Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 November 1923 — Page 3

Friday, November 9, 1923

KLAN MEETING AT MUSCATINE FILLS HALL First Open Meeting in Iowa City Finds Large and Enthusiastic Crowd on Hand Muscatine, iowa, Nov. 7. The armory was packed and overflowing with people at a recent meeting of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan here and a number of well-known Bpenkers Rave stirring speeches on Americanism, patriotism, and the ideals and principles of the Klan. This was the first meeting ever held by the Klan here, and all speakers were received with enthusiastic applause. Many came expecting to see the Klan regalia well on display, but were disappointed, as the only robe worn was by one of the speakers. It was emblazoned with an emMem on the left breast and the hood was thrown hack over his shoulders. Fiery crosses have been burned here many times in the last month, and every evidence that there was a Klan hei'e had been put forth, but it was not until the night of the meeting that it was brought so forcibly to the public that Muscatine was a large factor in the realm of Klandom. H. M. JONES OPTOMETRIST Eye. Examined, Glasses Fitted 232 Mass. Ave. Main C13S Johnson Auto Supplies NEW AND USED TIRES uicanizliijc f(inrk Plugs and Muzda Lamps WALTER JOHNSON :4ft Mm. Ave. Main 2018 J. L. O'Mara & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS DRcxel 4353 STewart 2205 C. K. MARTIN For That With A. . IIO WEN 045 Fort Warne Avenue Circle 3I10O Circle 3fil Market Stand "-T.H Lincoln 2470 SPENCER BROS. linkers of FIXE CAKES AND PASTRY ( nkrs for I'nrtirs and Weddlncs CIS Enxt Woshlnjcton Street Acrre Talking Machine iir.i'Aiiuvo On Any (rxifonolo. AI.MEIt I). SMITH no VlrKlnla Ave. Circle 072j Vinr Full Cleaning CHICAGO CLEANERS AND DYERS ASSOCIATION 1027 K. Wash. St. ITrexel 0877 LESLIE C. GKOSF.CLOSE Ve HaulAnxthinrf' WSFRYE 'I'1 'Ih1!!, !J "Jl!!1!!"!!! 87 TRANSFER Main 3535 27 South Alabama St. I1ADLEY & COALTRIN UNDERTAKERS Licensed Embalmrrtt Amhiilance Service Phone 205 NoblesTllle Indiana South Side Suuare. IF YOi; FAIL TO GET lOVR PAI'Ell PHONE LINCOLN 74(17. ASK FOR CIIM'l'LATION DEPARTMENT Oil WHITE I S OIVl.Nfi THE DATE THAT YOU SLBStltlilElt AND LENGTH OK TIME E. H. COOK NEW AND VSED GOODS I'nrnlliirp, Stoves and Tools Flintiest Price Paid for Used Tools C ircle 2145 r.r,IJ-r,rS IC. Washington St. L. E. BRANIIAH Southeastern Garage and Sales Co. New Dl RANT and STAR Csrs Accessories and Repairing Phone. Drexel SHOO 2714 SO L'TH EASTERN AVE.

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TIMATIOS SCHOOL OF AMERICA "Ignorance is the menace of civilization. If America continues to grow the minds of her people must grow. And the schools alone can not satisfy this need for continuing the intellectual growth of American citizens. In America today 85 per cent of the boys and girls are in school until the age of 14 years. After that but one in five continues school until the age of 18. Then what happens? A scanty few go on to college or university and the others do not. Is this the end of their education then? Must their mental growth cease when the school doors close behind them? There must be some way out. Some way to continue the educational growth of American citizens. And there is a way. That w ay is the public library." MICHIGAN STATISTICS Out of 2,215,436 persons of voting age in Michigan, 241,189, or 10.8 per cent, either are known aliens or of unknown citizenship. Out of Detroit's 636,515 persons over 21 years of age, the aliens and "unknown" . mmiuei i6,ovi, or ii,3 per cent, just half of one per cent over uie staie s average. Eliminating the "unknowns," the state has 204,549 adult aliens, 9.2 per ceni or the total adult population. Detroit's total of known aliens is 112,504, or 10.3 per cent of the total adult population. The state has 85,613 known adult illiterates, 3.9 per cent of the total or adults. Detroit haa OQ 9oe j..h .... auuu illiterates, or 4.7 per cent of its total auniL iiujjuiauon. SHEA'S MARKET All Kinds of Fancy FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 1B30 noosevelt Avenue WeEster 2348 The Oranjre Front FLOORS LAID Finished by American Universal Method. No excuse for unsightly floors now. Old floors made like new. F. E. ROBERTSON IrTington 8256 5226 E. St. Clair St, Indianapolis LEXINGTON CLEANERS Personal Service Call and Deliver Any Place 1650 Lexington Ave. Stewart 1522 J. W. GOODPASTURE PRACTICAL. ROOFER HnndliiiK nil erode of Certaintecd Roll roofing und Muluicicx. Jly IU ycr uf experience KUitrniitcen lioth material and norkniuiiNhlii. AIo nil kinds of roof rcnnlrlu mill tin work. Ill evcl 4(i.S. Drexel 7174 HUtt Virginia Ave. TRANSFER and HAULING ' 'Move Anything" OVERLAND WORK A SPECIALTY ED. WALKER 13S1 Detroit St. Drexel 1137 CAMBRIDGE TRANSFER Freight Hauling Given prompt Attention IS South Alnhamn St. M A in SOtl.'. D exel 2028 JOHN W. WHETSTINE 4311 East 21st St GROCERIES AXD MEATS BLUE FRONT GROCERY !K4 E. Fortv-second St. 100 AMERICAN STORE Government Inspected Meuts Fruit, anil Vegetable We Deliver W nsh. 2S58 Pianos Players Phonographs E. R. BROWN With Ilnldwin Plnno Co. IS North Pennsvlvnnln Stroct MAIn 0205 Reg. WEbster 365J KIRKPATRICK BROS. MEAT MARKET FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Br. 7980 -4305 E. Michigan TRl'TH HONESTY THE KRUGE BROS. CO. Sheet Metal Electrical CONTRACTORS nnd ENGINEERS FURNACE REPAIRING Electrical Appliances, Fixtures and Lamps Irvlngton 0477 4107 E. Michigan St. Indianapolis FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Wholesale LOUIE TILLISON 35 S. Delaware Main 2567

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BY BOTH PARTIES Most Interest in Both Headquarters Was in Balloting for the Assembly NEW YORK, Nov. 6. As voters throughout the state started to the polls today leaders of both" major parties, were confident of victory. Most interest at both headquarters was in the ballotting for the assembly, now controlled by the Republicans, which Chairman H. C. Pell. Jr., of the Democratic committee, predicted would come into the hands of his party, giving it a majority in both houses of the legislature. Chairman George K. Morris, of the Republican committee, said he was sure his party would gain over the majority of twelve it now holds in the assembly of eighty-one members. Congressional Vacancies Filled Three national congressional vacancies were to be filled. Trie hardest fight was expected to be between Edward R. Kock, Democrat, and Benjamin U. Fairchild, Republican, in the Twenty-fourth. Two namesakes, both O'Connor's, John U. (Dem.) and John C. (Rep.), opposed each other in the Sixteenth, last represented by tsoume uocKran. Guy O. Palmer Republican, and Anning S. Prall, Democrat, fought for the Eleventh. The campaign in New York was enlivened with references io William Randolph Hearst by Goernor Alfred E. Smith, who closed the race last night with an address in Harlem when he urged negroes to forego their traditional adherence to the Republican party and vote on the issues. A bitter battle was waged between Tammany and the Republican-Hearst forces over the ten judicial vacancies in the supreme court. SHIPPING BOARD MAY PERMITDOCK SALE WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Col. Geo. B. Lamping, president of the Seattle port commission, arrived here and went into conference with Shipping Board Commissioners Haney and Lissner regarding the proposed purchase of the Skinner & Eddy twenty-six-acre tract for harbor improvement purposes. Colonel Lamping expressed the belief that his mission will be successful and he will go back to Seattle with papers turning over the site to Seattle and thus ending many months of negotiation. His optimism seemed to be shared by the Pacific Coast representatives on the shipping board, who have taken the position that the municipality should be given every opportunity to buy in preference to private interests, even though its bid- might be slightly lower. Others Favorable In fact, it is understood that in I aaauion to the above named com- ! missioner. Vice-Chairman O'Connor jand Commissioners Plummer and i Benson are favorable to a sale. This leaves only Commissioner Thompson and Chairman Farley, who are away. It is expected the board will meet in a few days, after the pre- ; liminaries are dispensed with, and draw up a bill of sale to Seattle, i When Stanley Dollar came here ! to bid on 502-type ships on the Pacific Coast, he said: i "I'm going to stay as long as it's necessary." Colonel Lamping has come here I with the same idea. Ho won't go home till he has invested Seattle's ! cash fund and gives notes for the balance, he says. ' WILL EXTEND RAIL SERVICE TO ALASKA SEATTLE, Wash., Xov. 7. Plans for extension of the rail service in Alaska were outlined last night by Col. Lee H. Landis. nmvlv.ar.Tinini,j , tlJlJJltt ecu j manager of the Alaska railroad, I speaking before the Alaska committee of the Chamber of Commerce. -at i a banquet in his honor at the Rainier Club. The government hopes soon to ; build feeder lines, Colonel Landis isaid, including a branch line to I Mount McKinley National Park, and to provide accommodations in the j park for summer tourist travel. Additional sleeping cars will be put on, j he stated, and hotel facilities at Cur;ry station, the present entrance to the park, will be augmented. "We are going to develop not only industrial tonnage," Colonel Landis announced, "but intend to make the tourist pay new revenue for the railI road for the tourist not only spends money on his travels but is potential settler ana investor. Colonel Landis is on his way north to assume his new duties. ALL MAIL Should he addressed to The Fiery Cross Publishing Company, and not to individuals. If so desired, the writer may merely addresa his communication to 580 Century Building', Indianapolis. No mall should be addressed to Indivlduals. UMBRELLAS RE-COVERED and REPAIRED ft. E. KIEVITT 232 MASS. AVE. MAIN 6135

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PASTOR RECEIVES AUTOMOBILE AS GIFT BARGERSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 7 A brand new Ford touring, car was presented to the Rev. George Snyder, pastor of the United Brethren Church, a few nights ago by the congregations of the churches in this vicinity and as the Ku Klux Klan was mentioned" in his expression of thanks, it was evident that the American organization had a hand in the presentation. The reverend was very much surprised when a crowd numbering about 150 church people called at his house and spread out a wonderful luncheon. Following the spread, a prominent Bargersvilie citizen gave a very interesting talk and it was at the conclusion of this speech that the auto was presented. BIG CLASS INITIATED AT GUMMING, GA. CUMMING, Ga., Nov. 7. A feature of the naturalization ceremony and parade held here last Friday 'evening was an address on "Foreign lmmgration and Christianity," delivered iy iNauonai lecturer F. J. Mashburn It is estimated thn t mnrfl thin thousand persons assembled on the courtnouse square to hear the lecturer's address, and at tho of which the applause lasted for fully mieen minutes. The occasion was n. picanHn ralization ceremony and parade by Klansmen through the principal streets of Cumming. Klansmen uiarcneu in run regalia and regular Klan formation. T he naturalization ceremony was in the open and was hpid at t,, c of Sawnee Mountain, where 100 aliens were naturalized, after which a DarDecue was served. CHALLENGE TO EDUCATIONAL FORCES A " challenge to the forces of the nation to do more than furnish instruction in letters contained in a statement by Herbert o. rmuiey, newly elected president of Washington University, St. Louis, when he said, in his first address: mere are in this country 20,000,000 persons who can not n. ,r,'t. or write an English sentence corlectiy, ana 10,000,000 whose ignorance approaches Irarharion, mv.future of civilization is a contest be tween education and catastrophe." That is not an alarmist statement Literacy alone is not a guarantee of democracy or of good government me inueraie. may be at least a safe individual, althoue-h the r.hon,. against it; and the educated person as education commonly goes, may be a menace. We shall tret in thn 0.0t v, trouble not only by raising the gennai ievei or intelligence, but by providing the widest possible training in the duties of citizenship and in the moral responsibility of the individual. The Klan recognizes the fact tha the menace of America is a combination of ignorance and indifference Ignorance is the rich mine worked unceasingly by the demagogue and the grafting politician; public indifference, arising from ignorance or otherwise, is as safe a guarantee as these enemies of the community, the state or the nation would desire. In admonishing the students to prepare themselves for places of leadership and responsibility, President Hadley was mindful of the needs of modern society. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has been, and is, working toward that very end. WiDe out illiteror-v but create, at the same time, a sense ot personal obligation to the state. JAP OFFICERS SAID TO HAVE SMUGGLED SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 7. Caught bargaining, it is chae-ed tn hr-i morphine here regularly on vessels irom japan, not m usual quantities measured by ounces, but in immense lots of fifty pounds or more, two officers of the Japanese freight steamship Ayaha Maru are being held at Aberdeen in custody of United States customs inspectors from Seattle. Eijl Okiozuno, chief steward, and Jinzaburo Ofuka, purser, are the men held. According to Harry V. Williamson, narcotics inspector in charge here, whose agents aided in the arrest,, the two prisoners are representatives of the biggest dope ring in the Japanese empire and one of the biggest in the world. W. L. May, a deputy customs collector,was in charge of the operations that led to the arrest of the two ship's officers Sunday. SHOCK TROOPS The advertisers of the Fiery Cross are the Shock Troops of Klandom. They expect and deserve the - patronage ef all Protestant Americans.

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EDUCATION OF NATION Millions of "Foreign Born Are Virtually Illiterate Immigration a Problem WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-In a recent speech here on the subject of a national program of education, Reynold E. Blight said that education was the most important question now demanding the attention of the American people. In summing up statistics, he went on to say: "According to the United States census of 1920 there are 5,000,000 adnlt illiterates, that is, men and women who can not read nor write in any language in the United States. Of these over 3,000,000 are native born but mostly of alien parentage. Careful surveys made by competent investigators show that there are approximately 20,000,000 illiterates and near-illiterates in this country. Even using the census figures the United States" stands tenth among civilized nations in literacy and education. "The problem of immigration is closely related to the problem of illiteracy. During the year ended July, 1923, 522,919 immigrants entered the United States. Nearly onehalf of--them came from where the-percentage of illiteracy rauges irom 6i per cent to 87 per cent; Economic Loss "The economic loss nrrQinnori k.. this widespread condition of illiteracy is almost beyond computation A committee states that the economic loss is $1,800,000,000 among those ciassea as gainiuiiy employed. "What hope have we for intelligent decisions upon issues of far-reaching imDOrt when 20 tier rent nf r Tmt ing population are classed as virtu ally illiterate; "Ten per cent of all children ho. tween the ages of seven and thirteen years do not go to school at all. In some states as high as 20 per cent of the children are not in school. "The standards of the teaching profession must be elevated. Fiftyfour per cent must be eiovntort Fifty-four per cent of the nation's teachers have less training than normal school graduation. School teachers must receive salaries more nearly equal to the value of the service renaerett. The average salary paid teachers in cities of from 10,000 to 100,000 amounts to $1,372, in cities of less than 10,000 inhabitants the average salary is $1,142, while in rural schools the nitifni ?7S4 is found. Must Have Equal Opportunity "School opportunities among the children of the nation mil St ho orr ii al. ized. The average expenditure per puim in Arizona is $136.56, in New York $77.8S, in California $101.86, but in Arkansas the unit expenditure is $23.63, in Georgia $19.43 a studv recently completed in Minnesota shows that the average expenditure per child in school districts of that stte in 1921 varied from $828 to $49. "There are over one million boys and girls between ten and fifteen years of age engaged in labor that utterly prevents school attendance. In thirty-seven states a child may be legally employed before he has completed a common school education. "Millions of foreign-born residents, most of whom are now or will soon be citizens, are virtually illiterate. "Obviously education is too big too complex, too overwhelming for the individual states to solve it unaided. Educators are unanimously agreed that education must no longer be treated as a local, a sectional or even a state problem. Illiteracy is a national menace. Ignorance in Alabama or Massachusetts imperils American institutions in California and New York. Cost of Education "Gradually it is being seen that certain great social questions are national in their scope and effect and therefore are matters demanding federal action. Among these may be mentioned public health, labor agriculture, good roads, child labor commerce control, and law enforcement. Now the federal idea is being surely extended to education.' Certain educational activities are properly matters of state attention, and at all times the control of the educational facilities of a state must be lodged unequivocally in the hands of the state educational authorities. But there is a growing belief that the education problem, with its complexity and far-flung ramifications can be satisfactorily attacked only through the functioning of a federal department of education with a secretary in the president's cabinet. "A careful survey of school costs reveals the fact that the total expenditures of all kinds for school purposes represent a levy of less than one-half of one per cent on the nation's total wealth and requires less than 2 per cent of the nation's annual income. Taking the country over, total- school " costs amount to about 3 cents per person per day. Even though the purchasing power of a dollar has declined amazingly during the past ten years, the per cent of income spent on education in 1920 was 1.48, while in 1910 it was 1.36; an Insignificant difference. Wrong Distribution of Money "Nor do the schools receive an undtTB' proportion of public monies. In 1920 only 12 cents out of every dollar spent for public purposes went for the maintenance of elementary and high schools. "After all, figures gain significance by comparison for the enormity or otherwise of public expenditures is determined by their relation to other expenditures. The total school expenditures throughout the country in the year 1920 were $1,036,000,000, but we spent $1,000,000,000 for candy. $2,111,000,000 for tobacco, $750,000,000 for perfumery and cosmetics. $800,000,000 for theater admissions.

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