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The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15

Columbus, O.-An organized gang
Of Italians and Irish Catholics recent
ly attacked Clearance McCammon, %,
local salesman for. the Fiery Cross,
and beat him into insensibility with
an iron bar. The leader of the gang
also attacked him at another time, but
a Klansman passing by came to his
rescue. The gang, McCammon says,
has threatened to kill him next time,
but he continues at his post and is
selling more papers than ever since
the attack became known.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15

| ly because the Chicago Tribune had
decreed that her wretched story was
human interest stuff and good ex.
elusive reading.
Similarly the New York World look
ing around for sensation determined
to squelch the Klan, pin a feather in
it's journalistic bonnet and incidental
ly crow over the rest of the newspa-
per world, eve did it. We killed a
BEAR"
There were two ways open to at
tack the Klan from a newspaper
standpoint, really three of them. The
first was open and vehement attack,
the second ridicule and the third Ut
ter disregard.
The first way was the best was to
get subscribers from among Klansmen
and anti-Klansmen alike, because you
know that many a Klansman reads
the anti-Klan sheets just to see what
they are going to say next about their
order and the leaders of it. The Sec
ond course, ridicule, would perhaps
have proved the more deadly. The
third course would have been more
harmful still but dignified silence gets
newspaper nowhere. Newspapers
are not altruistic institutions. The
voracious nav of sensation seekiIs
public must be filled with choice thrill
lers else the counting house down.
stairs will suffer. And the business
office is the solar plevus of the mod
ern day sheet, the most vulnerable
spot for a knock out.
The Worlds Attack
So the World determined to elm
mate the Klan by the direct action
route. Into the journalistic sewers
they dived. Printed stolen letters.
Bribed traitors. Yelled treason to
high heaven. Turned loose a flood
of abuse which in its very volume was
terrifying not alone to Klansmen but
to Protestant Americans as we'll. In
order to do a good job the World syn
dicated their Khan expose. Sold it
where they could to papers in all parts
of the country. Practically gave the
stuff away when they could not get
their own price.
The yellow hounds of Hearst joined
their yapping to the chorus and from
coast to coast the favorite indoor
pastime for hack writer's and special
assignment men was "kussing" the
Khan.
They Overdid It
When the smoke cleared away and
the poison gas had risen sufficiently
for the World and Hearst to judge
the effect of their tremendous broad
side they got the surprise of their
lives. They had overdone the thing.
They had made the Khan appear in
the light of martyr in the eyes of
an American public which in every
battle or contest demands fair play.
Protestant Gentle Americans had
smelt rat. They wondered what
was back of all this opposition led
by newspaper VIGOROUSLY controlled
by Jewish and Catholic influences.
They started to investigate and con-
cluded when all. was said and done
that the Klan was an American insti-
tuition after all and that it had come
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15

East st. Louis, Ill.-The splendid
business block known as Labor Tenn
pie in the 40 block on Collinsville ave-
nue., has been purchased by George
Washington Khan.
The price paid was 100000, and
to this expenditure George Washing.
ton Khan will Immediately add ar
outlay of many thousands of dollars
in remodeling the block. It will be
made even more desirable a home
for East St. Louis Klansmen than at
present, for the Knights of this city
are determined to have the best
Klavern in all Illinois Kluckerdom.
Other fraternal organizations
which have for some time used La
Dor Temple as their home will be
permitted to continue such tenancy
When completely remodeled, the
Klavern, including kitchens, dining
room, reading rooms, and the magni.
ficent auditorium.
In addition to night meetings sew.
eral times weekly, the Klan holds
regular Sunday afternoon lectures
and these are more and more largely
attended, providing a constant inflow
of new members from the best citi.
zenship of this territory.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15

The press of the country has, more
than any one agency, increased th'
membership of the knights OF the
Ku Klux Khan to what it is today
From the press the Khan has received
gratis. and is still receiving daily, adj
vertisement that it worth millions II
cold cash.
Never have the newspapers seeking
to do men or movement an evil turr
so completely, and to their own as
tonishment, done a good one. Never
in history have shrewd newspaper
writers and editors so materially mis-
Judged the effect of scientific pub
licitv. overshot their mark, and where
they sought to destroy merely build
I'D and where they tried to ami
hilate, create a frmer foundation.
In the whole history of newspaper
campaigns never was the effect OF one
so badly misjudged, by men who
ought to know better, than was the
attack upon the Khan launched by
the New York World and the Hearst
newspapers.
The great presses in a hundred
daily newspaper offices thundefeo
viciously as they ground out their
TRADES and discharged their verbal
broadsides against the Knights OF the
Ku Klux Khan. In every city and IN
every hamlet of America men, women
and children read of this great ira
ternal order about which under nor
NAL circumstances they would have
heard but little and to whose prln-
ciples scant consideration or atten-
ton. Traitors to the Khan became
penny a liners. klan copy was hard
to get. When facts gave out then
fiction had to serve. The Khan oath
was published broadcast by the mil
lion copies and carried it's patriotic
appeal to the average red blooded
American. Oceans of ink, car loads
of news print, hours of time were
devoted to an eXcoriation of an order
about which the writers knew little
but which had, thanks to the newspa-
pers themselves, become the biggest
story since the war.
The Making" of News
Now every newspaper man knows
that various newspapers make" their
own stories. In every newspaper
office are bright and alert young men
looking for anything unusual which
they think may spur the cloyed and
jaded news palate Of the public.
A millionaire oil man was killed by
his mistress in a little Oklahoma town.
A sordid enough crime, dirty in it's
details, but news was slack just then
and the great Chicago Tribune jump
ed on this and made the story.
They hired special trains, employed
expert detectives and turned loose
star reporters to trace the murderess.
Not because they had any wish to
see Justice done but merely because
it was shot stuff" and their own ex-
elusive story. Other newspapers fol-
lowed suit. They had to, in order to
hold their readers and keep pace with
the strenuous competition. So I'M
happy little Cluara Hammond for
weeks took up the front pages of
every newspaper in the country mere
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15
.K-K-K-

Chicago, Ill.-This city will have
one Of the finest Masonic Temple
buildings in the world when the
United Masonic structure is erected
in Randolph street between State an6
Dearborn. The Temple will be q 20.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15
xxx

Anglo-American system. These young
men come here-and they are coming
to our bar by the tens of thousands
with continental ideas born in them.
No examining for an examination will
get them out. They are not to be
learned or dislearned out of a book.
Those ideas can be modified or adopt
ed to our ideas aonly by contact with
|life-contact with American life
taking, in the processes Of life, some
conception of what the American
thought and feeling and underlying
besis of honesty and pustice are.
Proud of Polish Judge
Contrast this with the editorial
statement, in a Polish paper publish
ed in New Jersey, translated as fol-
lows: we pride ourselves on having
a Polish judge here, and Polish clerk
there followed by an appeal for the
Polish voters to stand together if
they want more Offices. Contrast the
warning spoken before the highest
national assembly of American lawy-
ers with the situation in some of our
largest cities and states where many
of the magistrates in our lower
courts and not a few of the judges
in our higher tribunals are either for
eign born or of foreign extraction.
Contrast it with the fact that in the
richest and busiest metropolis of the
United States of some eleven thou
sand lawyers, more than so per cent
are of foreign birth or of foreign par
entage.
"No less careful and judicial body
than the Committee on Legal Educa-
ton of the Association Of the Bar of
the city of New York, under the chair
manship of the dean of the Columbia
Law School, has gone on record with
this finding which I have emphasized
to the far with little knowledge Of
American institutions and with little
or no appreciation of those ideals and
traditions which have in the past
dominated the spirit of our Anglo
American legal system. The result is
that the bar is carrying an almost in
supportable burden of a large men,
bership untitled by education or ex-
perience to bear its responsibilities
and without the inclination which
comes naturally from familiarity with
our institutions, to maintain its tradi-
tions.
Jury Box Important.
"But what shall we say of that other
burden of alienage upon our legal
systematic burden of mental and
moral alienage upon the system of
trial by jury? Let US bear mind that
the ultimate enforcement of the law
upon the jury box; that under the
constitution of every state in the
Union, no member Of the state can be
deprived of any Of the rights or
privileges secured to citizens unless
by the law of the land, or the judg-
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15

Calling the immigration restriction
bill which will come before congress
at the present session, "un-American"
representatives of the 5000 Italians
living in the Hawkeye state meet in
Des Moines last Sunday and voted to
send delegates to Washington to lob
by against the bill. Just why the i'm
migration bill to protect America
is un-American, this handful of for
eigners, who would have their wishes
carried out in preference to those of
100000 American voters in the
state. kilograms were sent to Sena-
tors Cummins and Brookhart asking
them to use their influences against
the passage of the measure.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15

Mt. Clare, w. Va.-The revival
meeting which is being conducted by
the local Methodist Protestant was
called to sudden halt Sunday even,
ing last, when approximately forty
members of the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan, attired in full regalia Of
the Order, entered the church and
marched down the hall of the edifce
They presented a donation.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15
REFORM STARTED IN
THE SCHOOL BOARD

Syracuse, N. VA statewide cam
paign to ban short-sleeved, low-neck-
ed gowns, sheer silk stockings, freak
hair styles and the powder puff and
lip stick in the high schools has swung
under way here with DR.. Merton P,
Corwin, principal of jamestown high
school, as it's leader.
DR.. Corwin, who outlined his cam
paign before the conclave of the AS
ISOLATED Academic Principals of New
York State, wants school authorities
to have the right to bar girl students
who are guilty Of conspicuous dress
and attire.
The modern method of dress in the
high school is one of the gravest prob
lens of the high school principal to-
day, he maintains. The problem, he
said, did not originate in the school,
rather it was forced upon the school
by conditions put before the girls by
the motion pictures and the socalled
younger social set of the present gen.
Grafton.
Like High Life"
In most communities, Corwin point
ed, out there is a strictly modern
younger set which glories in what it
terms ''high life" Girls of high
school age, only little younger than
many of the girls in that set, look
up to their mode of living and dress
and set out to mimic it as closely as
possible he said. Each, trying to out
do the other, brings the style of
dress beyond the bounds of common
sense and close to the point of in
decency.
Among things Corwin wants kept
out of school are silk stockings. How
ever, he explains, that doesn't mean
that the texture of the hose must I'M
dergo an examination to determine
whether it is silk, cotton or wool. The
word silk, he says, is used to desig-
nate the too sheer hose-the bright
colored hose worn, as he says, to at
tract attention.
Service Is Test
The test, he says, Of the proper
dress to be worn by the schoolgirl
is whether it is worn for service or
appearance only. None can possibly
claim, he says, that the flimsy excuse
for sleeves, the sheer stockings and
the low strapped sandals are purchas-
ed for serviceable qualities.
He insists that school authorities
have the right to demand that the
girl who comes to school rouged or
with face unnaturally made up should
be asked to wash her face, just as the
boy coming with face covered with
mud would be requested to wash his.
Garb Too Costly.
Too expensive clothes, he believes
should be barred from the school as
well as too little clothes. He believes
girls and boys in high school have a
right to attend classes on an equal
basis with all the other pupils and
not be divided into classes by the
style of clothes their parents can at
ford to buy them.
If the high school authorities in
each community would insist on the
common sense standard of service
ability, he says, the girls would soon
work out the problem of attractive
clothes that still conformed to the
standards of decency.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15

story building of Gothic design sur
mounted by a tower containing
chimes, which will be sounded every
hour.
Sixteen lodge halls, each a COM
plete unit, with kitchen, check room
and other facilities, will be the main
features of the building. There will
also be Office space and theater with
a seating capacity of 5000.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-15

Oklahoma City, Okla.-A general
order for the mobilization of all Klans
of Oklahoma at the state capital on
February %, has been issued by the
Grand Dragon of the Realm.
What is expected to be the great
est Khan parade in the history OF
Klankraft will be staged in full re-
gala on the streets of Oklahoma City
sometime between 8 o'clock and mid
night. 1t is estimated that fully 5O,-
600 men will take part in the huge
demonstration. The Grand Dragon
states that Klansmen from neighbor.
ing states will also be invited to par
ticipate.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-05
It's As Cheap to Build As to Buy

in the There of spring will ater apartments Britain the building activity ton on the part prospective home builders undeW hissnrno
, 1924-03-26
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.

London, March 2lst.-Reports from
Queenstown thus far give the impress
sion that the attack on the British SOL
diers was carried out in a fanatical way
by a few irresponsibles. The Free State
army chiefs Immediately began an in
vestigation and a wide search is being
made for the perpetrators.
Dublin. March 22nd. General Liam
Tobin, leader of the mutinous army off
, 1924-03-26

On Monday forenoon on his way to
FrederiHsted Mr. Jno. A. Thompson, gro
Ger at Est. Diamond and Ruby, and a
female passenger had a narrow escape
when the Ford Wagon in which they
were motoring skidded on the slippery
wet road, the right rear WI eel being
SMASHED to pieces almost pracipirating
the car which was however daxterousIy
righted by Mr.. Thompson and run into
the opposite bank. The m fell out
Skid chains might be we'll introduced
into this market where the muddy roads
frequently demand their protection.
, 1924-03-26

and is rather hard on the eyes which IS
no doubt to he somewhat accounted for
IN the dryness of the weather whereby
no brown soil is mixed with the surface
White-marl. 1t will be remembered that
some time ago when we referred to this.
road w stressed. the unfortunate lack Of
moisture which made the rel aired por-
tons of he road exceedingly DUSTY.
, 1924-03-26

on behalf of the mutineers saying" We
di5claim any responsibility for the COW
ardly acts in Queenstown" The reason
for the attack is still not clear. There
has been great unrest, however, since
the decision Of the Government a week
ago to reduce the army from SO. 900 to
5000 and to demObilize nearly 1000 Off
GERS.
London, March 22nd.-lhe latest re-
ports to the War Office from Queens
own received TODAY give the casualties
in yesterdays shooting IS follows Gre
officer seriously wounded. One private
dead Of wounds, eight dangerously
wounded and five civilians including lW0
women wounded
London, March 23rd.-There was TO
change today in the situation growing
out Of the strike yesterday of the en-
ployees of the tramway and omnibus
services. Neither side to the dispute
evinced any disposition to give in. A
court of inquiry sat both this morniHg
and this afternoon, taking evidence with
regard to the situation. 1T is expected
the court will present its report to the
Labour Ministry within a few days. A
feature of TO-DAY s session Of The court
was the general admission that there
was need for some central control Of
communication and transportation faciiI-
ties, in order to remedy the existing con-
petition and over tapping. 1t is believed
that TIE courts rel ort may recommend
that the Government introduce legisla-
tioD in Parliament to attain this object.
London, March 23rd.-Thtre has been
some question as to inst VIII t the Prime
Minister SAID in his House of Commons
statement 90 tuesday, regGrdirg the re-
latiOn OF the SINGAPORE proJecl to the
Washington Naval Agreement. Exam
nation of the full text OF the staten emf.
however, shows that the Premier clea
ly held that the development ,of the nj
val base would not be inconsistent win
the Washington PLct. The Golernm nt's
abandonment of the scheme was not ON
the score that it conficted with the
Washington Treaty, bat because The Gov
ernmert stood for international c|oncIlia-
ton and hoped for conditions which
would make comprehensive armament
limitation possible and considered that to
proceed with the proJecJ would exercise a
most detrimental effect Oh Great Brit
ain sgeneral foreign policy.
Washington, March 22nd.-The Naval
Appropriation Bill, earring $272. 600. 600,
was passed by The House
Paris, March 22nd, General George
NivelIa, who commanded the Trench
troops at Verdun d%uringsthe European
War, is dead.
Crookston Mimi. March 22nd The
The Washington times., 1924-09-17

He seateth himself breakfast away
hot waffes. He caleh UNLOCKED food,
lecture thereon He patroneh the family caeth
"weaklings"
He presageth early death for ALL for his wife,
consumed muffin premature and fatty degeneration
Ye his wife sothereth yawns troubled; she
knoweth that this, too, shall pass
And TO- upon the third day. she had foresen he heedeh
NOT the alarm clock but ueth his face the WALL until
stroke of nne
He snketh past the codhower upon break
fast table wild beast.
And when he hath partaken of six hot ws many agons
of black Coffee he seh the biggest
cigars, and ligteth it, saying oyfuly.
"THIS is the fe"
And his wife breaheth easily more and thinet
heart:
"Thank heaven, THAT'S overw
verify verify the spirit of the heah-fadds is willing but
the flesh of those who bear with him exceedingly weak
'e"N'
And little Spartan in the House is a terrible thing!
SELAH.
Copyright 1924 King Features syndcate
The Washington times., 1924-09-17
By Beatrice Fairfax.

N RABEL is worried-dreadfull
vi v9 sri ID. =. .s.., !, !.
a letter that reached me in re-
cent mail
Mabel writes that she and Max
were the best Of friends until just
lately Then she found that Re
had been seen at the theater with
another girl. She also was told
that he had been calling on the
other girl on various occasions.
Mabel demanded an explana-
ton. Max claimed that he didn't
like the other girl nearly as we'll
as he did Mabel, and promised
not to see her again.
But he did" writes Mabel "A
very good friend Of mine saw
them together. And when l nc.
cused Max of this he flew into a
rage, walked out of the room and
haven't seen him since.
What shall do?" asked Mabel.
II love Max. How can l win him
him back from this girl?"
MabePs letter is typical of
dozens that l receive every day.
And it is as good an example Of
the way to lose friends and grow
The Washington times., 1924-09-17
POPULAR MOVIE STAR
ASTONISHED..B BY EASY
SOLUTION OF MYSTERY
"A perfect a0OnsGn, nobLy planned,
10 w0Tn, to comfort and COM
mdnd."
-WOrdSWOrth.

The woman who is easy on the
eyes" has success waiting for her
wherever she goes. Her beauty and
charm can change an acquaintance
into a friend; and, in the sunshine
of her smile, friendship quickly
ripens into love.
One secret" of the beautiful com.
plexion of most actresses, which is
not a mystery any more, is the
regular use of cleansing cream.
such as that which bears the
famous Black and White label
Miss Dot Farley, famous come.
dienne, appearing in Mack Sennett
Comedies, in discussing cleansing
creams, says: This has been a
great season for me. have found
a soft nelly. inexpensive cleansing
cream which seems to be doing
more for my skin than any cream
have ever used. 1t is called
Black and White Cleansing Cream.
and it keeps my complexion clear.
smooth and free from blackheads
and that muddy look"
1t is not surprising that a very
large proportion of the users Of
the famous Black and White Beauty
Creations should be made up of
people who formerly used other
preparations, when such wonderful
things are accomplished by them.
The Washington times., 1924-09-17
MAKE YOUR FRIENDSHIP HONEST
Beatrice Fairfax Urges Girls and Men to Be Generous
Friendship and Honest in CempaniOnship-
less Worry Costs Friend.

old through useless and needless
worry as could be found.
Is there any reason in the
world why Max should not have
as many girl friends as he likes?
He is not engaged to Mabel or
to any other young woman. Is
there any reason why, just be-
cause Mabel and Max are friends,
Mabel is given the right or privi-
lege Of debating Max's friend
ships?
Why should. not both Max and
Mabel have as many young men
and girl friends as they choose?
And why should not each rejoice
because the other is attractive
and well liked?
Eleanor is managing her friend
ship with Ted much more subtIy.
But I wonder whether she is any
nearer logical and right than
Mabel.
Eleanor urges Ted to call On
other girls, to be nice to them all.
Ted doesn't do it though, partly
because he is at present much
fascinated by Eleanor and partly
because it is human nature not
to follow advice.
Eleanor says she feels perfectly
The Washington times., 1924-09-17
Orange Bavarian Cream
Half cup orange Juice.

Half cup orange juice.
One teaspoonful grated orange
rind.
Half cup Of sugar.
Two egg yolks.
One tablespoon gelatine.
Quarter cup cold water.
One cup heavy cream.
Heat orange juice, rind ami
half the sugar in double boiler
Beat egg yoIks with remaining
sugar. Add orange juice mixture
and cook over hot water, stirring
until smooth and thickened; add
gelatine dissolved in cold water.
Then strain into the cream. Set
dish containing mixture in a pan
Of ice water and beat until it be-
gins to stiffen. Mold, chill and
serve garnished with candied
orange straws, or with orange
sections free from membrane and
sprinkle with sugar.-N1iss) Flor
ence Thomas, 1860 Harvard street
northwest.