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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
Congress Investigates
Ku Klux Klan As An
Anti-American Society
New York World Expose Brings Action by Congress Sim
mons and Other Klan Officials Summoned As Witnesses
Rowland Thomas of World Staff summarizes Findings of
Newspapers Empire Boasted That Congressmen and
Senators Were Members
By HENRY P. FRY,
(Copyright 1922 by Small, Maynard & Co.; Published by arrange
ment with author and publisher.)
Congress was not in session when the World began the
publication of its articles, and did not resume its sessions
until the close of September, 1921. Many of the members of
both houses were in Washington, however, and they followed
the expose of the Kluxes with close attention. Senators and
representatives expressed themselves as being gratified
that the work was being carried on, and it became evident
that when congress resumed its session, there would be sev
era! resolutions introduced demandng an investigation of
the Ku Klux organization. This proved to be true, and reso
lutions were introduced immediately after the two houses
assembled by Representatives James A. Gallivan, of Massa
chusetts, Thomas J. Ryan of New York, Leonidas C. Dyer, oi
Missouri, and Peter F. Tague, of Massachusetts.
As these resolutions were very much alike, the following,
introduced by Representative Tague will be the only one
reproduced :
Congressional Eesolutioa
"Whereas, there Is being organ
ized within the United States an
anti-American organization known
as the Ku Klux Klan, the objects
onii nurnoses of which are the
exile and suppression of persons,
members of certain races and re
ligious sects, and
"W.hereas, the accomplishment
of such objects and purposes is in
direct contravention of Articles I,
XIU and XV of the Constitution
of the United States, and
" Whereas, the organization
known as the Ku Klux Klan haa in
more man one nunarea
. been charged with unlawful seiz
ure, abduction, trial and punish
ment of certain free citizens and
, residents of the United States, and
"Whereas, such seizure, abduc
tion, trial and punishment is a
usurpation of legally constituted
authority and In direct contraven
tion of Articles IV, V and VI of the
Constitution of the United States
therefore be it
"Resolved, that the speaker of
the house of representatives
directed to appoint a special com
mil tee of five members of th
houne of representatives, which
committee is authorized and dl
reeled to proceed at once with a
Investigation of the organization
purposes and all matters connected
with the Ku Klux Klan and
report Its findings to the house of
representatives at the earliest
practical day, together with sue
recommendations as It may see fit
to make concerning the Ku Klu
Klan, If any, and tor this purpose
the committee Is authorized to
end for persons, books and pa
pers; to administer oaths; to em
ploy a stenographer at a cost not
exceeding $1.00 per printed page
to report such hearings as may be
had In connection with any sub
Ject which may be pending before
said committee, the expenses
thereof to be paid out of the con
ttngent fund of the house of rep
reaentatlves, and that said com
mittea may sit during the session
or recess of the hourfe of represen
tatlves. "
Witnesses Summoned
All of the resolutions were re
ferred to the rules committee of
the house for the purpose of mak
lng a preliminary examination as
to the advisability of appointing a
special committee to lnvrstlgatae
the Klan. This committee, of
which Representative Philip P
Campbell, of Kansas, was chair
man, met on Tuesday, Novembe
11, 1921, for the purpose of ex
amlnlng witnesses. "Emperor'
Simmons had been previously in
vlted, and appeared with counsel
Roland Thomas, appearing In
behalf of the New York World
was the first witness examined
He placed before the committee
the entire facts that had been
collected by the paper, showing
specifically that the Ku Klux
organization In some portions of
the country had been guilty of
circulating antt-rellglous and
anti-rarlal propaganda: that In
some cases acts of violence had
been admitted by the local Klans;
and that the proposition was In all
essentials money-making scheme,
Covering every phase. ot the sys
tem, Mr. Thomas concluded his
statement as follows:
Thomas Gives Eridenoe,
"w found also that they
boasted or declared that they were
setting up an invisible empire
here In the United States. We
round that their chief man had
taken the title ot emperor and
that be issued Imperial and secret
decree from an Imperial palace.
We fonnd also, having secured a
copy of their oath, that every man
wtta Joined this order pledged
himself to obey without question
all the Instruction of th emperor.
who had been elected for life. W
found that eeyere penalties were
threatened to him If he failed ever
la obedience. We found that part
of this oath wai a pledge of Im
penetrable secrecy surrounding all
the doings of the Klan. We found
that each member promised to
keep at all costs, even that of life.
In the face of any coercion, perse
cution, or punishment, all secrete
of the Klan and all knowledge of
the klan committed to him, will:
only four exceptions. He was not
obliged to keep to himself a viola
tion of the oath of the Klan, trea
son against the United States oi
America, malicious murder, and
rape. Those four secrets, appar
ently, he could give up to other
persons, thre of them the crimes,
supposedly, be was at liberty to
reveal to peace officers and
Judicial officers of the United
States Government. All others, a
far as the phraseology of the oath
can be read, he was to keep tc
himself. They belong to the Klan
and to the Invisible empire and not
to the United States of America.
"We found them boasting that
they had succeeded in securing ar
members bound by this oath and
made citizens In this invisible em
pire many men who are also of
ficials of the visible, constituted
Government of the United States,
Claimed Congressmen
" 'Emperor' Simmons more than
once made statements that mem
bers of the congress ot the United
States both representatives and
senators belonged to his Invisible
empire, and therefore were under
bis imperial orders. He boasteu
that governors, mayors, and other
administrative officers, members
of city councils, were citizens ol
this invisible government, and
that sheriffs, policemen, polio
chiefs were citizens of the invls
ible empire and that judges on th
bench were members of it.
"The statement has been madt
publicly in print that It amused a
klansman when he rad In tin
press that a judge had charged
grand Jury to Investigate the klan
because all klausmen knew that i
substantial part of the member
ship of that grand Jury would bi
klansmen; that the Judge was
Joke In making such a suggestion
of investigation."
C. Anderson Wright, who had
formerly been a king kleagle, wa
also examined and verified in
many Instances the facts that had
been presented by the World, al
though his testimony in some re
s poets lo,( its value by exaggera-
lon of financial estimates ot thi
imperial palace. He assisted, how
ever, in verifying the fact tha
the Atlanta organization had nev
er undertaken any charitable oi
public work, and appeared to b
more ot a financial scheme for tin
benefit of the insiders ot tin
movement.
(To Be Continued.)
The Modern
Ku Klux Klan
The Capital Journal today
presents another Installment of
the "Tha Modern Ku Klux
Klan" by Henry P. Fry, author
of the New York World expose
that caused the congressional
investigation of the order.
Mr. Fry In previous chapters
detailed bow be joined the Ku
Klux Klan under a misappre
hension, became a kleagle, was
disillusioned, discovered the
real alms and purposes of the
organizers, and resigned In
disgust.
Tomorrow the story of the
congressional probe will be
continued.
Aerial Performer With
Ringling-Barnum Circus
SALEM RIDERS
fIN MOTORCYCLE
ALLIES TO HOLD
TURK PROBLEM
Paris, Aug. 21 (By the Associat
ed Press) The allied conference on
he Turco--Greek problem propablv
will be held In some Italian city
within the next jsix weeks as the re
sult of a note from the British gov-
rnment received at the French for
eign office today. The note is in
I'sponse. to a French communica
ion of August 3, suggesting a con
ference of the allies In which Tur
kish and Greek representatives
would be admitted on an equal
basis.
Representatives of both the An
ora and Constantinople govern
ments will be invited as well as the
illied high commissioners in Con
stantinople. The conference, it was
said today, probably will be held
the basis of the present posi-
ions of the Greek and Turkish
forces in Asia Minor.
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PRIZES
PORTLAND
London, Aug. 21 In a note adjTes
ied to the French and Italian gov
ernments, the British government
ms agreed in principle to the hold
ing of a conference at Venice be
tween the three allied big commis
tioners at Constantinople and rep
resentatives of Greece and Turkey,
t was annuouced today. Tho sug
gestion originally was made by the
hroe high commissioners themselves
and was endorsed .by the Italian
government.
The next step in this move to end
he trouble in the Near Knst will
lie the drafting of invitations to
he Greek and Turkish governments
to send envoys to such a conference,
it is considered unlikely that the
onferces can assemble before the
end of September.
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HOUSE CF A THOUSAND
MYSTERIES IS LOCATED
Newark, Ohio. ' The house ol
1 000 mysteries" Is the designation
applied by locel police officials to
he home of Mr. and Mrs. la.sa
here. .
Wheu officers reeentlv raided the
acsa home, they said, Mrs. Iac&a
known to the police as "Hunky
Mary," sought to destroy the small
amount of "evidence" by overturn-
ng the bottle containing it.
By using rags, however, th of
ficers soaked up th stuff and
squeesed it hack into th bottle.
nalyai by Chemist Kav Belt dis
closed that th fluid contained over
per eont of alcohol, it is claimed.
Before leering th pises officials
ad a thorough Investigation
I ney found puah buttons, spring
locks, trapdoors, drawstrings end
disappearing shelve, they said
whore alleged illicit boos was kept.
POLAND'S RAILROADS PUT
IN ORDER BY AMERICANS
Warsaw. The American tech
ilcal commlsison to Poland, work
ng under the direction of Colonel
V. H. Barber, will bring its actlv
tles to a close this summer.
This commission was formed in
1919 to advise th Polish govern
nent on transportation problems.
Vow that the Polish railroads are
iractlcaly restored, the work or
he commission Is at an end. The
lelp of Colonel Barber has been
fully appreciated. In proof of
this he was the first American to
receive the order of Polonla Rest!
uta," established by the Polish
;overnment as a mark of honor to
those who have served with die
Inetlon In the reconstruction of
the new republic.
BRITISH MINERS SPURN
SOVIET AFFILIATIONS
London. The British .liners
Federation has decided to have no
lllance with the Russian Red In
ternattonal, or the Russian com-
nunUte or bolshevlkl. A motion
calling for affiliation fwlth the
Russian element was defeated at
a recent meeting of the federation
by 8S3 votes to 118. "If we want
to save British trade unionism,'
said Frank Hedges, general secre
tary of the federation, "we must
wash our hands of the Red Inter
national."
BABE HITS TWO HOMERS
We suppose, though It ts eorae
eorafort to th most abject Ger
man to take a few marks out now
and then and aee how many ruble
he receive tor them.
New Vork, Au 21 Babe Ruth's
home runs, especially the last four,
have been blow of saJvatloa for
th Yankees.
The first of th four oa last Fri
day won a much-needed gam ia the
nth innini; and put the Yanka in
a tie for first place. The second
helped the Yankees to the victory
that put them in undisputed pos
session of the leadership and the
third and fourth, knocked yester
day, accounted for five runs. The
fourth, coming in the ninth Inning
with two oa bases, won the game.
Babe's eeson total is now Id, six
Wund Knath Williams of the
ttrowaa. Ia all hi bit league eare'-i
Bab haa knocked 133 horn runs.
After all, what hope is there for
tat folks?
"Exercise is the solution," sayt
one. "Eat lessi" advises another.
'Keep to the open air,' suggests a
third.
And in the face of all these
rules, Lily Leitzel, who ' twice
dally gyrates with pin-wheel speed
near the roof of the circus "big
top"; wbo spends fourteen hourt
out of every twenty-tour in tin
open air, and who eata very littk
compared with her activities. Is
gradually gaining In weight.
Vacations are not responsible
for Miss Leitzel this spring re
joined the Ringling Brother anu
Barnum & Bailey combined sho
immediately after closing an en
tire winter's engagement as the
star at Olympla, London. Leab
strenuous exercise does not ex
plain the phenomena for whereas
115 revolutions while suspended
in mid-air was Miss Leitzel's rec
ord in England, she increased thlb
to 127 when the circua was at
Madison Square Garden this
spring. Heraelf asked the reason,
the world's greatest woman aerlal
ist said:
"Fate merely fate, . It's Just
meant that some folks take on
ilesh. Oh,. well, there's some con
solatlon in knowing that the tat
lady's chair lu the sideshow de
partment may otter me a sen in
my declining years."
To come to the facts and figures
Lily Leitzel weighs only 104
pounds at the present time. Still,
in 1921 her weight was 96 pounds
and last season she tipped the
scales at an even hundred. Ernes:
Clark, officially recorded as the
"greatest aerial athlete who evei
lived," has not varied two pound,
in twelve years. He and Miss
Leitzel are the stars of the aggre
gation of almost 700 men and
women arenic artists who will,
along with fifty troupes of train
ed animals, 200 performing horses
and a hundred clowns be seen here
next Saturday. August 26th. with
the largest circus ever brought to
the coast, or anywhere'; else for
that matter.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE
TO RELIEVE COAL FAMINE
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 21. A call
for an extraordinary session of
the legislature for the purpose of
enacting legislation to relieve the
coal situation In the state was is
sued by Governor Miller today.
The legislature will convene next
Monday night, August 28.
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It was "Salem day" at the Port
land Journal annual motorcycle hill
climb, held on the west aide of
Council Crest, Portland, Sunday .-.
ternoon under the auspices of the
Rose City Motorcycle club.
Two riders from calem, both rid
g Harley-Davidson motorcycles
won the three events of the day, the
6i inch novice, the 61 inch, expert
and the 80 inch open. W. S. Crane
won both the 61 inch expert and the
open events while H. Best won the
61 inch novice event. Both riders
represented Harry W. Scott, of
Salem.
Crane was the only rider who
succeeded in getting over the top
of the 60 per ent hill and he made
it in his second run on the open
event. His time from the starting
line to the top was seven and two-
fifths seconds.
Best was by far the most spectac
ular rider of the climb. Staring in
the novice class which he won mak
ing him eligible for all of the other
events, he more than won his spurs
by coming in second on the expert
event and third on the open event.
During the events two machines
cought fire but the fire was extin
guished before any damage was
done.
By Crane's winning the 61 ineh
experts events the Journal dealers
trophy cup will remain in Salem
for another year. This is the sec
ond time Seott has been awarded
the cup. If he should win next
year the cup will then be hi prop
erty. Crane also won the Journal
personal trophy.
The events and the winners were:
61 inch novice: Best of Salem.
riding a Harley-Davidson; Mal
ston of Portland, riding a Harley-
Davidson and Howard Langdon of
Portland riding an Excelsior.
61 ineh expert: Crane of Salem,
first; Best of Salem, second and
Fred Gilbert of Portland, thifd.
All rode Harley-Davidson mach
ines. 80 inch open event: Crane; first;
Malston, second and Best, third. All
rode Harley-Davidson machines.
GIANT SEAPLANE LEAVES
PALM BEACH FOR NASSAU
Miami, Fla., Aug;. 21 Lieuten
ant Walter HInton In his giant
seaplane, the Sampalo Correla,
bopped off at West Palm Beach
this morning at 10:15 expecting
l to reach Nassau In a couple of
hours. The pilot and crew had a
good rest last nigbt and' with the
plane's machinery working satis
factorily and weather conditions
favorable, they hoped to make a
MONDAY, AUGUST 21,
1922.
pleasant voyage overthT
stream to the Bahamas.
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New York, Aug. 21.-
-Seapia
iuuuuuou 10 search the wsj
surrounding the Fire Islana V.
ship early today for the mlj
L.y.ns ooat.carrying a pnot
chanlcian and one pa88L
that left here early yesterday i
a sight seeing flight t0 ,1
point and failed to return
WINSLOW TO FATHER
COAL INQUIRY BILL
Washington, Aug. 21. Chair
man Winslow of the house com
merce committee, after a confer
ence today with President Hard
ing, announced he would Intro
duce Immediately a bill to create
a fact finding coal commission as
recommended by the president in
his special message to congress.
The Autumn Mode
Demands
the Corset
Not the steeled and boned affair of
several years, ago, but the pliant
comfortable, yet restraining corset
that is the result of much scientific
study and careful effort on the part
of famous corset designers. The cor.
set for fall are slightly boned with"
a tow dust, nne ana a long hip con-
iining SKin. iney are priced from
98c to $7.48
Sports and Dancing Girdles
are specially designed for these purposes and are in great
demand. Daintily fashioned of attractive pink coutil or
satin, they offer you the needed support without accora
panying it with unnecessary restraint. 1
98c-$3.98
1. (. lipte$ (Ho,
Winning by the "Pay As You Go" plan
FARM SEEDS
FOR FALL
We have a complete stock of all the various seeds!
for fall planting, including Fail Gats, Fall Wheat, several
varieties, Fall Rye, Cheat Seed, Vetch Seeds and a com
plete stock of grass and clover seeds. All our set
have been recleaned in first class shape and you will
always find our prices right.
D. A. White & Sons
261 State Street
Phone 160
Salem, Oregon
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the Opening of the New
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