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Ministers and Others Join in
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Ledger for Expos
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l&OTRY IS DENOUNCED
Honest Courage of Expose
Praised by Business Men
To thu Editor ot Kutnlnp Public I.ei'qrr:
Sir It nlwnyn was a known fnct
thnt the mnrnltiR Pcm.tc T-Knonn
utood for Juaticr tirnl rWitpmiMiem,
and It teem thnt Its ofNiirins, the
Evieino Pi'nuc Lepokr, is fol
lowing tlie footsteps of tlie fnther
publication.
At n mcotlnc of the South Street
Buitnesi Men' Association, held
Thursday, September 15, It wns
I'lnnnlmoitsl.r revived thnt n vote of
thanks be extended to your vnlun
ble paper for It honest eonrnce and
conviction In cxponltiK the Ku Kl'ix
Kln, n ronglomerntlon of hoodlum'
(and swindlers masquerading ns
"patriotic Amerlrans."
IIoplnB that you may carry on the
food work of exposing the so-railed
"True Americans."
II. M. LEVY. President.
S. VRAM. Vice President.
A. CROWN. Second Vice Pre.
I. GOTTI.On. Treasurer.
M. AIVTnNBERO. Klnnn. Sec.
EDW. A. CINICOVK, Rec. See.
.Condemnation of the Ku Klux Klnn
and appreciation of the expose of the
KlBn In ho EVEXTWO PfnUO IiEPOEtl
were exnressed todav bv clercvmen nnd
Tarious members of the minor Judiciary.
,fnte Rov. Charles II. Todd, Second
Baptist Church of Oermantown "I
think the Evexixo Prni.io Lr.nonn is
doing a very wise thing In presenting an
xp"Ae of an organisation such as thf
Ku Klux Klnn. It is deplorable thnt
anch nn organization as this exists in
our country, and it should be wiped
out. I am heart and soul with this
investigation, and the more complete
the exposure, the better the country
itfll be."
Tho Rev. Arthur C. Baldwin. For
tieth Street Uaptist Church "I have
"read with Interest the Klan nrticles In
tie Evejuhq Pubmo Ledoeii, and
aota with satisfaction each day the
further exposures of these people who
are members of and call themselves the
Ku Klux Klan. To slip Into the ver
nacular, they might well bo termed a
'bunch of boobs.' "
The Rev. Roger S. Forbes, German
town Cnltnrlnu Church: "As a repre
sentative of liberal Christlnnlty 1 am
opposed to anything of the sort of the
Ku Klux Klnn. I commend highly the
Evejh.no Public Ledoeu's policy of
exposing this movement."
Magistrate Ma v well Stevenson "The
Ku Klux Klnn Is an officious organiza
tion nnd is radical to nn extreme. Any
aoclcty or organization which holds
Kaelf aloof from the law and takes the
tand that the Ku Klux Klan uoes
ahould bo watched closely."
Magistrate Benjamfii V. Kensliaw
xae nu mux Klan (not incorporated),
organized after the Civil Wnr. to my
mind is In no way affiliated witli this
new Ku Klux Klan. Inc. The new Klu
Klux is a different proposition. On the
face of It. it Is n money-making cheme.
Five hundred thousand members nt $10
toe hend nets the leaders $5,000,000.
This money Is put to some unknown
cause.
"The United States has no plnce for
an organization of this character. 1
am now sitting on a bench ns magis
trate to uphold tlie Constitution and I
propose to do it."
Magistrate Atkinson Costelio "It is
tune that this great country of ours
atamp out bigotry. Any person who bo
longs to an organization that Is bigoted
agalnflt a man because he differs in
reliciou or race is not a flt man to mix
ith the public.
"I think the Evknino Punuo
Ij:doeji is doing n public service when
It presents an expose of sucii an organt
aatjon." Magistrate John A. Dougherty "I
eon't believe such nn organization has
any place. We have in this country a
body of men who are duly elected to
make the laws. At least the majority
of the people of the country seem to be
desirous of obeying these laws peace
ably. "Therefore, I do not see how any
elf-constltuted organization like tne
Ku Klux Klan can dare to take on
itself the right to set up new laws ot
its own. We have no place for an Em
peror in a country where we have a
President. We were under the rule of
a King in days gone by, but our people
fejt the Impulse to rule themselves, and
decided they could do better without
royalty.
"In the course of 150 years since we
declared our independence, this country
has advanced so far, in contrnst with
ihe progress made by the empires and
ingdoms of the world, that it seems to
me the soundness of their judgment In
setting up a democratic form of govern
ment is more than vindicated.
j "My opinion in this matter is not
founded on my religious belief. I be
lieve that any man created by God should
advance himself as far in this world as
fossible, and that no man either above
im or below him should dare to hinder
him, regardless of race or creed "
Councilman Joseph I Gaffney "If
tills organization thnt is called the Ku
Klux Klnn has nnj thing like .'.00,000
roemoers inrougnout tne country, tho
JCVEJIINO I'l'llMC LEDGER has fmleerl
0n.wc" ln Printing tho exposure.
Z "TlwiPn la vir.,1, l.. I . .,
attell)ntH to exillolt lllvntrv nnd ,nl
.. ' "nuns nrw iiuuui inese
jico for money or po'itical profit. It Is
an unloe)y and paradoxical aspect of
American history.
"Everj bensibio man, if he Is also
qoncsi niid a oeuever in frcertom, is op-
lAal in thu TiTu 11., v l.'L I .. 1.1 '
rejoice to see it put out of business. It
ytould be the same no matter whut
creed or class such an organization
ought to attack, provided that the class
67 creed held no principles that were
contrary to the Constitution."
DIFFERENTIAL HEAmNG SET
Rates to East and South Will Be
I Discussed
5 The transportation bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce announces that a
shearing on the Philadelphia differen
tial, Involving a revision of rates be
k Jween Eastern territory and Virginia
ciuei, win uu nriu ui mo j.iuitij street,
itjRoom 401, New York, on Thursday i
4mt 30:15 A. M daylight-saving time. I
i The meeting lins been called by the
Trunk Line Association for the pur- '
tiose of gathering Information on the I
'aim of Hits city for rate allowances
and from points South. I
NEW ORGANIZATION
.K.K.
6000 "Knights of Road" Seek
to Stamp Out Bigotry.
Order Is Growing
BRANCH IN PHILADELPHIA
Steeat Dttpntch to Evening PubUo Ledger
Covlructon, Ky Sept. 20. Orgnnl
zntlon of "the KnlRhts of the Road."
n secret order with 0000 members In ten
cities for the express purpose of ilsht
ItifT the Ku Klux Klnn, was announced
jesterdny by Jeff Davis, of Cincinnati,
known the country over as "Kins of
the Hoboes."
He lias been chosen "Chief Dispatch
er," title of the national head of the new
organization. Lodges hnve alrendy
been orgnnlzcd, Davis said, In Cov
ington. Newport, Louisville. Ky., ami
in Cincinnati nnd other Ohio cities.
The largest chapter has been formed In
New York City, he said, n thousand
members having been recruited quietK
He said that, due to the necessity of the
organization having to fight the Ku
Kiux, working, secretly, only his name
would be made public ns an official.
Davis snld that, besides chapters
mentioned above, locals have been
formed In Philadelphia, Chlengo, Cleve
land, Haltimore. San Francisco nnd
Diwtnn and Ilnmilton, O., all with
100 to S0O members.
Dais said the "Knights" Intend to
fight propngamlnjigainst Jews, Catho
lics or members of any other religious
eet. to effectively qunsh any attempt to
pave the way for a religious wnr In the
fritted States, to combat the Ku Klux
Klnn or any other organization thnt
may follow In its footstep nnd to pre
vent America's hlghwajv being blocked
by "bunk, bomb or bums."
Davis asserted that 500 of the or
Bimteatjon members are women and
thnt all rnces and creeds will be nd
mitted. Women organirers nre to be
nnpolntrd over the country. Davis says
the papers for the Knights' Incorpora
tion will be tiled tomorrow at Colum
bus, O.
TO TEACH KLANCRAFT
University to Inculcate "Ideals and
Principles of Ku Kluxlsm"
Atlanta, Sept. 20. Announcement
has been made that the Ku Klux Klan
within the next rear will erect at Ln-
ntcr f nlverslty n building to be known
an "The Hnll of the Invisibles," which
will be devoted to the teaching of Klan
(raft. This structure, it is stated, will
be operated sepnrntely from the univer
sity. Tnfs stntcment wns mnao D
General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
grandson of the founder of the original
Klan and business manager of the uni
erity. "Tills new building will be devoted
to instructions in the idenls nnd the
principles of Ku Kluxlsm." Genernl
Forrest nnnounced. Details of the
courses to be pursued will be made
public nt a later date.
Announcement was made nlso thnt
forty-five acres adjoining the univer
sity hnve been bought for $50,000, giv
ing n total of fifty ncres for the col
lege site. One million is to be spent
in improvements, it is announced.
Dr. Edward James, dean of Lanier
University, sets for the alms of the
Institution as follows:
"The need for tlie teachings of the
principle i of American citizenship ns
set forth in the American Constitu
tion and the Declaration of Independ
ence will be met by maintaining
classes for careful htudv and nppllcu
tion of these indispensable mntters."
Ku Klux Forced
to Disobey Law
ContlnaM from Pan One
(ountry wur frequently extended, nnd
If declined the consequences were likely
to be serious.'
Commenting on this phase of the Ku
Klux movement, its historians, Lester
nnd Wilson say:
"The order contained within itself,
by reason of the methods practiced,
sources of weakness. The devices nnd
disguises by whicli the Klnn deceived
outsiders enabled all who were so dis
posed to practice deception on tho Klan
itself.
"It placed In the hands of its own
members the facllltv to do deeds of
violence for the gratification of personnl
feeling, and have them credited to the
Klan. To evl'ly disjwjsod men, member
ship in the Klnn wns nn inducement to
wrong doing. It presented to nil men
n dnngcrous t'Tnptntion which
It required n ronsidernble mornl robust
ness to resist. Many did not with
stand it."
Transformed from n burlesque mvs
tery to n swret bodv of mnskod regula
tors, the Ku Klux Klnn, nt n convention
held in Nashville. Tcnn , in Mnv, 1MVT.
revised nnd nmended its "Prescript,"
or constitution, perfected prupngntlon
plans for extending itself throughout
the South, nnd chose General Nathan
B. Forrest, the Confederate cavalry
leader, as itR supreme ruler, with the
title of grand wizard.
Forrest brought tho membership up
eventually to fi30,000, and by exercise
of all his own prestigu and masterful
power of control, and with the assist
anco of numerous other prominent for
mer Confederate officers, did everything
he could to keep it in control and han
dle the serious situation which had de
veloped nn reconstruction proceeded
Among these aides were Generals John
11 Gordon, A 11 Colquitt, (J. T An
derson, A It Law-ton. W. J Hardee
John C Brown, George W. Gordon and
Alhrf Plko. vi lm wn plilef 4ii,!l..ll
officer, and later become one of the
, ir i -. . . ..
loremoic .Masonic autnormes in tuc
country.
Disbanded by Forrest
After less than two jears, In late
February, 1809, General Forrest gave
Ku Klux Used Trickery
to Frighten Negroes
The "rubber bag" trick was one
of the mentis ued by members of the
original Ku Klux Klnn to spread
terror among the Negroes of the
South after the Civil War.
A hooded nnd sheeted horseman
would ride to n Negro's cnbin nnd
demand a drink of water. The night
rider would pour tlie water into a
huge rubber bag conceuled ln his
gown. He then would demand a
bucket of water, nnd while the ter
rified Negro would watch the fluid
apparently disappear down the
"White Cap's" throat the rider
would rrinnrk It was tho first drink
he had since he was "killed at the
battle of SJilloh."
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Tho military' appearing gentleman is not a member of tho A. E. F.
but "Colonel" William Joseph Simmons, "Kmpcror" of tho Ku Klux
Klnn, sunning himself, Ills trusty sword nnd Ills uniform ns n "colonel"
of tho uniformed division of tho Woodmen of tho World. The "crest"
is thnt decorating the flagpole nt the entrance of tlie $25,000 homo pre
sented to tho "Emperor" by his devoted followers
50,000 WEEKLY TINKLES INTO
STRONG BOX OF KU KLUX LEADERS
A BOUT $50,000 n week tinkles into tho coffers of the Ku Klux Klan and
-- the pockets of its IClenglcs, King Klenglcs, Grand Goblins and tho oven
hlghcr-ups.
This revenue Is from membership "donations" alone. Every new Klans
man must cross the mystic palm with $10 worth of real money. Other largo
6ums come from side-lines of tho order.
Since its creation ln 1015, the Ku Klux Klnn has grown from a member
ship of thirty-four charter members to n membership of 500,000. Its leaders
assert thnt 5000 recruits nre being added to thnt number weekly.
This growth hns been coincident with the Klnn propngntors' spread of
racial nnd religious hatred. All the "knights" of tho Klnn nre bound by
blood-oath to fealty to the "Emperor."
The Evejjino Ptdlio Ledger began presenting the inner secrets of the
order Monday, September l'J. Governors, Stntc Legislatures nnd tho Mayors
of cities arc aroused against the Klan, and now realize the mennco It holds
for tho life of America.
up the taBk, nnd as Grand Wizard of
ficially proclaimed the Ku Klux Klan
and the Invisible Empire "disbanded
nnd dissolved forever," nt the same time
ordering the destruction of nil its
property and records of every sort.
This action wns tnken partly because
the Legislature of Tenncssco had pawed
n law making association with the Ku
Klux Klan punishable by n line of
5500 nnd imprisonment for not less than
five years ; partly because he felt It hnd
accomplished all that it usefully could
of its mission of regulation, and partly
becauso, for tho reasons cited nboe
from Lester Johnson, it was a physical
impossibility to control the acts of In
dividual "Dens," or members of u
wholly secret, masked and terroristic
organization.
This proclamation ended tho second
or organized period of Ku Kluxlsm in
the South. But a large number of
"dens," paying no attention to For
rest's order, kept up independent work
till the lute '70s. The "Pale Faces,"
"Constitutional V n 1 o n Guards,"
" White Brotherhood," " W h i t e
League," "Knights of the White Ca
mella" and other participants ln the
Ku Klux movement, though not In the
Ku Klux name, alto continued tho work
for soveral years, nnd units of the
original Klan are believed in many Hi
stances to have merged into these
others.
Congress Forced to Act
Ku Kluxlsm occupied the attention
of Congress in 1870 nnd 1871, when
the Enforcement Act, or so-called Ku
Klux law, wab passed, giving tho Fed
eral courts authority ln Ku Klux cases.
In 1S72 President Hayes issued an antl
Ku Klux proclamation and backed it by
the urm), while committees of Congress
made investigations In all sectlous of
tho South Even then it. wns n long
time dsini: out. and In the files of news
papers are c Ipplngs of the '80s nnd '00s
reporting cafes of whitccapplng, night
riding and all the varieties of masked
terrorism used either to satisfy personal
to nsnrn tho functions o
to usurp the functionsot
s, as "Ku Klux outrages.
dislikes or t
peace officer
Ku Kiuxlng and Ku Kluxlsm nan
made for themselves a place in tne lun
gunge to describe briefly an nttltude and
an activity w men appeared ursi in wie
South lu tho Ku Klux movement nnu
has remained peculiar to this country.
Lynchlngs Laid to Klan
Tho report of the lnvestigatfon or
dered by Congress in South Carolina
when tho Ku Klux' law was in de
bate said :
"In the nine counties covered by tho
investigation, for a period of approx
imate y six months, tho Ku Klux Klan
lynched nnd murdered thirty-five men,
whipped "0'J men and womon, other
wise outraged, shot, mutilated, burned
out, etc. 101 persons."
Jnmes G. Blaine, defeated candidate
for the presidency in n fnmous election,
wrote of the Klnn ln Louisiana :
"These Klnns and organizations hes
itated at no cruelty, were deterred bj
no considerations of law or humanity
They rode by night, were disguised with
masks, were armed ns freebooters Tliej
whipped, mnnned or murdered tho vic
tims of their wrath. Over -000 per
sons were killed, wounded nnd other
wis,, maimed in Louisiana within a few
weeks of the presidential election in
!b0S."
Scored by Own Lawyer
Ilewdy Johnson, of Maryland,
staunch sumiorter of the Confederate
I cause, bitter opponent in Congress of
the Fourteenth Amendment nnu tlio l(e
construction Act, was retained as a
lawyer to defend members of the Ku
Klux Klan on trial before the United
States Court in South Carolina. After
henring the evidence, much of It confeH
slons by tlie Klansmen, he denounced
the Ku Klux Klan thus:
"I have listened with unmixed hor
ror to some of tho testimony that hns
been brought before you. Tho outrages
proved are shocking to humanity; they
admit of neither excuse nor Justifica
tion ; they violate every obligation which
law and nnture impose upon man ; they
show thnt the parties cngnged were
brutes. Insensible to the obligations of
humanity and of religion."
Called Injury' to South
In summing up his speech, already
quoted, before the Texas Bar Associa
tion Attorney General Gregory said:
"From the nlghtmnre of reconbtruc
tlon nnd Ku Kluxlsm two things have
been born whicli have wrought incal
culable injury to tho South and may
continue to do so for a century to come.
One of these Is the 'Solid South' and
hi nthpp Is 'eontemut of law.'
"The vicious, unconstitutional laws
and our defiance of them left the Soutb
with no nroner reSDect for Constltu-
flnnnl nllthnrltv. with a dlSOOSltlOn tO
right our wrongs and n contempt for
all law not to our liking. This last is
our crowning inheritance of woe for
which our children and our children a
children will suffer.
"The Ku Klux machine has been
stored away in the Battle Abbey of
the Nation as obsolete, we trust, as
the causes which produced It; it will
stand there for nil time ns n reminder
of how useless is tho prostitution of
law In an effort to do that which is
essentially unlawful, but It will also
remain an eternal suggestion to the
vlgilunco committee nnd the regula
tor." Along Como Simmons
"Emperor" Simmons, of Atlanta, was
not content to let the Ku Klux machine
stay "stored away." Ah ho says In
liis own words, quoted at the begin
ning of this urtifle, ho was ambitious
to revive not only tho body of the dead
Ku Klux Klan, "disbanded nnd dls
Mjived forever" by its own supreme
authotlty, but nlso "the Ku Klux
spirit."
How thoroughly he hns succeeded Is
shown by tho enses of outrage nnd
defiance of lnw nnd secret terrorism
' sct ort1' ln tliese coh"8 .terdny.
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K, ? Las rear;(1 ,t oi80noU8 'HCnU
pgain In Texas, Floridu, Alnbnmn,
Georgia, North Carolina and Missis-
sppli t0 glve ony imrtlai HBt of lo
calities.
And as the paid propngntors of the
Ku Klux Klan, Inc., sprend the in
corporated order into other Stntes nnd
sections Ku Kluxlsm may be expected
io spread along with it. For Ku Klux,
Inn . though it may succeed in clcarlm
itself of legal guilt, ln many Instances
lias inevitably carried with it wherever
It has gone nn "inheritance of woo"
the Ku Klux spirit of "contempt for
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September 19 to 24
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law" nnd lnck of respect for "consti
tuted authority."
ZToto the Klan is striving to Mnp
Into the "Invisible Empire" chiefs of
police, sheriffs, proscouting attorneys
and other laxo-enforcement officials will
be shown tomorrow. "Emperor" Bini'
mons alleges that even members of
Congress have taken the oath of al
legiance to him,
Cocvrtoht. lilt, bv PtibMe Ltdoer Company
and the Viet) Publhhlno Comvanv
(the .Veto Vorfc IVorldJ.
Gompers Attacks
Ku Klux Menace
Continued from rose One
thing, and resentment rises hot
against it.
"The record ns it has been Inid hare
calls for the extinction of tho Ku Klux
Klan. The force of public opinion
Bhould be sufficient to bring about this
result.
"Any such organization ns tho Ku
Klux Klan has been shown to be is
certain to use every devico to increase
its power, and that means thnt wc nre
confronted by an autocratic power thnt
will grow unless it is destroyed. Its
cunning in striving first to enlist the
Judges and polico officials where new
organizations arc sought Is nmplo proof
cf this.
"The Ku Klux Klan la a mercenary,
autocratic organization. Its claim "to
being n secret organization is largely
uijtli. Its most "secret" documents
nre copyrighted for business reasons
and are therefore accessible to who
ever wishes to see them. The whole
dangerous scheme has been worked out
to ensnare the credulous and to get the
monoy.
"Every democratic force in our coun
try, including tho trade union move
ment, has bomething to fear from an
organization pledged to an autocratic
concept, working under the concealment
of musks and under cover of night to
carry out tho decrees of those who have
no authority to either define or execute
punishments. There is no essential
difference between mob rule and Ku
Klux rule, and labor Is the foe of
both."
Outrages Laid to K. K. K.
in Last Eleven Months
Killings , 4
Irreparable mutilation 1
Branding with ncid 1
Floggings 41
Tnr-nnd-feather parties 27
Kldnapings 6
Persons warned to leave town
or otherwise threatened 43
Communities threatened by
posters or advertisements 14
Parades of masked Klansmen
displaying 'warning placards.. 15
Total 102
Princess Pat
For Well-Drfed Comfort
The secret is in the poise
of the heel and in the
straight inside line.
Harper's
1022 CHESTNUT
OF f HE t AW
U. S. FLIERS ESCAPE
BAIT OF KU KLUX
Klan'8 Plan to Got Airmen Into
Knights of tho Air Is
Frustrated
MEN0HER DECLINES HONOR
Washington, Sopt. 20. Officials nnd
officers of tho Army Air Service in
general are giving fervent thanks thnt
they did not fall into a trap set for
them by Colonol William Joseph Sim
mons, "Imperial wizard" nnd "em
peror" of tho "Invisible Empire," and
Major C. Anderson Wright, then king
kleagle and chief of staff, Invisible
Planet, Knights of tho Air.
Tho trap was cleverly baited several
months ago before tho truth "with re
gard to the Ku Klux Klan wns known.
Major Wright was then, interested ln
the air publication Tall Spin. He
communicated with tho nlr service hero
requesting a copy of its organization'
plnns. Tho communication, of course
said nothing about tho Ku Klux, but
a good deal about tho Knights of the
Air.
Inasmuch ns there was nothing se
cret nbout the organization tables of
tho Army Air Scrvlco, a copy was
sent. Air Service officials naturally
were disposed to encourage any le
gitimate enterprise thnt promised to
promote aviation.
But some air of mystery about the
communication from Atlanta caused
suspicion. Therefore, when tho powers
that be in Atlanta proposed to make
Major General Chnrles T. Menohcr a
high potentate of the order, he promptly
declined tho honor.
To oome officers it also seemed ob
vious an effort would bo mado to in
veigle flyers into the Knights of the
Air.
Air Service officials wanted to know
that the scheme was absolutely on the
square and free from even the taint of
commercialism, not to mention the
deeper nnd vnstly more serious
potentialities.
For example, there was n feeling that
possibly Major Wright, who wns not
then known to be a King Kleagle or
anything else in tho Ku Klux, might
be seeking merely to use the Army Air
Service oh n medium to boost the cir
culation of the publication in which he
was interested.
A suspicion developed n llttlo Inter,
after General Mcnoher had been offered
an honorary position ln connection with
tlie Knights of the Air, that Colonel
Simmons was seeking to establish a
direct connection with the Air Service
in order to use it to boost bis now
thoroughly discredited organization.
A serious crusade against tho Ku
Klux Klan is taking shape here. Mem
bers of Congress, American Federation
of Labor leaders and many distin
guished individuals nre interested.
Orphans to Be Quests at Club Circus
Tho children from the St. Vincent's
Homo, in Lnnsdowne nnd the Wnlling
ford Orphanago, will bo guests of the
Keystone Automobile Club, ot the circus
to be held by tho club at Palmers Cor
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Proceeds from tho circus will go townrd
tbo rebuilding of a stretch of the Provi
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