Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1923 — Page 5

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HAS BACKBONE tag (Continued from Page 1.) ganliatlon to meet in this city, at any point they choose, and when they choose, nnd put it up to the councilmen themselves to prove that the Klan had violated any law or ordinance since they came to Cleveland "I do not intend to let the police force crawl down chimneys to try to nd OXM ,hat la Koing on," said Mayor Kohler. "Let them meet as :'0are and Tobacco- lath Walter R. Dorsett BARBER SHOP 7 Massachusetts Ave. 0 E. Ohio St. INDIANAPOLIS John E. Keller LATaest DlSDl&T. Peni anil Pan. dls In Stats; Fountain Pens and Cversharps repaired. 157 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, Ind. DR. L. H. RATLIFF EYE SPECIALIST Uyea carefully and sclentllcally szamlned. Glasses furnished at (air and honest prices. Fourth Floor, Occidental lldg. ROOM 417 n"WWIIiaimmmilHIDIMnmirmimrmnrmimm HUUMNli, $2.00 PER ROLL Red or Green Slat. riM r 4-Width Asphalt Shingles $5.25 is. 1 LOS. LICHTENAUED nun 1011 W. Washington. Belmont 94 If you fail to get your PAPER PHONE LINCOLN 7467, ASK FOR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT OR WRITE US GIVING. THE DATE THAT YOU SUBSC RIB ED AND LENGTH OF TIME.

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emphatic declaration was cheered bf more than 500 people who crowded the council gallery, and could no longer restrain themselves. Efforts of President Towns to control the crowd in the gallery had no effect on the spectators, who Indulged themselves in a loud and lengthy demonstration, at the end of which Kohler retorted, "You can see the people believe as I do." Finkle's resolution was presented to the council following the printing of a news statement In the local newspapers that Klan members were meeting regularly, and that a meeting was held last Saturday night In a hall In V. Third St. Councilman Finkle protested vehemently at what he termed "permitting Cleveland to become a hot-bed of the Ku Klux Klan," and "was surprised and amazed that this damnable organization was to be put on a par with the Knights of Columbus," which brought another laugh and cheer from the gallerv. Finkle further declared that "the Klan is meeting in violation of In w ftrtA ah mil A kbe stopped," to which Mayor Kohler replied, "produce your p'roof; bring your evidence to my office tomorrow morning and I will act, and act quicki iy. i am not a member of the Ku i Klux 'Klan, and do not know anything auuui. il any more than I do Mr Finkle's Hebrew organization, and what is more, I am not going to try to find out about either of them." Piesident Towns finally secured order, and made the pertinent remark that he was sorry the uproar had taken place, and asserted that he could not agree with Mr. Finkle and W. G. EVANS ARBER 8HOP It West Twenty-First Street 100 Servles INDIANAPOLIS . . imniiui iammiiuiiiiiutmii11linnWmm.n.y..,MM,l.lmwy aaainimniiiiiiiuiuiiuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiniinuBiiiiiuiijiiiinmii Indianapolis Glass Go. i Automobile Glass for All Makes of! Cars Replaced While You Walt, f Circle 7727 132 Kentucky Avs. I aiuiiiliiiiliiliniriiniriiiaiii1iiirtnliiiiiiiiBi1iB,aHBaiiiMfl' tfnmiiniMminiiiiiniiiimlllllllululliI11 oiuiiip uaroer snop and Bath Tarss Bsrbers 100 ervls 2341 STATION ST. M'liiiinimiiimauminnnnm WE INSURE EVERYTHING H?rIaTPt1r MAIN 4451 .r,.U'.?.NAPOL' .".l..:.i-.li.r,,HiHi;illIl1,111, Ynur UmA' 3unniinit INDIANAPni m inoiANAPOL 8 . . INDIANA President and Manager. imniumimHaiHiiii!iiiininiiiHDirHiuuim No Dlstanos too Far or too Near CLEANERS PHONE, CIRCLE 1717

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.ftf.MUKV that the crowd didn't either. A man by the name ot Datum seconded the passing of the resolution. A recerir meeting in a downtown hotel, supposed to have been held by officials of the Klan. was interrupted by a local police inspector, for which it is understood he was roundly reproved and given to understand that men might assemble in their privavte rooms In local hotels to transact any business they chose, without any interference from the police department. The ordinance over which the disr cussion started makes it "unlawful for any person or persons to organize any society which tends to promote racial hatred or religious bigotry " It provides a fine of $500 and sis months' imprisonment upon conviction, and if enforced and were constitutional it would and destroy every secret organization ! in ..eveiana, it tne interpretation were placed upon it that would have to be placed upon it to make it effective against the Klan. It has been pointed out that religious bigotry has been practiced by a certain organization for centuries, the ramifications of such organization not only being in Cleveland, but being national, international and world wide. It is the same influence operating in Cleveland that brought about the Mer Rouge fiasco. The "All Nations' Rally" in Chicago, the Springfield, "Near mots." the arrest and imprisonment of a Kleagle in Kansas City and which now promises to be further agitated by the mysterious "disappearance" of "a few individuals at strategic points throughout the United States' for the sake of propaganda. Everything seems serene in Cleveland this week, and a strong, militant Klan organization is functioning not only in Cleveland, but in every city, county and town throughout the state. JThat it will proceed unmolested according tn ta l is fully signified by the bold, fearless, .ciii-iniuueQ, patriotic stand taken by Mayor Kohler. HAND AT THROAT OF SCHOOLS IN WEST NO ALIEN TEACHERS FORNIA, IN CALIWant All Schools Under State Board Courses of Instruction in U. S. Constitution Sought. San Francisco, Cal., March 13. The American Citizenship Council has perfected its organization here for a campaign aimed not only to help illiterate foreigners, of whom California has 20,000 more today than she had 10 years ago, but also to assist the public schools of the state by supporting pending legislation which is calculated to improve them. The council's naturalization work will be for the time overshadowed bv pressure of legislative activities. One bill endorsed by the council provides that "the courses of study of all private kindergartens, private elementary schools and private schools shall, on or before the first day of July of each year, be submitted to the state department of education. It shall be incumbent upon the state department of education to approve or disapprove said courses of study." Courses relating to religion or religious education are exempted from inspection. Other bills supported by the council would make compulsory regular courses of instruction in the Constitution of the United States in all public and private schools in the State of California, beginning with the eighth grade, and would prohibit establishment of maintenance of private schools by foreigners. These bills are directed against foreign influences at work in this state said to be responsible for the remarkable number of illiterates despite a voluminous school law and many amendments. By articulating more closely the instructional agencies of the state to all its children of school age, illiteracy will be quickly eradicated, it is claimed. In its naturalization work, the council will seek to have enforced the state law, curiously inoperative at present, compelling the teaching of English to aliens between -the ages of 18 and 21, whose knowledge of English is not equal to that of a sixth?rade education. There is also a state Ijw that a board of supervisors must levy a tax to cover at least the amount asked fof, by a board of education. But according to Leon French, deputy attorney general of tse state, and president of the council, the San Francisco board of supervisors cut out of the board of education budget nearly $2,000,000, thus violating the provision of the law. Effort will be made o compel the supervisors to appropriate the full amount requested by the board of education in its budget. WILLING OFFICERS IN WHITLEY COUNTY ACTING WITH MORAL SUPPORT "THE COMMUNITY." OF Columbia Citv. Ind . cording to the Columbia City Commercial-Mail, Whitley county has in Sheriff Sam stool o DnH m-.u.,. - luoigusn cnas. Fisher officers who at anil fai law enforcement, fnr whtnh u ; wuu IY IS UndOUbtadlV fnHnnatn rrk,. - - j -w cumo.vc. X UCBC two officers are after the bootleggers uu .aw element, ana within the past few weeks have made arrests and secured convictions. Recently, Andrew Ecker, reputed to be the "Raisin Jack King" of Whitley county.-wu arro.tori h a v. . ?. - "j j ik omic and charged with tbe manufacture of uiuuuboidh nnnr r .in uvirA aloa ras found ifi "feallong of "Raisin JackJ! i" A mnvtnini -4.j tn cowHJuaJtj' Tld.tJt "another" lwv

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Trying to Gobble Boy Scouts reports that salaries of the Catholic leaders of the Boy Scouts are being paid for from the National Boy Scout organization. This is what tisflys Vl PPu,a" aa n laeatlo n known as the Boy Scouts we secured Catholic leaders for Catholic boy troops, and the saUr these leaders are paid for by the Boy Scouts organization. Alsfwe have succeeded in bavin,, all literature issued by that organization supervised by a Catholic priest." " on Under the direction of this department of the National Catholic elfare council a summer school for training in Scout leadership was inaugurated at Notre Dame University, and these students stand ready SuS 1 !nn0i- cUaracter- not aI in Boy Scout troops organized by the Catholics, but in the regular Boy Scout organizations of all denominations.

KLAN BECOMES ISSUE IN MICHIGAN CITY FIGHT WOULD DRIVE KLAN OUT OF TOWN BUT KLAN HAS SUPPORT OF REAL CITIZENS. (By Staff Correspondent) Michigan City, March 14. Opponents of the commission form of government, led by the Evening Dispatch, are endeavoring to make the Ku Klux Klan an issue upon which former Mayor F. C. Miller, the Keneflck brothers and theig associates may regain control of city affairs. Backing the same gang which it opposed two years ago, this newspaper camouflages the call for a Special election by the contention that the ' Kluxers are running municipal affairs." "The Ku Klux should he kicked out of the city hall," shouts the Dispatch, charging its contemporary the News as backing "its Kluxer friends" in the latter's fight for a retention of the commission. While thus sidetracking the real motive locally, correspondents on the staff of the Dispatch, sept out press articles to state papers favoring F. C. Miller for mayor and the return of the aldermanic form of city government. Articles appear in other state papers in which the present commission form of government is represented as signally falling as an improvement over the old system. The benefits to taxpayers, the improvement in the morals of the citv, the clean administration of the city's business are lost sight of. The News happens 6 be In better standing with the commission. Therefore, the Dispatch, leading a smalltown fight between papers, cracks the ice with hurling epithets at the News, charging the latter with favoring control of the city government by the Ku Klux Klan, charges that can not be substantiated. The only basis of truth for the charges is in the motive behind them. The Dispatch is backing Miller for mayor, Kenefick for citv attnmav .Hemp Fedder for the board of public worKs. inese men are the avowed enemies of the Ku Klux Klan. These men are opposed by the News and all good citizens of Michigan City in the gang's fight for a return to power. These ,nen are ineligible for membership in the Ku klux Klan. The majority of the commission are eligible. The Dispatch is quick to see the chance of making tbe Ku Klux Klan the apparent issue, while keeping in the shadow the real motive of putting the knife to the commission form of government. Meanwhile, with the kindly assistance of the Kenefick brothers, the trunk sewer project is held up for completion, if possible, at a time when the Dispatch needs a bigger and more important issue. GREENGASTLE HEARS BLAIR Said. He Was Sent Here to Tell the Truth About the Organization's Purposes. Greencastle, Ind., March 13. The fiery cross of the Ku Klux Klan illuminated the interior of the opera house on Sunday afternoon. The cross was made of electric lights and was hung behind a large American flag, suspended on the scenery on the stage of the theater. The inner workings of the Invisible Empire were explained by the Rev. Blair of Indianapolis, who said he was sent to tins city to tell the truth concerning the organization. A large crowd was assembled in the theater and listened for two hours to the interesting and explanatory lecture of the speaker. CLEANED UP MISHAWAKA WHILE HE WAS THERE PASTOR vOF FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOR SEVEN YEARS TENDERS RESIGNATION. Mishawaka, Ind., Rev., George W.i Titus, nastor of th First tlan church for nearly' seven' years, lenuerea ms resignation Sunday to his congregation, the resignation to take effect - In , three weeks. The official board of the - church accepted, Mr. .fltus resignation with" regrets, ' and ' r It will be acted upon by the congregation next Sunday. Mr. Jltus has received calls fol the- TtftBtarafcnr A - i other hufcheifi.anl is now oiBiderirfm.r He stated j uig ,wuers riaex, navq; neea. ade to

what call he will accept, but intimated that he was considering a call to a church in Fort Wayne. Long Service Here TPa.8torate of Mr- Tits at the First Christian church here has been the longest of any pastor in the ,nV?h s histor'- He came here in iJH., after havng been a secretary in the Indiana Anti-Saloon league for two years. At the time he came to Mishawaka the Christian church congregation numbered about 300 active members. During his pastorate it has raore than doubled its membership, and now numbers about 700 During his charge here a new parsonage was acquired, the building debt was paid off, the church was rebanished and redecorated following a fire two years ago, and the church bad a splendid financial development and the salary during his term was increased from $1,400 to $2 400 a year. Mr. Titus said last night, in discussing his resignation, that the various calls he had received carried very substantal increases in salary. Opportunities Ever Present Men can be as original now as ever if they had but the courage, even the insight. Heroic souls in old times had no more opportunities thjan we have but they used them. There were dar tag deeds to be done then are there

ue now wrongs to be redressedare there none now? Charles Kings INNOCENT NEWSBOY BRUTALLY ASSAULTED KLANSMEN ON THE JOB PEOPLE wi- ALL FAITHS CONDEMN ACTIONS OF McGINNITY. (By Staff Correspondent.) uary, March 13.-The roughnecks ot uary lound themselves outnumbered and crowded out of the city court chamber here Friday. ases against Charles H. Holder, v T . . lor 1,16 KieTy Cross, charged with provocation. 'nnn r.. McGinnity. ' hard who felled Holder with a blow delivc' lroi nenind, were continued. Holder secured a change of venue from Judge Prom Tem. E. Hu. McLaughlin. Klansmen, aware of the threats coming from McGinnity and a dozen or more of his friends that they " would clean out Holder and the rest of the gang," came from Hammond and Michigan City to take care of any situation that might arise. They knew the Gary police force, as a whole, was Hostile. Happily, there was no untoward incident. McGinnity and his friends took to the. "tall timber-' and during the time the out-of-town Klansmen were in tary noO one attempted to molest Holder and McGinnity were arraigned before Attorney McLaughlin, March !, and their cases were continued a week.. They had been taken into custody the day previous when Cross upon the streets. To the credit The Fiery Cross Is Growing Rapidly And you can grow with It, provided you can promote the circulation in a way to coincide with Its policy. Write for representative's terms; requirements, 100 honest men. C. B. SALTER, Indianapolis, Ind. 678 Century Building. Dallas Lunday HOUSE WIRING and Electrical Fixtures Installed 1311 E. MICHIGAN STREET Webster 0588 PAPER HANGING and PAINTING 100 SERVICE Cash or Terms. Webster 0512 Goo. W nelson's HOME;COOJING RESTAURANT SPRlNGFlELr V-i 4 V'H1f

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