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Klansmen, Raise Your Visors! The public, daily becomes more and more in sympathy with and views with ever increasing admiration and approval the acts and influence for good in onr civio and social life, by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan lias become a real constructive force and influence, and commands the utmost respect of a great throng of estimable men, regardless of their religious, social or political beliefs, who are not Klansmen. There is real work to he done, and none should be left undone while Klansmen engage in parades and public demonstrations in full regalia, merely to afford public thrills, secure temporary applause, afford amusement and at the same time gratify and strengthen the opposition by furnishing them with ready and inflammable fuel to feed the fires of hate, prejudice and destruction.

Among real men of real sincerity of principle and real patriotism there are few. If any. differences of opinion, but there are many who have never been in sympathy with public demonstrations and public gifts of alms, behind the mask. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are a new race of men, dedicated and reaffirmed in their patriotism, reborn in a declaration of American ideals never before co-ordinately pronounced, and represent the vast majority of the best minds, and best thought of America today. Klansmen are not. hunting popular applause; they are not. ambitious to thrill America, they are not demagogues whose principles hang loosely upon them. Their utter inaccessibility and secrecy is the bulwark of their strength, which Is all the more reason for secret gifts of alms, deeds of charity, and acts of helpfulness. Why then, by needless acts that can be construe 1 asa bid for public approval, and at the same time are distasteful to many, who otherwise endorse and approve their every act should Klansmen antagonize and give just cause for criticism. The very claim that has been made by the. public, by officials, and by the neutral as well as the opposition press, that the robe and hood is being used by others in actual perpetration of crime, and by still others to discredit the Klan, causes us to raibe our voice to protest, and to discourage the use of the robe and hood by Klansmen in parade; this for its own protection and

ui me same time to allay the last vestige of reasonable cause for criticism. Klansmen, limit the use of your full regalia to your naturalization work within, and on yotir own premises, and to attendance at funerals in a body , of not less than twenty-five. WHEN ON PARADE, RAISE YOUR VISORS. OR nON'T Piiunu tq

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her the Klan is not a lawless organization. Tt has no objection to

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' less acts, and not aimed at tbe Klan, a bill not intended as "Klan baiting," to place it In an embarrassing position, and not in the pf-po 0f FcHn? oJieap V notoriety and newspaper publicity. The Ku Klux Klan is ready and willing at all times to prove that it is composed of law-abiding citizens, and have no . objection whatever to an anti-mask bill that is inst what it shmiirl ho Anv

bill that would help to curb violence,

aw ana oraer. will he welcomed by them. We see no need for anti-mask legislation at this time, and it is introduced and injected into the public mind as part of the American Unity League's program to destroy the Klan in Indiana, and comes with a bad taste and lacks any ring of sincerity. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have pledged themselves and are going to stand in the battle as it is waged in these coming months for law enforcement and will give the lie to whoever seeks to condemn them under the guise and the words that they are a lawless society. They are going to demonstrate to the people of Indianapolis, to the governor, to the people of Indiana, and to every mother's son of them, that they are the best support of the government and constitution, within the state. Iet common sense and fairmindedness prevail in all our deliberations and discussion of a matter of such grave moment to all people.

i, . 4iSjLimber Lunged Lew Lets Loose Again i Limber Lunged' Lew Shank, serving in the office of mayor, as a result of. ' ' miscarriage of justice in the last city election, flops his ears and further 'r8 h'8 i?noraU(e aml impassioned hatred for anything and everything that i a ,8 c,an at)d decent, in an interview recently given to the public press wherein -f he says he will order his police department to tear the masks off of Klansf c men. . Consistent with his usual ignorance, he asks the questions, "How are we to know that a bunch of hold-up men will not adopt that disguise? How are t ' we to know ,naf rap of the people who strongly oppose the Klan will not f ' put on such a disguise and commit acts to discredit the Klan?" 1 Everybody in the State of Indiana with sufficient intelligence tn seek-

helter when the heavens emit moisture, knows that all the regalia oflthe Klan is kept under lock and key and in custody of a bonded Klansman. Every lllgh school boy knows that this reealfa could nnt hp npri

"tances except at religious services or on a public parade. When the Klans- '' i'" re!fiill!l "s,'(1 at a Public parade, then city authorities are notified

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TiTeam, is too nimsy ror intelligent people to countenance. , If Lew Shank wants to do something for the safety of Indianapolis and ,' for the safety of the citizens of Indianapolis and is really sincere and if Limber Lunged Lew is not really nlayinsr to the "erandstand " na ho nanaitv

does, and If Limber Lunged Lew has

o tne citizens ot Indianapolis, and if Limber Lunger Lew wants to do the Ignt thing and earn one-half the salarv that he is extorting from hp cit,.

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,v jnaianapoiiB. ana lr it really was through blatant ignorance that he let his ' j-cblef of tfee fire department O'Brien conduct a hate meeting against 80 ',?; .Dr cent- ,1,e People of Indianapolis on March 17, he would much blotter s:f rye the position for which the office of mayor was primarily established, if

oe vouiu evoto less time to airing his ignorance in the newspapers and cattfdni the people of Indianapolis agony when they see his name in the newspaper headlines.

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,1. loongnt; true to the nature of the individuals plants concrete piers in thei y -fmWdU of the streets with the vindictive attitude of "Hit 'em and die, and see ':- If I eare." 't'i :: ' Hr" are a few auKRCHtions of things Limber Lunged Lew might be able y . tO do Instead of conducting Hate Meetings against people who are solving his ' ' n' and bread question and who put him in a position to buy a Cole limouVJn and two farms when. he was In office less than four months: ';,) U) Devote your time to cleaning up the dives of "black and tan" on InIab Avenue, where, the purity of Indianapolis Anglo-Saxon young womanhood i nightly being defiled under the very eyes of theclty administration. t-'; '' Arreat and place In Jail the 63 open bootleg dives now operatlng in 'fn cttjr c, Indianapolis (addresses furnished upon request.) ' j ; ') tticharfe Fire Chief O'Brien and employ an honorable citizen to & 1 ''" a ' t m m .

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R. I A L by "Eyewitness." .Managing Editor Furnished Upon Request Mall, $2.00 Per Year. ' DOlicv In it a hill ronllw Q i m d A o f la vir and make more sure the existence of uuuer wincn uimner i.unged Jew reany sense of honor and responsibility n the man: characteristic of hi linn nf responsibility as a citizen as well as his

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well as on the white people. (6) Grant space in the City Market Grounds to Native Sons at least on an equal basis with foreigners and do not displace native sons for the purpose of favoring aliens. (TT Study the English language for a time in order to acquire a sufficient vocabulary to be able to talk before the public without contaminating the minds and morals of the younger generation. (S) Limber Lnnged Lew should devote his time to arranging on Indiana Ave. for the negro policemen he has placed on the city police force and who are now doing duty in the best neighborhoods it&fck ifr i . i,

that colored policemen be placed over colored districts, DSt it is the act ofi an ignorant official and convoys a lack of information on the part of any 'Individual in an executive position who presumes to place an inferior race in a position of authority over a superior race and is one of the steps that is breeding racial strife in Indianapolis today, where peace and good will has prevailed before. . (9) If Limber Lunged Lew would devote one-half as much time to making intelligent inquiries about what the Klan stands for as he has to-denouncing it, he would be able to discuss it more intelligently befbre the thousands of Klansmen who know, what it stands for. nut why speak in terms of intelligence while Limber Lunged Lew is mouthing sentences as a cur mouths a bone, goes raving and ranting about the city like a madman, allowing his lire chief to conduct hale meetings against 80 per cent, of the population of Indianapolis and otherwise making a show of himself and rendering himself even more disgusting and repulsive to intelligent, refined people. It is indeed folly to reason with him like casting pearls before the swine. It is wasting sweetness on desert air to surround Limber Lunged Lew with high grade people, who might serve as pads to keep the small fellow, that is he, from rattling.. Of course, Limber Lunged Lew does not presume to know what is meant by the terms ' law enforcement" and "honor among men." Therefore, it would be useless to offer him any information or exnlanation. as tn hnw

are taken care of, and equally useless to tell him that the Knights of the Ki Klux Klan would prosecute, without fear and without fail, any man wearing a robe without authority in any city or state. It would be useless to explain to him that a Klansman never appears iii public in a robe, unless there are 20 Klansmen not in robes present with the knowledge that it is the official

act oi the organization, and instructed to protect the robed Klansman by the same token, they would immediately apprehend an impostor and bring him to justice. Red Neck Fire Chief O'Brien, the Irishman, who was sober on the lVth of March and saw no snakes and toads, and "Mad Fat" O'Donnell, the two-by-four pussy-footer from Delphi, and a few more of their stripe, are familiar with the fact that they can not succeed in committing a crime in white robes of Klansmen or they would have done so, and they are aware of the fact that were they to appear as impostors in the regalia of the organization, it would only result iu their immediate apprehension and they would be brought before the court on a criminal charge If they don't believe this let them ask the bootlegger They know.

Morrison on Religious Press, or Religious Press Impotent (By ' Saint Joe.") Why has religious journalism succumbed to a state of impotency? What demands must publishers face to regain the standing their publications once held? These questions were propounded and answered by Charles Clayton Morrison, editor of the Christian Century, recently, addressing the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. The religious press must lead into a, new spirit of religion o pve itself anttTvipe oat denominations to revive the potency or religious journalism, Morrison declared. Taking for his fheme, "Science, Religion and the ewspaper," the editor is quoted as nitting straight from the shoulder. He Staid : "Religious journalism is not so potent as in former years. It has suffered an eclipse. It does not, as it used to, get its share of the advertising. It has split into many denominational publications. "Its present failure is due, I believe, to waning of public interest in denominational religion. The public isn't so interested in denominations; in lact, u leels the paper represent ., ,i , ; .w"..i.mg the thoughts and movements of a sett IS obsolete. Religious editors must lead in the new spirit of religion. To espouse the virtues of one sect over those of another, a course adopted in no small degree, and to enthuse the division of a laitn into new denominational factions, has brought about the decline. The public has lost interest in denominational strife. Morrison warns of the necessity for cementing of differences and calls upon the newspapers to take the lead. The religious press, must transcend denominations and get into the new spirit of religion, lie said. "It is now d( manded of religion that it save not only the individual, but also the whole social structure." "MOONSHIMNG" A FELONY (By "Saint Joe.") The fear of conviction under the recently enacted Indiana statute, making more severe the penalties for liquor law violation, has caused many makers of ' home-distilled" liquor to quit the business, reports from about the state indicate. The minimum sentence of one year imprisonment has a wholesome effect. "Mash cookers' are singled out as felons. They are deemed to be worse enemies to society than their fellow conspirators the bootleggers. Not only does the spirit of the law operate against the moonshiner and make him wary of his fae should he be caught. Of great importance is the risk involved in having in his possession a still. An unregistered still is termed prima facie proof of violating the law. No wonder the price of "mule" liquor has gone up. The law is not an excuse to further gouge customers it's really becoming harder to get. Witness the statements of police officials, their information coming from sanitary officers who inspect alleys. Wash boilers and copper tubing are found, dismantled and thrown out for the junk peddlers to pick up at their leisure. The "moonshiner's" case does not come un for trial in nolice r.nnrta Thin state of affairs has prompted paid attorneys to advise their clients to let go, and get away from the business. uormeny an attorney could admit - vuuiu uuuiH possession of the still he couldn't voked no terrors prior to flrat arrest. , T , ter?er ?, '1 !h1 taUs- I " o ? Jd to be tne. BhorU Ti'J?. L A . r9 riv,c,tf?l M knowln moonshiner and noisiner of -

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his fellow man, would seek and obtain a partner. If the "cops" were successful in looting his dug-out, the partner could admit possession, take the minimum fine and suspended jail sentence and resume operations. This trick is commonly employed by "soft-drink" parlor proprietors. The "boss" will take the blame the first time, then have his wife come in and pay the fine the next. For the third time, he would have a friendly bartender to come in and admit he, in some mysterious manner, brought the liquor into the dispensary without the proprietor's knowledge. But now the complexion of things for the fellow with the chicken feed recipe has changed to a sickly purple. "Moonshine" has gone up in price. Even a "partner" in a distillery enterprise does not care to take a year in the penitentiary to mitigate the wrong of the owner. He'll squeal first. "Chass," reasons the Hunky bootlegger to his customer. "Me charge more de drink. It costa me ten dol de gal." DEPOPULATING GARY For the third lime in recent years a federal court has about depopulated . . an inuiana municinaiitv nf iia tncoi an Indiana municipality of its local omciais. I erre Haute sent an pymrsion train load of municipal officers to iveavenwonn via Judge Andersons court, and a short time later the offir.ji , , leavenworth. via Judge Anderson's rial fnmiiv rf . .- ,j

..... .'i'iuvic nan UCtllllilLPU , ... , , by the same court. Now .fudge Gei"er tne automobile, and Sunday amusehas grabbed Oarv hv the nanp nfii, ments. However much these have af-

neck and tbe result will be that about ."0 of Gary's local officialdom will he given plenty of time in Which to re liven plenty of time, in which tn r. pent tiie error of their ways at federal expense. Gary, of course, is a Hoosier community only in that the city is within the geographical boundaries of Indiana. Its spirit is as foreign to Indiana's as though its citizens still lived in their southern European hovels. The American "melting pot" has never been thawed out in Garv. The men in power in that sodden communty hold in utter contempt the laws of the land of their adoption, but possibly the tense should be changed for after the federal court jury returned verdicts of "guilty" against 66 of the leading citizens of Gary, maybe the people of the Calumet no longer hold the law in contempt. There is nothing particularly pleasant about locking men in cages but in the cases of these Gary officials, ' there is a splendid satisfaction in contemplating this triumph of law and order. These men are not ignorant wops but are men of some intelligence, most of them men who have taken solemn oaths to uphold the law of the land. With their right hands raised to God they took their oaths of office but "winked the other eye." Leavenworth's loss will be Gary's gain. Ft Wayne News-Sentinel. CORRECTION REQUESTED At this time we wish to correct an intolerable and terrible error in an article in last week's issue of The Fiery Cross, which stated that the office of JOE ROACH, INDIANA FISCAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMERICAN UNITY LEAGUE. WAS AT No. 1208 MERCHANTS BANK BLDG. This article was correct in so far as it referred to the fact that Picture No. 3164 in the Rogues Gallery, in the Police Department at Terre Haute, Indiana, showed Roach to be a known murderer, self-confessed, but an unpardonable error and grave wrnner was Anno no-olnat - the Merchants Bank Bldg. in oraer that they may have at least a nine use Of their telephone 1 uum iu viuci lu givH puyucuy 10 ineir emphatic denial that Joseph Roach Is '-linn tenant or tne Merchants Bank 1- mag., we wish to state that his offijee Bldg,s .PhepoWfc,will kfndly! refrain fr&m. Moylng 1 the- manager t the Merchants JNational jniC Bids, any fartiv andte nlmv apologize tor thla erievoiiB miat at a mistake.

The Catholic Church's Relation To America Papal Delegate Tells of Mission (By James Martin Miller.) '

Archbishon Pietro Fnmasnnl-Rlnn. di has just arrived in Washington direct from Rome. Appointed by the Pope as the apostolic or papal delegate in the United States, he sucT ceeds Cardinal Bonzano, who leaves vvasmngton lor other diplomatic fields of the Catholic church not vet designated. Archbishop Mumasoni-Biondi is the fifth renresentntive sine iho nol legation was established in Washingi m ... a. ton. ine nrst one was cardinal satolli, during the last Cleveland administration. Then came Cardinal Martinelli, Cardinal Falcona and Cardinal Bonzano, in the order named. I called upon the Pope's representative in the United States, at the new palatial papal legation in Biltmore street, just off Columbia Road. Here 1 met one who is unmistakably a born and trained diplomat. He receives with great cordiality. Dressed in the robes of his high rank, he discussed the spiritual condition of the woria, ana ot nis Church in particu Iar. He converses in all the nrinciDal f " '. -r...,w or two of the many dialects of India. lnro,nnoes pvpti in .lanonocA onl nnt. i He has served as papal delegate to both Janan and India. His almost faultless English is tinged with the soft and musical Italian, for Italy is his native country. Such a man, speaking our language without the corruptions, without the slang and the short cuts we practice in America, almost makes us ashamed of misuse of our mother tongue. He has a staff as large as that of any foreign embassy or legation represented in Washington. Monsignor Cossio is auditor of the apostolic legation. The archbishon interviewed me as much as I did him. In fact, he had a little the start of me when he asked: "Are vou a Catholic or nnn-Cath-olic : "I am a non-Catholic, your Grace," replied. In answer tn a nnpetinn Vio wna av. act in defining the boundaries of his stewardship in the United States: "lv territnrT vnn b-nmi7 iniliifao . - .T , J " - ...... , ..II. ....... - not only the United States, but also tne islands or the racitie, Hawaiian Islands and Guam. The Philippine Islands. Cuba, and Pnrtr Ricn are not included in my territory. Each of tnese countries has a delegate sent specially to it. There are 10,000,000 Catholics in the Philippines. "How many Catholics, and again how many Chirstians, are there in the United States, vour Grace?" he .was asked. "There are 23,000,000 Catholics in the United States, exclusive of the Philinnin nnH Prtf fn Pirv and 9.1 000,000 members of other denomina tions, tt is appalling to think that in this great' Christian nation, there are some 60,000,000 of people without God, as far as we know! "I have read a great deal about the declining church attendance - in the united atates. Apparently it has grown to be a serious matter with many denominations. Your United States census report for 1920 produces figures indicating that for each Catholic edifice in the United States, there was an average attendance, each Sunday for the census period of ten years, of a little over 900 per sons. In all other denominations, there was an average attendance, each Sunday for the same period, of each Sundav for the same fifi nersons. for each prlificp ,,i . . . . . 1 read that the authorities of Sev Ll ,lQ.v,;(;r. v, TT:t,i - v j ui u,iuiiiiiiaiiiji 111 uic wllltcu States give as a reason for the de ao a icaouu lui Llic V1C creased attendance at church in reaiccuuantc ai cuun.ii m icc?nt 'ears the many modern distractions that have arisen the movie tions that have arisen the movie. feJcted other churches they have not . i 11 :. . u . e diienuance at the catholic churehes, as an ex amination of the statistics on this subject will show. If these distractions do not cmisp n lnaa nf intpvpot in the Catholic church, why should they do so, as their own authorities

v., v.. v. aukiiuj iwcn 1 uiouul txo lie ttCUUinilllieU me lO Tne point out, in other denominations ?'Hd,oor. He paused, then added: "The

sked his Grace "How much growth, or progress, has the Catholic church made in the United States durinc tbe nnst ton years, your Grace?" 'Uh, I cannot tell you, no one knows that, but if you will ask me how much nrocress ive hnvp mnrlp since the United States was a nation, or during the past century or more,I can ten you tnat we nave made a CRAWFORDSVLILE POLICE ORIGINATE NEW GAME INDULGE IN NEW SPORT COPIED AFTER SPRINGFIELD, O. Crawfordsville, Indiana, April 12. A new game has been developed by the police department in Crawfordsville, and is entitled, "Spot a Klux." This game is being played most enthusiastically every day and 'night in the week with special attention given to Friday nights when the Ku Klux Klan are supposed to meet in Crawfordsville. Instead of giving their time to securing better civic conditions, promoting the welfare of the community and securing the enforcement of law, the police department under Vernon Shields, .superintendent, .and several of his patrolmen, have become enthusiastic bugs of the new game, "Spot a. Klux.:' Only those are eligible to play who can speak the Latin language and are classed as N. J. C. One of the originators of the game only recently entered the limelight In Crawfordsville by displaying profanity in the presence of women on the city streets. Crawfordsville citizens and tax pay ers are paying high taxes to maintain a police department to " protect the property and welfare of the community, and pay. some attention to calls that are sent. in to apprehend bootleggers, and to . correct, ,tne- corrupt mnrnln nf h mmmnnltv . .. .': .wm .-A case of safe Wowing recently oc efr?a 4 tb.i8.7dty, but tbe'-jutftr have aeVe,beeD,ppreljsended-l.ILhls .ot u, j.n.,Jr,f suggested that thj police department

marvelous growth. We count growth

ny centuries, not by decades," said he. "Your priests own uronertv in their own names, do thev not mm Grace?" ' fcw uv u uicai unaunderstanding among many people auuui, mat. mere are two kinds of priests in general terms. The parish Priest is the secular nricf Mo comes more or less in contact with tne world, of necessity. The priests, or fathers in the great orders of the church, are the regular priests. The secular priests take two vows, that of chastity and obedience; obedience to their Bishop and the Pope. They d6 not take the vow of poverty. But the regular priests, whom the world rarely sees, take three vows; of chastity, obedience and poverty. They cannot own even a car fare or the clothes on their backs. When they need a car fare, or a stamp, or anything, they ask their father superior and he supplies their wants. There are nhnnt on ,j w 1 )A u .. , uiueis 01 women m tne united States. They are not of the world and the people know little about them. - r l .....v , . V UUKllfc, VI1CIU. But their influence, within the church and out of it, is very great. world so severe and so strict as that practiced by many of the Catholic orders." rnntinuerl tho nrMiWcVin rf it requires constant and faithful dis cipline and practice to be a good military man, or a perfect musician, it requires more of these to be a pood Christian. No man or woman can go along life's pathway safely for them selves, ana ior society in general, without God and Christ." "Your Grace, is therp -nmrn nr lofcc spirituality in the world since the war than before it?" "While it is trim ti nroi- m,Mtul .. - - V . .V. . T . VlCSbCU a deplorable situation I feel there is more sniritnalitv in Avidannn cmnm. . ... .. . Minvug the oeonle than hefnrp ti war- Tol-n - 1 " - - unc for instance, Benito Mussolini, now premier oi itaiy. lie had strayed away from God and the church before the war. but. dnrino1 tho loot voaf V, A - j - - tm -.. ... .j i, j vm' vk bile war he came back to God, who direct ed mm and made Mussolini the power that he is. Many in France and Italv straved awav hefnro tho iva but have returned since." Your Grace, how many countries of the World hail aTtthnccartrtro aitfAl- " " . " " .... i 1 .J U.V( ited to the Pope before the World lations with the Vatican in 1903, or France discontinued diplomatic re ii years Deiore tne war. tn 1914 when the war broke out France at once sent an ambassador to Rome accredited to the pn rip, which had none previous to the war.' sent one immediately when it started So did Great Britain. These embassies remain and without doubt will Continue. Before the wnr flroot Rn't. tian had none, you njay recall. There are nojw more than 30 xountries." of the wrld having two groups of dip--lomatif! representatives at Rome; one' group accredited to the king of Italy and the other to the Pop. Before the war started I thinkJtnefe were only about 10 nations with representatives to the Vatican. "Japan, China, Turkcv, Sweden. Norway, Denmark and the United States are, practically speaking, the only countries in the world that do not send diplomatic representatives to the Pope. The Pope sends to each of these countries, and to countries like Canada, Australia and South Africa, papel delegates, as I am here." "You are not, then, your Grace, an accredited Dolitical. nr. mthor poral representative, of the Pope in the United States?" "No, I am simply the representative of the Pope in the spiritual affairs of the church. There is no exchange of diplomatic representatives between your government and the Vatican." "I am particularly pleased in being in the United States." sniH tho arch bishop as he accompanied me to the ideals of your Constitution and our constitution are the same." As the representative of his holiness, the Pope, in the United States, His Excellency, Archbishop Fumaso-ni-Biondi, with emphasis, made it plain that his mission is spiritual for the welfare of the 23,000,000 pouls, whose titular head he is, in the biggest "diocese" in the world! Dearborn Independent. devote as much time to investigating these cases and other law violations, as they do to the new game of "Spot a Klux," trying to stir up religious hatred among the citizens of Crawfordsville. It is intimated that if law enforcement is not carried out the. police commissioners are going to be requested to appoint real men on the police force, who will secure real enforcement of law. LAW ENFORCEMENT If the nresent effort toward a hot ter observance of state laws and city ordinances succeeds it will be be cause the people co-operate. In the county, the sheriff's force, the members of horse thief detective associations and the police are working together. In the city there :are citizens who have agreed to report law violations and the prosecuting attorney's office shows renewed determination to act against places that have- long defied the law. In the public schools, department stores and elsewhere ""the police have" been-mitfug faiks TtfHhe: of the coroner shows 55 deaths ;f root automobile aecidents.in the city laet vear and Rtx so far this vmr. knil n other death has been reported since the report was made. "The .police n their InformalOalkl to children an adults, are showing that vthe number of accidents can be redueadjlf earf la shown Int. drivinff -. and- wallrfnv A West- Indianapolis organization hasi oeen ame to lesseR tne numoer of violations of -the prohibition sand gambling laws. "; There "eems. to.be new anirit nf heTnfiilnea.': froal posK.lbn-to' ttcy U Jawrlifee.tfcii othpra "rhav 11 -lnij j-'nTiBTVMf n a.

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LET AVOWED CANDIDATE FOR POSTHASTE KLAN "BAITER" AND EDITOR MAS AMBITIONS BETTER CITIZENS WOULD THWART PROMPTLY. (Special to Fiery Cross.) Crawfordsville, Ind., Anril 9. The following editorial, which ap peared in a current issue of the Dan ville (Illinois) Morning Press, created quite a great deal of cpmment here, and was the subject of considerable sober discussion among the older cit izens of this city. The editorial is one of a number of similar articles carried in Indiana and Illinois-news papers. It follows: "Police charge that thousands of copies of an obscene book called 'Smut have been sold to Chicago high school hoVK flnft onrls Diacllaeiniy this, many grown-ups will shake their neaas and comment tnat the rising generation certainly is going to the pot. The same grown-ups may recall reading Boccaccio and such booklets as 'Only a Boy' when they were young. Strike an average and the youngsters are jnst about the same in one generation as anotner. Danville Morning Press. The author and TiiihliKhor rf tin above mentioned booklet, "Only a coy, is a resident of Crawfordsville, and the editorial rppaWeA tho -font t the minds of local residents who had almost forgotten it. The author of this booklet, termed the rottnest niece of literature ever written rA for which its author paid a heavy fine in reoerai tjourt net ore Judge Baker at Indianapolis some twenty years as-O. is the samp C!rn'T7rlnTil1p mon who has been devoting a great deal oi time and energy to tne directing of the morals and teachings tf tho youngsters of the present day. It is this same man, the author of "Only A Boy," who has framed and brought about the passage of numerous resolutions condemning the Ku Klux Klan by local organizations, denouncing and ridiculing the Klan, and he has lost no opportunity to spread injurious propaganda against this 100 organization. It is no secret that this self-styled author and publisher is even, now an. avowed candidate lor the appointment as postmaster of the Crawf ordsi. 1 1 nr . - m ... Sf," ffl,033 of he C?": . " i . r " 7 aSabl? ? a ?ZT?eT J" ? S,J? Iac ""J1 .lucrative, position , We trust that the Rwers th,at wI carefully examine ".records oi sucn appucant in.sePwm8SCer , h!ul05aI office' ml fi.nd nouncer of the Klan and the authorof "Only A Boy" to be the same person. TOLERANCE, DAHA6ES, LAW SUITS, IT IS EVER THUS (By Staff Correspondent.) LaPorte, Ind., April 6. Suit for $25,000 damages for slander has been tiled against Michigan City's most notorious gambling house and liquor dispensary proprietor. Plaintiff is William Hale. Mirhiiran Pittr ntVin . j - - vi.j, nuv charges James Vine circulated a libel ous story printed Dy Tolerance, the Chicago riot inciter. The suit is the outgrowth of an article published in the March 18th issue of the "riot inciter." Hale alleges that the magazine published a story to the effect, that he was guilty of adultery, and that Vine circulated the magazine and sold it in his place of business. Reports emanating from Michigan City state that the defendant in the suit, until recently owner and proprietor of the Berghoff, was most actively engaged in opposing the Ku Klux Klan, and promiscuously conceived and peddled stories against men whom he believed members of the "Invisible Empire" when, in fact, the stories had no foundation in truth. Hale, in his complaint for damages against Vine, denounced the story printed by the ""Riot Inciter" witness the Chicago bomb plots. He further alleges that the -fictitious libel greatly -humiliated him and his family, besides injuring his reputation in the community. The complainant, further avers that he gave notice to Vine to refute the story, but no correction was made in Tolerance the Riot Inciter. The story ; published by, the magazine had to do with the personnel of the proposed Michigas City Horse Thief Detective association which has asked the county commissioners for constabulary powers, and which the Tolerance denounced as a Klan adjunct. Rumors are current in Michigan City that other suits, are jneu-. bating as a result of alleged slanderous articles the Chicago magazine has published against men "in that? city ; Mr. Hale is a well known. Michigan City- man and is, a jnember of the board of "trustees of the ; Christian church. , v EDITOR'S liOTE ,i;8om of the best newspaper jnen ,ln the middle west are now wi the iiTheae - nrf are Kfansmen and represent the acts, minds ind biotTgMt or n organization and truly reflect them In editorials this page u well. ws throush the' regular news columns.'We believe no better" method COutd be Uted ' th f Orders . thatftu rttaders msyr .properly ? jjsug and KIok Klan am reflected by them. .AWe present, this week, t?e frst editorials fey ene wi4 chor 'i t i til" . mff . .

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