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one to ehreds be1ore ~ H"s SPeN'
IT'S fury.
The most disagreeable feature OF
the whole procedure is the absolute
necessity Of going on record pub
licly as violating solemn oath,
pledge of honor, and an obligation
that would ordinarily be considered
sacred. Is man, having taken
an oath, ever justified in breaking
it9 In my opinion, when one is
convinced that the oath in question
is illegal, and that a certain por-
tion of it is of a nature to incite
riot and lawlessness, man is not
only justified in breaking it, but
is morally required to break 1t. 1t
is public duty he owes the state.
The inherent strength of the I'm
visible Empire" lies in the fact that
its Citizens" having once taken
its vicious obligation will not dare
to violate it.
/ have, therefore, deliberately and
with careful thought, decided to vi
olate and repudiate this obligtion,
with the exception of a certain por-
ton pledging allegiance to the Con-
stitution of the United States and
my State, whcih portion ds, in my
judgement, mere camouflage for the
purpose Of concealing the fangs Of
the rattlesnake. The question as to
whether I am right or wrong is
one that will have to be decided
by the public opinion. If have
divulged facts and exposed the se-
cret workings of what as merely a
fraternal organization, then am
unquestionably guilty of reprehen-
sible conduct. If am wrong in
my viewpoint, do not deserve to
be allowed to mingle with honor
able men and women, and should
be set apart from my fellows as
social outcast.
On the other hand, if 1 am right
in the stand that take, that the Ku
Klux Klan is secret, political,
military machine, actully develop
ing into an Invisible Empire" and
possessing potentialities that may
undermine the very idea Of repre-
sentative government; if I am cor
rect in my position that the whole
scheme is an attempt to create class
hatred an dantagonism, which in the
end will array race against race,
class against class, and religion
against religion; if my contention
is just that the proposition is
money-making scheme; ann, if the
public adopts my viewpoint to the
extent Of demanding that the organ
ization be legislated out of exist
ence and made an outlaw in the
world Of open things, then 1 shall
feel satisfied that the violation of
this oath has been a public service.
There is no middle ground, l am
either right or also am entirely
wrong.
(To be Continued)
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the modern Ku Kux Kan anti Semitic anti Catholic anti
Negro anti Foreign born skfuy contrved organization for
money or it sincere genuine fraterna enpha
e principles OF Amer1canism? The contention Of the
author is that the modern Kux Kan is distinct menace to
the American people and set defiance of all legal and
constitutional provisions 0 ~
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MISSOURI UNIVERSITY
HEAD FAVORS ATHLETICS

Columbia, Mo.-"Athletics is
the safety valve for college spirit
would rather have a job ram
ming dynamite with a crowbar
than be president OF a university
without athletic teams"
With these words President ].
c. Jones. Of the University of
Missouri. came out flat-footedly
for athletics-and more of it,
in American schools and colleges.
Athletics builds up the spirit
OF human kinship which we know
in our university life and which
the nation knew in the war. We
must not permit this spirit TO die J
down into commercial selfish
ness"
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THE cAP1rAL JoURNAL, SALEM. OREGON

minigtration, with the exception Of
those ineligible under the rules
above stated.
Seventh: The citizens" Of the
"Invisible Empire" are urged by
the organization to purchase white
robes and helmets, which are used
for the purpose Of going abroad
in disguise for the concelement OF
the identity Of the wearer, and in
many localities there have been
|parades and demopstrations on
strength made by the organization,
all having the effect Of intimidat-
ing certain classes of people of
these communities.
Eighth: The sale Of these robes
is monopoly in the hands of the
Gate City Manufacturing Company,
a concern associated with the organ
ization, and from this monopoly
somebody is deriving an enormous
revenue.
Ninth: The propagation of the
organization is being conducted in
such a way that it is clearly a
money-making scheme run for the
benefit of few insiders.
Tenth: The claim that this is
the genuine ariginal Klan" is his
torical fraud, not supported by the
history and prescript of the old
KIan which are available for public
inspection.
Eleventh: The Ku Klux Klan
propaganda is vicious, un-American
and evil and will have tendency
to stir up radical and religious hat
red in this country to such an extent
as to result, unless checked, in ser
ious religious-raeial war.
Twelfth: The ritualistic work,
while clumsy, ignorant, plagiaristic,
and poorly written is an attempt
to use the cloak of religion to pro-
mote the financial fortunes Of the
insiders; and its principle feature
the ceremony of naturalization"
is a mockery and parody on the
sacred and holy rite of baptism.
Thirteenth: The organization
should be exposed for what it is,
and The Congress of the United
States should enact suitable legis-
lation to make it illegal and bar its
literature and propaganda from the
mails.
Fourteenth: Suitable and neces-
sary legislation should be enacted
by Congress and the State legisla-
tures of a general nature which
will forever prevent the organiza-
tion and operation Of a secret
movement of this character.
The portentous nature of my con-
clusions, however, weighed heavily
upon me, and after the most serious
consideration, 1 finally decided to
repudiate the entire organization,
and as an American citizen to ex-
pose the whole system, calling pub
lie attention to what seems to me
to be the greatest menace that has
ever been launched in this country.
Ny decision to take this step was
a most difficult one to reach. In
the first place, to give to the pub
lie the facts and inside workings
of the Invisible Empire" means
to subject oueself to the penalty
of death for disclosing a secret or
der. This is stated unequivocally in
the secret Ku Klux rital. 1t also
means becoming a target for a tor
rent of abuse that is likely to tear
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OF mine whom induced to join, and
did all | could to make his work
success. Shortly afterward l was
made one of the organizers, and in
his capacity devoted nearly all
my time for three months to the
work, comforting degrees, talking to
people who were opposed, and care
fully studying the entire system of
organization.
The fraternal order man who can
really visualize an organization is
the man who absorbs its work by
observation and study, and there
is no better method of doing this
than performing the duties Of an
organizer. In my work as an or
ganizer for the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan, was first impressed
with the fact, that, on account of
its radical nature, it was dangerous.
The first thing to which a candi-
date is enjoined is absolute secrecy.
This is carried to the utmost ex-
tremity. A newly made "citizen"
must not tell his wife or his family
that he belongs to the organization,
and must give no hint of it to his
most intimate friends and business
associates. / at once saw that any
movement built along such line
was dangerous, regardless of its in
tentions, because secrecy of this sort
places upon the organization the
vital necessity of receiving as mem
bers only men of the highest char
aeter whose positions and reputa-
tions in the community would be
an absolute safeguard against mis-
chief. A secret organization COM
posed of men Of a low standard
of civic responsibility would be the
worst thing that could get into
any community.
My experience as fraternal
order man has been that the person
mel Of the order varies with dif-
ferent localities. Therefore, while
it might be perfectly proper to
build a strictly secret organization
an Kingsport. Tennessee, there
might be, in another town an en-
tirely different class Of membership
which would cause the movement to
Jeopardize the peace and dignity Of
the community. The potential dan
ger Of the Ku Klux organization in
this respect was the first thing that
dawned upon my consciousness, and
it made me careful of the class of
people whom l permitted to become
members.
My duties took mo into several
towns, and night after night / ad-
ministered the obligation and put on
the degree work until I became
thoroughly familiar with the me-
ehanieal end OF it. Gradually, how
ever, a feeling developed within
me that there was something wrong
with the organization-tha it was
not the sort Of "fraternal society"
to which had been accustomed
for nearly twenty years. I thought
at first that this was due to the
fact that l had done so much lodge
work in my lifetime that was
growing stale. But certain portions
If the obligation, which at first
had semed merely perfunetory, |
stood out in my mind and chal-
enged serious thought and eonsid-
,ration.
studied everything / could |
ind to help me in my work; l re-
'eived printed matter from the or
sanization; / talked with Rans-
men from other cities; and I delv-
d deply into the origin and
istory of the original Ku Klux
llan. But business men Of stand
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ing and prominence In the places
where l worked asked me pointed
questions about the organization,
questions that l could not answer
and on which 1 could get no salts
factory answers from above. Slowly
my vague fears that there was
something vitally wrong crystalliz-
ed into stronger belief. I spoke
to few close friepds in the or
ganization, and asked them to give
me their frank opinions about 1T.
Without any prompting from me
they voiced the same thoughts and
gave expressions to the same
doubts l had myself.
After much thoughtful dehbera-
ton, 1 reached the decision that
the Ku Klux obligation was radi-
eally wrong. 1t was not the kind
Of obligation men take in frater-
nal organizations-it was a politi-
cal obligation. I saw that the
ritual, which had previously been
to me merely a badly written mass
Of words was really sacriigious
mockery. I realized that the whole
scheme was vicious in principle,
and a menace to the peace and saf-
ETY. Of America. The basis for
these conclusions can be stated
briefly:
First: While the organization
was incorporated under the laws of
the state Of Georgia, as a fraternal
order, the claim being advanced by
the promoters that it should have
similar powers to the Masons and
Knights Of Pythias, 1T is not a
fraternal organization IN the sense
usually understood, but an attempt
to create in this republic of ours
an Invisible Empire" entirely
political and military in nature and
designed to function bodily.
Second: The Invisible Empire"
is under the, control Of one man who
openly calls himself an Emperor" "
holds position for life, and exer-
cises despotic control over the af-
fairs of the organization.
Third: Candidates = designated
as "aliens"-who are received into
the organization; are not regarded as
members" but as citizens" of
this Invisible EMPIRE" and in
stead of being initiated" as is
usually the case in fraternal orders,
are "naturalized" and become Sub
jects" of the emperor.
Fourth: Membership is restrict
ed to a limited class Of American
citizens including only white, Gen
tile, Americana Protestants, all
other Americans being ineligible.
Fifth: In propagating this ''In-
visible Empire" the work, which
is being done all over the United
States by highly paid and highly
eftlclent torce, IS pelng carried on
bystirring up prejudice and hatred
against the Catholic, the Jew, the
negro, and the sforeign-born Amer
lean citizen.
Sixth: Under the claim of the
enforcement Of law and order"
the Invisible Empire" is attempt
ing to take into its grasp the en-
tire law-enforcing machinery of the
United States, including the officers
and men of the Regular Army and
Reserve Corps, the National Guard,
sheriffs and their deputies, mayors,
police officials and men, judges and
all persons connected with law ad-
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Chapter I
If the psychologist, looking over
the diversified and conflicting in
terests and classes of the American
people, attempted to find com
mon state Of mind, he would prob
ably discover one thing that ap-
plies to all American men, with
out regard to 'race, color, or prev
ious condition of servitude." He
would learn that there is COM
mon trait possessed by the white
man and the negro, the Jew and
the Gentle, the Catholic and the
Protestant, the native and foreign
born-in fact by every conceivable
group of tho males of the United
States.
They are all "joiners"l
One has to saerch far and wide
for an American who does not
belong" TO some sort Of organiza-
ton, and who would not, under
proper circumstances, join another.
l am a joiner-by-birth.
My joining developed at the
early age of ten, when I organiz-
ed secret society among the boys
at school. We had an awful oath
to which We swore, and in imita-
ton of Huckleberry Finn and Tom
Sawyer, sealed it with our blood.
We had no fees or dues, but each
boy was required to contribute a
copy of Nick Carter or Diamond
Dick or Old Cap Collier. The or
ganization survived a brief period
and was then ruthlessly destroyed
by an irate parent who disapproved
of its intellectual standards.
l had scarcely reached the age
of twenty-one and started life in
Chattanooga as newspaper re-
porter, when took mp S ,.iously the
habit OF joining fraternal orders.
In five years had taken degrees
in practically every one TO which
l was eligible. became n Mason,
knight of Phythias, an Odd Fell
low, a Red Man, member Of the
Junior Order United American Me
ehanics, of the Royal Arcanum. of
the Woodmen, an Elk, an Eagle, an
Owl and an associate member Of
the Theatrical Mechanics Associa-
ton.
The last "order" / joined was
the knights Of the Ku Klux Khan.
l went into this one partly be-
cause / was a Joiner and was curious
to see what it was all about, but
principally becanse I thought it
was a fraternal order which was
actually revival of the original
ku Klux Klan which played SO inn
portant a part in the history of the
South during the days of the Re-
That old organization
has always had certain glamour
FOR me as it has for every South
,rner, and l could see no reason
Nhy a fraternal order commemorate
ng the deeds Of the original Klans-
men should not fin need in the
country today. I knew absolutely
lothing about the structure of tho
lew Ku Klux Khan, took it on
aith, and assumed that in It's gov
rnment and administration, itl
rOuld function like any other of
he standard fraternNl orders. II
bought, from the meager iaforma-
ion with which l was furnished,
hat l was thoroughly In accord
18th its principles, and that it
'ould be more or less a pleasure
, belong to it.
In the case Of the Ku Hux Klan
took an immediate interest in the
ork Of the organizer. brought him
TO touch with prominent friends
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There are supposed TO be 315.-
600 person In Seattle. even count
ing those folks where there's mo.
body home"
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Nazzaro Wins Race.

Strasbourg, July 15.-(By AS
sociated Press Felix Nazzaro of
Italy won the eighth grand prix
automobile race here today. His
time for the distance of a fraction
under 500 miles was 6 hours, IT
minutes, 2 seconds, and his aver
age 1871 kilometers an hour,
breaking the grand prix record.
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late 1911 although the brotherhood ceased to excite terror
or exert any considerable influence before the close OF the
seventeenth century.
New Ulm review., 1922-08-30

q : tt5s y
Miss Frances Griebenow returned
on Thursday to her home in st. Paul
after being the guest Of Miss Gladys
Grussendo dorf for week.
Mrs. Mary Berdan Of Hinckley,,
who has been visiting at the home Of
her son, Joe Berdan and family in
Lafayette township, will return to her
home the latter part Of the week.
On Wednesday afternoon two hay
stacks were burned down on the George
Eckstein farm in sigel township. The
cause Of the fire is unknown. The
neighbors came to the rescue and Mr:
Eckstein wishes to thank them for
their prompt arrival;
Dr. J.d N. Meyer and DR.. Grace
Hollinbeck Of David City Neb. were
over-Sunday guests at the home. of
Dr.. and Mrs. H. G. Edmiston. Drs.
Meyer and Hollinbeck visited the past
week with friends at Mankato. and are
now enjoying few days at Lake
Jefferson with party of fliends.
Mrs. Sam Llewllyn left on Saturday
for Winnipeg, Can, to join her husband
who left New Ulm several weeks ago
o1accept a position as chemist there,
Her parents, Mr.. and. Mrs. Frank Me
mann, accompanied her as far as st.
Paul in their car. The Llewllyn
household goods were also taken to
St. Paul by truck.
Mrs. G.. F. Dahl and two children,
who have been visiting with relatives
and friends at Austin, Faribault and
Owatonna for the past two weeks re-
turned home on Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Bluhm of Austin accom-
panied them here, and spent the day
at the Dahl home. Mrs. Bluhm and
Mrs. Dahlare sisters.
Mrs. Joseph Epple returned on Sun
day from Virginia, St. Paul, and
Minneapolis where she has spent some
time. Mrs. Epple had been appointed
a delegate from the local American
Legion auxiliary to the State conven-
tion held at Virginia August 21st to
oath. On her return she visited for
several days with Mrs. Clarence
Michel at St. Paul and with her son
Elmer at Minneapolis.
New Ulm review., 1922-08-30
Mrs. Bertha Koblin of orpan

Mrs. Bertha Koblin 81 organ
passed away at the Union Hospital on
Tuesday evening following a. opera
ton. The deceased was past so years
old, and was born in Germany, Mo-
vember 26, 1861. She came tos Ameri-
ca thirty-ive years ago and has been
a resident of Morgan ever lince her
arrival in this country. The remains
were shipped'to Morgan on We ednesday
morning and funeral services took
place on Friday. -
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Mr.. and Mrs. Erich Blauert. who

! Mr.. and Mrs Erich Blauert, who
have been visiting at the home of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.
Blauert. for the past three weeks, re-
turned on Sunday to their home in
Mobridge, S. D. Mr.. and Mrs. Armin
Blauert and daughter Bernice and
Marvin Frosch of Wayside, Wis, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Blauert Of Nor
rison, Wis, also left. on Sunday for
their homes. They drove to Wiscon-
sin in Mr.. Frosch's car.
New Ulm review., 1922-08-30
LOCAL NOTES

Harry Mattison of Minneapolis was
an over-Sunday guest at. the John
Hauenstein home.
Mrs. C. A. Miller of St. Peter is a
guest at the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, DR.. and Mrs. C. w.
Miller.
Mrs. J. H. Siegel and Mrs. Elenora
Mullen expect to drive to Minneapolis
tomorrow to spend several days visit
ing with friends.
Mrs. William Yoerg returned to her
home in Little Falls the latter part of
last week after visiting at the George
Marti home at Schelps park.
Mrs. F. D. Minium is entertaining
Mrs. C. R. Hennick and daughter
Mary of Minneapolis. Mrs. Hennick
has been a guest here since home
coming.
Mrs. Minnie Schroeppel and son
Earl left on Saturday for their home in
Collinsville, ILL.,, after visiting with
local relatives and friends for the past
two months.
Prof. and Mrs. E. T. Critchett of
Minneapolis were guests at the H. L.
Beecher home several days during
Home Coming week. They returned
home on Sunday.
Mrs. Adolph Lampl and two child
rem spent several days last week visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Baumann at Lamberton. They re-
turned home on Saturday.
Emil Backer will leave next week
for Sidney, Nebraska, where he will
teach music in the public schools. He
spent most of his vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Backer
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Menk and baby
visited at the home of the formers
Pal SllCS1 Nll c.llN ISli JOll1I NAC1h a.
Morgan last week. They were also
guests at the Reinhart OFT home while
there.
DR.. A. M. Eastman and two
daughters of Minneapolis were guests
at the DR.. G. B. Weiser home on
Center street during Home-C Coming
week. They returned to their home
last week.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Johnson of Winthrop under
went an operation for appendicitis at
the Union Hospital last Monday
morning. She is recuperating very
satisfactorily.
Albert Fehlhaber, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gust Fehlhaber, residing on
South Franklin street, who has been
quite seriously i'll for the past several
weeks, was taken to the Loretto
Hospital Sunday morning where he is
receiving medical attention and care.
New Ulm review., 1922-08-30

Dresses made of Poiret Twill, Trico-
tine, French serges, Twill Cord and
other new fall wool materials in Navy,
Brown, Henna and other new fall
colors. $12.75 and up. The Bee
Hive, ]. A. Ochs & Son, Props. adv 35c
New Ulm review., 1922-08-30

| Miss Aurelia Schneider visited at the
home of Mrs. H. Schmelz at Sleepy
Eye on Friday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. George Benz
of Gibbon at the Union Hospital, on
Friday August 18, a daughter.
Miss Esther Meierding of St. Paul
is visiting at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Arnold Cordes this week.
On Monday evening at the Union
Hospital daughter was born to At
torney and Mrs. tA.W.. Mueller.
On Thursday, August 10, a baby
girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Anton A.
Steffen residing in West Newton town
ship. '.''.. - '''@
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph HUM and
William Plamann of West Newton
were, in Tracy from Friday until Mon
day visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Boyer. s. s..
Miss Elsie Berdan Of Morgan, who
visited with New Ulm relatives last
week has returned to her home. She
was accompanied by Miss Rose Amann
who is visiting this week in Morgan.
Miss Edna Blauert is spending two
weeks vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. W. Blauert here. She is
taking up a nurses training course at
the Emmanuel Hospital at Mankato.
Mrs. R. c.. Hays of New York City
who has been visiting with relatives in
Duluth, is a guest of DR.. and Mrs.
Theo. F. Hammermeister. She ar
rived in New Ulm Monday evening.
Mrs. A. E. Ellison and children,
Arleen and John left for their home in
Minneapolis after spending two weeks,
visiting at the home of the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hetlinger
Mrs Richard Hose has returned to
her home in Sleepy Eye after fully re-
covering from the effects of recent
operation performed at the Union
j Hospital. Her husband accompanied
her home Tuesday. -
Last week, Mrs. Jos. G.. Tauer re-
siding in Sigel township, had the mis-
fortune to sustain fall which resulted
with fractured arm and broken wrist
Her injuries were attended to by a
local physician and she is getting along
very nicely now s,.. .s.*s
Mrs. H. Quackenbush of Pierre, S
D., Mrs. Fred Schreiber of Watertown
S. D., Miss Cora Peppan of Sioux
Falls, S. D. and Miss Muriel Nelson o1
Minneapolis were weekend guests al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. D.
Minium on South Minnesota street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pfaender o1
Chicago, Armin Pfaender, Misses
Marie Sullivan and Florence Perlt, OF
St. Paul, we're visitors at the Fred
Pfaender home on North Broadway
during homecoming week. They re-
turned home the fore part of last week
Peter Kitzberger left on Wednesday
for New York City and will visit other
points of interest during his stay~in the
east. He will also visit with his sister
who has benin a convent for a great
number of years and is known as Sister
Antonellay at Elizabeth, NJ J. Mr.
Kitzberger will be gone for two weeks
New Ulm review., 1922-08-30

Plush coats with and without fur
collars make warm serviceable winter
garments. The new fall styles are
here at regular low Bee Hive prices.
The Bee Hive, J. A. Ochs & Son,
Props. Adv. 35c