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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11

of a mudslinger, hoping by calumny
to make an impression where he has
nothing better to offer.
The real traitor most in evidence
in the United States at the present
time is he who has been appointed or
elected to public Office, who there
takes an oath to support the constitu-
ton Of the United States, and who
remains the tool Of that foreign des
pot, the pope of Rome, aiding, abet-
ing, and affording comfort to that
potentate in his war on the American
school and like American institutions.
This is not persecution, or bigotry,
or fighting religion-it is statement
of the issues inuolued between Amer
icanism and Romanisn,. The Steuben-
vile board Of education seems to have
some knowledge Of those issues, and
a disposition TO favor the public
school in the selection Of its teachers.
Their act is to be commended, and
they should receive the support and
encouragement of every patriotic cit
izen of Steubenville to the end that
they may know their work Is appre-
ciated and feel justified in the con-
tinued selection Of competent and de-
sirable teachers.
When the American people become
sufficiently interested in this question
to give, 1t some careful continuous
thought, they will readily discover
that the plea Of Mr.. LOTUS, which
is the stereotyped plea of every pa
pist politician, Jesuit, and priest, is
mere bombast. If a Republican, or
a Democrat, or a Socialist candidate
Is defeated for some Office or rejected
from some employment, nobody goes
into spasms over 1t. It is accepted
as the expressed will Of the majority
that the defeated mans principles
were not acceptable. Why should
not the voters or the board Of educa-
ton express a like disapproval Of pa.
pist place hunters or office seekers
when the whole papal system is al
war with the institution involved?
The American people will see the
point when they pause long enough
to look at 1t. Too many jump at the
conclusion, continually harped on by
the agents and dupes Of popery, that
It is bigotry or persecution when pa
triotic Americans oppose papal poll.
tics and papist interference with
American principles and institutions
II IL to be hoped, however, that ar
increasing number may be induced tt
investigate, and have the independ
ence to stand pat for their own M
matter how much the heather rag,
or how persistently they imagine
vain thing.
We are to have with us the "Cath
olic Protective and Resistanc,
League" to protect the parish and it
place hunters, and resist republican
or democratic education. The pope
steubenville subjects are now going Il
do openly Nhat they have been doint
covertly for many years. The lessor
should not be lost on q generation o.
observing Americans,
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11

Lotus. They have been striking and
knocking for fifty years on the public
school, and 1t appears that they are
now going to strike elsewhere-pre-
sunsabIy at the patrons and defenders
of the public school We are not sur
prised at the announcement. We have
expected it, and have frequently ex-
perienced it in the past. II IS part
Of the pcpdl program, and therefore
to be looked for, prepared for, and
guarded against. And would 1t not
be the part of wisdom to see that all
future Knocking on the public school
is done from outside the sckooi room
and from outside all public oFeess
Would that not leave the schools,
their patrons, their pupils, and the
public generally In d better position to
protect themselves?
Mr.. Lotus pleads with papistic elo-
quence for harmony and unaninity Of
spirit. Patriots viii recall that there
was harmony and unanimity of spirit
on the subject Of education In this
country UNTIL THE POPE SET UP
HIS RIVAL PARISH SCHOOLS
AND STARTED WAR ON NON
SECTARIAN EDUCATION. II the
pope's subjects could lay aside the pa
pal spirit and be inspired by that Of
America, harmony might be restored /;
but the American people have not
come thus far on the path Of progress
to now reject their national institu-
tions for the sake Of harmony With q
foreign and anti-Amsricdn cult. Pa
triots offer no bar to harmony or
unanimous maintenance Of universal
education. They prefer progress tOith
friction to deeddence toith harmony
Nations, like individuals, come from
time to time to the place where one
course must be rejected In order to
follow another more desirable. Had
the abolitionists preferred harmony
to freedom and the adjustment Of
chattel slavery, the wheels Of progress
would have been stayed and possibly
reversed. Harmony disappeared tenn
porarily In order TO prepare by stren-
uous effort for greater hdrnonE We
have again arrived at q like point,
WE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN
POPERY AND DEMOCRACY--be-
tween the rule Of an Italian monarch
and the self-governing Of the peo-
pie. The affair at Steubenville Is one
of the preliminary skirmishes Incl
dent to the settlement Of that most
important question.
The true spirit Of Americanism
manifests itself In the disposition to
preserve, protect, and perfect such
distinctively American institutions as
the public school. If we are to be q
self-governing people, our youth must
acquire some degree Of mental devel.
opment and adopt the ideal Of equal
liberty; and they can never do 30 by
turning the public school and Amer.
lean youth over TO Jesuitized papist
teachers to be taught the preposter
ous claims Of q very fallible man whs
arrogantly pretends to stand in tht
place Of "God Almighty on thil
EARTH" It is not a religious question
or religious persecution: 1t ID polit
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11
UPON WHAT THE PEOPLES LIBERTIES DEPEND

policy
ban
mistake
N the freedom printing The American the mOcehe and
if printed canlou
a tdddU
Republican Demcrt religious and
anno t Of N
the
We profoundly believe that the
policy
results of maypo MI sa EN- n wa
fundamentally
andh s permitted
20
Essentially different existed
o
in
Or
be
constitutional citizens
s SsanRE ag WIZ N s FRER Ps % MAY EASILY HAPPEN THAT
ney hav rus con
in
IN
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11
JUDGES, EDITORS AND ORGANIZATIONS HOLD THAT
FUNDAMENTAL DEMOCRACY MUST Be PRESERVED

True Democracy, in a Word the Real Meaning
and Spirit Of the Constitution Falls Into Its
Own When Fundamental Thinkers and Stu
dents of Governmental Questions Stand I'm
movable as Did Jefferson, Washington and
Lincoln and Interpret the Inherent Rights Of
Americas Sovereign People
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11
COMPREHENSIVE review OF CELEBRATED CASES

Showing How in Recenand important Questions Involving
Fundamental Provisions Of Organic Law the Inherent
Spirit of Real Americansm Has Come to the Fore With
Fearless interpretations and Opinions Pointing the Way
to Justice, Equal Rights and Equal Liberty Putting Full
Dependence in Our BIood-Bought Guarantees
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11
IOWA ATTENTION!

Apeddrpr natvf Free Press hdem In wrOm in
Mcmasm hpMt four unexplained
whtwa these available In your state
ntyouteH Ma the write Free
Mdne?
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11
PAPGTS ORGANIZE IN OHIO To FURTHER ROMES
UNSUITABLE CREED FOR OFFICIAL RECOGNITION

Board Of Education Of SteubenNIe, Ohio, Fails
to Hire Four Roman Catholic Applicants for
Teaching Positions and the Board Together
With Those Who May Run for Office in the
Future Threatened With the Catholic Vote
Lotus Defeated by People for Mayor Holds
Office by Federal Appointment
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11
REJECTION TERMED PERSECUTION BY zEALOTS

Papsts, Whom LOTUS Declares Have, for Fifty Years Kept
Their Children Out of Public Schools form "Cathoic Pro-
tectve and Resistance League and Don War Paint
Following Failure Of Parochia Trained Applicants to Land
Jobs in Schools Popes and Herarcha Directors Decreed
They Should Not Attend
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11
Justice Hands Decision

The defendants action IL based. a. I un-
derstand II, not 20 much on the narrow ques.
tion whether these four passages actually ad-
vocAts rssistance--that question was 10 raised
-ss upon the doctrine that the general tenor
and animus Of the paper as whole, was
subversive Of authority and aeditious IN ef-
feet. I CANNOT ACCEPT THIS TEST
UNDER THE LAW AS 1T STANDS AT
PRESENT.
II seems TO me quite plain that none Of the
language and none Of the eartsons In this
paper can be thought directly to counsel or
advise insubordinAtlon or mutiny. without
violation Of their meaning QUITE BEYOND
ANY ToLERABLE UNDERSTANDING.
| II cannot be that the law means 10 euTtaii
such expressions merely because the eonvies
tons Of the class within the draft are strong
or than their sense Of obedience to the law.
There is ample evidence In history that Ito
Quaker Il as recaleitrant to legal eompulsion
as any man. His obstinaey has been re-
EArded In the act, but his disposition 10 a.
disobedient as that Of any other conscientious
cepted Quakers, II would be too strong q
doctrine 10 say that any who openly admired
| their fortitude or even approved their con-
duct was wilfully obstrnetinE the draft.
Could any reasonable man say, not. that the
indirect result Of the language might be TO
arouse q seditious dlsposition--for that would
not be snoush--but that the language ad-
yeeated resistance 10 the draft? I cauloi
think that upon such language any verdict
would stand. OF course, the language Of the
statute cannot have one meaninE IN an In
dietment and another when the case comes
up here. Because, by hypothesis. II this
paper Is non-maiabls under section 5, title I,
lts editors have eommitted crime In utter
ing II.
| Il is dlfieult and often impossible 10 meet
the charge that ones general method h
reasonable latitude for construction
I implies . personal latitude IN administration
which ccntradicts the normal assumption that
law shall be embodied In general propositions
capable Of some measure Of dehnliion. The
whole. eruz Of this case turns. indeed upor
this theais.
i / make no question Of the power Of con.
gfess 10 sstsbiiah . personal censorship oi
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11

by the freSident OF Inc free Press Defenso
League.
TITO fundamental democrats moth
l$I ing has happened in recent
INe months that will give so much
IM.I satisfaction as the sound man
ner in which judges, leading
democratic journalists, and organiza-
tons have opposed the recent auto
cratic assumption of postal bureau
Gratis who have been so quick to con-
strue recent legislation in a manner
which eminent jurists regard unWar-
rented By the wordino of the recent
espionage Legislation.
Judge Roses Decision
Last week we quoted the recent de-
cision of Judge John G. Rose of Balti-
more, Maryland, given on July IL,
1917, when instructing the jury to
bring in q verdict for the defendants
in a case that had been brought by
the government against certain
parties for alleged violation of recent
legislation. This ruling is SO instinct
with the vital spirit of our constitu-
@ uon anu 'ne genius ol Iree dem'craey y
I,las we reprouuce ~ neiTw as !.
snoulu pe preserved oy each pa'rio'
al 'he iahu
o,,N,s EysIy man M mas q ps,iee; right 70 am an,
law that is proposed or about any law law ths, G
Is on the statute books; Any man may d,
thst ~ 70 s.sSIe ,ms
that end he may maze any argument that
eonmena, itself to his reason and Judgment
=. ls sne ns !sseiivs pg "a T ,nw ",hs1
he is not answerabIe for the Ti.dom Of hi
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-08-11

y the President of The Free Press Defense
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
Our Fighting Men

Brig. Gen, John A. Johnston. who
has returned to the army after fifteen
years retirement and has been APP
pointed to the command of the dc.
partment OF the northeast, was born
in Pennsylvania and was graduated
from Yves, Point in 1875. Much of
his service prior TO his resignation
from the army in 1908 was spen, in
the adjutant generals department lie
was in charge Of aud organized the
inaugural parades OF Presidents Nc
kiniey, Roosevelt and Taft. In l0l
he accompanied Generals Corbin,
Young and Wood to the German army
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
Opinion Of MacD Donald.
NMpNtant Advice
0vM % Germans

Is Paris. Aug. 0-Oniy an eighty
word SQinnary Of President Wilson's
repH b, Pope Benedict has reached
lSris this morning and consequently
- newspapers withhold extensive
eoasment.
"A far as it is possible to Judge
llom the indications received" the
Pm pafisien says, President Wilson
~ not discuss the pope's suggestions
4 themselves. His reply is a re-
Getting Of the thesis familiar to those
who have read his messages, that as
loRg as German imperial institutions
~ Not modified, as long as the demo.
cratic spirit has not penetrated be
yoad the Rhine, nations cannot have
~eoaiidence in Germany's word. Presi.
eeat Wilson thus brings up, Just as
Ersace and England have done be
iess him, the question OF Prussian
militsrism.
In rejecting the V~atican's offer the
pfe1ident indicates the conditions un-
~ which 4 useful conversation might
- taken Up. Once more he gives i'm.
Ae9gtant advice to the German people
VIII he be heardr" ,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
Germany Planned
War in 1909 and
1913, Says Russian

PETROGRAD, Aug. W-Gcrmany's
military preparation was known to the
Russian war ministry and 1t was also
aware that German contemplated a dec
laration OF war in 1909 and again in
1913, according TO the testimony given
yesterday by General Michaelson at the
trial OF General Soukhrnlinoff, for
mer minister OF war, for high treason.
The witness was the military attache
Of the Russian embassy in. Berlin from
1905 to 1911. He sworc that he report
ed Germany's activity to the Russian
war office.
The president of the court asked Gen
eral Michaelson with what power Ger
many proposed to ally herself in 1913
against Russia The witnesses asked
permission to reply to the president
only and the request was granted.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
Milss Of Colored Tulle Are Used Up in
the Now Autumn Gowns Because
Americans Have Found That II Is a
S~erviceabls Fabric.

NEW YORK, Aug. D-The cables
from Paris insist that tulle will be
used as plentifully as it has been in
the recent past
II took the American people a few
years to realize that there was a vast
difference between the tulle OF 1890
and the silk net OF 1915. For two
years, we have been conscious of the
difference. II any Of you have old
family albums, or an old trunk packed
IN the attic with party gowns tina,
were worn three decades ago, you will
know how tho Young women OF that
generation insisted upon the tull,
irock for their first party.
II was a very, very English fashion.
There are pictures in existence OF Eng
liSh society, OF hunt balls, and there
are illustrations in old and famous
novels in which the women wore the
satin bodice cut ii its deep, pointed
decolletage in the back. the tight.
sleeveless armholeS and the skirt oi
white tullc. There was usually a white
rose or camellia added.
Now htnd OF 1ulle.
The American woman learned to
talk at these gowns in deprecating
tones. She felt that tullc was on a
par with soap bubbles. lovely, but per
ishing at a breath. So when France
insisted upon tullc evening gowns,
Americans turned a cold shoulder TO
them.
France told the American women
that the wcavers had discovered a DIFF
icrent kind OF tulle from the perish
able sort that was associated in her
mind with frivoli,y, expense and non.
utility. And she has discovered that
France told the truth.
There is nothing Of the soap bubble
in this new weave OF silk net. Eve
ming gowns of it go through a season
Of dancing without d~isintcgratiop.
Maybe France had All immense amount
OF II on hand, or perhaps she likes il
well enough TO insist upon IT Tor this
season but whatever the reason, we
are in for a winter Of colorcd silk net
II is embroidered, it is spangled with
metal, it is weighted with splendid
Chinese dragons and circles OF silver
and gold, it is frinsed with crystals.
and, like some Of the new crcpe, out
in California, 1t is colorcd to Snatch
Chinese beads and then trimmed with
them.
II Stands Embroidery.
This modern weave Of tulle Is
sturdy enough to hold up, a mass OF
metal embroidery without dissolving
under the weight. Somehow, through
a secret process of the weaves, it has
not lost its appearance of fragility in
gaining stability.
That is a trick that some women
haye. II is quite an adorable phase
OF human nature, for it a%llures, with.
stands and continues to exist undc,
strain.
The French gowns arc not chary o
metallic embroidcrics this season
and il was necessary for the new tull,
to either stand them or go ont of thy
fashion. SO they accomplished The
one ahd did not have TO face the
other.
This one piece which is shown in
the sketch is OF dark blue crepe
satin with a loose, high waistline that
may give pause TO many American
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30

Of blue tullc embroidered IN blue
chenille and gold thread.
Observe the neckline; it is To be
quite the fashion. It is high at the
back in the bias Japanese fashion and
slightly low in front The sleeves arc
made in two parts and the crepe satin
goes over the embroidered tullc bodice
in the fashion of wide suspenders The
tight underskirt is of embroidered tullc.
and the slender widths of crepe de chine
that fall over it are short enough to
give the appearance of a double skirt.
Copyright by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
'DURANT DECLARES
HE'S REALLY AND.
TRULY CANDIDATE
Announces Candidacy
Formally Through Mails,

DURANT, Okla, Aug W-(Special)
To set at rest all question as'to his
really being a candidate for the demo
cratic nomination for governor Of Okla
homa next year, w. a, Durant is send
irR broadcast over the state, and espe-
cially over tine northern and western
parts, cards formally announcing that
he is after the nomination
Mr.. Durant says there has been some
effort to create the belief that he is only
Kidding" about the matter, and he
wishes now to remove any doubt that
may exist as TO his intentions to get
the nomination If he can do SO.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
S%choolboys Paid
for Army Work

PHILADELPHIA, Aug N-Prob
ably the first payment ever made by
the United States government, to school
boys Tor army contract work was re-
corded today when award paymen, Ger
,liicates were received here 10 pay high
school students for the manufacture of
tent pegs supplied several weeks age
This check was for Sl2S@ and l0ISo
hardwood pegs were turucd out in the
school wood working shop for the gov.
eminent.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
oofman Commission
Ho(ds First Farley

AMSTERDAM. Aug. D.-The com
Sbie9ion appointed by the German chan
sWe6ttT to consider a reply TO the peace
note Of Pope Benedict had its first
session Tuesday, according to the Lo-
tnl Anxeiger OF Berlin. Chancellor
nichaelis presided at the meeting.
wnich lasted two and a half hours.
The session adjourned until the re-
sults OF the discussion over the note
afe available from Vienna, CONSTANT
nople and SofiA.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
&ItEss
&b1leHTED BY
WILSON'S REPLY
No Peace With Hohenzol-
UgrW" Almost Announced,

ELONDON. Aug. D.--Nothing Presi'
1T Wilson has said. written or done
EG1Doe ne declared the entrance Of the
yVo3bod States into the struggle against
~snaiinrism has called forth heartier
Je0orsement BY the British press thar
tknt which is today accorded his reply
~ The pope's peace note.
Dirsctasss Il Applaudsd.
The unambiguous directnsss Of the
presidents language is hailed as whole
some, bracing and plain speaking, es'
socially BY newspapers that constantly
eDeose pacifist tendencies. These news.
uyDgs regard the note as a stern re-
1ke 10 the feeble spirits" who see in
- eopes proposal an acceptable basis
~ ssgotiations.
The Manchester Guardian says:
spsesident Wilson's policy come,
~ near to the formula No peace
viii the Hohenlollerns' but it would
- unfair not to recognize the very
narrow but deep gull that separates
him from the formula. The way in
which he prefers to put his policy is
that no peace can be durable withou,
d guarantee Of the German people.
Guarantees given by the German gov
esnment holding the views that it does,
cannot be durable"
Socaalists Are Impressed.
President Wilson's note has appar-
emily created a profound impression on
The British socialist groups which have
Zen comforting on the question OF
sending delegates to Stockholm to dis
cuss peace by negotiations.
Although Arthur Henderson, the la
Dor leader, and many others declined
TO express their opinion. on the ground
mat they had not had time TO digest
the note, all were deeply interested.
Even the extreme pacifists were not
willing 10 express disapproval Of it,
George James Wafdle, labor member
Of the house, declared that President
Wihon had taken a very high ground
only reasonable ground on
which the future peace of the world
can be guaranteed"
Opinion Of Macdonald,
James Ramsay Macdonald. socialist
and labor member Of parliament, said
that President Wilson ought to see that
b some conference such as that at
Stockholm. thee Germans could be d.
seetly approached; otherwise the allied
governments would simply speak to
lhe German people at long distance and
u words which they would regard,
rightly OF wrongly. as a menace, and
that the German people would continue
- identity themselvc, with their gov
ofnnlnt.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
Britain Completes
First of Ships to
Replace Lost Ones

LONDON, Aug. W-rhe first Of the
British government standardized steam
ers to replace tonnage lost through
submarines, it is announced, has been
commissioned after completing most
successful trials. The keel was laid
down in February and the hull was
launched in June. It is understood that
six different types oi vessels varying in
size from 5000 tons downward, are be
ing built Many hundreds OF such
ships will he constructed.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
SHIPS SUNK
BY SUBMARINES
Slight Increase in U-Boat Toll
Seen in Last Week,

LONDON, Aug, 30.-An increase in
the number of British vessels sunk last
week by mines or submarines is shown
by the weekly admiralty statement is.
sued last night. Eighteen vessels OF
more than 100 tons were sent TO the
bottom as compared with fifteen the
previous week, and five vessels of less
than 1000 tons as. against three the
previous week. No fishing vessels
were sunk. The figures follow
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30

killed two express company messengers
Yesterday in front Of q west side iron
foundry and escaped with a payroll of
S,lU. They are Charles Carrao, own
er OF the automobile used by the rob
bers' and Tony Cosentino, said by the
police to have been liberated from In
diana prison a week ago. The half
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
|k3, DRESS i! E'!!S{:,.

drcssmakers. 1t is one OF the minor
evidences that France still considers
the direc,oirc and the first empire
worthy Of revival.
This ftock has a slight drapery at
the hips, and a square bodice made
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30
Holdup Slayers
Are Identified

CHICAGO. Aug. D.-Two men were
identified today as members Of the
party Of five robbers who shot and
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30

dozen police characters taken in the
dragnet thrown out Immediately after
the murders and robberies on Tuesday
were released today.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30

Scientists have found that children
grow little from M end Of November
to the end Of March.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-30

m%aneuvcrS, as guests of the kaiser, and
prepared the report of their obscrva-
tiOnS.