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KIU EUX KLAN IN CONGRESS BOOKS OF WHITE ROBED ORGANZATION NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION AT WASHINGTON Washington, Oct. 12.?Sweeping de ' ii.-i i-i? Tri__ v i mal ot cnarges mat me iviu iyiua Klan contained within its ranks a lawless band of hooded hoodlums was made before a house committee today by William J. Simmo) s, of Atlanta, it:: founder and imperial wizard. Turning squarely upon member: who had listened ii.tently for nearly two hop is to a dramatic defense of the organization, Simmons declared that "standing here in the presence of God" he wanted the world to know that if one thousandth part of the charges were true he would forthwith call together the grand coucilmen ox the Klan for the purpose of forever dis banding it in every section of the United States. Called late in the day after a number of negro witnesses from Boston and Chicago had urged a Congressional inquiry of the Klan, the imperial wizard, first asking to be sworn, told the committee the Klan welcomed the investigation, but protested against attacks in some of the pending House resolutions. The wizard was permitted to read his statement without interuption. although at the session tomorrow he will be questioned by committeemen, especially with reference to published reports of various acts of vandalism, charged to the Klan. 'There is no room in our organiza tion for those who take the law into their own hands," he declared, banging the table. "We have been charged with everything from the wave of high prices to the sweeping march of the boll weevil. It has been charged that our primary aim was intimidation of the negro in the South. But it might surprise this committee to know that the growth of the Klu Klux Klan has been greater in the North and East than in the South." Ssserting that the Klan could not do "anything outside of its lodge room" except by specific orders of its imperial wizard, so as to hold its membership in line, Mr. Simmons added: "Before God, I have never signed any instructions that could bo construed or carried out as a violation of law. The Klan does not tolerate or teach lawlessness; instead we preach respect for the law." At times there was intense quiet in the room, and at one of these mo- ? rr.ents the witness, rapping the table, declared that no man could charge disorder in any city where the Klan was j well organized. ! r The Klan, the witness testified, is J 0 conducting an investigation of its own j ^ into charges against Edward Young Clarke, imperial kcagle and head of ^ the propagating bureau, and Mrs. Eliz- y abeth Tyler, his assistant, and will issue an official statement when it comes ^ into possession of all the facts. Mr. j Simmons also stated that when the' charges were first made Clarke and t Mrs. Tyler presented their resigna-! t tions, to be acted upon after full op- ^ portunity has been given for a thor- t ough sifting. p The revocation of charters at Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, Ala., was ^ ordered by the Klan, Mr. Simmons | testified, after it had been found that! somebody purporting to be members t had violated its best traditions. At ^ ' ~ utanwnnp VAKOC rensacoia uucc mcu ?canu6 ^ ordered a Greek to leave the city, but j. it never was established, he said, that j they were Klansmen and the charter <; was restored on assurance by the lo- j cal officers that they would keep up p a relentless 'fight to find the offenders. v The Mobile incident, Mr. Simmons w continued, was due "to the silly act" p of a member, who, "imagining he had j the power of Nepoleon," posted Klan warnings "to bootleggers and others" ^ that the organization was preparing p to clean up the town. The notice ^ was signed, he said, by a man who had no sense." Discussing charges of violence on the part of alleged Klansmen, Mr. Simmons declared that when a member took the law into his own hands, g he automatically was dropped from the organization. ? * IJ "And I have never yet failed," he ( added, "to turn over to the local authorities, if I had it, any evidence ( needed to bring about a conviction. a I have been doing everything in that g direction and no man living can say t that I, personally or as head of the a Klan, ever attempted to shield a crim- v inal. A member's oath requires him s to uphold and respect the law. Our g ritual, about which so many slander- p ous things have been said, is copy- e righted and filed these five years in ^ the library of Congress. Surely it ( would not have been put there under t the eyes of the government if we had t anything to conceal. There is noth- j( ing in it but love for country and pure Americanism." WH< ARI Price bulleti advance for all fall have not advanced found to be ju& a . 4 suggest to tnose w do so now while o c CONFESSES TO SHOOTING Itriking Employe of A. B. & A. Talks to Grand Jury'. Fitzgerald, Ga.,Oct. 12.?0. C. Fairield, one of the striking employes f the A. B. & A. Railroad, has conessed to his part in the shooting on he night of July 5, when Engineer V. T. Reed received wounds from rhich he died, according to a statement made tonight by Solicitor Genral A. B. Wall. Fairfield, according to the solicitor, onfessed that he fired the first shot, ieneral shooting followed and from he same source names of others who ook part are said to have been obained. Fairfield went before the Ben lill county grand jury today and acording to reports told his story of he trouble in connection with the hooting of Engineer Reed. Eleven new indictments were re urned today by the grand jury on harges of murder in connection with he death of Engineer Reed. Those adicted were Q. L. Lee, Jim Mead, ohn L. Lisles, J. L. Malcolm, Fred Itubbs, Jim Smith, A. W. Rosar, Carl Allison, Crowder Cates, Ed Brcwn and \ F. Harris. Preston Ware and W. C. Russell rere placed under arrest today on warrants charging them with dynami :ng a freight train on the A. B. and L near Ambrose, July 25. J. R. Thomas also was arrested tolay on a warrant charging dynamitng of an A. B. & A. train at Muscle Vhite in August. o Lake City to Meet Charleston ' Charleston, Uct. iz.?Sunday arcerioon at 4 o'clock the Charleston kdgrh chool will play the Lake City high chool at Hampton park. This will * the only other football contest for Jharleston fans this week, as Jhe Ciatlel meets the Presbyterian college at 'linton, the College plays at Due West jid Porter goes to Augusta for a ;ame with the Richmond academy earn. The bantams realize they have i real job cut out for them next week vhen they tackle the Duval high chool of Jacksonville. To win this ^me will give the local lads much restige as Duval has always put cut xceptionally good teams. However, he boys have first to dispose of Lake Jity and judging from scrimmages hat have been taking place this week he high school bunch has much to earn before it tackles the Floridians. 666 cures Biliousness. % OLESA I AD) ins from the who 1 and winter goods, our prices to mee little lower than y< ho have not made ur stock is still coi HAS. 1 The Unders SENDS BULLETS IN HOME Says Col. Simmons, Imperial Wizard, Will Be Next Target. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 11.?Five shots were fired here tonight at Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler, a member of the propagation department of the Klu Klux Klan, according to reports to police. The ; bullets smashed her bedroom window , but she was unharmed. Police and a number of Members of the Klan rushed to the home, which is situated on ' Howell Mill road, some distance from : the center of the city. A few minutes after police received notice of the shooting a man called the At| lanta Constitution on the telephone and said: i "1 just want to say that we got Mrs. i Tyler tonight and we will get Simmons tomorrow." Efforts to learn the man's name were i i lasce toba< G I LE PRH /ANCI1 lesale markets are i , This being true, t this condition. Oi )u can obtain elsewl their fall and win nplete. It will save rUCKEl elling Store fruitless as he mumbled somethir and said "good-night." The shootir was not generally known at the tin of the call. Mrs. Tyler, who lives with h< grown daughter, had been entertaii ing several women friends earlier i the evening, and was said to hai just gone to her bedroom when tl firing started. After the shootir stoped, Mrs. Tyler managed to call tl police and members of the order f< help. An investigation was bcgu but it was reported there was nothir to indicate who did the shooting. o Testifies in Own Behalf Albany, Ga., Oct. 12.?Mrs. Benn Hudson yesterday told the jury tryir her on a charge of the murder of h< two young sons that her husband b; shot the boys and threatened her li if she told. The husband, Glen Moore Hudso : is a matt ;co qualit We state it as that the tobaccos fieW are of fit hence of better t other cigarette at Liggett 6 hesterl CIGARET' of Turkish and Domestic tol i :es vg! showing a steady nevertheless, we tar prices will be lere. We would ter purchases to f you money! r. innlm?ramim tg was recently indicted with her, and ig convicted and sentenced to be hanged le November 18 for the death of the boys, Robert, 10, and Isaiah, 0, step?r sons of Hudson. 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