PAGE SIX THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON JEFFERSON WAITS BETTER ELECTRIC LIGHT SERVICE Jefferson, July 15. Jn spite of the fact that an Albany paper stated a few days ago that the Juice for the new electric lighting system had already been turned on the city still awaits the turning on of said Juice. While the wait ing Is done in patience and it is and has been for the present week Impossible to read after dark on account of the poor lights, better dayg or nights are ahead. The Mountain States Power Company of Albany is working hard with a crew of men to get things in order and when they do which may now be at any time, the city will be taken care of properly giving 24 hour service and furnishing power in any amount. The plant, prev ious, to this new arrangement was a local one, gave but twelve hours service and this In limited quan tity. Will Moses wag an Albany visi tor on Wednesday. ' Mayor Allen was in .Salem on city business on Thursday. Mrs. Roy Hambly who has been in Portland for some months has written to her people here that she and her husband will soon move to Albany where Mr. Hambly will be employed as telegrapher for night service by the Southern Pacific R. R. A cement walk will soon be laid in front of the C. M. Smith real dence. The peach crop is promising say orchardlsts about bere. Miss Vorlene MorlU held party last night for the members of her Sunday school class. There was a good attendance. Bervlces will be held In all three of the churches tomorrow morning with Rev. Mr. Horn schuch coming from Brooks to of ficiate in the Evangelical church. Mr. Hornschuch will also preach at night at the union service In his church. Rev. T. R. Apple- berry will preach twice in the Christian church Murray Beers who had an acci dent some weeks ago is now able to be at work again and the past two days has been employed In the Blair orchards. Mrs. Reed, a sister of Mrs. Beers, will come from Fortland today to spend Sun day with her relatives. Lee Wells was in Snjom on busl ness the other day. The Modern Ku Klux Klan (Continued from Page One.) Despite the fact that hundreds of Salem youngsters are now In the berry fields, the lillgli theater was packed this morning for the ninth episode of "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe," which Is shown each Saturday morning at a matinee conducted for Salem boys and girls by The Capital Journal. Children under 13 years of age who presented a Capital Journal coupon, together with five cents, were admitted to the theater. It Is estimated that more than 4,000 Journal coupons have been re. late as 1811, although the brotherhood ceased to excite terror or exert any considerable influence before the close oi we seventeenth century. A Self -elected Emperor In the vear 1915 another "Emperor" this time an fied in a national peace and prosperity that superficially ap rjeared to be a permanent condition, were suddenly awak ened to find themselves spectators of the great drama stag ed by Emperor William Hohenzollern, who suddenly plung ed all Europe into the thoes of a Napoleonic war. In the vear 1915 another "Emperor55 this time an American conceived a scheme, which, instead of reversing time merely for one hundred years, would take the nation back to the days of German mediaevalism back to the Vehmgericht, the secret tribunal and the day3 of irres- DOnsible eovernment clandestinely administered. This monstrosity, conceived in a brain that must nave been either inanely visionary or superlatively cunning, Has been let loose in the land, where for the past twelve months, it has been vigorously propagated by a highly organized, highly industrious, and highly paid force of experienced and trained propagandists. Its appeal is to group hatred and group prejudice: its organization, which is strictly secret, has ,in some of its units, already followed the methods of the Vehmgericht; the title of its "wizard" comes from the "Wissende or initiated of the German brotherhood; its structure is military ; its aims are political ; and, openly call ing itself the "Invisible Empire," it is an autocracy in gov ernment, ruled by an "Emperor" who has placed himself on the throne for life. It was my privilege to have been a member one of the "Wissende" in this secret movement, which is legally known aa the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and I had the inside opportunity of investigating -it from the inside, ob serving its direful potentialities. Dangerous and Vicious to Nation When I became thorough acquainted with the thing, I withdrew from it, as I felt that it was dangerous, vicious and absolutely out of place in the American Republic. I therefore decided to expose it, and to make the "Invisible Empire" visible to the people of the Unitd States. To ac- complish this desird end, I turned over to the New York World all of the information I possessed; and that great newspaper, after three months of nation-wide investigation, told the people the truth about Ku Kluxism, and the "In visible Empire. Supplementary to the work of the New York World, I of fer this book, which consists largely of articles written as an investigator for that newspaper, many of which were used as a basis for its investigations. To the World belongs all the credit for this exposure and investigation, and when the American people fully understand and thoroughly realize what Ku Kluxism means, they will, of course, feel obligated to the World for its work in undertaking and carrying out the task of eliminating this un-American movement from this country. Chapter I - or mine wnom 1 induced to join, and If the psychologist, looking over the diversified and conflicting In terests and classes of the American people, attempted to find a com mon state of mind, be would prob ably discover one thing that ap plies to all American men, with out regard to "race, color, or prev ious condition of servitude." He would learn that there is e. com mon trait possessed by the white man and the negro, the Jew and the Gentile, the Calholie and the Froti'stnnt, tho native and foreign- born in f net by every conceivable group of the males of ihe United States. Tlioy are all "joiners"! One has to saerch far end wide for an American who does not belong" to some sort of organixa- tiou, and who would not, u later proper circumstances, join another. I am a joiner-tiy-Wrth. My joining developed at the early age of ten, when I organis ed a secret society among the boys at school. We had an awful oath telved at the theater during the to whieh we swore, and in ituita nlne episodes of the picture ac- tion of Huckleberry Finn and Tom cording to Manager Frank Dllgh. Sawyer, sealed it .with our blood. "The Adventures of Kohlnson We had no foes or dues, but each Crusoe," is offered by the Unl-lboy was required to contribute a versal Film company In 18 ln-leonr of Nick Carter or Diamond stallments and critics have de clared It to be one of the most at tractive serials ever offered. Dick or Old Can Collier. The or- gnir.ation survived a brief period and was then ruthlessly destroyed by an irate parent who disapproved of itsintellectual standards. I had scarcely reached the age of twenty-one and slartod life in . K.Dattanooga as a newspaper re- Mrs. Beatrice Crawford New-j Fortcr wl",n I 'P sfiously the comb, Miss Fay Hendricks, MIss:habit ot joining fraternal ordors. Myra Wohrer, a guest of Mrs. 1 1,1 five yar 1 tnken degrees Newcomb's who is here from ln Poetically every one to which SALEMITES TO CLIMB ML HOOD WITH PARTY Cleveland. Ohio, and Secretary of State Sam Koter, will represent Salem in the Hood River American Legion party which Is to climb Mt. Hood tomorrow. Governor Olcott was'' to have gone but Is at tending a meeting of the highway commission at Bend. Mrs. Newcomb was one of the members of the party which I was eligible. I became a ilnmn. a Knight of Phythius, an Odd Pel low, a Red Man, a member of tin Junior Order United American Mo chauics, of the Royal Arennum of the Woodmen, an KIk, an F-ngle, an Owl .and an associate member of the Theatrical Meehauics Associa tion. The last "order" 1 joined was climbed the mountain last summer tho Kuights of tho Ku Klux Klnn but became slok and bad to stop I went into this- ono partly be at the forest ranger's station. She cause 1 was a joiner and was curious will not attempt the climb tomor-jto seo what it was all about, but row but will keep camp while the' principally because I thought it rest are away. MISSOURI UNIVERSITY HEAD FAVORS ATHLETICS was a fraternal order which was 'actually a revival of ihe original iKu Klux Klau which played so im iportant a part in the hialory of the South during the days of the Ko ' construction. That old organization did all I could to make his work a success. Shortly afterward I was made ono of the organizers, and in his capacity devoted nearly all my time for three months to the work, conferring degTces, talking to pooplo who were opposed, and care fully studying the entire system of organization. The fraternal order man who can really visualize an organization is the man who absorbs its work by observation and study, and there is no better method of doing this tnan performing the duties of an organizer. In my work as an or gnnizer for the Knights of tho Ku Klux Klan, I was first impressed with the fact, that, on account of its radical nature, it was dangerous. Ihe first thing to which a candi date is enjoinod is absolute secrecy. mis is carried to the utmost ex trenuty. A newly made "citizen" must not tell his wife or his family that he belongs to the organization, and must give no hint of it to his most Intimate friends and business associates. I at once saw that any movemeut budlt along such a line was dangorous, regardless of its in tentions, because secrecy of this sort places upon the organization the vital necessity of receiving as mem bers only men of tho highest char acter whose positions and reputa tions in the community would be an absolute safeguard against mis chief. A secret organization com posed of men of a low standard of civic responsibility would bo the worst thing that could get into any community. My experience as a fraternal order man has been that the person nel of tho order varies with dif ferent localities. Therefore, while it might be perfectly proper to build a strictly secret organization in Kingsport, Tennessee, there might be, in another town an en tirely different class of membership which would cause tho movement to jeopardize the peace and dignity of the community. Tho potential dan ger of the Ku Klux organization in this respect was the first thing that dawned upon my consciousness, and it made mo careful of the class of people whom I permitted to become members. My duties took mo into several towns, and night after night 1 ad ministered the obligation and put on tho dogree work until I became thoroughly familiar with the me chanical end of it. Gradually, how- Columbia, Mo. "Athletics is the safety valve for college-spirit I would rather have a job ram ming dynamite with a crowbar than be president of a university without athletic teams." With these words President J. C. Jones, of the University of Missouri, came out flat-footedly for athletics and more of It in American schools and colleges. "Athletics builds up the spirit of human kinship which we know ln our unlverlsly life and which the nation knew ln the war. We must not permit this spirit to die down Into commerical selfish-Bess." nas always had a certain glamour ever, a feeling developed wtithin for me as it has for every South-jme that there was something wrong erner, and 1 could see no reason with the organization that it wa why a fraternal order commcmorat- not the sort of "fraternal society" ing the deeds of the original Klans-'to which 1 had been accustomed men should not fill a need in the 'for nearly twenty years. I thought country today. I knew absolutely ' at first that this was due to the nothing about the structure of tho! fact that I had done so much lodge new Ku Klux Klan, took it on! work in mv lifetime that 1 was faith, and assumed that in its gov- growing stale. But certain portions eminent and administration, it 'of the obligation, which at first would function like anv other of i had semed merdv, Mrfunrtarv. There are supposed to be 315. 000 person In Seattle, even count ing tboee folks where there' "no tody home." the standard fraternal orders. 1 thought, from the meager informa tion with which, I was furnished, that I was thoroughly in accord wiia us principles, and that it would be more or less a pleasure to belong to it. la the ease of the Ka foux Klan i ios n immeiiiaie interest in t Of lea aeply Into the oruri worn or the organizer brought him history of the original Ka stood out in ntv mind and thai lenged serious thought and consid eration. I studied everything I could find to help me in my work: I re ceived printed matter from the or ganization: I talked with Klan 9 men from other cities; and I delv- and Klux ing and prominence ln the places where I worked asked me pointed questions afoout the organization, questions that I could not answer and on which I could get no satis factory answers from above. Slowly my vague fears that there was something vitally wrong crystalliz ed Into stronger belief. I spoke to a few close friends ln the or ganization, and asked them to give me their frank opinions about it. Without any prompting from me they voiced the same thoughts and cave expressions to the same doubts I had myself. After much thoughtful delibera tion, I reached the docision that the Ku Klux obligation was radi cally wrong. It was not the kind of obligation men take in frater nal organizations It was a politi cal obligation. I caw that the ritual, which had previously been to me merely a badly written mass of words was really a sacriligious mockery. I realized that the whole scheme was vicious ln principle, and a menace to the peace and saf ety of America. The basis -for these conclusions can bo stated briefly: First: While the organization was incorporated under the laws of the state of Ocorgia, as a fraternal order, the claim being advanced by the promoters that it should have similiar powers to the Masons and Knights of Pythias, dt is not a fraternal organization tn the sense usually understood) but an attempt to create in this republic of ours an "Invisible Empire," entirely political and military in nature and designed to function bodily. Second: The "Invisible Empire is under the. control of one man who openly calls himself an "Emperor," holds position for life, and exer cises despotic control over the af fairs of tho organization. Third: Candidates designated as "aliens who are received into the organization; are not regarded as "members," but as "citizens" of this "Invisible Empire," and in stead of being "initiated," as is usually the case in fraternal orders, are "naturalized" and become "sub jects" of the "Emperor." Fourth: Membership is restrict ed to a limited class of American citizens .including only white, Gen tile, Americanborn Protestants, all other Americans' being ineligible. Fifth: In propagating this "In visible Empire," the work, which is being done all over the United States by a highly paid and highly efficient force( is 'being carried on 'bytirring up prejudice and, hatred against the Catholic, the Jew, the negro, and the .foreign-born Amer ican citizen. Sixth: Under the claim of the enforcement of "law and order," the "Invfsible Empire" is attempt ing to take into its grasp the en tire law-enforcing machinery of the United States, including the officers and men of the Regular Army and Reserve Corps, the National Guard, sheriffs and their deputies, mayors, police officials and men, judges and all persons connected with law ad ministration, with the exception of those ineligible under the rules above stated. - Seventh: The "citizens" of the "Invisible Empire" are urged by the organization to purchase white to shreds before It has spent Hs fury. The most disagreeable feature of tho whole procedure is the absolute necessity .of going on record pulb liclv as violating a solemn oath, a pledge of honor, and an obligation Tobes and helmets, which are used;tlat wouja ordinarily tie considered for the -purpose or going auroau .0..j t. . man. havin2 taken in disguise for the concelement of BJJ oa,hj ever ju8tifiea in breaking the identity of the wearer, and in ;Jt jn my opinion, when one is many localities there have been jconvinced that the oath in question parades and demonstrations onig inega and that a certain por- strength maae Dy me organization, all having the effect of intimidat ing certain classes of people of these communities. Eighth: The sale of these robes is a monopoly in the hands of the Gate Otty Manufacturing Company, a conoern associated with the organ ization, and from this monopoly somebody is deriving an enormous revenue. Ninth: The propagation of the organization is being conducted in such a way that it is clearly a money-making scheme run for the benefit of a few insiders. Tenth: The claim that this is the "genuine anginal Klan" is a his torical fraud, not supported by the history and prescript of the old Klan which are available for public inspection. Eleventh: The Kn Klux Klan propaganda is vicious, un-American and evil and will have a tendency to stir up radical and religious hat red in this country to such an extent as to result, unless checked, in a ser ious religious-raoial war. Twelfth: The ritualistic work, while clumsy, ignorant, plagiaristic, and poorly written is an attempt to UBe the cloak of religion to pro mote the financial fortunes of the insiders; and its principle feature the ceremony of "naturalization" is a mockery and parody on the sacred and holy rite of 'baptism. Thirteenth: The organization should be exposed for what it is. Ihe and Congress of the United tion of it is of a nature to incite riot and lawlessness, a man is not only justified in breaking it, but is morally required to break it. It is a public duty he owes the state. The inherent strength of the In visible Empire" lies in the fact that its "citizens" having once taken its vicious obligation will not dare to violate it, I have, therefore, deliberately and with careful thought, decided to vi olate and repudiate this obligtion, with the exception of a certain por tion pledging allegiance to the Con stitution of the United States and my State, wheih portion ds, in my judgement, mere camouflage for tne purpose of concealing the fangs of the rattlesnake. The question as to whether I am right or wrong one that will have to be decided bv the public opinion. If I have divulged facts and exposed the se cret workincs of what is merely a fraternal organization, then I am unquestionably guilty of reprehen sible conduct. If I am wrong in my viewpoint, I do not deserve to be allowed to mingle with honor ablo men and women, and should be set apart from my fellows as a social outcast. On the other hand, if I am right in tire stand that I take, that the Ku Klux Klan is a secret, political, military machine, actully develop ing into an "Invisible Emptro" and possessing potentialities that may undermine the very idea of repre sentative government: if I am cor- States should enact suitable legis-L.,t m y,.i . ! lation to make it illegal and bar itsBcIleme is an attempt t0 creato claM literature and propaganda from the mails. "' Fourteenth: Suitable and neces sary legislation should be enacted by Congress and the State legisla tures of a general nature which will forever prevent the organiza tion and operation of a secret movement of this character. The portentous nature of my con clusions, however, weighed heavily upon me, and after the most serious consideration, I finally decided to repudiate the entire organization, and as an American citizen to ex pose the whole system, calling pub lic attention to what seems to me to be the greatest menace that has ever been launched in this country. My decision to take this etep was a most difficult one to reach. In tho first place, to give to the pub lie the facts and inside workings of the "Invisible Empire" means to subject oueself to the penalty of death for disclosing a secret or dor. This 13 stated unequivocally in the secret Ku Klux rital. It also hatred an dantagonism, which in the end will array race against race, class against class, and religion against religion; if my contention is just that the proposition is a money-making scheme; ai, if the public adopts my viewpoint to the extent of demanding that the organ ization be legislated out of exist ence and made an outlaw in the world of open things, then I shall feel satisfied that the violation of this oath has been a public service. There is no middle ground I am either right or also I am entirely wrong. (To be Continued) Nazzaro Wins Bace. Strasbourg, July 15. (By As sociated Press.) Felix Nazzaro of Italy won the eighth grand prix automobile race here today. Hia time for the distance of a fraction under 500 miles was 6 hours, 17 minutes, 2 seconds, and his aver age 127.7 kilomoters an hour. breaking the grand prix record, """"""""""" l.. ..i-aimiiir'" -mmMmwontminiHrtiMiMnui . 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