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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-29

Whether she goes in for out-door sports motoring or simply needs coat for general wGAr the woman of fashion will appreciate t1sfs model in naodish shade of honespun. A decided novelty is featured in the trimming straps that start at the shoulder seam in front and are carried down below the belt to form
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-29
BEAUT TIFUL!
 HAIR TINTING
Absolutely and Positively Haxn1eis ''BrownaAone'' Instantly Changes the Hair to Any Shade of Brown (or Black if
 Preferred.

Nothing so Tobs a woman of hei good looks and attraetIveness as gray, streaked or faded hair. And
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-29

secgatarv sllsing declined to dis cuss the Haitian situation. and would neither deny CT Ccnarn1 the report that aN,',fl.tsee n policy by the United States is Imminent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-29

Sad are they whose longing lips Kiss empty air and never touch The dear, warm mouth of those they
 love
 Waiting, wasting, suffering much
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-29

BRIDGEPORT
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23
PROTESTANT MAGAZINE
AWAKE

The Protestant Magazine, pub
lished at Washington, ID. c., has
issued a form letter to be used by
its subscribers and addressed to
the postmaster general at Wash
ington. In view of the recent be-
havior Of Romanists we regret
the necessity of worrying the
department with letters, yet the
letter is clear and TO the point
and we give il space to show that
other publications are on the job
to preserve the freedom Of speech
and Of the press;
Dear Sir:--
Having learned that Roman Catholics
throughout the country propose TO unite
in a demand upon Congress for the en-.
sctment Of a spe-ial law excluding anti.
Catholic publications from the United
States mails ard that they advocate
the use Of the threat that they "ean.
not support at she polls an administra-
tion which u 80 Temiss in its duty as 20
allow such flihy sheets to use the money
Of American citizens to circulate their
venomous slander," as a citizen Of the
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23
EVERY PATRIOT TO THE COLORS

ing such lsgit,Ation. And they who do demand
Il are doing % IN the hope Of using Il, sooner
or later a. . club wherewith 70 beat the Amer.
lean press into submihsion.
We have reached q time In the Affairs Of
the republic when every eye should be open,
every mind alert and every soul re-oonse-
Grated 10 defending the liberties Of the nation
and its people. The enemy Of all we prize Is
moving in mas. and according 10 a carefully
laid plan, 10 set mp q new InquiSition with the
federal government as the Roman popes chief
executioner.
Do you smile and dismiss this as an over.
stated fact or a groundless fear7 Very we'll
II you smile now in the Smugness Of indiner.
ence you may weep later and weep long. A
pint Of prevention Is better than barrels Of
regretful tears little timely work has
power 10 preserve liberties earned by cen.
turies Of toll and sacrifice.
The protest Of every man, woman, and
child in America should be heard against this
infamous attempt 10 cripple and browbeat the
press. Let public indignation meetings be
held in every city, village, and rural school
house. Let us have a revival Of Americanism
such as the nation has needed for many years,
and such as IL must now have TO check the
treason-breeding schemes Of these pope-serving
priests. Let us have such an outburst Of
patriotism that weak kneed and undecided
persons in high places can not misunderstand
or doubt the temper Of the people.
This Is time for every patriotic society
TO do a great and lasting work. Where or
gsnized they can make this work particularly
effective. The papists have done their best
Let the world see what patriots can do.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23
SAY THAT THEY ARE SLANDERED
Priests Induce Women and Children to Rep Them Suppress Dis
closures Of immortality and General RascaHty

told the truth about certain indi.
viduals we have slandered the
church which they disgraced In
terror Of further disclosures these
gentlemen Of the reversed collar
are doing some remarkable
stunts.
Il strikes us that IL anyone
has been slandered, il is this pa
per. Not only have these New
York priests slandered The Men,
ace; they have libelled The
Menace, and have enlarged the
offense by the organization of a
conspiracy and by inducing mem.
bers of their church to repeat the
libel by signing il and mailing il
to public officials. And they are
using the mails for that illegal
purpose.
The Menace has slandered no.
body. II has merely told the
truth about a certain body and
about certain nobodies. We are
justified in telling these truths
not only because they are true
but because the public should be
warned in regard to these hypo.
critical demoraliZers. We have
undertaken and performed a pub.
lie service with the approval OF
fourteen hundred thousand sub.
scribers.
Unable to escape the reproach
heaped upon them by their OWL
kind, and fearful Of further pub.
licity, the priestly brothers OF
the criminals whom we have ex.
posed strike back with a libellous
conspiracy against The Menace
Every name controlled by these
priests has been or will be at.
tached to false accusations in the
hope of blufing the authorities
into suppressing this paper.
The fraternity of which
Schmidt, Denes, Petrarca, ct al
are such distinguished members
are preparing similar documents
in every parish. Women and
children, who have no knowledge
whatever Of the facts and issues
involved, are induced to sign and
forward these priest-prepared
documents 10 congressman, sena.
tors, and officials of the postoffice
department. In their frantic eff,
forts to stop further disclosures
these conscienee-seared conspira.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23
MAKING AMERICA CATHOLIC

just n suggestion in the way Of max
ing America Catholic That that is the
purpose Of the rulers Of Romanism Is
evident. Until they became scared at
the storm they had raised every papal
priest and prophet was parading his
nipe dreams before the public Of the
glorious time coming on when "Amer-
lea would be Catholic"
And the time wasn't 50 long OF
either. Ten years, according 10 the more
sauguine; fifteen 20 twenty years was
the period Of waiting set by the more
conservative. The question, according
70 them, IL purely one Of figures and
pencils and pencils make figures
Given an excess Of births over the
number Of deaths In a given time, and
{ becomes merely a question Of arith-
metic and time, and claiming that in
Catholic families the number Of children
are 20 many times greater than in non
'atholie families, they computed another
sure gain.
Then, too, they had the thronging
millions Of south Europe 10 draw Cath
olics from. Surely putting the children
with the immigrant they felt safe in
concluding that America would soon be
Catholic by sheer force Of numbers.
Then with the majority of the people
Catholics there would be n majority OF
the voters In the holy 90 church. And
how easy IL would be 20 Gil the Offices
with Mike, Hans and the rest Of them
TO fix the laws to suit the fathers; turn
the state and municipal treasures into
grab bags with the priests for the grab
bers. Could a scheme be more com.
plete or a dream more lovelyi
But alack, "the best laid schemes OF
men and mice aft gang agley," and
who knows what might happen. There
might be, sometime, a u. s. Senate and
Administration at Washington that
would protect the people with n real
American immigration bill. There might
come over the people a sentiment which
would secure for these children ar
American instead Of a priest-ruled edu
catiou. Then what would the dreamer,
DOT But why wait twenty years, or ever
Ave years, 10 bring about the great re
sulti IL will take too long TO work NJ
mere numerical majority by IN,
growth Of children and from outsid,
sources.
Now IL the Holy Roman Church Il
what its rulers claim il 20 be, just con
vince these people that il is 20 and they
viii simply rush to the Catholic fold.
Open the doors of all the sacred Cath
olic institutions and prove 70 th,
skeptical world that therein dwells moth
'ng but the sweet spirit Of truth snt
love. Prove 10 the doubling Thomase.
Of the age that the nails, bits Of wood
homes, etc, are actually what they ar'
claimed 10 be. Catholics are expected tC
AXE a priest s word for everything. Non
Catholics must have proof. Then show
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23

TN al American history our most precious
national institutions were never In such
danger a. they are % this moment And
The danger win not be passed before the close
Of the Eixty-thtrd congress on the fourth day
Of March.
Every ounce Of power, controlled By Rome
has been brought 70 bear upon congress and
the national administration 70 put the Amer
icGn press under Q Censorship. II the plans
Of the pGpsey prevail, the postmaster general
will be invested with the power Of q eEn over
every publication and printing press In the
United States.
With Characteristic cunning, and the du.
plicity In which JeSuits excel, q measure pur.
porting 10 prevent the publication Of obscene
literature has been introduced and pushed in
congress by pApist members. But the real
object Of the measure Il 10 place every pa
per magazine, or book hereafter printed az
the despotio mercy Of one man.
We have no reason 10 think that the pre-
sent postmaster general would abuse that
power; but who knows who the next post
er-general may bs3 II the excessive dis.
oretionary power were conferred upon a con-
petent court, or upon q Jury, or even upon an
official elected by the people, IL would not be
80 dangerous; but when the only demand for
such a measure comes exclusively from the
political managers Of popery coupled with a
scheme 70 make an irresponsible autoerat out
OF an appointed Official Il reveals q carefully
devised scheme for lodgment Of power In the
possess.
No organization or interest, other than the
Roman Catholic political machine, is demand.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23
Charged Misuse Of Mails

On January 3 the priests of a
Roman Catholic church in New
York city gave the members OF
their parish a printed form Of a
letter with orders to make three
copies and mail them to their con.
gresham, their papist senator,
and the postmaster-general. The
details are given at length in the
New York Sun of Jan. 4.
This letter, which the holy men
had carefully concocted for the
use Of their illiterate dupes
makes each who signs il say that
the Catholic church is subject "a
slander and villification by a pa.
per printed at Aurora, Mo. II
also causes each signer to say
and request that "both this pa.
per, The Menace, and the libellous
and defamatory books which il
advertises, be prohibited from
the mails as obscene and conse'
quently unmailable.
This reminds us that we have
printed some facts in regard tc
number of Roman Catholic
priests for the purpose of warn.
ing the public against immortality
from that source. We have re.
Gently called attention TO the case
of Priest Denes who shamefully
niistreated a young crippled girI
at Belt, Montana. We have sew,
eral times mentioned Priest
Schmidt, the notorious murderer
Of New York, who has in some
mysterious way escaped execu
lion of legal punishment fol
about a year. We have also re
printed the formal decision rem
dered by the Supreme Judicial
Court Of Massachusetts, in regard
to the Priest Petrarca, who wa,
given charge of the parish al
Milford, Mass, mistreated Miss
Carini, and proved to be so ire
sponsible that the injured woman
sued his bishop for damages sus.
tanned by turning such a beast
loose upon the parish. We hsv,
printed the facts in regard tC
other cases of like nature and i'm.
port.
And now the brother priests oi
these moral lepers whom we have
exposed have the nerve to assert
that The Menace has slandered
their church. Because we have
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23
PRESS MUZZLE BILL IS UP AGAIN
The Same Measure That Was Slipped Into Appropriation B Is Again
introduced as Separate Bin In the House

John Fitzgerald the papist from Brooklyn who
recently failed in his attempt put press muzze bill through as
joker attached the postoe appropriation bill has again intro
duced the H.R 20644
The this attack upon the freedom of the Amesp
commented the first of last week
Through the prompt and patriotic action of
the cowardy effort of papa plotting promptly disposed OF
again. and nothing but prompt and effective protes
will keeps promoters from putting through by means Of Jesuit
tactics
haven't written congressman and senators IN re-
gard to matter With Fitzgerald and
congress nothing but eternal vigilance protect th
American press their schemes suppress all literature cen
sored by Rome
every congressman and senator to unde stand that y
expect him do duty preserving American hberN
constitutions and enlist patriotic neghboa
the that much to them as TO you Inc time o
history Let all who for their country and ITS tu
ture be wide awake and vigilant.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23

United States protest against this un'
American movement.
Protcstnnts have not asked for any
laws protecting them against the abuse
Of their religion by Roman Catholics
and there is no sufficient cause for spe'
eial action by Congress upon this ques
tion.
Existing laws have been deemed suf
hcient for protection against libelous OF
slandereus statements In the publi'
press, and any additional legislation j
rot only unealled for, but will worl
erious injury. Tho First Amendment
% the Constitution provides that Con
rrcss rhall make no law ahridg
ing the freedom Of speech or Of th'
press and I respectfully but
earnestly urge that you will moi
be induced by the elamor or Oh,
threats Of religious portisans TO favol
any measure which, either in form or il
pirit. would have even the semblance OF
violating this Constitutional provision
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23

tors are making their dupes
accessories TO n criminal offense.
While we have unlimited conf
dence in the majority Of officials
who will receive this food Of IL
bel, il is likely that many Of them
do not realize fully what il
means and the safety OF The Men.
ace requires that immediate and
effective work be doneto neutral
ize the effect Of libel that the
dupes have been dumping upon
Washington for more than a
month.
In the face Of this tremendous
conspiracy we make our appeal
TO the American people, the court
Of last resort. We appeal TO the
patriots of America to neutralize
this priest-inspired attack by
meeting it with n counter attack.
Let every American whose heart
is in the cause Immediately write
the postmaster-general at Wash
ington, the congressman from his
district, and both senator's from
his state, demanding that this pa
per receive fair treatment, and
showing thereby that The Men,
ace has millions Of friends who
believe in il and in the work IL is
doing.
To make this defense effective,
do not delay or wait an hour Ion.
ger than is unavoidable. The
Menace depends upon you in the
firm belief that you will not fail,
We have done our duty TO the
best of our ability, and we now
confidently expect every friend
of the little paper to do his duty
in defense Of the paper that
speaks for us.
A short. plain, dignified pro-
test against the use OF the gov
ernment by Rome in its efforts to
crush The Menace is all that is
needed. Make it short and 10 the
point; and let official Washing.
ton see the difference between the
correspondence Of real Amer.
leans who can compose their own
letters, and the dupes Of Rome
who copy stereotyped hbels at
the command of their priests.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23
Shear Nonsense

Cullsd from Catholic Contemporaries
Coz ne Bishop forgive Nns1
Certainly. Every Bishop Is a priest.
He conicrs the power ON the priest az
ordination.-Messcngcr OF the Sacred
Heart January, 1915.
We need theso fathers in God even
more than our hatural parents. When
leath takes away our natural father
We learn how 20 provide for ourselves,
But N We were deprived Of our priests
ve would be orphans indecd.-Catholic
Almanac and Year Book, 1915.
There Is, and always must be, a vast
difference between those educated ac,
cording 20 the mind Of the church and
those educated according 10 the mind
of the world. The hrst arc trained for
eternity, the latter for the trickeries Of
time.--The Rosary Magazine (Roman
Catholie) September, 1914.
II was a Catholic sailor who said, in
the course Of conversation on the con
lition Of religion in the world today
The difference between the Catholic
church and the other churches is that she
is founded on a Rock, while they are
foundered on the rocks. The Mission.
airy (ROmhn CatbOlie) Christmas Mum
Der, 1914.
Tho ideas Of the Reformation are the
germs Of our economic disease. With
the Reformation, people lost all sense OF
responsibility, not AZ once, perhaps, but
it by bit as their own doctrines began
to influence their lives. Today the non
Catholic world wants to enjoy without
owning, TO have all the pleasures Of
moneyed power without taking up is
responsibilities. Columbiad (Ro
man CAtholie), January, 1915.
The German Empire Is doomed, and
all the powers Of darkness will not save
il. II will 20 down into a barathrum
the visible, tangible and veitablC
embodiment Of Protestantism, and the
world will soon be rid Of both. But
Ns Catholics Of Germany will resprrec'
another and a greater empire. Dis
llusioned and ehastened they will some
day be the vanguard Of the church :;
civilization in Northern Europe.-Th,
Western watehman (Roman Catholie)
Jan. Z, 1915.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23
VOTES MONEY To KILL THE MENACE
Supreme coun Of the Knights Of Columbus Sets aside Fifty Toussnd
Dollars With Which 10 Scrap The MsusescmnS Possesbou
IN Federal Court Already Ordered By the Department Of
Iussee Ssy the Leaders

white slave labor and free from
taxation.
Not only that, but the vatican
AZ Rome contains more muEty
gold than does the treasury
building Of the United States
government at Washington, and
the pope is willing 10 squsnder
il on any scheme that viii kill
of opposition and further the
plan 90 make America Catholic.
Criminal prosecution has al
ready been ordered by the De-
partment Of Justice against one
widely circulated anti Catholic
publication, IL was announced.
and others win follow" So reads
another paragraph in this par
ticular dispatch.
How is il that the Knights Of
Columbus know so much about
what has been ordered" by the
Department Of Justicei
And how do they know IL so
sooni
Are the Knights ordering"
the Department Of Justice around
just as you would the colored
man who tends your garden and
cares for the stoeki
Who is il in the department.
that puts the Knights next 10
everything that goes ont
Is Tumulty attending TO this
and all the rest Of his business
at the same timei
The Menace isn't tipped of
every time the departments at
Washington do something that
concerns i'll
|. We know that a postofice in.
spector has kept the trail hot "a
J Aurora for several months
And we know that the post.
Office force and the foreman OF
/. The Menace press room are In
I Joplin this very moment testi'
flying before the Federal Crane
, jury
But we didn't know that Grim
inal prosecution had been "0R
= DERED" by the Department Of
. Justice.
In fact II this Department oI
Justice is all that the name i'm.
plies, we hardly see why il would
or could "0RDER" prosecution
. We thought that the Depart.
, ment Of Justice investigated
, and then "ORDERED" prose,
, cution after the person or con.
Germ Investigated was found "a
, be violating the Federal law.
How about thisi
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23

Ns~ Ysfi, JGa. IA AorOugh IN
vsstigaii0a of q nsvensni declared 70
bs IN progress On The part of anu'
Catholic sosie,iss and Pablicauons 70
drive CaiAolies cut Of public life has
bcon undertaken By the commission On
religioat prejudios AuthoriEed By The
tuprsms council Of the Knights Of o.
'lumhus Il vas ann0uneei here tonight
By the Rev. J. J. wyuhs, editor Of the
Catholic EhsyelopcdiA.
For this purpo-e an appropriation %
\ $50. 900 has ben made. Al the conclu'
rion % hs present meeting In this city
he commission viii prepare for a ses
sion In Chicago, March 8, 10 b. followed
" meetings In other large cities
Cfmindl prosecution has oiroodv bees
lrdsrsd by the Department. of Jusiics
aoaiafi ons uidsly oircuiafod oatt
'dfAolic publicdfioH, u uds announced
aad Others WM follor.
II was aid also that the commission
would vigorously oppose the report Of
the Postmaster General published in
December, containing q statement Of The
position Of the Poaohiee Department
regarding tho use Of the mails BY such
publications.
Col p. n. Callahan of Louisville, Ky.
is chairman Of the commission Of which
the other members are; joseph Scott Of
los Angeles, Albert @. Bagley Of Van
| couvcr, r. G., Thomas A. Lawlcr OF
lansing, Mich, and Joseph c. Pelletiel
4 Boston.
The above news dispatch from
New York, taken from the Kan
sas City Times Of Jan. l1th
would indicate that the Knights
, of Columbus have plenty o.
money with which TO persecut,
men who tell the truth and try
TO do something for the good o
, the country, even il they don >
= donate to the various funds be
ing raised in this country for tn
,, relief of sufferers in the wa
J, zones Of Europe.
= Fifty thousand dollars is a q
gantic sum to raise at one meet
ing for the purpose of fightin
: one little weekly paper, and !
= they DO as well at the meeting Z
! be held in Chicago March 6tl
< and the others to follow, the,
!. ought to get enough prett
:. soon to buy the postoffice d,
e partment from Uncle Sam an
|, run IL to suit their own tastes.
: But there is no scarcity o
y money in the camps of Rome, an
n never has been. The whole sy'
tenn is built on n plan of none.
grabbing, from the begging nun
, on the streets to the giganti
laundries and other industrie
!, conducted i'm the Houses Of tn
! Good Shepherd, operating witt
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23
The Sub Blank

There is q subscription blank
in this issue Of your Menace,
and you are urged to make use
Of il at the earliest possible
date. The Menace Is engaged
in the hardest fight Of its life
right now and IL can only win
with the united support Of
every American citizen who
loves truth and justice. Law
yers might argue the business
Of our cause before juries until
the crack Of doom, but their
arguments would not have the
weight that will an increasing
subscription list to the paper
itself. II you have never
turned a wheel before, get
busy now.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1915-01-23

up the histories respecting the early
saints, popes, etc.
Well, the history Of the church the
first few hundred years in general, fur
uishes plenty Of proof. Put all in the
language Of the common people, and LET
them read for themselves. OF course
this is asking n great deal, but, as the
Roman church is generally supposed
20 be "long on assertion but mighty
short on proof they had better make
a good job Of il. Plenty of room any
way.
Then too, the people must be trusted
with the doctrines Of the church. The
various Protestant sects print their the
ological works, and all literature for
priests and people in the vernacular Of
The people that all may read. Let our
Roman brethren do the same. Put the
theologies and instructions 10 the priests,
Ligouri, Dens, St. Thomas and the rest
in the language that common people
read, and then II these things are all
good, pure and holy, better than the
world now knows, Il will accept II.