Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 23 November 1923 — Page 2

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Th& MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT

THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Demmocrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the Eighth Congressional District. The only Democratic newspaper in Delaware County. Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the postoffice at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March

3,1879.

Subscription Price, $2.00 a year in Advance ©ffice 733 North Elm Street. Telephone 2540 GEO. R. DALE, Owner and Publisher. Muncie, Indiana, Friday, Nov. 23, 1923. f ONLY A TEMPORARY VICTORY! 1 As might have been expected the Ku Klux Oklahoma legislature impeached Governor Jack Walton. This is merely a temporary setback for the intrepid governor who dared to offer battle to the invisible government on its own stamping ground. The nation now has a glaring example of what the klan wil'do when it gets control of state administartion, so the Oklahoma affair will turn out for the best, after all. It is just such “victories” scored, by the klan which will hasten its inevitable downfall, i The Post-Democrat has been persecuted almost beyond belief by the klan for its fearless opposition to the rule of the invisible empire in Muncie, but truth cannot be abolished by crushing it to earth. The time will come when the people of Oklahoma will hail Jack Walton as their deliverer and the day is not far distant when the Post-Democrat may freely voice the sentiment of the majority here without running the risk of midnight at-

tack or false prosecution.

KING’S ESCAPAi CAUSE MUCH TALK Alphonso of Spain to Be Reprimanded by Rivera for His Affairs at Deauvilie.

FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 1923

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j mittee. The only one’s rounded up for him in the next eommittee meeting 4. Propogation of faith in res ott j their handsome visages were Tip next May. It i» also said the republi- for an obedience to the inelitutinj*.

Boxell and Andy Jackson. It would cans are just as anxious to nut py of

Paris.—Europe is looking for Spain to get rid of its king at any moment, or if not that, it is almost certain that King Alphonso will get a good spanking before long—figuratively speaking. King Alphonso is treading the path once familiar to King Manuel, of Portugal, who showered good coin of the realm on stage beauties, so much of it in fact that his subjects rebelled and Manuel woke up one morning to find himself without a throne to sit on and a crown to put

on his head.

That’s the way King Alphonso, the Spanish monarch, is going, only he has gone Manuel about five or six better.

Instead of having only

One of Most Puzzling Mysteries of History May Be Solved

by Discovery.

Washington, D. C.—“One of the most puzzling mysteries of history, the source of Etruscan civilization, famous rival of Rome, may be solved by the discovery announced from Italy of a very ancient city near Ferrara,’’ ex plains a bulletin from the National Geographic society and continues: “Tombs recently found beneath the mud deposited by the Po river are of a period antedating the founding of Rome and indicate an Etruscan origin. Romulus, founder of Rome, suckled by a ^she-wolf according t< legend, found the Etruscan peopb firmly established when he begat:

Rome. Legench gives

them a league

of twelve cities thriving on the rich

one stage j f ert jj e p i a i n

beauty, Alphonso has about five or

six at a time.

Queen With Babes.

Meantime his wife, Queen Victoria, and the six children stay in the royal

to which Egypt, Greece

and Africa paid bounteous tribute ir gold, silver, scarabs, rare vases and priceless gems. Pisa, famous today for its leaning tower, was a small

as anxious to put ex

have been, we think, much more com- senator Alfred Hogstoa

plete if Houston’s noble head could card. Alt ka« have appeared, particularly if the Congress as

-nt with the weapons »>f

agitation, and

look of being brush heap.

scared

All

• rgaskia-

Co-Gperation is Asked

‘philanthropic, fraternal, fcia’ and military organization,v” will irgcd to co-operate i:,. the fight. Pt'ticuiarly mentioned are the 4U

Moose, Eagles, Odd Pei-

Red Men,

in the dis- education

a hankering to go to organization,

a one hundred percenter

camera could have registered the and get through some national laws

up out of a againat the Jews, Catholics and Ne-

groes- Rev. G. Raymond Booth it is

^ . . - r also said, will he a candidate for rep- 1 r ul S° fl to Shorty Stevens, working at E. V. ’ ^ ^ ,

ttt vj resentative for Grant and Blackford

Barney’s Store on South Washington , ^ons. Elks

/ , ... Counties. His campaign will probably

street, would like for some of his lows, Foresters,

, . , . . be managed hy printer Modlin and ' Kluxer friends to come and see him .. . . tion.

, . Barber Hill with probably a thirty

as his boss has begun to wonder why ^ . d Hartford In a personal statement, Direetfeg his meat business is falling off. Vice President Corcoran asserts th« The Marion Kluxers should all send 1 J’ inn National Vigilance Association is

, TT T _ Julius Stallings is another 100 per-

their brother Harry Keys some con- ,1.. _ . non-religious and non-n''!'*'''"! ’’

, . , . center who wonld be willing to serve

dolence in order to make up for the Charging the klan is a “rrveluti#*

his county as commissioner, provided

good 30b they lost him. .. -i „ „ that is shaking the social, economic,

„ he is paid. Julias was a failure as a , ,, . t

We have learned the name of a political and religious structure oftib*

, farmer and went down to Ingalls and , .

Kluxerino on Boots street, who will country to their very fo«naati«Us.~ , . 'j . bought a department store and went ^ make for our readers an interestting ^ Corcoran says:

, „ . . t . _ broke, came back to Manon and

make for our readers an interesting ’ .. , , , ... . ^ “There are law abiding

bought $10 worth of hate pills from . 1 issue if we may properly verify all

palace In Madrid wondering when the : as , e of rich ' extravagant, voluptu-

the alleged facts.

KLUXERINOS ATTENTION! We for the benefit of those females

who would like to attend Kluxerino meetings and become Queens of the Golden Mask, wish to show how they may enter into the sanctum. Now the

citiaens i«

Hogston and Booth and since that ? at . ion to demand the enaatmext of time is like an old worn out dog, just wllic h will insure proper

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lays aroxxd and howls.

errant king is coming home.

All Europe is talking about the royal scandal, the way in which Alphonso is behaving himself. The comic papers of France ridicule and roast him. It is in France that Alphonso spends most of his time, at

ous Etruria. All the great cities have | way to have done that sometime

vanished. j would be to

Fell Victims to Luxury.

“Etruscans are supposed to have entered Italy ^from the Po region. Whether they came from Macedonia, the home of Alexander the Great, or

WAB ON KLAN Coxtixued from page 1

door

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the fashionable seashore resort, Deau- ' vhe ™ er the y were a colony established

GET YOUR MONEY IN THE FIGHT. A few have responded to the request for funds to assist in the Post Democrat’s great legal battle. Just why the response is not more general is more than we can understand. It takes money to conduct a newspaper and a half dozen lawsuits, and the burden is especially heavy when the newspaper is boycotted and injured in every way possible by an outlaw organization which has boasted that it wil destroy the newspaper and imprison and ruin the publisher. If the Post-Democrat were forced to suspend and its editor irretrievably ruined it would be a great day for the klan in this part of the state. With this newspaper out of the way it would be easy sailing for the klan grafters. Now is the time to aid in this fight and victory is in sight, but will not be attained unless you get in it with your money and your influence.

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Enclosing’a liollnr r’l for*iix.months subscription

Mathew A.

disabled world’s war veteran, writes

as follows from Ward No. 43, National Military Home,

Dayton:

“I give you credit for telling the truth about the •rda I know that practically all of the Muncie slackers belong to the Muncie klan. I have lived in Muncie and know that you said about George Roeger is true. I happen to know him and he is a first-class slacker if ever there was one. I am a disabled world war veteran and I I mow that I come nearer being a one hundred percent.

Amrican than George Roeger.”

ville. The reason he spends se much of his time there is because ad the noted stage beauties, chorus girls, and a lot of women, whose respectability is not a matter of overmuch concern to them, congregate at Deauville.

Squanders His Money.

There’s hardly a good king in the whole European lot any more, but Alphonso is absolutely the worst one they still keep over here. Instead of attending to affairs of state he squanders his coin in gambling parties and drinking bouts at Deauville; he plays tennis with the chorus girls, or rather plays at it; he referees prize fights; he judges beauty contests, and in a word, behaves himself just exactly like a king ought not to behave. The taxpayers of Spain are beginning to growl about it. When their monarch gives a diamond brooch to one of his favorite stage beauties— the taxpayers of his country foot the bill. Besides they are getting pretty

much ashamed of Alphonso. Rivera May Take a Hand.

When the army of Spain revolted several weeks ago and Prime Rivera, ntheir 1 eerier, was given orirfcJAl -idar , ship of the country, Alphonso'hurried to Madrid from the seashore, saw that Rivera was a good man to have charge of affairs, and then he went back to spend some more of the taxpayers’

money.

It is said in Europe that Rivera Is soon going to call the king to Madrid for a heart-to-heart talk. Furthermore it is said that by the time Rivera gets through with the king, the king will behave himself—for a few weeks, at least.

John McPhee’s letter to the city council voices what has been in the minds of all the people of Muncie for some time. The electric light company has had things its own way here for a long time. Grown arrogant by long conaiued power, it gets its own prices and gives only such service as it sees fit. The people of Muncie should go to tke city council and demand a square deal. The lighting monoply should be required to let up on its stock selling campaign long enough to turn its attention to the light 1 producing department. !

BERT MORGAN

(Continued from Page One)

further that the gang here, regard •mb of their innocence and purity, want everything else hut a federal

ixrestigation

If, as Morgan says, all is lovely M«re, why does he attempt to prevent an investigation by his absurd statement and why are these righteans officials so fearful of a federal

pr*be?

On© would naturally think that if Morgan told the truth the men uni«r fire would insist on an investi»ation in order that those who made

a proper preliminary for the appr

hension of his victim.

He just goes out after him and the men he interviews are pickpocket and automobile thieves. He gets his information from the underworld, not from the Rotary club of the chamber of commerce. If, as Morgan indicates, Muncie is a hot bed of law breakers and the lurking place of an underorid, who have joined in a general conspiracy to compel publ officials to do their dutyy, the public ought to know all about it. Law breakers have never bee * known before to voluntarily go to the federal department of justice for

Man Is Shot to Death in Quarrel Over $4.50 Marshall, N. C.—W. T. Henderson,

sixty, a country merchant living at Big Pine, in Madison county, was shot and killed and Ki Baker, forty-five, is being held in jail here on a charge of murder. The shooting is said to have followed a quarrel over $4.50, which Baker claimed Henderson owed him. Baker

^ *.v»» went to Henderson’s home and con-

fv "ml JhlT nroperly pun-1 the purpose of demanding an inves- fronted Henderson. The quarrel enthe charges might be p p y P j --mmnnitv misdeeds sue<J and Baker is said to have drawn ished for complaining of the conduct g ’ . his pistol, firing four shots at Render-

of the officials for whom Morgan I ,, This is old stuff that Morgan is ,..ks to issue a clean hill of health, putting out and fools Whai Mr Morgan's charge that the com-' has he got to say about Anderson,

# lour hrf>s»kpr<a is where a brewery ran full blast for a

xlalnts come from law breakers is x ^ J worthy of analysis. Morgan is a fed- year and a half without federal in-

cral officer and he ought to know, terference? 1

if he does not, that federal ingest!- immaculate as Morgan declares, wh gators, seeking crime, generally go not have a federal investigation fairt. the nderworld to get it. * conducted? No innocent man need When Fred Puckett goes out after fear it. Only the guilty fear the light a pickpocket or an automobile thief of day.

k« doesn’t spend much time at an

Mpwortb Lague meeting or a gather- ^ Ch|lr , c „ r _ i.g of the ministerial association ^ ^ tfc.r Inerorlooking for evidence. Before starting ^ w ^ humtn so nis. ‘hut we pro•wt after his man he doesn’t even 0 „ rlw ives f»»r •ud<i<»p deeds by eall a meeting in the Methodist the reiterated choice »f good or evil church, opened by prayer and closed riiat gradually determlm character.— hy a speech by Harry Hoffman, as George Rlhrt.

by Greece in the days of her grandeur may be deeideef by the remains of the lost city discovered near Ferrara. Like Rome, Etruria ..fell victim of her sin. Diodorus wrote, ‘Their countrj was so fertile they derived therefrom not only

sufficient for their needs but enough j to supply theiri^ with luxuries. Twio? | a day they partook of elaborate re- ,

pasts at which the tables were dqjgfod

with embroidered cloths and vessels I of gold and silver. The servant's were j

noticeable for the richness of their attire. In fact, giving themselves up

in sensuous enjoyments they had nat- j

'.rally lost the glorious reputation heir ancestors‘.had won in wars.’ “Etruria today is a country of dun

ields and deep rocky ravines. Fer- |

rara, too, where the ancient Etrurian city has been unearthed, is a dismal faded flower living on the memories of its glorious /blooming in the bright days of the Italian Renaissance. Reminders of Famous Names. “Scraps of graceful cornices and weather-worn marble remind the visitor of famous’: names; of Lucrezia Borgia, who h d. been married four tin.es by her I Pope Alexander

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so who wrote ‘Jerusalem Delivered' while living under the patronage of the famous Lucrezia. Titian achieved his first great success in Ferrara with magnificent renaissance canvas for the altar of the church of Fari. Then there was .Aldus. Even today men who deal with type the whole world round know and praise the work of this man, who, following close on the heels of Gnfenherg. inventor of printing, produced type which is still * standard of grace. It was Aldus, also 1 protege of Lucrezia, living at the magnificent ducal palace of Ferrara, who developed what is now known as Ital-

ic type.

“Aldus was no less a scholar than a printer. His emissaries and fellowworkers scoured Greece and Constantl- . nople for the fast disappearing Greek ! gems of literature. He produced the ! first Greek grammar and saved to the j world priceless works of Horace, Plato, Socrates and other writers, philosophers and singers who will always be intellectual giants of clvlllza

tion.

Made Fine Art of Wickedness.

“Brilliant and colorful as was the Italian Renaissance period it was also corrupt, licentious, immoral and wicked beyond belief. Great works of Titian, Bellini, Raphael were balanced by diabolical murders, hy assassination bought and paid for, by poisonings, by intestine wars, by religion and political life both sunk in a morass of evil practices. Into such a setting a famous son of Ferrara was horn, the notetd Savonarola. He foreswore the corrupt court life and like a prophet of the Old Testament went through the land preaching against wickedness and assuring God’s forgiveness for the penitent. Great crowds were charged with enthusiasm by the power of his oratory, the people changed their way of life, simple garb was assumed by thousands, and

monarchs were overthrown.

“So powerful did Savonarola become that enemies plotted his death. Finally he and two of his followers were tried by a jury of their enemies condemned to death, hanged, and their bodies burned. Amid the memones of

son. One took effect in the head, the 1 great courts, great painters and great others in the body. ! marytyrdom Ferrara lives, sleepy and

ago

anproach the outer door

and give ihe word “Tried,’’ then approach the second door and give the word "True,” after which give the alarm on the inner door and say “Grant.” It is changed now however, and t^e w^rdq to be given are Fidelity, Patriotism and Marion. You see eve-> t^oug^ yon are bound under the sacred and unfailing bond you fool Kluxerinot? just have to tell.

HEN KLUX

Mrs. E. E. Leaoley, S- Washineton. Mrs. Joe Klaus. 2nd and Nebraska. Mrs. Sadie Peoples, 315 N. Adams.

Mrs. Christiana Ancil, 806 S. Galla- president

tin.

Mrs. Masala Snair, 1708 S- Florence Mrs. Fisher. Boots street. Pweet Salome Schull, Vine and Walnut. Mrs. Ben Puckett, R. R. Marion.

Ind.

Mrs. Frank Bing, W. 4th St. ADVERTISFRS IN The LAFON-

TAINE FIERY CROSS

The writer f^r the Post has h.ad his attention called to the blasphemous sheet edited hy drunken Joe Dillon again and was sad to learn who some of the advertisers wore in that rotten pnbliratiorfr We (iVsTTke hefe Tt) na'me' them, hut it is well that the people

should know whom

ident general el the Coloaial Daughters of America; Dr. R. A. Milliken. preeidient •! the California Institute of Technology; Dr. D. P. Barrows foitaer :preeide»t of the University of Califonsia; Dr. H. A. Garfield, president of Ike Williams College, H. Lorintg Yeung, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; Frederick Dodd of New York;

Professor James E. Lough

respect for governmental isstitution* sufficient numbers throughout the tb* and the punishment of tho*e wh« are j seeking to breed class and relieicras , citizens are aroused to the *«ee«9ity discrimination. And once tkeee loyal for action, there will be littit need fer

further apprehension.” Will Publish Bulletin

To help spread ammuniti**, toe association will publish an offi«fal bulletin under the title “The Sen-

tinel.”

Extracts from public addresses and written addresses by the late Presi-

dent Harding and

General Persbing

of New are cited to show their vigorous •?!)■•- York University and David Sarnoff, sition to the klan.

president frf tke Radio Corporation Washington and Roosevelt also

of America.

E. F. Corcoran is the directing vice

in charge of the national

headquarters, which have been opened here. Frank C. Sindori of Washington is national secretary. Corcoran formerly was a Philadelphia

newspaperman.

The opening announcement of the as oc-iation promises a battle to the death with tke Ku Klux, who are denounced as having created one of the most dangerous situations confronting the economic life of the

country.” All "kindred

in view is planned at__pnce.

large mimber of

are

declared to have been opposed to All that is now represented by the Rian.

— Q

ATTORNEY McPHEE

(Continued from Page One.)

You have the right

to iBvegtl&ate

and such ought to be done for perhaps two pedestrians on the sidewalk will collide headon some might . resulting in serious injury. Yeu will observe that commercial aad domestic lighting are just as poor as the “ “* “ above mentioned public lighting.

Yours very truly.

JOHN McPHEE.

.Thfi .^&hpyfi, lettexi^was-

the City Council at its Monday night Meeting. Coming from the former

sociation in a

among Marion states and cities are said already to +• -

merchants are so gullib 1 e as to furth- be in the proces of formation. The na- , eraoc _ ra lC Clt > altorne.v it 4? imporer the interests of this wretched edi- tional officers also assert that'theinflu f passe >^ f lom 00117 -man (or: .nr,, — - *° but

B. F. Needham. Undertaker. R«lph C. Cottrell, Optometrist. Sam Levy Shoe Co., Boots and

Shoes.

High Taxation Sends Art Treasures to U. S. London.—Art collectors from Amer-

ica have sent more treasures to America since the Avar than were purchased by Americans during the 20 years previous to 1914. , English collectors explain that this 1 is the result of the need for cash j which is being acutely felt in England. Many formerly wealthy art collectors j are forced to sell their possessions In order to meet high taxation and living costs. There seems to be no such condition among the American collectors, for their English agent* are everywhere and always ready to seize upon any treasures that are for sale. In fact, so anxious are some of the agents to buy that they have adopted the method of calling on well-known collectors and making them offers for

various objects.

Art objects to the value of $10,000,• 000 were shipped to the United States

last year.

encc b,f the movement agdinyt the klei already has made itself felt in

certain sections of • the country. Outline Program of Action

In prosecuting the campaign a-

Paris Clothing Co., Ladies Apparel g : nst the klan, the association will Vestal Reynolds, Naprapathy. move alontg theise definite lines: Since the story appearing in a re- 1. Passage of anti-masking hill© cent issue of t^e Post concerning by slate Legislature, making it K 7 an candidates for county and state unlawful to appear on highways

current on the street. It became 2 Enactment of laws compelling knoAvn this week that several demo- such secret organizations to make crats high in the counsel of the party, public their membership rosters, are making a determined effort to 3. Congressional actio* to bring have Tip Poxell resign as democratic mob violence under federal statute county chairman. Should they fail in with pmseeutioa of offenders in the

this, an effort will he made to beat United States.

aloud.

wag not read

There was some whispering and somebody mumbled

would be acted

meeting.

upon at

that it the next

isiSJW 1219 E, FIRST ST. TELEPHONE 2695. I nr kc new tables and make old tables over new. Rep vir and make over old furniture of all kinds. Floor Lamps, Pedestals, Buffets, Chair Repairing, and all kinds of Patterns.

♦“Perfect Apollo” in Class at U. of P. Philadelphia.—Robert Leslie

Z Pike, of Salsbury, Maes., fre*h- ♦ man at the pniver*ity of Pennsylvania, is a modem “Apollo J BelTidere.” Pike, who Is nineteen years old, six feet, two T inches, weighs 194 pounds and 4 has curly blond hair, is the most { perfect physical type ever examined at the university, according to Dr. Charles Wharton, as-

sistant physical director.

stodgy under the sun and the Italian bine sky. Now with the discovery of the Etrurian town a new menwy is added to the already long list 0

Weapons Dumped in Ocean. New York.—With a noisy clatter, a ton of scrap Iron was dumpedjQver the

|: Marion Editors

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Ku Klux Happenings

Bulgin had his picture taken on the court house steps all for the sake of the gospel. He also had various other snaps taken of different committees among which was the building Kom-

GET IN THIS FIGHT Every Catholic, Jew, Negro and foreign born citizen in Delaware county who values his liberty and God-given right to enjoy the fruits of democracy and freedom from oppression, should contribute to the Post-Democrat defense fund. Every native born, white Protestant citizen who believes in law and order, and who abhors the thought of the control of courts, juries and public officials in general by a secret, criminal oligarchy, should help finance this great fight. As stated before, it is not charity we are seeking, it is aid in the cause of liberty. These ar e more than mere lawsuits. There is more involved than the comparatire trivial question as to whether or not the editor of this paper shall spend many weary months in penal servitude and be compelled to pay out thousands of dollars in fines. The right of free speech is challenged. The question of fair procedure in the courts is involved. The venom of the klan is now centered upon the editor of this newspaper. If these bigots suceed in ruinng and imprisoning their intended victim, they will have demolished a rampart which now stands like a rock in their path. A big fund is required for the defense and the offensive. The response has been liberal. Do not delay in your respons to this appeal