Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1924 — Page 3

Friday, May 2, 1924

THE FIERY CROSS

ROMAN PROPAGANDA REACTING ON SCREEN

SOME CANDIDATES WHO NEED TO AWARE

(Continued from Page 1) seeks to portray Protestants in a ridiculous and undignified manner. Trotest From Florida The following protest has been sent out officially from Ft. Pierce Klan No. 85, Realm of Florida: Be it Resolved, that Ft. Pierce Klan No. 85, Realm of Florida, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, does hereby go on record as being bitterly and unalterably opposed to the custom of the producers of moving pictures of portraying our Protestant ministers and places of worship in a laughable, undignified way. And, that we only ask Justice and fair play to all, but it is unfair to our Protestant children to be intimidated by a discrimination on religious subjects. And, that we recognize the right of every person to worship as he

may, but we do not recognize the j right of the producers of moving pictures to discriminate against the Protestant religion. And, that we pledge ourselves here and now in a sense of justice to our sacred oath and beliefs, to wage a relentless war qn this practice by referring the matter to out-state organizations with a request to push this matter through the national organization and endeavor in that way to have this disgraceful practice stopped. And if necessary in co-operation with these organizations help effect a movement that will stop it. Itemed Is Coming A nation-wide movement has been started to overcome this one-sided affair. Let the Klansmen fall in behind and help boost for all-American pictures and demand that Roman propaganda be cut out as was done recently in a western state:

Seipio Men Either Ignorant of Klan Principles or Are Mis- ' led by Alien Forces

TANNER REVEALS CHURCH SECRETS

Former Roman Catholic Priest Speaks to Audience of 1,500 Men in Church at Latonia

SCIPIO, Ind., April 28. Below is a sworn statement of seven candidates of Bartholomew county who desire publically to go on record as running on anti-Klan tickets in. the coming election: State of Indiana, Bartholomew County, ss: We, ; e undersigned candidates on the Republican primary ticket, under oath, desire to publicly go on record as never having been affiliated with, or never having been a member of, a secret organization, known as the Ku Klux Klan and sometimes styled the invisible empire or any other secret organization

that aims to destroy the freedom guaranteed to every American citiI zen by the constitution of the United

States. If nominated and elected, we will enforce the law to the letter, not in favor of a chosen few, but alike to all. For Representative, Philip R. Long. For Sheriff, Ed. Williams. For Treasurer, James E. Reed. For Coroner, II. H. Kamman. For Surveyor, H. C. Thomas. For Commissioner 2nd District, Henry Strietelmeier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this ISth day of April, 1924. (Seal) EDGAR REDMAN, Notary Public.

478,700 NEGROES COME NORTH TO LIVE Figures Obtained From the 13 Southern States by Labor Department Are Startling

MAN IN PRIEST ATTIRE FIGHTS POLICEMAN

NEWPORT, Ky., April 28. W. C

Tanner, of Cincinnati, a former

Roman Catholic priest, spoke to an audience of 1,500 men at a Latonia church Thursday evening. It was one of the most unusual meetings ever held in this part of the state. Mr. Tanner has renounced the Roman Catholic religion and has been speaking in many cities of Kentucky regarding the duty of priests. His forceful manner in exposing the confessional has turned many of the Roman Catholic faith. He was known for years in Cincinnati as a priest and the church dignitaries can

not assert that he was not formerly connected with the church, as they have done in so many similar cases.

Mr. Tanner said he positively knew of one case where special mass was said for a man for forty year$ And. of course, he added, that the priest who performed this ceremony

drew pay from the family of the man for the forty years. Following the meeting hundreds of applications for membership in the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ,were received by the Klan order of Newport. Three hundred fiery crosses were burned on the hills of Cincinnati one night recently. Every Klan Organization in this community is growing with such rapidity that the officers of the Klan orders are swamped with the details

of caring for the new membership.

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White Sister." Lillian Gish's latest Ja" the 'dirty Kluxers,'" one witness picture, and the local picture house ! sal')- . . ' . asked the Klan to send a committee! homo one in the neighborhood to censor it. The committee saw the : S(nt 111 an emergency call for the picture and pronounced it the most j Plice Hn1 another call was put in

Insidious piece of Roman Catholic lor

propaganda that has been shown in

this country and the manager refused to show the picture. That was real co-operation. A few nights ago radio listenersin. and it is estimated that there

were more than 5.00O.0O0. heard a lecture on this same picture now running in New York City. It has come to a point where people are asked to come and see this sort of stuff running in picture houses and the very air we breathe is being used to exploit this kind of propaganda. Let Klansmen heap their criticisms 'n every picture in which it is sought to put this sort of stuff over nnd sec how quickly the producers will change their tactics when they begin to get the effect of the criticism and loss of business at the boxoflice.

The time is ripe for all good Prot- I estants to stand together on this' tVitnor if Ihnv TL-rViil.l nut ttt ainrt frt tlirt !

Roman practice. Now is the time to strike while the iron is hot.

ixicab to get the man away

from the scene of trouble. However, the police emergency arrived ahead of the taxi.

ELW00D EXPECTS 30,000 VISITORS

WASHINGTON, April 26. Migration north of negroes from thirteen

southern states reached a total of 475,700 during the year ended September 1, 1923, according to returns to the department of labor from state, municipal and civic sources. This migration represented 5.7 per cent of the negro population of the thirteen states. Florida experienced the largest migration, 27.3 per cent of its negro population having gone north. Ten per cent departed from Alabama and 10 per cent from Georgia. The percentage of negro population migrating from the other southern states is given as: Arkansas 1.1, Kentucky 1.1, Louisiana 2.1,

Mississippi 8.8, North Carolina 3.3,

Oklahoma .0i, South Carolina 2.9

Tennessee 2.2, Texas .03 and Vir

ginia 1.4.

ine aeparxmeni or laoor made a

special study of a group of 19,747

negroes among the whole number of 60,421 employed. It was found that 4,702, or 23.8 per cent, had come direct from the south during the year.

It was estimated that the distribu

tion of migrants among the states was approximately as follows: Ohio, 3.75 per cent; Pennsylvania, 21.63

per cent; Michigan, 10.53 per cent;

New., Jersey, 6.40 per cent; New Yyork, 4.76 per cent; Missouri, 4.74

jfier ceat; Illinois, 4.99 per cent Kentucky, 4.36 per cent; Connect!

cut, 3.04 per cent; Maryland, 1.30

per cent; Wisconsin, .86 per cent;

California, .37 per cent; Oklahoma,

.26 per cent, and non-distributable .06 per cent.

Postal Workers to Combat Compromise Pay Raise Plan

tion of Klansmen Great Pro-

grim Is Being Arranged

DUCK TAKES AUTO RIDE NASHUA, N. H. When Allen Barker of Nashua went to his garage to get his machine, he saw a large

May 3 to Be Banner CelebraA white duck perched on the bumper.

tsarKer recalled mat late the night before while returning from Lowell,

something white, resembling a piece of paper, struck the front of the

machine about ten miles from

GREAT MEETING OF KLANSMEN HELD

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men in their regalia standing at the

Resists Officers Burns, or Father Manning, as some of those on the scene called him, began immediately to resist the officers, it is alleged, and struck

viciously at the one nearest mm. it j is said that the officer dodged, but the blow grazed his forehead. This was the move that proved the undoing of "the man of mystery" as he soon found out that the officer was well skilled in the art of self-protection, and it was a bedraggled looking spectacle that was later brought into the police station. There were more than 100 persons who witnessed the fight, it is said, and a freat number of them assert that the man pulled off his clerical collar when the officers arrived. Whether or not thin move was to

cover up his luentity, was not known. The prisoner was slated as E. J. Burns, at the police station, gave his age as 37, and his residence as 845

ureer street. ! Thi-ii iioa cm-not li In rr tiaaminplv

mvsterious about the way the rec

ords read at the police station and there is doubt in the minds of many about the name. The charge of drunkenness was placed against him, but later addi-

fences, and other white-clad figures i uonal marges ol ,roiaun, Hitun busying themselves at various du- 1,11,1 battery and resisting an officer ties throughout Uic grounds. were made. The lighting ofei fireworks set ills- Released Sunday Night playing three large "Ks" was the Malvningt or Burns, or whatever Kignal lor tremendous applause, and t,,e mEm who waute(, to "Kin aU the another which flared forth with '100 Klansmen" might be named, was rep-cent also came in for pro- ieased from jail about 8 o'clock Sunlonged cheering. (jay evning, when men appeared Rockets and bombs were sent into and gave bail, it is understood. His the air almost continually, throwing case was called for 2 o'clock Montheir bright colored lights over the j ,y afternoon, but those who were vast multitude or people. , interested in the prosecution failed When the gigantic class of can- j to hear the name called that they

didates had taken the oath of Amer-S had expected, and when an attorney

Icunisin, a speaker from the national Klan platform took the stand iiml made an impressive speech on Americanism and the principles of the great organization. He was

cheered repeatedly during his ad dress by the enthusiastic crowd. A quartet of Klansmen sane ;

ELWOOD, Ind., April 28. Klans

men of Elwood -confidently expect to have the greatest celebration of the' spring, to date, here Saturday evening, May 3. Word has been received from cities all over Indiana, and especially in the northeastern part of the state, that large delegations would attend. Bands are to be brought by delegations from several cities, and from indications it is confidently expected that 25,000 visitors will be in Elwood Saturday. The meeting will be held at the old fairgrounds and the program is to start promptly at 6:30 p. m. A

parade is to move from the grounds at 9 o'clock and is to pass through the principal business streets of the

city. The program at the fairgrounds is to include speeches by noted orators in the Klan work, music is to' be provided by bands, quartets and other musical organizations, and an immense fiery cross is to be a prominent feature. Refreshments are to be served on the grounds. Women of the Klan in Elwood are to have a prominent part, and they expect many Women of the Klan as visitors from every city represented

by the Klansmen.

Nashua. Believing that the paper

would blow off, he continued home. The duck was none the worse for

the trip.

Vincennes and Mitchell

to Have Celebrations

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. Air

mail from San Francisco to New York in. thirty-three hours, be

ginning July 1, is the postofflce department plan, Including the night flying schedule, according to Lewis E. Haas, Washington representative

for the San Francisco chamber of commerce. Congress has appropriated $1,500,000 for regular air mail

flying and 11,250,000 to cover the expense of the night flying.

In getting the night flying service

established it is announced at Wash

ington that the postofflce department

soon will have special mail boxes, centrally placed in the business section of San Francisco, where mail

to be carried by airplane may be de

posited. Until these boxes are placed, mail to be sent by airplane may be deposited in any regular mail box, the sender marking the letter or package "via air mail" and affix sufficient postage. Air mail postage is eight cents per ounce or any fraction thereof for each air mail zone. There are three zones. The first

extends from San Francisco to! Cheyenne, the second from Cheyenne to Chicago, the third from Chicago to New York, the rate from San Fr(ancisco to New York therefore being 24 cents an ounce. Plans for the inauguration of night flying on July 1 contemplate a schedule starting from San Francisco at 6 o'clock each morning. The first stop is Reno at 8:15 a. m. The

second relay is at Salt Lake City,

where mail will arrive at 2:30 p. m. The third relay reaches Cheyenne at

6:45 p. m.; the fourth at Omaha at

1 a. m., while the fifth is due in

Chicago at 5:45 a. m. The sixth re-I

lay takes the mail to Cleyeland, ar-! riving at 10:30 a. m., and the seventh j

is due-to land at New York at 3:lo p. m. The air mail service guar- j antees delivery in New York each I

afternoon only thirty-three hours n

after the start from San Francisco. I Air mail may be addressed to any i point in the midwest or east. It will ! be taken to the nearest relay point at the air mail rate for that zone ', and then put aboard the first train ! for its destination, there being no j additional charge for taking the mail j from the air mail' terminal point to; its destination by railway mail. '

Klan organizations of Vincennes and Mitchell have arranged celebra

tions for next Thursday and Friday,

Open-air programs are to be given

at Vincennes Thursday, May 1, and at Mitchell, Friday, May 2. Visitors

are expected from many parts of In

diana.

WASHINGTON, April 26. One of the most important measures pending before Congress, affecting the welfare of 330,000 postal employes

and Indirectly the interests of every

citizen, the Kelly-Edge bill to readjust salaries of postmasters and employes in the postal service, is soon to be reported out by the joint congressional committee. Hearings have been concluded, and everyone seems to be pretty well agreed that the present salary scale la too low. There is the usual dispute, however, as to ways and means, and the

usual suggestions for "thorough investigations," surveys and what-not before taking any definite action on

this important subject. The subject of salary increases for these government employes has been objected to on grounds of economy and impeding the tax reduction program; it has been criticized, on the other hand, on the ground that it might mean an increase in second-class postage rates which would hit publishing houses. Both of these objections, granted the fact that readjustment of salaries is a pressing need, are ground

less, it is claimed by postal workers. BehincT the Kelly-Edge bill are ranged all the large organizations of postal employes the National Federation of Postofflce Clerks, the Rail

way Mail Association, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Federation of Rural Carriers and the League of Third and Fourth-Class Postmasters. This bill .for classification and readjustment of postal workers with increases of from 20 to 30 per cent has been analyzed by them and approved. Opposition to the provisions of the Kelly-Edge bill, expressed by

Harry S. New, postmaster-general,, last week in hia report on a substi' tute plan for differential wage increases, has not shaken the determination of the postal workers' organizations to oppose any compromise plan. They charge that Mr. New's contention that the Increases authorized in the pending legislation are "unwarranted by existing conditions," is contrary to evidence presented before the hearings of the Joint committee, when it was as serted that many workers contem

plate leaving the service unless wages are adjusted to meet living conditions. Commenting on Mr. New's bill, Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary of the National Federation of Postal Clerks, said : "We are opposed to the bill proposed by the. postmaster-general for two reasons: firsts it is inadequate, and, second, the fact that it gives a differential in favor of the large cities would make it impossible to get any action at this session of Congress. The majority of members of Congress come from the smaller

communities, and would oppose any legislation which favored the larger cities. "We do not believe that the bill raising postal salaries should carry provision for raising the necessary funds; this should be handled in a separate measure. We also do not think the suggestion to raise rates on second and third-class matter is a practical one, for the reason that this class of mail is so comparatively small, and such a small sum would be raised in this way, that it would not be worth while in view of the antagonism which it would arouse on the part of the public."

GEORGETOWN ORGANIZES GEORGETOWN. Ind., April 28. The local Klan at New Albany assisted in organizing a Klan here on Saturday night. The rooms were packed and about fifty Klansmen put on the work. Georgetown has the promise of a thriving organization and unusual interest was shown.

FORGOTTEN, DIES IN CELL j LONDON, April 26 The corre-'. spondent of the Daily Mail at The j Hague reports a case which strik- j ingly illustrates ll.e infrequency of j arrests in sonn; purls of Holland. A j man arrested about the end of i March in a Utile town near Utrecht j has been found dead of starvation ; in his cell, the writer says, the au- !

thorities having forgotten they had a prisoner.

pleaded for a client by the name of Burns, and the case set for May 15, those present did not know it was the person who had created the scene the day before. Residents in the neighborhood sav the man has

I been known to them for some time

as Father Manning, and were some-

rum be r of snugs in first class style ! what confused at the name of E. J. Mid were also cheered and called Burns.

Arkansas Approves

Daily Bible Reading , LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. April 26. Daily reading of the Bibre in all public schools of Arkansas was favored by both branches of the state legislature at its recent special session, but the proposal failed to become law owing to an anomalous parliamentary situation. Separate measures were introduced and acted on

in House and. Senate but adjournment vaTT taken before either had been "concurrently" acted on by the other branch. The House bill provided that some portion of the Holy Bible be read without comment or discussion once

each day in each of the public schools and colleges of the state

when they are in session. The Senate bill provided penalties for teaching in the schools "any theory or doctrine contrary to the teaching of the Bible."

back for many encores. Nnplrily Growing The Wayne county Klan, with

headquarters at Detroit is growing! at a rapid rate, and although it was thought they had reached their limit of speed last summer, the two open-nil-meetings this year have been so KiwcesKful thai it is predicted the organization will grow even faster this year. The first meeting was held two weeks prior to the one Saturday, and the class of candidates was just as la I'ge. Other meetings with initiations err being planned to be held regularly as there seems to be no end of the applications for membership that are pouring into headquarters in a steady stream.

It is said that should he be found guilty of masquerading under an assumed name, additional charges will

be filed when he appears in court for trial. The attorney for Burns said his

client was pnysicaiiy unable to appear in court Monday. The city directory lists the name of Manning at 845 Greer street, the address given by the said Burns.

PAY INCREASE SOUGHT WASHINGTON, April 26. Members of C6ngress would receive a salary of $10,000 a year under a bill introduced by Representative Eman

uel Celler, New York, Democrat. The

present salary is $7,500.

When the prince of Wales was entertained last year by the city of London the reception cost $12,000.

ROMAX CATHOLIC CLAIMS Authoritatively stated, tested and refuted, and the principles and faith of Protestants boldly declared in contrast, In PROTESTANTISM, tin Principles anil Reasons By K. I. Dltteri.h President, Australian Protestant Federation. Tn this book Rome is shown by its own words to be the same enemy of liBerty today as in the days of the Inquisition and the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. WoL written to persecute, but to warn and to instruct the present generation. 35c postpaid. THK BIBLE IXSTITl'TK COLPORTAGE ASSOCIATION 806 N. I.aSalle St. Chicago. III.

KLAN REPUBLICANS SURPRISE OLD GUARD

Jl MORS PROVIDE Ml SIC ADDYSTON, O., April 26. The Biiccess of a meeting recently held at the little M. E. church of this place Is still being discussed. Within a few minutes after the doors were opened the auditorium was filled to overflowing. An address was made by K. P. Pinkton, of Norwood, who was introduced by the pastor. The Bervlces were closed by a large contribution from the congregation which tossed the offering on a huge American flag held by four little girls. Many Klansmen were present t the meeting and the Junior Klan orchestra provided music.

Mrs. Nancy Lane Kauffmann, daughter of Franklin K. Lane, has made her professional debut as an actress.

The independent wing of the Republican party in Suffolk county,

Long Island, said to have the backing of the Ku Klux Klan, put over a surprising victory the other day at an organization meeting of the new Republican county committee. All of its candidates were elected and the old organization got a great trouncing. George H. McDonald, of Brightwater, newly-elected chairman oTlhe county committee, is reported to be an organizer for the Ku Klux Klan. He received 121 votes while the machine candidate got 103 votes. This unexpected setback foe the bid crowd bo shocked them that they are still trying to figure out what

happened. John Boyle, assembly

man of the second district of Suffolk county, was leader of the insurgent Republicans. At the last session of the state legislature he introduced a measure calling for the repeal of the Walker bill, which was aimed at the Ku Klux Klan in New York stat.

Capital Punishment Opposition Growing NEW YORK, April 26. Encour

aged by the progress which his bill, which would abolish capital punish

ment in New York state, made in the assembly this year, T. Channing Moore (Rep.), from Westchester county, has announced that he will make an active campaign to crystallize public sentiment in its behalf for the rest of the year, and is confident that it will pass the 1925 legislature. Mr. Moore reports that throughout the state he has found an overwhelming sentiment in favor of this

step, and public officials and officers at penal institutions are in accord. The bill, which has been before successive legislatures, never before has found its way out of committee for open discussion on the floor of the assembly.

KU KLUK KLAN PARADE White City Klan No. 19 at Elwood, Ind., Saturday evening, May 3, 1924. Program starts at 6:30 p. m. Speaking, Band Music and Quartet Selections. Parade will move promptly at 9 p. m. Watch us burn the beautiful cross. Ladies of the Ku Klux Klan cordially invited to take part. Will meet at the old fairgrounds, one mile north of the city. Plenty of eats and drinks. Come to Elwood and bring your friends. You are always welcome.

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FOREIGNERS ATfD TROUBLE Cicero, 111., had an election recently and the police had to shoot a gangster after a day of terror. That isn't so strange for Chicago, but the names of people implicated in trouble and also the names on the elec

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Pfiaum, Buckley, Breznnan, Gieldzinski, Maciejewski, Vendley, Novak, Kucera, Dutklewicz and others

spelled about the same way. All of

which sounds and looks decidedly

foreign to the average American,

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