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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-04
Does The Church Have Guns?

We have been reading letters, re-
Gently, concerning guns in Catholic
churches, ammunition shipped to
priests, etc. Some of these letters
are anonymous, others are from
parties who evidently write in good
faith. We have heard these stories
all our lives and that is no short
period. Some of these stories may
be true. In general they are prob
ably untrue. They do not need to
store guns in their churches and con-
vents, as modern implements of war
fare are easily obtained, and with
hosts Of drilled men such as the
Knights Of Columbus, Knights of st.
John, st. George, Polish Falcons, etc.,
they could make all the trouble nee
essary at any time, if their leaders
thought the time was ripe, and they
dared to do so.
There's a deeper and safer game
for them than to raise rebellion
which in the end would prove their un-
doing. That is to crush and destroy
the public school system. Pass laws
under various pretenses to censor and
break down a free and intelligent
press. Get control of our congress
and state legislatures by filing them
with Romanists and complacent
Protestant tools, and under one pre-
text or another obtain the passage of
laws of their framing in such a man
ner as to goad non-C Catholics to re-
volt; then use the police forces,
militia and federal army to crush
them out. This Is their game and the
one they are playing, even if the soft
pedal is put on their utterances and
actions at the present time. Rome
never sleeps and is in no hurry. She
is willing to work for years to secure
her objects. Every effort will be
made in the coming primaries and
fall elections to fill the Offices from
governors of states down to the hum
blest officials with men Rome can de-
pend upon to do her bidding. You
can foil them at this part of the play,
They are carrying on a ceaseless
program Of education designed to Ro-
mamie the people, especially the ris-
ing generation. It's your work, il
you do not want TO see America made
Catholic in the next ten or twenty
years, to educate the people the other
way,
Guns or no guns in their churches,
\ Romanists are at their work.
i What are YOU doing about 1T
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-04


~ rades under the official title
IS. "the Roman Catholic hier-
III archy'' has once more
emerged from the papal nightmare
known as "impartiality in the war;
and ranged itself, officially and un-
mistakably, with Germany.
This, when considered in the light
Of other recent happenings, has been
so maneuvered as to place official
Rome in that position which, if it
were an organization like the Ger
man-American Alliance, would not
only subject it to dissolution but
mean the internment of every resi-
dent member in all the allied coun-
tries. The fact that Rome's actions
are worldwide while those of the
recently disbanded German-Ameri-
can Alliance were confined to this
country and the further fact that
the German alliance made no pre-
tense to piety while the Roman hier-
archy masquerades under the guise
of religious order, makes the re-
ligio-political group all the more
dangerous.
An Associated Press dispatch
from London, printed in many
large dailies on April 21st tells how
the bishops and priests were to
pledge, on April 21st, the Roman
Catholics Of Ireland to resistance Of
conscription which England recent.
ly determined should be enforced in
Ireland just as it is enforced in
England. The st. Louis Post Dis
patch for the date above mentioned
says:
LONDON, April 20 (By A. P.)-
The menacing situation created by
the determination of Nationalist Ire.
land, united as seldom before, to re.
sist conscription, has aroused deer
interest throughout Great Britain
Particular emphasis is laid on the
decision of. the Roman Catholic
hierarchy to throw in its lot with the
Sim Feiners, who have openly pro
claimed Germany to be their ally
The bishops have not counseled VIC
lence, urging only passive resistance
but this, Dublin correspondents point
out, might easily. be turned into
active resistance by few hotheads
when the time comes to conscript the
young men of the country.
The pledge which is to be admin,
. istered Sunday to what one author.
ity estimates at nine-tenths of the
entire Catholic population of the
country binds those who take it "tc
resist conscription by the most ef
fective means at their disposal" This
gives wide latitude and pleases both
the advocates of passive and the ad
vocates Of active resistance.
The fact that England's deter.
mination to enforce conscription in
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-04
AutOcrats Join Hands

She could have ranged herself in
favor of the home rule program and
urged acceptance of conscription
and have augmented the good i'm
preston Americans have formed of
her by reason of her political oppor-
tunism in this country, but no.!
Political Rome could take no
chances. The kaiser's fate hangs in
the balance. 1t is wip now or con-
tinue to fight losing war, a war
in which the loss to Germany will
increase with every day of uncer-
tainty for her and it was time to
strike. 1t was time to bring terror
to Britain. 1t was time, in a word.
to start a revolution on British soil
to weaken Britain's force in the war.
1t was case of favor conscription
and thereby aid Britain by making
it possible for her to use her troops
now in Ireland and other troops of
many thousands to be drawn from
ireland, by conscription, or it was
tame to interfere and keep all these
men from ever facing the kaiser's
bloodthirsty and war-mad slaves to
militalism and autocracy. 1t was
forced choice between democracy
and autocracy for the crisis is at
hand. Choose she did and that on
the side which We cannot fail to
note, must leave the pope and hier-
archy with consciousness that
they have done all in their power
to defeat England and the allied
cause, America included. What the
interference of Rome now makes
certain is the predictions that have
been going the rounds Of the eipspal
and secular press ever since Eng
land announced acceptance of the
home rule plan and a determination
to inaugurate eonscription. Head
lines have been telling the story and
the body oEFGS sSFitIes celebrating
on it and the STORY has been that
"Conscription Means Revolution" !"
Country Approaching Crisis"
"Irishmen Refuse to Answer Draft" /"
"Irish Prepare TO Resist" "Sinn
Feiners Already Given Full Instruc-
tions," "Some Dublin Papers Incite
to Riots" etc., etc. 1t is easy to see
where this campaign of revolution
is headed. 0.,
The headlines we have quoted are
not exceptional ones picked up here
and there but are merely typical of
what any American, with his eye on
the news. could have read until he
became sick and tried of the whole
business or determined to open his
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-04

from their Episcopal thrones, pas
toral letters upholding the German
monarchy in particular, condemning
democracy in general, and in addi-
tion, urging Roman Catholics to de-
fend the German ideal from its foes
both within and without. Who
needs to ask on which side official
Rome fights?
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-04
ROMAN HIERARCHY OPENLY JOINS WITH KAISER
Population Resistance

Ireland was made simultaneous with
its determination to grant the re.
quest of the Irish convention and
give Ireland home rule in accord
ance Herewith has made the prob
able course of Ireland a question of
considerable political interest. While
no one doubted for minute that
conscription would be opposed by
those prO-German Irish who have
been following the tactics of Case
lment and the suggestions of Ger
many, the world was hardly expect.
ing that, among the majority in Ire.
land, loyalty to Germany would ex-
ceed calm judgment or stand in the
way of reasonable service to an en-
dangered nation that has more and
more shown a disposition to grant
Ireland everything it consistently
could without menacing its own
existence.
That certain leaders of Irish
home rulers, and many in the ranks
for that matter, were distinctly pro-
German has never been called into
question by clear-visioned observers
that Others and possibly many of
these very pro-Germans we're un-
doubtedly followers of the pope has
been equally clear. But it was
hardly expected that Rome would
make so bold as to step into the
open and pledge, in single day,
"ninety percent" of the Roman
Catholic population to opposition
against England'S enforcement Of
conscription. OF course when we
say the world was not expecting it
we do not imply that no one was
expecting it for there are those who
have been watching the actions of
Rome in every country on the globe
and by putting two and two together
have been able to recognize just
what influence the papal machine is
exerting in the war. Here however
WAS a time when Rome had her
choice. She could have remained
passive in this crisis and the world
would not have suspected her more
than it has; no, not so much in
fact.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-04
A RELIGIOUS AUTOCRACY

c0Ic AITnnDRrV
of ta on
the agents of a religion sauoaacya
more rD ney @p @ and thrust nt into high
thai
whpm
hCs: owns sheA AmhoGams
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-04

T.TlHAT monstrosity which pa
III rades under the official title
IS "the Roman Catholic hier-
I'LL arohv'' has once more
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28
]. W. TOWey
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
langdOn, N. Oak,

j. F. Ramage received word the
first of the week from the Ford fac.
tory at Detroit, Mich, of the ad.
n in price on that date of all
types of Ford cars. The advance in
the price is 500 per car and makes
the new price, f. o. b. at Detroit as
follows: Runabouts, $435; touring
cars, $3.50 chassis, $500. The ad.
n the letter stated went into
effect last Saturday.
A~uctioneer Tony Kieffer spent yes.
terday at the farmers convention and
in mention of his big sale of last
week at the Eddie Evans farm east
of town, stated that inside of an hour
and a.half in the afternoon he knocked
down at top prices to local home buyers
upwards of 50. 900 worth of registered
young horses and cattle. There was
a below zero temperature throughout
the day, but that doesn't seem to deter
farmers from attending a sale of
desirable blooded live stock.
The banks of Langdon take similar
steps to other financial institutions
throughout the Northwest when they
ask that all parties receiving Cana
dian checks or drafts, or other items
payable in countries outside of the
United States, to present them for
payment direct to some bank, as under
existing conditions a statement has
to be signed by the payee before
payment a be made. Stores and
other business houses are requested
to send the holders of such items of
cash to the bank and not exchange
goods for them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28
DR.. E. j. Hughes
DENTIST
A. NJ. HOURS p. M.
9 to IL Phone 112 l to 6
SCHULKE BLOCK Langdon, N. D.
SCHULKE o La

|. County Superintendent Fred j..
Reher has a meeting of the school
officers of the various districts over
the county, called to be held here in
Langdon tomorrow, Friday, forenoon
at nine o'clock, for the re.arrange-
ment of school terms to better fit into
the present war time conditions and
to arrange, if possible, a years basis
for the salaries of the teachers.
Grafton already has $3.50 con.
tributed toward "smoke fund" for
the boys of Company C, which is
now one of the units of the 161st U.
S. Infantry, and has been in the
! trenches in France since last Deem
Der. Here's a tip of what the friends
of the boys of Company E. would ap.
pear to have overlooked, but it's not
too late to do some thing now.
The Langdon Methodist Episcopal
church now displays a service flag
with stars installed thereon for Miles
r. Kessler, Tracy Souch, Conrad
Ronneberg, Franklin Heimbecker and.
Ray Liebeler, five young men of the
congregation of that church who are
now with the colors. The flag was
donated by Mesdames Balm, Ober and
Spellman. The flag was given an
impressive dedication at the evening
service of Sunday last week.
August Moritz of Dresden, was a
south bound passenger n day during
the week. He stated that during a
two weeks trip through Saskatch evan
and Alberta he and his brother would
decide on a location where they would
embark in the grain buying business
this fall on the other side of the line,
Mr. Moritz stated that it was not his
intention at this time to withdraw
from his extensive farming interests
in the vicinity of Dresden.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28
A. 0. WOLD
Chiropractor and Optometrist
Licensed to Practice in North
Dakota, Montana, Washington,
Oregon and California.
LANGDON, N. OAK.

Good steam heated, electric lighted,
we'll ventilated rooms and board car
be secured at the Langdon Sanitar.
ium. at reasonable rates while taking
treatments.
j. P. K%rodoville and wife were
passengers last Friday returning to
their home at Weyburn. Sask.. after
a visit of some length in the city
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wiltsie. parents
of Mrs. Krodoville.
Ladies finest gowns, dresses, suits
and coats, made to look like new. Try
our dry cleaning. Bill Size, custom
tailor, Langdon, North Dakota.
Wear made to-order clothes. Look
prosperous. You'll feel prosperous,
and more apt to be prosperous. See
Bill Size, the custom tailor, Langdon,
North Dakota.
Allan B. Pinkerton went north Sat.
urday to look after his farming inter
ests at Dresden, after a short Ian g.
don stay since his return from Win.
nipeg, where he left Mrs. Pinkertor
at the home of her sister, somewhat
improved after an illness of wei a
month, which at times was quite criti.
cal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28
! Local Happenings &

Get Ignite coal at the Langdon
Wood Yard-save half your fuel bill.
House to Rent,-Five Room House
Apply to E. I. Donovan.
Try Ignite coal in your range. The
Langdon Wood Yard sells it.
The second series of war "movie''
pictures will be shown, at the Elec.
trio Theatre tomorrow evening.
Harold D enler, accompanied by his
two sisters. who have been visiting
since the holidays with friends at
the old home of the family in the
east, returned on Satur days passen.
ger.
Y. M. C. A., war work will from
now on have a center of activity in
a county organization with headquar.
tiers in Langdon. William Stevenson
is the chairman of an executive com.
mittee of three members.
Mrs. H. E. Fay is enjoying a
months visit with her sister, Mrs.
Catherwood in Saskatchewan, while
her husband is attending to business
matters in Chicago during a months
vacation at the First National Bank.
Ben Riewer left on Tuesdays
train for, Detroit, M,nn., where he
takes over the Management of large
general store. Mrs. Reiwer, who has
been making a visit of few days
during the week with her parents al
Wales accompanied him.
Miss Mary Brosnahan, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. j. S. Brosnahan, a for
mer we'll known Langdon family, ha.
left her home in Grafton to fill a steno
graphic position in the offices of the
Northern Pacific railroad company a
Bismarck.
The entire proceeds of the supper
being served this evening in the
basem ent of the Pre- sbyterian chucrh
by the ladies of Langdon will go t,
thedestitute fannie stricken Arme.
mans in the war zone. .Mid.wintel
fair visitors will find a good supper
ready there at six o'clock.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28
Drop your cigar money into the
Red Cross boxes during Lent.

Drop your cigar money into the
Red Cross boxes during Lent.
Cecil Birder was a visitor last
Thursday with Langdon friends. He
had come north from his home at Park
River to render a group of tenor
solos at the Red Cross entertainment
held at Milton on Washington's Birth
day.
Hannah was another Cavalier
county town represented aat the state
checker tournament held last week at
Minot. The end. town sent James
Russell to the Magic City as its
crack player and picked contender
for the championship.
The Wild brothers, of the Wild.
rose stock farm at Osnabrock
has several head Of registered horses,
cattle and hogs listed for the spring
sale of the North Dakota live stock
association which is to be held in
Grand Forks on March 7th and 9th.
A. Fox, since his return from a
visit to the home of his sister in Min.
nesota has retired from the position
until recently held with the Schefter
Clothing House and is now in charge
of the gents furnishing department at
theSchulke- Bradley establishment.
Since that February thaw of the
early part of the month the Hannah
Moon e that even the political pot
is beginning to warm up some.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28

There will be a number among the
older residents Of Langdon who will
be interested in learning of the re-
cent passing away of w. E. Falls,
a former we'll known Park River resi-
dent , who died about a week ago at
Harriston. Ont, where he was visit.
ing at the home of a brother. Sin ce
leaving Park River about twelve years
ago he had been located at Seattle
He has one grown son who recently
enlisted in the United States avja-
tion corps.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28
Today's wheat-$2. O3.

Help our boys in France by buying
a war savings stamp.
Plenty of Ignite coal at the Lang
don Wood Yard. Phone As.
Don't be a slacker-pay your sub.
scription TO the Democrat.
M. j. O'Brien returned Monday
from a week end visit with friends
in Grand Forks.
Optician Robert McAllan, of Park
River was here Monday, a guest of
DR.. Void, during a short stay.
Attorney Fletcher, wife and family
returned Thursday from a stay with
friends in Grand Forks of most of
the week.
Tomorrow, March LIST a penalty of
five per cent is added to unpaid 1917
real estate and personal property
taxes.
Clethes don't make the man-but
good one cut quite q figure. See
Bill Size, custom tailor, Langdon
North Dakota.
Mrs. Andrew Zettel was among the
passengers of Friday, returning from
q visit during part of the week with
friends in Grand Forks.
Miss Jessie Mahon came up from
Easily Friday to spend the holiday
over the week end at the home of her
parents south of town.
Ignite coal is the solution to the
fuel problem, Satisfactory and a
money saver. Langdon Wood Yard.
H. j.. Beauchamp assistant cashier
of the First State Bank of Olga was
here a couple of days last week CIV
ing attention to business matters.
Let the Democrat print your auc-
tion sale bills. Quick service, rea-
sonable prices and satisfaction in
everyway guaranteed.
Mrs. H. E. Price was a visitor in
Grand Forks on matters of busines So
part of the week, making a stay over
Sunday at the Crookston home of
Rev. and Mrs. F. j. Hubbard.
Miss Pearl Liebeler was a return.
ing passenger Saturday from a visit
of two week at the Crookston, Mimi,
home of her sister, Mrs. Dudley.
Mrs. D. F. Mcdonald went north
Friday to Hannah, going from there
to Calvin, where her mother. Mrs.
Porter, has been in poor health dur.
lug a greater part of the winter.
We do not experiment, having hac
several years experience in first class
dry cleaning. Bill Size, custom tailor,
Langdon, North Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28
LANGDON WINS RETURN GAME

In a return game yesterday the
same lineup was used with the ex-
ception that Ed Fischer were used as
substitutes in the last half.
The field baskets in yesterdays
game were made as follows: Rye 3,
Harrington 2, Koehmstedt 2, Robe TT
son 2, Mercer l, F. Schmidt 3, Borho
l, and j. Fischer L. Roberts 3
Free Throws. The final score was
Is to 20 in favor of the Langdon
second team.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28
Buy q war savings stamp.

Buy q war savings stamp.
Order your spring suit at the so.
K" Hundreds of stylish patterns
to select from at very low pri ces.
j. D. Roach. b
Senator C. w. Plain came up from
Milton on Tuesday to be on hand at
the opening sessions of the farmers
convention. r
Miss Eva Souch was a returning
passenger Tuesday from a visit Of
over two weeks with several of her
girl friends in the Twin Cities.
Frank Hanggi, a brother of Land.
lord T. B. Hankey, of the U. C. T..
Hotel, is here from his farm over at
Clyde as a convention visitor.
Miss Nellie Falconer went to Grand
Forks on Mondays passenger, and will
also visit friends at Mimic and Fargo
before returning to her home here in
about ten days.
William Bell is one of the many
Rush Lake farmers Bwho came down
from Wales on Tuesday 80 as not to
miss a single session of the big farmers
geu-together convention.
Co. Com'r Robert Laing was here
from Milton to take a part in the
program of the opening day of the
convention and give, attention to
county matters.
Nicholas J., Schneider was among
the early arrivals from Wales on
Tuesday for a stay with his many
Langdon friends while attending the
farmers convention.
Miss Leoa Fraser was a visitor
here during the week with her friends
Misses Lorraine and Ellenora Koehm.
stedt.h' She will alsovisit withher bro
Their, Postmaster Fraser, at Wales,
returning to her home at Walhalla.
The Largdon woman's club will
hold their second service day meet.
ing at the home of Mrs M. l.. Sui
livan on Tuesday afternoon of the
coming week at the usual hour.
Members are requested to bring, their
knitting and all of their pennies.
Oh! That 1 could look like other
men, with clothes so fine appearing.
Why, most certainly you can if you
get your clothes, cleaned, pressed and
repaired at the 80. k which is the
only up to date cleaning place west
of Grand Forks. j. D. Roach.
Mrs. D. W. Barker spent the fore
part of the week in Grand Forks, in.
tending before her return to Langdor
to visit in Winnipeg with her sister,
Mrs. Geo. W. Reekie and a number
Of old friends of the family.
Hon. Otto Dettler has been laid W
and under the care of a doc tor since
bad fall which he sustained last Fri
day afternoon or Langdon's icy side
walks. In addition to a bad sprain
the accident resulted in the fracture
of the small bone of his left leg,
below the knee.
On Tuesday the cigars went the
rounds around town to those who
smoked, the event being the arriva
of {. little daughter of the regulation
weight at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
Jno. W. Towey. Congratulations are
being bestowed upon the happy pa
rents on all sides.
Jim Ward of Calvin, and Charles
, Harrington, of Clyde, are two ex'
Langdon residents, who are here II
spend the week at the convention and
renew the acquaintance of old friends.
Farming in western Cavalier county
appears to have placed both Of these
old timers on Easy Street. For severa
years past Jim Ward has been knowr
as Calvin's most popular grain buyer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-02-28
SPRUCE UP!

SPRUCE UP!
Spring time is here. Have those
clothes renovated by a practical
mechanic.
Bill Size, Custom Tailor,
Langdon. North Dakota.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-09-18

Look over the fine line Of suits and
OvercOats at
11-tf X. X. X. STORE.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-09-18
NO ESCAPE

A Dorchester man who never ye,
remembered to mail n letter cntruat
ed to him. hnS bocn cured. Ills wife
who had suffered much from his fail.
Ink, administered the dose.
The mail ia delivered nj their home
before tho breakfast hour, which IA
comparatively late.
Did you have any mail this morn
Ing. dcar'" asked the lady ono morn.
ing recently.
"Only u circular" he answered ,as
he bit into crisp slice Of toast.
Huh" said tho wife. "ny tho
way. did you mail the letters ! gave
you yesterday"
Sure ! did," was the righteously
indignant reply.
We'll" answered his wIfc. with nn
eloquent smile. ITS Qucor. then, you
had no letters this morning. bccnus,
ono Of those letters I gave you to
mall was addressed to you. "----i,ost on
Herald,