Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1924 — Page 1
- . - --.-. .,.. t.' -v - ICR Americas Leading Klan Publication IN PROPORTION AS 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 SERFE THE PURPOSE' VOLUME III, NUMBER 23 INDIANAPOLIS, IND., FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS o wood
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IFTTFRS IIRCWfJ RESOLUTIONS URGE
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IMMIGRANT All SWAMP JOHNSON
IMMIGRATION BILL
Mayor Shank Has Our Sympathy but Not Our Votes, Says Dillsboro
lirNintK.DS OF THK THOUSANDS
OF PLEAS ARE COMING FKOM NEW YOKK ('IT!, WHERE l'ETITIONEKS ASSEKT IT IS NO i se to ri t proposal it to THEIR (' 0 N (i R E S S M E N BECAUSE THEY ARE C 0 NTROM.ED BY ALIENS.
Mystic Tie Klan No. 39, Logansport, Sends Word to Senators and Representative
Biii Klan Membership in Cass Comity Act as Unit in Urging Protection Against Foreigners
ARMSTRONG IS WEAR IN CITING HIS RECORD AS SHERIFF OF VIGO
Senate Fight Is "Warming Up ami
More Restrict he Law Is Desired Than the Houe Bill Calls For -Harris Proposes Amendment Cntting 2 Per Cent Quota to 1 Per cut Burton of Ohio Is Out With Plea for Japs in His Argument to Defeat Measure.
(itureaii Puhliration and Education) WASHINGTON, March 29. Thousands and thousands of letters, petitions and memorials are being sent to Albert Johnson, chairman of the House immigration committee, in Washington, in behalf of the House immigration bill. Hun
dreds and hundreds of these letters are coming out of NewYork City and Brooklyn, where there are so many foreigners. The writers know that it, is useless for them to ask their own congressmen to support the
bill, so they are writing toj other members of Congress be-
cause they know the congressmen from New York City districts are against them and favorable to the aliens in their districts. Here is a sample of the thousands of letters that are coming: Hon. Albert Johnson, Chairman Immigration Committee, House Office Building, Washington, 1). C. Dear Sir: As the immediate restriction of immigration is vitally necessary to the welfare of our country, the undersigned, a resident and voter of New York, earnestly believes: 1. That the need is for a complete stoppage of immigration for a period of at least five years. 2. That the maximum concession to be tolerated would be a 2 per cent quota based on the Immigration census of 1890, as provided for in the Johnson bill. 3. That there is great need for a national alien registration law, providing for registration of all aliens and the Immediate deportation of those unlawfully here. Further, as the unassiniilability of certain races is apparent, there Should he no hesitancy in saying so in plain English and taking an opi n course without subterfuge to limit their entry. Realizing the futility of addressing congressmen from New York (Continued on Page 5)
LOGANSPORT, Ind., March 31. Mystic Tie Klan No. 39, Logansport, has passed resolutions ' urging the passage of the J-ohnson immigration bill unamended, and a copy of the resolutions have been sent to Senators Watson and Ralston and to Representative Samuel E. Cook, of the Eleventh district. The big Klan membership in Cass
county is a unit for the immigration bill and it has been busy letting the citizens know of this measure and what it means to America. The resolutions as drafted and sent to Washington are as follows: To All Men, Greetings: Be It Resolved, by Mystic Tie Klan No. 39, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Indiana, in
Klonklave assembled, that we wish to be placed on record as being in favor of the Johnson immigration bill, unamended. Be It Further Resolved, That every Klansman write to each of our distinguished senators and to our congressman and express to thffm their personal views on this bill. Be It Also Known, That Mystic Tie Klari No. 39 represents 3,000 good, red-blooded, loyal American citizens, that we arc opposed to the riff-raff of southern Europe coming to our country, and that we stand for everything that is American. Be It Further Resolved, That our Exalted Cyclops be instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to the Hon. James E. Watson, Hon. Samuel A. Ralston and to Hon. Samuel E. Cook, and ask that they give their vote and influence to the passage of this bill unamended. Done in the sacred, unfailing bond. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Work of Pussyfooting Politician Seen in His Plea for Voters to Support Him
Citizens Give Many Reasons "Why He Should Not Be Elected to Oflice for Second Term
BRAZIL KLANSMEN
SERVE REFRESHMENTS
BRAZIL, Ind., March 29. Follow
ing the regular meeting of Brazil Klan Friday night, at which a large class was initiated, refreshments were served in the hall and a general get-together meeting was held. Several talks were made by local Klansmcn, which displayed the enthusiasm and the spirit of Klankraft in this community. The movement is marching forward rapidly here.
(Special to The Fiery Cross) TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 29. Frankly admitting that "burglaries, liquor law violations, gambling, robberies, murders and other major law violations" have flourished under his
administration, and therefore under the administration of Ora Davis, mayor of Terre Haute and candidate for nomination for governor of Indiana, Fred Armstrong, sheriff of Vigo county, has announced his candidacy for re-election.
In his announcement as a candidate for the nomination for re-election, Mr. Armstrong says: The office of sheriff of Vigo county is a very important one. A person holding that position should be one of experience, one who has had many years of actual experience. Yes, the voters of Vigo county agree with Mr. Armstrong in this as far as he goes, but he doesn't go far
enjiig!i.iptxperienee- in fine; ,.It. Is
needed, mow impomDtseU ome' ,i4JJ
than experience is essential Warn
officer of the law in these days. And
that asset is honesty. An honest la
tent on the part of the officer to do
exactly his duty as sworn to when j he becomes an officer. The great majority of voters of Vigo, county question Mr. Armstrong's intentions. His record in office has been as near a complete failure as it Were possible, all things considered. Point to Powers Case The recent beating administered to Raymond Powers in the county jail after Powers had appeared voluntarily before the grand jury, has helped to arouse the voters of Vigo county to the conditions existing. Mr. Armstrong, in his announcement, does not go into detail as to his record. It is simply a politician straddling every question that con
fronts him. Here is what he says regarding his record in office: My records here and at the jail are my best recommendations to the voters of the county. Court records will bear out my statement that my work has brought the very best results.
Generalities, pure and simple. The
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(Special to The Fiery Cross)
DILLSBORO, Ind., March 29. "Mayor Shank has our sympathy but not our votes," is the way the citizens of Dillsboro voice their sentiments following a speech made here by the mayor of Indianapolis, who is, despite the rebuffs encountered in ail parts of the state, persisting in running for the nomination for governor. That Mr. Shank's appearance in Dillsboro was a fiasco is not denied
by the half-dozen supporters here. It is said the reception given Mr.
Shank was so cool that it became pathetic. It is understood that he attempted to make a speech at a local sanitarium but for various reasons proper arrangements could not
be made.
The fact that an undertaker presided at his meeting in Elwood, which also was a failure, and that Mr. Shank had intentions of speaking at a sanitarium, is regarded by some as ironical. That the Shank boom, if there ever was one, has burst long ago is not to be doubted in view of th$ way in which he is being received. In other words, it
is conceded by friends that his aspirations to be governor of Indiana are dying a sure, although somewhat lingering death. Mr. Shank made his speech in a school house and some of those who had not heard the jokes used by him while in vaudeville, enjoyed a laugh now and then. Those who went out of curiosity., were!-rather befuddled as to just what is9$ he was running
wan ?&5jrftigiite ;nrigiBai
platfofmaa If did trot mentlofi sev
eral of3.fl8 things on which, earlier in the race, he "was going to make
his . fight on."
Mr. Shank did, however, gain one
thing while in Dillsboro, and. that
was sympathy not enough, however,
to garner any votes.
VACCINATION ORDER AROUSES PARENTS TO DETERMINED PROTEST
Society for Medical Freedom
Meets and Outlines Plans to Contest Illegal Edict
MT. CLEMENS PASTOR AND WIFE VICTIMS OF LAW BREAKERS' IRE
Better Element Aroused by Attempt to Kill Man Who Led Fight Against Bootleggers
Resolutions Drawn and Unanimously Adopted Indicate Active Fight Is to Follow
Couple Now Lie in Hospital in Most Serious Condition Forelgners Active
BUTCH WALTERS, IN TROUBLE, IS FORCED TO QUIT
BETRAYED CONFIDENCE OP W03TAX WHO SOUGHT HIS ASSISTANCE LN CAPTURING HUSBAND, A NOTORIOUS LAW VIOLATOR CHANCE FOR ARREST OF MAN WANTED FOR SERIOUS CRIMES THROWN AWAY.
JUNIOR KLANSMEN
HAVE A NEW PLAN IN
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
LIMA KLANSMEN AT REVIVAL
LIMA, O., March 20. A delegation of Klansmcn entered Grace M. E. church Sunday evening, where a revival is in session, and presented purses of money to the Rev. Thomas Clark Henderson, the evangelist, and
tlie Rev. D. R.. Kelly, pastor of Ue-
church. The revival has been very i ucccsfful.
Fiery Cross Finances Are in Excellent Shape
No date has been set for the hearing of the receivership suit filed against The Fiery Cross, and which was characterized as a "friendly suit" by Ernest Reichard, president of The
Fiery Cross Publishing Company, who entered the suit. Harry Bloom, business manager, has stated that the finances of the company are In excellent shape, and further xaid that under the contract held by Mr. Reichard, no salary was due the latter at the time he filed
his suit. Salary had accrued, Mr. Bloom said, but was not due until April 1, Mr. Reichard's salary for the month, under the contract not being due until the end of the month for which it was paid. The letter of this contract had not been carried out in regard to when the salary was paid Mr." Reichard, Mr. Bloom said, and until March 1, the salary had been paid In weekly allotments at the end of each week. This fact, it la believed, Is what led to the misunderstanding;.
$2,000 TO HOSPITAL
BY LOGANSPORT KLAN
SCHOOLS AT DETROIT
FOUND INADEQUATE
Acting Mayor, Member of K,
C, Spends Much Time in Lauding Immigration
LOGANSPORT, Ind., March 31. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan voted Wednesday night to set aside $2,000 to be used for furnishing five
rooms in the new Cass county hos
pital. This is the largest pledge
made by any organization in Cass county for the hospital. Other lodges and civic organiaztions have Agreed to furnish one or two rooms.
It is estimated it will cost $200 to furnish a room properly. Mystic Tie Klan also voted Wednesday evening to give $100 for the Near East Relief.
SCHNEIDER HEARS MINISTER SCHNEIDER, Ind., March 29. The Rev. C. M. Smithson, of Hammond, spoke here Monday evening to a large audience on Americanism. The Klan movement in this com
munity is progressing rapidly. The organization Is live and active and
its membership Is growing.
(Special to The Fiery Cross)
DETROIT, Mich., March 29. The
cry for more public schools is on the lips of all Detroiters today, and is
by far the most important subject to
be considered by the city officials
Acting Mayor Martin, while not hav
ing the supervision of the schools
directly uader him, is being criti
cised by many who assert that he
is spending too much time in mak
ing speeches for those who would
fill our country with foreigners,
while the time could be better spent in fighting for immediate relief of
the school congestion.
Acting Mayor Martin is a Catholic
however, and as the Roman church
stands solidly behind the parochial
school system of forcing one certain religion on the pupil, and displays
an arrogant attitude against the pub
lie school of America, it is doubtful if the acting mayor will take any step toward aiding in the relief of
such a critical situation. There are now 62,000 school children in Detroit and facilities foe only 50,000 children. Mayor Martin, in his fight against the barring of Immigration, naturally has such followers as Che Poles of Hamtramck, so many ot whom dislike the sound of a voice speaking English. Also, the foreign population of Mt. Clemens, dealers in (Continued on page 6)
und Is Arranged That May Be
Lent to Candidates Who Have
No Immediate Income
Gibson County Knights Also Flan
an Intensive Membership Campaign This Spring
Aroused by the edict of the board of health of Indianapolis that no child should return to school in the
city of Indianapolis' following the spring vacation this week until vaccinated against smallpox, more than 400 persons gathered Monday night in the main assembly hall of the Denison hotel to protest against Russian-like edicts in America. The edict or order was founded on an Indianapolis ordinance compelling vaccination, vesting the authority in the secretary of the In
dianapolis board of health. This or
dinance, which is illegal because an
Indiana statute provides that no one
who demurs against vaccination is
compelled to submit to it, is being forced on the people at the will and without authority by the health board.
The meeting Monday night was called by the Indiana Society for Medical Freedom-... .This organization ia. aot opposed to physicians or mediclae for those Who wish medical ttisiUil.!t'Btftds only for the
enforcement ol law, but is alter-J
aDiy opposea to any system or cww
ganization that attempts- to force
something on a citizenship, without authority of law, who do not desire
that particular thing. Citizens Are Aroused
The protest meeting Monday night
unquestionably proves that there is a large body of Indianapolis citizens who stand as strongly for medical
freedom as for religious freedom. These 400 or more parents showed a determination to fight for their
rights and the rights of their children in the public schools of Indianapolis. A resolution presented and adopted unanimously indicates what this body of citizens intends to do in its fight for freedom. The resolution follows: Whereas, The Indiana Society for Medical Freedom believes in and works for the upholding and (Continued on page 5)
PRINCETON, Ind., March 29.
With plans being made for an in
tensive campaign and membership drive in the coming months by the senior Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Junior organizer in Gibson
county is likewise perfecting plans for increasing his organization.
Recently the Junior organizer,
backed by officials of the senior organization, set on foot plans whereby Gibson county will take the initi
ative and keep up Its record as the leading county in Indiana in the point of Junior memberships in pro
portion to population. A definite
plan announced includes the creation of a fund by members of the senior organization, whereby eligible boys, although lacking the necessary
(Continued on page 5)
DUGAN, BOOTLEG KING,
AGAIN IN THE TOILS
Marion Authorities Believe This
Time They Have "the Goods On" the Master Conniver
(By "Radio") MT. CLEMENS, Mich., March 29. This city, as well
as the whole county, is agog
with excitement and indigna
tion over the poisoning of the Rev. Thomas G. Sykes, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, who has worked unceasingly against the bootleg ring that has held Mt. Clemens
in its grasp so long. The better element is also aroused to the point where it would be foolhardy at this time for politicians to
continue along old lines that have,
according to public opinion, brought about the present condition.
Politics, and nothing but politics, say citizens, is responsible for the minister and his wife being at the point of death at a Detroit hospital, as a result of the attempt to assassinate the man who led the fight against liquor, crime and vice. If it were not for political graft,
and the lack of proper sentences to
offenders who arss; haled an-coury
andr:knowpositlTr-t.-J3e gamy.
it is senaed, Ltr;Cieaif.kwjlI(r
nave . mg- 4go? ten cwea . 01 in?
-cancer thai has been eating. Into the.
fYitais of her moral status. .--
There are, and have been jnen in certain -political positions; It is alleged, who are Just as guilty morally of poisoning Rev. Sykes and his wife, as are the thugs who actually placed the poison in the milk. The laxity of the law, say citizens
here, in bringing about the arrests of bootleggers, and the seemingly
utter disregard of the courts in meet
ing out justice in this respect, has caused the moral degenerates to
work so boldly and openly that the bootleg ring has grown to powerful proportions. Rev. Sykes Headed Drive The drive against them last winter, headed by the Rev. Sykes, assisted by his church people and the Ku Klux Klan, resulted in the most
complete shake-up the "ring" had ever had, and it took the rising up of the entire county to get justice after the herd had been rounded up by the state police. One noticeable feature of the famous raid was the fact that the little groups that huddled close together near the jail, trying to find out just what members of the "gang" were being brought in, were practically all of foreign mien. Guttural tones of southern Europe issued cautiously from their midst as a casual
stranger passed by. Swarthy faces, (Continued on page 5)
Elwood Newspapers Go to His Assistance in Covering Up Misdeeds In Attempting to Continue to Fool the Public His Statements of Wonderful Keeord Made in Office Played I'p in Eloquent Style His Attempt to Hush Tp Affair Fails.
BASKET BALL SCHEDULE The following is the schedule of
the state basket ball tournament
of the Junior Klansmen at Elwood, Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5: Friday Kokonio vs. Indianapolis, 2 p. m. Alexandria vs. Terre Haute, 3 p. m. Peru vs. Pendleton, 4 p. m. Anderson vs. Logansport, 7 p. m. Elwood vs. Knox, 8 p. m. Frankfort vs. Princeton, 9 p. m. Saturday Winner of 2 p. m. vs. North Vernon, 8:30 a. m. Winner of 3 p. m. vs. Winner of 4 p. m. at 9:30 a. m. Winner of 7 p. m. vs. Winner of 8p. m. at 10:30 a. m. Winner of 9 p. m. vs. Winner of 8:30 a. m. at 11:30 a. m. Winner of 9:30 a. m. vs. Winner of ' 10:30 p. m. at 2:30 p. m. Winner of 11:30 a. m. vs. Winner - of 2:30 p. m. at 3:30 p. m.'
Indiana vs. Ohio Champions at
i, 7:30 p. m.
MARION, Ind., March 31. Bill Du
gan, the notorious king of bootleggers here, is again in trouble, and with him facing court charges are a number of his Roman Catholic henchmen, bootleggers directed by his master hand in the affairs of evading the law. Dugan has faced many courts, judges, lawyers, prison doors, and state farm sentences, but he is as wiggly and as slimy as an eel. In
most cases he either escapes with a small fine and a suspended sentence or gets off scot free. The evidence
at times disappears, the lawyers have
a way of finding loopholes for their clients or the courts fail to get the right evidence to convict. Marion has some peculiar under
ground and backdoor information
bureaus. Everyone who knows any thing about Marion knows Bill Du
gan has the reputation of being in the bootlegging business continually.
Anyone on the street will tell you this. Bill enjoys the reputation and evidently there is Borne fire where so
much smoke continues to curl above the housetops. Bill continues to prosper. From an urchin of the street he has - grown wealthy, a man of great power in certain circles. He enjoys this, too. However, the present case is somewhat different from past experiences Dugan has had. In his own lan
guage, the authorities seem to have "the goods on him." Later developments only will prove this. Nevertheless, Dugan and his bootleg army are greatly concerned, apparently. Will they escape this time, the citizens of Marion are asking?
PRINTERS PLEAD FOR
IMMIGRATION ACTION
Resolutions Indorsing Johnson Bill, Based on 1890 Quota, Sent to Watson, Ralston, Moores
(By Staff Correspondent) ELWOOD, Ind., March 31. C. D. ("Butch") Walters is no longer chief of police of El
wood. Charges were referred
recently against Walters by a number of Elwood citizens and
after due hearing he was forced
to resign March 25, two of the police commissioners rendering a verdict of guilty against him
after the evidence was weighed,
checked and found correct in , every detail. ;-:,v Thus another Indiana, city,-lias" made a long step in the direction of -cleaning the -municipal house.. ."Wal- r" ters held the place of pollce-rchlef long aftet: be -should iiar Been re-k
Ured; but a neat little-Jo of white 1 -washing iwaa'j; admlrrjstMed. ""wh8-- - charges r---- - - Zef fWW" Tw.,L, out he fcasTbecM i, shd what Sfwoml erf uf ibaa he nat'', for the cff.ee. - Ia His attempt he has -been, assisted to fooIlHg.-; the;pnMia:-;; - generally.:? the Elwood newspapers1..... His Great Wrk Dene These papers printed at great length statements from Walters after
he was no longer chief of police that he had accomplished an almost superhuman task ot cleaning up FJ wood, and now that his task was done he was stepping out to giva some other good man an opportunity to make good on an easy job. Elwood, probably, is no worse than the average city. Probably it is no better. Undoubtedly there is illicit liquor being sold in the city, but the laws are not being flagrantly violated. Elwood did not have a par
ticular quarrel with Walters on this . score because committees of citizens kept him on the job by uncovering bootleggers. Walters had an unsavory reputation which he persistently lived up to and the citizens of Elwood who knew of his escapades were forced to act last week because of one of the most shocking affairs that has been revealed here in the history ot the police department. The act had its inception in the private room of
the police chief and could not be ig- .
nored. The further the story was
traced the worse it became and when
Walters was faced with the charges he was frantic to retire from office
under what he thought would be a
hushing up of the affair, but it is one
of those cases that a few persons in
authority have not the power to hush
up. As the investigators traced the
story, they found it led from the police chief's office to an Alexandria hotel.
A group of Indianapolis printers, members of Typographical Union No. 1, have adopted resolutions urg
ing the two United States senators and the representative in Congress from the Indianapolis district, to
work for and support by their votes the Johnson immigration bill now
before the Congress.
The resolutions, which follow,
were signed by the printers and a
copy sent to Senators Watson and
Ralston and Representative Moores:
.Whereas, we believe there exists a strong insidious lobby at our na
tion's capitol organized to defeat the Johnson immigration bill; and Whereas, we, as voters of the great commonwealth of Indiana, deem it imperative that a stringent immigration law, based on the 1890 quota, be passed at this session of the Congress, that our beloved country would not suffer by the influx of an unassimilative foreign horde; Therefore, we would earnestly
and respectfully urge you to sup-
Woman's Confidence Betrayed A woman who came to Walters for
aid in finding her husband had an, unwilling part in the affair, and it is
through this woman that the evt
dence was " obtained, substantiated
by aftldavits of other persons, that
forced Walters to vacate the post of chief protector of the womanhood of
Elwood. It was through misrepre
sentation that the woman was takea'
to the hotel at Alexandria. She obtained no assistance from - the Elwood police chief in finding her hus
band and when she escaped from Alexandria she was stranded in Elwood. She was found in this condition by an agent of an organization that ia doing things,. not only in Elwood but throughout Indiana and the nation. To this man she told her story and she aided him in getting the evidence and affidavits sworn to in the presence of the sheriff of Madison county and one of his deputies. It was evidence of such nature that no board of police commissioners could overlook, yet only two of the three commissioners of El.wood were willing to return a verdict against Walters.
These two commissioners, however,
nnrt tha Johnson immigration hill.
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