Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-13 | Page 7 | Asks Guard for Klan Convention

I ASKS GUARD FOR I KLAN CONVENTION SEATTLE Wash ash July 13 13 3 Luther I 1 Powell king kint kleal ot of the Ku Klux Klut Klan for tor the Pacific northwest domain announced n that he had requested Governor Go Louis F Hart to send s nd nation l guard troops to protect a can convention an III ot of the Washington state brach otI ot of I the klan to be b held at Renton Henton Junc- Junc lion tion Junction Tunc near here Saturday Sit ird night gt The telegram followed an nn nn- nn announcement nn ment by Sheriff Matt Malt Star Star- Star with of King county that ho he would not permit th the holding holdina- of at the convention It if the th participants were masked or other otherwise I Idla dla- dla dl dis Ho He said he would insist I upon strict observance once o 0 the statute v which prohibits assemblages or of three or r more mor persons person p having 1 their races faces aces concealed except at masquerades or fancy raney dress bylls L Ils Mr Ir Powell PO l ell In his telegram 11 n I public here her declared that the Ilan 1 I Ian em-bl em Is a peaceful i a em IanI I binge blage t a masquerade and a I patri- patri patriotic patri patriotic otic religious ceremonial