Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1924 — Page 8
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THE FIERY CROSS
Comment From the Coast By Felix Free
SAN DIEGO. Cal., June 1G. "The Ku Klux Klan," a book written by Prof. John Moffatt Mccklin, Ph. D., Dartmouth -College, has recently been added to the collection of literature in the San Diego public library". Klansmen may read this volume with profit to themselves and to their friends. The work shows
how little a professor of sociology may know about the operations of the Klan. Think Well of Address Pacific Coast Klansmen think favorably of President Coolidge's address to veterans of the confederacy. We like all men, whether in private or in public life, who stand for an indissoluble union of real Americans. "Consecrated forever in the sacred blood of American youth, bound by the ties of sacrifice and suffering, watered with the tears of mothers of heroes," the United States must and will remain true to the principles and traditions handed down by the fathers and founders of the republic. Owe Debt of Gratitude The "most respectable movement" among real Americans, according to criticism of the Ku Klux Klan which appears in a recent volume, was the National League for the Protection of American institutions. As its name implies, this was a patriotic organization. John Jay was the first president and Judge William Strong was vice-president. Other members of the league were: William Fel-
lowes Morgan, General Francis Walker, Judge Peckham, Henry Hitchcock, E. Benjamin Andrews.
David Starr Jordan, President
Rogers of Northwestern; Levi P.
Morton, Cornojius Bliss, Matthew
Hale, J. Picrpont Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Charles Scribner, Cyrus W. Field and Hutherford B. Hayes, nil eligible in their day to membership in the Klan. There wero excellent reasons for the formation of this organization, just as- there is vastly greater need today for the activities of the Klan. "A movement with audacious demands and specific claims," sets forth the official literature of the league, "has been initiated in the state of New York for the division of the public school funds on sectarian lines, and it is announced that the same program is proposed for all the states. This has mainly in view seWish and not public ends, as shown by the fact that the movement is being pushed almost exclusively by a single religious denomination which for many years
by its chief authorities has been as
INDUSTRIAL SHOW TO BE HELD OCT. 4-11
A Good Motto Young Cornelius Vanderbilt, publisher and editor of two eminently respectable morning tabloid newspapers on the coast, one at Los Angeles, the other at San Francisco, is finding out what it means to advocate unadulterated Americanism.
Newspaper combinations out here are seeing the growth and influence of these Vanderbilt dailies. If Eastern Klansmen wish to know how this enterprising young man has fared at the hands of the enemies they may find out by reading the truthful story of obstacles placed in his pathway. The story appears in The Ladies Home Journal for May. It read3 like a4age of fiction handed down from the feudal days. Mr. Vanderbilt's motto, appearing every daj at the top of the editorial column of The Illustrated Daily News, is this: "Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong." The language of Abraham Lincoln denotes a strong edito
rial policy. It makes excellent Klan doctrine. And this motto, I am happy to say, is thus far lived up to by the Vanderbilt publications. The Wire Pullers The most persistent and potential enemies of the Ku Klux Klan are men who shun the light and work in the realms of invisible government which nobody knows :rything about except those who pull the wires. Beginning to Sec California people are beginning tc see through the smoke screen thrown up by many of the daily
newspapers on the coast. The result is a rapid increase in membership. I feel certain that the Novem
ber election will show a very definite and conclusive repudiation of
ecclesiastical autocracy and Roman
istic influence on the state govern
ment and its public officials A Wonderful Work
The great Gladstone pronounced the American constitution "the most wonderful work ever struck off at a
given time by the brain and purpose of man." All Klansmen feel (he same way about it and they plan to see to it that its provisions are lived up to. A Poor Program The political maneuvering of a few of Governor Smith's campaign man
agers look to a man up a tree verv
Exposition of Indianapolis Products to Surpass All Previous Events
WOULD STOP FLOW OF
CHINESE1NT0 U. S. Supposed Sons and Servants Find Easy Method to Beat Alien Bar
Faulting trie puiitic scnool system.' much like interpretation of orders
Hie league aided in the insertion from the Vatican to "make America into different state constitutions of predominantly Catholic." But the
laws designed to preserve the inleg- program isn't going to work out suc-
rlty of the public school system These provisions are still in force In 1!)24. We owe a debt-of gratitude to Ihrr.e men of vl.-.tnn and of roir-
csssfully if Klansmen do their duty
at ttie proper time.
age who years ago saw the im
peratlvo demand for the steps they k
took at that time. The identically Fame influences are today at work under cover trying to do the same thing attempted in the years gone by. The old saying that Rome never changes is as true as the stars. Beat the Propagandists Before busy propagandists had time to charge the brutal murder of 14-year-old Robert Franks up to the Klan, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb confessed that they did it "just for the fun of the thing." And thus another Mer Rouge fiasco was possibly averted. Many little acts of violence and intimidation are committed "just for the fun of the thing," and then charged up to the Klan.
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llocks al Ihe Moon "The end3 are law and order, and
yet the Klan makes use of lawlessness and disorder to maintain law and order." Prof. John Moffatt Mccklin, Ph. D., Dartmouth College "Oh, that mine enemy might write a book." Of course, all intelligent Klansmen who attend our meetings and are familiar with our obligation and our methods, know that Prof. Mecklin Is "throwing rocks at the moon." Like other educators and writers who are assuming to tell the people aboflt the Ku Klux Klan he is either misled and doesn't know it, or, If he really knows the facts, he deliberately sets to work to discredit the most potential patriotic and constructive Influence in this
country. Prof. Mecklin might, with considerable profit to himself, to his friends and to American institutions
take a little time and bestow a little
energy toward an investigation of
this patriotic order at first hand
The best elements in nearly every American community are already id the Klan, and quite naturally esteem
the organization very highly because they understand its principles and
purposes, and are familiar with
splendid results, unostentatiously achieved along many constructive
and helpful lines. Perhaps Prof Mecklin might in his own neighbor
hood, if he is entitled to the confi
dence and respect of real Americans
discover some good friend who might be willing to give him some useful
information.
That the Indianapolis Industrial Exposition, to be held at the state fairgrounds, October 4 to 11, will far surpass anything of a like nature attempted In Indianapolis, Is seen in the statement of O. B. lies, chairman of the executive committee, who gives the information that the exposition building in which the event will take place, will permit of 25,000 persons viewing the exposition at one time. "The vision of a greater Indianapolis supported by a vast industrial development is the inspiration behind the enormous "undertaking Involved in carrying the plans for this exposition through to complete success," according to O. B. lies,
chairman of the executive committee,
which has been appointed to have
charge of the exposition.
Twelve Hundred Concerns "The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and 1,200 Indianapolis manufacturing concerns are working together to make this by far the greatest industrial show ever projected in Indiana," said Mr. lies. "When we held the first Indianapolis Industrial Exposition in 1921 we were pioneering in a new field. No one has yet forgotten the wonderful exhibits showing Indianapolis products being turned out before the eyes of the exposition visitors. At that time the exposition was hampered by having a wholly inadequate building. Every foot of display space was taken, and fifty thousand people were unable to get into the building, so great was the general public interest." "This year's exposition," said Mr. lies, "will be housed in a building two and a half times as big as the
Manufacturers' building where the first show was held. It will give us
an opportunity to really demon
strate industrial Indianapolis to the
world. Spacious aisles, some of
them twenty-six feet wide, will enable us to handle a crowd of half a
million visitors safely and com
fortably during the eight exposition
days. In the new exposition build ing it will be possible for twenty
five thousand people to view the
exhibits at one time." To Foster Civic Pride
The exposition, as a means of fostering civic pride among the peo
ple of Indianapolis, developing Hoosier loyalty throughout the state, and demonstrating to the world the
wide variety and great value of Indianapolis-made products, is reviving widespread support from Indianapolis newspapers and civic agen-
Behind it are trie comMaed
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14. Determined to put a stop to a practice which they claim has been abused, immigration officials are planning to appeal to the- courts in an effort to prevent the entry into the United States of hundreds of Chinese each year, who gain admission as the sons of servants of some Oriental official. Every month numbers of Chinese, supposed to be sons or servants of some Chinese official, come into San Francisco and are permitted to land by the immigration officials, although the department of labor has long protested such action.
Presidents of various Chinese companies who hold office for a year or two, are permitted to bring with them from China a secretary, a
servant and their sons. Federal
Judge M. T. Dooling has ruled that such an official, who has a semi-of
ficial standing with the Chinese gov
ernment, -may bring in Chinese boys
as his sons by merely declaring them his offspring. The immigration officials want the privilege- of subjecting such persons to the same examination as is given a Chinese
merchant's son in order to prove
whether or not the alleged relation
ship is bona fide.
Friday, June 20, 1924
MORE CABARETS GET
PADLOCK IN GOTHAM
NEW YORK, June 14. Further gloom was shed Wednesdav alone
Broadway, when padlocks were hune
on three popular dining places, by the
teaerai authorities. The places were the Piccadilly restaurant, the Rendezvous, in the same building, and the Silver Slipper. The places will remain closed six months. Their closing followed the granting of an Injunction on application of Assistant United States Attorney Clark. The operators of the places offered no opposition, he said. A fourth restaurant will be closed June 16 for six months. This is Bertolotti's, a popular Village gathering place. Clark also announced, the closing for one year of the bottling plant
or Michael Devasto, Newburgh. De-
vasto pleaded guilty of liquor selling. It is said he was one of the biggest bootleggers in the state.
BOOTLEG BOOSTPLAYS
PART IN DEATH TRIAL
Father Alleged to Have Aided Son Secure Liquor of Foreigner Now in Jail
SEATTLE, June 14. Peter McDonald, who was accused of aiding his 16-year-old son to become intoxicated, with the result that the boy now faces trial for manslaughter, was found guilty of a gross misdemeanor by a jury in Superior Judge Boyd J. Tallman's court. Judge Tallman announced that he would defer sentence to give attorneys for the defendant time to file motion for a new trial. Maximum penalty for conviction of the charge against McDonald, specifically, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, is a sentence of one year in the county Jail or a fine of $1,000, or both. Evidence introduced by Deputy
Prosecutor Bert C. Ross showed that on the evening of April 27 McDonald aided his son, William, to procure moonshine liquor from Emil Vintevoghel, in Georgetown. Later that evening the boy drove an autOr mobile at high speed and at Fourth avenue and Piko street struck a pedestrian, Victor Wickstorm, who was killed. As the outcome of this tragic mishap, laid by the prosecutor to the liquor, the boy will go to trial on a charge of manslaughter. Vintevoghel, charged as the bootlegger, will be tried on a charge of possessing liquor with intent to sell.
DE MOLATS DRILL FRESNO, Cal., June 16. The big. gest affair ever undertaken by the nine De Molay chapters in San Joaquin Valley was the drill and dance which followed in the Civic Auditorium here. Jesse M. Whited, marshal of the Grand Council, was the guest of honor.
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ENDORSE EDUCATION BILL MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. The
Northern Minnesota Educational
Association which met at Bemidji,
Minnesota,, the Minnesota Educational Association which met at St. Paul, and the superintendents of
Minnesota who met in Minneapolis have all endorsed the Sterling-Reed education bill by unanimous vote. The endorsements of these three organizations is evidence that Minnesota educators are solidly behind the measure creating a department of education and authorizing federal aid to public schools.
ORPHANS SEE CIRCUS LOUISVILLE, Ky. Hagenbeck
and Wallace Circus, on their recent visit here, threw open their doors to
the entire family of the Masonic Wid
ows' and Orphans' Home. Special stunts were put on for the amusement of the children. There are more than 100 Master Masons attached to the circus in various capacities.
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forces of the manufacturers' and in
dustrial committees of the Indian
apolis Chamber of Commerce.
First reports made to exposition
officials as a result of the release
of the floor plan of the exhibit
building, indicate an enthusiastic re
sponse from the manufacturing and
industrial concerns of the city. At
a preliminary meeting of manu
facturers held at the Chamber of Commerce recently one-fifth of the total floor space was promptly sub
scribed.
FOES OF CHILD LABOR
LOOK TO NEXT STEP
Law Should Be Concrete, Declares Congressman Foster of Ohio
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REUMOX AT TOPEKA TOPEKA, Kans. The Scottish Kite bodies of this Valley held their recent reunion in the auditorium of their new temple, which while not completed was sufficiently advanced to permit the conferring of the work. The class numbered 18 and more than 1,000 attended the banquet which closed the reunion. Among the notables present were the Governor of the state, several justices
or the supreme court, and federal, state and municipal officers. An address on The Educational Program of the Supreme Council was given by Thomas G. Fitch, 33d degree, Sovereign Grand Inspector
Oeneral in Kansas. His remarks were greeted with enthusiastic ap
plause.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 16.
Opponents of child labor are already
looking forward to the next step
after the ratification by the states pf the anti-child labor amendment to the constitution. The amendment
merely authorizes Congress to make anti-child labor laws, thus obviating
the possibility of the supreme court declaring such efforts unconstitu
tional, as has twice happened.
Israel M. Foster (representative
from Ohio) says of the next step:
"I see in this amendment the foun
dation for federal and state co-oper
ation in the protection of American children. The resources of both will not give to American children more
than we owe them.
"The law ought to make concrete the purposes of the amendment, that the federal law should fix minimum standards and the states be enabled
to co-operate with the federal gov
ernment in the administration and
enforcement of federal standards. We probably should not expect a
federal law to embody the highest
standards which any one state has
enacted, but it would attempt to establish such relatively conservative
minimum provisions as public opin
ion throughout the country would in
dorse as an American, standard."
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