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Evening star., 1926-11-17
KING BENJAMIN, LONGFUGITIVE
ISRAELITE CULT HEAD, SEIZED

State; that members have been oe'
luded in conveying property to Pur'
nell by fantastic promises OF I'M
mortality and that immoral acts
were induced and permitted under the
guise of religious discipline"
The TuIk woman, apparently ia
vorite of the king" disappeared from
Shiloh" at the same time as the
leader, after the Misses Rubel and
Reid had started action for recovery
Of property which they claimed was
due them. Asked this morning II ne
had remained here throughout all the
investigation, Purnell nodded affrma
lively.
State Police Raid.
The raid was conducted solely oy
the State police.
Those arrested with Purnell are
Leonard Rowe, 33; Thomas Wilson
so, farmer; Joseph Couch, 81. laborer
Millard Wilson, q, street car motor
man at the colony; Mrs. Anna3eile
Askerlund, 2S; Mrs. Helen Bloom Il
years old, and Myrtle Tulk.
Purnell when questioned as TO MS
identity gave his full name and aooeo
II am d painter"
No specific charge was piaceo
against the prisoners. 1t was beheVeo
best to await the arrival OF the at
torney general from Lansing. Those
arrested with the king are llaoie
to prosecution, officers said, Tor Oh
struction of justice and aldlng aho
abetting felon.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
Export Dubenture Plan Favored In
Appeal to Congress.

PORTLAND, Me-, November II P).
The National Grange last night
adopted a resolution calling on Con-
gress to enact legislation providing
for an export debenture plan for the
benefit of the American farmer. The
measure was passed after a three
hour discussion, in which delegates
from 27 of the principal agricultural
States took part, with only one dis
senting vote.
The text of the resolution said:
Whereas agriculture is basic and the
continually increasing agricultural de-
preston is affecting the prosperity,
not only of the agricultural people,
but of the entire Nation; and whereas
our staple agricultural products are
in world wide competition with like
products in other lands; and whereas
such surplus products are not recelV-
ing the benefits of the protective
tariff: Therefore, be it resolved, That
the National Grange indorse an export
debenture plan for farm products and
recommend that legislation be enact
ed by the next session of Congress
making such plan operative, beginning
with the 1927 CROP"
Evening star., 1926-11-17
CATHOLIC CHARITY
FUND NEAR $4,000
Team Captains to Meet To-
night With About Half Of
Quota Already Subscribed.

Unofficial reports from the various
teams conducting the. campaign for
$4,000 for the Washington Catholic
charities, indicate that more than
$4,000 will be subscribed before the
meeting of the team captains at the
City Club tonight.
Rev. DIR. John O'Grady, director of
the local organization. expressed
pleasure at the successful way in
which the drive was started, at the
banquet of the organization at the
Mayf1ower on Monday night. when
$4,000 was subscribed in 10 minutes
DR.. O'Grady has plans for increasing
the work Of the central office of the
Catholic charities, whicl takes care OF
all matters that parishes cannot han
die.
The team workers wiI hold a rally
each of the remaining nights this
week at the City Clubs Charles w
Darr, chairman of the campaign com
mittee, expects to pass the goal before
the end of the week.
Those who subscribed $1,000-Most
Rev. Michael J. Curlsy, Peter A.
Drury, Frank l.. Hewitt, Frank j,
Hogan. ]. F. McKaig. 3r.; Frank K
Weller. :,
Those who subscribed S5OO-John L.
Haas, Arthur May.
Those who subscribed s25O-Katie
Dunn, Leo c. May, Mrs. James Dudley
Morgan. Raphael Semmes.
Those who subscribed $15C-John
Walsh.
Those who subscribea $100-Henry
J. Auth, John N. Auth, Mrs. S. L.
Battles, Thomas w. Brahany, Thomas
P. Brown, M. E. Buckley, Joseph A
DAILY, M. H. DeLacy, T2bbert A. Dore
Mrs. H. H. Flather, Right Rev. p. G.
Gavan, Edward c. Gsamm, Michae
Heister, r. j. Howell, j. II. Johnson
| jr.; Michael Keane. Rev. Thomas E
McGuigan, Martin ]. MsNamara. FREQ
| v. Murphy, Rev. Owsn S. Murphy
Francis l.. Neubeck, Mrs. Ellen NJ
O'Connor, Patrick f. Q'Connor, H. s
ONeill, Mrs. c. w. SemmeS, G. Il
Ppliedt, Joseph d. SullTa Right Rev
c. f. Thomas. Austin e. Waller, Adam
Weschler, Raymond Wise.
Those who subscribed $75--T. F
Finnin.
Those who subscribed $6O-Mrs. T
L. Costigan and Estellk White.
Those who subscriber $50-Pau ulin'
H. Arnold, w. S. Benson, Rev. +. X
Bischoff, Rev. Edward l.. Buckley
Thomas p. Carroll, MaNrice J. Colbert
DIR. H. j. Crosson, G. ~. Darr, p. j
Haltigan, l.. p. HANDY MIR. and Mrs
f. 3. Helan, Charles Il: KOones, Cam
den r. McAtee, NJ. &. Mccormick
| Rev. Joseph NJ. NelligAn, Allen Pope
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KEEP LOOKING YOUNG

The secret of keeping young is to
feel young-t0 DO this you must
watch your liver and bowels
there's no need of having q sal
low cOmpleXiOn-tlark rings under
your eyes-pimples--ab bilious look
i'm your race-slull eyes VITA, no
sparkle. Your doctor will tell you
80 per cert of all sickness comes
frOm inactive bowels and liver.
DIR. Edwards, a well known ply
sician in Ohio. perfected vega
table compound MIXED with olive
oil as & substitute for calomel to
act on the liver and bowels, which
he gave t0 his patients for years.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets are gentle
I'm their action vet always effective. They
bring about that natural buoyancy
which all should enjoy by tOning up
the liver and clearing the system of inn
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are known
by their olive color. I5c. soc and GOc.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
CHAMBER STARTS
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Campaign to Continue to Friday
Committee Seeks to Boost
Greater City Idea.

The Washington Chamber of Com
merce started it's annual membership
campaign today. 1t will continue un-
til Friday.
The chamber hopes to interest sew
eral hundred Washington citizens and
business men in the idea of q greater
Washington, and is conducting the
campaign to give persons interested in
the development Of the city an oppor-
tunity to take an active part through
membership in the chamber.
The drive is being conducted by
the committee under the Craftsmanship
Of Leo B. Abernathy. The members
of the committee will campaign during
the mornings only and make their
daily reports at luncheon at the Occi-
dental Hotel.
Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., the new secre-
tary Of the chamber, who officially
took over his duties today, has also
made a number of plans for the sue
cessful carrying out Of the campaign.
Some of the objects that the men,
bers Of the campaign committee will
urge new members to work for will
be national representation, equitable
proportionate fiscal relations between
Federal and city governments and the
Industrial development Of Washington.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
Continued from First Page.)

NOnIlnu0Q from f1ESL 1dSc.J
monarch in fact of his subjects. He
had been there, hidden through the
three years of the search.
Swooping down through the night
upon the unsuspecting Israelites. the
troopers, under the direction of In
spector 1. H. Marmon, crashed their
way through doors and windows.
Raid Is Surprise.
Aided by flood lights brought to the
colony grounds in automobiles, the
troopers surrounded the administra-
ton building.
The king" surprised by his un-
heralded, unwelcome visitors, was
found seated in chair, dressed only in
his underwear. Beside him stood two
men, who claimed to be attendants to
sick man. In other rooms Of the
building were found three other men,
two girls and a woman, the King 8
constant attendant throughout his
tempestuous career, Myrtle Tulk.
Asking but few questions, the troop
ers gathered the flock together and
rushed them to the Berrien County
Jail for questioning.
The raid was made as result of in
formation given the police by Mrs.
Bessie Woodwork and her husband.
both former members of the cult and
complainants against the rule which
holds members under sovereign sway
of the king, self f-Styled brother to the
SAVIOR
Many Legal Battles.
Ready to appear against him is an
army of witnesses brought together
| IN previous Investigations and grand
jury proceedings which so tar have
resulted in but little.
Rewards tor the capture of the
king" have been posted totaling ap-
| proXimately $4,000. kepeateu az
\ ~empts to disclose immortality in the
! colony have resulted in the starting Oh
| law suits that are still hanging fire.
| Accompanying the raiders in this
mornings attack were Mr.. and Mrs
Woodwork, both of whom formerly
lived within the mysterious realm
where Purnell held sway. Their
mothers are still members of the cult
Three years ago a grand jury In
| vestigation conducted by Judge Harry
| J. Dingeman Of Detroit into the at
| fairs of the cult brought forward Mrs
| Woodwork as complainant. AT
| that time she told Of her forced mar
| riage at the kings command, and
| related that young girls were brought
| to perform strange religious practices
at the bidding of their leader.
| Shiloh" where Purnell had lived
before his escape" was abandoned
but it was not until today that the
outside world realized the real pur.
| pose of the administration building
close by.
| Shielded by shrubbery and trees, this
building defied inspection of inquisi
| tive eyes.
Deciding of Property.
Among the features Of government
| to which the State objects has been
that of requiring the deciding of all
properties to the order by those who
| adopt the faith.
In actions brought against the
| colony by the State, it has been
| charged that it has fraudulently OBJ
| tained control Of property valued 'in
| excess Of 900; that the colony has
! in effect set up it's own government
| which it holds to be greater than the
Evening star., 1926-11-17
ITALIANS TO GREET ACES.

A reception will be rendered MEM
bers of the Italian and American
Schneider International Trophy teams
at the Italian embassy late this after
noon by the Italian Ambassador.
Every member of the italian racing
team, which captured the trophy a,t
Norfolk Saturday. will he present, ex-
cept the winning pilot, Maj. Mario di
Bernardo, who is at Norfolk arranging
to establish new record for seaplane
traightaWay flying.
Maj di Bernardo, however, will
reach Washington tomorrow morning,
and shortly after noon, together with
the other team members. Will be pre-
sented to President Coolidge at the
White House by the Ambassador and
Wing Comdr. Silvio Scaroni. air at
tache
Evening star., 1926-11-17
Anti Boxing Law to Be Tested.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, November
IL Hagerstown's anti-prize fight
ordinance will be tested Friday, when
William B. Staley. promoter Of the
towns first boxing show last Mon
day. is arraigned in Police Court on
a charge of violating the ordinance.
Staley's arrest was ordered by Mayor
Charles E. Bowman, a boxing fan.
who has said he will seek to have the
law repealed if Staley is acquitted.
The State permits boxing and the
bouts Monday were held under the
supervision Of the State commission.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
DAM BURSTS, CITIZENS FLEE.
Waters of Lake Mokoma Do Little
Damage i'm Pennsylvania, However.

TOWANDA, Pa, November II up.
Bursting of a dam holding the wa
ters of Lake Mokoma caused residents
Of F'orksville to flee to the hills last
night with their valuables. The flood
of water dissipated itself in the under
brush without doing serious damage.
No causualties were reported, and
residents were back in their homes
today.
Waters Of the Susquehanna River
were still rising here this morning,
the stage being 16 feet above the
normal low level.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
THOMSON is CHOSEN.
Will Be President of Washington
q. at $4,000 a Year.
SEATTLE. w

SEATTLE, Wash, November II up
Paul II. Johns, secretary of the re.
gents Of the University Of Washington
said yesterday the regents next MN
day will elect David Thomson presi.
dent of the university, at a salary
Of SIC, 900 a year.
Thomson, dean Of the College OF
Liberal Arts, has been acting head
OF the university since Henry Su.
zallo was suspended. October 4. Suzallo
has a contract as president of the uni
yersity at $4,000 a year, running
until June 80. 1927.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
Rockville Backs D. G. Vote.
snecial pisnatch to The star

ROCKVILLE, Nd, November IL
The Rockville Chamber of Commerce
at it's regular monthly meeting last
night unanimously adopted a resolu-
ton affirming the right of the people
of the District of Columbia to vote in
the election of representatives to
congress and to be represented in the
electoral college. Adoption Of legis-
lation to this end was urged upon
Congress.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
elf-Wounded Man Recovering

Arthur E. Pyles. So years old.
meat dealer, who cut his throat in
the bathroom of his apartment at
1925 Sixteenth street yesterday aft
ernoon, was reported to be recover
ing at Gallinger Hospital today. Mr..
Pyles was treated at Emergency
Hospital and later removed to Gal
linger.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
Use Follow-up System.

OF the 4O5 four-year and senior high
schools in California 1T have adopted
some method Of follow-up of students,
who for any cause drop out OF school.
At least 13 of the schools have In
augurated system of extension
courses for students unable to con-
fip1le in school.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
Russes Are Tied Up.

ST. PAUL, November II P).-Snow
fell early today in Minnesota and
parts of the Dakotas, blocking high
ways in western Minnesota.
Motor buses were stalled and Fer
gus Falls, Mimi, reported the worst
tie up in more than two years.
Grand Forks, n. Oak. had a near
blizzard" this morning, and Aberdeen
S. Oak, said it was showing there
with a 10-degree drop in temperature
20 around 20.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
U. s. Horses Win in Canada Show.

TORONTO, Ontario. November II
R.--United States exhibitors won
awards at the royal Winter fair horse
show yesterday, when l.. H. Hanna,
Cleveland, Ohio, took first place in
both saddle horse classes. and John
Thompson, Chicago, was awarded the
first prize for harness pony driven
by a woman Isaac Clothier, Radnor,
Pa, won the open middleweight hunt
hOnOrS.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
Deciding of Property.
FOUR DIE IN STORM
THROUGHOUT EAST;
BLIZZARD HITS WEST
CONTINUED from First Page.)

sections A washout on the Delaware
and Hudson Railroad tracks near
Plattsburg held up trains for sew
eral hours, while the Ontario and
Western and Erie reported delays
from washouts near Scranton, Pa.
Steam engines had to be substituted
for electric locomotives in certain in
stances on the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad. Landslides
tied up the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey at Allentown, Pa.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
NAVY Reserve Commissions.

Commissions of commander and
lieutenant commander in the Naval
Reserve have been issued to Lynn
r. Rutter. 1884 P street, and Moses
Radford, 1923 Livingston street, the
Navy Department announced today.
Evening star., 1926-11-17
FARM-AID PROGRAM
GIVEN TO CONGRESS
BY Upstate GROUP

Continued from First Page.)
ness upon today's program. Repre-
sentative E. E. Eslick of Tennessee
was unable to deliver a scheduled ad-
dress.
GRANGE ASKS u. S. AID.
Evening star., 1926-11-17

Theatrical performances III Japan
begin in the morning and last all day.
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ramps are ia per cent grade,
sixteen feet long. and with a turning
diameter of sixty fet.
The largest garage win be nine
stories high.
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GHOST OF MAN
HANGED hAUNTS
/ PRISON CELL
Chaplin Tells How Victim
Returns After Execution
on ScaffoId.
Bv United Press

bu CntteQ Press
PLYMOUTH, England, Jan. 22.-
A hair-raising story Of the ghost of
an executed man who materialized
before the prison chaplain who Of
flciated at his execution is told here
by Maj. r. A. Marriott, formerly
governor of the Exeter Jail.
According to Major Marriott the
executed man who came back
after his execution was young man
who paid with his life on the scat
fold for the murder Of a girl. The
chaplain was interested in spiritual
tsm and to a certain extent a be-
lever in it.
"As test" said Major Marriott,
"the chaplain, while sitting in the
cell of the condemned man on the
night before his execution, asked him
If he would try and show himself
on earth again after death.
Spirit Lights
THE next morning the prisoner
was executed. That night and for
three nights running thereafter, the
chaplain was terrified to see spirit
lights moving through the blackness
llf his room as soon as he had turned
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FIRST DISTRICT
WORKERS GIVEN
County Chairmen for Wat
son Campaign Announced.
Pm rimea SnccinI

Bg Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 22.-
Charles Enlow. First Congressional
District chairman for Senator James
Z. Watson's reelection campaign,
today announced county chairmen in
this district.
They are: Gibson County, Alfred
Johnson and Mrs. James B. Gam
BILE, Princeton; Pike, Roscoe, Burns
and Miss Dona Kirkland, Petersburg;
Posey, Frank Steelman, New Har-
mony, and Mrs. Esther H. Leonard,
Mt. Vernon; Spencer, A. j. Wede-
king, Dale, and Miss Emma Fiegle.
Rockport; Vanderburgh, John S.
Hopkins and Mrs. b. S. Rose, Evans
Vile; Waxrick, Charles II. John
son and Mrs, Union w. Youngblood,
Boonville.
Mrs. Irene Erlbacher, Evansville,
was named women's DISTRICT chair
man.
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Mothers of SickIy Children Read
What Mrs. Baker of Boston Says

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COSTLY WORK
Totals of Sentences and
Fines, After Raids, Large.

Some idea of what is costs to be
a bootlegger is given by the totals
of fines and sentences given in cases
tried in the Marion County Criminal
Court growing out Of wholesale
liquor raids\i Indianapolis, some
time ago.
OF the thirty-five cases tried in
which sentences and fines have been
given, total of $9,9SO in fines was
melted out, along with 4,670 days in
Jail for those convicted.
Four of the cases were discharged.
in six judgment was withheld and
eleven have not been tried All the
raids were made after evidence had
been collected by Federal prohibi-
ton agents. working under Deputy
Administrator A. r. Harris.
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Cop Makes Arrest
After IL Years

Blu United Press
ELIZABETH, N. j., Jan. Fl.
Police Sergeant Emil Schmitt
has broken unique record. He
has made his first arrest in
seventeen years.
With practically every other
member of Elizabeth's uni
formed force undergoing tests
to determine which should give
his blood for TRANSMISSION oper-
alton upon a fellow patrolman,
Sergeant Schmitt spied drunk
en- man. There was no help for
it, so the sergeant did his duty.
During his thirty-five years
on the force, Schmitt had made
five previous arrests, but none
since 1909.
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DOYLE,s ERROR

LONDON-Slr Arthur Conan
Doyle admits the mistake" Of his
life." "At one theater where Sher-
lock Holmes was being played, a
boy, in the role Of page, attracted
my attention" Sir Arthur recently
said in an address before the Saw
age Club. II should have made a
fortune if I he'd said to that boy
We will go half and half on what
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My boy was run down-just
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HERO OF NORTHWEST

BOISE. Idaho-Fred Call, q ma
tional forest fire guard, recently
saved a giant tree by crawling into
the Hollow part. which was aflame,
and cutting away the burning wood.
First he chopped the tree down, then
took a shovel and Ratchet and
crawled inside, carrying out shovel
tul after shovelful of flaming wood
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Delay Sought

Watson is also understood to be
one Of the group Of Senators, luke
warm or colder on the League pro-
posal, who have been pressing SEN
ator Lenroot, in charge of the court
fight, to allow the tax bill, which
has just been reported from the
House, to be taken up before the
court fight is ended This would in
definitely delay a vote on the court.
While Senator Robinson was in
Indiana early this week, a vote was
taken on the court by group at
Angola, Ind, which he had addressed
on prohibition. The result was ten
to twenty-four against adherence.
Several resolutions against the
court by various local chapters of
the IndianaKu-Klux Khan have APP
peared in the Senator's mail.