Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 192, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1926 — Page 11

NOV. 17, 1926

TEN KILLED IN STORM; FLOOD TRAPS MINERS

JK MOVES HEAVY BONDSAS' RAIDAFTERMATH Cult Leader, Hunted Nearly % Four Years, Held in Michigan. Bn United Press ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Nov. 17. Search of three and one-half years for Benjamin (King) Purnell, picturesque fugitive leader of the weird religious cqlt, the House of David, ended here early today when Michigan State troopers hacked their way into his headquarters and found him, partially clothed, surrounded by seven of his followers. Purnell is wanted on statutory and civil charges growing out of alleged immoral and illegal practices of the colony, and had been sought since 1923 here and abroad. His arrest followed information to State authorities by a disgruntled former •mber of Purnell's flock. 'he now white-bearded leader of the cult and his seven “disciples” were lodged in Berrien County jail until today, when they -\krere taken before Justice Florence Forhan and given preliminary arraignment Admitting his identity, Purnell demanded a hearing for himself and his followers, which was set for Dec. 22, in justice court here. He then was released in $50,000 ball, supplied by the cult with its $150,000 hotel as security. The other members of the colony who were arrested were released on ball of SSOO each. Purnell likewise appeared later in Circuit Court and met bond of $20,000 in connection with two suits alleging criminal assault. Purnell admitted on arraignment that he had been in hiding at the colony for the past year. He had been sought for nearly four years and members of the cult had insisted he was not at the colony. “1 have been many miles,” he said when asked where he was prior to the year he admitted spending under the roof of his administration buildlug. Purnell is not the robust appearing man he was when he last moved freely in society. His hair and beard ure gray, his shoulders are stooped and his frame evidently wracked by illness. He was so feeble when arraigned that it was necessary to aid him up the stairway to the courtroom of Justice Forhan. Purnell's followers, arrested with him, were Miss Myrtle Tulk, described as nis “constant companion,” Helen Boone, 21; Mrs. AnnaVP (O. Askerlund, 28; Leonard Rowe, 33; Thomas Wilson, 50; Millard Wilson, 27, and Joseph Couch, 51. The information which led to their arrest, according to State troopers, was supplied by Mrs. Bessie Woodworth, a former ward of the colony, who was banished following alleged maltreatment. Twenty troopers under Inspector Ira H. Mavmon, assembled quietly at a nearby town, and at an agreed hour silently swooped down on the colony, battering down both front and rear doors. No opposition was encountered, and the bearded leader of the cult was found seated in a chair on a second floor room, with his seven followers gathered around him. His identification was made positive by Mrs. Woodworth, who accompanied the raiders. SENATOR HEADS GROUP Luther Draper Chosen Chairman of Budget Committee. State Senator Luther F. Draper cf Spiceland was the chairman today of the newltf-appointed State budget committee, nis selection being made at an organization meeting Tuesday Rfternoon. Draper represents Henry, Hancock and Madison Counties. Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of the State board of accounts, is secretary ex officio of the committee. Other members are State Senator Thurman A. Ciottschalk of Berne aajL State Representatives Samuel .■■arrell of Hartford City and Addrlnn C. Drake of Fairbanks. Committee members will visit each of the State institutions to determine their financial needs.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: Ear! Segal. 1001 N. Senate Ave.; Cadillac. 399-550, from 930 Church St. T. O. Brown. 924 W. Thirty-Second St.. Ford, 510-660, from Roache and Rader Sts. Ida McDaniled, 1325 Ashland Ave., Chevrolet. 582-778, from Vermont St. and Capitol Ave. Commercial Credit Trust Company. 518 J. F. Wild Bank .Bldg., Chevrolet, Ml 547, from Market and Delaware Sts. A. S. Harlan, 2839 Kenwood Ave., Pontiac, 72-637, from 1600 English Ave. Adelaide Smith, 2262 Central Ave., Bulck, 609-298, from in front of that address. Earl Unversaw, 20 Superior St„ Vnilys-Knlght, 19-490, from 1530 N. * Illinois St. Otto Inman, R. R. C, Box 3998, tenbach Sts. A E. Metzger. 3120 N. Meridian sJßkjCadlllac. 3121, from Twejatyand Meridian Sts. RACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found by police‘belong to: Essex sedan, found at 418 N. New Jersey St., license 547-710. Edward C. Reller, 2819 Brill St., Chevrolet, found at Lord and Pine ■ Streets.

Law’s Long Reach ...

Benjamin S. Purnell, leader of the House of David cult, sought for nearly four years on statutory charges, was arrested Tuesday night at the cult’s headquarters, near Benton Harbor, Mich.

CITY WAITS FOR QUEEN’S ARRIVAL (Continued From Page 1) spirit of royal welcome has been broadcast, until all Indianapolis is thrilled with the thought of greeting the first Queen to receive homage here. Arriving from Chicago at the Arriving at 6 and leaving at 12:30 a. m., Hbr Majesty’s hours will be crowded with welcome from city, from State and from her own Roumanian people, who now are naturalized Hooslers. All Ready Gold-ribboned members of the reception committee will assemble at the Union Station at 4:30 p. m., and everything will be in readiness to give the Queen a royal Hoosier welcome. Following appropriate ceremonies of greeting, an automobile parade will be formed and the royal party will be driven through the downtown streets to the places of official welcoming. Cars of local manufacture will make up the pared. The Queen will ride in a Marmon, the Prince in a Stutz and the Princess in a Duesenberg, in the order named. There will be fifteen Marmons, fifteen Stutz and three Duesenbergs in the procession. Streets along the route of the parade have been decorated with Amer ican and Roumanian flags, while many merchants have show windows especially decorated and lighted for the occasion. Wallace Lee, city committee chairman; Adjt. Gen. William H. Kershner. State chairman, and Hilton U. Brown will head the group to welcome the Queen at the station and see that the parade is properly formed. Each committee member has been assigned to a certain car and the procession is expected to be formed promptly. Wreath Honoring Dead

The parade will proceed at once to Monument Circle, where the Queen will place a wreath on the monument steps to honor Indiana’s soldier and sailor dead. A huge | crowd is expected to witness this event, as well as the official welcomes j which follow. Flood lights will il* l luminate the scene and the chimes i of Christ Church will be played during this ceremony. Again the procession will form and proceed up N. Meridian St. to the central library. Here Mayor Duvall will present the key to the city, this official welcome being staged on the library steps, which also will be bathed In flood lights. Both the gold key and the golden model of the World War Memorial Plaza, whtch will be presented to Her Majesty at the formal banquet, are on display today in the show window of the L. S. Ayres & Cos. store. They were made by C. B s Dyer, Massachusetts'Ave. jeweler. 'Mrs. Duvall will present the Queen with a boquet of orchids at the library. Another gift will be a book containing the autographs of Indiana's literary celebrities, who will be on hand .os a special welcoming committee. The S7OO gold spun hose of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills here will be presented to Her Majesty by Homer McKee. The police and Firemen's band will play preceding the arrival of the Queen at the library and St. Clair park will be roped off for spectators especially for mothers and children. A special place has been provided for the pupils from the school for the blind and their teachers will explain the proceedings to them. After the city celebration, the Mayor and Mrs. Duvall will enter th© Queen’s car and ride with Her Majesty to the Statehouse. The procession will cross St. Clair St., to Pennsylvania and then go south to Ohio and west to Capitol Ave. The roygl party will enter the Statehous r by the east doorway and be received by Governor Jackson and other State officials in the executive offices. The Statehouse interior has been decorated for the event with many American and Roumanian flags hung alternately along the first floor corridors and draped in the rotunda. There is some talk that an Informal dance may be held In the Capitol building after the Queen leaves for the Columbia Club. Program at Church | Following this reception, the Queen’s party will go to the Roumanian Church at Market and Blackford Sts., where an elaborate program has been arranged by the local Roumanians. The church has been refurbished and decorated. Oriental rugs have been secured and a throne erected. A huge electric sign will blaze forth

CONCENTRATION OF MARKET DROPPED Because Adequate Parking Is Not Provided. Failure of city council to provide in the proposed traffic ordinance for angle parking on Alabama and Delaware Sts. resulted In the board of safety's decision Tuesday to abandon closing of Market St. in front of the city market as a public market place, O. D. Haskeet, board pres! dent, explained today. Haskett said that without adequate parking facilities the city market was a failure. Return to the old system through which stands are scattered all about the courthouse square was determined by the board. Police Chief Claude F. Johnson was ordered to permit double parking on Alabama and Delaware St. sides of the courthouse.

"Welcome to Her Majesty." Girls in natK'© Roumanian costumes will strew with roses the path of the Queen. Services will be conducted in .Roumanian hy the Rev. loan Trutza, Gary, Ind. Gifts will be presented, with presentation speeches in both English and Roumanian tongues. Alec J. Lupear is chairman of the State Roumanian committee and John Bolint is chairman of the invitation committee for the church services. Rest Before Banquet Following the church services the royal party will repair to the Columbia Club for a short respite before the official banquet, Is scheduled for 9 p. m. The table at which the Queen will sit will be on a dais at the south enl of the third floor banquet hall. The Queen will have a high-backed chair of hand-carved walnut, upholstered in plush. Behind the royal seat American and Roumanian flags anil be draped, with the royal arms in a jeweled efTect. A seven-course dinner will be served on the finest of Irish and Belgian linens, with service of goldhanded china, the rarest in the possession of the club. Former Mayor Charles W. Jewett will preside. The Rev. Floyd Van Keuren will pronounce grace. Speakers 'will include Governor Jackson, Mayor Duvall, Walter Myers and William Fortune. Hilton 7J. Brown will present Her Majesty with the memorial relief. After the banquet, formalities will be relaxed and a dance will be held. Both the Prince and Princess have asked that this be somewhat informal. At 12:30 a. m. the royal train will depart for Louisville. Women of the State committee will accompany the Queen to the station and bid her “bon voyage” from Hoosierdom. Co-eds Get Blame for College Petting Bv United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 16.—Girls are responsible for the prevalence of petting in college circles, in the opinion of two University of Chicago students, one a co-ed, who spoke at a meeting of the freshman forutei. “Boys pet because girls like it and expect it," Leonard Fuchs said. Avery outspoken young man, Eugene Weafer, added that “only hypocrites fail to pet.” And he said. “It doesn’t interfere > with my religious beliefs or my ideals.” MURDER MYSTERY^SEEN Body of Man Found in Underbrush Unidentified. Bii United Press GARY. Ind., Nov. 17.—Police of Gary today were attempting to establish the identity of a murdered man whose body, well dressed, was found concealed in the underbrush, near a little used street here. '1 ree anonymous phone calls told authorities of the body, but it was not found until two Negro youths accidentally stumbled on it.

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DRUG STORE HELD UP Lone Bandit Takes $50 —Three Negroes Geit SBS and Watch. A lone hold-up man obtained SSO at the Abbott Drug Store, 1701 S. Meridian St., Tuesday night. Howe Abbott, proprietor, said the man entered the store and asked for a piece of candy, then drew an automativ, took the money from the cash register and fled. John Fleming, 1418 Yandes St., said he was held up at Massachusetts Ave. and Tenth St., under the elevated tracks, by three Negroes, two of them carrying evolvers, who took SBS in cash and a $45 watch.

OHIO RECTOR TO SPEAK Dr. E. F. Chauncey, rector of Trinity Church, Columbus, Ohio, will discuss “Religion for the Business Man," speaking before the Christ Church Mens Club’s first meeting at noon Thursday at the Columbia Club. GARI’ MAN ELECTROCUTED Bv United Press GARY, Ind., Nov. and 17.—Edwar Williams, 35, was killed at the Hobart electric light plant Tuesday when a 3.200-volt charge of electricity passed through his body. Bathing eggs in oil is the latest method for keeping them fresh and sterilized.

THREE 10 SHOT YOUNG HIJACKERS IN FIGHT TAKEN Say They Thought Bandits Were Firing on Them. Three men, who fired on a group of youthful hijackers In a clash a short distance south of Lebanon on the Michigan Rd. early Sunday morning, Nov. 7, and wounded two of the youths, were under arrest here by police today, being held on vagrancy charges. The three were Raymond Williams, 29, of 707 Vi Stevens St.; Pierce Snider, 30, of 703 Virginia Ave., and bis brother George Sluder, 29, of 637 Stevens St. They were arrested by Detectives Barnaby, De Rossettc, Hillman and Young. Locai officers said the three probably would be turned over to Boone County authorities. They deny they were rum runners, saying they had been hunting. When the hijackers, in an auto, drove alongside and started firing, they believed they were being fired on by bandits and returned their shots, according to their story. "Williams admitted firing the shot which wounded Roy Kelly. 20, of 564 Lynn St., in the back and then struck Albert Chamnes, 20, of 1533 Ashland Ave., in the hand. The hijackers, arrested by police soon after the shooting, said they thought rum runners were in the car on which they fired. In the party, besides Kelly and Albert Chamnes were Paul Sigman, 19, of 568 Lynn Ave.; Orville Workman, 23, of 2241 Brookslde Ave.; Robert Ruddell, 19, of 1317 Blaine Ave., and Everet Chamnes, 19, of 1533 Ashland Ave., brother of Albert.

ANTIQUES OF HIGH VALUES A WAIT SALE Father De Ville’s Collection Includes a Riley First Edition. Bv Times Boeeiai FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind., | Nov. 17.—Indiana most valuable art antiques collection soon is to be broken up and scattered to the four corners of the nation. Started almost twenty years ago in the galleries of the Settlement House of Gary, Ind., over which the Rev. j John B. deVillo presides, the collecI tion has been added to constantly ! by Father deVllle until today it .represents many tours of Europe and j America and an expenditure of apj proximately $75,000. Need of funds I for the Settlement House has caused Father deVille to place the entire | collection on sale before FVench Lick Springs’ guests, drawn from all over the nation. Napoleon Bonaparte’s signature on a young officer's commission—Lord Tennyson’s autograph in one of his first editions —a rose window which belonged to the family of Othello of j Shakes perean fame—all these are i among the collection's rarities. Clifts of Empress Elaborate red and gold brocade vestments which Maria Theresia, Empress of Austria, ordered made as a gift to her confessor, also are in the collection. George Washington's portrait by Gilbert Stuart stands out among the American antiques, which also include the flfst edition of the book about the newly-discovered America by Barthelomew de las Casas, who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage to America, and a first edition of James Whitcomb Riley’s "Afterwhiles,“ autographed by the beloved Hoosier poet. “Americans of the middle class generally have more interest In antiques than do millionaires,” the Rev. de Ville said. “Only about one in every hundred of French Lick Springs’ wealthy guests takes an interest in the collection, yet several o* the mineral bath attendants, born abroad, and a number of middleclass workers living nearby have visited the exhibit repeatedly. Hooslers Interested “Hoosiers show more interest in the Whitcomb Riley first edition than in anything else in the collection. This volume appeals particularly because it reveals. in Riley's own hand-writing, that one of his poems, ‘The Train Mtsser,' especially refers to him ” Father de Ville pointed to (he volume’s first* page on which Riley had written: i “To my always on time friend and R. H. guide, Odorge C. Smith. (Signed) James Whitcomb Riley, the champion train rnisser of the world." j Then follows in Riley’s own hand the poem’s entire first verse: "Where in the world my eyes has been — Es I hain’t missed that train agin.’ Chuff! and whistle! and toot! and ring! But blast and blister the dasted train!— How it does it I can’t explain! Git here thirty-five minutes before The dern thing’s due—drat the thing! It’ll manage to git past—shore!” An act of Parliament gives clerks in the British civil service an annual holiday, and they must take It, The British government's income from liquor taxes last year amounted to $700,000,000. India is brought a day nearer to England hy the new Paris-Marsellles-Geneva airplapg line. > Forty-seven translators, divided i into six committees, worked on the King James version of the Bible. I

New England and Other Eastern States Hit Creek Waters Imprison Six in Shaft.

Bii United[ Press A wind and rainstorm that swept the Northeastern States Tuesday caused ten deaths, injured more than fifty and left a trail of damage to property, reports from the dozen States affected showed today. In the New England States, New York. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia, towns and mines were flooded, trees, walls and wires blown down, antos recked and shipping endangered.

HEAVIEST TOLL IN ACCIDENTS IS TAKEN BY AUTOS Cause Most Deaths Among Urban Wage-Earners and Families. Bv Times Snecial NEW YORK. Nov. 17.—The automobile has outdistanced all the other factors in modern life as a cause of accidental death. During 1925 there were two and one-half deaths in automobile accidents to every one by burns. Accidental falls ranked next numerically among all the fatal accidents to urban wage-earners and their families, and there were two automobile fatalities to every death from accidental falls. The ratio of deaths in automobile accidents to those on steam railroads*, was more than four to one; that to inhalation of poisonous gases of all kinds was five and one-half to one; that to accidental gunshot wounds almost ten to one, and to machinery accidents of all kinds nearly twelve to one. The automobile fatalities exceeded the combined total of burns, drownings and street railway accidents. The above comparisons were madq by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company statistical bureau after a comparison of the 2.74S denths last year among the seventeen million industrial policyholders of the company. Automobile fatuities constituted almost 2 per cent of the total mortality. Heavy Ijoss Accidents of all kinds during 1923 caused the loss of 10,656 lives in this insured group. That is, for every hunrded >vbo lost their lives in accidents of every kind* there were twenty-six motor vehicle casualties. "The highest death rate from automobile fatalities in any geographic division of the United States and Canada was recorded for the Middle Atlantic States —19.2 per 100,000, the Metropolitan statistical bureau points out. In this region New Jersey, with a rate of 24.5, ranked third hi the United States. The second highest regional mortality was that for the Pacific Coast, where the figure was 18.7. Among these three States California, with a rate of 20.5 per 100,000, ranked seventh among the States, in general. New England Rate "The rate for the Now England States was 17.7. The fourth highest regional rate—l 7.4 per 100,000—was experienced in the East North Central States, where Ohio, with 20.7 and Michigan, with 19.9, ranked sixth and eighth, respectively. The West North Central States, with a rate of 16.6 stood fifth highest among the several regions. “The South Atlantic Stales stood sixth, with a registered death rate of 16i®, per 100,000. In this group, however, the enormous rate of 49.7 per 100,000 was recorded in the urban industrial population of the cities of

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On a 'round-the-work) cruise, Mrs. William T. Shlels acquired these two c hameleons in Egypt. The two lively lizards from the land of Tul are I tore seen displaying their color wares on her dross as the ship ■teamed into Boston harbor.

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The deaths occurred in New Eng land, where four were reported, New York two and Pennsylvania four, due to traffic accidents on slippery Philadelphia streets. Heavy Loss in Two Stales Heaviest damage was done in Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. Scores of miners were driven from their homes by flood waters. Six men were entombed In a flooded mine near Hazeiton, Pa., and had not been rescued today. A dam gave way above Forksville, Pa., und the town was Inundated, houses and bridges being swept away. Heavy damage to lnte crops was reported in all the sections affected. In Maryland towns were Isolated, crops damaged, wheat fields, bridges, roads and railroad tracks washed out and llternlly scores of small vessels driven ashore or sunk on Cheapeak* Bay and its tributaries. Wind Upsets Boats At Philadelphia lArges were cap sized, a freighter was blown into a wharf and rivers and creeks overflowed their banks, threatening to in undate many factories. Dwellers in the lowlands of west ern Pennsylvania were warned to be ready to leave their homes, as th> Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers continued to rise. New England reported damage from Connecticut to Massachusetts Many small vessels were wrecked The United States coast guard cutter Morrell was driven ashore at Provincetown, but her crew was reported safe.

Florida. The East South Central re gion stood seventh with a rate of 16.8 and the Mountain States stood eighth, with a rate of 12.8 per 100, 000. ' "The lowest rate. 12.3 per 100.000 —for automobile fatalities was recorded in the West South Central States. “In Canada, the Rutomobile fa tallty rate among the urban in dustrlal population was only 7.4 per , 100,000 as compared with 17.8 in the United States. For the Eastern Provinces the figure was 7.7 and for the Western Provinces, 6.” DISEASE ARE SIMILAR Experiments Show Cow and Human Ailments Related. Bv XP.4 (terrier ■WASHINGTON,' Nov. 17.—The j close relation between the disease known as “trembles” in cattle and “milk sickness" of persons has been the subject of scientific investigation tor years. Experiments by Dr. James F. Couch of the bureau of animal Industry have resulted In new informa tion which promises to he beneficial to the public and the livestock industry. Dr. Couch says his experiments show conclusively that poisonous plants cause trembles in cattle, sheep, horses and other animals and [that milk and butter from cows so poisoned are dangerous to the consuming public. AUTO FOR TIGER HUNT Built Especially for Indian Rajah Sportsman. Bii VI7 4 Berries LONDON, Nov. 17.—Rajah S. M. Saadat All Khan, of Nanpura, India, has Just had an automobile built especially for tiger hunting. A British firm made the machine. The automobile has a fifty-horse power motor and accommodates six passengers. There is a special light to dazzle the tigers. Turned on at night, this bewilders and fascinates the boasts of the Jungle. Tho car is equipped with a plant for cooling water, and special oinmu nition carriages concealed In tin body. It is said the machine cost $20,000 The celebrated altar piece, “The Adoration of the Limb,” by the brothers Vun Eyck, is regarded by many critics as tho greatest painting in the world. A copy of the first edition of Banyan's "Pilgrim’s Progress” was sold at auction in England recently for $30,000.

Varied Ribbons for Queen’s Greeters

By their ribbons you shall know them. Gold, blue, red, and white ribbons will adorn the coats of the official receivers of the Queen tonight. The gold rep resents those who will be closest to the throne, that is the members of State and city commit tees, who will greet Her Majesty upon arrival at the Union Station at 6 p. m. Blue ribbons are for the general committee members, who assemble at the public library and after the official welcome there will Join in the procession to the Statehouse. Red repreeents the literary lights of the State, who have been especially Invited for the occasion. They, too, will assemble at the library and Join the royal entourage there. The official press ribbons are white. All ribbons have the wording "Bine Atl Venit," which means something synonymous with "Welcome” in RoumacJoß