Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 August 1923 — Page 8

THE FIERY C R OS S rriday, August. 10, 1923 Southern Minnesota Is Well Represented Initiation Ceremonies Frequent at Clay City CLAY CITY, Ind., Aug. 5. Initiation ceremonies of the Invisible Empire are getting to bo right frequent here and the Ku Klux Klan is growing into a powerful organization locally. The Women's Organization is also enjoying a rapid growth and Clay City Americanism is coming into its own. Tho burning of fiery crosses receives favorable comment on every side. Kentuckians Greet Speaker With Warmth New Jersey Klan Initiates 600 Candidates Policeman and Citizen . I Fall in Pistol Fight AUSTIN, Minn., Aug. 7. At a Joint meeting held here a few nights ago by both LeRoy find this city, a large number of candidates were administered the oath of Americanism and ushered into the secret realms of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan is having a rapid and staunch growth here and southern Minnesota ia well represented. WARSAW, Ky., Aug. 4. About 2,000 persons attended - a meeting here on last Tuesday evening when a speaker addressed the audience on Americanism. He was greeted with applause many times during his ad MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 7. Charlesx V. Stevens, a policeman, and Fuller White were mortally wounded in an exchange of shots here recently, when White is said to have defied arrest after he shot and wounded an dress. Immediately following the close of his talk a big fiery cross was burned on a hill near tho spot where the meeting was held. other man, T. Lamhert of Tupelo, Miss. Hangs Self to Escape Death by Electricity LIKES ATiEJUCAX ORDER HANDLE MANY CASES MEETING OJf MOUNTAIN KAN AW A, la., Aug. 7. Editorial comment3 of the papers here show a Btrong inclination toward Klandom as they point out tho fact that law enforcement has been so lax and there should bo soma body of men that is capable of ridding the community of bootlegsers and other undesirables. During the first two years of operation the Illinois Masonic hospital in COLUMBIA, S. C, Aug. 7. William C. Farlcs, sentenced to be electrocuted on August 24, was found dead in his cell at the state penitentiary here this morning. Prison authorities said he hanged himself with pieces of a sheet during the night. Chicago took care of 1,790 cases. The PORTLAND, Ore.. Auk. 7. tFoon hospital association this winter will put on a mammoth show at Medinah Temple to raise funds for needed ad the lofty summit of Mount Scott. 15,000 Knights of the Ku Klux Klan attended the Initiation ceremonies-in ditions to the building. It Is ex pected that at least a quarter million dollars will be raised. which a large class of candidates were given the oath of Americanism last week.

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International News Reel Photo The- Ku Klux Klan of New Jersey, with flowing robes, flaming crosses and prancing horses and complete entourage, held a great initiation in a grove at Clark's Landing, a short distance from Point Pleasant, Six hundrecL candidates were initiated, while several thousand "invited guests" viewed the ceremony. The photo shows the candidates kneeling before the cross.

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MAYOR ACCEPTS NEW

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MADISON, Wis., Aug. 7 Governor Blaine sent another demand today to Senator H. J. Severson, of Iola, calling upon him to use the avenues

open to him to punish the state of

ficials he charged with assaulting girls in locked capitol offices.

"Citizens of this state are not in

terested in scandal monsering and

salacious gossip; they are interested in having the law enforced," Governor Blaine wrote. "Any good citizen who claims to have any information

ought to present, in the manner prescribed by law, such information, under so grave a situation as you have conjured up in your mind. "The legislative source of removal was open to you and you failed," the governor told the senator. "The executive source of removal is open to you and you have failed. The courts of this state are open to you and you have failed. Called "Barber Shop Gossip" "I would not dignify your maliciousness by reply except to chal

lenge you that you can not pruriently inaling, with impunity, the scores of men and women in the state capitol and through insinuations besmirch their righteous conduct and good service. "When your resolution for investi

gation was before the senate your

colleagues denounced the proceedings as barber shop gossip and de

manded that you specify the particular state officers and the offenses im

puted to them. Denounced in Senate

"Your calumnious efforts were also denounced on the floor of the senate as an attempt by the Anti-Saloon

League and its cohorts to defeat con

structive taxation legislation on every occasion in the senate. When

your investigation resolutions were under consideration you refused and failed to name any officers or specify

a single instance of any offense. The failure of adoption of your scandal

mongering resolutions was wholly due to your refusal to divulge any

facts or Information whatever.

"I again demand that your pursue

the-eourses open to you and give the facts and information you claim to

have."

WiSHTMfiTnw r n Ao- A lUUiNUSTUWN. O.. AUS. 7. The

The proclamation of President Cool- snxs or tne M Klux Klan preidge setting Fridav as alav of ?entea a large flag to Mayor Reese

last week to take the place of the

follows ' old and tattered one that has been

"By the President of the United Sying from the flagpole at Central

States of America, a proclama- Qu a time.

tion:

"To the people of the United States

The presentation came after the

Youngstown papers had requested

T in.m,t.i,in ,Am r At', some patriotic person or society to

vine providence Warren Gamaliel ffp -,.he old flaS oa account of

Harding, twenty-ninth President of " mi" "

The mayor accepted the flag with

mants ana it is now nymg over

Central Square.

the United States, has been taken

from us. The nation has lost a wise and enlightened statesman and the American people a true friend and counsellor whose whole public life was inspired with the desire to promote the best interests of the United States and the welfare of all its citi-

w o.'nHn0c im,,, o,oJ ALTON, 111., Aug. 7. Alton Pro-

; ., v v " -v.. 1 V'u7: visional Klan went over the top In

its drive for new members on Sat

Alton Goes Over-the

Top in Member Drive

IOWA HEARS CALL

AND IS HEARKENING

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thy, and by the charm of his per

sonality he made friends of all wko

came in contact with him.

'It is meet that the deep grief

which fills the hearts of the American people should find fitting expression.

Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolldge,

President of the United States of

America, do appoint Friday next,

August tenth, the day on which the body of the dead President will be laid in its last earthly resting place,

as a day of mourning and prayer throughout the United States. I earnestly recommend the people to assemble on that day in their respective places of divine worship, there to bow down in submission to the will of Almighty God and to pay

out of full hearts the homage and love and reverence to the memory of

the great and good President, whose

death has so sorely smitten the na

tion.

In witness whereof I have here

unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

"Done at the City of Washington,

the fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine

hundred and twenty-three, and of the independence of the United States,

the one hundred and forty-eighth.

CALVIN COOLIDGE," By the President: Charles E. Hughes, Secretary of

State.

The White House, Washington,

August 4, 1923.

urday evening, July 28, in an im

pressive open-air naturalization cer

emony. Three hundred of the best men of the city and surrounding country took a solemn obligation to better serve their community, their

homes, their country and their God,

Several thousand spectators ob

served from some distance away the most- inspiring religious spectacle

they had ever been privileged to wit

ness. It is estimated that more than

4,000 people were in attendance

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DBS MOINES, la., Aug. 7. Iowa

has heard the call of the Ku Klux

Klan and is hearkening to it.

The pendulum of public sentiment

is swinging in the direction of the Invisible Empire in spite of the propaganda of the enemy, and the smokescreen tactics of pro-papists in Masonic and Protestant circles. This summer Is" seeing a greater response to the Invisible Empire than has been witnessed in any other state in the union in a similar length of time. The recent prediction that Iowa would have 75,000 Klansmen

by fall is already proven far more

conservative than when the estimate

was made less than a month ago.

Meetings Are Growing The flaming cross of the secret

order of native-born, white Protes

tant Americans each week sheds its rays through the night in practically every county in the state as

hundreds ot aliens are naturalized into the mysterious brotherhood of patriotic crusaders. Men prominent in the fraternal, religious and political life of the state are carrying the message of loyalty to Klan principles to scores of audiences every week. These open-air meetings are growing larger, the curious having given way to those anxious to know the facts that vindicate the Klan and prove its right to exist and, in fact, the necessity for its existence.

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Ku

Klan

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