Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1924 — Page 3
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vFriday, February-1, 1324 THE riERY CROSS PAGE THREE GENEROSITY OF KLAN SHOWN IN CHURCHES
WORK OUTLINED FOR NUNS BYARCHB1SH0P Sent to Meet Immigrants in "Great Catholic City of New York"
ELAN SPEECH JAMS
VERMILION COUNTY CLEANUPTHOROUGH Foreign Element Is Becoming Convinced Klan Aid for Good Government Is Not a Joke
BISHOP BERRY IS TAKEN TO TASK Demand for Creeds Is Great CHURCHAT ADRIAN
Some Skeptical Citizens of Akron and Community See the Light and Praise Order
AKRON, O., Jan. 26. Akron Klansmen were abroad Sunday evening with the result that hundreds of people that were somewhat skeptical are now loud in their praise for the movement.
The- Rev. Mr. Heaston, pastor of the Firestone Park M. E. church, had completed his sermon and the choir was singing "Onward, Christian Soldiers." The door quietly opened and down the center aisle, with arm3 .folded, marched thirty Klansmen. They formed a line before the altar and as the singing ceased the leader presented an envelope to the Rev. "Air. Foster which contained uearlv fSOO. While members of the Akron Klan were at the Firestone Park church, another body, sixteen in number, paid a visit to the Park IT. B. church, Kenmore. They presented a purse of money to the pastor, Rev. Mr. Weathcrbee. Roth churches were filled to capacity as are nearly all the other churches in the city where Protestant sermons are being delivered. The Rev. Mr. Lewis, pastor of the
South Main Street M. E. church, has
been obliged to hold Sunday services
in the Armory because of the large audiences. Even this large build
ing is being taxed to capacity every
Sunday evening and only those who
arrive early can obtain a seat.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 26. If there is occasion for solicitude for Bethlehem and Allentown, Pa., Protestants, where the Roman Catholic diocese has bought 172 acres "to be used as a cemetery for the Catholic dead of
those places" because of prediction by Cardinal Dougherty that in the
not far distant future those cities
will be consolidated, what kind' of
shouting will arouse New Yorkers
to their peril? New York is the hub of the immi
gration problem. It is the gate of
America. Archbishop Hayes says so.
Mayor Hylan gives the key to the city to distinguished foreigners who come to these shores. But Mayor Hylan is not the only Catholic in a
high position who has the giving habit. Archbishop Hayes has just
given to a local branch of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women the
work cf meeting all Catholic immi
grants "with the cross in the right
hand the Stars and Stripes in the
left."
Archbishop Hayes says: "These
people from Europe ought not to come to us without receiving a real Catholic welcome. This problem of immigration is a Catholic one. When immigrants arrive I want them all
met by the wide-stretched arms of
their mother, the church. It is, in
deed, a great Catholic duty to wel
come to our shores those of our faith
Here in Catholic New York you have this great Catholic work right at your doors for your country and your
God."
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COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 26. The first, victory under the Bender prohibition law, which makes it a penitentiary offense, without hope of parole, to manufacture intoxicating liquor, was scored by County Prosecutor John E. King in the conviction of two Grove City men here by a mixed jury.
(From Delaware Co. (Pa.) Record)
An appeal that the Methodist
church have nothing to do with the Ku Klux Klan or its membership, in rural churches particularly, is
voiced by Bishop Joseph F. Berry in a letter published in the current number of the Pennsylvania Advocate of the Methodist Episcopal church.
"The organization of the Ku Klux
Klan within the bounds of some of
our rural churches brings some new
problems to the pastor," declares Bishop Berry. "Should the pastor
receive contributions from the se
cret, hooded order, and should the members be encouraged to atttend church in a body, disguised in a hood or gown?
"To the first question I would say
that the pastor who accepts such
contributions is unwise, for in a real sense he places himself under obligations to this mysterious order that
may at some time prove exceedingly embarrassing.
To the second question there ap
pears to be only one answer. We
are glad to have all sorts of people
attend our services, but not those
who conceal their ' identity. The
Klan has some principles which all
good Americans and Christians ac
cept. But the attitude the organization assumes toward the colored
man is not one of them.
"The colored man is an American
tremendously so. As such he has
the rights which are guaranteed all good citizens. The Methodist church has consecrated hundreds of Iivis and millions of money to educate and uplift and bless the colored race, and in sheer consistency can have nothing to do with any organization that is against that race." With all due respect to Bishop Berry as an ecclesiastic, wo feel it our duty to rise and state that the general tenor of the good bishop's
remarks on the face of it prove that he doesn't know the first thing of what he is talking about. It seems to be the open season for knocking the Klan, and apparently, finding it pleases the gallery, some
of our prominent, if misinformed, citizens can not resist the temptation to take their fling and then sit back and accept the plaudits of the multitude with a smug and self-satisfied air. Perhaps Bishop Berry thinks he knows what he is talking abcut, because he has read Hearst's Magazine, the New York Call, the Philadelphia Ledger expose and Mr. E. Y.
Clarke's recent letter to the presi-
I belie or in Cod and in the tenets of the Christian religion, and t that e godless nation can not long prosper. belteie thai church that is not grounded on the principles of morality end just tee is a mockery to Cod and to man. I believe that a church that does not have tht welfare of th common people at heart is unworthy. believe in tht eternal separation of Chunk and State. I hold no allegiance to any foreign government, emperor, king, pope cr any other foreign political or religious power I hold my allegiance to the Stars and Stripes next to my allegiance to Cod atone. t believe in just tows and liberty I betitvt in the upholding of tht Constitution of these Untied States. I believe that our fret Public School is tht ctrrner-mnne of good government end thttr those who ere teektng to destroy it are enemies of our Republic and Pre unworthy of ariimship. I believe in freedom of speech 1 believe in a fret press uncontrolled by political parties or by religious sects, t believe in law and order. I believe in the protection of our pure womanhood. I do not believe in mob violence, but f do believe that laws x should be enacted to trevtnt tht causes of mob violence. I believe in a clostf relationship of capital end tabor. t believe in the prevention of unwarranted strikes by foreign labor agitators. I believe in tht limitation of foreign immigration. I am a native-born American citizen end I believe my rights in this country art superior to those of foreigners.
I The defendants were Fred E. Van
1 Horn and William W. Lawrence, both : ient of the United States.
of whom were arrested last .June
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when they were found in possession : na8 investigated the subject more or of a still and a large Quanti.y otj,eM thoroUghiy and s0 feds qualicorn whisky. On motion Of the prose-1 fied tQ ulfc But the editor of thig cuting attorney, the bond o : each Jonrnal can teii the bishop and a B Aa8 incsreased fFm $1'0. t0 cock-eyed world as well, more truth
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neys assert the case will be appealed. Shortly after their arrest, Van Horn and Lawrence were indicted by the grand jury, along with several others, but convictions were obtained only in this case. The other men were tried first and in each instance the jury either disagreed or returned a verdict of not guilty. The jury which convicted the Grove City men was composed of five women and seven men.
The demand for Klansmen's Creeds has been steadily increasing dur
ing the past week. The Creeds, which are four times, as large as the above reproduction, are done in two colors and are suitable fqr framing. They are being given to Fiery Cross readers and are mailed in
self-sealing tubes on receipt of coupon to be found on page seven.
Auditorium Pack0 in Spite of
Snow and Zero Weather Talk Pieases Crowd
ADRIAN, Mich., Jan. 26. Word
that the Rev. Frank H. Lewis would deliver a talk on the Knights of the
K Klux Klan brought a large crowd
of citizens to Old Plymouth church
last Sunday and the auditorium was packed and overflowing.
The church notices read: "Every
red blooded American is invited" and judging from the way the crowd turned out, in weather below zero, there seemed to be plenty of Amer
icans.
The speaker -delivered a stirring
address on the ideals and principles of the Klan, and many times during his talk, he was interrupted with bursts of applause.
At the conclusion of his speech, he was congratulated on all sides and the whole-hearted demonstration gave positive proof of the sentiments
of the crowd. Adrian citizens are becoming deeply interested in Klan movements and although there were many in the pastor's audience who were not affiliated with the order, their desire to become members was made known after the discourse. The growth of the Klan here has been very gratifying to all those who
are concerned in the welfare of the
community .-
Move Made for Dictator; Police News Kept Secret
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RO.MEO, Mich., Jan. 26. Members of the Klan from all parts of Macomb
: county attended a meeting of the order which was held here last Friday I night. The big hall in which they met was ! crowded to capacity and it was an i enthusiastic crowd that listened to a ! brilliant address that was given by
! a well-known speaker. The orator set ! forth many of the principles and ideals of the order in a very clear
and thoroughway, and was forced to , stop many times on account of applause from his hearers, j A most inspiring initiation cereI ;nony also took place, and the scene ! was very impressive when all lights were turned out with the exception i of those of the fiery cross, i Before the red glow of the Klan ; symbol, the candidates knelt and were solemnly administered the oath
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about the personnel of the Klan in
one hour than he can derive from Hearst's and McCall's in a month. ! And when the good bishop states complacently that the Klan is "against the negro" we know enough to be able to brand the assertion as a positive, direct and barefaced
LIE.
Possibly the bishop does not believe in white supremacy, which is enunciated as one of the principles of the organization. Possibly he would be fully satisfied to have his daughter joined to a negro in wedlock, or to take that negro to bed with him That would betoken the social equality of the white and black races. There is a vast difference between "white supremacy" and the bishop's idea of being "against the negro." We are personally acquainted with a large number of Klansmen, and we have never found one yet who is "against the negro" and yet they are unqualifiedly in favor of "white supremacy," and if the question were asked, we feel safe in saying that Bishop Berry himself would be of the Klansman's opinion. The white woman is miles ahead
of the colored race, yet she does not object to the appellation "dominant male," as applied to the trousered
portion of the population.
This being so, why should Bishop
Berry take up the cudgels on behalf
of the negro and against the domi
nance of the white race? .And why
stop at the negro? In the Klans
man's Kreed, white supremacy applies equally to the red, the yellow
and the brown races.
Bishop Berry reluctantly admits
that "the Klan has some good prin
ciples which all good Americans and
Christians are bound to accept," but apparently, the negro question is the
only one with which he takes issue
Our best advice to Bishop Berry and all others, who, like him, are
tempted to Inveigh against a move
ment or organization which has spread to the amazing extent the one known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has, and especially
one which - admittedly numbers among its personnel, men high in
the affairs of church and nation and
men who have equal and possibly superior powers of discernment, and
men who are of equal and perhaps
superior mental calibre, would be to
get into the organization and And
out from the inside Just what the mainspring is which makes it go and is responsible for the tremendous growth in two years from a mere
handful to millions of members.
We understand that this can be
done "without any cost to Bishop
Berry whatever. Ministers and men of the church are invited to affiliate
with the Klan with the distinct un
derstanding that if there is anything
whatever connected with the order.
the ritual, the principles or the
practices to which he can take ex
ceptlon, he is privileged to expose
I the same from his pulpit.
I And while we personally know a
I number of ministers of the gospel
I who are members of the Ku Klux
! Klan, we have yet to hear of one of
, them speaking from the inside in j denunciation of the K. K. IC
DES MOINES, la., Jan. 26. John B. Hammond, chief of police of Des Moines, has cut off all police news from the four Des Moines newspapers on, the theory that the publication gf crime news has done much to bring on the present crime wave. Efforts have been made to
induce Attorney-General Gibson to appoint Sheriff Park D. Findley of Polk county, "military dictator" of Des Moines and Polk county, but this has been discouraged" as a political move. Day patrolmen have been added to the night force, to check the crime wave.
PERRYSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 26. With the progress made in Vermilion county in the last few months for a better, cleaner place in which to live, a movement started and pushed by Klansmen, Women of the Klan, and others fighting for the observance of law nd order, it will be only a question of a very short time until this county can point with pride to its courts and officers of the law and its citizenship in general. Really wonderful things have been accomplished in a short time in driv
ing out illegal liquor makers and dealers and other law violators. The large foreign colonies in the county, many of their members making an open business, apparently with the consent of some of the officers, of Vinnf i n f . i n r nnA fliA nftwme. .
rdoubtedly know now that the good
rrotestant citizenship is determined to rid the county of those who lire by their wits. The county is freer now of bootleggers than it has been in three years, and the work goes merrily on. A delegation of Klansmen and Women of the Klan visited the Standard theater Sunday night, where the Rev. Mr. Love has been conducting a revival service, and contributed a sum of money for expenses of the meeting. The U. B. church at Gessie also re
ceived a similar visit and contribution from Klansmen Tuesday evening. Revival services' were in progress there, conducted by Mrs. Sharp, an evangelist, and Miss Todd, a singer, of Indianapolis. This same spirit of getting behind and boosting all Protestant church movements and institutions throughout the county has marked the activity of the Klan work in Vermilion.
DAYTOX, O., Jan. 26. A piece of TOLEDO, O., Jan. 26. Posing as
marked money will be introduced as dry agents and asserting they were evidence when Joseph Nemeth, pro- deputized by a local justice of the
prietor Of a soft drink parlor, faces peace, Nick Papos and Stanley Gra-
the court on a charge of violating bell are under arrest, themselves
the prohibition law. A dry agent charged with violating the prohibi-
from the sheriff's office says he tion laws. They were arrested a few
bought a drink of whisky from Ne- days ago by -Constables Van Glahn meth and paid for it with a coin and Cherry, but were released on
which is to serve as Exhibit A in $1,000 bonds each
the case. State dry agents also have Deputy Van Glahn charges that
placed a charge f unlawful posses- Panos and GrabeH- wre-4eHvarinz
sum or liquor against JN'emetn ana u a ten-srallon iue of whiskv to a man
is said that the padlock law may be f0r whom the arresting officer had a
invoKea to close nis place. warrant. They protested that their
One woman and two men were ar- arrest in performance of duty was
rested by dry raiders here early this an outrage, but the justice by whom
week and it is said that numerous they profess to have been deputized
other raids are planned by the said he knew nothing about either
agents. The officers say that when of the men
they knocked at the door of a place Both of the men formerly served
conducted by Andrew Keydoszius, as constables under Justice Eikost
ostensibly as an undertaking estab- at Point Place, but were discharged
lishment. a surl ran out of a side last .November, tne . justice said.
door and smashed a gallon jug con- Since then they have had no legal
taining moonshine liquor. By quick authority, Kikost said, althougn it is
work, the agents managed to save understood they have derived con-
enough of the fluid to serve as evi- siderable revenue by posing as pro
dence of law violation. Another hibition sleuths.
small quantity of whisky was found
Klanswomen Is Buried at Connersville, Ind. CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 26. The funeral of Mrs. Myrtle Godwin was held at the Main Street M. E. church Friday of last week. The serices were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Flanagan, assisted by a number of Women of the Klan. A large floral cross was presented by the women.
ACTIVE NEAR DELAWARE DELAWARE, O., Jan. 26. The Delaware Klan meets every week and is doing business as well as the severe winter weather will permit. The county organization is busy organizing the Klavaliers, in which there is an excellent interest and response. Outside the county seat, the strongest Klan towns in the county are Sunbury and Ashley, where good, active units are being formed. Other outpoints also are showing activity.
GIFT FOR A WIDOW ORIENT, O., Jan. 26. The home of a widow was visited recently by a committee of Klansmen, who presented the woman with a purse containing $40.
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Open Day and Night
in the Keydoszius home, the officers Alaska Reindeer King,
saw. rauiocK action aiso nas Deen is ftn Wnv in TT Q aoVol in thia fnon ami tho matter is 1", Oil HdJ- IU U. O.
now pending before the grand jury.
A charge of possession was filed ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 26.
against Mrs. Keydoszius. Alaska's "$50,000 kid," the world's
A raid on the Eagles' clubrooms youngest reindeer king, has gone
reeentlv is said to have revealed a outside.
auart of liauor in the sink and a L. Twitchell, age IS, owner of a
crowd of men gathered about a table herd of 2,500 reindeer on the ranges
on which considerable monev was between Iditarod and Ophir, born
fonnd. A charge of Dossession was anu reareu m tne wuas or tne in
filed against Aleck Mack, custodian terior, wealthy and good looking, but
of the club. now riding on a railroad tor the
first time in his life, has started out
m t ::. t c : i io see we great worm Deyonu
iTiiuisici A ouiyuacu With one arni fuU of monev and
by Old-fashioned Party the other struggling with a pack
strap, rwitcnen leu Ancnorage tor
Spwarrt
Ijff &A1MJU&K.1, U., Jan. &u. Anchora? was iho first town
The Wyandot county Klan is much Twitchell pvm- raw Sewarrf waa tho.
alive as seen in the many activities second. Then he plans a visit to the
carrieu uu. States for still Rtraneftr siehta
Recently, the Klan assisted a broth- He plans to spend two months in
er Klansman at Sycamore, going high life before returning to Anchor
over from Upper Sandusky, and tak- age and his Santa Claus horses.
ing several auto loads of men and
provisions to the worthy brother, a Jfew Mavor Cleans Up
minister oi tne gospei. vine revival uij. to.,.,,.
of the old-fashioned narsohaee dona- ASUW n"u,Bratu
tfn was m nrh movn hv nil Kinnst.
nconle who took nart: and. needless ailiaijj, j., Jan. io.-iue new
to say, the brother minister and his mayor here is cleaning up the city. nn fajtitiv were nmnntha W He began operations by sending
piest. When the Klansmen left, the three old offenders to the workhouse family gave the most hearty expres- at Dayton last week.
sions of appreciation for the re- iue IV,au ,a u''"6 '
meinbrance I snaps in mis county, auu au me un-
, ,t . portant ouuying points are oeing or
recently chartered and the new offi- No TricVion hL marked CerS are in cnarge. .h ---(j rvivth of the nre-anizaHnn
Weekly meetings are held, and at j her6. Real harmony has blessed our
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The local organization is having a
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The women's Klan is awaiting its
new organizer, and soon will have a strong organization in this county.
MOVIE THF.ATEU MEN WARNED
DBS MOINES, la., Jan. 26. A
Htate-wide demand is' being made for
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan. 26. Find- the establishment of an effective
ines for recovery of $5,213.40 against censor hoard. Movine nicture films
former Mayor W. H. Cunningham and I are now exhibited In Iowa theaters
against the smiting runu trustees oil iufit ag thev come from the studio.
the city for $1,485, were included in The effects of recent films hate been
the report or state examiner u. M. decried by mayors, ministers and
Llppmcou on nis inspection oitne other public-Bpirited individuals who accounts of East Youngstown. have the welfare of the youth at
The trustees of the sinking fund heart. Mayor C. D. Huston of Cedar
are criticized by , the examiner for Rapids, la., has sent a letter to every purchasing debt extension bonds is- theater owner in that city requesting
sued by the city at tne time tney had mem to exmmx more wnoiesome no funds and reselling these. A find- pictures, otherwise more drastic ing against' the trustees for $1,485, steps will be taken to remedy the
the loss to the city on the Issue, is I situation, this action was taken
made in the report. No suits tor' re-l following many complaints to the
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