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py day for Rome
:, canoidate who. has the cour-
age to say he fayors convent inspec-
tion, inspection ofAialk private and
sectarian schools and no public funds
whatever for any church Institution
can be placed behind the bars Ly-
fore election charged with violating
the espionage lawl How nice II
would be if every paper which says
similar things would be denied the
mails. It's worth lots of effort and
twisting Of the kings English in tns
endeavor to make it appear that crit
icism Of papai politics is disloyalty
to the government. OF course, If il
is, then papal politicssis what is run
ming the government--that much Ii
clear, but since when have politicians
even Roman politicians, become the
sacred COW of the American people
and since when did we start running
this government on orders from the
pope's palace in Rome?
A Slap at England
Alabamans can at least see that
popery in their state is in full ac.
cord and concert with its satellites
elsewhere and will need nothing more
along this line to convince them.
About the flthiest article that ha,
come into this Office was slung to
gether in fit Of rage by this Jacl
0'Connell Of Mobile. That article
was none other than the one from
which we have quoted advocating
Kilby's arrest. The first part Of thu
article is 50 rotten and the attempt
to picture THE MENACE as tn,
filthiest journal possible to imagine
Is SO filthy in intent that we really
fear to quote 1t lest it might be lik'
quoting from some of the questions
the Roman Catholic Theologian Ii
guori prescribed for priests to as
female penitents In the confessional
(which are so rank that to publisl
them comes near being a violation O.
the obscenity statutes. Needless h
say, O'Connell finds opportunity II
speak Of the English government an,
refer to its reformed "barbaroui
customs" This he does innocentl.
enough, on the surface, but we won
der II the Sim Feiners aren't some
times glad he's living.
The Mobile American also grew
effulgent, in its issue for June 29th
It goes after Kilby and THE MEN
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are trying to get II excluded from
the mails.
And this, just because one man,
Thomas E. Kilby, in his candidacy
for governor, stands four square on
the question of separation Of church
and state and while granting to all
sects the right to any form of wor-
ship they may choose denies to all
sects any right to control in matters
Of state. Strange that Of all the
churches in Alabama the only one
that howls about being excluded from
control in matters Of state Is the
papal church, BY her very actions
Rome here convicts herself and gives
more evidence Of why Kilby should
be elected than pages Of newspaper
space extolling his virtues as a friend
OF the worker, as a business admin
istrator, and as a fundamental dem-
ocrat could ever do.
The facts are, that in one sense
Of the term Kilby might be said to
be running on a platform for separa-
ton Of church and state which was
declared, defended and endorsed by
the Baptist, Presbyterian and Meth
odist churches long before he thought
of running for governor; for that
portion Of Kilby's platform dealing
with the ecclesiastical nuisance and
menace in politics is in full accord
with the resolutions adopted year
after year, almost without change, by
the conventions of the churches
named. So while Kilby offends one
element in advocating absolute d.
vorce of church and state, he is in full
accord with the ideals Of another.
which be It remarked Is one of the
fundamentals placed IN the very fore
front Of our national and state con-
stitutions but which the constant ag-
gressions Of Rome have served to
nullify because Of the presence of her
minions in positions where she had
power to ignore and subvert the in
terests OF the republic for the bene-
fit Of the Roman ideal, and to reach
into public treasures by ignoring
constitutional provisions.
The resolutions passed by these
churches will be republished in a
later issue of THE MENACE and every
registered voter in the state of Ala
bama will receive a copy.
Right now it is of the utmost i'm
portance that all people in Alabama
realize just what the spirit of popery
lis.
Let us call your attention to a re-
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20
ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE NLBY- -THREA
the Death kneN

TT7 HE Roman Catholic political
l4lI Il machine is demanding the ar
NJ rest Of Thomas E. Kilby,
Dls candidate for governor OF
Alabama, on the grounds
that he has violated the espionage
law. This charge they base on the
literary productions Of one Harvey
O'Higgins who claims he writes for
the Committee on Public Information.
Nor is that all.
Roman Catholic editors, local mem
bers Of the Knights Of Columbus and
candidates who postponed their dec
laration of principles on the question
Of Romanism until too late to get on
the band wagon, are having real po-
litical fits and typically papal spasms
over the appearance Of THE MENACE
In their hitherto tranquil political
field. You would think from their
mouthings that every candidate In
the state would be hugging his op-
ponent and all would be buying pres
ents galore for each others wives
and children if 1t Just hadn't been
for THE MENACE coming In and
stirring UP strife"
No sooner had the frst Alabama
edition Of The MENACE appeared
than committee from the Birming-
ham Knights Of Columbus, headed by
Tom 0'Critter, a shoe clerk with Ca
heen Bros, on Second avenue, de-
parted for Washington, d. c., to have
THE MENACE excluded from the
mails. 1t seems that upon their ar
rival in the national capital the
Knights were very much encouraged.
Some of their brother knights must
have told them the Job would be easy
and that they had been figuring they
could do it in three months more
themselves, even without any outside
help.
Anyway, Jack o'Connell, the Ro-
man Catholic editor Of The Mobile
Tribune, felt very certain of his
ground, it seems, for in an editorial
which he published on June 30 he
made statements perilously near a
prediction that because Of the lnightly
presence in Washington The MENACE
would not circulate through the mails
In the future. But the ink had hard
ly dried on his fulminations before
THE MENACE again arrived in the
homes Of Alabama's registered vot-
ers; and to make matters worse he
got a copy all his own. He also said
that it had been observed that the
speaking tour arranged by anti
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AT opposing positions, on
HI this page we have boxed
bk9 off interesting items that tell
l02 widely different stories on the
same subject RsA
In Spokane it viii be seen that the
attempt to silence the salesman who
provides people with THE MENACE
failed in June, 1917. Here popery
had not passed an ordinance to sup
press heretical publications and the
American constitution was sufficient
to protect this paper and the man
who chose to engage in selling it.
One year later in Detroit, Mich,
where it reigns supreme popery passed
an ordinance which it hoped would
stop The MENACE from being sold on
the streets Of that city. Romanists
had arrested one Menace peddler'
110 times in fifty-two' weeks and an
other over fifty times in the same
length of time without being able to
stop them in their work and without
being able to prevent the sale of the
paper. The American constitution
granting freedom of press had been
sufficient. But Rome never sleeps.
and during all this time had been
exerting itself TO find a way hyi which
the papalized officials Of Detroit could
deal an effective blow at this paper.
Hence, the ordinance was framed
making it a crime to sell papers on
the streets Of Detroit "defamatory Of
any religion, creed, or cult and the
old heretic-law-spirit again came into
being and the modern inquisition
promised to accomplish the full nur.
pose Of its operators.
But has 1t? Mol Fred Banhon's
case was set for July 9th but for
some reason the courts carried il over
until one week later; hence, at this
writing there has been no decision,
and popery's lawyers are trying to
find some means by which they can
make this ordinance stick in contra
diction to the national and state con-
stitution.
Possibly, in the papaI province Of
Detroit, this ordinance win stand but
when the case gets to the higher
courts only judges fit for the court
Of the inquisition will have the nerve
to declare such an ordinance consti-
tutional and we surmise that popery
will, while the fight is pending, have
some Little trouble IN explaining Its
Y j
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IsH6 al UAS .t. hI
ing tn 2
| Idisate. H
id ~
GRE true \ 6, A I'D 10 I: ti.s:,
lis what JACK o. .ynnell has referencs
to when he inducts this plea Into .
frenzied editorial printed in Tht
Mobile Tribune on June 23rd:
"The work of Tom Kilby, candi'
date for governor, and his imported
organ, which has imposed its Tester.
ing presence on Alabama, is not 'ar
innocent aiding Of the enemy 1t il
a cold-blooded and purposeful cam.
Ipaign to do what the national gov
ernment says shall not be done-tC
make Protestants and Catholics for
get their loyalty to their country In
sectarian quarrel
ARREST TOM KILBY"
"If the instruction of the commit
tee on public information, backed BY
the highest officers in Presiden
Wilson's cabinet, means anything, i
the language therein employed is al
plain in its intent as it appears, {
WARRANT SHOULD BE ISSUEI
FROM THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THF
ARREST OF TOM KILBY on {
charge of violating the espionag'
lawl
"The law is broad enough to cover
his offense. Tom Kilby hal
been warned once and has flagrantly
repeated the offense; other propa
gandists have been convicted in fed
eral courts and sentenced to lonl
terms Of imprisonment without pre-
vious warning. The fact that tn,
offender is high officer of the stat,
and is seeking a higher office shoult
not be permitted to turn the cours'
Of exact justice"
| There is the purpose Of poper,
made clear. II Rome did not inspir,
Harvey O'Higgins when he starts
to writing for the government TIL
Jesuits soon recognized that the dop
he was dishing up fitted their pur
pose well, and here they are crying
for the arrest of Kilby based on wha
0'Higgins, as an assistant to tn,
Committee on Public Information
says about the anti-papal issue.
! Needless to say, Rome hopes I,
make the government, and the gov
erned, believe that all opposition !,
popery is prof German. If she coult
| Jail us all and stop all publication
printing anything which exposes tn,
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ernissaries Of the pope. And when
that pot starts to boiling we are go
ing to throw in the useless political
carcasses of the Detroit councilmen,
and the present city administration,
and hold their well-done remains with
% good account Of their papal record,
up to view and let the people see just
who and what they have been sus.
tanning under the misapprehension
that these were officials who serve
the people.
The Knights Of Columbus, Of Ala.
bama, who went to Washington, d. G..
to have THE MENACE excluded from
the mails as per the suggestion oi
Detroit's Savage councilman came
back to find THE MENACE still going
to every registered voter In the STATE
and making a telling fight agains,
the Roman Catholic political machine
in Alabama politics, and, so the sub
servient tools Of Rome are going Il
find it in Detroit.
THE MENACE will be sold or dis.
tributed in Detroit in sufficient mum.
bers to beat. every mothers son who
shook with fear before the Knights
Of Columbus who came to cheer foi
Walsh's Savage proposal to make
heresy acrime punishable by the
civil authorities in Detroit. Here
must be administered an object les.
son to papal politicians.
Good people Of America, Il Is tim,
to show the Roman machine that it,
ability to scare officials by It's ad
vance guard which cheers for It.
autocratic schemes, is no safety valve
when II comes to making laws stick
The sovereign people yet rule thil
nation and every city in 1t. In some
places they have suspended opera.
tions while the pope's minions tax,
q whirl at It, but in every instance
the majority viii come back init
power. The anti-heretic policies oi
Rome In politics have sounded hel
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20

own death knell and the little hand
full Of papists who boosted at coun-
ell meetings and before legislatures
are going to find their candidates
listed among the "also ran" for there
aren't enough knights Of popery in
the land to keep men in Office who
dance to their music.
Some real interesting matter on
Detroit is now in course Of prepara-
ton. Our commissioner has been in
the city for several days and next
week we hope to give you the first
stanza of the new Detroit anthem
entitled, money for masses to sus-
tain Detroit's Rome-fearing and
ome-serving politicians in an
eternity Of political purgatory."
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City all Asr With Preparations for Thoroughly Testing the Discriminating
Tactics Of Rome in Enforcing Detroit Ordinance and People Eager for
Rouseceaing to Begin-Ovehelng Majority Resent Romsh Plot
to Dictate What They Read, Say and Do

favoritism or discriminating tactics.
One case Of flagrant discrimination
has already come to light. Under
the headline, "A Damning Neutrality"
The Michigan Christian Advocate
Gets forth some very interesting facts
regarding the course of the pope in
this war, Nothing in THE MENACE
offends Catholics more than articles
showing the compromising position
Benedict XIV has created for himself
and the papal system by his collusion
with the Central powers, but, The
Clwistian Advocdts's strong indict-
ment of the pope has gone unchal-
lenged despite the fact that It was
published on June 22nd, after the
Detroit's anti-heretic ordinance had
been duly considered as in force. We
can say without fear Of 1t being sue
cessfully contradicted that the paper
has been publicly and openly offered
for sale on the streets Of Detroit, and
yet no action has been taken against
the vendor or publication.
What is the country coming to any
way? Whittier are we drifting? Is
this country where Rome can induct
q few papists into city Offices, and
through her Knights of Columbus and
other props of the hierarchy, instill
fear into the hearts Of the balance,
pass laws and operate them against
just one paper? One Of two &hings
should be done In any connlunity.
Either laws should be abolished or
they should be enforced and all Of
ficers should be removed who are not
diligent in their efforts to see that
laws are applied without discrimina-
tion.
In other words, 1t is equally as I'M
American to apply q bad law in a
way that makes fish Of one and fowl
Of another as it is to allow an un-
American law to stand. OF course,
the Detroit ordinance would never
have had the least chance Of stand
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20
IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN,
AUTOCRACY CREEPS on

Validity Of the srdinanes prehihiths
tho sale Of The Msnses and kindrsd pub
lisations win be contested IN rseordsr's
court Monday. Fred Bannon. % Henry
street. agent for The Msnaes, was served
with . warrant today charging vielasisa
Of the ordinance.
Trial % John O,shsa and Frank
TSehirhsrt. charged with assaulsins Ban
non. win bs held July 10. Defendants
demanded Jury trial whsn The ease wts
called BY Justice seIlsrs today.-IAs De
troit News Juiy 9.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20

To meet the financial burdens II
war, Australia enacted 3 law taxing
bachelors. The Roman priests and
monks resist payment, and their
bishops advise them to retalate By
refusing to contribute to war char.
tiles and other war funds. The papal
hierarchy can never live at peace with
any government. They should bs
disfranchised.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20
IN SPOKANE, WASH,
AHNERICANISM RElCNS

Nothing but Maxim silsncer win curb
the harsh bark Of the elderly gent with
the booming voice who sells The Menate
--anti.Catholle puhlication--at Howard
and Riverside.
u. s. Commlsslsnss DirkI attempt at
having \ "muts'' applied 10 The Menace
merchant has failed.
Corporation Counsel Ceraghty In an
opinion says that "the peddler Of The
Menace may be more raucous than the
younger members Of the profession, and
with age his voice may have lost its
cadence, but, after al. what he d doing
differs only In degree and not in kind
from wirat the other news-mongers on our
public thoroughfares are dotng."-Spokane
Press, Juns ~.
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The Church Of Rome II the only
organization that fosters the race
torejudices Of aliens In this country
by organizing them into militant fra
Iernities for political aggression. The
German Central Yerein and the Irish
Ancient Order Of Hibernians are
conspicuous examples Of such aggre-
Eations Of papal foreigners. Both are
lavorite handmaidens Of Holy Mother
lhurch.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20

The kaiser could murder and en-
slave women and children without q
word of protest from the vatican;
but when he began melting the church
bells into implements Of war and In
dustry, Pope Benedict made him
stop.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20

The German archbishop Of Chi
cago is quoted by the Roman press
as saying that he is the greatest
Americanizing force In that city. In
stead Of Americanizing anybody in
Chicago, he Is Romanizing the city
and county treasures to the extent Of
about 100000 q year.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20

Roman prelates pretend undivided
allegiance to the United States in
one breath and demand for the pope
q seah ip the peace conference in the
next. z thev could get double repre-.
sentation in that conference while
other people have only single repre-.
ssttation, their allegiance would b
rnonstrously divided.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20

We shall never again have a free
press in the United States until the
Roman hierarchy is kicked out Of
every editorial room In the country.
Exchange.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20

1--WE are as yet only semi-civilized, =
exclaims the editor Of a leading Ro.
man Catholic weekly. He must be g
typical product Of popery. Few peo.
pie or communities ever become fully
civilized till they throw off the papa
yoke.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20
Censorship Through
The Confessional

"The reading of the details OF
shameful crimes In the daily papers
should be told in confession by any
Catholic who SO loves danger as to
Gil his mind with filth"
Perhaps the regular receipt by sub
scription of certain "yellow" papers,
daily and otherwise, in Catholic homes,
Is an unconfessed sin, which invali-
dates many confessions. Who knows?
The above was reprinted from
the Catholic Citizen in the June
Issue Of the official bulletin Of
the Catholic Federation of the
United States. Roman censor
Ship through the boycott and
attempted legislation is not
enough. Rome must make it
sin to subscribe to any paper
not approved by the priest.
Verify, verify, what a grip she
has through that confessional.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20

Everybody should read Father
Chiniquy's book, "The Priest, The
Woman and the Confessional" Prics
100, cloth bound.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20
DETROIT AWAKES TO MIGHTY issue

1N N opposing positions, on
this page we have boxed
off interesting items that tell
j widely different stories on the
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-20

TT7 HE Roman Catholic political
I'LL machine is demanding the ar
INs rest Of Thomas E. Kilbyi
Del candidate for governor Of
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-25

DO DZIELA I DO CZYNU!
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-25
Z Niagara on the
Lake, Ont.

W obozie Armii Polskiej, zebrano
ma ,,Fundusz Trzeciego Ma)a"
1883. q powodu braku miejsca'
ME podajemy wszystkich nazwisk o.
fiarodawc6w, lecz tylko tych, ktorzy
wieksze sunny z~lozyli. F. Folwarski'
$40; J6zef Sztrepek Sill; Karol
KuncEi $3.50; stanislaw Wodniak
$40 ;Stanislaw Klidza $40; j.. Con-
tarek SO; K. Ogonowski 500; Fee
liks Niedziecki $40; DR.. Kaszynski
$40; NJ. F. Firek Majer $40; A.
Chrzanowski $40. Drobne ofiary:
Szkola oficerska $5S; 1szy battalion
$25S.35; 2gi Battalion s2O3.01; Gel
battalion $224.25; Cd os6b cywil-
nych $3.50; X. q. R%ydlewski $40;
Luiwik Posluszny IS; Kazimierz A.
zorowicz 50; Edw. Sulima Carbide
wski So; Adam Buchwald 81; Zyg-
munt Telerski SO; Roman Telerski
IS; Jozef PetkowSki So. Razem
$~1,73S.S3.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-25

Wr6ciwszy Gallo z piatej W zyciu kampann' pufHo"-
mix T., kt6ry juz liczyl sobie lat 60, wzisf W koneu roku
1871. dymisye / osiadl W Lyonie, gdzie Mat domek z o.
grbskiem. Ale ae znudzila go tua Francya, postanowh
wr6cIe do swoich 1 zaczal nawet szukac kupca ma s"oJ
domek.
Tvrczasem przybylo do Lyonu trzech rodakow l
Lo,sg6w nu4kownika z najpierwszej jego kampanii
Ia81l Starry odnalezli sic Iatwo, jeszcze iatwiej Cd
rov,u znaiomost odtad chodzili sobie We czterecn'
r,csc nIiat razem czarna kawe W polskiej kawiarnl' mu-
.,s1, razen, iadac obiad W jednej restauracyi. Potem kaz-
dv m6Ef ise, dokad go oczy poniosa, byle "leczorem
stana, ma czas do vista. Poniewaz jednak tratiafy SIG
sp6znienia, vice dla ~porzadku polnowah sic "|a'enn''
- aiy dzieh chodzili razem, czasem pc dwocn' czaSem
gesiego, a zwykle REDEEM.
G4ownem zajeciem ich byla rozmowa o dawnych
kampaniach / o polityce biezacej. w ciagu roku starry
odkrvr wszystkie biedy slawniejszych pohtykoW l daw-
nieiszvch wodzow. W roku zaS n~astepnym poukfadali
TAX ~szczesliwe plany wojen, re gdyby je Wykonano'
sviat vvgIadaIby caEkiem inaczej, ni obecnie. W tree
crr roku nmar3 i'm drugi towarzysz, cafktem n~iespodzie-
dzianie, Pulkownik az po}ozyl sic do fozka re zmartwle-
MA | cd tel pory z pozostalym kolega kapitanem ME
grvva{ " vista, tylko W maryasza. Starry mnle1 teraz
rozmawiali re SODA, ale Ia to czytywah wlece1 eazet'
Nareszcie pewnej zimy umari i kapitan. Pufkownlk
-. razie ME okazal zalu; zajal sic pogrzeoem spra"h
TAXI, iaki. nalezal sic oficerowi dwoch armh. Nle|uFonH
a., tsdro; Inv. ale gdy mad grobem rozlegiy sic salwy
DipchOtY. Zegna1dCSJ hOAOSS, ohoA"SN
mad, iak rdyby wszystkie strzafy skierowano W 1eso
niersS Tedwie 60 otrzezwili. Przez kilka minut odpo-
czywal, pOtem, bz niczyjej pomOcy' wsiadf do dorozk'
4 kauai sic odwiezc do domu.
Ma drugi dzien " mieiscowych dziennikach uka-
za,o sic og}oszenie o s~przedazy domu ~pufkownika. ku-
piec znalazl sic predko. a W tydzieh p6zniej starzec 60
towai sic do pozegnania goScinnej Francyi ma zawsze'
- Me aal ci tez, puikowniku, opuszczac mas!
spytai go RECENT, u kt6rego robiono at sprzedazy.
- Zal i ME zl odpari starzec. Zal' ooscle
szlachetny nar6d i warto "a was krew przelewac. A ME
zal. DO sic u was DUO zmienilo. -. Gadacfe tylKo o
handful, pieniadzach, kuchni, zabawach. Wroce ia
lepiej do swoich sniegow e. Tam So inni ludzle, mol
ludzie. ... oni zrozumieja mnie, a ia ich. A tn u was
Jest mi juz strasznie pusto....
Recent pokiwai glowa, ale widzac goraezke starca'
ME wdawai sic W namowy. zrozumiai, re cziowieka CA
sami porywa burza ~tesknoty / niesie go jak lisc. ktory
gdyby umia1 myslec, moteby myslal. re wraca ma dawne
drzewo 1 be znowu do nieso p~rzyrosnie.
Puikownik udai sic do Psryta, ulotyi eis o wyplaca-
ME mu e~msrytury, przedstawii " ambasadsie swoje do
kumenU 4 uzyskal passport. spotkai wieiu ~przyiaci6