Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1923 — Page 3
THE FIERY CROSS PAGE THREE POLITICAL GANG OUSTED AT HELENA
Friday, September 28, 1923
3,000 PERSONS HEAR TALK; SEE PARADE Initiations Take Place at Greenville, Pa. Many Visitors From Nearby Towns
KANSAS CITY "STAR'; HAS NEW COMIC PAGE KLAN TO HELP BOY Klansmen Parade at Lakewood, N. J, SCOUTS ORGANIZE
HELENA. Mont, Sept. 25. Last Friday night, Helena Klan met on their regular meeting ground, and thoroughly enjoyed a lecture delivered by the editor of the Tri-State
American. Helena has a large membership ot the best citizens of that section of the country. They recently elected city officers to the uttor astonishment and bewilderment of the old gang; showing that right will triumph, and that gang rule has been relegated to the dead past and hence
forward men hoping to be elected must be real men of unquestionable character who can positively be depended upon to enforce the law without fear or favor, and without hope of personal aggrandizement, and who do not aspire to build up a political machine, and who will not serve for selfish booty, but who will stand with head erect and face uplifted, and challenge the lawless element in the practice of their nefarious conduct.
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GREENVILLE, Pa., Sept 25. Vis
itors from Sharon, Mercer, Newcas-
tie, Butler, Beaver, and other nearby
towns, witnessed the parade and initiation of the Ku Klux Klan here last week. That the ceremonial was to be held was common knowledge
throughout Mercer county, and Interest in the event was keen. The parade started at 8:30 In the evening and was led by Klansmen in a large touring car bearing a cross affixed to the radiator and lighted by red electric bulbs.
The initiation took place In Boulgers field, and was an Impressive
ceremony. Speeches were made by several prominent persons. Follow
ing these speeches, which, were ex planatory of the principles and ob
jects of the Klan, the actual Initia
tion ot candidates took place.
It Is estimated that about 3,000 people were present and witnessed
the ceremony.
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COMPILED BT WRITER CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 22. Under the title "He Was 'Just Folks,' " the late President Warren G. Harding
; will be commemorated In a compila
i tion now In press of editorials from
American newspapers. The com- . piler, Cash Asher, a Caljfornian, a
newspaper man, has selected ap-
; proximately 100 editorials dealing
with Harding 8 career and ideals.
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, " (International e-sreel) The above photograph was taken In Lakewood, New Jersey, recently when the Ku Klux Klan paraded the principal streets of the city, escorted by city motorcycle police. '
HUTCHINSON KLAN HOLDS INITIATION
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HUTCHINSON, Kan., Sept. 24. Approximately one thousand Klansmen attended a regular meeting of the
local Ku Klux Klan on Rayl hill, about six miles west of Hutchinson on the Fourth Avenue road, last Monday evening, according to a report received following the ceremony. The scene of the meeting was a large open pasture to the north of the road, a short distance east of where President Harding harvested wheat on his visit to Kansas. Grouped around a huge flaming cross about twenty-five feet high, arranged in a large circle about 600 yards in diameter, were more than
400 automobiles. Fifty candidates were initiated into the Klan in the Ceremonies which took place in-the brilliant light of the burning cross. Ceremonies Opened by Prayer Ceremonies were opened by prayer
and singing of "America." Initiation of new members followed. After a business session an address was delivered by a local speaker. When the crowd dispersed about 10 p. m., the long line of automobiles which filed into the road made a parade of more than two miles long.
WILLIE IS MAD AT
EVERYBODY NOW
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept 24. Colo
nel Nelson, who used to dictate the
policies of the Kansas City Star, made a great newspaper out of it In
his day because he demanded that its
columns be kept strictly accurate
and its editorials fair to everyone.
The colonel would have turned
over in his grave on August 25, last, If he had been able to read the fol
lowing eminently "fair" quotation from the sheet which he founded:
'Down south the Klanners never
let their 100 per cent Americanism get far below par. The minute they
see it drop a point or two they ride out and catch a minister's wife and
give her a flogging."
The Kansas City Star at present
is suffering from fatty degeneration of the business office, it Is said,
caused by the fact that Its editorials are written on a cash register. Tri-
State American.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mb., Sept 25. Jefferson City Klan, Realm of Missouri, is thriving and growing despite the fact that 50 per cent of the population of their home town la of a religious belief that goes out of ita way to oppose them. Until recently there were no Boy Scouts in Jefferson City, but the Rotary Club started a campaign to Install a Boy Scout organization there.
The Jefferson City Klan donated ft
thousand dollars to this movement There is no Y. M. C. A. in Jefferson City and the Klan Is urging th establishment of this institution there.
A $500,000 hospital Is to be erected by the Klan at Topeka, Kan. Plans are now under way.
TAFT CALLS MEETIXG OF
JUDGES FOB SEPTEMBER 26
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 22. Chief Justice Taft has called a meeting in Washington on September 26 of all senior federal circuit Judges to discuss district court conditions throughout the country.
Slips a Cog and Sticks Up for Klan Principles Page Norman Hapgood
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WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 25. Authorized last April by Its book
committee, the plan of the Methodist
Episcopal church to establish a press
service at the. national capital is nearing completion. It is now expected that the service will begin to function the first of October under
the direction of Dr. Henry E. Woolever of New York state. That great Christian brotherhood publishes more than a dozen periodicals in various parts of the United States. It is hoped that the new
national press service will be able to
supply to the entire Methodist press authentic news from the capital city on matters of interest to the Christian 'public. The Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals has for years rendered invaluable service. It is soon to "be housed in the commodious new edifice nearing completion for that purpose. The press service should greatly enhance the power of such work.
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SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 25 Plans are under way for the greatest open-air initiation ever staged in this section of the state by the Ku Klux Klan. San Antonio Knights of "the Ku Klux Klan are planning to entertain all Southwest Texas within the next twenty or thirty days. A grandstand Is being erected to accommodate thousands of people expected to attendl the ceremonial. One of the largest classes ever inducted into the folds of the.Invlsible Empire will assume the vow of allegiance to the American flag and the fiery cross. All South Texas will flock to San
Antonio and participate In the dem
onstration.
A small admission fee will be charged spectators to be devoted to
the upkeep of the Protestant orphans' home, an institution fostered
by the Klan and other Protestant or ganlzations of San Antonio.
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Anti-Klan Executive Peeved
Because Restaurant Sign Does Not Suit Him
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PLYMOUTH, Ind., Sept. 25. What is considered here by many as "baby play'V-on the part of Mayor Ball was a recent act of his whereby he tried to give for a reason that a certain
club did not eat at the restaurant of
A. W. Anderson was because his sign
"Kopper Kettle Koffee Shoppe" con
tamed three Kb.
The mayor is known ag, radically antf-Klan and is said to pick up with
insignificant things like the above
or -anything else to arouse antagon
ism against the American order.
The -title of Mr. Anderson's res
taurant does not signlfiy the Klan
in any way and is merely used as a unloue phrasing of words. He is
not identified "as a Klansman, but
the incident has given him an In
sight as to Just what measures the t . 1 1 - ill A . 1 X I.T.
. Religion is not a defunct relic of civilization, says a voice reassuringly from an editorial observatory. The mind of America is striving for
higher ideals; "there is a prevalent
wish to extend the gospel ot the
Golden Rule." It is refreshing, amid all the alarms about the impending
crash . of civilization, the relegation of religion to the limbo of forgotten
pagan rites, and the ' war within the
Church," to hear this note of com
fort: "There is a marked and rising
appeal for the evangelization of America. There was never a time
when the average man was more
ready for a warm and considerate
presentation of. the Christian faith
The feeling is not for America alone,
goes on the Los Angeles Times.
'There is also a hope and wish that
organized Christianity exert its be
neficent influence in the solution of
the large problems of the world. We
can not stay out of international at
fairs, if we would, and we would not If we could. If these questions are
approached in the spirit indicated
by the Man of Galilee, their settlement might be accomplished with
less trial and tragedy." And "fewer
scars would be left behind."
It is also felt, we are told, that
the churches should take part in the
confrontation of those who would undermine our laws, either by open defiance or subtle nullification. In
this task, and in others, the church
is not called on to draw the sword
but to exert its influence, to set its
example and to urge its purpose
"with a vigor not to be misunder
stood. In support of this optimism
it is recited that
"It is easy to raise dbubts. It is
easy to make allegations that de
eeneracy and decay have set In. Such
statements will ever receive atten
tion. There is, however, evidence
that the world Is growing better in
some ways. politically and
economically, many nations are still upset and may remain so until the
people dismount their politicians.
But through it all there Is a quiet but
Steady turning to religion." The Literary Digest.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. The New York American, a Hearst paper, carried the following editorial on Governor Smith's congratulations to Jewish merchants backing schools for- their race. Whether Catholics and Jews force Hearst to refute the editorial is anxiously awaited by Protestants here. The editorial follows: -. Governor Al Smith of New York, who is described as a candidate for
the presidency, congratulates the Jewish Educational Association on its plan to take 10,000 children from the streets and give them "a school
ing in the Jewish religion." That is
a noble plan. But Mr. Smith's letter says,-"no- state or country can long endure which neglects to, inculcate the principles of morality and religion in the minds and hearts of Us young people." Should Rend Constitution If Mr. Smith really intends to be president it would be a good idea for
him to read the Constitution of the
United States. He will learn that the stafe, as such, has nothing to do
with "inculcating religion." That the constitution forbids. It is left to the .. parents, churches, Sunday
schools and religious schools. The business of the nation is to teach
facts that all accept, leaving re
vealed religion, the teaching of miracles, etc., whether Jewish, Christian,
Mohammedan, Christian Science or what not, to the various religious specialists and enforcing tolerance
for all religions. Many a government has gone down because it mixed religion with government. They are and should remain separate. They will remain separate
here.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Sept: 24 At the last meeting of the school "board a delegation of ministers and another of women of the Protestant churches of the city appeared and asked that the Bible be read in the public schools of this city. Their prayer was heard, and "taken under advisement," as the Judges say. Theywere still Investigating to see if the people wanted the old book
to be read (without comment) in the
schools. The chairman of the board
remarked that a large number of people had requested "that they
have a hearing," and until ALL had
a hearine the board would "sit tight."
They are probably still waiting to
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Klan demonstration here September
14. with members present from Clin
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Delavan, Pekln, Norman ana titanford. Music was, furnished by the Atlanta orchestra, and the Klansmen and visitors sang "America'' and 'Onward, Christian "Soldiers." 1 A minister -from Mt. Vernon, I1L, delivered the principal address. Copies of "The Patriot" and "The Fellowship Forum" were sold on the grounds by Klansmen. . , ' '
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