Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1924 — Page 1
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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 F 41 LURE TO SERVE THE PURPOSE" VOLUME III, NUMBER 27 INDIANAPOLIS, IND., FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS,
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Dynamit
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ARMED THUGS nF.PIITI7.F.n RY
CITY OFFICERS!1 mmi
w mmm is HELD IN DETROIT
Elkhart Aliens Block Civic Move . i. , i . . .
STKEKT LIMITS Tl'KEI 01 T j JBJIEN PAKAOE STAKTS y i v. ii y moss A(;km"s stoke j WKEl'kEl) AM) Til AY KLIN (J
RLANSMEN RESCUE GIRL FROM CATHOLIC INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
KIPKISEN TAT1VK roil soi.niTiNi; tions
A K It K ST LI); sritsi kip-!
Major Consents to Pnraile li' Lino 1' March Doesn't Pass enrer Than ;i Mock 01 Ho in an Church (.resit Meeting Is Held With 20,000 Visitors Present Marchers I!etcivp Tremendous Applause as They I'ass Tlirouuli Streets Several Hundred Initiated.
15.0OO MEN I'HKSE NT AND CLASS OK MOKE THAN 1,000 IS INITIATED
Program Includes Splendid Address, Fireworks, Music by Band and Quartet
Writ of Habeas Corpus Ignored and Force to Obtain Prisoner Was Necessary
Tennessee Case Shows Jfotv Far Rights Are Overridden hy Persons Determined on Certain Plans
REFUSE TO ACCEPT KLAN ASSISTANCE
COMMUNITY QUOTA DRIVE TAILS BECAUSE OF LIES CIRCULATED BY FACTIONS
ROMAN PROPAGANDA IS REACTING ON THE PRODUCERS OF FILMS
(By a Staff Correspondent)
DETROIT, Mich.. April 28. Fif- ! teen thousand rod-blooded American j citizens gathered in a large field j north of the city Saturday night at a meeting of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan which lasted until late
LOOGOOTEE, Intl., April 28. into the night. The town authorities of Loo- Tne meeting w the second out- . , o. . i door affair ot the season lor the gootee set the stage Saturday , 1(X.al Klan and a t.,aBS ot (.anaidates lor a repetition Ot the Lilly, 1 numbering more than 1,000 was Pa., affair, when a Klan parade I initiated into the order. W HS attacked bv a mob and two! Automobiles started to pour into ,, " i -ii i t 4.u 'the big field as earlv as 4:. 10 o clock Or three men Were killed by the Vrnoon and Klan guards alien element ot Lilly a lew; at00,i al)0llt tL,n foet apart along the Weeks ago. The LoOgOOtee two fences where the roads bordered street lights were turned off! the field. ;cf ..K ,lnno at 1 illv anrli A large display of fireworks at-
J i t'i .V i ivT " u -1 tracted tire attention of many autoprobably the only thing that mo,)ilists ana the roads about the prevented a repetition Of the! field yere jammed to the extent that Lilly mob violence was the fact I traffic was almost impossible. that so manv hundreds of ! n took at least thirty minutes to . .1 i form the candidates m front of the Klansmen were present that ' imprompttt aiUr. larg8 was the the 80 per cent of Roman rest : ciass, and while the formation was dents of LoogOOtee were aweu . taking place, a large band played and afraid to start trouble;. '"Onward, Christian Soldiers," while , the vast crowd cheered. With this situation conlronting the Klansmen, they formed a parade two i Beautiful Niijht Scene miles long at the edge of the city! The night scene was wonderful to and inarched bravely through the behold, with the long rows of Klansdarkened streets unmolested, with, (Continued on page 3) ringing applause greeting them all i :
along the line. Probably no demonstration in the history of Indiana lias ever Hiinvn more spirited de
termination. The success of the! meeting was absolutely assured a ', few days after the Klansmen an-j lioiineed their intention two weeks j ago of holding an outdoor meeting, because of the action of the Loo-! j:ootee city council in passing an ' m (finance to prohibit a parade of;
Klansmen. Class Legislation j This ordinance was so evidently' XKWPORT, Ky April 2S.-KIans-class legislation that the authorities i men of Newport, Cincinnati and of Loogootee probably had no idea of : other cities on the river on both the ,....,,h.,.. t ,.rr,.e if hnt rmors'Ohio and Kentucky sides are plan-
reaching Indianapolis a few days ago that -ltd thugs were being sworn , In as deputies to pre-wsnt the meet- j lug caused a delegation of officers ' of the Klan to visit Mayor Browning,1 Horn. in (Vtholic. and protest against J tin- city authorities taking the stand i
In an effort to prevent Americans
holding
American city. Among the rumors spread in the towns and cities in the neighborhood of Loogootee was one that an offier of the town had issued an order to the deputies "to shoot to kill any man in Klan uniform whoattempted to leave any train arriving in Loogootee." This story was taken up with Mayor Browning by the of(Continued on Page 5)
JONESBORO, Tenn., Ajiril 26. Bessie Karle, a pretty, vivacious girl of 14 years, has been rescued from the clutches of Catholicism by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan on a writ of habeas" corpus, tried before
Judge Dave Vine. The parents of the girl are estranged, and the mother, a drug addict, swore out a warrant before the juvenile court of Knoxville for her arrest on a charge
Klan Organization Now Offers line $2,500 If Account Keeps Report on Expenditures
to
argued by counsel, was two ways out of jurisdiction since it was obtained in one county for a resident of another county, and served by an officer of still another county. The warrant was served at night while the girl was performing her act in her father's show, a musical comedy. This show, as well' as the
girls associated, were conceded by all witnesses to be entirely decent (Continued on page 5)
Protestants Tire of Seeing
Nuns, - Priests and Hospitals Being Flaunted in Faces
Aroused by Picturing Protestant Ministers in Churches Continually In Disagreeable Light
KLAN OFFERS
$2,000REWARD FOR ARRESTS
BEATING OF TWO KLANSMEN IN
CINCINNATI HAS AROUSED ORDER ALL OVER U. S.
MAN IN PRIEST
ATTIRE FIGHTS POLICEMAN
RESIDENTS OF SOUTH SIDE
3IUCII WROUGHT UP OVEB DRUNKEN MAN'S ACTIONS ATTACKS 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND KICKS SMALL BOY FIGHTS WITH BOY'S FATHER WHO COMES TO RESCUE BIG CROWD GATHERS
JENNINGS COUNTY 3PNI0R KLAN BUSY
CAMPBELL COUNTY WOMEN PLAN AFFAIR
Cincinnati, Newport and Other River Cities to Send Delegations to Alexandria
NORTH VERNON, Ind., April 26.
The men and women of the Ku Klux Klan, together with the Junior organization, presented an 8x12 flag to the Scipio High School. A brief talk on "The Beginning of This Country" was given, which was acknowledged with much applause. The Juniors are making extensive
preparations for a large outdoor festival within the near future.
Klansmen and Klanswomen will be invited to take part and the Junior band and quartet will provide an interesting entertainment . Jennings county Juniors are grateful to one of the. leading business men who presented them with a large flag. Now that the baseball season is on. the Juniors are organizing a team and expect to play several big games this summer.
(Special to The Fiery Cross)
ELKHART, Ind., April 26. Because of sinister influences
at work in the Heart of Elk
hart Club the community chest
drive has failed to reach its
quota of $39,000. This situa
tion is brought about by the refusal of a faction in the Heart of- Elkhart Club to accept contributions from Klansmen through the Klan organization. The alien hatred for everything American showed its hy-
drahead a tew weeks ago, a short time after the drive was started.
So pernicious .were the stories circulated against Klansmen that a hurried call sent to A. H. Berd8ley. who California, to return to Elkhart to take Charge of the drive. R. E. Proctor, a Roman Catholic attorney, seems to have been the faction leader instigating the fight against the Klansmen. (Continued on page 5)
(Bureau Publication and Education)
WASHINGTON, April 26. The Protestant Americans, and this takes in the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, are getting their dander up over the way the motion picture people of the country have been putting over things on them in the moving picture films shown every day and night in the picture houses of the country. The Bureau of Publication and
Education has had something to say on this subject before and favorable
reaction is beginning. It has come to a point where the Protestants of America are getting together and standing together on this question in a united way. And it's about time, for it seems that the producers of these films have gone to seed on non-Protestant propaganda and have taken rather a delight in portraying life in a one-sided view, which is favorable to Roman Catholics and
(Continued on page 3)
Police Have Failed to Make Head way Too Many Cases of This Kind Not Prosecuted
Drunken Man Known to Neighbors as Priest Manning, Gives Name of E. J. Burns at Police Station Fights With Policeman When Atrested But Is Worsted in Pitch Battle Gives Address as 845 Greer Street City Directory Lists Same Address Under Name of Manning,
(By Staff Correspondent)
CINCINNATI, O., April 26. As
two members of the Ku Klux Klan
who were kidnapped and thrown
from a speeding machine after having been beaten by thugs numbesed among those opposed to the American organization, are slowly recovering from the wounds received at the hands of their assailants, every effort is being made to apprehend those responsible for the outrage. These efforts have been spurred by
the posting of a $2,000 reward by the local Klan. The names of the victims have been withheld, although local papers have carried pictures of the two men showing the condition in which they were found after having been lashed
and thrown from the automobile (Continued on page 5)
InTRAYIS GUILTY F
FMUDrJ
Second Edition of Tvlansman's Creed Ready A second edition of the Klansman's Creed is now off the press and is available for Klansmen who were unable to be supplied with copies of the creed from the first edition. Thousands of the creeds were mailed out from-this office and the supply was found inadequate to meet the demand. In ordering a creed be sure to print the name and address plainly. The price, postage paid by this office, is 10 cents a copy.
Warren T. McCray, governor of
Indiana, was found guilty Monday
afternoon by a federal court jury of
the charge of using the mails in a scheme to defraud. The verdict was reached thirteen minutes after the
jury retired. He was ordered held
in jail overnight and sentence is expected to be pronounced Wednesday morning. Federal authorities do not expect
the governor's attorneys to appeal the decision, and, it is said they expect to leave Thursday morning with their prisoner for the federal prison at Atlanta. The maximum sentence provided for the offense charged against the governor is five years. McCray's resignation as governor was expected momentarily Tuesday afternoon.
$1,000 TO A CHURCH
400 Men and Women of the Klan, Accompanied by Band, Attend Dedication
ning to send large delegations to the j celebration the Women of the Klan j are to hold at the Alexandria fair- j grounds, Friday afternoon and eve-1 ning, May P.O. I
The affair is being arranged strictly by the Women of the Klan, but Klansmen, Juniors and ail others interested in the Klan movement are
Education 's Fight for Recognition
InXiteracy and Education the United States Stands Tenth Among Civilized Nations.
The program planned is an exceptionally interesting one. Some noted speakers -are to be present and addresses of great interest are promised. Refreshments are to be served and the women have paid particular attention to the musical features. Alexandria is twelve miles south of Newport on a fine state highway. Parking space for hundreds of automobiles is available at the grounds.
Subscription Impostors Active in Indianapolis Friends of The. Fiery Cross should be on the alert when ap- -proached by solicitors for this paper. The attention of this office aas been called to a solicitor representing himself to be one A. W. Starkey and as being employed by The Fiery Cross to solicit subscriptions. We have no agent by this name and the party representng himself to be A. W. Starkey is soliciting subscription money and is not turning the money into this office. Readers who have subscribed through him are requested to mail their receipts to this office and due credit will be given. Reports are being circulated in certain districts to the effect that the new "daily paper The Indianapolis Commercial and The Daily American is to take the place of The Fiery Cross. This statement is a misrepresentation of the facts. We are not connected with The Indianapolis Commercial, the paper which ran a so-called expose of the Klan in December, 1923. The Daily American is sponsored hy Milton Elrod, who was on the staff of The Fiery Cross at the time The Indianapolis Commercial ran the series of anti-Klan articles. Do not be misled by persons who would lead you to believe that there is a combination of papers out of Indianapolis serving the Klan. The Fiery Cross is the state organization paper and favors no faction. The paper Is owned by the state organization, published for the state' organization, and read by members and friends of the state organization. All Fiery Cross agents carry subscription blanks serially numbered. See that your solicitor gives you these receipts.
The United States is unique among the civilized nations of the world in that it fails to recognize education as one of the fundamental interests of the nation. When the president of the United
States calls his cabinet together for conference and advice, agriculture is so recognized. The one concern of the secretary of agriculture is the advancement of the nation's agricultural efficiency. Congress, in 1923, authorized appropriations for the use of the department of agriculture to the amount of $145,500,000. The 192:5 Digest of Appropriations lists
in detail the specific purposes for which this sum was voted by congress. The following are representative: more than a half million was appropriated "for investigating the disease of hog cholera and for its control or eradication by such means as may be necessary either independently or in co-operation with farmers' associations, state or county authorities." Six hundred
thousand dollars was voted "for the payment of indemnities on account of cattle slaughtered in connection with the eradication of tuberculosis from animals." More than a half million was provided "for Investigat
ing the food habits of North American birds and other animals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry" and for similar investigations. Interests Represented
In the president's cabinet, commerce is recognized as a paramount national interest. The secretary of commerce speaks, for the business interests of the nation. Congress, in 1923, appropriated twenty-one million dollars for the work of this de
partment. r When the president's cabinet
meets, one member is present whose
SYNOPSIS OF STERLING-
REED BILL The Education Bill Would 1. Create a Department of Education with a Secretary in the President's Cabinet. 2. Create a National Council of one hundred representative educators and laymen. 3. Encourage the States, by Federal aid, to meet five educational needs of National importance: a. The removal of il literacy ; b. The Americaniza tion of the foreign-born; " c. The promotion of physical education ; d. The training of teachers;
e. The equalization
of educational
opportunities.
sole interest is the welfare of labor. Nearly nine million dollars was provided for the work of the department of labor by congress In 1923. There
was an appropriation of $225,000 "ta
foster, promote, and develop the wel
fare of the wage earners of the United States. The, Bum of $242,000 was appropriated for , the maintenance of a bureau to collect
statistics of peculiar significance to the wage earners of the nation. Why is the federal government so generous in making appropriations for the advancement of the nation's agricultural interests, in assisting in
the solution of the great problems of modern business and industry, and in guarding the welfare of labor-
while at the same time the most niggardly appropriations are made for investigations which would profoundly influence public school practice in the direction of greater efficiency? Is it because the people of the nation fail to appreciate the crucial part played by the public school in a democracy? Those who know the sentiment of the nation would not accept this explanation. Education Not Represented
The answer is found in the organization of our federal government. Commerce and industry have a voice in the nation's government. Herbert Hoover constantly keeps the welfare and the problems of the nation's great business interests be
fore the president and his cabinet. When the secretary of commerce discusses the nation's business interests, the natiop listens. His prestige and ability command the attention of congress. His recommendations for legislation designed
to advance industry are not lightly passed by. A Wallace and a Davis similarly stand ever ready to speak
for agriculture and sor labor. Education has no such representation. Education is submerged in the department of the interior, which includes a diversity of national interests. Of the 1923 appropriation of $328,000,000 for the department of the interior, $161,990 was for the use of the United States bureau of education as such or less than one (Continued on Page 6)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 27. The ever-growing fact that the Protestant churches are being
brought closer together was clearlv
demonstrated here this afternoon at the dedication of the $60,000 building of the Breden Memorial United Brethren Church, Seventh and Morton streets. During a platform meeting in which Protestant ministers of all denominations took part, 400 men and women of the Ku Klux Klan
headed by a band marched Into the auditorium and presented the minister with a pledge of $1,000. This little church has had a struggle, but met its indebtedness when subscriptions totaling "more than SfiR.nnn
were pledged. A member of the Klan replied to the speech of thanks from the minister of the church and after a few selections by the band the Klansmen filed out. More than 500 persons were unable to get in the church for the ceremony and the people were
packed in the aisles and every available space.
(By "Radio") The neighborhood in the vicinity of Buchanan and Wright streets was the scene of turmoil Sunday afternoon when police arrested a man on the charge of drunkenness after a stirring set-to that involved,
the intimidation of a 14-year-old girl, the kicking of a 12-year-old boy into the gutter, a fight with an irate father and then an attack on the arresting officers which resulted dis
astrously for the t:
The man was slated
tion as E. J. Burns
bguthat
hasv-ithey, Believe, held confess ion s
avenue.
Attention was attracted to. th
man when: he called out-that he was -
out to kill "all the damn Kluxers," say residents close by, but no attempt was made to stop the cursing or to interfere until the man grabbed a youpg girl by the arm who was walking with several others. Girl Is Attacked The girl, fourteen-years-old, tried to break away, but was held by the man who drew money from hia
pocket and put it in her hand. He insisted she accompany him. The girl finally freed herself and a number of persons gathered to protect her. The drunken man immediately turned his attention to a boy close by, and viciously kicked him, -it is alleged by witnesses. The father of the boy, being one ot the witnesses, rushed to the scene and knocked the clerically dressed individual to the
ground. In the mixup the father was struck a vicious blow in the face. According to the witnesses, the drunken man continued cursing and swearing and calling for some one to bring him a gun. "He was continually wanting to fight, and was at all times cursing and shouting that he wanted to kill (Continued on page 3)
Teachers of School No. 54 Deny Story of-Discord 1 1 ' Brookside School No. 54 Indianapolis, Ind., April 2S, 1924. To the Editor of The Fiery Cross. Dear Sir: The undersigned, the full teaching force of School No. 54, demand of you the name or names of the Protestant teachers Vin this building who stated that "they have been -working under a great handicap in keeping the school up to American standards." We wish to state that we are most heartily in accord with Miss McGee and support her at all times in her splendid efforts to Instill the highest ideals of Americanism in the minds of the children ot this district. We further wish to state that the statements concerning this school in the April 23 issue are false, and that those who made such statements have exposed themselves to a very serious charge. We believe this school to be very fortunate in having a corps ot workers who, led by their principal, are trying to maintain the highest standards of co-operation and tolerance which America must sanction if the constitution remains, "s- Signed:
Winifred Clark Helen Aufderheide Mae Parsley Edith Hutcheson Ethel Millikan Anna Torrence Grace Knox Lydia Anstill Florence Brydon Nina G. Sims Hazel C. Ruske Bertha H. Keith Florence Schaub Anna H. Kayser Edna Sonnefteld
F. W. Sumner . May Jane Headley Georgia Kline Mary E. McPheeters Luella Y. Sharitt Catherine Cordon Fay M. Banta -v Georgia C. Heckman Agnes Mahorney Elise O'Connell Mabel Ingles Louise J. Bonar Eleanor Koopman Louise Jane Bonar Addie "Saltmarsh