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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29
ANOTHER COWARD AT
AN EDITORIAL DESK
He Either Fears the Roman Boy
colt or Applies the Editorial
StiIetto in the Dark
, the Editor Orenon JonrnaI:

To the Editor Oregon Journal:
"In the grim business in which these
Catholic and non-Catholic boys are
engaged over there, no questions are
asked of either as to whether they are
Methodists, Baptists, Catholics or Con-
gregationalists."
The above is a quotation from your
editorial, appearing the day before
election-"Politics or Hun" 1t is Just
another evidence of the muddy think
ing which keeps this world hell for
about everybody in it.
The most vicious thing about this
pro and anti discussion is, that the
pros cleverly cover the real issue by
sanctimonious talk of religion" and
the ants do not clearly and convinc.
ingly show that the issue is not one Of
religion at all but of ecclesiasticism
versus all religion, all true human
ideals and the deadly foe of democracy
especially world democracy.
That is the issue. 1t is vital that
our brave, patriotic Catholic boys who
are fighting just as honestly against
autocracy as the others, should know
that their foe is ecclesiasticism just a!
much as the autocracy of Prussiar
madness and militarism. 1t is these
same brave and patriotic Catholics
who are the real victims of this an
cient evil even more than we who ar,
wise to it; it is for them that we woulC
clear the air as to the significance o.
these two words-religion and eccles
iasticism.
What is religion? 1t is truth, kind
ness, justice, faith in man the finit,
and God the Infinite, which makes foI
brotherhood on earth, or it is nothinI
of any use to mankind.
What is ecclesiasticism? 1t is al
unholy appetite for power over tn,
bodies, souls and purses of men
gained by expert use of the camou
f1age of religion. History of the pas
proves this; history in the maxim,
since this present war began is over
burdened with proof of it.
Your figures, however, of thirty-fiv
per cent Roman Catholics in the arm,
are hardly fair to non-C Catholics. Es
Inmates give our Catholic population
at not to exceed eighteen per cent o
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29
More Claims

Catholics claim 17,418,303 members
in the United States and a gain of
393,424 in the last year.
There are 17416,3OS Catholics in
the forty-eight states of the Union, ac-
cording to the Official Catholic Direc.
tory for 1918, published and copy
righted by P. j, Kennedy & Sons, of
Barclay street, New York City.
The directory also shows there are
26,266,642 Catholics under the pro.
lection of the Stars and Stripes
There are 8,850,939 members of the
church in our foreign possessions.
According to the new edition ot
Kenedy's Official Catholic Directory
there are now 20,477 Catholic priests
in the United States. Of this number
l4,922 are secular priests and 5,boE
are priests of religious orders. Other
figures shown in the summary are as
follows: Archbishops, 49, bishops
So; church with resident priests, TO-.
1863; missions with churches, 5,448
semlnaries, SOC; seminarians, 1888
parochial schools, 5,74S; children at
tending parochial schools, 1888, ,407
colleges for boys, 217; academies fol
girls, ST.; orphan asylums, 297
homes for aged, 1O9.
There are twelve states in the Unior
having a population of 100000 OF
over, as follows:
New York, 3,OSS, ,4O6; Pennsylvania
1,SS5,OOO; Illinois, 1,4S2,574; Massa
chusetts, 1,4O6,06O; Ohio, 1858, 900
New Jersey, 72S,073; Louisiana, 500.
900; Wisconsin, 592,233; California
1898; Missouri, 1850, and Con
necticut, 516,572.
Among other things, the director,
man points out that the increase il
the number of Catholics during tn,
last ten years has been 3,538,877.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29
SOCIETY LADIES" AND =OTHERS...THE|R CHURCH

AS everyone knows, the society lady
is not an independent and self-sus-
tanning phenomenon. For every one
of these exquisite, sweet-smelling
creatures that you nleet on Fifth Ave
nue., there must be at home large
number of other women who live
sterile and empty lives, and devote
themselves to cleaning up after their
luckier sisters. But these "domestics"
also are human beings; they have
emotions-or, in religious parlance,
"souls;" it is necessary to provide a
discipline to keep them from appro-
priating property of their mistresses,
also to keep them from becoming
enceinte. So it comes about that there
are two cathedrals in New York; one,
St. John the Divine, for the society
ladies, and the other st. Patricks, for
the servant girls. The latter is To-
Gated on Fifth Avenue, where its tow
ering white spires divide with the
homes Of the Vanderbilts the interest
of the crowds of sight-seers. Every
Sunday morning, early, before "Good
Society" has opened its eyes, you may
see the devotees of the Irish snake
charmer hurrying to their prisons,
each with a little black prayer-book
in her hand. This Catholic" cathe-
dral, with it's system of thought, be-
comes the next object of our consid-
Grafton.
Some years ago Mr.. Thomas F.
Ryan, traction and insurance magnate
of New York, favored me with his JUS
tifcation Of his own career and activi-
ties. He mentioned his charities, and,
speaking as one man of the world to
another, he said: "The reason l put
them into the hands of Catholics is not
religious, but because l find they are
efficient in such matters. They don't
ask questions, they do what you want
them to do, and do it economically"
made no comment; l was abb
sorbed in the implications of the re-
mark-like Agassiz when someone
gave him a fossil bone, and his mind
set to work to reconstruct the crea-
ture.
When a man is drunk, the Cath
olics do not ask if it was long hours
and improper working-conditions
which drove him to desperation; they
do not ask If police and politicians are
getting q rake-off from the saloon, or
Il traction magnates are using it as
an agency for the controlling of votes |;
they do not plunge into prohibition
movements or good government cam
paigns-they simply take the man in,
at a standard price, and the patient
slave-sisters and attendants get hin,
sober, and then turn him out for So
ciety to make him drunk again. That
is Charity" and it is the special in
dustry of Roman Catholicism. They
have been at it for a thousand years,
cleaning up loathesome and unsightly
n,esses-"plague, pestilence and fam
inc, battle and murder and sudden
death" Yet-puzzling as it would
seem to anyone not religious-there
were never so many messes, never so
many different kinds of messes. as
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29

now at the end Of the thousand years
OF charitable activity!
But the Catholics 20 on and on; like
the patient spider, building and re-
building his web across a doorway;
like soldiers under the command of a
ruling class with "muddlinp
through" tradition
Theirs not to reason why;
Theirs but to do and die.
And so of course all magnates and
managers of industry who have
messes to be cleaned up, human gar
bage-heaps to be carted away quickly
and without fuss, turn to the Cath
ollc church for this service, no matter
what their personal religious beliefs
or lack of beliefs may be. Some
where in the neighborhood of every
steel mill, every coal mine or other
place Of industrial danger, you will
find Catholic hospital, with its slave
sisters and attendants. Once when I
was Undertaking" near Pittsburgh, l
went to one of these places to ask in
formation as to the frequency of in
dustrial accidents and the fate of the
victims. The mother superior" re-
ceived me with look of polite dis
may. "These concerns pay u.s." she
said. "You must see that as q mat
ter Of business it would not do for us
to talk about them"
Obey and keep silence; that is the
Catholic law. And precisely as it is
with the work Of nursing and aims
giving, SO it is with the work of vote
getting, the elaborate system of po-
licemen and saloon-keepers and ward
heelers which the Catholic machine
controls. This industry of vote-getting
is comparatively new one; but the
church has been handling the masses
for SO many centuries that she quick
ly learned this new way of "democ-
racy," and has established her su-
premacy over all rivals. She has the
schools for training the children, the
confessional for controlling the
women; she has the intellectual ma
chinery, the purgatory and the code of
slave-ethics. She has the supreme ad-
vantage that the rank and file of her
mighty host really believe what she
teaches; they do not have to listen to
table-rappings and founder through
swamps Of automatic writings in or
der to bolster their hope of the sur
vival of the personality after DEATH
So 1t comes about that our captains
Of industry and finance have been
driven to a more or less reluctant al
lance with the papacy. The church
is here, and her followers are here
before the war several hundred thou
sand of them pouring into the coun-
try every year. 1t is no longer pos
sible to do without Catholics in
America; not merely do bitches have
to be dug, roads graded, coal mined
and dishes washed, but franchises
have to be granted, tariff-schedules
adjusted, juries and courts manipu-
lated, police trained and strikes
crushed. Undess our nativei political
system, for thesc purposes millions oi
4 votes are needed; and these voteI
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29
AMERICAS GREATEST EDUCATIONAL

trial showed that Feinler had been un-
der suspicion for long time, and that
he was constantly under surveillance
by the intelligence department of the
army. SergeantMajor Wright of the
army was the principal witness in the
case, and it was due largely to his
efforts that the evidence was secured
against Feinler.-SFr The ChrIstion
Science Monitor May %.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29
Earth is Enough
BY EDWIN MARKHAM.

We men of earth have here the stuff
Of Paradise-we have enough!
We need no other stones to build
The stairs into the Unfulfilled-
No other ivory for the doors
No other marble-for the floors
No other cedar for the beam
And dome of mans immortal dream
Here on the paths of everyday
Here on the common human way
Is all the stuff the gods would take
To build Heaven, to mold and make
New Edens. Ours the stuff sublime
To build Eternity in timel
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29

Press reports that Lieut.. Georges
Victor Hugo, great-grandson Of the,
famous author, recently won special
distinction in fighting under theI
American flag at Cantigny recall the
fact to mind that if any great man
ever exposed the treachery and dan
ger of political Romanism more ef-l
fectually than did William E. Glad>
stone, that man was Victor Huge.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29

Papists say their allegiance to the
pope is only spiritual. Why, then, do
they use tons of paper every week try
ing to get a seat for him at the peace
conference? That conference viii be
a political gathering, not spiritual
one. 1t will endeavor to solve ma
tional and international problems, not
spiritual problems.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29

It's just possible that The Catholic
Standard and Times has hit upon a
probable clew to the reason Rome has
the audacity to claim that 95 per cent
OF the army and navy is composed of
Roman Catholics A headline in that
paper says catholics are born SOL
diers."
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29

The late Cardinal Rampolla always
said that a general European war
would undoubtedly restore Rome to
the pope. If Italy does not get into
this war while it is on she will have
to get out of Rome when it is over
Western WGtehman, issue of Sept. 3,
1914. -
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29


country. In this they are now
openly abetted by their priests
who lately pledged their fol-
lowers to resist by all means in
their power the conscription laws
of the English government. "By
all MEANS" includes rebellions,
war and bloodshed which is
openly threatened in Ireland, and
encouraged from this country.
Opposition to the conscription
law of Canada by the Province
of Quebec comes from the same
class of people, just as it did in
Australia where they defeated
it.
These facts were generally
given to the public by the secular
press and we would like to in
quire if Mr.. O'Higgins regards
the publication of these things
as pro-Germanism.
If the attitude and acts of
this element of the church is
so reprehensible that the publica-
tion Of them is pro-Germanism,
what about the actors them
selves?
Cardinal Mercier, the most
effective opponent of the Kaiser
that Europe has produced"
What about Haig, Petain, the
great General Foch and our own
gallant Pershing? And the
English, French and Italian and
American armies.
We supposed it's bullets and
cold steel were needed to
defeat the myriads of the Huns
instead of Catholic Cardinals.
If Cardinal Mercier is the
greatest and most effective op-
ponent of the Kaiser, why not
put him at the front and save
the soldiers lives?
Prussia is as Protestant a
nation as Englandw Another
misleading statement. OHiggins
well knows that Prussia is only
a part of Germany, and that
Germany is one-third to one-half
Catholic and that the Catholic
center party holds the balance
of power in Germany and that
without their support the Kaiser
could neither make nor carry on
a war.
What does O'Higgins mean by
religious question" Does he
mean discussion of religious
questions and creeds, or sectari-
anism? Does he mean that there
must be no mention of what
Catholic church members and
officials are doing in the war
and no objections be taken tc
their course?
1t is possible that such writ.
ings as these of Mr.. OHiggins
and others, are doing more tc
divide the people and keep ur
dissension by continually de.
manding that nothing ipe salG
no matter what is done than any.
thing else said or done, and sc
far as the religious question
is concerned, that right there is
where the pro-Germanism is
found.
If Mr.. O'Higgins and those
of his views, want peace, lei
them be peaceable.
If they want fairness let then
set the example, that is, if they
can.
If they deplore dissension, lei
them quit creating it.
If they are opposed to discus
sion, let them keep still. d.
they expect to do all the talk
ing?
If they are In favor of goot
old fashioned Americanism, O.
the kind that stands for Amer
lea, it's best interests abroad anC
its highest ideals at home, le'
them stand for it. There il
, room for all of us if we stanc
together instead of a part of th'
people pulling for private inter
ests or chu rch or sect
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-29

England monarchy hmFng the
ipanmg
pta well But this billion
du al ii CnSmpin
Upton Sncars fol
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-23
BRITISH FALL BACK
GERMANS B0MBARD PARIS

The from the battle front today bad dscour
The British have been forced
taken part of the ground lost In place have the Germans
broken through the Allied lines The has back
ward but not broken The Germans hurting their
ward without regard to losses which terrible the allied
have been saughteng the advancing hordes fghtu
The Germans claim to have captured $4,000
400 of large cabre At the British defensive
has been penetrated The story of the of the
greatest battle the world has known dispatches
direct from the front received by The Star Mirror beginning
s o'clock this morning.
The sranges feature Of the coming from Paris
and it hard to believe This statement that Germans
dropping shells into Paris from distance of 62 miles, This
incredible and inclined to believe that the shells
dropping from Zeppen arpanes great height The
dispatches received by The the time of
press, follow:
ENGLISH LINES ARE BROKEN
LONDON March %, (Reached Moscow 1852 M Power
full attacks delivered with great weight of artillery and
ny have broken through the British defensive system
ST. Quentin, the office reports.
The British northern portion of the battle grounds hold
ingng their positions British west of ST. Quentin falling
good positions further Very heavy fight
with fresh forces is The office
prepared positions behind the British lines
which they falling back.
BRITISH RETAKE LOST POSITIONS
LONDON-Germans forced their way into Mory but dash
attack them Reuters correspondent at the
British headquarters teegraphs large surrounded
probably captured There believe that fifty
divisions division $4,000 flowing into
struggle probably half I'm
tremendous onslaught the British falling back
very slowly excellent many places they
withdrawing voluntarily maintain unbrOken front
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-23
UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL
CAPTAIN TENDERS RESIGNATION

Marvin NJ Carnahan, husky tackle
who was chosen to lead the university
football eleven in the 1918 season, has
enlisted in the mechanical department
of the aviation section of the navy,
according to word which has just been
received on the university campus.
Carnahan tipped the beam at 1876
pounds, played aggressive as we'll as
thinking football and was chosen by
several critics for place on the 1917
all-northwest team. He had been
counted on to bulwark his entire side
of the Idaho line next fall and his
loss will be poignantly felt.
The varsity captain-elect was jun
ior in the university and member of
the Alpha Kappa Epsilon fraternity
He enlisted at Seattle.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-23
ALMQUIST ELECTED CAPTAIN
OF 1918 BASEBALL TEAM

Elmer T. Almquist, a Moscow sen
ior who for the past two seasons has
been a brilliant varsity regular al
first base, was named captain Of the
1918 university baseball team at a
meeting of the three letter men re
naming on the campus held Wednes-
day evening. The election was de-
ferred because of the early disband-
ing of last years nine.
Captain Almquist first performed
under Coach Rademacher in the sea-
son Of 1916, evidencing both startling
capability as a clever fielding first
sacker and a marked penchani fer
hitting when hits meant runs. He was
again a star in the 1917 season, sa-
wing the other members of the infield
an average of five errors a game by
going up into the blue or down into
the dirt for wild heaves.
Candidates for the varsity team
held their first workout of the year
on the campus yesterday afternoon
when the newly elected leader, Rettig,
Wade and Swanstrom, hurlers, and
Moe and Hunter infielders appeared
for light practice under Coach Blea-
masters supervision.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-23
PRESIDENT E. II. LINDLEY
WILL SPEAK TO TEACHERS

President Ernest H. Lindley of the
university, who is to be- one of the
principal speakers before the sessions
of the Inland Empire Teachers as
sociation to be held in Spokane, has
added to his schedule an address to
be made in Colfax April 5, at a gath
ering of the teachers Of Whitman
county, according to an announcement
made this morning.
President Lindley has but recently
been invited to participate in the
commencement exercises of the school
of medicine of the University of Ore
gon which will be held in Portland,
June z. 1t is not likely that he will
be able to accept.
DR.. E. A. Bryan, state commission
er of education, who is also to speak
before several meetings of the In
land Empire Teachers association,
will be a university visitor the lat
ter part of the week.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-23
HOME M|NSTRELS
At B0v|LL TONIGHT
POTLATCH HOME GUARD MIN.
STRELS GIVE ENTERTAINMENT
FOR RED CROSS

POTLATCH-The Potlatch Home
Guard ministries will repeat the show
put on here Monday and Tuesday
nights of last week for the benefit OF
the Red Cross at Bovill tomorrow
night. A special train will leave Pot
latch at $50 p. m.
The amount raised here from the
two performances was about $500,
half of which was turned over to the
Red Cross and the balance is to be
used in purchasing some suitable and
useful remembrance for the enlisted
boys from here.
Those taking part are: Stuart Nc
Karacher Frank Coragliotti, George
Frederickson, Felix Stapleton, R. A.
Balch, William Giesa, w. E. Hearn,
R. F. Anderson, o. L. Williams, L. G.
Tollewag, L. F. Morris, O. R. Hollo-
way, Henry Frederickson, William
Green, Otto Leuschel, E. G. McFee
and Miss Ferris Gehrke, accompanist.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-23

been taken Two villages
ches The former village about miles the
212 miles behind the British front.
BERLIN TELLS MORE OF ADVANCE
BERLIN -offlclal-Between Omrgan stream and Somme,
after the capture of first positions the Germans went
through Hoon Wood fought Savy Roupy heights
penetrated the position Somme
Germans broke through hostile enemy
Crozat canal toward the west The Germans the
British evacuated positions south Cambria
by Germans through Denicourt Flequiere
| Rbecourt.
AUSTRIA ANNOUNCES VICTORY
VIENNA-The office announces great success has
been the western front.
PARIS REPORTS ARE UNBELIEVABLE
PARIS, II todayThe Germans began firing Paris
with long and since o'clock this morning shells of
240 mmeters about 9 nche have been reaching Paris and
suburbs at ntervs of quarter of hour killing about ten
woundng about fifteen The shortest distance from
Paris to the front is 62 miles.
WASHINGTON DOUBTS PARIS STORY
WASHINGTON-The that Paris has been bombed by
62 miles aStonshed American
officers beyond belief No such have been dreamed Of
they
MAY HAVE BEEN FROM AIRPLANES
PARIS-official-A 20 this morning few arplanes
great altitude crossed the lines and attacked Paris They
by of enrenhed of Paris well those
the front They dropped bombs at several points and there
several victims.
FRENCH TAKE GERMAN PRISONERS
PARIS-Germans launched a attack the
the Woevre district last night which dispersed by
French fire Tht Germans suffered heavy losses and left
prisoners
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-23
BUY w. S. s
G. S. Ray Tenders Resignation

The resignation of G. S. Ray, head
of the farm crops department of the
university college of agriculture, has
Just been announced from the office
of Dean e. J. Iddings of the college OF
agriculture. Mr.. Ray has accepted a
position as agricultural agent in
Adams county, Washington.
Dean Iddings today referred to Mr..
Raytfn complimentary terms, praising
both his capability and his popularity
as an instructor. An attempt will be
made to obtain an able man to fill the
position as soon as possible.
H. w. Hubert is now acting as the
head Of the farm crops department.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-03-23
ANOTHER PIONEER HAS
BEEN CALLED TO HIS HOME

Auley McAuley Benton, a pioneer OF
the northwest, was laid to rest yester-
day. The funeral occurred at the fam
lily home, eight miles east of Moscow,
the Rev. T. w. Cooper of the Church
of God, conducting the services. Mr..
Benton was 70 years, two months and
19 days old at the time of his death
on March 90 He was a pioneer OF
the northwest, having taken home
stead near Colfax nearly 35 years ago
and had lived in Latah county for
many years. He leaves widow and
four sons, all living in Latah county.
The sons are: Ralph, Dwight, Clark
and Thomas.