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Putnam patriot., 1924-08-29

Eight thousand pounds of earth containing specimens of the larvae or prubs of Prosena, a dexiid fly which in this stage feeds on the larvae of the destructive Japanese beetle, has been received in this country from Japan. They will be distributed a. bout Philadelphia and Camden. the districts of greatest infestation.
Putnam patriot., 1924-08-29

THE uncertainty of coal--its soar
 l ing prices dirt and soot and annoyance these things are respon- sible for the perfection of oil heating systems.
 Today better homes everywhere are installing oil-burners-a are ridding themselves of the tyranny of coal. And today countless American homes are knowing new comfort. new peace -of-mind froru clean automatic oil heat.
 Oil heat is ssle burning question of the day. Householders are seeking authoritative information. Your ques- tions are probably answered here here are the facts on costs and in- stallation that you seek. Read them. The questions you ,Vonld ask: Is oil heat practical! Is il dependable! Can rely on it like coa2 Can l get oil as easily as l can ooaR Are oil- burners quiet or noisy!-these are natural questions.
 Virtually every transatlantic liner built since the war is oil burning. De- stroyers, battleships, railroad locomo- tives today are being converted from coal to oil as rapidly as possible. These tests are conclusive.
 In thousands of American homes Kleen-Heet oil-burners have brought relief from furnace-drudgery assur- ance of constant automatic heat.
Putnam patriot., 1924-08-29

You simply light the pilot the beginning of the season
 that is a-in this modern way of heating Then you the thermostat at any temperature required; and get it, "A hours day, soithou further thought bother.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
ST. PAUL STUNG AGAIN, S|S1|NE CHOIR A FAKE
XXX


Anti-Klanners Fall All Over Them.
selves To See and Hear Official
Vatican Choir Which Was Not
Official
We take this editorial from "Our
Sunday Visitor" Catholic publication
of Huntington, Ind, which has been
blessed and approved by the several
Popes:
eve are reading in different pa
pers of the advent of the Sistine
Choir in this country.
"While it is very likely that this
choir will give perfect satisfaction to
lovers of music, Rome would have it
understood that the choir is NOT the
Sistine Choir. The Papal delegate in
Washington recently declared: THE
so-called Sistine Choir is not author
lied to use that name, nor, is its
American tour authorized by the Holy
Father"
If this is not operating behind the
mask, we have lost our power of
reason. Advertisements appeared in
the daily press that the Sistine Choir
was direct from the Vatican and this
no doubt added quite few dollars
to the funds. A great many daily
papers carried statements to the ef-
feet that the choir was official but we
have yet to see one carrying news
that it was a fake.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
xxx ORGANIZER CHASED
-K-K-K-
DIR. Hawkins and Wife Targets of
Shots Fired Over Twenty Miles
by Angry Pursuers
WV
xxx

Wilmington, Del.-Dr. J. H. Haw-
kins, Klan organizer and represent
ative of the Imperial Palace, and his
wife arrived in Wilmington today
after being chased 20 miles by an
CRY Klan opponents. The pursuing
party fired score Of shots at the
Hawkins motor car.
The chase followed a fight at Kim
bleville, near Westchester, Pa, where
Hawkins spoke.
Hawkins sharply criticised a re-
ligious denomination which is op-
posed by the Klan. Cries of "liar''
arose from the rear of the hall.
When members of the Klan made
efforts to quell the disturbance about
so men left the hall, tearing the
doors from the hinges and hurting
bricks back through the doorway. A
fight ensued but Hawkins and his
wife hurried into a waiting automo-
bile. They had just started to Will
mington when they were attacked.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
KLAN MEETING IS FIRED
UPON At LEBANON, KY.

Lebanon, Ky.-No arrests have
followed the attack made on an al
legged Klan meeting by aliens here on
the night of December IL when ap-
proximately SO shots were fired at
the hall in which the meeting was
held and all the window lights
broken. In addition to the bullets,
bricks and stones were hurled through
the air, many of them striking the
building and damaging it. No one
was seriously hurt.
The chief of police acted at once
to put down the riot and succeeded
in getting quiet restored before any
one was killed. There were about
$50 hoodlums in the mob, many of
whom were stationed on the tops of
buildings surrounding the hall in
which the alleged Klan meeting was
being held. These men were chased
from their positions by officers.
Firing Is Started
Men known to be opposed to
American principles made their way
into the hall although the meeting
was strictly an invitational affair.
They were asked to leave, as it was
known that they were armed and
were looking for trouble. After a
few mintes' talk they left and short
ly after the speaker began to ad-
dress the meeting, the firing began.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16

That the Ku Klux Klan is fortu-
nate in it's present Imperial officers is
patent to everyone who will "read as
he runs" When Imperial Wizard DR..
H. w. Evans took over the reins of
leadership in November, 1922, the
organization was almost bankrupt.
Its assets were in reality far below
it's liabilities. The first survey of
the body showed DR.. Evans that the
income was not keeping pace with the
outgo. Merely swapping dollar for
dollar, as it were.
Then it was that the Imperial Wiz
ard began to look for the leaks. And
he found them a-plenty. He imme-
diately took proper lawful and legal
steps to make correction, and then
Hell broke loose in Georgia" Every
parasite that had been instrumental
in bleeding the Klan white was up in
arms because DR.. Evans refused to
be more than a rubber stamp, so to
speak. The Imperial Wizard can
celled contracts which, while appar-
emily made in good faith by former
officials, were wholly inimical to the
welfare and prosperity of the Klan.
The inflow of thousands of dollars
were going into the pockets of indi-
viduals and not into the exchequer of
the organization, as he rightly be-
lleved. Personal gain appeared to be
the sole motive, and not the upbuild-
ing of a great patriotic and Protest
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
KLAN Isl
FORMED IN AUSTRALIA
xxx
Is Patterned After Klan of United
States, and Has Same Chris
tian Ideals
-K-K-K-

Sydney, N. S. W.-The Anglo
Saxon Clan of Australia was formed
recently, and is sweeping the coun-
try. It is patterned after the Ku
Klux Klan of the United States, and
has Christianity for it's main tenet.
Discussing the Clan, Captain Chap
lain J. C. Wilson said:
eve want no religious squabbles,
and we do not intend to make any
fight on the Roman Catholic Church
as religious institution, but the Clan
will unalterably and unequivocally op-
pose any move of the Catholic church,
or of any other church individual, or
organization which attempts to bring
about a combination of church and
state in Australia.
"No Jew will be admitted to the
Order, as the whole of it's teachings
are those of Jesus Christ. It would
be unjust to allow the Jew to enter
when every meeting would be out of
harmony with his religious convic-
tions.
"The Clan is not anti-labor, as is
proved by the fact that q large per-
centage Of the American Klan men,
bership is composed of union and
non-union elements of labor in all
parts Of the United States; neither
is it anti-capital, unless capital should
become tyrannical in its attitude
toward the state or its people,"
Among the principles for which the
organization stands are:
Suppression of graft by public
office holders; preventing the cause
of mob violence and lynching; sensi-
BILE and patriotic immigration laws;
separation of church and state; and
freedom Of speech and press, a free
dom of such that does not strike at
or imperil our government or the
cherished institutions of our people, -
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16

ant organization, as it's Kloran pro-
fessed. The finances of Klansmen
had been juggled to suit the whims
and fancies of clique of free
hooters.
How do we find the organization
now, financially and numerically
speaking? The membership more
than doubled, and over a million dol
lars in cash, and no liabilities, besides
obligations of $23s,O0O having been
met of a former regime. Added to
that is the robe plant and printing
office installed and paid for. Print
ing supplies cut half in price and the
cost of robes reduced, besides the
robe fund placed to the credit of local
organizations. The many legal bat
ties wherein the Klan has had to fight
for it's life have all been paid for and
still more than million dollars ex-
cess. Also the local organizations re-
tain a much larger share, to say
nothing of the share returned to state
bodies as their share of the per cap
ita tax, with which to carry on edu-
cational work.
In all truth and candor the Ku
Klux Klan has much to be thankful
for this year, 1924, A. D., which it
had not in 1922. And that thanks is
due DR.. H. w. Evans and his official
family in the administrations of the
Imperial offices for the benefit of
Klansmen throughout the nation.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16

Washington, D. Ex-senator May
field, Democrat, of Texas, has scored
first blood in a preliminary skirmish
in the Senate in the case where his
opponent IS seeking to have him oust-
ed on the grounds of Excessive ex-
penditures and illegal practices"
Senator Borah of Idaho, started
the ball 1olling when he objected to
the wording of the resolution COM
ing from the audit committee of the
Senate authorizing the privileges
and elections committee to make an
investigation of all charges made to
the Senate, all counter charges and
any other charges which might arise
in connection with the Texas con-
test.' Senator Borah said it was
absurd and ridiculous to think that
anyone can presume to make any
sort of charges against United
States senator and have an investl-
CATION made without disclosing in
detail what those charges are; in
other words, without disclosing to
Senate and to the senator concerned
the exact nature of all charges. He
denounced it as unfair to the senator
involved, to the Senate which had a
right to know on what grounds a
senator is to be tried and he called
for an explanation.
Demand Nature of Charges
Senator Borah was joined by Sem
ators Brandegee of Connecticut;
Robinson of Arkansas; Walsh of
Montana; Shields of Tennessee; He
fin of Alabama; Norris of Nebraska,
and Fletcher of Florida, all demand
ing to know the nature of the charges
filed against the member from Texas.
Senator Spencer of Missouri, chair
man of the committee on privileges
and elections, defended the wording
of the resolution and said the papers
filed with the Senate and referred to
his committee for consideration were
so voluminous that neither he nor
any member of the committee had yet
had time in which to go over them
and digest the entire nature of all
the charges. He said as nearly as he
could get at the case that the charges
referred to Excessive expenditures
and illegal practices"
The senators who jumped all over
the wording of the resolution and
objected to it demanded that Sena-
tor Mayfeld first be given due notice
of all the charges contained in or
der that he might be the better pre-
pared to meet what is coming up and
that if any other charges are to be
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
HUGHES CHARGES SOVIET PLOT
AGAINST UNITED STATES

Washington, D. C. - Secretary of
State Hughes in a communication last
week to Congress charged that he
was in possession of evidence, which
he claims will show that Soviet Rus
sia is carrying on propaganda cam
paign in the United States to over
throw this government and place the
red flag on the White House. Mr..
Hughes stated that his information
had been verified by the department
of justice. ..t.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
ANTI KHAN PAPER BUSTED

st. Louis, Mo.-Beams from the
St. Louis Star, bitter anti-Klan paper
of this city, no longer are to be cast
upon citizens Of the Mound City.
Defeated in its two-year fight upon
the Ku Klux Klan, The Star is to
pass into the hands of the st. Louis
Times which, while not recognized as
a publication favorable to the Kan,
has at least, since newspapers
throughout the country started their
fight on the Klan, been fair to the or
ganisaion. ..
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
STAR" STICKS TO LIES
A SENATORIAL PUZZLE: FIND THE CHARGES"
Resolution in Mayfield Case Has So
Many Earmarks of a "Trumped- Up"
Affair that No Charges Can Now Be
Found by Those Interested"

made or any other thing trumped up
against him that he be promptly no
titled. This Senator Spencer prom
ised in the Senate he would do and
then all objection was withdrawn.
The resolution was then passed; it not
only authorizes the committee to go
ahead and make the investigation
complete, but appropriates money for
the necessary expenses of the COM
mittee, the right to subpoena wit
nesses, hire stenographic help, send
for ballots and ballot boxes and gath
er any and all sorts of information in
connection with the case in the dis
cretion of the committee.
It was most gratifying to Senator
Mayfeld and his friends to sit and
listen to the proceedings on the
floor of the Senate recently for it was
all sprung without warning and it
tended to show that the Texas SEN
ator is not without friends in the
Senate. The way they rallied around
him in an effort to give him square
deal was some sort of satisfaction to
a man who is about to face his ac-
cusers in a contest. 1t also tends to
serve notice on every Tom, Dick and
Harry in the country who desires to
make charges against United
States senator that they must play
the game in the open, put their cards
on the table face up and show their
hands without any effort at conceal
ment. If charges are to be made
against a senator the Senate insists
on knowing the exact nature of the
charges in detail and not in glitter
ing generalities.
To Meet in January
The subcommittee of the Senate
committee on privileges and elections
has been called to meet some time
in January for the purpose of begin
ming the hearings on the election con-
test case of Senator Mayfeld of
Texas. Chairman Spencer has just
sent out the call to the other men,
bers of the subcommittee who are, be-
sides himself, Senators Ernst of Ken
lucky, Green of Vermont, Neeley of
West Virginia, and King of Utah.
The first day will most likely be
devoted to agreeing to the methods
of procedure and arranging same
with the attorneys on both sides of
the case. And each side will most
likely state to the committee the
charges as they are made, what Mr..
Peddy, Senator Mayield's opponent,
expects to prove, etc.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
HOLDS MINISTER'S HIGH

. I would rather be a preacher Of
Righteousness today than to be the
greatest executive in America, be-
cause the prophet occupies the place
of sovereignty.-Dr. James E. Free
man, Bishop Of Washington, D. C.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
XXI
BIBLE IN SCHOOLS

Berkeley, Mich.-By a unanimous
vote the local school board recently
passed resolution to the effect that
all pupils in the public schools here
shall have portions of the Bible read
to them each day.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
WARM TRIBUTE PAID
TO Dave KEITH BY
BRO. KLANSMEN
XXX
Former st. Paul Mayor MOurns
Death of Ceylon Friend and Lauds
Him as a Model Citizen
-K-K-K-


XXX
At the funeral services held a:
Ceylon, Minnesota, among the many
floral tributes appeared a thirty-inch
Fiery Cross, made of white carna-
tions and attached to a pedestal of
red carnations, with a fifteen-inch
pillow maoe of white carnations. On
the pillow appeared the three letters,
*. K. K"
This beautiful tribute of love held
the center of the many flowers which
mad been contributed by friends and
relatives Of the deceased. Klans-
man Keith, shortly before embark
ing upon the journey to that land
from whose bourn no traveller re-
turns, asked that he might be re-
membered by Brother Klansmen and
1heir remembrance expressed by a
doral display.
Klansman Keith was a man of vi
sion, keen observer, a loyal Ameri-
can and a devout Christian. The
former Mayor of St. Paul, Larry
Hodgson, sent the following letter to
the Fairmount Sentinel, which was
published in that newspaper on Mon
day, January 7th.
Editor Fairmount Sentinel:
Yesterdays Sentinel just received,
brings me the sad news that Dave
Keith has passed into the Great
Silence.
Shocked and grieved as I am, my
first thought is one of deep and pro-
found gratitude that 1 knew this
splendid man and felt the radiant
goodness of his loyal and unpreten-
tious friendship.
1t was wonderfully good to know
Dave Keith. He was a human man, a
kindly, generous, tolerant, helpful,
man; power for good in his COM
munity; a citizen of broad and keen
vision, equipped to serve the public
need, and giving that service whole
heartedly without thought of reward.
No man ever called on him for help
in vain. He held himself at the COM
mand of his fellows glad and eager
to be useful. He was accomplishing
in the midst of ife's troubles and
perplexities. He took one day at q
time, gave his best, and lived above
worry and doubt. He never paraded
his virtues, never sought acclaim,
and was satisfied to live modestly,
humanity and without pretense.
To be Dave Keith was to feel that
life was very worth while enter
prise, filled with warmth, jollity, gen.
tility and goodness. To remember him
will always be an inspiration, a re-
vival in the heart springs of gracious
and unfailing joy.
In the midst of his own sickness he
was always anxious about others;
and in his last days he visited several
friends who were i'll, seeking to cheer
ana comfort them.
Martin county will long remember
citizen so sterling in character; and
all who knew him will treasure his
memory as one faithful in friendship
and beautiful in service.
His magic was not far to seek,
He was so human! Whether strong
or weak,
Far from his kind he neither sank
nor scared,
But safe an equal quest at every
board;
No beggar ever felt him condescend,
No prince presume; for still himself
he bare
At manhood's simple level; and
where'er
He met stranger, there he left a
friend.
Sincerely,
L. C. HODGSON.
st. Paul, Mimi,
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-01-16
xxx
SCHOOL NATIONS HOPE

11O0AI 1N1kI 1O1N y hui u
The hope of the world lies not in
the laws nf nations, but in the cradles
of nations; not in the parliaments,
but in the high schools.-Ida Clyde
Clarke. .a t. tu...
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-11
REVENUE BILL
REPORTED OUT
OF COMMITTEE
Complete Revision of Federal
Taxes Provided-Long
Debate Indicated.

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. = The
House Ways and Means Committee
today formally reported out the
revenue bill and the measure will
be taken UP Thursday.
AS reported by Chairman Green
the bill provides for complete re-
vision of Federal taxes and a % per
cent reduction in income taxes for
1928.
Three other reports made differ
onces centering around surtax which
Chairman Green recommended be
fixed at 25 per cent as urged by Sec
retary of Treasury Mellon.
Representative Begg, of Ohio, an
nounced last Saturday, after can
yass of the Republicans, that Secre
tary Melons rate was doomed and
declared the surtax will have to
be fixed at SO to 40 per cent.
The debate on the revenue bill is
expected to occupy a month.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-11
WASHINCTON'S TWO HUNDREDTH
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION PLANNED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-That the
two hundredth anniversary of the
birth of George Washington. which
will occur February %, 1892, should
be especially celebrated by the ma
tion, is contended by officials of the
Sulgrave Institute, which is already
arranging details of what is hoped
will be the most observed patriotic
day America has ever celebrated.
The Governors of the Institution,
of which President Coolidge is a
honorary chancellor, maintain that
mo event in all the history of the
American colonies and Republic pos,
esses the Significance of good for
all lovers of liberty that was and Is
and always will be found in the life
and work of Washington.
Starting the WORK 1ar in advance,
according to officials, is necessary
by reason of the magnitude of the
plans being made and the necessity
of having plenty of time to work up
public sentiment and perfect local
arrangement. No town, hamlet or vii
lage is to be omitted from the or
ganization and no school, college or
institute of government. whether ma
tional, state, county or town, ut
what will be asked to contribute It's
part towards a huge glorification
of the natal day of the man who,
more than any other. has been re-
sponsible for the growth of this ma
tion, and the ideals on which it Is
founded and by which it lives.
Congress will be asked to estab-
lish an academy of diplomacy for
the training of youth as statesmen.
as a memorial to George Washing
ton Pupils would be appointed as
they are to the Army and Naval
Academies.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-11
EDUCATION Department, NOT
HAMPERED BY WELFARE, NOW
DEMANDED FROM CONGRESS-

almost wholly sectarian with one
religious denomination.
Those officials of the government
who desire to see the bill amended
to include welfare agencies, appar-
emily have not considered the i'm
portance of education to the nation,
it was stated. No matter how val
liable public health. sanitation, hos
pitaliation for veterans, etc, may be,
or how necessary to the good of the
nation, they would not add to, but
detract from, Department of Edu-
cation, and would themselves suffer
from the combination.
The United States, with far too
large illiterate population, is in ur-
gent need Of a revival Of educational
and a government participation in
the campaign to reduce illiteracy
and increase the diffusion of know
ledge. This. it was stressed at the
hearing, could be best done by the
immediate passage of the Education
Bill.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-11
CONv|CTS MAKE
BREAK;OFF|CERS
ARE SHOT DOWN

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. IL
Assistant Deputy Warden Peiffer and
Overseer Cox were killed during an
ecape plot at the Western Penn
sylvania Penitentiary which failed.
AS 1000 prisoners came from
breakfast an explosion shattered the
main gates and a section of the
wall.
Peiffer and Cox rushed to tac
hole and prisoners killed them with
their own guns.
County officers and city police
rushed to their aid and the con-
yicts were backed against the wall
and quit after short hand to hand
struggle.
The plot is attributed to five bad
men transferred from the eastern
penitentiary at Philadelphia for dis
cfpline.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-11
new CLUES IN
GIRLS MURDER
IN new YORK
Follies Girl Gives Startling
Information to Detectives
Secrets Barred.

NEW YORK. Fes. 11.-A Follies
girl, whose name Is not made public,
told detectives today that Dot King,
chorus girl beauty, murdered a year
ago, and Leu Lawson, movie actress,
found dead in her apartments last
week, bound to her bed, were play
mates of wealthy men.
The Lawson girl was choloformed,
1t is announced and her apartment
robbed. I
The girl giving the information
to the detectives said the Lawson
girl was a close associate of Dot
King.
Il always thought Lou knew more
about the murder of Dot than she
dared to tell" the girl told the
detectives.
Detectives are working on clues
and have been since the death of
Dot King a year ago, that she was
a victim of gang that would single
out girl invade her apartment
when she was alone, bound, roo
and sometimes ktsl~
Now, the murder of the Lawson
girl has strengthened the belief that
such a gang does exist.
The Follies girl told the sleuths:
"A girl seldom squeals. She is
afraid to-"