New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 19, 1922, Page 5

K. INCONN.IS WEAK ANDINACTIVE Masked Order Now Gaining Gen- erally,N Y. Herald Lamns pened ta the Ku Klux Klan, successor In mummery to the vigorous reguia- tors of the old reconstruction days? Where does it stand, this :nasked and robed company, with its fiery cross, borrowed from the Rosicruclans; fts grotesque vocabulary, its raclal and religious wedges and Its slogan of white man supremacy?. Has it waxed or waned? Is it a power to be reck- oned with scclally and politically or his It wilted under the terrific bar- rage of denunciation and ridicule di- rected at it for years? In the effort to obtain answers to these questlons The New York Her- ald fostructed its correspondents the country over to investigate the stand- ing and {mportance of the Klan in their respective states and to report the facts as they are. The result of this survey is extremly interesting, covering as it does some thirty states. It reveals preeminently that the mod- ern Ku Klux Klan is a disappearing force except in two sections of the country. These regions are the South and the fringe of the South and the Pa- cific coast. The reason the Klan still thrives thereabouts {is that racial antagonisms burns hotly in each— antagonism to the black man in the Bouth, to the yellow man in the Far West. It is found, therefore, that the organization, frankly based upon ra- clal hostilities, maintains strength in these states particularly: Georgia, Al- abama, Mississippi, I'lorida, Louisiana Texas, Oklahoma, Maryland, Dela- ware and Kentucky of the South and in California, Oregon and Washington of the Pacific coast. Strength of the Ku Klux Klan. New York—Negligible or non-exist- ent. North Dakota—Negligible and in- active. Georgia—Strong and active. Maryland—Strong end influential. Florida—Increasing and politically active. Illinos—Unimportant and inactive. Tennessee—Weak and inactive. Colorado—Small and inactive. Texas—=Strong and active. Mississippi—Strong and growing. Virginia—Strength apparently laps- ing. Pennsylvania—TUnimportant, adic activity. Delaware—Active and ‘Washington—Growing, inactive, Connecticut—Poorly organized, but growing. Arizona—Negligible and lapsing. Indiana—Inconsequental and de- caying. California—Strong, growing, active. South Carolina—Weak and inactive South Dakota—Negligible, probably non-existent. Oregon—Strong, growing, active. Oklahoma—Strong and active. Louisiana—Strong and active, New Jersey—Weak and lapsing. Alabama—Strong, numerous, active Kentucky—Fairly strong, but inac- tive, Kansas—Small and inactive. Connecticut. In this state the Klan has been busy with propaganda and has been cleverly press agented, but it appar- ently is neither well organized nor numerous. It probably has 1,000 members in the state. On May 20 in the hills of Woodbridge, near New Haven, it staged an initiation cere- mony at night to advertise its mysteri- ous character and power. Newspa- per reporters were invited to attend. Two accepted. One represented a news gathering association, the other a newspaper in Hartford. They state that 500 persons were present in the robes of the Klan, but the press agents insisted that 2,500 attended. About forty persons were initiated, but the publicity experts maintained that a class of 500 was sworn in. This is characteristic of the meth- ods of exaggeration that have been employed in Connecticut and else- where in New England, a section of the country where the Klan is weak and doubtless. wiil continue so. The organization has been inactive in a “disciplinary” way. It is improbable that any public officials are connected with it. The Klan is denounced by spor- influential. but as yet prominent citizens of all falths and polities, Banned By N, Y, Masons, New York, June 10, —Bupreme Court Justice Arthur 8. Tompkins of Nyack, N. Y, grand master of the grand lodge of Kree and Accepted Masons of New York state, has de- nounced the Xu Klux Klan and warn- ed members of the Masonic fraternity in his jurisdicition that they cannot be both Masons and members of the i Ku Klux Klan, “Masonry will not tolerate the doc- trines of the Ku Klux Klan within its sacred precincts and should a Mason so far forget his ovligations {o his fraternity, his God, to his country and his fellow man, as to become af- filinted with this anti-American or- gnnization known as the Ku Klux ian," sald Grand Master Tompkins, *his right to remaln a member in gocd standing of the Masonic fra- ternity would be seriously ques- tioned.” The Masonic jurisdiction of New York contains 272,000 members. The Connecticut and Massachusetts grand lodges recently issued edicts brand- ing the Klan as anti{-Masonic and un- American. i FRANCE WILL ATTEND Will Not Remain at Hague, However, If Any Political Questions Are Brought Into Discussion. (By Assoclated Paris, June 19 Press).—France will take part in the | conference at The Hague with the Russian delegates, beginning June 26, it. was officially announced at the for- eign office today. If political ques- tions are introduced, however, the French delegates will promptly with- draw. The French delegates have recelved instructions to adhere to the French policy as outlined at Genoa. They will stick closely, it is stated, to the French contention that the soviet authorities must recognize the principle of respecting foreign-owned private property and the payment of foreign debts. One consideration that seems to have weighed strongly with the gov- ernment in reaching its decision is that it would be well for France to ratify these treaties before Great Britain with a view to modifying the unfavorable impression produced {n America by, the French delegation's position on some aspects of the naval question. The French government, it is de- clared, has determined to decline to accept amendments or reservations, although it seems quite probable that some will be proposed in the cham- ber of deputies. PRESENTED WITH WATCH General Superintendent of Stanley Rule and Level Plant Gets Hand- some Recognition from Company. In recognition of 40 years of faith- ful service to the Stanley Rule and ILevel company, now a part of the Stanley Works, James general superintendent, was presented with a handsome gold watch by that corporation Saturday. The presentation was made in con- nection with the outing of the Stan- ley Rule and Level club at New Lon- don. After dinner in the evening, Mr. Burdick had planned to leave for his home but was requested to remain a few minutes. Phillip B. Stanley, vice president of the Stanleyv Works, arose and made the preseritation, in a brief address in which he told how Mr. Purdick had entered the employ of the concern as an apprentiae, when still a boy, and in 40 years had worked his way well along toward the top of the ladder. He dwelt upon the superintendent’s splendid record with the concern and presented the watch on behalf of the parent corpo- ration. The watch was engraved as follows: Presented to J. M. Burdick by The Stanley Works In appreciation of 40 years of service 1882—M Honolulu has one of the finest and most efficient telephone systems in the world. He who has something to sell— Doesn’'t whisper details down a well— by using Herald classified ads. $400 Lures Woman To Death Saved with her husband and children pictured here when | thcxr New York home burned, Mrs. Angelina Vircenza (left) dashed into the flames for her $400 savings. Trapped by a fall- ing stmrway, she perished. M. 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