Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1923 — Page 3

rMday, November 30, 1923

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Boy Scout Head to Be Present at Meeting

L. L. McDonald, national camp director of the Boy Scouts, lias signified his intention of being present at the, fctate Scout conference to open herq December 4. Dr. George J. FisherfTieputy chief Scout executive, also is to be on the progrSm. Reservations for the following delegations from over the state have been

received: Anderson, fourteen; Elkhart, three; Evansville, five; Hammond, nine; Indianapolis, twelve; Marion, five; South Bend, six; Terre Haute, eight, and Wabash Valley, ten. The conference will last but one day, closing with the evening meeting. Among the features on the progra mwill be a dinner at the Lincoln, hotel, a report of scouting nationally, Scout demonstrations a song program and a fun festival.

WILL HOLD MONSTER CHARITY CIRCUS

Sensational Acts Will Appear on Bill of Big Klan Gala Week

SOCIETY WOMEN MAKE HARDllQUOR-MORGAN

Prohibition Chief Says He Has Evidence That Evansville Matrons Make Real Stuff

SHOCK TROOPS The advertisers of the Fiery Cross are the Shock Troops of Klandom. They expect and deNerve the patronage of all Protestant Americans.

BALTIMORE, Md., Nov.. 27. Arrangements have been made to hold a monster charity circus at the Fourth Regiment Armory in Balti

more, Md., for seven days and nights, starting December 8, for the benefit of the Ku Klux Klan charity fund. This drive is for the combined Klans, and a large committee is in

charge to insure a big success. Twelve big professional circus acts

have been engaged from the big cir-

cus tops, including some of the most startling and sensatoinal features in the circus world. The committee in charge requests every member to get behind this movement and make it a huge success. A special circus office has opened to take care of the various committees and enterprises. The Fourth Regiment Armory will be decorated. Special electric light

ing, -various booths, and side shows

SALE OF GERMAN MARKSQUESTIONED Worthless Paper to Be Sold Only as Souvenirs banned for Any Other Use

EVANSVILLE, Ind., Noj. 27 Bert C. Morgan, federal director of prohibition for Indiana, said Thursday

night at a prohibition mass meeting held at Trinity Methodist Church, that he had evidence that many Evansville society persons are engaged in the manufacture and sale of illicit liquor, and that arrests will be made

! in a short time. Those present at

the meeting included city and county officials ot Vanderburg, Posey, Gib

son, Pike, Warrick, Spencer, Dubois, Perry, Crawford, Daviess and "Knox counties, as well as members of the W o m e n's Christian . Temperance Union and many Evansville citizens. "I have undisputable evidence that prominent society women of Evansville are making and selling liquor,"

Morgan asserted, "and I do not mean

one woman, I mean many. Thesei

women started making liquor for their own use and later found that

MASON SPEARS ON REAL AMERICANISM

H. M. JONES OPTOMETRIST Rye Examined, Glauses Fitted ::tl" Mass. Ave. Main U13S

will be erected to make this circus a

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real n.u jviua au auair wormy oi i (ney could Sell it"

the committee needs the combined support of every Klansmau in the vicinity.

1MTIATJON REGULAR EVENT LA SALLE, 111., Nov. 26. A class of seventy-five was taken into the Klan here with fifty-seven in the previous class. Weekly naturalization ceremonials are being held in or near LaSalle.

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ALL 3IAIL Should he addressed to The Fiery Cross Publishing Company, and not to individuals. If so desired, the writer may merely address his communication to 580 Century Building:, Indianapolis. o mail should he addressed to in-

E. S.' Shumaker, secretary of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, discussed the recent decision of the Indiana supreme court, which held that the mere possession of liquor was

not a violation of the liquor law. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley of Richmond, head of the Indiana W. C. T. U., also

addressed the meeting.

At the conference of county officials held Thursday afternoon, Sam

Fettinger, chief of police at Prince

ton, and Charles Neimeier, mayor of Princeton, condemned .lawless conditions in Knox county and called on federal agents to clean up the county.

i They said that it was impossible to

I keep liquor out of Gibsou county

when stills in the southern part of I Knox county were turnirfej)ut large supplies of liquor.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 27. Placing the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri river channel improvement projects on a continuing contract basis and the appropriation by congress of a lump sum sufficient to complete all such projects in the earliest possible time were urged

In resolutions adopted at the final business session here of the Mississippi Valley Association. The association also went on record as favoring the placing of the Mississippi-Warrior barge line service on a business basis by the pro

vision by congress of $5,000,000 for new equipment and terminals improvement, and an adequate amount as operating, capital. James E. Smith, of St. Louis, was re-elected president. v Would Improve Canal.

Resolutions adopted also urged legislation that will legalize the right to divert sufficient water from Lake Michigan for navigation purposes in the Illinois waterways and approval by congress of the project

to improve as an integral part of the waterways trom the Great Lakes

to the gulf, river channels to pro

vide a nine-foot depth and a width of not less than 200 feet to enable

successful navigation of tows of

barges 800 feet in length such as

noware used by the Mississippi-

Warrior service from Cairo to New Orleans. The following directors were elected for Indiana: H. G. Kleymeyer. Evansville; Gilbert Bosse,

Evansville; E. T. Slider, New Albany.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The department of justice, which deals with frauds, and "the federal trade commission, which deals with, misrepresentations'in business, had their at

tention called to the operation in Indianapolis and other cities of dealers in German marks who tffrow out the suggestion, that , the marks have an investment value by displaying advertising signs" in the window that read "Why Not Take a Chance?"

German marks, which can be bought by the bale for a song, have had some demand as souvenirs, but New York banks and investment companies long ago discontinued

dealing in them because their value

has dwindled until the paper on which they are printed is worth more

than their use as money. While

marks may be sold to souvenir hunt

ers, it is held by banks to be a deception if people are persuaded to

buy them with any thought of the engraved coupon having the slight

est investment value. Job for Local Pollca

The department of justice de- j clared if any fraud, misrepresentation or deception is being practiced by salesmen of marks at Indianapolis or elsewhere, that local police authorities can and should take effective action. "It shouldn't be necessary for an agency of the federal government to act in such cases when it is plain that local police and district attorney already on the ground can act to protect the public if deception er fraud is being practiced," said Assistant Attorney-General Crim of the de

partment of justice. "A policeman with a hickory club can get quick, effective action," added Crim, "and end this business of people being advised in advertisements or window displays to a chance of getting any money out of German marks with value now dwin

dled to a vanishing point. I heard of a man using German marks the other day to paper the walls of his office, but I think they are expensive even for that use. An aggressive policeman can end false advertising by devoting two minutes to the job."

WOLFE CITY, Texas, Nov. 27. Excelsior Lodge No. -505 conducted the corner stone ceremony for the newjiigh school building here" last week, Forrest Shealey acting as grand master. Dr. J. C. Cheatham, master of Excelsior lodge, served as deputy grand master. Grand lodge officers assisting included : Carl Tanner, senior grand warden ; W. L. Gart, junior grand warden; O. W.

Stone, grand' treasurer; Walter

Stephens, grafld secretary; Rev. Ger- ! aid Fitzgerald, grand chaplain; C. P. McWhirter, . grand architect, and Cecil Felty, grand marshal. Hon. O, C. Mulkey delivered the ! principal address, speaking on the I educational facilities offered Ameri-

can children, and the part taken by Masonry in promoting the cause of Americanism and the public school.

Catholic Reverend Does Not Blame Klan

DAVENPORT, la., Nov. 26. Rev. Cletus ZembrodtJ chaplain of the Carmel monastery, says that he does not believe the Klan is responsible for threatening notes or the attempt to burn the home of Frank Hiegel, twelve miles up the river from Davenport, following Catholic church services in the house. Rev. Zembrodt says he believes it is the work of individuals.

Klan Meets in Large Warehouse at Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 30. The first meeting of the Klan since the recent election farce was held in -a large garage or warehouse on Illinois street, between Florida and Kentucky streets. At least 2,000 Klansmen were present in spite ot the fact that no notice was sent out and no publicity given it. Strange how such

news travels among Klansmen.

ANGOLA KLAN OFFERS REWARD FOR WRITER

Important Announcement To All Our Agents

ANGOLA, Ind., Nov. 27. The Ku Klux Klan of Angola has offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension and conviction of the person who wrote a threatening note to David Sutton, or for information leading to

the arrest and conviction of the

writer of any similar letter sent to i

persons in the 'vicinity of Angola in the future. The letterwhich was postmarked at Fort Wayne, threatens violence to Sutton if he does not quit the community at once. It charges Sutton with treating his family improperly, despite the fact that most pleasant relations always have existed in this home. '

NO LAW BROKEN, SAYS ELLIOTT

Beloit Klan Progressive CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 27. Officers of the Rockford Klan officiated at the first Klan demonstration and naturalization ceremony held at Monroe, Wis., at which the Wisconsin kleagle was present. The Badger state Klansmen are making rapid progress and are undertaking constructive work in every community.

One of the" most progressive is the Beloit Klan, which now has its own klavern and is naturalizing large classes each week.

The Fiery Cross Publishing Company Is anxious to eliminate all confusion possible in its dealings with newa agents and requests that remittances for The Fiery Cross and The Junior Klansman be paid on separate checks and mailed in separate envelopes. Also please mail orders for the two paper3 separately. Compliance with this request will avoid misunderstanding and enable our bookkeepers to keep your account straight. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT THE FIERY CROSS

Klan Growing in Dover DOVER, Dela., Nov. 27. Delegates from every section of the state were present at a meeting held recently to hear the report of the imperial klazik, following his preliminary survey o.f the development of the

Klan in this section. The continued

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vestigation at the local sale of German marks had not revealed any in-

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stance in which any federal or state law had been violated. It is understood that complaints had been made to the department of justice and that

agents had been assigned to make

an investigation. Two men were arrested last week on charges of peddling in the congested district when they werefound selling German marks on the streets. So far as is known, however, the police have had no instructions to give special attention to the selling of such money in Indianapolis.

Klansmen of Delaware are meeting is serving as an Impetus to the growth- of Klancraft and an enthusiastic program was. outlined for a constructive educational policy looking to the welfare of -the work and Americanism in the state.

Klan Gives Kids Park ROGERS, Kan.,Nov. 27. The local Klan has purchased a park near the public school and has given it to the children for a playground. It is equipped with swings and other apparatus.

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Former Thorntown Man Is Slain by Bandits

DANVILLE, 111., Nov. 27. Edward Maurer, a laborer at a brick yard, was shot and killed by two negro hold-up men at his home. Robbery is the supposed motive. Maurer recently was appointed administrator of the estates of his son, Edward Maurer, and his wife, who were killed in a crossing accident on the Peoria & Eastern, Third street, August 3. Four of the six children of the Maurers in the car were injured

and the railroad company recently sent a check for $4,500 for their benefit. It is supposed that the robbers believed Maurer had the money on

his premises. Maurer came here fifteen years ago from Thorntown, Ind. A cordon of officers has been thrown around the entire western part of the city with orders, to stop all negroes.

Protestant Churches Show- , ing Great Growth

Klan Day at Walterboro WALTERBORO, S. C., Nov. 27 Wednesday was celebrated here as

r'Ku Klux Klan day" at the Colleton

county iair. luansmen trom all over the state participated in the affair.' Thursday was observed as "American Legion day."

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Protestant churches throughout the country report that there were 3,345 new members added to the congregations every day of 1922. Twenty-six new churches were built every day of the year. There were forty-one new preachers ordained or -licensed every day. Five hundred and five million dollars was raised" - and expended for religious work during the year. This was $16,000,000 more than in any previous year. The total increase in membership during the year represented an advance of 60 per cent over the average of the five years preceding.

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Fund for Cemetery OAKDALE, La., Nov. 27. At the meeting of the Klan here teji candidates were initiated and a fund subscribed for cleaning up the cemetery and putting it in presentable condi

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