fEDFORD MATL TRTBFXE. AfEDFOKP. OT?F.flONT, TUESDAY, APT?TL 27, 1937.
PA OF TTTREE
REVEALS BURN'NG
OF
Utah 'Home of Truth' Col
ony Kept Body in Cabin
for Months While Leader
Attempted to Return Life
the glow of spiritual power, who to
day are dry enough to make one
sneeze to look at them.
"Thla gift of power was the laat
promise of our Lord to the church
before His ascension. It was also the
first revelation of the Spirit there
after. By this we must conclude that
it Is a supernatural power. It Is a
power which the Father promised to
send In His name. 'Behold. I send
the promise.' It Is a power to be re
ceived. He breathed on them and
said, 'Receive ye the Holy Ghost.' It
la also a gift power Acts 3:38 'Ye
shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost "
SALT LAKE CITY. April 27. i&y
The Salt Lake Telegram quoted a for
mer member of Utah's strange. "Home
of Truth" colony today as saying a
desert cremation dlspoeed of the body
of a woman member the colonists
Insist will return to life.
The copyright story was based on
ah affidavit of weather-beaten, little
Thomas E. Robertson. It appearei
as state officials demanded- a death
Certificate and disposition permit for
the body of Mrs. Edith Pershak, who
died at the colony north of Monti -cello.
In southeastern Utah.
frequently since the death, Mrs
Mafte "M, Ogden, motherly former
Newark. N. J., clubwoman and cult
leader, has asserted she was In com
munication with the dead womin,
' that Mrs. Pershak would one day be
restored to physical life.
Body Kept for Months.
frut, the Telegram said, Mrs. Ogden
refused to say whether the body had
been cremated or otherwise disposed
of when told of the affidavit of Rob
ertson, who said he left the colony
some time ago. .
Mrs. Pershak died February 11, 1935,
according to' the affidavit, and was
kept In the cabin where she died
until August, 1935.
"Thla Is the first time the truth
of the situation and disposition of
Edith's (Mrs. Pershak) body has been
released," the Telegram quoted Rob
ertson. "Only Marie (Mrs. Ogder.)
and I know the truth."
The Telegram further, quoted the
ex-cultlst:
"For 12 hours after she died. Marie
sat holding her hands. Elmer Mr.
pershak) and Mary Cameron, a train
ed nurse and a member of the
Home of Truth, eat in another room
during the 12 hours, expecting Mario
to bring llfe'back to Edith."
For months, Robertson continued
many means were resorted to In ef
forts to restore life all, the asserted,
at the command of some unseen pow
er which, he said. Mrs. Ogden claimed
directed her. "
Tha Telegram's story continued:
Disposal Ordered. .
In August, Mr. Robertson- said he
told Mrs. Ogden:
"Gee whiz, Marie, we can't keep
this body forever," to which she re
plied. 'Well, I've got a flash (from
the spirit world.' "
Then, the paper quoted Robertson,
"we were ordered to dispose of tfc"
body. It was my suggestion that we
cremate It and Marie received an
other Instruction, from the spirit
realm to do so. I. was given the task
to attend to all details.
"The spirits led Marie to a desir
able spot, about one-quarter of a
mile southwest of Edith' cabin In
the bottom of a wash. I then calUd
into play both my practical skill and
artistic touch, gathering about two
cords of wood. A neat and well
constructed pyre was soon finished
which gave color to the last rites."
Some authorities said it might be
a week before they received their of
ficial report, demanded only Saturday.
K. F. Couples Wed
RENO, Kev.. April 27. (AP) Mar
riage licenses issued during the week
end Included: Dave White. 22, and
Malda Bauer. 19, both of Klamath
Falls, Ore.; Earl Kennerly. 22. and
Ellen Hupo, both Klamath F.ills, Ore.
HAMILTON PLANS
POLITICAL TALKS
TO REM PARTY
Time Has Come to Look at
New Political Picture De
clares Republican Chair
man 1st Talk Saturday
WASHINGTON. April 27.
The decision of Republican Chair
man John D. M. Hamilton to break
his silence on political affairs fore
cast a change today In the party's
recent policy of letting Democrats
argue national issues among themselves.
Hamilton said he would deliver on
Saturday night the first of four
radio speeches In successive weeks.
T have done a great deal of listen
ing in the last six months," he said
"All over the country I find the old
lines of political allegiance shifting
and new lines forming.
Time to Revalue.
"Political developments since the
election have been rapid and Im
portant. It seems to me the time
has come to look at the new political
picture, to re-examine the old. and
tolscuss the position and attitude
of The Republican party In the charg
ed set-up."
Hamilton was one of the Repub
lican lenders who counselled acatnst
any efforts to make the president's
court proposal a partisan Issue.
Consequently, the IS Republican
senators and 88 Republican represen
tatives have made only occasional
criticisms of the measure, although
nearly all have Indicated they would
vote against it. Some party workers
predicted Hamilton's speeches might
result In more vigorous opposition to
the bill.
Republican legislators have been
more outspoken on President Roose
celt's economy appeal than on al
most any other subject this session.
They endorsed his demand ,last
week for a reduction of government
expenses, and some notably Repre
sentative Tabor (R.-N.Y.) urged a
flat 10 percent cut in departmental
appropriations. Senator Byrnes (D.-S-C.)
is the author of a similar pro
posal. Republican headquarters here. re.
duced to a skeleton staff after tiie
November election, were augmented
recently by the employment of Wtl
llame R. Castle and William Hard as
special assistants to Hamilton.
Castle, under -secretary of state In
the Hoover administration, was des
ignated as a "contact man" between
headquarters and the Republican
legislators. Hard was selected as
publicity adviser.
They and others havo been con
ferring with Hamilton on raising
funds and laying tha groundwork fo.
the 1936 state and congressional elec
tions. Hamilton, calling for a re
birth of party effort in an address
last month at Bridgeport. Conn.. sakS:
"The breakdown of the Republican
party didn't happen in 1936, but It
began 25 years ago. It has sat and
watched the parade go by.
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JAIL BREAK, ABDUCTION
BAKER, April 26, ( AP) Clifford
R. Tiffany, his wife. Bessie, and
George M. Coffin, charged with va
rious felonies, changed their pleas
from not guilty to guilty in circuit
court this mornlnn and were sen
tenced to the penitentiary by Judge
C. H. McCulloch.
Tiffany was sentenced to 20 years
on a charge of assault and robbery,
being armed with a dangerous wea
pon. Thi rne developed from the
abduction of John O'Oorman, Baker
taxi driver, after Tiffany and tha
other two prisoners escaped from tha
Baker county Jail.
Coffin drew a flve-yesr sentence
on a charge of burglary not In a
dwelling. The charge grew out of
the burglary of the sheriff's office
in the court house after the trio
descended to the main floor of the
building from the Jail.
Mrs. Tiffany was sentenced to three
years In the penitentiary on a charge
of larceny by bailee, the count on
which she was arrested along with
her husband before the Jail break.
Factory employment in the United
States during the last year was 40
per cent higher than in 1932 and
weekly factory payrolls were 80 per
cent greater, according to the United
States department of labor.
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DellTtring the second message on
fh s the me of Pentecost. Fred M .
Weatherford. pastor-evangelist, at the
Church of the Nozarene, spoke . on
"Pentecost and Power." Sunday
morning, drawing his text from Acts
1 :8, "But ye shall receive power,
after the Holy Ghost Is come upon
you."
"Wa associate Pentecost with pow
er," the pastor said, "for It was on
the day of Pentecost that the hun
dred and twenty in the upper room
were baptized with the Holy Ghost
and power, when the promise of the
text was fulfilled. This experience,
is as Inevitable today as then.
"Tfca student of Pentecost finds a
trtllng contrast between the prom
ise of pover and the absence of It
In the church today. The lack of
the church In Its extensive reach Is
chargeable to decay of faith, due to
the absence of this power. The weak
new of the church today lies in the
poverty of the spiritual life of its
people.
"There ere peopl in the church
ttvinv whr Ht "rip time demonstrated
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