Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1923 — Page 1

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VOLUME II, NUMBER 36

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1923

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"KOKOMONIANS" PERFORM A BIG UNDERTAKING

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City Entertains Mammoth Crowd to Satisfaction of All Day Is Marked by Lack of Disorder Better Class of Residents Humiliated by Acts of Aliens Who Change Road Signs.

Malicious Acts of Klan Foes Fail to .Miir Day for Visitors Trucks Labor Throughout Might Carrying Food and Drink to Mnlfnlfa Park Kcstuurants Are Forced to Close Doors for "Rest Periods" Hospitality Is Praised.

THE PENALTY OF PROTESTANTISM

(By Staff Correspondent) KOKOMO, Ind., Juy 10. Kokomo is Just coming to after the feat of entertaining 21)0,000 Klansmen all in one day and are now able to watch

Victor Simons, of 1601 North Harrison street, as he passes in the automobile won by him by hi3 lucky stroke in holding ticket 7705, one of those sold throughout the city preceding the meeting on July Fourth, when Kokomo was literally swamped with visitors. Independence Day was marked in Kokomo by the lack of disorder, although the better element were humiliated by the tactics of those opposed to the organization to which the visitors belong. A" systematic eltort, which was carried out with precision, was made to Inconvenience the autoists who -ero not familiar with the roads about Kokomo. Road signs were changed and thousands of Klansmen were confused and detained in reaching the city. Hun

dreds were misguided and reached liluffton before finding that signs

were changed. Detail of Klansmen Formed

A large detail of Klansmen was

Immediately Bent over the roads upon

learning of the plot to misguide

strangers and saw that all road signs "were put back into their proper places and spurious sighs torn down. Many Klansmen reaching the city

reported malicious attacks in differ

ent cities and towns as they made their way to Kokomo. A party from Ohio reported being attacked in an Indianapolis restaurant at the terminal station and later a rock thrown through the window of their special car as it left the station. A report of a bomb thrown at a traction car Just outside the city was also reported. Many arrests on trumped-up charges of violation of traffic rules were made in order to humiliate and inconvenience Klansmen on way to ( meet. Every petty thing that could be UHcd was put into force. However, these small things failed to spoil the day for visiting Klansmen, who took full possession of the city. As early as nine o'clock in the

evening, or immediately after the parade, restaurants began locking their doors on account of the employes being exhausted and the food

giving out. Borne restaurants that had closed earlier in the evening opened up again after a few hours

when the hungry hordes began to

once again swoop down on the city

from Malfalfa Park following the

close of the fireworks display. Impossible to Serve Crowd

At the park it was impossible to serve the crowd, despite the fact that hundreds of trucks labored all

during the night before the Fourth In carrying foodstuffs and soft drinks

to the place. As an illustration of

what quantities were needed, it can

be said that 72,000 bottles of pop

and 1,800 gallons of coffee were con

sumed by the visitors at the park

Seven wagonloads of watermelons

were gone before noon and thousands

of gallons of ice cream fell far short of appeasing the crowd. Despite the fact that trucks were given right of

way to the park in carrying pro

visions, ice cream and pop, it was found Impossible to get enough of

these commodities on the grounds,

In fact, the tremendous crowd was

too large for a city the size of Kokomo to properly handle, despite the

fact that every effort was made by all concerned to minister to the

wants of the city's visitors. Through

out the day and night, however, not

one word of complaint was heard

and good-natured Klansmen and

laughing women of the Women's Or

iganizatlon merely jested about their

-hard luck."

Towns surrounding Kokomo took

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Following Is an incomplete list of boycott, Intimidation, acts of violence and vandalism and attempted murder against American Protestants by the alien forces of America. This list, carrying cases as enumerated, will appear from week to week so long as these outrages continue. Move now under way by Fire Chief O'Brien, Police Chief Rikholf and Traffic Captain Glenn to reduce in ranks all Masons in fire department and police department, and discharges secured where possible. Movement is secretly backed by unAmerican Unity League.

J. P. Michaels, obviously a Jew,

wholesale grocer at 441 South 1111

nois street, demanded that alleged Klansmen sign affidavits that they were not members of the Klan and

discharged them upon refusal of the men to do so, because they were not to be allowed to see what they were

signing.

Harrington & Folger, printers, 316 Century Building, ordered foremen to

give no more work to the Bramblett !

Linotype Company, located in the

same building. Mr. Bramblett, pro

prietor of the linotype company, is a Protestant and a member of the

Indianapolis city council. He was threatened with political and' commercial ruin by members of the unAmerican Unity League on the night of the- members' disgraceful conduct in the council chamber. His crime was in voting against the anti-mask

ordinance.

Leo Hogan, Roman Catholic and

ex-secretary of the Knights of Co

lumbus, held in jail under $20,000

bond for firing on defenseless women

and men, and wounding two who

were at an American meeting. Aiter-

ward fired three shots at sheriff who went to make arrest.

Harry Phillips, 855 West Michigan

street, using influence with two other

merchants, one of them a Jew, to

discharge Protestant American em

ployes.

Unknown parties who used highpowered rifle to fire six shots into alleged Klan meeting, wounding two

men at Rushville on last Monday

night.

Gang of hoodlums attacked party of Protestants on way to Kokomo

from points in Ohio at traction ter

minal building. Hurled stones

through car windows as interurban

left station.

Dr. A. S. Jaeger, Jew, with offices

in Bankers Trust Building, upon appearance of name of O. W. Brooks in

Protestant poll, made demand "at

once tor balance due in lull to

date" to the Brooks Pharmacy, Den-

ison Hotel Block. The Brooks Pharmacy is now under boycott by

those opposed to Protestantism.

Manager of Strand Theatre, located

at Washington and Oriental avenue,

discharged "Black Cat Entertainers"

because their names appeared in Protestant poll of Indianapolis.

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REACTION IS

FET BY KLAN ANTAGONISTS

SPRINGFIELD SCENE OF DISGRACEFUL ACT

MICHIGAN CITY RESIDENTS

HAVE REVULSION OF FEELING SUDDENLY

Newspaper Attacks by, Jos. Vf. Hays and Gus Krause Cause Citizens to Begin Asking Questions

(By Staff Correspondent)

Seventy-two Klansmen Arrested While Attending Funeral

of Deceased Member

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Jily 13. A revulsion of feeling, not counted

upon by Joseph. W. Hays, who has started a fight upon the Ku Klux

Man in this city, has set in among

the residents of Michigan City. The

reaction is mostly seen in the in

creased growth of that orgaaizattsB

here. Mr. Hays, who is the head of

the Joseph W. Hays Corporation, is

aided by Gustave H. Krause, an em

ploye of the corporation and an ex-

Klansman, who was banished from

the Klan because of political activi

ties in connection with the attempt

by Bob Moore to use the Klan as a

vehicle to ride Into the attorney general's office.

There has appeared here in the

Michigan City Evening Dispatch an article by Hays and captioned "The

Ku Klux Klan," in which an affidavit Bigned by Krause is incorporated.

Also Mr. Hays negatively admits that

enemies of the Klan are resorting

to the unlawful practice of boycott

against the business men whom they believe to be Klansmen.

This latter fact, coupled with the assertion that Krause, who had access to the roster of the Michigan City Klan, has furnished a list of Michigan City Klansmen, and thereby held as naught a solemn obligation and betrayed those with whom he was affiliated before he tried to pervert the Klan principles to the use of politicians and again violated his oath, which resulted in his banishment, is bringing adverse criticism. It is pointed out that Krause can furnish the name of any man he

pleases to Hays, who in turn will

attempt to publish it to injure, if possible, that man. The whole thing has evolved into what many consider a private campaign against those

whom the perpetrators of the "ex pose" might wish to injure. Strengthens "Tolerance" Tale

The "expose," however, does once

again bring attention to the fact that the list of "Klansmen" now being published by Tolerance is absolutely incorrect, as Hays' name appeared in it as a Klansman and he is not and never was a Klansman. It also

strengthens the charge from Gary, Indiana, that men who are not Klans(Continued on Page 7)

(Special to The Fiery Cross, By

Lyevtitness) SPRINGFIELD, O., July 10. It

was a cold, cold night when brave Chief of Police O'Brien and his stal

wart cops arrested Worley Cotner last March for "riotous conspiracy,"

which consisted in being present

when a minister of the gospel preached a sermon under the Stars and Stripes, with an open Bible before him. The case was thrown out of court for want of evidence.

It was a hot July afternoon when

Chief of Police O'Brien ' and his

strong and fearless assistant, Ser-

geant Norton, again heaped indignity,

not on individuals so much as on tho flag itself, and the Holy Bible with

which he is entirely out of sympathy.

Last Friday afternoon, the first in

dication that the devil's imps were

busy was when traffic ran riot all

over Springfield; women and chil

dren rushed hither and thither for safety of their lives, on congested street corners, in the absence of the usual traffic police.

ECEPTIONS TO

OWSLEY TALK AT CEREMONY

HEAD OF AMERICAN LEGION TELLS CATHOLICS SOME ODD THINGS AT CINCINNATI

Commander Guilty of Conflicting

Statements In Attack on Ku Klux Klan

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(Special to Fiery Cross) CINCINNATI, O., July 10.-

speech made here at a corner-stone

ceremony at the St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, by Commander

Owsley of the American Legion, has been the subject of much discussion, due to the fact that Commander Owsley seemingly made contradictory statements. Also that he made the erroneous statement which could only be taken to mean that the

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan would prevent, if possible, the Roman Catholic worshipping his God as he so wished. Those familiar with the principles of the Ku Klux Klan are aware that the Klan is not opposed to the Catholic as an individual, but opposed to the political ring in Rome, operating under the guise of religion. It 19 pointed out that this very thing is

vhat Commander Owsley condemned in the same speech when he stated

that tVicvKo ip. hfinir- nrnnatsnna cir

ANIl PKiivKX WINNER culated in America that would tUWJ rilUVo3 Tiniliail ..brinK destruction to America and

her institutions." The propaganda,

he said, was coming from Europe.

Arrests at Ferncliff Ordered Why was all this? Simply that the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were (Continued on Page 11)

FIERY CROSS EXTRA BALKS HATE SHEET

WHY THERE ARE 400,000

KLANSMEN IN INDIANA

There is much wonderment

in certain quarters as to the

marvelous growth of the Ku

Klux Klan in Indiana and throughout America. Aside

from the acts of Tolerance and other un-American, un

just and unlawful acts of its

enemies, the following inci

dent is cited as one reason

for the phenomenal growth

of this American organization: On July sixth the Indiana Bar Association, meeting at West Baden, adopted a reso lution condemning 400,000 Anglo-Saxon Protestant American residents of Indiana, and their families, and refused to pass a resolution condemning blackmailers. But the Indiana lawyers always were good politicians, some of them politicians first and lawyers and citizens afterward.

But the Klan should worry.

It will make the few remaining real lawyers who, since

the passing of the resolution, have not started looking up

just where to get in the Klan,

also start looking up the local

Kl eagle.

HOOSIERS AND

BUCKEYES IN CELEBRATION

Kokomo Is Scene of Most Gigantic Meet Ever Held by. the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Illinois Aid3 in DemonstrationCity Awakes to Truth About the Organization.

Life and

Persons From All Vfalks of Journey to Malfalfa Park

Hear Addresses by Imperial Vfizard and Grand Dragon Some of Indiana's Most Prominent Men and Women n Program Long Parade and Marvelous Display of Fireworks.

Special Edition Foils Plot of

Aliens and Creates Much Excitement

Sale, Which Began Late Saturday

Afternoon, Continues Until Monday Night

CLEVELAND WOMEN'S

ORGANIZATION BUSY

American Meeting

Fired On; Two Hurt

RUSHVILLE" Ind., July 10. The

reign of terror, launched to intimi

date Protestants and fed on the

flames of hate created by the unAmerican Unity League, has spread

to Rushville and two persons are

today slowly recovering from wounds

inflicted by bullets fired from a highpowered rifle into a meeting of Amer

ican Protestants held here on July 2.

Citizens of Rushville are now con

templating putting up a cash reward in an effort to give impetus to the search for the culprits..

The meeting was being held in the

fair grounds and was attended by about 1,000 men, women and children, who had gone there on invita

tions. At the time of the firing of the shots the meeting was being addressed by a speaker who stood on a truck which had been placed in

the center of a natural amphitheater just south of the race track. It is

believed the shots were fired from the car track which runs along tho north side of the race track. Investigation shows Ujat the line of fire was directed toward the speaker. The markings left on the trees would indicate this. Many Bullets Go Wild All but two of the bullets went wild, the two which took effect hitting a man on either side of the speaker. One man who had his hand

to his cheek was shot through the hand and the jaw, the bullet coming

out his mouth. The other victim

was shot in the forehead and an

operation was necessary to remove the bullet. Both men are now on

the way to recovery.

Remarkable composure on the part

of the women and children, as well as the men, resulted in no panic as the bullets whistled past the speaker.

One woman, however, fainted, as she believed one of the men struck was her husband. The men were seated on a knoll to the west and the women and children to the east. This was done as a precaution, owing to the campaign of terror introduced by aliens and the many meetings now being fired upon. It was thought that those back of the move to put

down meetings by both the Ku Klux

Klan and Protestants would not deliberately fire on women and children. Police at "Work Another meeting was held on Tuesday night, but no disturbances marred the meeting. The police are now Working on clews and hope to find a lead at an

early date. However, many of the

clews lead to the belief that the per

Detrators of the crime were shioned

into the city1 and left immediately

after the shooting.

Never before in the history of Indianapolis, with the possible excep

tion of the extra proclaiming the end of the world war, has an extra edition of a newspaper created more excitement or enjoyed a greater sale than did the extra issued by The Fiery Cross on last Saturday. Newsboys on the streets found it almost impossible to sell papers with a

rapidity great enough to satisfy the thousands clamoring for the extra. Telephones in the Fiery Cross office

rang continuously as truck after truck hauled the extras to the point of distribution. Messengers from outlying newsstands and drug stores

formed a steady stream into the circulation department until midnight.

On Sunuay morning the rush was

again on and agents from outlying

districts over the state began making their appearance, some of them having drived-eiost of the night in order that they might get extras to hurry back to their respective towns and

cities. Blocks Infamous Plot

Newsboys who left the office with every pound of papers they could

possibly lug, failed to reach the

corners on which their "stands'' are made. Many of the lads did not get a block from the office before having to return for more papers. Some

sold out without going fifty feet from.

the entrance or tne building. Hours

before the extra appeared on the street hundreds made their way to

the office, having been made aware of the fact that an extra was to be

issued.

The extra, which blocked the in

famous plot to raise $150,000 by "Mad" Pat O'Donnell, jury fixer, and

Joe Roach, assassin, to be used by the un-American Unity League in

Its campaign of hate, was still selling

by the thousands late Monday after

noon.

The extra, carrying a list of 12,000

Protestant citizens of Indianapolis,

and which had been prepared as a

list of eligibles to the Ku Klux Klan,

and which was stolen by agents of

the un-American unity League, pre

sented to the people of -Indianapolis

and Indiana to what depth the

sponsors of the league of hate and

destruction of. all things Protestant

Lwill descend.

The list was carried in The Fiery

Cross just as it had appeared in

Tolerance, the hate sheet, full of repetitions, duplications and errors.,

carrying some men s names as .many

as six times. :

Words Hold Peculiar King In view of the many outrages nowbeing perpetrated on Protestant citizens, including everything from intimidation and threats of commer

cial ruin, up to kidnapping and attempted murder, by those opposed to Protestantism and Americanism, the words of the speaker held a peculiar ring for many of those who heard and read them.

Commander Owsley said: "There

is no room in America for intolerance, no thought that should divide us, for we are living under the su

preme law of the United States, the Constitution, which gives the right to worship God according to the dictates of our conscience."

It is not thought possible that

Commander Owsley was unaware that on the day before he made his

address, "Tolerance," the mouth

piece of the un-American Unity Leaiue and those persons to whom

he was condemning the Klan, had

openly and flagrantly defied that su preme court of which lie was speak

Hag, and had held in contempt an or

der from it that it should not print

ar boll of Protestants in Indianapolis

a doII which was printed to effect

a boycott, reed tne names-or mtoi

erance and further create prejudice.

Prominent, High Type of Cleve

land Women Organize to Meet

Civic Problems Militant Mi

nority of Women Attempt

Monumental Tasks m City

With Large Foreign Popula tion.

Statements Hard to Reconcile

Commander Owsley further said:

Let us bring every heart and every

mind of every man, woman and child

in America today to realise the

power and glory of American citi

zenship.

In view of the fact that the

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are to

day fighting to save the institutions Of America while this "foreign influ

ence" of which Mr.-Owsley spoke, is tearing down the public school, his

conflicting statements are hard to

reconcile.

Mr. Owsley is said to be a Protes

tant and the attitude taken, especial

ly in view of his high position, in

condemning before tne avowed ene

mies of Protestantism, an organiza

tion now doing more to cement the

Protestant churches than, any other

factor in the past or present, is prov lng to be quite a topic of coaversa

tion within the Legion as well as

among those who are not members

Admits America's Need

Commander Owsley admitted in

his speech that "America is calling today as she never called before for strong men and women to stand and

Dreach the doctrines or America-

Persons returning to Cincinnati

from Kokomo, Indiana, where more

than 200,000 Klansmen attended

state celebration of the Klan, upon hearing of the statement made by

Mr. Owsley, stated that "he would

feel more at eaBe it he could have

been in Kokomo and realized that

J America's call had been heard.'

(By Eyewitness)

CLEVELAND, O., July 10. The

spirit of militant Protestant womanhood is rampant in Cleveland. In a

city in which Protestant women rep

resent less than 10 per cent is one

the most militant, enthusiastic

and well organized charters of the

Women of the Ku Klux Klan in Ohio

Fighting desperately against great odds the chapter has been organized

with branches in every ward in

Cleveland. Weekly meetings are

being held and a program for civic

betterment laid out. Every single

woman in the organization is active,

without exception, in face of the fact that Cleveland is largely composed

of foreignjjorn citizens from South

era Europe.

Cleveland, which seems to be

sort of "keynote" town where

great many un-American and alien

influences seem to be born, makes it

the birthplace of a great many move ments and where there are inaugu

rated a great many campaigns that

have to do with fostering and prop

agating interests entirely opposed to

white, Protestant, native - born,

American ideals. It is for this rea

son that there is probably no city

in the state of Ohio so greatly in need of such an organization as the

Women of the Ku Klux Klan and it

is an undeniable fact that no or

ganization will have the pressure to oppose that comes to these women in

the initial step of their work.

A Vital Force

Practically every convention that

has been held in Cleveland this year

has sounded the keynote of anti-Klan

and anti-Protestantism. Practically

every publication, be it Protestant or otherwise, caters to and keynotes its news to the voice of the people

of a city 75 per cent foreign born,

About the only encouragement

Cleveland women have in the organ

ization is the fact that there is a

hardfisted, square-fighting, mayor

who believes in a square deal for all, regardless of their antecedents or religious beliefs. That they are

succeeding and becoming a vital force in their community, is now an accepted fact. - . The opening gun of their campaign for a better Cleveland will soon be heard, and their keynote is secrecy. If there is any place in the world where the success of an organisation depends tfpon the observance of this fundamental principle, it U Cleveland.

(By Staff Correspondent) KOKOMO, Ind., July 7. The Kokomo on which the sun rose on July Fourth, was not the same Kokomo on which the orb of day set at

the close of America's one hundred and forty-seventh birthday.

Kokomo had had an awakening; a

spiritual awakening. It had witnessed the spectacle of 200,000 men

nd women, filled with a patriotism

and love of country, one-fifth of

uiiinuu meu ana women wno ny tneir

attendance signified their belief in a

living Christ and an open Bible.

wourney from points afar to be pres

ent at a vast meeting wherein there

were to be no carnival features.

porting evenU, circus stunts or

spectacular events.

What, pondered Kokomo, was the

magnet that drew these persona.

some of them hundreds of miles, to . -Malfalfa park?

Then it was that Kokomo awoke.

It could be nothing but a great spiritual movement; a sentiment seeking

recognition and crying for better

things, freedom from foreign influ

ence and the perpetuity of our

American institutions.

Sleep in Antos Early Tuesday evening the visitors

began arriving; the vast majority

drove directly to Malfalfa park, a large tract of land owned by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Kokomo, and slept in their machines. Others who had made reservations

at the hotels remained in the city. By two o'clock Wednesday morning the stream of machines pouring into

Malfalfa park had become unbroken

and by noon approximately 60.000

automobiles were parked on acre after acre of grounds. At three

o'clock that afternoon all roads running to Malfalfa park were

choked with machines for from five

to seven miles, trying to reach the

park. It is estimated that 50,000 persons were unable to reach the park.

Ohio had joined with Indiana, and

these two states, aided by Illinois,

proclaimed to the world the strength

of the Ku Klux Klan. Automobiles

with license tags of Minnesota. Ken

tucky, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wis

consin and Missouri, West Virginia and Tennessee, were seen among the sea of parked machines.

The program of the day was

started "at ten o'clock and the Grand

Dragon of Indiana delivered the chief address. Thunderous applause greeted his appearance upon .the stand from which he delivered an eloquent address in which he appealed to America to go back to the constitution. That the Grand Dragon, who was lovingly referred to &a "Steve," by the vast throng, holds a place in tho hearts of Klansmen which no earthly power could uproot, was seen in the actions and. words of the Knights who had assembled for the occasion.

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Following the speech by the Grand , Dragon, some of the most prominent men in Indiana, as well as women I "

leaders in the Hoosier state, da- V

livered addresses. t1

The first address was delivered by

Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard'

of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, who. With otlier officers of th Tm-

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