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MAY USE U. S. MARINES TO GUARD TRAINS OUT OF CHICAGOJTATIONS Series of Successful Raids by Eandits Causes Drastic Steps Indictments In Recent Arrests cared and Heavy Bonds ! Set SeCHICAGO, June' 20. U. S. marines may again guard all mall trains leaving Chicago. Chief Postofflce Inspector Rush D. Simmons arrived here from Washington, D. C, as, the grand Jury returned three indictments accusing ten men- of the Rondout, 111., $2,000,000 robbery, and he discussed with Albert E. Germer, local postal chief, the advisability of once more calling for the marines to protect the mails. Two years ago the marine corps was assigned to guard mall trucks and mail trains under specific orders to die fighting if an attempt were made to interfere with the mail. The word to them then was: "Kill any marauders. The mail must be guarded with your lives. If a robbery is accomplished it must be over your dead bodies." Epidemic of Robberies There had been then, as again recently, a series of successful onslaughts on money shipped under the care of the postal service, and the marines stopped that. Subsequently it was decided to discontinue the services of the "devil dogs." It was said that Mr. Simmons will again call for the aid of the valiant warriors because of the many robberies in this vicinity and in Oklahoma. The government presented its evi dence in the Rondout case, and within three hours the indictments were returned before- Judee Adam C. Cliff e. The charges were robbing the mails while carrying deadly weapons, theft of United States mall, and conspiracy to rob mail. There wore nine counts, the maximum penalty of the most important one being twenty-five years' imprisonment Those named are: Carlos Fontana Krnest Fontana, James Murray, Walter McComb, Max Greenberg "Blackie" Wilcox, Willis Newton Joe Newton, William Newton, and Sam Grant. Set Heavy Bonds Bonds for those under arrest were fixed as follows: The three Newton brothers and Carlos Fontana, $100.000; Murray and McComb, $50,000. All had been arraigned during the day before I'nited States Commissioner Henry C. Beitler, except William Newton, who Is still In the Bridewell hospital recovering from four gunshot wounds received during the holdup. Murray had been released ott bonds and was rearrested when Inspector Robert B. Mundelle obtained a warrant charging him with complicity In the Union Station robbery of 1921. Alderman John Powers, who signed the other bonds for his former political lieutenant, came to his aid gain and scheduled other properties on the latest charge. Murray, partner in Chicago's beer trust, was the only one to be liberated. Fontana Sure of Himself Fontana said he expected no difficulty in obtaining the $200,000 surety required for his temporary release. "You've never seen me stay in jail very long," he boasted. "I am out now on $00,000 bonds on an indictment for the Harvey mail robbery, which Is a 'bum rap,' and I don't think it will be very hard to get bail in tills case. "I don't know anything about the Rondout job. Those rats over there (pointing to the Newton brothers, Joe and Willis, who confessed, one of whom tried to buy his freedom with a $40,000 bribe) if you want to know anything about the robbery ask them. They don't belong In Chicago and they would be a whole lot better off if they had never come here." PRINTING that PLEASES We are- equipped to handle all kinds of commercial printing In a prompt nnd satisfactory manner. rriroH for "Quality Printing" on application. All work confidential. Mnlrlgrnpli Department Our Multipraph department Is prepared to deliver your form letters with promptness and dispatch. Write us for Information and prices on your work. NATIONAL PRINTING CO. Phone I.I ncoln SRS7 4.13 Century Hide Dry Cleaning K AREFUL LOTHES LEANERS

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MAY BEMAHED NOW Actual Payment Will Be Begun on January 1 of Next Year WASHINGTON, D. C, June 21. It was officially announced bv Ma1.Gen. Robert C. Davis, adiutant -penera! of the armyhat everything now is ready to start the actual work of handling the bonus and that the ap plication blanks may be mailed in at once. The 800 clerks for more than three weeks now have been going to school learning all the details of how service records are filed, how they are cross-indexed, what to do' first with a bonus application, and so on. General Davis pronounced them a corps of shock troops ready to go over the top no matter how many applications pile up in front. Within a few weeks this orps of S00 will be increased to 1,200 and later to 2,517, the additional ones being worked in gradually so as to not slow up tbe work. The announcemenf by General Davis was made possible through President Coolidge s recent order that the vet erans' bureau turn over sufflcteti over sufficient money to pay the clerks up to De cember, wnen Congress may rectify the error of adjourning without making the appropriations necessary. Actual payment of the bonus, issuance of insurance certificates, will start January 1, 1925. Advice to ex-Soldiers The war department, in a statement announcing the plans, warns veterans not to write into the department about applications just fill in as much as possible, especially the finger prints, and leave it to the trained personnel to handle the rest. The statement continues: "This distribution, consisting of 6,000,000 blanks, distributed directly to the posts of the American Legion, chapters of the Red Cross, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, chapters of the Red Cross, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, army and navy and marine corps, actually began June 16. The distribution is keeping pace with the printing of the blanks. "Starting on Monday, June 23, the final and complete distribution will be made on the same scheme as above, so as to bo accomplished by Saturday, June 28. It will consist of 5,000,000 blanks and be sent to all postoffices." The Theory in 1828 It used to be the fashion to prove everything by the Scriptures. If the Holy Book did not furnish a direct statement in favor of the point of argument the evidence was held against the Thing no matter how strong and logical the reasons in favor of it. In 1828 a school board

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of the schoolhouse to a debating so ciety for discussion of such things as railroads and telegraphs which "are impossible and rank infidelity," according to the board. Said these learned gentlemen: "There is nothing in the word of God about them. If God had designed that His intelligent creatures 6hould travel at the frightful speed of fifteen miles an hour by steam, He would have clearly foretold it through His holy prophets." Times have changed. We no longer prove debatable subjects by the Bible. Young men go to the universities now, and many of them are taught that the Bible is a book of outworn rules. They say that we can not prove anything by the Scriptures any more! And yet wise men lone- airn hnilt America on the Bible and the prayers of American fathers and mothers. Even though the Bible didn't mention steam engines and radios, its precepts made possible the development of the greatest nation the sun ever shone on. And today, although the Bible doesn't mention smallpox, priests and other pests although one can not settle a lay argument by it it will still hold as the rule and guide of faith of Klansmen here and hereafter. R0YALT0N CHURCH IS PRESENTEMFM FLAG ROYALTON, Ind., June 23. Despite a pouring rain on last Sunday night, the Royalton Methodist Protestant Church was filled to capacity to hear Rev. Ora Applegate deliver a patriotic sermon. Immediately following the services the church was presented with a beautiful American flag by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The organization also made a substantial financial gift to' the minister as a token of esteem and the loyalty to his community. Following the presentation of the gifts, the congregation sang "Onward, Christian Soldiers." Rev. Applegate has been a staunch defender of American principles and has lauded the Klan

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ALIENS CREATE MOST DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN PINNEBCG, MICH. Crowds Jeer as Klansmen Repeat Lord's Prayer Ruffians Foment Trouble Attempt Made to Force Members From Grounds Schools Present Problem (By "RADIO") PINNEBOG, Mich., June 20. Catholic opposition to the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan created a disagreeable scene here last Thursday when the Klan held a meeting in a field near this place. A large number of Klansmen had gathered to hear a talk on the principles of the organization, and a large crowd of the opposition gathered to make trouble for the men, who were attending strictly to their own business. While the Klansmen stood with heads uncovered, repeating the T.nrd'a nrnvpr tho rnwdinfl nf fha nnposition yelled and jeered. I he Kev. Father Shows, known by many as leader of the gang, is alleged to have made the statement that there would be bloodshed in Huron county if a fiery cross was burned. It is understood that the same gang of ruffians knocked over a flerv cross some time aeo when they far outnumbered the Klansmen wno were present. Women Take Part Women were among the crowd of aliens without convent garb and took part in the heckling. A crowd of them yelled and sang loudly while the Klan religious services were going on. One of them shouted that she would shoot any of the Americans who slepped on Tier ground. Sheriff Burns, a Roman Catholic and Knight of Columbus, came to the place with six men, it is said, but was unable to make any arrests, as the Klansmen conducted themselves in a gentlemanly manner in spite of the heckling of the opposition. It is believed by those present that the coming of the sheriff had been prearranged, the plan being to force the Klansmen into a fight and then have the sheriff and his crew arrest them. That part of- the alleged plan, however, fell flat. Another ruse was then tried by the followers of the Italian system, and a man whose name is said to be Bushby came forward and ordered the Klansmen off the grounds, saying that he had the property rented. The Klansmen brought forth their receipt, proving the man to have made a false assertion, but much haggling ensued as a Knight of Columbus deputy sheriff is said to have taken sides with the intruder and -declared 'i.ai he would not believe the Klansmen under oath. The result of the argument came just as right always conquers wrong, and the citizens had nothing but admiration for those true Americans who held themselves with such reserve through the trying situation. Stock in the school amendment also took a . shdden rise when the episode came to a close. Spectators witnessed with their own eyes the arrogance and ignorance displayed by those brought up in parochial schools, and, compared with the coolness and Intelligence displayed by the protectors of the public schools, it was enough to make any pure American vote "yes." Wonld Use Force Conversations ran along these lines in many places, and it was pointed out the truth had been brought to their very doors concern ing the kind of citizens that are brought up -with the old-world train ing, wnere it is evidently taught that any methods might be used in furthering the ends of the papal see, and that if one nation of people did not like the method, then force must be used. Americans are beirinnine to re alize that the only cure for such ac tions as took place Thursday, is proper education, b&x citizens hare, and it is the belief of the majority that this education can only come from schools where all are taught in an equal manner, and religious training is left to the churches, where it rightfully belongs. The Notre Dame riot at South Bend three weeks ago, when students of the Catholic university mobbed the Protestants of that city, was also a subject of discussion, and it said Jhat any school which taught its OUDils such hieotrv surelv must not be tolerated in the United States, where every man and woman has a perfect right to worship as they wish without Interference from any other sect or ecclesiastical machine. The Klansmen at the meeting, won the admiration of all Americans as a result of the onnositlon's tactics and all Indications point to a large and thriving Klan in this community in me near future. ADDRESS ALL MAIL TO FIERY CROSS NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. 1

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WASHINGTON, June 20. Secretary Mellon of the Treasury asked authority to send tax refunds to the 1,050,000 Income taxpayers who turned in their full assessment for the year before the 25 per cent reduction was enacted by Congress. These were all "small" taxpayers, it was disclosed, and. the total refunds will be about 116,140,000. Authorization for the refunds was carried in the second deficiency bill, which failed to pass. In the closing hours of Congress. Secretary Mellon wants to make the repayments out of bther government funds, which would be reimbursed when Congress convenes again. Both President Coolidge and Budget Director Lord have approved his plan and Controller General McCarl has been asked for a ruling on its legality. Refused to Give Estimate Treasury officials refuse to give an estimate of the probable amount of the surplus in receipts over expenditures to be shown when the government's books are balanced on June 30, the end of the fiscal year. Some financial authorities, however, predict that, the surplus will be near $500,000,000. This would be a large increase over the original estimate of last December, $329,000,000, which was altered by the federal actuajry, during congressional discussion of the new revenue law, to $380,000,000. The surplus, is declared to have swelled since then to nearer $400,000,000, and there now is to be added to that the $47,000,000 paid as interest on the British debt." COWS SHIPPED TO AID NORTH DAK. FARMERS MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 20. Financed by the $10,000,000 agricul tural credit corporation, the first dairy cows were sent out today to farmers in North Dakota in line with the corporation's nolicv to assist the farmers in one-crop sections toward uiversincation, u was announced. Three carloads of cows are on thp way to that state, it was said, two Of them consigned to Bisbee, and the umcr lu iviaiiuiuur. IF YOU HAVE 1 SOMETHING TO SELL USE FIERY CROSS WANT An5

MLI0NS 'ATTENDS CONVENTION BY RADIO Estimated That 25,000,000 Per sons Are Listening In on Democratic Doings (Special to The Fiery Cross) NEW YORK. June 24 The nroceedings of the Democratic national convention, which opens here today at Madison Sauare Garden, will ln broadcast throughout the country tnrougn twenty-two broadcasting stations, according to - all arrangements that have been made to set this service pretty generally dissem inated. When Judge Cordell Hull, chair man of the Democratic national com mittee, opens the convention, two radio systems will speed the proceedings of this and all subseouent meetings of the convention to all part3 of the United States. It is. estimated rather conservatively that the broadcastiner will cover areas populated by 25,000,000 people. This merely takes into consideration those living within 100 miles of the broadcastiner centers this radius being the effective area over which mentation is supposed to give reception to the average set. The- night ranee of the chain of sta tions is considerably greater thaa auring aayngnt ana will cover -more than two-thirds of the area of the United States and over three-quarters of the population. Negotiations Completed Negotiations with the Radio Corporation of America, and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company have been completed by Stanley Quinn, representing the Democratic national committee. Plans are under way to have these two great systems simultaneously broad cast the convention on a twenty-iour-nour Dasis. The wires from the garden to the broadcasting stations will always be open and ready for business so that interesting speeches, votes and demonstrations can be put on the air all over the country without delay. Each section of the country will want to near its own representatives so that some stations probably will be broadcasting at all times, but only proceedings of national importance will be put on tbe air by " xiie uigiiL sessions wnich are usually most interesting Wili l broadcast in their entirety anct thfe accomplishments of th au me stations. The night sessions

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NEPHEW OF GEN. WOODi ADRIFT THREE DAYS Is Now in Hospital After Yacht Is Sunk on Striking Rock ATLANTIC CITY, June 20. Suffering from internal injuries, a broken arm and exposure, John H. Wood, chemical engineer and a nephew of Major-General Leonard Wood, is in a hosnital at lien re-a-Miss Mary J. Kellv hv of Boston, a brother of the injured man. Wood's injuries came as the result of a yachting accident, in the course of which his host, a Mr. Brown, who has not been identified definitely in the correspondence, was drowned. Wood himself drifted for three days until he was picked up by a steamer and taken" to Georgetown. With a party of college chums young Wood set sail from Savannah, Ga., on the yacht owned by "Mr. Brown," a man interested in promoting a manufacturing house. The voyage was intended to combine business with pleasure. In a heavy fog the yacht struck a rock and foundered. Later the body of "Mr, Brown" was washed ashore. " ;'" Wearing a life preserver, Wood floated about until he was rescued. . Cables are being exchanged by his friends to determine the yoang man'scondition. Wood has been connected with a glass manufacturing firm in Vineland auu ramvuic, i. j. IS a graduate of Williams College. His home is 'in anu ftiuivine, w. j. He is a graduate ' a Boston suburb.

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