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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-02
DOCUMENTS AT CAPITAL.

JAPAN NOT RECEPTIVE
The evidence at hand are that if Mex
leo, as Germany suggested, communi-
Gated to Japan the proposal for an at
tack on the United Sta les it met with
u reception in Toxic which was quite
contrary to what Berlin had expected
1t is thought here that Germany's an
that she intended to with
1raw from the Pacific. as part of the
making Of peace, was carefully planned
long ago to attract Japan to Germany's
schemes with the prospect not only of
occupying the German possessions in
the Pacific adding to her domination of
that great ocean. bat OF settling the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-02

house. They are taking it for granted
too, that President Wilson will approve
both that and the District of Columbia
prohibition bill.
The district bill. which would become
effective November I, was brought to
vote after a stubborn opposition had
delayed for several hours the final roll
call which the leaders knew would mean
passage. All day and until late in the
evening they stood by their guns, ex-
hausting every parliamentary expedient
to ward of action and watching for an
opportunity to put the measure into
position that would mean it's failure
with the expiration of the session Sun
day.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-02
FURTHER RETREAT ON
THE WESTERN FRONT
ADMITTED BY BERLIN
voluntary and Systematic"
Withdrawal of Parts of Ger
man Advance Positions on
AnCre Is Announced
,(By Associated Press. }

LONDON, March 1.-The remnants
of the Turkish force retreating from
Kut-el-Amara have been shattered COM
pletely, according to information given
The Turks. it was said, would reach
Bagdad only as a disorderly mob
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-02
KAISER TRIED TO FORM
ALLIANCE WITH MEXICO
AND JAPAN AGAINST J.. s.
(By Associated Press. J


United SStes has rF1d The s saPa a S dspR been
pdn WILSON'S grest tor fS authoty o deal With Gemny tS
the intrigue which proposed to Japan from her and add
queed N of domination.
military intelligence officers
in of
proper places in the sequence OF events . = $500 :. SIS 81 80
sD the Villa raid with the object Of forcing
military ' forces and muniops and Go
BELIEVED GERMANY PROMPTED '-'~F
ATTACK AT PARRAL. MEXICO.
imply possible connection Theodore Ko Kouch German
when they there they have received that the
would be FOLLOWED the alleged German influence
positive gsat
German nc 9S HAS to The
active in Mexico
intelligence oeefs is that Mes
near e R s f s
Japan but realized
unrestricted submarine warfare is the
ie bI y % h W bring Ensian her knees proposed
transmitted through Count Benstorf
JAPAN WOULD NOT CONSIDER .-
AN ALLIANCE AGAINST UNITED STATES
% rePs embassy a ses .64
Morning s De emb g S Pu6 the this
uh Tf h reached nEO desires state most that
growing sincerity and cordially"
At sweep Germany
This astounding document
which
United
a
HANDLED DOCUMENTS CAPITAL.
Details left to German Minister Eckhardt in
who, by instructions
Berlin January 49, 1917 directed alliance
the plot.
These
Besor former German ambassador his
against which he plotting
evidences of
enof sufficient force his
before
intrigue with Mexico
allies defeated her allies
domination
if
rman
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-04-14
League Called to Rescue of Patriots
BeingPersecuted for Pretended Offenses
Craer and e Of Montana Being Prosecuted for Oppos
ing Rome POIcay Locka Of South Dakota Arrested on Pre-
tended Charge Of Having Violated Obseni Statutes His Magazine
Protection to Patriots Only One Phase of Leagues Program

Lighting" contained obscene Ian
guage in some 81 its articles. His
indictment is due entirely to Ro-
man influence. he has mercilessly
exposed the rottenness of members
Of the hierarchy, and he has been
marked for destruction. He has ap-
pealed to us for assistance, and after
having investigated his case, we can
say to the public that his prosecu-
ton is on par with the prosecution
Of Tom Watson and the prosecution
Of THE MENACE.
Lockhart is al able, clean, fear
less man, who id anxious to aid his
felIow-men in maintaining the lib.
critics which bSlong to Americans
He is highly esteemed at his
home in Milbank, s. d. Many Of
the citizens Of his home town have
written us Of the high regard il
which he is held by his friends and
neighbors.
The League viii not leave thesI
three men Of the mercy Of thei,
prosecutors, but will defend them Il
the full limit, Tbey have COMMITTEES
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no crime except in the eyes Of the
hierarchy.
These defendants have all written
us frankly that unless the League
comes to their assistance, they are
to be made the victims of the
wrath Of Rome. Thus you can see
how absolutely necessary it is that
this organization be placed on a
permanent and lasting basis. There
is greater need now for such an or
ganization than ever before, for
Rome Is alarmed and determined to
stamp out all opposition, if pos
sible.
Whenever and wherever Rome
starts its persecution against pa
triots within the limits Of this ma
ton, there the Free Press Defense
League will be to aid and assist the
victims.
WO ask each one of you who rsad
this, TO stand By The Free Pres
Defense League, and the League sUil
90 to the front and do the fighting
! when II is ascssssry, ..
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THOUSANDS PAID TO ROME BY PAPALIZED
BOARD IN DEFIANCE OF COURT DECISION


or juggling them if they we're
audited. The law is very distinct
in demanding that the books be
audited every six months. If they
did this they must have known of
the shortage and concealed it. If
they did not audit in the eighteen
months that this manipulation was
going on they were not complying
with the law governing their Office.
During the year and a half these
payments were being made the total
amount must have aggregated at
least $300,O0O.O0 WHICH THE
POOR (?) ARCHBISHOP who is
threatening to beg from door to
door for funds with which to main
tain his sectarian institutions, will
now have to pay back to the county.
Of course this will give the big
fraud a new club with which to
beat out Of the bushes, probably a
good round million extra from
duped and poverty-stricken parish
toner's.
The Chicago Law Enforcement
League is looking into the matter
with view Of ascertaining if there
is not some law by which those
guilty Of perpetrating this irregular
misdirecting Of county funds and
juggling of county records car
be handled.
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y The Fres Press Defense League.

BY The Free Press Defense League.
mi ONE continues to keep the
N League busy aiding patriots
IL who are being prosecuted for
pretended offenses against the
laws III the various states.
At Kallispel, Montana, W. M.
Cramer and G. W. Fishel are being
prosecuted upon the claim made by
the Romanists, that at the last elec-
tion these two patriots were instru-
mental in having a ballot circulated,
which showed the RomanistS and
pro-RomaniSts, Who wers asking the
people for their support at the polls.
AS was perfectly proper, these
defendants called upon the Free
Pross Defense League to assist them
In their defense, When they 60 to
trial at the next term of court, the
Leagues attorney will be present
and do all that can lawfully be done
to secure justice for them,
At Aberdeen, South Dakota, A, F
Lockhart Is to be tried in the fed
eral court, upon the pretended
charge that his msgazlne, "OhaiI
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right to pay this warrant until 1t
has been delivered by the comptroller
to the party in whose favor it is
drawn.
Knowing that eagle eyes we're
watching the comptroller's office for
these warrants in order to see if
they were paid and properly re-
ceipted for, the county treasurer,
instead of sending the warrants to
the comptroller after signing them,
which is the regular and proper
method, signed them and they were
turned over to an attorney by the
name of Alfred Austrian, who in
turn delivered them to the schools
agent at his private office.
The representative of the school
then took them to the National
Bank of the Republic, president of
which is John A. Lynch who is also
president of st. Mary's Training
School of which the Chicago Indus
trial School for Girls is an aux
ihary, where the money they called
for was paid, presumably out of
county funds deposited in Lynch's
bank.
In this manner one watching for
the payment Of the warrants would
be deceived as all vouchers and re-
ceipts for money paid out Of the
county fund are supposed to be on
file in the comptrollers office. The
comptroller had nothing to indicate
that the money was being paid,
there being no receipted vouchers
in his possession or record of the
delivery or payment of the warrants.
ArchbishOp's Guarantee
Upon discovering this subterfuge
and deception which was given to
them secretly by an anti-papal Of
fetal, Mr.. Austrian was inter
viewed and stated that this money
was paid out upon the secur-
ity of THE ARCHBISHOP. WHO
HAD PUT UP 100000 IN Sc
| CURITY. This was in order tc
protect those whom he had induced
to juggle the records in the interest
Of one of his pet institutions.
: The agents for the school who
collected the money did not even &C
to the comptroller, where they had
, been in the habit of getting the
warrants but were advised by some
, body, without doubt the archbishop
| to 60 to Mr.. Austrian, a private
/ citizen, for their warrants on tht
, county, and to then get them cashec
, at Mr.. Lynch's bank instead of tht
| county treasurer's as had formerl!
been the practice.
s In this manner all would b
3 smooth sailing and no unnecessar.
e agitation made over the payment
The warrants were kept in tn,
. banks vault and not turned owe
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saw at glance what the Mexican
nation wanted, but France, saw her
chance to build a western empire un-
der Napoleon the Third, and the out
come was Macmillan. Our fair
country ran with the blood of ouI
brothers. The converts in all Mex
lean towns were the fortresses where
the munitions of war for the imperial
forces backed by Rome were stored
The Mexican Catholics who thought
Rome was ahead Of their country tool
sides with her. He'll was turned loose
Napoleon's armies, in conjunction
with the armies of Rome, harrased
the whole country, putting to The
sword all the patriots they could
catch. There was no mercy shown
but the firing squad and the gallows
But Mexico won in the end. OF ali
the glory Of Rome there remained
nothing but sorry heap on the Cerrt
de las Campanas: and the bodies oil
Maximilian and his generals who had
fallen by the rifles of the true pa.
triots.
The president Of Mexico, the great
Benito Juarez, began again the work
of reconstruction. The indomitabls
character of the descendant of ths
Aztecs started his country once again
on the path Of freedom. But Rome
never has slept In Mexico, and one Of
our great leaders, Porfirio Diaz, who
had helped to defeat them during Ma
poleon's time, was made to marry q
beautiful woman, who made of Diai
the puppet of Rome. Under his rule,
the hated converts came again into
full swing, in the face of all law. Yet
the laws of the country prohibited en-.
tirely the secret societies and the isis.
ters of charity" along with the places
where men under pretense of serving
God in solitude, were only conspiring
against the liberties of q nation
Nothing good could come out of dark
ness, and they took their chances
when they established themselves
against the sacred laws Of people.
At last, Madero comes with q new
revolution. His ideals were to secure
a real operation of the laws, without
the interference of a religious body.
To give back to the people the land
which had been robbed off by Diaz
and the agents of the Roman church
in Mexico, was the desire Of Mr.. Ma
dero; but he was not permitted to live
and accomplish anything. We who
: had seen our sacred laws trampled
, under foot by that clerical party OF
our country; we who were not per
mitted to enjoy the benefits Of the
same, but who instead saw the hated
religious houses, filled with lazy, good
for nothing men and women, flourish
we who saw our Indians getting more
: and more degraded every day, who
saw those poor creatures laden with
/ the terrible burden of hunger and op.
J preston, naked, yes, literally naked
3 and mistreated, ignorant and hope.
! less; we of the better class who had
{ no such immediate fate to fear, while
' yet a hopeful remnant Of the people
E we're free from the enslaving dom
/ nancy Of Rome rose up in indigna
A ton, and giving our full support Z
E our beloved first chief, Mr.. Venus
r tiano Carranza, laid our very live
' on the altar Of our country, ant
: fought the enemies all along the line
d What was the consequence of oul
~~>~--S>~o-~~>~>~>~~~~-- >A>'N"'>'--------">->
' Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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means used for the conquest of the
aboriginal people, were legal. They
not only brought their superior arma-
ments and the use of powder and
horses and all the experience OBJ
tanned in the great struggles of Eu
rope, but they also brought with them
the most terrible weapon that ma
ton could ever WELD against another;
this was the hierarchial despotism of
the so-called church of Rome. That
this was the most terrible blight and
curse that could befall a people is
seen by their subsequent pernicious
intrigue and meddling with all the af-
fairs of the individual and the state.
The Roman Catholic church insti-
tuted the so-called Holy Inquisition in
our country, and with that terrible
institution, aided by the Jesuits,
crushed all liberties and all free
thought from the minds of our peo-
pie. They come and tell you now that
it was the times which did 1t. All
of their agents for dealing with the
people were priests, who were moth
ing if not the tools of the Spanish
crown to enslave our people. And
what did they do? Well, they got hold
of most of the property of the coun-
try to such a degree that even az
recent as the times of the Civil war
in this country, if you wanted to rent
a house, or till the land, you had to
90 to the church for permission as it
was practically the sole owner of the
soil with all its riches.
In the year 1910, Hidalgo, a priest,
who has became the Father of Mex
lean Independence and who is rev.
cred by our people as Washington is
by yours, not content with the ideals
of his own church, started a rebellion
to free our country from tyranny
What happened? The Roman church
communicated and unfrocked him
and when Hidalgo was caught, in
company with other priests who were
also dissenters, he was executed ant
after being beheaded his head hung
as an example in the famous Castle
Of Granaditas, Guanajuato. The Ro
man church made happy over the
event then. Beautiful Gospel of Peace
that of theirs, wasn't it? Seeing thai
the Mexican people wanted liberty
and would try to obtain it at any cos
they preferred to play the traitol
again, and waited till they saw tn
country swimming in blood on &C
count of the American intervention
and in the face of a national peril
when the very life of the country wa
at stake, they promoted the famou
revolution which brought Mexico +
her knees and accomplished its defeat
They thought that perhaps the U. S
government would take all the coun
try and force it's laws on vanquishe
people, but when they found out tina
Mexico came to life again as a fre
nation, and that the Mexicans wer
going to be governed by their ow
people and not by papal tools, wha
did they do? Do you think that the
canvassed the feelings of the peopl
and took national referendum? Di
they trust to their strength as
faith? Did they think they wer
strong enough to have popula
vote? Well, will tell you what the
did. They sought to bring the ir
tervention of England, Spain, an
France to their aid. England an
Spain were too shrewd to bite. The
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-04-14
By Our Special Commissioner.

THd RCHBISH0P MUNDELEIN
lM of the Chicago archdiocese has
E& been caught with the" goods.
He has proved himself a
sneak and a deceiver, and probably
an accessory to punishable violation
of law. He has aided and fathered
a deception on the public which if
permitted to pass unrebuked could
very easily lead into a policy where
by the public treasury could be
robbed of millions. incidentally this
action will cost this most nigh dig
nitary of the Roman Catholic church
approximately 100000.
MENACE readers will remember
the recent article in which the mask
of hypocrisy was torn from the in
ner workings of the juvenile court
in Chicago. This article appeared
shortly after the injunction had
been secured in Judge Baldwin's
court, upon the application OF Wiz.
H. Dunn, restraining Cook County
from paying certain monies 10 the
Industrial School for Girls, A R0-
MAN CATHOLIC SECTARIAN
INSTITUTION.
Demurrer Overruled
The petition was originally filed
in December, 1915. The county
treasurer, Henry Stukert, Of Cook
county and the county commission
ers we're duly served with papers
notifying them Of the suit.
The state attorneys Office (Mac.
lay Hoyne) in behalf Of the Indus.
trial School for Girls, filed dc.
murrer setting out the claim thai
legislative body could not be en-
Joined. Judge Frederick A. Smith
Of the circuit court set aside thu
demurrer and decided that in an ef
fort to ascertain the truth thest
officials could be enjoined.
In defiance Of the courts decision
the county board, MADE UP OF
TEN ROMAN CATHOLICS AMI
FIVE PROTESTANTS, continued
each month, to vote the amount ou
Iof the general appropriations which
had been used for that purpose be
fore. The clerk drew a voucher 70,
each month and with each vouche
o warrant was drawn which wa
sent to the county treasurer to b.
countersigned.
In the regular course Of his ofic
Bwhen these warrants are to be paiC
q he is supposed to countersign then
and return them to the comptroller
by whom they are turned over t
the proper party and receipt takel
on the voucher. The recipient of tn
warrant signs the voucher which
the record of Cook county that tn
warrant has been delivered to tn
rightful party.
Now the county treasurer has n
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(Cut out and mail this coupon with pledge TODAY
ENDOWMENT FUND PLEDGE

TO THE FREE PRESS DEFENSE LEAGUE,
Fort Scott, Kansas ef
Gentemen:-
Sustaining Fund which you asking the patriots Of the nation
vide protection Of American liberty hereby to pay to the
Defense League before October 81 1871 tine sum OF
TWELVE ($12O0) DOLLARS.
and agreed that when this pledge is due am for
unable the shall have such further e
make the payment as desire.
that consideration of this pledge shall
membership when pledge paid and that shall
rights and privileges guaranteed other members OF the or
ganizaton.
Name
Address.
Postofce
Stae
Odaks pa,ah 1h' Free Press Defense Lsss
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BULLETIN BOARD

Total number of Endowment and Sustaining
Fund Pledges received by The Free Press
Defense League. e...,....,,.,.,,,,.,,,.,. ,..73f
Amount Of money paid on Endowment Fund
Pledges. ..,,,,.....,,.,...,,,, ,703.S5
Amount Of money unpaid on Endowment
Fund Pledges. ,.....,',.'',''.''''@o '@o,ool.UV
Largest amount contained in any one pledge $4,000
Total amount pledged to date. Ss,2S4.35
AFFIDAVIT
State Of Kansas,
Bourbon County-ss
]. !. Sheppard being duly sworn says, the fore
going statement in regard to the Endowment and
Sustaining Fund Of The Free Press Defense League
is true and correct.
J. ]. SHEPPARD,
Secretary Treasurer Free Press Defense League,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day
of April, 1917
(SeaD J, G. MITCHELL,
Notary Public,
My commission expires January 18th, 1921, :
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Special for The Menace by Colonel Edmund
z. Martinez, Consul for the Republic Of
Mexico.
EX1TI HEN the Spaniards landed on
M our soil they found warlike
lyHI people. Heather, it is true
TONI but at the same time a people
who for the period and under
existing conditions had obtained a
high degree of civilization and cul-
ture, 80 much so as to be remarkable.
Nor was this all, they had solved the
problem of socialism in a manner
that is one of the outstanding fea-
lures in the history of the world; a
solution that then as now in its
simplest and best analysis meant
zone for all and all for one"
1t is true that they had their en-
peror but to many that emperor
meant nothing more or less than the
great leader marshalling the hosts for
the defense of the country. To my
mind he lacked the self-seeking and
domineering characteristics of i'm
perialism such as have marked and
made Objectionable monarchial rule in
every land.
The Spaniards believed that all the
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to the county until few weeks ago
when the Chicago Law Enforcement
League discovered the deal and made
demand for the warrants from Tie
county treasurer, who after a half
days lodging and making excuses.
confessed that they were in tic
hands of Mr.. Austrian, the lawyer,
AND NOT AMONG THE COUN-
TY'S RECORDS.
Rome's Guilty knowledge
just how many of the county Of
ficials were silent about this fraud
through devotion or fear of tie
archbishop, is uncertain. Among
them, however, must have been Ro.
man Catholic members of the county
board and the county treasurer. The
county board not only voted the
money paid after a court decision
against them, but they further faileC
in the performance of their. duty
in not auditing the county books
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SWEEPING PATRIOTIC VICTORY in DETROIT

NO illustration of the carried forward
through Menace with splendid millions
found than the telegram from Detroit reproduced herewith
Great victory for American principles the Detroit school
board elected April 3D. Mumford the only member put the opposition
socaled citizens Six splendid citizens
Will control the board -Four and Under their wise control
graft and politics will eliminated and efficiency take the
The whole city ticket straight
and possible judge probably
THE SPECIAL EDITION OF THE MENACE WAS WONDERFUL
HELP 1T WAS THE ONLY PAPER TRUTH
| THIS GREAT ISSUE JOHN DAMN.
The election of sevenths all American
that accomplished will propoonate
educational publicity foresight systematic organization
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by
nwMco uetomeh pull h@ey tai
eso% % N meh hdmuaC %
purn9iV
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Bank President and LaWyerAssistinS Scheme

Romes Defiance Of Restraining Procedures UncoveredCoo
County Board Dominated by Ten Romanss Has Repeatedly
Issued Warrants Rome Since Filing of Injunction in 1915
Despite Fact That Court 0verred Demurrer Claiming Legis
atve Body Could Not Be Enjoined
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Colonel E. E. Martinez on Rome in Mexico

Says His Country is Condition Of Slavery Caused by
Rome's Political Ambitions and GreedDisorders 0ugro~t
Peoples Demand for Separation of Church and StateCon
Used Storehouses for Munitions Of War by Forces
Backed bV Roman Interests
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Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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Special for The Menace by Colonel Edmund
E. Martinez. Consul for the Republic Of
Mexico.
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ENd RCHBISH0P MUNDELEIN
IM of the Chicago archdiocese has
I,8 been caught with the goods.
E1 He has proved himself q