The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-06-23

by Special Correspondent.
TT1 BOUT the 9th or 10th OF May
lLA there came into this COM
WUJl munity gentleman and
kei0SI lecturer known to a few OF
our citizens by reputation, and
bearing the name of A. d. Bulman.
! He proceeded to hire q hall in the
Odd Fellows Temple in the City OF
Walla Walla, and entered into q writ
ten contract for the same, in which to
deliver lectures on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings, May IA, 10,
16, 1917. His contract with the Tenn
pie Association was a written one,
and provided for a forfeiture OF
$4,000 per night in the event the
lecturer should be prevented from
using the hall.
Immediately thereafter he prepared
small bills announcing his lectures,
and had them distributed from house
to house over the city Of Walla Walla.
The lecture for Monday night was to
be the "Public School System and Its
Enemies" The second night the sub
ject was to be "Official Inspection of
Converts and Other Charitable and
Semi Charitable Institutions" The
lecture for the third night was to be
for men only, and the subject an
nounced was "The Secret Theology
of the Church Of Rome"
The bills had no sooner been scat
tered over town than the enemies OF
free speech began to get busy. The
mayor Of our city Is one M. Toner
and while protesting to be Pres
byterian, without doubt his sympa'
thies are with the Roman Catholic
church, and his strongest friends .anc
most active advisors are of that or
ganization. The mayor Of the city
upon learning that bills were being
scattered, at once got busy to prevent
the holding Of the lectures. He called
I'D one well known citizen by phon'
and asked him II he knew that th'
lecturer was In the city and was II
give these lectures, Upon being in
formed that the lecturer was no
known by the citizen and no informa
ton had reached him that such
man was In the city, the mayor in
formed the citizen that the lecture
could not be given, and that I'VE mus
all do all in our power to prevent tn
lectures" How many more men wer
called up and spoken to by the mayo
is unknown; but it Is known that h
was present with the trustees Of tn
Temple Association, with other pei
sons who were strongly urging tn
cancellation Of the written contrac
with the lecturer.
The next step chronologically In tn
series Of events was the calling upo
the editor Of the Walla WGlla Unio
by the lecturer to buy space annount
ing his lectures, This paper sold tn
lecturer space which was used o
Sunday morning, May 10.
The same matter was taken to tn
editor of the WGllo WallG Bulletin,
daily paper published each day in til
week. The same advertising matte
as was accepted by The Union We
presented to the editor of The Bullet
in person. It was looked over an
the credentials Of the lecturer wei
presented and examined by the edito
and the subject matter taken for q
advertisement On Sunday morning.
was paid for and o receipt given. @
Sunday morning The Union publisht
the advertisement, but The Bullet
failed to render the service for whic
IT had taken the pay. The lectur,
called at The Bulletin Office to leal
why his advertisement had not bet
run as contracted for. He was i
formed by the advertising manag
that upon consultation, the officials
the paper determined not to run
and offered to return the price
the advertisement, which was a
cepted by the lecturer.
~ On Monday morning following, t
editor and business manager Of T
Union were kept exceedingly bu
answering telephone calls and met
ing Roman Catholic citizens who we
demonstrating because of the advt
tissment in the daily paper. The pl
prietors Of the paper soon felt that
grave mistake had been made, a