ch vfs -4 2. as ole During the past , several weeks a stranger has been busy , in Washington trying to organof ize a secret society. The man of surrounds the organization of with an air of i mystery,even eh refusing to divulge, the name « of the organization, but giving of prospective members to u under ef stand that, they will be made ef acquainted with the inner es workings of the organization ef after they have taken an oath es of allegiance. By many it is believed that if the stranger is trying to form off wu local branch of the Ku Klux of Klan. it is said that hhe or ganization which the stranger is trying to form here is «f strongly anti-new, anti-Catho- ef lic, anti-foreigners “and anti negro. 179 is meeting with but little of success securing members, in is this community, ‘it is reported. of