The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-03
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CUSTER AS
CHIEF HERE
Terrell Asserts Charges Made
Must Be True-Avers K. K. K.
Is Near Collapse.

Sensational disclosures regarding
the activities Of the Knights Of the
Ku Klux Khan are to be made with
in the next few DAYS bv Harry r
Terrell who. with three other men,
was fired as one of the grand COB
Inns of that organization. Terrell
was in charge of the District of CO.
lumbia domain.
Issues Statement.
Terrell, who went to Atlanta.
Georgia. to ask for the removal from
office of Imperial Kleagle Edward
Young Clark, and who instead was re-
moved himself. issued a statement to
newspapermen today.
my eyes have been opened" he
said, "the unanswered charges by the
Hearst papers reveal q serious state
of affairs in the ku Klux. The order
is on the verge Of collapse financially
and we are losing several hundred
men each day."
Imperial Wizard William J. Sim
mons, who defended the Khan at a
recent Congressional investigation
here, left Atlanta yesterday for a
trip to the mountains Of North Caro-
lima. He left Kleagle Clark in charge
of the Ku Klux order.
Fired COLLINS to Fight.
The four grand COLLINS who were
'fired" are preparing to fight. They
declare that Simmons had no power
to discharge them. Terrell will go
back to Atlanta to watch the de-
velopments and to defend himself in
a suit filed by Clark to gain pos
session of the records in the Wash
ington office of the Khan.
The dissatisfaction in the Khan is
due. Terrell stated, to continuance in
control Of Imperial Kleagle Clark and
his business associate, Mrs. Elizabeth
Tyler. He said that charges of inn
moral conduct lodged against Mrs.
Tyler and Clark must be true or the
couple would have sued the news
papers which printed stories Of these
allegations.
1--WE were fired" said Terrell to-
day, because we came to Atlanta to
demand certain changes to give the
Khan a fighting chance for its life.
I can't for the life OF me under
stand the executive action. COL
Simmons and every member of the
Kloncilium knows full well that, four
fifths of the Khan membership in
the country is thoroughly. Disguised
with the way he has handled the
Clarke-Tyler scandal. They must
know this, because complaints and
requests for the removal Of Clarke
and Mrs. Tyler have reached head
quarters by the hundreds every week
since charges in the Hearst papers
were made and unanswered"
Kan Business at Standstill.
Terrell said that in his domain. bus
mess had been at standstill several
weeks, and the same conditions OBJ
tanned in the territories of the three
former grand COLLINS who came with
him.
"'Colonel Simmons" continued
Terrell, has thrown away his last
chance to save the Khan by clinging
to Clarke and Mrs. Tyler In the face
of the overwhelming tide Of protest
from Klans in every part OF the
United States. The only reason 1
can assign is that he is afraid to dis
pense with their services, but before
long he will realize that the four
COLLINS who visited him last week
had the best interest of the order at
heart when they appealed to him
to let Clarke and Mrs. Tyler CO."
1.-THE Khan cannot longer bear the
continuance in office of these two Of
ficials," Terrell said finally. THE
membership is in revolt over the
simmons knows what he is about
he will hurry back to Atlanta from
the mountains, where Clarke sent
him and revolutionize internal affairs
of the order in a desperate effort to
uaua a. from dissolution"