Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-06-07
SOCIALIST FINED
FOR DESIGNATING
AMERICAN EMBLEM
Revolutionary Band Under In
vestigation Following Burn
ing of Stars and Stripes
In "MeIting Pot"
CONVICT LEADER, PASTOR
"International Industrialist "
Movement Launched Last
Night In New York Stirs
Up Authorities Wrath.
CONVICT LEADER, PASTOR

New York. June 3.-Bouck White,
pastor of the Church Of the Social
Revolution. who last night participated
in the burning of the American flag
and other national emblems in the rear
of his church, today was ound guilty
by the court Of special sessions OF des-
ecrating the American emblem and
vas sentenced to SO days in the peni-
Tertiary and to pay a fine of $1,000.
The offense of which he was convicted
today was the Dissertation Of the Amer
lean flag in circulars he caused to be
distributed some weeks g
He issued a statement referring to
the burning of the flags last night as
the most beautiful exhibition l have
ever had the pleasure Of seeing"
1T consisted" he said. "of melting
the flags Of the present superprevalent
nationalisms, flags symbolic OF the
warning nations. BY melting them to-
gether I hope to unite the world BROTH
erhood. which has for the last two
years been shedding it's blood"
New York, June 2.-Police Commits
sioner Wood today ordered an investi-
cation of the burning last night of the
American flag and national emblems Of
other nations in a melting pot" in the
rear of Bouck Whites church of the
S4d lCNO1uI4OIs l1O dlld1k was uO.
scribed by White as 1.-The birth of inter-
nationalism." 1t is alleged that the
American flag was thrown to the
flames by Albert Henkel. described as
an artist.
The police commissioner said today
that if the facts were as reported. it
was IAN outrage n should not be
tolerated."
New York, June Am American
flag and the colors of man other ma
ton We're burned last night in a melt
ing pot" suspended on a tripod in the
of the Revolution. The ceremony vas
conducted by Albert Henkle, intro
duced as IAN artist" After the colors
had been destroyed, Henkle unfurled
the banner Of international Industrial
ISM" The flag burning was preceded
by services in the church, at which
one of the speakers was the Rev. Mer-
Ger Green Johnston, rector of Trinity
Protestant Episcopal church, at New
ark. N. j., who recently resigned be-
cause, he said, some of his veStrylnan
wanted him to run his church like a
grocery store"
He strongly disapproved, however, Of
the flag burning part of he program
and tried vainly to induce White to
prevent it. He Their left the church
rather thai witness what he charac-
terized as a most damnable business.
After the church services, at which
prayer was offered by several young
men, some of whom declared they were
theological students, White announced
that the congregation would adjourn
to the rear yard AND witness the birth
of internationalism." 1t was at this
j%uncture hat the Rev. Mr.. Johnston
looked out of a rear window and saw
the melting pot" To his request that
the plans be altered, White replied.
The program n be changed" ana
the congregation surrounded the "melt-
ing pot"
After a speaker a declared tina.
no moment could be more suspicious
for the merging of all the nations into
Heinrich Weber, who spoke in Ger
man, renowned the flag of his father
land and a it into the flames while
those who surrounded chanted. If die
we must, We'll die for our God. Rise.
revolutiOniStS."
Weber was followed by persons who
claimed to be natives of Great Britain,
Russia, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Rumania
and Greece, who cast the colors OF
their countries into the melting pot"
Then came Henkle, carrying an Ameri-
can flag.
Residents of nearby buildings who
crowded the fire escape to witness the
proceedings Kissed as Henkle broke the
staff to which the stars and stripes
We're attached and plunged the flag
into the fire.
White will be &ried in a magistrates
court today on a charge of Decorating
the American flag by drawing a car
toon in colors which showed the ban
ner Of internationalism" breaking over
the colors of the United States and
other countries. This cartoon adorned
the wall Of his church. The prayers
which We're offered at the services
called for the "deliverance" Of White
and compared him to the Christian
martyrs Of old.