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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-12-11

tho-e PlAncs are open a. all timss
for inspection. and Il may h. . safe
guess that -ome Of them HAVE
NEVER BEEN INSPECTED.
The people Of Cincinnati Do Not
KNOW WHO Is IN THOSE
PLACES NOR HOW THEY
LIVE. Yet they grant exemption
from TAXATION 10 these walled,
locked snd barred institutions.
In thore tvcnty-three institutions
there arc more than 1000 inmates,
patients, pupils. slaves. All under
the thumb az Rome in Rome's own
private houses and away from pub
lic supervision and protcction.
DOES CINCINNATI REALIZE
THAT ROME Is BINDING HER
CHILDREN ~ IGNORANCE
AND SUPERSTITION? That
she is making slaves Of hundreds.
Better open the doors end tax every
building Rome owns than 20 let one
child lose its life for lacS Of inspcc-
ton laws.
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Some Tax Exemptions

From the Deadwood Is. d.
Loily Telegram, November 10,
1915, we take the following:
"Attorney II. P. Atwater Of Sturgis
appeared before the council and asked
that the city cancel the taxes against
st. Joseph s Hospital, on the ground that
il is a religious and charitable institution,
and therefore exempt from taxation.
The matter was referred 10 the city at
torDey for opinion.''
We are informed by letter that
the above named hospital is NOT
A CHARITABLE INSTITU-
TI0N, and that the mayor before
the present one made Rome come
across with the taxes. Evidently
there has been a change in admins
trstion which gave the papes a
chance to pull over their graft
again.
From the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune, November 10, 1915, we
take this:
"Acting on advice from City Solicitor
Otto Wolf, the Newport CITY Commits
sioDers yesterday passed resolution en-
empting the property Of the Academy of
Notre Dame, in East Sixth street, from
taxation, and ordered Assessor Hazel
wood to remove this property from the
eity's tax duplicate"
According to the Official Catholic
Directory, 1915, this institution is
connected with the convent Of the
Sisters of Notre Dame of Nmur
and is otherwise designated as
young Ladies' Literary Institute.
In the convent are So sisters and in
the, school are I76 pupils-just two
pupils for each sister. But the
sisters also teach in five parochial
schools so the proportionate number
Of students and sisters is increased
somewhat.
There are twenty-three institu.
tions in Cincinnati in charge OF
orders Of women, Roman Catholic
nuns, and in those institutions there
. are more than 200 nuns. None Of
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-12-11
Interest Is Intensified

AUGUSTA, GA, Nov. 27.-With
the opening Of the second days pro-
ceedings in the Tom Watson case,
interest in the trial had acquired
razor-edge keenncss. So acute was
the attention that many spectators
remained in court during the noon
recess, preferring tn forego luncheon
rather than relinquish their seats,
When the hearing was resumed at
10 o'clock this morning, Capt. John
NJ. Barnes. who was under cross
examination at adjournment last
evening, returned to the stand.
There was a renewal Of the wrangle
over the admissability of testimony
concerning the moral character OF
Watson's writings. as tending to es-
tablish his good personal character.
which extended through the entire
forenoon. The defense gained this
point, and the witness testimony
was highly favorable.
The hardest fight OF the day was
made by Watson to prevent the in
PRODUCTION as evidence an English
translation Of the Latin quotations
which caused his Indictment. In
contending that such translation
was not competent evidence. both
Watson and Attorney Fleming
pointed out that il was not the
matter which had been mailed.
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Thomson is thirty miles west Of
Augusta, aud at three-mile intervals
along the route is stationed a de-
termined Georgia farmer who knows
Tom as far as he can see him and
who can shoot out a squirrels eye
every crack at fifty yards.
"Not q hair on Toms head shall
be harmed"-his friends will see TO
that-"and HE WILL BE AC-
Quilted AT THE END OF
THIS FIGHT"
Tom Watson's friends are friends
of The MENACE. and many of them
have expressed their intention of at
tending the trial Of THE MENACE
editors at Joplin in January.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-12-11

Augusta, Ca. Dec. AIN the
Watson case. the jury having
failed 10 agree, the court de
elared q mistrial az II O'Clock
last night The Jury stood ten
10 two for aoquittal.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-12-11

The miraculous shrine al Lourdes.
France, is taking n back seat rs indeed
are all the powerful shrines Of Europe.
The city Of Lourdes is now occupied by
military hospitals and instead Of depend.
ing upon the holy shrine 20 extract
.hrapnel, bullets. bone splinters, steel
blades, etc, or ca set broken bones and
seT up torn organs, all the most modern
medical and surgical appliances are being
used. II would be jus, the time for mir
aculous shrines to make good, but some
how they haven't come up 10 their op-
portunittesl
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A Slave Seeks Freedom

An ApPiicatioa for . vris ~ kAhoas
oorpus % hfing shout thr rslca~c fruu
= oouvcut of = young uoHnn uho uauisd
% b. = nun and thea. n ia aliegci.
cAAngcd heT uind yin - hcard before
svprcne Court Justioe Gtersrich tcaAy.
The prooccdtnr uas hronght by Mrl
Mara BuoeJaio Of 2es wost Elrventh
stToe,, = widow, IN behalf of be- daugh-
ieI, Angcllina, 20 years old.
TIE petition stairs that ths ycung vo-
man is detained AZ The Sacrcd Hear,
Convent a. Fort washington avenue and
i90th stree, by the Mother superior. Il
is alleged that tAe authoritiss a. the con.
vent are falsely reprc>cntiug that Miss
Bucellato intends 20 take The vows a. .
missionary sister o. the Saercd Heart
Mrs Buoellnto sAys that her daugh,sf
has pleaded 30 h. taken homc-Aor
fort Tiaes, Nov. 90, 1918.
No comment IL necessary except
20 say that chances are against the
victim Of Rome's convent system.
Without inspection Of these prisons
the public is forced 20 depend upon
the word of priests and other willy
Representatives Of the Catholic
church for information concerning
the life and conditions Of the in
mates. SECRECYi GREED! HY-
POCRISYl TREACHERYl All
these and more are missed against
the innocent victim who listens aud
yields 10 the. soft insinuating cum
ming Of the priest who bends the
Young mind until it accepts the
treacherous cunning OF fiends as di-
vine wisdom.
Once within the walls of a nun
merry the world is shut out-and by
the world we mean the things that
humankind sees and knows
friends, relatives, kindness, work,
love and happiness. Though per
suaded that a cloistered convent il
the abode Of saints, that a mission
ary or other calling is her destiny,
il is human 10 err-and Yet there
can be no release, no matter what
the aversion. the justification or in.
satiatate desire Of the victim may be
THOSE WITHIN ROMES
PRISON WALLS BELONG TO
ROME. BODY AND SOUL, ANI
LITTLE HOPE OF RELEASE
FROM A CALLING GRIND OF
OPPRESSION AND CoNFINE
MENT is LEFT.
This girl has a friend in heI
mother who will use her last effor'
TO save her daughter from life ot
hell. FOR 1T is HE'LL TO BI
BOUND TO THAT WHICH Is
REPULSIvE AND KEPT IN
CONFINEMENT WHEN TUT
WHOLE BEING YEARNS Fol
FREEDOM.
And the sisters and priests stanc
between the slaves and friends ant
tell them that the victim "WISHES
TO REMAINp All the machiner,
is there to help them hold the vic
tim of their greed in bondage.
WITH AN ENFORCED IN
SPECTION LAW THIS C0ULI
NOT BE.
Angelina Bucellato may be bu
one Of hundreds who are bel,
against their will, but if she wer
the only one in that plight THEN
INSPECTION is JUSTIFIED
Let those remain who wish to, bu
open the doors for the Others.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-12-11

Vote Stands Ten Two for ct Case Of Georgia Victim Of Roe
Vengeance mpossbib Of Conviction Early Conceded by Pape
Prosecutors Who Make Deadlock Their Amnense Interest
Marks Trial as Fearless Patriot Puts Up Gallant
Fight for His Freedom

iyrc could not possibly have the ef-
fe.i Of degrading the public morals.
Mr. Watson was followed By Mr..
Fleming, who argued along similar
lines
Then District Attorney Donaldson
undertook to answer the arguments
Of the defense. His effort wss pune
~ pcrfunctory. not being necesSary
cXcept as a conventional form ot
court procedure He took the po-
sition that Latin Is a language eX-
iensively intelligible. From his r.
marks one might readily have gath
cred the idea that Latin Is almost
as popularity read as il the English
languagc-in fact, that the mass Of
Americans are acc mplished Latin
scholars and habitually read that
language by preference. For the
rest, he confined himself largely to
statutory citations
Court overrules Motion
The court patiently listened 10
the arguments a. a part OF his job,
and when they were concluded he
promptly ovcrruled the demurrer,
! Attorney Fleming. for the de-
fensc. Immediately demanded a hill
Of particulars, wherupon Judge
/ Lambdn instructed that the dis.
trici attorney file with the court
! clerk the matter complained Of in
the indictment, that the defendant
might have access 10 same.
! Then the selection Of the Jun
was begun. Here was found th,
first indication that the cards wer
stacked against Uncle Tom. Tn,
! clerk Of the court, handed tn,
defendants attorneys the jury lis
arranged IN reverse order. evident
ly with the intention of confusing
| the defense and thereby enabling
few selected papes 10 qualify 70
; jury service. But your Uncl
, Thomas is as foolish as a whole de-
: of foxes. Alert for Romish skull
, duggerv. hc saw the snare at once
and howled. And. permit me to re
, mark, Uncle Tom is some howleI
To restore quictude TO the agitate,
, atmosphere. the list was readjuste,
, in its proper order, and proceeding
: were resumed. ..'
Contrary to expectations, tn
work of selecting a jury was eN
T pedite. The panel was completes
within three hours. The origina
venire of thirty-six was exhausted
: however. when the eleventh juru
: was sent to the box, and il was nee
!. essary for the marshal to summo
: additional talesmen in order I
s supply the twelfth member of III
!, Jury.
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Demurrer is Offered

Immediately after court opened,
both sides having announced them
selves ready to proceed, the defend
ant entered his demurrer to the in
dictment, with motion 10 quash,
which he argued at considerable
length. This was o mere legal
formality, however, as it was a fore
gone conclusion that the court
would not dismiss the case. The
grounds for demur comprised four
specifications: (;) Misjoinder, (2)
Imperfect Description, (3) Publ
cation in Latin no Legal Publica-
ton, (D indictment on Extracts.
In his argument she defendant con-
eerned himself chiefly with the
legal technicahlits involved in the
Indictment. although a point OF
some general interest was touched
in the contention that while matter
in living foreign language might
be obscene, nothing printed in q
dead language could be so. He
further insisted that, there being in
any community only a relatively
few persons able TO translate a Lat
in quotation, its publication there
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-12-11

Forty-one priests are trying 10 relieve
the appalling conditions. Of Catholir
deaf mutes, and are teaching them &c
say their beads and make confession j.
the sign language. There is nothing like
having q great many strings 20 one .
bow. A tight-wad Catholic nigh: bC
stirred by an appeal for funds for dca'
mutes when be would be unmoved by ii,
old, old elamor for help for the poor dea'
poverty stricken pope, for the conversion
Of Eskimo or Hotteniot, for an auto 70
the priest, for the snoring up OF a moldy
Italian cathedral, etc.
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Motive Not Considered

cit makes no difference what mo-
tives prompted the defendant TO
disseminate these articles through
the mall" declared the district at
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-12-11
Bold Opposition Shown

The open character Of the oppO-
sition 10 Watson was shown when
he was compelled TO pcremptorily
challenge a venireman whom the
court had permitted to qualify after
the talesman had admitted that he
was CHASED against Watson and un-
able to give him a fair trial" APP
parently, that was Just the kind Of
jurymen somebody was looking for.
Despite this attitude, however, when
the jury box had been filled one of
its possible ten peremptory chal-
lenges remained to the defense,
while the government had exhausted
the six strikes allowed il,
The district attorney presented
the names Of five witnesses for the
government. Watson had sum-
moned no witnesses, and announced
that he would not do 50 unless there
should be unexpected developments
in the trial.
District Attorney Donaldson
opened for the government with a
statement to the jury outlining what
the prosecution would attempt Ia
prove. He began BY declaring that
the prosecution was impartial
which was rather in the nature OF
news-and unverifed news, at that
Then, possibly with the humane
purpose of providing q bit Of cheer
for Uncle Tom. the district attor'
ney stated that the penalty for the
offense charged sis NOT MORE
than five thousand dollars fine anC
NOT MORE than five years in IN,
penitentisry. either or both in th,
discretion of the court" How nice
No person reasonably could com
plain of such trifes, even if the
are slightly annoying.
Motive Not Considered
cit makes no difference what mo
tives prompted the defendant d
7 a
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Too Foul for Records

"S0me Of the. extracts are 50
nasty and 90 filthy that the human
mind can hardly conceive that such
a thing could ever be thought of by
n human being" continued the dis
trict attorney in his Illuminating
description Of the questions which
the fathers Of the faith use in be-
fouling womanhood.
Maybe that'll hold Rome for a
while,
And Catholic men should need
somebody TO hold them 10 prevent
their beating the heads Oft these
crapulous beasts who make the con-
fessional into q moral ccsspool for
the deiilement of all women who
enter.
Watson followed tine district at.
torney with statement Of the hne-
Of defense, aud among other thing
sail eAa'H
This defendant win show yol
that the same Latin passages ar
copyrighted by the same govern
ment that is now prosecuting IN,
defendant. and that it goes through
the mails every year. Will alsC
show You TINT the prosecution wa,
not iustigatcd by the postoflice de-
partmeut, but that it was done oyel
the protest Of Postmastcr-Genera
Frank II. Hitchcock"
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Would Ignore Character

John VI. Barnes, former postmaster
at Thomson, WatSon's home town.
During the cross-eXamination Of
this witness by Watson, in which
the defendant sought TO establish
his own good .'lracter through
testimony a. 20 1racter Of the
books written b. IN, Assistant
District Attorney Miller made the
point that Watson had not been in
dictel for anything he had written.
Gle is seeking" said Mr.. Miller,
"to show that his works Of itera-
ture are Of a high order, which is
readily conceded but that is not the
question at issue. The question is
the mailing of obscene matter. The
fact that the defendant has written
these elevating books is no legal in
dication Of his good character"
In other words, man may he ac-
tually moral, but not legally so.
Also, this is a confession that it is
not Watson, but Rome, who is OBJ
scene. II is conceded that Watson
writes only pure and elevating lit
erature, while the writings Of Rome
are rotten. And when Watson mails
the literature Of Rome he becomes
criminal, while Rome may mail
il with impunity.
With the progress of proceedings
4 becomes more and more evident
that il is not Watson, but Rome,
who is on trial-at least at the bar
of public opinion. This case is
proving the deadliest boomerang the
hierarchy ever hurled.
Court adjourned at $50 O'Clock
this evening, with Captain Barne:
still on the stand.
Papes Are Plentiful
BY the way, Augusta is a papt
town for fair. Tom Loyless, Of III,
ChroRicls, dictates its policies, anC
virtually all the city and county
officials are Roman Catholics. Ditto
the police force. Knights of Co
lumbus are as plentiful here as an
mites in a neglected chicken roOst
but they dread Uncle Toms boy
from "the forks of the creek" ant
idiscreetly lose themselves in tn
shuttle about the Federal building
i Tom goes TO and from August
in an automobile. spending Oh
nights at home with his family
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Incidents of the Opening

AUGUSTA. Ca, Nov. 26..-With
the court room crowded TO capacity b;
with a thousand farmers standing
in squads about the Federal huilG-
ing; with several hundred persons
surging, like a stormy surf on a
granite cliff, against the massive
iron grating which bars the mob
from the main corridor leading to
the judicial chamber, the case of the
United States vs.. Thomas +. Wat
son. who is charged by the papes
with sending obscene matter
through the mails, was called for
trial in this city at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The attendant scenes Of the oc-
casion were as memorable as its re-
suits, are destined to be historic.
So great was the congestion of hui
manity, vainly seeking entrance as
spectators, that lawyers, witnesses,
newspaper men, special friends of
the defendant, and others whose
presence at the trial was necessary,
had to be smuggled into the court
room through the postofiicc quarters
by means of a rear door.
Judge Lambdin of Savannah is
presiding at this trial. The prose.
cutor is L. 5. District Attorney
Earl NJ. Donaldson, aided by his two
official assistants, Wallace Miller
and Charles Russell. The persecu'
tor is the Roman Catholic hier'
archy. Uncle Tom is conducting
his own defense, but associated viii
him as counsel are four very capable
attorneys. the Hon. William H
Fleming of Augusta, j. Gordor
Jones Of Cordele, Maj. c. E. Nc
Gngor of Warrenton. and Mr.
Clark OF Savannah.
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torney; ''his motives may have becn
lofty, but II the matter Is ohssne,
he i guilty, nevertheless
Which Will cause many thought
ful persons 10 reject on the generic
difference between law and justice.
II the worthy district attorney
eHpcunded sound Junsprudence IN
the foregoing. II the matter Of nail
ability has M relation 10 motive. or
purpose. then submit that the
Catholic publishers who continually
msil the book from which Watson
reprinted the passages which caused
his indictment arr on the same legal
footing a. l. Watson. II does s-rn
that 4 requires q galvanized gall on
the part Of Catholics 20 cause the
arrest Of Watson for printing and
mailing matter originally printed
and mailed hv themselves, and
which they continue TO print and
mail. Can YOU beat ity
Concerning the character OF the
matter complained Of in the indict-
mcnt, Mr.. Donaldson said II was 81
! salacious that il could not h. spread
upon the minute, Of the court, II
should h. remembered in this cou-
neytion that said matter was taken
from Romish theological work
upon which is hased the confession.
al ritual in Use tO-day-thc ques'
tions which putresccnt priests ass
all the wives and daughters of Cath
olirs. What do yon think Of that
You Catholic laymen' Doesn't il
make vun fecl GOOD:
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18

the adjacent armies to unite their fronts.
although we were obliged to fall
back in the Carpathians we simulta-
| neously made a decisive offensive in
ea stern Galicia, whereby we gained re-
| suits ESSENTIAL TO our left wing and in
| nicted a severe defeat on the Austrians
on the Dniester front OF more than $50
versts (about 100 miles). Within Ave
days. beginning on the 9th. we captured
In this region about 10000 prisoners and
forced the enemy to retreat in disorder
across the Pruth.
ION May IA our long range batteries
at Peremysl dispersed u column of the
enemy approaching from the west. in
fictlng heavy losses, on the other
sectors of the San and the eastern slopes
of the Carpathians no actions are re-
ported.
THE Austrian army defeated on the
Dniester on the 1+th could not main
ain its position on the left bank OF the
Pruth. except in the region OF kolomea.
with the assistance of reenforcementa
brought by train. bringing in the last
reserves. composed of sappers. detach-
mcnts still in course OF formation inc
the last available units.
'On the same day our troops carried
Nadworna. south of Stanislau, in east
ern Galicia. after a great struggle. On
the preceding evening our cavalry. which
forced a bridge head In one attack. occu-
pied Sniatyn. We are continuing ener-
getic pursuit.
I'm the region of Shawl the fighting
is developing favorablv. We repulsed
several attacks west of Shawl and sue
cessfully attacked a strong column or
the enemy near the village OF Grodzi
which was voring to envelop
Shawl from the north. We threw II
back
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MAY 0. X. DR.. DERNBURG.
british Embassy Likely to Give
Him "a snfc Conduct.

wAsHINoToS, May 1.-THE desire of
Or. Dernburg 10 secure a British safe
conduct for his voyage overseas to Ger
many was communicated to-day infor-
mally to the British Embassy. II is
understood tina the embassy will make
Inquiries as to the attitude Of the Lon
don Foreign Office on this request.
1t Is doubtful II the British Govern
ment will care to give DR.. Dernburg
safe conduct across the Atlantic. The
suggestion is made. however, that aside
from natural feelings of the British to-
ward Or. Dernburg. whom they consider
to have been attempting to mislead the
American public and recently to put the
responsibility for the Lusitania disaster
on the British Government, the British
Government might from reasons Of
policy decide to authorize the embassy
10 give,him a safe conduct.
The statement is made here that the
British Government is not now taking
enemy subjects from neutral vessels and
that DIR. Dernburg will be in more dan
ger from n German submarine than
from a British warship. Only when
enemy aliens are found on board neutral
vessels putting into British ports are
British authorities OBTAINING them.
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BACKS UP NOTE,
is VIEW OF WASHINGTON

conceded. the atmosphere here is ex-
tremely optimistic. In fact. the outlook
for an amlcable settlement OF the differ
ences with the United States IL brighter
to-day than IL has been at any time since
the sinking of the Gulflight on May /.
1t car be stated ON nigh authority
hat the German reply will draw a dis
tinct line between the torpedoing OF the
Gulfilght and the torpedoing of the
Lusitania. In the case of the American
vessel nothing will be left undone 10
make full and satisfactory reparation.
and II will be most ~strenuously endeav-
ored to eliminate this Incident from the
controversy.
As to the Lusitania's destruction. the
Kaiser's Government will stand pat"
All responsibility will be shifted on
Great Britain. The note will most earn
estly plead with the American Govern
ment TO "see Germany's side
Two principal suggestions, both moth
ing short OF attempts at arbitration, VIII
be offered. IL Is expected
First. that England should he pre-
vailed upon by Washington to prohibit
the shipment of arms and ammunition
on ships carrying passengers, second.
that England discontinue her food block
ade. In the latter event. IL is believed,
Germany will be more than willing 10
make important concessions which will
make impossible any repe,itions of such
disasters as that Of the Lusitania's
destruction.
The note will dwell nj length upon the
sinking without warning policy" with
an attempt to Justify this policy. again
blaming England.
Ambassador Gerard delivered the
American note in person To Foreign
Minister Won Jagow between 10 and
II o'clock Saturday morning.