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THE VOICE OF MILITANT PROTESTANTISM OF THE NORTHWEST THE CALL o/ me NORTH VOLUME 1, NUMBER 19 FRANCE TO FIGHT FOR THE PAPACY GERMANY TO SIDE WITH BRITISH FOR PROTESTANTISM BIG SCHEME BREWING IN THE VATICAN. -K-K I FRANCE BEING COACHED TO DOMINATE THE CONTINENT WITH HER MILITARY POWER " —K-K-K The world is not in sympathy with the French occupation of the Ruhr, says Billy Mayfield. France is too feverishly active in building war equipment and amassing war supplies. There is a greatr-big scheme brew ing in the Vatican, and you will see it all come out in time. The Vatican saw a chance to play with the Kaiser and dominate all Europe, and the Kaiser was inspired and prodded from the Vatican until he was keyed into precipitating a .world conflagration. The Kaiser in his memoirs told of his repeated vis its to the Vatican, and there is where he got his idea of world domination. The same old Vatican is now try ing to reach the same goal through another channel. It is playing the French *o win, and Poincaire is vain ly dreaming of world control. He is the catspaw that is reaching out for the chesnuts of the Pope. He has assembled the world’s great est air fleet, he has mustered the world’s greatest standfng army; he has assembled the world’s greatest battery of big guns; he has accumu lated the world’s greatest supply of war chemicals, in fact France today has the best equipped military or ganization on earth, and poverty stricken France hasn’t assembled her gigantic military forces to look at. There is a purpose behind and back of it all. France is being ribbed by the Pope to make a try for European domina tion. No nation can be kidded into trying to dominate the world as long as Old Glory floats in the western hemisphere. The first move of the big game was the Pope’s rehabilitation of Bohemia. The second move was the invasion of the Ruhr. The third movement was the secession of Bavaria while Ger many was held helpless by the French in the Ruhr. The Pope now has under his. thumb Belgium, France, Italy, Bavaria, and Austria. These broke countries rep resent his physical assets, and a few South American countries represent his liabilities. Spain is about to shake off the Catholic yoke. France has put it back on for expediency’s sake. - France is being coached to domi nate the continent with her military forces, and then the Pope will try for his big coup. He wants to de stroy England. He is going to steer ’France and England into a war, and in that war you will see Germany lined up with England and the United States. Folks that is what is going to hap pen as certain as the sunrise. The Pope’s attempt to line up with the Japanese has been a signal fail ure. The French move in Germany and the disintegration of the Prussian Empire i the first move in a gigan tic assault that will be made on Eng land by national tools of the Vatican monarchy. The Pope is having no luck in America. His class does not appeal to the average American citizen, and now the bulk of the" Pope’s efforts in this • country are centered op. the negro. He wants black priests to take confessions from white women. He knows no color line. He is a be liever ip social equality. Follow the prediction about the European embroglio. Some* day you will see England, Germany and the United States lined up in a death battle with the rest of Europe fighting under the Vatican leadership. Lloyd George knows it. General Ludendorff knows it and we Americans are fast learning it. -K-K * ' The newspapers report a “new” se cret order in New York to combat the Klan. Don't get excited, old timer, it’s just a branch of the Jew ish IDshghu 2 News Items EACH HAS A DIFFERENT “STORY”! FACTS AS , AGAINST FANCIES —K-K-K WICKEDNESS OF FERGUS FALLS —K-K-K The Call of the North, a newspaper published in St. Paul whose object appears to be to reform the world devotes half a column of a recent is sue to the scandalous and immoral conditions that exist in Fergus Falls. As a good second in evil, it picks the bad village of Pelican Rapids. Those who imagined Pelican Rapids as a village above the average in righteousness and sobriety will be shocked. Those who knew Fergus Falls to be one of the cleanest and decentest of the smaller cities .of Minnesota will be horrified. - The shock and horror, however, will be mitigated when the charges are more closely studied. The case against Fergus Falls is a recital of that vicious effort of two men in an automobile, three or four weeks ago, to persuade a little girl to enter their car. It was after dusk, and no person saw the car number, nor knew of the outrage un til its perpetrators were safely out of sight. They may have come from St. Paul or even Pelican Rapids. Needless to say, local efforts were vigorous and persistent to get some due to these two young savages. As to the illicit liquor traffic, both at Pelican Rapids and Fergus Falls, the information of the Call of the North was derived exclusively from ;he police and court reports which followed the arrest and sentencing of the offenders by the local authorities and courts, which appears to remove 'erious need of outside assistance. The Call of the North has evident ly been studying the call of the South to help exterminate certain classes of citizens who have as much right to be here, and as much of a stake in the moral and religious character of this country as any of the rest of its inhabitants. Fergus Falls Tribune, Nov. 29, 1923. —K-K-K— --DEAR READER, READ AND WONDER „ Two young ladies employed at the state hospital here were accosted by a man in an automobile Sunday even ing and urged to enter his car. They ignored him and he kept alongside of them for a short distance and finally jumped from the car and seized one of them. They screamed and he fled. This sort of thing is becoming too common here and it is time that citizens woke up. It has been one* of the city’s, boasts that girls and women were always safe on the streets and if this party is caught, he should not be allowed to get away with anything short of a long term in prison.—Fergus Falls Journal, Wednesday, Nov. 28,1923. K-K-K- (UN AT ASHBY Ashby, Minn.—On Tuesday evening a speaker for the Ku Klux Klan ad dressed a large audience at the Woodman Hall. He explained the creed and purposes of the organiza tion and they expect to give a lec ture here later to get members.—Fer gus Falls Journal, Wednesday, Nov! 28, 1923. K-K-K BULLETIN A fiery cross was seen in Pelican Rapids within ’BOO feet of the busi ness district at 8:15 P. M., November 21, 1923. Fiery crosses were burned in Fergus Falls, Pelican Rapids, Barnesville, Ashby, Elbow Lake,' be tween 8 and 9 o’clock Thanksgiving evening. "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty*' ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1923 CROSS OF KLAN BORNS NEAR VIRGINIA -K-K-K Flaming Emblem on Nearby Site Revives Talk of Klan Activity, —K-K-K Virginia, Minn.—Residents of Vir ginia and persons livng south of town between Virginia and Eveleth are wondering today just what was the significance of the burning of a huge cross near the top of Auburn hill Wednesday night. This is the second demonstration of its nature within the past five months. The first occurred on ,a re cent evening just preceding the an nual school board election and was attributed to the Ku Klux Klan, which, rumors have it, is organized on the Mesaba range. As the city has no elections in the immediate future, nor any political or religious question of importance to be decided, the incident is taken by those who. believe in the Klan ru mors to have been a gathering of the organization, called for an open dem onstration or initiation. The site of the gathering for hundreds of foot prints surround the charred embers of the cross, lies about half way be tween the old Eveleth-Virginia road and the new highway connect ing the two cities near the top of Auburn hill. The cross was burned about mid night Wednesday, but owing to the fact that the location is hardly ac cessible by automobile and represents a long walk through woods and .snow covered fields, feWj if any, outsiders were drawn to the seen*. The burning of two crosses on the night of July 22 not far from the scene of Wednesday night’s rence was followed by rumors of Klan activities 'and was thought to have had a bearing on the school election the next day when religious affiliations cut some figure. -—K-K-K URBANA KLAYEBN IS DEDICATED; DR. EVANS DELIVERS ADDRESS —K-K-K MAGNIFICENT BUILDING AND THEATER NOW PROPERTY OF ZENITH KLAN - -K-K-K Urbans, 111.—Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, delivered the dedicatory ad dress hers last Friday night when the Zenith Klan dedicated -the new Klavern recently purchased by it and in which is the Zenith theater, which was formerly known as the Illinois. Dr. Evans spoke before a big audi ence which was most appreciative of his address. During his stay in Urbana, Dr. Evans delivered two addresses, speak ing before the Women *of the Ku Klux Klan in the afternoon and in the evening before an audience com posed solely of Klansmen. The Grand Dragon of Illinois also delivered an address and there were short talks by other speakers. The meeting was a part of a two-day pro-, gram announced by the Zenith Klan. The celebration given lasted over un til Saturday and was attended by thousands of Klansmen from many points in Illinois and some places in Indiana. The new Klavern is * magnificent office building which was purchased by the Zenith Klan, which is one of the most active Klans in Illinois. The headquarters of the organiza tion will be in the building and meet ings will be held there. The pur chase of the building was a surprise to many persons who had believed stories of the enemy that the Klan in this county was more or less a myth. Gives Aid to Officers The membership tiere has gone-up ward at a most surprising rate and the Zenith Klan has laid out a most comprehensive plan of - operation which will not only be a benefit to itself but also to the community. The moral pressure of the organiza tion has been felt throughout Cham- U. S BIRTH PAPERS FAKED, PEDDLED TO ALIENS ABROAD FLOOD OF FORGED DOCUMENTS SIOO.OO TO $200.00 EACH PASSPORTS FOR AMERICANS ARE MAILED TO EUROPEANS -k-k Italian Also Tells Investigators of Schemes to Fleece Newcomers After They Arrive —K-K-K New York.—Revelations' that fraud ulent American birth certificates are being peddled to immigrants at Eu ropean ports with the same freedom that million mark notes were sold on New York strets, we;e made by Au gust V. Tozzi, former president of the Italian immigration society, at the legislative investigation if immi grant exploitation Wednesday. Aliens bound for "the United States are be ing charged from SIOO- to SSOO by unscrupulous vendors of the forged documents, he said. In addition to the birth record scheme, Mr. Tozzi asserted, pass posts, never used from a United States port, were made out whole sale and mailed to Europe to help in evading immigration laws. These passports, he explained, were the usual permits issued to foreigners in jfie United States to visit their Euro pean homes for six months. By as suming the name of the residenf to -whom the passport was made out, the immigrant could enter without diffi culty. Other FraucfslEx posed Thousands of cases „of fraud of every description had been uncovered by the immigration society in the past 16 years, Mr. Tozzi testified. “The boarding houses’ swindle was nerhaps the commonest,” he said. “Immigrants arriving here would be rushed to these places by runners meeting the ships and would be asked to give up their baggage checks so their belongings could be brought to the house. Then they would have to pay from $5 to sls apiece before the baggage checks or their trunks would be returned to them. “We-have had disappearances point r ing to murder. We have had immi grants killed by gas under equally suspicious circumstances and when he bodies were found, merely a nom inal sum —say the amount necessary to secure admittance to the United States —would be found on them. “We have had railroad agents sell ing tickets to immigrants at the piers, charging the alleged equivalent for the American fare, changing the rest of the immigrants’ money into American currency and collecting a tidy premium of 20 to 40 per cent. The railroads probably do hot know this, but it goes on just the same.” Quack Doctors Accused Charges that quack doctors were fleecing immigrants out of millions of dailars were made by Dr. Antonio Stella, formerly personal physician to the late Enrico Caruso. Dr. Stella said it wa- almost impossible to get legal action against these quacks un der the present laws. He told the committee that foreigners, suffering from illness of any sort, were lvyred to institutions offering free examina tions. The diagnosis was invariably tuberculosis, although the patient was suffering only from a slight cough, he said. When the cough disappear ed,' the patient was told he had been cured of tuberculosis at a cost, gov erned by the circumstances of the victim, ranging frpm S2OO to SI,OOO. paign county. Officials have been aided by the Klan in law- enforce ment by the organization furnishing information which aided the officers in apprehending law violators and in furnishing evidence which aided in convictions. ' As a result of eertain activities on the part of the Klan, Bibles have been placed in 37 schools through out the county and many other con structive moves have been instigat ed by the Klansmen in their locali ties. The buying of the building and theater, which will be under the di rect operation of the Klan, has done much to give an added interest to the affain of the organization in this county; FIERY CROSSES BURNED IN GTTERTAIL COUNTY - —K-k-k One Burned on Central Lincoln Aven ue and the Oother on Hill Be yond Broadway. —K-K-K Two fiery crosses burned in the city last night. . One of them a small eighteen inch affair was burned on the corner of Mill street and Lincoln. The other, a 15 foot wooden cross was burned on what is sometimes known as “Nigger” hill northwest of Broadway and Banana. The crosses seemed to have been set afire at the same time, somewhere between ten and eleven o’clock. There were but a few persons on the street when the small cross was set afire. It burned about 15 minutes. Charred remains of the small cross, now at the police station, disprove any theory that the burnings were the prank of mischievous boys. The arms of the cross are built of heavy wire, set in *. wooden block a few inches square. The arms were taped even ly with some combustible material, showing evidence of experienced and expert workmanship. Residents near the place where the large cross was burned were attract ed to the blaze. When they arrived there wos no one around. The blaz ing cross attracted the attention of an employee at the state hospital more than a quarter of a mile This morning a three-foot was found, stuck in the ground, by Chief Han son, when he investigated.—Fergus Falls Journal. KLAN LAUDED BY ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES THE OUTLOOK AND THE NEW REPUBLIC APPEAR SAME DAY New York. —That the alien ele ments and foreign interests, banded together in America as a part of the amalgamated enemies of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, are becoming alarmed over the trend of the higher class periodicals toward the Klan or ganization is seen in the feverish at tempts to create an impression that the Klan is losing strength. Atten tion was drawn to the fact that dur ing the past week two magazines ap peared, both bearing the date of No vember 21, in which much space was given to certain laudatory paragraphs concerning the Klan. The magazines in question were the New Republic and the Outlook. The similarity of the two articles which the magazines printed was marked; that is, that the membership is of high quality citizens and that it* is doing a good work. Membership Is Landed “It is absurd,” declares the New Republic, “to suppose that the Ku Klux Klan is composed of the com munity’s dregs * * *. Roth in the North and the South there are hun dreds of thousands of Klansmen who are solid respectable citizens, kind and loving husbands and fathers, con scientious members of their church.” In the article in the Outlook, Stan ley Frost says: “In considering this situation I must ask the reader to hold in suspense, as far as may be, previous opinions about the Klan and its membership, and to judge the case afresh. I myself learned the need of this from the first man I interviewed in the state of Oklahoma. He is a fine type, a graduate of one of our fam ous universities, editor of a power ful newspaper, a leader in work for good government on the broadest lines, a decided liberal, and a mighty fighter against the. Klan. He had been a Walton supporter. This is what he said: SOLD AT TO IMMIGRANTS THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE MASON NAMED HEAD OF FLORIDA KLAN —K-K-K Charles H. Ketchum, Honorary Mem ber of Supreme Council of Scottish Rite, % Chosen Grand Dragon of New Realm —K-K-K Orlando, Fla.—Charles H. Ketchum, last year’s Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Flor ida, was appointed Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan of the state at the state Klonvocation field here last week. The Klonvocation was called by -the Imperial Palace for the pur pose of perfecting the organization for the Realm of Florida, making this state the twentieth to obtain a state organizaion. The new Grand Dragon is a 33rd degree Mason and an fionorary mem ber of he Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction. Announcement of the unanimous appointment of Mr. Ketchum as Grand Dragon was received with en thusiastic applause. The Grand Dra gon immediately nominated a Titan for each of the five provinces of Flor ida.^ A member of the Imperial -Staff will remain in Florida for several weeks to assist the state organization in getting under way. Imperial Kla zik Harwood, who came from Atlanta to announce Grand Master Ketchum’s a’ppointment, spoke to the delegates on “How to Build a Klan.” He ex plained in his address how revenue is derived and how and for what it is expended. K-K-K If he boasts of the things he did Vesterday, you are safe in classifying him as a has-been. PRAISING KLANSMEN. “You’ll never get things straight here if you think of the Klan as a lot of scalawags and criminals. * * *. It includes many of the best people in the state; it is strongly supported by most of the Protestant organizaions, and a great majority of preachers are in it. It has been on the right side of most public questions and there is rot the shadow of a doubt that so far -its- influence has been good. There is no use raising a false issue.” ' « Charges Not Substantiated Continuing, the writer in the Out look says: “It (the Klan) has fought Walton from the start —a very dis tinct credit. It has fought graft, corruption, and maladministration in many ways. The towns where its members are in office are far better of than they were. * * * In con sidering the Invisible Empire it must be remembered that the secrecy which is so powerful a weapon in this case turns against the Klan. Since no one knows what goes on behind the white hoods it is possible to charge the worst of purposes, the worst of methods, and the worst of everything. Such charges are freely enough made. Bribery, intimidation, every possible evil, are alleged. These charges do not seem to me to fit well with the known record.” The New Republic, after declaring that the Klan has from 2,500,000 to 4,000,000 members, say's: “It should be noted that the Klan, as it enters new communities, begins with the leading citizens.” It then goes on to say that it is probably the war that make prospective members for the Klan. In this, the New Republic is believed to be right by a vast num ber of people. The fact that mil lions of young Americans were sent to Europe where they were given a first sight at the deplorable condi tions there and which were brought $2.00 A YEAR. *sc A COPY BALTIMORE KLAN PLANS BIG CIRCUS —K-K-K Seven Day and Night Carnival Will Be Help For Charity Fund —K-K-K Baltimore, Md. Arrangements have been made to hold a monster charity circus at the Fourth Regi ment Armory in Baltimore, Md., for seven days and nights, starting De cember. 8, for the benefit of the Ku Klux Klan charity fund. This drive is for the combined Klans, and a large committee is in charge to insure a big success. Twelve big professional circus acts have been engaged from the big cir cus tops, including some of the most startling and sensational features in the circus world. The committee in charge requests every member to get behind this movement and make it a huge suc cess. A special circus office has opened at 208 West Franklin street to take care of the various commit tees and enterprises. The Fourth Regiment Armory will be decorated. Special electric light ing, various booths, and side shows will be erected to make this circus a real Ku Klux Klan affair worthy of the organization. In order to do so the committee needs the combined support of every Klansman in the vicinity. ' - ✓ A program of the circus will be published in a later edition of this paper, but in the meantime get on the circus wagon for a grand suc cess. Apply at once to the circus office. K-K-K MILLION DOLLAR KLAN , HOSPITAL FOR OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City, Okla.—ln answer to the charge of lawlessness against the Klan the Oklahoma City Klan proposes to give to the state a SI,OOO, COO Protestant hospital, according to Grand Dragon N. C. Jewett. The new hospital will be open to all creeds and denominations. about by the system that has ruled Europe for cenuries past, is no douut why the ranks of the Klan today are filled with doughboys who fought overseas. In giving other reasons why the Klans continues to secure its tens of thousands of members each week, the article points out that which the foe of the Klan derides as not. true, namely, that “there is undoubtedly much truth in the charge that news papers are afraid to discuss with any degree of frankness the alfairs of the Catholic church. So are educators, public speakers, and most of ail, politicians. * * * Similar taboos exist in a lesser degree in regard to the position of the Jew.” “Education Is Needed” In the closing paragraph of the article, the writer says: “Above all, we need historical education as to what American ideals really are.” The two articles quoted from are but two of many that show a s.ow but sure trend toward the Ku Klux Klan. Within the past few months it has been seen that the public is tired of the continuous apd seemingly unending string of malicious state ments—which have never been proved in the slightest degree—which the enemy has given to the press and “shouted from the housetops.” Every weapon employed by the militant enemy of Protestantism in America, and which have been wield ed against the Klan organization have been bent and destroyed. For this reason the foe is desperate, and with many articles now appearing in the magazines of the country which abound with laudatory state ments concerning the Klan, this enemy is, as was stated in the first paragraph, much alarmed. K-K-K The weak may be joked out of any thing bat their weakness.- ***•