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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-20

ports prior to the certain appoint
nlent of Mr.. Catheron said in part /:
District Attorney Pelletisr will refuse to
recognize Allison G. CRtheron Of Beverly II
Catheron Is appointed chief probation eficer
at the County Courthouse, 1t was lntlmated
yesterday.
Many other things defining Mr..
PelletiePs attitude appeared prior
10 the appointment of Mr.. Catheron
as chief probation officer Of the
County Of Suffolk, all Of which have
been reiterated since the appoint
ment was affirmed, some of which
will be used in their proper place.
Before doing SO it is well to con-
slider the manner of Mr.. Catheron's
appointment. The Boston Evening
Transcript of Dec. 26th contained
the following illuminative evidence
as to the appointment:
Mr.. Parsons Statement
Deputy Commissioner Parsons, when asked
apo1! the mhtter TINS afternoon, Baidi
The appointment Of Mr.. Catheron a. pro-
bntton otacer in the Suffolk Superior Court
with authority 10 supervise and direct ths
work Of the other officers In that court, was
the result Of q feeling on the part Of the
Commission on Probation that there was need
OF better organization Of the work IN that
particular court. THIS NERD WAS RE-
PEATEDLY PRESENTED TO THE COM.
MISSION BY MY PREDECESSOR and have
from time TO time. on the authority of the
commission, urged upon the Justice Of the
Buperior Ceurt that some action should be
taken. This has been done with the full
knowledge and support Of the Commls.
sion on Probation. when the Committee
on Probation Of tho Superior Court voted
some weeks ago to appoint this additional
omcer, i was requested TO submit . List Of
candidates. The persons proposed were all
members Of the Suffolk bar, . Qualification
which was felt 70 be . positive one for this
sppetnt,nent. The thres candidates were
psparately seen BY the committee, who Anal-
" came to the conclusion that Mr.. Catheron
was on the whole the best fitted for the placs
and he was unanimously ehosen.
NOT THE SLIGHTEST THOUGHT AT
ANY STAGE IN THIS PROCEEDING WAS
GIVEN 10 sECTARIAN CONSIDERATIONS.
II 20 Happens that one Of the three eandi-
dates hnsIly considered wer 4 Roman Cath.
elie, bpt that fact had NOT THE eLrGHfRgT
HEARING upen the decision nor Wns The
ether fact that Mr.. Cutharan was Prots..
tant EiTen . thought. The prehaiiea service
4 kept clear from either ss'isians e. psiitieal
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During the past year he has been
a pronounced defender of the rights
OF patriotic MENACE newsdealers
and open in his condemnation of
the brutal Catholic persecution Of
Patriots Jocque, Bannon, Hile, Dex-
ter and other fearless, red-blooded
Americans who have been the VIC
tins of this Roman conspiracy to
throttle free press and free speech
in Detroit.
On Tuesday, December 10Th,
Mollison had an appointment with
a Mr.. Carpenter to meet him at the
corner of Woodward and State
streets. This is a prominent corner
of the city and is the point where
Patriots Jocque and Bannon hold
forth in turn. On this Tuesday
evening the crowds at this corner
were light and Bannon, who was
selling THE MENACE, not being
particularly busy, was glad to con-
verse with Mr.. Mollison. The con-
verSation had no more than COM
menced when burly Romish Of
ticer approached and ordered Mol
lison to "'move on" The two walked
a short way up the street toward
Griswold and Bannon then returned
to his corner. Mollison then re-
turned and explained to the officer
that he had an appointment with a
friend at that corner but the officer.
no doubt filled with bitterness to.
ward any and all friends of THE
MENACE, was obdurate and threat
ened to arrest the young man unless
ne MOVED ON" With that Mol
llson stated that he was going to
the police station and ascertain
whether or not he had a right to the
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holds or has as late as July, 1916,
held, the following positions:
Supreme Advocate,
Chairman Of the Committee on
Laws,
Member Of the Callahan-Scott
Religious Prejudice Committee, and
is likewise legal representative and
adviser of that Jesuitical aggrega-
ton.
We find in the report Of the
Knights Of Columbus Supreme
Lodge for the year beginning Aug.
1915 and ending Aug. 1915 that the
following amounts were paid Mr..
Pelletier by the order, exclusive Of
his railroad fare. However, we do
not claim that this is the full extent
to which he has been favored by this
organization while in the pay Of the
state Of Massachusetts,. &
Order No. ss-Joseph C. Pelletier, Com
mlttee on Religious Prejudice, s7270.
Order No. 1SSs-Joseph c. Pellstisr, Com
mittee on Rsligious Prejudice. sl7s.eo.
Order No. llsi--Joseph G. Pelletier, Com
mittee on Laws, Slz5.00
2 Order No. lse7-Joseph C. PelIetier, Legal
Services. S4l5.oo. go
Order No. 1ite-J0ssph C. Pellstier, Legal
Services. Sl06e.o0. I
Order No. l2e1-Joseph C. PelletIsr. Legal
Services, SIi3I.00.
Order No. lo2o-Jossph C. Pelletier, Legal
Services, 5000.
Total a3ol3.7e.
And this Joseph G. Pelletier,
whose checks from the Knights Of
Columbus show him to have re-
ceived $3O4S.7O in one years time,
is the mar to whom Suffolk county
Must look for a representative FREE
FROM SECTARIANISM; this is
the man whose position of trust in
the county is regarded the country
over as one Of the most important
in county government.
The New York Msrld under date
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free access of Detroit's streets and
started away. Then it dawned upon
him that he didn't know either the
name of the officer or his number.
He again returned and asked the
officer to please give him his name.
The police bully thereupon kicked
the inquirer viciously, then grabbed
him and took him to the police sta
ton.
On the road to the station the
officer vented his spleen to it's full
latitude. He threatened to Smash
the prisoners face" ''kick in his
Stats" and otherwise man-handle
him in true Irish fashion. At the
police station he was searched; belt,
money, lodge pins and in fact every
thing he had except his clothing
was taken from him after which
he was thrown into the foul Jail
with common drunks, pickpockets
and other inmates of the lookup.
His request to use the telephone in
order to communicate Nth his peo-
pie was ignored and other common
courtesies extended to inmates de-
MED him.
Patriot Bannon witnessed the
whole affair and at once gave the
alarm to other patriots. J. S. Hile,
the loyal patriot and warm friend
of THE MENACE and Mollison, vis-
tied the Jail soon after. Although he
was advised that no such party as
Robert W. Mollison waS incarcerated
there, he insisted and was finally
permitted to speak with the ar
rested victim. From the Jail he
at once went to a phone and called
up brother-in-law of Mollison who
in turn Immediately went to the
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Of JAN. 6, 1917, in commenting
upon the more minor position Of
assistant district attorney in New
York state has the following to say,
"He can afford to devote all his Of
flee time to the public business Of
which there is never any lack. The
peoples lawyers should know no
other clients, and 1t is the duty OF
the legislatures to take the neces.
sary action
Water on Both Shoulders
But Joseph G. Pelletier is man
who is at once district attorney for
Suffolk county, a position which a
great many lawyers would be glad
to fill with credit and to which they
would give their entire time, and
attorney for the Religious Prejudice
Commission; lis well as the chair
man Of the Committee on Laws.
or rather, the legal mind for the
Knights Of Columbus, an organiza-
ton from whEhshe accepted checks
last year in anamount which to any
analytic mind must seem proof
conclusive that he has served his
order well.
he is in the pay Of an organiza-
ton which patgiots the country over
charge with being an organization
that is warring against the funda-
mental law of our land, while at the
same time he holds a high position
of trust in thu employ of popular
sovereignty, a sovereignty which the
members Of his organization, as true
sons Of the pppe, must oppose as
surely as hat the various papal
soyereigns whS, to them, stand in
the place Of God on earth. (
One Of the many Boston press re-
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and institutions. He was born in
Pennsylvania 35 years ago of Hol-
land parents. His patriotic activ-
ity is dated back only to 1914 when
he got his eyes open to the danger
menacing the country Of his birth
by the Roman invasion. He be-
came very active in his opposition
to Catholicism-particul its ac-
tivity in politics this he found
himself very soon a target for petty
persecution at the hands Of his shop
mates. His work was knocked" to
his employer; he was shifted from
place to place and it soon became
very evident that he would have to
fight or lose his place. He fought
and not q trucking believer in the
Romish confessional who belliger-
emily crossed his path but knew he
had met with one wide-open-eyed
American who knew his rights and
was of the kind who would fight for
their preservation.
Began Selling The Menace
In the spring of 1915 he began
selling THE MENACE on the streets
of Detroit after working hours at
the Ford plant where he was en-
ployed as a machinist and electri-
clan. For nine months he was en-
gagged in vigorous MENACE selling
campaign on the streets of the city.
During this period he was ar
rested and taken to police head
quarters more than fifty times by
Catholic officers. AS in the perse-
cution Of Patriot Jocque, Hile was
not charged with any oftense, the
officers being wise enough to know
that a charge could not be made to
stick. 1t was simply the regulation
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county superior courtsp Allison
q. Catheron is first a loyal Amer
ican, a man who in 1915 (when d
member in the house Of representa-
tives of the committee on constitu-
tlonal amendments) voted for and
later spoke on the floor Of the House
in favor Of that proposed amend
ment to the constitution of Nassa-
chusetts, which would have forever
made impossible the appropriation
OF public money to sectarian insti-
tutions-had it become law; and
this is the head and front, and we
might say the sole reason, why this
ardent son Of the papal church,
Attorney Pelletier, opposed the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Catheron. By
voting as he did for this non-sec-
tartan amendment, did not Mr..
Catheron show himself to be fun
damental statesman after the order
Of Thomas Jefferson, who vividly
foresaw that a democratic system Of
government must provide for and
maintain complete disseverance of
church and state? On the same
measure in the house of representa-
tives during 1913 and 1914 Mr..
Catheron had also voted "Yea." He
is member Of the Suffolk bar and
a lawyer Of no mean ability and in
addition has served as a member Of
the Committee on Social Welfare
and Taxation, at one time being
chairman Of the Committee on Social
Welfare. And, incidentally he is a
member Of the Masonic order to
which the Knights Of Columbus
have recently made such seeming
ccnciliatory overtures.
knight Of Considerable Note
And now, who is; District Attor-
ney Joseph G. Pelletier? First, and
foremost, he is an ardent son of the
"only true church" who owes first
allegiance to the papal sovereignty,
after which he is district attorney
for Suffolk county, a position he
has held for seven years. As ode.
lender Of the faith" Mr.. Pelletisr
has been given high positions. He
is a member Of the Knights Of Co
lumbus; in fact, as a memfer Of
that un-American organization he
M
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-01-20

Joseph Peede Ardent knight Columbus and Legal Representative Religious
Prejudice Commission District Attorney Of Suffolk County, Mass Refuses Co.
operate With Newly Appointed Probation OfcerMs Ignores Oath Of Office
Because Official Supported Amendment to Constitution Which Would Pre-
vent Sectaran Appropriations Raising ReGousssue Though SKOut
OF Seven the Department Are Romanisthe Knights Have
Paid to PeIeGer $30427O in Twelve Months
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S0beF W. MolIson Respected Citizen, Who Had Been Talking
to NeWsboy jailed When He Asks Pocemans
and Relatives Told of His Arrest Wishing His Bond and
Procure His Release According Requirement of law In
quired at Jail and Were Informed He Was Not There

This week our special commits
sioner's paper deals with further
police outrages upon patriotic
citizens in Detroit. It seems in
credible that in an American
city under our free Constitution
a power should arise so sinister,
so diametrically opposed to all
the ideals, instincts and aspira-
tionS of liberal democracy as to
render possible such outrages as
are here set down; outrages
worthy of Russia before the
Japanese-Russian war, or of the
papal states when Rome was in
full power, and yet these stories
are less tragic than others to
follow where the victims have
been women and children unfor-
tunate enough to fall into the
hands of the emissaries of Rome
in the so-called hospitals or
prison houses of the pope which
flourish in Detroit .-Editoria
Note.
BY Our Special Commissioner.
FTlHE frenzied attacks on the
IH persons and liberty of earnest
lk.l American patriots by the
= Romish bigots on Detroit's
police force still continue.
Robert W. Mollison, a native
born American citizen was the lat
est victim Of local police outrage.
(He is a young man, "a years of age,
was born in Pittsburgh, Pa, is a
graduate Of one of the leading Med
ical Colleges Of the United States,
also graduate in pharmacy and in
every respect a high-class young
man Of splendid family with an
Sient and honored lineage.
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for the benefit Of those who may
not be thoroughly familiar with it;
the amendment which Mr.. Cath
eron suppo ed was nothing more
or less than a proposed law to for
ever prohibit the appropriation in
Massachusetts of public money to
any religious organization of any
character; a measure that could no
more work to the injury Of the
Catholic church than to the injury
Of any other church; yet the mem-
hers Of the Roman Catholic church
are the only people in the whole
state of Massachusetts, who stood in
one solid phalanx in demanding its
defeat and thus do they show
Rome's greedy desire for sectarian
appropriations in direct contrayen-
ton Of the spirit Of democracy. To
any fair-minded person, such q po-
sition glistens with hypocrisy, and
must of necessity be a rude shock
to persons susceptible to the Gala
han-Scott committees preachments
about Catholic broad-mindedness
and Americanism, and, those giving
credence to that committees fat
denials that Catholics are in poll
tics for the advancement of tempor-
al allegiance and the benefit Of the
papal church.
Thousands of Dollars Wasted
Here is a man who is the attorney
for an organization that is deyoting
enormous talent, time and money
to allaying political prejudice,
(which they are mis-naming relig-
ious prejudice) absolutely betraying
By his actions every public utterancs
Of that committee and showing
himself to be thoroughly un-Amer-
ican, and this from a mind, legally
trained, Jesuitical in its cunning.
but SO ardent in the midst Of its
propaganda as to forget. The false
hope that he might be able, by rea-
son Of his public position, to over
shadow his connection with the hier-
archy and fool the people into be-
lieving that he was taking his stand
as an American citizen, mis-leads
this prominent member Of the great
est Jesuitical movement in America
| to betrsY Q position which the Re
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Exhibition Of Roman Catholic Bigory in Massachusetts
p Y1SlLLIs0N G. CATHER0N of
M Beverly, inducted into office

ISNSlLLIS0N G.. CATHERON of
FN Beverly, inducted into office
,AI yesterday as chief probation
N officer in the Suffolk county
superior criminal court at an an
nual salary Of $500 received notice
from District Attorney Pelletier
last night, through the medium of
a public statement, that, while his
official position would be recognized,
HE need not expect much co-opera-
tton from the district attorneys Of
flee"
"The district attorney takes sharp
exception to what he believes are
{anti- Catholic views of the appointee,
land declares he can have no pa
K tlence with an anti-religious fanatic
of any kind. He declares the ap-
pointment unwarranted and highly
prejudicial to the county"
The above extract, from an ar
ticle which appeared in the Boston
Post for Jan. Sd, 1917, records
portion Of the large amount Of COM
ment on the appointment of ALI
son G. Catheron to one Of the most
important Offices in Suffolk county
(Mass. but more than this, as
will be shown later, it affords an
erGmple entirely new in many re-
spefts of how Rome wars on all
thOfe 3ho at any time take stand
foT the fundamental provision of our
constitution for absolute divorce of
chkrch and state.
Oath of Office Ignored
1T affords another instance con-
clIhsive in every particular of how,
Through Jesuitical Knights Of Co.
llhmbus, as well as through other
Tprops Of the hierarchy" Rome has
50 entrenched her henchmen as to
either control politics and appoint
| i've Offices; or, hinder a proper dis
J charge Of duty by Withholding the
cooperation Of her minions when
il may profit the church. But be-
fore we can fully appreciate the
significance Of the case in point, we
must know who the principals are
and must understand the wide di-
verg9nce in their respective posi-
tion2.
Who i this newly appointed chief
proBatio officer in the Suffolk
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With feeling Of outrage at the
treatment he had received, he talked
decidedly plain to the Judge, and
for his remarks was fined $500, os-
tensibly for contempt of court. He
was then released and returned to
bis home and waiting mother.
Such outrages as the above and
those already given, and to be given,
have aroused patriots here in De-
troit to a realization that Rome
must be eliminated from law.mak-
ing, interpreting and enforcing Of
American law for which the hier-
archy has no respect or patriotic
sympathy.
In its last analysis, there must
be something wrong with Protes-
tants who will sit idly by and per-
NIT our free municipal, state and
national governments to fall into
the hands OF the UdSSdLS of an
Italian pOntif Nth headquarters at
the UatiCGn in Rome Who hopes to
sometime hare complete and des-
potic potUer over the government of
the United States. If such offensive
lawlessness is possible today in one
Protestant democracy, what would
result if more power were given to
these foes of democratic liberty and
the most sacred rights of free citi-
zens?
Another Patriotic Victim
Among the fearless patriots of
Detroit who have suffered all man.
ner Of humiliation and abuse with
martyr like fortitude and courage
is j. s. Hile, an employee of the
Ford Automobile Works.
Patriot Hile is a strong and fear
less believer in American liberties
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I considerations and the officers ere chosen with
single purpose 10 secure mon and women
with fitness both Of head and heart for .
task that requires high ability and . capacity
for sympathy with those who are 80 un-
fortunate 10 TO be brought into the criminal
court. The only deviation from this rule is
that In those ofAces where . number Of
Oficers are employed, q reasonable balance Is
THE SUFFOLK SUPERIOR PROBATION
OFFICE THERE ARE NOW SEVEN OF.
FiCERs, SIX OF WHOM ARE ROMAN
And now to continue with Pelle-
tiers position. Again turning to
the Boston Journal for Jan. Sd, one
day after Mr.. Catheron was in
stalled, we find the following:
The initiative for probation work has for
many years been taken BY the district attor-
neys Of tho counties Of the Commonwealth,
and under that system, Psllstier II the NOV
Ina spirit In Suffolk county.
Although the district attorney may not
openly defy Mr.. Catheron. YET IT ls WITH
IN HIS POWER SERIOUSLY TO HANDI-
CAP THE NEW OFFICIAL IN THE PER-
In = statement issued By the district at
torney yesterday he reiterates objections pre-
yiously expressed against the selection Of Mr..
Catheron, As followsi
Pelletier's Statement
''Mr. Cstheron Of Beverly In Essex county
has been appointed on q salary Of $500 TO
take charge Of the entire probation system
In connection with the Superior Court Of Suf-
folk county. He has been given greater
power and authority and some Si4oo more In
salary than the present incumbent. who has
served faithfully for quarter Of century.
my 1rst objection Is that Mr.. Cathsron
does not belong In Suffolk county, where
there are many better equipped men for this
work. He has had no court experience. no
actual work among the poor or among the
masses and there are scores Of men in this
county batter fitted by training and expert
ence to all such . position. Only proof Of
his .uperiority and lack Of his equals In
sunoh county can, IN my epinien' Justify
"Mr. Cathsron's appointment n alse OBJ
jeetionable because Of his A. p. A. reputa-
ton and his public statements In the Lsgis-
laturs regarding the Catholic church and the
alleged Political designs Of her eomnani-
"How can such . man deal fairly with or
expect to win the confidence Of Catholics
and fsir-minded nOn-Catholiesr
PeIletier's Real Objection
To show that Mr.. Catheron's po-
sition on the non-sectarian amend
ment is the real issue on which Mr..
Pelletier bases his opposition, we
quote from the Hibernian (official
organ Of the Ancient Order Of Hi
bernians) for Jan 2, 1917. In an
editorial on the political page we
find the following;
District Attorney Pslletisr has taken strong
grounds against the appointment OF Ex.Rsp-
ressntative CAtharen ef Beverly, whO has
been m.ds assistant probation oiicsr and
him. Mr.. Pellctisr bases hls oppositisr On
the ground that he b an A. p. 4.
Nova word as to the amendment
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method OF harGssing and persecutine
these loyal patriots at the bshest Of
Rome. 3
Upon one occasion he was dragged
through the streets to the station BY
a blue-coated thug by the name OF
Mcnamara. After being lodged in
Jail he was, within a few minutes,
taken out and man-handled by po-
lice officers in the lobby. His lips
were mashed by a blow Of a police
mans fist and his jaw and face
bruised. He was then released and
threatened if he continued his anti
Catholic MENACE selling
From the station to his corner
was about a five minutes walk and
as soon as he could traverse the dis
tance he was again crying his wares.
In Patriot Hile we have one who
knows not the meaning Of the word
fear. he has probably made the
emissaries of the pope in Detroit
smart as keenly as any man who
ever took up the hazardous vocation
Of selling THE MENACE on the pub
lie streets Of that city.
At the present time Patriot Hils
is not selling THE MENACE for the
reason that the authorities refused
to renew his license Vhen 1t expired
last sumnlar.
further papers by our COM
missioner will deal with (1) VIC
Tins of Roman Catholic abuses
in H. o. G. S. hospitals and con-
vents (2) with Roman Catholic
military activity in Detroit and
(3) the public school question,
which is a burning issue in this
great city at the present tirne.1
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FURTHER PAPAL POLICE OUTRACES IN DETROIT
Eighty
ahe o Amerca

S. Hie Employee of Ford Works, Who Engaged Menace
Selling Campaign Arrested More Than Fifty Continued
to Sell Paper Even After Being Taken from Cell Severely
Beaten and Threatened With More He Continued "Anti
Catholic Work'-Refused to Issue Him New License