Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1924 — Page 2
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&.TBE FIERY CROSS Friday, April 18, 1924
Protest Sent Citizens by Ministers in Letter
Three Protestant ministers of Kaukauna, Wis., haTe issued a circular letter to the citizens ot KauUaunii following the publication in the Times of that city of two articles contributed by men one attacking the minister for his activity in politics and the other making a plea for and justifying the parochial school. Both communications attempted to justify the rights of certain peoples against the rights of other peoples on the theory that certain persons have callings that should keep them
from the freedom of intermingling lu public affairs. The first communication referred to was unsigned. It was simply supposed to have been written by a lawyer, resident of a distant state. This lawyer- very laboriously argued for the rights of all, yet, in the beginning said he had "little patience with preachers, and none at all for political preachers." Then at great length he argued for broad thinking and ended by showing that he was the most narrow of
political partisans. He wanted the old system, which he condemned as corrupt, to continue. The second contribution, signed by L. F. Nelson, was plainly either a Roman Catholic plea for the parochial school, else it was written by Someone decidedly ignorant o the Conditions. The editor of the Times graciously accepted the statements as truths and added what weight he could to the affair by heading it as follows : "ENTER PLEA FOR HARMONY
large "infidel organization in this country." We do know that the Masons, Odd Fellows and Pythians make the Holy Bible and its God central in their institutions, and we are informed by men whom we trust, that the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and other great Protestant fraternities also honor the Bible and reverence its God. From the Protestant's point of view there are few infidels in America.
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ROCKPORT KLANSMEN
BUSY, PROGRESSING Incident Shows How Some Roman Catholics Are Awaking to True Facts
SAYS DAUGHERTY SEEKS TO BE SENATOR
Pittsburg Newspaper Hears He Plans This as a Stepping Stone to the Presidency
Rumors Persist in Placing LaFollette at Head of a Third Party
"Parochial Schools Have No Hostility Toward Public Schools" Kvidcntly the Trotestant ministers of Kaukauna could get no hearing
from the editor, for they put their, cause up to the citizens in a signed ! circular letter. The letter, which follows, was signed by the Rev. E. ! T l ... t, ... l?n,r r Vwwt ril '
and the Rev. W. P. Hulen: To the People of Kaukauna: March 20, the Kaukauna Times published an article. "Preacher In Politics." and March 27 an article signed by L. F. Nelson. The Fpilit and phraseology of the first article if such that to thinking people it is a boost to ministers who have made their influence felt Fufliciently to draw fire from the oppoMiieii. Every thinking person knows tiiat the public expects the Christian ministry to lead the way educationally, morally and spiritually, and to do this they must deal with many political and social problems of the hour. The Bible and United States Constitution support this expectation. Wo do not doubt the sincerity
of Mr -JntlKati in his.. article, trot
(Barean Publication and Education) WASHINGTON, D. C, April 12. Washington seems to be getting back
to normalcy, after Congress has put in a solid four months talking without enacting any legislation to speak of. President Coolidge seems to have started a series of breakfast parties, inviting senators and congressmen in small groups to eat bacon and eggs, pancakes and maple syrup in the White House. It is rumored that after the breakfast is over the president takes the invited guests out in the back yard and shows them Teddy's Big Stick in his efforts at speeding up legislation on Capitol Hill.
Whatever Is done in the way of legislation must be done in the next two months if Congress is to adjourn before the political conventions are held in June. There is talk now that it will be impossible
io adjourn oeiore me national con- i .
ventions are held and that Congress will be obliged to return to Washington and spend at least a portion
of the hat summer here. President i
Coolidge is making no plans for going away and rather expects to be here most ot the summer. That will mean a recess of a few weeks in
June to permit members of Congress to attend both conventions and then return to Washington to finish-jip the job they have neglected to do in the last four months.
ROCKPORT. Ind., April 12. Klansmen of this community burned a large cross Thursday night of last
week, and attracted a large gathering. At the last meeting of the organization a large attendance was present, and some sick requests were attended to by the appointment of committees with authority to act. A secretary was elected to fill the vacancy because of resignation. The routine business was transacted in the usual efficient manner. A number of members were present from the country, having driven fifteen or twenty miles over bad roads to attend.
. Anincident, showing the attitude of some Roman Catholics regarding
The Fiery Cross came up recently. The writer met a Roman Catholic who spoke of the activities of the Knights of the Ku Klax Klan. He told of having read The Fiery Cross, and his comment was a surprise to the writer. He said that his friends (Catholics) all seemed to be getting the publication, and he remarked that he could find nothing in it that the average Roman Catholic could
take exception to. The writer then had an opportunity to tell this nian that the Klan wa3 not fighting Roman Catholics. That it was the papal system at Rome, the attempt of the Vatican to rule the American schools, American politics and other American institutions that the Americans were objecting to. The writer urged the Roman Catholic to continue to read The Fiery Cross and see that his friends got a chance to read it. Klankraft truly is growing in this community.
PERSECUTION IS SEEN IN ARREST OF YOUTH ON CARLISLE STREET
PITTSBURG, April 12. The Post printed the following: "Prominent Republicans of Ohio thoroughly versed in the politics of
that state are authority for the statement that Harry M. Daugherty, former United States attorney-general, is nursing ambitions to be first, United States senator, and second, president of the United States. They insist Daugherty already has mapped out a program with, this end in view and is promoting it with all the energy of his admitted dynamic nature. According to this information, Daugherty is not so much interested in who obtains the Republican nomination for president as he is in the
selection of a vice-presidential candidate. For the latter position, it
is said Daugherty is advancing, under cover, Senator Frank L. Willis, of Ohio. The nomination of Willis would leave a vacancy in Ohio's representation in the senate, and Daugherty, so the story runs, has his eye on this seat. "Ohio Republican leaders charge that Daugherty is seeking a candidate for governor of the Buckeye state who will agree, if successful, to appoint the former attorney-general to the vacancy created by advancement of Willis to the vice-presidency."
Rex Ennis Accused of Carrying Concealed Weapon Held on Bond Freed in Court
Son of Man Whom Prosecutor Sus
pects of Being Klan Organizer Threats Against Him Heard
ha was released on bonds of $100 Immediately. At the trial two days later, he was found not guilty in the magistrate's court. Klansmen here say Foster Cos might spend his time to better advantage by swearing out warrants against the numerous bootleggers that infest this county and city. It is not difficult for the thirsty to get all the moonshine they wish, providing, of course, they have the money. In fact the moonshiners
seem to be so sure of the future of their business that few questions are asked concerning the official connections of the person seeking a drink.
rival meetings, welcomed the visitors and the congregation greeted them with "Onward, Christian" Soldiers," as they entered the church. At the close of the services a donation was presented by one of the Klansmen to the minister in charge.
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CARLISLE, Ky., April 14. The length to which public officials will go in an effort to injure the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, in case these officials are prejudiced against the Klan, was vividly shown here recently when a young man giving the name of Rex Ennis, and his home as Paris, Ky., near here, was arrested charged with carrying concealed weapons. The warrant charging the offense was sworn out by Foster Cox, commonwealth attorney,
an avowed enemy of the Klan. From what can be learned here.
the principal offense against Ennis, disregarding entirely the offense charge in the warrant, is that he happens to be the son of Rex Ennis, Sr., of Paris, who is said to be an organizer for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. While it is not definitely known here that Mr. Enni3 is an organizer of the Klan, it is rumored that he is assigned by the Klan to this county in addition to Bourbon county, of which Paris is the county it is charged, has declared "he would get Ennis," and last week
issued a warrant for the arrest of
the son, who happened to be in this city with his father. Ennis, Jr., was
sitting in a machine talking to a taxicab driver when the police ap
peared and told him they held a warrant for his arrest. He submitted to arrest quietly and was searched for the supposed deadly weapon. The gun the prosecutor swore he had in his possession was not found oh his person, but the warrant was served and Ennis was taken to jail, where
Klansmen Welcomed at Revival ORESTES, Ind., April 12. Sixty Klansmen attended the revival services at the First Baptist church Sunday evening. The Rev. Mr. Highbarger, who is conducting the re-
Lived 101 Ye&rs Without Doctor or Use of Medicine FREEPORT, III., April 12. Mrs. Helen Eichstadt, 101 years old, who never consulted a physician until two weeks before her death, died at her home in Orangeville. Her vision waa perfect until three years ago. She attributed her long life to "the will of God." Four children, eighteen grandchildren, thirty-four great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren, survive.
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religiously upon the basis of the Protestant church. Sixteen millions think religiously upon the basis of the Roman Catholic church. Three millions think religiously upon the basis of the Jewish creed. The fundamentals in these three systems of religion ore so different the chasm which separates them can never be bridged. This lias ever been a Protestant country with Protestant ideals which honor the Bible as the sufficient guide in faith and life: at the same time it has ever guaranteed to every person the right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience. The basis of that religious freedom is in a complete separation
of church and state. No person can produce authorized statistics to show that sixty millions of people do not "patronize" the churches in the United ' States. Protestant churches do not make membership and church attendance a saving ordinance, so we find a very larjce per cent of the eighty millions of Protestants In the United States, while not members of the churches, are affiliated with a Protestant church in pome way and support its movements, though they do not regularly attend its services. None of the great Protestant churches and Protestant fraternities are anti-Roman Catholic and nnti-parorhial school. These mighty institutions are emphatically pro-Protestant and pro-American public school system and in the spirit ot Americanism believe
the public school is the cradle of American freedom and permanency of this government. The Protestant churches and fraternities believe the Bible should be in every school and that the teacher In the public Rchools should by both precept and example impart a strong moral and religious influence upon the youth without teaching the creed of any church. There Is no objection to parents baviog their private home training and churches having parochial school training for children of early age, and that from those linen of training the youth pass Into the regular grades . of the public school upon regular examination, but there is an emphatic objection to making any privateer parochial school a part ot our public school system, and to permit persons In religious professional varh to inject the Influence of their church into the public school. The Protestant churches and Protestant fraternities have led the way in every forward movement of vital religious and moral training. These great institutions have not only indorsed every forward movement for boys and girls, bnt hare in the last fire years launched several mighty movements making suitable provision for young people nntil they reach their maturity. We do not know of a single
Taking Up Tax Bill . The Senate has up the tax reduction bill, the 'Mellon plan and others It is predicted that there will be not less than three weeks spent in this discussion in the upper braneh of
Congress. At the same time the Senate finance committee is working away on a bonus bill and that is expected to follow the tax bill. Senator Pepper, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, seems to have seasoned the approaching campaign with some hot stuff in his recent Maine speech which the Democrats are insisting was intended as a keynote speech. And also with his introduction this week ot a resolution asking the president to call another international conference or a world court. The Democrats have hopped onto both propositions with both feet and are making things lively for the Pennsylvania senator and the Republican party in general. This is
going to be a warm campaign all right. The people can make up their minds on that point right now. Third Party Specter The report is gaining ground that
the country is going to have a third party this year and that Senator LaFollette is to be its head. That spells danger fer-the Republicans in Wisconsin, Minnesota, the two Dakotas and possibly in Nebraska and Iowa. There is no getting away from the
fact that the Democratic party is now in a strategic position. All it lacks is leadership. There are so many Democratic candidates and the party is split up into so many crowds and factions that it has troubles of its own. That fact might possibly siive the day for the Republicans.
It is now looking around among its timber for the purpose of finding
some one man who can stir the emo
tions of the people, capture the delegates and run away with the Democratic nomination. But it is conceded in Washington by well-informed people that the party right now lacks big leadership and that it is necessary to find that leadership if success is to be gained at the polls in November.
LOS ANGELES, April 12. A rad
ical departure from the old type of jails with heavy bars and dark, ill-
ventilated cells marks the new units of the Lincoln Heights jail under
construction here. With few excep f
I tions there will be no bars to mar i the appearance of the buildings, I which will resemble private dwelli ings.
Chief of Police August Vollmer is
responsible for the barless prison. He will observe the psychological effect of cheery surroundings on inmates. Abundant exercise and fresh air are provided for in the new quarters. Men capable of working will have an opportunity to do so "and will be paid at the rate of $2 a djfi
New building permits filed in March called for the expenditure of
$318,926,000 for new construction, ac
cording to records compiled by Dun's Review. The total compares with
$248,412,100 reported in February and with $292,940,800 reported in March of last year. The record for the last month, according to the Review, is "a notably favorable exhibit," inasmuch as the March total for 1923 was considered an exceptionally large total at the time. The further expansion recorded last month is, of course, a seasonal development, but it is added, prices for
various, materials are lower-tban for
I hecerregponding. petiod last-year.
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Wins Fight Against Husband to Have Her Hair Bobbed
NEW YORK. April 12. Mrs, Stella Iskro, wife of Stephen Iskre, of 2 Sisson Court, Bayonne, has applied to .Recorder William J. Cain In the police court here for permission to hob her hair. It came attbut in this way: Mrs. Iskre, who is 22 years
old, told her 25-year-old husband
that she intended to have her hair bobbed. She toW the court he beat her and threatened to do It again if she persisted 1n going to a beauty parlor. So she came at once to the court to have legal sanction for her haircut and to prevent her husband from carrying out his. threat. "Every woman, married or single, has a right to have her hair bobbed," said the recorder. "It is the same right that a man has to grow a heard or let his hair grow long without
asking permission-' of his wife. Having told Mrs. Iskre of her legal rights he warned her husband not to interfere with her style of hair. Husband and wife left the court room together.
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