Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1923 — Page 4

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ED I T O H I A L

The FIERY CROSS (formerly FACT) la published every Friday by the Advertising Service of Ernest V. Relchard, Indianapolis, and will maintain a policy of itaunch 100 per cent. Americanism without fear or favor. The FIERY CROSS will reprint items from other parts of the United States which we believe readers In this state should read. It will strive to give the American viewpoint on published articles and separate the dross from the pure gold In the current news of the day.

And then look round the streets of your city, look over the farm districts.

and see if it is true that there is a "labor shortage." It is a matter which can

be decided by common observation on the streets, or by common acquaintance with the situation of the city dwellers and the farmers.

The motive behind the daily injection of this false idea is palpable. As to "the shortage of skilled labor," that is due to an industrial system

which has been built up by unskilled labor and has made no provision for the training of skilled labor for the future.

Unrestricted immigration will not supply skilled labor, and of the kind

EDITOR'S COLUMN

Faithful 100 Per Cent., Aurora, Ind Not just yet. Waif. Eyewitness.

of labor that unrestricted immigration could supply, w$ already have enough. This is not to say that the United States can not support more people.

ERNEST W, REICHARD Managing Editor Tne United States can support many times its present population. . Bqt, not

F. J., Marion, Ind. Sorry we missed

McClain in the "Clean-Up Story." Eyewitness. .

HOODED BANDS, ETC.

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end all News Items and Address all Inquiries to 578 and 680 Century Build

ing. Telephone, Lincoln 7467. For Himself, Each Man Decides

In these United States when any great movement is attempted or pro

posed and becomes a fact and any correction attempted of abuses so gross as to make our boasts of liberty ridiculous, a great clamor immediately arises

against it.

In America today such prejudices cart and should not operate. They have

no place In our national life as a free people. The Ku Klux Klan is function

ing peacefully, in order and under good government. No crime has ever been

committed by it or proven against it. In a very short time it has advanced

further on the road of true 100 per cent, genuine Americanism than any other single organization ever known to America. In many states its individual

membership now represents, collectively a greater membership than any civic,

social or political organization has ever mustered in the past.

The one great object of these Knights of the Klan is the conciliation

of the Americanism of today. By the multitude of its members there must be a need for it in the minds of men and women. They must feel that there are periods In the existence of a political state when Americans of one mind

should get behind the Constitution and live by it and uphold it as never before. In the course of human events there are some who would oppose it. Some

from self Interest, many from Ignorance of (lie true purpose of the Klan, but the gTeater class of those who would oppose the'1 Klan are those who dread and

fear its influence in their own affairs, which conflict with American principles.

Cood and bad Influences will probably unite their interests and convul

sions of protest will be heard first here and then there, but what is good for

the people will be decided by the people themselves.

Hundreds of thousands of citizens in every state who are members seem to feel there is need for the preservation of our peace and tranquility from alien Influences, upholding of the Constitution and the enforcement of our laws. These Klansmen who are In ought to he able to decide for themselves whether they are right in their opinion that the Klan affords the best oppor

tunity for good and is the best safeguard that can be devised to assure the security of their homes and the safety of the Constitution of THEIR COUNTRY. Every man who becomes a Klansman has full opportunity to make his own decisions. He can go in or stay out, and once in may remain or get out as be chooses. The obligation of a Klansman Is assumed, not imposed. The God-given right to every man is his right to select and assume his own kind of Patriotism and Religion. He Is not apt to accept the opinions of those whose Ideas of 100 per cent. Americanism are ideas with which he is not in sympathy.

Why Not Masks?

Forty years ago there were enough whiskers in congress to stuff the

cushions in eleven Pullman cars, with plenty left to make soft seats for the

engineer and the fireman.

In the days of Blaine, Sherman, Harrison, Conkling and Piatt it was sel

dom that a man made a bare-faced attempt to get into public .life. (With"

apologies to Colgate.)

Reader, Peru, Ind. Kindly send ua more information pertaining to the raid on W. Second St. Eyewitness.

C. E. W., Elwood, Ind. No. Attendance is not compulsory. The whole proposition is assumed, not imposed. Eye Witness.

Supreme Court Justices Give Timely Tips to Judges

Readers Thanks for your many letters on "Catholic Girl." She hasn't "vamped" the Editor yet and won't with all those fine women in the "Woman's Organization" for him so strong. Eyewitness.

What are Chief Justice Taft and the f many cases from seekine what ought

four other members of the American I to be the culminating honr of their

Bar Association's special committee aiming at, asks the New York World,

in submitting 34 rules of conduct for

judges, on and off the bench? For,

this paper points out, "these 34 canons come very near reading like an indicts

ment, with the names omitted." wnue most judges, it is generally agreed, are high-minded, honorable, and unselfish, nevertheless, declares the

Philadelphia Public Ledger, "the very

profession.

The proposed code presupposes a superior type of judge, in professional knowledge and experience, in personal character and conduct. Its framers might well undertake, as their next endeavor, to find a way to attract to the bench a large number of lawyers capable of rising to the requirements of the role."

Meanwhile, the new code, if adopted

John D. W., Indianapolis The Klan never takes the law in its own hands. At the present time the law is functioning at Marion, 111. We believe the attorney general will secure convictions of those guilty in due time. Eyewitness.

Mrs. E. R. G., Des Moines, la. The

Fiery Cross is fast becoming a nation

al paper. Our news force in Iowa is

now being organized. We hope to

Rive the 100 Protestant women of

America in Iowa a real, dependable,

Protestant paper. Eyewitness.

People generally are getting pretty

well fed up on the never ending at

tacks on "hooded bands," etc. which have been coming fairly regularly now

for several months. The truth is that BLAZING EMBLEM ATTRACTS AT-

Lft!:L.?a" " "f.?e?PlemU.lt..! TENTION FOR MILES

for whieh tha Ku Klmr Klan stand nr AROUND.

else this organization would not have

had such a remarkable growth dur- Medaryvllle, Ind., March 12. The Ing the last several months. And. too. I first demonstration and slrnfflcant

it Is hardly conceivable that any or- burning of a Fiery Cross at Medary-

ganization which stands for law en- vine, Saturday night Indicated the

rorcement as a bread general policy presence of the Ku Klux Jlan in Pu-

wherever it is established could merit asKi county.

all the consideration which is being The cross was burned at the east

pourea upon it from day to day. end of Main St. The large blaze at-

And while we have seen no defense tractea not only the citizens of Meset up or answer made by the Klan to daryville, but the fire department and the charges made against it in Louisi- attention of the community for ana in the Mer Rouge case, yet we miles around. It is said that there

learn that the Klan head in the nation are several hundred Klansmen in Pu-

has offered officially $10,000 for proof 'aski county.

tnat tne Ku Klux Klan had anything

to ao with the sensational affair of

Mer Rouge. This offer includes coun

ter charges to the effect that the bodies of the two men found, bound

aands and feet, in the bottom of the lake and which were supposed to be

the bodies of the men who disan

peared after being ordered to leave

the community by the Ku Klux Klan, were medical "stiffs" imported for the purpose of framing a case against the

Klan. The offer also includes the statement that the two men whom the bodies were supposed to represent will

foundation of the principles expressed by the Bar Association, will prevail.

White Supremacy

Lively Interest in the issue of White Supremacy has been manifested since

the Great Commoner, Wm. Jennings Bryan, recently, in an address delivered

by him before the Southern Society in Washington, declared for White Su-premacy.

His conclusion was that White Supremacy would and must be an ascendant factor in our affairs and pointed out that however-diligent and generous the people of the South might have been in dealing with this problem, which once sectional, has now become national in its scope and importance, has not yet been solved. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have been grossly and unjubtly criticised for stirring up, so-called "racial strife,'' which is farthest from their intention and desire. They believe that the problem must be met eventually. That the question of white supremacy is not a problem of the South, but Is a national and world problem is evidenced by an address Prof. Wm. G. Henderson of the University of Michigan recently made in Detroit. Prof. Henderson pointed out that "Europe itself can not maintain the domination of the white race. That ever since 1904 the white race has been threatened and that today Europe is face to face with the Crescent."

He points out that the hope of the entire world lies in America and in

the co-operation of 100 per cent. American men and women in their belief

and co-ordinated voices raised in behalf of White Supremacy

Gen. Henry J. Riley, editor of the Army and Navy Journal, say3 that "The public Is anxious, as a rule, to do what is right but is too busy with its personal affairs to stop and consider that various wars between the Asiatic and

white people in the future are almost a certainty. , It is a question of national

security, and it is inclined to be permitted to live from day to nay regardless

of the fact that one of the main points struggled for by Japan in the arms

conference, and for which it gained the victory was to secure for itself bases

throughout the western Pacific."

Here in our own United States, an event of great importance and which

seems to attract little attention and less comment, was the decision of the

United States supreme court upholding the "Jim Crow" law of Mississippi The "Jim ("row" law upheld by the supreme court is a Mississippi law pro

vidlng that, white and black must travel on different cars and in the suit in

volved on which the decision was rendered by the supreme court, each of the three white men obtained $400 damages for being compelled to ride in the

passenger coach with persons not white in color.

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THEREFORE DE

CIDES THAT ALU MEN ARE NOT BOKN EQUAL, AT LEAST WHEN IT

COMES TO RIDING THE RAILROAD TRAINS.

Another recent decision of the United States supreme court Is slgnlflcan

In that It holds that Japanese can not be naturalized in the United States and

can not become citizens of this country. In an exhaustive analysis of the

various legislation upon the subject, the supreme court held that "Section No 2169 of the Revised Statutes limits the General Naturalization Act of June 29

1906, to the naturalization only of "free white Americans."

It Is therefore pointed out that the principle of White Supremacy, as

enunciated by the Ku Klux Klan, is not "To show "the negro his place, but 13

the co-ordinating and fusing together of those of one mind who will give thought to the question of White Supremacy in its broader aspects, from

state to national and International importance.

Declaring for White Supremacy does not mean "segregation," "back to Africa," any more than the Republican declaration for a high tariff means

that we will not trade with Europe. It means that a great political and so

dalproblem must be met for the best Interests of all concerned, and that some solidified organization of militant American men and women must show

the ay

Newspaper Integrity

You as a newspaper reader do not know, frequently the editor of the

newspaper which you read does not know, that much of the stuff he prints , and you read Is often prepared not In the newspaper office, but In a distant propaganda headquarters to mislead you. The purpose is to plant certain

Ideas in your mind which will enable far-seeing and selfish interests to per

form certain acts without exciting your suspicion or disapproval

No newspaper staff knows enough about the subjects which its columns discuss, to Judge whether the public is being deceived or not. There ts a certain number of columns to be filled every day, and outside "service" Is bought to DTI those columns. There is one honest news service In the coun- ' tryjilf there are two,.e are luckier than informed persona now believe. fjust new Toa are teaming day, screeds abfluaaoor shortage in, this o e6n4r7'TH4 pa pen tell us tnat the shortage of men is ao great thaijthsvlndusif teaW tie country are endangered V . ' ; - i

by such high authority is proof enough

that there are judges who need some such ethical reminders as the special committee sets forth." But the suggestions, it is recalled, are merely submitted to the executive committee of the association for what they may be wortlu and the Albany Knickerbocker Press questions their practi

cability. "Honorable judges need no code of ethics for their guidance,"

says this paper, "and it- remains to be seen in what manner the new code will restrain those of lesser caliber, who dishonor their office. In other , words, good judges' do not need it, ! and bad judges will not heed it."

The gist of the code, remarks the Philadelphia Inquirer, Is contained in a single sentence: "A judge's conduct should be above reproach," and many of the rules laid down, this paper goes on, are so obvious that it is difficult to believe that there has been any serious transgression of them. "But if this is not so, then the action of the Bar Association has not been taken too soon." Some of the obvious rules are that judges should not be personally connected with enterprises that may come before them in court;

that thev must not use mtormauon

obtained in their judicial capacity for

purposes of speculation; and that tney should not accept favors from lawyers or litigants. "But not all of the canons are to be dismissed as

obvious," maintains tne bpnngneiu Republican, and the New York World agrees that "if there were no irregularities to be corrected, what occasion

would there be for such primarygrade lessons in judicial ethics?" Aft

we read in tne savannan iewa.

"Of all men in official positions.

judges have as great power as any others to make the law respected.

They, in their official conduct, even

n their private lives, as tne commu-

pa renort suggests, are ine personal

aDDearance, the personification of that

great tmng, me ww, wuhuui ui... civilization could not exist; it could not exist because law is the general name of the frame work of civiliza

tion. Whenever the public nas any excuse for feeling that the official nrinot of a judge has been in

fluenced bv anything otner man ms duty as a pure judge, there very naturally ensues a disrespect for law.

a fear that favored persons win nuu the law dealing lightly, and unfavored ones will And it dealing heavily.

"The idea that a judge in deciding auestlon before him might be in

fluenced by the considerations of his own interest, or that of his friends, is one which never should enter the

mind of the public, or any part ot tne r...hiir: vet it does enter. And the

fact that it is entertained at times is but evidence of the great need of selecting for judicial positions only men

who, able and courageous, nave uie fine sense of honor and appreciation of public trust which, at the mere mention of their names in connection

with their offices, quiets any possiDie

public apprehension of the square:

ness of their attitude lowaru uie iucbtions they must consider."

If. however, nidges in the conuuci

of their office fall short of these re

quirements, "the nlame must De shared between human imperfection and the system under which the judi

cial office is habitually filled," Deneves

the Philadelphia Public Ledger. In this paper's opinion:

"As long as partisan politicians possess the power of naming judges and until sitting judges shall be relieved from the necessity of protecting their tenure by keeping on 'good terms' with political bosses, the level of judicial material will be lower than it should be. Moreover, the very limitations imposed by the injection ot partisan considerations into the process of nominating and electing judges have operated to make the honor of the judilcal office less attractive than it used to be. The pecuniary rewards of judicial service, too, are

so much lower than the returns irom the private legal practice of compe-

Some of its canons., as set forth in de

tail in the New Yoik Herald, are: "The courts exist to promote justice; and thus to aid in securing the contentment and happiness of the people. Their administration should be speedy and careful. Every judge should at all times be alert in his rulings and in the conduct of the business of his court. He should avoid unconsciously falling into the attitude of mind that the litigants are made

for the courts instead of the courts

for the litigants.

"He should be temperate, attentive,

patient, impartial and, since he is to administer the law and apply it to the

facts, he should be studious of the

principles of the law and diligent in

endeavoring to ascertain the facts. "He should be prompt in disposing of all matters submitted to him, remembering that justice delayed Is often justice denied. "Judges should discourage ex parte hearings of applications for injunctions and receiverships where the order may work detriment to absent parties; they should act upon ex parte applications only where the necessity for quick action is clearly shown. The judge should remember that an injunction is a limitation upon

the freedom of action Of defendants and should not be granted lightly or inadvisedly. "

"Judges imposing sentences should endeavor to conform to a reasonable standard of punishment and should

not seek popularity either by excep

tional severity or undue leniency.

"A judge should be mindful that his duty is the application of general law to particular instances; that ours is a

government of law and not of men, and that he violates his duty as a

minister of justice under such .a sys

tem if he seeks to do what he may

personally consider substantial justice

in a particular case and disregards

the general law,

"He should, not solicit for charities

nor should he- enter into any business relation which, in the normal course

of events reasonably to be expected

might bring his personal interest into

conflict with the impartial perform-! ance of his official duties. "A judge should avoid making political speeches, contributions to party funds, the public endorsement of candidates for political office or participating in party conventions. "A judge should refrain from the practice of the law. A Judge who practices law Is in a position of great

delicacy and must be scrupulously careful to avoid conduct in his practice whereby he utilizes or seems to utilize his judicial position to further his professional success." As the code is really summarized in its final clause: "A judge's conduct should be above reproach, and in the discharge of his

judicial duties he should be conscien

tious, studious, thorough, courteous.

patient, punctual, just, impartial.

fearless of public clamor and, regard' less of private influence, should ad

minister justice according to law and

should deal with the patronage of the position as a public trust; and he

should not allow outside matters or

his private interests to interfere with

the prompt and proper performance Of

his office."

"So much for canons, unenforceable

save by the moral consciousness of jurists and by their regard for the opinion of the legal fraternity which

practices in their courts, remarks

the Newark News. The News thinks

that

"Good judges will live up to them;

the hard-boiled will go their way nnHPa

are ot the highest. The trouble is with their lack of application. The shyster often picks his living at the bar, not becausehis methods are covered up, and s6 can not be gotten at. but because the leaders at the bar will not concern themselves itb a public washing of the dirty linen of a member of their uild. Will they be more

prone to, Attac the integrity oi a judge who ts .recreant to the ethical

H. M. C, Hillsboro, Ind. The TJ.

S. government does not have an en

voy at the Vatican. The sending of Arch Bishon Fumason-Viond to the

United States is a part of th program

to make America Catholic in 1S24. He is not officially recognized by the 11 S. government. Eyewitness.

am

ANOTHER STATE WANTS

THEM TO KEEP HANDS OUT

NON-SECTARIANS AROUSED BY

MOVE TO TO GET PUBLIC MONEY FOR SEMINARY.

(Special to Fiery Cross) Augusta. Me.. March 13. One of

be produced at the proper time and the most brazen moves attempted in that the whole plot of the anti-Ku this country by the Catholic church

Kluxers will he exposed. has been made in Maine where an

This makes interesting reading, and appropriation was asked of the

as long as one side of the case is so State legislature amounting to $32,widely heralded by the press the other 000 for the use of the Catholic Semside deserves the same treatment, inary at Van Buren.

We believe that even the "devil should have his dues" at all times.

Editorial in Columbus Ledger.

ACTIVE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA

Edinburg Readers The assertion made recently in Edinburg by Rev. Lester Croser-lute that "In the southern part of Indiana nuns are teaching in the public schools, wearing robes," is true, regardless of its emphatic denial. In answer to Inquiries, we make this statement, and simply for illus

tration state, mat during the year 1922 nuns were teaching in Kelso

township, Dearborn countv. We have

i trustee's report of J. A. Andres,

trustee of Kelso Township, showing the names of these teachers, and the amount paid them out of nublic

funds, in violation of the law, and in addition to this priests are employed

as janitors in these schools. We also

have in this office their names and the amounts paid them. These are

public records and may be obtained

at Lawrenceburg of the county audi

tor, and are not denied by the county

school superintendent. Eyewitness.

TRUTH

This demand that the communitv

at large support a strictly sectarian institution was pushed ,by the

eisnop oi roruand, who, not satisfied with this little nest egg informed Mayor Chaplain that he de

sired $193,000 more for the use of other Catholic schools in various

parts of the state.

Orleans, Indiana, March 13. There t

have been several significant meet- aroused members of the krialatmw

ings throughout this neighborhood that. 5) Y xune inffi-vi4ittAi4 ivi 4-Us

during the last week. There was a House by Representative Cummings

" ....vu..16 lev.. ana ,n ine Benate Dy senator Brewwhere an Americanization address 8ter providing an amendment to the

was uciivereu uy r,ev. jnornura. constitution forbidding the use of

lhis was followed shortly by an- ftnv stat. mnnevo f. , .t...

other mass meeting and address at purposes.

wrieans, muiana, wmcn was awena- Bishop Louis Walsh, incensed by ed to thet capacity of the house, and this "bigoted" attack upon his church followed by another meeting of like sought out Senator Brewster and decharacter which was remarkably at- manded of him whether his move

teimeu m oa-m, inumna. ine pa- against the appropriation

these, good old Hoosier counties are

much interested, and evidence much activity in the Organization of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

They think now of the occupation of the Ruhr as a moral question, debating the moral right of the French and the moral right of the Germans to protest. The French are doing only what the Germans have done to them, what they have done to the Germans before, and what either na: tion would do to the other if it had the chance. In 1914 the Germans were doing it much more thoroughly than the French are doing it now. Now and again the world seems to be an arena of wild animals seeking to destroy each other. It has such an appearance now. It is the obligation

of a nation to keep out of the arena if it can. America is a sufficient problem

unto itself. If its interests draw it elsewhere it should follow them. If

its interests give it security it should

consult them. Self-interest is not im

moral and not unaltruistic. The real

interests of 110,000,000 people are im

portant in the sum total of human

well being. We can not know what is

good for other people. We may know

wnat is good for ourselves. Chicago

i n Dune.

Paoli, Indiana, March 13. Evi

dence of the organization of the Invisible Empire, Knights of1 the Ku Klux Klan in this old Quaker town was evidenced recently;- by several significapt events, among them acts

ot cnarity and substantial aid rendered to local people who were se un-

tortunate as to need timely help. A liberal donation to be'used in re-

toring the eyesight of a child in

Paoli, was unusual and commend

able.

Lyons, Ind., March 8. The Ku

Klux Klan of Greene County held

nublic meetins at Memorial Hall

in Lyons last night. The event had

been judiciously advertised and the hall was fairly packed with people,

many no doubt through mere curi

osity and others to hear the tenets of the mysterious order discussed by

" prominent leader ot the orgaru

zation," advertised. It is estimated

that at least 300 people were present

rrom this city.

Only about a dozen members of

the Klan attended the meeting in full

Klan regalia, these had seats on

the platform.

OFF im, ON AGIN!

60NE AGIN: Tribune

South Bend. March 13. As deerad

Ing and vicious as the alarmists who

conceived the propaganda, was the charge made to the press a week ago

Dy tne pastors of St. Hedgwich and

St. Casimer Catholic churches of this city that they had received threats in

the mail to leave town or St. Hedg

wich church would be blown up. The threats, they charged, were signed

Ku Klux Klan."

The newspapers of the city were the most gullible and are charged with spreading false alarms. They played

the story in screaming headlines,

only to retract the charges made against the Ku Klux Klan when

investigation proved the letters, scrib

bled in a woman's handwriting, was the work of a person demented, or, as

a prominent city official hinted

trumped tip for propaganda pur

The press was given the story be

fore the alleged threatening letters

were turned over to the chief of po

lice and postal inspectors. Two days

later, the pastor of the St. Hedgwich

church admitted to the staff corre

spondent that there was no basis of

truth in the charges against the Ku

Klux Klan.

tent lawyers as to deter the latter in code?" Literary Digest.

Now Let's Get This Straight

.Theodore Roosevelt said: "We stand unalterably in favor of the public school system in Its entirety. We believe that English and ho other language is that In which all the school exercises should be conducted; We f are against, any division of the' school fund, and against 'any 'appropriation: of public money for ctarla? purposes We are. against any reeog-

Mltton wwawver fcjrttie utate lit an

Youth Makes Appaal

The Fiery Cross Is in-receipt of a

communication concerning a young

man suffering from tuberculosis, who has hopes of 'recovering and is desirous of entering the ministry.

- Protestant ministers who have text

books that would assist him, partlcu

larly a copaohrtlanct1 to tatf-Blble' a

Bible dlctKflatarytsatKdBlblial tis'tory which, are 'badly Heeded, raft1 forward

them to-- 'JThe' Fiery

, dv of rMjKraalMe lource. See If aame la, attached to them. -; - v . fQrrm 9f ute-alded parochial sohoolaAj Uxis needy' youth.;

Cross-1 cwhten, In

yitHrn; 'will biaa tftedt in the ands t

r Uzia needy youth.5 yyewttaasu. -

Blair at Thcrntown

Thorntown, Ind., March 12. In spite

of rain and impassable roads, Rev Blair of Indianapolis' delivered an ad

dress here Saturday on Americanism,

to a large and enthusiastic audience

ot men and women representing the community for miles around. Much Interest has been manifested la the

meeting In that the advertisement of

the .meeting was , made by colored cards- and considerable significance

was attached to .the different colored cards 'that were' posted in ..different parts, ot, the, town. The meeting has

excited' consrderawe-fcommBnJt, .ana

lot ot discussion,, being me first Amer

icanization meeting held here '8&sy

years.

was

brought about by protests of his constituents or whether it were due to

his own prejudice. The Bishop was badly shocked when Senator Brewster informed him that protests by the hundreds had come in to him over this attempted grasp of state funds.

This ill-conceived attemnt to make

the state and the Protestant residents in particular support an institution based on a religion owi mr

uueuty w a ioreign neaa nas

surrea up such a hornets nest boat the ears of the Catholics that amy further efforts to seek privilege are

certain ot defeat. The neonle of

Maine are awake to the truth and

nothing has helped them see the light more than this snatchintr at

their purses.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S 60!

Petersburg, Ind., Marchl2 At the

funeral of Verner Johnson, the young coal miner who was killed at the

Atlas mines here Tuesday,, which was held at Winslow Wednesday after

noon, six white robed figures, en

tered the church, and forming a cross went through the funeral ritual of a secret organization. After complet

ing the last rite over the body of

their dead brother, they quietly left

the church, going into a waiting auto drove away. A great bunch of roses

marked "K. K. K. decorated the

coffin.

A masked body of -men, presum

ably the Ku Klux Klan, staged the

largest demontration of its kind

ever held in the county, at Plain-

field Thursday night, carrying out

their mysterious rites before the

public at the corner where the Mod

ern Woodmen building stands.

Clasping hands, fifty-four white

robed figures formed a circle in the

middle of the street, and m the cen

ter of this ring fourteen candidates were given the initiatory work of the organization. The edge of the circle was flanked with a crowd of interested spectator from fifteen to

twenty people deep. Plainville citi

zens estimated the town entertained

a crowd of about 1,500 people a reg

ular Harvest Home throng.

News of the demontration appar

ently had been passed out to all parts

of the county for it is said that omen

were present from all the townships,

with many men from wasnineto

scattered through - the crowd. Citi

zens. of . Plainville ' learning of the

visit, turned out in force,

Early in the evening four white

robed sentinels took up imitlohs at

the mam corner of the, business dis trict, the corner where the Wash

ington-Plainville road hits the main

street. Their presence arouned con

siderable surprise and wonder. " It

was soon noised around thai a dera

onstration was to take place. People began gathering along the main street. About an hour after the masked sentinels appeared there was

a loud explosion followed, ten mm

utes, later by another blasts evidently that of a. stick vbf' dynamite. : . The

blasts were apparently signals that were a. part of the plan for the evening. . Almost ' immediately there

after the whitei-robed and vrhite-hood-

ed . f.gures, marched" Into -.ther -town froik-the "direction of. tha school

ilaatlon meetlns held here iatsaay jhous?. Fqurcfgr-w fct)css-J the criminal

BUT LET THE PUBLIC KEEP IT

STRAIGHT WHO IT IS BEHIND THE FIGHT. ' The "Great American Crusade

against the Klan is about to begin

in earnest," according to the Indiana Catholic Record.

Merry old Harry is goinsr to break

loose and America is going to be made safe for "Americans, by Pat O'Donnell and the American Unity League, according to the "Record."

Read this and weep A national convention, at which

leading men of all creeds and poli

tical anuiatlons will be called togeth

er, to make a national fight for the

suppression of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, is to be held in Chicago about May 1, as a result of a con

ference held here in connection 'with the opening of a six-night "aliena

tions anti-Ku Klux rally" begun here

Monday evening, and continued at the Coliseum all week.

The opening attack on the hooded.

secret organization was made by Gov. John M. Parker, of Louisiana, who

uncoverea ana is prosecuting the klansmen responlsble for the Mer Rouge murders. Gov. Parker addressed close to 20,000, persons jammed Into the Coliseum. He, was followed by former Senator Leroy Percy, of Mississippi. Both of them denounced the Klan as an un-American association and menace to the peace of communities and to national unity and discipline. The plan of the national movement to prevent sworn klansmen from occupying public office in the United States was made at a conference preceding the mass meeting and involves the following tentative provisions: The calling together of leaders in the north and south In a national gathering la this city, organlalng every community throughout the United States against the Klan, and arousing the people, generally -to an appreciation of the Klan's, menace. The organization wilt- bsnoitpotV tlcal and non-sectariarv In -Its membership, and Its purpose will be to prevent the entrance into public life of all who have their Klan oath foresworn 'their - loyalty to the constitution ot the tlalted States, which guarantees toll religious liberty. One of the first battles of ths pp. aanlzatlon will be to prevent the seating In the United States senate of U. 8. 8enatoifeet Mayfleld of Texas. Ttl kiY-Tif-?! fill Vif ln.-.llw-wfta

the anti-Ku KlUT nrcrantaattnn fnnnMl

la Chicago by aneji of - ail oreedi and of -which Attorney-Patrick Hi ODoa-

meeting Viras 'presided ver by Judge

wivua.Bi i. -Dicivuiiey, cniei justice oi

ins- enminaj eourt, jho-Jbts jrtfX