that Chief
Police 0EeH refused me pcEs pptsieAin the city Of Dews
spAN 4 Sguedt OTIS L STURGEON
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18
CLARK STIRRED BY ATTACK ON STURGEON

On hearing Of the outrage committed on the person Of
Otis SpWgeOn by Roman Catholic thugs and Knights Of ccum
bus in Denver the evening Of Apri Sh william Lloyd ca
author, writer and lecturer and whose body carries the
Of many conflicts similar to that from which SpwgsOn Is nov
suffering, wired The Menace as follows: -
"MiIun, ILL.,, April T. .
"The Menace, Aurora, Mo.
II haze just heard of the brutal kidnapping and
mObbing Of that prince Of patriots, Otis l. SpmgeOn
in Denver, Colo. EUery drop of blood in my body Is
boiling. If a reVOIution is inevitable am with you
in any measure sufficiently drastic to put stop to
these murderous attacks on men like BOIes and Spmgeon
We are living in the American Republic, under the
stars and stripes and in the morning of the twenteth
century, and ldw and order, not mob and murder,
must ruIe.
"YOurs in the coming conflict
"WM LLOYD CLARK"
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18

Otis L. SpurgeOn is a young
man, about 3s years Of age, a ma
tive Of Iowa and a born fighter
for the principles Of truth and
justice.
As a Baptist minister he is an
equal among his peers in any ca
pacity, a historian and scholar
and a man with the courage Of
his convictions. o.
He came under the attention of
The Menace about two years ago,
when, as pastor of the Baptist
church at Nashua, Iowa, he opened
fire from his pulpit on the RomSl
Catholic political machine and
drove the Roman priests in his
locality to cover.
About a year later he met Mar
win Brown, VIM. Lloyd Clark and
q number Of other men from va
rious parts of the country at Des
Moines, Iowa, at a meeting called
for the purpose of organizing the
National Order of the Knights Of
Luther, a Protestant secret So
ciety that at the present time is
gaining great headway in the
United States.
Soon after the organization Of
the order Mr.. Spurgeon was chos-
en- as sovereign scribe, moved his
family to Des Moines and has
since served the order in that ca
pacity, occupying his time with
the duties Of the Office and lee
turing when time and opportun-
ity offered.
Mr.. Surgeons eloquence and
ability as a lecturer was soon her
aided far and near, and for sew
eral months he has had more in
vitations for lectures than he
could fill. Only a few weeks ago
he held a weeks debate with
Priest Boniface at Morrilton, Ark,
where he came out with honor as
q debater and to the satisfaction
Of all the people who heard him
sustained his contention that the
Roman Catholic priesthood is a
lecherous bunch of white slavers.
II was in response to an invi-
tstion Of this kind that he went to
Denver, Colo, where he was
scheduled to deliver a series of
lectures the first week of the cur
rent month under the auspices of
the Knights Of Luther, the order
aforementioned and Of which he is
virtually the head.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-04-18
The Setting Prearanged

In conformity with their usual
tactics, the Romanists had gotten
busy in advance and had prepared
the setting for Surgeons arrival.
The black flag of the terrorists
had been raised and the Protest
ants had been bluffed, as will be
noted from the following report
Of the termination of the meeting
Of the night of the 3rd, taken
from the Denver Rocky Mountain
News of the 4th inst:
A large audience packed Trinity
Methodist church last night to hear an
address to be given by the Rev. Otis L.
Spurgeon Of Des Moines. Iowa Then the
large audience fled out the church exits
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Continued on End Page, ~ cOlunAl
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
tax assessment roll for the city of
Ocala for the year nineteen hundred
and fourteen is completed as the
same will be presented to the city
council of the said city. The said
tax roll will be open for inspection
during office hours at the city clerk S
Office from this date until the second
Tuesday in April, being the 14th day
of said month, on which date at s
o'clock p. m, the city council will
sit as an equalization board to hear
complaints against assessments as
made by the city tax assessor, and
to correct assessment Of value OF
property. All complaints must be
made to the city council ia writing
on or before the date aforesaid.
This the 3rd day of April, 1914.
(SeaD H. c. Sistrunk,
City Clerk and Assessor of Taxes OF
the City of Ocala, Fla. 4-3-11t dly
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BEWARE OF OINTMENTS
FOR CATARRH THAT
CONTAIN MERCURY

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reput-
able physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hail. S
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, contains
no mercury, and is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternany and made in Toledo. Ohio
by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free. Sold by druggists. Price 75c
per bottle. Take Halls Family Pills
for constipation.
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by the shouts that l must act without
delay, / stole forward to the edge of
the wood, pausing there moment to
muster my courage, and take one last
glance at the scene revealed by the
freight. All the center of the open
ing seemed alive with Indians crowd
ing forward about the prisoner, who
stood bound to a stump, facing me.
Other savages were running swiftly
back and forth bearing armsful of
dried wood, which were cast down at
Brady's feet, the mass already rising
above his knees. Excitement was evil
denced in shouts, and wild cries, in
frenzied leaping, dancing, and mad
stood silent, with folded arms, but
burning eyes, while Lappin grasped
mademoiselle's shoulder, holding her
to place in the front rank of those red
demons, his voice shouting forth or
ders, or haunting the motionless hunt
CT, who made no reply. Rene was upon
her knees, her face hidden, but
could see the white CLEAN of the cru
cifix as she held it forth in the glow
vi b1dus idSS do Act "" al u
me, nor revealed clearly by the fire,
yet he held his head erect, his eyes
rowing over the .devilish faces. The
wounded jaw was bound about with
a strip of bloody rag. Without speak
ing, it yet seemed to me he Knocked
them. Once he twisted in his bonds,
and gazed at her as if he would utter
some word, but changed his mind, and.
for the first time, a look of pain swept
into his face. Lappin saw the effort,
called out some foul insult, and war
rior sprang forward, striking the de-
fenseless man across the lips, and
driving his head back against the
stump.
The vicious act drove me mad, and
l stepped forth into the open, flinging
my gun down in the underbrush. No
eye in all that swarm was turned my
way In silence / moved forward un-
til | was within few yards Of the
struggling mass. Then / stopped, full
in the red glare of fire, my arms up
lifted, and gave utterance to deep
sepulchral groan. God alone knows
how awful was the apparition. TIC
them in startled horror. l was the
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
CHECK YOUR APRIL COUGH

Thawing frost and April rains chill
you to the very marrow, you catch
cold-Head and lungs stuffed-You
are feverish-Cough continually and
feel miserable-You need DR.. King
New Discovery. 1t soothes infiamed
and irritated throat and lungs, stops
cough, your head clears up, fever
leaves, and you feel fine. Mr. J. T.
Davis, of Stickney Corner, Me-, WAS
cured Of a dreadful cough after doc
tors treatment and all other rem
edies failed. Relief or money back
Decentralization like it. Get a
bottle today. soc. and 81 at your
druggist. Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
WEAK
AND TIRED WOMEN

.t was under great strain nurs-
ing a relative through three months
Sickness" writes Mrs. ]. C. Van De
Sande, of Kirkland, Ill.,, and "Elec-
tric Bitters kept ne from breaking
down. l will never be without it. -
Do you feel tired and worn out? No
appetite and 2ood won't digest? 1t
isn't the spring weather. You need
Electric Bitters. Start a month s
treatment today; nothing better for
stomach, liver and kidneys. The great
spring tonic. Relief or money back
soc and 81, at your druggist-Adv
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
CHAPTER Xxx.

The Ghost Of the Lieutenant.
With eyes on those figures blotting
out the fire. their discordant yelling
deadening all other sound, their whole
attention centered now on savage VEN
geance, crept over the log. and
crouched low beside the motionless
body. Ugh! but dreaded to touch it,
to feel the awfulness of clammy flesh.
As the upturned face, with staring
dead eyes, revealed indistinctly by the
red glimmer, met my gaze, it was like
looking into my own. For an instant
it seemed as IL stared down at my
body. A shudder ran through me, my
hands shaking as with palsy. Yet
rallied, crushing back the benumbing
horror of that vision, as the hateful
voice of Lappin rose above the din.
Recklessly stripped the red jacket
from the body, ripped in the struggle
with Lappin, and showing clearly the
rent made by the knife, and crawled
back over the log, to put it on.
Beyond my cover, not a dozen feet
away, was a shallow ravine, and the
light streaming through tree branches,
fell upon clay bank, cleaning a yell
lowish white. l reached it on hands
and knees, streaking my face with
moist clay, until 1t must have been
CHASTITY, and plastering even more on
my hair in horrible representation Of
the scalped victim.
Still unsatisfied, yet knowing Of
nothing else I could add, and warned
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
CLEARS COMPLEXION
REMOVES SKIN BLENIISHES

Why go through life embarrassed
and disfigured with pimples, erupt-
ions, blackheads, red rough skin, or
suffering the tortures of Eczema, itch
letter, salt rheum. Just ask your
druggist for DR.. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. Follow the simple sug-
gestions and your skin worries are
over. Mild, soothing, effective. Elk
cellent for babies and delicate, ten.
der skin. Stops chapping. Always
helps. Relief or money back. SOC.
at your druggist.
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KNIGHTS UF PYTHIAS

Ocala Lodge No. IS. Conventions
neld every Monday at 1880 p. m. at
,astle Hall, over the James Carlisle
drugstore. A cordial welcome to Wis
ittng brothers. VIM NJ. Gober, c. c..
Chas. K. Sage, X. r. s. AID
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
SPRING LAXATIVS
AND BLOOD CLEANSER

Flush out the accumulated waste
and poisons of the winter months;
cleans your stomach, liver and kid
neys of all impurities. Take DR..
Kings New Life Pills; nothing bet
ter for purifying the blood. Mild,
non-griping laxative. Cures consti-
patton; makes you feel fine. Take
no other. Csc, at your druggist.
Bucklen's Arnica. Salve for al,
hurts.
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE

Ocala Lodge No. 500, L. o. o. NJ.
meets every Thursday at $3.50 p. m
Visiting brethren always welcome te
the lodge and club house, on Mag.
nolia street near postoffice.
J. D. Rooney, Dictator.
J. E. Gates, Secretary ad
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
PINE SHINGLES FOR SALE

In carload or wagon load lots, de-
1ivered or at the mill just north of
Marion county fair grounds. Prices
on application. G. w. Davis e Co.,
Ocala, Fla, Box 391 4-10-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
FIRE WOOD, So PER CORD

Fire wood delivered to your
house at SO for a full 128-cubic foot
cord. Dry pine single backings,
eighteen inches long. Phone mill,
No. Ism, or drop a card to G. w.
Davis, City 4-6-tfdly&w
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD

Fort King Camp No. IA meets in
Yonge's Hall at p. m. every second
and fourth Friday. Visiting SOW
ereigns always welcome. Adv.
F. J. Burden, C.. G.
Chas X. Sage, Clerk.
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Continued Tomorrow
OCALA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Open daily except Sunday from 3
20 5'p. ID. Board of Trade rooms,
Ocala House block.
Louise E. Gamsby, Librarian
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.OC.ALA LODGE NJ. 2S6, b. p. q. .

Ocala Lodge. No. 2S6. Benovelen,
nd Protective Order OF Elks. me as
the second and fourth Tuesday even.
ings in each month. Visiting breth-
rem always welcome.
Chas. w. Hunter. E. K
Joseph Bell. Secretary. 40.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-16
NARION-DUNN MASONIC LODGE

Marion-Dunn Lodge No. 10, F. &
A. M. meets on the first and third
Thursday evenings Of each month al
Baxter earn, w. VI.
Jake Brown, Secretary. AID