Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1923 — Page 3

Friday, October 12, 1923

CROWD HEARS TALK ON KLAN AT ALLEGAN ALLEGAN, Mich., Oct. 6. The announcement that there would be a meeting of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klim here last Wednesday resulted in the courthouse lawn belli)? packed with persons who appeared anxious to hear about the Rreat and famous organization. A speaker of national note gave a .stirring address on Americanism mid explained the principles of the

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Klau and was warmly received by the crowd winch was free with Its applause. The Ideals of the Klan, such as good citizenship, taxation, schools, and the separation of Church and State, were brought up by the speaker and the sentiment of the crowd seemed to be with him on the stand he took on these matters. The meeting was a success in every way and many made application for membership in the order after the speaker had concluded his talk.

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JUNIOR KLAN CREATES STRONG SENTIMENT

Organization Is Building Very Rapidly Throughout Indiana and Ohio In the development of the Junior organization, which is now rapidly sweeping Indiana and Ohio, three different phases are being kept uppermost: they are the" lad's moral training, his- religious training and his civic training.. It is the firm belief of the directors of the organization that the Juniors appreciate being dealt with as a man and for this reason he. Is being treated in a straightforward, clean-cut manner and shown the necessity of living a clean, moral life. The directors of the .Tn ninr Klnn are meeting with wonderful success, uoin m me large number of boys who are Joining the order each day, and the excellent quality of the character of these lads. From all over the two states mentioned, come reports of the enthusiasm which is running rampant among the lads of the hundreds of communities where the organization is now in active operation. Sentiment Being ("rented Already the pressure being brought by these lads in creating sentiment for the Bible in the public schools, Is being felt. The or ganization is impressing on the lads the-importance of the Bible and of attending church and Sunday school. Through the Influence created by Juniors among non -members of the organization, Sunday school attendance is already showing an increase wnere tne junior order has been es tablished. It is realized that the boys' bodies, as well as their minds, must he kent in a healthy condition, however, and tne organization is being built with an end in view of plenty of physical training. In the summer the boys will be privileged to attain two weeks' training along the lines now being carried out at the summer camps conducted by the government. ah members of the Juniors are having explained to them the meaning of the Constitution of the United States and how It operates. They are taught the functions of the governmental departments and that faithful citizenship is as necessary as faithful officials and to realize the greatest obstacle to good government is the inactivity of good cit izens. .Lectures will be given, according to the state director, covering the historical development of the United States and the part Dlaved bv the outstanding chavarUers in this development. Outdoor ceremonials have been held by the Junior Klan and in many places it has taken part in parades. The Junior order is growing at an unprecedented rate and enthusiasm among its members is very great. TRIAL OF LEO HOG AN SET FOR OCTOBER 10 Has Been in Jail Under Heavy Bond Since Firing Into an Alleged Klan Meeting (Special to Fiery Cros) ROCHESTER, Ind., Oct. 8. The trial of Leo Hogan, arrested early last summer for firing upon an alleged Klan meeting and wounding a man and a woman, and afterward firing three shots at the sheriff at Knox, Indiana, is scheduled to open in this city on October 10, a change of venue having been secured by his attorneys. It was believed at the time of his arrest that a Dlea of insaiiitv would j be entered when the trial opened. Whether or not this nlan has been changed is not known. J Bitter Toward Klan j Hogan, who attended Indiana uniI versity, is an ex-secretary of the ivnignts ot Columbus and has voiced bitter words against the Ku Klux Klan. His wild act of firing on unarmed persons peacefully attending a meeting in which there were many women, is but one of th manv wrported from all parts of the United states. At the time of his arrest he was placed in the jail at Knox and after his hearing his bond was placed at $20,000 or $10,000 each on two accounts. This was never furnished and he was kept in tle jail at Knox Until hrmip-ht tn thn io,'l 4n ,:., i o"v " w.x. in 11113 Lots of "Goodies" for the Hungry Klan TRUMAN, Ark., Oct. 10 Thursday night the Ku Klux Klan held an open-air meeting on the J. A- Cash farm east of town. Barbecued meats, cakes, pies- and chicken were served to the Klansmen and their families, as well as to a number of visitors. " Klansmen from Paragould, Jonesboro and other nearby towns attended the meeting and everybody had a good time About 1,800 pounds of meat were barbecued, most of which were ued. One thousand persons, or moreTwere present. CUPID LANDS BACHELOR DEFIANCE, O., Oct. 6. Alexander M. Hutton, golf Instructor at the Defiance Golf and Country Club, has been note4 for being a confirmed bachelor. But his friends learned Alex had left on a honeymoon trip to Chicago after having been married to Miss Marv G. T.ltator Rh had Just come from St.' Andrews,

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THE FIERY CROSS

GOVERNOR WALTON IS FADING INTO OBLIVION (Continued from Page 1) .. of persons in the criminal class standing staunchly behind Walton is not to be denied. His pardon record has made him many friends in that connection. In a letter to a Chicago newspaper Rev. Rolfe Pomeroy Crum, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, and .secretary of the Tulsa Ministerial Alliance, bitterly denounced Governor Walton and declared the sympathies were all with the underworld. Walton Nullified Courts" "Walton's record for paroles and pardons," declared Reverend Crum, "has practically nullified the work of the courts. To date this year he has granted fifty-eight pardons and aire hundred and forty-seven paroles Former Governor Robertson was bad enough, but Governor Walton has far surpassed him. He has let down the bars of the Jails to dangerous gunmen, who are running at large in this state. He has given freedom, for no visible reason, to bootleggers dope sellers and other law violators who have hardly served a day in jail. He has made a mockery of our courts and of justice, even going Into county jails, freeing criminals without wait-' fng for them to reach the state penitentiary." This scathing dennnrl u - -v.yu Vi. Ill acts of Walton Is voiced throughout the state by the citizenry. These very acts are those "which brought about his downfall even though other acta were scorned by the people of Oklahoma. Two months ago the state of Oklahoma, and especially inn city oi xuisa, were peaceful, law abiding and prosperous. The best city and countv ad mi mat ration Tulsa had ever had was in operation worKing toward the common good. Statistics prove that there were fewer murders, fewer imMn, a,A other law violations than ever before. ine uootieggers and women of lewd character had been driven nut nf town. Swoops Down on Tulsa It was then that Governor .Walton swooped down on the peaceful city of Tulsa and Tulsa county with martial law, declared the city and county in a state of insurrerti manded . the resignation of certain cuy ana county officials, who, he said, were in lea em with tho Vi. Klux Stan. In two months of martial law there has not heen nno rlla. turbance or altercation in which a citizen or soldier has been killed nr wounded and most of the time there has been a company of only, sixtyiwo men enforcing military law in luisa. As one citizen nut it "Tt speaks well for the Klan." This is especially so in the face of the fact that Governor Walton and his followers have made many boasts ana many threats. The Dying Gurgle The "fieht." nnw hpinfr nlnnnail Governor -Walton to forestall any move against him in a legal way is but the dying" gurgle of a drowning man and the last stab at grandstanding before the pecple of Oklahoma ana America. The mere fact his name has faded from the front pages of the large daily newspapers and from some of mem ail together is the surest sign that he is forever politically dead and his aspirations to be a senator nave meet a-bormng." IMPOSTORS EXPLOIT PATRIOTISM, REPORT (Continued from Page 1) above every other consideration, has been to take girls, between the ages of twelve and eighteen, into the women or the Ku Klux Klan, instead of into the Junior Klan where the donation is but three dollars. The Women of the Ku Klux Klan Is a separate and distinct organization and is not affiliated with the Junior Klan which is for boys and girls between the ages of twelve and eighteen. And in turn, those two organizations are separate and wholly apart from the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. These girls who have been exploited should have been made members of the Junior Klan at a donation two dollars less than that which was paid. These girls who paid the organizer five dollars are not members of the Women or the Ku Klux Klan as that organization can not take In a mem ber who. is not over eighteen years of age. The deplorable and reprehensible acts, it is sincerely believed and hoped, are not the work of legitimate organizers but are thought to be the work of impostors. Regardless, however, of whom it may he, The Fiery. Cross .will bend every effort to the end that these girls who have been exploited will have the money refunded them" The whole proce dure is the result of selfish Individ uals attempting to exploit -the boy hood and girlhood of America before the altar of Protestantism, and under the flag and the fiery cross. Restitution Is Demanded Restitution by these aborters of patriotism is demanded ' by The Fiery Cross which will not atop until the organizers or impostors, or both, have returned to these girls and boys the "money wrongfully taken from them. It should be remembered by the readers of The . Fiery Cross that there are three distinct organizations, all separate and- apart' from the others. They are: The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which 4s for men; the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, the members of which must be women over eighteen" years of age, and the Junior Klan, which is for boys and girls pf the ages of

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The following appeared in the editorial columns of the New York Tribune of October 4: "Governor Walton, defeated by his countrymen by a vote of some five to one, continues to bang his drum and declaim against "the invisible empire" of the Klan. Meantime, with the aid of his personally appointed private police, he is still hanging to the last shreds of his own "visible empire" as dictator of the state of Oklahoma. "It is riot likely that after this overwhelming defeat even so -colossal a pretender can last long. Events are gently but firmly taking the Governor by the collar and hoisting him out of the gubernatorial chair. Oklahoma nears the end of her adventure with her patent-medicine orator who thought he was Napoleon. Appalling Record Is Issjie "The whole episode, unique in American history, need not be in vain if it brings one lesson home to the whole country, and that is, no to believe everything that one hears about the Klan. Nothing could be clearer now than that the Klan never was the real issue in Oklahoma. The stoutest opponents of the Klan Joined in the effort to get rid of Governor Walton, whose appalling record was the one issue that confronted the state, Just how many grounds of impeachment there were against Governor Walton H is not ior Klan is composed of two divisions, a division each for the boys and for the girls: The donation in each Is three dollars. The donation for the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, which is not affiliated with either of the two other organizations, is five dollars. ILLINOIS LEADS IN CLAIMS OF SOLDIERS Establishes Precedent far Other States Bonds Issued for Bonus SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 6. Establishing a precedent among the states of the Union, Illinois will issue soldier bonus bonds in payment of $57,000 soldier bonus claims as soon as the next allotment of $15,000,000 worth of bonds is sold here October 16. The $15,000,000 bonds will be offered at 4 per cent, an increase from the 4 per cent which failed to get a bidder at the last three auctions. According to information from the American Legion headquarters in Indianapolis no other state has issued bonds in payment of soldier claims. Thus far the Illinois service recognition board has approved bonus claims aggregating $19,203,007.50, of which $10,000,000 have been paid. That leaves claims totaling $9,203,007.50 ready to be paid as soon as the money becomes available by the October 16 sale. Glide and Excelsior Bicycles Free Bicycle Ambulance Service W. A. KELSO 648 Virginia Ave. Drexel 8854 WANT A FORD? See MR. &XYDER With A. W. Boirrn Co. Helmont 11082 PHONE 68T O. O SWANK GROCERY STAPLE GROCERIES and MEATS Courteous Treatment 1171 S. Ninth St. NobleaTille, Ind. Garments Cleaned, Repaired, Dyed Hats Cleaned and Blocked New French Cleaners We Deliver Anywhere 8131 . Wash St. Web. 0884 Bugs Cleaned and Shied Draperies and Portieres Cleaned and Steamed SHOCK TROOPS The advertisers of the Fiery Cross are the Shock Troops of Klandom. They: expect and deserve the patronage of all Protestant" Americans.

yet clear; but they were numerous and ample. Oaths No Longer Secret - "In defense Governor Walton set up his' outcry against the 'invisible empire' which sounded awesome and meant exactly nothing. There is nothing invisible about the Klan. Its principles and oath are no longer a secret. As an influence in politics and government the Klan is no more invisible than is the Republican or Democratic party. "The truth of the Oklaaoinan adventure holds also a moral for Klansmen. Had it not been for the public disguises of the organization Governor Walton could not have even started his pretense of saving Oklahoma from a terrible, unseen power."

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