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If it is impossible to play cricket
in England because the weather is
not propitious, it is doubIy impossible
to play base ball which requires a dry
neld even more than the game of
England, owing to the necessity of
dry ball for the pitchers and hard
ground for the felders and runners.
In Ireland the visit was complete
failure. There is little interest in
Dublin in any kind of sport at The
present moment and the natives Of
the city were so cold toward base
ball, i'll which so many Of their
relatives excel in the United States,
that they did not turn out two score
to see the opening and only game.
When the contest was over the
United States players turned about
and headed back for London at once.
No Missionary Work Done.
No particular missionary work was
done for base ball because there have
been enough games played dur
ing the war and since then TO
give a pretty good idea of what the
game amounts TO, so far as the
English and French are concerned.
1t is generally believed that a
wrong time was taken to send two
teams abroad and that a wrong i'm
preston had been gained as to the
probable interest that would be taken
IN such a visit 1t also is suggested
in messages from abroad that the
teams We're OF no particular interest
TO the foreigners. They did not rep
resent champion teams of the United
States in that Chicago finished last
in the American League and the
Giants were beaten in the world
series right on the eve of their de-
parture abroad.
The nou-success Of the trip this
year probably will put an end for
some time to any other attempts to
invade england and France to show
OFF base ball as II speculation. The
cost was heavier in proportion IN
1924 than it has been on other trips
because travelling expenses are vastly
higher than they We're in other years.
Promoters Badly Informed.
promoters Of the trip this year were
badly Informed as TO the desire Of
foreign sport-lovinG enthusiasts to
see their teams and took a chance
that was not warranted so far as
looking upon the journey as q money
making venture.
The better time to play ball in Eng
land is in the Spring, but that hap
pens to be the time when players of
the United States are preparing for
the games IN their own leagues.
They cannot visit Eng and when the
" Weather is best there and they can
not play good ball in England when
the conditions prevent them from
doing So
TCopyrisht 1921
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Elliott Juniors were forced to play
two extra periods before they beat
the Liberty Athletic Club &c to %,
Ward Of the victors displayed keen
eye for basket shooting.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

have no tile and plate glass and pol
ished nickel. Therefore they perhaps
look with admiration at the sparkling
display in the immaculate bathroom
Of the American home.
But perhaps they get curious, and
they wonder what becomes of the
sewage. Can you imagin their sur
prise when they See these great loath-
some things we call "riverS'' winding
through the countryside, cleaning
with Il false glitter amid beautiful
hills and forests? Can you see the
looks Of establishment on their faces
when they see that these things are
nothing but big, open sewers, with
pollution incrusted along the water
line on the banks, and with tons and
tons of waste from the cities floating
in the muck?
Our friends, the Europeans, who
have no nickel plate or white tile or
plate glass would be looking at the
most insanitary system In the world.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
InSideGOlf
BY Chester Horton

Breaking the clubhead upward with
the right wrist-Or with either of the
wrists, for that matter--Ieads nIm ost
Invariably to the universnI mistakc
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Capitol Props will tackle the260th
Coast Artillery FIVE Saturday night in
the latter's gymnasium.
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Scrivener Of the Calvary NJ. i. five,
registered nine goals when his team
trounced the St. Andrews quint, So
to l.
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THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS
BY WILL H. DIG,
President, I5aak Walton League of america.

soldiers back
nv which virtually among
the of sanitation Running water, bath
The doughboys welcomed
nd Of tile and polls
white tile and polished nickel symbolic
OF sanitation this
for is a has
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Challenges to the Old Dominion
Boat Club should be sent to Man
ager George Hoy at Alexandria 272-J.
The VirGinians held their first prac~
tice last night under the direction
of Coach Jimmy Leech.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

ST. Patrick MidEets will make their
debut Friday in q game with the
Langley Junior High team on the
knights Of Columbus court.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Sheridan,s View.

"If all inflelders were like Wallace
and OLeary you wouldn't need no
umpires," said the late Jack Sheridan
on one occasion. Them two decides
the plays for you. There amt never
any doubt in your mind when Wal
lace or O'Leary tags runner, but
Wallace is the cutter Of the two by
just q little bit.
~ couple OF fast steppers, them
two. You never see them takin' the
spikes of runner. They always
manage to get out Of the way Of EN-"
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Sliding
BY RI. ii. SALSINGER.

n NE of the reasons Ty Cobb
was the greatest base-run-
- ncr of his professional sport
as his lack Of "take-of" i'll slid
Evening star., 1924-11-26

st. Adams Athletic Association
basketers should gather Saturday
night at 1880 o'clock at the club
house.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
EPIPHANY BASKETERS
PLAY IMPRESSIVELY

Mccarthy, Price, Dalglish, Brad
dock, Elliott and Johnson will play
for the 140-pound Mount Vernon
quint this season. Manager Williams
is booking games at Franklin
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04

child in Egypt. There is also an
eighteen-year period of secrecy in the
life Of Jesus Christ, from the age OF
twelve to thirty. The early church
held their meetings in secret. In Sc
crecy they grew and prosperred. And
they began to fail only when they be-
came the state church of Rome. With
their splendor and their magnificent
equipment, they failed, and the world
plunged into the abyss and darekness
of the middle ages. And when Chris
tianity began to emerge from the
darkness, God employed secrecy, and
through secrecy Professionalism grew
and prospered. And now, after a few
centuries, God is using a secret meth
cd to bring to pass His will, and aid
America, that she might be Chris
tian, not only in name, but also in
fact.
History repeats itself, and the Sc
crecy of the Khan is but another page
in the panels of human existence.
As to the Ku Klux Khan not being
interested in church services "save as
they themselvl, are the main fea-
ture." They are the men who are
ices of the Protestant churches.
Of all the organizations in Ameri-
ca today, the ku Klux Khan is one of
the few that limits its membership
to men who believe in the tenets of
the Christian religion and accept the
Deity of Jesus Christ as a common
meeting ground. 1t raises no bar
riers. Men who do not accept these
common teachings Of Jesus Christ,
bar themselves. 1t does not insist
that all men must believe as it does,
but it does insist on it's right to make
its platform such that men who be-
long meet on the common ground of
faith in Jesus Chrit as the King of
King and Lord of Losrds. The inf
del, sceptic, agnostic and higher crit
ic has no part in this movement. 1t
is a movement Of men, thank God,
that believes in the faith of the Fa-
theirs, and the Bible of our Mothers.
AS to the action of the Ku Klux
Khan making an offering to Protest
ant church being an 'impertinence."
1t is rather peculiar charge to bring
against men for making contributions
to the cause Of the Master. So many
times the people who bring such
charges are the folks who sing the
loudest that grand old hymn, Jesus
Paid it ALL" and fail to recognize the
fact that they themselves have some
thing to pay. Is it a crime, in North
Platte, to aid in a financial way, a
church? Is it a crime to hell a
church meet the needs Of the com
munity to which she ministers?
As to chasing the Ku Klux Klan
with "hold-up men and burglars" 1t
Continued on page 7
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04
EX-GOVERNOR OF KANSAS TALKS
DEDICATION OF PAROCHIAL SCHOOL

ways of the politician Mr.. Allen in
throwing boquets, cast one to the
Rev. w. N. Mason, pastor of the First
Methodist church, Pittsburg, by re-
ferring to the Rev. Mason as an able
and loyal member of the Allen ad-
ministration. Mr.. Allen knew his
audience, for the Rev. Mason is con.
sidered to be pro-Catholic. Mason de-
livered vicious attack on the Khan,
after having accepted an invitation
to attend a lecture, and in a recent
campaign supported a Roman Catho-
lie, who was running against a life
long Methodist.
Mr.. Allen, it is conceded, soft
pedaled on the Khan issue, and only
alluded to his Industrial court law
which has since received its death
knell with the handing down of deci.
sion by the United States suprme
court in the Dorchy case.
Prior TO the banquet, Father Alex
Chapaton, Kansas City, delivered ar
address on education, in which he de
clared that Catholic education H.
the only true educ alton"
Although Pittsburg Is we'll SUP
piled with public grade schools. n
splendid high school and the Kansa,
State Teachers college, the parochia
school dedicated with the assistance
Of Mr.. Allen was erected 30 Catholi,
children may receive the "only true
education," the teachings OF Rome.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04

PITTSBURG, KAN, April IA
Master Mason was the principal
speaker at the dedicatory banquet Of
St. Mary's parochial school, Pitts
burg. held Sunday evening. He was
Henry ]. Allen, of Wichita, ex-gover-
nor of Kansas, publisher of the
Wichita Beacon, and the man who di-
rected Attorney General c. B. Crit
fifth to GUST the Ku Klux Khan from
the state two years ago.
Appearing on the program with
Mr.. Allen were the Right Rev. A. j.
Schwertner, bishop Of the diocese.
and DR.. J. A. Pomponey, Pittsburg.
he parish priest. Mr.. Allen praised
The bishop; stated that the bishop
and he are 'buddies" in Wichita, and
minated the two see each other Of
'en when in the "old home town."
Those who went to the banquet ex-
,ecting Mr.. Allen to propose the
ormation of some kind of an ALI
nee between the Masons and knights
t Columbus were disappointed. He
cleared, however. that 1t had been
minated TO him II might be out OF
lste for him to speak at a Catholic
chooi dedicatory banquet, but he
onsidered II proper TO associate with
atholics whenever they were will
q.
Just to show he had forgotten the
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04
HUGE KHAN KLONKLAVE
HELD IN PENNSYLVANIA
Williamsburg Is Scene of Beauti.
full Demonstration on st.
Patrick's Day

WILLIAMSBURG, PA, March 81
The green and shelelah of St. Pat
ricks Day gave way here Monday to
the red, white and blue and the sym-
bolic fiery cross of the Knights of
the ku Klux Khan, when more than
5000 visiting members of the organi-
zation, both men and women, repre-
senting scores of Klans and commun-
tiles from western Pennsylvania
crowded Williamsburg to a degree it
has never witnessed before, and
staged the most colorful demonstra-
ton ever held in Pennsylvania dur
ing the current year.
1t was Khan day rightly in wilkins
burg, and no force, either the unit or
aggregate, attempted to dispute the
right of the hordes of visiting Ameri-
cans to meet with their fellow mem
bers.
Headed by the King Kleagle of the
state and two of his personal repre-
sentatives, the long and colorful pro-
cession started through the packed
throngs of spectators from Wilkins
burg and all surrounding communi-
ties. A large American flag was car
ried at the head of each Individual
delegation, fanked by a guard com
posed of picked men. Cheers and APP
plause greeted the Americans as they
marched along, the simple courtesy
marking vivid contrast with treat
ment accorded similar professions in
other communities.
A class of nearly 300 candidates
had been initiated into the mysteries
of the order while the parade was
held
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04
Portland Kiwanis Club
Apologies to Khan
for Hot Speech
(Bureau Publication and Education)

(Bureau Publication and Education)
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 81.
-Klansmen up in Maine are red
hot at JosephkSmith, secretary Of
Mayor James ~. Curley, of Boston,
who went up to Portland, Maine,
and made a speech before the Port
land Kiwanis club in which he took
occasion to denounce and insult
members Of the Ku Klux Khan.
The Khan and it's state leader
were attacked by the Boston sec
rotary, and members of the Kiwan-
is club sat breathless and stunned
at the boldness of the speaker.
Thee club has apologized for the
speech to the membership Of the
Khan, which is very strong up
there, and repudiated it in so far
as the club can. The club Off
Gals say they had no inkling that
the speaker was to speak on that
subject, and they are now sorry
that the invitation to speak at all
was given him.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04
McAdoo Talks to
South Carolina
General Assembly

COLUMBIA, S. c., April will
liam q. McAdoo, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the presi-
dency, addressed a joint session of
the general assembly in the hall of
the house Monday Afternoon. Practi-
cally every member was present, but
the surprising feature of the occasion
was the great pressure for admission
to the hall on the part of the gen.
eral public.
A great crowd had come to Column
bia from every section of the state,
and the spacious hall of the house
with its galleries was soon filled to
overlooking and Mr.. McAdoo had to
speak to throng of more than $500
from the steps of the state house af-
ter his talk inside. The outside meet
ing was even more enthusiastic than
the one inside.
Mr.. McAdoo's reception has been
the talk of all the politicians of the
state since his visit. 1t was in mark
ed contrast to that of Mr.. Under
wood, who was given such a cold re-
ception here two weeks ago.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04
French Women
and Men Join
Baptist Church

PITTSBURGH, KAN. March 81
The singing of Onward Christian
Soldiers" by four men and three wo-
men, natives of France and members
of the congregation, who forsook Ro-
manism and embraced a religion that
does not conflict with the spirit of
Americanism and the country they
have learned to love, was one of the
impressive numbers at a recent eve
ming service of the Arma Baptist
church. Several robed Klansmen of
Pittsburgh were present:
After the sermon had been deliver
ed, the Knights advanced to the al
tar, where they knelt, while the lead
er offered prayer. A young woman
gave a recitation praising the Khan.
The Klansmen then made q sub
stantial donation to assist the church
in retiring a mortgage.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04
PRINTS
BOTH SIDES OF
KLAN ARGUMENT
North Platte, Neb., Farmer
Labor Herald DenounceS
Organization
X L A N SM AN REPLIES
Baseless Charges Refuted in a
Which Gives American
Viewpoint
< L A N S MAN REPLIES

When Klansmen of North Platte
Nebraska, recently visited a church
and carried on some other American
activities, it did not suit Joseph Gil
bert, editor-manager of The Farmer
Labor Herald, of that city, described
as "a weekly newspaper supporting
progressive political action"
Mr.. Gilbert is an Englishman, and
evidently the ways of Americans are
not to his liking. He denounced the
Khan. However, he was fair enough
to print an answer to his story which
is more than most commercial papers
will do.
The answer written by the Khan
member follows:
The Ku Klux Khan of North Platte
extends greeting to the people of this
community, and begs leave to answer
the article that appeared in this pa
per on March z, 1924.
We wish to emphatically state that
we are not ashamed Of our affiliatior
with the Ku Klux Khan. The men
who are behind the mask are the
men who are engaged in Legitimate
occupation, and who mingle, daily, in
the social life of this community
They are not jail-birds and thugs
but are the men who have reputa-
tion as decent, honest-to-God Ameri-
can citizens. And they all have the
heritage of the American birthright
having been born under the waving
folds Of Old Glory, and are willing to
lay down their lives that the Flag of
all flags may never go down in the
dust of defeat.
The mask does not change the heart
that beats beneath it. And that heart
beats one hundred per cent for the
advancement of America and the pro-
lection Of her ideals and institutions
1t is also heart that beats one
hundred per cent strong against the
despoilers of homes, the violators of
law, the foes of this great republic
and the corrupt political machines
that dominate so many communities.
In hundreds Of communities the Ku
Klux Khan has accomplished great and
mighty reforms. 1t has brought these
reforms to pass, always, through aid
ing the officers of the law in the
proper performance of their legal du-
ties. 1t has been effective through
secrecy. God has seen fit to bless their
efforts, and has aided their work, in
the same way that He blessed the
use of secrecy in days gone by. 1t
was a secret work when He placed Jo-
seph in Egypt. 1t was secret work
again when He placed Moses on a
lonely hillside as a sheep herder. In
secrecy again He raised up a king
from the shepherd boy, David, and
even Samuel, the prophet and priest,
anointed him in secret.
In secrecy again He hid the Christ
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04

nothing for his work.
This Texas man saw his dreams
come true about two weeks ago,
when his last man, w. b. Spencer, a
Knight of Columbus. was sentenced
to serve eight years in the Hunts
vile penitentiary. On that day Mr..
Norfeet fulfilled a vow he took four
years ago, just after he had been
swindled out Of $4,000 on a bunco
stock deal. He swore he would track
every one of the band down, if it
took him the rest of his life, and the
chase carried him to the four corners
Of the world.
Burns Failed
Mr.. Norfeet started out armed with
warrants for the arrest Of his men
and a deputy sehriff's commission
given him by the sheriff of Hale
county, Texas, on what proved to be
the greatest man hunt in the history
of this country. He came direct to
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04

Washington and called on William J.
Burns for help, who told him that
all the crooks that had defrauded
him were wanted by the department
of Justice, and that federal agents
would have them all under arrest in
three weeks. He also told Mr.. Nor
feet that it was useless for him to
continue the man-hunt, because the
federal government had prior claims
on each man. The "three weeks" be-
came four years, and the record
shows that the department Of Justice
did not apprehend single one OF
the criminals nor help Norheet, who
caught every one Of the 50, and land
ed them behind the bars. Just think
for a moment of the comparison: one
lone Texan arrested and convicted So
men, while the powerful department
of Justice with its 1900 agents scat
tered all over the country and the
world did not arrest one OF the
gang.
ImpOsters on Masonry
The confidence men first reached
Norfleet by using alleged Masonry to
win his confidence. Joe Furey, the
master mind, used stolen Masonic
credentials and by giving certain
signs and passwords that he had got
ten from a New York Mason who be-
trayed his fraternity, won the con-
fidence and hospitality of the Tex
an.
Mr.. Norfeet's case only emphasizes
the fact that Masons, the world ov-
err, should exercise the greatest care
in the selection and election OF men
to receive Masonic degrees and hon.
ors. Norfeet is a Mason that the
fraternity can well be proud of, as he
tried to live and practice the ideals
and principles of the great order
The men who skinned him boasted on
the witness stand that they were not
Masons and told of their Catholic
ism.
Norfeet trailed Joe Furey to Los
Angeles, where deputy sheriffs dou.
ble-crossed the Texan and permitted
Furey to escape, after Furey's vile
had given them $4,000 as bride.
Norfieet then trailed Furey to Flori-
da, arrested him at Jacksonville, Sc
cured written confession from him
in which he told of his escape from
Los Angeles after bringing the Off
GERS. Furey got 20 years in the
Huntsville pen and died in prison.
Officers Convicted
Returning to Los Angeles, Norfleet
arrested the two deputies, scured
their conviction, saw them get IL
year sentence and the sheriff was re-
moved from office by the governor.
Walter Lipp and w. ]. Anderson, the
deputies, had been trusted public Of
ficials for Is years. Anderson was q
gun-man who had killed five men and
one woman in his time. He tried to
shoot Norfeet the day before the
trial but the Texan got the drop on
him.
Before arresting Furey, Norfieet
trailed him to a hotel in San Der
nardino. Entering the room where
.urey and Two OIL the ring iesueT'
we're, the Texan, levelled his guns
the trio and succeeded in arrestine
two, but furey escaped by jumping
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04

Nine million dollars Is lost annual
ly through the governments failure
to complete q channel development
of the Mississippi river system, james
E. Smith, of St. Louis, told the house
rivers and harbors committee In
Washington. Mr.. Smith, who Is pro-
sident Of the Mississippi Valley asso-
citation, said this loss represented
the interest at per cent on the in
vestments already made in uncom-
pleted channels. Seventy per cent OF
the country's exportable products
he said, originate in the % states in
the river system which also produces
As per cent of the manufacturing
output.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04
JEWISH CONGRESSMAN
AGAINST JOHNSON BILL
Places Fellow Countrymen Be-
fore Americans Who
Elected Him

WHEELING, w. VA, March ST.
Refusing to support the Johnson i'm
migration bill because it places "too
great hardship on his countrymen,
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom, Republican
congressman from the first congress
sional district, has shown his reaI'
colors and thrown the gauntlet down.
to his constituents back home who
want the immigration law passed.
Representative Rosenbloom is OF
Hebrew descent and Is avowedly op~-
posed to the eighteenth amendment,
He is also alleged to be high in the
councils Of the National Vigilance
association. Rosenbloom was elected
to office as the lesser Of two evils, It
Is said. His opponent was an alien.
The question now confronting the
voters in the first congressional dis
trict is: Why does Rosenbloom place
his "fellowmen" immigrant Jews, be-
fore American citizens who elected
him to the office he now holds and
who are pleading for the passage OF
the johnson bill? Does Rosenbloom
believe that the hyphenated Ameri-
cans that he hopes are to be, will re-
elect him to office? Those and many
other questions in connection with
the activities of Congressman Rosen-
bloom are buzzing through the brains
Of American voters in the first con-
gressional district. 1t Is said that
the voters will receive an answer to-
their questions within q short time
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04
Much Enthusiasm
Over Khan Lecture

CRUM, w. VA, March 31.-The
Crum Baptist church was crowded II
capacity last night when q state lee
turer for the Knights Of the Ku Klu,
Alan delivered talk on the Khan anc
what it is doing. The talk was wei
received, and time and again tn,
peaker was interrupted by loud ap
lause. Following the talk severa
ersons made known their intention,
uniting with the mighty move
lent.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04
(Rureau of Publication and Edueationl

WASHINGTON D. c. March 31.-J. Frank Norheet, Texas
Ranger halls from Hale Center Texas arrived Washington
attempt help from the through
representative congress- because of his most valuable work
during the last four running down. capturing and convict
ing swndes and putting them where they belong after
the part William Burns head of the bu
reau of intelligence, department of justice.
Mr. Norfeet Knight Tempar and Shriner recites
that all the detective stories existence for thrills and
adventure really rendered public to the
ment pursuing and convctng terrible of
gun has taken him four do the
and in that SIT 900 of his He asks