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COURT RULING STARTS AUEN RUSH INTO U. S.
(Continued from page 1) to enter, because exemptions regarding the Asiatic barred zone in the immigration act of 1917 specifically mentioned that wives and minor children of persons exempt
xhould enjoy a similar privilege. The quota law was said to bo an addition to. not a substitute for, the act of li17. A decision on the government's appeal in the United States Supreme Court is expected soon. The Gottlieb decision opened the way for numerous others, because the exemptions mentioned in the Asiatic barred zone ruling are far more liberal than those in the rather strict quota law. Last spring an Armenian named Markarian, was admitted to this country and then sailed abroad where he was married. On his return he demanded exemption for his bride, citing the Gottlieb ease. He won his case. As aoon as the Italian quota was exhausted word of the Markarian decision quickly passed around.
Me ninth!)) rompHiiles advertised sailings for "visits" abroad, so that a husband might return niter a "visit" and claim exemption for liimself and his family. Inquiry at local steamship offices disclosed th.it the lines are fully aware of the risk they run while a supreme court decision which would halt the
SOUTH DAKOTA SEES
KLAN STEADY GROWTH
fWACHlMflTAM DTO?rH
TURNS INTO ATTACK
(Continued from Page 1) papers has taken it upon himself to "expose" the Klan. He was prejudiced to begin with, but thought he might accomplish the "ruin" ofJthe organization if got "inside." He admitted he does not believe in the tenets of the Christian religion.
It goes without saying that he Is still on the "outside." He probably will continue to get his "information" from the enemy and probably will continue to misrepresent. He also will continue to see the movement grow and thrive in the face of his opposition. The most silly propaganda is being published. Assertions are made editorially that a child would hardly be heard to make in play. One ar
gument recently in an editorial was I that "Nearly half of the $10 fee received by the Ku Klux Klan every time it gets a-new member, is sent back to the headquarters of the organization in Indianapolis or Atlanta. That means that if the Klan develops the strength in South
Dakota it hopes to do, thousands of dollars will be sent out of the state." Some Other Cases Cited Surely that is a clincher. Were it true it would not be any argument against the organization. However, it is not true. But for the sake of argument lot it be granted. Isn't
RIOT FOLLOWS RESOLUTION BY K. C. LODGE
yrutuie ui once is inuunieiii. wiiuj-thnt true in nmn iM-rmnrtinn in tho
more conservative line is now refus
inn to sell tickets for families to men siiilinn to Italy. Thousands of lt.i'.ians cither have sailed for a "visit." returning on thp first pos-s-ib! boat, or are planning to do so at omo. Cites Niulal Rnlhip "The Gottlieb and Markarian decisions were bad enough," said one
immigration official, "but we might as v.-t-tl tear up the quota law now th;'t the Nadal decision is added to these." Under the 'Nadal decision, handed down by Judge Martin T. Manton on February 8. a man simply sends for Ills wife and children. If he is not married he can be wedded Ly proxy. A Spaniard, Jose Vicente Anzar Nadal. was admitted to this country in May, l!tl!o. He was a longshoreman, formerly living at 770 Washington street. In October, 1022. he married by proxy Elovia G. Lledo, a
Spanish girl, who arrived in Boston
on the Majestic last August.
organization of every other fraternal body? Doesn't the national organization of every fraternal society get a per cent of the initiation fee or some part of the dugs of any branch organization in any state. And the merchant. Does he keep
all the money his customers spend
with him. Doesn't he send "a part of every ten-dollar bill taken in "to the manufacturer, the jobber or some one iu some other state? How about the railroads? Do they keep all of the money earned in South Dakota within the state? rrHie daily paper which made this statement, does it keep all the money it earns within the state? How about its paper bills, ink bills, telegraph tolls and hundreds of other
(Continued from page 1) sion and demoralization, is the bringing of religion into politics." That sounds fine. Just keep in
mind the cartoon. All this sounds fine. Then turn to the activity of the Church of Rome in every part of : the world. If the Church of Rome isn't in politics, then there isn't any politics and there isn't any Church of Rome. Priest Marshall would not admit either was true. Take France as an example today. Take Spain. Take Italy. Take the attempt of the Church of Rome to Romanize Germany. The same attempt on Russia and all the Slovak states. It would be fine for Rome if America could be kept asleep a little while longer,
for instance, until the Church of Rome got the stranglehold it now
has on Poland. Even Poland is protesting against this hold, and is bringing its protest direct to the Vatican, according to news stories sent out from Warsaw, Poland-: Opposed to the Klan Now why this roundabout way of Priest Marshall to get past Robin Hood's barn? Here you are. Priest Marshall is opposed to the Ku Klux Klan. He link3 the movement of the Klan up with the Protestant church and he deduces that Protestants are in politics. One deduction he made in his entire address which came
near being true.
But the simple fact that Protestant ministers and members of Protestant churches are paying closer attention to the affairs of the nation doesn't prove to anyone, except probably Priest Marshall and
others who think as he does, that the church of America is in politics.
MIGRATION BILL MAY
NOT PASS THIS TERM
the Protestant church of America is in politics. Neither is the Klan in politics. But Klausmen are, and Priest Marshall knows this. Therefor, the cartoon comes back to mind. The fran with the whip is Priest Marshall. .The "little doggie" serves as the Protestant church and the Klan movement. That blacksnake whip will be used, don't doubt for a minute, if the time ever comes
be sent outside the state?
To be honest and fair along this line of argument the foreign incor-
She ! Poration of tn0 Associated Press, the
v.:i ordered f enortert as in excess1 - .v.a.
of the Spanish quota, but was saved f.na the hundreds of other corpora
l.v !i writ of lmhens enrnns issued """" """" cauiuaueis
by Judge Lop rued Hand. The writ was argued before Judge Manton of
th" Court of Appeals, sitting as a
transactions that cause its money to ' " "" , " K ct -toirf. the. rfta, I reacn f the hand held out in front
$200,000,000 for Churches
circuit judge. According to Nadal's testimony, ho married by proxy be-i-HUrsp he was afraid thati he left the country he might be barred by the quota on returning. Judge Manton declared that "under the immigration las the applicant, can not be considered the legal wife of the relator" and dismissed the writ. Before the appeal was heard, the whole rase was reargued before Judge Manton. who then reversed his first decision on the discovery that a
main headquarters in
other states should lie banished from
.- i South Dakota.
And how about the Knights of Columbus? Has the editor tried to investigate this organization? Does lie know how much of the initiation fee goes to Home J Dragpntf Legion In Some of the papers are trying to bring the American Legion into the fight. Even these newspapers, however, admit in a veiled way that leaders of the Legion in South Dakota have shown no opposition to the Klan. However, one newspaper did
print a resolution opposing the Klan
"Y, :a," 'w ' th: ! ch was presented at the national
t.'rai J 1 VI "- T". VII. 4 V V 1 . v. wife admitted under the same reasoning as applied to the Markarian ,. Trt tin-, ninnntlma TTllltl TtlaTlH
' : . , , x. , V: , , vention
OiUCiaiS HUUl .ilUill, .ICUUlUiU.S III 113 own testimony, was discovered to have entered the country under a fraudulent name and passport and
t convention of the Legion. The newsI papers said this resolution was I passed by the Legion National con-
This is not true. The
i resolution passed by the national I Legion in convention did not go on
CINCINNATI, O., March 1. More than $200,000,000 will be spent for church building in the United States during the present year, it was estimated at a conference here of rep
resentatives of Church Boards , of Architecture from throughout the
country.
Various methods of inducing local
churches to avail themselves of the
best architectural service were discussed, and it was decided to conduct a campaign of education in re
gard to the requirements of modern
houses of worship. Special stress was given to the necessity of scientifically graded Sunday schools, and for the inclusion of sociaj and recreational features in such buildings. If the loan of arms to Mexico should eventually leadto the loan of troops, the Klansman might come : to view the policy with wondering
leav-
record as positively being opposed to ' eyes. What would it mean to station
the Klan. San Francisco Catholic American troops in small garrisons delegates attempted .to put through ; here and there throughout the length a vicious anti-Klau resolution, but and breadth of Mexico? Would it
I the one put through was only a mildinot lay America open to the charge
of imperialism? To extend the Piatt
was deported on December
i:ig his wit here. A l.onjr Step
Immigration officials pointed out ! stand and as lavorable to the Klan i:n the men from the Markarian tolas it was opposed to it. In fact it
the Nadal decision is
long one. I was a clear straddle of the question
Even the liberal exemptions in the Asiatic burred zone ruling, which lmve been apprab.d to since the Gottlieb case set the precedent, do not exempt a longshoreman along with doctor, missionaries, government Officials, etc. Mr. Lanilis predicted that word of the Nadal case would i-pread all over the country in a few davs and "swarms of women
and children will start for this port at once." "Wc will not recognize this decision as law. of course," he added. "We intend to fight this case to the bitter end. We will detain every immigrant who enters tinder this ruling while the case is on appeal." He admitted, however, that writs of luibea-. corpus are nil that will be necessary to prevent deportation pending final disposition of the case. It was learned on unquestioned authority that one congressman has in mind the introduction of a bill which would put an immediate check
to the passing on of exemption
amendment from Cuba to Mexico would be a serious responsibility and airexperiment the outcome of which could not be guessed. As we see it, this problem is not really an American problem and. as citizens, we
tries to show that thecan only be interested in what vitally
concerns our national progress. Maintaining order in Mexico at the cost of Latin America's ill-will and
the expenditure of national energy which might be better used in strengthening American bulwarks of statescraft and the enforcement of federal laws afford the Klansman a subject for debate.
One ot the bioux rails newspapers has been carrying two-column black type boxes on page one in its argument against the Klan. In this
argument it
Klan is not needed in South Dakota.
Keverscs Itself In the argument it practically admits that the Klan movement is for law and order, but all its other arguments have been to the effect that
it is an un-American organization. In the blackface tyJTe boxes it contends that South Daokta is one of the most law-abiding states in the Union and that its law enforcement officers are constantly on the job. The day the first blackface type box appeared a bootlegger, who had consistently evaded the law, was ar
rested in Sioux Falls. His arrest was forced by information provided the officers by members of the Klan.
In the arrest sixty gallons of boot
(Continued from page 1) in the breaking up of an alleged Klan meeting and the placing before the American citizens of the state of Wisconsin, the lengths to which the alien population, composed of Catholics, will go in attempting to stop an organization composed strictly of Protestants. Although the police took no action
in trying to stop the mob or offer protection to the Klansmen and other American citizens who were
exercising their right to meet in
peaceful assemblage, the mayor of
the city has since declared before a meeting of high school students that "the Klan should have a right to meet." There is no record, how
ever, of where the chief executive has offered proper police protection from the horde of aliens who would
estop Protestant organization in this country. The meeting was held in a downtown hotel and when the speaker arose to deliver his address at 8 o'clock he was greeted with howls from Catholics and Catholic sympathizers who had entered the auditorium' to disrupt the meeting. One man jumped upon a table and waved a pistol. This is evidently the Catholic hierarchy's view of true
Americanism, according to the view held here by many, for there is
eve,ry reason to believe that leaders in the church were instrumental in creating the feeling that resulted in the mob. The man with the revolver began to yell which was evidently a prearranged signal for the mob of imported Italian Catholics and other aliens, about three thousand in all, and the crowd on the outside began milling around and yelling. Mob Brandishes Guns Wires were then cut and the en
tire hotel thrown into darkness,
doors were broken open and the
mad mob swirled into the hotel
brandishing revolvers and knives
There were cries of "get the speak
er" and vile oaths uttered by the in
truders. Practically the only pro
tection given the Klansmen, who
were unarmed, was when an officer took a gun from a member of the mob as he pointed it at a Klansman
and made ready to shoot him down
A student from Carrol College was badly beaten about the face before rescued by friends. His attackers were Italians. Windows of the hotel were smashed out and in the melee the cafeteria suffered great damage, dishes being hurled through windows and at Klansmen making their way out of the place. Cries of "Hang the speaker" were going up from all sides as the mob surged in and out of the building. Sympathizers of the Klansmen, . together with a number of Klansmen from Milwaukee, who arrived on the
scene after the rioting had started, succeeded in getting the besieged
men to places of-efety- although a number of the besieged and the rescuers received slight injuries in the fighting. It appears that the only thing that saved much bloodshed was that the mob became Confused and lacked a leader. According to statements made by Klansmen the Italians yelled as
they first brandished guns and knives, "Eight o'clock, end of Klan."
Despite the fact that newspapersmade weak statements that the Klansmen received police protection, the fact remains that not one single arrest was made although the hotel was greatly damaged," the mob flourished guns and knives, men were beaten and in one instance an officer took a gun from a man as he was about to kill another. The gun toter was not arrested.
Farmers Plan for $1 Corn
CHICAGO, March 1. A decided tendency to hold back corn for higher prices is developing in Iowa, where the recently formed Corn
j Growers' Association is holding
leg liquor were confiscated. Had the , meetings in forty counties, with the
Klan not been in existence in Sioux i idea of keeping back their corn until ..Ha tliin .,...1 n . ! 3 I l-It.
T i t wif n,i i X Z Falls this bootlegger would still be they receive production cost, which from husband to wife and children, i. . !,, m,:.. (o i tu , w.., ..
Commissioner Henry H. Currnn left for Washington, taking with him complete data of the most cocent decision affecting the quota law. He will appear beforo the Senate committee on immigration. It was said that be would point out to the senators the necessity of framing a bill vhich would offer no possibility of " loopholes, so that the quota and other restrictions intended to be included would remain in the law.
doing business. This is only one
incident. Many more could be cited, and many more will be brought to light in the future. Notwithstanding the lies, the vicious attacks, the undermining ways in which the Klan movement is being fought the Klan is in South Dakota to stify. It is growing as no
other movement ever started in this state and the more opposition the more it grows.
FLAG PRESENTED AND RAISED AT ROSE FARM
ROSE-FARM, O., March 3. In the face of a snowstorm, Klansmen .gathered on the evening of February
20 on the hill on which the Rose Farm schoolhouse is situated, and erected a flagstaff 45 feet high, fully equipped it with ropes and pulleys and following a service hoisted a beautiful flag, the gift of patriotic women of the community. As the flag was hoisted to the top of the mast and then lowered to halfmast in honor of Woodrow Wilson tn immense fiery cross burst into flames. The next morning the touchers put th pupils through a flag drill and thM xercisM are to bo a part ot ' the school work hereafter.
Tut's Pearls Already on
Market; Fakers at Work
they estimate at SI a bushel and
over. The movement is spreading into Illinois with a meeting scheduled to be held at Kankakee. Technically, May corn is regarded
as working into a stronger position, and reports from all sections indicate a falling off in the movement.
Knights of Columbus Busy The meeting was originally scheduled to We held in the stock pavilion but the Knights of Columbus grew
very busy ana mocked it. The Knights of Columbus activities along this line and the passing of the resolutions condemning the
Klan have set many citizens in this
city to thinking. A full realization is now beginning to dawn on the people that the Catholic church is the real enemy of the Klan. Protestants here who were opposed to the Klan through a misunderstanding are now seeing the light, according to views openly voiced here, and
the result is that the local Klan is now receiving many members and beginning to prosper immensely. In less than ope week since the mob of foreigners' and Catholics broke up the meeting the trend is swinging toward the Klan organization.
The riot has added an impetus to the growth of the organization, not only in this city, but throughout Wisconsin.
(Continued from page 1) Kindred, Sullivan, Cullen, Mead, Griffin, deary, Quayle, O'Connell, Black, Bloom, Lindsay, Celler, Corn
ing, Dickstein, Boylan, O'Connor, Oliver, Prall and Weller. A Pessimistic View Within the last two weeks the writer had an interview with Chairman Johnson, of the House immigration committee, in which he was most optimistic about the passage of his immigration bill within a thirty-day period. He has not yet changed his mind or if he has in any way wavered on the matter he does not show it. However, the writer recently came in contact with another official who is in position to know what is going
on and this fellow was most pessi
mistic about getting the Johnson bill passed at this session. He was in
the dumps, was feeling terribly blucj over situations reported above. The i
pressure being put on to kill the Johnson bill is terrific, he said, and he says at times he feels the Johnson bill is doomed to defeat. Bonus in Ahead It is reported the bonus bill is to
come in ahead of immigration and thus immigration takes another back
seat, one pew farther back than it was scheduled to occupy two weeks
ago. The tax reduction bill is still on and is likely to continue for an
other week or two. Then the Muscle
Shoals measure is down for its en
trance to the House following the
tax reduction bill. Immigration was
then on the schedule following Mus cle Shoals, but now it is being re
ported that Immigration is shoved back another notch in order to let the bonus measure come' in ahead. As the session of Congress grows the greater the pressure is manifested to shove other measures in ahead of those scheduled for position. It will be no surprise, therefore, if all sorts of attempts are not made to shove immigration into the background and continue to run in other bills and measures ahead.
Foreigners Are Busy Judging 'from the action of those
twenty New York congressmen one can figure that the aliens and foreigners are mighty busy. They don't want restrictive immigration and are doing everything they can to help rush other matters in ahead, hoping to shove the Immigration bill so far back that it can not get through in the jam that is bound to come in the closing days of the Congress. Those who want to help in the immigration problem should get busy now and not wait until it is too late. Back On the Job Seven men and three women, tear
ful but exultant, have been reinstated in their old positions in the bureau of engraving and printing from which they were banished two years ago by President Harding. They went out under mystery and suspicion with secret service agents at their elbows. But now they are back in their old jobs. It is safe to predict that there will be no more duplication of Liberty bonds in that bureau and perhaps it will be a long while before anyone
will attempt again to print the
pope's head on our paper money. These people were reinstated after a long fight, notwithstanding the amount of evidence Special Attorney Brewer of the department Of justice dug up. If anyone doubts the power of the Catholics in this government let him wake up and rub his eyes before it is too late. A Catholic priest never lets up when he is seeking to get his people back in their old jobs, espe
cially if they are in position where the pope's head can be printed on
United States currency.
Sleepy old Protestants, go on napping, and some day the White House will have another Tumulty doing business at the old stand.
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LIGHT ON BLOCKING
OF CONSTRUCTION
(Continued from Page 1) funds should start within thirty days. It has been rumored that the building of a Catholic Community
House in North Pennsylvania street
was held up because of the proposed
campaign for funds to build the high school. While that would have taken
but about $20,000 dollars it was
not well to put on the campaign andH3011001 from existence
any other architect or Arm of architects taking the contract to build the Shortridge schoolhouse until the present holders of the contract give their consent. Thus is the "buck passed" to the courts. Children Without Proper Schools In the. meantime, the school children go without proper schoolhouses while a Roman Catholic member of the school board blocks the building program aided by the Indianapolis
News and all other interests which would, if possible, blot the uublic
NEW YORK, March 1. Two suave men in silk hats and fur-lined overcoats drove through the Chester Hill district in Mount Vernon selling, at "special rates," pearls which they said had been discovered in the tomb
of King Tutankhamen. Their business was interrupted by motorcycle policemen and they sped away to
ward the Bronx In a limousine. Ten or more complaints reached police headquarters in connection with the Bale ot the alleged pearls at from $10 to $25 a string. Stanley Robinson of North Columbia street and East Lincoln avenue became suspicious after he had invested $10 in the Egyptian trophies and took them to a jeweler, who said
they could be duplicated in any 10cent store. Robinson then com
plained to the police.
Champ Clark's Daughter May Run
NEW ORLEANS, La., March 1.
Genevieve Clark Thompson, daugh
ter of the late Champ Clark, formerly speaker of the House of Representatives and wife of James M. Thompson, publisher of the New. Orleans Item, is being seriously considered as a candidate for Congress to serve during the unexpired term of Representative H. Garland Dupree, of the Second Congressional
district, who died last week in Washington.
WOMEN CONDUCT FUNERAL JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., March 1. Women of the Klan conducted services at the grave in Eastern cemetery here recently at the fu
neral of Mrs. Charles Kennedy. A
large number of Women of the Klan
were present and the services were
witnessed by a large attendance of
friends and relatives. The mayor ot Jeffersonville recently caused to be
passed an- ordinance intended to pre
vent Klansmen parading in the
street. It had the opposite effect in
tended by the mayor and his cohorts.
The result is that the organization
both of men and womea, is growing
rapidly. The funeral of Mrs. Kennedy was the first public appearance
of Women of th& Klan.
Tf. -"king Privilege-Granted It is estimated that at the time of the illness and death of her husband, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson received in the neighborhood of a quarter of a million letters, special deliveries, cards mailed, cards personally delivered, cablegrams, telegrams, wireless messages and floral offerings.
Each of these expressions of con
dolence and sympathy must be indi
vidually acknowledged. Postage tor
a quarter of a million first-class let
ters amounts to $5,000.
As a majority of the messages and
tributes were official, or semi-official
coming from persons of important
position in the United States, it is manifestly unfair that Mrs. Wilson
should be put to this large expend!
ture. Hence she has received the
usual franking privilege of the gov
ernment the same as was recently
jriven to Mrs. Harding and other
widows of former presidents in years
past.
Bryan Supporters to Meet
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 1.
"Bryan-for-Presidcnt" caucus has been called by George W. Donaghey, former governor of Arkansas, to be held here. Donaghey invited Bryan
supporters from all parts of the
state to attend the meeting "To plan
a campaign to nominate and elect
Bryan."
ADDRESS ALL MAIL TO FIERY
Boat Is 5,000 Years Old
SITTINGBOURNE, Kent. England
March 1. Believed to be of the Neo
lithic period, or later Stone Age, a boat eleven feet long and thre feet
wide, hollowed out of the trunk of
an oak tree, has been found in the mud at Elmley Ferry Marshes near
here. It is estimateLby experts to
bo 5,000 years old.
JUNIOR KLANSMEN
SURPRISE OHIO CITY
EAST LIVERPOOL, O.. March 1.
Citizens of East Liverpool were
greatly surprised recently when
parade of Junior Klansmen passed
through the principal business streets
of the city. Many citizens received the first knowledge by this parade
that the Juniors were organized in
this community. The parade of set1-
eral hundred young men was led by
the band of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. As the parade arrived at the diamond in the center ot the city, the young men formed in circles and with bowed heads listened
to a prayer offered by an officer.
This part of the program was impressive and created much, comment.
The Junior Klansmen are growing
rapidly iBTThis community.
then follow it by another drive for
more money.' According to authentic sources, it was decided to "add this amount" to the amount set for the
big drive and get the money all at once. With the truth beginning to seep out concerning the more inner workings of the school board and knowledge of the proposed campaign for funds to build a Catholic high school and a community home now having become public property, it is possible that the drive will be put off indefinitely. However, in view of the
fact that there is already a rumor that Yoke, a new member of the board, of whom it was predicted before the change in the board', would
vote with Barry, is fast slipping away from him, it is possible that the drive will be put on at an early date. Should Yoke vote with the
minority faction it would throw the majority of the school board in favor of constructing enough buildings to properly house Jhe school children
of Indianapolis and to supply proper
sanitary conditions in all school houses.
It is known by those in close touch
with the situation that there are many hundreds of parents of the
Catholic faith (especially fathers)
who are not the devout Catholics of old. These persons, among whom are hundreds who will be solicited
for funds for the new Catholic high
school, are more or less what the Catholic church might call lax, in de
manding that their children attend
a Catholic high school. However
with a plea for funds for a new Catholic high school, and no relief in sight for public high schools, these
men are much more liable to donate
money than if three new adequate
high schools were being built in Indianapolis. For this reason, Commissioner Yoke's vote means much. So far as Johnson is concerned, there is little doubt that he will continue with Barry. Johnson is a favorite of the Indianapolis News and that publication has fought against the advancement of the building pro
gram for so long that its position is always known. The News Plays a Part The Indianapolis News has consistently added what strength it might have to the other obstructors of decent schools in Indianapolis and played up incidents to a piont of ab
solute ridiculousness. In one particular case it used much space to
sarcastically remark about "gold rivets in a boiler." The truth of the matter was that the man who painted the boiler (which the .News would possibly say was a waste of money
although the paint is needed to keep the boiler from rusting) took pride in what was really an excellent job,
and, having a small supply of gilt
with him, touched up each rivet to add to the appearance. It did not
cost the city one cent and probably
cost the company for which the man worked a few cents. The Indianapolis News, however, played up this
incident "day after day, always at
tempting to delude the public.
School No. 26 was dubbed "The
Marble Hall," in a like attempt to
make it appear that thousands of
dollars were spent foolishly. The
truth of the matter is that a small amount of marble was used at cer
tain doors and windows. The mar
ble, however, afforded a "point of attack." The News has ever attempted
to discredit those members of the schoot- board who did not bow to its
wishes. It has been an ever-ready
ally of Charles L. Barry, Roman
Catholic member of the board
Passing the buck" is one of the
favorite pastimes of those who would
stop, and for the" time have sue
ceeded, the building ot schools in
Indianapolis. One is now told that
the case Is held up In court," Teen
nically, it is, but was not this fore
seen by those, led by Charles L.
Barry, responsible for tne present state of affairs? The old board
signed contracts tor the erection of
schools, among them a new Short
ridge high school to be located at Thirty-fourth and Penns y 1 v a Hi ft streets. The new board, while still retaining three ot the old me rs,
one of whom is Barry, abrogaf ; tne contract tor the Shortridge balding, the two new members, Yoke and Johnson, roting with Barry. It is only natural that Barry anticipated Just that which happened. The architects who had the contract went to court and Barry knows that ethics of the profession will not permit of
The citizens of Indianapolis, however, are going to learn the true causes for the blocking of adequate schools in Indianapolis. It is even
possible that the citizens will demand of Yoke and Johnson, their
reasons for voting with Charles L. Barry, Roman Catholic member of the Indianapolis school board and attorney for the Celtic Savings and
Loan Company, of which Rev. F. H. Gavisk, Catholic priest, is vice-president, and Rev. M. W. Lyons is a di
rector.
It may also come to light as to
why Charles L. Barry physically attacked Bert Gadd, ex-member of the board, who has worked untiringly
for the betterment of Indianapolis schools.
"Pitiless publicity" given to facts,
and not camouflaged ravings such as
Indulged in by the Indianapolis News, will do much to clarify the school situation in Indianapolis and afford the citizens and parents of school children a knowledge of the true conditions as they exist today.
KLAN HAS PART IN UNUSUAL SERVICES
(Continued from page 1) men standing before you tonight and
cruciry them, just as cnis
dealt with. But we, as Klansmen.
with outstretched arms, lift our faces to God and- pray 'Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.' " At the conclusion of his address.
ne turnea to tne pastor and presented him with an envelope containing a sum of money to be used for church purposes. At this point, the quartet rendered "The Wayside Cross." ? Then, -as the speaker drew a large American flag from beneath his robe, the entire congregation came to their feet singing "The Star Spangled
Banner." Following the presentation of the flag, the Klansmen and
congregation knelt while the leader led in prayer. The quartet then concluded the service by singing "The Closing Hymn," after which the Rev.
Mr. Porter delivered a powerful sermon to the Knights of Malta, taking for his subject, "Idolatry, as Practiced by Some So-called Religions."
Biblical Shrine Found
PHILADELPHIA, March 1. The
Temple of the Golden Calf, men
tioned in the Old Testament, has
been found by the joint expedition of
the University of Pennsylvania Mu
seum and the British Museum near Ur, of the Chaldees, Dr. George B.
Gordon, director of the university museum, believes. He expressed the
belief that Nebuchadnezzar's Tem
ple, which the expedition has uncov
ered,, is identical with the Golden Calf Temple.
The Bible story of this temple, in
the Book of Daniel, relates how three
Israelite brothers, refusing to wor
ship the golden image of a calf erect
ed by King Nebuchadnezzar, wefe cast into a fiery furnace, but emerged unharmed.
From photographs of the exca
vated temple and other data received
recently from the expedition, Dr.
Gordon deduces that this temple is
the one mentioned in the Bible. Among the pictures are certain ones
which Dr. Gordon believes show drain pipes were used to carry off the blood ot animals sacrificed before the golden image.
BO YOUR DUTY NOW Hare all ot the Klan readers taken the advice offered trom time to time recently and sent letters and telegrams to IT. S, senators-and representatives asking them to fight and vote for a restrictive immigration bill? . -There is not a minute to lose. All the enemies of Immigration are busy eyery day. They are moving everything possible to thwart the immigration program for this country at this session of Congress. Think It over. Do your duty right now. Get busy. Alt the aliens are busy on the other side.
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