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Evening star., 1923-05-06
MAY ISSUE WARRANT
FOR "KING BENJAMIN.
Criminal Charge Expected Before
End of Next Week Against
House of David Head.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ST JOSEPH. Mich. May 5.-A
strong probability exists. il is hinted,
that before the end Of next week a
criminal warrant will have been is-
sued for the arrest of King" Ben
jamin Purnell. head Of the House of
David cult at Benton Harbor
Judge Harry ]. Dingeman OF De-
troit will resume here Monday morn
ing his sessions of the one-man jury
investigating the charges that Pur-
nell has been guilty of immortality.
Hilda Pritchard. who formerly lived
at Shiloh, residence of King" Ben
jamin. and her sixty-six-year-o old
mother, Mrs. Isabel Pritchard will
be among the first witnesses called
before Judge Dingeman next week.
They left the colony three years ago,
one week after Purnell is accused Of
having attacked the girl. The min
ute a warrant is issued, 1t was stated.
Sheriff George c. Bridgman. at the
head OF force of deputies and state
policemen. will swoop down on Shi-
loh and the other buildings Of the
House of David, in a search for the
vanished Purnell. He is believed to
have been hiding there since the state
Of Michigan first announced 1t would
investigate the charges against him.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
TWO BIG RAILROADS
GAIN IN EARNINGS
st. Paul Cuts Down Deficit of Last
Year-Northweste Doubles
1921 Income.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 5.-Improvement in
earnings was shown today by both
the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul
and the Chicago and Northwestern
railways in their annual reports for
the year ending December 81, 1922
The Milwaukee, while now earning
more than it's fixed charges. showed
deficit OF $s.143.1Ss. compared with a
deficit of s1l.o70.s0s in the previous
year. The Northwestern showed a
surplus of $73.260, after payments of
dividends, as against a deficit of s1o.-
010.70I in 1921. Operating revenues of
the Milwaukee road increased $1o-
100000 over 1921. the report showed
operating revenue for 1922 being
shown as $156.s56,62S. compared to
$146.765,766 in 1921
The Northwestern reported operat-
ing revenues of $146,10o,436 for 1892,
compared with S144.775.475 in 1921.
Gross income of $20,345,70s was dou-
BILE that for 1921
The Chicago. St. Paul and Omaha
railway report for the year 1922
showed net earnings. after perferred
dividends. equal to s2.10 a share on
the outstanding common stock, as
compared with a deficit Of s2,0O1, $50.
after dividends, in 1921.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
COTTON PRICES ERRATIC.
Saturday Advances Run Into Fur
ther Heavy Selling.

NEW YORK. May 5.-Notwith-
standing the extent of the recent de-
clines and covering for over the week
end, comparatively moderate ad
vances met increased offerings in the
cotton market today and fluctuations
were erratic. July sold up to 1868
during the early trading. or Is points
net higher and As points above the
low level touched on the break of
yesterday, but later declined to 1927
and closed at 25.39. The general mar
ket closed barely steady at a net ad-
vance Of points on September. but
generally 1 to Is points net lower.
May sold off to 1853 and October
to 1915, with active months gener-
ally showing net losses of to %
points, but later orders were better
divided and there was Eood deal
Of irregularity, with last prices show
ing rallies of some ) TO 10 points from
the lowest.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
FRENCH BONDS STRONG.
u. S. Government Issues Ais
Firm in Saturday Market.

NEW YORK, May 5.-Eenewed buy
ing of French government and pro-
vincial bonds, most of which advanced
by large fractions, featured today's
brief and relatively dull trading in
bonds on the New York Stock Ex-
change.
United States government issues
were firm, all of the active issues adj
vancing from 2-32 to S32 of a point
with the exception Of the tax-exempt
3hs, which were off 1-32 of a point.
and the victory 4a.s which were un-
changed. Total sales tpar valued
were $6,236,000.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
MRS. STOKES BRANDS
DEPOSITION FRAME-UP
Declares Husband Sent Secretary
to Coach Witness on
Testimony.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, May 5.-Mrs. Helen Ell
wood Stokes, defendant in a divorce
suit filed in New York by w. Ed
Stokes, wealthy New York hotel
owner, has left for New York, brand
ing deposition by Rose Miller,
negress, taken here, as q "frame-up."
She also intimated that a carefully
kept diary. in which she recorded
events of her married life. will be
used by her to refute the statements
of Mrs. Miller, formerly employed
in a New York tea room beneath
an apartment tenanted by Edgar T.
wallace. named by Stokes In his
action for divorce four years ago.
Mrs Miller. in her deposition, said
she had taken lunches to Wallace's
rooms and had seen Mrs. Stokes
there in negligee. She identified Mrs.
Stokes, she said, from newspaper
Photographs. stokes secured a re-
hearing on representation that he
had secured new evidence in the tes-
timony given by Mrs. Miller. Mrs.
stokes declared her husband had
sent his secretary here to coach the
witness on what to say. She refused
to appear to determine whether the
witness could identify her. claiming
that "there IL no reason why !
should help Mr.. Stokes fight me-"
Evening star., 1923-05-06
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT.

NEW YORK, May 5.-The weekly
clearing house statement showed de-
Teases of $14,337.o00 in loans, dis
counts and investments; $4,000 in re-
serve Of member banks in the Federal
demand deposits. Time deposits in
creased by s10.174,o0o and cash in
own vaults by $1,025.oo0. Aggregate
reserve totaled s511.2s5. 900. leaving
excess reserve Of $11335.S1o. an in
crease Of s1,s1s,490 over the previous
week.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
PLAN SOCIAL CONFERENCE
Meeting on Rehabilitation Called
Here Nav 15

Invitations have been sent to vo-
cational educators and social welfare
workers to assemble in Washington
Tor a national rehabilitation confer
rnce May . to discuss civilina re-
Mobilization legislation before the
next Congress.
The present rehabilitation act
makes appropriations for federal aid
to the states until June so. 1924.
Recommendation to Congress for
legislation renewing the federal ap
preparation will be made.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
Changes in Stations of
Army and Nary Officers
OF Interest to Capital
Army.

Brig. Gen. Henry D. Todd. jr.. has
been relieved from command of the
defenses of Manila and Subig bays,
Fort Mills. P. l.. and ordered to the
United States for further orders.
The designations of Second Lieuts.
Paul NJ. McConihe and Rupert H.
Johnson. United States infantry, have
been accepted by the President.
Col. William T Merry. I'd Infantry,
at Fort Wayne, Mich, has been de-
tailed as professor OF military science
and tactics, University of Illinois,
Crbana. Ill.
Maj. Thomas j. Smith, ordnance de-
partment, just returned from foreign
service. has been assigned to the
command of Benicia arsenal. Calf.
Capt. Aaron Bradshaw, jr., Coast Ar
tillery Corps. at Fort Monroe. Va, has
been ordered to this city for duty in
the office of the chief of coast artil-
lery, War Department.
Mai. William r. Henry. field artil-
lery. at the War Department, has been
assigned to duty at Fort Sill. Okla.
infantry officers at Fort Benning
ington. Md. for duty as follows: Capts
Tom s. Brand, Anthony J. Touart. Ar
cadi Gluckman and Turner NJ. Cham
bliss.
Infantry officers at Fort Bennins
ordered to Camp Meade. Md, are
Francis, John A. Stewart, Richard A
, Mcclure and Cornelius E. Ryan.
The following officers Of the
Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Monroe
Va. have been ordered to the Philip.
pines for duty: Capts. Charles H
Stewart, Adam E. Potts. Valentine p
Foster and James B. Muir. jr. an6
First Lieuts. George C. Mcfarland
Nevins D. Young, Geoffrey c. Bunting
Andrew p. Sullivan and Lawrence
Iverson.
Rear Admiral Simpson, commandin,
the 18th Naval District. has been as
signed to the command of the 12tf
Naval District and Naval operating
base, San Francisco.
Officers at the Naval War College
Newport, r. l., have been assigned II
other stations and duties as follows
torpedo station. Newport; Capts. Ed
ward 8. Jackson and Willis Mcdowell
to star War College, Newport; Capt
William n. Jeffers, to command tn,
| cruiser Denver: Capt. Clarence S
kempf to navy yard. Norfolk, Va.
the cruiser Cincinnati; Commands
Roe r. Adams to Midvale Steel Co.
Philadelphia; and Commander Harolt
r. Stark to the battleship West Vir
ginia.
Commander Lewis b. Porterfield ha.
been transferred from the battleshiI
Nevada to the command Of the U.
s. Patoka
Lieut.. Commander Marshall Collins
attached to the special service squad
| ron has been detailed to the 15ti
Naval District.
Lieut.. Commander Carlton H
Wright, at San Francisco, has beel
ordered to this city for duty in tn,
bureau Of ordnance, Navy Depart
ment.
Lieut.. Commander William e. Fin
deison, Medical Corps. has been o.
| dered to the Asiatic station:
Evening star., 1923-05-06
PRINT CLOTHS DROP.

NEW YORK, May 5.-Cotton goods
were dull today and prices showed
further decline in print cloths. sales
being made on a basis Of 10 cents for
50 y Inch 81 by COS. Yarns were quiet
and easy. Raw silk dropped 80 yen
in the primary japanese markets and
remained quiet here. Burlaps were )
points easier at Calcutta and offered
cheaper here. Linens were dull Knit
goods were very quiet.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
CORN PRICES BREAK:
TAKE WHEAT ALONG
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. May Corn broke
down in price today under heavy
selling and carried wheat along.
Nearly perfect weather for corn
planting laid the corn market open
to attack from traders who professed
to believe that recent purchasing 9
OF corn had been greatly overdone.
Wheat closed heavy, to liz net
lower. with July 1.l7h to 1.17L and
September 1.151a. Corn finished to
"a down. oats shade to 3s off and
provisions at a setback OF IL to %.
Reports at hand indicated that good
progress in corn planting had already
been made, and with prices unsteady
in the general commodity list and
with aggressive selling in the corn
market. corn underwent a break of
nearly cents a bushel in some cases.
Oats were neglected and held com
paratively firm. Provisions declined
with grain.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
RUSSIAN REFUGEES COMING.

Governor General Wood Of the Phil
ippines cabled the War Department
yesterday that the $50 Russian refugees
from v1adivostok, who, after many
vicisa1tudes, put in at Manila. would
arrive at San Francisco about July I,
on the transport Merritt. Their arrival
10 being timed 20 a. to permit their en-
try under next years immigration
quota, beginning with July.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
ID. R. CRISSINGER AUTHORIZED
NINETY SEVEN BRANCH BANKS
Permits Given to Sixty Organizations
How New York Financier Dodges Pay
Roll Deliveries-Caution Ureed

would be the hold-up interests, whose
vocation of stealing pay rolls would
then be over.
1t is an easy matter for wage
Garner to cash check at one of the
stores with which he is accustomed
to trade
Evening star., 1923-05-06

plus the first mortgage bonds.
The report says that essential re-
Quirements are additional working
capital and new executive manage
ment to coordinate the selling and
productive activities and to maintain
consistent executive policies.
Evening star., 1923-05-06

Fort Leavenworth, Kan, has the
only organisation afiliated with the
General Federation Of Women's Clubs
composed exclusively of the wives and
daughters Of Army officers.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
Money to Loan

Prevailing interest md commission.
Joseph l. Weller 4s es. Wash; s.s L a r.s
Evening star., 1923-05-06
RANGE. OF MARKET AVERAGES


OF all
, 1923-02-15
BOxING BOUT POSTPONED

Friends w have some sad news
to impart.
The Nobe-Tony boxing fray sched-
uled for George Washington's birth
day has again been postponed. This
time ut the instance OF Nobc who
asked that tho Fire Department
change the date from tho 22nd OF
February TO the End OF March.
Tony. Nobc. tho boxing commit
tee and We News Editor we're present
ut the meeting called last Sunday
afternoon TO listen to tho request for
n ostponcment.
Tho committee after hearing tho
reasons for tho delay decided to
comply with the request and set tho
now date OF combat for Friday.
March end.
In tho course Of the hearing last
Sunday afternoon both Nobc and
Tony were quite emphatic in their
talk about tho coming encounter and
both gentlemen clearly Indicated that
there will be = hot time In the old
town" when the two do finally lock
horns On tho night OF Friday. March
second.
There In no doubt that both fight
ers are eager for tho fray and local
fight followers may rest assured Of
seeing . real battle whom the two
meet.
, 1923-02-15
PLAY SATURDAY NIGHT

The large number of Rawlins
amusement seekers who a few weeks
ago attended the Prison Dramatic
Clubs production of the comedy
All A Mistake" will be pleased to
learn hat the prisoners at the State
P~enitentiary have completed prepar-
atoms for the presentation next Sat-
urday evening of another comedy
entitled His Uncle's Niece"
The members of the Prison ORA
matte Club have shown by their
former performances that they are
able to produce some first class en-
tertainment and there Is NO doubt
that "His Uncle's Niece" will be
fully as amusing and we'll acted
as any Of their former offerings.
Nine prisoners will compose the
cast for the three act farce comedy,
Saturday night, and there will be
the usual musical specialties inter-
spersed between the acts.
Tickets for the entertainment may
be obtained at Pierce and Ryan's
Drug Store.
, 1923-02-15
LIQUOR VIOLATORS
MUST SERVE JAIL TERMS


Cheyenne. Wyo., Feb. 15.-In GER
tain sections of the state there have
been more violations of the liquor
laws IN h past year than ever be-
fore: the youths OF Wyoming are
being ruined by the poison" being
sold them: the men are being blind
ed. paralyzed or killed by the stuff,
In some counties the law enforcement
machinery has suffered an almost
complete breakdown, and the fines
assessed the ~bootleggers and moon
sinners have not prevented them
from going out and breaking even"
before the close OF the days BUSH
ness.
These were some OF the charges
made by members OF the State Sem
ate Monday. The subject under dis
cussion was Sibley's bill to provide
n minimum sentence OF three months
for persons convicted of making
liquor and to do away with the al
Tentative OF letting those persons
pay fines. The bill got by in amend
ed form without a vote in the mega
tive. II 1t becomes a law. and II 1t
does what Its hackers hope II will
do, II may provide the necessary
RELIEF from the present conditions
conditions that. as nearly every
agreed are anything but
satisfactory.
Under the existing law there is
minimum sentence mentioned. II
may not be more than n day. Sib-
ley proposed to make IL six months.
but his measure was amended to
make II read three, the argument be-
that II the penalty for first Of
, 1923-02-15

as rapidly as is ours. There will
no doubt be an attempt by the
gamblers. b~ootleggers and prosti-
tutes to drift back again after once
they have been driven out, he stated,
but the City and County will be pre-
pared to meet any attempt by the
t~ransgressors Of the law to do SO.
County Attorney McMicken, like
Sheriff Sanders, was of the opinion
that Rawlins would be cleaned up
and cleaned up right. He was es-
pecially emphatic in declaring that
not only must the undesirables leave
but that they must stay away. He
also stated that he would apply the
Arnold Abatement Act at every op-
portunity and would close for a per-
iod of enc year every house or bust
ness building carrying on gambling,
bootlegging, liquor distilling or pros
titution.
Landlords who are renting property
to tenants of questionable pursuits
fsld bstter think over the County
Attorneys warming and see to II
that nothing but reputable business
es are carried on within the prem
ises. County. and City law enforce
ments men point out the fact that
every day there are newcomers ar
irving in Rawlins who are desirioua
Of opening respectable shops and
stores and that landlords would be
playing It safe" by renting their
buildings to such arrivals. The
great shortage of business locations
OF any kind. they say, would not
make II difficult for the property
owner to secure the right class OF
tenant.
The revoking OF rooming house
and other licenses are expected t.
take place In the les future. 4
Is alleged that certain houses 70
ing under the name of "roominr
honses" have not in reality been do
.aE a rnoming house business M
have been merely houses of pros
titution. City officials have beer
checking mp on such places and 4,
IL reported that they are prepared
to act in the %ancelling Of these
licenses.
, 1923-02-15
LOCAL COUPLE LOST
in MONDAY STORM
Mr.. and MRS. GEORGE ". FRANKS At
Mercy OF WEATHER NEARLY
eighteen BOURS

(Lost for eighteen hours in the
storm which swept this section of the
state on the first of the week. Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Franks, of Raw
Inns. are now giving thanks thai their
experiences last Monday afternoon
and night did not prove more serious
than the freezing Of feet and fingers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franks left their
ranch at Saratoga Monday to come
to Rawlins. They had journeyed
lI,ut four miles beyond the half
way point on their trip home when
the a which they were driving
became lodged In a deep %snowdrift.
Seeing no other way out OF their
.predicament they started out to walk
through the snow to Campbell's
ranch which could be seer in the
distance.
They had walked but a half hour
when they were overtaken by the
hHzzerc which came up so suddenly
Monday afternoon. On account of
the sudden darkness they were I'M
able to keep their bearings. Follow
Ing a section fence for nearly a
mile they came to the railroad tracks
and followed the rails in an en-
deavor to find some sort OF a shelter
thV iHtsisc COIu. Finally tnPy
came upon a PANEL OF snow fence
which they succeeded In improvis-
ing into a wind break for the night.
At daylight next morning Mr..
Franks started out 10 find relief
which he did in the form OF a hay
stack. Retracing his steps through
the deep snowdrifts to his wife he
carried her to the stack and made
her a shelter out OF the hay. He
then set out to find help.
After walking for about a mile
he met q team from Nelson's ranch
coming out for n load of hay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franks arrived Mt
Campbell's ranch about nine In the
morning and n call was SEM in at
for DR.. Kell.
In their travels during the storm
the couple IL said to have Travelled
Mt least twelve miles altho they did
not get farther than two miles from
their car.
DIR. Kell reports that Mrs. Franks
had both feet frozen and also a fin
ger on each hand. Mr.. Franks suf-
fered principally from freezing
bout thu fnce.
, 1923-02-15
O6CAR AKIN DIES AFTER
ILLNESS IN HOSPITAL

Influenza Is reported to have been
the cause Of the sudden death Of
Oscar Akin. n pipe line company
employee, who died last Saturday
after but two days OF illness at the
Memorial hospital.
The deceased had many friends
among tho older residents OF the
city and had returned TO Rawlins
for the purpose OF working on the
construction Of a pIpe line near here.
Oscar Akin IA survived BY two
sons. W. o. Akin and n. n. Akin.
both residents Of Butte, Montana,
and by a sister. Sarah q. Akin Of
Iowa.
TAe funeral services were held last
Tuooday afternoon In the undertake
eog establishments Of n. Rssmuss0u.
Rev. Robert Hood Of the Prss6ytsr-
- church offciatsd.
, 1923-02-15
A. 7. WHITEHEAD WRITES
Of TRAVELS in ALASKA
LOCAL GEOLOGIST Tells OF The GREAT WEALTH
In The NORTHLAND. HAS spent MANY YEARS
In Stewards ICEBOX" AS PR0SPECTOR

alone. 1916, the value of copper re-
covered amounted to S1S,5OO,O 900.
Alaska produces in commercial
quantities tin, bismuth, %cinabar, lead
platinum and anthony. Just before
the writer came to Wyoming in
1916. he discovered and developed
one of the largest nickel ore bodies
that has been discovered in Alaska
or the United States. This body Of
pyrrhotite (nickel ore) assayed three
and a half per cent nickel and Is
lying dormant for the lack of market
and transportation facilities.
/ shall not go into the details re-
garding the probable production Of
coal, the value of timber or the po-
tential production of oil. II 1
elaborate on these unprecedented re-
sources in detail l would take up
too much of your time. Suffice 1t
to say at this gathering hat Alaska
is the last frontier of the United
States and its development is In the
hands of future generations. Many
have asked me if all the gold has
been discovered and my reply has al
ways been emphatically in the mega
tive. The country Is amazingly new
and big: there are thousands Of miles
hundreds OF Mountains and scores
of creeks which have not felt the
touch of white mans foot, its hid
den wealth is beyond the imagina-
ton of the nation and its
exposed are incalculable. The gov
eminent is building a railroad from
Seward to Fairbanks a distance of
about four hundred miles; it ira
verses the Mount Mckinley country,
the hunters paradise. These are
merely a thimblefull of the salient
facts and contained in the
warp and wool of the overcoat that
was purchased for the comparative
trifle of $1,000. 0OO.
ITO be continued next week.
, 1923-02-15
Man FREEZES TO
Death near CITY
ALBERT SELLERS MEETS TRAGIC End
on slavery ROAD L0OSES HIS
way TO COAL NINE

Just seven days from the time he
arrived in Rawlins to work in the
mines of the Rawlins Coal Company,
Albert Sellers. brother of Joe Sellers,
well known local coal operator, was
frozen to death a few miles south
west Of this city.
The unfortunate man had walked
in to Rawlins Sunday morning and It
was on his return to the mines Sun
day evening that he succombed to
the extreme cold. His brother had
started out In his car for Rawlins
Sunday afternoon but had become
lodged in a snow drift a short dis
lance from the mines and had been
obliged to give up the trip. Albert
Sellers, waiting in Rawlins for the
car. finally decided to walk back to
the Rawlins Coal Company property
that evening. Leaving town about
$3.50 p. M. he went out to the juno
ton Of the Slavery and Coal Mine
roads and believing the Slavery road
to be the correct route to the mines
started off Ia that direction. In
choosing the Savery road he was SO
choosing the Savery road he WIS no
doubt influenced by the fact that
a telephone line ran along this high
way. It. evidently being his belief
that this was the phone line to the
mines and would lead him to his
destination.
Sellers had not been In the best of
health for some time and his friends
are OF the opinion that, becoming
exhausted. he could go no farther
and fell an easy victim to the storm.
The body Of the deceased was dis
covered by Abe Stratton. Monday
afternoon and a searching party or
9anixed by the brother recovered the
body Monday night.
It n . curious coincidence that
less than twenty-five years ago Al
bert Sellers nearly lost his life un-
der similar circumstances. His COM
panion. however. read the signs Of
the approaching drowsiness and pre-
vailed upon him to keep moving
thereby saving his life.
The deceased was forty five
OF age at the time Of his demise and
Ii survived by . wife and six child
rem. now living At Rock Springs. and
BY his brother. Joe Sellers. Of Raw
Inns. and by his two sisters.
Mr.. ID. Daniels Of Rock Springs,
brother-in-law OF the deceased, ac-
companied the body to that city
yesterday.
, 1923-02-15
soHNsroN ROTOR 90. 10 BUILD

Frank n. Johnston Motor Com
pany IL having plans drawn and 10
getting bids ON two-story and
0asemeat garage with . capacity Of
about one hundred cars. Tho build
lag viii BE- dark rcd pressed brick
with terra Gotta trim and have re-
Enforced concrete floors and columns
and b. strictly fireproof throughout.
Tho office will Be modern with ladies
rest room; . tiled show room. and
all other metropolitan improvements
and conveniences. The second story
or basement floors will connect with
the main or service floor BY means
Of . reinforced concrete ramp Of
easy grade.
Mr.. Johnston contemplates erect
ing this building either on tho corner
east Of the Ferris Hotel. or on the
Idncoln Highway Just eAst Of the
Strand Theatre.