IA"7 Tl f v- . i V .'. . JIB EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER JA, 1921 -fit ''EMPEROR of INVISIBLE EMPIRE," facing severe CRITICISM, DEFIES ENEMIES OFKUKLUXKLA: - V""y i R EH II 1 S! . re k A l). S. JUDGE ORDERS PROBE OF KU KLUX Federal Jurist From Florida In structs Grand Jury to Investi gate Alleged Illegal Societies RAPS "JUSTICE IN WOODS" New York, Bcpt. 14. Judge Wil liam 1. Shcppurd, if l-'loilou, fittliu' in United Mates District Court here ycstcrdnv Instructed the new Federal Grand Jury to Investigate "secret Jo rfetlcs which fire report rl to lir Inter fering with the constitutional rights of Citltens." , . While no mention wn mnde by the Jurist of the Ku Klnx Klnn. It wa ricognlwd "cnernlly that the Cnutt'c instructions and romnrks from the tench were dp-eetcd nt thnt organiza tion, which Is now under (Ire from sev eral dIrcrtinnB becaure of It alleged infringement of the rishts of A.ncii enn citizens. Judge .Hheppnrd pointed out to the jury Its rljut to investigate secret so cieties "which mny in any manner he suspected of nttciiintlns to exeroi-e hit ITopcr jurisdiction or authority." "Any organization, he snld, "which holds it meet'tics by the light of bon fires in secret places and the member Of which wear white suits nnd masks, which attempts to prevent orderly citi zens from the enjoyment of their consti tutional rights, freedom of speech, con' tcience and r'ght of trial hy jury is n proper subject for investigation by a Grand Jury. That M uecituso such oe bavior on the part of o secret society Is a conspiracy nnd the law can be brought to ben'r upon them." "There U a law here thnt can be brought to bear upon any group of peo ple or secret orgnnlr.at'ou which ad ministers justice In the wood. "It Is not within the province of secret societies to say who is or who is not a de-drnble cltlr.en. When they, by n demonstrnt on of power, seek to pre vent others from the enjoyment of their constitutional rights they are nmcnnblc to prosecution in the Fcdornt courts through presentment or indictment by the Grand Jury." Judge Sheppurd remarked thnt ac cording to newspapers "there Is n cer tain organization now In existence the members of which are undertaking to censor the conduct of their fellow citi zens. "When on get to that state of af fairs one maj well nk what difference there is between the t'nlted States and bolshcvlxm in Russia.'' Flood of Gold Emboldens 'Wizard' Conllmtrd from Pnite On of October 2(1. 1015. and present, ttiirty-four In number . ail signed a petition for n rhn'iT. "On Thankhglving n.ght. 10tr, men were seen emerging from t'ne shadow 8 and gathering around tne spring at the base of Stone Mountain, the world's greatest roek. near Atlanta. Sa., and from thenee repaired to the mountain top nnd there, unfter n blax'ng nry cross, they took the oath of nllegianc'e .A .liA T....I..IK1.. t?...ntH irti.n t ;.- Ku Klux Ilnn , j I "And tlms o'n the mountain top that night at the midnight hour, while men , braved tho surging blasts of wild, win-1 try mountain winds and cndur-il a tern., pernture far below freezing. lmthel In I i.. ,,m,i i. f ,1.. vi... r ,i. Invisible Hmplre was called from Its slumber of half a eetitur to tnke up a' new task and fulfill a new mission for humanity's good, nnd to call back to mortal linbitntion tlie good angel of practical fraternity among men." Facts and Fancy Don't Fit (Official Weather Itureau figures show thnt on Thursday. November 2.". lOin, Thanksgiving Da v. th- maximum tempernture recorded at Atlantn. (la., twenty miles away, wns (CI degrees and the lowest was l.l degrees Fahrenheit.) "Membership In this order." the "Emperor" declnres in the same pam phlet, "cannot be bought; It Is given as n reward for Hcrricc rendered I you really neitcvc in tlie order and will practice its principles and conform to us regulations mill usages and con- tribute the sum of $10 townrd Its nrou- I Bcaiiou anil rnn oinerwise quality, then mcmberhhlp is awarded jou iiion Huh service rendered nnd pledge of future fidelity to the Institution. This is not a selfish, mercenary, commercialized proposition, but the direct opposite." The Klan, he savs In nnotlier tin. sage, Is not encouraging or coudnnlnz I Sublime l.iiieuue In Iliston Cnnimimn ElUiJIIIIlL l.llltllgl 111 lllKtUr). I.OIIiniemo. i lntlng nnd I'erpetuntln?, as I Does, the Most Dauntless Orga.umtiou Known to Man ; Its secret Is "Sacred Ciinrdinn shlp of the Most Sacred Cause " Us courage is "The Soul of Chivnlri and virtues Inipenetrnble Shield; the Im pulse of an L'ncomiuercd Knee ' its teaching "Inculcate tho sacred princi ples and noble Ideals of the world's greatest order of chivalry, nnd diiect the way of the initiate thiough tho veil ?f ilJhtlc Fhllonophy into the Kini.lrc Invisible." Atlmits Ritual Is Velrd Its charneior in '-th., .,,,1,1.,.. .. linv nrnnnirnnil.i nf rfl rlmiM ..inl ' i hip limn-rim it warn, j-.miiriur .11 mi- one I liurcn or rnclul nrt-Judlce "It U .... ,.. V.,1 I Invisible Kmt.irr. In the Imperial Pal- This attack rinn of rnnl nii-n. j.n h.nn.. in ki a'e. in the lmiMrlal I ltv of Atlantn, l in the use of a d inmxtMnf t ,in,n n,i.,. .. ..i. ...un. Commonwealth of deorgla. united porta tn be the and who an. In nil thimw inn ., . -. ??" of America, this, the Urat Day . blessed Trinitv imn ,tin.ru.. ' of tlie 1-ourtli .Month of the ear. ot by every American t. ii . i... .. .... .. I Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Light- I hi uiii-ur. in' -.Hill",, in -inn insr of manhood Idealized In tiiounlit iinil'ftn'1 Kat variety Is described nnd Iden- materialized In tlrnrtlru n ll .1... ... latlonililp of life- Mystery and Action : Mastery nnd Achievement." Its iltunl lsm (of which the Jlvr.Nisi, Pi mc LnDocn has printed Illustrative ex iir?CtS) U, "VVU l"ff'ent from any. thlug In the wh,.e universe of fraternal ritiialsm. It is altogether original, weird, mvstlenl ntnl ,,f .. 1.1..1. i. ."' 'Mj'lnif P through lour degrees, .,.:.-en t,i.n,ul.(1?Vc"t'y arc ltB marked SS.tulS,, iU u!,fol.d'1 "-."I'lritual pl.llos ophy that has to do with tho veil fun damtmtuU of life and living, here ud hereafter. He who explore the dismal depths of the mystic cave mid from t henco attains the lofty heights of supe WOr knighthood may sit among the gods in the Fmpire Invisible." Its mission, says the "emperor," is "duty without fault, without fall, without fear and without icpronih." Jt?. society Im "the praetlcnl truternal fellowship of men whose standard Is worth, not wealth; character, not cash couragsous iiuuiliood bused upon honor untarnished by the touch of hypocrlsi or the veneering of socletj's selllsh so clal valuatloHM.1' IU place is "Iu the hrt of ovcry 'true American.' along fllde of every other frntcrunl order." nnd in its original casting, untune lnnnnrr Ssm, sacred sentiment, unfile purpose and peculiar mysticism it Is separate und apart from nny And nil and pverlrss In Its distinctive peculiarities," Finally, lie declares, Its fraternity is ''not merely rccltlnir In ii-irlnnnv nrnttv Usw-worn plntltudca on brotherly love, mm m wore a fraternal practics ot JsHbHr ij MHM Hfc fpSI &? DATSD AT Chattanooga ,?orait aejie 3ND RIPLY TO I It rl51 r.d hopo 1 bunnh lut 1 do Hoping tnat yet as you ireek X Klansmnu. garbed In his wlille-liooded regnlla. Is shoun currying the "llery cross" of the Ku Kltiv Ulan In a public Initiation. I'roof of tho efforts to stir religious prejudice is i-liown by the reproditrtlon of a letter from n "King Kleagle" to a lieutenant, advising him tn circulate among prospective Klansiiicti copies of n wild, weird oath nllesed to he tnlirn by the Knights of Columbus. Tills nllejcd "oath" has been dlscrislltcil nnd cir culators of It have been punished by several courts klnnishnes.s. tnercbj making devotion to it; "'"JflnriUi worth while 'The dlor, of a Klanman Is to Hcrvc. what Is "Klanlsliness?" , . .. . ..,tl, .,., A ','' hnt N Unnlslincss 'Kmiiernr" aiiiimoiis gives Hit- an- "" ln. ,thf "wt, (nnd copj righted) "Imper nl Instrtiet wis, Document No. 1. Series A. D. 11)18. A. K. (anno Klnn) 1.. 1., llelng Official Instructions in K-uno In the border Itealin of Knr nfter from the one who Irnvernod the Itealm of .the I iilcnown, wrested the volcinn Secret from the grasp of Night and became the Imperial Master of the grent lost M.M-ter). Wnids of timely Wisdom from the soul of the great Im perial Wizard, who out of Mystic Dark lies'! brings Light. Printed by Ku Klux 1'iess." The e'ght-page pamphlet ends as fol low (. : "Fonder well nil these things which I have spoken to YOF as coming from the bidden reees-.es of a soul unscir '"hlj communing wits Its Ood, for the oeucrineni oi us ichuwh. jh, j-huut mm minimize not the Importance of jour sacred mission in lite anil (lis count not j our most laudable achieve incnt that l to atlnin to the high standard of KlnnlMi ilinrneter -Matchless Manhood. 'Non Silba Sed An tliar.' " The document is signed ii. iii'v...... ..l n r....... , Jione in the Aiiiic of ins .Majesty. of tlie ""' """ . "lp . " " "' i..' ' l. tVi,i v vftr nt tin. Animll 111- month1 . . - .,. . t- it. r.. . l. I I of the year of the Klan MI., nnd in t'ie third Cule of the third Kelgn of our ueincnniniion utiiriniiy uiicrcu, msi-riiHii, signed, veuipii. communiraicii and committed to you in the sacred un failing hand. Willli.m Joseph Simmons, Imperial Wizard." Is n Frnrtlral Thing IJyt whnt is "Klnnlhhness?" A very prncti-! thing, says the "I'm peror" in tlie dociv of his "Imperial Instrm tions." nixi doubly fourfrld. There is Fhyslcnl. Social, Mnrnl. Vora- tioiuil KlnnlshnesN; also I'nlilotle, Do- Iimili. Itiulnl. Imnerinl Klnnlshnes4, 11IIVII 111 IDU K,lnl iriigiiii ... iw.i ti,w- liitlon here. The tru.lv "Klnnish" Klnnsman will not "strike, tnb, lacerate." or other wise Inluio nnotlier KhuiKinnn. nor be r.i'liiiiiied to acknowledge nnotlier Klnns- uian lieeniiK ot tne miter s lowiy so- i-inl ytntui-, nor will he "give himself ver to dehaufhery. ocat nnnlly, "boosting eneh ot.er'n bus new Interest ...i H.nfilutfinMnl ntillUr n.1.1 n,n(L,l(. f'n .I l ..,.l-...l.., (,.....,. ...... lr--..- ...J " Kiansinnn to earn an iionest dounr are Imprrlnlly hpiroved : while "bur lowing from n Kliuisinan nnd being Blow to repay" is not pond form. .Slnte'iicnts At Vni-lnncc "Patrlotlcnlli." Klnnrrnft consists In voting "not politics but patilntism" nnil Its iiianiioiu iniereHts rnclul KliinlshneHs means to supnort 'Whit Hupre.nney, nnd the iMiperlnl varletv Is to "give due recpect mid malntnlii n mill ilisplnclng "the corrupt poiitldnns f .. r v, " ... v , with dependable patriotic htutesmen " ",."". !!"nR'' umt Mc nnve l0 Doinctle Klanishness Ik "Handing by B ", ,, ',,. "Nfn uin Rnhern itnn nnd protecting the .anetlty of the home .. " ' M '' .0 ',,"?. P- ', ' " W ' ' . .' iw" I. "" "he Uonifin Cntliolie menace." thorltv of the Imprlnl NSIznrd" nnd Taking advantnge of the favoring at tlius fnclll ate "his efforts In perfecting I ,0nheic thus created. Kl.m organizers tlio work he lifts to do for the glory of 1 1 ('iiottnnoogn nnd vnrions other points the Invisible l.mp ro In Its development ! the Htatn hnd Cnplis of the bogus nnd goM-riimrnt." I KnlghtM of Colnmbiis onth printed, There 1 the gM of the two state- nnonymoiislv mid with no Identifying iiieiits of whnt Ku Kluxlsm Inc.. I mnrks to dctrny the printer or the Ku Stands for In the life of America. Ther KIiit I.uiMii.t nnil nut tlipm info clr. nre equally otlicinl nnil one absolutely i-ontrnilirts the other One is llery the other Is wordy. Onu defines Ku Kluxlsm na n deferred holy war which in the future, with "rhetorical and KLANSMEN FLAUNT "FIERY CROSS" fHl MQtT lUIUMI QHqt IN U HI1QW1 CMwttli lfTVATft tf Ml Tttl Ot)T ttlVtTttlt 0ittAt1l pMOWM T MAN.- imperial tfulate .istti'til 'JfX'U an?. ft - -i rtiH?. . iZ -tr .. ,,.-. -t-iti Mjjir- i. DIPAHTMINT OP PKOPASMION toy tefa havo your two letters of 23rd nnd 2ltr. very glad that you took care of to MM from t'nox that ho goon G'ts O.t', hf7n turned over to Fays tho rotter of te ,T.r, ret think tha- it It at all a rood lie to send Hat's around the eountry,tho ponoership Is supposed to be sucrot and or.e of tfcote lists oould ror; arslly bo lost or nisplseed, then the fat would be in tho firo. Tossibly sora such ida as you advance richt '.tork to aifvantaga hit I think that It best for aaeh Jtlotj;lo to ccnflmhinielf to doTalopir.c n'8 tym territory. "hero s blfj noetirj hero last nleht snd this Man Will ba ready for el-srtcr with rore than fire hundred by the lBth of Juae, tho ituhirrship at presort boine wore thn 400. Tho I'r.oxville situation Is well In hand and will fro r.ow on glvo ro no treublc et all, B.V the ty,your friend Crlffln has absolutely refused to cone In at Knoxrllle since the night that you kopt hliin up till all hovrs. Re bod previously signed his application but after the nicht rrith ycu no rithdre it, I have this from him and not second hand so I bier That I aw talkinp about, It is jptt one more rarnir.5 that booso erd this rar.e nil1 not work togetror any better than any otlior lino of business r.cr days, I an enclosing you copy of the pledro of lovsltv and also enployce's rooord sr.d tho record of all kleaples srd Vint VleaRles rhioh I failed to sei-d you vosterday. 1'ou should not haro Trade the proposition that you did to TTolfe and I cannot ar.ree to that for their Vlan Is .not entitled to the full kleotokon until it is ohrrtored, should if he rioesssry to send snover kleagle In thorn later to finish up aoeordine to Ve protosltlon "ed thon yoaterdey they would expset hint to do the sr-e thine voU sreuld have left thorr alc'ne till they had received ry letter. I will rrlJe ;.cu refrdlng J.n. when I hsP thalr rrly o ejr letter to thon. The IepQril Toleee does not.r.et out copies of the 0. oath, tut I find it 6f vslua sronr a certain few. I find papers like The Protestant that 1 suggested your subscribing. for to be tho most valuable dope that I can use for It brings hone in a cenorkto fom to them the things we hae to guard against. I sent you this noming soveral ooples of the Searchlight. and will see that you get then oach wook in tho future. I cannot find eny of tho old news letters but you will have e eorr eaeh week as they eoro out and I have found then very valuable to ne In ry work. , . .i, m. v. m . you wxil use every uvn .u "- - --&--! are not looking, for very oruch next reek I .an, Sincerely Is Head of Ku Klux Klan a Dual Reincarnation? Does William Joseph Simmons, head of the Ku Kliu Klan, believe lie Is n relnrarnutlon of Napoleon as an "Kmperor" or of Merlin ns a "Wlznrd"? TIiIh ipiestlon Is pertinent because in one of liU documents he speaks uf the eur 101 ns "the year of the Klnn MI" (fifty-two) and In "the third cycle of the third reign of our reincarnation " otherwise" fireworks, is going to create "n verj unpleasant situation," though nt present merely "keeping records" of Its enemies, and "making plans." The other defines it ns something which, without defiling ltwlf by accepting membership fees, "directs the way of the Initiate through the veil of Mystic I'hllotophy Into the Kmpiro Invisible." where; "on the loft heights of Superior Knighthood," they mny "sit among the gods." In the "Hmn of Hate" being chant ed nil over the Fulled Stutes by Ku Kliui'-m h paid aoostles. one of the iitiiun in uiri'cii'ii nKiiiuii mi- .ihum- ......... I fl ...I .. 1. ....! inn communicants of the Koinnn Uath nl e fliiirch reaches its culmlnntion ocument which pur- onth taken on "the nnd blessed sacrament Catholic who is nil- mil toil tn inmVi,irliln In the Fourth 1 .. ""-----.- --- - degree of t he Knlgliti oc uoiumuus. 'I'l,. !',.,.,,. HiiinTi, t.Mirn Imlnr t purpoxr first' to show' thnt this forgery has lieen used ns snlcs "literature" of t the Klan with the Unowlcilgo nnil np proval of at least ono responsible ex cmtlvc ofheer of the sales crew; sec ond. to discuss briefly but fully the. nature of the attack; and then, third, to show that the document is n forg ery. The King Klcngle. or Stnte sales mnnneer of Ku Kluxlsm In Tennessee Is .1. M McArthur. formerly nn Insur ance solicitor of Atlnntn. letter Is Reproduced On Mny 25. 1021. on the offieinl letterhead of the Knights of the Ku K1ii.t Klan. Inc.. Department of Prop ngntinn, McArthur wrote to Ono of his Klengles, or salesmen, then nt work ln Tennessee. A photographic copy of this letter Is renrodiiecd todny. In the Innt two lines on the first nt,(, , , ,.,,, ,he . thers for our country, 1 fn,.h otber." nn.l In the I M .. . . pnge of tills letter just nnoui me name 01 our in- our homes, nnd !ic first linrngrnnh of th" second pnge King Kleaglo Me Atthur mnde tlie following statement: "The. Iiuperinl PnlnCo does not give out copies of the K. C. oath, but I find it of value among n certain few. I find nnners like the Protestant, thnt I suggested vour subscribing for, to be the moht vnlunble dope that I con use, ventlon, with nn nttendunce of 10.000. In Chattanooga, Tenn., and newspaper , nmmnts of Ils Mt nttontlon was glv hobsIoiin hIioiv thnt mucii ntwAli in tlto lllHnilMutnt, I culntloii ns ammunition in their drive tor members nt $10 n bend One of the copies of tills sales liter ature was printed in the plant of the Mun-Whltlock Company, Johnson City, yourgjjsuo, f lnr Kleagle Tennessee; ' rnr It lirltifj mmn In n cnncrern rnrm il 2f',1921 eAs) t 1 J Tenn. It is a cheap little folder of four pages, carrjtug the line, in black fare capital letters: "KNIOHTS OF COLUMIH'S OATH. FOFKTII dfouki:.' Coming now to the nature of the attack thus launched against it con siderable body of American citizens, certain portions of the document must be nuotcd. "I now." It begins, "ln the presence of Almighty Ood, the Illessud Virgin Mnry. the Illcsscd St. John the Haptlst, the Holy Apostles, St. Fetcr and St. Paul, and all the saints, snered host of in Congress, those profiting by its clr 1 (raven, nnd to you, my Ohostlv Father, dilation seized upon Its Inclusion In the superior general of the Society of ih0 Congressional Hecord to give It un Jesus, founded by St. IgnntliiB ljjoln nir of authority by printing on future do by the womb of the Mr- copies tlie annotntlon 'Copied from the gin, the matrix of Ood, and the rod of , Congressional Ilccord, etc,,' not pnu Jesus Christ, declnro ami awenr that ng however, to cploin the circuin IIis Holiness, the I'ope, Is Cm-let's vice K,ancc8 jCP wnPu jt Wnn allowed to rcgcni, aim - - - nam puwtr iu ut'iiutc nvit'iicni Kings, jirinces, oiuicn. Commonwealths and Governments nnd thej may be safely destroyed. There fore to the utmost of my power I will defend this doctrlno nnd I do now denounce nnd disown any nllcgl unco CS,anSte,,,Cnar V fcrlftW Stnte, nnined Protestants or Lib- or crnls. or obedience to any of their laws magistrates or officers." Further along, on the second nnd third pages of the document, the pros pective Fourth Degree Knight is rep icentcd ns piomlslng nnd declaring he will "when opportunity presents, make and wage relentless war, openly and secretly, nzainst nil heretics, l'rot- estnnts and Mnsons, as I am directed tn iln. in fullrnntn M,m frnin tlil fnpp of the whole enrth ; and thnt I will tiroly n tho interest of my country, spare neither nge, sex nor condition, nnd rcgnrdlers of all my personal conbe nnd thnt I will hang, burn, wnste, j quenecs. I pledge myself to do nil in boil, liny, strangle nnd bury nllve these 1 my power to preserve the Integrity nnd Infamous heretics; rip up the stomachs purity of the bnllot, nnd to promote and wombs of their women, nnd crush reverence and respect for lnw nnd or- their Infnnts' bends ngninst the walls. In order to nnnlhilnto their execrable race. Allege Poison Pledge "That when the same cannot be done openly I will secretly use the 1""'""" yi' mc DiiunH"""'"" .", the steel of the poniard, or the leaden bullet whatever mny be their coniiuion in ntc, citiicr public or pri vate, as I at any timo may be directed so tn do Iiy nnv nrentft of the Polio or superior of the flrothcrhood of tho Holy Father of the Society of Jesus " "Should I prove false ," reads another portion, "mny my brethren nnd fellow Boldiers of tho militia of i inu x u(iu cm on my nanus uuu n-ei 1 ntld hit tlirnnt from nr to enr. mr .1... TI . t 1 - belly opened nnd sulphur burned therein, with all tho punishment that can be Inflicted upon me on earth and my toul shall be tortured by demons In eternal hell forever." "I will," tho "oath" continues, "al ways vote ' i- a K. of C. In preference to a Pro' nt, especially n Mason, and 1 leavo my party so to do; thnt u two Catholics nre on the ticket 1 will sntlufy myself which Is the better supporter of Motner Church, and vote nccordingly. Espionage Is Charged " I will not deal with or employ n Protestnnt If in my power to dcnl with dr employ n Catholic. I will place Catholic girls in Protestnnt fam ilies that a weekly report mny be iniuIo of the Inner movements of the heretics." The "actual onth," ns printed in tho document, runs; "All of which I do swenr by the blessed Trinity and blessed snernment which I nm now to receive to perform and on part to keep this, my onth. In testimony hereof, tnke this most holy nnu uiesbeii Mncriimeut or tlie iJucliiir 1st and witness the same further with my nnmc written with the nolnt of this dagger dipped In my own blood nnd seal In the face of this holy sacrament," And then, for the obvious purpoBo ot giving the alleged onth apparent verlfl - canon as an omciat document priutea AND TRY TO STIR RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY I iiiiiiiiiHiii&iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisiiiHiiiiViiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I iiHfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHLiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiH ISiiiiiiiiiSiiiiiHiSiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilSiSiiVl SilllllllllllllllllllV ISiiiiiiiiSiiViSiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH wMmBLifFi?) W7iSmmmSM,4'WJr'A&'Vij3'a " "isW'' - Tr i is iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH MmTm m:l 'mm . i$JmmwMm&ur&ikAt tw fMilllllllllillllllf sVsMHiiiiiMN iBsasW.' 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"(For further information relating to the proceedings referred to und tho ex hibits and documents accompanying the same, reference Is mnde to the Con grcssionnl Hecord from which the fore going portion Is copied verbatim from House Kill ir.23.T' The circulation of this "oath" ns pnrt of the membership drlro of Ku Kluxlsm, Inc.. hnvlng thus been proved, nnd the nature of the document made clear, it only rcmnlns to expose its fraudulent nnd bogus nnturc. In "The Knights of Columbus ln Pence nnd Wnr," of which Mniirlcc Fronds ICgon who wns for eleven years, under three Fresidcnts, Ameri can Minister to Denmark, nnd who de clined tho Vienna ambassadorship ten dered him by both Fresidcnts Tnft nnd Wilson is co-nuthor with John 11. Kennedy, nppcars the following state ment: "Within tho Inst six years the Fourth Degree hns been the target of nttneks by bigots where profession alism has been proved bejoud question through leenl netion promptly tnken by officers of tho order. It sCems nlmost fantnstle to redord the cir culation of n bogus onth. Tho 'oath' mnde Its nppenrnnce nbout 1012. It wns filed by F.ugcne C. Honniwcll. of Fennsvlvnnlii, In his charge, against Thoinns K. Ilutler before the Commlttco of Flections, No. 1, in Congress, when Mr. llonnlwell stnted that It had been used ngnlnst him ns n Fourth Degree1 Knight of Columbus in nn election con test. Mr. Ilutler, In his defense, stated thnt he hnd refrnlned from condemning the 'onth' until election dny, nlthough he did not believe It to be genuine, be cause he feared to give it notoriety. Cienulno Onth 1 Given "For from being disconcerted by tin, nirinir of this dc'ectahle document ' nppear in thnt official journal." On July 20. 1014. Kgnn and Ken nedy point out, in Wntcrvllle. Minn., A, M. Morrison nnd flnrficld 13. Mor ilsoii, editors nnd publishers of the Mnnknto Morning Journal, were "S' ' : Mn, ,vl(h hflvlMI, taepn , ..,,,.. 1.......I.. . ..1.1 .... l.....l .- T M At this trial the real pledge tnken by 1 Fourth Degree Knights on initiation wns Inserted as a Stnte exhibit. It rrml : "I Biiear to support the Constitution of tho United State.s. I pledge myself, nB n Catholic citizen nnd Knight of Columbus, to enlighten myself fu'ly upon my duties ns n citizen nnd to ' Conscientiously llcrform Stlcll duties en- . uer. 1 promise to practice my religion opemy nun consistently, nut witlinul oMentntion, nnd to so conduct myself in public affnlrs, nnd in the oxcrclso of nubile virtue, nn tn rnflwt nnthlnir Im . credit upon our Holy Church, to the i i-iiii iiuii sue may uoiirisn anil our coun , try prosper, to the greater honor nn , glory of Ood." Inquiry Mado by Masons The two defendants were convicted . by the Jury, of which the foreman wns a Methodist minister. Tho nuthors cite j two other slmllnr prosecutions where i convictions or. pleas of guilty resulted, ' .nml nnnlly, record two instances where I mvcstlgnt on by nrtn-Cnthoilcs was mnde at the Invitation of the order. Tho second of the instances Is moro sig nificant. In Los Angeles in 1014 the entlro work. ccremonlCR nnd pledges of the Knights of Columbus were submitted to n .Mnsonlc committco of two thirty second nnd two thirty-third degree Ma sons, nil past or pnst grand masters of Mnkonry in California, who issued a statement certifying that they had ex amined a complete copy of nil the work, pledges nnd ceremonies nnd found that tho order, while secret, was not oath bound, nnd that lt'i ceremonies were comprised in four degrees "Intended to teach nnd inciih-nte principles thnt lie at the foundation of every great re ligion nnd every great Stnte." Thoy then said ; ' "Our examination wn mnde prl marllv to ascertain whether or not n certain alleged onth which has been printed nnd widely circulated wns in fact used by the order mid whether nny oath, ohllgntlon or pledge wns used which wns or would be offensive to Protestants or Mnsons. We find thnt neither tho al leged onth nor any onth or pledge bearing the remotest resemblance thereto in mnttcr, manner, spirit or purpose Is uiied rtr forms n pnrt of the ceremonies of any ucgreo ot tlio Knights of Colum bus. 'Alio alleged oath is scurrilous. ' wicked nnd libelous, nnd must bo tho in- vm entlon of an Impious und venomous few i i. w mm..u ii m vmiiimLyMa2Jmtssbmj a mtntl. There !nMrio propa ganda proposed or taught against Frot estnnts or Masons or persons not of Catholic fnlth. .Wo can find nothing ln tho entlro ceremonials of the order that to our mind could bo ob jected to by any person," Such Is the history of this "oath." Hut, wrote King Kleagle McArthur, of Tennessee, to ono of too membership salesmen of Ku Kluxlsm. Inc., "I find It of value among n ccrtnln few, though the Itnpcrlnl Palace does not give out copies." Dctailt of the talei organization that is peddling racial and religlou pre judice around the countrn icill be dh rioted tomorrow. Before holding up to the light evidence tending to thow the Klan' attitude toward tho Jews of the United Statcn, the IJvcninp Public Ledger iclll complete the proof of vir ulent attacks on Catholic and their church. In subsequent articles highly interesting facts about the animosity of Klansmcn toicard men of alien birth tcill be revealed. Former Soldiers Denounce Ku Klux Continued from I'nxe One iutant of tho American I-eglon "The Kvr.NitfO Pum.ic Iiicnann has done a good thing in making public the facts nbout the Ku Klux Klnn. Any secret society, or any other orgnnization, ar rogating unto itself, ns this one docs, the enforcement of lnw, should be put out of business nt once. No lovcl headed man would remain a member of such nn organization. "An organization thnt depends for its membership on a eontlnuntlon of religious bitterness, will be condemned by nny decent man. It is ngninst every American principle mid no straight Amorlcnn will lend his nid to such nn orgnnization. My advice to ex -service K emin Portable Carry good typewriting wherever you go s i From city to country From office to home BUSINESS letters, manuscripts, re ports, field notes, letters to your friends, the school compositions of your little ones nil are best nnd most legibly mitten with the friendly nid of tho Remington Portable. Like every Remington, it is sturdy nnd dependable, easy to operate nnd turns out beautiful work. nnd nil these well-knov.vn, Btnndnrd Romingtou qualities nre so wonderfully compacted tnat they fit in a case only four inches high. And you will bo pleased to note that the (oyooard,thc great operating feature, is of the same size, with the same .num ber of printing keys ns the Standard Remington you liavo been using in your office for bo long. No shifting for figures. Tho Remington Portable was designed byRemingtonEngincers to bo your com panion and friend for intimate writing. It is made light in weight so that it can be easily carried. It is made smull in size so that it can be tucked away in desk drawer or on the book-shelf .and Remington quality is built iu, because that's the Remington way, Price, complete with case, $60 REMINGTON TYPEWRITER 110 S. 9th St., Philadelphia men who mny bo approached by agents of tho Ku Klux Klan Is to pny no at tention no matter what blandishments they uso or what nlurcments they offer." Former Governor Edwin S, Stuart "Tho Kvejhho 1'um.lo Lkixjcu is to be congratulated for exposing nny doc trines that nro contrary tn the doctrines of William l'cnn. This Commonwealth was founded by Wllllnm l'cnn iih un asylum for tlio downtrodden nnd op pressed, offering to them civil nnd re ligious liberty and tho right to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences." Letter Praise Expose Following nro omo of the many letters received by the KvratiNO FtttiMC Lr.noKii praising tho expose of tho Ku Klux Klan: To the Xdltor of the Evening Pti&lfc Ltdotr: Sir It is with great pleasure that I have noted tho stand taken by the Evekino Puhmo Lcnoen in matters of recent public concern ns embodied In cdltorlnls nnd spcclnl news articles. In this class arc the articles now appearing on tho Ku Klux Klan nnd your recent editorial on the situation in West Virginia. May you continue the good work no matter where It lends you, or what Interests it mny strike. I nm referring not only to the subject of the present articles, but to other conditions where n spirited crusade would havo far-reaching results. Pcrhnps the Evening Puumo LEDOgn is leading tho way to a re generation of the newspaper world, where tho editorial column will be ic spected as of old, and the newspapers will regain tho confidence nnd esteem of intelligent people. Who knows? A. OODFRF.r. 101 East Rockland street. TO the .Editor of the Evtnno PuMIe Lrdgcr: Sir Hclng so gratified with your de Uncorjioratcd) Phones: Bell, Walnut 0750 pmri w- Us' I Tw vm7 nouncing the principals of th Kh-T I ninn. l wish to express m, than. F you far your cmnhntlc definition n,V prindplM of this organization? && wiw lnyour pnper of September v?lc? hope that ;our Illustration l, Tm-Jf'. l effect in Influencing those wKfInt tl.l. organization to wUhd'awfrimT or .those who have contemplated Joiir It, to decide not to unite i with it ,? support It In nny way. ll Bf Knowing that nrtlficd, hcran. talk nnd n lack of certain knoSL" " nldcd w th Bulllhllltv ,.-nw,iei .wonder, I do 'not wlt thU Tin 4SK? Hon of those who have been "nni7V Ized" Into tho "Invisible Empl ', Z who hat decided to withdraw fiwft Hut I nm not envious of tlio nosltlS,"! thoso who hnvb determined not TO linnulsh their station in tnis UB ?m nnd" nefarious body, afte? ttijVtSrfi your dcplctmcnt. uve4 JOHN A. DOr.Aw 2752 Emerald lV.'. ' emerald atrett. t TO the Bdtto' of the Evening puWo ltttm SlrI wnltcd patiently to recelrVZ mvkrjno Ponuo Lkdoeh today to tMd what you had to say of the Iiti KM Klnn. Tho only way to destroy u tree, when you havo found out n T. bad, In to puU It tip by tho roots, nnj U sure .you get .ill cf the roots and I think you nro trying to ndopt that L I fully egreo with all you have ,.. nnd hopo you may bo able to httnL tho Kl4 Klnn back into tlffi from which It orlglnnted. m Whnt would occur if their nt'nL Ca"tholb.csPUi.,w. Ct' "KnK8l Catholics, Jewii, Negroes nnd tottkn. born and children of forelxn-bornTn "i m t,'c1cortr;. what pcVccnM rejl-blooded Americans would bo i Mm Of course, nil of these wildcat V nop up every onco hi n wiille, hutthtr hnvo to bo nut down, nn.t T'.u",.n'' nny better wny to do It thnn th J.! (lie Myofwo' Punt," LJSSaaW. adopted. Bomctoily i KOlng to taskt somo money of existence. I will anxiously VJli .VOlir Issue of.tomorrnw mm,,""' , uw u. ii uttiorp K goes onl kindly tell un what were the nirn2 of tho Ku Klux Klnn that trM feteL'm pbjecta the name an tills society? ii hall the Evenino Ponuo LrdoeV A DAILY IWJADEB. D12S5J2aj '2S2S2SVK & EXCURSION TO COAL REGION SUNDAY, SEPT. 18 To Tnmnqtia net Muhunor C'ltr To G I I b e r t o D, Mnhanot 1 I n n f, Phrnnndofth, Olrnra ltle. Anhland. Oor. don, Mt, Carmel 4 I HinnioKin. Wnr tax S Additional to Above l'lirn Kprclnl Truln leaves IUsdlnc Tfr. mlnal 0:00 A. M. (Stnndard Tint). 7:00 A. SI. (I)iyllcht Tlmp), (topping nt Colnnibln Ave., Ilunllntdon Hi., Mnnujunk, Cons-liocktn and Nor.U. town (Me Knlb bt.) Cnnaillt Axents See Flrtrs K Philadelphia & Reading M Railway COMPANY Keystone, Mnln 2904 30 s i .'.
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