Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1924 — Page 5

Friday, July 11, 1924 .

THE FIE R Y CROSS

The Dark That Failed

(Author Unknown) In "The Dark That Failed," the "Unknown" author has flooded the Roman church with light from basement to belfry. He also overturns our preconceived notions of religious freedom. There will be much speculation as to the identity of this mysterious author, as the language of the book ranks him among the best writers of modern English. It is said-that facts are sometimes stranger than fiction, but they are presented with such simplicity and clearness, and with such consummate art as to seize and hold the reader at the outset and hold him with a constantly-increasing grip to the very end.

The book is a distinct contribution to literature; and its refined humor with occasional outcroppings of suppressed but pointed satire, and withal its relentless logic, not only fascinates, but carries the reader on to a climax embracing an overwhelming conclusion from which there is no escape. It is a book which should be in the hands ot every true American who cherishes the ideals ot this country and who wishes an effective weapon with which to combat influences and enemies foreign and inimical to American institutions. The author says: "There are two reasons why I am not disclosing my Identity. I do hot wish to add an element ot bitterness to the long standing concern which some of my relatives have had on my account, and I am now too far along In years to invite any increase in the enmity which the church already entertains for me because of my quitting it." Ipnornnce, Superstition This author discusses phases of his own life and the influence on him of the confessional. He tells ot the ghosts, the rosary, Bunerstl-

tion and views of the church in regard to marriage and divorce, the part the priest3 play In politics, their meddlings with the public Rchools. "One set of schools exalts the nation, the other the church. One is native, the other foreign.

They appear to be approaching each other on the same track head on! Is there no one at the switch?" The priests have various ways of raising money; burying people; praying foik out of purgatory; selling parts of the clothing for shrouds; selling the ashes of saints and vials of holy water. Through ignorance, the people believe' that the church can. do no wrong, that money is given for future hai "iness and the priests use the tnone. for happiness now. And what is this modernism which thechurch points to as a grim destroyer and lavishes red hats on those of its knights who "fight" against it most successfully? "It la the progress of the human mind along lines ot rational investigation and discovery, and the acquisition of proven knowledge. It is that which changed dugouts into wholesome habitations for mankind; ox teams into automobiles and electrified trains, and log rafts on inland rivers into steam-propelled palaces on the sea; that has provided men with wings by which

they can soar above the earth like eagles, and supplied them with fins

ana respiration whereby they can frolic with the fishes in the caverns of the deep. That's modernism."

Shouting for Liberty The Romanist shouts for religious freedom every time some one gets close to their nefarious business, but, says this author: "Religious liberty is a patriotic fiction shouted

from the housetops, while the minds

or each succeeding generation are

being shackled with manacles of religious slavery. So perfect is the system that parents who have never known religious freedom are com

pelled by this despotic power to as

sist in fettering the minds of their own offspring. Religious liberty of

wnicn we boast is a howling farce

for religious slavery among us Is not only a fact, but an inheritance. In the days when we held men and women as chattels, a blackskin was the badge of slavery; but it never was more so than the brand which the Roman church stamps in infancy

on the millions it holds in religious bondage. A crime committed asainst

a child, for the purpose of enslaving

u ior nte, is neither lessened nor

excused by the consent or co-opera tion of its enslaved parents. Be

i-uuse oi mat, it is an the more

diabolical." Should Choose Own Faith

in conclusion we find this: "Re

ligious liberty in this country, or in any country, can not be predicated

on minus that are forced into ecclesiastical molds before they have ever been allowed to function. If religious liberty means anything to

us as a nation, the defenseless chil dren of America must remain re

ligiously free. In no school in this

country, either public or private,

stiould a child be taught anything

Din esiaunsnea facts, pure English

national loyalty, sound ethics, equal rights under the law for all human

beings who are safe and satie. the

folly and brutality- of war, the golden rule of the Saviour, and the inevitable consequences of his own conduct. Whenhe has passed the stage of adolescence, let him choose his own faith. That, and only that, is religious liberty. "The half has not been told, but let this be THE END."

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bound over to the district court for trial.

Details ot the alleged assault be-

gafi to leak out and being of a sensational nature soon gained wide circulation, despite the desperate at

tempt to suppress them.

It is believed here that the attack

on Attorney-General Rankin, merely because the prosecution of the case was a part of his duties, will in the long run redound to his benefit.

When the Helena cathedral was

being consecrated, the Independent printed an article on its front page designed to turn Catholics against Attorney-General Rankin and Dr.

Hathaway of the state hospital for the insane, as a cheap and inde

fensible way to gain votes. It got the names of 1,200 Catholics, and sent them copies of the paper."

Many of the leading citizens here

declare that "the less said about the Hennessey case, the better."

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FOUR HEREIN MEN ARE HELD FOR GUN ATTACK

SEN. WALSH'S PAPER SCORED BY EDITOR

(Continued from Page 1)

to exterminate the law. violators who

were centering their attack on Young, who was leading" the forces

which were cleaning out the nests

of vice.

The "gun battles" which were given prominence in the press dispatches occurred when armed foreign bootleggers defied officers of the law. The daily press attempted to place the blame for this gun play at the door of the Ku Klux Klan. Their only foundation for this was, that the members' of the Klan had been active in securing evidence for the officials and assisting In the prosecution. Citizens here feel more or less

bitter toward those who are carrying tales about the country about

"bloody" Williamson county. Re

cently two residents of this city

were spending a vacation in Den

ver and attended a meeting held by a man who had held meetings in

Marlon and whom the citizens had paid a big sum of money. The lec

turer is reported as having said be fore the Denver meeting that "Ma

rion, in bloody Williamson county, was a county where lawlessness is

supreme; a county where murder

bootlegging, immorality and other forms of wickedness are the rule. Bloody Williamson county, where a jury can not be secured to convict criminals; a county where criminals

are dismissed because they can not

be convicted. What few good peo

pie there are in the county are sell

ing their property and moving away. Williamson county," a blot upon

civilization, where crime is at a pre

mium and goodness does not exist. Citizens in Earnest

Such propaganda as the above, in

is pointed out, is that which is keeping the United States ignorant of

the real conditions as they exist in

Williamson county. The citizens of

the county have set about in a most

earnest fashion to put the truth be

fore the people and rid the county of the odium placed upon it by

sensational reporters.

(Continued from Page 1) tions turned down the story after strong Influences were brought to bear. The stand taken by the Helena Independent, in its attack on Attorney-General Rankin, it is believed, will give the affair much more publicity. The priest is well known throughout Montana. All attempts to mix the Klan in the unsavory affair have failed to date. Roman Catholics who had much to say about the Klan during the trial, which lasted four days, have dropped the subject since the verdict of the jury was returned. The affair dragged along for several months before any real action was secured. It is said that Mrs. OConner first reported the alleged assault to County Attorney Westover, who failed to take action. Later a warrant was issued for the arrest of Rev. Hennessey by Justice of the Peace Warren M. Heath. The priest was then arrested and later released on a bond of $2,500. Preliminary hearing was given the priest on January 18, at which time he was

PUBLIC SCHOOL 'FOOTBALLOT POLITICS' (Continued from Page 1) quately seated, two children to a seat in many places and in others the pupils had to stand. Teachers were employed who were not disciples of the free school system of America and they spent their time berating the public schools. The next move of the politicians in New York is to get jid of the tenure law, so the teaching jobs can be handed out as political pie. Romanist teachers then can teach the doctrines prescribed by. the papacy and

in the name oi religion thwart the

purposes of the great public school

system of America.

H. B. Wilson, superfhtendent of

schools of Berkley, another delegate

to the National Education Associa

tion, reports that the forces are not disturbing him in his work.

There is a sinister feeling among

all the superintendents an undercurrent that the Romanist forces are working night and day trying to get

control of the schools.

Grave. Banger Seen Mr. Hunter attracted attention in

a speech at one of the sessions early

in the week, when he asserted "the gravest danger that confronts the

American public school system today

is to be found In the attempts of groups of machine politicians, who seek control and in many instances

do control, the local government in our large municipalities. These machine politicians attempt to control the administration of the schools and use them for political purposes. "Only a debased and debauched school system can result when one of these unscrupulous groups dic

tates the appointment of teachers in the interest of political spoils. Irreparable damage to the youth' of such an unfortunate city can not be avoided. This damage is infinitely greater than that which results from a far too drastic tenure law which protects a portion of a teaching corps that has become out of date or superannuated." Mr. Hunter was speaking on the evil of losing teachers and urging the necessity of a proper method for their tenure in office, so that the pupils may benefit by continued experience when the teachers are satisfactory. Political manipulation of positions is one of the greatest dangers to continued Service, he said. The turnover in the teaching profession is more than 110,000 annually, or 16 per cent of all, he said. .

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(Continued from Page 1) the" Rang ot hoodlums admitted to the galleries began a deafening din. Delegates are now beginning to realize just why New York was selected for the convention. In the midst of an alien population, wet interests and un-Americanism, with the newspapers all set to "put over" Smith, the Brennan forces, backed up by Tammany, has a perfect setting to stage one of the most disgraceful affairs ever put before the eyes of the American people. Whole Affair Carefully Planned Aligned against the combined forces of pro-immigration, pro-wet, pro-Smith, pro-Catholic and a subsidized press, are Protestants from all parts of the country sweltering in the heat of the Madison Square Garden as they are taunted and derided by the hoodlums gathered for the occasion. The Roman Catholic forces which have planned the whole affair, from boosting Smith into the race to trying to discredit all other candidates through the local press and such outrages as the infamous "klaxon chorus" by which the delegates were tortured for more than an hour while Smith adherents made themselves ridiculous in the eyes of ihe people, are playing their game in the background. Newspapers are sidestepping the

real cause of the disgraceful affair

now being carried out by the arrogant Roman Catholic minority.' The

attitude of the newspapers is most

forcibly reflected in the trick perpetrated when the night editions failed

to carry McAdoo's proposal in regard to his withdrawal from the race and carried a statement made by Smith.

At this time it looks as though

Samuel Ralston, of Indiana, will be the candidate although in view of the

genera! confusion it is hard to pre

I diet anything accurately. Roman i Catholic forces are secretly at work ! using every conceivable method to ; split the forces opposed to Smith.

: kvery political device known to man ! is being used and underlying all

statements to the contrary, there is a deep-laid scheme to put over Al

bniith. Roman Catholic, as a candi

date for President. Tammany a Past Master

1 animany Is a past master at

: Jockeying votes and they hare al-

i ready succeeded in placing Smith at

tne Head of the vote getting column.

1 hough they have failed In many in

stances to gain the points they desired, they are still hard at it. To this time Smith has been beaten in his attempt to belittle McAdoo and was foiled in his trap laid to put McAdoo In a bad light before tho public, but Smith backers are far from asleep. It is freely predicted here this afternoon that a candidate will b chosen tonight. That, however, is very doubtful.

WOULD LOWER PUBLIC

SCHOOL: PLAN BALKED (Continued from Page 1) gion, industry, home life, politics, the government itself. "It is not militarism or pacifism that we need in ifte great struggle that is on us. Propaganda for either is but dust thrown in our eyes to blind us to the real issue and to prevent the use of the real remedy. It is not propaganda against the inimical influences nor legislation for their exclusion that democracy needs.

it. is education insured its nlace as

the most indispensable, the most dig-

umeu, me most valued function of the government."

Miss Jones indorsed the education

bill which would place a denartrhent

of education in the government and an officer in the president's cabinet,

ana urged all teachers to co-operate for its accomplishment.

Urges IJse of Ballot

Denouncing vigorously the failure of the Republican and Democratic

parties to give out "scant considera

tion" to education in the platforms

aranea at tbeir respective conven

tions, Dr. William C. Bagley, of the Teachers' College of Columbia University, urged the teachers of the

united btates at the Wednesday ses

Hion ot me general assembly to throw their votes en masse to the political organization which promises

io ao me most to promote educa tion.

Dr. Bagley's appeal wa3 greeted

witn a storm of applause by the dele gates.

"Scant consideration which both of the political parties have given to

education in their platforms." de

clared Dr. Bagley, "should be the

signal on our part for a positive and aggressive stand. Contrasted sharply with the courteous and generous ; treatment that our representatives have met in Congress is the treatment of quite the other sort that our representatives were accorded in the convention at Cleveland and New York. At these two conventions the great questions have been not what is right and just and best for the broadest and most enduring interests of our country, but how can we placate the minorities that hold the balance of power?" "The lesson for us seems tolerably clear. If other groups are willing to disregard party lines and throw their votes en masse to the party that promises to do most to promote often selfish and almost always minor interests which these groups represent, should there not be a group that will throw its votes en masse to the party that promises to do the most for the basic interest of our national life the most unselfish and far-reaching cause that any group can espouse? And should not our profession be the nucleus of this group?" Dr. Bagley pointed out that the most fundamental Issues of profes

sional ethics are those that refer to the relationship between the professional group and the public. "Clearly they include in our case." he said, "the attitude that we should take toward those important elements ot the public that are represented by political parties and political leaders. Under our form ot government the welfare and progress-of our cause depends in no small measure upon the political, factors,"

(Continued from Page 1) the crusade now past, bootleggers are making a harvest in Indianapolis. It was noted at the time of one of the most brutal murders in Indianapolis, that the man convicted of the crime was arrested in a locality from which an efficient police officer had just previously been removed because of kicks from so-called favorites of the administration. Police Are "Probing" While the police are "probing" at

tention has been called to the fact' that when the night watchman at a downtown store failed to turn in "a call, because he had fallen asleep, several squads of- police rushed to the place and surrounded it. On the night of the department store robbery, in which eight bandits are said to have taken part, only four police were sent alter receiving a telephone call from the watchman who successfully reached a telephone after

having been trussed up. Also the length of time it required the squad to go approximately three blocks ! with no traffic at that time of night, is thought by most persons to have been "plenty of time." On July fourth Mayor Shank was reported to have driven a mule attired in pink pajamas, in a race in a nearby city. While such actions are in keeping with the routine of the mayor, who spends much of his time at horse races, it is believed by many serious-minded persons that a little less horseplay and more interest might be taken In putting the police department, under Chief Rikhoff,

whom it seems the mayor will not discharge, into shape to cope with the ever-increasing amount of crime in Indianapolis. If all the time spent by Chief Rikhoff in making war on Protestant members of the police forcejiad been

spent in trying to find a way to combat bandits and close the dives in Indianapolis where they congregate, it can only be believed that many of those who now lie buried after having met their deaths at the hand of a bandit or hold-up man, would be living today. Ridiculous Thought The murderer of a young Indianapolis woman, in a most heinous way, made his haunts in a vice-infected part of the city where crime openly flaunts its brazen face to the public. To say that the Dolice de

partment does not know that vice flourishes in that part of the r-itv

as well as other parts, would be ridiculous.

However, it appears that mnnh ne

the time of the police department

neaus is lanen up in internal warfare, in which Bill Armitage, known as a professional gambler, plays a part through his role of "political

advisor" tb Mayor Shank, who in" a ', statement to the newspapers, declared that no man is put otfthe police department without proper training, it is to be wondered if that assertion holds good in the case of Pafsy McMahan, ex-prizefighter, who was put In "the nightriding squad" and given a machine in which to make nocturnal visits about the city. While McMahan is not the only man on the force whom, one might ask Mayor Shank about, his is one of the outstanding cases. Political Jockeying It is to be wondered just how far Mayor Shank believes his police force, under Chief of Police Rikhoff, can get -in its battle (it is supposed the department is battling crime) against -the criminal element of Indianapolis with such political jockeying as was involved in the appointment of the ex-prizefighter to the police force. Ray. Pope, "photographer to the mayor," and "discoverer of the missing link," is another officer who has helped create disquiet in the police department Mayor Shank, however, made him

his personal bodyguard while two men who had worked night and day to effect the arrest of a murderer, were discharged from the force upon the recommendation of Chief Rikhoff, an excellent tailor. The men were Protestants. Mike Glenn, ex-keeper of a resort In Indiana avenue, has

been promoted, a new title invented " and his salary raised. Glenn assisted in the crusade on newsboys5 and it Is perhaps this feat of bravery whidh earned hint the increased salary. Glenn, who by the way is a Roman Catholic, is the " officer who kept crying that there were not enough men on the police -force at the time Chief of Police ;

Rikhoff, very close to Glenn, was dis-

cnarging officers (Protestants) be

cause there were too many men on

me ponoe force. The Pajama Complex Bandits and other criminals are ' having a harvest in Indianapolis as Chief Rikhoff iieads the department ' officially, at least. With a mayor " greatly interested in driving mules, attired in pink pajamas, and a chief of police interested in the discharge of Protestants from the police force: and with the council investigating the actions of the mayor, the citizens of Indianapolis suffer at the hands of the law violators.

MORE LADY LAWYERS MADISON, Wis., July 7. Nineteen graduates of the University of Wisconsin law school were granted permits to practice before the state supreme court by the court in session recently. Two of the members were Miss Beatrice Walker and Miss Marian Frye, both of Madison.

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