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JuAST EDITION LAST EDITION AUSTRIAN NAVAL TRAINING SHIP BLOWN UP GERMANS SOW MINES IN NORTH SEA THE DAY BOOK An Adlcss Newspaper, Daily Except Sunday N. D. Cochran, Eto'r and Publisher. 500 South Peoria SL 3 Telephones: EditorialMonroe 353. Circulation Monroe 3826. VOL. 4, NO. 69 Chicago, Thursday, Dec 17, 1914 ONE CENT YOUNG GIRL DISCIPLE OF "LOVE GOD OF FLYING ROLLERS" SOUGHT HERE Cora Rowley, Hope of . Government Against "King Benjamin of The House'of David," Is Sought L Women Make Astounding Affidavits i ' .Tell of Forced Marriages The search for Cora Rowley, 16-yeaf-old follower of '"Ring Benja min" Purnell, led to Chicago today. Purnell is the Son of-ilan, Light of the World, Seventh AngeL Brother of Jesus and teacher of the Great Knowledge plucked from the Tree of fife In the "love .colony" or the House of David, temple-of -the "Fly ing Rollers" fafBenton Harbor, Mich. While agents' of the federal de partment of justice were tracing the girl, who, together with Clltus Wade, another iff-year-oldt girL forms the basis, forthe federal probe-into at the "love colony," more interest ing information concerning" the "king" was found in. Benton Harbor. The authorities are fteing aided in their work by Augusta Fortney ,Hol liday, Mrs. Lena McFarlane and Edith Clark. They are aUformer fol lowers of the flight of the Wrld." Mrs. HoHiday and Mrs. McFarlane said that Purnell had .made them marry a couple of his trainbearers because the "heathen, dogs" of police officials were threatening his colony. That was back in 1910. But, if the gents by the name c ismN