Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1924 — Page 1
ER Y GR O Americas Leading Klan Publication H "fH PROPORTION AS THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT GIVES FORCE Tn; PUBLIC OPINION, FT. IS ESSENTIAL i mai ruBLiv OflNlUN SHOULB BE cm.ii.n 1 tnui WA5nlrKTON ! "THERE IS NO FAILURE EXCEPT FAILURE TO SERVE THE PURPOSE" VOLUME HI, NUMBER 19 INDIANAPOLIS, 1ND., FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS
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WIN HOWS OK HO'l'KL AT WAVh Ksll A. WISCONSIN PKOTKST ANTS OK ll.UHJKR STATU IJ VKN KIKST HANI) OK T1IK TACTICS -OK CATHOLIC OPPOSITION
Pet Dog of Fiery Cross Agent Victim of Spite
Vile Oaths Hurled by Attaches iis College Students Are lliidlj Hesitin Kliin-iiirn From Milwaukee
mid Klan Synrpathizers Itescne Itcslesied Party as Cries of "Hans: the Speaker" Co I p Police Make No Arrests Despite Actions of Kiotcis t.rowth of Onranizalion .1 in. ips I'orwnrd as Protestants Learn Truth (By Staff Correspondent) WAUKESHA, Wis., March 2. That resolutions passed by the Knights of Columbus of this city were directly respon
sible for the mob that stormed a Klan meeting here on last
Tuesday night, is the firm belief of many residents of Waukesha today. A few days
before the disgraceful and un-j American attempt to assault Klansmen and to run them out of town the Knights of Columbus passed resolutions condemning the Klan organization. This action, it is said, created a certain sentiment that found
life on Tuesday night. What further steps the Knights of Columbus may have taken, if any at all, in bringing about the outrage is not known. Publicly at least. It Is known that approximately two hundred Italians armed with Ktilcttos and puns were imported to take part in the riot which resulted (Continued ou Page 5)
GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 1. One of the most inhuman acts called to the attention of Greencastle police officials in the liistory of the police department -was revealed this week when the pet dog. Snookie, owned by the agent of The Fiery Cross of Greencastle. was found staggering about the streets blinded. The dog had been shot with buckshot. He was taken to a fire station where he was known by the .firemen, the owner of the dog notified and a veterinary surgeon was called. The veterinary has hopes of saving one of the dog's eyes. Investigation has revealed that the deed was perpetrated by enemies of the Klan. incensed because the owner of the dog sells The Fiery Cross on the streets here.
IMMIGRATION BILL MAY NOT PASS THIS TERM
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS IS HOUSE IN CONCERTED MOVEMENT AGAINST MEASURE
Bill Again Set Back Bonus Talk, fest Now to Precede Action on This Bill
WASHINGTON SPEECH TURNS INTO ATTACK ON KU KLUX KLAN
Catholic Churchman at Lebanon Fears Protestants Are Getting Into Politics
Takes Advantage of Floor of vtaiiis Club lo Boost His Idea of Religion
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CHURCH CROWDED TO HEAR SCHOOL SPEECH
Minister Pleads for Protestant Teachers Points to Parochial System
VXWOOn, Ind., March 1. The First Baptist church of Elwood was rowdfd Wednesday evening to hear it prominent minister speak on "The Public and Sectarian Schools." The
Kpeaker showed in a clear and
forceful manner that the parochial
schools fail to produce the right kind of national consciousness and why
we should not employ teachers who
are not Protestants to teach our chil
dren. The large audience listened
with great interest throughout the
lecture.
References were made to Indiana
cities where the Catholics are at
tempting to rule the public schools
Indianapolis ts one of the cities in
this list. A Catholic member of the hchool board has organized what in
reality should be the minority into
a majority faction of the board. In dianapolis is in great need of addi
tional schools, but the Catholic member of the board has been, able
to cancel contracts made by the pre
trriing board for new buildings. The Catholic member of the board and
the two members who have joined
with him are supported by the par
tisan press of Lmlianapolis and the citizens as a jrfajority are not awake
an to whuffs being done. This con
dition J not rare in Indiana and
other states. The talk has
aroused many Ell wood citizens to the
conditions. Every city in the na
tion needs a lecture of this kind
An escort of more than 100 Klans
men marched from the East Main
street Christian church Tuesday aft
ernoon as the' bodyf Howard L. Clabough -was being borne to the cemetery for burial. The Klansmen attended the services at the church, conducted by the Rev. W. L. Sanders, pastor of the United Brethren church. Klansmen conducted the services at the grave, which was one of the last expressed wishes of Mr. Clabough. The funeral was largely attended.
(Special to The Fiery Cross)
LEBANON. Ind., March 1. A talk
made before the Kiwanis .Club of
Lebanon recently by- Charles Mar
shall, the Catholic priest in charge
of St. Joseph church here, reminds the writer of a cartoon printed in a
newspaper a good many years ago
The cartoon made a lasting impres
sion on the writer. It represented
a Dig burly attempting to coax an opposition movement into the
ranks of the faction he represented
The opposition faction was rcpre
sented by the cartoonist as a dog
The man was holding out one hand to the dog in a friendly manner and
attempting to force a welcome smile on his face. In the hand behind his
back was a blacksnake whip. The
lesson is obvious.
Priest Marshall assumed exactly
that attitude in his speech before the
Kiwanis Club. He is either dishon
st in his allegiance to his church
or he was dishonest in his attitude
to the members of the Kiwanis Club. He was supposed to make an address on George Washington. He men
tioned the name of Washington once. Then he began his wanderings. He
made a plea "to get back to the oldtime religion." What could a Catholic priest mean by getting back to the "old-time religion?"
Attack on Ministers Well, here it is. He used this
phrase for a veiled attack on the Protestant ministers of the nation. He put himself on record as a censor of the morals of the Protestant min
isters. Then he passed on to the legislative halls. He seemingly fears
the Protestant ministers are paying
too much attention to the laws of the country. He demanded that they
stay with their flocks and let the
politicians continue to run the coun
try. This gave him the opportunity
to make high-sounding expressions
on the "separation of church and
state." He thinks, he said, "that one of the things that is causing disseu-
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(Bureau Publication and Education)
WASHINGTON, March 2. Twent
of the twenty-two Democratic mem
bers of the House of Representatives
from New York state have joined
an un-American statement that they
are "unalterably opposed to the rig
dly, restrictive" Johnson immigra
tion bill introduced at this session
of Congress.
One newspaper correspondent
cracks this action on the head by
saying that, "One would hardly sup
pose there were so many voters in
the Latin quarter." This only goes
to show how strong is the foreign element in New York and to what
they will stoop to try to carry their point. They want the immigration
bars let down so that the entire scum
of Europe can come flooding into
this country to bring and breed their
troubles over here.
These New York congressmen in
their statement brand the Johnson
bill as particularly objectionable be
cause it discriminates against cer? tain nationalities already going to
make up a great part of our population. fantheames-Tseialjwr'
eious and natronatiatreds -.
brands forever element alreadjISeTe
as of an Inferior stock.
In other words, they admit it. : Their Own Indictment "We are underhoused," said the statement, "underreconstructed and underdeveloped and are in sore need of those who are willing to do our work, both skilled and hard and laborious, but this bill would tend to keep out that class of immigrants best suited for such occupations." The statement concluded with this paragraph: "Our great country is still big
enough, geographically, politically and socially, to receive those persons knocking at our doors, whether of
brain or brawn, who answer our mental, moral and physical require
ments and can contribute to our
science, our art, our literature, our commerce or our industry."
Attached to the statement were
the names of Representatives Carew,
(Continued on page 5)
SELLING A BIRTHRIGHT DILLONVALE, O., March 1. A
Bohemian society here recently-
bought a business block contain
ing several storerooms, a bank, the railroad depot and several Office rooms. Among the tenants
was a physician. When his lease
expired an affidavit was presented
to him and he was asked to swear that he was not a member of the K. K. K. and to pledge that he never would become one before they would lease the room to him. The man signed the affidavit. Another young man working in a mine was presented with a liki? affidavit, with the request to have it signed and turned over to the local union. It is not known whether he signed it or not. No one questions their right to sign such a pledge, but has an organization the right to demand such a pledge? This Bohemian society has thrived in this free America. Now, it would seem, they wish to rule by coercion.
COURT RULING
STARTS ALIEN RUSH INTO U.S.
OFFICIALS SEE DOORS OPEN TO
THOUSANDS UNDER RECENT SWEEPING DECISION
Six Thousand Arrive In Two Weeks Markarian Exemption FarReaching in Effect
LIGHT OfJ
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SHOWS AN
BLOCKING OF
CTIOtJ PROGRAM
OTHER ANGLE
Charles L. Barry, Catholic Member of Board, Aided by Indianapolis News, Is Chief Obstructor Is Attorney for Local Company, of Which Rev. Gavisk IsVice-President
SOUTH DAKOTA SEES
KLAN GROW IN FACE OF STIFF OPPOSITION
Newspapers in Almost Every ,Way Try to Mislead Public -Lies Basis for Attacks
Silly Arguments Made in Persistent t Fight-Editorial Writer Tries to k Get Into Organization
WASHINGTON-LINCOLN
DEBATE BY JUNIORS
Notable Meeting Held on Wash ington's Birthday by Young Men at Middleport, Ohio
LEBANON REVIVAL
AWAKENS CITIZENS
LEBANON, Ind.. March 1. The citizenship of Lebanon was awakened to what the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are doing in all parts of the county by the Klan revival recently conducted at the First Christian church. The revival had wonderful results. Many who had no idea or at least hazy and in many Instances wrong ideas of what the Klan stood for were set right by the services. Following the revival of the evangelist who conducted the
services at the church addressed a
meeting at the klavern. The audience assembled by invitation and the evangelist carefully explained
the principles of the organization. The meeting was followed by a great
number of applications for member
ship. Klansmen of Lebanon recently attended the funeral of Samuel V. Frazier. A floral cross was presented by the Klansmen.
MIDDLEPORT, 0., March 3. The Meigs county Junior Klan held an unusual meeting here the evening of Washington's birthday. A debate followed the business session of the organization. The topic of debate
was: "Resolved, that George Washington did more for this country than Abraham Lincoln." The affirmative side won. Refreshments were served and a
social time followed. A large cross was burned by the Junior Klansmen the same evening. 1 was placed on a hill at the outskirts of the town. Attention of citizens was attracted in that direction
by the firing of guns and the cross
burst into flames almost simultaneously. It was a beautiful sight and
attracted much comment.
The Juniors are making a spirited
and successful drive for new mem
bers in Meigs county. The organization is growing rapidly.
GREENCASTLE SEES
FOUR CROSSES BURN
GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 1. Four fiery crosses blazed forth Friday evening at 9 o'clock on the four corners of the square here. An immense crowd was in the downtown district and witnessed the event. The burning of the crosses has created much comment in Greencastle. It is taken as an indication that the Knights ot the Ku Klux Klan is growing in this community.
ifcSpicIal to The Fiery Cross)
In the face of the most bitter opposi
tion the Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan are marching onward in South
Dakota. From nearly every town, village and hamlet reports reach
Sioux Falls of the organization of the great American order. The enemies of , the movement have been
supported by a number of newspa
pers of the state, especially one of
the newspapers of this city. Nothing has been too raw for the op
position to spread throughout the
-state through the newspapers. The
Press here, which has a rather wide
circulation in many counties, has
seemingly, centered its endeavor on
the Klan. Some of the most ridiculous, un
believable and preposterous" stories have been printed and the attack has
been kept up daily in the columns of the Press. To those who have the real interest of the state at heart it is pitiful and shocking to know that a daily newspaper, supposed to serve
the interests of those who support it
can be so far misled as to print the
filth the Press has been using. Losing Prestige
However, many newspapers are
awaking to the fact that simply be
cause a statement is printed is no
assurance that it is to be believed
The daily papers that have at
tacked the Klan movement in
other states have found that they have lost prestige rapidly. They have seen their circulation melt away and the Klan movement grow by leaps and bounds in the face of the newspaper opposition. It is true in this state and soon the newspapers will realize they have been misled in misrepresenting one of the greatest American movements ever started in this country. Those who have the movement at heart have seen small groups of men here and there in every part of the
state grow from a dozen pioneer members to hundreds in a few
weeks and from hundreds to thousands as a state movement. It is absolute proof that the partisan press can no longer control the
thought of the community when the partisan press deliberately attempts to control that thought erroneously. It is the age of thinking people and they will not be fooled or misled by lies. The op
position in South Dakota is no different from the opposition in every
other state, where it has been overcome, and where the Klan movement has grown and thrived on the lies of the opposition. Crosses Are Burned Activity is most pronounced re
cently in Sioux Falls. Friday night another fiery cross was burned in North Minnesota street at the top of
the hill at Second street- Citizens in the neighborhood were" startled about 10:15 p. m. by the explosion of bombs and soon the flames of the
burning cross explained the explo
sions. Several hundred persons witnessed the burning of the cross, it is reported that the organization is growing unusually rapidly here. A man attached to the editorial staff of one of the Sioux Falls news(Continued on Page 5).
NEW YORK, March 1. While the immigration authorities at Ellis
Island said Wednesday that recent court decisions had written such sweeping exemptions into the quota law that the door had been opened to thousands of aliens, the steamship Conte Verdi arrived from Italy with 2,0S9 steerage passengers, the largest number of this class carried by a single vessel in years. The Italian quota was exhausted on December 7, but the majority of the
Conte Verdi's passengers will claim exemption under the Markarian de
cision. Word of this and other decisions has spread rapidly among the foreigners her.e, according to
Assistant commissioner ri. K. Lan
dis, in charge of the legal division
at Ellis Island, and the island is in
the midst of a rush of aliens.
The only relief in sight, Mr. Lan
dis said, was the possibility that the United States Supreme Court would reverse the decision in the Gottlieb
case, on which all the following de
cisions depend, but the case will not be argued until next- week at the
earliest and no decision is expected
wtthia thirty daj after that. In the meantime steamship companies
are adTertisinff widely the opportn'
nlty for aliens here to bring over
their wives and cnuuren ana nion
sands have rushed to take advan
tage of the situation.
Predicts Heavier Influx
In the last two weeks the Italian
liners Duilio and Conte Rosso have
brought in more than 2,000 Italians
most of whom were admitted as ex
empt under the Markarian decision
The steamer Colombo arrived witn almost 1,900 immigrants. And this was only the beginning, Mr. Landis predicted, because the aliens now
on their way are almost an iwar
karian shipments." When word of
the Nadal decision of February 8
the most far-reaching of the serie
of decisions is spread abroad, the
real rush will begin.
Gottlieb was a Jewish rabbi who
was exemDt as" a minister. He
claimed exemption for his wife, too
The court held that she was entitled (Continued on page 5)
Catholic Church Now Plans High School on North
Side Where New Shortridge Will Be Built, the Contract for Which Has Virtually Been Canceled by Faction Headed by Barry Campaign by Bishop for; Funds Now Being Held Up for Some Unexplained - z Reason Goal Set for Between $500,000 and $1,000,000 V:
(BY WINGFOOT) WITH MAYOR SHANK OF INDIANAPOLIS ADVOCAT-h
ING THE PURCHASE OF BROAD RIPPLE PARK FOR $300--000, MANY CITIZENS ARE BEGINNING TO ASK THAT IBJ APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF A MILLION CAN BE - -
RAISED IN INDIANAPOLIS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A' : PARK, WHY CAN NOT MONEY BE RAISED FOR THB;: BUILDING OF SCHOOLS TO HOUSE THE SCHOOL CHUk
DREN OF INDIANAPOLIS? THOSE CITIZENS WHO ASK":
SUCH QUESTIONS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT THE LACK OF MONEY THAT IS HOLDING BACK
THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM, BUT THAT CHARLES;
L. BARRY, ROMAN CATHOLIC MEMBER OF THT INDI ¬
ANAPOLIS SCHOOL BOARD, HEADING THE MAJORTTYai
f AUllUJN. la UULULfSU J5AUK. THAT FKUGEAM CfiSi':
However, l&ereiareHi
WOMEN ARE VISITORS
AT KLAN MEETING
Bring Refreshments and Pre
sent Their Contribution for Piano to Petersburg Order
KLAN HAS PART IN UNUSUAL SERVICES
Officer Conducts Part of Program at Which Knights of Malta Are Invited Guests
MARTINS FERRY, O., March 1.
Klansmen added a rather interesting and patriotic tinge to last Sunday evening's program at the serv
ices in the First Christian church,
where the local commandery of the
Ancient and Illustrious Order of
Knights of Malta attended in a body
While members or the order were
entering, the church through the. main entrance,- they were not aware that Klansmen were gathering in the rear of the first floor of the church.
At about 8 o'clock, following the Sunday evening announcements by
the pastor, the Rev. J. B. Porter, nineteen robed Klansmen entered the upper room where evening wor
ship was being held. An officer of the Klan, carrying a Bible draped
with an American flag, headed the
procession, as ne auvancea, me nastor retired to his seat, and. the
Klansman took his place in the pulnit. Another Klansman, carrying an
electric cross, placed it on the pulpit. The Klan quartet had gathered at the piano where another Klansmanhad seated himself. As they
sang "The Light of the Cross," the
electric cross was lighted. Hiumi
natintc that section where the robed
men had gathered. The Klan leader
then read the 19th chapter of St. John, portrayingtho crucifixion of Christ.
Following another selection by the quartet, "The Old Rugged Cross," the Klan officer talked on the death of our Savior. The speaker declared that, "in the present day there are those who might be called our enemies, would take these -white-robed (Continued on pagt gj.
PETERSBURG, Ind., March 1. At the close of the meeting of the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Petersburg Monday evening, about
fifty members of the Women of the Klan of the county called at headquarters loaded with baskets of food which soon was placed on tables and a spread of the most appetizing kind was ready to be served and was enjoyed by all present. An officer of the women made a short talk in which she announced
that the women were making a present to. the Knights of the interest the women had in the player piano
recently placed in Klan headquar
ters. The generosity of the women
in aiding the men to obtain the mu
sical instrument and then releasing
all interest in it is appreciated by the organization.
A number of get-together meet
ings held in this community have helped a great deal in placing the organization in this county in first-
class condition.
Klansmen recently conducted the
funeral services for David Griffith, age 86, here. Mr. Griffith was a
civil war veteran and a Klansman and his last request was that the
Klan have charge of his funeral
service.
The funeral of Maurice Evans,
killed in a coal mine near Winslow, was held at Winslow by Klansmen
last Sunday. The staff from the
Petersburg organization conducted the services at the grave. The
church services were in charge of the Rev. Mr. Ashby and the Rev. Mr. Hale.
in coniifrtion
building of new high
tracted for by the old board
close of 1923, that are notoralf knowledge. The public has -ntjeea'f aware that the Catholic church is planning to put on a drive for- morel " than $500,000 to build a new Catho. lie high school near Fourteenth and Meridian streets, and it is only natural that the building ot a large Catholic high school would be much more appropriate (if that phrase is permissible) at this time than after,
three new free high schools, a parfrof the public school system, had been erected. .
There are many facts regarding
the fight on the building program as
outlined by the old school board, that throw interesting light upon the subject. Barry, the chief obstructor .
to the building program, the carry-1 ing out of which would afford the children of Indianapolis decent buildings and adequate buildings, is attorney for, and a member 4f, the board of directors of the Celtic Saving and Loan Association, of which Rt Rev. Msgr. F. H. Gavisk is vicepresident. Monsignor Gavisk, it is un derstood, is one of a committee of three which acts as financial advis-" ors to Bishop Chartrand. The latter is the one who will give the word for, the drive for from $500,000 to $1,000,000 to build the Catholic high school.
Drive Is Delayed WTith the foregoing before him, the average citizen can not but begin to realize the true reason for the blocking of the program for building adequate schoolhouses in Indianapolis. The campaign for the money was to have originally been started in January, but it is now understood that a delay of about ninety days was decided upon. If the bishop's' plans are not changed, the campaign for
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R0CKVILLE CHURCH
HONORED BY KLAN
ROCKVILLE, Ind., March 1. At the close of an all-day dedicatory service at the Christian church here four Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and four Women of the Klan entered the church, which was filled to capacity, and presented the minister with a purse of money to be applied on the building fund. It was the first demonstration of the kind ever held in Rockville. The money was gratefully received by the minister and the congregation.
JUNIORS HOJfOR WASHINGTON
ST. BERNICE, Ind., March 1. The Junior Klansmen of St. Bernlce, Vermilion county, held a special meeting on Washington's 1irthday anniversary, at which "Washington's farewell address was studied. A class was initiated into the Junior organization. After the business meeting refreshments werS aerved.
Poles Desire a Catholic
Poland in United States
The following dispatch, carried
by the newspapers of the country
who use - the Associated Press service, is an indication of what some nations who send their citizens to America thmk ot this country. The Poles seem lined up to resist the American ways. Recently Americans were driven out of Hamtramck, Mich., a town within the limits of Detroit and controlled by Poles. The dispatch from Warsaw, Poland, should be carefully read and digested: "The diet has accepted a resolution asking the government through the Polish envoy at the Vatican, to request the Holy See to use its influence with the Catholic hierarchy in the United States to permit the continued use of Polish languages in Polish Catholic churches and parochial
schools and to stop the 'systematic Americanization . of the
Poles.' "
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