The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-22
XII kLUX KHAN
DOMINATED BY
TYLER WOMAN
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give you financial backing to I'M
limited extent"
Clarke has told me Simmons was
SO overjoyed he broke down and
cried. Clarke continued:
~ will give you this backing on
the condition that you get rid Of
your imperial staff and permit me TO
name q new staff"
ST.. SIMMONS Agreed.
Simmons readily agreed TO this.
The change was made Immediately.
Over night Clarke had obtained
control of the Ku Klux Khan.
He put Simmons on a salary Of
500 q week and put him at writing
more mystic literature. Simmons
continued as the figurehead imperial
wizard.
Clarke got the machinery Of his
highly organized publicity bureau in
motion and the country was soon
flooded with Ku Klux Khan propa.
ganda. Members began to come in
by the hundreds. then by the thou
sands, and Clarkes opinion seemed
justified.
He sat down with Simmons and in.
sisted upon a new apportionment of
the initiation fees. First the word
initiation was changed to donations"
for what purpose could be better an
swered by the Federal tax authorities
than by me. He insisted that his pub
licfty bureau should receive $3.50 out
of every $40 donation fee" that
came In. the $1.50 balance to go into
the imperial treasury.
Simmons agreed, for had not Sim.
mons risen from poverty to 800 a
week by Clarke's generosity?
" Clarke divided the $3.50 up in a
manner that he considered would
bring the best results and biggest
profits. He offered 81 to Kleagles
(salesmen) for every candidate brought
in; 81 to King Kleagues State sales
managers) for the work Of general d.
rection and for financing the men
under them in each State, and so
cents for the Grand COLLINS district
sales managers in charge of several
States).
This left SO from the iniation fee
of each new member for Clarke's
publicity bureau.
Bureau Gets $780, 900.
UP to date Clarke's publicity bu.
reau has taken 100000 from new
Klansmen. The membership has
grown to 100000, practically all with
in the last year.
And this 100000 is but a small
part of Clarke's income. I have al.
ready shown the enormous profits
from the manufacture of Klansmen's
robes, canned spirits" etc.
One day last May I had some i'm
mediate business to transact for the
Khan. Simmons was out of the city,
and I was told Clarke was Ill on his
estate.
called up his residence and was
told to see Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler,
Clarke's business partner in the pub
lefty bureau. My business, however,
was Of a secret nature and had no
intention of disclosing 1t to any but
high official in the order.
l went over to Mrs. Tyler to ask
her to arrange an appointment for me
with Clarke at his estate. had met
Mrs. Tyler many times before, but
had supposed her a kind OF assistant
to Clarke. She was a highly intelli-
gent business woman, no one could
gainsay that.
She is blonde, Of enormous size,
weighing somewhere between 1870 and
200 pounds, but understands the art
of dressing and always makes a pleas
ing appearance.
Am the Ku Klux Khan.
Her manner is cold, blunt, to the
point. / stated MY desires. She re-
piled.
Major, you can take up any mat
ter of business of the Khan with me-"
I protested, saying that would be
impossible, that such matters could
only be discussed between klans-
men.
To this she smilingly replied:
Major, I am the Ku Klux Khan"
WHAT" ! gasped.
IT said l am the Ku Klux Klan."
What do you mean?" asked,
She explained.