Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1924 — Page 5
Friday, October 3, 1924
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PAID ADS. USED BY ROMAN CATHOLICS
(Continued Irom Page 1) or more articles of faith taught by the church, as Protestants." Contradicts Cardinal Paugherty
The Catholic Information Bureau Bays that Catholics do not believe all
KLANSMEN TO 0. K.
GRAND DRAGONS
(Continued from Page 1) of all who might hereafter take the solemn, deep-seated, comprehensive, wholly-binding oath" of Klankraft
Dr. Evans said that while at the present time the Klan apparently Is
for America, as a few of its princl-
HARVESTERS APPEAR IN THEIR OWN CARS
Protestants are damned; Cardinal I Dle8 are aDDii(.ahle in the United
iaugneriy anu ma uoman vaiuowi: church say they are. The foregoing proves the prediction of The Fiery Cross to have been correct. The Fiery Cross said the Roman Catholic bureau was "formed for the express pnrpose of offsetting the truth about tbe Roman Catholic
KOTernment," and the contention Is proved in less than one month after the formation of the bureau. The teachings of the Roman Catholic church are diametrically opposed to Americanism. Americans can not be too careful in casting their ballots at the coming elections. To ote for men who have the nndnclty to condemn hundreds of thousands of Protestants in a single state
because they are iu a Protestant or
States only, the "majority of its prin
ciples could be, and will be, applied throughout the wide world." Ovation Given Evans On Thursday a gigantic ovation was given Dr. Evans at the close of hi3 address, "The Klan, of Tomorrow." Tho demonstration was a most magnificent display of loyalty
to the Imperial Wizard and an outlet of the enthusiasm felt by the Klansmen at the great strides taken in the past two years under the Evans administration. Nothing like this demonstration was ever seen before in any national, state or sectional meeting. It reminded one of "a national political
convention; delegates, members, vis
'Gas Tramps" Replace Hoboes in Following Work From One State to Another
THREAT OF BOYCOTT
DOES KLAN NO HARM Milton Junction (Wis.) Branch of American Order Grows in Face of Enemy
PERRY COUNTY KLAN STAGES JHG PARADE 18,000 Persons Witness ProcessionCatholics Try to Dis
perse Onlookers
ROMAN POLITICIANS DENOUNCE SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON, . Sept. 29. Five
years ago a majority of laborers in the great harvest fields of the west were old-style hoboes. As the grain ripened they rode from place to place on freight trains, or passenger trains carried thorn at a loss on the roofs and rods of coaches. They traveled when and where they chose. Work was secondary ; the hobo of those days worked only when he felt like it, and if he decided not to work,
Kiiniaiion, wiiicn onjects 10 aiuer-,t one and a got on thelr feet leans be njr ruled by a foreign "-fat the close of Dr. Evans' speech on
(Special to The Fiery Cross) MILTON JUNCTION, Wis., Sept. 29. Although it is reported that many Americans in business here have been threatened with boycott by the Roman Catholic church if they sre suspected of belonging to the Klan, the American order is thriving in spite of the fact. Last week at a meeting of the order a large number of citizens made application for membership after a
nothing on earth could make hinrfstirring speech by a national
change his mind
Although mechanical harvesting
and thework of the United States employment service in directing the flow of harvest labor are largely responsible for the dwindling number of the old-time hoboes, many are now known as "gas tramps with a flivver." This change has been particularly noticeable during the past three years. Last year in Oklahoma over 300 second-hand automobiles
speaker.
YftiiTiiTA. iv fin iiirprmii. I mritii i m ... A,
- ----- . -me Klan or lommorrow ; uiey we .,,...,. Anrine th hrwt
season alone. They
the Unmnn Catholic church To . - . . .7." J . . conveyances ui me Ba iiamps.
,hnm tlmn la tho man nhliirited if i iF-'"" w. "uas tramps in one nivver ioaa wnom men 13 uie man oniiguieu. u , m j tho i, rr rnnVPTitifin hall cheer- r -v.
nntent:ito touches that the heads Of . . . . . .1 . ! '
i::;" " .. . , cneerea ana cneerea, mey rusnea iu , , Th were cniefl tne
Mates are "principally obligated to thj piatform and shook the hands of j
electeil. who denounces Protestants
around the big convention hall cheer
I ing and shouting for Evans; two
xn procure inc vore ui iouiou v,iu- d ,n the proce8sion and ollcs. who must believe what the tQ make UBelr )ieard;
pope 'caci.es anu rWeMaiu. ...u Amertcan flags were ,n the hands of j "
come from different parts of the
OPPOSITION LOSING OCT EDGERTON, Wis., Sept. 28. Conditions here in reference to the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are rapidly changing and alien opposition is not riding as high a horse as it did a few months back. When
the Klan first arrived here, the Cath
olic political machine made it as uncomfortable as possible for the
Americans, but the order has grown to such strength now that the work
of the opposition is losing its effect.
Wayne County (Mich.) Democrats Oppose Klan and Pro
hibition Amendment
country. They, say that they just "met up," decided to buy a car and
go to the harvest fields. Perhaps
good mechanic; he has
Mi.-. nmrf.liinfT ,1 fil trn t n.i nnd mom- 1 , a . 3 l
tUomonts hv "information bureaus.'' " . " cnarge or me car. ruus n aim Keeps
i i i -ma 1 wio- uaiiuns ir in renair. wiiiie me real snare
'J ?r? "s he no so be,the state laniards were lifted alike in expenses for oil and gasonKiJtM He It ! from their places and went along in lino. At the end Gf the season they
w i ... ..r M.iin. .... i..ithe Procession; Klan omciais, mosuy ; sell the car and divide the proceeds
hondf Does imy thlnkinir person be
liee that the Uomiin (ntlioiics of Rny state, or the Roman hierarchy In Koine are uoinp to throw their t-trcm.Mli behind n man and not demand finors of him after elected to office nd It should be remembered flint, those requests for special fnlors nlll come from. Rome, n place where American Ideals are little understood and less cared for.
"Principally Obligated to Rome" Can any man. who has the progressive interests of Protestantism
:it heart nn;l refuses to bow to the dictates of Roman agencies in order to r.ct votes openly attack the strongest body of Protestants the world has ever known? Is not such a man. who vi11 travel from place to place wilfully attacking and slandering a Protestant organization composed of good men and women throughout the whole state through which he travels, counting on the aid of Rome to be elected? Is such a man one hom r.'dtilooiled Proteslitnt Americans want
In ofKceJ It !s for colors to deeide-h
whether or not they wish a man In office who Is 4ut there by a system which sars the head of the state Is "nrlnrinal'v nllirnted to the Roman t'cthollc clinrch,"
state and sectional, were carried on
the shoulders of state members in the march; noise devices were used, in fact everything possible was done to show Dr. Evans and all present the intense' devotion and loyalty of the members for the head of the organization. This demonstration went on for thirty minutes and Dr. Evans was visibly affected. Men shed tears
and they were tears of joy.
MACHINE REGULATES FALL OF ELEVATORS
0NMENTH OF KLAN INCOME WILL BE USED
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. There is
a speed limit for New York vertical
j elevator traffic as well as for the (horizontal traffic on the streets. The ! building of elevators has reached a I point where there is practically no i limit to the speed with which a pasi senger can be tarried either up or ! down. Much Mgher speeds than
those common today could doubtless
be made with safety, but human comfort has set a limit. A person
can lie shot upward with rocketlike speed with little or no inconvenience, but the descent is another ma'tter. The vertical' speed limit in New York elevator shafts is COO feet a minute. In other words, an express elevator is permitted to travel at the rate of a mile in about seven minutes. It is believed, however, that an elevator can be built to travel a mile a minute with safety
There are sev-
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ri, -i,. i,,. ,i'to its passengers
are continually spreading the word i u,su - m , 7 , V V
iuuie I lldii ov ii i in ii v.-i f-, ii v. int. elevator, incidentally, stops and
that the Klan is slipping or going
The reports and the
ord's of the Klan do not justify i flal3 more quickly than most ve- ... . J liir-loH traveling :it tho same ratr of
untruthful propaganda put Out ;. ' , ... . ... , i, ' lahnrors at harvest time
Deed. JIM niUAiaiuui BUfru i.an in: ;
backwards.
re
tne untrutlitul p
by its enemies. ! Handicap Overcome J And all of this growth and development has boon accomplished, too, in spite of the handicaps that disgruntled and disappointed persons have tried to put in the way. Law suits l ave been brought against the Klan and the Klan has won every cne of them up to date. All sorts of internal dissension have been started and dispelled. Revolutions have risen up, backed by unscrupulous members and such members have been banished and bolshevism from within squelched. External enemies have not been asleep; they have, in i'.ut, been wideawake and
up and doins every minute trying . their "best to wreck and impede the progress of the order, yet the movement has gone ahead by leaps and bounds to figures beyond all dreams and predictions, far ahead of the fondest hones of Klan officials themhpIvps. Today the Klan is on more solid ground than ever before and ready to forge ahead for-Gd, country and humanity on a scale larger and better than ever.
Seven to a Car It is a common sight in many dis
tricts for as many as ten automobile
loads of harvest hands to pass through in a day, sometimes with seven "gas tramps" to a car. The
time may come when whole districts of the wheat belt will be harvested by "gas tramps." As it is, there is a
certain section of Iowa that used to
4-call upon the government employ
ment agencies every year for large
numbers of harvest laborers. Last
year there were no applications from that district, and it was learned that the men sent there two years
ago returned for the next harvest.
But, although the time may come when all migratory labor will go to the harvest by automobile, they will
still depend upon the government employment service. It is customary
for some groups of "gas tramps" to
send one of their number to the fed
eral or state employment bureau to learn which is the best district to go to, and a check made this year of men at one of the congregating points showed that all of them de
pended upon the government agencies for information about har
vest and labor conditions. Work for 100,000 Extra Except for improvements in harvesting machinery, it would be impossible now to fill even part of the labor requirements of the wheat belt. Between the cradle method of harvesting by hand and the grain binder there is as much difference as
between the binder and the combine which cuts and thrashes the grain so that it is ready for the elevator or the bins. Yet, with all the laborsaving devices, the great wheat belt from Texas to Canada requires at
least 100,000 outside or migratory
CHANGE KLAN OPINIONS
JANESVILLE, Wis., Sept. 29.
Many citizens who had received the
wrong slant on the Ku Klux Klan by reading about it in the newspapers, changed their opinions when
they heard a speaker of the Klan explain the principles of the order recently. When the speech was con
cluded a large number of them made application for membership in the order.
(Special to The Fiery Cross) TELL CITY, Ind., Sept. 26. Perry county Klan held its first parade last Saturday, before the largest crowd that ever assembled in Tell City. It is estimated that more than 18,000 persons lined both sides of the streets through which the procession passed. Although rain fell all morning and afternoon until four o'clock, it failed to stop the stream of machines that poured into this city all day. Many people from
Kentucky crossed the Ohio river to
see the demonstration. Aerial bombs announced trie start of the parade at 8:30 o'clock and soon 300 robed Klansmen, their vis
ors up, marched through the principal streets of the town. They were greeted with applause from the large crowd which waited for the Klansmen to appear, although Roman Catholics attempted to disperse the onlookers by telling them the parade had been postponed. After the parade a state speaker
for the Ku Klux Klan addressed the crowd beneath an electric cross
in the city park. The Methodist
Church Epworth League served re freshments.
WISCONSIN AROUSED
BY GOVERNOR'S ACT
Blaine Attempts to Oust Attorney Who Refused to Prosecute the Klan
(Special to The Fiery Cross) DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 29. The
Wayne county Democratic party denounced the Ku Klux Klan by name at their convention here. They also
took up the cudgel against the public schools, denounced the constitution of the United States pertaining to the Eighteenth Amendment and made a plea for beer. The heads of the convention were practically all members of the Knights of Columbus.
DELAWARE OFFICIALS
REFUSE KLAN PERMIT
AID PROTESTANT FAR3TER OWOSSO, Mich., Sept. 27 Roman
Catholic neighbors of George P.
Droit refused to give him any assistance at threshing time because
he was a Protestant and eligible to membership in the Ku Klux Klan. A threshing ;machine was obtained from an American who lived about
ten miles away and Klansmen in full regalia worked on the field to help the old man.
(Special to The Fiery Cross) LANCASTER, Wis., Sept. 29. Governor Blaine's action against the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Is causing a great stir of indignation throughout the state. The attempt to murder a Klansman in a parade at Boscobel last month and the arrest of the Roman Catholic who made the attempt has caused the governor to begin ouster proceedings against George Clementson, district attorney for Grant county, because Clementson would not begin proceedings against the Klan. Clementson is fighting the governor's decision and has prac
tically the whole population behind him. The governor wished the attempted murder to go on record as a "Klan riot."
ALIENS ATTACK AMERICANS CHEBOYGAN. Mich., Sept. 27. Riots are becoming frequent here against those who are believed to be members of the Ku Klux Klan. Most
of the rioters are known as Roman Catholics, many of whom belong to the Knights of Columbus. Plans are made against Protestants in a pool room owned by a member of the K. of C.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FIRES AMERICAN GIRL
JUNIORS PLAY BALL
AT KALUMET PICNIC (Special to The Fiery Cross) CROWN POINT, Ind., Sept. 29. Speaking, athletic contests, a baby show, baseball games and dancing were among the events on a varied program arranged by Kalumet Klan No. 67 for its all-day picnic at the fair grounds here Saturday. Thousands of Klansmen and their friends were present. The Juniors of Hobart and Hammond provided an in
teresting baseball game.
(Special to The Fiery Cross) WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 29. The safety director of this citv has
displayed as un-American spirit as the safety director of Trenton by re-
iiijiiiife me fYiuii t permit 10 noia a parade on November 1, at which time another, and final big tri-state meeting of the Klan will be held. This will be the last big open-air gathering of the year, and it is expected to be a great success.
KLAN DAY AT FAIR THREE RIVERS, Mich., Sept. 27.
Ku Klux Klanday at the county fair last week proved to be the biggest drawing card of the season and all-day ceremonies, ending with a display of fireworks, took place under the auspices of the local
Klan. An automobile was given the county organizer by members of the order.
(Special to The Fiery Cross) FRANKFORT. Ky., Sept. 29. A young lady, 19 years of age, who Is employed at the local chamber of commerce as stenographer, was seen helping at a refreshment stand at the Klan's Labor Day celebration at Bowen Henry Park here. Upon returning to work, she was told that while her work was satisfactory heir services would not be needed any longer.
CELEBRATE COMPLETION SPRINGFIELD, Ohio Committees have been appointed to arrange the program for the celebration of the first anniversary of the completion of the mosque here by Abou Ben Adhem Shrine, which will be held in this city on November 7, it was announced recently by Potentate Paul Oliver.
PLAINFIELD TO VOTE ON PARADE ORDINANCE
PLAINFIELD, N. Y., Sept. 29. An ordinance requiring-a permit to hold a parade will be voted upon October 3, following a Klan parade during which it was found there was no legislation on the city statutes covering such a situation.
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developed after traveling a very few feet. There are no traffic cops to regulate the speed of elevators in New York as on the streets, but the speed
is nevertheless controlled with certainty. This is accomplished by an automatic safety device which brings up the car with a jerk if it exceeds the limit.
IRISH JUSTICE BANS BIBLE USE IN COURT
Philadelphia Magistrate Orders Oath to Be Taken in More "Sanitary" Fashion
ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN WEST TERRE HAUTE
(Continued from Page 1) made his escape in an auto awaiting there. Immediately upon it being learned that Rev. Sanders had again been threatened a guard of twieve men was appointed. These men were on the platform when the shots were fired. Warned Not to Parade Anonymous warnings also had been received telling the Klansmen not to parade. The Klansmen, however, paraded anyway and an excellent procession was viewed by about ten thousand persons. -The meeting was a great success. Rev. Sanders spoke for two hours after the shots wcro fired. Only a few minutes were
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 29. Magistrate Francis X. O'Connor, an Irish Roman Catholic, has placed a
ban on the time-honored custom of using the Kible at court hearings under his jurisdiction. The old-time custom is to be done away with becanse of "hygienic reasons." According to the magistrate, there Is "great danger of spreading disease as the covers of the Bible become soiled from the constant usage of hundreds of people." Citizens of Philadelphia who are followers of the Christian faith are inclined to doubt the sincerity of the reason given for tho discontinuance of the old ami revered custom. No great formal protest has been made
on their part as yet but the1, undercurrent of the talk of the masses of Protestant people is strong in condemnation of the magistrate's action.
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(Special to Tlie Fiery Cross) MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Sept. 29. In nrrlpp that tr-nr hprn In t hf rmhlir
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jrnu.rcu y meaner ui qu i ulc u,cnooi8 mav conform with the bill fclg crowd after the shots had been naSRPf1 . lhp-nrqr wuiaturp w
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Accounts of the shooting, which were turned over to a local newspaper nbout 11 o'clock Saturday night, failed to appear In the Sunday dltloo.
Don't fail to register on October Sixth 1
the Bible should be read daily in
all classrooms, the Junior Order of ' in
At the Sioux City government :
labor placement office, one of the labor gateways to the northwest, records show that the harvest hands
split into two great armies. One
starts with the Texas harvest, moves to Oklahoma, works into Kansas and
then turns back. This army does
not touch the northwest. The other group starts in the northwest, moves
to the border and sometimes into Canada, and then turns back to husk the corn crop of Minnesota, Dakota
and Iowa. The harvest over, some of the wanderers go to the large j
cities, but, the data show, the majority of workers go back to farms
until another harvest season rolls
around. Disasters to' What
In 1917 he federal government was concerned with food supplies in wartime and established labor agencies in the harvest belt to help farmers bring in their crops. The
next years the scope of the work in
creased and hundreds of men were employed to gather information about acreage and conditions in the wheat belt. In directing the movement of harvest labor it demanded more than merely ascertaining the acreage in certaan districts, for between sowing and harvest a variety of disasters may occur. "Wheat may be winter killed or infested by some pest; it may be burned through lack of moisture, or the reverse may happen, and it 13 drowned by too much rain. Then if it survives these dangers harvest rust may set in and the whole crop in an important wheatraising district Will be destroyed. All this has a bearing on harvest labor. It must be warned away
from districts with poor crops and not in need of men. It must be kept away from localities already supplied with their labor, and it must be sent in time to those places ready
for harvest but without the labor.
The United States employment service now has. a farm labor bureau.
wRh headquarters in Kansas City,
with sole oversight over harvest and other seasonable labor, and a corps of investigators scattered from the rice and cotton belts of the south to
the grain raising north. Thus, the
harvest season may be said to begin
in May in Texas, next crops ripen j
Oklahoma, then Kansas, then i
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