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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1921.
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Original Ku Klux
! Klan Organized
By Jokers for Fun
Present Day Ku Klux lias
Twined Self Through Na
Uon at Alarming Rate
Makes Mockery of Law.
Wishing ton, Oct 1 After eon.
ferenct with Attorney General
DtuRherty, Chairman Campbell of
the home rules committee .mounted
today that public hearings by the
committee on resoliHons to investi
gate the activities of the Ku Klux
Klan would be held Tuesday, Octo-
Investigation by the house judici
ary committee of the activit'es of the
Klan, it officers, organ' ;rs and
members was proposed in a rtsolu
tion introduced today by Representa
tive Dyer, republican, Missouri
Two other resolutions providing
for n inquiry into officers of the or
ganlsation by special committees
have already been introduced.
The original Ku Klux Klan was
organized at Pulaski, Tcnn., by six
young ex-confedcrate soldiers tn
1805. Its ODJCCt was sociamiiiy
amusement. They decided to call
it "Kuklos" which is the Greek word
(nr rircle. Thev modified this to
Kuklux and added "clan" or Wan.'
HnrWnue and practical joking oc
cupied the early-day activities of the
society.
- But the air of mystery, the adop
tion of the ghostly costume, the
secret meeting in the cellar of an
abandoned house, the exclusiveness
soon brought a rush of applicants
and the organization of innumerable
other klans throughout the south.
Cunningly Devised.
; The growth of the present day klan
has been by sweeps vastly great
er than that of its prototype. The
"invisible empire" has twined itself
throughout the republic to such an
alarming degree- that the highest law
making and executive powers of the
land are devoting serious attention
to it. For the klan is cunningly de
vised to deceive the unthinking, the
weak-minded, the superficial. It has
enfolded itself in the American flag.
It proclaims itself "100 per cent
American." Its specious arguments
are that it "stands for enforcement
of hw, the protection of woman
hood," etc. Yet, every one of its
deeds of viotcrice is a defiance of
law and of the constitutional right
of every person to a trial by jury.
It makes a joke of law and the con
$tituted authorities for the enforce
ment of law with justice.
Salves Conscience.
3 Furthermore, it apparently seeks
to divert attention from outrages
and perhaps to salve its own con
Jcie'nce by making gifts to charity.
J.fter masked men naa wnippcu cu
ivard Engers in Dallas, Tex., 'be-
Han sent SSO to a free milk fund
for babies and $500 to a home for
homeless children.
j "There are few things that could
appeal to us more strongly 4han an
effort to give the infants of the poor
a fighting chance for their lives,"
said the accompanying smug letter
from the klan.
. The "Imperial Wizard" of the Ku
Klux Klan is Col. William Joseph
Simmons of Atlanta, Ga., who ob
tains his military title of colonel from
the Woodmen of the World.
V-'"' Doubt As to Leader.
Even about him there is some
floubt Alleged members of the or
der have denied that he is the "Grand
Kleagle" or "Imperial Wizard."
' He has written the "Kloran" or
titual in which he lauds the "Ku
Klux spirit" and makes free to de
clare various religious and patriotic
movements of the past as "outpour
ings of this same spirit." He in
cludes among these the Vchnigerichts
of old-time Europe, the religious
movements led by Luther, Calvin
and Knox, the rebellion of the Amer
ican colonies, the Boston tea party
and the Ku Klux Klan of post civil
war days.
But there was no membership fee
in these movements. And the present-day
Ku Klux Klan gathers a
, "Klectokon" of $16.50 ' from each
new, simple recruit And in these
hard times tool All that the mem
ber gets for his money is the hood
and gown and the doubtful thrill of
"belonging."
A large army of canvassers makes
a good living soliciting new mem
bers on a commission basis. Thus
does base commercialism seem to
have tainted even the high resolves
of this 100 per cent American organ
ization. ,
The original Klan of more than
half a century ago never molested
women nor did it lay hands on white
men. The present one is charged
with violence against women and
with more violence against white
men than against negroes.
' The old Klan grew more violent
throughout its six years of existence.
In its early days it ruled the ne
groes just by terror. A party of
klansmen would galtop op to a negro
shanty and their leader would de
mand a drink of water. The trem
blinsr negro would bring a cupful
J "Bring me a bucket," the sheeted
visitor would shout
The bucket being brought the
jdansman would heave it to his lips
frnd drain it to the bottom.
j v Would Gallop Away.
? ."Ah-h-h, that's the first drink I've
inA mlnrm SVlilntl " hi would sav. I
handing back the empty bucket to
the terrified negro. Ana they would
gallop away. But the negroes did
pot know that the thirsty klansman
had a bladder concealed under his
j-obe and that he poured the water
Into this.
I Armed bands of marauders sprang
tip all over the south following the
Ku Klux Klan organization of the
'00s. Many of them did not belong
to the order but their depredations
were caused by its example. .
i "These klans and organizations
hesitated at no cruelty," said James
G. Blaine, "they were deterred by
ho considerations of law or human
ity. They rode by night were dis
ciiUed with masks, were armed as
Y t . ti k:nn..f noim.! I import this road in good a
jrceoooicis. "."'f"1 ew exception Report of .now la Mon
tana.
Kirn ' to River Road Fair t Dee
Koines,
Whit Pole Road Excellent to Dea
Moines.
I. O. A. Shortllne Excellent.
aim Grass Road Very good condition;
o road work reported.
For further Information concerning
rontes nil JarKroa 113. touring bureau,
mnaha Aula club v .
Road Conditions
(Furnlehed by Omaha Aata Club.)
Lincoln Highway, East Roads fins to
Clinton, one detour for aeven milea west
and for one mile east ef Marsnalltown.
Lincoln Highway. Weat Detour Water
loo to Valley; roads fin to Grand Island
and weat.
O. L. D. Highway Detour weat of Ash
land; road work. Harvard to Hastings;
roads fine to Denver.
Highland Cutoff Fair.
8. Y. A. Rosd Excellent rondiUon.
Cornhuaker Highway Oood.
Black Hills Trail Road work, Omaha
to Fremont; Fremont to Norfolk road
good. .
George TTashnigton Highway Road
nnder construction to Blair; detour over
High road; Highway to Sioux City good.
King of Tuils, North Excellent to
Sioux City. '
King of Trails, South Follow Thirteenth
street south to Harrison, west on Har
rison street to Twenty-fourth street; roads
fine to A;chlson; Leavenworth to Kansas
City road work in progress.
Custer Battlefield Highway Tourists
report this road In good shape with but
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or muraerea tne victim 01 weir
wrath. More than 2,000 persons
V.ere killed, wounded and otherwise
maimed in Louisiana withm a tew
weeks of the presidential election of
1868." .
A aTonsressional investigation at
hat wmt showed that m nine coun-
ties of South Carolina in a period of
six months, the Ku Klux Klan
lynched and murdered 35 men,
whipped 2i2 and oiherwUe outraged,
shot and mutilated 101 persons.
The Klan of those days cho.e Gen.
Nathan li. Forrest, the confederate
cavalry leader, its head with the
title of Grand Wirard. He was a
man of sound sense and balance,
qualities apparently lacking in pres
ent leadership, lie, by exercise of
his own prestige and masterful
power of control, brought the mem
bership to 550,000. He had the as
sistance of other men of prominence
and weight.
Original Klan Disbanded.
Hut he eventually gave up the im
oossible task and in February, 18'9,
a Grand Wizard, declared the Ku
Klux Klan ami the Invisible Em
pire "disbanded and dissolved for
ever." This was done partly because the
constituted authorities had clamped
down upon it. The Tennessee leg
islature hail pasted an act making
membership in the Klan punishable
by a fine of $500 and imprisonment
for not less than five years.
Many of the "Dens," however, did
not heed the dissolution order and
up until the late 70s there were or
ganizations under other names with
the same objects as the Klan. There
were the "Constitutional Union
Guards," "White Brotherhood,"
"Pale Faces," "White League."
"Knights of the White Camclia," and
other similar bodies with mystic
rites robes, insignia and mummery.
The disorganized state ot the
south in those days, however, gave
more excuse for the existence of
such organizations than docs the
state of the country at the present
time.
Shipping Board
Divorced From
Emergency Fleet
Separation Decided on With
View of Relieving Body of
Responsibilities Connect
ed With Operation.
Washington, Oct. 1. Complete
separation of the United States ship
ping board from the emergency fleet
corporation effective tomorrow, was
announced by Chairman Lasker. Au
thority for the "divorce" as he de
scribed it, was given in the Jones
act, Mr. Lasker said, and the separa
tion was determined upon with a
view of relieving the board of the
many responsibilities connected with
the operation of its corporate twin.
Upon the resignation of Chairman
Lasker who was ex-officio president,
Joseph W. Powell, general manager
of the board, was elected presi
dent and general manager of the
corporation. He will be assisted by
six trustees or vice presidents who
were formerly officers of the board
tause of his treatment of his wife," They are: J. W. Smull; W. J. Love,
. j. rrcy, nariy xvmi uau, auuw
Schlesinger and E. P. Farley.
T. L. Clear, formerly treasurer of
the Panama canal, was appointed
treasurer. ' '
The board will now devote itself
to a study of the Jones act, the
chairman said, while maintaining
supervisory authority over the ac
tivities of the emergency fleet cor
poration "in the capacity of a sort
of marine interstate commerce com
mission." "The purpose of the separation,"
Mr. Lasker explained, "was to give
the shinning board an opportunity to
function under the merchant marine
act of 1920, the broad and con
structive powers of which must be
brought into being if we are to have
an American merchant marine. The
shipping board itself has powers
over-America's overseas commerce
much like those exercised by the
Interstate Commerce commission
over railroads."
$5,509.50 Crane Dental
Bill Is Put Up To Jury
Chicago, Oct. 1. For 275 hours'
dental work, $5,509.50.
That's the bill Dr. Emit A.
Schmuck of 25 East Washington
street hopes to collect with the aid
of a jury in the court of Judge Ho
sea Wells from Herbert P. Crane.
Dr. Schmuck testified in court
that he had a complete system of
ccst accounting which aided him in
preparing his bills. Among the items
listed under Mr. Crane's aecount
were: Cement, $9; platinum, $500;
gold, $40.
Mr. Crane was recently divorced
from the Costa Rican beauty, Elida
Pisa Crane.
Baby Shot and Kicked
By Horse Still Survives
Ontario, Oct. L Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Donnelly, who live in the
Etiwanda section to the east of On
tario, have decided that their 4-year-old
son, Allen, has a charmed life,
when the child's survival of a kick
in the face by a horse marked his
second escape from death by a hair's
breadth within a week.
He was, kicked full in the face by
a horse today and only' the fact
that the animal was unshod saved
him from death in the opinion of
Dr. A. L. Weber, who was tailed
to attend him. No bones were
broken, but the child's face is badly
cut and swollen.
Mrs. Dclmont Will
Not Be Witness in
Case of Arlwcklc
Prosecutor Brady Declare lie
Can Prove Case by Others;
Defense Prepared to Im
peach Her Testimony.
San Francisco, Oct I. "Fatty"
Arbuckle. now enjoying tbe pleas
ures of domestic life in Los Angeles,
probably will have to return to this
city wctincsuay or inursujy ui
coming week.
At that time his manslaughter
charge for the killing of Virginia
Kappe will come up before Superior
Judge Harold Louderhack and the
case will be set for trial.
District Attorney Matthew Prady
jesterday alter a conterence an
nounced that the information against
Arbuckle would he filed by the dis
trict attorney's office on Monday.
Mrs. Delmont Dropped.
On Monday also the manslaugh
ter indictment comes uo in court.
It will be continued. Arbuckle's
presence in court for this ceremony
has been waived.
That Mrs. B. M. Delmont will no
longer figure in any of the proceed
ings against Arbuckle was implied
yesterday when it became known
that immediately after the prelimi
nary hearing the district attorney's
office had informed the St. Francis
hotel that her bills would no longer
be honored.
The hotel promptly informed Mrs.
Dclmont to this effect and she re
moved her effects to another hotel
in the early hours of the morning.
Have' Other Witnesses.
Brady stated that every point to
which Mrs. Delmont had previously
testified could as well be established
by other witnesses. It is known that
Defense Attorney Frank Domingucz
had amassed a quantity of material
on Mrs. Delmont's past career for
use in impeaching her testimony. He
was foiled of the chance of using
it when the prosecution refused to
call Mrs. Delmont to the stand.
Despite the reduction of the
charge, it is the prosecution's inten
tion to go ahead along the original
lines of attempted proof namely,
that Virginia Rappe's death resulted
from a felony or attempted felony
committed by Arbuckle.
The police court charge must come
to trial within 60 days after the pre
liminary. Only a. portion of this
time allowance will be used.
Formal Opening of New
Reese Gem Shop Monday
Formal opening of the new C. E.
Reese jewelry store at Sixteenth and
Harney streets, will be held Monday.
The new store is located in the room
formerly occupied by Albert Edholm.
It has been remodeled and the latest
designs in jewelry store fixtures have
been installed. An entire new stock
of merchandise has been placed in
the store.
H. W. Woodis, for five years with
Albert Edholm, will be managerrof
the new store and James O. Whitney
will be secretary and 'treasurer.
Mr. : Reese was in the jewelry
business 10 years, prior to April,
1920, at which time he discontinued
business until the present location
was obtained.
Permanent Labor
Plan Is Considered
((llaii4 rm lt Dm)
ucation on cycles will do its bet
service. Congress will he tempted tn
inflation measures. Hankers will
need even more real courage at that
point than during the discourage
mmt of the drprclon.
"The present surplus of goldi
whose corrective international Sow,
is checked for some years to come,
oilers a peculiar temptation to a false '
Doom which would set us back in
international trade and bring on a
quick and deadly depression.
"One seldom recognized, but im
portant, aggravation to the over
stocks during a slump lies in the
'goods on order' the impending in
ventory. Bankers can help this sit
uation by demanding an account of i
unpenning inventory as tney wouia
of contingent liabilities, thus bring
ing the need of such records before
the business man.
Distribution of Labor.
"The directing heads of corpora
tion should scrutinize each of the '
projects put before them by their en-
irinffrlni, .t-j(T TIlAn will finil 10 I
S.,.w. . . . inj ..,
per cent (and a larger percentagi
as the turn approaches), which can
be completed as to investigation and
planning, but postponed as to execu
tion, with profit to the company and
community gs well.
"To effect a distribution of labor .
more in accord with the need for it.
and to gain first-hand information i
as to employment conditions a fed
eral co-ordination of state labor ex
changes is essential.
"Our present immigration law
suits bus ness conditions excellently,
but in times of more normal ac
tivity it may not Congress should I
set standards to be increased cr
diminished by executive order to fit
the cycle sector; just as public work
is to be regulated."
Unemployment Inevitable.
On the question of unemployment
and depression insurance the com
mittee says:
"Despite the best efforts of indus-1
trial managers and public authorities
to reduce the amount of involuntary
unemployment, it must be expected
that many wage earners will from
time to time and through no fault
of their own, be thrown out of work. !
Thousands of these self respecting
unemployed with savings exhausted
and with the peculiar discouragement
which comes from seeking work
without being able to find it are
likely to so suffer in morale and effi
ciency as to add permanently to the
already large burden of public and I
private charity. With the coming '
of each period of 'industrial depres
sion there is a growing demand for
some just system of dealing with this
question on a dignified basis."
The advisory committee then
cites interesting examples of unem
ployment funds established by Amer
ican trade unions and employers and
suggests the desirability of unem
ployment compensation and "depres
sion insurance" to stimulate still
wider interest in the mitigfiation of
unemployment.
Aero Cancellation Stamp
Is Authorized for Omaha
Washington, Oct. 1. (Special
Telegram.) The senate has passed
the bill authorizing a special can
cellation stamp for the Omaha post
office to advertise the International
Aero congress to be held in Omaha,
November 3-5.
15,000 Men in Kan.as Are .
Idle. Labor Report Shows
Kansas City, Kan., Oct. I. A re
rort on unemployment condition, in
k'iniii u as niait hv F. Kadtr.
district rcpresentstive of the Depart-
mem oi i-soor, aurr a comerrncr
with the Kansas court of iuduitrU!
relations.
"It was agreed that the estimate
I made of 15,000 unemployed in thr
state September 1 wis correct," said
Mr. Fader, 'But there have been
some developments ol interest tately
Wichita reported September I that
it had no unemployed; a survey the
middle of the mcnth, howrvei
fthftu'.! that k a.v.il...a a! 1.11a ...a
...wi m p.,u VI IIIC IMtV Wil.
developing. Among these wrre IS'
ill acuta a&K nlnnt ' Ia ! .mA
Indefinitely, and this will put 250 men
pih or woric. , .
In (1timL'ra rsmnftu iIiava I CAfl
rine miners who have been idle fo
a vear, Mr, Fader said. In the oil
f.rlds of southeast Kannst, and in the
field cJ Oklahoma and Arkansas, &t
per rerl of the workers were report
ed idle.
Lorraine Car Company
In Hand 'of Receiver!
Richmond, Ind., Oct. I. The
$,500,(oi) Lorraine Car. company
went into voluntary bankruptcy here
with the appointment of Walter But-
lei ss receiver for the company, .A
sudden drop m sales and high orti
ruation eirnii are given it -the
cause of the company's inability to
meet its liabilities Lal year t be cor
poration, which has been engaged io
Assembling motor hearses, did bust
nest ot approximately 91,000,000,
, .ii.
An armored motor ear, built by an
American firm at a cost ol KS.000,
has been supplied to the Chinese
military governor of Manchuria.
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and will make It possible for you to buy some much neadod furni.
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Sale of Cedar Chests
Of Genuine Tennessee Bed
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$13.85
Beautiful Living Roam Furniture
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Some people will get what you say
and some people will get the motives,
the sources of inspiration which are be
hind what you say. But everybody gets
how you look. It is the easiest thing to
graspthe keynote of your approach.
Clothes bring more constant joy into a
woman's life than almost anything else,
she can buy.
and in character, in manners, in style,
in all things, the supreme excellence is
simplicity..; Women of ; discrimination
have learned to ignore the vagaries of
swiftly changing fashions and to choose
those clothes which in the simplicity of
good taste are best becoming.
The prestige of our service is a matter
of mutual concern between our patrons
and ourselves. . V . : -
Fashions That Are Comrades With: October
Tailleurs Assume Importance
Indian summer days of crisp air and bright
sunshine are days for suits. Slender lines
characterize the new fashions and are quite
universally becoming. The costume , tail
leurs favor silk veldyne, marvella and
duvet de laine with tnmmings of beaver,
mole and squirrel, from $98.50 to $195.
Severely tailored suits are of heavy trico
tines, Poiret twills and duvet de laine in
navy, brown and black . for $59.50 and
$69.50.
The Most Desirable Coats - :
Coats are graceful with wrappy sleeves
and narrow belts. Beautifully embroid
ered or fur trimmed as one prefers. ,
Marvella, gerona, Bolivia, silk veldyne,
chamoistine 1 and normandie in black,
brown, burro, navy, Sorrenta and Volnay
. red, from $98.50 upwards to $350.
An exceptionally fine coat
. value is priced only $59.50.
Fashioned of Bolivia and - duvet de laine
with collars of Australian Opposum ' and
nutria dyed Coney.
Coats for the School Miss V
Belted models of wool Bolivia, veldyne
and colorful mixtures.- High collars for
comfort on cold days.1. Styles that become
miss fifteen to nineteen. '' ' '
Priced $25, $29.50 to $65. :
Gowns for Evening Occasions
Creations of lace and sequins, brocaded
chiffon silk velvet, a long silhouette that
is noticably simple in treatment. Gorgeous
shades of flame, browns, Sorrenta blue,
sapphire as well as lovely gowns of black,
from $75 to $350. . ; .
Afternoon Dresses of Silk '
Canton crepes, crepe satins and Kittens
Ear crepe are favored for afternoon wear
and dinner dresses. Beaded and embroid
' . ered in a most likeable manner. ; Simple
little models suitable for morning occasions
and. street wear are particularly attractive.
From $29.50 to $95.
Becoming Dresses of W ool
Navy tricotines and Poiret twills feature
rich embroideries in self and contrasting
shades,; and sashes add a distinctive note
that is attractive, from $49.50 to $98.50.
Delightful Suit Blouses
The1 oyerblouse ' which is so, in favor con
spires to make a dress effect when worn"
with . a suit jacket Lustrous satins and-
. Georgettes with beaded and embroidered
. ' patterns assume a new blouse distinction. : .
- Tailored blouses of-crepe de chine are in
navy, black and white. .. vi v
. and the school Miss will enjoy the dainty ;
. white blouses with Peter Pan collars, made X
to be worn with jumper dresses.
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