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spiritual mother and the man who
betrays his mother may with due
propriety be termed a Judas Iscariot,
and did term him such. y ="
So again you see what Rome thinks
of her children who do not conform
to every papal law even when sworn
to perform their full duty as public
officials.
1t next appears that the priest
visited among the O'Dwyer family
after the suit was filed. At least he
admits having talked with Tom
O'Dwyer frequently about the case.
1t is Tom 0'Dwyer who is alleged t.
have committed an assault on his
brother, the justice, while visiting
him and endeavoring to get him to
drop the suit. The priest denies that
he inspired any attempt to get the
suit dropped and seems to labor un-
der the impression that the plaintiff
attorney is trying to connect him
with Tom 0'Dwyer in such a way as
to show that he was responsible for
Toms visit to his brother and the as.
sault that ensued.
Assaults Brother for Rome
At any rate it is easily observed
that papists do become so Jealous as
to attack their own relatives wher
matters affecting their church anC
the priesthood are involved and i
doesn't always take THE MENACE o.
an "anti-Catholic" lecturer to draw
the fire. The above is mentioned onl,
by way of showing another phase o
the lawlessness inspired by this &c
clesiastical system. 1t condemns civi
marriage, would persuade officials no
to officiate at them, would brow-bea
its politicians who stand solidly fo
American law, and last but no
least, actively and openly condemn
civil ceremonies in such a way as t.
break up many homes and visit thi
ecclesiastical curse upon the heads o
persons who, otherwise, would have en-
joyed their existence in the holy stat
of matrimony, prescribed and pro
vided for by the nations Lawmakers
This last curse carries itself right in
to the present case if the priest
sworn testimony is to be taken a
evidence.
The latter part of the deposition
records this as one of the answer
made by the priest:
Information has reached me
the effect that Joe Martin has eS
pressed himself to Vina Clark tha
they were not married, and when O
their way to Kansas City after thei
so-called marriage it was suggeste
by her that they take a sleeper. H
objected on the grounds that the
were not husband and wife"
This then is the effect Of priestl
meddling with the sacred institutio
of marriage, practice that is carrie
; on with vigor the world over, prat
tice that wrecks many homes befol
they are fairly established and or
that brings more hell and horror int
the life of many a man and woma
than all the saints of Rome can eve
! mitigate. Shall it continue or are yo
one who will, when the time arrive
i help to secure the enactment of lie,
e islation that will protect our civil il
stitution of marriage and save ar
n make possible many happy hom,
5 among those who now enjoy nothir
+ which is condemned by the pett
: coated priests of this venomol
S dragon.
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ADVISES PAY-TRIOT|C
SUPPORT OF REDCROSS
Rome Will Help Just So Long as
No One Criticises the Pope
or the System

Those who remember how Rome
cast aspersions at the Red Cross
organization prior to the appoint
ment of papiSt Ryan to high po-
sition in the service, and prior to
the time it was made known that
sisters of Rome's nursing squads
would be accepted in the garb Of
their ORDER as nurses in the Red
Cross, will not be surprised to learn
that peevishness again marks the
attitude of Rome toward the Red
Cross.
We wish it were possible to re,
produce all the threats to withdraw
papal support of the Red Cross that
have recently appeared in the papa
press, but as we are unable to do SC
we choose a typical tirade which ap
peared in The Hibernian, of Bos
ton, issue for March 18th. 1t fol
lows:
The current issue of The Pilot Wig
orously denounces in a splendid edi
torial the Red Cross magazine fol
publishing in its February number {
gratuitous insult to the Catholics anc
calumny on the pope, from Rudyart
Kipling's intolerant pen. We joir
with The Pilot in denouncing this out
rageous and unjustifable insult. TIL,
Red Cross magazine is the official or
gan of the Red Cross Society whicl
latter claims to be unsectarian ant
under that camouflage has apparent
ly deceived the Catholic hierarchy
priests and people. This is not tn
first time that some department O
individual in authority identified witt
this society has evidenced an intol
Grant attitude towards Catholics
Rumors of anti Catholic prelude
among those in authority have beel
mere or less numerous from all part
of the country where this society ha
established chapter. When this so
ciety appealed to the American peo
pie it was not as a religious body
claimed support or sought members
1t appealed, with the approval of tn
government, as a patriotic organiza
ton and was accepted by the peopl
as an arm of the government. Cath
olics subscribed millions of dollars
the society, Catholic men and wome
have given and are giving of thei
time and labor, while in the window
of the homes and business houses O
Catholics throughout the country tn
Red Cross emblem of membershi
may be seen. The Catholic people bt
lieved they were doing a patriot
duty in joining with the Red Cros,
and the society held itself out as
patriotic, unsectarian organization
Catholics, therefore, resent the low
vile and grossly insulting anti-paps
policy of this magazine and demand a
official explanation as we'll as
change of policy. If this society pei
sists in villifying the pope and il
sulting its Catholic membership
there is only one course for self-rC
specting Catholics; they are in homo
bound to resign and to refuse to sui
scribe to the society or its magazin,
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After all this prating about a
Catholic secretary for the Y. M. C.
A. being sent to France it develops
that Rome was indulging in tickling
her own sides. No Catholic secre-
tary has been sent to France for the
Y. M. C. A.; papal reports to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. Gormley
was merely a bookkeeper loaned to
the Y. NJ. C. A. for that kind Of
work and has no official capacity
whatever. So the papal news about
the big banquet in New York to cele-
brate his departure to be secretary
to the organization is deliberate lie
manufactured from the whole cloth
to please papists and misinform
Protestants. When, oh when, car
you believe papal press agents!
Even the echo answers, "when?"
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The Caesars are dead (even Cesar
Borgia the illegitimate son of Pope
Alexander VIZ and from the city
where they ruled the world a later
line Of C@sars are trying to recon
quer the world with the aid of a cor
rupted religion. No wonder their ad-
vocates harp on that Gospel passage
which commands Render unto Ca-
sar the things which are Caesars"
There is no Cesar to receive taxes
and extortion today but the Cesars'
papal successors; and they claim all
that is due both Cesar. and God by
asserting that they "stand in the
place of God Almighty on this earth
The modern C@sars are eloquently
modest.
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Tom O'Dwyer, during a visit in
which he is alleged to have tried to
get the justice to drop the suit
against the priest,
And the category might be con-
tinued for some time, however space
will not permit us to make the
charges and prove them too. Hence
the remainder of this article will be
devoted to proof that our assertions
are based on the admissions of the
priest and matters brought out in his
deposition taken March 4th, 1918, in
the circuit court room at Cassville,
Mo.
Of course, the priest is put to the
necessity of using all the arts of
evasion at his command in order to
keep from making statements that
would at once render the case one for
immediate disposal.
And to lose this case might mean
a verdict for $4,000 damages in fa-
vor of the justice so the priest was
not anxious to make any frank ad-
missions or be very explicit in his an
swers if it could be avoided. Hence
his deposition could hardly be ex-
pected to be full of such frank con-
fessions as he is in the habit of ex-
tracing from those who visit his con,
fessional but he says enough. Anc
it all enters into court record anc
shows that the Roman church defes
American law and interferes with
papists who are in Office. And, JUS
as Jesuit will say one thing wher
meaning quite another we can hard
ly believe that this priest is not some
times doing the same thing in his dep
oSition. At least his thoughts are
not always in accordance with his &C
tions and language.
The following was said by the
priest when attorneys for the plain
tiff pushed him for elucidation of {
rather elusive answer to a previous
question:
81 wish to state to the court tha
according to my judgment my words
and actions and not my thoughts ar,
subject to civil authority in thi
court"
Priests Cautious Statements
, We take it from the above that tn,
: priest will at. least be willing for tn
! statements he did make in his deposi
tion to be taken as subject to juris
: diction by the court and, since he un
derstands that such is the case, til
| unsWers he did give when at al
frank can be taken as reliable evt
: dence of the eGiStence of rUide dit
5 ference between the papacy and al
things n-Romanized.
After exhausting the usual pre-
1 liminaries the attorney for the plain
tiff asked the priest to state jus
: what ("according to your best recol
lection") he had said in his sermo,
about the marriage of Martin t
4 Mrs. Clark. The priest replied:
"To the best of my recollection
spoke on the stand my church has al
ways taken on the evil of divorce
n and the impoSsibiRty of vdlid ma1
riage between a Catholic professin
: membership in the church, and a d
e vorced party"
When asked to state what he sal
e connecting the justice or plainti
: with the marriage and after an al
n tempt to evade the question the prizes
t replied:
: ~ understand the plaintiff, E. A
:, O'Dwyer, officiated at the marriag
:, ceremony between one Joseph Marti
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ruler, accept honors inferior to those
assumed by a mere conqueror of
Europe even though he were the
mighty Napoleon?
In the event of the success of the
kaiser so far as the pope is con-
cerned it will be another instance Of
"Barkis is Willin."
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olic first and an American after
wards went to the justice some time
back and demonstrated with him
about performing marriage cere-
monies. The priest tells this in his
deposition, in the following words:
II wish to state to the court that
Catholic people look upon matrimony
as sacred institution and that such
ceremonies should be o6iciated at IN
accordance 1Oith their ideas of their
sacredness by minister of the gos-
pei. | further state in my reply that
on one occasion | had communicated
with the plaintiff relative to his Of.
ficiating at marriage ceremonies, and
that while he claimed the privilege
of performing ceremonies for non
Catholics, he gave me specifically
to understand that he would not Of
ticiate at the marriage of Catholic
parties"
Whereupon the attorney said:
"Then you did object and demonstrate
with him, didn't you?" And the
priest replied:
ITO the extent that from the afore-
said standpoint l disapproved of his
officiating at such ceremonies because
OF the fact that he aVas a Catholic"
Here we want to ask our spineless
brethren if they ever will need bet
ter reason for voting against polit-
ical papists than the disqualification
voiced above in the words of the
priest. Can't you see they cannot
perform their whole duties and re.
main good Catholics"?
If the priest can be believed the
justice was at first inclined to obey
him for we find the priest saying:
"As | have previously stated I ap.
preached the justice in question rela,
tive to his officiating at marriage
ceremonies. His reply was, to the
best of my knowledge, or he gave
me to understand, that the marriage
ceremonies which he had performed
were for non-Catholics and that haC
Catholics presented themselves HI
would not have officiated."
Too Much Meddling
But it seems the priest did tot
much meddling for the justice finally
resented his interference or he woult
never have married the Catholi,
parties.
The priest later says his "whol,
. reason for demonstrating was baset
exclusively on ecclesiastical rights.
In other words, if it had not been fo
the ecclesiastical machinery, law ant
precepts of Rome this priest himsel
would not have been a remonstrato
against American law nor have at
tempted interference with the per
formance Of marriages or the dis
charge of official duties. About tn
, only definite thing the lawyer wa
able to get from the priest as to wha
he said about the justice is summer
, up in the following answer to a ques
/ ton designed to make him commi
, himself:
) The lawyer asked: "0n the Sunda,
! following the marriage you hav
: spoken about did you not publicly de
: nounce Mr.. O'Dwyer without callin
his name by saying that the iustic
of the peace or squire that performe
the marriage ceremony = = was tn
: arch Judas Iscariot?
The priest replied: "The teri
Judas Iscariot may be, and ofttime
is, applied to a variety of classes @
e persons or people. Mr.. 0'Dwyer rex
: ognized the Catholic church as hi
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I$l know her age. Neither does
~ one Priest P. j. Kilkenney, of
OH Monet, Mo-, who is the de-
fendant in a $4,000 slander
suit now furnishing a very interest
ing sequel to a marriage ceremony
in which three communicates of the
Roman Catholic church failed to
obey Rome's ecclesiastical marriage
law.
The papal law prescribing excom-
munication for any Romanist who
sues or brings a priest before the
courts has decided tendency to keep
the priests out of legal difficulties.
Hence it is not often that you find
the anti-American teachings Of Rome,
or ecclesiastical law, put down as a
matter of court record. This serves
the purposes of popery well and
keeps the American public ignorant
of facts Rome would like to have hid
den until it becomes expedient to di-
vulge them under conditions made
safe for their promulgation.
+ But even when hailed into court a
priest is as slippery as a creased pole
part of which is the result Of Jesuit
teachings-and his answers need to
be read for their hidden as we'll as
visible meaning.
Why He Was Sued
This Priest Kilkenny, as we pointed
| n in Ia do
fendant in this suit because of re-
marks he made, in a sermon, about
the marriage of Joseph Martin to
Vina Clark by a justice of the peace,
O'Dwyer by name, The persons
married as we'll as the justice of the
peace are, or were, all papists.
Mrs. Clark, now Mrs. Martin, had
been divorced. This, of course, ac-
cording to papal law, rendered her
ineligible to marriage. Add to this
the fact that the marriage was per-
formed before justice of the peace
in the face of the ecclesiastical law
that a papist can be married only by
Roman ecclesiastic, and you have a
condition of affairs we'll calculated tc
enrage any priest of Rome solicitious
of the supremacy Of Roman over
American law.
Now that we have shown that the
parties to the marriage and the jus,
tice are guilty Of complying with
American law and ignoring papa
law, let us view the case Of Amer
icanism against the priest.
First, he is a representative of thai
vast body of ecclesiastics who insis
that American law is not for Cath
olics except where Americas law il
in conformity with the papal law.
Next, he is guilty Of having useC
!. his pulpit as an agency through which
to denounce a civil official for having
complied with his duties as repre-
sentative of the people.
Next, he is guilty of the offense o:
setting Roman law above American
y law, using the cloak of religion al
his reason and to accomplish his pur
pose.
Next, by his own admission, we cal
see that he is probably responsible
for what amounted to almost sep
! aration between the parties to tn
r marriage under discussion.
| Next, there seem to be som
parties in Monett, probably the law
. yers for the plaintiff, who entertain
E suspicion that the priest Nigh
, have been an instrument in suggest
5 ing the assault on Justice 0'Dwyel
5 which was committed by his brother
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Whatever human being dares claim
that he stands in the place of God on
earth, is fraud; and whoever is silly
enough to concede such preposterous
claim, lacks the commonest of com.
mon sense.
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Religion, pure and undefled, will be
the comfort and solace of millions vet
unborn as it has been of billions in
the past; but religion, corrupted for
political purposes, will continue "a
curse the earth and its people as il
has in the past so long as endorsed
encouraged and tolerated.
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If you are one of those persons who
believe popery is just another one of
the denominations and is not polit-
ical you are letting the priest run
your thinking in this regard and the
quicker you find it out and get to in
vestigating and thinking for yourself
or join the Roman church-the
better it will be for the. country.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23

There hasn't been a good debate
between a prominent agent of popery
and non-Catholic scholar of note
for some time. Wonder how Cardinal
Gibbons would like a chance to de-
bate the issues for which THE MEN
ACE and Free Press Defense League
are contending?
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23

The Kentucky Irish-American is
very much enthused over the Tam
many-Democratic victory in New
York recently. A good sign that
popery and not democracy won the
day.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23

We hope Mayor Peters, of Boston
will get behind the move to ,un-Tam-
manyize and un-papalize the public
library, or if the movement be dead,
that he will see that it is revived.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23

Do you believe popery insists on
enforcing the "Ne Temere" decree for
real religious reasons when all his
tory shows that where she has con-
trolled marriage the number of ille-
gitimate births has been greater than
the number Of legitimate?
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23
MISSOURI PRIEST BROUGHT TO THE BAR OF !,
jUSTICE---PLACED ROMAN Above AMERICAN LAW
Dollar SANDER Suit Against Priest Brings Out Evidence
Dabolism of Rome's Ne Temere Marriage Decree

Priesty Sermon Directed at Roman Catholic Justice Of the
Peace Who Married Catholics eliminates in Circuit Court
Where Evidence is Being Taken Showing How Rome De-
strOys Homes, Insists on Controlling Officials and Demands
Supremacy for Romish Laws
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23

Strauss Magazine Theater Program
used in Maxine Elliot's Theater for
the week of March 4th, carries an
advertisement that says: "Watch
the New York Catholic do his bit
for the boys over there" We knew
Rome felt it advisable to advertise
her patriotism but hadn't expected
to find her buying the space for it.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23

A good Roman Catholic priest is
like a good king. There may have
been and there may yet be such a
person; but right-thinking people do
not wish to be dominated By priest or
king-either good or bad.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23

JUDGE NATIONS AT ARLINGTON

recent dTd in hhne
I'll E hh d in wheR powerfully hwlp
make wand get tow
on eng al liberties ant lfp
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-03-23

Priests Deposition Shows How Feay to Rome Will Inspire
Man to FrantCay Assault His Own Brother in Effort to
Shield the Church and Priests, and How the Shield Of
Religion" Erected to Enforce Roman Law is Striking al
the Basic BuIwark of the Nation
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+ rTloPSY, you remember, did not
I&l know her age. Neither does
INS one Priest P. j. Kilkenney, OF
OH Monett, Mo-, who is the de-
fendant in q 91n AlQ slandnr
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Continued on Page 2, Column y
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-30
GLAD TO TESTIFY
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Cardui Has Done For Me, So
As To Help Others"

Watoga, w. va.-Mrs. S. W. Caldwell.
Of this town, says: "When about IS years
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terrible headache, backache, and bearing
down pains, and would just drag and
had no appetite. Then :. it would last
two weeks, and was so weakening,
lnd my health was awful.
My mother bought me bottle OF
cardui, and began to improve after
taking the first bottle, so kept it up till !
took three ~ gained. and was well
ind strong, and owe it all to Cardui.
am married now and have 3 children
Have never had to have a doctor for
female trouble, and just resort to Cardui
II need a tonic. am glad to testify to
what it has done for me, SO as to help
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If you are nervous or weak, have head
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lilments so common to women, why not
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Begin taking Cardui today. It may
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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-30
OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT.

SIS it better to bring up girl IN
complete ignorance Of the tempta-
tons and dangers Of life or to tell
her the truth and thus induce her to
be on her guard?" Is the question
asked by the great Pathe Play I'm
hocent," in which Fannie Ward stars,
and which will be at the Opera House
tonight.
The story is that Of a girl, daugh-
ter of a man who had become a slave
to drink, and who saw N himself
such appetites that he determined to
keep his child in seclusion, hoping
in that way to keep her from evil.
He even called her Innocent the bet
ter to express his wish. Though a
European he immured himself in
China and there his daughter was
brought up, practically a prisoner be-
hind the great walls Of the Chinese
garden behind her fathers house.
While he lived he was able to keep
evil from her. But on his death-bed
thought Of self was lost in worry for
his child and the inheritance Of a
weak character, which he feared he
had left her. He confded her to the
care Of a friend, John Wyndham,
whom he knew as an honorable man
and who he hoped would prove
worthy Of the trust. Wyndham tired
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-30
Lafourche Citizens for Road.


Residents Of Lafourche in and
assad Raceland are enthusiastic in
psrt q the proposition to carry
unpietion . hard-surfaced road
Ugh Raceland to Houma, which,
!. ~ finished will compete the New
Mans Houma highway. A rous;ne
ing vas held At Bayou Blue Sun.
1ssrnoon under the auspices Of
na.Terrebonne Association
oenmerce, md was attended BY
''. Two hundred residents Of La
.'1sas lsrish and Of Houma Senti.
al ~ Y favor Of the project extends
90 sAs entire southern part q
.'sAs paEsh, many Of the. At
80 u the Sunday meeting hav
,':.' me from Lockport and othe,
SWer LAIourche.
90, J. . suis, state highway engi.
= George Markell Of the New
Association Of Commerce
g principal speakers. Dr.. G
aas was chairman bf the
Speeches were also made
sourg. J. c. Dupont, A. J.
|h !. ,. Smith, Arthur Van
aI!. : ,. Duval and Dr.. L. H,
- q Houma, and Messrs
Aalad. ''''h and Watson Of
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-30

of China and went back to Europe,
taking with him Innocent. In Paris
for the first time she, in her ignor
ance, comes under the notice Of a
fascinating but absolutely unscrupu-
lous man. Will her fathers peculiar
method Of upbringing stand the strain
to which it is now exposed?
1t is a fascinating story which Gin
nccent" tells. AS a drama on the
spoken stage it ran for six months at
Eltinge Theatre, New York. 1t has
been most lavishly produced as five,
reel feature and is declared to be the
best picture Of Miss Wards career.