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The New York herald., 1921-09-11

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selling or erchGx0in0 youv old onef You
oct quick action IN The Automobile Err
change of The 4eydld. Turn to it notr-
Section four.
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EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.
Situations Wanted Female-Commercial

sEALEY's EMPLOYMENT AGENCY.
Headquarters for reliable. competent coiored
houseworkers, cooks. chambermaid5 walt
resses. couples. nurse girls, Mathematics.
best references: city, country.
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HoMEMAKER, managlng housssssPeE seeks s,; !;

HONEST. reliable coiored; half time. morn
ingg: references. Stewart. 20 west 1880 ST.
HoUSEKEEPER. German, refined. excellent
cook and manager. capable of taking re-
sponsibilitIes. not OF servant type. far
above the average. wishes postion coun-
try; salary ST.. Write and give appointment.
Box -. 1918 81 av
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HousEKEEPER for studio. or take care
! ,,of home when family are away; capable
Of any position Of trust. Address present
employer. 81 Gramercy Park.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22

Ku Kluxism meant, gave up his com
mission ms n Klcagle. and eventually
resigned from the order, repudiatlng its
oath and it! secrecy.
Captain Fry, from the outset. de-
clined to "Cnnvass' or personally so
licit prospective members, believing
that each local Klan should decide on
the makeup Of its membership, and
issue the invitations to join. In each
provisional Khan, as he obligated and
organized Il. he formed a membership
committee TO take over the work Of in
crcasing its numbers. A sidewalk scene
he saw one day in Knoxville gave him
an idea on which he seized as a mail
order method Of securing lists of avail
able timber for his committees.
"Snake Oil" System
A medicine vender, with large and
very bored looking rattlesnake. was
giving to lounging audience lecture
on the curative virtues of oils extracted
from similar reptiles, and which, bot
tied. he offered them 'at the ridiculous
ly low price of twenty five cents
bottle.
1t will be remembered that the mys-
tic word "KOTOF"--interpreted rs
knights Of the Open Palm'-is
printed on the little red membership
button of the order. 1t was also, unth
recently, in general use in ku KIux
circles as recognition word among
Klansmen unacQuainted with each
other.
10 every known or suspected klans-
man in his territory Fry sent circular.
reproduced photographically, which ran
as follows:
"Kotop & Company,
manufacturer and distributors Of
"Old Reliable Snake Oil.
Dear Friend:
"The writer has been made sales
manager for the above firm in hand
ling It's old Reliable Snake or for
Jefferson City and upper East Ten"
nesseee. Your name appearing on the
books of the company as a satisfied
customer who has found Snake or
valuable for rheumatism. constipation.
sore throat. dyspepsia and many other
ailments, ] nm writing you to let YOU
know that ! am on the job selling Snake
Or and will be delighted to fill your
orders for same.
Wanted Mailing List
"Now, friend, having tried Snake
OH yourself, 1t should be your duty
10 place this wonderful remedy before
all OF your friends who you think
might be cured by It. therefore woul0
deeply appreciate it il you would, in
the inclosed envelope, send me the
names Of as many OF your friends as
possible who have not used our mar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22
SAYS K. K. VIOLATES.
DIXIE TRADITIONS.
r..as Federal Judge Indignant
at Modern Revival OF Re-
construction Society
PAINFUL TO SoUTHERNERS

A., yor,,. Sept. 22.--Federal Judge
Nom r Untcheson, Jr., OF the South
JoseIp Ip,strict Of Texas, sitting In the
~ sTr1,,..i Court here, Yesterday de-
teasosd tho Ku Klux Klan In an In
nr,sw nouh,s borrowing the words OF Elihu
pa,t IN summing UP a political aggre'
hs,a, MY. be called II "a fortuitous con
puv NJ unrelated prejudiccs. He
ccuI'. s,oke Of it's organizers as laying
az i,rnwed Trd hands on good memories Of
an old organ :. ~
when asked for his opinion or the
.rsanization. Judge Hutchinson said ne
woSld give 1t purely in bis capacity as
. sitizen. His parents were born In
v,sinia, and his fathcr went 70 texas
u,t after the. Cvil war. nc was
Es.rsssman for many years. Judge
Gcsason was born in Houston. Of
uts. citv no was Mayor before he went
Why NY. Esderel bench three years ago,
Oh ~ wv have followed with interest ex.
..,,o 81 the Ku Klux Klan, and 7
- besn especially gratified TO note
Mst Il cannot any longer truly be calied
sontbern institution. did not know.
"a SVv Gas gratified to read, that It was
sroving sr more rapidly In the North and
Wsst than in the South.
IT IT most deeply resent the use OF that
name, which il inseparably connected
with bitter and unbcaraoe conditions h6pns
ss,snened. commcrcialized and scandal.
lied by this modern aggregation of
heroes. .,.. -
,ss organization on both practical and
sentimental grounds. ] do not see how
sny @ Confederate soldier. or any son
sr well wlshcr Of any Confederate SOL
Si.r, or any Southern man who really,
loves and reveres the traditions and
b,tory Of the South, can for momcnt.
Snuntenance the use by the body of
men headed by the Imperial Wizard of
a. 0s Of the name Ku Klux Klan, a
name which. to loyal sons Of the South,
- inseparably connected with the sac
rjbee and suffering that goes with the
travail Of a proud and noble people In
tbeIr Efforts at rebirth under conditions
10 which they could not and would not
rbmit."
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velous remedy. I will see that a sales
man calls on them and offers them a
chance to become customers.
'Also, please note especially, | de-
sire to establish sales agencies for
Snake Oil in each of the following
places:
"Kingsport, Erwin. Elizabethtown
Jnnesboro MorristOwn, Greenvile,
and Newport. Iou probably have from
one to ten or more personal friends
In those towns whom you would Ike to
have told about the Old Reliab,
Snake on
"Thcrrfore, friend, please send me
by. return mail the names Of your
johnson City friends and those living
IN the above towns, whom you think
might become valuable customers Of
my firm, which desires to bring tc
suffering humanity everywhere the most
splendid medicine that has ever been
offered the public.
"YOur very truly,
III. =. FRY, Colonial Hotel"
Plan Got KleagIe's o. X.
Replies received to this circular en-
abled Captain Fry to furnish his com
mittecS abundant membership timber T.,
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clipped off and left by the roadside.
Thanks to helping hand always ex
tended. she has found home in the
City Of Houston CTexas headquarters Of
the klan) under the flag Of the Saliva
tion Army"
Evidence of n possible similar scheme
TO give the apparent Endorsement of the
American Legion to the Ku Klux Klan
appeared in st. Augustine, Fla. where,
on Labor Day. under the auspices of
the local post Of the Legion. and TO
raise funds for it, there was showing
Of tho moving picture, The Face at
Your Window"
The face" which gives the title to
this feature film is the face of Bolshc.
vism at the window of the United
States. and the picture shows an at
tempted overthrow Of the country, with
terrible atrocities, prevented by hum
dreds of members Of the American I.e.
gion, in the garb by the Ku Klux Klan.
Movie GIorifics Khan
''By the picture" comments a letter
sent from st. Augustine, "the Klan is
glorifed. and every one goes away with
the impression that the Legion and the
Kan are affiliated especially when. as
in this case. the film is exhibited with
the approval of. and for the benefit of
local post
Direct evidence that organizers of the
Ku KluX Klan. Inc. recognized this
same film as useful propagation mate :
rial in their commission basis drive for
members. has also been uncovered and
is presented photogruphically today.
1t is letter. dated May -. 1921.
from King Klcagle j. NJ. Macarthur, OF
Tennessee. and runs as follows:
Have just had a wire that the Fox
Film Company is sending, their State
repre- sentative here 20 see me this week
and arrange for the showing Of the pic
ture. The Fncc at Your Window in
this State.
This A wonderful picture: and
while the Klan has nothing to do with
it, we realize its wonderful value to u,
from the fact that IL portrayS very
vividly the conditions OF today and the
Klan, mounted, is brought in at ths
climax and. believe me, 1t is som,
climax.
please let me know Immediately
where you wish this picture shown IN
YOUR territory, and If there are any
particular dates. such as the Shrine
meeting at Kingsport, on which you
/ want II IN any OF YOUR Io"nN'
"Sicn Here" Says KleagIe
'The system is to have each Of your
klsnsmpn take with them nt least ont
man to sec the show and then at the
finish produce a application and say
Sign here II they won't come in
then. they are not the kind of peopl,
we want anyway.
I PLEASE let me hear at once from
YOU about this.
Yours Itsub Il. e., 'in the Sacred
Unfaillng Bond"D
(Signedl u. NJ McARTHUR.
King Kleagle, Tennessee.
Members OF the Masonic fraternity
and particularly Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine. who have to be at least 32C
Degree Masons, Will take particular
| interest in the State saies manager
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22

Above s
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hint that his "legwork" man arrangps
to have this film propaganda of both
the Klux Klan, Inc, and Ku Klux-
ism tried out before an audience likely
to contain many Shriners.N who after
ward. If 1.-THE system" Is working,
would be asked by their hosts to Sign
here.
An investigation. who. ms part of this
inquiry, made several long trips
| through the South, reported:
'Ku kluX Khan activities in South
Carolina, Georgia and other Southern
States have often caused serious racial
friction and suspicion where none had
existed before.
Spread Fear OF "Uprising''
"A trick Of organizers has been TO
circulate reports that the Negroes were
preparing for an uprising against the
| whites.
AT Hartwcll. Ga. Ku Klux or
ganizer told nm exciting tale of a
threatening race riot in Atlanta.
Speaking to large audience, he said
Negroes had made demands on the all =
thorities for certain favors to members
of their race and that when the de-
mands were refused the Negroes had
threatened to enforce their wishes.
1.-The situation, ho declared, became
so bad that the Mayor of Atlanta and
the Governor Of Georgia confessed In
ability to cope with It and called In
the Ku Klux KlaE, who took charg2
and saved the day.
The rest OF the story Is told in a let =
! ter written August 10 by Hugh NJ
Dorsey, Of Atlanta, Governor of Geor-
gia up to June !.
"YOur correspondent report Is cor
rect An organizer for the Klan by
| the name of Nolan Colonel ]. Q.
Nolan, nf Imperial Kleagle Clarke
Headquarters staff did make those
statements in II speech at Iiartwell
| Hartwcl, | think preacher, wrote
wrote him there wasn't word of truth
in it. so far as ] was concerned.
Lie Nailed by Governor
"NoIan went from Hartwell to Liv-
onia. and at livOnia repeated the state =
mcnts made at Iiartwell, statements he
had made, understand, on several oc .
cnsions In different sections of the
state. The Lvonia people had my
letter 10 the Hartwell minister. They
let Nolan lay it on thick, then called
his band, and thus the Imperial En-
pire did not establish one OF its lodges
In that little town and probably that
letter saved many poor devils $40,
which ! understand is charged each
initiate
An original method of uncoverins
| prospect" was devised by Captain
Henry p. Fry, in East Tennessee,
where he was working till he saw what
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22
KU KLUX INITIATION HELD
BY IS JERSEY KLANSTERS
Jazz Tunes From Downstairs Dis
turb Weird Rites In Newark

New York. Sept. %. - 1t became
Known yesterday that the New Jersey
HEADQUARTERS Of the Ku Klux Klan had
held its first initiation ceremony. with
hooded masks and white robes, and the
rest OF the weird exercises of the In
Visible Empire" in Newark Tuesday
night.
The initiation business was staged
al $40 Broad street, across the street
from headquarters. in hall above
Achtel- Stetier's cafe. There are sew
eral other amusement halls in the same
building, and social affair was in
progress in one of them. directly be.
meath the Ku Klux chamber. II was
reported the orchestra took the edge
of the solemnity of the Klsu init!a-
tion by sending up strains of "Ain't
We Got Fun?" and other popular
airs.
About seventy five men took part in
the hooded and masked ceremony. com
Ing from many towns in Jersey, includ-
Ing Newark, the Oranges. Bloomfield
end as far south as Perth Amboy
Some time ago Or. Orville Cheatham.
King Neagle, claimed to have organ
iSed fifty klans in New Jersey. but he
has never told their location.
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Masonic Cloak
Used BY Kleagles
Continued from Pare One

Continued from Page One
urged to join because the Klan had
the Endorsement of their fathers. when
these fathers had been working to com
bat Ku Kluxism.
As a result of the tactics used by
the klan organizers In Dallas, many Of
It's members have Withdrawn from the
membership rolls, and the movement
mat way Is increasing. Official edicts
save gone forth from the leaders of the
masonic order to the effect that Ku
hluxism is tingcd and marked with
practices unbecoming a Free Mason.
- 10 the shame Of free citizenship,
Texas Is the home OF the only white
woman so far known as the victim of
band OF masked men. This woman
living In an East Texas village called
ienaha, was stripped TO the skin,
Jared and featherGd, and her hair was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22
"Itsub" Merely Klmese
for "Yors Truly

Ku Klux Klan leaders have their
own pet way Of winding up letters to
their underlings. Your Jtsub' is
the phrase used just before the name
and title Of the leader. As some
might think Itsub' stood for In
tensive terrorism, speed up busi-
ness" II must be explained that the
cryptic word merely is an abbreo
Walton for "In the sacred, unfailing
bond"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22

work on. King Kleagle Macarthur, Of
Tennessee, saw and approved Of the
circular, az shown by the passage in a
letter he wrote to Captain Fry on April
1s, 1921:
"Just received copy Of your Snake
OH letter and believe That you should
have no trouble in selling a lot Of 1t
with this letter. II is oil to the mus
tard and then some
In complete contrast to this mail
order scheme is the membership prize
contest reported in the official News
Letter" OF May 20, 1921, by the EN
alted Cyclops of the provisional Klan at
Lynchburg Va:
Zone Of the members offered barrel
Of -four to the member bringing in the
most 100 per cent, they are the only
kind eligible, by June 4; another offered
one-hnlf barrel, another Eve pound
box OF candy, another box Of cigars,
100 to the box, and another who Is in
the shoe manufacturing business offered
pair Of the finest made to order to the
married man who brought in the most
We were very bitterly at
tackled through the local papers when
we first organized or rather when the
organization was in It's incipiency, but
they have not since had anything to say.
] understand that they now believe there
Is God in Israeli
Used Follow. Up System
An investigator while in Atlanta oo.
,,,oro ,n,m," ,hare cornnorIv rec,rdeJ M CON
stitutiny an invitation to join the Ku
Klux Khan, and which, IL they were
invitations, were bnscd on the psyche.
logical element of catch npnny mystery,
The frat one read:
SSir-Thc eyes Of 5000 mon " no are
preparing for oventualities are on you.
"You are being weighed in the bal
ance!
What will be the outcome?
1.-THE CALL is coming. Are You
able and qualified to respond?
"Discuss this matter with no one.
"ri 30 TIM.
The second card read:
"Sir:
"You have heard from US because we
believe in YOU. We are for you and
NEED you
1.-The impenetrablc Veil of Mystery
| Ia drawing inside. Soon YOU will appear
rxnctly as YOU are.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22

The EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER to-
morrow will report how an attempt was
made to draw together into another and
adjunct "invisible" order all former
military and naval aviutors in the
United States Emperor" Simmons was
made commander Of this order. At
tempts were made uusuCcessfully TO in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22

crease it's prestige by trying TO induce
General Pershing and General Menoher
chief Of army aviation, to accept ap.
pointments as honorary vice com.
manders.
COPYRIGHT, 1871, By The Public Ledger Com
pupD and the Press Publishing com
porU fthe Ncto York World.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22
MAYOR BARS K. K. K. PARADE
Texas City Head Warns Marchsrs
viii Be Arrested

Bartlett. Tex, Sept 22.-- Cl'y A.
P.)--when notice that the Ku Klux
Khan intended parading here tonight
was called TO the attention Of Mayor
stanton Allen he issued proclamation
saying that should masked marchcrs
appear on the streets they would be ar
rested and dealt with according to the
laws Of the city and State.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22
KHAN KLEACLES FOOL RECRUITS SPURIOUS MASONIC ENDORSEMENT
Reserve Squad Name Changed

The Reserve Squad, as such, is no
more. Director Cortelyou and Super
intendent Mills decreed yesterday that
hereafter il be known az Foot Trnf-
fc' and Mounted Traffic" according
to the mode Of travel.
Evening star., 1921-06-26
Washington Society Enjoys
Week Outdoors With Polo
Games and Garden Parties
Informal Picnics and River Parties Lure During
Hot Wave-Potomac Park Popular-Bath.
ing Beach Visited by Many.
BY sALLIE v. u. PICKETT.

life Washington last week made douby atac-
such the two championship bouts be-
Cuban and American polo teams two charming garden
parties at place-tha Thursday afternoon by the
while yesterday the National Womens Press Club
informal picnic parties too and river
parties Park speedway presented moving pan
always OF breeze One OF the
resident society folk all drive that catch
the oveowded pool where little oathe de
by side with the less fortunate
THE hosts number Of times during
perhaps the poud visitor they enter
fas ~ with &115sn hsm 5
.so etans ss M:
a @ sae @ g @ % % he a Mclean 'ai a,e
She for her walks on the White 6 house eaesh IRA I or
psnnng hsue
not 6lst pershng
ta r. sss QUEEN Of des9s ,s
the Queen 5 B and % ndaa hsn
gs5 sIs: Il; al: sss5:
and Both Sne men 'a1 and With
% M the $
things of larger moment are on the for this week
H. h % 's
5 R T I'll: by
esnss"i sm5dos Of viii
ss s5s ss will 's5'ss gel
xss aa
w. bs % viii H until eea o S
sa sn: %
Il: Il: vss
left for her home ONE in hs Ts;,
w:y :ss .. rs isS at 5sso e2s
:sp :s 15dss e; Sa ss'?sS "S:G
sy ;fT sS e s: ;s
nd things and above all :sep: host and
f 1S al d;
maid Of many years se.xe: responded That BE-
cause have not mistress to train thenn
Evening star., 1921-06-26
Marine Band Concert in
Garden at Louise Home

A picturesque and delightful event
was the Marine Band concert, given
in the garden at tho Louise Home
Friday afternoon, for the residents
there and their guests. Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Lejeune arranged for the
concert by the band. the musicians
being the particular guests of the oc-
casion.
The garden, running on Massachu-
setts avenue and 18th street. rolls
gently down from the massive resi-
dence to the street, and in it are
many forest trees and q splendid
growth of Towering shrubs and
plants. The band was stationed lower
down on the lawn and one of the
features Of the program which most
delighted the guests, was THE
Voice Of the Alps" the bugler going
up into the c1ump Of trees to play
his response to the call. Tea was
served, Miss Mary ]. Williams, host
ess Of the home, doing the honors
of the afternoon. Mrs. Calderon Car
Isle. president Of the board of d.
rectors, and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Corcoran Hill, the former president
OF the board Of trustees. were among
the guests
The concert tea was from to z
o'clock.
Evening star., 1921-06-26
London Social Season
Is a Complete Failure,
Caused by Coal Crisis
Tight Money Keeps Debu-
tantes at Home-Courts
Postponed - Merchants
Desperate, but Everybody
Is Healthier.

LONDON. June 1s.-All society is
bemoaning the failure OF the London
season. The week preceding the
Derby should have seen social gayety
spread effects OF the coal crisis have
put a damper on the round Of pleas
ures scheduled for this time of the
year. and old stagerS find it hard to
recall any similar period when SO
little private entertaining was done.
No society debutantes are coming to
town. Shortage of money has caused
many society folk to cancel all their
London engagements and to spend
the summer as cheaply as possible IN
the country. BY the kings desire.
courts have been postponed and ho-
tells and theaters are reporting
slumps.
There arc q number Of overseas Wis
itors in London, but mot enough to
go round" as one hotel manager put
it, and were it not for the Americans
who have como over for the polo
profits made in the season would be
in despair.
Dressmakers, tAilors and entertain
ment caterers are doing next to moth
ing. the reason being that the present
period of industrial unrest makes 1t
impossible to see month ahead
Efforts were made to make the Hen
ley regatta q social success. Henley is
always q gay dress pageant Accord
ing to the fashion papers. the modish
coIors are yellow and red, with flower
and fruit designs and with hats trim
med with wreaths Of imitation vege-
tables.
The only benent the coal strike has
conferred upon London is the absence
Of smoke and fog: The continued
clearness of tho atmosphere is sur
prising Londoners. who are discover
ing views of their city the existence
Of which they hardly suspected
Public health has benefited very
greatly, according to official health
statistics. There has been an aston
ishing decrease in bronchial and pull
monary complaints. Pneumonia cases
have gone down rs much as SO per
cent, compared with March
DR.. John S. Owens chief OF the ad-
visory committee to the meteorological
ONCE on atmospheric pollution is the
authority for saying that London's air
has now reached purity never be-
fore attained under modern condi-
tiouS Of life.
Evening star., 1921-06-26
Mrs. S. S. Daish and Party
Sail for Tour of Europ<

Mrs. 8. s. Daish Of 18th street and
her grandson, Mr.. John T. Lokerson.
sailed from New York yesterday on
board the Olympic to spend several
months in touring Europe. Mrs Car
rie D. Scott Of 5th street northeast
accompanied them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis F. .Ockershausen
and their children left Wednesday
for their cottage at Asbury Park, N.
J.. where they xill remain until. the
autumn.
Mrs. H. e. McGhan ana Miss Ger
trude McGhan Of Jacksonville. Fla.
who came to Washington to attend
the Halloran-Zimmerma wedding In
Hyattsville. last evening. are the
guests, while here, Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo v. Glorius, in Brookland, D. G.
Miss Nina 9luckstein is the guest Of
Mfes Lima MetsEer at the Nevada
Apartments while in Atlantic City.
Miss Fannie aluckstein will spend
the month Of July As the guest OF Mrs.
Walter Cooper at Marine City. Mich:
En- route she will stop 1T points Of
interest along the Great Lakes
Mr.. ana Mrs.. A. NJ oriuaea Mss
are guests at the Powhatan.