Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1924 — Page 2
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T HE FI E B Y C R OS 9 FridayMay 2, 1924
Here and There in Klandom
CAMBRIDGE, O. Fifty women of th Ku Klux Klan of Guernsey county attended the funeral service of Mrs. Emma Miller, of Buffalo, 0. Services were held at the church, and burial--t the local cemetery, where the Klanswomen had full chiirge. A huge floral cross was presented by six Klanswomen at the home, and during the march an American flag was held at each end of the casket. Mrs. Miller leaves a husband, four sons and three daughters.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. Announcement has been made by Major E. D. Smith, one of the New York state
incorporators of the Klan, that a
temple will be erected in Binghamton at a cost of $85,000. Plans are
being prepared, two sites are under consideration and work will be
utarted this spring. The Klan or
ganlzer said the building will be financed entirely by local Klansmen and will be purely local in character.
recommended that a committee be appointed and proper plans made for the carrying out of the provision. The petition stated that the state superintendent of public instruction
had given it as her opinion that reading of the Bible, without comment, was not a violation of any constitutional provision in regard to sectarian teaching.
WICHITA, Kas. The Kansas Fiery Cross is credited with having dis
covered a frameup "to get" Sheriff
Chester A. Conner because he con
ducted a liquor raid at the home of E. V. Schoor, a prominent citizen, recently. This investigation followed the charges -el- the Wichita Beacon, anti-Klan paper, that Sedgwick county did not have a night matron at the county jail.
SCHOOL MUST OPEN TO UNVACCMTED Illinois Supreme Court Rales Objectors May Attend Classes
JOHNSON DEFENDS JAP EXCLUSION ACT
Orientals Challenge Sovereignty on America, Immigration Committee Chairman Says "
WATERLOO, la Seven members of the local unit, Knights ot the Ku Klux Klan, visited the Northminster Presbyterian church Sunday and presented the Rev. M. G. Court with a large silk American flag. Mr. Court Is foreign born and can not join the organization, but has been doing effective work in its behalf. He preached a sermon baaed on the 12th chapter of Romans.
WAYNE, W. Va. An ordained
Baptist minister, only 17 years old, was initiated into the Junior Klan order. This is the first and youngest minister ever ta"ken into the order. He is a student in the local high school and is an enthusiastic Klan worker.
KAI'KAINA, Wis. Recent articles appearing in the Kaukauna News, concerning ministers in politics, has only caused the Protestant people to wake to the fact that they have some real live ministers in this city and these same people are getting behind the churches. It has also helped the Klan obtain many new members and has had the sup
port morally and financially of some of the best men In Kaukauna. Kaukauna, like some other cities, is under Roman Catholic control except in case of the mayor.
OAKLAND, Cal. Eight local Klans within a radius of twenty miles in the Bay district will join in a demonstration on May 3, when they expect to initiate more than 2,000 candidates. It will take place in a natural amphitheater in the hills above Berkeley. This promises to be one of the largest ceremonials yet given.
APPLETON. Wis Lawrence Col-
REDDING. Cal. The politicians and those opposed to the doctrines of the Ku Klux Klan were amazed to see a burning cross Tecently. This was the first demonstration in Shasta county and was preceded by an initiation of members into the order. The cross was lighted in the S. P. yards as a large theater crowd was leaving for home.
SHAWNEE, Okla. A relief committee, organized by the Ku Klux Klan. is working hand in hand with the Red Cross and the American
, ... tiuu in a sain l. iiifs vivuiun Ji lege is keeping up with other col-; recentlv hit
CHICAGO, April 26 "Vaccination is not a condition precedent to the
right of a child to attend a public school and can not be made such condition either by a board of education or a board of health," affirms the Illinois Supreme Court in a decision just handed down. The court adds, "The superintendent or other officers may not arbitrarily exclude from the schools a child who has not been vaccinated and refuses to be vaccinated." The common practice of health board officials in this state and else
where, of declaring a local epidemic
on - flimsy pretexts and causing
wholesale vaccination of school chil
dren is rebuked in the supreme court's decision. On the basis of two cases of "chicken pox," a former Chicago health commissioner had written the superintendent of schools that there was smallpox in the school in question, adding: As this was in a highly-contagious stage of the disease, and the large number of exposures makes a localized epidemic of smallpox in this vicinity quite possible, I
respectfully request that you ask the principal of this school to exclude from school for eighteen days from date of hospitalization all teaphers and pupils who are not protected by a successful vaccination, unless they consent to be vaccinated at once.
Of the facts in the case the court
notes: "The two children who were sick lived at a considerable distance from the plaintiff in error (13-year-
old Lester G. Burroughs), who did
not know. The physicians who at
tended them testified that they were
suffering from chicken pox and not
smallpox. A few days later the health inspector placed a chicken pox sign on the house in which they lived."
D. A. R. WOULD SEVER DRY FORCE, POLITICS Unanimous Vote - Favors. Ridding Prohibition Personnel of Partisanship
by a tornado.
WASHINGTON, April 25. "Our right to say who shall live among us and be one of as has been challenged, and our nation has been threatened with 'grave conse
quences,' " Albert Johnson (Rep.) ,
representative from Washington, told
the congress of Daughters of the American Revolution last Friday in advocacy of Japanese exclusion. The delegates had decided to hear the sponsor of the immigration legislation before, taking any definite stand
on the situation. Mr. Johnson, styling his bill a "newdeclaration of independence," added: "The Congress is in progress of passing a restrictive immigration act, under the terms of which the United States ends forever the idea
that it Is the asylum for the op
pressed of the world. This step has become necessary. We are about to require examination of Immigrants
overseas. This is to end misery and
hardships and is also for the welfare
of the United States. "We are about to reconstruct Ellis Island. This is an effort to give the limited number who may come under our 2 per cent of 1890 quota act a little better reception at the front door than others have received in the past. "We are about to end an arrangement which is not part of a treaty, and which has caused endless misunderstanding between bur people and those of a friendly nation in the Far East. We are not abrogating a
treaty. If we desired to do that our government would give the required
six months' notice. By agreement immigration from Japan is Regulated by Japanese. I say to
Who Is Who, and Why?
WASHINGTON, April 19. The Daughters ot the American Revolution went on, record unanimously this morning in favor of urging all patriotic citizens to obey the consti
tution, including the eighteenth amendment, basing their action on the axiom that respect for law and law enforcement Is essential to the perpetuity of the nation. In line with the resolution made by Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant
attorney-general, the organization went on record as favoring legislation to take the prohibition personnel oat of politics. Before the vote was taken a delegate from Wisconsin obtained the floor and stated that "inasmuch as so many distinguished men are members of the A. A. P. A. no action
should be taken without a rising
vote."
"What is the A. A. P. A.?" in
quired Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook,
president-general- Her ignorance of
the meaning of , the initials was shared by many. When it was ex
plained that they stood for the Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment, there was a call of
"Question!" and the assembly rose to its feet. No one rose when those opposed were asked to stand, and Mrs. Cook declared the resolution
unanimously adopted.
man who lost his home by fire.
j Citizens in this community are now
leges throughout America and pro- i
ducine her share of Klansmen. A
rect-nt attack on the Klan through! 5BEljLEVUE raTne Bellevue the columns of the Appleton Post ; n ., v avn tn , nInrBrI
rrsirm, hm,ti-t:um in 1111115111(5 " ,
many loyal Americans to the organ-
izanon. i .r arai riauu, i-. ; wondering if this organization is also made a few remarks against the , anti.nogro as its cnemies have so Klan. saying he was requested to do omU proclaime(1. no. but by whom, he did not mention. I)r. Plantz admitted there were sev- ABERDEEN, O. A huge cross oral points in connection with the ; burned from a large hill near Klan that he did not understand. he,.e April 19 It an t.xtraorThe students have offered a chal-, ((inarv sjght and created much inlengc to him to permit the entire terest" Tllia ls tne beginning of
school to listen to a national lec- j SprinK activities ot the Klan in turor who will tell the truth about Aberdeen.
time he will aeeept.
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the church, two abreast, circled the
interior, and as they passed the pulpit dropped contributions into the collection plates. It is said that
more than $500 was given to the
by the Klansmen. The
TOMAH. Wis. The public schools
were c losed on Good niiay, dui h h
were not closed In commemoration j church is coriQUcting a campaign to m W lfMAvhM hint ViH ft tt ' 1 ' no. .
erect a new building and the con
of Washington s birthday. me
schools again were closed because of a priest's funeral and even the home gnard9 were called out In full uniform for the occasion.
The Hearst newspapers are running Papini's "Life of Christ" story as a serial feature and speak of it
as the greatest contribution to the religious literature of a century. Many ministers have indorsed this story and all seem to forget what this Italian writer, Papini, said about Protestants, Protestantism and our
own beloved America. No writer in all history has been more severe and nasty in his criticisms than Papini. He ought to be kept out of America forever and his writings not circulated in this country after the horrible things he said about this country and its Protestant people. It all goes to show the spirit of Papini and his lack of love both for our country and Protestantism. The papers that defend him and circulate his stuff demonstrate that they are of Paplnfs views and bitter op
ponents of the Protestant church.
you that no nation can or will com
promise its sovereignty. Not to compromise is to prevent war. It is the pride of our country that on great nationality issues the Congress has always abandoned party lines and
risen to patriotic heights. "Our new immigration law ls writ-! ten for all who are now within the United States. For all who come under the protection of our great constitution, which begins with the magnificent words of the preamble, 'We, the people of the United States'; people not citizens. We are all the children of immigrants, and our ifew immigration bill as written makes it clear that it makes no difference
whether our ancestors came on the
Mayflower or whether they missed the first boat. "Now that real restrictive Immigration legislation is assured, our next step is the development of real Americanization."
FORD'S ROAD GAINS
Representatives of minority stockholders of the Detroit, Toledo and
Ironton Railroad, controlled by
Henry Ford, were ia conference with the representatives of the automobile manufacturer . before the annual meeting, in Detroit on Monday. The official report of the company made public showed net income of $1,417,036, compared with a deficit of $1,013,742 in 1922. This is equivalent to $17.21 a share on the preferred and common stocks, as both share alike after 4 per cent has been paid
on both issues.
Sergeant Dalton in his MonroeWinnfield (La.) Weekly is starting a fight against fire with fire. Agitation has been started in Louisiana to force the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to file a list of its membership twice a year with the secretary of state. To meet this agitation Sergeant Dalton proposes the following : "When the next session of the legislature convenes every member of
the legislature who is a member of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
should present a bill before that body
asking that every secret organization operating in the state of Louisiana
file with the secretary of state twice each year, a list of their membership.
"This bill should cover every or
ganization in the state, not only the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, but the B'nai B'rith, Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Jesuits, all Roman Catholic, Italian,
German and every -negro organiza
tion now operating in the state of Louisiana. The people will then
have a chance to see who is who and
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
will grow like a prairie fire.
"When all this 'press stuff started about the anti-Klan bill, making the Klan file its membership With the secretary of state, the Roman
Catholic hierarchy thought they had
struck a master stroke, but the bill
will react and they will suffer when
it is passed.
"I believe the Klan will go the
antl element one stronger and help to pass a law prohibiting the use of the mask by any one at any time for
any purpose. There's nothing secret about the Klan any longer so far as
the Klan ls concerned. The only
one now worrying about the Klan ia the little wrinkle-faced fellow on the Tiber. He feels himself slipping. There's not a chance for his hierarchy longer to contror the American government. The American people are awaking and are joining the Klan by the thousands. Yes, let's have the legislature pass a bill "unmasking" every organization ia the state. WHEN THEY ARE UN
MASKED, THE KLAN WON'T NEED
THE MASK.
'I believe the Klan would hava
done away with the mask long ago.
if it just hadn t been for the class of people calling for the removal of it.
"When a law is passed in this state
compelling every organization in the
state to file a list of its membership it WILL BE A KLAN VICTORY.
"LET'S SEE WHO IS WHO AND
WHY."
ADMITS HE'S BOOTLEGGER
Mike Melisch, of East St. Louis,
is the only prisoner ever brought into
Justice Wangelin's court at Belleville who admitted that he is a boot
legger. Melisch is held a prisoner in the county' jail under bond ot $4,000 on charges of manufacturing liquor, possessing a still and possessing liquor. He is held for the St. Clair County Court. Melisch was arrested following' a raid by deputy sheriffs. ' He told the justice that, besides manufacturing illicit liquor, n worked in the plant of tne Aluminum Ore Company in East St. Louis.
More than 48 per cent of the total stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad are women.
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tribution of the Klansmen was to help in the drive.
DANVILLE, 111. Charles Berger, proprietor of a roadhouse in Williamson county and recently fined $3,500 and sentenced to eighteen
months in jail for violation ot tne prepare a 8trong bill and do their
CLARENDON, Ark. The local Klan of Clarendon has gone on record as favoring a movement to bring Arkansas to the front educationally.
Recently a strong resolution was
passed calling on our legislators to
Mme. Vera Sergine, eminent French actress, will build her own theater so that she can act plays of her own choice.
There . is evidence that the Cath olics threaten Oooikffo an?' McAdob with defeat if these patriotic servants ot America do not drseiose their attitude toward the Ku Klux Klan and. In effect, bow to the Pope. This is made clear in a long editorial in the Baltimore Catholic Review. But, in spite of bate, the signs are that these men will not be moved by menaces or blame. If we
may judge of their past, we shall say that they will hew to the lines' of their individual conceptions of duty.
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cmionai jw anu Bruu-uceu o D,A. tion specified particular points to
more months in jail on his plea of guilty to charges of possessing and
selling liquor
NEW YORK. Federal Judge Winslow has sentenced Vincenzo Sclacca to the Atlanta penitentiary for six years after conviction on an Indictment charging the illegal sale of heroin. The severe sentence, the prosecuting attorney said, was due to the fact that the convict had a long criminal record.
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CLEVELAND. Charles Foy, former dry raider for a justice of the peace here, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary by Common
Picas Judge Alvin Pearson after a jury had found him to be guilty of taking money under false pretenses. He is alleged to have accepted $289 from Joseph King to "lix" a liquor law violation.
DETROIT. Enforcement of prohibition will be tightened with jail terras for lirst offenders, Delos (J. Smith, I'nited States attorney, announces. He will urge on federal judges here a general increase in rigidity of punishment, he announced, requesting that no offender be freed with line alone.
MARYSVILLE, e-On April 16 about fifty Klansmen marched into the school board meeting of the Allen township school and presented
Mr. Barker, superintendent of the school, who is going to leave that school as soon as the term is closed this year, with a silk flag for his own use for the work he has done in the principles of Christianity and to uphold the Constitution of Amer
ica. He was greatly pleased. A flag was then presented to the president of the school board for the use of the school. The next morning the flag floated from the school house staff. The school board appreciated the gift and thanked the Klansmen. A cross was burned in front ot the school house.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. Mar-
eel Moreau has announced that he DALLAS, Ore. Klansmen from all hag ound a waT 0f harnessing the parts of the state were represented i , heat He deeiared that, work-
in one of the largest parades ever;
ing from experiments credited to
BUtced in the county s ut of Polk j ,., an,, he had mur
county. One of the features of this j ceeded jB devislng a combination of
huge parade that caused many ex
clamations of praise was the beautiful electric fiery cross, mounted on the radiator of the Grand Dragon's machine. After the parade a public Initiatory ceremony of a large class of candidates was held at the Dalian fairgrounds. It was estimated that more than 3,000 people were at the grounds, an enormous crowd for
the comparative size of the" town and county. GRAFTON, W. Va. The Women of the Ku Klux Klan of Taylor county are rapidly gaining strength and members. They recently visited a Sunday evening service of the
United Rrethren church and presented the pastor with a substantial purse. Their influence Is being felt In Grafton and Taylor county.
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Moreau says he has producedlth his machine heat sufficient to melt a diamond and cause it to disappear as gas.
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BILLINGS, Mont. Several hundred citizens interested in reading the Bible in the schools, presented a petition to the school board. After some discussion-the board went on record In favor of such action and
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