Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 298, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1923 — Page 2

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‘VIRGINS’ AT SHILOH TELL JUDGE HOUSE OF DAVID’ SECRET S

USE OF SCHOOLS IN GOOD WILL RACE !S UNDER BOARD’S EYE Officials Investigate Rumors Children Were ‘Exploited’ in Activity of Contest. investigation of the manner In .vfclch the recent Good Will contest to raise funds for devastated France and select representatives from Indianapolis to vi.-:it France was conducted in tbe public schools of the city will be made by E. 17. Graff, superintendent. The investigation was ordered by the school board Tuesday night after a heated debate. Adolph Emhardt, Dr. Marie Haslep and Bert S. Gadd voted in favor of the investigation, while Charles L. Barry and W. D. Allison opposed. Complaints have been received, Emhardt said, that school children were solicited to purchase tickets for ■various entertainments for the fund ir. -violation of rules of the board. Reflection on Teachers Barry insisted the investigation would be rs unjustified reflection upon teachers. “They '.vent into this contest from patriotic motives,” he said. “Humors that rules were broken arose In guartei-s opposed to the drive. There was no evidence to show rules were violated, my investigation showed.” “I think one-half of the teachers of the ctfy were opposed to the method of conducting the campaign," Emhardt answered. “If the rules of the board were violated the board ought to know.” Poppy Sales Refused Permission to have high school pupils sell poppies for benefit of the disabled service men May 24-26 was denied by the board on the ground it would be a violation of the same rule. Permission was asked by Frank ri. Livengood. State commander' of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The vote on this was also three to two, Barry and Allison voting aye. “This puts the hoard in an embarrassing position.” Gadd said. “But to grant the request would be opening the wqy to a flood of similar requests.” “The action is a disgrace to the board,” Allison declared af er the vote was announced. School Plans Ordered Further steps toward inaugurating a school building program for new school buildings and additions and Imy. ovements at nine buildings were taken. Estimated cost of the work will he $1,493,265.88. Preliminary plans and estimates were approved and the architects were Instructed to prepare complete specifications and working plans. That the State tax board will withdraw its opposition which resulted in bringing the last building program to a standstill two years ago was indicated by Jacob H. Hilketie. inspector of construction^ Pay Discontinued Miss Alice Cullen, school teacher, one of the successful candidates in the Good Will contest will not receive her salary as teacher while in France. The board unanimously voted to discontinue her salary during her absence after an opinion had been received from Frank B. Ross, attorney for the hoard, that the salary could not legally be paid.

DAVIS TO ASSUME DUTIES ON JUNE 1 New Head of Water Company Has Engineering Record, Carleton E. Davis of Philadelphia, new general manager of the Indianapolis Water Company, will arrive in Philadelphia about June 1 to take up his work, it was anouneed today. Davis will succeed Clarence L. Kirk, who recently resigned as general manager of the water company to become head of the Citizens Gas Company. For the last eleven years he has been general manager of the water company at Philadelphia. Davis is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving his degree in 1893. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Engineers Club of New York and Philadelphia, and of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.

MARC PLAYED HOOKEY SO ABE BROKE PARTNERSHIP inside of Klaw & Erlanger Split Is Told in Court Action for $270,000 Accounting,

By United Sews N'KW YORK April 25. —The main reason why Mare Klaw anil Abe Erlanger broke up their big- theatrical booking and backing partnership was, according to the unhappy Abe himseif, that Marc- used to play hookey from the office and leave him to do the work. Broadway had waited a long time to hear the “inside” of the bust-up which parted the two famous monnrcls of the American theatrical boxoffice. They seemed to be an institution like ham and eggs, chills and fever or frank and earnest. Then suddenly, a few seasons back, they sallt. •Erlanger took the stand in the Supreme Court f here Tuesday to

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IMPROVEMENTS ON 01 RIVER 10 BE RUSHED BY ARMY Allotment of $5,375,000 Made for Work by War Department, Bu Times Special WASHINGTON, April 25.—1 m provements on the Ohio River will be rushed by Army engineers. President j Harding and Secretary Weeks decided today. Brigadier Genera! Taylor, assistant ! chief of Army engineers announced a minimum of $5,375,000 had been allotted for the Ohio River. Five million is to be used for the lock and dam work and $375,000 for open channel improvement. In addition an allotment of $350,000 j I has been made out of a balance from i last year’s appropriations. ‘lf weather conditions permit, a \ sum greatly exceeding the $5,375,000 will be spent on the Ohio this year,” General Taylor said. “This work is to be pushed with all possible speed and we are hopeful weather will be favorable In order that at least seven million dollars can be used on the river from Pittsburgh j to Cairo.” Army engineers have allotted, and Secretary Weeks has approved, S4O. 060,000 of the $56,000,000 authorized : bv Congress for river and harbor im . provement. The War Department is determined | to make the Ohio River a real artery i of transportation. Allotment of $217,000 was made for i Indiana Harbor, $23,800 for Michigan I City harbor and $160,000 for Calumet | harbor. BANDIT TELLS OF PLANNING HOLB-UP * Bv Times Sperial LAFAYETTE, Ind , April 25.—Stanj ley Rodebaugh, 45, a machinist of ; Jackson, t Mich., lying on a cot in ! the Tippecanoe County jail, told poi lice today how for three days tie had j been in and out of the city, planning the daring hold-up of the National Fowler Bank, which he attempted Tuesday afternoon. Rodebaugh walked into the bank, located on one of the busiest comers, within half a block of the police station, and at the point of a revolver herded the employes into the vault. He picked up $8,420 in bills of large denominations from the cashier’s cage and fled. Rodebaugh was chased for a mile by a squad of police answering a burglar alarm turned in from the vault. Several shots were fired at the fleeing bandit. One caused a severe flesh wound in his shoulder. The entire loot was recovered.

f testify in his suit against Klaw for on accounting of sums amounting to $270,000. He said, as though it was a bitter reminiscence, that Klaw once returned from six months abroad and told him he was going to spend six months in Europe the next year, too. because it made him fee! so fit for the six months work that he expected to do. Charles Evans Hughes. Jr., son of the secretary of State, asked him why he had chosen such a partner. “Well," said Abe. thoughtfully. “X don’t know. Why does a. man marry a girl sometimes who turns out to b* a disappointment? I don’t know I remained with Klaw so many years and stood as much as I did from him and his family.”

From Spain to Turkey, from Turkey to Indianapolis—that is the route traveled after long generations by this group of black-eyed women, who are winding up a winter's hard study of English. The class has been meeting every week at the Jewish Communal building. 17 W. Morris St., where the an r.ual exhibit of class work and election of officers of the Jewish Federation will be held Thursday evening at 7:45. Not to embarrass students, who are not yet ready to display the ease with which they are learning to read in their own classroom, the volunteer teachers who have conducted beginning and advanced classes and borne groups in English are planning to present a model classroom scene, with themselves as pupils, to show the public how lessons are conducted. A little colony of Jews who fled from Spain in the days of the inquisition and settled in Turkey to escape religious persecution is represented In this class. After several generations in Turkey, relitrious freedom was again lost, and they emigrated to America Sixty families came to In danapolis ten years ago Thev have never lost Spanish dialect nor have they intermarried. RUM BANDITS RAID U. S. WAREHOUSE

Fifty Barrels of Whisky, Valued at SIO,OOO, Stolen Bv T'nitcd Press RT. 1,0T T IR. April 25.—Seven j bandits, their leader disguised as a po Herman, early today raided a Government warehouse here, bound and gagged two watchmen, and escaped with fifty barrels of bonded whisky valued at approximately SIO,OOO. The' hi jackers intercepted Herman Diekhoner, watchman, on his regular heat, tied him.up in the warehouse, captured and bound John Rosenthal, watchman of an adjoining firm, and i then consumed three hours in loading the whisky on a truck. Diekhoner, who freed himself this morning, told police the men drove away in the truck shortly before 5 a. ;m. The leader of the bandits, he said, j wore a blue uniform with brass buttons and a patrolman’s cap. The warehouse, now under Govemj ment supervision, was formerly the ; Garrett & Cos., wine dealers, stomge | house. FOSTER MOTHER’S LOVE WINS GIRL ■ Bp United Press CHICAGO, April 25.—Roving care of a foster mother today proved a stronger tie than flesh and blood relationship when Beatrice Childs Nut- ; tall, 12, chose to live with the worn|an who reared her rather than the | mother who bore her. The pretty 12-year-old girl came into i the courtroom of Judge Joseph B. | David and said she desired to coni tlnue to live wit hMrs. James Nuttall, wife of a Waukegan postal clerk, who i adopted her when she was a week old. Mrs. James Norris who twelve years ; ago became the mother of the illegitmate child In Sterling, 111., had brought suit to recover custody of Beatrice. Sh esaid the baby was snatched from her side while she was lying unconscious following Us birth. “1 like the nice lady who you say is my real mother, but I want to continue to live tQ the only regular | mamma I ever knew,” Beatrice said ' after the story of her birth had been Yevealed to her the first time. Mrs. Morris was heart-broken when | informed of the girl's decision. “I have hunted for Beatrice for j twelve years over eight States,” she said. ‘‘She was never adopted with my consent. When the baby was born, my family felt the disgrace keenly. I was banished from my home. I was delirious for three days after Beatrice's birth and during that time she was given to a children s home. Every one wanted me to die. I never consented to her adoption.”

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CABARET ‘SHEIK’ HUNTED !N WEST AS EMBEZZLER Model Cashier fharged With Theft of $75,000 of Firm's Money. Rjj T'nited Press CHICAGO. April 25.—Ernest B Schwab, mole! cashier by day and al leged cabaret, habitue, shetk and “Prince of Spenders” by night, waa sought throughout the West today on embezzlement charges Involving $75,000. Abraham Warsaw. preplan! of the Wecdron SiUcia Company, one of the four firms for which Schwab acted as cashier, swore out a warrant for the fugitive after an initial thortage of SIB,OOO was discovered. Detectives declared Schwab wits l\' 'c.vn as the "sheik of the brightlight district.” Schwab disappeared April 5. his employers believing he had gone on a vacation. His accounts In the Wuedron SiUcia Company anil the three other firms in the same suite of offices were checked after It waa said at hl home that his wife had gone with her two children to California Pinkerton operatives announced they traced the cashier as far as Memphis, where, they assert, he was seen frequently about night cases with a pretty woman. From Memphis, the operatives believe, the trail leads to < '.lllfomla. Aecwsorios Missing W. G. Williams, 1031 S. West St., reported to police his motometer valued at sls is missing, ti. 1,. Lloyd, 1336 Ivealing Ave., said his niotometer, tire and spot light were stolen.

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‘Baby Brides' and Juvenile Husbands Dedare ‘King’ Benjamin Is Clean and Moral Leader of Colony at Benton Harbor, Bu United I’rtss ST. JOSEPH, Mich.. April 25.—A score ol’ children, legally married under civil law, hut. whose religion teaches they must never live as man and wife, today told inner secrets of the “House of David.” Hoys with long hair covering their shoulders and a white fuzz as the only proof they abided by the cult’s orders against shaving, admitted to Judge Harry J. Dingeman. conducting a “one man” grand jury investigation, that they were not celibate husbands as

required by the cult’s teachings. Girls, confessed they did not observe the regulations of purity either before or after marriage. All, however, denied any wrong on the part of “King” Benjamin Purnell, ruler of the colony, who styles himself the “seventh angel, the ; oung brother of Jesus Christ and the Immortal Prophet.” Instances of transgressions of the rules of the colony were declared by witnesses to be isolated instances and not in any manner connected with its teachings or ceremonies. Playing together in an outer room of the city hall council chamber, the boys and girls gave the appearance of any other normal group of school children, with the exception of queer costumes. ltoys Carry Bibles Boys carried Bibles under their arms and quoted texts to support teachings of their cult with the utmost facility. All wore long trousers, al though many appeared around 14 years of age and were still in the awkward stage. Voices switched from high to low as they talked. The entire group had been married in one wholesale ceremony last week. Although applications for jedding licenses stated all were over the 16 years required by Michigan law, sev eral appearing before the inquisition ; have admitted more tender years. Andrew Dougherty, attorney genera! for Michigan, conducting the question-! ing of witnesses, is seeking to deter mine truth of charges brought in civil suits that leaders of the colony, after “using" the girls for their own pur 1 poses, marry them to handpickedhusbands In order to protect them i selves against prosecution. One girl witness was asked by Judge Dlngman: “Have you abided by the rules and j ha/1 no relations with your husband?” i “No,” she answered. "Did you break the rule of virginity ! before your marriage?” "Yes." J Other girls who contended they had observed the rules may be examined by State physicians. Teachings Are Observed From the testimony, the following facts regarding the history and teachIngs of the House of Da.vid were learned by the Investigators: The colony, owning some of the richest, farm lands in Berrter County, i has its headquarters on the outskirts of Benton Harbor. The 800 members live in three huge buildings Bethlehem houses, the! women. Jerusalem, the men. and Shi loh, “King" Benjamin and his retinue. ! The House of David code has pro-; vided for marriages among Its children since 1910, but decrees that until j the “gathering of the colony from the j four corners of the world Is complete j and the blood of the children of Israel is cleansed of Inherited sin. there must ! he no marital relations- —no children." j As far as known children have j never been born in the colony. Most of the time of the colony work j ers is spent on the large farms, which | produce most of the income for the! Upkeep of the organization. Owns Lumber Camp. The House of David nlso owns High Island, a lumber camp in Lake Michigan. which has been a fruitful source

of revenue. When punished some members are sent to the island. A baseball team, which despite whiskers and long hair is one of the crack amateur clubs of the Mid-West, also produces considerable money for the up keep of the colony. All revenue goes to the colony lead ers, the “seven pillars" and the workers take no wages—being given only their board and lodging. John R. Tucker, looking more like a girl, with hair down his back in two braids, than his child wife Rosa, stoutly defended the name of Benjamin. John said he was 19, but his chin didn't even show fuzz. Rosa claimed she was 17. but school records say she is 15. “The king is clean,” John and Rosa both declared before the investigators. THINKS “KING” IS DEAD Eli jail Purnell Says Has Not Heard From Benjamin since January. Bit United Press NEWCASTLE, Tnd., April 25. —Belief that Benjamin Purnell, head of the House of David at Benton Harbor. Mich., is dead was expressed today by Elijah Purnell, a brother of “King” Benjamin. Elijah has not heard from his brother directly since the first of the year, he said. "Queen” Mary, wife of Benjamin, wrote in January that the "King” had had an attack of influenza and was traveling for his health. Elijah owns a small grocery store here. CHURCH OFFIGIAS DISCUSS PROBLEMS Attitude of Missionaries Criticised by Pastor. Church problems were discussed today at the Restoration Congress at the Hillside Christian Church, Ingram and Nevada Sts. The speakers Included A. F. Austin. Indianapolis: W H. Cook, Columbus, and E. L. Crystal, Danville; S. {?. Lappin. Bedford: R. L. Records. Edinburg, and R. E. Elmore. Carlisle, Ky. In the service Tuesday night, the Rev. Mr. Elmore criticised the Christian Missionary Society because he declared missionaries in the foreign field are urging membership in the church without immersion. “This disloyalty of the missionaries Is fastening a disloyal school at home,” ho said. “The missionaries deceive the brotherhood and the mis sion officials which sent them forth." Credit Is Subject L A Board, insurance man and former lyceum lecturer, will address the Indianapolis Association of Credit Mon Thursday noon at the Claypool on “The Forgotten Stone in Foundation of Credit Building.”

He’s New Manager of Local Water Cos.

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The new general manager of the Indianapolis Water Company, Carleton E. Davis, of Philadelphia, will take charge June X. AGCIOENT VICTIMS ARE RECOVERING Three Hurt When 1 nterurban and Auto Crash. Three women inujred in an accident at College Ave. and Thirty-Fourth St. when an interurban car collided with an automobile in which they were riding were reported as improving today. Mrs. Jennie Brown, 810 > E. Thirty-Fourth St., one of the vie- i tims, was seriously injured. Mrs. Frank Castor and Mrs. George j King, both of 3353 N. Capitol Ave., I were not so seriously hurt as was Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown was hurled through the windshield. Mrs. King was driving ; the automobile. She was watching j a College Ave. car which had stopped j at the corner, and It was said she d.J not see the interurban car.

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SHOWER OF BULLED SPEEDS FLIGHT OF BOOZE CAR DRIVER Woman Leaps From Auto During Chase —Addresses Lead to Still Find, Pursuit of a booze-laden automobile from which a woman leaped as it turned a corner did not end today when the car was wrecked and the driver of the automobile escaped amid a shower of bullets from the guns of a night riders’ squad. The woman, said to have been Flossie Dunn, colored, 412 W. Vermont St., left her purse in the car in which police found $7.05 and receipts for a house rented at 3141 N. Gale St. Still Found A search warrant was obtained and the police arrived in time, it is said, to find Henry Kelly, colored, operating a 200-gallon whisky still at the Gale St. house. Kelly was arrested on the charge of operating a blind tiger. Police are searching for Flossie Dunn. Police saw an automobile at Tenth and Meridian Sts. early today and pursuit started. At Twelfth and Lafayette Sts woman leaped from the automobile as it turned the corner. Police continued to follow the speeding automobile. The car turned at an alley near Twelfth and Vest Sts., and collided with a shed. The driver, a colored man. Jumped out of the wrecked automobile and hurdled a fence. Four policemen jumped the fence and opened fire with their revolvers as the man dodged between two houses. Fugitive Escape® After the fugitive escaped, police returned and found the wrecked automobile, in which there was twenty gallons of “white mule.” Five gallons of whisky in the Gale St. address, aa well as fourteen barrels of mash, were seized. Scream Frightens Burglar. A scream frightened a colored man who climbed a fire escape and entered the hallway of the home of Mrs. J. O'Brien, Chapman place, 60S E. Walnut St., Tuesday night. Mrs. O’Brien saw the prowler as he opened the window and entered the flat. Four Bicycles Stolen Four bicycles were missing today. The owners were: Franklin Stewart, 2335 Union St.; Henry Pierce. 1645 N. Talbott Ave.: Dan Smith, 2356 Oxford St., and*Robert Kiefer, 1438 S Illinois St. i Electric Fan Gone. K. A. Florian, 305 Y. C. A ported to police disappearance of his traveling bag containing an electrio fan, an electric toaster, a vibrator and an electric heating pad from the T. M. C. A. lobby.