Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1923 — Page 3

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT’S FEATURE PAGE

A FIGHTER AND HIS FAMILY ’ ’ ! IMP r iMfet MBf W- ■£ ;>M| s®p- '" Ts .. Ml ' feMLIWi’ ‘ * ■L s ' ' tad jWPR£ J, -‘ GQkMe jSt hI Jw >ll v ~ • ?y > ' , .«.... a 1 (Pacific and Atlantic Photo) Tommy Gibbons, challenger of Demosey, and his children —Tom Jr., 5; Jack, 4, and Dick, 8 months. Shelby, Mont. —As Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons click off tho days that are between them, and their July Fourth heavyweight championship scrap, the stock of the challenger gains. Conceded but the merest chance when articles were signed, Gibbons is now favored by many to beat the champion. Jim Jeffries, one time champion, picks Gibbons to beat Dempsey. It is not commonly known that Gibbons has never been knocked out, and should he be able to stay on his feet the whole bout he is expected to have a chance for the decision.

Advance Guard Os Shriners In Washington Washington, June 5. —Classical Washington had all but vanished today as the finishing touches were made on the city for Shrine Week which begins on Sunday. In its place is an Oriental paradise. Graceful Corinthian Columns have been converted into Arabesque minarets and mosques have sprung fullpanaplied over night. Where once stood the statue of a rtation's hero now stands the Egyptian pyramid or a smiling sphinx. Before the White House is the Garden of Allah. In this bizarre "count of honor” the "first shriner of the

Memories of Ellsworth and His Zouaves

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.—Advent of Decoration day this year brought to war veterans memories of the man who, perhaps, did more than any other person to lay the foundation of Illinois’ military record —Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, first Union officer to fall in the Civil war. Ellsworth came from New York state to Chicago and organized the Ellsworth Zouaves, an organization that wrote its mark Indelibly on the history of Civil war times. He came to Springfield on the invitation of Gen. John Cook, who at Hint time was captain of a company known as the Springfield Grays. Ellsworth was engaged to drill the Grays in the Zouave tactics. Tfie parade ground was on Sixth street, In what was then Mr. Iles' pasture. Lincoln, it is related, stood under a cottonwood tree and watched the Zouaves drill. Ellsworth, though a small man, was a born soldier and drill master. His bearing attracted Lincoln, and he took him into his law office, then the firm of Lincoln & Herndon. This company which Ellsworth drilled went on duty the first day men of the North were called to the colors. They guarded the state house,

■ * Michigan Judge “One-Man Grand Jury II OU .nIIHIIIIIIIIII I 11 1 """

Here is a new portrait of Judge Harry Dlngeman of St. Joseph, Mich., the “one-man grand jury” who is acting In the state investigation of the House of David, the notorious so-called religious cult of Benton Harbor. Michigan has a law under which a judge may perform the duties usually falling to a grand jury. This judge certainly has his work cut out for him. The following resume of the testimony of Mary Purnell, wife of “King” Benjamin Purnell of the House of David, shows what he is up against: “Queen" Mary told of a divine revelation that came to her husband more than thirty years ago that he was the "seventh messenger angel.” She denied that her husband was guilty of Immoral acts, and when other questions were asked her took refuge In the typewritten copy of the law she curried with her into tlie grand jury

room, refusing to answer them. O s or .. fhe While “King” Benjamin never J mi[ the cult am . ptS Jesus younger brother of Jesus Christ, queen m j Christ as the first messenger angel Benlamln in 1880 ami has borm* ‘‘Queen” Mary said site married powder plant explosion In him two children, a daughter, who was killed in a Pot Ohio, and a son, now forty-two, and mental y ’ ... . — —

! land”—Warren G. Harding—will review the parading Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Historic Pennsylvania Avenue, 1 from the Monument of Peace at the ; foot of Capitol Hill to the Treasury, ' has been strung with a myriad of : electric lights. The incandescent jewels of these arches, hanging like . split necklaces, make the old parade i 1 street as brilliant by night as by ■' day. Above is the Capitol dome itself, ■ gleaming like a mighty mosque in > the flood of pale light thrown by a • battery of powerful searchlights. A slender finger of light touches • the Washington monument. It reachties up into the night like some gigan- > tic minaret.

which is now the Sangamon county courthouse. When Lincoln went to Washington as President, Ellsworth accompanied him and was made a lieutenant in the army. At the outbreak of the war he formed a regiment of Zouaves and became colonel. His tragic death occurred in a dramatic manner at Alexandria, Va. On the evening of May ‘-’3, 1861 he received orders to lead his regiment on the extreme left of the I nion lines in the advance into Virginia. He was to occupy Alexandria. Alexandria was occupied without resistance. It hilo Ellsworth and a few of his men made toward the telegraph station, he saw a Confederate flag floating from the summit of the Marshall house. With four of his men. he rushed into the house and pulled down the flag. As he was descending the stairs, rhe innkeeper rushed forth and shot Ellsworth dead. The company which Ellsworth drilled was reorganized after the war and later became the famous governor’s guard. This guard eventually formed the nucleus of the present Illinois National Guard. Veterans of the old governor’s guard tire now planning the erection of a monument tv the memory of their dead comrades.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1923.

CRiqi'l WINS WORLD'S FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP •Jb F «?"**' ' *** WiW’rr 1118 * 10 — •• — —*i 4 — —. M» ft. I>TLT ITT lirW.lfL-.TJ - ---- nTM up- .■ — -- ■ - W< - (Pacific and Atlantic Photo) Eugene Criqui of France knocks out Johnny Kilbane in the sixth round of their fifteen round battle Now York- A new world's feath ‘rwe'ght champion was made here S itiirday, when Eugene Criqui, French war hero, knocked out Johnny Kilbane, former title holder. The latter had shown to good advantage in the opening rounds, but the new champion kept plugging away and stunned the big crowd with his knockout punch. Criqui starts training this week for his bout with Johnny Dundee. The new champions name is pronounced “CREEKEE.”

America’s Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey Mhmnwh nuMwiHHHitiinmmimiommiiKiaMnmiii. tnwetiiHitmutuiHi. im (ittHiiiiiiiHiiiumMMl WYANDOTTE CAVE The demand for gunpowder during the war of 1812 was so pressing that large quantities of the nitrous earth In the caverns of the bluffs along the Ohio river in Indiana and Ohio were used for manufacturing saltpeter. One cave was so productive that It fell heir to tlie name Indiana Saltpeter Cave. Later this was changed to Wyandotte Cave. After the war the manufacture of saltpeter became unprofitable. Little attention was paid to this cave until it was noted that cattle were fond of licking the walls and floor. Investigation showed .that a frosting of natural epsom salts covered extensive areas in this underground wonderland. Also, that when removed, this frosting rapidly reapi peared. Sulphate of lime plaster of I paris, and niter also were found here. ' | Subsequent explorations brought to ' light the astonishing fact that In size this cave all but rivaled the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky. The outstanding characteristics of Wyandotte Cave, In which it is said to excel all other American caves, are the unusual bigness of its corridors and vaulted chambers, unbelievable quantities of fallen rock, and the i massiveness of its stone columns. The “Pillar,” upwards of a mile from the entrance, a magnificent column 25 feet tall and 15 feet through, is one of the show places. Another ■ spectacular formation, Columbian Arch, is an almost perfect tunnel hulf ; circle in shape, and 75 feet long. Near i one end is a “chunk” of limestone, estimated to weigh more than 500 tons, which loosened and dropped from overhead no one knows how long ago. The Senate Chamber measures 150 by 600 feet, its terraced sides of limestone culminating in a great dome. From the center of this room there rises a great pile of rock. From the top of this roc.: pile an enormous fluted column of satin spar extends to the roof above. Almost a perfect circle in shape, 71 feet around, this mastodonic pillar is said to exceed in size any like formation in any cave In the world. Certain sightless animals make their home In this cave. Thousands of bats ' which may be observed hanging head down from the roof, make their winter homes in Odd Fellows Hall. This great chamber is 90 feet wide, 210 feet long, and 65 feet high. Wyandotte Cave, formed among the rugged hills in Crawford county, is near the point where the Blue river flows into the Ohio. ((g), 1923, Western Newspaper Union.) Adding to the Oriental touch, the streets are already filled with visiting Nobles in red fezes and gaudy Zouave iuniforms. Many of their wives and (laughters are wearing unique and I colorful Shrine costumes. In striking contrast with the Oriental atmosphere the crowds hurrying along from bazaar to bazaar [present a queer cosmopolitan appear- [ ance. Mixing with conventionally clad Washingtonians and the Oriental I garbed visitors, are Indians in war- | bonnets and trailing blankets, cow-

MRS. H. M. TOWNER . > J- / J / Mrs. Horace M. Towner, wife of the new governor of Porto Rico. boys in hairy chaparejos and cowgirls in buckskin shirts. Camels belonging to the caravans of visiting temples shamble along, dodging flivvers, street cars and prancing horses decked with bright colored trappings. Masquerading Washington is all set for a week of Oriental frolic. — - Johnson Returns To The Philippines San Francisco, Cal., June 5. —FolDROWNS AS HERO o. 1 ' v A * A 1 i a fflWjrWKyjWh re i f Bi -■j- & ■ JESS A-, PAINTER Evanston. 11l. —Northwestern university students mourn the death here of Jessie A. Painter, a student, who sacrificed his life to save a companion from death. Painter with Jan Russ, his companion, were in a canoe ini Lake Michigan when it capsized. Russ clung to the capsized canoe and Painter, fearing that the canoe was too frail to support both, swam for shore, 300 yards away. He was seized with eramps and drowned.

Americas Marvels NATURAL AND OTHERWISE By T. T. Maxey I j THE BELLS OF RIVERSIDE — It has been said that our everyday I life 's largely fixed by the sound of I bells of one kind or another, but it remained for Mr. Frank Miller of Riverside, Cal., who had a hobby of collecting bells, to assemble the largest collection of bells on earth. Each hell has a history of Interest uml romance. Among the noteworthies In this collection of approximately 450 hells are: A bronze bell of graceful lines, dated 1792, which long hung in the tower of i the New Orleans cathedral and Inter, by a peculiar turn of fate, served on , I the jail in the same city. A gout bell j of pleasing tone, the only one of its ■ kind, found In the Swiss, Italian or French Alps, thought to be more than I one hundred years old. A church bell I dated 1770, which, no one knows how long, served the master of a castle In Scotland. A facsimile of “Big Ben," the largest clock-tower bell hi the world, which hangs in the tower of the house of parliament in London. An iron horse bell from Norway —thought to have been made about 1750. A bronze gong, said to be more than eighteen hundred years old, which came from a temple In China. A bronze bell which belonged to a ship that sailed from Boston in 1755. The ship was wrecked, hut, after lying at the bottom of the ocean for almost 100 years, the bell was recovered. The town crier's bell which awakened the good people of Bedford, Mass., rhe night on which the patriot, Paid Revere, made his famous ride. A.r ancient. acorn-shaped dog bell from China. A gong from Borneo, used In native war dances. An old-fashioned Roman bell which was unearthed in the ruins of Herod’s palace at Ascalon. An antiquated, cup-shaped bell from Mecca —that sacred city of Mahomet, In Arabia. An ornamented brass . Roman cow bell inscribed, in Latin, "Paul, Third, Most Holy Supreme Pontiff", Indicating ownership by a pope who died In 1549. A bell, cracked and clapperless, currying an inscription showing the date of manufacture to have been the year 1247, said to be the oldest dated bell known and to have been made or used In Spain. This bell was In existence 245 years before Columbus discovered America. And lust, but by no means the least, the forefather of the hell family, a “dink stone”, which, suspended trom a rope and struck with a mullet, gives off a ringing sound. The “dink stone” was the earliest form of bell known. It was used, It Is thought, as early as 600 B. C. (©. 1923, Western Newspaper Unton.) lowing tlie sudden departure of Judge E. Findley Johnson, associate justice of tlie supreme court of tlie Philippines, for Manila, it was reported here that he will become acting governorgeneral to permit General Wood to proceed to China as President. Harding's personal representative. Johnson declined to discuss his j hurried departure for the Philippines other than to admit that a leave of j absence in this country had been in-, terrupted because of urgent orders to return at once. It was learned that before coming

COUNTRY GIRLS WIN BEAUTY AW ARD

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Chicago-Selection of the seven reigning beauties of Illinois university here indicate that cities do not nroduce as pretty girls as the smaller towns. In selecting Illinois' prettiest co-eds Antoinette Donnelly, beauty expert, failed to name one from Chicigo. The closest Chicago came to landing in tlie money was in tlie selection of two co-eds living in Windy city suburbs among the seven.

to San Francisco to take passage on tlie army transport Thomas Thai. Justice Johnson was summond to Washington for a lengthly conference with President Harding and members of his cabinet. It was believed probable that Johnson carries secret instruction to General Wood regarding his Chinese mission. Tli > Report has been persistent in military circles that the sending of a high ami trusted officer to China was under consideration. Major General Geo»ge Barnett, commandant of the west in division of the Marine corps, is reported to have been under con sidoiation. but General Wood was selected because of his broad knowledge of Far Eastern conditions ami tlie fact that he will go in a civilian capacity

I leiress Lost Without Her Limousine

OAK PARK. ILL.—A poor little heiress to millions, all at sea without her chauffeur and lier limousine, go* lust in tlie maze of Chicago's sfeets, gave her parents, wealthy residents of Oak Park, several hours of the deepest anxiety, kept the police department on the run, and completely disrupted business in the bakery shop of James Toman ut 275 S Turner avenue. Miss Myrtle Fahrney, seventeen-year-old (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. IL Fahrney of 499 North Euclid avenue, Oak Park, is a junior at the Chicago Lutin School for Girls, 59 Scott street. Her father is a secretary of a niilllon-dollar proprietai . medicine business of Chicago and J diet and a trustee of tlie Peter Falir.i... estate, tlie bulk of which she will some day Inherit. Myrtle always has been driven to and from school by tlie fan y chauffeur, but the other day she was to return home alone on the “L.” She left the school nt eleven o’clock in the morning. When she had not arrived i at six o’clock her father notified the < link Park police and the detective bu- i reau and descriptions of her were i flashed to all stations. At 6:30 Mr. I Fahrney received a telephone message I

Mrs. Cannon Among “Twelve Greatest”

A special committee of tlie National League of Worn “n Voters has selected the 12 greatest living American women. Most of them you know by name and reputation—women like Jane Addams, Carrie <'lmpman Catt, Julia Lathrop and Edith Wharton. But did you ever hear of Mrs. Annie Jump Cannon? Well, Mrs. Cnnnon has made regular visual observations of variable stars of long period with 6-inch equatorial telescope, nnd hrs completed a bibliography of variable stars comprising about 50,090 references. In the course of photographic work she has discovered 209 variable stars, three new stars, one spectroscopic binary nnd numerous stars hnving bright lines or variable spectra. She lias completed a catalogue of 220.0 M) stellar spectra. She was made an assistant at the Harvard college observatory in 1897 and curator of astronomical

photographs in 1911 and is tlie author of various Harvard college observatory annals. She was born at Dover, Del., in 1863. She has degrees from Wellesley, University of Delaware mid University of Groningen, Holland. She is an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical society. Her home Is at Cambridge, Muss.

f i * «u ? 11 k. # _ —Bl WTT i>“ MARY WERTZ

i' because of his retirement from the .'army, rather than as a military reprei’ sentative. • Justice Johnson came to Hie United estates about six weeks ago, bringing the lardy of his son for burial at his old home in Michigan. He was ac- ; | companied by Mrs. Johnson. In deelining to discuss the report i of his being named temporary govi ernor general to permit General - Wood Io proceed to China, Justice 11 Johnson said any information regardt iug the matter would have to come (. I from Washington. - Judge Johnson is well known here. ■ lie is a former resident of Van Wert, t Ohio and is a relative of Mr. and Mrs. ; | Ed. S. Moses of this city.

from ids daughter. She was talking from the Toman bakery. She was so excited she was talking incoherently and her father asked her to call some one else to the phone. Anna Toman, the baker's daughter, took the receiver. “Iler mind seems to be wandering." she said. "She looks as if she'd walked and walked until she's all exhausted. She’s so nervous we can hardly keep her still." "Keep her there and I’ll come for her," the father directed. But Myrtle refused to be comforted. Her blue eyes were wide with fright and she rushed out Into the street. Anna called her younger sister, Llhble, and her cousin, Antone Knourak, and directed them to follow her and cull the first policeman they saw. Mr. Fahrney arrived and made more frantic calls tT» the police. In the meantime, Llbble and Antone stuck to their Job. For two hours they followed the bewildered girl, who went down one street ami then another without sense of direction. Finally, nt Twenty-sec-ond street and Sacramento boulevard, they got close enough to Mrytle and a policeman at the same time and Sergt. George Garry took the girl to the Lawndale station.

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