Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1923 — Page 1

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ACTIVITIES OF HOUSE OF DAVID MAY DE PROBED Suit Against Purnell MANY demand probe Women's Clubs and Many Men's Organizations Demand Investigation (T’nltr.l Pr--<**> Service) Grand Rapid*. Mich. 26.—(Special to Daily la-mocrat) —Reports that Governor Alex J. Gro.-sback will or ( |,.r an investigation into the activities of the House of J (avid were pre valent here as the SSO.(MH) damage su li against King Benjamin Purnell »a.s resumed today. 'lb* governor, it is understood has asked to be kept informed regarding developments in the suit instituted hy John ft. Hansel of Nashville. Tennessee, and former member of the cult. Mrs. Dorian M. Russell, president of the Slate Federation of Women’s Clubs, announced that her organiza tion was solidly behind a grand jury Investigation Into the activities of Benjamin and his associates in th* cult's "inner circle.” Numerous men's clubs have joined with the women In their demand for the prob. Grand Rapids, Mich.. Mar. 26 — (Special to Daily Democrat I—Brother testflied against brother today in the SBO,OOO damage suit brought by John W. Hansel against Benjamin F Purnell, ‘king" of the House of David, religious cult at Benton Harbor, Michigan. Quinto Rosetta, brother in-law of Mrs Esther Hansel, and brother of Emil Rosetta, today took fbe "stand for the defense. He testified that n promise of u "division of the, spoils' was made him by Mrs. Hansel in October. The money proposition sounded pretty good to me,” he said, “and we talked it over.” He further testified that if it came to a show down, Mrs. Hansel told him she was swear that Benjamin had been intimate with her. He said he asked her if this were true and she replied "no.” Rosetta was employed as a night watchman for some time al Sbilo. Benjamin’s home at thet colony. —— G — Would Dismiss Case Against Crittenbergei (United Pres* Service) Indianapolis, March 26. — (Special to Daily Democrat)—Motion Io noli* an indictment against Dale J. (Tit tenberger, J., charging him with em i bezzlement was filed in criminal fourt here today for Prosecutor W P. Evans. t’rlttenberger was charged with n ''" zzllng $7,000 ftorn the Nations. *’nr»ty Company of New York foi which he was local agent. The in ''■tnieni was returned March 26 1922. Evans issued a statement saying " mrety company and three othei "ticeins involved in the proacntlon a ‘ repeatedly asked him to drop h " rhßr Beß and he felt therefore m **>uld not successfully continue the case. ( lover Leaf Re-organizes Clerical Force Here Mr. f; w. McKowen. of Frankfort, •Perv| Bor of stations for the Toledo, -unis and Western railroad *'om ~f d n^l l charKe of the local office her ' Mr. McKowen came <. 1 , ' <lay an< l stated that he would ’ ■•• re only temporary .pending a " r kanization of the clerical force. ■ ■ Shamp, who has been agent for wbJ' n ' b r of years ’ u in T ° |p>|< b ■ the general offices of the com Why are located. KNOW YOUR CITY DAY al^“ deDa ’ Calif.. Mar. 26,-Having cm every *ond of day imagination t ‘ T* 6 ’ " know your Clty day " « n ’ thn u'' p,etUre - It Is sponsored by ,h * Cadena Realty board. leiimT barrels of crude petrodaiiy 8 foD ’ ,lme<l the United States

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Fire at Home of Fred McConnell A holo Was burned In the roof at the Fred McConnell residence, 221 North Third street, hy a lire which occttred about 11 o'clock this morn ing. Il Is not known definitely whether the fire originated from a spark from the chimney, or from a short circuit in the electrical wiring In the garret. Th*- blaze, which evidently started beneath the roof, was confined to the garret and roof. Mrs. McConnell discovered the fire when she saw small particles of fire falling from the roof. Site stated that she had put a small Quantity- of coal in the furnace a short time previous to that. Quick and efficient work by the city firemen prevented a much more serious blaze. CATHOLIC HIGH TO GIVE PLAYS Entertainment to be Given in High School Auditorium, April 5 Pupils of the Decatur Catholic high school are rehearsing for an entertainment to be given in the Decatur high school auditorium on Thursday night. April 5. The enter talnment will be given under the auspices of the senior class. The entertainment will open with “Greetings Glee," by the students of the Catholic high school. A musical sketch in one act entitled, “Uncle Sam’s Boys in Camp," will he given next. E. Christen plays the role of Major Manners and ,R. Vpglewede that of Captain Odds. The following will have the roles of soldiers in Company C: A. Vogiewede, (}. ent, G. Myiott. F Schulte, E. Murphy. H. Holt bouse. A. Appleman, A Schneider, W. Holthouse, W Brunnegraff. 1 "The Heart of France,” is thu title of a drama ha four acts, to be presented. This is a very interest Ing play, containing a large num he. of characters. The cast is as follows: Bernadette Souhlrous —C. Niblick Mme. Soublrous. Bernadette's mother —I. Holthouse Marie, Jacques, Francois, Bernadette’s sister and brothers—A. Murtaugh, G. Foos, R. Holthouse. Jeanne Abaddie, Bernadette’s friend —A. Dowling M. Auguste Lacade, Mayor of Lourdes —A. Apple-raan. '-, Mine. I’auline, his wife—M. Foos Officer Colette —A. Schneider Petronllla Dozen. Doctor's daughter B. Christen Anita JuCouiet, daughter of Commit: sary of Police—M. Colchtn Countess de Soigney, nee Isabel Clinton —M. Myiott Louise, her blind daughter R. Holt house Mme. Aline Millet, Count de Boigney's cousin—A. Baker Uncle Sambo, footman to the Conn

tess—W. Brunnugraff Miss ('rotdne, the Countess' nurse— JI. Bremerkamp Village Girls -M. Harris, M. Bremerkamp. 11. Holthouse, 1. Baker, M. Eitfng, F. Malley, F. Onilor, R Smith, F. Meyer, M. Keller, G Becker. Nina hYemo M. Neptune Peasant Women—M. Niblick and A Nesswald. Justin. Roselle’s sick child J. Baker HOME BUILDERS MEET TUESDAY Annual Meeting of Stockholders; Election of Officers to Take Place The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Decatur Home Builder’s Association will be held at the rooms of the Decatur Industrial Association at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday evening. April 10, and all members are urged to be present. At this time will occur the election of officers and the future policy of the association will be discussed mid determined. The organization, was formed three years ago and has built a nv ruber of homes. D. N. Erwin is president and Hugh Hite, secretory. •— The average wage fhr male farm labor for all the United States is $28.97 month, with board and lodging.

STREET ( ARS ( RASH tewJLw iMfr Pi ■ • .. ... , / • *viz* - . . y -*.■■' .. ■ "-WVWTOIR - A defective switch sent two crowded street cars crashing into each other at a corner of Chicago s busy down town section, resulting in the injury of fourteen passengers. The above show-? the, damage doe to one ot the cats The corner drugstores were turned into emergency hospitals to care for the injured.

VETERANS NAME A NEW OFFICER J. Harbison Named Depart-' ment Marshal of Span-ish-American Vets Local Spanish-American war veterans have been informed that J. Harbison, a veteran of the SpanishAmerican war. lias : been appointed department marshal for the department of Indiana. Spanish-American War Veterans. The appointment was made by W. M. Ixiuden, state commandant of the organization. Mr. liarbison served in the regular army continually from 1890 to 1916. During the Spanlsh-Anfterlcan war he served In Company K, 2d Infantry. He had previously taken part In the suppression of ludiiui uprisings In the West. After the Spanish-Ameri-can war ha was sent to the Phillippfnes for several years and during the border trouble served as first sergeant of Company H. 9th infantry. Upon his request for service during the world war, Harbison was placed In charge of a recruiting station and later; assisted for a time at tiie IndianapolU recruiting office. o—

SELL TICKETS FOR BANQUET Many Purchase Tickets for Industrial Association Affair on April 3 The committee in charge of selling tickets for the first or a series of meetings to be held by the Decatur Industrial Association, began work this morning and by noon had disposed of more than half the maxi mum. One hundred tickets will be sold as that is the limit which can be bandied. The first meeting will be a banquet to be held at the K. of P. Home Tuesday evenkMf, April 3rd, at 6:30. Hon. Charles M. Neizer, of Fort Wayne, will be the speaker and the event will he a very delightful one. Buy a ticket and don't miss this ' event, one week from tomorrow evening. The tickets are one dollar which pays for your dinner and assures you a big evening with plenty of "pep" and a genuine good time. e . Zurber Released From County Jail Sunday Hugo Zurber, who was arrested at Willshire, Ohio, last Friday night on ’ a charge of attacking the little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fuhrman, of near Monmouth was released from the county jail yester- , day. when his father furnished a f cash bond in the sum of SBOO. ZurI ber's father, it is said, resides near , Fort Wayne. I * ‘ UNKNOWN LIFE'S WORK Berekley. Calif., Mar. 26—According to statistics from the University i of California here, over one-fourth of i the students graduated from unlverei- . tie;, undecided in their life vocations.

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MISSION CAME I TO END SUNDAY Successful Services at Catholic Church Have Impressive Ending Mingled with beautiful religious ceremonies in keeping with 1 the liturgies of the church, the mission which has been in progress at the St. Marys Catholic church for two weeks, was brought to a solemn and impressive' close with services Sunday after-, noon and evening. The evening ser | vices were attended by the men only t and it is estimated that between five and six hundred men were in attend-1 ance. The mission opened on March 11th and in order to care for the crowds, the first week; was set aside for the women and the last week for j the men of the parish. Two Franciscan missionaries, Father Andrew and Father Daniel, conducted the mission Beginning Sunday morning at 6:30 [ o'clock a mass was celebrated, during which hundreds stepped to the sacred i table and received Holy Communion. Another mass was celebrated at 7:30,' during which Holy Communion was distributed to a large number of men I and women and at 9:45 a high mass Waq celebrated. It was stated by the pastor, that during the mission, 4.765, Holy Communions were distributed, hundreds of the parishioners, in keeping with the teachings of the church, partaking of the flesh and blood of Jesijs Christ every morning, i Order is Established The Third Order of St. Francis, founded by Saint Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan mis-{ sionary order, was established in the! St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday afternoon, 526 men. women and chil ’ dren becoming members. The pledge of the order was taken and a year from now the members will be for-) mally enrolled. The Third Order of Saint Francis is for the lay member** who wish to, perform certain acts of penance and by praying and performing the obligations of the order will benefit in a spiritual way from the prayers and masses said by the Franciscans and faithful of the order. The obligations are taken merely as a matter of form and do not bind a member under pain of sin for failure to observe them, except that the members do not reap th e spiritual benefits, as stated by the missionaries. unless the obligations are com plied with. Preceding this ceremony, the missionaries gave a special blessing for the men, women and children and practically every member of the church was present. The pastor stated this morning Hint the attendance at the church on Sunday nt all services was at least 2,000. The Closing Service At the closing sendee In Hie evening, the men stood and renewed their Baptismal vows, renouncing Satan in all his works and pomps. The enrollment in the Holy Name Society, which was established in the church during the last mission also took place last evening and records in the hands of the pastor today, show that 64 new members jotned. the former membership being MO. The purpose of the Holy Name Society and the pledge taken by the members, is to (Continued on page two)

Will. ATTEND POSTAL MEET Postmaster Fritzinger and Few Employes Going to Indianapolis, Apr. 17 Postmaster Harry Fritzinger is planning to attend Hie Postal Con . ferenee Convention which will liV| held in Indianapolis on April 17. It it likely that a few of the carriers and employes of the local postoffice will attend the conference also. The convention is held for purely I educational purposes and is to in- ■ struct civil service employes in more , efficient methods of bundling tn ! iil.| Althougk uu sob.-d.ulr for the day has been worked out in the local office as yet. it is considered protiable by i Postmaster Fritzluger that the serv- | ices here mayrbe cut short, to a c. rtain extent to allow as many of tliu employees as possible to attend tiie conference. I On the preceding day, April Hi, a meeting of the postmasters and <!e-[ ! partmental supervisors will be held. | | On this day. Postm ister General Hat-. Iry S. New will be the principal . speaker.

WILL RECEIVE BIDS ON ROADS County Commissioners to Hold Special Meeting on Next Wednesday The county commissioners will meet •in special session on Wednesday, March 28th, and bid* for the construction of four macadam roads will be received. The estimated cost of the proposed improvements is $25,079.42, while the total length of the four roads is 4.28 miles. The road:; are. A. N. Sprunger. Monroe township, 1.27 miles, estimate, $7,844.01; the Phil Sauer road. Root and Union township. LOl miles, estimate. $5,925.42; the Ross Harden road. Union township, 1 mile, estimate, $5672.79; the Ulman and Hase road, Union township, 1 mile, estmale $5,637.20. it' the contracts are awarded and the bonds can be sold, the roads will be rushed to com pletion before fall. The county commissioners will meet In regular ses slon next week and other road and bridge matters will be disposed of. Mrs. C. E. Bell Has Diptheria Attack Mrs. C. E. Bell, who has been ill with diptheria since Saturday, was reported in he resting quite well today and those in charge believe that she will continue to improve. Mrs. Bell was quite sick the first two days, but showed a great improvement to day. Mr. Bell and son William are also quarantined and are caring for Mrs. Bell. The sympathies of the many friends of the family is extend ed to them. --—a American office c-qnipmont, sttch ns fountain pens, patent pencils, typo writers, cash registers and adding ma chines finds a ready market in Portugal.

Local Bank Buys Bonds For Joel Lehman Road The bonds for the construction of the Joel Lehman road in the town of Bertie were puli based Saturday hy lh<- old Idutns County Bault ot this ilty, the bank paying jgir for the 200.(Mt issue. ‘I tie lionds bear 4 , -> per cent, tiie income from which Is n< tituxable. Coiistrui tion of tin road will begin at once. LIQUOR POISONS MANY (United Press Service) I'hiladeplilu. Mar. 26.- (Special to Daily Democrat) Following five deaths from liquor and 12 lesser cas>-s of alcoholic poisoning'over the week etui, federal authorities and city police today combined forces to run down the source oi tiie "liquid death." BOARDS TO BE RE-ORGANIZED Boards of Charities and Guardians to Meet in Library Tuesday The Adams County Board of Char ities and Corrections, and tiie Board of Children's Guardians will meet in the public library at 2:”i) o’clock Tuesday afternoon for tiie purpose of re-organizing. Tiie members of the two lioards were appointed hy Judge Moran last Saturday. Mrs D. D. Heller is president ot both organizations at present. Stie has held this office for the last twenty years. Mrs. Heller, S, B. Fordyce and Mrs. John Niblick have been members of both lioards for twenty years. These two organizations do a great amount of good work. Tile I board ot' Children's Guardians has placed two orphans in the orphan’s home at Mexico. Indiana, and two in the home at Marion. Indiana. The | orphans' homes in the state are crowded, and recently it has been Im posable to find room for the orphans in the homes. Private homes have ! been found in Adams county and I other counties in the state for these children. The Board of Charities and Cor rectlons makes inspections of the ( county infirmary and county jail and the town jails at Berne and Geneva each year. April will he the month for these inspections and the day t'oi making the trp to these institutions will be set at Hie meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Tiie mem Ilers of the Board ot Charities and Corrections are: s. B. Fordyce, Eliza J. Everett, Nora Linn, D. K. Shackley, Anna Heller, and Lewis Fnichte. The members of the Board of Children’s Guardians are: Simon It. Fordyce. Sarah Krick, Lewis Frtii-hte, Minnie Niblick, Anna Heller and I). K. Shackley. — • PHI DELTS NOTICE Regular meeting and initiation to night. Banquet in dub rooma at 7 o’clock, sharp. Brother Silas War tier, ot Warsaw will he present to make an inspection of the chapter. JOE BRENNAN, Pres. CHICAGO MARKET CLOSE Wheat: May $1.18%; Jtilv $1.14%; Sept. $1.13%. Corn: May 72%c; July 75%c; Sept. 76%c. Oats: May 44Uc, July 44> 4 c; Sept. 42%c. PH! DELIS TO DE INSPECTED National Officer to be Present at Meeting and Initiation Tonight Members of the local chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity are planning for an interesting meeting in the club rooms on Second street this evening, at which time Silas Warner, of Warsaw, one of the national officers of tiie fraternity, will be present and inspect the Decatur chapter. The meeting this evening will begin at 7 o’clock prompt, with a l>anquet. Following the banquet the regular business meeting will be held and a class of candidate* will be initiated Into the fraternity r . It Is estimated that the 1922 con sumption of meat in the United States slightly exceeded 150 pounds a person.

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WORLD'S CHEAT ACTRESS NEAR DEATH TODAY Sarah Bernhardt Gradually Growing Weaker at Home in Paris, PRIEST IS CALLED Last Sacraments Administered This Afternoon; Passing Is Tragic (United Press Service) de W.-bb Miller) Paris, March 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) —As Sarah Bernhardt lay unconscious at the point of death tooay, six employes of the motion picture company tor which she was working when she was stricken, arrived at the house. They carried into the living room frame work for scenery ol the film play, declaring the pic tore must be completed immed iately even if Bernhardt died. Paris. Mar. 26. — Mme. Sarah Bernhardt is dead. The great actress died at her home here after a long lingering illness. She clung grimly to lite and continued to breath for hours after doctors abandoned all hopes. An infection of the kidgey or long standing was the cause ot the death. Bernhardt was 78 years old. Dispite advice ot physicians during the last year that all strenuous activities be given up she insisted upon appearing whenever possible. Paris, Mar. 26—(Special tn Daily Dcmoc-rat)--A pricwt arrived at the residence of Sarah Bernhardt this afternoon to administer the last sacraments. Paris, Mar. 26 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Mme. Sarah Bernhardt sank rapidly today utter appearing to recover somewhat Sunday from uremic poison that has been sapping her life. At one o'clock this afternoon Bernhardt's condition was becoming steadily worse. She was unconscious and doctors were injecting camphor. The condition of Mme. Bernhardt was described as extremely low at :! p. nt. She was crying for air. Shortly after ten o’clock this morning. the great tragedienne was in a comatose condition. She could recognize no one, and Dr. Prevost announced that her condition was extremely serious. Mme. Bernhardt's remarkable will aloue pulled her through Sunday, physicians declared, and her hours admittedly are numbered, unless hy some miracle tiie spread of the uremic poisoning, which doctors have geen unable to check, ceases. At dawn today Mme. Bernhardt became suddenly werse. Delirium came upon her once more, and injections of morphine proved ineffective. Once more she went through the classic roles she made famous: "Camille" and "Chantecler.” Again she straggled tn rise from bed and go down stairs to resume acting for the motion picture camera which still stands awkwardly among garish sets in her living room below The tragedy of Mme. Bernhardt's passing is emphasized by those accoutrements of the "movied,” for which site was forced, ut 78, to act. because she was penniless. Three fortunes made during her long lift*, time as the world’s greatest actress, are gone, and Bernhardt is near death in comparative poverty. Her faithful doctors, Prevost and Marot, attempted to quiet her today as the delirium grew worse. An aged servant of Bernhardt's, tear stained face, came to tits dixtr for a moment and spoke to the anxious watchers outside: ‘‘Madame Is very agitated.” Shortly before 8 o’clock Bernhardt was suffering great pain, anti was delirious. Her eyes were open, staring vacantly a( the ceiling. Slow gestures from enfeebled llpx and worn hands told that the great tragedienne’s thoughts were Ou the stage where she hud hoped to (He. Apparently she saw across imaginary footlights the upturned faces of (Continued on page four)