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The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
CHICAGO SCHOOLS
BAR PATRIOTIC AIRS

Do you know that music commit
tee of the city of / Chicago school
board ruled that the song "America'
shall not appear in the song books
used in the city's public schools? II
is almost superf1ous to add that this
action met with the approval of the
affiliated "Irish" societies of Chica-
go.
1t is commonly understood and
generally believed that the public
schools of Chicago are under the con.
troll and dictation Of Roman Catho-
lies, and that high percentage OF
the city's public school teachers are
from the ranks of that organization
What else could be expected from
that kind of combination? And yet
there are those who still believe that
there is no need for an organization
like the Ku Klux Klan, which makes
it a business to look into and clean
up such un-American conditions.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
KLAN VICTORY IN new
YORK IS PREDICTED
Anti-Saloon League Head Declares
Protestants Will Win If He Is
Convicted.
xxx
xxx

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Prediction that
nothing will keep the Ku Klux Khan
from swinging the balance of power
in New York state in 1924 in the
event William H. Anderson, state
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, is convicted of the charge
that he appropriated $4,000 for his
personal use of money belonging to
the league, was made by Mr.. Ander-
son in an address in the Greene Ave-
nue. Baptist church here last week.
Mr.. Anderson declared that it was a
political frame-up fostered by Cath
Ole politicians.
Mr.. Anderson ridiculed the post
ponement Of his trial by District At
torney Banton and called it a "mov-
able feast" After pointing out that
in October trial was postponed to
November and that now, flour weeks
later, after the election, and in the
light of the result" there had been an
other postponement, Mr.. Anderson
said:
eff Mr.. Banton is telling the truth
when he says that time for prepara-
ton is needed, then he stands convict
ed of having brought about my indict-
ment for political purposes last sum-
mer without having a case.
"On the other hand, if Mr.. Pecora
was telling the truth last July and
August when he said, eve are ready
for trial on rs hours notive,' and Mr..
Banton was telling the truth last
month, three weeks before election,
when he said for publication, we are
ready now,' then there can be none
other than a sinister meaning to the
suggestion that further preparation is
needed"
Mr.. Anderson referred to a denial
of the minutes of the grand jury to
him as follows:
"The' reaction from the denial by
an Irish-Cat Tammany Judge to
the superintendent of the enforcement
promotion agency of the dry Protest
ant churches of an inspection of the
minutes of the grand jury, while
granting it at the same time to six
others who apparently were either
Catholics or Jews, or represented by
attorneys who were such, so terrified
the wet masters of the district at
torney that the plan to have the trial
before election was precipitately
abandoned.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
KHAN GROWS while
ENEMY FLAYS ORDER

XXX
Students of DePauw University Re-
sent Crosses Fight On Ameri-
canism
WILL DEMAND RIGHTS
Girl Goods of Methodist School Plan
Open Defiance of President
XXX
Greencastle, Ind.-Students at De
PAW university, Methodist school,
are exhibiting growing feeling of
resentment at the continued attacks
made on the Ku Klux Khan by Presi-
dent Groee and by speakers whom he
is importing to malign the Khan.
The presidents bitter announcement,
however, is increasing the growth of
the Khan in the school and is inject
ing the issue into school life.
It is believed here that if the
TRADES against the Khan organization
are not discontinued an ""open revolt
will break out, and that those stu
dents belonging to the Khan will de-
mand their rights as American citi-
zens.
A number of girl students have
joined the Women of the Ku Klux
Klan and a movement is on foot
among them to come out openly in
defiance Of the president. 1t is point
ed out by students that undergrad
yates at Wabash college are permit
ted the liberty of joining those or
CARNATIONS which they deem fit. At
that school the student members of
the Klan have a "Klan band" and
no attempt is made to hide the iden-
tity of the members.
At Harvard university, not only a
very large percentage of the students
are members Of the Khan, but a ma
jority Of the faculty, it is understood,
are members.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
THOUSANDS WITNESS SPECTACULAR PARADE
KHAN OBTAINS INJUNCTION TO BLOCK
INTERFERENCE WITH THEIR PAGEANT
xxx
xxx

Klansmen in plain clothes mingled
with the throng while the parade was
in progress, and was ready at a mo-
ment's notice to assist police officers
in bringing to justice any person who
might have been inclined to cause a
disturbance.
. 400 Join Khan
Following the parade a big nat
uralization was put on at the Will
hanson public school grounds. A
state officer of the Realm of West
Virginia addressed the larger crowd
which assembled at the grounds to
learn of the principles of the Khan
In concise and interesting manner
the Khan official expounded the prin-
ciples of the organization and ex-
planned in no ambiguous terms its
purpose.
More than two-t thirds of the crowd
that saw the parade went to the
school grounds to hear the lecture
Despite bits of waiting frost the au-
dience braved the cold night air anC
listened intently to the discourse. II
is understood that several hundred
applications for membership were re.
ceived at the meeting.
A class of approximately 400 per.
sons was initiated. During the nat,
uralization heavy bombing was heard
on the surrounding hills and huge
Fiery Cross illumined the grounds
where the ceremony was in progress
The naturalization grounds were
separated from the outside world by
ropes, resembling a roped arena
Outside the ropes were two lines OF
robed Klansmen. One line was fac
ing outward while the other line was
facing inward. The candidates
marched in between the two lines.
The ceremonies lasted until nearly
midnight, after which the great mass
of immaculate figures melted away
and Williamson once again became
the little mountain city in the heart
of the billion-dollar coal fields, with
no particular excitement or stir aside
from that of the usual routine of the
town.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
Bdrtering Our Forests

SALE OR of
Will trade for political Preus the Republican
State Machine.
The above u.s. effect the meaning fight
Cox, state forester
Mr. Cox has stood for efficiency forestry
He has fought bitterly keep the Republican
from making a football out of it.
Repeated efforts have made
politically manipulated timber department under the auditor
always however that the Invariably failed
The removal of Mr. Coxi planned make politician
will forestry organization unit of the political
Public sentiment stopped the schemers before
Otherwise will be vote
getters will expert foresters and rangers
believer conservaon-f supporter
administran political obery write
Gov. Preus the forestry board.
a vigorous protest against removal of Mr.
belongs And the politicians won't dare dbey
your orders you make them sufficiently emphatic
EDITOR, NEWS.
20. K, EDITOR THE CALL OF THE NORTH.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
ELKS' NATIONAL RULER
DENIESFICHT ON XXX.

Grand Exalted Ruler Mcfarland,
of the Elks, with headquarters in
Washington, declares that the action
taken by the Atlanic City Elks lodge
in expelling Klansmen from its men,
bership did not have the approval of
the Grand lodge. The Atlantic City
Caseys made the statement that its
action was the forerunner of q ma
tional campaign to expel all Klans-
men from its rolls.
~ am not now prepared to say
what action will be taken ultimately"
said Grand Exalted Ruler Mcfarland,
because until we know whether the
oaths and obligations taken by Khan
members are at variance with Elk
precepts, no decision will be made. I
can say, however, that so far as l
know, no consideration is being given
to national campaign designed to
bring about action similar to that
taken, by the Elks lodge of Atlantic
City,"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
SERIOUS QUESTION:!

The most serious question confront
ing the Order of Knights of Columbus
today is the loss of membership. The
report of the Supreme Secretary at
the last Supreme Convention show a
net loss in membership for the past
year of 1889 associate members and
an increase in insurance members of
1868, leaving a net loss for the past
year of 1926 members, notwithstand-
ing the fact that we established 83
new councils in 1928, and took in 49,
1893 new members.-The Northland
Knight.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12

Williamson, w. Va--One of the
most spectacular and sensational pa
rades ever seen inMingo county since
the famous march of miners in 1920
was staged here Wednesday night
last, when hundreds Of members of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Khan,
attired in full regalia of the Order,
paraded downtown streets.
More than 5000 persons, the larg-
est crowd to witness a single event
here since the famous march of min
ers, jammed downtown streets and
were packed on the sidewalks like
sardines in a can. There never was
as large a crowd on the streets of
Williamson before except on two oc-
casions, aged resident declare.
While a mammoth Fiery Cross
blazed on a mountain overlooking
Reservation Hill and the city, the
marchers. carrying great sticks of
red and green fire, and headed by a
military band, marched on the down.
town business section. Leading the
parade were two robed Klansmen
mounted on hooded steeds. Next
came member of the Order carry
ing a miniature Fiery Cross illumi-
mated with candles. Following i'm
mediately behind the cross was the
band, and then came the hundreds of
marchers.
Khan Gets Injunction
From time to time during the pa
rade rockets were set off on adjacent
hillsides and Kissed their fiery way
high over. the heads of the marchers.
The appearance of each rocket was
preceded by heavy aerial bombing
and the bursting of the fireworks
brought subsequent reports.
Despite the fact that some of the
local authorities had opposed the
march and that considerable discus
sion of the "invasion" had been heard
in official circles, the parade went
over with bang. The vast throng
that viewed the spectacle was as Or
derby as the marchers themselves and
rot once was there any sign of dis
order.
Pursuant to its ancient traditions
of always obeying the law, but fear
ing that the law might, in this case
become a boomerang, members of the
Khan secured an injunction against
local authorities restraining them
from interfering with the parade.
The injunction was issued by Judge
R. D. Bailey of Pineville. Had it not
been for the injunction it is believed
that the parade would have been
stopped by local authorities. How
ever, there is no law on the statute
books compelling an organization to
secure a permit to parade.
AS precautionary measure men,
bers of the police force were sta
toned at various points throughout
the city. More than one hundred
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
ANTS FLOCK TOGETHER
IN AI-NIGHT SESSION
Complete Amalgamation of Five
AntiKlan Societies Affected. Wal
ton Failed in Attempt to Control
the Conference
xxx

Durant, Okla. - An amalgamatec
society for the suppression of the
Ku Klux Khan was affected here last
night in a session of Waltonites anG
Farm Labor leaders which LASTED
from II o'clock noon Friday until 4
o'clock in the morning Saturday.
Five separate and distinct organi'
cations, each of which is certain OF
an early Khan destruction are now
merged into one with headquarters at
423 North Broadway, Oklahoma City
A complement of state officers, ex-
ecutive committee, n everything has
been arranged.
The meeting was called to order
Friday morning by Judge Porter OF
Durant in the district court room
The doors were locked with guards
on the outside. The first order of
business after the selection of tenn
porary chairman was the appoint
ment of a committee on credentials
With such birds as r. R. Stevens of
Muskogee, ]. C. Walton of Oklahoma
City, and others Of like repute pres
ents, it was deemed wise to take
every possible precaution against the
presence Of spies and lookouts.
A large crowd of spectators as
sembled hoping to hear at least a
chirp from the deposed governor but
instead, the common rabble was put
off with a speech in the Court House
yard by Texas representative of the
Farmer-Labor movement.
The former governor was not re-
ceived with the same enthusiasm that
greeted him at Shawnee although he
was quite as willing to accept the
Duran+ platform without knowing
anything it contained. Called on for
speech he made few feeble re-
marks, scathingly reproaching the Ku
Klux Khan, none of whom were sup
posed to be present.
OmcerS Tor the ensuing year OF
so much thereof as the organization
may live, were elected as follows:
President, Porter Newman of Durant;
Vice President, Ben Ellison of Atoka;
Secretary Treasurer, E. C. Wallace of
Wapanucka. The following trustees
were elected: A. R. Town, Joe Stone,
A. R. Lewis, R. G. Arnold, G. w. Eng
lish, Earl Joyce, R. R. Stevens, c. G.
Ward and A. N. T Renegar
Attempt of the Walton forces to
capture and control the convention
was without success. The governor
stands repudiated by his own follow
ers so fer as control is concerned.
- TT II
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
NEGRO CHURCH FREED
FROM DEBT BY KHAN

Jeffersonville, Ind.-A substantial
cash donation to aid struggling ne
gro Baptist church near Watson was
made Sunday afternoon by Jefferson
vile Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
The congregation had gone into debt
to make some needed improvements
on the church property and was I'M
able to make payment when it be-
came due. Through the efforts of the
pastor, part of the money was SUBJ
scribed and the remainder needed to
pay off the Indebtedness was con-
tributed by the Klansmen.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
MAYOR BANS PARADE
! OF .kLANSMEN
XXX
Bader, of Atlantic City, Organizes
Knights of Columbus For
Battle
PAPER SOUNDS THREAT
Predicts BlOOdshed Should Kluxers
Exercise Rights and Assemble
-K-K-K-

Atlantic City, N. J.-Mayor Bader,
declaring that he was Catholic and
proud of it," has begun a campaign
against the Ku Klux Khan of this city
and intends, he says, to prevent the
Klan from parading. cit is not alone
as churchman that the executive will
block public and spectacular process
sions, or ceremonies" says one At
lantic City paper. ut is his duty as
the titular head of the city govern
ment to preserve order and make the
streets safe for the public at all
times"
Vieled Threat
In substantiation of it's views that
the Klan will not be permitted to
parade in the city, this same paper
says, "Were the Khan to attempt to
stage parade through certain sec
tons of the city the result might be
disorder, and might even result in
casualties" The Klansmen of the city
admit that a parade might result in
casualties, but never on the initiative
of Klansmen.
1t is said that although Mayor
Bader is forbidding the Khan to hold
orderly parades and ceremonials, his
police lat week saw the landing of
80 cases of rum at Rum Point and
made no attempt to interrupt them in
their work.
Rome Plans War
A group of these anti-Klan friends
of Mayor Bader's met in the parish
hall of St. Nicholas Catholic church
last week at the invitation of the
Knights of Columbus and heard dero-
gatory addresses by the mayor; Rey.
Sullivan, chaplain of Atlantic City
post, No. 2, American Legion; and
Hugh P. Fence.
"Any man who covers his face with
mask is crook and a coward"
cried the mayor. 81 want your organ
izations to appoint captains and lieu
tenants, and when I call you on the
telephone or the lights on Pacific
avenue show red six times, or the fire
signals call six times, I want you to
come to the city hall. Even if the
paraders are without masks, 1 want
you to come out"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
MAYOR Of BOSTON
GIVES PATRIOTS
TASTE OF HYPHEN|SM
XXX
Denounces Loyal Coalition at Irish
Indignation Meeting in Behalf
of Conspiring Traitors
XXX
-k-k-k-

Boston.-Boston had a real tast'
of hyphenated patriotism last week
when Mayor Curley took advantage
of an opportunity to shout, "Lonl
live the Pope" and launched into
characteristic Irish denunciation o:
the Loyal Coalition, and all othel
things strictly American that den!
his Irish relations the privilege o.
joining because of their divided al
legiance.
The denunciation came as an an
swer to the Loyal Coalitions protest
against the holding of a mass meet
ing Sunday night in Symphony hall
where the Irish Catholics met to de-
nounce treatment of the $4,000 Irisl
Republicans jailed by the Free State
for reasonable acts against the Irish
government.
This hyphenated mayor of Boston
in his reply to the patriotic members
of the Loyal Coalition, denounced thu
Coalition, the Ku Kux Khan, ant
"other kindred organizations" ant
also launched into a Roman tiradt
against Lloyd George, former pre-
mier of Great Britain, who was bonn
barded with eggs of unsavory flavor
on his recent official visit to the Unit.
ed States by Irish Catholics of New
York city. -~
Mr.. Lloyd George was attacked be-
caused he was the wartime premier
of Great Britain, Protestant coun
try, that executed an Irish traitor
Sir Roger Easement, because he con.
spired with Germany to throw thu
Irish support to the kaiser against
their own country. =.
It is getting pretty low when q
distinguished foreign visitor pays g
visit to the United States that q
bunch of Catholic hoodlums are per.
mitted to run wild and insult him
simply because he represents a Pro.
testant country that is failing its
colonial traitors instead of sending
them to the gallows, where all trait.
ors should go.
Hyphenated Patriotism
This sample of hyphenated patriot.
ism, as exhibited by Mayor Curley
and the "Micks" of New York city
is the greatest proof of the Catholic
idea of citizenship that has been of,
fered recently. If Protestants woulo
conspire against the government Of
Catholic France and were thrown ir
prison cells, would Irish Catholic
"citizens" of Mayor Curley's type
protest their treatment as they dc
the treatment of the Irish traitors. A
traitor is a traitor, whether he is 8
Catholic or Protestant, a Gentle OF
a Jew.
When Irish Catholics were oustec
from power in New York city just be.
fore the Civil War by the American
party, it was these same "citizens" Of
the church and state breed that pa
raded the streets of the metropoli:
with banners saying that they would
"refuse to be ruled by Americans"
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12

/. Old Gentleman-Here, here, little
boy, what do you mean by hitting
that little girl? Don't you know it
is very cruel?
L. B.-G'on. Wot's the row? She's
my sweetheart.-Black and Blue Jay.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
TEXAS KLANSMEN ERECT
NEW KLAVERN AT WACO

Order OutgrOws Meeting Piece and
Knights Buy Nine-Acre Tract.
WACO, TEX.-Saxet khan, No. 33,
of Waco, has nearly finished the erec-
ton of a $4,000 klavern. It is To-
Gated on a nine acre tract Of land at
the edge of the city. The building is
Of steel and cement construction and
the auditorium will seat 5000.
The Klan has grown so large that
there is no building in the city that
can accommodate it at it's regular
meetings, so it has been found neces-
sary to erect the Khan building.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-12
MAKING CITIZENS
OR CRIMINALS?
Is It Better to Spend Money for
Schools or for Courts and
PrisOnS2
xxx
-K-K.K-

"Those who think the schools cos
too much tend to forget that the cost
of everything else we have has in
creased proportionately. What W.
eat, what we wear, fuel, light, farm
lands, rent, transportation, furniture
machinery-all have obeyed the same
law. The teacher who gets an an
nual salary of $1,000 today can buy
little, if any, more with it than she
could buy with half that amount ter
years ago. The cost Of school build
ings, school equipment, fuel, JAM
tors services, and everything else
that must be provided for in schoo
budget, is subject to the same gen
eral economic trend" says ]. o. En-
gleman, field secretary of the N. E. A
Cost Is Less
"But what of the charge that the
state cannot afford the cost Of edu,
eating its children? The answer is
that education at almost any price Is
actually cheaper and less expensive
than ignorance, immortality ano
crime. Our government is predicatec
upon the assumption that knowledge
and virture shall be generally dit
fused among the people. Under nc
other conditions is our form OF gov
eminent workable. Our political
forefathers recognized this truth, and
it inspired them to declare that re-
ligion, morality and knowledge are
essential to good government and tc
the happiness Of mankind. Increased
education results in increased values
of property in any community. In
deed, property, and life itself, is
made safe and secure only as schools
abound and do the work for which
they are established. One need 60
no further than Mexico or Russia
today to see the correlation that ex-
lists between ignorance and insecurity
Of both property and life.
Life More Complicated
"There was a time when many
of the most valuable elements in a
child's education and life were OBJ
tanned while he was going to the lit
tie red school, but not obtained in it.
These elements were developed by
the life he lived on the farm, and
included industry, initiative, self-re-
lance, thrift, simple pleasures, and
other virtues for which the school
was little responsible.
To-day, life is less simple. The
home contributes less. More is de-
manded of the schools. These are
the days when the state expects all
its children to remain in school, and
when it is under obligation, there
fore, to carry its program of instruc-
ton to the differing tastes and ca
pacities of children. Once the pupils
merely quit if they tired of the three
RS or failed to succeed in them
Now they dare not quit. The state
expects them to continue through the
compulsory education period. Hence
the demand for a varied curriculum
for special rooms, and features that
may minister to the child who is
average, oversize, under-nourished
crippled, deaf, blind, precocious, o.
otherwise entitled to schooling suitec
to his needs"