Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-26
ONLY SMALL NUMBER,
ATLANTA OFFICIALS SAY

KIan officials stated Saturday that
reports from San Antonio that GER
tain units of the organization have
adopted resolutions to break with
the Atlanta headquarters and to
withhold money, reports and other
Information until the contest for
Khan control is settled were causing
them no concern.
1t was stated from khan. headquar-
tiers that a minority element in San
Antonio for some time has expressed
dissatisfaction and that this report
does not come as a surprise. Denial
was made, however. that numbers
Of the khan units have jlined in this
resolution Khan officials were u. in
clined to discredit the scope of the
statement, although conceding that
possibly such action had been taken
IN San Antonio.
1t was stated that Texas is one
Of the strongest khan centers in the
entire country and that there is no
reason why such radical action
should be taken.
Officials said they were not wor.
rying at all about the reports and
were satisfied that the magnitude of
the incident had been greatly ex-
aggerated.
Hearing on the petition for a re-
ownership for the knights of the
Ku Klux Klan filed May 81, by
David Rittenhouse from Philadel-
phia and others, will be held before
Judge John D. HUMPHREYS next
Friday. The case came up on the
call of the motion docket Saturday
and was set for that date.
To- 1~iJ bn pct Y1a in
ing order signed late Thursday by
Judge John D. HUMPHREYS enjoining
the William Joseph Simmons faction
of, the Ku Klux Klan from proceed
ing further with the organization of
the knights of Kamelia until fur
Their order of the court will be fixed
as soon as service can be made on
Colonel Simmons, who is out of the
city.
Judge HUMPHREYS signed the tenn
porary order on petition of the Hi
ram w. Evans faction.
The petition, a lengthy document,
alleges that Emperor Simmons on
June secured a charter in the stats
OF Oklahoma for the organization of
the knights of Kame,ia as an order
separate and distinct FROM the khan.
1t makes charges to the effect that
Colonel Simmons has appropriated
for the Kamelia the secret rituals,
PHILOSOPHERS, costumes and other
paraphernalia created by him specifi-
cally for the khan and owned by the
khan under copyright.
Named as defendants are Emperor
Simmons, Rev. Caleb Ridley, former
imperial kludd of the order; J. o.
Wood. editor of the Searchlight;
Henry j. Norton, W. H. Lathrop,
Jr.. William G. THOMPSON. r. j..
Jones, Thomas H. Right, c. w.
Reson. n. H. Moore and the Knights
of Kan ella.
EVANS DENIES KHAN WILL
DEFY LAW AND PARADE
WASHINGTON, June 23.-Denial
that the Ku Klux Khan will parade
in New York City lin defiance OF
law" was made today by III. w.
Evans, imperial wizard of the order,
in a, formal statement issued here
II note from the papers today,
he said, "a statement to the etfect
that the Knights of the Ku klux
Khan will participate in a parade IN
the city of New York in defiance
of the constituted authority of the
atty. This statement is erroneous
1.-THE knights OF the hu AUX
Khan will hold no parade in the city
of New York or elsewhere in open
defiance of the duly constituted Of
ficers Of the law. All members of
fhet Klux Khan are bound by the
following provision Of our oath:
"That L will at all times, in all ways,
and all places help and assist the
duly constituted officers of the law
in the proper performance of their
legal duties
ITO this obligation all klansmen
are bound. The khan will not parade
in New York City in defiance of
law"