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

THE KNIGHTS THE PRESS HRFnT@S IN ROES LATEST CRIMINAL OUTRAGE


Immediately undertook to right the
wrong as far as they were capable Of
so doing. The editor, together with
the manager, went personally to see
the trustees of the Odd Fellows Tenn
pie Association and personally in
sisted that the contract with the lect-
urer should be cancelled and that he
should be denied the privilege OF |
holding his lectures in their hall.
They were firmly informed by Mr..
Frank Powell, the secretary Of the
Temple Association, that a valid con-
tract had been entered into, and that
he had no inclination or disposition
to cancel the contract, even if he had
legal right SO to do. These pa
triotic citizens went so far with the
said trustee as to ask how much 1t
would take to buy the use of the hall
for the three nights the lecturer had
contracted to use them. Tremendous
pressure was brought to bear upon
the secretary and other trustees of
the Temple Association, but they re-
mained firm and at no time showed
any desire or inclination to cancel the
contract previously entered into with
the lecturer, While the proprietors
Of The linton were urging the Temple
Association to cancel its contract, the
mayor of the city entered the room
and inquired what had been done, and
was informed by the committee that
there was nothing doing with the
trustees of the Temple Association.
Not content with trying to have the
contract cancelled and preventing the
lectures in that manner, the chief of
police, one James Martin, prominent
Knight of Columbus, who owes
his position by direct appointment
to the mayor, together with one
McAndrew, another X. G. and reg
ular policeman appointed by the
mayor, called upon tne lecturer at his
room in the Grand Hotel in the city
Of Walla Walla, on Monday afternoon
at about four o'clock. The chief OF
police evidently realized the injustice
of the mission he had started to per-
form, for ne took his big friend in
uniform with him. These brave lads,
, upon meeting Mr.. Bulman, the lect-
urer, conveyed to him the following
message: "The mayor asks us to say
, to you that you will not be permitted
! to deliver any lectures in this city,
. and that if you undertake to deliver
! lectures you will be arrested and i'm
prisoned." The lecturer inquired
: where they would find any law to pre-
. !. vent him, and the chief Of police very
grufly informed him "that we will
find some law or some way to stop
! you II you undertake to deliver these
y lectures" The chief of police was
: informed by the lecturer that the lect,
. ures would be delivered, aad requested
= the chief to see that he and hi
friends did not start anything"
On Monday evening at 8 oclocl
a about 100 citizens OF Walla Walls
. gathered in the Odd Fellows Temple
!, to hear the lecture. Without doubt
9 large number of citizens were pre-
n vented from attending the lectures be
Il cause trouble was anticipated as tn
q rumor had spread all over the cit.
; that there would be trouble from tn
n Romanists, and that the mayor an
Il chief of police had determined to pre-
n vent the lectures. Very many of tn
ii citizens, therefore, refrained from
n going, as they did not desire to par
il ticipate directly or indirectly in an
,r trouble that might arise. The sherii
n of our county, Lee Barnes, is trie
n and true friend of law and order
n He, with ten deputies, was presen
sr the first night to see that order wa
IF maintained.
Il, Before the lecture commenced, quit
Of a number of Romanists congregate
c. in front of the hall and stood abor
the doorway to spy upon and intim
he date people who desired to attend th
he lecture. While the lecture was !
sy progress a large number of papist
It. occupied the doorway, street and sid
re walks in front of the hall, maxim
r. threatening remarks about the speal
o. er. Father Van de Ven, the priest
a charge Of Catholics in the city (
nd Walla Walla, was present at least