Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 12 December 1924 — Page 1

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ANTI-EAN DEMOCRATIC

THE POST-DEMOCRAT

VOLUME 4—NUMBER 45.

MUNCIE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12,1924.

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EXPLORERS FIND A STRANGE BRIDGE

Undie Salesman Wants Council To Fire Them Can't Bring Charges Against City Employes, So Wants Positions Abolished.

< Newark, 0., Dec. 12.—On Monday night of last week what was scheduled as a meeting of the city council resolved itself into a meeting of Red Fulk, who has appointed

himself the government of the city of Newark. ~~ “HOSSTHIEF” COPS

PULL OFF RAID AT POINT OF RIG GUNS

Defendants Taken In Custo-

dy Discharged Because Of Illegal Warrants.

Auburn, Ind., Doc. 11—After hear-

lled started off by lambasting the civil service commission, which has been the target for every alleged boss, when balked in his desire to

fire an unfriendly employe-

Fulk wants to fire Cemetery Superintendent Harris, but the latter knows he has a soft job and refuses

to be fired.

Newark has a hand-picked klanarchist civil service commission, but its members belong to the Taylor & Fitzsimmons faction, and refuses to take orders from Stevens, Fulk, et al.

That’s why Fulk went to the coun- ... oil and asked to have Harris’ joh," 1 ? »« «««><» admitted a f ain s * abolished, saying he was not needed,: Aaron Satovsky, John RobbMs and as the newly appointed foreman could Cecil Marks of Auburn; Joseph Muzdo the work, thus saving the cost of z Elo, of Garrett, and Rosa Hutchinthe superintendent. | son, charged with maintaining a nuiTbat being so, why did he appoint saii ce, Justice, L- J, Gengler, at GarEmmet Huffman assistant supefin-1 re ^’ Wednesday sustained a motion tendent? At that time has anticiJtc discharge the defendants. The pated no difficulty in getting rid of;court held that the search warrants Harris, and hen intended to slip upon which the defendants were takHuffman into the job. jen and the affidavits were both ille-

However, Harris was inconsiderate j sal.

enough to refuse to be gotten rid ofi Th e defendants were in a room in and Fulk was confronted with the' the K - of p - building in thi? city Sunspectacle of two men holding one da y morning about 1 o’clock when 40b.—Imt both drawing pay for it. I Harry McNamara of Fort Wayne, a Hence his appeal to the council to j‘‘ consta ble” of the Horse Thief Be^ abolish th e job, which appeal receiv-1 tective association, Mith ten other ■ed scant consideration from that j members of the assocaliion and Body. j Charles Davis, ^hief cf rolice of AuFor more years than I care to: burn ' demanded admittance^ They count, the superintendent of the cem-1 were allowed to inter and McNaeteyy has occupied the city owned mara demanded at the pomt of a reyesideuce at Cedar Hill cemetery, volver that the defendants hold up vent free, and has had free water,! their hands.. gas and electric current. As his sal-1 McNamara was the chief witness ary was wily $115 i«r month, this!for the state, He stated that he re-

W,t consider*;

Hlven Fulk thought it was all right! sble” from the auditor of Warrejn until he experienced difficulty In get-! county In 1922 and that his duty is ting rid of JIarris. Now he says that to Set evidence against bootleggers. Harris must pay rent for the house ^After telling of entering the room and pay for his own gas, water, etc. J and finding the !five defendants Fulk also trained his pea-shooter ( around a table, he said he made a on Arch Allen assistant city engi^ search and located five bottles In an neej. He also asked that this posi-j adjoining room. One of the bottles, lion be abolished, for the reason that,be said, contained about two inches one day he saw Allen reading the' °f intoxicating liquor and the others Ohio State Journal in the office. I were empty. He said he found a pair knew that the State Journal was un- of dice, a pack of cards and some friendly to the Klan, but did not poker chips in a drawer, think reading it would qualify one' Chief of Police Davis testified that for the '“order of the Kan.” But if when McNamara rapped on the door one has a civil service commission j,of the room and someone inside askthat won’t be civil, "abolish the job.”, ed who wanted to enter, McNamara

.Allen has held the positionl (Continued to Page Two)

for replied "The law. Open fhe d(Continued to Page Four)

Professed Minister Of God At Logansport Preaches Intolerance

“When The WM Is In The ‘East’ *Tis Neither Good For Man Or BeaSt^ Is Democracy Yet Safe?; A List Of Knite Owl Knits; WiW Wynn Just Knows The Pope Is Coining Soon To The United States And Awaits , His Presence In Fear And Trembling; Low’s Little Gold Mine, Or The Pay Streak Uncovered By An Industrious Gold Digger.

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Logansport, Dec. 12. 1924—One dis ciple of hate, who is known as C. D. East, preacher of The First Church of Christ, Cicott Street, can not fill ‘jhe hill as a theologian, and in order to hold the attention of his audience he prates about the Catholic priesthood. This Old Owl of the Knits says, “Let us just call one man, Father.” That assertion is so preposterous that we are inclined to believe that ' East’s brain works are only hitting on three cylinders. Imagine a minister

Master and Fellowman, in attacking those of another creed. According to East, we are not supposed to call George Washington the father of our nation, nor is a child supposed to address their male parent as father. Who then, does East wish addressed as Father? Perhaps the imperial giz-

zard.

Whether East desires it or not, the title, “Father” will always be given to the protectors; the leaders of the Catholic church. It would indeed be

who claims to profess Christianity, [ well for East to spend some of the spending the time which should be ’ time he trifles away preaching intoldevoted to preaching Love of the - (Continued to Page Two)

Rule or Ruin

The third year of the Quick city administration is rapidly drawing to a close. Mayor Quick has had a turbulent time of it, owing to the pestilential endeavors of busybodies to harass and hamper him af every turn. The very persons who threw a box car full of monkey wrenches in the work are now virtuously proclaiming themselves the annointed to lead us out of the wilderness and into the land of Canaan. Before Mayor Quick had been in office a week he was bitterly assailed for making certain appointments. A self constituted advisory committee attempted to take over the reins of government and when their officiousness was spurned they deliberately set to work to destroy harmony and wreck the administration. When one member of his first board of safety declared himself bigger than the man who appointed him he was summarily removed and the mayor was subjected to a line of abuse that was vindictive in the extreme. His second board of safety resigned in a body because the mayor had the courage and stamina to insist on the appointment of John Collins, a democrat and a Catholic, to a minor position on the city payroll. -5 Mr. Collins was a worker employed in a local factory. He was a member of the first board but was forced to resign because of his loyalty to the mayor. He was then forced out of his job at the factory for the same reason and was subjected to many hardships and indignities. Later the mayor asked hi£ bg^rd gf safety to appoint Collins to a job on the police force. The board refused, point blank. The mayor personally appointed Collins to a position as city fireman and the safety board, after resigning, went before the grand jury and caused the mayor to be indicted on the ridiculous charge of ‘“interfering with the board of safety.” Concurrently with this action petitions demanding the impeachment of Mayor Quick were circulated all over the city. The petitions were prepared and put in circulation by Orion Norcross, then “kleagle” of the Ku Klux Klan, but now an officer of the new klan. The majority of the city council, taking its cue from those who started the campaign against the mayor, named a council committee who called on the mayor and brazenly declared that unless he acceded to their demands the impeachment would go through. The four democrats on the council and one republican member refused to be parties to the fitffispiracy and the plot failed, through failure tr secure a twa-thirds vote. . . Thf^e are only a few of the things Mayor Qtiidk has, Ijad to contend with. Every move that he has made has been blocked and if his administration has failed it has been because of the Vindictive maliciousness pf the busybodies who sought his ruin and the defeat of his program. * When Mayor Quick signed one of the affidavits declaring that the editor of the Post-Democrat could not get a fair trial in the Roeger libel case he invoked another storm and his firm stand against allowing city legal advertising to be transferred rfom the Post-Democrat to a fly-by-night publication started for the purpose of destroying this paper led to further reprisals. t There are many in Muncie, who, in the interest of fair play, believe that Mayor Quick should be renominated if he desires to run again. Arthur McKinley declares that he will not be a candidate under any circumstances. That leaves John Hampton in the field as the “slate” candidate of those who have wrecked the Quick administration. As between Mayor Quick and John Hampton no decent citizen of Muncie ought to hesitate for a moment. Mayor Quick is impeccably honest and while he has been unfortunate in some of his appointments, and has been forced through combinations of circumstances to do some things that he ought not have done, the feeling is general that he has not had a square deal. It is ridiculous to assume that the election of a man like John Hampton, would solve our municipal difficulties. Mayor Quick is deserving of another opportunity and the democrats should nominate some first-class citizen not affiliated in any way with the gang that desires either to rule or ruin.

Try N. Y. Trooper * On Klan Charge Removed Banners From Knighfs r

Cars—State To Defend.

| ALBANY, N. Y.—Attorney General Sherman has directed Charles McManus, deputy attorney general, to defend State Trooper John H. Porter, charged with trespassing by members of the Ku Klux Klan, in the

Painted Post court Monday.

Porter removed several banners jestant churches and is dividing Prot-

and flag’s from Klansmen’s cars there recently on the ground that they violated the ruling of Charles A- Harnett, Motor Vehicle Commissioner, against insignia which obstruct the

view of a motorist.

KLAN DICTATION AS TOPREACHING

Question Now Issue and Is

Closing Many Protest-

ant Churches.

DETROIT, Mich.—(Special)—‘“The Ku Klux Klan is closing many Prot-

Crosses River In Wilderness Below Village

Constructed By Three Wise Men Who Thought

White River Carp Needed a Shady Spot

To Do Their Swimming In.

Travelers exploring that hitherto unknown district* along White river in the vicinity of the old Westside park

have made a strange discovery.

Somebody is building a bridge across the river at that point! The explorers who discovered the bridge, after enduring great hardships in the jungles which obscure the bridge from view, found their way back to civilization and will later give a detailed report of their experiences. The explorers are completely at a loss to determine why a bridge should be built across White River at that point, since it will be many years, most likely, before the , wilderness on both sides of the river in that vicinity will ibe cleared by hardy pioneers and roads constructed'that

! will lead to the bridge. .

——o If I AN j The men W0rkin s on the bridge

oIvA/A/I\vJVrlT i wore long beards, having been away rilADfTn IJ/ITU ,from civilization so long and having bifiAfXllIjl/ W 1 1 II lost the only safety razor in the outn rrTiAii rir a ! fit They were p racticalI y out of su ptLtlllUW rKA JDS Plies, having existed almost solely

[Cffi fish, roots and herbs for weeks. The Muncie explorers left them a

Peculiar Juffglinff Of Bal ‘ slab of bacon ' and a barre i popper lots Recently; Was Bert ": and Yff 0( s f m y r i | AT? I re< l ue St the county cominissioiierS to vestal Un A Jag. gend a relief expedition at once. j The artisans working on the bridge Anderson, Ind.—On my way home! seemed to have n0 definite idea why it

was being built- One of them, who

ot at An ' seeme( j £ 0 k e a gort 0 f straw boss or

number gome thi n g, j n f orme d the explorers ,U al that the bridge would cost over fifty Count j thousand dollars,- and It was- his

Chairman, but failed to find him in.l | opinioil that it was to be used by the then called on prosecutor Smith a ndl Muncie Indians and tappers that In. met with no more success in finding | habit the wilderness 0 n both sides of

| him in than I did the Chairman. : tbe r i ver

i The chief topic of conversation on j -yy hjr ^ as Built. I the street and the places oi business , jj e hazarded this merely as a j visited by me was the late e l ec O on , igp esg( however, and added that when the causes etc. It seems to be the . roadg we re built to meet it and enough opinion of quite a number that I talk- j wa ter started running under it for | ed v^ith that some fraud had been \ dgb gw,im in it would be a. hell of

Committed. iirnnd "V*

j On Saturday night before the elec-1 Anothe/workman, who jtion tbe hWkhi Bffifip ItePL explerers that they were the first J open for the benefit of the kl&Jt earidi-, outside Sf their own workdates and their friends, no ad-1 fog had seen tor months mitted, Earl Moms, county treasurer and months, thought the bridge was j elect, Earl Sells, coroner el£<5t, Lewis being built to let the water Under- ( Kimberllh, he ht th^ Forrest Agnew J opposite view was taken by ah- ! fame, Ray Gibbdiiis,' County ChairffJan 0 jher long whiskered workman, who and some few lessef lichts, we have .thought the commissioners or someit upon good authority, w*»re in the jbody must have ptu the river there clerk’s office all that night- What fright ;to build a bridge over-

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from the North, I stopped derson, and after visiting a of business houses called on ter Vermillion, Democratic

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they had there no one but their

good selves seem to know.

Ballots had been changed before, at least it was so said in court and there were several absent voters’ bal

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There was only one point that all agreed upon and that was as to who would have to pay for the bridge. The settlers of Delaware county and the inhabitants of the village of Mun-

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DID GRANT BREAK THE OLD KU KLUX? Mrs. Felton, Former United States Senator, Says He Only Scotched It, and That the Same Ku Klux Dominates the South Today—Outrages Recalled.

To the Editor of The N. Y. Times:

estants while uniting Catholics, Jews

and Negroes.”

This was a statement made at a meeting held here Tuesday evening by Aldrich Blake of Oklahoma City,

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Klansmen Are Barred On Circuit Court Jury Somerset, Ky., Dec. 12.—Knights of the Ku Klux Klan cannot serve on juries in the Pulaski County Circuit Court here under the present presiding officer, Judge H. C. Kennedy.

money in the present national campaign. Its influence in the State is menacing and although it was the virility of Klan activities which nominated W. G. McAdoo in the State, its offensive audacity defeated him in

Madison Square Garden.

The trouble lies in the oath, which the Klan exacted in 1868 and 1871—

The elaborate article in The Times of August 16, declares Grant broke the old Ku Klux, but the facts go to prove that Grant “scotched it” but did not kill it. On its real bases in the Southern States the new Ku Klux has been erected and young N. B. Forrest

whose headquarters are in Atlanta, ! once a Klan member> alwayg a mem . Ga„ is the successor of his father, j bpr j win copy bere the

General N. B. Forrest of Civil War! fame This younger Forrest is signing the edicts of the newer Klan in Geor-

prescrip*.

that is published in the investigatioa ordered by President Grant, on Mar. 110, 1871, and passed by Congress*

gia, and the headquarters of the Klan j Tbis Report Nq 22 part j ]ieg befor(f movement are in Atlanta today. The ( me 0n page 13 the elder Forrest wag “Imperial Palace,” inhabited by ‘‘Em-j testifying and read thus; jperor” Simmons, is located on an im-( <. Article XII The origin>

.xxx | “Article XII. The origin, designs.

This town and county are hotbeds , portant residence street, and J mystries and ritual of this . .shall of Klanism. At the opening of his j mansion of Evans, who travels over j nev er be written, but the same shall Circuit Court yesterday, Judge Ken-]| h f_ as S enei ; a ^ manager, is j be communicated orally.

nedy condemned the Klan. organization and said there was no place in this county for a band of men of this

character.

manager, is

; less than half a mile from the Sim-

mons residence.

'*\ny member rom the . . by a

may be expelled majority vote of

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Georgia is the centre of Klan activ- i t ^ e 0 fli cerg and Ghouls of the Den to ities, which are dominating Georgia , wb j cb be be i on g g . and jf a fter expul-

politics with both members and 1

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