The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-09
DIVINE HEALER
IS IN THE
81 Am the ReincarnatiOn Of
Moses" He Tells a Federal
Commissioner.

NEW YORK, July ST am the
reincarnation of Moses, king Of d.
vine healers. was born with the
power of curing just like Jesus
Christ. BY the power of God
have cured thousands"
The Rev. Francis Schlatter made
the above startling statements the
other day while he was on the stand
before Federal Commissioner Hough'
ton on the charge Of using the mails
to defraud. He spoke slowly ear
nestly, almost solemnly. He said he
was too old to preach any more, being
70 years of age, but not too old tc
cure by his divine power"
William II. Van Alstone, a negro
had just preceded Schlatter on the
stand and had testified that the lat.
ter had cured him Of asthma. kid
ney trouble and dropsy.
You used a handkerchief in heal
ing? the old man was asked by his
counsel.
only as John and Peter used
blessed aprons" answered the de-
PENDANT.
Satisfied to Make Living.
Did you take up divine healing to
make a living?" asked Assistant Fed
cral Attorney RoOsa.
NO" replied SchIatter. "If I only
make a living curing the afflicted,
am satisfied If there is anything
left over, it is sent to our church in
Oakland, Calf"
And do you claim to have cured
many?'
yes" thousands. was born with
that power just like the Savior and
his disciples"
And you claim to be the reincar-
nation of Moses?" continued the pros
ecutor.
yes, through my work. Can you
say it is not so?"
The ''healer" said that the Rams
Horn was the official publication of
his church in Oakland, and that 1t
was the kind of newspaper Christ
WOulu HdNC
But do you think Christ would
have published this curse that ap-
pears in the Rams Horn? The curse
Of the one hundred and ninth Psalm
shall be upon Miss Adele D. PRESS.
She shall get lame, blind, deaf and
dumb and the demons Of hell will
not give her any rest neither night
nor day"
This curse was called down upon
Miss PRESS because she brought
about Schlatter's arrest for sending
the blessed" handkerchiefs through
the mails to patients.
Withholds "Secret" from People.
Il had nothing to do with that, "
Schlatter declared, but If she was
to blame for my trouble she deserved
the curse. The Lord cursed her and
the editor obeyed the commandment
from the Lord"
The man responsible for the pub
LEGATION was Bishop Schrader, the
prince and ambassador Of Christ, "
according to Schlatter. He also has
been accused of misusing the mails,
Would you curse me?" asked Mr..
Roosa.
yes, if was commanded to do
So"
How do you accomplish healing?"
"By the laying on Of hands and
by prayer"
"What sort of prayer do you
make?"
THAT is secret that must not
be given to the people" answered
the healer"
Commissioner Houghton, after lis
tening for a week to the evidence pre-
sented In the case, refused to honor
the extradition warrant by which it
was sought to remove the Rev. Mr..
Schlatter and his secretary, who are
under Indictment in Los Angeles on
a charge of conspiring to use the mails
to defraud. In, discharging the de-
PENDANTS, Commissioner Houghton
filed an opinion declaring that mental
and divine healers were not Offend
ers against the law.