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The Washington times., 1923-12-22

which England regarded as an ef-
fort to destroy the English govern
ment.
A growing number Of officials in
Washington have come to look upon
the detective agencies with growing
distrust Some of them are sus-
pected of having sown discord be-
tween labor unions and employers
in order to make employment for
their detectives who would be en-
gagged to spy upon the unionists.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
PLANS
CANT NPA|GN IN
SOUTH
c. Bascom SIemp Will Attempt
to Line Up Delegations
for President.
By GEORGE r. HOLMES.

President Coolidge's campaign
managers have decided that no
time should be lost in going after
the block Of 156 delegates in the
Cleveland convention that hail from
the so-called solid South.
The first step in this campaign,
which will get under full steam
as soon as the holidays are over,
was seen today in the announce
ment that G. Bascom Slemp, the
Presidents secretary, is leaving
the capital tonight for the South, to
be gone several weeks. Slemp
announced he was going to Florida.
It is understood, however, that be-
fore he returns to the White House
he will have made a fairly COM
plete survey of the situation in
the South Atlantic States from the
Coolidge standpoint.
Conferences Arranged.
Conferences will be arranged with
Republican leaders in a number of
these Southern States - Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and
the Carolinas. In all these States,
except North Carolina, delegates
to the Cleveland convention will be
selected by State conventions, in
stead Of in primaries.
In some of these States, notably
in Florida and Georgia, the Re
publican organization is creaking
because of factional fights and diff
ferences, and one of Secretary
Slemp's objects will be to so ad-
just these controversies as to per.
NIT uncontested delegations to go
to Cleveland next June. The Cool
idge managers are keenIy desirous
of avoiding contests before the Ma
tional Committee when 1t meets in
Cleveland the first of next June
to o. K. the credentials of dele
gates.
Would Avoid Conflict.
Contested delegations lead to bit
terness and cries of "steam roller"
such as arose in 1912 and led to
the great schism of that year, and
the Coolidge managers are desir
Gus Of avoiding any possibility Of a
repetition Of that experience.
1t had been expected that George
w. Bean. national committeeman
from Florida, would look after the
Coolidge management in the South
Atlantic States, but this plan has
now been changed. and the expec-
tation prevails that Secretary
Slemp will look after the Presidents
interests in that section. There has
been considerable factiOnal fighting
in Florida, as in Georgia, where the
Republican National Committeeman
is Henry Lincoln Johnson, negro.
The Coolidge managers are %on-
fident that the Presidents intereSN
in the South have been greatly en-
hanCed by Henry Ford's unquali
fled endorsement Of the President
for nomination and election. The
main strength Of the Ford candi-
dacy was conceded to be in the
south, and it is the desire Of the
Presidents friends to capitalize
this as much as possible in the
States south of the Mason and
Dixon line while it is still fresh
in the public memory.
The Washington times., 1923-12-22
ECTIVE AGENCIES SUSPECTED OF FAKING RUSSIAN THREATS
Food Prices Slightly
Lower, Bradstreet's
Index Says
Nv Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-
Bradstreet's Food Index Num-
Der, based on the wholesale
prices per pound for thirty
one articles used for food, is
$3.50, comparing with 1888
last week and $3.50 for week
ending December 21, 1922.
Generally quiet conditions
prevailed this week in the
wholesale commodity markets,
as usual toward the end of the
year. While price changes were
relatively slight, the trend, as
a whole was downward, thirty
one advances appearing in the
quotations compiled by Dun's
Review, as compared with
thirty-two declines.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
THE KLAN MUST GO

Who is believing this battle cry of
the rabble?
1t must be those who are MOST
opposed by the Klan.
Then, if we determine whose es-
tate or rule is threatened, we can
readily reason out who is crying the
loudest that "The Khan Must Co."
The Nan opposes all lawbreakers.
1t opposes homebreakers.
It opposes bootleggers.
It opposes political hierarchies.
Then, its enemies must belong to
these classes and to those dupes of
other classes who are hoodwinked by
these classes.
The Khan stands for religious free
dom and liberation.
The Khan stands for the Constitu-
ton and laws of our government.
In fact, what the Khan stands for,
is embodied bodily in its motto:
"For God, home and native land"
The Khan stands for a righteous
ness emanating from the Great Je-
hovah and laid down in His Law,
which is epitomized in the Golden
Rule.
Is there anything wrong in that?
The American Citizen.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
The Ku Klux Klan
I am Searchlight on a high tower.

am Searchight high tower.
run my relentless eye and fro throughout the nd
my piercing glance penetraes the broong places of In
iquty plant my eyes and in the whispering CORR
doris of Crime. .-".. ..s..--...
Wherever gather furtively together, there am l.
an austere and invisible Presence. the Recording
Angels proxy.
When invade the fetid dens of hfamy there is sud-
den scampering and squeaking of rats forsaking
doomed ship. - .s@.s... -~.r.~ q.
am the haunting of the depraved and the hated
Nemesis of the vicious. IT,. ~~-* III
When the Law is weak, then am strong When JUS
tice stands impotent and dumb then do speak with
majesty and power outstretched to SOcetys
unrequitted vicm-the swift avenger of Innocence de-
spoiled. -.s-~ '...-..- -..-".s@e.-
NV Voice is as the sound of many waters Sometimes
it rises mighty wrath until mues the thunders of
Niagara. Sometimes sinks to the STILL sad music of con-
ISOLATION sympathy Always and speak for the
sanctity of home stainless Flag and for the
ervation of these benign institutions of the free.
Corrupt politicians potters despoilers of the state
seek to quench my light and still my voice. r..
am a bufwark and bel-tower of Democracy. Within
rags The poor here is rich the richest and the
rich poor the pauper know but one distinction
and that is unsullied manhood.
am the burning beacon in the uplfted hand of Lib
erty. the sword and Buckler of that mighty nvs
BILE Emperor of free people-Justice. 1885,. = -
My symbols the Fiery and the scintilating
stainless Flag.
The foe of Vice. the friend of Innocence, the rod and
staff of Law, am - .z~-s.. ~.
THE KU KLUX KHAN! -.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
A SUNSET PRAYER.

"A SUNSE1 fhA EN-.
How still and calm, and filed with
@ one great peace,
This wondrous sunset is! May it not
To be as beautiful to others eyes
That soon shall question it as thei,
sunrise.
Q Rather, unto them let their day be
A sweet revealment, as nay day to me
Oh! let it prove to them that from
the strife
Unceasing spring the sweetest songs
of life;
That out of tears a blessed solace
flows
That is to them what rain is to the
A cleansing from the heart of dusty
That it, made pure, may breathe a
sweeter prayer. I.
Help them remember that there is nc
night
Between our sunset and eternal light
Only a passing through a golden
haze -
While yet earth-blinded-just a little
ways ..
To where, once children of the Light
.. we be
Children of Light again, unfettered
free.
John P. Sjolander.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
THERE IS LITTLE HOPE

There is little hope for the extern
sion of Christianity so long as greed
rules the world. People who are
crazed for material things have lit
tie time and less inclination for the
spiritual side Of life. Too much lux
ury will ruin any people. In olden
times only rich people could suffer
decadence from that cause, but mod
ern inventions have put Injuries with
in reach of great majority of the
people. Automobiles, picture shows,
and the vulgar dances Of this age
leave little time and less inclination
for mental or moral improvement. A
good time is the slogan now with
young people. It was hard times and
not good times that gave us the truly
great men of the, world. But when
parents blindly permit their daugh-
ters to 60 out alone in automobiles
with men and remain until 2 o'clock
in the morning, little can be. expected
IN the future evolution Of ths human
race.
+-Selscted
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
FOR A BOY WHO WAS POOR.
By P. R. HAYWARD.

"Lord, I thank thee for the record
that says that thou had no place or
which to lay thy head. The foxes
had better homes than thine, and the
birds Of the air, I read, knew where
to go at the call within them OF
home. The great army of the poor
throughout the world have owned
thee as brother and am glad OF
this bond between myself and thee
for !, too, am poor.
"Save me from a cringing submis-
sion to an unkind fate. Help me to
bear up bravely in the long, hard
fight for shelter and warmth and
success. Save me from bitterness
against those more fortunate than
myself Forgive me if, in freeing
myself from poverty, should be
willing to find my freedom by any
means that would make necessary
the poverty of others. Teach me that
the only true wealth lies in the pos.
sessions Of the soul and that only he
who lives meagerly within is really
poor.
Strengthen, o God, every arm and
every heart that are dedicated to the
removal Of the causes that keep mil.
lions Of my fellows poor and hasten
the day when justice shall prevail in
the market places Of the world
Make statesmen wise and fearless
Give to owners of much property q
broad picture Of life. And whatever
we may own grant always we may
be inwardly rich. Amen"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10

The time has come for the manhood
of this country to assert itself and
drive the filthy sexual pictures for
ever from the screen. The movies have
taken just as an important place in
the life Of this nation as the high
schools.
The principals Of these movie
schools are conscienceless Jews, the
teachers are shameless bawds, and
the curriculurn consist of the school
of hugging, the school Of the soul
kiss, the school Of the tryst, the all
night in a barn, the fight for honor.
the illegitimate child, the school of
the drunken orgy, the school of the
wild party, the school Of the crooked
married woman; the course is daily
ground into the youth of this ma
ton, until it has come to think the
wild life of sin and shame is but the
conventional course to pursue.
The time has come for the man.
hood of this country to assert itself
and lash those imposters into the field
of decency.
Lay not the social evils of the day
to the unrest that followed the great
war.
The moving picture industry has
almost broken down the moral life of
this country. ....
That industry is owned and con-
trolled by a bunch of constituencies
Jews, of the same type Of Hebrews
who controlled and owned bawdy
houses of the great cities of the
East. ~ -
They have become millionaires and
complete masters of an institution
which in point of education, and in
fiuence, ranks with the high school
system of America. ~ X
No man can successfully gainsay
that statement. .-. --..-..-
Possessed of the most tremendous
factor in the child life of this coun-
try, have they used it to elevate, in
spire and ennoble the youth of this
land? ..-.-.-.- 49,
Those depraved Jews eagerly
sought to deprave the children Of a
nation that they might profit by their
downfall. "
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
JESUS OF NAZARETH

The lecture "esus of NAZARETH forth readers
because regard it successful argument with the New
Theology and likewise because is in line with the position
of the Ku Kux Klan. .....-..~.--. e.. r
time has when all who accept the Bible as Gods
word and Jesus His only begoen Son should resist
Jewish propaganda which seeks reduce the Bible to level
with Shakespearan Monian poetry and to class
Jesus with Confucius, Socrates and Plato.
Moreover true Kansman doubts either the inspiration
of the Scripture deity of The Bible is the Kans
mans guide book and Jesus is the Klansmans Crerian.
knowledge goes, and have read extensively
upon subject Ruedge the first to offer proof of
earthly life and establish His deity without appealing to
the Scriptures When this lecture advertised for the
Peoples Auditorium ST. Paul. decided to hear it and likewise
arrange to have taken geographically When the lecture
concluded convinced that the argument complete
and should have larger hearing This apology for
making it our leader this week. -
We particularly impressed with Dr. Rutedges delivery
of the lecture He made pretense esored cheap ora
orica methods yet held his audience from start to finish 1t
the spell of great argument rather than the magnetism of
that explains the remarkable interest Of the people
Throughout his DISCOURSE Dr. Ruedge had the of
who felt that he had been sent with vital for
his day.
conviction that this should be put into per-
manent form and widely distributed
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
The CURSE OF A NATION
The Movie industry 10 In the Control Of
Conscienceless Jews.

& Those children Of five and seven
years ago are the young people Of
today, and in their acts you see the
results of that intensive schooling.
Go out upon the highways, and
even in the downtown streets, and
you see those young people who
were taught to hug and kiss, by the
sbawds Of the screen, and what are
they doing? They are hugging and
clinching in the back seats and front
seats of automobiles brazenly before
the public gaze. They learned that
lesson on the screen and nowhere
else.
I have heard, and you have heard
preachers, too, stand in the pulpit
and attribute modern conditions to
the progress Of the world. Ye gods,
can there be any progress in de-
hatchery? -
The crop Of girls who are now kiss
ing and hugging every boy they GO
with, the crop of girls who are now
drinking whiskey and getting drunk
in the arms Of any beau who brings
the "corn;" the crop Of girls who
have murdered their womanhood is
the crop that came from the scanda.
lous seed sown on the screen.
A majority Of our girls have gone
through the terrible gauntlet I'm.
scathed, and with little to regret
but thousand have gone down, and
more are going down if those schools
of passion and sin and shame are
mot closed. ...a
I want to tell you mothers, condi-
tions are appalling. I want to tell
you fathers that conditions are beyond
amazement. The obscene, filthy and
depraved joke has a circulation CO.
extensive with society. The average
youth of today no more hesitates to
pull bawdy house joke in the pres.
ence of anybody than a preacher hes.
itates to say prayers in a church. II
your little daughter hasn't heard any
of those foul jokes, she hasn't been
out. - -......- -..-...>
If you little girl hasn't been of.
fered whiskey, she hasn't been out
much.-Mayfield Weekly.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
CONSTITUTION DAY

September II is Constitution Day. Mrs Maney L. Fosseen
of Minneapolis vice chairman of the Republican state central
committee has out letters G. O. leaders in various towns
and to woens clubs asking them to take part the celebration
of Constitution Day This laudable action. Let
ALL regardless of political connection get behind statewide
nationwide observance Of the day which should stand
spcuously as a national holiday
Kans the entire United States will appropriately OBJ
Constitution Day. for the Knights of the Ku Kux Kan love
the Constitution and earnestly seek to reawaen the American
people to true appreciation of this great document There
sinister forces aborng continuously to destroy Constitution
and have succeeded in creating dangerous Indifference toward
basic laws There large number people who speak
of the Constitution in words of contempt and in the breath
shout their Americanism in wild terms Of boastfuness
In Minnesota there law requiring the teaching Of the
Constitution the public school, This law should be rgdy
forced boys and girls schools without
for the Constitution teachers have failed do their full duty
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
THE MEANING OF AMERICA.

In most nations the race tie is the
idea at the basis of political unity.
In each of them, one race so Tar OUT
numbers all other races that the ma
tional name implies a blood kinshlp
of it's citizens. But in our nation, in
the United States, the tie is not OF
blood, but of belief in an ideal OF lib
erty; therefore race does not count IN
determining whether or not one IS
an American. In that respect Amer
lea is unique among great, independ-
ent nations.
Our Republic was founded by peo-
pie Of many races, all intent upon one
idea-political liberty. From many
lands there came to these shores
men and women who cherished the
idea Of political liberty above race or
creed or financial interest. By their
devotion they made here nation
with liberty and equality for all.
That ideal furnishes the real test OF
|Americanism. No man, woman or
child who wishes special privileges,
is a real American. No man, woman
or child knowingly denies to another
equal rights is real American: for
all Americans must "hold these
truths to be self-evident, that all men
ARE created equal; that they are en-
dowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights; that among these
are, life, liberty, and the pursuit Of
happiness"
Governments are created among
men to make these rights secure.
The best and .noblsst men and women
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
TROUBLE-BLINDNEss

Men who colorbnd do not distinguish color from
another and do not the dangegna that glow red The
do distinguish enacing dangers from construc
tive activities The continually shouting Down
with the crepehangers Full speed ahead This variety of
Poyanna feels keeny but thinks very little There few
things dangerous to national welfare oubebind
timists.
The thinking mind is alert fully realizing that there
America demanding antdoteorganzed American
ism; in other Words the Ku Kux Khan. Sc .
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10

of every race have always been ready
to sacrifice private interests, and
even life itself, to preserve them to
the world. Resistance to these ideas
is treason to the best that is in every
race; the defense Of them is the SUI
preme duty of every American, and
our history is glorious just in SO far
as we have defended them.-National
Security League Pamphlet.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
WHO DISCOVERED AMERICA?

On September g. 1000 d. Lief Ericsson Norseman dis
covered America So when celebrate Discovery Day ought
achievement Powerful organizations in this country have
+emacay been working for nationwide observance of Column
bus Day. but to their real motives they have been satisfied
with the Discovery Day in states where Columbus
Day would not be received with much enthusiasm.
Columbus did not discover America History will show that
the from Genoa died. knowing nothing about America.
That man from Italy referred to Columbus not
Italian but Jew and is strange that the Catholics Of this
country insist placing him before the public Italian and
Catholic Further the Genoan jews real Colon and
not Columbus.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
THE NATIONS

THE NATlON'S .-,-..-. .
GREATEST WEALTH
Democracy rests upon excellence
in character. The greatest wealth of
our country is the moral quality Of
her citizens.
The longer on this earth we live
And weigh the various qualities Of
men, -..-.. ~.
Seeing how most are fugitive -.
Or fitful gifts at best of now and
: then.
The more we feel the high, stern
featured beauty
Of plain devotedness to duty,
Steadfast and still, nor paid with
mortal praise, .~~-... ..
But finding amplest recompense
For life's ungarlanded expense
In work done squarely and un-
wasted days.
"This tribute to Washington Tin
Lowell's Under the Old Elm) points a
truth so simple and so obvious that
youth may sometimes overlook its
fundamental Importance. Democ-
racy is rooted in moral excellence.
Character is at once It's chief safe
guard and its sublimest hope. There
is need, as we have seen, for GER
tain external reconstruction; there is
need in a democracy for widespread
common-sense and far-seeing intefi-
gence and trained ability to work TO-
gether. But these are only instru-
ments. Their value lies in what they
can contribute to the making of souls;
for it is just this contribution to a
nobler type Of living that gives a
nation it's highest reason for being.
The mission of America among the
nations is to show what splendid
types of human personality can be
bred under the ideal of freedom.
Like the Roman mothers, she must
exhibit as her jewels her sons and
daughters. ......... ..-..
Concern, then, for moral char
acter is not to be regarded as some
thing to be annexed to other features
of citizenship and Of school life as
one might add a room or wing to
building. It is to be the Animal
ing breath Of all that the school un-
dertakes to do for our country. The
greatest wealth of the nation being
moral personality, political freedom
is precious as q way Of increasing
that wealth and elevating its quality.
"Without tedious moralizing, lit
erature lessons can bring this fact
home. The more our pupils grow in
the power Of sustained reflection, the
more we should seek to have them
reflect upon the ethical principles
that give grandeur to the ideal Of
freedom. Every admirable American
life is a guaranty that our freedom
is worth possessing. Every act Of
noble self-reliance, Of integrity, Of
self-discipline, Of bravery, of gener-
osity, Of self-denying, disinterested
service, is one more step toward the
truest Of all freedoms, the liberation
Of what is best in mankind from its
own unworthy entanglements. Our
literature is rich in beautiful inspi-
rations to this end. Let Us make
the most Of them. In the service Of
American ideals, thought Of kindling
itself ct the living Are Of thought
has mighty tasks 10 push forward
and magnificent resources to bring TO
light." Henry Nsumann.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID

ut the duty of nations well of men, to own their
dependence upon the everlasting of God confess their
and in humble sorrow yet with assured hope
That genuine will lead and PARDON and to
recognize sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures
Ind by all history that those nations only blessed
yine Law nations like individuals subjected to punsht
ments and in this world not justly fear
that the awful calamity civil which desOaes the
land NAV be but punishment inflicted for pre-s
sumptuos SINS to the mercifu end of NATIONAL Re
FORMATION as a whole peOpe?'
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
YES, WHY?

If it is true that Klansmen are
opposed to law and order how is 1t
that lawyers defending crooks and
bootlsggsrs always vigorously pro-
test against Nsnsmen sitting on, the
jury which tries their clients?
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10

to extend the recognition Lief Ericsson
Of America certainly will have the support of the Ku
Klux Khan. 60 - ~ -
Discovery Day should be observed September go Watch
the Knights of Columbus every effort made by the twenty
five Norwegian organizations bring about ardy
milton of Lief Ericsson
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THE INDIFFERENT CITIZEN

Does not really think;
Has no definite convictions;
Is a spineless creature. 49,
Insists on being an ultra-optimist;
Is not interested in politics;
Votes rarely;
Is ignorant of menacing dangers;
Damns the militant American.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-08-10
AN EXPERT.

Counsel: "The examination
didn't seem to worry you at all.
HAVE you had any sxpArisnns In that
linsis
Client: Married three times"