Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1924 — Page 8
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PAGE EIGHT THE FIER 1TC ROSS Friday, January 231924
FOCH MADE DECISION NOT TO TARE BERLIN Gen. Allen Reveals That Marshal Ruled It Would Involve Too Many Difficulties
INTENSIVE DRIVE FOR BONUS, LEGION PLAN Mass Meeting to Be Held in Every County in Country-, Committee Announces
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Marshal Ferdinand Foch, canujiander-in-chief of tbo allied armies, personally saved Berlin from an invasion by allied troops after the victorious drives just before the armiBtice in 1918, it lias been revealed by Major-General Henry T. Allen, former commander o the American Army of Occupation. Speaking at a dinner of the Peekskill Military Academy alumni, Gen. Allen said responsibility for stopping the American and allied armies rested solely on the French Marshal. Foch's reason for not taking Berlin, Gen. Allen said, was that it would have been a gigantic task to hold the vast territory which included Hanover and other large cities. "1 said to Marshal Foch that we made a mistake in not going to Berlin," said Gen. Allen, referring to a conversation with the French Marshal in Paris. "Marshal Foch said to me, 'if we hud, neither our army
nor your army would yet be demobilized.' He took out a map and showed me the Rhine and all the territory betwen there and Berlin. 'There would be a big responsibility,' he waid, 'in holding Hanover and all those cities.' There was the answer from the responsibilbe agent why we did not po to Berlin." Before deciding the question of whether Berlin would be taken, Gen. Allen said, the. French Marshal conferred with . Gen. Pershing, Field Marshal Haig and Marshal Petain. Field Marshal Haig took the attitude that there had been suffi-i-ient sacrifices of men and that the Germans already were routed, said Gen. Allen, and Gen. Pershing deferred decision. Marshal Petain was quoted a? having said: "We have got them on the run let us make the defeat more decisive." Marshal Foch, according to Gen. Allen, then dismissed his conferees mid made his own decision. The result was the armies did not advance on Berlin. Gen. Allen said part of his information was received from Sir William Robinson, who commanded the. Brit ish Army of Occupation. ' "There is a little piece of unwritten history." said Gen. Allen. "My troops at the time of the armistice were farther into Germany than any others."
LA FOLLETTE DEMANDS LOWER ER0GHT RATES He Offers a Resolution for Charges on Crops and Farm Supplies at Pre-War Level
NETOPAPEI&aEMTs:
KLAN WUHjSlCTORY AT OKLAHOMA POLLS
The American Lgion executive
committee, in session at Indianapolis, ' after setting September 15 to 19 inclusive as the date for the 1924 national convention, to be held in St. Paul, started an aggressive campaign to support - adjusted compensation for world war veterans and went on record as opposed to the substitution of ordinary headstones for the crosses that stand at the head of the grave of every American soldier in European cemeteries. In the campaign to foster the soldiers' bonus it was announced, mass meetings would be held in every county In the United States. John R. Quinn, national commander, stated that "wealthy and selfish interests have twisted figures and facts" to defeat the measure. Figures purporting to show that Secretary Mellon's treasury figures were erroneous were presented to the committee. The figures had been prepared by Congressman A.
Hiatt Andrew of Massachusetts, who summarized them as follows: "The country was told in 1922 that we were faced with a great emerggency in that we were confronted with a deficit of $650,000,000. Yet, as a matter of fact, in that fiscal year we paid off $613,000,000 of the government's debt, more than $211,000,000 in excess of all legal requirements, and still the treasury ended the fiscal year with a balance to its credit of $370,000,000. The treasury
estimate of its balance sheet for 1923 was $1,200,000,000 in error. Today the surplus can no longer be over
looked or disguised and the arguments on the basis of a deficit are no longer possible. Now we are
told there can be no tax reduction if the adjusted compensation obliga
tion is met. I have looked into these
figures with considerable care and am convinced that this statement is
as baseless as the treasury estimates of 1922."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Senator
LaFollette introduced a joint resolu
tion in the Senate directing the In
terstate Commerce Commission to proceed immediately to reduce freight rates on agricultural prod
ucts and on materials ana implements required on farms to the prewar level.
The resolution charges that rates
on grain, livestocK ana ouier usucultural products from country
shipping points to primary markets are now 47 per cent in excess of the pre-war level, while rates on grain for export have been increased by approximately 73 per cent.
Although the value of farm prod
ucts has decreased, freight rates re
main. Senator LaFollette declares,
substantially on the levels estab
lished when wheat was selling at $2 a bushel, corn at $1.86 a bushel, and
cotton at 37 cents a pound. It now requires the value of 166 bushels of wheat to buy an ordinary farm wagon, he says, as compared with
102 bushels in 1913.
"In addition," Senator LaFollette
says, "American farmers have sur
fered from increases in every element of the cost of production, including taxes, so that they face
heavy net losses on their entire pro
duction."
It is further asserted that data of
the Department of Agriculture
shows that in 1922 more than 2,000,000 persons moved from farms into cities, and that because of conditions
in the agricultural districts young
children are being employed in
ever increasing numbers to perform
the work of grown farm hands. Ex
isting conditions, declares Senator
LaFollette, "constitute an emer
gency which requires Immediate
action if American agriculture is to
be spared from appalling disaster.'
'Exodus From Farms Good Thing," Wallace Asserts
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 19. The Influx from the farm to the city has been a feuod thing for agriculture as a whole, Secretary of Agriculture Wall.tee said here in addressing the annual convention of the American National Livestock Association. America needs no more "back to the fiiim movements," he said. He added that the inefficient had been forced from the farms and that those who remained would reap the benefit.
One of the conditions of probation that Judge Keetch imposed on Charles Krotise, a bricklayer, was that he become naturalized. Krouse pleaded guilty; to stealing tools from a warehouse. Los Angeles Examiner.
Smaller 1924 Hog Crop Is Shown by Pig Survey
Hog production in the United States has passed the crest and is now decreasing, according to a report by the department of agriculture. The pig survey shows a decrease of 8.7 per cent in the number of sows farrowing in the fall of 1923, as compared with the previous year. In the corn belt the reduction is 6.1 per cent. Owing to the low hog prices farmers materially altered their ideas as to the number of hogs they would breed, as compaTed with expectations in June. Duwng August, September and October about 61.8 per cent of the hogs received at packing plants were sows, or 2.6 per cent in excess of the previous year. Actual number of hogs on farms, owing to low mortality, shows a decrease of only 6.8 per cent from last year for the country and of 3.8 per cent in the corn belt. Farmers expect to breed 1.2 per tent less sows for spring farrowing than last year. In the corn belt the decrease is 5.4 per cent. Owing to the unfavorable feeding basis of hog prices as compared with
corn a further decrease would not
he surprising.
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REALTY MAN LEADS
DRY RAIDERS TO SHIP
Brandy and Whisky Found in
the Crew's Quarters of a Spanish Liner
regressive Demirais, Said to-
Hare Been Indorsed by Klans
men, Swept Into Office
Committeemen InFHJjr of Seventy
Counties Eleetedihi Spite of Allen Fight, ?iiJb' Said
K00SIER DEMOCRATS SWARM INTO CAPITAL
Lafayette Hotel- Had Appear ance of Housing an Indiana Democratic Convention
OKLAHOMA CITTvOkla., Jan. 19.
Progressive Democrats presumed to have had the support of Klansmen were swept into oS&fr Friday night
at precinct caucuses throughout Ok
lahoma. -" r r4
Newspapers, in their columns Sat
urday, conceded that men favorable
to the movement of the Knights of
the Ku Klux Klan.-AS a result of the
precinct elections, Will be in control of at least fifty cpahties out of an approximate seventy , when Demo
cratic county chairmen are elected.
In Muskogee chairmen said to have
had support of Klansmen were elected in thirty-siout Qf a possible forty-seveu precinetsf.' .
While Klan officials wielded every
influence to prevent that issue -Being injected into the campaign, news
papers and persons opposed to the
organization insisted on making the elections a Klan affair, and by do
ing so, went down to defeat in almost
every instance.
Precinct chairmen elected here
will meet January 26 for the purpose
of electing a county chairman to suc
ceed W. R. Sampson, present head
of the county organization.
Defeat of the anti-Klan forces also will mean defeat for Ed Seamans,
up for re-election astchairman of the
state Democratic committee, it is predicted. Seamans has vigorously
opposed the Klan atevery turn and
because of his stand was being
groomed for re-electfon by the Trapp
forces, according to rumor.
Seamans' retirement is virtually
assured through the vote cast Friday
by the progressive element of the Democratic party. " - '
BEBLE FOR PUPILS IN WALKERT0N SCHOOLS
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. The police and federal enforcement agents were
especially active in apprehending al
leged violators of the Volstead law
The customs inspectors of the special
service squad, led by Charles Smith
a real estate dealer, descended on
the steamship Reina Maria Cristina
of the Spanish mail line at her berth
at pier 8, East river, and, with the aid of electric flashlights, confiscated
100 bottles of brandy and a small quantity of whisky, found in the crew's bunkers. Smith reported to the agents that he had been approached on South street by a Spaniard, who displayed a bottle of brandy and offered to sell it to him for $20. JThe liquor was of such a high quality, Smith said, that he questioned the man, who was alleged to have toid him that it had been smuggled into the country by members of the erew of the steamship.
Women of Klan Place a Prayer on Desk of Each Room With the Holy Writ
(Bureau Publication and Education) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 16. At the Lafayette hotel here this week one might think he bad run into a Hoosier Democratic state convention.
so good was the attendance of prominent Democrats from Indiana for the meeting of the Democratic
national committee.
Walter S. Chambers and Mrs.
Chambers were onlookers, as Mr. Chambers is the head of the Indiana state committee and he desired to see how Cordell Hull presided and did things in a national way. Mr. and
Mrs. Chambers were accompanied by
the woman secretary of the Indiana
committee, who also was a keen ob
server of the national proceedings.
If Tom Taggart was not actually
in Washington for the meeting his
influence was felt just the same and
it is known that he was busy pulling
the strings for Senator Ralston for
President and he also wished the
convention to go to New York. He
realized the one ambition and the
other is still ahead of hiin. Ed Hoffman, of Fort Wavne, for
mer secretary of the national committee, was here and he saw to it that another Hoosier took his place
on the committee which he is relinquishing. Charles Greathouse, of Indianapolis; was chosen secretary of the national body. Mr. Greathouse is a former Democratic superintendent of public instruction in Indiana and otherwise prominent in Democratic politics in Indiana for many years. Lew Ellingham, former Democratic secretary of state, and now publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Democratic, was likewise on the job and doing his usual stunt of good mixing. .
Meredith Nicholson, distinguished
Indiana author and newspaper man, was in the bunch lending dignity to the occasion, and enjoying the pro
ceedings.
Fred VanNuys, former Democratic
chairman in Indiana, was also in
the crowd, as was Dan Simms, of Lafayette, prominent in Democratic circles in Indiana.
John A. M. Adair, former member
of Congress from the Eighth Indiana
district, and now a Washington banker, mingled with the crowd and entertained the Hoosier Democrats with a dinner while they were here.
BIBLES PUT BACK IN
SCHOOLS OF BOURBON
BOURBON, Ind.. Jan. 18. Bibles
have been presented to the schools of Bourbon by the Women of the Ku
Klux Klan. The women met recently at the high, school auditorium in Bourbon and Bibles were presented to the trustee for each study room of the Bourbon township schools. The Bibles were courteously received by the trustee, who showed his appreciation of the work of the Women of the Klan by thanking them for the interest shown. Bibles formerly were in the schools of the township, but for some reason not explained they disappeared gradually until they were not in use in any of the schools. The Women of the Klan have decided that tins condition will not be repeated, and they expect to check up on the use of the Bibles now in the schools.
GIRL FORCED TO SELL
LIQUOR, SHE ASSERTS
TOLEDO, O., Jan. 19. Charges that her foster father often forced her to sell whisky for him were made in common pleas court by Iva Behm, 19, when she went on the stand for her mother, Mrs. Lena J. Behm, who is suing Louis for divorce. Iva was taken in by Mr. and Mrs. Behm when she was a baby and has taken their name, although -she has never been formally adopted. Her charge came in the midst of a lengthy statement on her father's habitual cruelty both to herself and to Mrs. Behm. Mrs. Behm testified that her. husband struck her and beat her and once kicked her hard enough to fracture a bone. Behm, a wholesale meat dealer, denied the charges.
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DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 19. A thirty-two-story town clubhouse wili be
erected at Washington boulevard and
Clifford street, a block from Grand
Circus park and "Theater Circle," it was announced by the Aviation Town
and Country Club at its annual dinner and election. The estimated
cost of the building, construction of which will begin soon, is ?2,000,000. Outstanding features of the proposed structure, Fred W. Warner,
president of the club, announced
include a Zeppelin tower, a roof hangar, an indoor golf course on which seventy-five persons may play
at once, a pool large enough for water polo and a complete children's club. Except for the ground floor, which will be devoted to store space,
the entire building will be occupied
by the club. Sixteen floors will be
given over to rooms for members.
WALKERTON, Ind., Jan. 19. The Women of the Ku Klux Klan of Walkerton presented Bibles this week to the local schools. A Bible
was planed eg the teacher's deaK inf
each room,: and with the Bible was a printed prayer. The group of
women is organized for the purpose
of helping make life brighter for the needy and discouraged and with
the idea of helping to improve conditions. The organization here is active and growing rapidly.
The printed prayer accompanying
each Bible is as follows:
"Father of light and life, most
Merciful Guide. We realize dear Father, that our public schools are
the cornerstone of good government
for this, our great nation. We would
ask Thou to teach this splendid
group -ot young men ana women.
boys and girls, for even a chiia is
known by his doings, whether it be
right. Save them from folly, vanity,
vice and from every low pursuit.
Feed their souls with knowledge,
conscience, peace and pure virtue. And Heavenly Father, may they be taught this truth, 'The fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom and
the knowledge of the Holy is under
standing.' May we do as God would have us do, for we believe that a Godless nation can not long prosper. Heavenly Father, we ask an especial blessing on these young people, the teachers, school board and parents. Fill their souls with bacred, never-
fading bliss. May the teachings of this Holy Book teach them to do Thy
will and lead them into ways ot righteousness, for God standeth in
the shadows keeping watch above
Kis own. At last, save us all for Thou art the Savior and Redeemer of the world."
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The camera used in these lightning snapshots weighs two -tons and is being used by ordnance experts to examine the behavior of shells and armor plate. It has shown clearly, also, what happens to a golf ball when struck hy a club-head. The ball is pressed flat on one side during the l1200th part of a second that the driver is in contact with its hard surface. "An exceedingly hard rubber ball, teed up and then shot at by a wooden . plug projectile, acquired some curious shapes before re
turning quickly to the simple life of a stationery sphere. When the projectile hit it, the ball was pressed into the shape of a half moon. Flying through the air, it expanded in the direction of flight until it looked like an egg. Striking a steel plate, it expanded in the opposite direction until it had the appearance of a coin stuck, oh a well. Then it rebounded and became again, a sphere.
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CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 19. Ninetysix pei sons have died from drinking bootleg liquor in Cleveland within the last three years. In 1920 seventy-four deaths were directly traced to poisonous intoxicants, and in 1923 the number had increased to nearly one hundred. In 1920, 9,521 arrests were made for intoxication and in the three-year period. ending January, 1924, 17,742 arrests are reported. However, those figures do not tell the whole story, since there is no doubt that many lives have been shortened by fusel oil and various other concoctions sold in the guise of "liquor."
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. The first of a series of "multiple" ballots on the
Bok peace prise plan have been received at the office of the American Peace Award, 342 Madison avenue. These ballots, which are being used only by churches, were nt out by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, a member of the co-operating council. Each member of a congregation voting on one of these ballots signs his or her name and indicates advocacy of or opposition to the plan by marking a cross. The correctness of the list Is then certified by the signature of the pastor. Early returns from all parts of the country show the church vote ia unusually heavy.
Marion May Lose Harding -
Memorial, Sawyer Warns
MARION, O., Jan. 19. "Warning that Marion may lose the Harding Memorial because of charges that the city is trying to commercialize the nroDosition has been recetvd
-fronrBrig.-Gen. Charles E. Sawyer,
chairman of the executive committee of the Harding Memorial Association. Sawyer pointed -out that "because of unfair prices for land and Marion's lack of interest as shown by the eUe ot her contributions," there seems to he a growing desire to have the memorial taken to Washington. -- ,";"" " k f ' ' - ; j .
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