Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1924 — Page 1

ERY GEO America's Leading Klan Publication "IN PROPORTION A3 THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT GIVES FORCE TO PUBLIC OPINION, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT PUBLIC OPINION SHOULD BE ENLIGHTENED". WASHINGTON. 'THERE IS NO FAILURE EXCEPT FAILURE TO SERVE THE PURPOSE" VOLUME III, NUMBER 22 INDIANAPOLIS, IND., FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 err

THE

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Kentucky Governor Sig

ms Bible Bill

Elwood Undertaker Assists at Shank Affair; Barely Enough Present to Make Up An Escort

EXCESSIVE PROPAGANDA A BOOMERANG

AMI RICA POPE" STORY CARJUKI) BY ASSOCIATED PRESS IS (J I V I N G POLITICIANS MUCH YVORRY AT WASHINGTONFLOODING OF NEWSPAPERS WITH STORIES FRO 31 VATICAN CAUSES WORRY.

NATION AWAKENING TO DILLY-DALLYING TACTICS IN CONGRESS Not One Measure Urged by the President Has Been Considered

Borah Continues to Fire Volley Hot Shot, und Faeli Broadside Is a Warning

of

HUGE CROWD CHEERS YOUNG AT HERRIN, ILL

TWO KNIGHTS OF FLAMING CIRCLE INDICTED FOR MURDER . APPLAUSE IN COURT

Coininiltee Shows Figures Proving Immigrants Live In Amerlea Many Yenrs Without Taking Out Naturalization Papers We Want More Immigration," Declares Archbishop nrley Primary Vote Produces n Knock.

(By Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, March 25,

"Boomerang conferences' are the latest mystery affairs among: politicians at this moment. Stealthily are these little meetings being held as each in attendance fears a "traitor" ..may befitting in" , t

looming before Congress, senators and congressmen alike realize the American people are demanding the bars be put up against the immigrant and that is "the why'of the "boomerang conferences." The boomerang in this case is the sudden flooding of newspapers with propaganda turned loose by agents of the Vatican. One can not read a dally paper these days without finding from one to as high as four columns concerning the new American cardinals, the health

of the pope, radio in the Vatican, the

pope's plea to some nation to do pome certain thing, and many other matters concerning the Catholic church, all of a most favorable nature. The "American Pope" Story However, someone, somewhere has "pulled a boner" and the foes of restricted immigration are now "crying enough" on the propaganda output. The straw that seems to have fractured the camel's vertebra is the story carried by the Associated Press out of Home in which an American pope was hinted. In fact, the story which was carried under date of March 9th declared that Catholics in America were now asking just how poon there would he an American pope. This story has created havoc.

"Propaganda," declared one worried congressman, "is all right, but at this time there is too much Vatican stuff. The American Protestant (Continued on page 5)

(Bureau Publication and Education) WASHINGTON, March 24 There

is rapidly crystallizing a sentiment all over the country that is being reflected in the daily press from day to day the feeling of the people that Congress is dilly-dallying, putting in too much time on investigations and not enough on the real legislation that is expected. Republicans in the Senate are crying that the Democrats are playing politics, making

campaign material for the coming campaign in these investigations and the Democrats retaliate by declar

ing that the Republicans have no

legislative program before them and that no legislation Is being held up or back by reason of the Investiga

tions. The country, however, is judging from what it sees and hears and is analyzing the situation as it is, not as it ought to be. For instance, the country can count up the time and

lliat Oongrc j aa) bocn ii.

session about three and a half months. Then the country is watching for results and when the country reads as it does in the newspapers that only the third supply bill has passed the Senate, the country readily makes up its mind as to what has been going on in Washington. What Is Wanted

The country knows that it wants tax reduction of some kind. Such a measure is still in committee on the

Senate side of the Capitol where it is likely to remain some time before it gets to the floor for debate and final passage. The country knows that the farmers need some kind of relief measures if the people are to remain in a prosperous condition and nothing of that kind has been done. There is the immigration question, not yet up for passage. It is out of committee in the House and waiting its turn for action.

The bonus bill has had some talk

but nothing definite yet done.

President Coolidge recommended something like fifty-eight measures in his first message to Congress early last December. Not one of the

fifty-eight has been passed.

Borah Hits Hard

Senator Borah, of Idaho, hit the nail on the head in a speech in the Senate when he declared that Con(Continued on Page 5)

Colossal Demonstration Proves Over, whelming Majority to Be With Ku KIux Klan

AFTER BUSHES ARE

BEATEN A HANDFUL OF PERSONS APPEAR

Mayor of Indianapolis, Who Is a Candidate for Governor, Saddened by "Reception"

One of Those "Big Political MeetIngs" One Hears So Much About Is Funeral-like

GREAT VICTORY WONBYLAWAND

ORDER ELEMENT

MEASURE HAD BACKING AND MORAL SUPPORT OF KLANSMEN HOUSE ACTION WAS UNANIMOUS Only Seven Votes Against It In Senate Constitution Bill Also Passed Now Awaits Signature

YOUTH BEATEN UP AFTER VISIT TO GRAND JURY Newest Vigo County Scandal Provides So

Many Angles and Involves So Many Persons and Officials That Chapter Story Is Almost Essential to Place It Before Public Sheriff Armstrong Enraged When He Found That Prisoner Had Volunteered to Tell Many Things

HERRIN, HI., March 26. Carl and

Earl Shelton, brothers, and members of the "Flaming Circle," have been indicted for the murder of Caesar Cagle, constable, on the streets of Herrin on the memorable night of Friday, March 8. Thousands of people swarmed the streets of this city on Monday of last week at the request of the ministers of the county, and all ap

peared to be in sympathy with the movement which stands for law en

forcement in this county, viz., the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Th line of march started at the Christian church on South Park avenue and went north on Park to the five hundred block and back to Monroe west to Sixteenth, thence south to

Cherry and east to Thirteer!?. liSi-l)

ELWOOD, Ind., March 24. Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank, of Indianapolis.whose official acts are about to

be investigated by the Indianapolis olis, whose official acts are about to per reports, spoke here before a handful of people Saturday night. He was introduced by Mark Winings, who, having been in the undertaking business for many years, was regarded the appropriate person for the job. " It was evident, however, that to reverse a certain well-

known saying, he "came to laud him and not to bury him." The burying process has been deferred until the second week in May, when the vot

ers or Indiana, ii tney all leel as they do in ElwooL,Jwill go to the polls to vote for a nominee for governor. -Mr. Shank was evidently misled in coming to Elwood by the Muncie

Post-Democrat, fcffour-page sheet of vitriol' c vaporinga -and ot which, it

north to Monroe, west to Four

teenth, north to Madison, coming to I a halt in front of the city hall. The crowd was estimated at between eight thousand and ten thousand people in the line of march, besides the people in cars and those lined up along the streets. The men indicted and their bondsmen went

into the court room and started fill

ing out their bonds. Seventeen in

dictments were taken care of before

court adjourned for dinneF. 7ts S. Glenn Young, John Ford and Abe Hicks entered the court room, they were wildly applauded by the spectators. Young was applauded on the streets as he made his appearance. "The people showed him," says the Herrin Semi-Weekly Herald, "where the majority of the people stood in Williamson county.

The applause in the courtroom

brought forth an order ' from the

court for everything to be done in

an orderly manner. The continuous mention of Glenn Young's name at

the beginning of each indictment elicited a round of hearty laughs. Delos Duty assumed the side of the

(Continued on page 5)

Elwood reporter. The Muncie sheet,

called by, its owner a newspaper.

has told innumerable times about

the Klan "being dead" in Elwood. The very fact that they won't let the

corpse" rest" makes it plainly evi

dent to each and every intelligent

person that there is no corpse -but

that the Klan is a living, breathing

thing in Elwood. The enemy isn't wasting ammunition on something that doesn't exist.

Junior Klan Tourney Opens in Elwood Mar. 5

M(Special to The Fiery Cross) ELWOOD, Ind., March 25. All details except those of a minor nature have been completed for the holding of the Junior Ku Klux Klan basket ball tournament here next week in which from twelve to sixteen teams from over Indiana will tangle and the winner will engage in battle with the champion team of Ohio. The games will be played Friday and Saturday in the armory here and the winner will face the Ohio team at 8 o'clock Saturday night.

CREAGER APPEALS

TO JEWS TO HELP HIM

Same Gentleman Is About to

Be Investigated for Alleged Land Frauds in Texas

Teams will come here frtom Frankfort. Anderson, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Logansport, Terre Haute, Princeton. Alexandria, North Vernon, Peru and other points in the state. A list of all towns which will compete in the tournament has not been completed at this time. They will be given to the public the first part of next week. Those teams farthest removed from Elwood will not leave their respective cities until after fichool hours Friday, their games being scheduled for Saturday. The first elimination game will start at 6 o'clock Friday night. The schedule thus arranged will not take any

player away from school until after school hours on Friday as several

of the towns are within two hours' ride of Elwood. The play on Saturday morning will begin at 8 o'clock in the morning. Geld dp for Winners The Indiana loam which wins the

:er2JiK;'aiifcWhiins ie Jfee

Sink With Shank If all reports are true, Mr. Win-

mgs is aeterminea to sins witn

Shank as he is "thinking of running"

for congressman from tne Eighth district. The report that he had

chosen the slogan, "Sink With

Shank," can not be confirmed.

Mr. Winings is going to run on an

"anti-Klan" platform whatever that is. If elected it is thought he will

have to give up his position as re

porter for the Muncie Post-Demo5-crat.. That would probably work no hardship on the paper, however, as

possibly Mr. Shank, if the Indianapolis city council turns up half it is

talking about in regard to the In

dianapolis city administration will

be at liberty, and could help out the

Muncie publisher.

Mr. Shank spoke in the Alhambra theater owned by one Joseph Flke and on his arrival in the city was shown over the town by Abe Levi, a local merchant in odds and ends of

metal, who told, all about the Klan (Continued on Page 5)

(Speci.nl to The Fiery Cross) FRANKFORT, Ky., March 25. With the signing by Governor Fields of the "Bible bill," passed by the general assembly here, a great victory is believed to have been won by the citizens of -Kentucky who believe in law enforcement and those influences that will have much to do with the mental attitude of the next" generation. The bill had the backing, morally

at least, of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, though the organization never publicly was associated with

us introduction or the work connected with pushing it through both houses. It passed the Senate by a vote of 30 to 11 and passed the House unanimously, which is regarded remarkable. Governor Fields has been busy receiving messages congratulating him on the signature of the bill. Constitution Bill

The assereMv passed another bill, which. ?3 awaking the signature of the governor, la hill which would pro

vide Ic; the teaching o the consti

tution in all schools of the state, both public and private. This bill passed both houses with only a little difficulty and sentiment all over

the state, from what can be learned

here, is strongly in favor of the pro

posed law.

However, the work of the Protes

tant forces aligned behind the Bible

bill is not completed. The bill pro

vides that "It shall be the duty of

the state board of education to pre

pare and publish a course of Bible study including both the Old and New Testaments for the use of high school pupils throughout the state. On providing the course of study by the state board of education to all high school principals, it shall be

come the duty of, and the said high school principals are hereby required to have the pupils of their high school take and complete said course of Bible study, and upon the

completion of and satisfactory examination upon said course of Bible study, said pupils shall be entitled

to and have one unit of credit for

same in lieu of present regular high school electives of like credit value. It shall be the duty of the state board of education to have said course of Bible study completed and published and distributed to high school principals as soon aa it can reasonably do so and in any event not later than August 1, 1925."

Bootleggers Safer Outside, Running Wild, Than in Cell Armstrong, Who Has Been in Office 15 Months, Has Made No Attempt to Close Any of the Many Roadhouses Violating the Law Federal Authorities and Horsethief Detectives' Association Make One of the Biggest Hauls of Illicit LiquorOther Notorious Places Raided Uuderground "Tipping" Business Thrives

elimination games will clash with

the Ohio champions on Saturday night. The Ohio elimination games begin Friday of thi3 week. The winner of this game will be awarded a gold loving cup. . There will also be two medals awarded. One medal will go to the best all around player during the series and the other will be awarded to the player showing the best mental attitude. The churches-of Elwood are planning to banquet the players and al! preparations have been made to take proper care of the visiting players.

The present outlook shows that

the games will be largely attended

The armory in which the games will be played seats 2,200 persons. Intense interest is being shown in the games in Ohio as well as in Indiana'. Detailed information of the tournament may be secured by writing Postoffice Box 1622. Indianapolis.

(Bureau Publication and Edncation)

WASHINGTON, March 24 R. B.

Creager, Republican national committeeman for Texas, has a threecolumn article on the front page of the Jewish Spectator, the oldest Jewish journal published in the south, at Memphis, appealing to the Jews of the country to support him in his fight against the Ku Klux Klan. He declares the Klan a menace to American institutions and tells of his fight to have both polit

ical parties adopt a plank in their

respective platforms condemning the Klan. Mr. Creager appeals to racial prejudice in his article and winds up by declaring that he is working with all his power to have the Klan condemned and put out of business. This is the same Creager who is about to be investigated for land frauds in the Rio Grande valley in Texas and whom Senator Heflin declares he will help put behind the bars before he gets through with him.

ALLEGED GAMBLERS NOT TRIED FRANKFORT, Ky., March 25. Two alleged gamblers arrested here recently in their lair over the Army Goods store in St. Clair street have

not been brought to trial. It is intimated that should pressure be brought which would force the cases

to court, Charles Morris, county attorney, would look somewhat with

disfavor on aunh nruanra.

AND THE PRIEST PAID Twin brothers, little fellows,

sell The Fiery Cross in a north

ern Indiana city. Recently at the

railway station one of the twins

accosted a priest of the Roman

Catholic church with a request to

buy. "No," said the priest, "it is not my choice of reading." The boy was away and about his business, when the twin brother came on the scene. He, too, approached the priest with the same request. Somewhat perturbed, the priest said: "Did I not tell you I didn't want your paper?" "No," replied the boy: "maybe it was my twin brother." The priest, thinking he was the butt of a joke, said: "If you will convince me you have a twin brother and that it was he who called on me, I will buy your paper and give you 25 cents for it." It was only the matter of a. minute until the first twin was brought to the Roman Catholic clergyman. He looked closely at one boy, then the other, and said: "Well, I havent seen two chil

dren so much alike in my whole'

life. Here is your quarter, "and he took a copy of The Fieri Cross; The train drew up to the station as the conversation ended and the

priest turned to the coach that

stopped in front of him. Addressing a man at an open win

dow, he said: "Here Is a newspaper that cost me a quarter.

Take it ana read it." , . - r

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 22. Here in Terre Haute, where Ora Davis, candidate for the nomination for governor of Indiana, is mayor, and Fred Armstrong is sheriff, it is safer for the bootlegger and gangman (from the bootlegger and gangman's standpoint) to be free than in jail. - Running wild and smashing every law on the statute books of Indiana is a rather safe outdoor sport so far as the city police department and the sheriff's office are concerned. In jail it is a different proposition. A bootlegger or gunman, if by chance he gets in jail, is liable to be "beat up" any time. Raymond Powers, age 20, convicted bandit, will tell you this is true, and he will ex

hibit wounds and scars of battle suffered in the Vigo jail re

cently to prove it.

Penalty Is Attached -"The bill provides also for a penalty for failure of anyone to perform the duties prescribed by the bill, the (Continued on page 5)

LONGWORTH PROMISES

IMMIGRATION ACTION

KLANSMEN BATTLE

TO ATTEND MEETING

COVINGTON, Ky., March 25 Sev

eral hundred Klansmen from this

city drove twenty-five miles by au

tomobile to the Little Red School House at Atwood, Ky., through the rain and fog recently to assist in the initiation of many candidates.

The bad condition of the roads forced

some of the smaller machines to turn hack before the destination was reached. A huge fiery cross was to have been burned had the weather permitted. Real Klannishness was

shown when a banquet was served to all present following the meet

ing. Midnight found the Covington

Klansmen battling their way throigh a .'heavy fog toward home. Many

baskets and boxes of fruit and 4unch taken along on the journey were unopened and these were brought back here and presented to the children

Of the Keaton Coupty Protestant

Home. Y ; WAXING IIP AT 100G00TEE

- "LOOGOOTEE, Ind., March 22. A

Klan delegation attending services

in Loogootee at the Methodist church

was greeted by the largest and most enthusiastic, audience, perhaps, that ever assembled in a Protestant church in the city. Things are whooping up in this community, where the church of Rome long has

PAGE MR. ARMSTRONG Isn't it true, Mr. Armstrong, sheriff of Vigo county, that there has not been a roadhouse closed with your assistance nor by any evidence supplied by you or any of your deputies? Mr. Armstrong, isn't it also true that you have not served more than fifteen search warrants since you took office? Is it not true -that-only on two or three occasions you have assisted the Federal authorities? And is it not true that you refused the co-operation of the National Horsethief Detective Association when that worthy organization offered its services and had made great headway, singlehanded in cleaning up the county? Is it not true that they have made a much greater showing than you, even without co-operation? Now, Mr. Sheriff, is there any reason why we should riot have a new sheriff, who will make an honest effort to clean up Vigo county?

Pledges His Word-That John

son Measure Will Come Up Early in April

(Bnrean Publication and Education) WASHINGTON, March 24. Ac

cording to a promise made to Representative John L. Cable, of Ohio, by ' Nicholas Longworth, majority

leader, the Johnson immigration bill will come before the house for vote within the next ten days. Opponents of the bill had been seeking to delay its consideration, thinking that such action might lead to a continuation of the present 3 per cent measure. ' Congressman Cable, one of the sponsors of the immigration bill,

was determined that a vote be

reached with the least possible de

lay, so he obtained the following

written promise from Mr, Long worth:

"The house must give immediate consideration to the appropriation

bills for the support of the regular functions of government, and in the next ten days those appropriation

hills now on the calendar the navy, the army and the independent offices appropriation bills will in all

probability be disposed of.

"Tlia tmmltffattstn fiill will Ha nn-wt

sidered immediately following theTf m,0S J11!?111 njm:

passage of these bills, and you may

advise those who have made in

quiry of you that the measure will

be reached for consideration about the first of the month, and certainly

following the passage of the appro nriatian Mils referred to."

Terre Haute is shocked at

story coming from the fail.

Terre Haute is not very easily

shocked, either. There are so many

angles to the newest scandal in

Terre Haute, and so much has been revealed and so many involved that

it is a task of some dimensions to tell it connectedly and in a' story not too long for newspaper consumption.

His Conscience Troubles In introducing the characters of

this chapter play, as the screen folk say in a wild west serial, "It is our

pleasure first to call attention to Raymond Powers." He was the villain a few short week3 ago. Now. he is in the spotlight of the hero He and his brother, Earl Powers, sons of a farmer near the city, have been convicted, along with Harry Palmer, Dicky Day and some others, on charges of auto banditry. All members of the gang except Raymond Powers have been sentenced and sent to prison. Alone in jail, where time hung heavy and where a conscience kept troubling him, Raymond Powers "turned yellow," in the parlance of his gang. He had nothing to look forward to, but a lot of dark deeds to look backward on. His brother and his pals were already serving their time and he knew it was only a question of hours or days until the prison doors would close the outer world from him. The

fact that he was sentenced was not the most serious thing to him. He, like many other criminals, began to feel-sorry for himself. He looked about him, realized his brother and pals were gone, and reflected over

what a cruel world it is. He could easily figure he was no worse, from the criminal's standpoint, than many others still running at large in Terre

Haute. As he reflected in this man

ner he began to enumerate and tabu

late the almost unnumbered "bad

men" m Terre Haute. And while he

was thinking names would come to him. Then he would wonder why they were not in jail. As the list of

names grew, and as he looked over

them, he was surprised to see a num

ber of the criminals, as he had them tabulated, were officers of the law. The farther he went the more determined he was that he was going to "spill the beans." Decides to Squeal He called a relative, once he made up his mind, and sent the relative to a judge of the court with the information that Raymond Powers wished to appear before the grand jury and tell some of the things going on in Terre Haute and Vigo county. Sheriff Armstrong and William McGuirk prominent Knight of Columbus, Armstrong's chief deputy and confident, were out of towni Powers got to the grand jury. Wnat he was supposed to have told en

raged Armstrong until his passion

That night

in the jail, Raymond Powers was so

adly beaten that he was not presentable in court the next day. The mystery surrounding this assault has not been explained, unless the prose

cuting' attorney amd the grand' Jury. fConUaued on Bare M -