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Police Head AsksrichActionAgainstNew Cult LeaderDenver Chief Charges Teachings of “Tabernacle of Da* vicf * Are Menace to Morals of Citv.Dcmer, Dec. 25.—Hamilton Arm-Strong, cliff of police of Denver asked District Attorney Foley to tile chargrs gainst Jo-luta Syk-s known as “Jehovah. h ol of a cultcalled the “Tabernacle of David/'which is alleged to have tiOU follower* rn Denver.The police chief's charges allege flagrant (morality and charge that children of church followers were hungry and ate from'garbage cans on the wav to school.The doctrine of Sykes alleged to be taught to Ins congregation, asrelated in the written lt;barges of the police chief, is ihat the minister forbids marriage and that he has lefthis wife to take up another woman, named in the police charge ^Armstrong charges that Jehovah” Is an exponent ot ire? love and'alleges his teachings arc a menace to the morals of the city of Denver/'Forbids Work.Sykes, according to the hiedcharges, has forbidden his followers trom working for seven months, and the numerous children arc going ragged and hungry. According to the charges, many of the ycung children wander shivering throughalleys, searching for food thrown from householders' tables. The mil-I Minium brings reward for these sacrifices Sykes has proclaimed fromhis pulpit and this day of reckoning is but seven weeks off, he asserts.Do you no! see thi.s haze that has been hanging over the city forthe last week/’ Sykes said to his followers this week. “This haze is the coming of the judgment of the Lord. Prepare ve for the day of wrath For then will death come Xo the unbelievers—to those at least who are not needed by the chosen 600 for service. Within the course of seven weeks every tine building and residence will be in our hands. We tvill convert these buildings into garages for our automobiles. Our chosen children will live in the Brown Palace hotel and we will have the gentiles of 30 for our servants/*Thrown Into Fountain,Oakland, Cat, Dec. 24.—Joshua Sykes was head of a religious organization in Berkeley until a crowd of citizens of that city, incensed at reports of his teachings and because he lore down an American flag,burred bis tent and threw him into the huge baptismal fount, which was a permanent feature of his tabernacle.Convicted in Federal CourtSan Francisco, Dec. 24.—Rev. I Joshua Sykes was sentenced in San | Francisco January 23, 1919, to 18 mouths* imprisonment in the federal penitentiary at McNeil’s island, Washington, for conspiracy to obstruct the draft law, but was released on bond pending a decision by the I nited States supreme court on his petition for a writ of certicra^.Svkes was pastor of the Church of the Living God, in Berkeley, anjd several of his followers were convicted with him.]]t!PersonsttItftS3tAlbanian Earthquake rTirana, Albania, Dec, 25.— Forty-two persons were killed. 21X1 were injured and 500 made homeless by therecent earthquake in the Tepetenidistrict, it was learned today. The small number of casualties was due to the fact that the district was thinly populated, since most of the population had left, owing to the devastation suffered by the towns in the district during the warfare between the Albanians and Jugo-Slavs. ^Dr. John Reynolds of New Britain, Conn., head of the American Red I Cross unit sent to the Tepelini area, returned to this city. He found the roads impassable to an automobilebecause of fallen rocks and used horses instead. He visited the villages affected by the earthquake and left food and medical supplies. Milk and clothing have since been sent to all the destitute children of the district.taTrhs1aaav*uatiavarikIIThree Firemen Injured in$250,000 Memphis BlazeMemphis, Tenn,, Dec. 25.—Fed bytons of paints and oils, fire of undetermined origin destroyed the local salesrooms and warehouse of theGlidden company of Cleveland, damaged a number of adjoining stores and caused serious injuries to three firemen. The loss is estimated at $250,000.tiItli ir51UI!tlaoTe:a:d
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Omaha Daily Bee
Omaha, Nebraska, US
Sun, Dec 26, 1920
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