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Evening star., 1927-08-13
KING" BEN DENIES
| GROUP MARRIAGES
Cult Leader Claims Igno-
rance of Weddings, Hinting
Wife Arranged Them.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. August Is
Benjamin Purnell resumed the VII
ness stand today in the States disso-
luton suit against his House OF David
colony.
Physicians announced that BenJa-
min was physically able to stand the
strain of cross-eXamination. AS upon
his first appearance, PurneU was car
ried into the court on a stretcher, upon
which he reclined as he testified.
The leader of the cult denied he had
anvthing to do with the group mar
riaces. which the State charges were
orLiered to protect him. He indicated
that Mary. his wife. looked after the
arrangements made. There have been
frequent reports during the course OF
the suit that Benjamin and Mary were
estranEed.
HIS thinning gray locks tied up in
pink ribbon bangs and diamonds
sparkling on his Wizened hngers,
king" Benjamin lay on his cot yes
:erday and entered categorical denial
to allegations of Irregularities.
Contrast Startling.
The cult leader presented a startling
contrast to the austere figure with
coal-black hair and beard who few
wears ago was to be seen riding about
the colony on a white charger. super
vising activities there. NIZened,
shaking and with shaggy white hair
and beard. he had fallen off from 2o0
pounds Of four years ago to a gauht
skeleton Of a man, apparently sealing
little over 100 pounds.
Although Purnell prOfessed immor-
tality, physicians testified he was suf-
fering from tuberculosis, diabetes.
heart murmur and high blood
pressure.
In any event there was little of the
immortal of the man who was trun-
died into the courtroom on stretcher
by his faithful followers yesterday.
a touch of comedy was lent to the
proceedings as Purnell painstakingly
rearranged beribboned bangs before
answering questions put to him by
counsel. Judge Louis Fead was
forced to bang for order when the
incident brought a peal of laughter
from the spectators.
Admits Divorce Failure.
In an indistinct voice, Purnell
denied nerpetrating crimes against
young women, members of the colony.
under the cloak OF religious rites: of
mulcting followers of their life saw
ings and scores of other State allega-
tions. He admitted failing to obtain
a divorce from his first wife, a resi-
dent of Greenup. KY, before marry
ing Mary Purnell.
Counsel quickly interviewed to claim
however. that the first marriage had
been annulled under Kentucky law
because of a period of 1S-years sepa-
ration.
Evening star., 1927-08-13
FIGHT ENDS GAME.

A croquet game at the Burrville
School was terminated abruptly late
yesterday afternoon when the partici-
pants. Sylvester Green and John Cava-
naugh, both colored, the former II
years old and residing at 1921 Jay
street northeast. and latter 20 years
old and residing at Fiftieth street
and Cloud place northeast, are report
ed to have become engaged in an al
tercation. A mallet alleged to have
been used by Cavanaugh inflicted
wound on Green's forehead. He was
treated at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1927-08-13
Dogs Have Beauty Parlor.

Paris now has a beauty parlor for
dogs ar the pets of the wealthy have
b" rked and grunted their approval Of
the ilea, as they receive messages,
hair cuts. trims or curlings or skin
treatments and baths to keep their fur
in 1roper condition. Sickly canincs
are given ultra violet ray treatments.
The o s are taken to the place in the
morning and returned to the owners
all "barbered" by evening. The shop
is doing a rushing business.
Evening star., 1927-08-13
By the Associated Press.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, August
13.-From the waters of the pictuf-
esque Ponce de Leon Springs, "the
fountain of youth" near Deland. have
been brought a human skull and
bones.
Hugo Estell. deep-sea diver retained
by promoters of search of the spring
for a tabled treasure, returned to
Jacksonville yesterday with n tale of
human bones. gushing waters, jagged
rocks, bright and vari.colored stones
and the entrance to a huge cave be-
lieved to be the resting place for the
treasure chest"
The chest he failed to find was said
to hold the treasure Of early settlers
who sank the box in the spring during
an Indian massacre.
Although he wore a 300-pound suit,
Estell said he had great trouble in
Evening star., 1927-08-13
AIR EXPRESS SERVICE
WILL START SEPT. |
Transcontinental System to Halve
Time Now Needed for Fast
Delivery.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 13.--Transconti.
mental express service by air will be
started September /, r. E. M. Cowie
of New York. president of the Amer
ican Railway Express Co., said yester.
day in announcing the signing of
contract for the service between the
express company and four air trans
portation companies having air mail
contracts.
The new service will cut the time
OF delivery of express traffic between
the Atlantic Coast and the Pacific
Coast from four days to two and be.
tween New York and Chicago from
two days to one.
Most Of the planes operating the
express service will have a cruising
speed of 100 miles an hour and have
a carrying load of 1900 pounds.
Evening star., 1927-08-13
TUBERCULAR PATIENTS
WILL TRY NEW REMEDY
First Experiments on Human Be
ings to Be Made at Sani-
tarium,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. August 13.--The first
official experiments upon human be-
ings with the supposed tuberculosis
remedy discovered by DR.. George
kirkpatrick of Portland will be made
on tubercular patients at a sanitarium
here under the auspices of the city
Health Department, T.. T. Hanley.
municipal health commissioner, an
nounced yesterday.
1T is a combination of drugs which
could not possibly cause any harmful
effect on the human system" the
health commissioner said For that
reason we feel justified in administer
ing it to those patients who wish it.
In Portland three tubercular cows
which had been treated with the sup
posed remedy for five months were
slaughtered early this week and pass
ed by Federal inspector as being
free from signs of the disease.
Evening star., 1927-08-13
JAMES OLIVER CURWO0D
BELIEVED NEAR DEATH
Author, Suffering Infection, May
Not Live Another Day,
Doctors Hold.
BY the Associated Press


OWOSSO, Mich, August 13.-Fight.
ing a seemingly losing battle to save
the life of James Oliver Curwood
author and conservationist. physicians
today admitted that there was little
hope for Curwood's recovery. They
expressed the belief that the author
may not live another "a hours. Cur
wood is suffering from an infection
and has been seriously i'll for several
days.
In a desperate effort to fight the
infection. slowly sapping the authors
strength. one of his daughters. Mrs.
Antonio Z. Jirus of Detroit, gave her
blood in TRANSMISSION operation yes.
terday. Curwood rallied for time,
only to lose strength later.
Robert II. Durham and j. X. Or
mond, specialists at the Henry Ford
Hospital in Detroit, flew to Owosso
yesterday after being called into con-
sultation in the case by the authors
family. Following the consultation
the physicians announced little hope
was held for the authors recovery.
Evening star., 1927-08-13
Goes for Gas, Is Missing.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y. August IL CP).
Henry Brandow, 81. a bridegroom of
two. weeks, left his bride in an automo-
bile which had run out of gasoline on
a street here. He said he was going
to walk to the nearest filling station.
Two hours later police found the
young woman alone in the car, sob
bing. Brandow had not at last reports
returned
Evening star., 1927-08-13
BOMBING LAID TO CRANK.
Baltimore Police Think Grudge
Caused Mayors Home Blast.
BY the Associated Press

BY tho Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md. August 13.-The
police yesterday held n belief the
bombing of the home Of Mayor Will
liam F. Broening last Saturday was
done by q crank with a "grudge
against the municipality" 1t was un-
officially thought the bomb was placed
by Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers.
Guards were placed around the home
of r. Walter Graham. city controller,
after he was said to have received a
threat "his house was next on the
list" All doors except the main en-
trance Of the city hall and courthouse
were locked today, while guards kept
watch outside OF the buildings.
Evening star., 1927-08-13

Martial law was declared in Hankow,
beat of the so-called radical section Of
the Chinese Nationalists, on July 81,
after a riot participated in by thou
sands of rickshaw coolies. The coolies
invaded the Chinese Chamber of Com
merce because the latter had stopped
its donations. When the gendarmerie
opened fire, four Of the rioters were
killed and many injured Dispatches
at the time said Communist uprising
was feared.
Evening star., 1927-08-13
POLICEMAN TO WRITE.
Berlin Inspector Quits Post to Be-
come Scenario Author.

BERLIN, August 13.--Police In
spector Ernst Engelbrecht has tender.
ed his resignation to the Berlin chief
of police to become a scenario writer.
Some time ago Inspector Engel
brecht attracted considerable atten-
ton with number of serial novels In
a radio periodical. One of the fore.
most German film producing compa-
n:ss engaged him as plsywright .,.4-.
Evening star., 1927-08-13
Count Volpi Calls on Mellon.

VENICE, Italy, August 13 P).-
Count Volpi, Italian finance minister,
yesterday visited Andrew w. Mellon
on the yacht Venezia, aboard which
the American Secretary of the Treas
ury is taking a vacation cruise.
Evening star., 1927-08-13

We are disposed to feel more kindly
toward the younger generation than
we did some time ago. The threat
ened vogue of rendering all popular
songs on handsaws hasn't material
ized--Kansas City Star.
Evening star., 1927-08-13
rs CHINESE REDS SHOT.
Martial Law Established in Han
kow After Coolies Riot.

KIUKIANG, Kiangsi Province,
China, August 13 P).-Twenty-six
Communist labor leaders are reported
TO have been shot at Hankow. follow
ing the recent establishment of mar
tial law there. Forty-four others were
arrested
Evening star., 1927-08-13
BODY REACHES u. S.

Mrs. Pulitzer Funeral Rites to Be
Held Tomorrow.
NEW YORK. August 13 R).-The
body of Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, widow
of the founder of the present New
York World and the st. Louis Post
Dispatch, who died July 20 at Deau-
Vile, France, arrived yesterday on the
liner Mauretania, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Pulitzer, her son and
daughter-in-laW.
Funeral services will be held here
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1927-08-13

Queen Elizabeth was particularly
fQpa Of rQss perfumes. z-s-.,s.,ll:s;ssn .ss,;;l:;sls
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
Abbey Is Battle Pledge

Battle abbey, near Hastings. Eng
land, was built to fulfill novel
pledge made by William the Con
queror just before his victory There an
October IA, 1866,
When William was arming fer the
fight he is said to have inadvertently
put on his shirt of mail with the hind
side in front. Partly in order to avert
the bad omen, he vowed that. If vic
torious. he would build on the very
site of the battle great abbey.
1t was finally dedicated by William
Rufus in 1904. At the dissolution Of
the monasteries under Henry VIII. the
buildings were given to Sir Anthony
Browne, who added to the Abbot's
lodge west wing for the use of his
ward, the Princess Elizabeth. The alb
hey still is in excellent preservation.
Fl. G. Brabant, in "Rambles in Sus-
sex"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
Craze FOLLOWED Hysterio

A classic example of what popular
imagination applied to the common
spider can do is told in Hygeia Maya.
zine. Italy in the Middle ages was
swept by dancing mania or tarant'
ism.
Persons bitten by spider called the
European tarantula suddenly became
extremely sensitive to music. dancing
in frenzy of excitement until they
sank to the ground, exhausted and al
most lifeless. Certain forms of mu-
sic were considered good for the af-
flicted and bore the name trantella.
The cause was not a spiders bite but
a hysteria due to the depleted men
tai and physical condition Of the peo-
pie as result of the frequent wars
and plaques The same sort of fling
was seen in the craze for lOng-distf nee
dancing in this country few years
after the World war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
Not Much of a Meal
for Real Hungry Man

Uncle Lie Waters was accustomed
to seeing good-sized squares of sponge
cake or gingerbread on the upper
table, and when he had his first plate
of ice cream in city cafe, he looked
with some disfavor on the macaroons
and small sponge drops which accom-
panied it.
"How do you like it?' asked the
niece, who was doing the honors of
the city for her uncle.
"The ice cream is certainly first
rate" said Uncle Lie. II call it
extra good; but when you come to
these things, he added. lifting one
of the lady fingers and surveying it
doubtfully, 81 presume to say they're
right enough, what there is of 'em, but
there isn't enough of em-just nothing
but cape and swallow"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
Find Ample Proof on
Elephants in America

Scientists interested in the prehis-
tor1c animals that roamed the North
American continent in times too re-
mote to calculate offhand have now
and then resurrected from their beds
of rock and debris the skeletons Of
mammOths and mastodOns, those
strange creatures akin to the elephant
That the elephant species was known
to the civilizations of Central Amer
lea not so many thousands of years
ago seems to be proved conclusively
by recent excavations made in Pan
ANA. A. Hyatt Verrill, writing in
Worlds Work, describes the strange
sculptures Of an ancient people, dug
up from the volcanic soil of the little
isthmian republic showing the degree
of artistic advancement achieved by
that vanished race.
Perhaps the most interesting and re-
markable find of all, writes Mr. Ver-
rill, was large sculptured stone fig
ure thoroughly elephantine in form
and detail Hitherto the so-called
elephants" found in prehistoric (and
modern) American ceramics and stone
work have been generally accepted as
conventionalized antbears or tapirs
with exaggerated shouts. But in this
case 1t is scarcely possible to account
for the creature on this hypothesis.
Not only is the body elephantine, but
the large leaf-like ears could belong
to no other known creature, while the
hind knees bend forward, character
peculiar to the elephant It is difficult
to believe that any man unfamiliar
with the elephant could have conven-
tiOnalized tapir or an antbear to the
extent of adding broad fan-shaped ears
and legs bending forward, while, as
a final touch, the creature is repre-
sented carrying load or burden upon
its back.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
CITY MARKET MUST
BE WELL LOCATED
Points of Importance for
Shopping Centers.

shopping center, no matter how
small, fills definite need in any COM
munity; It should be carefully located
and artistically constructed, says
George Il. Ford, who has planned more
than hundred cities and towns
among which is the restored Rheims,
and Marcia Mead, noted architectural
advisor.
"One of the nuisances which has
constantly intruded itself in ii neigh
borhood is the small store which juts
out into the roadway, and spoils what
otherwise would be an attractive resi-
dence street. AS a remedy for this 1t
was suggested that at an important
traffic center well-planned group of
stores might be built to serve the
community in an attractive as we'll as
practical manner.
1.-The game of marketing is an old
one. The Roman forum was in reality
a market place for the sale of the va
rfous commodities necessary for the
city. 1t was large open square sur
rounded by a colonnade, where the
shops were located.
These sheltered trading places, ex.
cept for modern requirements of SAM
tation and transportation embody the
essential of a modern open public
market.
1.-THE crux of the whole matter, to-
dow 10 lo 10, A.
case may be. The terminal is bust
ness unit in itself, a highly sensitized
mechanism of regulated transportation
and storage facilities. City distribu-
ton is always complicated problem,
and since women are the chief retail
buyers of food this is very much a
woman's problem.
Wrong location has caused the
failure of many public market be-
cause it was not in place where
women would go to buy.
$50 the first step in the establish
ment of market is survey.
Even when indications may seem
conclusive that public market would
be success in a certain location, it is
well to begin with curb market
which can be thoroughly tested before
putting UP permanent building.
For example, the fate of the finely
equipped market house at Newark, N.
j., for some time hung in the balance.
1t well-nigh failed because it was off
the general line Of travel, so that one
had to cross crowded thoroughfares to
reach it.
'"The functions of market are ex-
pressed in the inscription over the
portal of the Norfolk market. That
pure food may be kept in the best
manner and sold at fair price, this
building is erected by the city of Nor
folk"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
PROGRAM UNDER WAY FOR
RURAL MINISTER'S

Preliminary plans for the school
for rural ministers to be held at the
University of Maryland from June
Is to "a, inclusive, are already
under way, according to DR.. S. H.
DeVault, professor of agricultural
economies, who has the details OF
the program in hand.
1.-THE purpose of the school, as IN
former years, will be to provide a
we'll rounded course of instruction in
agriculture and rural life along such
lines as will assist the rural church
in becoming greater factor in rural
AFFAIRS says Dr. DeVault.
The program this year. 1t is an
nounced, will feature problems OF
rural sociology and agricultural eco
Monies. Lectures by representatives
of the University of Maryland faculty
and by outside speakers of prom
inence on these subjects will be
scheduled at regular intervals DUR
ing the ten-day program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
New Jersey Far in Lead

According to figures recently COM
piled by the United States census
bureau in cooperation with the New
Jersey department of conservation and
development, New Jersey produced 43
per cent Of the country's output of
vitreous chinaware in 1925. The total
value of New Jerseys product was
$11,SS7,739. This was the combined
output of Is plants, some Of which
have as many as six separate pot
teries. Most of this output was in the
Trenton pottery district.
New Jersey is far in the lead of
any other state, with Ohio standing
second, producing only 16 per cent
of the total output.-New York World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04

The Cecil Democrat, In DISCUSSING
the present Dog Law" asserts it is
unfair because of its being so un-
adequately enforced. The Demo
crat says: Owners of CANNES, who
love them as pets or place value or
them in various other ways, are the
ones, generally speaking, upon which
the license tax is collected. These
dogs seldom do any harm and are
not permitted to roam over the
country, killing farmers poultry
sheep or young game. On the Other
hand, there are hundreds Of worth
less ours, without owners, especially
when 1t comes time to pay taxes or
them, that live principal upon what
they can get by roaming. many
of them kill poultry, sheep and
young game Mlmost any nigh
during the spring, summer or fall
you can hear many dogs out run
ming youn game No effort is made
apparently, to put stop to tho
practice. These CANNES, generally
speaking. are the ones upon which
no tax is paid"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
WORLDS CHEAPEST GASOLINE

About $1,000, 100000 capital is
invested in the petroleum industry.
1t pays national, state and local
taxes precisely as other property
does, and, in addition, an astonishing
variety of special taxes and fees.
In some states as high as 40 per
cent of the total state revenues come
from the oil industry.
While foreign countries turn but
five to eleven per cent OF crude
petroleum into gasoline, our oil
companies extract about 35 per cent
gasoline, and every year the proper
ton is increasing. This fact, in
spite of exorbitant taxes and in
creased cost of production, gives the
United States the cheapest gasoline
in the world.
While house furnishings increased
1865 per cent in price from 1913
to 1926; anthracite coal, 1898;
woolens and worsteds, 1879; and
farm products. 1877 per cent, gaso-
line increased but 24.S per cent, 'the
least of group of 20 classifications.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
Embroidering Long Known

The girl who uses an embroidery
needle today is practicing an art that
was highly developed in Egypt 3.O0O
years ago.
The accomplishment was brought
from Egypt to Europe, and was also
highly developed in early Greece and
Rome. The women of medieval days
in Europe were excellent at it. and
many splendid ornaments were made
for churches and monasteries. AT the
present time the Orient leads in the
art, with the work Of the Chinese
probably being the most elaborate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
THE TAX-INCREAsING CRUSADE


The record of more than $4,000
new laws enacted by state legis-
latures in 1925 out of total of
4O,956 bills introduced, will prob
ably be broken this year. Legis-
latures are meeting this year in all
states except Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Virginia.
A survey reveals an increasing
number of new law-promoting
groups representing active minorites
and special class groups, including
religious, social, civic, labor, women
and other bodies. Each has its own
panacea or special class advantage
in mind and is endeavoring by legis-
lative decree to restrain, reform
or arbitrarily control the conduct,
morals, business methods and
domestic lives of otheds.
A heavy crop of bills designed to
regulate or restrict industrial and
commercial operations and for new
forms of taxation, together with
many anti-crime and social welfare
proposals, is indicated by the
survey.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
THE GOSPEL OF GOOD
ROADS

1t is not so long ago that the
Caterpillar Tractor Company pub
lished a most interesting volume,
entitled "Out of the Rut." This
books story began almost at the
beginning of time and showed the
history to road building up to the
present.
1t brought out forcibly the fact
that in many sections of the country
the gospel of good roads is still in
that stage characteristic OF the
middle 10th Century, covering only
the veriest beginnings of modern
roadway systems.
It is almost inconceivable that any
American community could counte-
nance indefinitely the handicap of
poor roads. The whole history OF
the worlds advance is inseparable
from its transportation facilities.
The world has prospered with the
development of transportation rather
than transportation with the de-
velopment of the world.
Those who live on the great high
ways suffer because there are places
in this nation where good roads do
not abound. 1t is for the general
welfare that we should spread the
gaspel of good roads until it taps
and develops the hindermost regions,
adding wealth and greater prosperity
to our unified nation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-03-04
BOVINE T. b. -ERADICATED AT
INCREASING RATE

The number of cattle tested for
tuberculosis in the country under
Government and State supervision
Turing the fiscal year ended June
0, 1925, was "a per cent more than
or the preceding year, accord to
he United States Department OF
Agriculture.
Nearly every phase of tuber
,ulosis-eradication work showed an
increased activity during the year
Though the accredited-herd plan OF
combating the disease was conducted
IN all the States, general preference
vas given the area project which
provides for the testing Of all cattle
in the county Under this plan over
100000 cattle were tested, or over
100000 more than during the
preceding year.
OF noteworthy interest in cennee
ton with the tuberculin testing
under both accredited-hsrd and area
plans was survey to show the
present estimated extent OF the
disease. The survey showed the
probable extent OF the disease as
2.S per cent, meaing that on an
average % cattle out of every
thousand in the United States are
tuberculous, In 1922 the esti-
mated per cent Of infection was
per cent