Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1924 — Page 3

Vanderlip Scores Public - Men in Teapot Scandal

OSSIXIXO. X. Y., Feb. 16. In the course of an urruign merit of public officials, past and present, Kranlc A. Viinderliji, fmanefor, and in his early career a newspaper reporter, in a Hotary Club nddress here Tuesday

of Missouri and said that Reed waa a political skunk and if he were dusted with asafetida it would perfume him. Vanderlip said, discussing his sneecli. that he had no nroof of the

iiipht criticised the sale of "a cer- ;nim0rs that were current for months tain Marion newspaper." I regarding the Marion newspaper. "A certain Marion newspaper sold , . x, for $550,000, when it was well known! Vould Have Investigation to every one that it was not worth! "My purpose," said Vanderlip, "in

lmlf that sum," lie said. Two younR men of no financial

bringing it to public notice is to encourage an investigation of gossip

standing purchased it. Everybody I concerning a dead president, gossip

m Washington, Including the newspaper correspondents, knew this, lut no one wanted to lift up the edge of a shroud.

i which is outrageous, if untrue.

"I have made no formal request to

President Coolidge for such an in

vestigation.

SOUTH DAKOTMLAN IS AIDEETBY SPEECH MADE BY OPPOSITION

Speaker at Yankton Makes Many Allegations But Fails io Convince Audience

Catholic Play Deep Game in Effort lo Balk Growth of Or-ganizaflon

"Wli'ie did the money come from?;1Klt his business and it may not be.

Where did it go? These are matters ' but it seems to me that a newspaper of public interest. The last admin-' ,.0i(i i)CKt conduct the inquiry if 1st rut ion stands challenged. We canjtiio publishers abandon their policy no? wait for Congress or the courts. ' ot jence toward gossip which they especially when we remember that have heard. I have no unusual Mr. liutighevty is attorney-general." source.; of news.

riidelrable Investigators" Then the banker whirled into the Teapot Dome scandal. He attacked Senator Walsh's associates iMid the senate Investigating committee, saying several of- them are imdesiraWe investigators of any

moral question.

"But I have profound faith in the honesty and courage of President t'oolidge and his ability to clean a very dirty house. We should give him our sympathy and patience and not. criticise him yet. lie probably felt that he came to his office by an accident of death and that he should

The Senate," lie said, "did not RO continue the camnei anu policy 10 further in investigating Secretary which he fell heir. Kail because Fall was readv to peach! "The committee failed to call Fall

nd what he would have said would 'to testify, not. because they were

Demand for Creeds Is Great

liave none into high places

didn't dare." Vanderlip called upon President Coclidge to demand the resignations

of Secre tary Denhy "and every ollu

cflicial besmirched in the public eral of his associates were undesiruiind.'' i able investigators of any moral quesIn the same address Vanderlip j lion. I think he is extremely acute jiaid his respects lo Senator Reed ! and almost fanatically high-minded."

Visiting the Schools

When did you last visit the school j Some mothers will spend hours in in which your children spend a large j studying the effect of a ribbon here,

or a learner mere on a nai. vny is

share of their waking hours during the formative period of their lives? J)o von know whether that school is

Minitary. healthful, warm and safe?j Do you know whether the course of; study is wisely planned? Do you ; know whether the teachers are! properly trained and safe persons j

to intrust with the future of your children ? Those -ore legitimate and imVortant questions to put to parents

in Chicago and elsewhere. Xo one connected with the school department should object to them. In fact, school administrators and teachers should welcome them for they know that, with interested parents, the schools will be able to get he support they need and must have Jt they are to function-efficiently. Many fathers spend a great deal of time in the careful study of their business affairs. They pursue for bours market pages, reports and tables that may tell them, or indl-

(Special to Fiery Cross) VAXKTOX, S. D., Feb. 16. A

most peculiar situation obtains here in which the Catholics of the corn-

He might say that it is I munuy, uirougn pulling wires and

me spreaa 01 propaganaa, nave suc

ceeded in getting certain Protestants, who are not familiar with the true

principles of the Klan, to tight that

organization while they (the

Catholics) sit by and "watch the

fun." The Klan in Yankton is a new thing, although it is organized and functioning and has a rapidly increasing membership, and certain Protestants in this city have not realized that tire. Catholic church is the real and most bitter foe of-the organization and is spending millions of dollars to crush it because of its staunch stand for Protestantism and Americanism. This lack of

information of the part of some of the Protestants in Yankton has quickly been taken advantage of by the Catholics.

However, a sermon by a Protest-1 ant minister in which he attacked the Klan as un-Christian and unAmerican, has done much to aid the cause of the Klan rather than hinder it. The sermon was preached recently in the Congregationalist church by the Rev. H. H. Lindeman. While the minister made many charges against the Klan, he failed

to substantiate any of them or to even explain just why the charges were made. This fact caused many

m the congregation to begin to wonder and the result has been that the whole has given aid to the Klan where it was expected by the speaker to harm it.

They afraid he would not talk, but because

they were afraid he would talk too much. I don't think Senator Walsh was a party to this and do not in

clude him in my statement that sev

uUBtrnms tawp

believe in God and in the tenets of the Christian religion, end that a godless nation can not long prosper. I believe that a church that is not grounded on the principles of morality end justice e mockery ifrGod and to man. I believe that a church that does not have the welfare of the common people at heart is unworthy. believe in the eternal separation of Church end State t hold no allegiance to any foreign government, emperor, king, pope or any other foreign political or religious power ! hold my allegiance to the Stars and Stripes next to my allegiance to Cod alone t believe in just taws and liberty I believe in the upholding of the Constitution of these United States. I believe that our Free Public School is the cornet-stone of good government and that those who are seeking to destroy it are enemies of our Republic and are unworthy of citizenship. t believe in freedom of speech believe in a fret press uncontrolled by political parties or by religious sects. I believe in lew and order I believe in the protection of our pure womanhood I do not believe in mob violence, but I do believe that laws should be enacted tp prevent the causes-of mob violence. I believe in a closer relationship of capital and labor. I believe in the prevention of unwarranted strikes by foreign labor agitators. I believe in the limitation of foreign immigration. I am a native-born American citizen and I believe my rights in this country are superior to those of foreigners.

One Who Sees Not Dimly

AKRON, O., Feb. 16. "A God-j taken from them; it is the same fearing, law-abiding citizen can not j 'rotten, corrupt political machine'

be terrorized by any organisation. " ?aJe e sum whatever its origin, its name or its ! anl0. Ar- Incidentally, I creed because he has done nothing 1 "one,ot these gifts were for which he need be censured," says ne,'? . Sm'e y , Salvation an article in the Akron Beacon- Aj 11 ! tna,1 wonderful organization

Journal . of recent date, "and the i " ,lueais H"u. ao,Jle. mouses.

Klan is only interested in those who'"1 tt,muc Ior ou' boys Ter

disobey the law and whom the law can not, or more often will not pun

ish.

"If the truth were only known,

the majority of our judges, our doc

there, should, not accept anything

from the Klan. Do they not know that money coming from such a source is tainted? "Because the Knights of the Ku

KIux Klan wear masks and do not

tors, our lawyers and prominent show their faces t0 a curioua woridf

uuaiue mcu am wcuiucia and thus publish their-good deeds Klan ; they are men who stand high abroad, 'they are ashamed to have in the regard of community: law- thn w01.d know thev belong to the

with the trust ana nonor or meir

fellowmen. . " "The Klansmen presented a flag and a Bible to one of our high schools, and were pronounced of evil intentions because they covered their faces with a mask. It is the same 'evil, masked mob' that is helping to build churches; that is contributing to the support of our Christian missionaries abroad ; . the

same 'wicked, lawless element' that

"It was the Beloved Master who said 'Let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth,' and when He had performed some miracle, or healed some unfortunate one of his afflictions, He bade him keep his council 'and tell no man of these things.' He must have been ashamed to have anyone know of the -great work He was doing. "I am not a member of the Klan,

hut I am an American, and I De

lias in more than one Instance gone : lieve in fully investigating my --sub-to the aid of a stricken family whose j ject before I voice my opinion on loved husband and father has been the same. "BROAD MIXDED."

it that many of them will not be as interested in the effect of a, moral m il cultural training, such as the schools sive, on the lives of their boys and girls? Kducution is at once one of the in i.- expensive ami the most important functions of government. Yet it gets the active attention of very few of the citizens. We are

missing a great opportunity and

neglecting a great duty when we do not watch the schools and co-operate with them. The school years are important and impressionable years in the life of any child. Often the youth of the land are more influenced by some fine and devoted teacher, or by some belbved playmate than by the parents to whom God gave the responsibility of their upbringing. We can not show too much interest In the schools. We ought to know about them and we ought to

help them. Important as are the

cute to them what stocks are going things of business and society, man

to do tomorrow or the next day. kind has found no more important

Why is it so bard for them to get duty than the improvement of the i:p any interest in the things that race for the service of both God will detc mine bow t'.rir sons an.-: ' and man. We owe more attention

(!sj.ii:)iter:t will live tomorrow or the ; to our children and their schools, next day, or the day after that? : Dawn.

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.METLAKATLA. Alaska, Feb. 16. j Kast left for. the mainland on busiCeorge East has jusl learned the sad ; ness. Bad weather prevented landjind expensive experience that blue ; ing on his island for two weeks

foxes, unless fed, will eat up each other. East last year stocked a

and upon returning seventeen adult foxes had been eaten. Foxes, while

i-mall island northwest of here with ; able to obtain much food along the several dozen pairs of foxes, .spend-1 beaches, must be fed regularly at ing many thousand grains of Kold i least once in two days. East's cash

dust in the deal. Establishing the loss is $1,000.

The demand for Klansmen's Creeds has been steadily increasing during the past week. The Creeds, which are four times as large as the above reproduction, are done in two colors and are suitable for 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.

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Speaker Makes Admission As an illustration, the minister said: "In addition to ignoring and flouting the law and often corrupting administration, the Klan violates the spirit of the Constitution and the

Declaration of Independence in try

ing to deprive certain classes of

citizens of the rights, liberties and

opportunities guaranteed tnem in the basic law of the land." It was

noted by scores in the audience that the speaker said the Klan "violated

the spirit of the constitution but failed to say that it violated the constitution. In this he. admitted that the Klan did not violate the constitutioirand at the same time admitted that he was merely voicing

an opinion.

In just what the Klan intends to

derive citizens of their rights he did

not say. This would have been

greatly appreciated by his audience

and was really expected by many

thereafter he made the allegation

Naturally, he failed to point out

that each and every Klansman is

bound by oath to uphold the constitution and that all citizens are granted equal rights by that same constitution. Taken all in all the address was a long string of allegations and opinions and grew more or less tiresome as the vast majority of those in attendance expected to be given facts and figures showing that the Klan was un-American and un-

Christian. One of the weakest points of the attack was in which he condemned the Klan for practically no other reason than being Protestant. The Rev. Lindeman did not say so in as many words, but did say that I the "Klan is sectarian while I Christianity is universal." From' that statement, many of those in attendance declared, their own church

could be condemned because it is sectarian. Also, according to the views of many who heard the ad

dress, the speaker believes that

Catholic church has the right to or

ganize only Catholic organizations but the Protestants have not! Also that the Catholic church is not sec

tarian.

The views expressed by Rev.

Lindeman were much the same as

those put out by the alien interests now fighting the Klan backed by the Catholic church which realizes that the Klan is the strong arm of Protestantism. Reports being received from all parts of the state show that the Klan is growing at a fast pace in

this state and that such addresses as that delivered by Rev. Lindeman

are a help rather than a detriment to

the Protestant cause.

Columbus Dispatch "Blames" Members for Flood of Letters Urging U. S. School Law

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COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 16. "The Ku Klux Klan in Ohio evidently is get

ting busy in behalf of legislation to

create a federal department of edu

cation," observes the Columbus Dis

patch. "Senator Fees' office is being flooded with propaganda which

bears evidence of, having been inspired by that organization." One letter from Youngstown, written with lead pencil on brown wrapping paper, says: " "My request I want that educa

tional bill brought out. " (Signed) "K. K. K." Most of the communications are written on postal cards. C J. Davis of Youngstown sends the following: "Educational bill providing for department of education must be re

ported at once without substitution," A "woman voter" sends this mes

sage from Youngstown: "I am one of the thousands of women. and men that demand a report on the educational bill. See that we get it." "I, as a Protestant mother of Youngstown, demand that you bring forward in the Senate the educa

tional bill which you are holding back and allow action on it," says

another.

Senator Fess is advising his Ku

Klux correspondents that they should

direct their communications to Representative Dallinger of Massachusetts and Senator Borah of Idaho, chairmen of the committees on education in the two branches of Congress.

MONTEREY, Cal.. Feb. 16. George Puterbaugh and Harold Palmer, tried on vagrancy charges in connection with an attempt to or

ganize a branch of the Ku Klux Klar. 1 here, were found not guilty by Police Judge Ernest Michaelis. The defendants advertised in the local papers their intention of organizing the Klan in this city. After being placed under arrest on vagrancy

charges and released on $500 bonds they were escorted out of town by F. W. A. Cording, chief of police, and told not to return until time for their trial. Threats of violence against the acquitted Klan organizers were made

by Romanists sympathizers after the j

decision of the court was made known. The Klansmen will pay no

attention to these threats and will preeed with the organization plan

so rudely disturbed by the chief otj

police and other Romans.

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LONDON, O., Feb. 16. The first

public statement ever issued by the

Ku Klux Klan of London and Madi

son county appeared recently in a

newspaper advertisement, signed by

the kleagle, .which announced that

"the Klan is going to clean up Lon don and Madison county."

It is known that the liquor and

gambling laws have been persistent

ly and flagrantly violated, not only in London, but in the county, and

it is said the constituted authorities either are unable or unwilling to

enforce them.

Rumors of contemplated action by

the Klan have been current in Lon

don for several weeks, but the ad vertisement was the first formal an

nouncement by the organization of

its plans, while it is understood

that the Klansmen will not attempt to conduct raids, the members will

cooperate with the police and county-l

authorities in uncovering the evi

dence, and then will insist that the

laws be enforced.

PORTLAND, Me., b. 16. The

new klavern of -the Knights of the

Ku Klux Klan was dedicated here

Thursday night, February 14. The

grounds include eight acres and the

buildings include a banquet hall

165x60 feet and an auditorium on

the second floor 130x60 feet, with a

balcony, which gives a seating ca

pacity of 3,000. Offices attached proVide headquarters for the state or

ganization, and an old residence in

front of the building has been ar

ranged for social affairs. The Women of the Klan held a Valentine

party in the recreation rooms Friday night.

Plans have practically been com

pleted for a six-day carnival to be given on the grounds of the klavern

in March. The carnival will be onea

to Klansmen and their friends. All

the attractions of a regular circus

vill be placed on the grounds. The movement of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is the,, biggest thing in Maine today. The organization has swept the state with a wave of progress that can not be computed in mere figures, but the membership spreads to every nook and corner -t t!'5 stats.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Feb. 16. Un

der orders issued by Chief of Police

Kedgwin Powell, patrolmen have been stationed at seven Youngstown clubs to watch for violations of the liquor and gambling laws. This ac

tion follows recent police raids on

the Elks and the Progress clubs, the

latter a Jewish organization.

When the police entered the Pro

gress club, it is said, they encoun

tered resistance on the part of R. B.

Halth, the porter, who was arrested

on a charge of interfering with an

officer. Halth also is alleged to have

pushed a buzzer when he saw the police approaching. He entered a plea of not guilty

when arraigned in court and it is un

derstood the club has engaged a lawyer to defend him. v

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to name a street after him.

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United States totaled 13,002,437.

PORT JERVIS, N. Y Feb. 16.

"Officials of the Erie railroad and of

the Train Control Corporation of America. Tuesday witnessed what

they termed a successful test of an automatic train control device ". on the steep five-mile grade between this city and Graham, N. Y. During the demonstration a passenger train and locomotive followed a New York bound express at high speed and for three blocks the control device prevented the second train from overtaking the express, signals indicating to the engineer the condition of the track ahead and the location ol the express train.

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