The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
DAlLIES GROWING
WARY OF EXPOSES.
syndicate Writer Makes Fran
tic Effort To Sell Literary
Goldbricks.


That magazines and newspapers, op
posing the Knights of the Ku Klu,
Khan, are beginning to smell a rat,
Is seen in the desperate efforts OF q
disgruntled former employe of the
Alan TO sell a manuscript which IL
another expose" Of the Khan or.
ganization. The man In question, uI
to this date, has been unable tc
place the expose" due to the fact
that publications are beginning to
realize that they have been sold
innumerable times on fake exposes
which afterward turned out to be
the veriest rot and reacted on the
publication publishing them.
1t Is known that the man attempt
ing TO peddle the manuscript is in
the employ OF news syndicate
which has to date refused to handle
1t in any way. Other publications
have turned a deaf ear and the
young man in question is growing
frantic. 1t Is understood that this
man, while covering" story, be-
came acquainted with a former en-
ploye Of the Khan. The latter fur
nished the material for the expose"
5old-brick but as stated before, news
papers are becoming wary of taking
Tor granted everything that is her
aided forth as an expose" by men
through different reasons, have been
discharged by the Khan.
Norman Hapsood Approached
1t Is understood that among those
who have refused to handle the
story. is Norman Hapgood, one Of
he pioneers in exposing the Khan"
Il Is apparent that Mr.. Hapgood IL
becoming more experienced In this
Inc OF business, realizing no doubt,
hat the EXPOSE" game Is becoming
:hreadbare SO far as the Khan is con-
'erned. The Khan organization is
waxing strong and carrying Ameri-
:anism forward and aiding in the
I'll ian work of true Americanism
Possibly, however, some unwary
publisher will be tricked into buying
he manuscript gold brick and Klans-
men will be afforded the pleasure Of
reading 1t. That Is, II he is not
:ired Of reading the thousand and
one things already printed in an at
:empt to kill a thorough American
organization by alien influences.
The expose might afford a laugh
no doubt 1t would to thousands of
Klansmen.
In the meantime, the news syndi-
late employe is making frantic eff
forts to unload the gold-brick and
is keeping the wires hot One OF
Chicago's leading newspapers has
been offered 1.-THE chance OF a life
lime" to print the expose" but to
late has not been caught up as have
the many other papers. It would
seem that the great indoor and out
1oor sport Of exposing" the Khan
Is about come to an end. Failure to
prove any OF the thousands of
charges has no doubt brought this
about.
Entered Game Too Late
II would seem that the young man
and the disgruntled former employe
OF the Khan have entered the lex
posing" game after It had been
MIXED dry by sensation alists after
the mighty dollar:
It Is believed that the Bureau OF
Publication and Education, estab-
lished at Washington. and which is
putting the truth before hundreds OF
thousands of readers each week
through The Fiery Cross. has done
much toward stopping the hew OF
exposes" from the pens of persons
seeking either money or notoriety.
or both. With the light OF truth
emanating from the Bureau Of Pub
LEGATION and Education each week,
the people are not so easily fooled
by those who would wreck an Amer
lean organization for money or be-
causa thew were Of a nro-aIien mind