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The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

each branch of congress and it cannot
nelp but make all IMPRESSION ON rresi-
dent Coolidge. anu Lnen again he 10
likely TO consider now the TWO houses
OF congress were almost OF the same
mind on the exclusion business and 1t
is thought he will hardly dare veto
the bill on that account.
OF course, the attitude of Secretary
Hughes is thrown in the balance on
the side OF Japan but it is not be-
Iieyed that even this fact will sway
the President and keep him from sign
ing the bill. Secretary Hughes pre-
diets that the entire work OF the
Washington conference will be undons
but he practically stands alone on
that proposition.
The fact is that Japan will probably
grin and bear it and the people Of the
Pacific Coast states will have their
way after long and hard tight
against the Japanese menace to their
country. We may have some trouble
in the far East as result but moth
ing serious is really expected. 1t was
thought the President would have
something to say on the subject In his
New York speech TO the Associated
Press this week but he remained
silent on the matter.
,, Don't be an alarmist for America
is not doomed. George Washington
had his trials and tribulations and he
surmounted them all. So did Abra.
ham Lincoln, so have all our Presi.
dents survived and come out on top
OF all their knotty problems.
This country may be smeared up q
little with oil right now but it is bet.
ter to lose an oil reserve or two than
to lose faith in our government. Up
to date we have not lost even one oil
reserve and be assured that the gov.
eminent at Washington still lives and
is going on and on. There are too
many good Americans in this country
TO let it be otherwise.
Criminal proceedings are under way
against former Secretary Fall and Do
heney and Sinclair and those in au.
thority promise that no guilty man
shall escape. That is as 1t sho2ld be,
only there might well be little more
speed with the legal end Of the prose-
cution.
Congress is gradually getting away
from the endless Investigations and
seems to be settling down to its many
legislative tasks for the good of the
country and its people. Business IL
getting back to normal in Washing.
ton and it looks now like Congress 10
going to rush business from now on
in an effort to get through before
June 10, the date of the Republican
national convention at Cleveland.
There is now desire to step on the
gas and go some.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
Advice

Go breathe your prayer;
So sing your song;
Go help your friend
Bear truth along;
Go spend your life
In Klannish deeds
You have no time
To fight Ger creeds.
Build your best life
Upon the Khan,
Twill tell the world
You are a man.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
PUT HOUSE IN ORDER

President Coolidge seems to have
made hit in his New York speech in
serving notice on Europe to put its
own house in order and then talk to
Uncle Sam about program of help.
fulness. Mr.. Coolidge wants to make
sure in his own mind that Europe Is
even willing to promise to be good
before she comes at US for more
fayors.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
Sparks from the Fiery Cross
By John Eight Point
"The noblest motive is the public good"

But the ammunition that's hurt the
worst,
In all the hate campaigns accurst,
Has been the festered falsehoods-
lies
They shot across the Klan's clean
skies.
They shot that bolt Of mean refuse
When they said: you know the Khan
hates Jews.
And it's simply awful the way the
Khan
Is down on the harmless colored
man"
And again that clumsy lie of old.
"The Khan is out to get the gold"
And this double lie that almost
smokes:
The Khan is soaring and whipping
s- folks"
Go up the world, go down its lanes,
You'll find in its sewer pipes and
drains,
The poison gas some love to spray
On the Khan you read about each day.
Go up the world, go in and out
Where people pass such stun about
And you'll note the war these rebels
press
On the Khan that strives for righteous
ness.
But 1t matters not what foemen shoot,
The Klan's entrenched from head to
foot;
It's robe and visor protect it well
Against the fumes Of Romish hell.
And those who dwell in Wisdom's
Booth
Can quickly learn the naked truth
No matter how they shoot the Khan,
1t is Simon Pure American!
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
Tired of Life at 1O3,
"Oldest Man" Kills Sell

Manitowoc, Wis.-John Levandow.
ski, said to be one hundred and three
years old, the county's oldest resident.
committed suicide at hospital here.
A year ago when he celebrated his
one hundred and second birthday, Mr..
Levandowski walked to church services
and participated In the reunion at his
home. He was native Of Poland
and had lived here for seventy years
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
500 900 Film, Extortion
for the Olympic Games

Paris.-Representatives of the three
biggest American news film agencies
were given an ultimatum by the
French concession commissioners of
the Olympic games that they must
pay 1880, 900 francs, or some 100000,
for the privilege Of taking pictures of
the games. The concession commits
sioners themselves paid $4,000 for the
world rights.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

They used to call the Ku Klux
Khan the statesmen of hate" but
1t would be difficult to find how
or where this phrase could apply.
Ask the struggling pastors Of hun
dreds of little churches who have
received aid-ask the thousands
of helpless families, white and
black, that have been the recipi-
ents of Khan charity and helpful
ness. Statesmen Of hate" indeed.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

wsahington--Seven destroyers have
bssa trsa2errsd nj Milsdelphia fr,m
the Navy to the Treasury department
to augment the coast gsaard rum eset,
TIE Navy department. announced. The
SnHrsysss were the JSustt. Patterson,
Bsale, Castn, DowneA Pauiding and
Amma.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
ySps Matching Far East
War, 10 Trotzky Warning

Moscow.-Leon Trotzky, addressing
the Moscow soviet here, sounded q
warning that Russo-Japanese war
IL being hatched by militaristic jap
anese circles planning to recoup In
the Far East the losses suffered
through the American ban ON Jan
ansse immigration.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

The Khan believes In set purpose
and thorouShncss aloag all iiaes. II
puts men In Jail. but Il dsss net forget
10 sea that the Jail 10 yell rooted and
that the bars across ne vinAsws are
made OF iron rstAw tAas painted
wood.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

II the Khan should not be thorough
and genuine not alone would the Or
ganization suffer, but the country as
well-even the enemies of the Khan,
as units in the commonwealth. We
do not live unto ourselves"-there is
kind Of amalgamation in nature that
forbids separative tendencies.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
THIRD PARTY FORCES

The proposed third party forces are
not idle. Already two such conven-
tions have been called, one to meet In
st. Paul, June IT and the other at
Cleveland on July 4. The country can
almost bank on radical platforms and
radical tickets if the third party de-
velops sufficient strength to adopt a
platform and nominate ticket. Their
hope is to obtain enough votes to be
able to throw the result of the cleo
ton into the House and settle the
matter there.
The Japanese have made a noise,
they yelled like good fellows over the
passage Of the immigration bill con.
tanning the Japanese exclusion para
graph but 1t isn't going to undo the
splendid work of our American Con-
gress. which came mighty near being
100 per cent. Americans on that piece
Of legislation.
Neither Is Japan going to make war
on us for protecting our own people
from the orientals who seek to flock
in here by the tens of thousands. The
japanese situation is far less tense
than 1t was a week ago and there is
not going to be any international
trouble over this matter. Talk to the
contrary is all bosh. We do not insult
the people of Japan when we call at.
tention to the fact that her people do
not fit In we'll with the people Of the
United States. They are two distinct
races and ought not to mix closely
when It comes to residence and living
conditions.
or course Japan feels a little hurt
over this exclusion business and 1t Is
a well known fact that the oriental
has long memory. Japan may re-
taliate to some extent but Americans
can stand 1t.
Samsness OF Mind
There are those who profess to be.
lieve that President Coolidge will veto
the immigration bill on account OF the
Japanese exclusion paragraph but on
the other hand the man In the White
House cannot afford to overlook the
big majorities by which the bill passed
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
The achievements of white civil

The achievements of white civil
ization attest the supremacy Of
the white mans mind; but they
do not attest that those achieve
ments have been made without
the cooperation Of all races and
types working as a unit in the
body of human life. The colored
man has come to know that the
Ku Klux Khan is his friend and
that the righteousness Of law reg
ulates both white and negro In
all their relations toward civiliza-
ton. 1t Is not the Khan that ex-
ats fundamental difference in
type.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

The people who walk In the dark
are those who fear the sparks from
the fiery cross.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

The Klan's work can never be too
weak for your strongest powers.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

Uncover when the nag goes by-it is
the blood-stained ark of every holy
American covenant.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
Theories And Opinions

Cramming Romish theories and pre-.
digested, pro-European opinions down
the gullible throat of American youth
is not education. Schools and school
children do not exist primarily for the
exploitation Of biased textbooks got
ten out by warped authors and sub
sidized publishers. Besides, things
change so quickly nowadays that by
the time teachers and pupils have
examined the title page and learned
the name Of the author of any one
book, there is a new text out explod-
ing all the conclusions reached by the
former author and setting forth an
entirely new doctrine. Children learn
all about gravitation, only to have
Enstein come along and tell them
1t was all a lie. AS Klansmen, we
believe In the teaching of facts with
out bias or prejudice. Back Of this
we desire that children shall be
trained to think things out for them
selves. AS teachers, we shall not re-
quire children to memorize perverted
facts but shall show them how to
study true principles and formulate
their own opinions.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

Sooner or later anti Khan pride Is
sure to step on pro-klan dynamite.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

There is no more eloquent thing in
the world than a Klannish life.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

The clarion note,
AS from trumpet blown,
Is the call OF the Khan
No uncertain tone.
II speaks the thought.
AS when Jesus fed,
The hungering hosts
With heavenly bread.
=
The Japs think 1t very cruel
that we are barring Japanese la
borers from coming to America,
and yet she is shutting Chinese
laborers out of Japan-and China
is right at Nippon's door. Keep
your eye on the Jap, Klansman,
because he is likely to show his
old Mongolian-Sibiric race stock.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

Are you out of The Khan? It's not
ease you are buying-it is patriotism
you're trading for lies.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

The Khan attitude has been de-
scribed as "uncritically patriotic" We
think it better to he theoretically pa
triotic" than critically unpatriotic.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
The Ideal CITIZENSHIP

Schools, reform schools. jails and
penitentiaries-is there any progress
sive relationship? What do you think,
Klansman? Schools are built to IN
form, reformatories to Reform and pen
itentiaries to Uniform. II schools did
more Forming instead Of SO much
INFORMING, II Is conceivable that
there would be less need for RE
Forming and no need for UNIFORM
ing. Schools Of the type our early
educators dreamed could empty jails;
colleges like the Fathers planned and
visioned csuld close penitentiaries.
Khan planned schools and colleges, liv-
ing up to the prophetic ideal, would
build the ideal citizenship and conse-
quently a neblsr civilization.
-
Remember, kIansman, THE fox has
many tricks, the hedgehog emily one
beware OF bsthl
II was IbssA who said that one
should never put on ones best trous.
ers to 60 out to fight for freedom.
Certainly not. One should wear bat.
tlsplate and sixteen inch guns, not
forgetting the sword Of the spirit and
a little Of the staunch, old-style pa.
triotism.
y
The Klansman does what no ought
to do. and seeks NO praise because II
Ia his duty.
y
ehootln0
They've shot the Khan with guns and
bricks:
They've shot the Kan with stones and
sticks;
They've shst the Khan with twisted
rules:
They've shst the Khan with Rome
taught schools;
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

10 posses Khan spirit In Ito ptsh.
ness Of sacred adventure. We must DO
mere than merely accsp< tive must
appropriate II We must Let he new.
aess Il Nan liz ana sp1sitaAl intsa.
ton become . substantial part q eur
daily e1isteass. 10 sntsy Ne Uan.
We must absorb tive nust pssssss
Il utterly.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09
"NuIllNcatlen1

Modify the volstead law? Well,
why not modify the law that makes
IL a crime to 60 out and burn your
neighbours property? We might
change the law enough to permit
light arson and near murder" you
know, so that fellow could burn Just
the upper story of mans house and
knock him ssnseless II he wanted to.
without being amenable. IT'S easy
enough to see where that would take
us. Those fellows that harp 90 much
on "medincatien" really want nulliH-
eatIsn. II took q Civil War to settle
that theory. but It was ssttlad for all
time 20 far 90 the United States Of
America 10 concerned. Though the
old rule still holds. no doubt, that
A wet" convinced against his win,
ID Of the same opinion still.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

Somewhere in the Khan q place is
waiting for you-you with your own
talents, your own ambitions for pa
triotic service, and your own high
possibilities. The place will wait for
you because the Khan IL strong and
cannot fail-it will wait for you, but
you should prepare yourself for 1t,
seek 1t, step into It.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

The Klansman does what no ought
to do. and seeks NO praise because It
Ia his duty.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-09

Remember, klansman, "the fox has
many tricks, the hedgehog emily one"
beware Of hethl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-14
INDICTMENTS
ARE RETURNED
80 Brought in by Herrin
Grand Jury Probe

Herrin, Ill.,. March ID. Ninety
nine indictments were returned by
grand jury which has been inves-
tigating conditions in Herrin. The
jury's report made a number of rec
concentrations to bring about condi-
tions that would avoid recurrence of
riots in Williamson county.
The return Of indictments follow
ed nine day session of the special
grand jury. Investigating the killings
of Constable Cesaer eagle and the
shooting of Deputy Sheriff John
Layman on the night of February 8,
last.
The indictments include charge
of murder in the killing of eagle.
shooting with intent to kill in the
case of Deputy Sheriff Layman, and
various charges in connection with
firing on the Herrin hospital.
The shooting followed q clash be-
tween members of the Ku klux
Klan and anti-klansmen, which re-
suited in state troops being sent
here, to aid in maintaining order.
Fifty-five Of the indictments are
against S. Glenn Young, dry worker
and paid leader of the Ku klux Klan
in recent liquor raids conducted in
the county, which it is said, led to
the clash between klan and anti-klan
factions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-14
TOWNER DENIS
FOR MURPHY

Cando, Mar. 14.-The following re-
solution was adopted, at a meeting
held at the court house. Resolutions
follows:
We, the Democratic Central Com
mittee Of Towner County, North Da-
kota in conventional assembly on the
3rd day Of March 1924, do hereby
pledge allegiance to the Great Party
of Jefferson, Jackson and Wilson. We
recommend tax reduction along all
lines in the nation, stat, county and
school and municipalities wherever
possible without interfering with the
necessary expenses Of the govc crn-
ment. We recommend the adoption
of non-party election laws as it gives
a man chance of election regardless
Of party lines. We especially COM
mend to the Democratic voters of
Towner County, the candidacy of R.
B. Murphy for office of National
Committeeman, and the electors and
delegates to the National convention,
selected at the meeting of the state
central committee as its meeting at
Valley City, N. Oak.
Resolution Committee,
By James Dougherty
w. L.. Noyes
A, H.. Riggs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-14
FARM STOCKS
OF GRAIN LOW
Considerably Less Than Re-
serves of Year Ago

Grand Forks, March 14.-Stocks of
grain held on farms on March in
North Dakota with the exception of
corn ran we'll below the reserves of
year ago and the average, due prin-
cipally to smaller production Of
these crops in 1923, according to the
March l report of j. G. Diamond,
Agricultural Statistician for the U.
S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
Present reserve of wheat on farms
will little more than take care of an
average seed requirement, while re-
serves of coarse grains and hay have
been strengthened by moderate
winter feeding demand and are gen
orally ample for late winter and ear
ly spring needs. according to the re-
port. Farm holdings of potatoes are
shown by the report to be little less
than half of holdings a year ago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-14

Among the important matters to
come before the voters at next Tues
days election are the election laws,
sometimes referred to as the mon
party election laws" They were
passed by the last legislature and
then submitted to the voters, and
their operation suspended, on the fill
ing of 1000 names asking this be
done.
The Independent Voters Associa-
tion has indorsed the laws; the Non
partisan League has opposed them.
There is difference of opinion on
these laws not confined to these two
organizations.
The most important of the three
laws is senate bill No. 233, known as
the "State and County Ballot Laws"
This law changes the existing laws
respecting the nomination and cleo
tion of state and legislative candi-
dates; in That their names all appear
on the same ballot and without re-
ference to national party affiliations,
with an exception; and does away
with party ballots at the June pri-
mary and with the party column in
November, as to these offices. Sc
parate party ballots are provided for
senatorial and congressional candi-
dates.
Designation Printed
State and legislative candidates
may have printed on the ballots un-
der their names, in not to exceed five
words, the principles, or faction. Of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-14
CARRY LEASE
COURT FIGHT
FARTHER WEST
POmerene and Roberts Go To
California to Ask Court
Action

Cheyenne, Utah; Mar. 14.--With the
Mammoth Oil Company temporarily
enjoined from carrying on further
development on the Teapot Dome Ma
val Oil Reserve and it's properties
on the Reserve ordered into the
hands of joint receivership, Atiee
Pomerenc and Owen j. Roberts, spec
ial government counsel, today are
travelling toward Los Angeles where
the second attack in the drive for
annulmcnt of the oil reserve leases
will be made.
The temporary injunction and re-
ccivership order was granted yester-
day by Judge T. Blake Kennedy Of
the federal district court for Wynn
ing after government counsel had
filed a bill in equity asking that the
lease to Harry F. Sinclair and the
Mammoth Oil Company be canccll-
ed, alleging fraud in it's execution.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-14
DENNY CHEERED

Detroit, Mich, March l4.--"Ned"
DENLY, one-time gunners mate on
the U. S. S. Yosemite, state legislator,
congressman, three years secretary
Of the navy, veteran of two wars
and now major in the marine re-
serve corps, came home yesterday.
The Edwin DENLY that Il nation
knows was lost under a city's well
come to "Ned" Denby.
Thousands swarmed the concourse
at the Michigan Central station as
the former cabinet officer arrived
from Washington, and the route to
fhe city hall, where the DENLY party
was welcomed by acting Mayor Jo-
,seph A. Martin, was lined with peo-
pie. An afternoon Of receptions dur
ing which thousands reiterated to
Mr.. DENLY their faith eliminated in
a banquet in his honor at which rep
resentatives of virtually every walk
of life and of all political parties
were present. 81, come home," said
Mr.. DENLY, neither asking forgive
ness nor bowed with shame, but
proudly proclaim to you that l have
done no wrong nor aught that merits
rebuke from you, my friends, nor
from them, my ruthless enemies.
81 believe what l did was just and
lawful and sound, and for the best
interests of the United States"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-14
BOMB HURLED
FROM CAR AT
CHICAGO PLANT
Dry Cleaning Establishment
is Wrecked; Man Narrow
ly Escapes Death

Chicago, Mar. IA bomb hurled
from an automobile early today caus-
ed damage estimated at $25,OOO to
the dry cleaning plant of Hershie
Miller who several hours before was
attacked by five men in an automo-
bile and escaped death by falling to
the bottom of his car which was rid
died with bullets.
On the theory that the shooting
and bombing were results Of fac
tional conflict between gangs, States
Attorney Grove has ordered rot nd
up of all gun-men and gangsters in
Chicago. The purpose Of the rourd-
up, he said, was "for once and for
all end the rule of the pistol in Chi
cago."
Miller is brother of Davie Mill
err. who was shot in front of q down.
town theater two months ago.