Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1924 — Page 2

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THE FIERY CROS Friday, March 28, 1924

Wig-Wags From Washington (Bureau Publication and Education)

WASHINGTON, March 22. Immigration is on its way towards consideration on the floor ol the House and is scheduled to come up next week, according to Chairman JohnBon, of the House immigration committee. He dorsn't believe that anythhing else will ,be run in ahead of immigration after this week. Chairman Johnson has his coat and hat off and his sleeves rolled up ready for a fight that he anticipates will ft . I 41 . V111

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comes up for discussion and debate. The Senate immigration committee has completed its public hearings before the subcommittee and the Johnson bill as presented to the House is being taken up for tliscusnion by the Senate committee in executive session this week. The last public hearing with the Senate committee was had with the representatives of the Hebrew Immigrants' Aid Society of New York, which was seeking a modification of restrictions applying to relatives of admitted aliens. To disseminate more widely the religious teachings of Christian churches, radio broadcasting is being undertaken by many of the larger denominations in the eastern part of this country. This means of reaching millions of persons who

might have no other contact with re-1 ligion is a great thing. Throughout j the east every Sunday there is an j invisible audience listening in to . many of the great sermons and the j fine musical programs being heard : in the churches. The only thing the invisible audience misses is the collection. And one or two ministers have been heard to extend a kimlly invitation to all whom he can not see to send in their checks andjlouatlons by mail. It is well that the Christian people of this country are up to date on this matter for it is now announced that the Vatican will, in a few

months, adopt radio to spread the word of the pope to millions of portions over the world, due to the efforts of a company headed by (Jug- . lielmo Marconi, radio inventor. If one reads the Denver papers he must conclude that there is some

thing wrong out that way with officials sworn to uphold the law. A Denver cartoon shows the people of that city held up at the point of a gun by a baby bandit. A half page of a Denver paper shows photos of bandit suspects and bandit queens an advertisement for the Denver thugs and underworld. And here are some of the big headlines: "Young Denver bandits foiled in plan to break from jail." "Prisoner escapes by clever ruse in shadow of station after arrest."

"Woman nabbed in apartment after capture of pair in big car." "Holdup suspect is identified." "Everyone in Denver is seriously interested in the stickups, robberies and assaults that are being committed daily." "Uprisings of the citizens."

'' Here's one result: "Seventy-eight

at Buena Vista have been turned loose on the community on paroles in the last six months, according to information which Denver police

have provided the juvenile court authorities. The court is making an investigation as to how many of the alleged youthful bandits have been convicted or arraigned in that court." Whenever the citizens of Denver make up their mind to put a stop to this sort of thing they can do it. There ought to be suilicient Klansmen out there to provide the proper power to administer the laws as they should be administered where officials sworn to do Their duty fail to do it. Two new words have been coined up Massachusetts way. They are Ranbug and Scofflaw. The word

PATRIOTIC ADDRESS GREETED WARMLY BY GREENCASTLE CROWD

Theater Filled to Hear Charlea J. Orbison in Plea for a Cleanup at the Polls

Former Partisan Man Has Seen the Light and 'ow Urges Voters to Put Good Men in Office

THIRD PARTY

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LAFOLLETTE THREATENS ACTION IF CONVENTION FAILS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS

MODOC HLANSMEN ON MISSIONS OF CHEER

Has Had Enough of Germany

GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 20. Before an audience that filled Cook's theater here Sunday, Charles J. Orbison, former judge of Indianapolis, now potentate of Murat Temple

Shrine, made a patriotic address that brought one of the chilliest gatherings, at the beginning, to its feet several times as the speaker warmed up and sent out facts that his hearers approved vociferously and applauded to the echo. The theme of Mr. Orbison's address war "Americanism." He touched on many phases of political conditions in the nation, the state, counties in Indiana and in the cities.

Mr. Orbison admitted he iformerly was a party man, having long been actively engaged In supporting candidates nominated by the Democratic party. He was somewhat apologetic

on this score. The time has come, he thinks, when partisan politics has failed to serve the masses. Some of the most enthusiastic applause tendered the speaker came when he said it was "time to support the man for office instead of some person the party put forth." Our Nation "Our nation is the greatest experiment of all time," he said. "Kingdoms rise and fall, caused by selfishness and greed, but our nation

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Banbug is a general word to apply : shall not fall, because men are goto all persons advocating restriction : ing to be put in office who will put uL various rights and privileges. the betterment of their country first

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protiibition advocates in Boston as an appellation for persons who violate the laws. These selections of words were made out of more than .",0,000 entered in a recent contest in the Bay state. A correspondent of this bureau sends in a lot of clippings taken from the editorial writings of Arthur Brisbane and wonders why such stuff is put out all over the country in newspaper form, in syndicated

material, etc. Just stop and analyze

critical time in our experiment, and was passed only when our own constitution was adopted by the convention. Then there were only 3,000,000 Americans along the Atlantic coast; now- there are 110,000,000 scattered from coast toxoast and in our island possessions." Touching on patriotism, Mr. Orbison called attention to the part America played in the world war. "It proved to the world," he said, "how people will fight and die for a cause that insures them liberty, justice and happiness, and is absolutely

the writer of those paragraphs and i against anyone or any nation that

sut'HS io uesuoy our consuiuuon. America has the torch of civilization in her hands, and it i3 up to every man and woman to stick side by side during" the coming primary and fall election, and put only men into of

fice who will upholdTna enforce the

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know from whom he takes his orders

; and you will have the answer. ; Arthur Brisbane is the chief edii torial writer employed by William i Randolph Hearst and is said to draw j the largest salary ever paid to any tl QU'cnQ rio T tyi in in i a rtnnntfir 1 Tn

ii.au ... .-.lo .wuunjr. iic : Jawg is a brilliant and snlendidlv informed

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man. but he is workinc for a. man ..ijuuc ,

who is pro-Catholic" and therefore takes his orders for that sort of material.

stitution, but few understand it, and

none in the last election knew the personnel of the office seekers. But thing3 have changed. This year any man or woman who does not vote is

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, little paragraphs for the Roman j not a good American citizen. ! Catholic church and so many kind i Sunday Religion things said for nuns and priests. j "t00 many men have their reliBrisbano also favors the aliens gion only on Sunday morning and . and alien immigration and if he had ( keep it in their wife's name."

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and let all of Europe come in that . orbison said' could get here. i . . . . . I Seventy per cent of our inmates

I in insane asylums and prisons are Somebody has discovered that , o toreiKn birth. We owe ourselves j 'arge sums of money are spent every j a limited immigration to protect our

year laKing care oi insane aliens. ! Tl...t V. i; i i.i

r 5. ,T' Mr, Orbison said: "Every

I might become a public charge on us. Best reason in the world for rej stricted immigration.

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Someone sends us a Denver paper carrying this paragraph about Indiana and Indiana politics: "What is the power of the Ku Klux Klan? Don't say off hand: 'Oh, it amounts to nothing.' You might bo mistaken. Results in Missouri indicate that the Klan is powerful

i future generation." Mr, Orbison said: "Every fori eigner who becomes an American citizen should be able to read and

write the English, language. The next American Congress will be American first and last, and strictly for American purposes. This is a free country, with one limitation a traitor should be forced to leave and never return to our fair shores'." "Our public schools," said the speaker, "are the foundation for future A'.ierica, for with them we are

'going to make the children of today

there. In Indiana, Edward Jackson j real Americans, -'who will vote for

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is running for governor with the support of the Klan. He doesn't call himself a Klansman and on. the other hand doesn't deny that he is one. What's going to happen in the election in May? Wise men from Indiana say the Klan will make Jackson governor." In the same state the same Klan had-a-strong hand in sending Samuel Ralston to the United States Senate and laying Beveridge on the shelf.

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the man, and for American principles, and not for the party or money." His Eyes Open In closing, Mr. Orbison referred

back to voting and acknowledged that he formerly was a party man, but from now on, he said, he was for the man himself, regardless of his party, religion or other beliefs, if he was the best man for the office. He

pleaded with his hearers to vote for the man in the coming primary and fall elections. The address was unusually well received. Comments coming from many sources show that the people of Putnam county are aroused and thinking.

(BuV eau Publication and Education) WASHINGTON, March 22. The political situation in Washington this week is still being discussed in terms of oil and we are breathing the fumes that have filled the air for the last two months. This certainly is a "winter of discontent" in Washington and the men on Capitol Hifl are still plugging away on scandals or alleged scandals, one by one. These scandals apparently touch all three branches of the government, the legislative, judicial and even the executive, or at least a studied effort i3 aimed at the executive. Pomerene and Roberts, special government attorneys, are on the job in the far west, having filed action

at Cheyenne and In California to

place the oil fields in the hands of a

receiver, as it were, and looking to expulsion of the Doheny and Sinclair interests. Also steps are indicative of prosecution of all who are found guilty of corruption and graft. The American people are expecting just this sort of expulsion and prosecution and will be satisfied with

nothing less. They want the government attorneys to go to the roots of the evil and dig them up clear to the last end. There must not be one law to protect the rich and another

law to convict the poor. Borah Makes Suggestion On the other hand, Senator Borah, of Idaho, comes out in a speech in the Senate and asserts that the people will hold Congress responsible for any failure to enact tax legislation and other relief measures. He intimates that all of this session must not be taken up with investigations and declares the time has arrived when the Senate should dissolve itself "as a grand jury" and resume the business of legislation. The Daugherty investigation has

been on for days and we have had the Roxie gang with us in Washington. Such evidence against the attorney-general as she has given is not regarded as very damaging here. We have been getting stuff second hand, third hand and by intimation from men and women accused or at least indicted aS murderers, black

mailers' and",k.unspiratu. -The-

American people do not like that sort of witnesses, even though the attorney-general might be guilty. It

has all b.een juicy reading, but everyone knows it would not go far one minute as evidence in any well regulated court in the country. It all goes to show to what a mud-slinging campaign we are approaching. This is why our presidents are having a hard time in getting good, clean, honest men to serve in public office for the reason that good people do

not relish putting themselves in po

sition where they can so easily become besmirched with mud and rubbish, no matter how innocent they may actually be. However, the old

saying holds true, we must 'have people in public office who will regard such a. position as a public trust and not as a private snap and who will conduct themselves accordingly. That is an American idea that holds good today as it has in the past. The thing that the public is think

ing of is, that if Daugherty and Denby are guilty, they should be impeached and not merely covered over with mud and then requested to re

sign from office. That savors too much of the game of playing politics.

MODOC, Ind., March 22. Klansmen are proud of the work being

carried on by Klan No. 44 of Modoc. The visit to three churches recently by delegations of Klansmen has created much favorable comment in the community on the activity of the Klan. At each church one in Modoc, one at Losantville and one at Mt. Zion contributions of money

were left for the ministers.- The pastors of these churches warmly welcomed the Klansmen and in each case they were invited to return.

Much charitable work has Been done by the organization. Recently a widow in destitute circumstances was aided by the Klan. The activity

has not been confined to the com

munity of Modoc, but has spread to

ail parts of the county.

vember , election results into the House and Senate for settlement. Senator Magnus Johnson, of Minnesota, is a LaFollette follower and he said the other day on the floor of the Senate that he didn't care what happened to the Republican party. That so far as he was concerned he would like to help give the Republicans the licking of their lives. That reflects the LaFollette sentiment as it exists in the Congress. Bonus Up to Coolldge It is a well-known fact that President Coolidge does not like the idea of a bonus baby being left on his front doorstep and he sees it coming up the White House driveway. Congress seems to be the nurse and the president is wonderinc what to do

with the thing when it arrives. It j leniency lies

is now thought in Washington that if the president vetoes the bonus bill as he has indicated he would, that Congress can muster up the neces

sary strength to pass it over his veto. Judging by the overwhelming vote by which it passed the House 353 to 54, the House can make it jump the presidential veto all right and presently we shall see what the Senate does with it. The country is at that stage where it is getting anxious as to what legislation this Congress is actually going to put through. There is the' taxation question, immigration and hundreds of other good things yet in the background and we are almost

up to the first of April. Perhaps Congress is going to play an April

tool joke on us and get mighty busy next month. There may be such a thing as this Congress becoming acr tually fatigued at its own apparent idleness in getting down to real legislative efforts and stop all this investigation business that has consumed all the time for the last three or four months.

To compare large persons and things with small ones, Bergdoll, the draft dodger, now occupies in Ger

many a position somewhat similar to that of Benedict Arnold, the

traitor, after he went to England.

Arnold, apart from his unsuccessful

attempt to deliver West Point into the hands of the British, did not a little real and efficient fighting against the cause he previously had served well, and so had a claim for British gratitude, but none for Brit

ish respect was recognized, and he became an unhappy and barely tolerated resident of London. Bergdoll, by his refusal to enter the American Army, did what the Germans at home had expected all German-Americans to do, and at first he was treated as a hero in Germany and vastly enjoyed the attention he received. This feeling was

revived a little for a while by the ill-advised attempt to kidnap him,

but he never has been accepted there as a real German, and his welcome has worn gradually thinner and thinner until now the German government, without telling him as yet to quit the country, has made uncomfortably plain that it regards him as a nuisance and would be glad to have him go away. This naturally has strengthened his desire for home, as he is not one of the few German-Americans who have found life enjoyable in the "Fatherland," whose charms they are so fond of singing at a distance.

With characteristic impudence, Bergdoll proposes the conditions on

which he will return; he is willing to endure a little punishment, but he must have authoritative assurance that it will be only a little. Of

course, his only chance of securing

in an unconditional

surrender, but he does not see that, being a distinctly dense person and also one with a grotesquely exaggerated estimate of his own "importance. It would be preposterous to offer any other terms to him, and probably the cause of justice will be better served by letting him fret in Germany as long as he is allowed to stay there than it would be by putting him in prison here. Why he behaved as he did is almost as mysterious as was the fact that one of the most brilliant of

Washington's officers', and a particu

larly able soldier, should have ruined

himself as Arnold did. Thousands of other young men who had as much reason as Bergdoll for reluctance to bear arms against Germans managed to find and follow a wiser and safer course. It was not courage he lacked, but sense, and he is showing the same lack now.

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MARYSVILLE, O., March 22. The organization has been somewisat Inactive here during the winter so far as the public might judge, but there has been no slacking of interest in the great work of the Klan move

ment. The meetings have been of the most interesting nature and the attendance has never lagged. However, as the spring approaches and as the weather settles somewhat and the roads Improve, outdoor ' activity, covering many branches of the work, has been planned. Meetings are now held each Monday night.' A

special meeting was held March 13, attended by 250 Klansmen. Addresses of interest were made and a

splendid lunch was served by the mess sergeant.

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The agent of The Fiery Cross here has been absent from his office for some time and still Is away because his home has been quarantined on account of a case of scarlet fever. He will be on the job again as soon as the quarantine is lifted.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., March 22 A campaign of activity in all parts of the county is in full swing here, and the results are surpassing the fondest hopes of the leaders of the Klan movement. Meetings conducted in Jeffersonville this week by the Rev. Bob Lewis have been largely attended and many persons have

been enlightened on the principles of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Protestant citizenship of Jeffer

sonville are rapidly awakening to the

conditions here, a city absolutely ruled by Rom&ii Catholics so far as

city ofBce8 are concerned. Bootlegging, gambling and every imaginable

condition that accompanies a com

munity where the duly constituted officers of the law refuse to do their

Here's More Politics President Coolidge is no slouch himself when it comes to politics. Democrats admit and charge that he is a past master at the game. Look at his latest California appointment.

The new secretary of the navy, Curtis D. Wilbur, is said to belong to the Hoover wing of the Republican party In California and of course Senator Hiram Johnson does not like that. Johnson and Hoover are not on speaking terms. While Hiram goes bobbing over the country scoring the Coolidge administration, the president in turn appoints a Hooverite to the cabinet. Mr. Wilbur himself is returning to his first love, the navy; he was graduated from the. naval academy at Annapolis in 1888, and ought to make a good man for his new job.

Yes, it begins tq. look like a third

party in 1924. Senator LaFollette

has passed out the word that he is willing to head it if certain things

are not done by the Republican

party in its platform In Cleveland

in June. And you and I know right

now that the Republicans are not

going to do the bidding of Bob Lai" oilette in June or any other old month,

The Democrats can hardly contain

themselves over this announcement.

They may laugh too soon. They

ought to keep still until after the

thing is done, but they can t do it

They are immensely pleased over the

outlook and can't conceal their atti

tude, for they well remember that

the third party movement in 1912

was what .pat Woodrow Wilson in the White House. They see the same

thing ..happening again to their advantage. In this Congress LaFollette and his crowd unquestionably

duty, is rampant here. It truly ia

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onnriirinno and the Klan workers hold the balance of power 10 botn

are ranidly bringing about this branches and a LaFollette revolu-

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