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The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
THE MOTHERS OF MEN

JOAS2UlN MlLLEh
The bravest battle that ever was
fought!
Shall I tell you where and when
On the maps Of the world you will
find it not
IT'S fought by the mothers of men,
Nay, not with cannon or battle shot
With sword or nobler pen!
Nay, not with eloquent words OF
thoughts
From mouths of wonderful men.
But deep in the walled-up woman's
heart
Of woman that would not yield,
But bravely, silently bore her part
Lo, there is that battlefield!
No marshaling troop, no bivouac
song,
No banner to CLEAN and wave;
But O! their battles they last
From babyhood to the grave.
Yet faithful still as a ridge Of stars,
She fights in her walled-up town
Fights on and on in endless wars,
Then, silent, unseen, goes down.
o, We with banners. and battle shot
And soldiers to shout and praise!
I tell you the kingliest victories
fought ,y@. 49,.
We're fought in those silent ways.
O. spotless woman in a world Of
shame; ..,. --'
With splendid and silent scorn
Go back to God as white as you
Came
The kingliest warrior born!
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
THE THIRTEENTH FAIRY.

An old fable follows
An heir born throne At his birth twelve fairies
appeared beside the bed of the
brought CHARM brought health brought
Finally thirteenth fairy appeared presented the gift discomfort The
became and ordered the fairy the
ter words His royal majesty spurned the gift the thirteenth fairy
withdrew The manhood beautiful charming healthy
Everything seemed be in the
did anything really worth while He the
through personal eforthe failure The
all other gifts combined "a divine discomfort.
No did anything note without divine discomfort
plant satisfied" said president
large manufacturing
satisfied with himself
is starting to die.
I retire and take the remainder life" said
fifty recently He died then so far humanity is concerned
Titan died at the of still painting and studying
Gladstone of
language
"Wha know nothing what
La Place. the astronomer, passed
Thk of the nspidiy
special to d. great fepurpo nothing pushing him onp
Have uggg pulling pushing something that
to heights and greater achievements? L. ~ -
The fegame facinating
day growing mountaineering and worth while
Ask the who lived
how feels to live state of inactivity and he Will tell
lost he does have driving push Within
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
POPE LEO, The CROSS and
THAT One DOLLAR BILL

IL is Delle1 on the part OF great
many Americans that certain one dol.
lar bills bear the likeness of Pope
Leo and the figure of a cross. To
correct this impression, "The Call of
The North" reprints the facts in the
case as discovered by the "Fellowship
Forum" most reliable patriotic pub
LEGATION, in Washington, D. C.
In reply to a query from one Of
it's correspondents the "Fellowshir
Forum" says:
eve have had so many inquiries
about this matter that we reprint ou1
answer to this question which ap-
peared in the issue of May 5.
"By singular coincidence your in
quiry regarding the 81 bill of the
series of 1917 was duplicated in the
mail of The Director of the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing several
times on the day we went down there
to obtain the information you desired
"You are mistaken, however, IN
both your conjectures. Mr.. Hill, the
director, who is a Mason, states that
the letter "E' to which you refer
does not contain a cross, but that the
design in it which contain a cross, but
that the design in it which looks like
a cross is but part of the artistry of
the design. If you will note the tips
of the an" you will see the similarity
and the further carrying out of the
same design.
'The figure which you thought was
a picture of Pope Leo is in reality a
flower. If you will invert the bill and
look at the design through a magnify
ing glass you will note that it is a lily
with the outer part of the petals
turned back as in the shape of bell
Note the pistil coming out of the
center.
"To prove further the fallacy OF
the information that has been given
you, the plates from which this bill
was printed were engraved by a
bank-note company, under contract
for the Treasury Department before
the establishment of the Bureau OF
Printing and Engraving, and was
first issued as series of 1869, and
later under series known as 1874
1880, and 1917. They had been in
discard a number of years, but when
the war broke out and the demand
for currency grew, especially that fol-
81 bills, every plate that was in ex.
istence was resurrected by the bureau
and placed into active use. This par.
ticular one was the oldest, and the
: pressure for currency was so great il
would not admit of the engraving OF
new plates. Pope Leo did not accede
to the papacy until 1878. Therefore
you can see the far-fetchedness of it.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
WHAT SHALL WE DO?

What shall we do? The boys and
girls are led into immortality during
the adolescent age, at an age when
their judgment is immature. The
parents in many instances do not
realize how far they themselves have
drifted from the moral standard of
other days as the drift hasN been so
gradual. The daily press is oppos-
ing any reform as puritanic and an
infringement on the rights of the
people, no doubt being well paid for
what they say, so the people at large
do not know the real condition.
What is still worse, the pulpits for
the most part are silent in regard to
existing moral conditions.
If the people themselves do not
awaken, If there is not some sort of
reaction, calamity must come sooner
or later. With the moral standard
being so rapidly lowered it will not
take many decades to bring US to
the level of ancient Greece or Rome.
The question is, what are you as
an Individual going to do for the
preservation of your own children?
We do not believe that the parents
want to see their children become i'm
moral, yet in every case it is some
body's boy and somebody's girl-if
not yours, your neighbours. Shall we
not as fathers and mothers cry out
against the unclean movies and the
unclean in literature THE Good
Citizen. ~s u.. .., b. ... .-.... ...
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
BUNKER HILL AND CALVARY
E. WAYNE STAHL

l spent this last summer in Bos-
ton, that historic city. One Satur-
day l went out to the town of Mar
blehead, and experienced the most in
teresting day of my life. This place
was saturated with memories of the
Revolution; every corner of it seemed
to hold some relic of the War of In
dependence.
While in Marblehead I had the
privilege of standing before that IA
nous patriotic painting, "The Spirit
of Seventy Six" AS 1 gazed upon
this picture, and observed the old
man in the center of the marching
three, beating the drum, with a look
of sublime courage on his face; as 1
looked upon the fifer to his left, max
ing his war-music with serene I'M
dauntedness; as I saw the figure of
the boy to the right of the old man,
also shifting drum, with the sweet
beauty of youths intrepidity on his
features; and behind them all the
waving flag; my heart was strangely
moved. seemed to be at a kind of
sacrament. l seemed to be standing
in the presence of essential majesty.
AS I realized how this great pic
ture told the story of patriot martyrs
who agonized and died that I might
be free, there were joyful, reverential
tears in my heart. I prayed in my
spirit that I might do my part as
courageously in transmitting to
those who come after me the glori-
Gus heritage of liberty as those he
roes of Concord and Lexington and
Bunker Hill transmitted that hertz
age to me.
l think of One whose bravery and
devotion was even greater than those
of the men of the Revolution. I real
lied that Mount Calvary means even
more to me than Bunker Hill, and
than Concord and Lex
ington. Like the melody of an or
chestra of arch-angels the truth
comes to me, with great price OBJ
tanned this freedom" from sin and
soul captivity. =. 81 -.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
IRIS. BELMONT ON MARRIAGE

MRS. BELMONT ON MARRIAGE
Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, presi.
dent of the National Woman's party
declares marriage to be "a sort OF
slavery" and adds that she woulC
advise no girl to become a wife
Having been twice married, it might
be assumed that Mrs. Belmont speaks
with some knowledge of the facts
but only as they pertain to her own
experience. Hers were weddings OF
wealth, the first to Vanderbilt
What does this rich woman know OF
marriage, of the natural partnership
of man and wife?
Nations are founded upon homes
Homes are founded upon marriages
Ours is such a nation of just such
homes. What would Mrs. Belmont
suggest in lieu of marriage and NOR
atty? And what would she do with
the children, the nameless little BY
products of these bright ideas? Be-
ing homeless, they must have homes
they must be fed and clothed and
cared for, something that the free
lance mother might not always be
able to accomplish. The children, of
course, will become the property of
the state - institution-clad, institu-
tion-fed, Northumberland, and in
stitution-loved. Gray little, grim lit
tie convicts of the new order. In
evitable.
A great pity it is, stain upon
manhood and upon womanhood, and
upon the state itself, that many mar
riages are unhappy. But most mar
riages are not. True, there are riffs
in the lutte and minor discussions
yet the compact ordinarily is one that
merges two Municipalities, two alien
natures, into kinship nearer and dear
er than any tie of blood. Upon this
compact rests the state.
Mrs. Belmont terms herself lead
er of womanhood. She boasts a
lengthy paragraph in "Who's Who"
She has only to shake the money tree
to fill her lap with golden eagles.
She is, in fine, a very wealthy and
self-satisfied woman playing at des-
tiny. But she is no more competent
to advise young girls respecting
marriage than she is to lecture on
the Einstein theory. She is a med
dlesome, impertinent person, far
strayed from the normal instincts Of
the race.-Portland oregopian.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24

"Louis R. CLAWS, the notorious
special INVESTIGATOR whose name is
odious to thousands in the Pacific
Northwest who know of his base
betrayal Of trust and his work as a
troublemaker when he was an en-
ploye in the Land Office and Forest
Service during the Roosevelt and Taft
Administrations, is the hireling spy
in the employ Of W. R. Hearst, and
he, the notorious Claws, whose name
is a by-word and a Kissing among
honest men in the West, is the cum
ming individual that has been doing
the dirty work for the series of ar
ticles against the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan under the by-line of Nor
man Hapgood, a notorious Jewish
writer, in Hearst's unsavory Tnterna-
tional Magazine,'" says a writer in
the Western American
"They are simply trying to make
money out Of yellow and lurid stories
against the Khan and Klansmen,
weaving their lies and absurd deduc-
tons around of unimportant private
letters and documents which they
stole from unguarded offices, or from
Klansmen, or which they bought from
INSCRIPTIONS persons like themselves.
"The October number Of the in
famous 'Hearst's International is be-
ing advertised in daily papers in each
section of the country, in the hope of
making a financial Cleanup There's
nothing in the stupid articles that
can harm the Klan. The main thing
is to let everyone know that L. R.
CLAWS, who was fired by authority
of President William Howard Taft
for gross treachery to his Chief, is
the sly genius who has been doing
the underhand work for Hapgood.
"Hapgood was over in Russia for
awhile, along with others of his
stripe, hobnobbing with Butcher
Lenin, like Trotsky and the other
terrorists, who for three years have
been wallowing in the blood of the
innocents, and now he's back in
America, working for Hearst.
"The Western American has sus;
pected for some. time that it was
fine Italian hand like that of 'Looie'
CLAWS that was doing the 'investigat-
ing for Hearst and Hapgood.
Cali Klansmen ought to feel graft
fed indeed to have such characters as
CLAWS, Hapgood and Hearst doing
this kind of underhanded work and
getting found out, for they are noto-
rious throughout America for just
such dirty work and every knock they
give is a frst-class boost. 1t is also
probable that they will land in Jail
before their work is ended:
"This fellow CLAWS was a tool of
"Gify" Pinchot, now governor of
Pennsylvania by monstrous trick of
fate-Pinchot, who turned conserva-
ton, made a hypocritical eastern fad
of Saving the wealth of Alaska to
the dear pee-pul,' and so deceived the
late Theodore Roosevelt and a group
of boob congressman that they sue
ceeded in paralyzing and tieing up
for the last IL years the vast natural
resources of Alaska.
"The Knights of the Ku Klux
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
PATRIOTISM
(By an American)

At this time, when the whole world
is endeavoring to lift itself above the
conditions of depression and sorrow
brought upon it as a result of the
World War, the most important and
effective way-next to our faith and
trust in Gods genuine patriotism
for our flag and our country.
1t was my privilege to spend four
years with our neighbors to the north
of US in the Dominion of Canada, dur
ing which time the war was declared
and as I witnessed the enlistment
of these stalwart sons of Canada who
were among the first to offer their
lives as a sacrifice to the call of the
king, I was deeply impressed by their
loyalty and patriotism, and as it had
been by good fortune to visit many of
the homes, churches, lodges as well as
many social gatherings, was re-
minded everywhere I went of their
loyalty to the king, as on all occasions
as above indicated they sang "God
Save the King" and I mean no re-
Election to their loyal sentiment when
1 admit that when they were singing
"God Save the King" I was singing
my Country tbs of Thee, Sweet
Land of Liberty" as the tune to both
songs is the same.
To me the most significant line in
our national hymn is the last verse:
"Great God Our King" and when we
as nation, left ourselves to the real
ization of that one definite principle
that God is the King, we survive;
then we can stand shoulder to shoulder
as one hundred percent Americans
and no power in hell or on earth can
defeat us.
believe the national hymn, my
Country IT'S of Thee" should be sung
in all of our schools, lodges and
churches, regardless of creed, and I
think of nothing that would do more
to create true patriotism and 100 per
cent Americans, especially among the
children who tomorrow will be con-
trolling our country by their votes
and influence.
= I'm The Southern Sentinel.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
THE HEARST
MAGAz Ne SPY
Revealed by His Past

Klan can prove a good character in
any court, without spot Of any kind
on it's escutcheon. Hearst, Hapgood
CLAWS and the others who are max,
ing foul attacks upon the Klan, can
not attempt to prove a good char.
acter in any court without having ii
questioned by high authority.
Some Eminent Witnesses
eve call the United States Gov
eminent to witness. Former Presi-
dent William H. Taft is now Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. He knows all about
CLAWS the Spy, whose treacherous at
tacks upon the late Richard A. Bal,
linger, while the latter was Secretary
of the Interior, caused President Taft
on September 10, 1909, to IKE the
whole matter into his own strong
hands. After a thorough investiga-
ton he exonerated Secretary Balling-
er in every respect, while at the same
time he authorized the" firing OF
CLAWS.
Another witness: Assistant At
torney- General Oscar Lawler of Los
Angeles, former Grand Master of all
Masons in the State of California, a
man beloved by hosts of good Ameri-
cans as a knightly and splendid citi-
zen, knows all about Looie' Claws
and will testify that he is not to be
believed in any circumstances. He
knows Looie' thoroughly well.
"Mr. Lawler, who is a famous
lawyer, handled some cases for the
federal government several years ago
in which 'Looie' CLAWS was the gov
ernment's chief witness and special
agent. After this experience Mr.,
Lawler denounced Looie' as 'untruth-
full and dishonest Congressional
Record, Vol. 46, part 2, sixty-frst
Congress, third session, January-Feb-
ruary, 1911, page 11O1. That's the
kind of spy employed to help Hap
good weave preposterous deductions
from a few unimportant stolen letters
about the Knights Of the Ku Klux
Khan.
another witness we can tell-Mr
Justice Louis Brandeis, Associate JUS
tice of the United States Supreme
Court. He knows Looie' CLAWS and
the kind of work he does. In a
senate hearing in the sixty-frst Con-
gress &C. R. Page 1897, January 49,
1900, Secretary Ballinger was testi-
flying.
"Mr. Brandeis: But you did, did
you not, take up the matter of killing
this SNAKE, CLAWS, before the Presi,
dents letter reached you?
"Mr. Ballinger: I had made up my
mind that he ought to be killed as q
snake before then; yes, sir.
"There's a wealth of additional
matter, all of record, which we could
present to show the shady character
of 'Looie' CLAWS, but this is sufficient
Ext President Taft, now Chief Justice
summarily canned him for the rea-
sons stated. Assistant Attorney-Ge
eral Oscar Lawler declared he was
'untruthful and dishonest and JUS
tice Brandeis referred to him as a
loathsome SNAKE
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
A FRIEND OF MAN

A hooded Knight stood on the hill,
His head was bowed in prayer.
"Oh, Lord, help me in every way
My brothers burden to share.
"Give me an earnest, contrite heart,
Grant may glorify Thee,
May follow Thy teachings day by
day,
Thy humble servant to be-"
Around this Knight in circles wide
Stood others of his Khan;
Their heads were bowed, their hearts
as we'll,
A silent, hooded band.
Then suddenly the tramp of feet
Broke the stiffness of the night,
And a little group of valiant men
Stepped into the circle of light.
Their leader was a man of God,
Fearless and brave and bold.
"Oh, brother" he said, eve pray
that you
Will admit US to your fold.
eve have heard of many of your
noble deeds,
Your purity of mind,
We want to be in your circle of love,
And want to be one of your kind.
eve love our country, we love our
God,
We love our fellow man.
Oh, test US and prove our loyalty,
But take US into your Khan"
"You have spoken WELL" said the
hooded Knight,
"At the Fiery Cross you must
kneel
And VOW allegiance to country and
For thus is our brotherhood sealed.
"Now, fellow Klansmen, extend the
left hand,
The hand that is nearest the heart,
And take our brothers into our lives,
Give greeting before we part"
"Oh, hooded Knight, oh, comrade bold,
Nav God bless vo1r KIN Kluy Khan.
May you live in a house by the side
of the road
And be a friend of man."
Pearl R. Rhodes.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
4 FEW BES FOR YOUR BONNET

4 FEW BE . FOR '1OOh OONNCl
BE-A 1000 real he man.
BE-Loyal to the order.
BE-True to your oath.
BE-A peaceful and law abiding
citizen.
BE-Devoted to your country and
it's Government.
BE-Sensible, not laxative.
BE-Closed like a clam, not open
like a lobster.
BE-Constant in your attendance
to some place of worship.
BE-A believer in secrecy and
practice same.
BE-Not of a gossiping nature.
BE-Quiet, but active.
BE-Ever ready to perform what
ever duties are assigned you
BE-Ever ready to protect the
chastity of any WOMAN.
BE-Uncovered when the colors
pass.
BE-A true patriot at all times.
BE-Uncovered with head bowed
when in prayer.
BE-CAREFUL WHERE YOU
SPEND YOUR MONEY.
BE-Not subject to anger when
ridiculed.
BE-Careful when feeding the
BULL, as you may gel
hooked.
BE-Enthused but not over en-
Unused.
BE-A believer in pure woman.
hood.
BE-SURE AND REMEMBER
THAT A WISE MAN KEEPS
HIS TONGUE IN HIS
HEART, AND A FOOL
KEEPS HIS HEART IN HIS
MOUTH.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24

Truth is stranger than fiction
Which explains why fewer people be.
lieve it.-Syracuse Herald.
New York folks are still buying
rubles and marks, and chattering glee.
fully Of western chicks. "-Lafayette
Journal and Courier.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
he CALL of the MORT III

PRAYER
Whatever makes religion duty, makes a duty.
prayer is cheapest and greatest luxury" !.
should be practed by all who would enjoy of the richest Of
human luxures.
daily f little do realize what
regard prayer often asking
Are prayers answered and how?
change the of God alter the plans OF the Al
mighty?
prayers upset the laws of and efect'
Let attempt answers
We pray hat which desire.
When farmer desires thousand bushels of corn
corn in ground andh his in due time.
something and unwilling to make an effort to
get that something it is mockery and not prayer
and prayed for the All spring all summer ne waited m 'ne corn
pray high, make effort
sinner; praying mockng God
Don't don't want you 70 refrain from m
But when do ought to sincerity to
God by making honest attempt to reach the prayed for
myself clear, let illustrate son out in the world
wandering without for her call
The laws cause and effect govern the world Nothing
caused Keep that clearly mind Nothing which not
caused -
God lays his plans carefully and wisely His plans work for the good
number until blue in the face and
you change plan n
climbed the of high structure You him
hang walking shaky
child huedly) as you see him drop You ask God
force gravity order that child might be saved Will God 90
mistaken They be changed for the
established the good of the greatest number
doesGo do in to conflicting prayers?
The had their helmets belt buckles and elsewhere prayer
victory The Hungarians prayed for victory The
Turks prayed Allah for victory The Bugarians prayed for victory
against the the God
the ALL that God is the side
That's Gods
of the dilemma.
closely point DESIRE If de-
the
energy and hard work together The Ger
that they hardly dared with
had reached point
God When
hard, they quite hard enough to win,
Some for drought
prayer?
Friends that nfexbe usaton all things
great of things for individual
benefit. Therew be misery, if he did that
God
doing in the thereof
things that enough be willing
to make effort
that take minds from the
struggles your the throne
of God.
Listen, spirituality Don't lose sight of that fact
You with God n prayer you love Him.
material the real
of prayer S sprituaIze minds
minds nercommunion with the Great Spirit.
Truth, Gods WILL
in spirituality develop a happy laughing free soul.
grossness sinful indulgence"
refn purfes exal the than words
Yet there is little genuine Longwinded of
place public because they When
don't
prayers Mohamme-
through tualic babbg. will
moment and commit murder the next
Do you know how to pray? The Master taught us.\
"Our Father who art in heaven"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24

It is not by bemoaning ones fate,
or being discontinued with ones lot,
that evil is overcome or a wrong set
right. :. 3"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-10-24
-K.K-K.

A quiet mediocrity is to be prefer.
red before a troubled superiority.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-31
Correct Millage Rate
For Florida Given in
Official Statement

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, July Is
An official statement from the execu.
tive offices today fixed the state
millage at II IL mills. This is three.
eighths of a mill lower than tho
figures made public yesterday and
which were withdrawn late in the
afternoon because Of the discovery
that error had been made in COM
piling the information upon which
they were based.
The millage for this year compares
with 10 SIS in 1922. The increase
represents a jump of seven-eighths
of a MILL Three-eighths of it is ac-
counted for by an increase for gen.
eral revenue purposes which was
boosted from IL to rs. The bal
ance is shown in the half mill
levied for tick eradication as pro-
vided by the 1923 legislature. An in
crease of a quarter of a mill for the
state board of health is offset by
reduction in prison tax Of one quar-
ter of a mill.
The millage will produce areVenue
of $4,S46,6 57.71 when based upon last
wears valuations of $421, 448,514,