Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1923 — Page 7
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COOKING MASH AND "CITIZENS' PARTY" RESULTS IN MISHAWAKA CLEAN UP TWO STILLS, THREE BARRELS OF MASH FOUND. Police Raiding Party Find Complete Outfit for Making Illicit Liquor and Five Barrels of Mash. Mishawaka, March 12. Filed in St. Joseph county circuit court this week wore two cases against liquor laW violators whose arrests were due to complaints filed by the Ku Klux Klan. Members ot the "citizens' party," as they have become known, accompanied officers of the Mishawaka polico department after first obtaining UDniaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuD DR. A.E.LONG I DENTIST Over Farmert Trust and Savings Bank, Corner Sycamore and Mjfln Street KOKOMO ' IMItlAMA MtinmiwuiiiiiniiiiiiniinniiiiiiiiniiiiiiinininmimnimS INDEPENDENT Sewing Machine Store NEW AND U8ED MACHINES BOUGHT AND 80LD 111 N. Union Street Phone 1190 - w w i.i w - I PI U I A IN M t ''vvvwwwvwvvvvvw milllllllHIHIIllllllllHllllnll.li.i,.i,m.....,rr,m1lm Eat Sun Beam Products -The The Best Foods Packed "There (e Reason" GEM LUNCH All America 3. MINGS, ire Oa. Union Traction Statieej KOKOMO. INC. Phone 184 V. T. CRAIG We Serve the Beet Food Obtainable Interurban Cafe MARION'S LARGEST CAFE " 24Hour Service 420 South Adama Street MARION, . . INDIANA laiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiMiiiuiuiii! Club Cafe Grant Trust Bldg. Phone 1 185. H. C. H U DSON, Prop. uainese Men's Luncheon Short Ordera MARION .... iNmiMi auoMutuuuRiiiiiiiiiiniinnuminnnniuinKitiiiiiiiiuB Washington Cafe 60 8. Washington St. A GOOD PLACE TO EAT 100 Per Cent American MARION . . INDIANA Machine Shop Automobile and Machinery Parte: Special Machinery, Tools and Die. The Wiley Machine A Tool Co. Second 8L and Forest Ava. MARION . . . rNDIANA AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING Storage, Accessories, Oil and Gaa DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE PRESNALL AUTO CO. Phone 585 Western and 8econd 8treete Grant County Band GOOD PARADE MUSfC Available at All Timet wowoteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoeeeseei Who Makes the Beat Bread In Marion? G. Sanders GROCERIES SSI East Haven Ave, Phone 4759 RICHMOND .... INDIANA ICafe Phone 824 Rea. Phone 404 Keever's Cafe'1 D. R. KEEVER, Prop. 100 Per Cent. AmarLean UPLAND . INDIANA We repair your Shoea while ypu welt - Best quality Leather. Lowest Price. .-' -
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PAGE ARE search Raab. warrants from City Judge The two defendants are under bonds of $1,000 each to answer to unlawful possession of stills and manufacture. They are Frank Maas, 716 W. Seventh St., this city and Frank Zelman, a farmer near the Michigan state line. The raid upon the Zelman farm was the most spectacular. Six of the "citizens' party" were sworn in as special constables and these men, with two police officers, proceeded to the farm home and searched the premises. Under the front room carpet, tacked down to cover the whole floor, was found a trap door which led to a dugout underneath. Two stills of 15 and 20-gallon capacity, three barrels of mash and five gallons of "mule" were seized. Fumes of cooking mash led to suspicion of "moonshining" at the home ot Frank Maas. A police raiding party, armed with a warrant and directed by a "citizen," found a complete outfit for making illicit liquor in the basement, in a part cut off by a wooden partition. Five barrels of mash were foaming over, ready for a run-off in a 20-gallon still. A flask containing "moon" and a glass, found in the cupboard in the kitchen, gave reason for the belief that Maas operated a dispensary of his own as well as wholesaling large quantities with "bootleggers." Mash of Another Raid to Be Destroyed Several hundred gallons of what is said to be the "highest eradf mnnn. line wnisky" ever seized in this disict will be consigned to the sewer onday in Mishawaka. This whisky, dzed in a raid on tho T.pFYpp farm south of Mishawaka, on Jan. 27, will e destroyed by order of the city court pou application to the court by Chief f Police Harry Barrows for authority o dispose of it. The original appliation was filed on Feb. 5. and zrantod by Judge John M. Raab. The law required that a period of R0 davs elapse after the court order was isueu betore the seized linuor was Aa. stroyed on account of the fact that the owner was not known, and to give him an opportunity to claim the lirmnr in tho meantime if he should acknowlAMERICAN Shoe Shop and Shining Parlor 105 East Markland KOKOMO INDIANA STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN Lost Solea Restored Bill's Shoe Repair Shop 112 W. Charles St. MUNCIE .... INDIANA WM. E. HORSTMAN, Prop. Herbert Hines SUITS MADE TO MEASURE We Specialize In Ladles' Work All Work Called For and Delivered. Phone 2085 413 S. Walnut St. MUNCIE INDIANA Mnncie Steam Dye Works 112 Mulbirry St. North Phone 690 J. J.BENNET iiuiuiuiiininininiuiiiiiiiiiiinDiimmnninuiiiimjimt MORGAN'S GARAGE Rear 411 W. Jackson. Phone 4811 1 Ford Servlea That Satlaflaa CLARENCE W. MORGArl, Prop. I MUNCIE, INDIANA uiuintiiiiiiiiiiiiminiiiTnmiiTiiimiiiiniuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiana UHJiueiiupiyiniiiminpinintiituuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiginii m WM m iemp s American Gate KEMP AND KEMP flood Coffee and Home Cooking Our Specialty -501 8. Mulberry St. Munela. lnrt inuiiaiuuiniuiiiiininuaiiiiimiiiMiiiiiiiiimuiuiiuiauiia THE ORIGINAL Willard St. Drug Store of Muncle, Ind. FRANK PELLHAM, Prop. 500 E. Willard 8L Phone 8219 Hamburger Restaurant Real Good Eata EDWIN MILLER, Prof. I W Main 8t Muncle, In fiVBX'HIIIWBIT'airnWBIIliHl'niimiiiiH'im rwn .EnTiKE ia CHAIRS 1 Star Barber Shop Open 8hop WALTER CURTIS, Prop. arri-nir men: tiair cm 36c Sbavt 20c inUE Malx S ft . 1 - a . Studabaker Grain Go. COAL HAY FEED SEEDS ELI M, MORRIS. Manager Phone 81 VAN BUREN . . . INDIANA VanBuren News Eagle "PRINTING THAT PLEASES"
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edge its OWnerRhin. NTn rlsim haa been made, and the final nrrtAr for the disnosal of the whisky was issued wnen me lime period specified by the law expired. The giant still which was seized at the time of the raid was destroyed several days ago along with an accumulation of stills which had been seized in raids during the past year. While the raid of Jan. 27 netted the biggest haul of illicit liquor ever found in Str Joseph county, no prosecution of the operators of the plant has followed. County, state and federal authorities took, an interest in the case immediately following the raid, but all interest was soon lost, and appeals of Chief Barrows to the state attorney general's office for assistance in -running down the operators of the plant were totally ignored. Activities "of an investigator connected with the attorney general's office, who happened to be working in this vicinity at the time ot the raid and who made a preliminary investigation here without orders from Indianapolis are said to have led to his dismissal or at least temporary suspension from the state payroll. Information that the local dennrt. ment was able to secure showed that the giant distillery plant was not a local enterprise but one which had ramifications spreading over a great deal of territory, and the ramifications were so broad that the local were powerless to conduct any kind ol an investigation single handed. SCOTTSBURG HEAR BLAIR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGAM TO START. Scottsburg, Iud., March 12. Although 1U0 per cent. Americanism has a number of most loyal representatives among our citizens, the first public discussion of this important subject occurred at the court house last evening. The weather was inclement and most of the roads were almost impassable but the speaker, the Rev. V. N. Blair of the national bureau, was greeted V an audience of about five hundred people who packed the room, many standing to listen attentively to the entertaining and enlightening explanation of this movement, fellowship in which is offered now to white, native-born, Gentile, Protestant Christian gentlemen of America. Protestantism in our town now better understands its mission and all our qualifying citizens are most enthusiastic about free schools, free speech and a free press. Everybody understands why the Ku Klux Klan wears the mask and rose and persists in keeping its rapidly increasing membership guarded secret. Selfishness, greed and lawlessness finally have met their match in this locality. It is reported that a strict law enforcement program is about to be inaugurated. The Ku Klux Klan never had as many friends around here as now and the enemies of righteousness and peace never were more hesitant and ill at ease than today. Herold Vulcanizing Co. PENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CUP mt GOODYEAR TIRES Two (2) Storee 106 N. itaeksoiSt. 212 E. NaT. Art6REEHCASTLE, ISO. BRAZIL. IND. FOR FIRE AND TORNADO IN-euKANQE-REAL ESTATE I See RALPH E. PARKER Citizen Bank Blrin FAIRMOUNT - . INDIANA Short Order Cafe CANDY, CIGARS. 80FT DRINK8 AND SODA FOUNTAIN 100 American IftU R. A. LYTLE FISHERS ..... INDIANA When You Want Smokea, Drlnkef or anay in 'rktown Stop at Yorktown Cigar Store ARTHUR CAMPBELL. Prop. Phone 2258 818 Meek Ave. Now and Uaed Tlrea for Sale, Agent for Maxotlrea SERVICE TIRE CO. .Free Service to Members) Beat In Vulcanizing All Work Guaranteed JOHN C. TUTTLE. Munole, Ind. Stroup Bros. Grocery Anything In the grocers line for anybody. UPLAND . . . . INDIANA W. L. Kelly & Son CIGARS CANDY SOFT DRINKS BILLIARDS WARREN INDIANA Bruce H. Carr TWO STORES FOR MEN Of High-Grade Furnishings, Tailoring And Shoes at Popular Prices We feature the FLORSHE1M SHOE -' Pressing and Repairing; Dptrt ..-;: . .ment, In Connection:
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LEGION RESOLUTIONS BEING STEREOTYPED; BROACASTED IN U. S. LATEST INFLUENCE OF NATIONAL CHAPLAIN, FATHER O'CONNOR, FELT AT COLUMBUS. American Legion's Stand Against the Klan Is Entirely a "Paper" Affair. Columbus, O., Mar,eh 12. That the American Legion's stand against the Klan organization is entirely a "paper" affair and is inspired by Father O'Connor, national chaplain, was evidenced here recently when it became known that-Department Commander Bateman, a known Jew, who exhibits all the characteristics of his race, had asked for and received a copy of the resolution, which he made public. It seems that the city authorities in Springfield, when they conducted their illegal aid unwarranted raid on Klan headquarters found three or four youths who belonged to the Springfield Post. Sherman Anstadt, commander of the Springfield post, requested Department Commander Bateman of Columbus for the Legion's stand on the organization. To this request of Commander Bateman, which was handled in the same manner and in line with the same way the matter is handled in many other towns, received stereotyped resolutions which he proceeded to give to the local press. These resolutions simply set out that a man "must choose in which of the two organizations he desired to continue membership." It is' passing strange that Father O'Connor, as Catholic chaplain, and Commander Bateman. as a Jew, should be mobilized together in the American Legion and acting together as a hostile force against the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Ohio, the idealistic principles of which are true Americanism. Perhaps it is in lino with the Jewish claims that are now being set up as having discovered America, it is remarkable that Commander Bateman knows so little of his race that he has forgotten that their first expedition across an unchartered ocean was tint for exploration or adventure, but that he was fleeing from the inquisition of the same people of which National Chaplain O'Connor is the type and representative. The American Leirinn should he warned and realize that if it draws the line against the Ku Klux Klan, as proposed by Father O'Connor, as national chaplain and as endorsed by Commander Bateman, Ohio Department commander, that it may expect the legion to degenerate and become practically an alien organization. There will then be no choice for its members between the two organizations. It is indeed dangerous, not to the. Klan, but to the legion and a large per cent, of the legion men here realize it. It is significant that these antlKlan resolutions only see the light of day through such conditions and circumstances as outlined here. Many legioneers are beginning to wonder why this is true. MODERN TROY GREETS NEW AMERICANISM SEES FIERY CROSS ORGANIZATION GROWING HERE EVERY DAY. Troy, O., March 12. Activity of the Ku Klux Klan in Troy and evidence of a strong and growing organization here are becoming more evident every day. The hearty and 100 per cent, cooperation of at least one other fraternal organization has made the path easier and their rapid development more possible. Last week Troy held the center of tho week's news by quickly acting in the arrest of McDonald, Juda3 Iscariot of the Klan in Springfield, bringing him to Troy, where prompt justice was handed down. Recently a large, fiery cross was burned, which attracted considerable attention. The organization is backing the duly appointed and constituted authorities in cleaning up the city, something which has been much needed for years, but which has been impossible for lack of co-ordinated support of the authorities. That there is much evidence that there is approval of tho Klan's efforts in this city was brought out by the remarkable attendance at the address of Rev. Hugh Miller of the U. B. church of thfe city. This was followed by a public meeting at Tippecanoe City, five miles south of Troy, where an unknown minister delivered a talk on "One Hundred Per Cent. Americanism" to a crowd which was estimated by a reporter on the Troy Daily News to be 1,200 people, and many were turned away. Much is expected of the organization in Miami county. Tha, assurance is given that' the citizens standing for law and order will not be disappointed. : Rossville Hears Address Rossville, 111., March 12. Rev. G. Matthew Jordan deHvered ; a stirring address at the Flret Presbyterian church in Rossville endorsing the Ku Klux Klan. ' , ; . - Rev. Jordan ts the pastor of what Is termed In Rossville, "a "friendly church," and hia talk at this Umelwas wsjeiy ana-wen received RetfateH tb Mlnlwurt.'
inwi New State Prohibition Law Has Teeth In it. LIQUOR LAW VIOLATORS NOW MONKEYING WITH A BUZZ-SAW. The most far-reaching of any of the bills pasped by the recent legislature and that are now laws, carrying an emergency clause, are the ones relatingto prohibition. One is the amendment to the 1917 Prohibition law which increases the penalty for violation and which makes it unlawful for anyone to manufacture, transport, or give away intoxicating liquors of any nature whatsoever. It is the Dunn bill introduced by Senator Oliver B. Dunn of Morgan county, and was backed by the AntiSaloon League. Another change in the amendment is, that it is now mandatory that the judge impose sentence for a first offense, and suspended sentences are prohibited. A fine of $100 to $500 may be imposed for a first offense, together with imprisonment of 30 days to six months, while second and subsequent offenses make it mandatory on the judge, upon conviction, to sentence the offender to one to two years in the penitentiary, and a fine of from S200 to $1,000. Persons who have been carrying their liquor in their cars are now liable to run against a snag, in that the new law makes it a felony to have any amount of intoxicating liquor, not even a drink, or a pint, in a buggy, automobile, wagon, aeroplane, or any form of transportation. This law carries a penalty of one to two years' imprisonment, and a fine as high as $1,000, and also contains a clause forbidding the judge to suspend sentence for second offenses. The original provision for "any person transporting or having more than one quart," was amended in the senate by striking out the amount of liquor, which now make's it impossible to even carry a wee drop, or have it in your possession while on public highways. The third liquor law, which will not strike so many people is that pertaining to owning of a still or distillery apparatus, not registered with the federal government. It is thought that with these amendments to the Indiana prohibition laws, together with the federal statutes, that Indiana is going to be about as o.ry as tne banara desert if, and we say if, the laws are enforced. At least those who have continually had their little nips and carried their liquor about with them from place to place on going out to little evening parties, are going to find it too dangerous to be worth while. Jobber of Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags, Wood Olahee, Twine, lee Cream and Oyster Pal la. When In Need of Sale Books see 8ehultz. 231 1 Kenwood Ave. Rand. 1194. Indlanapolla, Ind. PHOTOGRAPHS ! Phone) Main 7114 national Studio 23 N. Pennsylvania St. 1t Discount If You Mention This Ad. Ask for Mr. Porter Main wis Washington 26fti W. A. WALLER Representing the A.W.Bowen Co. 845 FT. WAYNE AVE W. F. GRAHAM COFFEE SALESMAN THE FIERY CROSS AMERICA'S FASTEST GROWING WEEKLY CHAS. D. LEE BARBER Chair No. Basement, Traotlon Terminal Sta. Childers Bros. 18th and Montcalm Sta. Barber Shop t Chalro 100 Service CIGARS AND TOBACCO 4c Hardy Perennials a Specialty Ear! Burkhart NURSERYMAN ' Trees, Shrubbery and Hedges Drsxsl 5648 40Q(t V MrlUit t
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KUN'S ACTIVITY IN GREENFIELD TWO FIERY CROSSES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN BURNED IN THE CITY. Greenfield, Ind., March 12. That there is a well-organized Klan in Greenfield is quite evident to Greenfield citizens, who are commencing to wonder just what it all means. Recently a speaker addressed a large crowd at Greenfield on the principles of the order. Two fiery crosses have recently been burned in the city and considerable headway has been made In the efforts of the Klan toward better law enforcement and civic improvements. Just now bootleggers and rum distributors are receiving some attention and it is anticipated that action "will be taken in a short time. There has been considerable activity in the way of charity and helping the needy, and Greenfield Klansmen are receiving the moral Support and approbation of the better citizens. nnnniiBimniuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiniiiininioiniiiian C. A. Dussendorfer I I FRESH AND CANNED MEATS I I Phone, Wash. 4771 63rd and Bellefontaine St. i 1 BROAD RIPPLE - - - INDIANA ouiniiuMiiuiiitiiiiiiHsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiinuiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiia i JuiniiiiniuiMiHiiiiniiiiuiiiiiKuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiniiiiiiiiit if. a o . i I tvans American uate a BEST 100 25c MEAL IN STATE I 104 N. Union, KOKOMO, IND. I GUY H. EVAN 3 S DiuuiiijiniiMiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiaiiiuiiiiitiiiiiiiHiuiuiuiiiiiu WWWWWWWWWWWWW .M Phone Me for Prices on Paints Roofing Materials Automobile Oils, Etc. A. G. FRENCH 16 W. Michigan Lincoln 1470 WWWWWWVWWWWWWWW1 - C. C. URBAN CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Belmont 13IS 45erw!ek Ave. F. LI. KIRKPATRICK PHOTOGRAPHER We photograph anything, any. where at anytime. Clrkut Photoa or Groups and Conventions. Flash Lights of Parties. Real Estate Photos a Sneclaltv. Circle 3119. 810 W Wiihlmrtnn . ' - - - " WU.Bp General Repairing
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The Rev. Cissna of the W. Wash. M. E. Church will speak to men only at the Brightwood M. E. Church next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 on the "Needs of America." ' ? PLAINVILLE SEES THRONG Estimated Crowd of 1,500 People Aetended Masked Initiation on Public Corner. Plainville, Ind., March 12. A, masked body of men, presumably the Ku Klux Klan, staged the largest demonstration of its kind ever held in the county, at Plainville Thursday night, carrvine out their rnvsteriniin rites before the public at the corner where the Modern Woodmen building sianus. Clasping hands, 54 white-robe3 figures formed a circle in the middle of the street, and in the center of this ring 14 candidates were given the initiatory work of the organization. The edge of the circle was flanked with a crowd of interested spectators from 13 to 20 people deep. Plainville citizens estimated the town entertained a crowd of about 1,500 people a regular Harvest home throng. Homer DeVore THREE-CHAIR BARBERS 6209 Bellefontaine St. BROAD RIPPLE - INDIANA 100 CHIROPRACTOR3 SHORT AND SHORT 419 N. Delaware St, If you will look Into Chiropraetli ou will alwava look un ta It. n loivea you 100 Health. aKimsKiiimra A. L. CHARLES PAINTER AND DECORATOR Webster S72i 227 BROOK8IDE AVE. AVWWAMANWWVWWWWWVW Learn the Barber Trade Tri-City Barber College Also Retail Barber Supplies VICTOR GILMOUR. Prop. SOS E. Wash. St. Circle S787 Indianapolis ELMORE BROS. REALTY CO. FIRE INSURANCE Suburban Tracta and City Property Our Specialty 491 City Trust Bldg. CIRCLE 7962 nrnamimiiHiiuRumuumimnnHinmBC REGULAR MEALS, 25 CHICKEN DINNER, SUNDAY, SSol When In the City Sat at tha Yellow Front Restaurant C W. REICHARD 112 8. Illinois! Electric Work, Magneto, Starter and Generator. Trim Shop In -Addition. Top Building. INDIANA ;mi.mnm..i,,.L,,iT,t1,,ntWMa Expert Battery Reeharalno and Repairing s44 Virginia Ave. " tVI. Dille CAPITOL AVENUE INDIANAPOLIS, IND. INDIANA In Used FurnUttrt T Opp&s'ts Court Woo w . -it r
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