Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1927 — Page 7

indictments are N expected soon ~ O %Tl' IKO rHOM l’*l-H O» M) who appeared before the * stating Brand Jury w0,,1.1 bo fonialnod in the paper known to be under preparation. «, e present grand Jury has been charges made against Oov. ri jatkson. Mayor John L. Duvall * d other politician. who were asso- : iatl „, with D. C. Stephenson, deposed d imprisoned dragon of the Ku K„,x Klan during the height of his power in this state. Indianapolis, lnd., Sept. 8-(INB)-Tn ,hy was Ku Klux Klan day at the M . llion county grand Jury room where fii jurlors are probing Indiana's alleSc,i political corruption. Former Dragons, Kleagles. Cyclops. Titans. Terrors, Giants and other wearers of the hood emerged from their •Klaveras" and passed In a steady pr ,.cession through the jury room to testily concerning the tangled affairs ot Mayor John L. Duvall of Indianapoli*. Tile list of today's witnesses read liku a Klan roster. There was Orin E. Davis, present head of the Marion county horse thief detective association who as a member of the Klan political committee toiled in the campaign (or Mayor Duval. Davis made an affidavit he had been offered the federal Marshal's job political allies of United States Senator Arthur R. Robinson if be would withdraw his opposition to the slate of George V. Coffin. Marion county republican chairman and chief supporter of Governor Ed Jackson. Entered also the Rev. \V. H. Itrikhtmire. a Klan minister, who was equally jealous for Duvall's election but later rebelled against him. Missing Hamilton County Treasurer Now In Canada Noblesville, lnd., Sept. B.—(UP)— j An almost penniless family and an! investigation .of his accounts were lef behind by County Treasurer Thomas E. Setters three weeks ago when he left for a destination revealed today as Canada. Field examiners of the state board ol accounts, who were auditing Setters' books when he left the city and have continued their work since then, believe that the shortage will amount to 110,000 at least, and the treasur-

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ers' bondsmen have asked to be relieved or responsibility on a $35,0001 bond. When he left, Setters told Mrs. O. F. Scott, deputy treasurer, that he WO3 "going to Michigan for a vacation." Since then, Mrs. Scott mid Alex Jluir, Ills father-in-law, received letters from Setters, saying he has gone to Canada and does not Intend to return. As a result, six of Setters' bondsmen petitioned Judge Fred E. Hines of the Hamilton circuit court yesterday for release from their liability. Jackson Ends Comment Regarding Gurley's Charge Indianapolis, Sept 8 — (UP) —The correspondence between Gov. Ed Juckson and Hoyd Gurley, editor of the Indianapolis Times, appeared to he closed today as far as the Governor Is concerned. Jackson, asked whether he had any comment to make on Gurley's challenge that he waive the statute of limitations and go before the Marion county grand jury to testify, said he had none. Gruiey's challenge was In connection with the governor’s statement that an alleged SIO,OOO offer had nothing to do w ith his urging former Gov. Warren T. McCray to appoint James I’. McDonald as Marion county prosecutor. The Marion county jury, which is expected to report shortly, is understood to have given the alleged offer consideration. o ~ Former Banker Is Sentenced Terre Haute, lnd.. Sept. 7—(UP) —I Deciding to enter a plea of guilty al-, though his trial had been set for Oct.' 6, Jchn G. Shaw. 51. former treasurer! of the Terre Haute Savings Bank, was to start serving a sentence of two to 1 14 years in the Indiana State Prison 1 today. He was charged.with embezzling $15,000 of the bank's funds. Roya! Windsor Unable To Start For England Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Sept. 8— (United Press) — Schiller and Phil Wood of the Monoplane Royal Winsor were unable to depart for England today. but they offered to fly in search of the Missing Old Glory. There was a strong southeast wind today with fog and rain which would make searching conditions unfeasible, j

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.CANADIAN PLANE I tnut Bertnud, Hill and Payne are HOURS OVERDUE BHte ' Hml ,hut 1110 paBHHRe of a few i nisir n it’UT lll,lirK nmy l,rlnK wor<! ,hal the darUIN LUfvli r 1,11 ■HI venture has not ended so trag(OOVTISU EU rnoN paor ovki ically as present reports Indicate. , . v— —~~———~— number of explanations are of--1 eal * v t<M * uy w *'* r * l m ***'t Indicate what j ere( j f or t he belief that the tilers nmy I tragedy caused I.loyd Bertaud, Janies still he alive. j tD. Hill und Philip A. Payne, pilot, First, It Is believed possible that l navigator and passenger In Old Glory Old Glory met with some temporary | ■ on Its apparently Ulfatcd attempted trouble, and was forced to swoop' I flight to Rome, to startle the world down close to the surface of the j early yesterday morning with a fran- ocean. As the plane neared the wat-l tic S. O. S. call sent crackling through or, according to this belief, the first the ether from the plane's radio. S, O. S. message was sent out. The Two of the trans-Atlantic liners trouble which threatened disaster which rushed to the assistance of then, perhaps, was repaired, and the , Old Glory when the distress signal airship again gained altitude, six was heard abandoned the search for minutes later sending another mess- , the plane after a hunt of many hours, age (lmt she was five hundred miles . The vessels were the Transylvania cast of Newfoundland. No further . and the Caruiunla, which were the word was heard, but It is believed . ttrst to reach the spot where the plane possible that the radio antennae dam-1 . broadcast Us message of distress be- aged by contact with the water, then I fore it Is believed to have fallen Into snapped, making it Impossible for the , the sea. fliers to send further word. Propon- ; Captain David Bone of the Transyl- ents of this theory believe that Old , vania late last night scut the follow- Glory proceeded on its trip, perhaps , ing message o the radio corporation too high to he sighted by other vesin New York. S els, and may be seen over the French In spite of the futile search of the toast sometime today, seas for the missing plane, there Secondly, the fact that six minutes were many who still believed today elapsed between the two messagea BIG TIRE SALE j CONTINUES! I We Are Continuing Decatur’s Biggest Tire Sale To Enable All Motorists In Decatur And Vicinity To Take Advantage Os It. 30 x 3 1-2 Tlrestotte Gum Dipped Cord Tire $6.95 Quality oflered at Low Prices. Liberal Allowance on Your Old Tires. R. N. Runyon & Son | South First Street Phone 772

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from the plane, Indicates that the fliers nmy have had time to Inflate their collapsible lifeboats and empty the plane's tanks of their gasoline. ( The fliers, according to this theory, may now be floating in the lifeboats or in the fuselage of Old Glory, with jratlons at hund which would keep them alive for thirty days. i Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pay* — _ mmmm

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Factory At Anderson Is Destroyed By Fire Anderson, lnd., Sep r 8. — (INS) A .mouldering ruin was all thut remained today of the Maisonette garment department of the Ward Stinson Regalia company here, burned lust night by fire of undetermined origin, loss was estimated today at $200,000. When it became evident that the factroy was doomed, firemen devoted

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