Fiery Cross, Volume 4, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1925 — Page 1

"Put Americans on GuarcT-rWashington PHOrORflOW AS THE 9TMVVTt'RR OF GOTESXXEXT GIVES FORCE TO rCBtlC OPINIO, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAltaPriLIC OPINIO SHOl'LO RE KLIWHTE!IED." WASHIXGTOH. EDITION L VOLUME 4, NUMBER 11 Offlcp of Publiration. S16-217 fi Street N. W., Waaliingtijtn, D. C. , WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925 Entered as Set-ond -Class Matter. Post Office. Washington, D. C. IM1 .m VI UUU 1

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PRICE

IMJT i iriiy Li U Li U L

-Jews Joifi In Deceitful Scheme Against Holy

ROMANS AGREE I TOPLANTOBAR PLACING BIBLE

liv SCHOOLS t jcntatives of Both Relig

ions Meet and Confer on Best Plans to Defeat Protestants In Their Fight.

Will Ke$p Posted

egi&lators

Wins Long Fight

Hate Gang Victim

ORGANIZATION

RIVAL BILL IS GIVEN TO THE LEGISLATURE Prelate Declares Priestly Education Is Best, But Admits Only Three-Fourths Their Children Are Held In Line.

llilllll'lill.l Indian. ipnlis, Jan. 'id. 'I'lic Sims Kiltie hill which provided that the llihlr lc read in tin- public schools wilboul on Mil i-n I . lias hi'rii hilled In Ilic !M'iiiiti ly ii ntc of Ufi In II n.ii cnnlcnilcd hy those lm fointht tin measure that it Mould he unconstitutional because I lie Wins .lumen M'lsion of the Bible untild he read. hill similar In lli' im- hill iirnhahly will In:nl i iiilm t il in the lion"'.

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! SOUTH BEND IS NOT i da vfMr amv urrr.

Sv ac FORMED TO GiV

iv i ui i ni im,ivj

INFURMAllUN

Ignores Enemies and Is Continuing to Carry Out Program Laid Down.

Glenn Young

il! Mil IT I (irn".i(iii(lciil . ) Indianapolis, .1 a n. 26. That a determined effort to' defeat the bil? introduced in ihe Indiana State legislature, for the reading of the P.ible. vitho;;i -omment. in Ihe pub-

e .( h .'its of Indiana, is seen

in the great pulditity given a

TlliTL1 ' : ' till I J-

Suti'd law ciiforccniPiit nflicrr, who, with (jitMii'K. 1'iirhfs, was inurderpd in lli-n-hi. III.. Satnrda.v niKliI h.v Ora ThniiiHs, drinit.v slit'riff, convirted hinilhjggpT and chief of tlie "Flaminc ( ii rl." an iirKani.ution opposed to llir lvlan. Thomas was also killed in the light.

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S. GLENN YOUNG

DIES MARTYR TO CAUSE HE LOVED IN HERRIN DUEL

'Special to The Fiery Cross.) j South Bend, Ind., Jan. 'JG. linemies of the Klan in this locality have evidently given up hope of stopping the. growth of the organization in this ounty. While there are sporadic attacks, they amount to little and local Kliinsmen pay no heed to them. The local unit is going along the even tenure of its way and putting its time to furthering the cause of the Klan and its program of Christianity and Americanism and forgetting the indi viduals who would thwart its progross or those agents of Home who are always opposed to any Protestant organization which "speaks out of school."

The Klajismen were addressed by a brilliant speaker here Tuesday night of last week and showed great interest in the address. All the troubles in this unit have long since been settled and the local organization is forging ahead lo the satisfaction of all concerned in its welfare. LIBERTYHALL DEDICATION IS

TO BE MARCH 4

New Community Building Excites Much interest in All Parts of State.

Will Keep Tab on Members T Who Do Not 'Legislate as They Campaigned.' TO NOTIFY ALL VOTERS Holds Time Has Come to Keep Faith With Home Folks, Says Spokesman-

Gunman Dies in Attempt to Balk Law Enforcement by

Vigo County's New Sheriff

(By Staff Correspondent.)

Terre Haute, Jan. 26. George Withrow, deputy sheriff is today recovering from the wound received Jan. 17, when Sheriff Ray Foncannon and. four deputies answered a riot call at Fontanet, a small town in the northern part of this

county. The bullet which wounded Deputy Withrow passed i 4T-.,,V. 1-. C XT XT' AT n U f 1 :

ous character and gunman of this county. Sheriff Foncannon had grappled with McDonald when the shot wounding Withrow was fired by another deputy.

Mcuonald, who had killed a man

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Lured by Rifle Bullet as Bait, Young, With Characteristic! Foolhardincss Walked Into Gang Waiting for Him. EACH SIDE LOSES ITS ACKNOWLEDGED LEADER Two Others Dead Were Innocent Bystanders Young's Spectacular Career Reads Like Fiction.

OPEN HOUSE JANUARY 31

Blue Devil Orchestra to Furnish Much for Opening Event. U Staff i iirresponileiit .1 Indianapolis, Jan. 26. Following a meeting cvf""the adv i s o r y committee it w a announced today that the tentative date set for the dedi-

(Special to The l-'ii ry Cross.) Indianapolis, Jan. 26. It became known today that an organization has been formed here which has for its purpose the giving of information to "the folks back home," on the voting of the different senators and representatives now in session at the state house. In this way. according to a spokesman for the organization. thc voters in the

different counties of Indiana will I know whether or not the legislators I carried out the wishes of the. voters who elected tlieni. Candidates al-1

ways make certain . pledges which they promise m cari'y out if elected and for this reason it an only be assuniel that if elected the majority are desirous of seeing the program or platform on which the candidate made his race carried out when that candidate goes into ollice after a, successful campaign. ' '4 .ruder .ho plan ) of "rolks hr'k

home" 01 'ganizatior.. the voters a ill lie given full and specific " informal inn of how each and every legislator vast his vote on imiioriani matters whie'i were' before the public during The campaign.- TSie work is being sytematized. :m.l will be carried out ae e. , idiot; in ;IM. interested in the mat-

Charles J. Orbison Chosen Potentate

by Murat Temple j

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SKXATOB EARIJ B. MAYFIKIJ) . .

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1UUI1U 1U Willl4

JUROR WHS ILLNESS CAUSL

ANOTHER. TRTAI

Queer Turn of Fate Results Nulling Verdict Said j

Have Been One of Guilty

March 16 Is New Date Se

PATROLMAN IS SWITCH

ON NIGHT OF ROBBER

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I ! it in. III.. .Ian I ilteen tlion-aiiil persons t i I I tbiough the ni'irt ii.i i ihapcl hcri' the n iiiains ol oiin iisliil in its cavKft Snnda.i . ll is estimated there were iiiorc than '.Ti.fMHl isit,.rs to Ileriiii iliirinu the da; . I'lincra! scr i es lor oiiii. held separate friiin the oilier ii linis of Saturday , night' sliootini;. .diiesla afti rnoon in Ihe I- irst Kaptisl church ilh Iniriiil l illiming in Ihe Hen in cemetery. Tweii ll e I'riiti'staiit ministers look pari in Ihe ser ices, and a Ihrmig of ::il,(lllll persons from all over Southern Illinois gathered lo pay I In ii respei Is. ( s.peeial t The Ivoui ier i Herrin, Ml., Jan. 26 S. (ilenn 'oung has kept his ren-dezou-with death. Lured into ;t cigar siore oh-i he main

are

cation of Libertv Hail is;,

March i. A program for the r dedication service will be an-;! nounced later. It was also i 1

given out that an open house!','." partv will be held on Jamiarv'i 31 . The Hlue Devil Orchestra ' will furnish music for the ': -.t i

UJijJe no: fully ,le, aierl at!'"' f . i; is possible that a party : '!

'"Id on March 14. alentlne

b. r sla. keneil vork to some extent, but

turn', J on in the onirkmen are busy getin readiness for the

"The time i spokesin;' n !' "when the k now jusl ' hi do .H't'-r I hey tli" many bill it is haul for k ep a ri .'orii ai'.r and rer .iiiT'-reiit nie;l"I "nder i iif'

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declared tl organ izatioi desirous I ful candidal'

elected. Ii . be legisla t u i e i

ii.iliN iiiual voter In i iu, how eaeh Sen ! ; at ive eit e4--' n t he :

-ares prese-nteo. plans w'.rked inn . iiea I i- n . f I he niore imaiion and different liill.-s

moi'. iiroiniiienlly befoi-" hctUht with just bow (be

. .te.l on t hem. will be iiut Rv en to the voters. lu

Those legislators who voi'-d, what they pledged themselves, ..tori to do. will be known and ; or can determine whether or ' or she. would care lo cast nil i ote at a Mi. --ceding, election, men v. In. failed to 'legislate as; mpaigncd.' " !

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a l"lif held aT. bi; s'. oi , t i I e

with 'h

'.vers of the .. .' 'nth i ook o. . .1.-IOII ' o ' I- peeeh a' 1 ii' confer tin' l.ineohi. and fron. t,. ll'lpoiTll Ihe . otmer t of .ie nil'!' i disciisst' n

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GRATEFUL MOTHER THANKS KLAN FOR AID

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t ben men

I. list hlindri . the pistol.

lit! a feu -v erliei a t io v.eltcied i

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atul two of were shot

1 I bit not be- j si milill to bis I : ii .a rrio d b im .. i on si' ua t ion . mi.:-. ! . a f ira

ang. of the ig I'll'.- of I ! ' I '. i bof - d'pu'v by

i- serving nd s-torio . hieh has ire ti iable 1 1 ."'s w "i e

. on.i.l.'i and lerest'.i m ; lines ' mini

has no superior a The door is 7.7 bv struetions whatev. the view of spoi

inns ' be en' i

walls

iiinasiuni in i-ording tbl'-ties. 1 siu n is in

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praetl. persi n:

one r 1 ndian.' .

t bland

basketball floor, and lias no -oh

or to interfere with "ators. A hah-ony

e ei"ire lengili tf the four irroundiiig the gymnasium.

' foyer Complete. Yi,e iile tloor i:t the big fo or is j Itnisiied and part of the marble which j will rise io a height of five feet on I the vails, in is place. The large ; lounge rooms on tbe first Jloor are 'eoinpletn with the exception of the : finishing touches, fin the first Moor.

WEST LEBANON BUYS LAND FOR KLAVERN SITE

New Building to Be Erected Next Spring and Will Be Centrally Located

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,u! 1 '. The I 'wry Crns-.. enanon, Ind.. Jan. -. -The

base of thirteen a. res uf land by West Lebanon unit of the Klan

Indianapolis, Jan. 2ti. Charles .1. Orbison was re-electc.l illutrious potentate of Mttriu) Temples. Ancient Arabic Order, N'oblos of the Mystic Shrine, at tbe annual stated meeting of tlie order. 1 b was also chosen as

a delegate i., t he imperial council meeting of the order, to be held at 1 ,os Angeles next Juno. Those elected to go witli him are: fieorge M. Spiegel. Ohio I.. Wade. Van C. P.lue. of flora. All ollieers. of the ollb ial di"an were i e-ele. ted as follows: Com go M. Spiegel, chief rjibban: WiPiimi 11. Bockstahlor. high priest and prophet: Arthur K. Uobinson. orienial guide; Chtirles I'. Meyer. Sr.. treasurer: Charles S. Rai'kcr. recorder. I be election of Meyer as treasurer marked his forty-first consecutive i -loot-inn a.s treasurer of the local Shrine temple, it was a.nnrunced. I'oneurrent with the meeting of the

I Shrine temple, a meeting of the Murat Temple Association, the holding com i pan;, in which is vested the title of the temple property, also was held.' I Chalmers Brown, one of the two sur-! i viving members of the first class inita p-d in Murat temple, in 1SX-I. its in-' i augural year, was re-elected a director ) of the association for a period of six .years.

Tbe financial statement of the treasurer and recorder shows tbe value of the temple mosque and grounds to be SI to. mil) and the value of equipim nt and furnishings $104,508. or a total of SI. !:'!!. 50S.- Net membership gain of r.4ii for the last year was shown, with a n't total membership of the temple registering 10.427.

in the court room a number of years ago, and who was shot seven times then, was a most powerful man and had a gun in his hand and had Sheriff Foncannon covered when the officer pulled his gun and fired as he grasped the gunman's gun with the other hand. Immediately upon firing, the officer threw away his gun and grappled with McDonald who failed to go down when shot. Almost simultaneously the shot was fired through McDonald which wounded Withrow.

At Point of Gun. I

j A few minutes previous to the kill- i i ing. Sheriff Foncannon had been in i j a store attempting to ascertain why l a riot call had been sent to his office. I

when McDonald approached from the i rear and jabbed a gun into the back ( of the officer, calling him vile names j and orcerinf him out of town. He j

ordered the officer to raise his hands and to r.' jrri to the auto at the curb a short distance down the street. AVhen the deputies saw the two men approaching they -were powerless to act as they knew the least move on their part would mean instant dea$.h for the sheriff. When they reached the machine, McDonald, white . still keeping his sun losr to the body of

rah' ;Qglcer-:Pfirmitled Him to turn -to

face him. AH of this i:m be was cursing the sheriff uul drela ing he would "sell the nrrK as long as he lived." lie was formerly a saloon

keeper in Fontanet. He defied the (county officials and the government

operatives, and cursed the I'rcsttlent during the minutes from the time he -dipped up behind the sheriff and the moment when the sheriff took the chance and nulled his nun ram and

liorcl. ' Kureau of The Koutier. Much bitterness is felt toward Shcr '. ':. St x- u - Washington, iff Kotieannon. who was elected be Washington, -Jail. 26. Seii-

cause of bis good -ha. -actor an'ijat0r Eaiie B. Mavfield. of staunch stand tor Americanism, bv j rr, , , the lawless element of this county, be-! i cxas. has been vindicated m

cause' of his activity shown in the, his long fight for retention of few weeks he has been in ofliee. ! i, ; , .,4- it, T;i.j cii , toward cleaning out the bootleggers 1 nls eat in the Llflted States and other law violators in this county, j Sen-ate. and the Roman Cath.oOn the one hand he is receiving,. forces that have SO bitthreats from the lawless element, and! . -" on the oilier, words of praise and en-lterl.V Opposed him and aSSailcouragement from the law-abiding j cd him. tinil themselves utterly routed

citizens. .. .. i and defeated

tne snerni is in receipt i.t

Case Resulting From Klavern

Theft Is Slowly Unfolding Peculiar Train of Circumstances Bondsman Quits

TEXASSENATOR

VINDICATED IN CONTEST WITH

ROMAN AGENTS

Peddy Fails to Prove a Single Charge In a Fight Lasting Nearly Two Years, Which Government Spent $75,000.

LAST PLEA OF PEDDY

AGAIN TURNED DOWN

Attorneys Insisted He Have Privilege to Plead Case. Ballots Gathered, Witnesses . Called at Great Expense.

(Special to The Fiery Cross.) Ft. Wayne, Ind., Jan. 26.

jit became known here today5 I that the name of a Roman

Catholic priest appears in a-; sworn statement made in connection with the case resulting from the robbing of the JClan Klavern in this city on Jan. 26, 1924. It was predicted on the dav af the opening of the trial of Walter Arnold, one of the defendants who was arrested together . with Dane Walden and Carl Roberts a few days after the robbery, that sensational developments would follow, Arnold, by a queer turn, of fate, is todav at tib-.

erty on bond after he is saM to havebeen found guilty of second detrren; burglary by the jury xehicb heard'

the case on Jan. 9. 10. M. - X

A verdict of guilty, it is understood,, was returned by the jury '3an.: 13, but due to the fact that one'furt.r

was taken ill and jreifco? from ih if (corn t houggittiffegdigt way notT

uiTderstoorrit the ITbserfpfurW hadV voted as did 'the other eleven inem-X

inai I

bers. The law

provides that in a criminal

case the twelve jurors must return

DR. H. W. EVANS WILL SOON LEAVE HOSPITAL

I "r lal I i 'I'll" K .. Oyershiirg, Trim., I. 1 1 Ira in esli y l.v.i nWizard of the Knights Kill Klan is re. . from bl npcrati

ti lb Ii( Ii da to walk from "' I' -

1 It-It M l . i ''HI fo -,,i;.,l i 'I.;,' i ' e ti e h'

in i ' . llol.. :ial of I be Ki, itic i a pidl'.' a pin ndlci dressed as a I lie - t time

ins ex-

i..tal within

itavs and ,'i ::o into rntlrefor se-ri, ..ci'ks until his ;T v f eon jdeti'. Uxm of niPinbers of the Klan,

n.-.vr in..en ir;iving for the jrery .f their Imperial Wizard, rejoice with the family of Dr.

Win Klan oincialH and otnPrs,

will ever have h grateful 4

lory for the four doctors who

charge uflhlwca. Jr. W. "vaburg, . had-fhr

i lie down

a. a'., reports or i.f la i y i a liber eoials and when had ' -aed three ! h' ir own bl'iofl

I breatbin;' tbii'' law uitbin th or'ivli'il inriliii'.'i of ti e eigar store in

lb" front of the l.uropean Hotel, iinrj one io hi lav mortally wounded. 'fv... ot tnose men were tbe in incipal a. iors ill the I raged- whi-h has ; Intel-mil lenlly tlrr'-. I southein JJJJnoin 'for louite.ii inor:M;s. S. (;enn Voung. brought here as paid leader, of the jlaw enfor-en.eiil i lement. or Ora i Thomas, pawn and killer for the i force- of sin and -onimereialized vice 'hidden behind the cloak of partisan ! lOmtinued Page Two.) i FIERY CROSS SHEDS ITS LIGHT ON MEXIA

Alexia, e.. Ian J brilliantly lighted fl erected In front of

Mexla Monday evening permanently plare'l foi organization nearly f, v

The Mexla K lan

Masonic Temp'e

-A large and cross was l.lan Hall at the first one

Old, 47 since years ago.

has M aarters In the t hi c-story brick

in addition to th.- lounge rooms, cheek loom and office, will be a large diningroom, billiard room and reading room. Space is also provided on this floor for a nlavroom for children and a ban

quet hall. On the second !'oo' are sei od' shower baths adjoining the gymnasium, and pariTTrs" v. hieh can be used! for small meetings and thrown open for social affairs, fin the third floor

is a large assembly bull. Above this floor. uhcnthe building is completed in its entirely will be se en tloors of rorims such as aie found in very large V. M. '. A. buildings throughout the rountr;. . In the basement will be a .swiin-

I ming pood 40 feet by 0 feet, a bar

ber shop and lavatories.

I'liique In Its Field. That Liberty Hall is unique in its! field of endeavor is seen i:i the inter j est taken by many persons Interested

in community work in many states. Inquiries concerning the project have f.een received from twenty-three states, and visitors from nineteen states have gone through the building. Voluntary donations have been received from manv Wales, many of them far removed f ,,m Indiana. Due to Ihe interest taken in the project throughout ire slab of Indiana, the

movement hf. I.e-on.e almost one of a state wide i attire, i ather than mere

ly an Indianapolis project. Many requests have already been made to the management for the use of the ifymnaHlum by basketball teams. Also a number of smaller organizations have made known their desire to r. qt the assembly hall.. Liberty Hall is 1". ated in the 3,000 block in East Michigan street, but

was announce,! today. The land, it is j understood is fully paid for and in j the spring a Klavern will be built. According to authentic reports the local Klan unit is in excellent financial condition and is flourishing to a treat extent. The Klavern will be een-

PARSONS UNIT HOLDS FIRST MEET OF YEAR

1'arsoiis, Kas., Jan. 2'b-

Klonkave i.f the nuw-year was auondefi. The initial lecture year's educational program. '

1' he

first

largely of the At the

.ill

afford an ial affair:

ideal and

the local unit is irried out and conbeing made. Plans vil! b" given out at

al-;ni-

trally located and place for meeting celcbra tions. Tbe program ' being ' arefuUy -tinued progress i.for the Klacrn

a later dat" it was aunounopd though i' is understood that a

mittee is now at work planning a building which will have every convenience. A state ofUeer addressed a meeting here last week and w as met with a most enthusiast!- audience which was deeply impressed witli his speech. The lo-al unit has mad- great strides

since its inception ami the Ivlansmen are pushing, hard lo make it one of the most solid and active units in the entire state. o--

Threshold." was enthusiastically reeeived by the large number of Klansmen present. CHASE COUNTY UNIT HAS RECEIVED CHARTER

! Siioiiir City. Kas.. Jan. 2U.-Kla.ns-

men are very much gratified here at receiving a charter fi',::, ;r.e state organization. The Chase -County Klan will be known as Klnn Xo. 100. Realm of Kansas.

Aurora Celebrates Victory Gained By Protestant Voters

building In the heatt of the business ectlon, and the vro can b plainly seen from almost t-ery section of the

dtpn Monday sml Tuesday tilgnts,

-rhu and Ladle meet al

many of the

zens of all

vitally Inter

undertaking

The df

W.hen

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7 V

ding Protestant clti-

of Indianapolis are in the success of the

v .- -' -V.-'V rt . . . - -

tor the wedding

maJ-rsput8idi

(Special to, The Kievy Cross. 1 Aurora. I nil.. Jan. 16. Among the recent activities of the Klan, which is showing much strength in this locality, was the burning of a hupe fiery cross recently on a high hill

overlooking the Ohio river. The cel.

bration was held on the night of th.

inauguration Of the new " state off!

cials and was in honor of the grea

Protestant rIctory at the polls of In

diana. Thfrre was also a brilliant dis-

play ot tireworKS wmcn were

fay hundrce of persons on t tucky eiclofthe river, and fcv

"FIFTH HORSEMAN" IS HELD OVER FOR SECOND WEEK RUN 'Special to The Fiery Cross.) Indianapolis, Jan. 24. It was announced today that "The Fifth Horseman." a film being shown at the Lincoln Square Theater, under the auspices of the Women of th" Ku Klux Klan of Marion cunt v. will be continued through

next week on account of the many hundreds who were disappointed in their efforts to view the film on account of capacity houses. The film, which is one of thrills and presents a strong plea for Americanism, has played to packed houses at each-performance. The. theme is unusual .and makes a

deep impression- on all who- view it. The fact that the film is hSld

ver for the second week ia a guar-,

tee that the picture present ft,

nderf ul and thf ' '

since-the al t

Icture jw'

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is in receipt ot mat

letters from civic organizations and! from individuals complimenting him on his work. Trials to Commence. Trials of alleged bootleggers and rum runners arrested by Sheriff Concannon since he took office Jan. 1. are expected to start this week. The basement of the jail is rapidly filling with confiscated liquor and stills of

lull kinds. The latest arrest was that I of Antone Casto. alleged rum runner, j about twelve miles north of Terre ! Haute. A high-powered automobile

and fourteen gallons of pure grain al

cohol was confiscated. Fifty gallons of "mule" was confiscated at a place about twelve miles north of the city and Ludlwicka Vinco taken into custody. Tony Mapoles. living in the heart of "Hollywood" in West Terre Haute, was arrested as he was pumping liquor from an underground tank into bottles. The tank was so arranged that it could be filled

by the same pump which was used to pump the liquor into the bottles. Nothing appeared above the ground

except one-tenth of an inch of a small tube. A still was confiscated at the place of a Frenchman, known as Alphonzo Harris, and Harris placed under arrest . An outfit for making artificial whisky was taken by the officers when Clarence Lowery was arrested. The outfit consists of grain alcohol, glycerine, coloring, a blend and other ingredlants. The arrests of Snide Todeliop resulted in a haul of thlrty-four jugs of "mule" and wine. Much other confiscated liquor, bottling outfits and paraphernalia litter the big room in the basement of the jail.

Swing t'p To 1'ledce. Sheriff Foncannon wasted no time

on his start to live up to tne pieage made to the people of Vigo county, before his election, and is entering on a clean-up campaign which is alreaely bringing results. Liquor is neit being sold with the freedom which

marked its sale before Sheriff Foncannon took his office on New Vear's Day. Threats on his life are not worrying the sheriff despite the desperate characters who are known to

ply their trade in Vigo county. The death of McDonald, long known as the most desperate man in Vigo county, and whom everybody feared, is giving the criminals something to think about. The chance taken by Foncannon while covered with a gun in the hands of a man as desperate as McDonald, gives warning to the

lewless element that they now have a man of steel nerves and unflinching bravery with whom o deal. McDonald's Record. McDonald, when shot seven times

in a local court room nearly 1 7 years

ago after ne naa snot ana Kiuea a detective in open court, was struck

three times in the chest. Upon re

covery he .was sent to prison, wne.re he served nine years and was then pardoned. Everybody in the locality of fontanet fear McDonald, and it was for this rej that Sheriff Fon-

eanhon was o go from store

of the Killing in

ny the riot call

rho had sent

the verdict in op-n court. The absent juror was Mrs. Ida Weber, who was seized with an attack of pleurisy nt about 4 o'clock in the morning. Defendant's Visit Priest.

Ry an odd coincidence, the name of the priest whose name appears in I the sworn statement which is being j withheld, is also AVeber. It could j not be learned at this time in just i what way Priest Weber's name is mentioned, although it is rumoreB j that one of the defendants asserts that he and another defendant stopped .it the home of the priest before the j rohhery took place and "Imagined it I had something to do with the Klan." I By those who are connected with i the case no doubt exists in their

in a struggle almost two minds but that the developments ex-, t'nanimouo rccomrnenda-1 pee ted are merely delayed by the pe

culiar trend taken by tne trial and the continued delay. Walden. whom it was stated, was prepared to plead guilty, has not yet gone before the court, and it could not he ascertained today just whjen this would be. The fact that Arnold s retrial will not be" held until March 1H, the date set by Judge Wood for a re -h-a-ing- will delay Walelcn's appearance ',L.f,,.,. ii,e court. I'riest Has Influence.

'..hat . on the t a i'rotcihe l off toe

years old

Hon that Senator Mayfield be adjudged properly elected to his seat in the Senate has been made by both subcommittee and the full committee of the Senate Flections commitee. This report of both committees is now being prepared lor submission to

iile Senate and the Senate has always1 i'uiii'UiTC.1 in such reports when they j are unanimously made. Before ap I

proving the sub-committee's recm- I h has been established iiiendation. the full committee tin ned I . down a request of counsel for Pcddy n-hl "f lhc ''ohbery t'a to plead his case ;tant policeman was svitc This ions-drawn out contest forced ! beat near the place vh

on Senator Mavfield bv the Roman I hpry took place. Just .. '.-i ilus

Catholics of Te:;as. ostensibly backed lead is not known at :hi time.

financially by two wealthy lumber though it has been ru'-n-ren 'l a; one

men of Ibiusfon. both representatives I of the defendants ha d- '-iarc-i un-

the Roman Catholic e-orpor.ition.der oath that a Roman Caiiioiie prolonged this case since Febi u-; priest in Ft. Wayne exerted influence

when it was laid before J w ith the police elepartment throug

of has

arv 22. 1'.'

I the Senate in behalf of George

Pedit;. . his opponent. Has Cost C S. ST3.000. It has cost the government Uniteel States nearly $75,000 to tain ihe facts which do not i

F.. B. Mayor

jf the any

ubstantiate the charges made by i.f excessive expenditures, and intimidation. Just how money was put up by the Ro-

way s Peddy f rauel much

man Catholic corporation tor attorneys' fees for more than two years probably never will be known. However, it has cost the government ten times the sum of a Senator's salary for a year. Charges Not True.

Hearings m the case have cont'Jiued more than a year, with the

name of the Ku Klux Klan figuring i conspicuously in ihe testimony in con

nection with Peddy's contention- that Senator Mavfield was the Klan candidate, and that the organization had conspired in the election to defeat and violate Federal and state stat(Continued on Page Two.)

NOBLESVILLE HEARS

INSPIRING SPEECH erts

Noblesville, Ind., Jan. 26. An enthusiastic meeting was held here by the Knights of the Klan last Thursday night when a speaker from the state office delivered an inspiring adelress. The organization in Hamilton County is prospering and growing, and much enthusiasm is manifest by the Klansmne throughout the county. The Klansmen have a definite program and the organization is making most gratifying progress.

to store

ariieffort

og- I

fear McDonald would learn of It and

kill them. McDonald had been a saloon keeper ' in Fontanet and his name linked

with the Sandford wreck about eight

een yeass ago. He was forty-nine

years of age at the time o his death and a most powerful man. At times

in the past he hfcd been suspected or Koimr mmi4hI Dili notheT murder

in addition' to : thfLon.: (Bommitted by

him in court. . H -arteeJ to- MIL

detective, the . . pi wr? attorney

and the. Judi

llosey who. he declared,

Roman Catholic.

j That the names of certain men 'prominently connecteel with a war on the Klan. and .-ill of whom are RoJ man Catholics, will be linked with

this case in one way or another is not doubled at this time. Sworn statements which are understood to be in existence at this time show a widespread plot to burn and rob Klan klaverns. Arnold's activities, and the fact that he is known to have called a certain anti-Klan organization m Indianapolis whT taken there by the State Fire Marshal's office in connection with an investigation- of the lire which partially destroyed the

klavern following the robbery on

January 26. 1924. point to his connection with that organization in some

capacity yet to be determined.

Some Facts Withheld.

That the authorities are keeping

much in the background can only be believed. . from certain developments and persistent rumors all indications-

are that much will follow on the heels ot Walden's appearance In court un-.

less it .developes before that ti:

which to date has not been set. Rob

the third defendant Is howserv

Ing a ten-year term in state prison rotbis part in the robbery of a bank at Haggerstown. Indiana.

Following the report of the jury on last Tuesday morning, Arnold was

sent to jail when Luols Burdl. who. had been on his bond, refused' t longer remain in that capacity. Arnold spent the night In jail and-was released Wednesny night when Mr. and Mrs. Ed. vlr went Ott . i a ,1 ,.,X Wj,, v-.V-

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shot drr'

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STILL FORGING AHEAD I

' Special to The KourieV.) '-'Zfgft Toneanoxie, Kas., Jan. 25. -rTon-

eanoxte Klan Is keeping stride vrttbf

the progress o-nng nade in other parts of the state and initiations are frequent -'with that wide awake twr -of Americans. At a reeejtne a large class ww tnitli speaker of prominence- r teresttng : talk onVKiar trlotism, , which wV"f "rs of the1