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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11
COUNTY At ODDS.
OVERSTATEMENT
JULIETTA BROKE
President of Commissioners
Says SunnySide Hospital
Involved Too,

County officials today were at odds
with the announcement by John Kit
ley. president of the commissioners,
that Juletta county insane asylum
has no money in the repair fund,
and another by Cassius L. Hogle,
president of the county council, that
the council viii appropriate none.
Kitley said the milk supply for
Sunnyside, county tuberculosis hos
pital cannot be delivered from Juli-
eta. where the county keeps its
cows, because the fiivver is broken,
and there is no money to fix it. The
laundry for Sunnyside, at Juhetta,
is in similar position.
Only SIS Left
Hogle announced DR.. Benjamin S.
Potter, superintendent of Julietta,
had an appropriation Jan. 1 and
spent it all. Auditor Harry Dunn S
books show there was S679.76 in the
fund to start the year. II is all
spent except SIS.
Potter today reported to the com
missioners, his institution needs
81 800 for repairs Immediately, and
that some Of the outbuildings have
had no work on them for seven
years. County coUncilmen in their
last meeting refused TO make an
emergency appropriation, stating they
did not think it necessary.
BIames Politics
TITS all politics." said Kitley.
Holding up these two institutions
to put the commissioners in a bad
light"
Hogle is Republican candidate for
county commissioner opposing Kit
ley, Democrat. for reelection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-11

intendent, ordered a general in
spection OF all student nurses.
And twelve others, besides Miss
Shelhorne, We're suspended. These
pictures show the styles Miss
Shelborne followed on and off
duty.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
ARTHUR E. NELSON
.RE.ELECTEDMAYOR
OF SANITY CITY
Campaign Was Bitter One
With Many Futile Eff
forts to Inject Khan
VOTE HEAVIEST IN CITY
Professionalism Will Not Always
BE Helpless Majority Under
Gang Politics

ST. PAUL, MINI, May 17.-Mayor
Arthur K. Nelson was reelected Tor
another term after one of the most
spirited campaigns that has ever
oeeh witnessed in this city. Person
alities were conspicuous by the bit
terness with which they were uttered.
The mayorality candidates lodged
issues to a startling degree, which
thoroughly disguised St. Paulites
who are tired of political methods
that give nothing definite for the
voters consideration. The interest
in the campaign however, was very
keen as indicated by the tabulations
of the final results of the voting,
Tuesday. There were more votes
cast May for municipal candidates
than in any previous city election
Frequently efforts were made to
inject the Ku Klux Khan into the
campaign, but evidently all badly
missed fire. Mayor Nelson was from
time to time accused of being a mem
Der of the Protestant order, but
denied any Khan connection with
monotonous frequency. But one of
these days there will be a MAJORITY
candidate who will dare to speak
openly for the Khan and it's wonder
full program of Americanism This
does not mean that the Ku kiux
Khan will endorse any candidate, for
the organization is not a political
party. The Khan is not in politics,
but Klansmen are, as all good Amer
leans should be. Two years from now
will see organized Professionalism a
mighty factor in the political affairs
of the Sanity City.
Machine Politics Must Go
Machine politics in St. Paul is
still serving the interests OF various
Continued on page 81
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
KHAN IS GROWING IN
NORTHERN MINNESOTA
Fiery Crosses Burned at Backus
and Pine River-Organiza.
ton Work Good

ST. PAUL, MINIMIZE Ku Klux
Klan is daily getting stronger and
more active in the northern coun-
ties of Minnesota, reports reaching
the state office indicate. The Khan
has so far surpassed the expectations
of the most enthusiastic supporters
of the Protestant ordorNin that part
of the state.
Recently there appeared in Backus
fiery cross. The Backus Tribune
in its issue Of May states: "a cross
supposed to be the kind burned by
the Ku klux klan appeared in a field
east of the schoolhouse Friday night,
May 2, at the time the audience was
leaving the movies A local detective
is supposed to have seen the humor-
list who lighted the sacred symbol"
From a news item that was printed
in The Pine River Sentinel-Blaze we
learn that Pine River has not been
overlooked by the klan. The Senti-
nel-Blaze reports that three fiery
crosses made their appearance Thurs
ay evening, May 8, one near the
depot and the other near the Day
residence.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
POLK COUNTY KHAN
TO HELP COMMUNITY
Many Well-Meaning People Have
Not Yet Been Informed
About Order

MCINTOSH. MINI. May Ito
cally the Ku Klux Khan is rapidly
coming into a position where it can
do some real work fos the better
',ment of the community. or pate
there has appeared a very satisfact-
DRY interest in the Protestant move
ment which heretofore has been CON
fined to only few.
There are a number of well-mean-
ing people here that denounce the
hlan without knowing anything ac-
curate concerning the organization
They, however, will be converted one
IF these days, and then will under
stand that misinformation has led
them astray. II is indeed a surprise
how some men of Mcintosh who were
at one time bitterly opposed to the
Khan are now enthusiastic supporters
and dong all that they can to bring
the light to their misguided friends
and neighbors.
This evening the state lecturer of
the Ku Klux Khan went into a de-
tanned explanation of Khan principles
and the outsiders who were present
stated definitely that they were
pleased to know the truth concern
ing the great Protestant movement.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
WOBBLIE FAILED TO
BREAK up KHAN meet
Principles Explained in Detail at
Public Gathering at
Window

WINDOW, MINI, May 15.-The free
lecture of the Ku Klux Khan held
last Wednesday was very we'll attend
ed. A young man from Martin coun-
ty gave the talk. A fiery cross was
lighted and burned during the lee
ture. Upon opening the meeting the
speaker asked if there was a Protest
ant Minister in the audience, and,
none answering, the speaker opened
the meeting with short prayer and
the same at closing.
The speaker explained, at consid-
cradle length. the principles and ten
cts of the organization, taking them
up in the order as printed on a card
which read as follows: the tenets of
the Christian religion; white suprem-
acy; protection of our pure woman
hood; just laws and liberty; closer
relationship of pure Americsnism;
the upholding of the constitution of
these United States; the separation
of church and state; freedom of
speech and of the press; closer rela-
tionship between capital and Ameri-
can labor; preventing unwarranted
STRIKES by foreign labor agitators;
prevention of fires and destruction of
property by lawless elements; the
limitation of foreign immigration,
and law and order.
At the close of the talk the speak
er asked for questions, and made very
reasonable and satisfactory answers
TO the questions asked. However,
there was one disturber, who perhaps
illustrated very timely the need of
such a secret order, a drunken man
who persisted in talking and wanting
to have it understood that he be-
longed to the |. w. w.
The speaker denied the charge that
the Khan is anti-Catholic, or that it
was against any class or political
party. And as far as we have been
able to learn, everyone who heard the
talk thought it most reasonable and
found nothing to which one could
take exception.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
Fiery Crosses Burned
at Hibbing, Minnesota

HIBBING, MINI. May ia fiery
cross the second seen on the range
in the past five days, the third seen
in Hibbing within a period of two
months, burned from the top of the
Brooklyn dump on the south end of
Granite street, last night.
Autoists coming from Duluth on
the Dupont road, noticed it. 1t lit
up the countryside for a distance of
a mile. 1t was the largest cross of
the three burned, and red lights
were used.
What was credited to the Khan be-
fore, proved the work of boys who
admitted to newspaperman that
they were burning the crosses to ar
ouse excitement.
The fact that last night was a
stormy night, one of the worst of the
year, does not make the burning of
the cross appear the work of boys.
1t looks more like the doings of
grownups, police claim.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
North Dakota Shops
Interest in Minnesota
Warehouse Leaders

FARGO, N. d., May 16.-North Da-
kotans are More interested in the
men elected to the Minnesota rail-
road and warehouse commission that
they are in their own warehouse COM
mission, Usher l.. Burdick, Fargo
attorney, told a meeting at the Fargo
armory last night. A. F. Teigen,
Moorhead, candidate for the Mime
sofa commission, also spoke.
The laws under which the Mime
sofa commission works are good ones,
but the commissioners do not always
enforce them, Mr.. Burdick said.
Granting the Minneapolis Chamber
of Commerce the power to place the
Minnesota seal on cars of grain, and
permitting South St. Paul market
authorities to charge $48 per ton, or
war time prices for hay, were two
matters which the speaker mentioned
as points in question.
He explained the North Dakota in
terest in the Minnesota commission
by saying that 80 per cent of the
grain and livestock raised in the state
are marketed in Minnesota, while on
ly 10 per cent are marketed at home.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
Klankraft and Masonry
Shine Together in
Davenport

DAVENPORT, Ia, May 15.-Mo-
hassen Grotto Of the local Masonic
organization Of Davenport held it's
spring ceremonial Tuesday evening.
The meeting was not only attend
ed by hundreds of Master Masons,
but many visiting prophets attend
ed as we'll. One of the visiting
brothers who thought he would
slip quietly into the meeting was
the Khan Kleagle of Scott county.
Imagine his surprise when he inn
mediately became the center OF at
tention and was vociferously
greeted by scores Of members who
not only had met him In the great
domain Of Masonry, but knew him
as klansman.
In fact, almost every other
Prophet seemed TO have written
ON the tablets Of their hearts the
great teachings Of klankraft and
II will not be long In Davenport
until Masonry and klankraft are
synonymous, each doing its great
part.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
.LAWLESSNESS is
RESULT OF NOTRE:
DAME EDUCATION
Rioting Goes 0n All Day
Saturday and Lasts Un-
til Sunday Morning
POLICE SLOW 10 ACTION
American Organization Swept
Recent Elections, and GOad.
ed Opposition
Especial Ieiegsain)

SOUTH BEND, IND, MAY 10.
In the riot started Saturday
morning by students of Notre
Dame Catholic University, which
lasted until early Sunday morn.
ing, men, women and children
were beaten, and American flags
were stoned and trampIed under
foot by a cursing mob OF students
who showed no respect for age
or sex.
During the riot q three-year-
old girl and a white haired man
and woman were struck by riot.
ers. Plate-glass windows were
shattered. One hotel, having a
party of Protestants, was forced
to close and lock its doors against
the mob.
Rioting continued for several hours
before any attempt was made by po
lice to interfere. At three O'clock in
the afternoon, non-Catholie police
rounded up to stop the riot of stu
dents, who until then had done as
they pleased. The first arrest took
place when a student attempted. 10
ter Masonfc -pia'--'.is'.s laAsfru, ssefs
officer. 10y
BY three O'clock Sunday igJrning
the Jail was filled with rioters To all
appearances the attack had been care
fully planned, as students had Dragged
that the Khan could not put or any
thing in South Bend. The mob be-
gan gathering about eight O'clock in
front of the local Khan offices. Act
ual violence began at 1880 with the
stoning of flags in windows. The at
tempt of the students To rush the
Rlan building was balked. The at.
tempt of hlansmen to avoid blood.
shed probably saved many lives.
All autos with flags were stopped
by students, and occupants beaten
and flags torn and trampied on the
ground, At six o'clock a party of
Klansmen and women arriving from
Gary was set upon by an enfuriatsd
mob and men and women beaten
alike. Members OF the Hammond,
Indiana, band, were brutally beaten
and their Instruments demolished.
Cnle1 OF Pollce Larry Lane, Catho.
lie, stated he could do nothing. be
cause about sixty per cent Of his de
partment were Catholics. A student
heading committee Of three ap.
peared at Khan headquarters to apol.
ogize. but was booted down by the
mob when he appealed 10 save the
flag.
The army store refused 10 sell fire
arms TO students. Hatred and the
fact that candidates sponsored by
hlansment of St. Joseph county
swept the primaries May z, goaded
the students to desperation.
No statement has yet been issuad
by the Notre Dame faculty. One year
ago students completely wrecked the
barber shop of suspected Klansnan,
No klansmen were arrested.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
SOUTH BEND ANTI-kLAN MOB
BEATS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Somehow the Books
Won't Help Mr.. Peddy

Somehow or other the books Of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Khan
as brought to Washington and ex-
hibited to the lawyers and subcom-
mittee by J. f. MacQuinn, assistant
cashier, and DR.. II. c. Montgom-
cry, member of the national
finance committee, do not seem to
show any money or monies having
been paid TO Senator Mayfield, of
Texas, during his campaign made
in 1922.
The Peddy attorneys seem de-
termined to show that the Khan
had hand in the Mayfield cleo
ton, whether the Khan had or not,
and they are leaving no stone un-
turned to dig up something on the
Khan. It's mighty hard digging,
and up to date nothing has been
found in the Khan books that will
Help Mr.. Peddy and his attorneys.
Thus another theory is about to
explode, and it would seem that
Messrs. MacQuinn and Montgom-
cry are having a fine trip to'Wash-
ington from Atlanta at the ex-
pense of Uncle Sam. The Imperi-
al Palace is sure lonely without
these two fine gentlemen nova
days, but it won't be long until
they return with the books, and
Mr.. Peddy's attorneys will be
obliged to cook up another excuse
or else take the licking that is
coming to them.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
Sandstone People Greet
Khan Kleagle and Lecturer

SANDSTONE, MINI, May s.
Sandstone with obvious gladness well
coined the feldman of the Ku Klux
Alan and the national. speaker who
accompanied him. A group of the
eading people of the town were in
ted to an invitational meeting and
after complete explanation of the
principles of the Protestant order
were given an opportunity to join
hands with the millions of Americans
now guarding the the fundamentals
of our civilization. To merely state
that the opportunity to become a
member of tie Ku Klux Khan was en-
Enthusiastically accepted is putting it
mildly indeed.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
EX-KLANSMAN DID
NOT RAISE FUNDS
TO AID MAYF|ELD.
Judge Clark Tells of Con-
versation with DIR.
Hiram w. Evans
MANY CONTRIBUTIONS
]. l.. Hunter, Cotton Broker,
Raised Funds For Guber-
Material Race
Bureau of Publication and EdueatIon)
WASHINGTON. ID. C.. Nav ID

bureau Of Publication and EdueatIon)
WASHINGTON, D. c., May Ia.
Judge E. J. Clark, of Texas,
being again placed on the stand
in the Mayfield case Tuesday af-
ternoon declared he did not
spend a dime in the Mayfeld
campaign and did not contribute
a cent to aid him in any way.
He also admitted that the Khan
did not instruct him to give five
cents of the Klan's money to help
Mayfeld and that he did not do
so.
Judge Clark also admitted getting
and keeping a part of the money ac-
cording to a resolution of the Khan
and said that he spent part of il for
office expenses and kept a portion of
it for his salary. Not a cent of the
Khan money went to help Mayfield
through his hands He and Bob Hen
ry, defeated candidate for the SEN
ate, were not law partners at that
time, but are now.
The question of violence was gone
into thoroughly by the Peddy attor-
neys, who contended that the Khan is
an illegal and criminal organization
The members of the subcommittee
took issue with the attorney on this
contention, Judging from their nu-
merous Questions of both attorney
and witness.
Judge Clark stated that DIR. Evans
in conversation had told him of
wanting to build up a strong mill
tant organization and that it was
necessary for all Klansmen to obey
orders in orded to do so. Witness sale
he took issue with DIR. Evans on this
subject.
Eight ladies at the hearing were
asked by the committee TO retire and
did so while judge Clark related con-
Continued en- page 81
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
Kan Is Tame, Learn
Webster City Gentry
No Prmcing Steeds, Shots or Cries
At Outdoor Meeting There

WEBSTER CITY, IA, May 10. The
citizens of this community are to-
day somewhat disappointed. They
have been reading a great deal about
the Knights of the Ku Klux Khan
and their alleged outrageous activi-
ties, as reported in the press. Con-
sequently, when a meeting was held
on the Kincaid farm two miles west
of the city last night, some unex-
pected things were anticipated.
But the unusual didn't take place.
As The Webster City Daily News puts
il: There were no trampling stall
lions, no blaring bugles la Birth of
a Nation no shots or cries. Nothing
but chatter of Detroit Rolls-Royces
and the hum of neighborly CONVEX
sation"
At any rate, Webster City people
know that the Khan is not the wild
eyed organization it has been painted.
Thursday evenings meeting was an
invitational affair. ROBBED men guard
ed the field on the Kincaid farm and
admitted only members and their
friends who were properly qualified.
A state lecturer did the talking from
All lIupIoNtscu pihlioiil III tic niiu-
die of the field. The local Khan car
ried its own power plant on a truck
TO the meeting grounds and electric
lights were strung up over the crowd.
Shortly after 9 o'clock a 20-foot
fiery cross was lighted, and later in
the evening before the meeting broke
up another was set ablaze.
There was no ceremony. The "ali-
ems" who lined the fences around the
Held looking for something exciting
were disappointed. But those who
were inside the guard lines had u
good time. The Webster City daily
says SO In the following words:
The meeting was decidedly infor.
NAL, and there was no ceremonial
The kluxers walked
about chatting ard smoking cigar
cites, and an air Of easy festivity per
yaded the scene"
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
GERMANY IN GOOD
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Minnesota Doctor Who Studied in
Europe Addresses Ameri-
can Legion Post

WARREN, MINI, May 15.-That
the German nation is not "all in" but
is in better financial condition than
it ever was, is the assertion of DIR.
0. n. Meland of the Warren hospital,
who recently returned from a post
graduate trip which took him to lead
ing hospitals in Europe and who
spoke at a meeting of the Warren
post of the American Legion Tuesday
night.
1.-THE Germans debated their cur
rency with q purpose" he said. The
government paid off its war debts to
its citizens and railroads paid off
their indebtedness with the Debated
money and are now in good financial
condition"
German industrialists like the late
SHINES, borrowed large sums of mon
ey and invested them in England,
paying back after few months when
the mark had dropped still further,
thus making handsome profits, DIR.
Meland said.
DR.. Meland said he visited England
when that country was in the midst
of a political upheaval brought on
by the serious unemployment which
prevailed there, especially among the
former service men. Austria has a
bitter hatred for Germany because
it feels that the Germans are respon-
sible for the war, but has kindly
feeling towards England and Amer
lea, he said.
Anton Yngve, of Middle River, COM
mander of the Legion for the ninth
district, Ole r. Sande, of Thief River
Falls, district adjutant and Oscar
Smith, commander of the Thief River
post, were guests of the local post at
the meeting
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
FILING FOR PUBLIC OFFICES CLOSED
IN GOPHER CAMPAIGN; MANY LISTED

Farmer-Labor Thomas V. Sullivan
St. Paul; Roy c. Smoker, St. Paul;
John c. Larson, Minneapolis; S. j.
Kropman, Minneapolis.
Democratic Robert G. Bell De-
troit.
Railroad and Warehouse Commits.
siOner
Republican-Fr w. Matson, st.
Paul; c. M. Bendixen, Morgan; Aug
ust Bloomquist, Brooklyn Center; r.
l.. Hughes, Duluth.
Farmer-Labor-L. Jonus Ayaman.
Minneapolis; A. Z. Smith, st. Paul; F.
Tillquist, st. Paul; Archie Whaley,
Moorhead; Paul j. ID. Ostby, Twin
Lakes: o. NJ. Thomson, Benson; Alex
Kanter, Minneapolis; A. F. Teigen,
Moorhead.
Supreme Court
Chief Justice. Samuel b. Wilson.
Mankato; Hugo Hanft, St. Paul; Will
ard l.. Comstock, Mankato; Fred A.
Pike, st. Paul; Harold Baker, Rem
Vile; II. ID. Dickinson, Minneapolis.
Associate Justices 1.-TWO TO ElecD
Andrew Holt, Minneapolis; Royal
A. Stone, ST. Paul; John A. Roeser,
Sc. Cloud; William II. Vanderbergh,
Minneapolis; William A. Anderson,
Minneapolis; Oscar A. Naplin, Thief
River Falls.
Congress Ninth District
Republican " II. Peterson, Moor
head.
Parmer.Labor Knud Wefald. Haw-
ley.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23

The filings for the state, congress
sional and legislative offices for the
June primaries closed Wednesday
May z, and the following names will
appear on the three tickets submit
ted to the voters of the ninth dis
trict at the election to be held on
June I6:
United States Senator
Republican-Ole o. Sageng, Dalton;
Oscar Hallam, St. Paul; Thomas d.
Schall, Minneapolis.
Farmer-Labor- Magnus Johnson,
Kimball; Michael Ferch, Minneapolis.
Democratic John j. Farrell, Car
YER
Governor
Republican George f. Leach, Min
neapolis; Franklin +. Ellsworth, Min
neapolis; Curtis M. Johnson, Rush
City; Theodore Christensen, Dawson;
o. p. b. Jacobson, Fergus Falls; Jul
Jus A. Schmahl, St. Paul.
Farmer-l .abor William A. Scha-
per, Minneapolis; w. w Royster,
Glenwood Victor T.. Lawson, Will
mar; Tom Davis, Minneapolis; C.. A.
Lindbergh, Little Falls; w. q. Cal
derwood. minneapolis; Floyd Il. Olson,
Minneapolis; l. a. Fritsche, New
Ulm; Thomas Vollom, Erskine,
Democratic Michael Lambrecht
st. Paul; Carlos Avery, Hutchinson,
Lieutenant Governor
Republican Samuel A, Rask;
blooming Prairie; Lloyd Ahlstrom.
Minneapolis W. ]. Nolan, Minneapo-
lis
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
Underwood Insists on
Anti-Klan Platform

(Bureau of Publication and t1d,sc atioa,
WASHINGTON, ID. e., May 49,,
Senat IT Oscar Underwood Of Ala
bama, wants the Democratic nomipa
tion for president this year. So does
Governor AL. Smith, of New York.
1t is common report that these two
candidates and possibly others will
unite in their fight against the Yu
klux Khan and seek to make Il
great issue in the New York conven-
ton the latter part of next month.
Reaffirming his decision to fight
the Khan, Senator Underwood SAYS:
The Khan is q secret organization
functioning in politics. I'm my judg.
ment, no government can exist and
be free that does it's business behind
closed doors. We can only hive hon.
est, pure and just government whe,
II Is conducted In tho open"
IL the Democratic party wants 10
invite defeat six months in advance
Of the election some II It's leaders
are taking the proper course 90 IN.
sure II getting what IL II seeking.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-23
Palisaders Said, Eyes"

PALISADE, MINI, May 6.-An in
vitational meeting was held here by
representatives of the Ku Klux Khan
tonight 1t is understood that a good
ly number of men attended the meet
ing in spite of the peculiar weather
which was featured with snow, rain
and slush. Did any Palisaders become
members? That's leading question
and must stand without definite an
swer for a while.