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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-04

part of the taxpayers, which tax
payers were protesting very strongly;
but the committee was Informed that
nothing in the way of releasing them
could be done. Then Friday evening,
the 22d day Of June, the Guardians
representative went to the regular
school board meeting to take the
matter up further with the board
and to explain to them more
Of the purposes and objects Of the
Guardians, thinking perhaps they
would enlighten the school board
and clear up any misunderstanding
or difficulty there might be; and to
notify the school board that the
Guardians intended to hold the meet
ing there, it having been so decided
by the officers. Then a group Of Ro-
man Catholics walked into the meet
ing and put up a strong protest as
Catholic citizens, as taxpayers and as
sons Of the "True Church" against
allowing the Guardians Of Liberty to
use the school house for the lecture,
stating that it was simply a scheme
to obtain subscriptions for the dirty
yellow sheet, TEE MENACE" and that
it was only for the purpose Of stirring
up discord and strife and ill-feeling
against the Catholics.
The master reason for Roman Cath
olic objections masked behind these
pretenses was Of course the desire of
the Roman hierarchy to prevent
Judge Nations and Mr.. Parker show
ing hoO the Roman Catholic political
machine Is today imperiling our f,ln-
damental democracy at home by it's
pernicious war on the fundamental
constitutional guarantees Of the free
dom Of speech, press and assembly,
the principle Of DIVORCE of church and
state and that greatest bul,oarb of
liberal democracy, the free school sys-
tenn.
At the meeting Of the school board
Mr.. Chas. Gallup, was oas Of those
who expressed himself as in sympathy
with the Romanists and declared that
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-04
Injunction Sought and Secured Prevent Use Of School Auditorium
That Had Been Procured for Patriotic LecreFnish Tenn
perance Hall Crowded and City Stirred Never Before as Result
Of ROmes Intolerance and Parker's Great Speech

had fled a petition In the Common
Pleas Court of Ashtabula county,
Ohio, against the Board of Education
Nof Ashtabula, Ohio, and the Guard
ians Of Liberty, Ashtabula City Court
No. 80, Of Ashtabula, Ohio, IL which
petition the plaintiffs were asking for
an injunction and equitable relief. AS
our lecture was scheduled for the next
evening, and as this hearing was for
the next morning at 8 o'clock 1t did
not give any time for preparation, but
Attorney Rinto was in court Thurs
day morning, at Q o'clock, represent
ing the Guardians Of Liberty Of
Ashtabula City Court No. 80, the
school board being also represented
by counsel.
Mr.. Rinto was called on the stand
for cross-examination and grilled for
about two hours by D. F. Dunlavy,
who Is a former prosecutor and who
was one Of the attorneys represent
ing the petitioners (Mr. Dunlavy, by
the way, is a former Roman Catholic
K. Of c. who now claims to be a men,
Der Of one of the Protestant churches)
The whole questioning was directed
along the lines Of trying to obtain in
formation concerning the officers and
membership of the Guardians Of Lib
erty, but when Mr.. Dunlavy got
through with Rinto he knew as much
as he did when he started concerning
the membership Of the Guardians Of
Liberty.
Arrangements had been made with
Billy Parker to come to Ashtabula on
the noon train, 30 the court was in
formed one Of the speakers would be
there at 2 o'clock who would explain
to him the nature Of the speeches and
would give such information as he
could and as was wanted Of him.
There was a good delegation of Ro-
man Catholics there, including two of
the "holy fathers" and every one
there seemed to sit up and take notice
when this fact was mentioned. Then
about 2 o'clock Billy Parker stepped
into the court room and there was a
craning Of necks and whisperings and
murmurings. When Billy Parker was
called to the witness chair and sworn
to testify he explained what his lect-
ure was and what Judge Nations
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-04

he was Episcopalian and, wished t.
have it understood that he was not
in sympathy with THE MENACE or the
A. P. AS. r. q. Pfaf and DR.. w.
s. King, two other members Of the
board gave 40 their reason for op-
posing the meeting the fact that the
tickets carried subscriptions for THE
MENACE. Geo. Hubbard, president Of
the board also expressed himself al
not in favor Of the meeting unless the
Guardians would eliminate the sub
scription feature from the tickets. II
was then moved by Chas. Gallup and
seconded by DR.. W. s. King that the
matter be referred to the COMMITTEES
Of the whole to take legal advice and
then to take such action as was
deemed best. On roll-call all voted
"aye"; M. G. Peck, the fifth member
Of the board also voting, although he
did not take any prominent part in
the discussion excepting to ask II
there was no way Of eliminating THE
MENACE part as that seemed to be
the whole bone Of contention.
In passing 1t may be well to point
out that the school board Is evidently
In entire ignorance as to the aim and
scope Of the work of The MENACE.
Its members have evidently accepted
the persistent, false and calumnious
attacks Of the Roman Catholic press
and the hierarchy against this most
poiusrful Of all organs Of fundamental
democracy Vithout for a moment e1-
dntinin0 the paper for themselves.
Had they examined THE MENACE they
would have found that It Is as care
fully edited and as uuthorftatiys an
educational journal as can be found
in America today; that II Is not war
ring against the Catholic church per
Sc and has no contention against the
law-abiding Catholic citizens. Its only
Uar is against the Roman Catholic
political machine which is waginp its
tn-Americdn war against our demo-
cratic theory and system Of govern
memt In its oreanissd attempt to make
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-04
Whether Taken by Single County, Single State or City, or by Group
OF States Romes OneSh Of the Populations Furnishing Five Times
as Many Criminals the Combined Protestant Hebrew Pagan
and InfdeI Population Western Watchmans Recent Attack
on Public Schools Shown to be Distortion of Facts

acterized as sinks Of hell" etc., the
sentences referred to are mild, but
nevertheless, are as positive as they
are utterly misleading. While form
ing marked contrast with more ye.
hement papal denunciation Of educa-
ton controlled by the state they
nevertheless show that Rome never
changes and typically illustrate the
never ending enmity Of the church for
all things -Romanized. Moreover,
such articles portray in a vivid man.
ner how utterly unscrupulous Rome
and her scribes will be in their efforts
to advertise the church and bring il
into favorable repute. II the papal
scribes were even In a measure cor
rect there would be some excuse for
this out-of-the-way attempt to pervert
facts for the benefit Of the parochial
schools, but with reformatory and
prison data indicating that Rome has
nearly foe times as many criminals
per capita in our penal institutions as
the combined Protestant, Hebrew,
pagan and infdel population, moth
ing could be more inexcusable than
this attempt to glorify pcpery and
make It appear other than what 1t is.
It matters not whether we take a
single county as Milwaukee, Wis, for
example or q whole state. as New
York, for instance, or whether we
take a single, city like New Orleans
or whether we take q whole group of
states. Rons's contsntion that her
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-04

the number Of unknowns were smaller the
number Of Roman Catholic prisoners would
increase. with q corresponding increase In
the percentage Of Roman Catholic prisonsry.
Is itnot astounding that 1876 Of the
population furnishes 47.9 of the Grim.
inals of the country? Truly this
clearly indicates that If the nation
were to become wholly Roman Cath
olic and the present rate Of crime
were to continue, the expenditure for
jails, law courts, ETC., would be nearly
fve times IOhGt a non-CathoIic state
'ooud need and yet these papal per-
verters of fact, in their attempt to
bring odium on the public schools by
deliberate falsi6cation try to force the
erroneous conclusion that their cate
chetical training can take the place of
the moral training provided by the
non-sectarian public schools. The
table for the 81 states in question as
published in MENACE No. 2S9 follows:
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-04
Political Romans the Great Exponent Of Bgoy and Intolerance
Continues Her War the Organic Law by Seeking Prevent
Defense Of the NoSectaran Public Schools and Other Vital
BukvarS of Our Liberal Democracy

ISKSlSHTABULA, Ohio, although
M the Romanists i, are few in
L3 number as compared with the
SS whole population, Is dominated
~ the pope's minions.
On the 9Th day Of June, 1917, the
Guardians Of Liberty, Ashtabula City
Court No. 80, leased the Ashtabula
High School Auditorium uptown
High School) for a Patriotic Lecture,
for the evening Of the 2sth day Of
June, at which meeting the speakers
were to be, Judge Gilbert o. Nations
and Billy Parker. Permission was
granted for the Guardians to hold this
lecture and the organization paid
$500 for the use Of the hall, and
then proceeded to make the ar
rangements for making the meeting a
big success.
Tickets were printed and were
then sold openly and publicly to any
one desiring to purchase same, at the
price Of 25c per ticket, these tickets
being good for admission to the lect-
ure and also good for a six-months'
subscription to THE MENACE. The
Guardians also inserted a paid ad-
vertisement in the Ashtabula Star
Beacon, Saturday evening the 23d Of
June. and also on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. An advertisement
was also put in the Conneaut Ne,cs-
Herald. on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, and in the JEFF
ferson Gazette on Wednesday evening,
advertising the lecture as given un-
der the auspices Of the Guardians of
Liberty, Ashtabuls City Court No. 80.
Friday evening, the ED day of
June, a committee from the school
board requested the representative Of
the Guardians to release the board
from the lease for the evening
Of the 28th Of June, for the reason
that the lecture was objected to by
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-04
STARTLING RECORD CRIME POINTS To THE FAILURE Of ROME PARAL SCHOOLS

1T1N an article entitled "The
I'LL Only Remedy which Is a
Ik3 somewhat labored disquisition
lWOI attempting TO show the su-
= periority Of the parochial
school, the Western Wotohman of
q July 2oth, makes the following OBJ
servation:
Il e srewins mere and mere evident even
day thst something must Do done IN thi.
esuntry 70 check the progress Of crime and
immortality. ons need not bs q pessimist Ia
admit the fact that the deminien Of sin d
snlarGins at " fnshtfsl pace. Every form
Of delinquency. Of injustice and Of nastiness
has its countless votariss, and the ordinary
agencies for their control and elimination
seem helpless. Apart from any supernatural
esnsidsratien Il must be admitted that the
sniy way to deal effectively with the uitua-
ticn Il 10 get at the causes, and these will
b found to consist primarily In the lack Of
combined and harmonissd mental and moral
training Of the youth Of today.
The inadsquacy Of our public educational
work TO cope with the problem 10 everywhere
rscesnized, and there ID . growing eonyie-
ton that some course must be adopted to
curb the evil. Where there can Be no men.
ton Of God II d utterly foolish to try to talk
about duty, obligation. or respect for IN.
law. Just what d to be done seems too pro.
found problem for the secular educator.
Of the time. For % Catholics. however, the
case ID much simpler, and the Catholic Eduea-
denal Association, IN its final resolutions at
the Buffalo convention. insisted forcihly upon
the need Of keeping moral education inssp.
srabiy united with mental training. The only
institutions IN which this 10 or can Be done
at present are our Catholic schools and col
lsgssI and for this reason Il cannot be
brought home too fereibly to our Catholic
parents that the only place for the Catholic
child d IN the Catholic seheol. By selecting
some ether establishment the parent d not
Only un-loyal 70 the church and unjust to
the child, but d prometing q social eondi.
tiop here In America that win sooa DO ir.
rsparahis damage. rhs foolish dsiusions that
sonsttnss iressncs parents 70 ssud thsir
hsys 81 girls u lErsliSiSas O. Mon-rsilgIsus
sshsois zAst - viDei away, Aal u mast b
stated vsEy clearly snA piafnly tAss We are
dsaiiag hare with . question that b ast ep-
! tisnai but obligatory. New. mere tAsa ever.
thsrs can b ~ valid excuse fer ssaiias .
GaAhr'ia skiA - yszih 70 any bst Cath
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-04

other things in connection with this
table the following pertinent facts in
regard to the table were commented
upon:
Four states. Psnnsylvania, New Hamp-
shire. Connecticut, and Rhode Island have no
doubtful cases. The religion Of every prisoner
Is given. The prisoners Of these states are
ss.e per cent Roman Catholic, while the re-
maining seventeen states with 1857 prisoners
Of unknown faith, show only a7.7 per cent
Roman Catholic. II IL likely then, that Il
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-04

Comn1 he1panAtOF Column
rlaion
Identified be MeonEder
bo
nssn included IN Z.
Column the which
rsesysd Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
Y. W. c. A. PROVES TO
BE BIG THING IN WAR

London EorreEp0 of the
Associated Press 4--EisC0unt Bryce,
former British Ambassador to the
United States has written a letter to
f.. 6. Carter. secretary for France and
England OF the Young Mems Christian
association commencing the work Of
the organization among the soldiers
of the entente allies and suggesting
that the American association viii be
able to render the greatest possible
service TO the American eXpeditionary
forces
Arrange ments for the work Of the
American organization are well under
way both Ia France and in England
but definite and positive plans VIII not
be completed until more is known OF
the strength of the American forces.
Meanwhile the Young Mems Christian
association IS doing everything posi-
bic 10 provide for comfort and enter
taiument Of those American sailors
and soldiers who already are IN Eu-
rope.
Il can truly say Viscount Bryce
writes IN his letter that have heard
from every quarter. including many
naval and military authorities the
warmest acknowledgment Of the excel
lent work done by the Young Mems
Christian association during these
three terrible years of war, for the
British, Canadian and Australian sol
dIers both in camps here and at home
and among the troops on the various
fighting fronts. Many plans have been
devised, many methods successfully
employed TO provide for their benefit
comforts recreation, literature of the
right sorts and many other whole
some influences.
Il believe that the American asso-
citation. which will have the advan-
.age Of our experience, which viii he
worked with true Aemrican energy,
and which may command even larger
FUNDS than we had, may render the
greatest possible services in France to-
those American soldiers who Britain
and France rejoice TO welcome as their
allies in this fight for freedom and
right"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
TO xs7fF BOARD MONDAY.

In accordance with the new ordi-
nance recently passed by the East Mo-
line city council DIT d. f. Johnson.
mayor. Will name the members of the
new library board Monday night alt
the regular council meeting. Although
the names of the new board have not
been announced, # is probable that
the Iucumbents viii be Teappojuted.
The new ordinance recently passed
by the city council provides that the
East Moline public library shall be
supported by the Ievyjng of tax of
two mills on property in the city The
ordinance also provides that the mayor
shaH appoint the members Of the III
brary board With the money received
from the city it lis thought that East
Moline viii have a. well equipped and
modern library. The library viii be
located in the new y. nj. c. a. building
until farther arrangements are made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
FUTURE SOLDIERS
WILL Be H0NOREO


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assam
called 30 the iact that the patriotic
parade 20 be staged IS an expression
5f resne.+ and aDrnaafaffa7 r. fe., -..,,,
~. +4-,,... ..-..--...,
as
la-e tia< second eoayaif@eHl go camp
Dodge, IS t0 take place Wednesday
evening Sent a.. instead of Taas47-
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ae
cry aaa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
vAIIE PLEADS GTIE-TY-

jose NaITe- = Mexican arrested va
nesday night in a raid ON his home al
Warmers Crossing. for stolen brass.
pleaded guilty to the charge of dfsor-
derby conduct in Justice " IT, Dunn
beck's court Yesterday afternoon ana
was fined $50 and costs, q total Of
$3.50 Justice Dumbeck scored the
prisoner ia court and said that an ez-
ample would be made for those who
were in the habit of committing petty
thievery. 'All malefactors who mo-
lest the property of railroads and pri-
waite persons viii he taught a lesson
when brought before this COURT said
the justice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14

men of America, having been physi-
clan of Camp No. IS. NJ " A.. for
many years. He was a charter mem
BIER of King Philip tribe of Red Men
The cause If temperance always found
him @ stauBeh advocate
Widow and Two Sons.
DR. Arp was married i'm December.
1893 t9 Miss Matte Hardy, native
of Wisconsin The marriage occurred
in Rock Island his bride being 3 grad
uate Of the Rock Island high school
Two sons, DIR. A. Henry arp and
Louis c. Arp were born to the union,
and both survive the doctor. as does
his widow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
FIRsT ~ PRIsnNER a.

Salt Lake City, Titan. Sept 14.-The
first death among war prisoners held
here is reported in the demise OF
stanislau Lewitzk. sailor of the Ger
man converted cruiser C0rmoran.
LeWitzk died as rsuIt Of fracturing
his neck when he fell from a hori-
zontai bar at the prison camp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
HOLD UP 4 YOUTH
THEN SHOOT HIM
Frank Sowash Robbed BY Desperate
Thugs In East End Of City
Dragged Into Alley.

A desperate h0ldup by armed thugs
who dragged their victim more than
one hundred yards al the point of a
gun, robbed him and then shot him,
was last evenings contribution to the
/ rapidly growing list o. crimes com
mitted in Moline during the last few
days.
/ Frank sowasb. IS years old 1875
+ Twenty avenue. was the victim
/ The terrorism occurred al s 30, So
wash was dragged from Grant school
+ corner Of Seventh avenue and Twenty
fifth street, to a point in the alley I'm
the rear of 744 Twenty-6ftb street
The desperadoes- there were two OF
tbem-got SO. S0Hash IS in the Mo-
+ line city hospital He VIII recover. as
1.-THE bullet struck his left arm. The
criminals escaped The police have
ne clues. Sowash says tho men VINO
attacked him were about - years Old,
slender about five feet. eight inches
tall and weighed about l35 pounds
each.
Thomas Swinburne. IN the rear of
+ whose home the final aeg in the drama
occurred, was the man to notify the
police. Swinburue first heard his
2
heard the shot the thugs fred into So-'
wash.
The no1ioa arrived an +Ha scene .
rs,t. n, ,7,7ts= 4ste. THO trol- care If
1,-..zgT ~, 80 F,sszs-4t,7g mr. TT
go ~. os15o4 To r<,I5lo fIee1 for}-
- IL, ~ 4f,. 5,1fs4,,n - tf,a XIII,
ts H.
$3.50 5...s 49,, -5-t,fr-- .s.,frr,+sl,
~ tl1e +,,-1 ofs.,,a--z e[T,l ys-9af ont on fs
~sea +G,av- r-aaa r., affarf i, rant1re
49, ,~frr,f,,.rs -1-5,g-. 49,. r.,re,- t7s,-
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,-.-..7 &c.,
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49,, - -
ABOUT iorlg-aTe minutes allef jae
HFst report had oeea received 2s tAa
police the two officers returned 10 tine
station FIFTEEN minutes before that
justice Ira Ee-s Pierce ana a news
paper man VINO aaa o@eh 20 I1e slalloA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
DRAFT FRAUDS Barred.

Kansas City, Mo. Sept 14.-Frauds
under the selectiye draft law which
threaten TO involve a dozen exemption
officials in St Joseph and Buchanan
counties, Missouri, have been uncov-
cred. Francis NJ. Wilson. United States
district attorney, announced today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
HORSES COLLIDE: RIDERS HURT

bloomington. III, Sept. 1.-TWO
young men, George HospeIh0rn and
George Search, who were riding horse
back, We're seriously injured Thurs
day night and their horses killed when
they colIided headloug on a bridge
northwestern Carlock. The horses fell
over the rail into she ditch ten feet
deep. one horse faIllns mon search-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
KEEP SERVANTS DESPITE VAR.

Thousands Of families
throughout the country are. in spite
of the shortage of labor. keeping their
usual prc-War quota of servants
There are instances Of households con
sisting of q mother and two daughters
employing "a staff of nine servants. In
fact. in many homes there are So
many servants that they spend most
of their time waiting on each other
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
DR.. ARP is VICTIM
OF HEART ATTACK
Prominent Moline Physician Expires
In Home While in Act of Dress
ing for the Day

I'd (
If rhe morning victim Of an acute
attack Of heart trouble.
According 10 report sent out from
-ra horna he was dressing for the day
whom fine a+ra~3-. occurred He grew
faint and fell to the floor. expiring i'm
r1esiateIv
r~- rs H Weasel. an uncle. said this
-7rr1f7e that ID. Arb had known for
some time that he was afflicted with
= weakness Of the heart that might
any dsv prove fatal
II raa warned hfr7 zfr7a and again
that if he did not cease trying 10 do
the work of six men he could not last
LONG" declared DIR Vessel. "He would
ra nm nearly ali night and then show
an at the hospital at in the morning
to operate He kept this up for years,
doing the work of i've or six men, and
frafIv euccuubad 10 the strain. MOI
man rou15 keen un the mace ha set for
rfr-setr
ale frauHanffv complained to the
family and to me of being tired and Of
being short of breath This ahortness
If breath came from his orerstrafuad +
heart. as ] frequently told him when .
ra came 10 sae ME about it,
--ez+a~rs-- rrr F~r+ Psrfar75a Efzr-i- 1
eo- ohio and soon exnerre to 60 to .
+H= front AIS an officer IA fine medical (
rorns The doctor was very nr0ud of .
-fa aor and +ra ar,rffrr nj 7srtfue-
u-5fr Him was -cn=f4a-aI777 e=nacfs-fz- /
a= ha was worried for fear the noy /
might mot rara h.rs
-rnts n-rhar.1t- Was . --n+r;I,.-+~rr- F
.auea aIfIor~b moi 5fra~fsv rasrnn=f- (
bile. for az eav his heart -roabfa was
q matter Of long standing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-03-08
Rank Team Visits Blackvilie.

The amplified third rank team of
the Bamberg knights of Pythias
lodge went to Blackville Tuesday
night to confer the rank of Knight
upon a candidate in that lodge. The
party left Bamberg at six o'clock by
auto. The team was royalty enter
tanned while in Blackville, most de-
lightful barbecue supper being serv-
ed, after the convention, in the
lodges dining room. DR.. E. O. Wat
son, king of the team, made short
address after supper, expressing the
pleasure Of the team in being pres
ent on the occasion. The visitors
were warmly welcomed to the lodge
and to the town by Acting Chancel-
lor Commander A. H. Ninestein and
Prof. Madden. The Bamberg party
returned to the city about midnight,
after having spent very delightful
evening.