Fiery Cross, Volume 4, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1924 — Page 3

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BOSS BRENNAN DENOUNCED IN HEARST PAPER

CHICAGO AMERICAN EDITORIAL BLAMES LEADER FOR DEFEAT

Al Smith's Sponsor Bitterly Assailed Illinois Democratic Czar Held Up to Ridicule

The Dark That Failed

The Fiery Cross HarObtalned the Serial Rights to This Most Remarkable Book- It Deals With the Inside Workings of the Roman Corporation In a Simple, Straightforward Manner. It Is DeToid of Vitriolic Utterances and Is Told by One Who Saw the Light. Because of Its Simplicity In Setting Forth Facts and the Absolute Absence of Conjecture or Personal Opinions of the Author, It Is a Radical Departure From the Average Run of AVorks of a Similar Nature. Editor's Note.

IN THE previous installments of this interesting expose of the political activities of the Roman Catholic church, the anonymous author has shown that the Roman hierarchy, through superstition, incantation and fetish, has endeavored to counteract the forward march of progress among its thinking followers. The fifth installment will appear in next week's edition of The Fiery Cross.

(Spwvnl to The Fiery Cross) CHICAGO. Nov. 24. Boss Brennan, who lias ruled Chicago politics with a hifih liuml tor years, has lost au old friend. Deserting a sinking ship, William nandcl;h lirfarsl's pro-Roman Evening American has executed an about face. In times past it haj been George Brenuan's staunch friend and admirer, but after the recent defeat of the DimociaJc party In Chicago, the Evening American painted a word picture of his as "the most discredited experiment in years." lirennan, who v;iv Al S:iith's niot-'t persistent backer for ihe Democratic president in t notn.ii.'i. ion list June will be one of the men to sponsor the Smith movement :it the convention 192S. The Kvtniim American has heretofore held Urerwiun to be the brains and hoard of strategy ot the Democrats. It lauded him lo the fVits during the Democratic national convention In New York and gave him column after coiomn of personal publicity, with pictures of himself and his family thrown In. The American and other Hearst papers urged him on in his hitter, but futile, fight to denounce Americans by condemning the Wlan In the p.-.rty platform. A Different View Now that Klansmen and other trond Protestants have put an end to Ilrennan's gang rule, the Hearst editor In an editor ul admitted the following truths about the man whom hia paper bo recently endorsed: "With the avalanche of Republican and protest votes only half counted, one outstanding fact is luminously apparent to every right-thinking

Democrat and Progressive, George K. Hrennan, as a national and local leader, is the most discredited experiment In years. "On the death of Itoger Sullivan, Brennan, who had been a lieutenant generally looked upon as one who would turn a sharp corner, pleaded with the Democratic leaders in Cook county and Illinois to be given a chance to lead the party. He was ambitious to go to the Democratic national convention at the head of the delegation; he was anxious to demonstrate to the voters of Cook county and Illinois that he had earned the leadership and would give the people a progressive, constructive administration in that important political office. "In general, the Democrats yielded to his importunities and he was sent to the Democratic national convention at the head of his party delegation. There he was elected national committeeman for Illinois, and lie was given a free hand In directing the votes of Illinois. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and allied states. It became apparent early that he was not equal to the occasion. Healiiing the strength of William (1. McAdoo as a progressive Democrat, Brennan did not go out to meet the Issue squarely, but hoisted up the religious Issue to befuddle the campaign and to defeat McAdoo. Shorl-Sighled Prennnn "McAdoo had never been affiliated

with the Klan. No one knew it better than gentian himself. He injected the issue Into the campaign, and had his hirelings about the hall whispering Insinuations about McAdoo. As a result the party was split wide open. While Brennan suc- - reeded in defeating McAdoo, he also succeeded In Injecting so much bit- ' terness Into the convention that the candidacy of th" exceedingly-popular Ciov. Al Smith was also destroyed. "The short-sighted purpose of Hrennan was not so much to nominate a candidate for president, as he has little interest in national leaders, and the national leaders are too wise to deal with htm. He had in mind the election of a county ticket and a governor of Illinois. "To emphasize this point, he forced Michael Igoe to the forefront of the fight, and made him the target for nil the resentment that rose up against such tactics. The vote on state's attorney Illustrates what It meant to Igoe. The result of this treachery and unprincipled double-crossing by brennan in the Madison Square convention was early predicted, and Is now to the party tragically certain."

The Priest and the President. Soundings are also made to determine the financial resources of the parish. There Is where the rriind of the "church militant" is centered. The entire material force of every ecclesiastical unit is known, and can at any time be mobilized against any obstruction in tha pathway of the church. I do not say that political movements are always. If ever, given an impulse through the confessional: but when occasion requires, they are given an Impulse In some way. which practically solidifies every indi- , vldual congregation In the country in favor of any- ! thing that will strengthen the earthly power of the i church, and against everything that tends to retard Us progress. I whs once foolhardy enough to try to stop, locally, a movement of this kind, which threatened to develop against the lamented Woodrow Wilson, the last time be ran for the presidency. The Democratic Committee knew of it, and so did the newspapers: but they were nil speechless. No doubt they recalled the slogan of "Rum. Romanism and Rebellion" which defeated James Ci. E'alne. the greatest American of his time. They were afraid of the church. Perhaps they we-re right. Certainly I did not get very far. , The pretext by which It was sought to bring the church Into motion against President Wilson, was reported outrages against nuns In Mexico. He had refused to Interfere In the matter, and my admiration for him was partly because he had. up to that time, "kept, us out of war." At any rate. I called privately on the local priest and tried to show him the unwisdom of letting his congregation muster against the President of the United States. I was met by th9 Inquiry as to "what right an apostate had to Interfere in the affairs of the church?" The interview was short. "Very well." said T. when my defeat became apparent, "hereafter, when organizations spring up in opposition to the church, do not be surprised: you nre not only provoking, but making them necessary." He became livid with anger, and could only articulate as he motioned me away. "Apostate! Apostate!" As I retired. T remlnded him that "Simon Peter, the Jew. who Is said to ha"Ve established the church, was an apostate." That left him stuttering with rage, lie was not a very high type. The movement I mention was not national, for the reason that no constructive Interest of the church was Involved. There was a restraining Influence, also. In the church having, at that time, "a friend at court." If it had been otherwise. 'Wilson would not have carried a single State. As It was. It nearly cost him the election. His offense was a negative one In not wanting to Involve his country In a war with Mexico, simply because some of the members of the church down there were outraging others. At that time nearly everybody and everything In Mexico belonged to the church, Including the infamous Villa. Politically Reserved. I will say that the widest political latitude is allowed by the church where there Is no issue affecting Its welfare. It has no polItlcs---except Its own. The wisdom of the church is uncanny. All it asks is to be let alone. It will do the rest. Rut once ils pathway to power Is crossed by anything which threatens to retard It, the millions of units everywhere in the entire organization stiffen as by an electric shock. Race, color and country are secondary In the' allegiance of every devoted member of the church. The Interest of the church comes first. I have heard that very thing declared from the pulpit for the benefit of a newly elected civil official, who was himself a member, and who received the admonition meekly In the midst of a congregation which, as a balance of power, had carried him Into office. His future was In their hands. Political infidelity like any other sin, when proper atonement is made, may be forgiven by a priest in the confessional; but never by the rank and file of

the older lay members. No one among them, young or old, who has been elevated to civil power, dares to fall short of expectations. An Every-Day Miracle. The sacrifice of the mass Is a miracle In which, as a boy, I believed as firmly as I did In Santa Claus. I believed everything. I was taught at home, or by the priest, or learned out of Butler's old Catechism. I used to contemplate the crucifix with mingled feelings of sympathy and anger. Often with a pang at my heart, in the presence of that cruel spectacle, I would be filled with a desire for vengeance. As an aid to fixing Its seal indelibly on the minds of youth, the ehurch could employ nothing more effective than a graven Image of that horrible crucifixion. It Is therefore In evidence everywhere, particularly among the clergy and the nuns. The mass is the fundamental dogma of the church, in which the sacrifice of the Redeemer Is done over. In a way. by the priest. It Is a miracle In which bread and wine are changed, respectively. Into flesh and blood. Those who have gone to confession and have had their sins forgiven, may partake of the flesh. The priest keeps the blood for himself and drinks it out of a gold chalice. This plain statement reflects simply what the church teaches. It is not even a pleasant thing to say. "The Proof of the Pudding." My first approach to this sacrament was attended with the most harrowing emotions. Its awful sacredness made my inmost soul tremble; and yet, my veryfaith In Its reality compelled the recoil of every instinct in me. The discovery I made, however, relieved me ever after at all feelings of repugnance. It was nothing but a Wafer. A church that, in the face of human reason and scientific certainty, can hold the faith of Its followers to the miracle of the mass, can make them believe anything, can make them do anything. The most intelligent, however, of both the laity and the clergy know, whatever they may say, that the mass can be only symbolical at most, and that It Is the traditional descendant of human sacrifices, offered by pagan worshipers centuries before Christ. Rut since the church insists on the reality of the miracle, they let It go at that. Why should a layman whose mind and Influence admit him to social and business Intercourse with the highest officials of the church say, or admit, anything that might tend to relax Its grip on the masses? His interest does not lie In that direction. his ruination perhaps does. As to the priests, their minds and more particularly their Hps are sealed. They can give forth no utterance In regard to the church that does not come out of Italy. A Fettered Intellect. Some years ago I discussed this subject with a priest of whom I was not only very fond, but whose eloquence and learning commanded my highest admiration. He sparred for a time with thestock arguments of his theological training. I came back to the plain, obvious facts that the "Host" neither looks, smells, feels, nor tastes like flesh, and that all these tests applied to it. together with chemical analysis, Bhow It to be merely flour and water. "If you Insist that black Is white," said I, "there Is an end to the argument; either you are color-blind, or I am." He looked at nie with a sad and hopeless expression. Then ho said, in a changed voice: "I can see only through mediaeval glasses; they are selected for raf; when they are colored to make black look white, then black must be white to me; there Is no alternative." His unexpected change of front, and this manifest confidence, filled me with pity for him and indignation at the power which had chained that brilliant Intellect to Its wheel. What I said to him doesn't matter, but what he Bald in reply vas as startling, as It was final. (Continued Next Week.)

SPOKANE OPENS

HER DOORS TO KLAN LEADERS

REPORTER ATTENDS MEETING AM) TELLS ABOUT DR. EVANS

With Indiana Protestant Orders

"Likable Sort of Man, This Head of an Organization of Millions," He Says

Flashes From a Masonic Pen

UB-TECTS dear to the heart of all Protestants are discussed in a number of excellent

editorials in the current issue of The New Age, the official organ of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonrv for iho southern inriR-

diction of the United States.

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WOULD DEPORT ALL F0R2IGNAGITAT0RS Mayor of Paterson Seeks to Have Alien Disturbers Sent Out of Country

PASSAli", N. J.. Nov. 24. Mayor Colin McLean has directed the city council of Paterson to take steps that will lead to (he deportation of 233 aliens, whom l alleges were involved In recent disorders Incident lo the strike of the Associated .Silk Workers. In a fet of resolutions drawn up and adop'ed l.y the local Klan and

presented lo Mayor McLean, Ills action Is praised as worthy of any person attempting to preserve American Ideals' and promote a closer relationship between American capital and American labor. The Klansmen ha-ve railed upon all citizens to give their moral support to the mayor and the city administration In their endeavors to stamp out the activities of foreign labor agitators who have not become American citizens and have lift Intention of ever doing so. The flrike. whirl) has been going on in the silk Industry of Paterson for the last two months, has caused great inconvenience and loss to the city, inasmuch as the industry forms a great part of the city's economic life. No difficulty has been experienced except where foreign labor agitators have appeared upon the scene and fomented trouble, This has caused great Indignation among the American workers as well as among the American citizens of the community

The public schools and the Hible are the subjects of the following editorials: THE EDITATIO.MllLI, The next session of Congress w ill consider the .Sterling-need education

bill, or some measure establishing a i federal department of education. The

popular demand for this legislation i I Is becoming Insistent and will brook ! ; no further evasion and delay. The battle, however, is not yet over. 1 j Friends of the movement must be j alert and lose no opportunity to make ! Congress feel the force of an aroused i public opinion. After the years of campaigning for i this legislation, unhappily the ipno- j ! ranee on the subject by editors and j j correspondents is amazing. j I I'ndcr the names of the Rm-M-h-j Towner bill, the Towner-Sterling hill j 'and now the .Sterling-Reed bill, the

proposition lias been before Congress for a number of years. No student j of current legislation should be un-

iniormeo concerning the facts. As a duty to their readers, editors and correspondents of the daily press should come at least within hailing distance of the truth when they discuss public questions. TWO K Vm.KS "The parochial school Is the cradle of the fa4h." -Cardinal Daugherty al Philadelphia, October 20, 1924. 'The common school is the cradle of America's greatness." Theodore Parker.

Washington could be gracious to his Tory friends while hating Toryism. Cromwell's Roundheads could fraternize with their Cavalier neighbors without drinking a toast to the Stuart king.

W ATS HOYAI, HKt'OGXITIOX Cardinal O'Connell in an interviewgiven to the press serves notice that hereafter, when he Is present at any function as an apostolic legate, he wants to be received with all the honors due a representative of a reigning sovereign. Thus with delicate diplomacy the officials of all American governmental units, from the chief executive in the White House to the mayor of the pueblos, are notified that when a car

dinal bears the dignity of "apostolic legate" he is to be received with "royal honors." It is not enough to render him the usual courtesies offered to distinguished visitors and government officials; he must be received with the same pomp and circumstance that would be accorded the representative of the kaiser, of unlamented memory, or of the sultan of Abyssinia. An ivory throne, with peacock standards and Siamese canopy, would not be too much.

(SpeciaHo The Fiery Cross) SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 24. Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku KIux Klan, and other officers of the national organization, have received some unusual receptions in their visit to the northwest. Here in Spokane the party w-as entertained by public men, the Masonic order, civic organizations and business men's clubs. The Spokesman-Review, the leading newspaper of Spokane, sent a -reporter to one of the meetings, and the following article appeared in that newspaper the next day: "Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, took the platform last night before an audience estimated at more than 1.000

Klansmen at the Masonic Temple and expounded to them his faith in the organization that he leads. A southerner his home is in Atlanta he has the voice that is the ideally-rich southern drawl that you read about, but at times, in driving home his points, there is an edge to that drawl that is inspired by a logic that cuts like a knife. "He's a likable sort of a man, this leader of an organization which has. he declares, 'millions of members." He is short and heavyset, the type that would make an ideal policeman, not only because of his bulk, but because of his unfailing good humor, which can shift to sternness in a moment when occasion demands. Names Things Klnn Demands "He spoke on the ideals, principles and program of the Ku Klux Klan, and on not a single point which he touched did he fail to make his and

his organization's position as clearcut as cameo. He would swing from a slow, drawling, semi-sarcastic comment on public affairs, which would convulse his hearers with roars of Jaughter and applause, in an instant to a biting, unrelenting demand for things as he and the Ku Klux Klan believe they should be in America. "He began with just a brief mention of last Tuesday's election re

sult. " 'They had told us,' he asserted, a slow smile spreading over his wide face, 'that we'd be killed off last Tuesday. You know, I'm just a little bit intoxicated yet about that landslide. For Tyhen this infant of ours got killed last Tuesday it sure got up a potent infant next day. " 'It surprised me to find that the minds of the people of America are always working in unison. And Americans took charge of America last Tuesday in no uncertain terms. Folks found that real old genuine

American stock can be depended on when their land is threatened." "The reason, he said, was largely due, in places where Klan influence was felt, to the existence of the Klan, because, he said, it is an operative organization instead of a speculative

one. Praises Klnn Results " 'You know,' he said, that this country would be holier than St. Simon if we'd keep one-twenty-flfth of our obligations. We've been in the obligation-taking instead of In the obligation-keeping business. The only difference between this and any other patriotic organization is that this Is operative and the others are speculative.' "Then he turned to immigration, the first great demand of the Klan program. " 'We deckled to take an inventory of America,' he said, 'and see what sort of people these in America are, especially those that come in over that island called that island in New York harbor what d'you call it?' " 'Ellis island,' somebody said. " 'Oh, yes,' he resumed, 'Ellis island. You know we're goin' to forget the name of that island directly 'cause

they ain't so many passin' in that way any mo'!' And the audience shouted and roared with laughter and applause.

SCOTTISH rite: meets. The fity-ninth semi-annual convocation and reunion of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, which was attended by 2,000 members from all parts of Indiana, closed last Friday after a five-day session. Two hundred candidates were present to receive the higher degrees, all but five of the degrees being exemplified in full form under the direction of the presiding officers of the four bodies, Louis G. Buddenbaum, Oscar L. Pond. William H. Kershner, Calvin W. Busch and Horace Mitchell, general director of ritualistic work. Charles J. Orblson presided over the conferring of the twenty-seventh degree, the most elaborate ceremonv in the ritual. It is estimated that $100,000 worth of costumes were used in the convocation ceremonies and that a hundred stage settings were used. A banquet followed the conferring of the thirty-second degree Friday night.

MASONSHONOR

DR. EVANS ON WESTERN TRIP

PEOGRAM IN WASHINGTON 0m$

Or JttANY MEETINGS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

ODD FELLOWS ELECT. " H. F. Hardin of Marion was elected Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at the close of the eightyeighth annua meeting here last week. The office of Grand Warden is the only elective office in the organization, other offices being filled by promotion each year. F. L. Behymer of Liberty became Grand Master and Joseph G. Long of Logans-

port, Deputy Grand Master. George P. Bornwasser of Indianapolis and W, At Morris of Frankfort were con

tinued in office as Grand Secretary

and Grand Treasurer. The session voted, to lower the age limit from twenty-one to eighteen years and to increase the assessment for the Odd Fellows' Home at Greensburg from 50 cents to $1. Memorial services for members who died during the

year were held. Two thousand Odd

Fellows attended the meetings. MILITANT PATRIARCHS MEET

Ernest Schlagel of South Bend

was elected Grand Junior Warden,

the elective office of the Patriarchs Militant, at a meeting of the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows that preceded the sessions of the Grand Lodge. Joseph V. Painter of Middletown was elevated to Grand Patriarch. The patriarchal degree of the Grand En

campment was conferred on a class

of candidates by the Gibson En campment of Princeton. The worn en's order met at the same time.

PROPHETS INITIATE 2O0

LAFAYETTE. Ind., Nov. 24. More

than 800 members of the Mystic

Order of Veiled Prophets of the En

chanted Realm from Indianapolis,

Terre Haute and Anderson attended

the initiatory ceremonies of Merou

Grotto here, at which time a class of

200 Master Masons was Inducted Into

the organization. VALLEY MASONS MEET. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 21. Hun

dreds of Masons from the valley of Evansville, representing the Blue Lodges of tw-enty-one counties In

Southern Indiana, attended a threeday session here of the Evansville Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. All the degrees were exemplified. About 150 were given degrees. Shrine work was conferred on 400.

Thousands of Protestants From Al

Walks of Life Greet Imperial Wizard

MASONS HOLD SERVICES FRANKLIN, Ind., Nov. 24 The Edlnburg Masonic Lodge conducted services at the Masonic Home here, more than 200 Masons attending. Music was provided by a choir from the Edlnburg Christian church, the pastor of which, the Rev. H. R. Pearcy, made an address on "The Scope of Fraternity."

P. S. STAGE DAZAR Banner Temple No. 37 of the Pythian Sisters held Its annual bazar last Wednesday for the benefit of the order's orphans' home.

WHAT IS TOLERANCE f I Any propaganda in the name of tolerance that forbids or discourages j the frank and free discussion of great

Issues Is traveling under false colors. The ignoring or slurring over of fundamental principles is not tolerance, silence upon vital Issues Is not tolerance. Refusal to face frankly inevitable social and religious conflicts Is not tolerance. Indifference to the plain lessons of history is not tolerance. Crying "Peace, peace," when

there is" no peace, is not tolerance.4

Pusillanimous surrender of privileges and rights purchased at terrible cost by our fathers is not tolerance. Yielding to the dulcet voices of flattery and compliment Is not tolerance. The folding of hands to sleep while the enemy sows tares is not tolerance. Indulging- In pious platitudes and sloppy sentiment, whit Btltlon. ignorance and priestly greed are building barricades in the st.evs, Is not tolerance. It Is essential in these days of slovenly thinking to keep principles ever clearly in view, and not let friendship or a desire for peace and concord confuse the thought, George

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(Richmond, Ind., Item) Members of the Knights of Columbus lodge listened to election returns over a special leased wire nt the lodgeroom.s on North Tenth street Tuesday night. A lunch was served during the evening. It was announced a drive for members will be started in the near future. Harry Kitchin gave a talk in which he gave four reasons why membership in the Knights of Columbus is preferable. The Bret waw that the pope in Rome has dPKlsnateil the K. of '. organization to perform special survives. Tho second was because all Catholic men should be organized; the thtrd for the sake of unity, and the fourth for the promotion of fraternity and brotherly love among Catholic men.

CALIFORNIA BANS BIBLE Wide currency throughout the country is being given the decision purporting to come from the office of the attorney-general of California to the effect that the King James version of the Lord's Prayer can not be used in the public schools of that state, such use being in violation of the state constitution. Following closely upon the recent court decision barring the Bible from the public school libraries of California as a sectarian book, the resulting discussion Is giving California considerable unfortunate notoriety. The question of the Bible in the public school is attracting general attention and is being discussed earnestly In many states. Writh all due respect to the honorable court that solemnly holds that the Bible is a sectarian book, there are many earnest citizens, knowing little of the profound subtleties of the law, who look upon the decision as ludicrous and absurd.

TENNESSEE AMERICANS MOURN LATE COMRADE

NASHVILLE, Tenn., - Nov. 24.

Klansmen over a large area of Ten

nessee are mourning the loss of Klansman W. .1. Slater, who died November 15 in this city after a short illness. His funeral was held the following Sunday and was well attended by representative members of the organization. Mr. Slater was formerly editor and business manager of Tho Klan Krusader, a weekly publication promulgating the cause of American Ideals In Tullahoma, Tenn. He is survived by his widow and two sisters, who are joined lii their bereavement iy ' thousands of Klansmen of this state.

ATLANTA PROTESTANTS SEND CHECK TO NEGRO

ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 24. Paul Russell, colored, received a letter from Greater Atlanta Klan last week, to which was attached a check signed

by the'Kligrapp of the Klan. The

letter Was sent to Russell as an ex

presslon of the Klan's appreciation of

his heroism in rescuing from their burning home the children of his employer, and the grandmother of the little ones. The check was merely a more concrete expression of the appreciation expressed in the letter.

Stop Dilution of Americanism " 'We decided," he went on, 'to stop the dilution of Americanism, and If you want to stop the dilution of anything, you just put a cork in the bottle so there can't anything more get in.' "Here he referred to the challenge of Rabbi Wise of New York to debate immigration with him, and reported that he 'quoted Nehemiah to the rabbi,' and then, when the president signed the immigration bill, he opined there 'was nothing more to debate the wall is built.' "From this point he went on rapidly

to the necessity to Americanize those of foreign blood now in America 'there's no credit to the Klan for that,' he said, 'it's just the logical thing to do.' And he voiced the Klan's demand for 'education of the people to a common standard." Put them, he demanded, in the same kind of schools and educate them in the same way. " 'And who are you,' he wanted to know, leveling his pointing finger at his hearers, 'not to do your part with your children In this Americanizing of America?' " 'But the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,' he shouted, 'are going to propose that when foreign nations ship their criminals here, and we catch 'em, we'll ship them back to be taken care of where they come from. And if we do that we'll get rid of 80 per cent of this bootlegging business here." "

LOWDEN AT BANQUET

Frank O. Lowden, former governor

of Illinois, was the chief speaker last

Monday at the eleventh annual ban

quet of Actual Past Masters, which

was held at the Scottish Rite Tern pie.

(By a Staff Correspondent) SPOKANE. Wash.. Nov. 24.-0

Hiram Wesley Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux

Klan, is a busy man nowadays in his swing into the west and northwest, visiting and meeting Klansmen, get ting acquainted with them and talking to them in his own convincing way. The Grand Dragon or the head

official of the Klan in each state maps out the program for his state and Dr. Evans is trying to live up to it and follow it as best he can. The Grand Dragon of Washington arranged the following program In thi3 state: Spokane Met by members of state organization and officials of Spokane Klan No. 22. Spokane Scottish Rite Masons entertained Ir. Evans at dinner at the Davenport hotel at 6 o'clock, one hour after his arrival. Reception at the Masonic Temple at 8:30 o'clock under the auspices oi Spokane Klan No. 22. Dr. Evans addressed 1,200 Klansmen from Idaho, Montana and eastern Washington. Address at Yakima Yakima Dr. Evans and party left Spokane at an early hour Sunday morning, arriving at Yakima at 2:30 p. m. Dr. Evans addressed a big crowd of Klansmen at 4 o'clock. Entertained at dinner at 6 o'clock. Left Yakima late at night, arriving in Seattle early the next morning. Seattle Met by state delegation on arrival. Taken to the new Washington hotel. Luncheon at Frederick & Nelson's at 12:30 p. m. Women of the party entertained by the Women's Organization at same place and hour. At 4 p. m. Dr. Evans addressed Klansmen, Klanswomen and Invited Protestants at the Moose Temple. Tacoma Entertained at dinner by Scottish Rite Masons. Dr. Evans addressed big crowd at .8:30 p. m. at the Masonic Temple. Second day In Seattle Formal dinner party at the home of O. H. Car penter. Evening reception to the women by Mrs. Carpenter at her home. At 8:30 p. m. Dr. Evans addresses a closed meeting of Klansmen at the Moose Temple. At Billing Dr. Evans Is standing up under this

heavy program very well and gets aa

much rest as possible between times.

At Billings, Mont., he was entertained

at a noon luncheon at the- Chamber

of Commerce, where he- spoke, and that night he made two addresses, talking five hours and a half In the two meetings and leaving at midnight. He addressed 1.200 Klansmen

In the city coliseum and then went to the First Methodist church where he addressed a packed house of women

and men.

Billings hunters presented Dr. Ev

ans with about twenty ducks and an

armload of fresh elk meat.

In Denver In Colorado it was the same thing. There were interviews with newspaper people, addresses given at three meetings in one night, the last one being attended by a crowd of 85,000 men. The Grand Dragon of Colorado piloted Dr. Evans and party on automobile rides up Bear Creek canyon to the grave of Buffalo Bill and down to Colorado Springs, Garden of the Gods, Manitou and other places. And between times with all this strenuous program Dr. Evans finds time to enjoy himself shaking hands and mingling with Klansmen everywhere on the trip.

HISTORY WRITTEN Charles E. Crawford, a thirty-sec

ond degree Mason, has written a history of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in the Valley of Indianapolis,

which has been published by the

Adoniram Lodge of Perfection.

OBSERVE BIRTHDAY

FRANKFORT, Ind., Nov. 24. The

fiftieth anniversary of the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star was observed with a special

program. Mrs. Robert H. Irwin,

wnose iamer, lines Hoover, organized

the local chapter, read a special paper on its history.

GATHER CANNED GOODS COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 24. Collections of canned goods, jellies and preserves for the inmates of the Masonic Home at Franklin are being made by the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.

IT TAKES TIME There are those who find it- hard to lead a Klannish life, but that is because they devote so little time to it.

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EVANSVILLE, Wris., Nov. 24 A large number of citizens gathered at the fairgrounds here to hear a wellknown speaker deliver a lecture on the principles of the Ku Klux Klan. Although the weather' was rather cold and disagreeable, those present did not seem to mind it in the least and strict attention was given to the words of the speaker during the entire time. As there is only one hall

Natchez, a large box of wearing ap-jln the town that is large enough to parel, .bed and table linen "and. other 'hold a Klan meeting, this was applied comforts for the little children,,. "Wvisifor. but the owners refused to rent it

'organization is doing. fine worhuvr. ti'Vo the organization.

MISSISSIPPI WOMEN AID ORPHANS' HOME DUR ANT, Miss.. Nov. 24. Victory Klan No. B, Women of the Ku Klux Klan, has just packed and shipped lo the Protestant Orphans' Horn-? at

BRAVE COLD WEATHER TO LISTEN TO TALK

WHEX XOU ARE DOWN TOWN "V7OU can get the Fiery Cross at the following street . corners on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Union Station newsstand. Front of the Terminal Station. Southwest corner of 111. and -Wash. Sts, front of Lincoln Hotel. Southeast corner of 111. and Wash. Sts., front of Hook's: '4 ; Southwest corner of Meridian and Wash. Sts. t front of Ayrea. Northwest corner of Pehna. and Wash Sis., froyot flaoVB. . Southwest cottier of Pcnna, and Wash; Sts;f front ot Kresgc'v Southwest' corner, of Penna. and Ohtajsts., frontyt Book's.: ': Mondays and Tuesdays at -- Southwest corner of 111. and Wash. Sts. front of Lincoln Hotel. Northwest corner of Penna. and Wash. Sts., front ot Hook's.

If Ton Want the Paper Delivered to Tour Home Call Lincoln 6351

and We Will Deliver It Direct to Ton

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