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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03

THE MENACE was evidenced by the
thunderous applause that followed
the mention of the name Of this
greatest popular voice in the mighty
struggle to preserve the principles
of the Declaration of Independence,
and the provisions Of our constitu-
ton from the bold persistent and
determined assault Of political Ro-
manism.
The Detroit meeting has sur
passed the most sanguine hopes Of
the patriots Of that city and the
representatives Of the Free Press
Defense League. The. meeting
marked the Inauguration Of a move
ment destined to hold high place
in the historical annals Of the ma
ton.
The great address which awakened
such boundless enthusiasm at Ar
mory Hall only whetted the appe-
tite Of the patriots and the distin-
guished publicist who had so thrilled
and aroused their enthusiasm for
democracy, was induced to speak
that night in one Of the Methodist
churches of the city and also in st.
Andrews Hall and the following
morning was invited 10 address q
meeting of all the Baptist ministers
of Detroit. This great city is now
awake as she has never been before,
by the Inauguration Of what prom
ises to be one Of the greatest histors
ical movements Of modern times.
NEXT WEEK WE SHALn
PUBLISH THE FULL TEXT OF
HON.. 1. SHEPPARD'S MAS
TERLY ADDRESS ON THE
NEW REFORMATION.
| The issue containing this address should be
circulated BY the millions Of copies. Every
patriot In the land should see to II that 4
copy Of this paper is placed in the hands Of
all the leading Protestanta Of their commun-
tiles. Those not In position TO Distribute
bundle orders can have the copy wrapped and
mailed 10 Protestants IN their community ah
the rate Of s0c per hundred copies.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03

They expected only handful Of
people would brave the elements to
hear a speaker about whom the
newspapers had had nothing to say.
The proverbial man on the street
confidently predicted that there
would not be "corporaPs guard"
on such a day and his predictions
would have been fulfilled had not a
mighty issue stirred the deepest
thinkers and braueSt patriots of De-
troit, as fundamentally far-reaching
in its import as that which in earlier
days summoned men and women Of
the same fiber to hear Adams, Otis,
Hancock, Franklin, Jefferson and
Patrick Henry.
Long before the hour for the
meeting the crowd began to pour
into Armory Hall and when the
Rev. G. Fl. Ruesskamp, pastor Of
the Lutheran church, took the chair
as presiding officer he faced a vast
audience Of fully three thousand
souls.
The lecture was a masterpiece Of
logic, instinct with lofty idealism,
at once simple, direct, earnest, and
compelling in its appeal to the
noblest patriotic sentiments of true
Americans. 1t was a noble states.
manlike appeal to the reason and
conscience Of the audience. Every
statement was bulwarked by indis,
putable facts; every argument was
based on premises that could not b.
assailed; every conclusion was ir
resistible in the face Of the dats
presented and it is small wonder
that the audience went wild witt
enthusiasm or that the speaker re
ceived an ovation rarely accorded {
popular orator, even in the midst o.
some great campaign.
Appreciation for the work of ex
posing Rome's grip on Detroit b.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03

offer to this government its mem
berShip for military training, gov
ernment to furnish guns, etc., but
we have been unable to find in De-
troit any connection between the
Catholic military bodies and our
government, such as the arrange
ment sought by the knights would
give Rome ground to claim. Fur
thermore it is clear that no church
sect, or organization should be per-
mitted to organize, drill and main
tain militia not primarily under
the control and direction of the ma
tional government and whose mem
bers have not all individually taken
a solemn oath to support and up
hold the government against all
claims, pretenses, or commands of
any organization or individual that
conflicts with the demands of the
government. All loyal upholders Of
our liberal democracy will agree that
such provisions are imperatively de-
manded, especially where the SOL
diery in question belongs to a hier-
archy whose last. three heads have
unequivocally denounced or con-
demned fundamental principles of
our government IA hierarchy whose
theory Of rule ii in direct opposi-
ton to ours in such vital respects
as those involving freedom Of speech,
press and assembly, the absolute di-
yorce Of church and state and pop
ular non-sectarian education. 1t
should also be remembered that
Archbishop Quigley evidently spoke
by the cards not only because his
utterances have never been con-
demned by the hierarchy, but also
because history shows conclusively
that wherever and whenever a clash
has come between the Roman Cath
Ollie church and any government the
loyal children ofsthe Roman church
as well as the directing spirits Of the
hierarchy have in every instance
supported the church in preference
to the goyernmaigt.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03

-HE New Reformation was
I4l triumphantly inaugurat?d in
ri Detroit, Mich, on Sunday
afternoon, Jan. 81, 1917,
under circumstances which rendered
the phenominal success Of the meet
ing epoch marking in its promise
and significance.
More than three thousand people,
embracing many Of Detroit's prom
inent citizens, braved the worst
storm in years to hear the address
Of Hon. J. I. Sheppard, founder
and secretary-treasurer Of The Free
Press Defense League on THE
NEW REFORMATION.
Wild winter weather is no strang-
er to Detroit, but the day witnessed
one of the worst storms in years, a
storm to make all but the stoutest
hearts hug the fireside, or reluctant
ly leave only at the summons Of
grave necessity or the solemn call
Of duty.
This was the day set for the in
auguration of the New Reforma-
tSon movement launched by The
Free Press Defense League to COM
bat the nationwide, or to be more
accurate, the world campaign Of
the papal sovereign and the vatican
to make America dominantly Ro-
nhan Catholic campaign that
necessarily requires the substitution
of the papal system Of rule for the
fundamental liberal democracy ol
our republic.
There had been no newspaper ad,
vertising or publicity, no posters,
circulars, hand-bills, or even an,
nouncements in the patriotic papers,
Of this meeting and yet here was an
audience rivaling in numbers that
(which a few years ago greeted Pres.
jident Wilson when he addressed the
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03

mately $4,000 in the United States
and are divided into what are
known as "nests." Detroit has
seven Of these "nests" with prob
ably total membership Of 500.
They are equipped with rifles, uni
forms and ammunition and main
tain their own armories. They
deny affiliation with the church but
march and parade, IL is said, with
the church organizations.
If the Polish Falcons Alliance Of
America is affiliated in any manner
with the army or militia Of the ma
tional or state government it is not
known to officers Of these legitimate
soldier-bodies. It is generally be-
lieved that they are more church
than anti-church and would in an
emergency obey the ''beck and nod
Of the hierarchy"
Kosciuski Guards
The Kosciuski Guards is another
organization which is armed, uni-
formed, has full military accouter-
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03

PreIate's Prediction That Roman Catholics
Would Not Be "Unprepared and Unor-
ganized" Should This Republic Attempt
to Curb PapaI Aggression as Did France
and Portugal, Is Being Fulfilled in Open
and Aggressive Manner
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03

Detroit Furnishes Excellent Example Of
Hierarchy's Ability to Command an Army
---Roman Catholic Armories and Trained
and Armed Men In Their Sunday Drills
Furnish Ample Proof of Rome's Prepare
ton for Mobilization
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03
Startling Ful6llment Of Archbishop Qugley's Threat

what to do about the dangers now
threatening christianity in this
country. In France and Portugal
the Catholic church was prosecuted
because the Catholics were not or
ganized.
Although there were thousands
Of devout and loyal Catholics who
would have given their lives for
conscience sake they were merely a
mob without leadership and were
defeated.
Il rant 10 say that when the time
comes in this country, as it surely
wiH come, and the same forces at.
tack the church here they wiH mol
find us unprspared nor unorganized
and they shall not prcvail. w
hare weH ordered and efficient or.
ganizattonS, all at the beck and NOD
of the hierarchy and ready TO d.
what the church authorities tell them
to do. With these bodies of Cath.
oics' ready to step into the breach
at any time and present an unbrok.
en- front to the enemy ue may feel
secure"
America Or Rome?
Archbishop Quigley spoke as one
of the highest dignitaries of the Ro
man Catholic church in the United
States and spoke authoritatively
upon church matters OF this char.
acter. We have no thought Of dis,
putting the archbishop'S words. In
fact, when he says: Eve have well,
ordered and efficient organizations
all at the beck ard nod Of the hicr,
archy and ready to do what the
church authorities tell them to do
we are ready not only to believe that
statement but to prove, with the &C.
companying photographs and unde
niable facts, that what this eminent
Catholic authority says is, although
astounding, absolutely true. Anl
we will also show that these Ronisf
zealdts are equipped to lay dowr
the lives of many Protestants while
giving their own for the chmca
when the crucial period comes upor
them.
The Knights of Columbus il
their 1915 convention adopted (
-rsttil;;..ti;ar Y-i.;sil ~ ~ 80 .--.c..l,
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03
THE new REF FORMATION INAUGURATED
-EP0CH-V MEETING IN DETROIT


Crowd Equal that Which Greeted Pres Wilson in Detroit Baved Worst
Storm Of the Winter to Hear the Address Of u Sheppard SecTreas
Of the Free Press Defense League the New Refoaono Ad
verng Used to Gather OWdastey Address Received With
UnbOmded EnhusiasmGreat Legal Pleader Also Addressed
Meetings in Methodist Church and St Andrews Hall During
Evening and Baptist Ministerial Assembly Monday Morning
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-02-03
Rome Preparing

In Detroit there are in connec-
ton with great many Of the Cath
olic churches, organized companies
~ I-.s4els n ]l1,-g.s -.-t.o ..--.-.t....;s
New Britain herald., 1917-03-16
CIGARETTE PAPER DIVIDED.

Athens. March 16.-The paper scarcity in Greece has extended to cigarette paper. Tho foodstuffs com-
 mission has extended its powers to the control of cigarette paper, seized the entire stock in private hands in Athens, and redistributed it pro-rata to all the manufa cturers of cigarettes in the capital This action was taken. tho government explains, not in dis elimination against any lnanufac- turer of cigarettes who might have had reserve stock on hand. but that the men and women semployAd sfn the,facfoxiess lEhaSS setocsE h1gl become exfausted aai1IM not be thrown out of work.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-16
SNAIL FARMERS PROSPER.
Making Up Supply Cut on By Ger
 mans.

Paris, March 1s.-French snail farmers are making tidy fortunes out of the. war. More than half the French supply of this delicacy has .been cut off byy the German occupa- Non of Luxemburg, Belgium and Northern France, and the market price has risen accordingly. The de- mand. for snails has also been stimu- lated by the. new food regulations. which class snails with oysters as a |'hor1 d'oeuvre'' of which one may eat as one wishes.
 As many a6 half a million first quality snails. worth $ to $10 thou sand, can be reared on an acre of land. They. have to be fed only once 2 day, preferably in the evening, A bed of 100000 snails will consume wagon load of cabbage in a few minutes, and the noise which they make at their repast is like nothing else in the world.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-16
AMID THE CLOUDS
British Aviation Corps Officer Has

British Aviation Corps Officer Has .s Experience With Mysterious, Nlcs- sS sage.
 London. March 16.-An account of . mirage in the clouds is given in letter from a British flying corps of- Acer on the western front. He says: ! EsI had often wondered what it weulda feel like to see a machine com ing straight for me and to know that a collision was, inevitable. l had the experience this afternoon, only the collision did not take place.
 1T was on patrol over~ the lines, and had just gone into a cloud bank.
 Just before going in saw the plane on my right turning to cross in front
 of me- Suddenly saw a machine of the same type as mine appear out of the cloud about fifty feet away, mak-
 ing straight for me.
 ''Instinctively I damned my nose
 hard down and went as near 8. nose
 dive as possible. The other aeroplane
 did the same. I turned. The other turned into me.
 'I was in a cold precipitation all over by this time. So I thought Here goes; if am going to crash, 1t might as we'll be complete So straight for it went. We got closer and closer, and biff! my machine and tits mirage in the clouds met. Tt seemed like hideous night mare, and can still see that machine doing its utmost to crash into me. I think I can say I have have had the 1 full horrors of collision in the air without its actually taking place. I 1 finally got out of the clouds. and had not the fainteet idea where was. un- | til 8 she'll reminded me that was 8 little too low over the German lines.''
New Britain herald., 1917-03-16
PERSIA IS STILL
 CAUSE FOR WORRY
Curzon Says Germany's Aim Is
 Still Not Defeated

London, March 16.-"Germany's aim to extend her dominion from Ant werp to the Indian ocean is by no means defeated and will not be de- Heated until the end of the war;" said Earl Curzon, member of the British War council and former viceroy of India, in the House of Lords the other day in reply. to, a question by Lord Bryce, former ambassador to the United States. Lord -Curzon said that while the Turks still are in possession of 30, 00O square miles of territory in Persia, the Russian troops are barring try.
 \ Persia was the scene of trouble soon after the outbreak. of war. The pop ular theory in this country is that it was engineered by German agents with 9 view to furthering Germaly's dream of diminion from the Atlantic coast to the Indian ocean. .,,es
 In AEpla ip3ng the state 0f things in: ,the near east, Lord Curzon' said that the prospect of German success in Persia was best in August last but that since then it had greatly lessened st that now the situation there waa almost satisfactory to the British gov- ernment. To aid the Russians in clearing out the Turks. Lord Curzon said endorsements are now being sent from India and that it was hoped to restore order there before many months.
 We seem to be in fair way" con-
 tinued Lord Curzon, ito be consoli-
 dating the positions against the Otto-
 man power. I cannot say that the situation is altogether free from anxiety. Turkish troops have still to be turned out from the western por- tions of Persia. The southern part isAnd shores of the hinterland of the Persian gulf are still in a state of dis I9order, and the trade routes are not yet all opened. But I think we may say that the worst is over, and the partic-
 ular link Persia has supplied in this tgreat German chain of ambitions has 1 been forcibly twisted aside. if 1t has not been broken.
 The British successes in Mesopo- l tamia would, he believed, have a de-
 cided influence on the whole situation in the Near East.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-16

jurisdiction in the matter has been praised in some quarters and con- demned in others. The condemnation, comes from those who want to erad- icate anything from British memories but thbve moxo tolerant call attention tos tho fact that 1t was from London that Heine wrote some sentences they aver as worth remembership today, as for instance. tho following:
New Britain herald., 1917-03-16

"An Englishman loves freedom as he loves his lawfully welded wife; he regardS her as a possession, and. if ho do10 not treat her with special tenderness. yet if need be he knows how to defend her. A Frenchman loves freedom as he loves his chosen -bride; he will commit a thousand fol-. lies for her sake. A German loves freedom as he loves his old grand
New Britain herald., 1917-03-16
NEW DEGREE AT OXFORD.

--
 Oxford, Eng, March 16.-With view to encouraging Americans and Colonials to do research work at Ox- ford the government body of the uni-' yersity Is considering granting the de- gree of Doctor of Philosophy. The new degree will probably be finally
New Britain herald., 1917-03-16
MONUMENT TO REMAIN.
Raitish People Oppose Plan to Remove
 Historic Heine Tablet.

& IDndon. March ts. The proposal t9AFssnove from ;hfs formsr pesidseats
 $lIe tablet comnsrn0fatiys of Heine, has been postponed. For this action
 the London county council, which has
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
WORK OPEN
TO OREGONIANS IN ARMY.
University to Follow Boys Wherever
They Care to Do Work. in
Eighty Courses.

! UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu-
gene, Sept. 15.-Attorney General
Brown has ruled that the Extension
Division of the University of Oregon
may legally offer extension class work
outside of the state for the purpose
of serving enlisted men at Vancou-
yer Barracks and Fort Stevens and
will offer extension work If there is
demand for it Cooperation of the
! University has been aside in both
instances. The Extension Division.
following its policy of wartime ser
vice first, will respond to both re-
quests as fully as possible.
All of the so correspondence
courses of the University of oregon
in high school and college subjects
are open to soldiers who are citizens
of Oregon. Numbers of applications
have been received from men in the
service who find that they have just
a little extra time to put on college
or high school work.
Lesson papers sent in from some
where in France by men who prefer
to do a little studying in spare time
that otherwise might be given to light
reading will receive special consider
alton" said Miss Mozelle Hair, secre'
tary of extension teaching at the Uni
yersity.
The motto. The State in the Cam
pus' hitherto used to describe Uni
versity extension work in Oregon
means that any place in the world
where an Oregon man or woman
serves Uncle Sam Is part of the cam
pus of the University of Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15

Mrs. Maude A King. widow of
James c. King, the Chicago million
aire. who met her death under mys-
terious circumstances in wood near
Concord, n. c. Mrs. King was killed
by a bullet which entered the back
of her head near the ear. With her
at the time was her secretary, Cas-
ton B. Means. Means for some time
worked with the Burns Detective
Agency. but of late held a position
as manager of Mrs. Kings large es-
tate.
The verdict brought in at the first
inquest attributed her death to acci-
dental causes. An examination of the
body. just made by the coroner's ply
sic.an. gives rise to the opinion that
the woman was slain.
The elimination of the body was
made at midnight on order of judge
of the Criminal Circuit Court. Chi
caEo where the body had been
brought for burial. DR.. William
Burmeister. pathologist of North
western University and coroner's ply
slcian, performed the autopsy, and on
his finding is based the opinion that
Mrs King was murdered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
FACE EIGHT

There is more Cstarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put
eaEEether and for years it was supposed TO
ise incurable Doctors prescribed local
renedles- and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment. pronounced ii in
C-UEaste- Catarrh Is local disease, greatly
cherefOre requires constitutional treat
zRent Halls Catarrh Medicine, manufac
%ured by r J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, OHIO
Is a constitutional remedy. is taken intern
ally and acts thru the Blood on the Nh
e-ezls Surfaces Of the System One Hundred
ElgaIars reward Is offered for any case that
TEzEFs Catarrh Medicine fails to cure Sena
Ter circulars and testimonials
r J. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, TJc.
a4aHs Family Pills for constipation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
GERMANS CAN NOT BE CITIZENS
Federal Judge at Fargo Quotes Law
I15 Years Old.

FARGO, y D, Sept. l5.-F'our
Germans applying for American citi-
zenshlp today before District Judge
r. Cole were denied the right to
become citizens of the United States
and according to Judge Cole. hereaft-
er all Germans will be denied Ameri-
can citizenship. A federal statute Of
1909 which prohibits granting Amer
lean citizenship to any one belonging
TO A country with pIhtch the United
States IS at war, Is cited by Judge
Cole as the basis OF his action.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
Drill Hall Finished.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu.
gene. Sept. l5.-Work has been fin
ished on the new drill hall in which
military tactics will be taught the
men of the University of oregon in
the coming term The hall S4x11t
feet, adjoins the mems gymnasium on
the east.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
NULLIFIEs DEPENDESCY PLEA
offer Is Made TO support Wife Of
Drafted Man.

SALT LAKE CITY. Sept Is
George Low Abbott. son OF wealthy
ogden manufacturer. who was order
Cd 70 report for military service by
the draft board, but who successfully
claimed exemption before the district
board. will have to go to war after all
Abbott claimed exemption because he
said rI- vvfsr WIS dependent upon him
for support
Following its action saturday wher
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15
WOULD FTx MILLING COSTS.
Portland Man Suggests Pact By
western Flour SIillerS.

western Flour SIillers.
PORTLAND Sept. 15.-Theodore
b. wilcox of Portland, federal milling
commissioner, today made public a
plan OF eliminating speculation from
the milling of wheat. He proposes
TO organize all miIlers west OF the
Rocky mountains and between Mex
leo and Canada into an assocition
having for one of its objects the fixing
Of rates of profit on the manufacture
Of flour and feed. A profit of %
cents a barrel or grinding flour and
90 cents a ton profit for feed is pro-
posed Mr. wilcox says such an
q agreement will eventually bring down
the cost OF food and feed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15

il granted exemption, the district
board today decided to accept an Of
fer made by L n. Parker of Redmond
Utah, who said that he would be pre-
pared to support Abbotts wife while
he was on military duty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15

A shortage of hops Is feared, al
though the season was ideal for grass
hoppers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-15

. NEW PHOTO OF MRS. KING, Z
. VICTIM OF MURDER MHS- .
. TERY.