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THE FIERY CROSS Friday, March 28, 1924

EVANGELIST PRESENTS nnivimi rn n it t

Revival at Linden Closes With Delegation of Klansmen Being Welcomed Purse Is Given

PENNSYLVANIA GAS WELLS PAY BIG MONEY

LINDEN, Ind., March 22. The Rev. W. W. Roberts, Christian minister of Crawfordsville, has concluded a successful two weeks' revival meeting at the First Christian church here. Although the weather was inclement and roads almost Impassable during the two weeks, the large au

ditorium was well filled each night

wun an attentive audience.

in his sermon, the Rev. Mr. Roberts brought forth the principles of

tne ku Klux Klan in a manner in

which his audience, whether pro or

con, could take no offense. At the conclusion of the sermon Monday night, twenty Klansmen, headed by Rev. W. H. Bell, acknowledged secretary of Montgomery county Klan No. 23, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, marched down the center aisle of the church and presented the Rev. Mr. Roberts with 1130 and thanked him for what he had done for Linden.

FARMERS PLANNING NORMAL PRODUCTION

The results of a survey made public recently by the twenty-one natural gas producing counties of Pennsylvania, by James F. Woodward, secretary of Internal affairs of the

commonwealth, for the year 1922, show that 12,924 wells produced 99,711,890,000 cubic feet of gas or 20 per cent more than In 1921. This industry represented a capital of $132,216,205, and employed 5,725 persons, who earned $7,669,797 during the year.

Sales of natural gas exceeded $52,-

000,000 during 1922, which was paid

by 53,396 consumers. The biggest increase in the use of this fuel was in industrial and manufacturing plants, where sales were 61 per cent in excess of 1921. Domestic consumers paid slightly

more than 50 cents per 1,000 cubic

feet, industrial and manufacturing concerns a trifle in excess of 31 cents, and for public use the cost was 444 cents. The average cost was slightly in excess of 39 cents.

Department of Agriculture Sees

Varying Influences on the

Agricultural Program

WILLIAMSON COUNTY

TACTICS DISPLAYED

AT JEFFERSONVILLE

The best-known collector of valuable or curious books was Jean Grolier de Sevieres, born in Lyons in 1479.

No Sentiment for Berg doll

Dispatches from New York announce that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy slacker extraordinary, lias agreed, at the suggestion of the American Legion, to return voluntarily from Germany to the United States, serve his prison term as a convicted draft dodger, and be allowed to resume life in this country as he desires, says the St. Louis Tost-Dispatch. Subsequent dispatches from Eberbaih, Germany, whence Bergdoll has been defying the United States government and sneering at America for eevrral years, cast some doubt on the completion of .any such arrangement, and continue to reveal the fugitive in his true character. They assort that he has made no agreement to return, but is willing to netotiute. It ought to be too late for such

negotiations. This government and

the American Legion ought to be above dickering with such a contemptible creature as Bergdoll as to whether he shall return to the coun

try he deserted in time of war, or as to the extent of the time he shall ' serve in prison if he does return. If he wants to come back voluntarily, and accept any punishment this government shall decree, very well. But if we are to retain any self-respect in this thoroughly obnoxious affair, he should be given no promises. He is not needed or wanted here- any more. He will be of no value to this country either in prison or out. And if he does come, the government and the American Legion ought to make up their minds that he must serve every day of his full sentence, without pardon, parole, or commutation. Such a course alone can justify admitting him even to a prison in the United States.

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WASHINGTON. March 22. The

general agricultural outlook for 1924

indicates that fanners are undertat

ing a normal production program, the department of agriculture has announced. Agricultural production

this year, the department said, will

still be attended by the difficulties

Jfarising, from high wages and other

costs, loss of farm workers and the

general disparity between prices of

farm and urban products. The wheat situation was de

scribed as showing some tendency

toward improvement, with the market continuing somewhat more favorable for producers of spring than winter wheat. Spring wheat growers report intentions to reduce their acreage 14 per cent below last spring planting.

Domestic demand for agricultural products is at a high level, the report stated. Urban prosperity is reflected in a heavy current consumption of fibres and high quality foods, and this may be expected to continue into -the summer.

Foreign markets on the whole

seem likely to maintain about the present level of demand for Amer

ican cotton, pork, wheat and to bacco. The situation this season with re

spect to labor, machinery, fertilizer,

credit and other cost items is not such as to favor any expansion in

production. The swine industry is going through a period of liquidation and discouragement. Indications are that hog producers have now passed the peak of production and maybe moving into one of the recurrent periods of low production. The dairy industry has expanded

to the point where gross domestic production, in terms of whole "milk, slightly exceeds gross domestic consumption. Indications are that, there will be a further increase in domestic production in 1924. Prospects favor continuation of a strong market for lambs for several months, with larger market sup

plies in midsummer. The wool situation is distinctly favorable for producers and there is apparently opportunity at present for profitable increase in the number of sheep.

fouury production is now at a point where further profitable ex

pansion may be dependent upon continuation of the present high ! level of demand. The 3 per cent increase In the intended corn acreage will largely replace wheat, the report said. The

1 North Atlantic and east North Cen

tral states plan an increase of 1 to 2 per cent, the west North Central states about 6 per cent and the Far Western states abo".t 12 per cent. Increases ranging from 4 to 8 per cent are shown for Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota, while Kansas reports an increase of about 10 per cent. In the principal cotton states an increase of about 1 per cent is expected. Much of the 14 per cent decrease in the. intended spring acreage is being shifted to flax, oats and corn.

Men Deputized by Constable to

Make Raid on Gambling House Arrested in Court

A 20TH AMENDMENT APPROVED BY SENATE

Klansmen Are Accused by Roman Catholic Officers, Who Refuse to Do Their Sworn Duty

Vote to Advance Presidential

Inauguration and Congress Meeting Is 63 to 7

$10,000,000 GAIN IN YEAR FOR RE-EXPORTS

SAGINAW WOMEN ACTIVE IN THE WORK

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., March 22. A constable from Magistrate

Kegwin's court made a raid on a gambling house and arrested seven men who were playing poker. Klans

men were accused by the Jefferson-

ville police force of being back of

the raid. The mayor, heing a Roman

Catholic and fighting the Klan, vacated the bench in favor of his business partner. The special judge dismissed the case after he had heard two witnesses, and the raiders, deputized by a constable from the court

of a magistrate, were immediately arrested for carrying and pointing guns. This case has -not been called in court. When the men deputized as officers of the law were arrested and called to answer the charges, one of the men looked at the calendar in the police station, and this is what the calendar contained: "March 3, Ku Klnx raid 7 p. ja. without mask. March 4, Cravens and

Monroe, whisky cases. March 5, Ku Klux skunks, carrying concealed weapons." This raid was made after the

mayor had issued an order that all gambling be stopped. One of the men arrested on a gambling charge Raid he was running for precinct committeeman and was only calling on a few of the boys. The time was 11:00 Saturday night.

All the city officials here are Roman Catholics, from street cleaner to judge.

WASHINGTON, March 22. A step

toward adding another amendment to the constitution was taken when the Senate, by a vote of 63 to 7, adopted a joint resolution to have presidents Inaugurated on the third Monday in January and a new Congress go into office on the first Monday in January after an election.

The resolution, which was offered by Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, now goes to the House

where, as in the Senate, a two-thirds vote is necessary for adoption. If approved by the House, it will then go to the states for ratification. The Senate vote of 63 to 7 Was sixteen more than the necessary twothirds majority.

The value of foreign merchandise re-exported from the United States last year was $10,000,000 more than

that of re-exports in 1922, and virtually double the total for the year

m which the Panama canal was opened for traffic and the World war began. The total value of foreign merchandise re-exported in 1923 was $76,795,000, while the highest record of our re-export trade prior to the opening of the canal was $37,378,000 in 1913, comparing with less than $24,000,000 in 1900 and $13,000,000 in 1890. The total value of foreign

merchandise re-exported in the ten

years since the World war began is

nearly a billion dollars, or three times as much as in the ten years prior to 1914.

SAGINAW, Mich., March 20. The Women of the Klan burned a fiery

cross at the entrance to Forest Lawn cemetery here Friday night and on

Saturday night they burned another cross at Bliss Park. The symbols were about twelve feet high and they attracted a great deal of attention. These are the first crosses. the Women of the Klan have burned here. The meetings are attended with great enthusiasm. Halls obtainable are not large enough to accommodate the crowds. The organization is growing rapidly.

In the last fifteen years there have been 26,297 railway collisions in the United States. Deaths, 4,326; injured, 60,682.

PRESBYTERIANS ADD TO PLEA FOR FAITH

W. H. HAYS FOUND TO

BE SINCLAIR ATTORNEY

NEW YORK, March 22. A note, supplementary to the affirmation of faith issued last January and signed by 150 Presbyterian ministers, has been made public by Dr. Murray Shipler, pastor of Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian church, Buffalo, and member of the conference committee which drew up the document. The supplementary note will be

sent to 10,000 Presbyterian ministers throughout the United States. It will

be included, the committee announces, with the recent overture of the Philadelphia Presbytery demanding that officers of the boards, professors of the theological seminaries and others shall give assent to the five doctrines.

WASHINGTON, March 22. Former Postmaster-General Will H. Hays resigned his office on March 4, 1922. Before autumn of the same year Sinclair Consolidated was listed among the clients of Hays & Hays, attorneys at law in Sullivan,- Ind.

.Evidence of this is contained in

the 1923 issue of the American Bar,

an annual legal directory, compiled

by James Clark Winfield, which gets to press in time to be in the hands cfr attorneys before the first of the year. The copy in the Congressional

Library bears November 19, 1923, as the date of its receipt. Hubbell's Legal Diatctor for 1924 carries the same information. In the latter the firm of Hays & Hays has an advertisement, in which, on page 160, is displayed the card of Hays & Hays, with offices on the

second floor of the Sherman building, Sullivan. Mentioned among the clients, in addition to numerous railroads, including the Pennsylvania, are coal companies and the Sinclair Consolidated Corporation.

Lithuanians in Flocks Await Entry Into U. S.

KOVNO, Lithuania, March 22 Enough Lithuanians already have

registerea at tne American consulate here to fill up Lithuania's quota for emigrants to the United States for seven years under the present American immigration law. Shops adjoining the consulate are renting their entrances to people who remain all night in line hoping to be able to get consular vises, so as to be able to reach New York by July 1. -

To Fiery Gross Agents The Fiery Cross is now prepared to supply all agents with canvas sacks for carrying newspapers and in turn will supply each agent with one of these bags upon a deposit of twenty-five cents, said deposit to be returned to agent upon return of the bag at any future time. These sacks are of extra heavy canvas and are made especially to protect papers from rain and snow and each agent should have one. Agents desiring to secure one of the sacks may do so by forwarding twenty-five cent3 to the - CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT THE FIERY CROSS

FARM OF 39 ACRES IS

BOUGHT BY LIMA KLAN

WOMEN MAKE CONTRIBUTION COLUMBUS, Ind., March 22-As the choir was singing "It's My Flag,

Too," at the opening of the revival services at the Wertz Memorial church Wednesday night, about thirty-six Women of the Ku Klux Klan entered the church. Two of the Klanswomen marched to ttt-e altar and presented an envelope containing a sum of money for the pastor. Then all of the Klanswomen were seated in seats reserved for

them. The pastor expressed his thanks for the gift.

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For Information Regarding the Junior Klan for American boys between the ages of 12 and 18 years Write to Cen. P. 0. Box 471, 'ew York City, N. Y. P. O. Box 619, Grand Rapids, Mich. P. 0. Box No. 5, Clarksburg, W. a. P. 0. Box 141, Columbus, Ohio P. 0. Box 1622, Indianapolis, Ind.

LIMA, O., March 22 One of the ; liveliest organizations of Klansmen i anywhere is right here in Lima. The

movement has been growing rapidly and the officers in charge should re

ceive great credit for the strength in membership and the good work carried on by the organization. Recently the farm of George Ritchie, 39 acres, a few miles west of the city, accessible from two good highways, was bought by the Lima Klan, and plans have been started to build an auditorium this summer with a seating capacity of 20,000. Meetings and entertainments will be held on the farm as soon as the weather permits open-air gatherings. It will be an assembly place

for Klansmen from all parts of the county, and visiting Klansmen and their friends always will be welcome guests. The price paid for the farm was $7,800 and the addition of buildings will require a large outlay of money. By fall it is expected the buildings will be completed and ready for the winter activities.

Work outlined for the near future and running into the summer months is on a broad scale and covers activity in which every member of the organization is expected to take part.

LACEY SPRINGS, Va., March 22. Rockingham Knights of the Ku Klux Klan made their first public appearance here Sunday night when

25 of them marched into the United Brethren church, formed a semi- j circle around thealtar and present-1

ed a letter containing five new $10 bills to the Rev. Charles H. Beard, the Martinsburg evangelist, in ap

preciation of his good work in the revival he has held in this community. The congregation was standing

and singing "America," when the doors opened and the Klansmen marched down the aisle, carrying aloft the American flag. This was a signal for a few cheers. When the congregation finished singing "America," Dr. Beard offered prayer, after which he made a short address to the Klansmen, stating that he had

been in communities where the Klan is strong and knew personally of the good work they had done. He also outlined to the congregation the principles of the Klan.

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Fly Rug Company Moves Into Its Own Building The W. N. Fly Rug Company, weavers and makers of fluff and rag rugs, organized in Indianapolis five years ago, has recently completed a

cement, mill-constructed building,

38x100 feet floor space, at 2120-2128

Martmdale avenue. The company

owns additional ground in the same tract, 44x40 feet, and this is reserved with the probability of building an

addition to the present plant.

The company, organized by real

Americans, on a small scale has prospered and grown rapidly. The new equipment in the plant is the

most up to date obtainable. An exceptionally complete delivery service is maintained. The company has

agents on the road covering three

states Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. A

complete rug cleaning department Is

one of the features in the new plant.

SPRINGFIELD. 111., March 22.

Living in dugouts along the Mis

sissippi River, near St. Louis, are men who never hesrrd of prohibition

or Mr. Volstead. Two of them, Jack i

Riggs and Clarence McQueen, who live in a dugout on the Madison county side of the river, appeared

before Judge Louis FitzHenry and

were fined $25 and costs.

United States District Attorney

Williamson told the court that he

had talked to the men at length, that they could neither read nor

write, and that he was confident they told the truth when they said

prohibition was news to them.

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BOTTLE SHOWER FOR RAIDERS

NEW YORK. March 22. E. C.

Yellowley, prohibition official from Washington, and three assistants

were bombarded with bottles when

they raided a Bronx cafe. Eight po

licemen went to the rescue with

drawn guns.

The cafe, said to be a rendezvous

for district politicians, was crowded when the raiders entered. Beer,

wine and whisky were seized and

the waiters and cafe manager were arrested. When the agents left the

I building the diners threw bottles.

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