Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1923 — Page 1

Tim JTILCBIFy

VOLUME II-NIJMBER

PEOPLE OF HE LOOK

ASKANCE AI

Underworld Characters Willing to Commit Perjury in Order to "Get Even" With Element Enforcing Law Citizens Back Officials.

Ministers and Civic Leaders Deplore Effort to Discredit City Administration.

(Uy Maurice Early In the Indianapolis star.) Muncie, Ind., March 2o. When the j Cowl citizenship of a city looks with i misgivings upon the process of a Fed- ' oral investigation of its law enforcing officials there exists a situation somewhat unique, if not unparalleled , in the history of municipal cleanup j campaigns. Muncie citizens do look j with misgivings upon the present in- j vestigation. j They do not. however, want tn ! : misunderstood. They declare they do i not want to shield any official even : tnougn nis indictment and conviction i would give Muncie another black eve I but to put it bluntly, they do not ; want inc federal agents imposed upon by underworld characters who are j willing to commit perjury in order to i get even. ' j This sentiment is expressed bv the i Delaware County Ministeral Association in resolutions adopted, the last

parugrapn oi wnicn is as follows: ,Pv , "We would deplore anv success ,(L btaL 1 011 P011'') which might attend the efforts of cer- Valparaiso. Ind.. March 20. This tain .lawless elements now under-! 1,uit' college town was rudely taking to interfere with the present p0ck?(i witn tlu; west of the pretty law enforcement departments of our , f"01 tufe proprietress, Mrs. Mary county nnd city, and would call upon I I)anlels an(1 tlle "ling of charges of al'go:l 'itircriM , aid i ; every iu.st ' transP,inc' Ikimy. Her case wa-j and proper way".'r Hie maintenance 0VKr . Si a later tiatel of rood government and respect for Accompanied by two students, she luw." motored to Gary, furnished the Council Backs Officials -nun-.vy for the purchase of two quarts . .. . jof wine and returned to Valparaiso, Likewise at a meeting of the the charges relate. The cafe caters ?u ".u" .( 'ty tou"cl1- Wllh ,"",'lvi' "f :to the university student trade, the thirteen members present, the Ho-; The ix.lire waited the return of the publicans and Democrats alike signed ; party, acting upon advices received resolutions expressing the "earnest from citizens. Her automobile is belief that there are certain elements i held by the authorities pending the of law violators who are trying to outcome of the trial, bring discredit upon the law enforce- ! The affair has rocked the placid ment officials with the object of ham- j tranquility of the university. It was penng their honest efforts.- the climax of midnight parties in Hankers, business men. manufac- which Mrs. Daniels played the hostturers, heads of civic organizations, ess to picked and chosen friends, at when interviewed readily expressed ! her cafe. the same views as presentediii the The woman was arrested twice in resolutions adopted by the ministers connection with the same case. One and the Council. of the students was given the blame it inert- are tome ho are not :;ojfor having liquor in their possession, worked up over the situation and both students were held and Mrs. declare they would not be at all sur- j Daniels was released, prised to see the proceedings take a Friends obtained a lawyer for the different turn and trap some persons ' two students. Accompanied by him who are no-v trying to enmesh ofh- they went before Chief of Police , . . . . Charles Cook and signed confessions, Jo understand the Muncie situation saying Mrs. Daniels had paid for the

... ... vi.?u. j "iu i" eeiu : wine ann mat H was to have been newspaper of the muckraking type, for her use -that they merely acted which it appears, some of the citizens upon her instructions. -have taken seriously. It is the usual The confessions tell that while in type of one-man wilted weekly pub- Gary Mrs. Daniels remarked she juration which exists by printing ! would like to take some wine back legal advertisements. Through this to Yalpo, and giving one of the stupublication the sparks of religious dents money to purchase liquor with prejudice have been fanned. Nearly : she drove to the place where it was every man in public life in the city obtained. and county has been vilified by the i On the way to the station, the paper. As plain ordinary muck rak-' woman instructed one of the bovs to ing. is rather obsolete the editor of take the blame and to protect his the paper has seized upon the Ku friend, lie did. However, when Mrs. Klux Klan. Kvery official is branded Daniels denied all connection with as a klansman. The police depart- the boys and acted the part of an ment, and others connected with the injured damsel, with her feelings law enforcement in the city have been greatly abused, the bovs told thenpictured as tools of the klan. side of the story and were released. Editor is in Jail Mrs. Daniels is the twenty-fottr-The editor is now in jail for con- J'.car"1'1 wife of Jam F. Daniels, tempt of court. l,?r" ''""tractor. Hhe was married Typical of the reasoning in this . whl'V shl'. was sixteen years old. is paper is a denunciation of the power T10 ' ofLa, seven-year-old daughter of the Supreme court to determine hvm? .wl hef" an(i a three-year-old the constitutionality or laws enacted. ' s0" vvho ,s w,th an aunt ichiIn the course of the editorial the edi- gaIV ,. . . , . tor says IJ1'els, carrying on his Gary "Arc the people of Indiana so 1 8'"ess- w" alternate nights at blindly stupid and ignoble that they ! m1fhnu' hw-?: . ., . ' arc to be continually misled bv th i vU " .Vle m'hts when he was bunk of the politicians and 'their I ab-ntt tllat thc .""dnight parties are bosses, the men with the big iron ?ld h,avc 'en stad at the dollars, that judges are kingl and E?" ,, "f- was,,nl court ith the people cats, who are privileged to n'v,feat th (tln,e of. her arraignlook at thc king and say nothing." 1 men. - Hcr atto''noi' ,s BIn conclusion the editorial savs in I tw' r i . . , reference to thc first chief justice of j ! ' ,D"me , ""st is declared by the United States- I general reports to be but a small be"Personally we 'regard the defunct ! g.nm"eI of-,an act've clean-up waged John Marshall as having been a curse TV0,, cU.,?en-c- their organizations to America. Instead of government 1'" S"thTtle5,.i. In al" of. for and by the people, we have a K"f Lnucrtsity' gjone. theM is a government of. for and by the Su- u y f n,ore. than 200 selected men preme court." who are waging an active and sueThe editor of this paper, who is ?,eS?Lul W asai",Bt ""-Americanism also under indictment for n ..IWo.l In thc stu'nt body.

liquor law violation, is one of the Tnen who is reported as "assisting" in : the Federal Investigation. Gene Williams, a nntni-inim rhnnn. ter, is reputed to be the "brains" in the investigation. Williams is a lnveiiigauon. wiinains is a ire. Youogr man. He 8Deak flupnt i sure Enffliah, has pleasant personality ' To relate bis history of ups and down in court would fill the pages of romance. . . He was once deputy prose ealoes tt Delaware county, was

"THERE IS

IT INVESTIGATION VALPO STUDENTS GET REAL SERVICE IN BOOZE JOINTS LADY BOOTLEGGER SUPPLIES i STUDENTS WHEN DRY. Cafe Proprietress Causes Sensational Developments. AURORA HOLDS MEETING .uaau my iiai movement in this community is gain Aurora. Ind., March 2.".. The Klan inK ground. An enthusiastic audi ence greeted Kev. Roberts Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church. Rev. Roberts gave an interesting talk, the text of which was "Americanism." It was' approvingly received by those present A special mate choir rendered g JipByriate aelecttpai. .

NO FAILURE EXCEPT FAILURE

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1923.

SECRET OF "THE WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION" IS OUT COLONEL SIMMONS MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT OF ORGANIZATION THAT WILL FUNCTION "ALONGSIDE THE KU KLUX KLAN." Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Other Northern Central States Well Organized. (By Eyewitness) The ninth- discussed National Organization of W omen, founded on the lines of the Ku Klux Klan, which has j been organized in the northern cen- j tral states, disguised under the name, j ' The Women's Organization," has he- ; com'? a p'ibiie reality by the an- , nouneement by f'.ol. Wm. Joseph Sim- ! mons, Imperial Emperor of the Ku i Klux Klan. of the Organization of ! "KAME1JA." the National Women's Organization. The organization will function "alongside the Ku KUix Klan." and is the result of a nation-wide appeal from the women .themselves. Native horn, while. Protestant women of America, above the age of IS years, : will be admitted. The organization will be the developmont of a new consecration oi the American home. American schools, to tin- American government and to the American creed of Christianity, as taught Uy the Prot-! estant church. Tor many weeks the j Women's Organization has been i quietly functioning and organizing i throughout the northern central j states, and already Indiana has 08 s chapters, with a total of over uu.OOO j members, Ohio, -frith its forty odd i chapters Iowa. Illinois and Minne- j B0ta7win thirty oju -:npter3 each . indiciiiirrgiov. th V,. . .on.' remark-',' able tfTan that of. the Ku Klux Klan. It is generally understood that ; aside from Col. Simmous as head of , the organization it will be composed : entirely of women executives, and it ! uu it, is iniim.-ite.i thwi nt n,i ti, a an. i known Indiana woman has been se- j lected and designated as the head of ! the National Women's Organization, i HAMMOND SOUNDS CALL OF CRUSADERS

' this is called a Good Will election, i Sponsors for Mary Edith Turck are KLAN BACKS GRIFFIN. TODD AND j twenty prominent business and proMRS. MEYERS. j fessional men of Indianapolis, all of I whom are Masons. Miss Turck is ! the only candidate in this contest j vvho is exclusively sponsored by a Gary Will See Neighboring City lnjrouP of Masons or by any group Crusade Action. (acting as individuals. These sponsors are appealing, in another place :- in this issue, for assistance of all , their friends who are "on the (By Special Investigator) t square," and point out that several

Hammond, ind., March 20. The clarion call for citizen crusaders to assist and co-operate with the police ' campaign in this city has heen heard. ! ttuwivi iwvrrj lii a. i-l. oil UU UJJtt III U til Haimnojiu a clean citv in pnmnaHa clean nt.v in nnmnsr . ' son with the majority of Indiana ci- ! ties will be cleaner. , Already have the nrobation an.l school attendance officers expressed themselves for increased vigilance. ' The-thought is inspired l.y Joe Todd, ! deputy prosecutor, who wants the help of the citizen vigilauts, to as-; sist him in "mopping up" the city's ! "wet" spots, gambling resorts and bawdy houses. ' Thc program is to go further, according to promises. Dance halls. ! road Houses, pool halls, picture shows I and other places of amusement will i k :n , .i . uimti nuncilldlicc UI1U Llieil IllOrai ; - Comes the call 'for the Ku Klux! Klan. The cohorts, identified with Todd wants to drive out the boot- j leggers. Here s an opportunity for civic inspired men's church organizations : to render a substantial service to! the community," he is quoted as saying. He explains that police officers arc too well known to most of the professional liquor peddlers. Patrolmen and detectives, county and federal officers are handicapped in their efforts to get the bootlegger with the goods. Thc men to be identified with the "vigilance committee" arc also delirious of upholding the morals of the young people of the city. Automobile parties, stalled on , country roadsides, are to be particularly watched. When circumstances are such as to be viewed with suspicion, their names will be taken and catalogued. Mrs. Meyers Complains While Todd views the necessity of 'Jmoppingr up" wet spota in town, Mrs. Lueille Meyers; probation officer; sees (Continued pa. Page. &),

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100 CENT GIRL NEEDS HELP TO WIN IN "GOOD WILL" CONTEST KLANSMEN L&TS GO !

MARY EDITH TURCK Can a lone girl, unaided by a i i u vi it zeiuuus uuuicu LUKamzauon.

a mammoth popularity contest now being conducted by an Indianapolis newspaper where she is employed ' That is the question being asked by friends of Miss Marv

iMmti luicK, no is now one oi tne entrants in the contest inaugurated by the Indianapolis News for the purpose of raising funds for the American Committee for Devastated France.

The contestants having tha highjest number of votes at the close of i the balloting, April ", (Thursday of next week), will be taken on a I "Good Will" trip to France. Hence (candidates in this contest are backed i in part or wholly by organizations ill"'if ance is to uie cnurcn oi Mary Edith Turck, it is pointed out, in out, in a lou ner cent American Christian girl. She is twenty-three ! years old, ot charming personality and is virtually a self-reared arirl. it !is declared. She is likewise a self-' educated girl, depending on her busi-; noss earnings to carry her through; Hhortridgc High School, which she is i llow finishing. She hopes to be able ! t to Butler College next year, But in the meantime there is a special reason why she is eager to ; ? to France as one of the winners this Good Will election. Her grandparents resided in r ranee fill their lives and she is very anxious to vi.U 1 .. 1,-.. .,. t. 1 .u vni. uunic ui Jict aui.c.-iiuj o. lJI V thi l.lh nmliin . sh th'mv.

so and so do her friends who are!and his bfily found in a flower bed

pledging themselves to see to it that clared it is going to take 00,000 votes to win. Some of the candidates are already well on their way toward that mark. Will Marv Edith Turck reseh th

goal? She will if friends will rally Tman S. Deaton as special prosecutor, to her support at once, as her span- acting directly under the appo'mtsors urge. Every reader of this pa- i ment of the Attorney General Crabb, per is being asked to make a special jof the State of Ohio, the whole mateffort to pour in an avalanche of ter is again in the lime-light, and the votes before April 5. '. general opinion is that the matter

April o. ' . We anneal to all men who moet upon the level to rally at once to the support of Mary Edith Turck," said one of the sponsoring committee yes terday. "Not only au such men but all their friends have a real opportunity here to show where they stapd. We do not wish to see this contest dominated by organizations that are in turn dominated and controlled from Rome.' The issue it clean The candidacy of Mary Edith Turck is entirely laudable t.nd worthy of the support of every .100 per cent. American who can posiribly spare a ;few dollars, to aid lluijiis attseV? - 7 r It is' pointed ai here that" the so Called . reprfisentaMve - of the city t

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of INDIANAPOLIS bijr institution or nowerful crmm i i , , . " f ue elected one oi the winners in schools is not a Protestant but is assured of success by the support of her faith and by using the Indianapolis city schools as a vehicle in which to ride to success. Attention is called to a display space and Coupon printed in another column in this issue which gives further facts on this matter and makes it easy to aid 'in this contest in behalf of Miss Turck. EFFORT TO SOLVE MURDER AT ALLIANCE FOR ALL ACCUSATIONS CONCERNING MURDER CHARGE TO BE IFTED. Hope for pressed. (By Eyewitness.) Alliance, Ohio, March 24. Since Dr. i r ,,-.11 , j , , " alKer was Iouna murdered ; at his home near Alliance on the i angles. Grand jury investigations have : failed to prove anyone guilty, but ( motives there are a plenty. With the- !niiinintmr.t tlii i general opinion is that the matter i will be sifted, to the end that the ; guilty person be brought to justice, as well as that the charges and counter charges, accusing different individuals of the murder, will be proven or disproven. Asssitant Attorney General Deaton of Urbana, O., was appointed by Attorney General Crabb. on the peti tion of "a party of citizens of Allijance." Charges have been made here i even to the extent of broadcasting uoiiu-unio imuugiiuuu me cuy lmpneating city officials, including the city soumtor, tne mayor, and cniex ox police. , " Urr the otper hand there Is some

PURPOSE"

KLA N PERSECUTION GOMES

1H; $5010

Courtner Seeks Damages From Chief of Police O'Brien in Suit Filed at Springfield.

-r. Five Separate Causes For Action Mentioned and Petition Sets Forth Many Unlawful Acts Committed.

ANTI-MASK KLAN BILL PASSES IN IOWA HOUSE WITHOUT DISSENTING VOTE Des Moines, la., March 24. Without a dissenting vote or a word of opposing debate the Iowa house of representatives today passed the Yenter anti-mask bill. Prior to the final vote a substitute offered by the author of the measure was adopted, which is practically the Tennessee law, said to have operated VPrV R5ltff Qftnl-ilu In tVlot cfato i-n controlling Ku Klux Klan activities. the entire action of the house today took less than thirteen minutes. There were 100 votes for tfce bill, none against it and eight .were ab sent. The 4;U4oe ,,a. the origin-' a v unfjr nmnncs ; ninrr..i to wear masks in public places. It provides: Provisions of Measure First Any masked person who disturbs the peace or se,eks to intimidate any other person shall be punished for misdemeanor by a fine of $100 to $500 or a jail sentence of from one to six months, or both. Second Any masked person entering the premises of another person or demanding admittance shall be deemed prima facie guilty of assault with intent to commit a felony, and may be sent to prison for ten years. Three Assault with a dangerous weapon by a person wearing a mask, shall be punishable as an assault with intent to commit murder. This crime carries a maximum sentence of twenty' years in prison. Precautionary Measure "This bill," Yenter said, "is a precautionary measure. We have not l yet had in Iowa any acts of violence ! inspired by mask organization. But , we do know that such acts have been committed elsewhere in the United States and we do not want to be un prepared if such lawlessness should spread to Iowa. "The substitute bill seeks no way to curtail the activities of any organization so long as those activities are out in the open, where a real American always should be." : jKlan Head Here Says Anti Mask Bill Is Ml Right V2 are very much released with

'the a:tion of the Iowa house in passFixing Responsibility Ex- i ing the Yenter antinask bill," de

clared a. f.. crown, imperial representative of thc Klan in Des Moines. "Really the Yenter bill is an indemnity policy for the Klan. It is ;a bill aimed at lawless acts. this is as it snould be. T., , . , . inervian is not a lawless or i 5Ln'z'?V ?t,;7;ask. biU- as ":h ZroAr L,, a" should help to curb enable the klan to tirove that it is composed of law abiding citizens. "The bill is just what it should be." Brown denied reports that the Iowa Klan had been maintaining a lobby ac tne state nouse to defeat the i en ter measure. "We have no lobby nor need, one," crown aeciarea. Legislative observers point out that the Yenter bill does not make the wearing of masks a felony ex cept where the wearer of a mask disturbs the peace or seems to intimidate another person. Klansmen claim the bill does not affect them and will not eurb Klan growth. "EVERY KNOCK A BOOST" Long Island City, March 24. A resolution adopted by Hunter's Point community council scoring the Ku Klux Klan has brought a sharp retort to jonn Huuivan, president of the council. A letter receive- by a local paper, say s : : "Well, we are In Long isiana xaty ana .wont get mrtor tf, SulUvan, - g?ery -Jcsocic 1st & boost" -

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DEMANDED (By Eyewitness.) Springfield, Ohio, March 26. Suit for $50,000 damages was filed by Worley M. Courtner, Kleagle and organizer of the Ku Klux Klan of Springfield, against : Richard E. O'Brien, chief of police, in common pleas court Friday morning. The suit is the outgrowth of the recent unlawful and unwarranted raid by a party under Chief O'Brien, on Klan headquarters, at 32 S. Fountain Ave., Feb. 4, and of the subsequent prosecution of Courtner, which developed to be "persecution," on a charge of conspiracy to incite to riot. By a decision handed down by Judge Golden C. Davis in police court. Tuesday, Courtner was dismisses, the Klan property ordered returned and the entire proceedings thrown out of court. Five separate causes of action are set forth in the suit, which is a scath ing indictment of misguided justice, evidenced as being prompted and carried out by religious hate, prejudice and malice, each, cause for action deI man1dmsc J10'00 damages. Thc first cause alleges that the chief and his raiding party went to" Klan headquarters ott the Hight of Feb. 14 without authority M law or search warrant and that thfe raid was wsrate prostitrnjon of the c uiuce an an aecm oi laer law aniL liiut the raid was conducted to ialnra Courtner and throw the Klan into disrepute ; the second cause alleges false arrest; the third cause alleges unlawful imprisonment and depriving of ball without cause; the fourth cause alleges assault; and the fifth cause alleges that the defendant, in order to disrupt and destroy the Klan displayed the private papers of the Klan for an unlawful purpose. The petition is signed bv Fred An derson, Elza McKee, Robert I. Marsh and P. E. Smyth, attorneysfor Courtner. The petition In full follows: "First cause of action: On the 14th day of February, 1923, and for a long time prior thereto, plaintiff was, and had been, in the lawful and peaceable possession and control of certain real estate situated in the State of Ohio. County of Clark, and City of Springfield, and being the second floor cf a certain building known as the Old Armory building, and located at No. A3 S. Fountain Ave., in said city. At said time and place plaintiff was engaged in the conduct of his business. which was the organization of a subordinate lodge or body of the Ku Klux Klan ; and was at said time and place conducting said business in a decent, orderly, peaceable and lawful manner. At said time said Ku Klux Klan was a lawful, orderly and patriotic or ganization of American citizens, which organization and its usines3 was at' said time duly approved and authorized by the State of Ohio. At said time defendant and one George Abele and one Nicholas ' rischer and numerous other persons whose names are to plaintiff unknown, wickedly, wrongfully, mali ciously and unlawfully contriving and conspiring to injure plaintiff, and his premises: and to injure and destroy his said business, and said organization, unlawfully, maliciously and forcibly, with the help and assistance of a large bodv of men, commanded and lead by defend ant, and whom defendant, and said other persons, had induced, instigated and commanded to so help and as sist defendant, broke and entered said premises. "At said time said defendant waa chief of police of said. city of Springneid, and said malicious and unlawful , trespass aforesaid was committed by ' of his said office, pretending to so act under authority of a pretended search warrant, commanding the search' of , said premises for immoral and ob scene literature, booss, papers and. piVllMCO, UUI, UHU1 CkUU iu lam, w anHnff wlthrrnt anv authority In law' Dy searcn warrant or otnerwise; ana in violation of his oath of office as Rllph TtnllPA Affifr Hurt in nmat!-i,Hn of the authority of his said office. Safd . urivuuauv. ax saiu time ana place, and the posse or body of men he led and commanded, with great disturbance, noise and threats, acting in the : mo nnnf nr o mAh fnnnlhlv aioMaii V- V-i. U UIV W 1WI VI Ul J vjwtuu plaintiff from bis said premises, -and maueiouBiy sua unmwiuuy, ana: untor, and seizing ooscene and immoral, literature, aesignea to corrupt v tne morals of youth, maliciously and : unlawfully took and' trarried away, the diarter aheets, inembershtp Uswfc ae

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