Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1924 — Page 2

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MAM' ASK AD.1TITT.VSCE , GRAND ISLAND, Nob., July 1. Members of Grand Island Provisional Klan held their first open-air meeting of the spring season in a field on the I'latle river recently. Fifteen hundred Kiansnien and candidates attended, and at the conclusion of tho meeting 200 signed cards asking to be made members of the order. STI'DKXTS 1'RESENT FLAG K.NIO. OUla., July 1. Members of the Klan who are attending Fhillips unlvrjity recently presented the inst it :M ion with a beautiful American flatf. The presentation -was made bv four Klansmcn, three of whom wore their robes. The president of the university accepted the gift amid the liners of the students. v. r sT vni(;iMs celebrate OAKHILI,. V. Va., July 1. Thirtyone humlr.ed Klansmcn, 800 Klanswotnen, and seventy members of the Ju:n'or organization of the Klan gave an impressive Klan demonstration her " recently that left a lasting impression on the minds of the people of this section. Jl'MOU AIM'KAL 15 HO ADC A ST KAST ST. I.OtTIS, 111., July 1. R"v. "Fighting Hob" Evans, director of the J'inior Ku Klux Klan, realm of Illinois, who is maintaining headquarters at 418 Coliinsvilie avenue, here, broadcasts an appeal to lllinnfcnnft to "line up"- youths of the state fur naturalization in his organization on July 4. f;oi;f;i:ors meeting held SHELDON. la., June 28. Gorgeous to the point of splendor was the . ceremony of Knights and Women of tho Ku Klux Klan staged at the northwestern Iowa Klonklave here. ; The biggest patriotic demonstration , in Iowa's history has passed, but the memory of it ran never pass from the minds or those who participated or witnessed it. ' More than the spectacular side of th" affair, was the spirit of good fellowship which pervaded the meeting ' from early in the mornjng when thins.? were being made ready, until i midnight, when the straggling ends of the crowd walked off the field and : the motor was started in tho last i machine. KETTCKIANS MEET FI'I.TO.V, Ky June 28. Three fiery crosses, aided by a number of torches and a beautiful display of fireworks, brilliantly illuminated the meeting place of a big Klan gathering, which occurred here within tho local faivirrounds last week. SIXTY THOUSAND ATTEND ' I.FJl 'it. Okla June 9I CWr thousand Klansmen who visited Sulphur to 'mend the 1924 Klan day clef.- uion went away unanimous in -.'heir r.pjnidn that it was one of the outstanding events in Klankraft of the state of Oklahoma. LARGEST CEREMONY DJELD Al.HIA, fa., June 28. The largest Kn Klux Klan ceremony that Protestant Americans in Monroe or Marlon county have leen privileged to witness was held just outside of Albia by the Klans of those two counties recently. The crowd which Kthered on the farm -where the ceremony was held was estimated at 13,000 people. GIVE Y. M. C. A. $1,000 McK EES PORT. Pa., June 2S. .Members of McKeosport Klan No. 7 last week presented the executive committee of the Y. M. C. A. a check for $1,000 to be added to the debtclearing drive. This is one of the YOU CAN MAKE $10 to $20 an Evening Selling the best make of KLAN ROBE BAG Exclusive Territory. Send $1 for Samples Worth Double and Get Busy MARTIN MFG. CO. Lancaster, Ohio aKe

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METROPOLIS HAS BIG MEET METROPOLIS, 111., June 28. Seven thousand Klansmen gathered here from Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee points convenient to this town held a great demonstration of the order in this section, which was a revelation to those who had not thought the Klan was making much headway in this part of the middle west. The city of Paducah, Ky., sent a special trainload of Klansmen with 400 members. Prominent speakers of the Klan spoke on the Issues of the day. RAIN MAKES NO DIFFERENCE SIOUX CITY, la., June 28. Despite the condition of the roads because of steady rains for the past week, hundreds of Americans came from miles around to attend the first Klonklave of the Sioux City Klan near here last Wednesday night. The grounds on which the meeting was held have been leased for the season. Early in the evening the people began to arrive. Rain started to fall before the ceremonies had proceeded very far, but In spite of this, practically everyone remained. PARADE AT BUTE FIELD BLUEFIELD, W. Va., July 1. Approximately 800 Klansmen in uniform staged a public demonstration here last week that was viewed by several thousand persons, completely filling the streets of Bluefield. n. T. GOVERNOR BUSY PROVIDENCE, R. I., June 28. Governor Klynn, tho Roman Catholic of Rhode Island, has Issued orders to Adjutant-General Richards and Quartermaster-General Manchester to refuse the use of eny state armory by the Ku Klux Klan. The action was based "upon a confidential report from General Richards, in which he states a meeting of the Klan was held in the Benefit street arsenal on May 17. KLAN CLEANS UP HUTCHINSON, Kas.. July 1. Thirteen persons are under arrest and officials say thirty more will be arrested as a result of dry raids by "ity and county officers, acting on information furnished by detectives employed by the local Ku Klux Klan HOODOO IS WHIPPED SHENANDOAH. Ia., June 2S. Americans in Page, Fremont and Montgomery counties do not believe that Friday the thirteenth is hoodoo day. In fact, for them it was a lucky day, for one of the largest and most successful Klan meetings ever held in that part of the state was staged. The weather was ideal and the crowd away beyond expectation. Since then everyone in ihfs prt of the country has been talking about the Klan talking favorably. THIRTEEN ACTORS ARE FINED IN NEW YORK Charged, With Taking Part in Play Said to Be "Immoral, Obscene and Indecent NEW YORK, June 28. The appellate division of tho supreme court unanimously upheld the conviction of Harry Weinberger, theatrical producer; Rudolph Schildkraut, actor, and eleven other performers of-hav-ing presented an "obscene, indecent and immoral" play. After conviction by a jury in general sessions in May, 1023, the producer and actors were fined $200 each by Judge John P. Mclntyre. Production of the play, "The God of Vengeance," a year ago stirred a storm of discussion, some critics holding It of high artistic merit. A Texas town has a Klaa baseball team. We hope the opposition will not object to the catcher wearing a mask. c. W. S. USE THE FIERY CROSS WANT ADS FOR BEST RESULTS ivionev SUc Pclat.

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Civil War Veteran Reaches New York Without Funds or Ticket Indiana Secretary Secures Ticket for "Runaway" Whose "Cup Buns Over" NEW YORK, June 8. James John Brady, the 82-year-old civil war veteran who ran away from Mrs. Florence Grey's boarding house in Vincennes, Ind., last Sunday and came to New York on money he had saved from his pension because he felt an irresistible longing to attend a Demoratic convention, realized his ambition Friday. From 10:30 a. m. until nearly 4:30 in the afternoon, Mr. Brady sat proudly, unmindful of his luncheon, in the center of the space reserved for spectators on the floor. Charles A. Greathouse, secretary of the Democratic national committee from Indiana, sent the runaway an alter nate's ticket after reading that Brady naa appeared penniless and exhausted at the Travelers' Aid Society here, after vainly attempting to get a convention ticket at the Indiana headquarters. Cup of Joy Runs Over Mr. Brady's cup of joy was running over when he came down to breakfast this morning. He had put on his best necktie a red one in honor of the day, but while he was drinking hi3 coffee he began fingering it dubiously. "You don't suppose anyone will misunderstand, do you?" he asked anxiously. "You see I've voted the Democratic ticket all my life except just a few times when I supported a Socialist some people say they're dangerous. You don't think this tie will make anyone think I'm one of 'em that I ain't a good Democrat?" After being reassured on this poifftThe finished his breakfast. Although Mr. Brady, who waa born In Fourteenth street but has not been in New York since he was 14, protested that he could not possibly get lost, one of the Travelers' Aid Society workers went With him to the Garden. NEW NEWSPAPER TO PROMOTE ONLY GOOD New York Publication to Omit AH Sordid News To Appear in January WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1. The plans made in New York by Jason Rogers-, one tiina-nrnritnr nf th New York Globe, are receiving much comment in educational circles in the Capital City. The publisher has two million dollars with whtrh tn start a national newspaper, which win appear about the first of the year and which will hav na ita ideals the truth and nothing but the trutn, but not necessarily all the truth, since crime, vice and "trivialities" are to be omitted from its columns. According to Mr. Rogers. "The paper's sole aim will be to promote the greatest good to the greatest number. It will be allied with no political party and will adhere to no sect. It will be committed to no special causes, but will stand for common sense, for the right, for justice, and above all truth. "The paper will be printed In New York, but we Dlan to make it some thing more than a local New York aany. we snail try to work out the idea of covering the whole nation's news, thereby making our journal interesting, attractive and valuable to the entire country. In respect to Style, we Shall follow the mnkoiin and news style of Jfche best New York dailies, but we shall not confine our editorial emphasis to purely local concerns,." The control of the new paper will be vested in a self-perpetuating board of trustees, composed of men of prestige and importance. They will have full authority to see that the avowed aims of the paper are carried out. MOTORISTS TO FIGHT USE OF SPEED TRAPS Convention Declares They Are Designed "For Revenue Only" License Law -Asked CEDAR POINT, O., June 28. Three hundred members of the Ohio State Automobile Association, in convention here Friday, discussed strong recommendations in the matter of highway construction and maintenance, the curbing of "speed traps maintained for revenue only," a stringent license law for drivers ana proposed gasoline tax laws The resolutions in which the rec- ommendations are embodied will be presented for ratification today. J. F. Atwood of Columbus is chairman of the resolutions committee. W.A. Stinchcomb of Cleveland Is a member. The committee tirees fhe fttatn tn -adopt a strong policy of highway construction; mat tne construction of parallel highways simultaneously be abolished and that all detours be put in good condition and properly marked before- construction is commenced. He Joesnt Have To, But A Massachusetts judge has ruled that a pedestrian Is not regally obligated to Jump from the path of ! a motor car. True enough, but he who jumps will live to Jump another day.

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