Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-09

lei wizard. Emper0F" OF the Int
visible Empire knights of ths
Ku Kiux Khan, Inc. can find
no record Of any military service
that gives him privilege to use the
honorable title Of Colonel.
title that has been won By AmeE
lean soldiers by virtue Of hard
service in the army and by des-
Derate deeds OF Yalor on The field
Of battle. Where then did His
Majesty get the right to use this
military titles According to the
4 Literary Digest, his friends be-
/ slowed II upon him.
7 Forrest. as far as can be asceT-
Il tafned, served his country for pat
/; rfotisrn; Emperor Simmons. on
/! the other hand. is promoting the
cause of pure Americanism for
I cash. Prior TO his elevation to
/ the responsible position Of En-
peror Of the whole United States
be was. among other activities, a
professor OF history at Lanier Col
iege In the good state OF Georgia.
He Is also said to have been q
Methodist exhorter earlier In his
careera
So far as the general public is
informed. the remuneration OF
professors in our colleges and un-
iversities. even the greatest. is not
particularly high. AS Lanier
/ College is small institution that
: has had to struggle along in the
: face of more or less poor ciTeum-
stances, II is not unreasonable 10
suppose that ii is no exception
10 the general rule. In August
sIIs21, the newspapers reported
that it had been taken over by the
2 Xu Klux Khan. and that .EmDer-
2 or Simmons, lin addition to his
/ other duties" would be its Pres
II dent. 1t is reasonably safe to say
. hat the average income Of "Hii
6 Majesty" during his career as az
educator could not have exceeded
-iS25O0 a year Behold. however
: The great change that comes witt
! elevation to the Imperial Throne
Friends of Colonel 90 Simmons
at theKlonklaye Of the klai
which was held in Atlanta, il
May. 1921, presented him with
Il S25. 900 home on Peachtree stree
4 Atlanta fashionable thorough
fare-together with handsom
= furniture.
e In addition to this wonderful
.nunIficence of his friends =
/ whoever they were-he is ais
/ Daid a salary, which according t
T the Emperor himself is $lo0
IS month, and recently his hanc
e picked Kloncilium voted hiI
e, 525. 900 back pay. This stipen
ie Is augmented by the fact that ID
q Imperial Wizard" shall also
the supreme Kleagle." and the
he shall be entitled to apprl
r. pirate to himself the entire tel
,e dollar donations paid by an
Of members he may choose TO soliei
,e Since the ordinary garden va
e, iety OF Kleagle, with only fot
of dollars "rake-off,'' can make
e very tidy sum by selling membe'
ri ships, the reader can draw h
ID own conclusions as to the poss
tie Die selling ability OF the chi'
I'd monarch.
as There lis also the Gate Cit
d. Manufacturing company with i
r. enormous revenue from the sa
Y. OF robes, the Searchlight Publisi
O. ing company, the Clarke. Real'
id company, and Lanier colleg
at which are interlocking corpori
nv tions or business concerns col
al ducted by persons connecte
nv with the Ku Klux Khan. Whel
or the revenue derived from the
I'd enterprises goes has not been r
r. ported in the newspapers.
lis The only thing made public
n connection with them was Il
of statement that the Emperor h
er been elected President OF LAM
er college. College presidents a
,rs usually paid salaries. When o.
as thinks Of the unpaid Forrest al
les the trying problems be solve
IN one can scarcely suppress Ie'
IN. ing OF disgust In the effronteFy
err this man of modern times. vi
slyl declares that this is the genui
SIN original Khan" and that ne Is
ng gagged In the work Of pure Ame
DR. icanism. Why. the man doesl
know what pure Americana
he isl
~ ITO be continued.)