Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1923 — Page 5

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Friday, September 14, 1923 THE FIERY CROSS PAGE F1YB

INITIATION IS HELD AT KINGSTON, OHIO Minister Addresses Meeting Cross Is Burned for Junior Organization

KINGSTON. O., Sept. 8. Stating

that he was glad to see bo many

young people In the audience, a Perry county minister who addressed the second open meeting held here by the Knights ol the Ku Klux Klan last week had some interesting things to say to them. By obtaining the correct Information they would not be misled by false reports, circulated by enemies of the organization. He stated that the Klan was here to stay and the young boys and girls of today would carry on the work tomorrow. Boys Learn True History

The Junior order, he stated, Is the finest organization for boys. They are taught the .true history of the United States, and given lectures on

the lives of great- men.

He then spoke of the principles of the Klan, explaining them fully. After the lecture a number of men

signed up for membership. Together

with those who enliBted last week they assembled beneath the cross and received their obligation. Another feature of the meeting was the burning of a Junior cross. This cross was erected about 250 feet from the place where the ceremony was held. There were approximately 100 robed Klansnien in the guard which was formed around the field. About 500 persons witnessed the ceremony.

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the magazines, as those used in the contagious wards can circulate but one time. Patients confined to their beds often prefer magazines to books, as they are easier to hold. There is much need for children's books also. Magazines issued any time during the last year are gratefully received.

Protestant Opposition Beaten

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PITTSBURG, Pa.. Sept 11. Seek

ing to discover the cause of the recent lawless acts of mob violence,

citizens of Carnegie do not have far

to go. Recent files of the Catholic Observer, a Roman Catholic weekly

published in this city, appeal to the passions of religious fanatics in no uncertain manner. In this paper's

issue of August 16 appears an ad

vertisement on the front page exhorting "Catholic men and women" to "Fight for Your Rights Don't Ask

Favors," and calling attention to

recent defeat administered to the

Catholics of Carnegie on the school

situation. Catholics Defeated at Polls

At the last election of the school

board the Catholic candidates were

defeated by the votes of the people

This fact has rankled In the breast

of the Roman Catholics ever since

This despite the fact that the pub

lie schools receive constant abuse and condemnation at their hands on

all occasions. The defeat of the Roman Catholic candidates was point

edly rererred to by the Observer in the advertisement in these words:

"Look what happened to Carnegie,

winch is about 50 per cent Catholic,

Indifference of Catholic citizens

there permitted the election of an entire anti-Catholic school board, which

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(Continued from "Page 4) the roof tops of adjoining buildings. At Steubenville. Ohio, suspected bootleggers and police court characters were In a mob which assaulted Klansnien as they left their hall after a quiet and private meeting, overturned their automobiles in the streets, kicked them, beat them and

overwhelmed them through sheer weight of numbers. At Steubenville also, a man said to be a leader of the

Klan there, was ambushed In the

darkness by a dozen cowardly thugs

as ne was on bis way to his home.

Badly wounded himself, he drew his pistol and fired. When the smoke cleared away three foreigners, some

of Ellis Island's choicest crops from

Sunny Italy, were bound for the hos pital.

It is circumstantial happenings such

as these which make the thinking

public wonder what is behind the

recent series of assaults upon law

ful and peaceful gatherings of the

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

Autumn Fruit

- while this newspaper does not

cast suspicion on any person or per

sons, yet It is well to remember that summer seed brings forth autumn

fruit. Two conventions of so-called Am

erican societies, known as being the

closest oath-bound orders on earth, were held this summer on foreign ! soil. They met in Canada where prohibition laws irk not and" the call to the thirsty is a lure to lawlessness and inflamed and radical thinking. These two big societies, whose members are all of a creed in antithesis to the Klan's determined attitude of keeping separate church and state, in public meetings announced that the Klan must be crushed.

It was told to the world through

the press that the Knights of Colum

bus and the Ancient Order of Hiber

nians, gathered north of the Cana

dian line, would fight the Knights of

the Ku Klux Klan to a finish.

The message of the Knights of

Columbus was couched in better

grammar than that of their Fenian

compatriots, but It meant the same

thing. War to the knife!

If this ultimatum was so boldly heralded from the convention floor

what happened In the privacy of

committee rooms where ways and

means, policies and resolutions were

worked out? Action Is Decreed Clever men, veterans of many

political campaign for their religion,

discussed from all angles the rising

menace of a United American Pro-

tantism to their cause. They in-

Ltroduced resolutions decreeing a

tight on the Klan and these were

adopted with vim and enthusiasm! by the rank and file of dusty-throated,

green-badged delegates anxious to I

break away from convention hall and

get their feet once more on a bar

rail.

The resolutions, we may be sure,

were not passed as mere child's play

nor as a meaningless gesture of hate

and contempt. They were submitted and adopted as a part of a carefully

thought out plan of attack.

Possibly the attack is directed through the press or through the properly constituted conrta of the

land. Such efforts to disrupt and disperse the Knights of the Kn Klux

Klan are welcome. The order has!

been officially probed and counter-

probed and found always consistent

with Its high American Ideals. It

always will be.

Bnt such lines of attack have not been Intensified since the Canadian I

meetings. Mob violence, well organized, has broken out In many sec

tions of the country, since that time.

Therefore, Klansmen must draw their own conclusions a to who and

what is hack of the martyrdom, of J

their brother Americana.

is now unjustly discriminating against the children of Catholic parents." This was the criticism which fol

lowed the election of a school board on which there were no Catholics.

It aroused the Ire of the Catholics

and tne Inflammatory words used by

the Observer in urging Catholics to

fight for your rights" are ascribed

by many Carnegie citizens as the di

rect cause which led misguided fanatics to bring shame and disgrace

to the fair name of Carnegie. In

calling attention to "what happened

at Carnegie" the authors of the pas

sionate appeal to religious prejudice

did not refer to the crimes and violence which occurred on August 25.

The great crime evidently in the

minds of the indignant Romanists

was the utter rout and defeat of their

candidates for membership on the

public school board.

Murder of Innocent . It Is fair to presume, however, thai

the storm of hate wreaked upon th

luckless heads of unoffending parad

ing Klansmen, whose only offense was that of Protestantism, was the direct cause of the savage onslaught which ended in murder on the night of August 25, So it -would seem that simply because the friends of the public schools of Carnegie saw fit to place the control of these schools in the hands of trusted citizens, Instead of placing them at the mercy of admitted foes of the institution, there must ensue riot and carnage in order

to fully express the displeasure of

the hierarchy. Because of the un

willingness of American citizens to

submit to arrogant priestly interfer

ence in the conduct of public schools,

mob violence must be invoked. This is the sentiment which pre

vails in Carnegie, and it is said that

the feeling of disgust at Roman

Catholic activities which has brought

such shame and humiliation to Carnegie will but accentuate the feeling

that a stop must be put to the high

handed methods recently employed

by Roman Catholic sympathizers.

Carnegie citizens are insisting that their town is still in America, not

withstanding the un-American con

duct of its lawless mob.

Prompt Prosecution Tltal

The prompt prosecution and con

viction of the members of the mob,

who have been arrested for their

participation in the crime of August

25, would help to restore Carnegie as a place where law and order are

(-respected. The lightness with which

the coroner called upon to Invest!

gate the cases of the prisoners viewed these offenses, it is hoped,

will not also prevail in their prose

cution.

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CAUSED FLEET WRECK

Heayy Fog Hampers Work of

Rescaers Tidal Conditions Brought About Disaster?

- SAN DIEGO, CaL, Sept. 10. Or

ders given in the belief that the eleventh destroyer squadron had passed Point Arguello, the north entrance to the Santa Barbara channel, caused the change of eourse that piled seven destroyers on the rocks at Honda, it was revealed when the crews of the wrecked ships reached San Diego.

land and four members of his crew remained on the Pacific mail liner Cuba, at the spot where she struck a reef, near Santa Barbara, on the night of September 8. The captain and Ms men stayed on the ship to look after the interests of the owners. pending arrangements for salvaging the- vessel. Reports current here that the ship had broken up and disappeared proved to be unfounded. Twelve of the crew end one pas

senger, who were brought in here by the Standard Oil tanker W. S. Miller, had tossed about in an open boat for more than twenty hours.

They declared they were threatened

a number of times by sea lions and found it necessary to fight them off

with boat hooks to keep, them from

upsetting the boat. The crew rowed

the boat approximately fifty miles

before they were found by the Miller.

CLASS INITIATED !

ATNWKIRK,OKLA.

HOLD OPEN-AIR MEETING ARDMORE, Okla., Sept. 10. At an

open-air meeting held here last week the Ku Klux Klan initiated 175 candidates into the organization.

The Klan Is growing very rapidly in this vicinity and the meeting was

one of a series.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Sept. 10.

The death list In the disaster which

sent seven naval destroyers crashing

on the rockB of Point Honda, seventy-

five miles north of here, and had Increased to twenty-nine a few days later, according to a message from

a correspondent of the Santa Barbara

Morning Press.

The body of U. R. VanSchaak. fire

man third class, of Frazer, Iowa, and

an unidentified body floated ashore recently. The body of R, Conway, a

fireman on the Delphy, was also re

covered.

A heavy fog, which hung over the

scene of the wreck, hampered the

work of investigators. A force of

naval photographers, who attempted

to photograph the vessels before the breakup, was forced to abandon the

attempt.

Officers of the wrecked destroyers

scouted reports that tidal conditions were responsible for the wreck. All

virtually agree that the heavy fog,

which necessitated navigation by

dead reckoning, was to blame. As

sisting in the work of salvage are

nine destroyers, two Eagle boats and

the tender Melville.

Thirteen la Hospital

Shipping men who viewed the

wrecks said they feared the destroy

ers never could be floated, but must be left to rust and break up. At

tempts are to be made, however, to save the ships' Instruments, radio equipment, torpedoes and explosives

and other movable articles. Thirteen of the most severely in

jured among the sailors who manned

the seven ships were still in the

Santa Barbara county hospital, ac

cording to last reports. The remainder of the survivors were at San Diego, where they recently arrived

on a special tram.

BIG CROWD WATCHES

LONG KLAN PARADE

Concert Band Leads Procession

" at Lnfkin, Texas Boys Present Feature

SEA LIONS IMPERIL SAILORS

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 10.-,

With the passengers, most of the crew and ?2,500,000 in gold and silver

bullion safely landed, Capt. C. J. Hoi

L,u"rUN, Texas, sept. 10. A contingent of 1,116 Klansmen in full regalia paraded through the principal

streets of the city Thursday night.

One of the largest crowds ever as

sembled here witnessed the silent

demonstration of east Texas Klans

men on the march.

The paraders were headed by a

single leader, the fiery cross and the

American flag. The Brill concert

band of this city followed close behind the fiery cross and the van

guard.

It was different from any Klan

cross ever seen here and was in

geniously mounted upon an auto

mobile with a lighting system on

board. Three horsemen, KlansmeBr with visors raised, supported the

American nag, two or. these being

guards. The horses were - likewise

draped in a dressing of white and a

certain air of majesty was lent the column by these splendid stepping steeds.

Feature Is Provided Next in order were three little boys, probably 10 to 12 years of age, donned in Klan regalia and representing the Klan of tomorrow.

This feature of the event was of deep interest to the thousands who

closely elbowed each other to see

the demonstration.

Then with a single leader came the Klansmen marching in columns

of twos. On they marched, two by two, two by two, until it seemed that

Diboll and Lnfkin most surely be

linked by thi white cordon.

NEWKIRK, Okla., Sept. 10. On-

Wednesday, August 22, 1923, hand

bills were distributed on the streeta as well as all surrounding towns ad- . vising that the Knights of the Ku ' Klux Klan would hold an open-air meeting in Stone King's pasture, just

to the south of the city limits. Long before dark Klansmen began gather

ing, as well as .the public, as. special preparations had been made to allow them to see by fencing off a portion of the ground. .

125 Initiated Promptly at 8:30 the ceremony be

gan. The ground fenced off to rep -

resent the lodge room was surrounded by electric lights, as well as four large crosses. Klansmen. in full regalia gathered around this and a class of 125 candidates were con

ducted In and initiated into the or

ganization. Klansman Bright addressed the organization on the subject of law enforcement. Klansman Bogard addressed a large gathering of nonKlansmen on the south end of the ground on "Exposure of the Knights of the Kb Klux Klan," which was . received by an enthusiastic audience. The Newktrk Ku KWx Quartette furnished the music.

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