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The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-02-22
No Small Task to Get Four
Million Men Into One
Body, Says Writer
INTERVIEWS GOVERNOR
All-American Order Composed Of
Many Young Men, Accord
ing to the Outlook
Copyright, 1924, By The Outlook
Company and Reprinted BY Spe-
cial Arrangements Through
Courtesy Of The Outloek)

Some measure of the value Of the
Ku Klux idea to members Of the
Khan can be found In the price they
pay to join. The amount is not
large-Sl0 for initiation and s. for
regalia-yst as the price Of getting
behind an idea that is considerable.
One can join a good many movements
for less, and among the people who
make up the bulk of the Klan
strength even SIS Is not treated with
disrepect. Any one who has ever
tried to enlist people, at a price, in
any general movement will testify
that it is no mean achievement to
induce four million men to pay any
thing at all.
To this first cost must be added the
fact that most members have joined
the Khan in the face of strong pub
lie disapproval and often of actual
persecution. Add, too, the attitude
of members toward the Khan, the
serious view they take of it's doc
trine, their often almost fanatical
devotion, and it begins to be plain
that the Khan means something
rather important to them. 1t may
not be what the Khan stand for Off
cially, it may be something warped
or even vicious, but the Khan seems
to them to offer something they
want badly, something they are will
ing to pay. for both in cash and in
service.
When there are four million people
held in this way by an idea, there
can be no doubt that the idea has
power. Imperial Wizard Evans de-
clares that 1t is the most potent
idea in America, and there is some
truth in this. But he means the
Khan idea as he sees it, and it must
be remembered that the real driving
force is not his idea, but the thought
in the minds of the Klansmen them
selves, often something very differ
ent.
Perhaps the first thing to do in at
tempting to get at the spirit which
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-02-22
America Turns
To Its Schools
IAN Editorial from The Kansas
City Starr

There has been more than a single
cause for the unprecedented interest
in education in the United States
since the close of the war. An impor-
tant factor has been the lesson dem
onstrated in the military forces;
that is, that trained men rise more
rapidly to places of leadership than
the unframed. Thousands Of men
who entered the service came back
to complete or begin their education
with that lesson in mind. Further,
the revelations Of q high percentage
Of illiteracy among drafted men have
reused the entire nation to an urgent
need Of education for all.
But whatever the cause or causes
Of the development, the advance of
education, as indicated in the growth
Of high schools, larger funds for
schools and increased enrolment in
all kinds Of educational institutions,
has been fairly startling. DR.. James
R. Angel, president Of Yale Univer-
sity, declared last week I'VE are in
the midst Of the most unparalleled
educational development the world
has ever SEEN" President Angel
showed that the number Of high
schools has increased more than 700
per cent in the last thirty years, and
that now there are more than two
million high school students, COM
pared with seven hundred thousand
thirty years ago. He added:
There are from six hundred
thousand to seven hundred thou
sand students in the colleges, and
the number is rapidly increasing.
In a state like Iowa the number
Of students is increasing in leaps
and bounds, while the population
has not increased at any such
rate. The increase may go on
until every boy and girl in that
state will receive the education
that the institutions can give.
That is a condition we hope will
be arrived at everywhere.
Whether college training is posi-
BILE for all within any reasonable pc
riod, or even desirable, might be open
to considerable debate. Means Of
limiting enrollments are now regard
ed as serious problems by many col
lege heads. But that a fair degree Of
education ought to be possible for all
is beyond question. That possibility
does not yet exist. Some Of tho in
equalities Of our educational system
President Angel emphasizes. Out
standing among these are the mad
equate schools and poorly trained
teachers in many Of the rural dis
tricts. About half the rural teach
ers "never completed the grades
themselves. 1t is case Of the blind
leading the blind"
So Americas advance in education
has not been general. Illiteracy still
is problem, but fortunately a prob
lem to which serious attention is now
being given. For the rural schools
the chief hope seems to lie in con-
solicitation. That method has been
most fruitful in bringing better build
ings and better trained teachers. In
another decade there ought to be no
1-room schoolhouses, no teachers
without special training, and no il
literates. Then Americas advance in
education will have been, indeed, a
national benefit.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-02-22
Khan Grows Following
Talk in Newton Hall

NEUTON. Ia, Feb. 19.-Eight hun
dred people recently attended a lee
ture in Graders Hall, at which the
principles and aims of the Knights
of the Ku Klux Khan were explained.
As a result the organization is
growing by leaps and bounds, not
only in Newton, but throughout Jas
per county.
A special effort was made by the
Newton Daily News to publish a gar
bled report of the gathering and
what was said by the speaker.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-02-22
Discover Murder Plot

The conditions that forced Will
hanson county's best citizens to en-
force the laws laughed at by the des-
perados in public office spawned
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-02-22
LEAYENWORTH. KANS.-The

LEAVENWORTH, KANS.-The Ku
Klux Khan of Leavenworth for some
time have been forced to hold out
door meetings, owing to the lack Of
suitable meeting place. Ten acres
of ground at the summit of Pilot
Knob hill have been purchased and
the Klansmen are building a klav-
ern large enough to accommodate the
rapidly increasing membership. Con-
struction work is being done entirely
by the members of the Khan.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-02-22
Fiery Cross Burns From
Klavern Every Night

ATHENS, GA, Feb. 21.-Athens
Klansmen believe in letting their
light so shine" it is evidenced by
the erection Of large forty-foot
fiery cross on the roof of their
klavern. This cross is to burn
fom sun down to sun up, 365 days
year. Although one of the young
err klans of the state, it has its
own Klavern, which would do cred
1t to cities larger than Athens.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-02-22

SUMMERVILLE, PA.-Acting upon
information furnished by the Klan of
Summerville, the sheriff and two
state police Of jefferson county raid
ed a gambling and Bookkeeping house
January 10. The sheriff deputized 40
Klansmen for the work. Seven men
were arrested.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-02-22

COFFEYVILLE, KANS.-Klan SYM
pathizers are said to be forming plans
to launch a new morning daily news
paper here. The Morning News is
strongly anti-Klan, and local MEM
bers Of the order, tired of it's abuse,
are seeking to establish a paper that
will give them fair treatment.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-02-22

APPLETON, WIS.-Under the su-
pervision of former Indiana organ
izer the Knights Of the Ku Klux Khan
of Appleton is growing rapidly. A
class of IT'S candidates was natural
lied last week. Many Of the leading
citizens of Appleton, Kaukauna, Nee
nah and Manasha are members.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-14
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Evening star., 1924-01-04
INTERNATIONAL RACE
FOR ASCOT GOLD CUP

LONDON, January 4.-The Jockey
Club has issued the official entry lists
for the spring handicap races and the
Ascot gold cup event next June, CIV
ing evidence that these meetings will
be of exceptional interest. because of
the appearance on English tracks of
an unusually large number Of cele-
brated foreign horses.
Entries for the Ascot cup are hailed
by the racing experts with special en-
thusiasm, for this furnishes the pros
pect of seeing Zev. Papyrus. Epinard
and Gray Lag, in addition to several
other of the worlds best known
horses. in a mighty struggle. Sport
ing writer's here are doubtful whether
such a remarkable field has ever be IN
provided for the running Of the cup.
Whether Epinard will go TO the
post. and If he does. whether he will
be able to 60 the two and half miles.
are already subjects of some doubt
and discussion. but the racing public
is counting confidently on seeing Zev
and Papyrus sgain trying conclusions.
Epinard regarded here as probably
the best horse Of his age in the world,
is also entered in the Lincoln handi-
cap and in the City and Suburban
races at Epson in the spring. An
other entry for the first named event
that is attracting much interest is
Norialo. chestnut colt owned by
King Alfonso Of Spain. This is the
first venture of the Spanish monarch
on the English turf. His horse is en-
tered in the name of the Duke of
Toledo. under which title his majesty
races in Spain.
AS the weights for the various
handicaps have not vet been an
nounced. the experts admit that dis
cussion of the prospects of the horses
at this moment is of little value, but
they agree that the noteworthy en-
tries make the coming flat-racing sea-
son in England one of the most at
tractive in recent years.
Evening star., 1924-01-04
LANDIS NOW READY
FOR SHOCKER CASE

CHICAGO. January 4.-Whether the
ST. Louis American League team ac-
tually had in its book of rules stipu-
lation that wives OF players be pro-
hibited from travelling with the team
is to be determined by Commissioner
X. NJ. Lands a. the snext step in the
controversy between Pitcher Urban
Shocker and the club.
The star hurler and the club split
last September when Shocker desired
to have his wife accompany him when
the team went on Its last eastern
trip, and the club informed him tina
to do so would be a viola ton of the
rules Shocker was fined and suspend
ed when he left the team as il start
ed east. His appeal to the commits
, sioner for an unconditional release is
pending.
Attorneys for the club contend tha {
the rule Is one of long standing and
! that the club was within its rights
when Mrs. Shocker was barred. while
counsel for the pitcher insists The rule
never was heard of until the dispute
arose
Commissioner Lands has Informsd d
attorneys a hearing will be held on
whatever date they select.
Evening star., 1924-01-04
FINAL TRIBUTE PAID
BILLY MISKE, BOXER

ST. PAUL Mimi. January 4.-Fol-
lowers of boxing Joined with the gen.
eral public here today in paying final
tribute to the memory of Billy Miske,
ST. Paul heavyweight, whose body was
borne to it's grave at Calvary cemetery,
by a group of lifelong friends.
Miske died on New Year day after a
long Illness with bright's disease.
Requiem high mass was said by Father
Peter A. Roy, who eulogized Miske' s
home life and ring career. The boxer
was termed credit to the profession
man who always played square"
! with his fellowmen, both in and out of
the arena.
The active pallbearers included Tommy
Gibbons, who had met Miske in the ring
but remained a firm friend.
Scores Of telegraphic expressions of
coincidence continue to arrive at the
Miske home. telling the widow and
three children OF the esteem In which
Billy" was held throughout the
country,
Evening star., 1924-01-04
PROMOTER ADMITS
REVENUE VIOLATION

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, January A.
Floyd Fitzsimmons, prize-hgf1t promo
ter Of Benton Harbor. Mich, pleaded
guilty in federal court here to a techni-
cal violation of the internal revenue law
in connection with payment Of taxes on
gate receipts on the proposed Jack
Dempsey Bill Brennan fight at the
Michigan City Gnd.) arena Labor day.
1922, which was prevented by order OF
Gov Warren T. McCray.
Judge A. B. Anderson fined Fitzsim-
mons $3.50 and costs. :.
in his attempt to stage the Dempsey
Brennan fight. He asserted the gov
ernor had given him assurance the hight
could be staged in Indiana and later
stopped it.
the original card was poorly attended
the promoter said.
Evening star., 1924-01-04


The fifteenth is 500-yard hole.
par five, which ordinarily means, of
course, three shots for the green All
of us got good drives. On our sec
onds. Joe and ! again Jared well, but
Mckay and Hunter topped their balls.
Playing our thirds to the green.
Kirkwood shot over it and out OF
bounds. l dropped my ball TO the
left. Mckay went to the right and
Hunter was on. not more than eight
feet from the cup.
This put the issue squarely between
Hunter and me. He had a chance
for n birdie four that would end the
match right there, and was certain
of five. which. granted that ! could
get down in the same number OF
strokes, would have the hole and in
sure ut least a halved match
| played first and. when / saw my
lie. doubted very much IL ] would
be able even TO halye the hole. AL.
though the hall had dropped in clip.
ped grass, 1 had, between me and the
hole, the steep bank of the green
which was built up so high I could
only see the flag To complicate mat
ters. the bank was covered with long
thick grass. while the distance be
tween the edge of the green and the
cup was very short
Il was impossible to pitch my ball
because it would have run over tn,
green and necessitated a six. So
took my putter. used a three-quarte
swing and shot up the slope ant
Evening star., 1924-01-04
PITCHER MAYS BELONGS
TO REDS, LANDIS RULES

CHICAGO. January Carl Mays,
former pitcher Of the New York Yam
KEGS. legally is the property of the
Cincinnati Reds. who bought him for
a reported price of $4,000 at the re-
cent base ball meeting here. This Is
the ruling announced by Commission
er Lands in denying the claim Of the
Philadelphia National League club
that 1t was entitled to obtain the sub
marine hurler by the waiver route.
Lands ruled that ii was not neces-
sary to get waivers from the National
League to sell the player to the Reds
although had the Yankees desired to
send Mays to the minors. waivers
from both major organizations would
have been essential.
Evening star., 1924-01-04

MayDe IL was PittSburgh's sore
Ieet that did the Pirates out of a
ers never got started all season.
There were other ailments as the
season developed. but 1t is certain
that sore feet had a lot to do with
their troubles
1t was feet that helped drive Drey-
fuss and his players out to Califor-
MIA, where the soil is not hard and
where the team will not beat its
trflbies so fiat that arches will be
broken and the official chiropodist
be more necessary than the trainer.
Thinks Infeld Is Plugged.
Dreyfuss believes he has put a stop
gap in his infield this year and he
is going out to the coast, where there
will not be too many easterners
watching his clubs efforts TO get in
shape to snow the Giants under.
Dreyfuss reasons that the Giants
must have passed their zenith and
that the Pirates. with the injection
of some new blood, finally will win
the championship they have threat
ened to annex for the past four
seasons.
Dreyfuss is certain that his infield
will be better. and that his outfield
will return to the position it once
held as best in the league. He still
needs pitchers. though he has picked
up one in Kremer of Oakland, Calf.
kremer may not prove to. be any more
of a wonder in fast company than
Boehler was last season. but Barney
is hopeful.
Aonther reason why the Pirates did
not win last season was that thei
left-hand contingent broke down.
Cooper had an awful season, and
Hamilton is not likely to lead the Ma
tional League as a star exemplar OF
southpaw art.
Believes This Is His Year.
Still, deep in Barney Dreyfuss'
thinking cap is the thought that 1924
is his year. The ambition to win has
been nesting there for a long. long
time. He has fought to get a cham
pionship team. and he has had sue
cess enough to get somewhere near
the top. But that doesn't satisfy.
He is one of the few old-timer RS who
still think the principal ambition OF
club owner should be the winning
Of pennants, regardless of whether he
can show a bank balance at the end
of the year or not.
I'm going to have one more flag
before L quit" he said, shaking his
head with determination. And like
ly as not he'll get 1t, too.
Copyright, 182i)
Evening star., 1924-01-04
OFFER OF DEMPSEY
TO FANS DECLINED

CHARLESTON. S. c., January a
Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion,
made a speech to the Charleston XII
wants Club Yesterday. and offered 70
entertain the members in his own
fashion.
Called on for the speech, Jack said:
"Wheneve3 | am called upon 10 mate
a speech / am reminded of the Irish
man who attended y dinner Won't 80"
tured by many excellent speeches When
Pats turn came around hr !ost and
said: Amt much on spache- making,
but just to be sociable, III fight any
body in the house.
The champion sat down amid storm
of applause. but no one volunteered to
be socia BILE with him.
The champion attended the meeting
in company with Teddy Hayes, his
sparring partner. with whom he was
on his way to Florida for pleasure
iaunt.
Evening star., 1924-01-04

All Of which is the dream of Jimmy
Dougherty, which he says he has in
duced Tex Rickard to bring to reali-
cation. Jimmy is some dreamer.
Joe Becketrs final downfall in a
most disgraceful battle with Carpen-
tier has applied knockout to British
boxing as complete, or almost SO, as
any Beckett ever received. This, in
brief, is the sad. sad story that Augie
Rather relates TO friends when they
gather TO hear his European expert
ences
There are only two good fight
clubs in all of England today" says
Rather. "and the purses they give re-
fleet the general falling away of in
there. Any American fighter who
goes to England in search of gold IS
wasting his time"
Mickey Walker must be regretting
the chances he has let go by to meet
Lew Tender Lefty Lew showed in
his bout with Nate Goldman that he
has slipped long way back and
ably have slowed him away.
In such case think what a ballyhoo
would have been raised over a Leon
ard Walker battle. The crowd woui |
have packed the Polo Grounds
next summer. But this is only one
is passing UP chances to rake in the
coin.
On the other hand. since the hue
and cry in most cases relates to the
money-gra bbing propensities of our
fighters. Walker might stand as a
glowing example of the other sort.
Yet he doesn't SO stand and is gem
orally condemned. It's hard to please
US fight followers.
They do say, however, that Mickey
will be more active in the coming
months than he ever has been. There
are eight welters now before the pub
lie who are not SO bad, viz, Jimmy
Jones. frankie Schoell, Eddie Shev-
lin, Dave Shade, Pete Latzo, Billy
Wells of England, Paul Doyle and
Marty Summers.
There is. in fact. enough talent here
| to keep the champion busy if he de-
sires action.
Copyright 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-01-04

with the blade biting up a bit of
turf. excepting only when the ball
lies practically teed up in the
grass.
The player must learn nIso to
discipline his eenseS SO that he
VIII mt all times understanJ just
row the pi.ot and the swing
work together and not be con-
FUSED by any feeling that he II
Atandfns "aiIead OF the ball" You
nre not Mt all '.ahcad of the bnll''
such shots. You are precisely
even with 1t. Understand that.
nu you hove then only to ac-
qunint ycurEsIf with the back
s"ng you nre to take for given
shces. You regulate your
pask-swinS br opening the stance
~nt ~ u. drawing the left foot
Suna. ,s. The farther around your
,st Ioct goes the nearer it Is
IN TO the right foot.
tlopyrght, John F. Ollie CA