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The Eyes of the Nation Are on the Klan Some newspapers of the T'nited States, constantly ready to follow inspired propaganda and "reader interest," have been furnishing the nation its dally conversation in the form of anti-Klan propaganda news, First and "open hearing" was instigated at the command of Governor Parker of Ixiuisiana, who went to Washington and there secured the assistance of W. .1. Hums, a known Knight of Columbus, and known as the inspiration of more labor atrocities and "frame-ups" than all the "red" labor leaders . put together. For weeks this went on before reputable newspapers throughout the country began to see the light and realize that they wereTiot giving their

readers news, hut inspired propaganda. Even the Chicago Tribune called In its special correspondents long before the last act of the drama at Mer Houge. Now the stage is set for the second act in this terrible drama. They are to put on the same show under the name of "An All Nation Rally," during the week of Feb. 20 to March 3, in the Coliseum at Chicago. The American I'nity League, Patrick O'Donnell, president, at great expense, has leased the coliseum for this one week's stand, and here an admission fee will he charged, to finance the anti-Klan propaganda. Here Gov. Parker and Attorney-General Coco will hold forth, and here Governor Parlter makes, his second bid for the Presidency of the I'nited States. Of course the newspapers will pay for this "news service?" The public will be fed up daily on the terrible details of a crime never committed, and Innocent men will be castigated, strung and quartered on a pillory of religious hate, impossible to conceive only in the mind of a direct, hereditary Jesuit. Why?

Because there is a Klan question in Cathohcdom, but no Catholic question In Klandom. This vicious circulation of propaganda is engendering resentment where there Is no resentment, revolution where there is no revolution, and race prejudice where there is none. The ends of justice are not being gained by

this retrial at the Coliseum in Chicago; the ends of justice have no part in it Instigation. Klansmen, like other people, wince at being condemned either openly or in the press, but let them be assured that Public Opinion, that all powerful force that makes laws, recalls judges, that settles strikes, that makes us wear galoshes, and collar buttons; that all-powerful Public Opinion listens and waits. First it is made up of emotions, then gradually reason filters in, then vesentment; resentment, the thing that revolutions are made of; that arouses the crusading spirit; that arouses law enforcement and makes the public recognize the rule of self-preservation. The eyes of the Nation are on the Klan. We are even now in the first stages of transition. We are just coming out from under the influence of "emotional news," to a demand for an answer, the influence of reason. What are the facts? This paper will, in due time, present them. The Klan, and Klansmen, should 12I the answer and drive it home by their own law-abiding actions, by giving no opportunity for criticism, by their weight ot numbers, by their inaccessibility, -b siding the duly constituted officials in "cleaning up" the festering snres in every town, and by their stanch Americanism. In the end they shall be recognized by a thankful and understanding

public.

Byron R. Newton, formerly collector of the port of; New York, (writes in

Collier's Weekly of conditions that rule the port and of scandals so great that even Europe knew of them. We wonder if many Americans ever I heard of them before. Mr. Newton says: . ' j "There are 500 inspectors of customs in the port of New York, land, as a rule, they are a body of exceptionally clean, honest, and efficient (men, but among them was a group of grafters who had grown very bold in soliciting money from the steamer passengers whose baggage they examined on the piers. The boldness of these few offenders had, in a measure, brcjught suspicion on the entire force, and the matter had become a scandal not only in New York, but in the ports of Europe as well. It was not a pleasant task, but it was a duty, nevertheless, and it was this investigation that proved to be

my crowning crime in the eyes of the political system that seeks to lefile ana : strangle any attempt at honest administration of public office. The investigation proceeded to a point Where we had indicted a halfdozen inspectors, had dismissed as many more from the service, and had suspended a still larger number from duty. One of the worst offenders chanced to be the friend and lieutenant of a powerful politician in Brooklyn. The evi

dence against him seemed absolutely conclusive. He had1 been indicted and was about to go on trial. Strong appeals were made to me by his political friends to give him a suspension of 30 or 60 days and then restore him to duty. That, of course, I could not consider. Then the same suggestion came from Washington. My reply was that it was inconceivable that the authorities ot Washington could really want to establish either the precedent or. the policy of putting back into uniform and on the piers a Federal employe who had been indicted by a federal grand jury for so gTave an offense and who was about to stand his trial. ( Kicked Out of Office ' ' Then there came from Washington an official letter directing lie to reinslate this man after a period of suspension. I refused to obey that order. A few days later another official letter came from Washington asking for my immediate resignation, six months prior to the expiration of mj tour-year term. My resignation went in as requested. The person under indictment was then restored to his former place.

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Evidence Shows W. J. Burns was Instigator of Agitation and Bomb Plots.

LABOR TAKES RAP AT ZOERGHER

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Resolutions demanding the resignation of State Tax Commissioner Philip Zoercher because of his activities as a member of the Chamber of Commerce sub-committee on education were adopted last night by the Central Labor Union. It was held that since Zoercher in his official ca-

! its support and sympathy, so long as there shall be persistant arherence to

the building plans laid dovn by said board, a building prcjgram demanded by our growing city, ant program which can not be furthered by disturbing criticisms, piMty fiult-finding reports and the wor'y bFkerings of those, who, whatever ay be the merit of their critlcim'ns afa 'findings, offer no constructive proJisals which hold out the least hopeTf a betterment in conditions even tfhould their suggestions be adopted."

Chicago, Feb. 12. An amazing story of intrigue and deception was unfolded today when Frank P. Walsh, attorney, began taking the deposition of Albert Ballin, alias Balanow. By Balanow's testimony, Mr. Walsh is seeking to show that radical organizations and "red" scares were invented at will by private detective agencies to assist them in collecting large sums from banking and other interests for the purpose of investi

gating an imaginary radical menace. Balanow, in a story that ranged

(Continued from Page 1.) has he witnessed such zeal, such enthusiasm, fellowship, co-ordination of opinion and seriousness of purpose.

! Like all native-born Hoosiers, however, they had to have their fun. From j 10 o'clock in the morning groups from : Indianapolis, Muncie, South Bend, Ft. I Wayne, Evansville, Logansport. An1 derson, Rushville, Elwood, Tipton, Frankfort, Bloomington, Lebanon, Co- ; lumbus, Madison, Angola, Michigan

City, Portland and other early arrivals, vied with each other in enthusiasm with a bedlam of noise and songs and good fellowship speeches

which reached its peak with the Klan j t salute given to Imperial Wizard H. W. i I Evans and Imperial Klonsel Paul ! S

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Ethridge from Atlanta, Ga., at high ' noon, followed by a remarkable and inspiring demonstration. . The proceedings of the Konclave from this point on were secret. Dele- 1 gates will carry reports to their re-' spective provinces. The only feature i made public is the fact that the Klan took a definite stand for law and order and the strict enforcement of law by

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from sordid details ot double-crossing'1, constituted autnorities ana

and the double-double-crossing to high comedy, swore he had worked for the W. J. Burns and the Thiel agencies at the same time as an expert on radical questions; that he had sold secret

reports of the Thiel agency to the

requiring these officers to clean up vice and liquor conditions in Indiana. A definite plan was outlined and

adopted. The enunciation of the principles of the organization by Imperial

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Times have changed, old rcuit-rider, Since you rode your we; y way. And your picture makes -ua wonder If you'd be the sametviay.

pacity must pass on school matters, i Would the new-born creds allure you? he should not engage in agitation un-! Would your preaching b as sound? officially. I Would you ride through Winter's fury

Representative Louis C. Schwartz On your long and lonlv round?

Burns people; that an official of the ! Wizard Dr. H. W. Evans follows:

Burns agency had picked his pocket ; "You, and you, and you. each in your and appropriated other Thiel reports. ! sphere, are selected to be and do a and that Allan O. Meyers, head of the j man's part in revivifying, and restorradical bureau of the Burns ageBey, I ing, and in building up a 100 per cent, had proposed that he make bombs j America. and get well-known radicals to throw Ave shall have, indeed, a governthem so Burns men could arrest the ; ment that is in no wise controlled or radicals. j influenced by the greatest invisible Assigned to Join Union . i government in the world. Balanow swore that as an operative!, tYu are pledged that you will abso-

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lof Indianapolis persist in petty pesterinsr of The Fierv Cross newsboys.

fills week while the "boys in blue'' were arresting innocent newsboys

crime whatsoever, there were in operation, within three blocks of the

all "Black and Tan" houses of prostitution where every vice and crime

st the social and criminal code of the universe were being violated.

i language so that Lew himself can understand its meaning "Vl)i: 3 LAY OFF OUR NEWSIES."

of Indianapolis, vice-president of the labor organization, may be asked to resign also, it was said. Schwartz will be ordered to appear before the union next month to explain why he supported an amendment to the state administration's appropriation bill, recommending that convict labor be employed on the new Pendleton reformatory. Mr. Zoercher was severely criticised for what was termed his "extraordinarily unethical and indefensible activities," in criticizing members of the school board. A general vote of confidence in the. school board was expressed and the Chamber of Commerce committee's

recommendations for the discharge of

wnen you preacnea irdiuon s woe; Hell enjoyed a pious fayor In the days of long ago. But your Heaven was a" glory. Pearly-gated, paved with gold. And today the same sweet vision Thrills us as it did of old. By William Hershell in the Indianapolis News.

Are For More Cops

As a rule we are against any additional taxation or expense, but we are

tbe state rural police bill now pending before the legislature.

iThe country districts are being opened up by good roads. The motor

i these roads create conditions that require a state constabulary. The of criminals after a crime is easy if there is no force lor pursuit from

y to county and the fact that it is easy provokes and encourages crime.

'e blieve the bill can be framed to meet opposition. The money is in

llto (heft fund already. Labor who is against the bill can not say the

should be exposed to crime. The constabulary would be used against

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You Were just a gospel gipsy. Home was where youf Bible dwelt; Rest was at another's fireside. Peace abided where jou knelt. Like a peddler in the covAitry You went bartering ypttf wares; Took the woodsman's sin and sorrow, Left him happiness arJ prayers. Yours was not a man-mtie temple, Yours no pulpit wealti-endowed; God and you spoke in a 'jabin Where the humble mcfekly bowed. There you preached your sipsy gospel,

Gave soul-night a hapty dawn; Left them singing songs of Zion. Leaped your horse and journeyed on.

of the Thiel agency in 1917 he had been assigned to Join the cigarmakers' union as an agent provacateur during a strike and was instructed to urge the strikers to break windows and commit other violence. - His instructions, he said, came from Michael Flannigan, general manager of the agency, who. he said, told him to "Always show your radical side, be so extreme that they'll have confidence

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Flannigan, he said, told him that

United States, including the Fourteenth amendment. You are pledged to a most relentless warfare, the most powerful in the world, and that is the warfare constituted by the ballot, and you will kneel in obedience, not to any political party or creed, but only to the Star Spangled Banner. You are pledged that irrespective of party, you are going to vote for principle, you are going to vote for

men, and you- are going to vote for

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There are three kinds of people to lay Klansmen who understand;

who don't and those who won't. These lust are not to be despised.

those It is

nlmply against their creed. It is to the second we say. They simply haven't been called yet. But to them we say let them beware that they are not misted.

,,7 raise propneis can oniy deceive muse who uon i unueisiuim. .1111 ne Vi assured that nothing that serves the common good can be destroyed.

'Greetings ' February, Mother of Presidents and St. Valentine, we greet you. Aiay

iyour breath be warm and may the inspiration of your two illustrious sons 1 Washington and Lincoln be our help and guide.

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IN THE SCHOOLS

, Bedford, Ind., Feb. 6. Editor The Fiery Cross: ;.;. r Dear Sir When you and I went to cnoot, if you are a man past 40, you

win remetnDer mat scnooi was openea with prayer and a scripture reading.

1 It dcjne that way now? Why not? But liatfen, my dear, patient reader. It

hivlWrfoii come to pass, is there any-

ing wrong with that, if so what is

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taught something of the holy Bible, ' the greatest gift from God to man. Is , it not fit to be read in school? Why

is it not there then as it should be. We have one man in the State of Indiana anyhow who thinks it is proper, for this gentleman has a heart to propose a certain bill before the state legislature making it compulsory that at least 10 verses be read before the opening of school each day, and failure to do this means tbe teacher's job. What do you suppose prompted this gentleman to propose such a bill? A Christian spirit, that's all. Let us hope to see it become a law. H. H. 100.

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Perkins Also Called Representative Edgar A. Perkins, also a"n active member of the labor union, will be ordered to appear with Schwartz. Representative Perkins, it was said, also voted to support the convict labor amendment. Mr. Zoercher declared last night he had acted only as he felt he should in the school hoard matter as a member of the sub-committee. He refused to

make any other comment upon the ' resolution. The resolution follows: "Whereas, The members of the board of school commissioners of the school city of Indianapolis are regularly elected to office for certain stated periods in accordance with sta tutory regulations governing their election : Whereas, A sub-committee of the committee of education of the Chamber of Commerce, in submitting a survey of school conditions, has callew i for the resignation of three members

01 tno noaru ot sc hool commissioners, said three school commissioners be

ing held responsible for certain conditions regarded with disfavor by the sub committee:

May Sit in Judgment "Whereas. One of the members of said Chamber of Commerce sub-committee, Philip Zoercher, is a member of the state board of tax commissioners of Indiana, and in position to sit in judgment upon the actions of the board of school commissioners in event that ten citizens should sign a petition appealing from a decision of the aforesaid board in regard to the issuance of bonds for the development

of the school system of said school I

city of Indianapolis: "Whereas, The Central Labor Union in regular session assembled strongly dissents from the proposal that regu

larly elected public officials may be forced to resign their positions at the behest of a non-official committee of private citizens simply because the official actions of said regularly elected officials may not have met with the approval of said private citizens; Call Action Unethical "Therefore, be it Resolved, That in consideration of the peculiar relation enjoyed by aforesaid Philip Zoercher to the official actions of the board of school commissioners, being in position to sit as one of a court of last resort in connection with certain actions of aforesaid board, that the Central Labor I'nion can not but hold Mr. Zoercher's activities, as one of a pri

vate committee criticizing members of the board, as extraordinarily unethical and indefensible, and that if any resignation is demanded in the situation that Governor McCray might

well investigate the unethical conduct of Mr. Zoercher, one of his official family, in thus criticizing regularly elected school officials of the city of Indianapolis and accordingly should call for the resignation of Mr. Zoercher himself because of his zeal in thus mixing into matters clearly outside his province: "And again, be it Resolved, That the Central labor Unjon here desires to reaffirm its confidence in the board of school commissioners of Indianapolis and promises a continuation ot

Shortly after he sugge;

breaking to Charles Winfield, business agent of the union, Balanow testified, 200 or 300 windows were broken, and later he discovered that Winfield was a Thiel operative also. Later, under directions of Flannigan, he said, he joined the 1. W. V.. Socialist party, Socialist-Labor party.

Communist party, Communist-Labor i party, Young People's Socialist League, Workers' Industrial Union ' and other organizations and sought to stir up violence among their mem-

typewritten speeches to. read at meet ings of the organizations, seeking to cause dissension and trouble.

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every enemy who seeks to condemn i

i you under the guise and words that , I we are a lawless society. j I You are pledged, and are going to !

demonstrate unto the present gover- j nor of the State of Indiana and to ; every mother's son who is a citizen'

of this state, that the best and strong-

est support of government and consti- j tution of Indiana is the Ku Klux Klan. j A call to service, a call to duty is ( upon you, and out of it we shall mug- ;

ter more and more an unrelenting tide, and we shall rally, and we - shall be'tMirt; a -niAtettirc CIviia'Aai. i '.vi America. This is our mission, our opportunity and our responsibility."

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Champaign, 111., Feb. 10. Fifty-two members of the Ku Klux Klan attended church services here last night and presented the pastor with a purse of $100. They entered singing, "Onward, Christian Soldiers," and left quietly after giving a short talk on the principles of the organization.

PLAN TO THROTTLE INDIANAPOLIS SCHOOLS CONCLUSIVELY SHOWN (Continued from Page 1.)

MEETING TO BE HELD

There will be an open meeting at the Westview Baptist church, Belmont andJames Sts., Sunday, Feb. IS, at. 2:30 p. m. for women only, as recently announced.

Sent to Preach Violence While working for the Burns agency, he swore, he was sent to

meetings of several organizations to i preach violence. i In October, 1920, he swore he met; Raymond and Sherman Burns, sons ( of W. J. Burns, and Allan Meyers, j head of the Burns agency's radical i

department, and Meyers told him he dianapolis see the full force of the In- j would supply explosives and show him ! dianapolis News behind this movehow to make bombs. Meyers, he j ment. They see the "fine Italian'' said, suggested he cultivate such men j hand of Jack Atherton, son-in-law of as Charles E. Ruthenberg, Levine of Hilton U. Brown, late of Scribners the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; ; and of school book fame, with a perKdward Nockells of the Chicago Fed- j Sonal axe to grind, working with Joel

eration of Labor; Carlo Tresca, and McGowan and bidding for Catholic! others and try to get them to throw ana Jewish dollars for Butler Uni-!

tue Domos, so tsurns operatives couiu I versity. God forbid, arrest them. Without more basis of facts and T. J. Cooney, head of the radical , wrongs committed than are disclosed bureau of the, Thiel agency, wrote him ; in the sub-committee's report, the a letter about that time, he swore. . board of directors of the Chamber of charging Burns men with various j commerce should move cautiously, if crimes, and he showed it to Meyers, j at all. The whole renort is onlv a

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Indianapolis, Jud., Jan. 27. Editor The Fiery Cross: Dear Sir I take the privilege at this time to answer Mr. R. A. T., whose letter appeared in the issue of Jan. 12 of The Fiery Cross in which he (Mr. R. A. T.) makes one statement which is grossly false when he

includes the so-called "Mormon" people. The statement is as follows: "Now Protestants and the Mormons are banded together now for the destruction of our own country." Jt is my desire to inform Mr. R. A. T. and the readers of your loyal paper that the "Mormons" do not band themselves with any organization, much less to band themselves with any creed or race whose ambition is to destroy our country. - The "Mormon" people, like the Klansmen, are falsely accused of numerous things by prejudiced and

ignorant people, but above all accusations they bitterly resent being called disloyal and if permitted will give a few published facts to enlighten one and all as to the loyalty of the "Mormon" people during the world war

and tbe tributes paid the state of

Utah and "Mormons.:"

Army quota asked for, 746 men; furnished, 2,344 men; marines, quota asked for, 126 men; furnished, 346 men; navy, no quota, Utah and southern Idaho furnished 641 men; Utah also furnished one regiment of field artillery and one field hospital, 1,500 men. Asked, 872 men; gave, 4,831 men or more than five tiroes as many as. were requested. ' - Mormon 100 American.'

Later, he said, Meyers stole the letter out of his pocket and refused to give it back. He produced an envelope in which he said Cooney had mailed the letter to him. Another Burns official, he said, at one time gave him 200 copies of the communist manifesto to distribute among radicals. Tells of Invented Scare Cooney of the Thiel agency, he said,

survey of a situation that any wellinformed person knew existed. It is noted that the report points out a. hand-to-mouth policy, which raises the question as to what other policy could be pursued with the, state tax board refusing adequate funds to assist the program. The report makes a plea for a school board that will hold "public interest," and inspire "public conti-

invented the "Knights of the Red i dence." No one familiar with the Star" and eave him a conv of its al-1 situation believes that this recom-

leged manifesto, which described the organization as "the most dangerous

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United States." Cooney admitted

such group existed, but .explained it was necessary to have evidence of it to show Alfred Austrian, attorney for G. Ogden Armour and other Chicago packers, so the packers would put up money to keep the radical hunt going Cooney, he swore in his deposition, compiled a list of alleged members of this non-existent organization from names and addresses found among the effects of supposed radicals caught in

the Jan. 1, 1920, round-up here. He produced a list of some 3,000 names, which, he said, was the one Cooney furnished to Austrian and attorneys representing other business interests. He also swore that Cooneyhad faked reports, alleged to have been made by Balanow and had turned the report of a meeting of the textile workers of the 1. W. W. into a secret conference of "Knights of the Red Star." Later, Balanow said, he went to

work for Rums again and gave him all the Thiel papers, including copies of the alleged membership list and reports, but advised him not to copy them because they were "imaginary stories." "W. J. Burns," he said, replied

"That's all the detective business is

imaginary stories." Taking of the deposition and cross examination of the witness is z pected to take several days,

mendation would secure either, and it is unbelievable" that the board of di

rectors of the Chamber of Commerce would be so bereft of intelligence as to feel that a change that would place Chas. L. Barry at the head of our school system or as a member of the majority faction, would secure that result. It is pointed out that the situation is, indeed, full of dynamite. There is undoubted evidence to show that the present regrettable situation was inspired and brought about by the influence of Mr. Barry himself, and has as its impelling motive the rule and control of our school city, or its ruin.

One prominent Indianapolis man said today, "It is- a task to try men's souls. I hope that we are men enough

to face the facts now. I hope the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will not be found wanting and that they will see the light. I feel that the danger 1s great, but not in proportion to the mischief that can be done through too great credulity. No publie problem requires so much that we act by judgment rather than self-intcre3t as that which affects our schools and boys and girls." -The battle is on, and it is hoped that out of it will come a clean-up of this un-American political cess pool. There is no justification for, and the chamber has no authority in this matter,, but now that it' is into the embarrassing position of its own accord let it act unflinchingly or not at all. A quick way out Is for Mr. Harry

to resign. The people demand it and we believe they are going to get IL

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