Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 20 June 1924 — Page 4
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JL'HK MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT
FRIDAY, JUNE 20,1024.
Louisiana
Puts Ban On \By Special Correspondent
The Klan
State House, Baton Range, La., June 20.—Louisiana has set the pace %y passing three stringent anti-klan laws t&at should serve as patterns fioc northern states which are infesttry this obnoxious and criminal orf/tarzation. By an overwhelming vote both branches of the Louisiana Legisla^ t«re enacted into law the legislative irogratn initiated by CS-ovemor Park* <r, the fearless enemy of the. “iitvis.ihle empire.” The triple legal action: weapon which is destined to destroy tire klan in Louisiana, provides a penalty for wearing ot masks and hoods, makes it a felony for men in masks to perform acts in violation of the laws ot the state and requires the filing with the secretary of state the names and addresses of all members of every secret organization in the state. The names must be filed not later than December 31, 1924, and a penalty is grew filed for failure to do so. The
in order to bring the persons participating therein within the exceptions contained in said section 3, to make written application for and to obtain in advance of said festivities, from the mayor of the city town or village in which the festivities are to be held, when the festivities are to be held outside of an incorporated city, town or village, from the sheriff of the parish in which same are to be held, a written permit to conduct such festivities, and said authorities may issue such permits provided, however, that a general public proclamation by such officer authorizing such festivities shall be equivalent to an application and permit as herein hove required. Section Five That if any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act shall for any
If any person using a hood and mask or a mask or hood dr anything in the nature thereof of any kind or description whatsoever as a disguise calculated to conceal his identity, or using anything to conceal his face or features or any part thereof as a disguise calculated to conceal his identity, shall with a dangerous weapon assault another, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned at hard labor in the state penitentiary for not less than three years nor more than five years. Section Six If any person using a hood and mask or a mask and hood or anything in the nature hereof any kind or description whatsoever as a disguise calculated to conceal his identity or using anything to conceal his face or
reason be adjudged by anyj court of | features or any part thereof, as a dis-
competent juridiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of
date was advanced to December in ^ this act, but shall be confined in its
»rder to give those who desire to do so, ample time to withdraw from the outlawed klan and thus save then: the humiliation of having their names placed on the rogues’ list. The three bills which became laws by action of the Louisiana legislature
wre as follows:
BILL NUMBER ONE Au act making it a misdmeanor for *ny person to use or wear upon any pubRe highway, public road public bypath, public street, public passageway or any public place of any character whatsoever, or in any open place in view thereof, in the state of Louisiana, a hood and mask, or hood or a mask, or anything in the nature of either, or any facial disguise of any kind or description whatsoever, calculated to conceal or hide the identity of said person or to prevent his being readily recognized, except in the cases of exemption herein provided, and fixing the penalty; therefor.
Section One
Be ft enacted by the legislature of Louisiana that if any person shall use or wear upon any public highway',. public road public bypath, public street, public passageway or any public place of any character whatsoever, or in any open place in view thereof, in the state of Louisiana, a hood and mask, or a hood or a mask, or anything in the nature of either, or any facial disguise of any kind or description whatsoever, calculated to conceal or hide the identity of said person, or to prevent his being readily recognized, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the parish prison for not less than six months nor more than three years.
Section Two
operation to the cause, sentence, paragraph or any ;.ait thereof, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment has been rend-
ered.
THE SECONP B) .L The second bill r^ads:
An act, Relative to crimes and offenses committed by persons using a disguise calculated to conceal their
identity.
i Section One
Be it enacted by the legislature of Louisiana that if any person using a hood and mask or hood or anything in the nature thereof of any kind or description whatsoever as a disguise calculated to conceal his identity, or using anything to conceal hjs face or features or any part thereof as a disguise calculated to conceal his identity, shall enter upon the premises of another or inclosure of another, or demand admission into the house or inclosure of another with in-
tent-to inflict bodily to property or to
guise calculated to conceal his identity, shall carry a weapon or weapons concealed on or about the person ,such as pistols, bowie knives, razors or any other dangerous weapon, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned at hard labor in the state penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three
years.
Section Seven
If any person using a hood and mask or a mask or hood or anything in the nature thereof of any kind or .description whatsoever as a disguise calculated to conceal his identiy, or using anything to conceal his face or features or any part thereof as a disguise, calculated to conceal his identity, shall forcibly seize and carry ou$ of this state, or from one part of this state to another, or from one part of a parish of this state to another part of the same parish, or shall imprison or secret auy person without authority of law, and all persons aiding, advising and abetting therein, shall be deemed guilty of a felony
injury or injury and upon conviction thereof shall be
imprisoned at hard labor for not less
intimidate or t»
threaten, any one therein, or any one separate and distinct crimes and
residing therein, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one nor more
than 10 years. Section Two
If any person using a hood and mask or a mask or hood of any kind or description whatsoever as a disguise calculated to conceal his
than five nor more than 20 years.
Section Eight
This act is intended to create new, nothing herein shall be taken or construed as repealing or affecting any of the existing laws of this state.
Section Nine
That in any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act ,shall for any reason be adjudged by any court
identity, or using anything to conceal j or competent jurisdiction to be inhis face or features or any part there-1 valid, such judgment shall not affect,
of a disguise calculated to conceal his identity, shall by threats of violence or by violence compel or attempt to compel any person or persons to leave this state or any city, town or parish or any place w'here such person may lawfully be, he shall
This act shall not apply to activl- be deemed guilty of a felony and upon ]
ties of children of Halloween or to persons participating in any public parade or exhibition of an educational, religious or historical character given by any school or church, or by any public governing authority, or to persons in any private residence, club
or lodge room. Section Three
This act shall not apply to persons participating in masquerade balls or entertainments or to persons participating in carnival parades or exhibitions during the period of Mardi Gras festivities or to persons participating in the parades or exhibitions of minstrel troupes, circuses or other dramatic or amusement shows or to promiscuous masking on Mardi Gras, when such masquerade balls or entertainments, carnival parades or exhibitions, or parades or exhibition of minstrel troupes, circuses or other dramatic or amusements shows, or promiscuous masking on Mardi Gras, are duly authorized by the governing authorities of the municipality in which they are held or by the sheriff of the parish if the same are outside of an incorporated municipal-
ity.
Section Four
conviction thereof shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one nor more than ten years. Section Three If any person using a hood and mask or a ?nask or hood or anything in the nature thereof any kind or description whatsoever as a disguise calculated to conceal his identity, or using anything to any part thereof as a disguise calculated to couceal his identity shall assault and beat another he shall be deemed guilty of a
impair or invalidate the remainder of this act; but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or any part thereof, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment has been rend-
ered.
the third bill The third bill reads: An act tp regulate all fraternal patriotic, charitable, benevolent, literary; scientific, athletic, military, or social organizations or those organ-
and on or before the thirty first day i of December of each year thereafter,' a full complete and true list of the names and addresses of all of the members and officers of such subdivisions or subordinate body of such organization, including the names and addresses of those who have been members of said subdivision or subordinate body at any time during the preceding period as defined in this act; and by prohibiting the members of each of such organizations, or bf any subdivisions or subordinate bodies thereof, from bolding, assisting in holding, or attending any assembly, meeting or gathering of such organization or of any such subdivision or subordinate body thereof, unless said list of the officers and members of the particular subdivision or subordinate body thereof holding such assembly, meeting or gathering within those territorial jurisdiction said assembly meeting or gathering is held has been filed with the secretary of state as herein provided for; and unless, in cases where there is a principal head or officer for this state of such organization there has been also filed with the secretary of state said list of the officers and members throughout this state as herein above required; and,fixing penalties for violation of this act; and defining what constitutes membership.
Section One
Be it enacted by the legislature of Louisiana, that the principal or head officer or officers for this state, if there be such officer or officers, of each fraternal, patriotic, charitable, benevolent, literary, scientific, athletic, military or social organization, or organization created for simila? purposes, chartered or unchartered operating in this state, with the exception of those hereinafter specifically excepted in this act, shall file with the secretary of state after December 15, 1924, and on or before December 31, 19^4, and after the 3 5th day of Decei. wii--«--and on or before the 31st day of December of each year thereafter, a full, complete and true list of the names and addresses of all of the members and officers of such organization living or residing in this state who are members at the time of the filing of the said list, and of all these who have been members thereof at any time during the pre ceding period as defined in this act; any such officer of such organization who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 60 days noi v more than six months.
Section Two
That the principal or head officer of each subdivision or subordinate body located in this state of each fraternal, patriotic, charitable, benevolent, lite^iry, scientific, athletic, military or social organization or organization created for similar purposes, chartered or unchartered, operating in this state with the ex-
j lie and to all contractors, that the j Board of Public Wdrks of the City of i Muncie, in the State of Indiana, in 1 vites sealed proposals for the con struction, in said City, according to the respective improvement resolui tions below mentioned, and according to the plans, profiles drawing and specification therefor on file in the office of said Board of each of the i public improvements herein below
| described, towit:
i I. R. No. 1004-1923, For cement sidewalk on east side of Mock Avenue I from Twelfth Street to Luick Rond. 1 I. R. No. 1146-1924, For paving of alley between Walnut Street and High Street from Twelfth Street to
Thirteenth Street.
j I. R. No. 1150-1924, For paving the alley between Macedonia Avenue and Shipley Street from Willard Street
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created for similar purposes chartered or unchartered, operating in this j state, with the exception of those ' hereinafter specifically excepted in this act, or any of subdivision or subordinate body thereof is hereby prohibited from holding, assisting in holding or attending any assembly, meeting or gathering of such organization or of any subdivision or sub-
ordinate body of aueh organization j nor ^ alleJ south o(ohio . Ave
unless a list as aforesaid of the of
ized for similar purposes, chartered j ception of those hereinafter specific-
felony and upon conviction thereof
shall be imprisoned at hard labor for j tions to file with the secretary not less than one nor more than five , state, after December 15, 1924,
years.
Section Four
or unchartered operating in this state, and all subdivision or subordinate bodies located in this stare, with the exception of those specifically excepted in this act, by requiring the principal or head officer or officers for this state, if there be" such officer or officers, of such organiza-
of
and
! on or before December 31, 1924, and ! after the fifteenth day of December
It any person „ ( mask or using a mask or hood or any-, thing in the nature thereof of any kind or description whatsoever as a | disguise calculated to conceal his | identity or using anyhing to conceal ] his face or features or any part there- j of as a disguise calculated to conceal his identity shall unlawfully assault another without using a dangerous held ; weapon, he shall be deemed guilty of ' a felony and upon conviction thereof I shall be imprisoned at hard labor in ! the state penitentiary for not less
using a hood and 1 and on or before the
That it shall be the duty of all per- j than one year nor more sons having charge or control of any j years, festivities set out in section 3 hereof i Section Five
than three
thirty-first day
of December of each year thereafter, a full, complete and true list of the names and addresses of all the members and officers of such organization living or residing in this state*, as a full, complete and true list of the names and addresses of those who have been members at any time during the preceding period as defined by this act; and by also requiring the principal or head officer of each subdivision or subordinate body located in this state of each such organization to file with the secretary of state after December 31, 1924, and after the fifteenth day of Dcember
ally excepted in this act, shall file with the secretary of state after December 15, 1924, and on or before December 31, 1924, and after the 15th day of December and on or before the 31st day of December of each (year thereafter a full, complete and true list of the names and addresses of all the members and officers of such subdivision or subordinate body of such organization who are members at the time of the filing of said list, and of those who have been members thereof at any time during the preceding period as hereinafter defined in this act; and any such officer of such subdivision or subordinate bodj' of such organization who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than 60 days nor more than six months.
Sectioij Three
Every member of any fraternal,
fleers and membership of th© particular subdivision or subordinate body of such organization holding such assembly, meeting or gathering or within whose territorial jurisdiction said assembly, meeting or gathering is held has been filed with the secretary of state as required by section 2 hereof, and unless cases where there is a principal head officer or officers for this state of such organization, there has been also filed with the secretary of state a list as aforesaid of all of the members and; officers of such organization living or residing in this state as required by section 1 of this act; and if any member of such organization, or of any subdivision or subordinate body thereof, shall violate the; provisions of this section he shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than six months, or both.
Section Four
That it shall be the duty of the district attorneys throughout this state to prosecute without delay a violation of this act.
Section Five
That it shall be the duty of the attorney general of Louisiana to proceed by injunction or otherwise to dissolve any organization or subdivision or subordinate body violating the provisions of this act and to prevent any meeting of the officers and members thereof until they have complied therewith. . Section Six \ Nothing in this act shall apply to any regular organized trades or labor unions, regularly organized churches, or national guard organization or ahy organizations whose sole and only object can be shown to be the holding of a ball or parade, or both, during the Mardi Gras festivities.
Section Seven
The preceding period covered by the lists to be filed on or before December 31, 1924, shall begin on September 1, 1924, and end on December 15, 1924; and the preceding period for each year thereafter shall end on the 15th day of December of the year in which the lists shall be filed and shall begin on the 16th day of December of the preceding year.
Section Eight
Any person shall be deemed a member in contemplation of this act of the organization described in this act, or of any subdivision or subordinate body thereof, who would be consklered a member in the ordinary acceptation of the word or who shall have taken any oath or obligation in connection with any such organization, or who shall have received any degree or initiation from members or officers of such organization, or who shall have attended any participated meeting or assemblies of such organization or paid dues or fees to such
organizations. Section Nine
The secretary of state shall icoep the lists filed with him under the terms of this act as par tof the permanent public records of his office.
Section Ten
That, if any clause, sentence, par digraph or part of this act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be in valid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or ivalidate the remainder or this act ,but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or any part thereof, direct ly involved in the controversy in
nue.
Each bidder is also to file with the Board an affidavit that there has been no 1 collusion in any way affecting said bid, according to the terms of Sec. 95, of the Act of March 6th, 1905. (Acts 1905, p. 219.) All such proposals should be sealed, and must be deposited with said Board befor© the hour of 7:30 o'clock in the evening of the 24th day of June 1924, and each such proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to said City, for the sum equal j to two and one-half per cent. (2 1-2 j per cent) of City Civil Engineer’s es : timate which shall be forfeited to said City as liquidated damages, if the bidder depositing the same shall fail duly and promptly to execute the required contract and bond, in case a contract shall be awarded him on such accompanying proposal. Said Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Mary E. Anderson, Clerk. Publish on June 13-20-1924.
maud me to take off my hat and away with it,” I suggested.
The fellow moved on but yelled back as he rapidly departed, “I'll see about
that right away.”
If he went for reinforcements none responded. But I am inclined to think that the fat bluffer was yaller to the core. I endeavored to find out who the fellow was but nobody knew him. He was a stranger in Greenville, as were all who showed their faces, including the “traffic” kluxers who- had taken possession of the city.
Poor Greenville,
Like many other Ohio cities, Greenville is thoroughly kluxed. The newspapers there do not dare to breathe about tlie lawless doing of the klan, which elected a mayor and other city officials In the municipal election last
year.
Governor Vic Donahey, who is a fair executive, and fearless in doing his duty, should remove the mayor of Greenville for cause. The mayor of a city who would permit outlaws to take complete possession, usurping the functions of public officials and insulting and threatening citizens from another state who were unfortunate enough to be in the city when the klux parade was pulled off, is not fit to hold office a single minute. The man who ordered me to take off my hat to a bunch of masked criminals told me he was an officer. What office does he hold in the state of Ohio, and who is he? I am going to pursue an investigation until I discover his name and where he lives and then I am going to find out whether such things will be countenanced in an enlightened state like
Ohio.
patriotic .charitable, benevolent, lit- j
erary, scientific, athletic, military, or i which such judgment has been rend
social organization or organiztion cred.
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS Department of Public Works Office Of The Board 212 Wysor Block, Muncie, Ind. Notice To Contractors And To The Public: Notice is hereby given, to the public and to all contractors, that the Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie, in the State of Indiana, ipTites sealed proposals for the con-
structiqn, in said City, according to Board an affidavit that there has been the respective improvement resolu- j no collusion in any way affecting said tions below mentioned, and according | bid, according to the terms of Sec. 95,
to the plans, profiles, drawing and specification therefor on file in the office of said Board of each of the public improvements herein below described, to-wit: I. R. No. 1102-1923, For grading of West Sixth Street from Port Avenue to Rochester Avenue. Each bidder is also to file with the
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of the Act of March 6th 1905. (Acts 1905, p. 219). All such proposals should be sealed, and must be deposited with said Board before the lipur of 7:30 o’clock in the evening of the 1st day of July, 1924, and each such proposal must be accompanied by a certified check payable to said City, for the sum equal
to two and one-half per cent (2 1-2 per cent) of City Civil Engineer’s estimate which shall be forfeited to said City as liquidated damages, if the bidder depositing the same shall fail duly and promptly to execute the required contract and bond, in case a contract shall be awarded him on such accompanying proposal. Said Board reserves the right to reject any and.all bids. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS. Mary E. Anderson Clerk. Publish on June 20-27-1924. o CITY ADVERTISEMENTS Department of Public Works Office of the Bo a rd 212 Wysor Block, Muncie, Ind. Notice To Contractors And To The Public: Notice is hereby given, to the pub-
KLANGANG (Continued from Page One) were there from Dayton, Bellefontaine, Springfield, Columbus and other Ohio cities and Indiana was represented and highly honored by the presence of a flock of Muncie Koo Koos. All the visiting delegations marched with their faces bared, but when the Greenville and Darke county kluck and kluckereens waddled .along I noticed that their faces were discreetly covered. , For the first time since the Muncie klan started out to fool everybody, I had the opportunity of seeing a bunch of them with their faces uncovered. If they had been at home they would have marched with their masks on, as they always have, but being away, in strange territory, they were as bold as lions, in a community where they
were unknown.
Bold Behind a Mask.
As the various delegations from cities other than Greenville, marched with their visors up, a klux bystander turned to me and said: “Now, you see, klansmen and klanswomen are not afraid to show their faces.” “That’ll be all right, comrade,” I remarked, “but just wait until the he-devils and bobcats of Greenville show up in this parade and you’ll see a bunch with their faces hidden.” Sure enough, in a few moments a big masked clown appeared, carrying the banner of the Darke county klan, and behind him marched a goose line of he-kluckers and the wren platoon and every single one of them had their
faces hidden from sight.
The kluxer is a bold and unafraid one hundred percent American in foreign territory, but an arrant coward
at home.
The Old Hat Trick.
My son and I stepped to the curb in front of the Hotel Janjes, where we had stopped for the night, and just across the street was an important looking dub, in citizens clothes, who
CITY ADVERTISEMENT. Department of rnblic Works. Office of the Board, 212 Wysor Block. Muncie, Ind. To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that the assessment rolls, with the names of the owners and descriptions of property subject to be assessed, with the amounts of prima facie assessments, have been made and are now on file and can be seen at the office of th» Board, for the following improvements, to-wit: I. R. No. 1074-1923, For grading of 9th street Whiteley from Broadway to “I” street. I. R. No. 1080-1923, For grading of 8th street, Whiteley, from Broadway to ‘T” street.. I. R. No. 1081—1923, For grading of 7th Street Whiteley, from Broadway to “I” street. I. R. No. 1087—1923, For local sew-
er in Ninth street from Blaine 'street to Grant street; thence north in Grant street to alley between 8th street and 9th street, thence west to Beacon street. I. R. No. 1089-1923, For cement curb and gutter on both sides of “C” street, Neely Addition, from Wheeling Ave. to New York Ave. I. R. No. 117—23, For local sewer on north side of Godman Avenue from Celia Avenue to Tillotson Ave-
nue.
I. R. No- 1119—1923, For local sewer in alley between Willard street and Fifth street from Hackley street to a point ISO feet east. I. R. No. 1122—1923, For local sewer in first alley north of Ohio Avenue from Lincoln street to a point 285
feet west.
And notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of Jun© 1924, the Board will, at its' office receive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against their property respectively on said roll, and will determine the question as to whether such lots or tracts of land have been or will be benefited by said improvement in the amounts named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum than that named on said roll or in any sum, at which time and place all owners of such real estate may at-
appeared to be the master of cere-; tend, in person or by representative, monies. He wore a jaunty straw hat, ( an d be heard, at 7:30 o’clock, p. m. his legs were encased in leather put- BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, tees, and he carried a cane. This fel- Mary E. Anderson, Clerk. low was as busy as a cranberry mer-; — o chant, shouting orders to masked GUARANTEED HEMSTITCHING klansmen, shoving his cane out at j PICOTING ATTACHMENT—Fits’
automobiles and yelling to the population in g,enteral to take their hats off. The darned cuss finally singled out my son and I as the only ones in
sight who had not been terrorized into uncovering to the wizard’s outlaws and he rushed across the street, waving his cane and yelling at us as he
came.
“Take off your hats,” he commanded, r as h© approached. “Who in the hell are you?” I gently inquired. “I am an .American,” was the pompous reply. He looked more like a fat Chinaman in disguise. I-didn’t dispute his proud boast, but argued about the hat, I which I kept on my head, as did my [
son.
“You’ll be moving on, while you’re I all together, for there is enough Amer ican about me that you cau’t com
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