New Britain herald., 1924-10-13

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 The speaker also feared for the public schools and while not men, tioning the parochial schools by name gave no reason for doubt that these were the institutions against which he was aiming his shots, He declared that there should be nc other schools than then public schools. as schools of religious de. nominations had an n-Am4ricaniz. ing tendency.
 After MT. Mayberry had subsided into flood Of applause, Grand Kleagle Lutterby was introduced and was evidently joke as his listen- CTS found much merriment In his sallies against opponents of the klan. The activity of the guards and the attempts Of young men of the< city to get by the lines of defense inter- fered with the reporters at this time as they were compelled to seek more cover to escape the spot lights and to continue their posts Of vantage. Following the grand kleague's remarks. the inner circle of klexters or guards were called in and after few moments of confer- ence, the call for candidates was is- sued and the New Britain candi- dates were ordered to stand at the right of the refreshment stand, while the Bristol and other candi- dates were placed nearby. The ritual then began and consisted of parading around the field several times and the taking Of the oath. As the parade was about 10 start, the master of ceremonies announced that the members of Bristol klan in their patriotic fervor desired that America" be sung. The hymn was started and then the degree work began with a rush.
 In strong comparison with the impressive ritual in one lot were the events in the other lot near the re- freshment stand. which amounted almost to an orgy. A vlctrola ground out, Tt ain't gonna rain no mo-" while kamelias and klan- ners danced over the greensward and noisy hubbub kept up around the booths. Despite this distraction the Lutterby-Mayberry faction were busy taking up the klectokens or initiation fees and in putting their candidates through their paces. Then the whole field was lighted by the flames from the two crosses and the ceremonies rapidly drew to a close.
 After the meeting. young men of the city and guards had wordy ar- guments as the guards tried to pre- vent newspapermen from taking the numbers of cars. One guard seized the Herald man to destroy a sheaf of numbers but immediately desist- ed when persuasion was applied.
 Chief among the Hammers and one who seemed to have charge of the transportation of the officials, the placing of the green marker lights and also in directing the guards was H. E. Roberts of Wolcott, justice of peace, who drove touring car K1453. All of the guards were armed with regulation police sticks and some carried revolyers but no violence was offered with the excep- tion of the klexters at the main en- trance. who wanted to do something but were apparently afraid of the gathered throng in the road. David Y. Clark, Jr., son of the owner of the property walked up and down in front of his property with a po- liceman's club. He asked a report CT what he was going to do with the numbers and said that he thought that 1t wouldn't do to print them.
 The Herald man was informed by the klexters early in the evening that no New Britain Herald man would be admitted but ray of hope was thrown out in this re- mark: We might let the New Brit ain reporters in, if their paper pub lished something good about us once in awhile"
 The meeting started early in the afternoon when the arrangements for the event were taken care of by the Bristol members. The event was in the nature Of an outing as the first part of the program took place shortly before 4 o'clock when some of the ceremonies for the women were conducted.
 Mrs. Mary Dorsey
 Mrs. Mary Dorsey, 92 years old, died at her home in Henry place on Sunday, following a short illness. She leaves three nieces, Mrs. Mich ael White of Waterbury; Mrs. B. Loughlin and Mrs. Anna Kelly of Hartford. The funeral will be held at g o'clock on Tuesday morning at St. Joseph's church and the burial will take place in the Terryville Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Dorsey had spent nearly her whole life in this place and was the widow of John Dorsey, a Civil War veteran.
 Caucuses Tuesday Night
 Democrats of the city will gather for the caucus of that party tomor- row night, when one of the most meetings in late years will take place. No announcement has been made of candidates for the offices of representatives, although that will be one of the main issues at the c. o. P. meeting at Red Mems hall, also tomorrow night. The se- lection of the candidates for these offices by the democratic party will mean a big measure of the success of the party machine in the city at the November election as 1t Is con- ceded that the democratic party has a good chance if the right men can