Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1924 — Page 3
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HUMANITARIANS WILL SPEED CHILD RELIEF
Hope Is Held Anti-Labor Act Will Become Law in Less Than Year
KLAN HEADQUARTERS IN NEWHAMPSHIRE DEDICATED
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 23,
The proposed amendment to the constitution, giving Congress the power to pass anti-child labor laws for the nation, having been ratified by both
houses of Congress, will be proclaimed to the Btates by the secretary of state and will then have to be ratified by the legislatures of threefourths of the states before it becomes a part of the fundamental document underlying all American law. Nine to Forty-eight Months The time required is estimated to be from nine months to four years, the former being the least possible, the latter the estimate of the greatest time which should elapse.
The amendment giving women the
suffrage took fourteen months for ratification by state legislatures. At that time, of course, women had no vote. Women's organizations believe that with women actively working
for the child labor amendment and being able to back up their demands
on state legislatures with their votes
they will succeed in having the
amendment ratified In less time. Powerful Minority
Opposition to the adoption of the amendment comes largely from those
who fear the encroachment on state
rights by the national government
They claim that the states have a
right to pass such anti-child labor legislation as they desire without
dictation from the rest of the nation
. This sentiment, presented in Congress by a powerful minority, led by
Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri
did not prevail, nor did the argument that it would prevent farmers using their children for farm and
crop work.
Its speedy adoption as a plank in the Republican platform is hailed by
Its friends as a sign that it will pass
three-fourths of the state Iegisla
lures In record time.
BOOK BALLAST FOR THE VACATION SHIP
SENSATIONAL ESCAPE MADE BYD. S. FLYER
Dayton, Ohio, Airman Leaps
1,800 Feet Into Inky Blackness
DAYTON, Ohio, June 20. Lieuten
ant John A. Macready, former holder
of the world's altitude record and
an Internationally known flyer, re
ported for duty as usual at McCook
Field Thursday, following a sensa
tlonal escape from death late Wed
nesday night when he leaped 1,800
feet In the darkness with a parachute
from a disabled plane. The accident
occurred just outside the city limits
of Dayton, the plans burying 4UH In a wheat field and the gaa tank exploding. -
Lieutenant Macready, who has spanned the continent in a day and been numbed by flights in high altitudes, escaped without a scratch. So far as Is known at McCook Field he Is the first flyer to make a par achute leap in the dark. "' ' The accident is regarded by local airmen as one of the most unusual In the history of night flying. In recounting his adventure, Lieutenant Macready gave full credit for his life to the standard army parachute which he strapped to his back before beginning a night flight to Columbus early in the evening. He is the sixth flyer to save his life by use of a parachute and the third to survive a crash in Dayton in the last month.
. International Tfewsreel
Three thousand members were present at the dedication recently, of the new Klan headquarters (roimerly the Wallace Mansion) for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, located in Rochester, N. H. Following the dedication' ceremony the meeting indicted into the "Who's Thru In America" list, Al Smith, Mayor Curley, of Boston, and other politicians and office holders.
Don't set sail on your holiday ship
without a cargo of books in the hold
Lacking this ballast you will cap
size in the first breeze of adversity.
So many things caruhappen to spoil
a vacation: rainy days, boresome
companions, unwelcome solitude, loss of travel connections, poor food. A library book in the hand and sevral more in the trunk will make any situation and be a sauce for any fare. Or is your vacation largely a stay-at-home affair? Let the library furnish you transportation to the ends f the earth by the all-book route. A book can be a galleon, an aero?ilane, a camel train, an overland imited, an ox cart, or a high-power foadster. Take one book, take several. Take 'them pocket-size for the open road; liammock-weight for the lazy hours. Take a carefully-selected little library for the long-deferred cultural reading you have long meant to do. Take a recommended selection of books to give you a broader background for your next year's work.
Take several more to keep the children amused and the young people
oui oi miscnier.
McCORD BLUES LEASE PARK W ANT GAMES The Indianapolis Bines, one of the fastest eeml-pro baseball teams in the city, will be known In the future as the McCord Bines. The McCord Park has been leased and the diamond is being put into excellent shape for the opening game on June 29 at which time the Blues will cross bats with the swift Zlonsvllle clnb. Several players of wellknown ability In the ball tossing art have been signed np J)jthe. Bines. Among them Is Jake Staten, of Butler college fame, who hurls the pellet- Manager I'mil H. Felix Is booking games. He can be reached at 3507 East Sixteenth street, Indianapolis. The team Is composed entirely of Ajnerlcnns.
National Perils
IMMIGRATION LAW WILL HELP The mission of Freemasonry will not be accomplished until the race Is free from superstition and ignorance.
KLANSMEN! YOU, together with all that can subscribe to our PRINCIPLES, are cordially invited to MONTGOMERY COUNTY KLAN NO. 23 at Crawfordsville, Ind. June 30th to July 5th inclusive; consisting of ENTERTAINMENTS by a well-known AMUSEMENT COMPANY. Mammoth Celebration JULY FOURTH Consisting of State and National Speakers Magnificent Fireworks! Quartettes, Bands and Parade
Plenty of Eating Stands on Grounds. Prizes for Best Floats. PARKING and CAMPING GROUNDS FOR ALL.
KOME! ROME! ROME!
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The need of national thinking Is recognized as imperative when we look out upon the nation today and see the great evils that menace our country, evils so deeply entrenched and so wide in their influence and power that the states are powerless to curb them. We might mention child labor, loose marriage laws, and Illiteracy. Take illiteracy as an illustration.
Every effort to create ways and means providing for a common attack upon ignorance and illiteracy
through federal action is met by the alarming cry that the doctrine of
fstates' rights is in danger, that any
attempt to meet the appalling conditions of illiteracy by a federal department of education is an unwarranted violation of the sovereignty of the state. A little serious thought discloses three axiomatic truths. Little Success Attained First, the states acting on their own initiative have been unable successfully to combat the nation-wide illiteracy, and today there are approximately fifteen million illiterates
or near-illiterates over ten years of age. The most casual consideration shows that such a condition constitutes a national problem of the first magnitude, politically, socially, industrially. Second, as a matter of national concern, the federal government, having in mind the best interests of the whole people, must take cognizance of this condition and take
effective . measures to overcome it. No state, from reasons of economy, prejudice, or indifference, may imperil the entire national fabric, illiteracy in Alabama or Massachusetts menaces the prosperity and
happiness of the people of California and Washington. The Californian, boastful of the fabulous development of his state and proud of the glorious empire he is building on the shores of the Pacific, may look with contempt and pity upon the fetid slums of New York, with their teeming populations sunk in ignorance, superstition and squalor, but from the tuberculosis blocks of the east side may rise the epidemic that shall devastate San Francisco and from the reeking tenements of the Ghetto may spring the anarchy that may lay Los Angeles in ruins. We Are One" Third, we are one In our prosperity and sorrow, one in our ex
it nation ana our danger, and we
must meet our problems as one people. A New Yorker protesting against paying taxes to help educate the children of Mississippi, or an
Oregonian indifferent to the needs of
New Orleans and Fall River, shows
himself pitifully provincial and unworthy. Learn to think nationally and expand your patriotism as wide as human need. .
CRAWFORDSVILLE . SECURES GROUNDS CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, June 23. After having been blocked In the use of the fairgrounds in which to give their Fourth of July celebration, Montgomery County Klan has secured Durham Park and the extensive program arranged will be carried out In that place. In addition to a long list of amusements, a patriotic program will be given by the Klansmen and Klanswomen In
which, members jQ.tue
Klan will.haTe a part. It was announced tnftt- kv ?eiiif of fceasy rains on Independence Day, the celebration will be given on Saturday, July 5. It Is expected that the celebration will be one of the largest to be held In Indiana this year.
WAKE UP! If you want fine furniture, the finest in the city, we have it. Mohair Living Room Suites. Period Dining Room Suites, Norquist Bedroom Suites, Simmons Beds and Springs, DeLuxe Bed Springs, Sealy Mattresses, Perfection Oil Stoves, Diamond Kitchen Cabinets, Gibson's Porcelain Refrigerators, Cook's Linoleums. The Best Gas Range Made Our own make, sold under our own name and guaranteed for five years. Your money back and a five dollar bonus if it doesn't use less gas than any stove you ever used. Your old stove taken in trade. Lamps Rugs Cedar Chests Phonographs Pianos Our second-hand department will gladly make you a liberal allowance on your old furniture or stoves. EASIEST TERMS IN THE CITY BAKER BROS.
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MRS. DALRYMPLE BURIED
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind., June 21.
Mrs. Frank Dalrymple, a member of the Klan organization, was buried here oh last Wednesday, In the Glenclove cemetery. Mrs. Dalrymple died on Sunday, June 15, at eleven o'clock in the morning.
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KLANSMEN! i
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION AT HOPE IS GROWING HOPE, Ind., June 21. The Women's organization of the Ku Klux Klan has won a warm snot in
the hearts of the residents here by their charity work and the great good they have accomplished among unfortunates. The women's organization has co-operated with the organization of the men here in all movements for better civic condi
tions. The growth of both organizations has been most gratifying.
September 12th should be a great j day in American history. On this date the defensive poewr of the na-j tion will be mobilized as a test of the strength and readiness in case of an emergency. Industries will be tested as to their instant availability for the production of war materials. Military and naval units will be mustered and a splendid demonstration will be had. of the stupendous man-power available. The strength and the de
ficiencies cf our lines of defense will be developed.
It is to be a day," says General
Pershing, "given to patriotic gatherings by citizens of every community, during which every one will learn his place and portion in the defense of the country should our security
be threatened."
A Stimulating Effect Such a voluntary patriotic .dem
onstration will have a most whole
some and stimulating effect ujgon the morale of the nation. In the truest
sense It will be a mighty peace
celebration when the noblest ideals of our national life will be stressed,
and the virile traditions of American history emphasized. It will also be a thrilling proclamation to the wortd that the spirit of Yorktown, Gettysburg, Santiago and St. Mihiel still actuates this
nation, that should danger and in
vasion threaten the people of this
proud land will not supinely yield the heritage of the fathers and the
blessings of independence and lib
erty, but that stout hearts and ready
hands will protect the right against all foes.
American aemocracy loves peace with a passionate devotion and the influence of our government shall always be wielded for universal concord and International co-operation for human welfare, but following the Illustrious example of Washington and Lincoln this country will not hesitate to take the sword when destiny places it In our hands. Peace is wholly desirable, but peace without liberty, independence and honor Is purchased at too great a cost. ' We have learned the tragic lesson
of 1917 and never again shall the great, emergency find us napping and
unprepared.
Hardwood floors laid. Old floors refinlshed. C. B. WOOSTER CO. 1232 Ashland Ave. Lincoln 6149
HOUSE PAINTING On Installment Plan We are In position to furnish our customers the finest selection of wall decorations and skilled mechanics to perform your work. Have your work booked now and avoid the rush. A phone call will bring an estimator to submit cost of beautifying your home.
C. B. WOOSTER CO. 1232 Aahland Ave. Lincoln 6440
We appeal to you to patronize the persons and firms advertising In The Fiery Cross. True, not all such advertisers are Klansmen. Tet, they are friendly to ns, or they would not advertise In our publications. Some are not members because of our own restrictions as to nativity. We would not, if we knew it, accept an advertisement from any one . who is barred by our moral restrictions. Before making your next purchase scan the columns of The Fiery Cross and any other Klan publication that you may have at hand, and see if you can find what yon want advertised In The Fiery Cross. Then, when making yonr purchase, endeavor to let it be known to the advertiser where you saw his advertisement, and thus show him that yon appreciate his friendly interest In our organization, whether he is a Klansman or not. It Is constantly drilled Into ns through lessons In Klankraft that we shonld "Return Good for Evil." Let's do that, but, at the same time, let us return good for good, and patronize those who patronize us.
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