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New Britain herald., 1926-03-23
URGES CULTIVATION OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
Christianity Facing Trench douS Crisis" Dr. JudkinS Says

Cultivation or the spiritual sense Until 1t became master of the intel lcct and emotions and thus ruled The whole persons individuality was urged by Dr. Charles Otis Judkins Of Glens Falls. N. r., upon nearly 1000 young people from the Protes. tant churches of New Britain and surrounding towns at their mass meeting last night at the Trinity M. F.. church. God Is not in heaven or hell, is not far off, but is right in your own heart if you can find him." he said.
 
 Christianity Is facing a tremen- dous crisis" Dr. Judkins said, and We must depend on tho younger generation. All must be united, the tolks of the older belief and those of the younger. There is social cleavage along church lines, and this we must break down and work together. You can't mix different grades of think ing, but VIC can have an over-type of
New Britain herald., 1926-03-23

meeting were tho followlug' Baptist. First south and Film, swedish, plaiuvillo Baptist; CongrV aalionaH First South, stanley Memorial swedish Bethany, kcusngton, Plainyille and Berlin churches; Episcopal: St, Marks and th, Church of Our Saviour in plainyille; lutheran First, St. Johns German 8nd Reformation; McthodIst Trin- fly, A. M. E, Zion, Plainvlle and kcnSington churches; nondenomiua- lonal: Peoples, Emmanuel Gospel |. NJ, c. A, and I, W. '. A.
 The committee in charge consist ed O. John Luebeck, chairman; Rev.. Warren M. Blodgett, assistant pas. tor Of the First Congregational church; and Bryce Long. assistant secretary of the '. NJ. (, A. Other committees were az follows: publi- city, Bryce Long, Y. NJ, (, A. John G. Luebeck. Germany Bap- list: Rev, Raymond x. Gilman stanley Memorial, Program, Miss alheflne MchoWn, I, w. (. A.; Otto Gaudian, St, Johns Ger man Lutheran; Rev. Warren M. Blogett, First Congregational. Miss Frances Simons First Baptist: Miss Lillian William, St. Marks Episco- pal; Miss Aspclin. Stanley M,- morial' Carl swanson, First Luth- "ran; Edward Kicsowctter. German Baptist; l.. II. Taylor. Peoples; HQl- soy $, Moore, Trinity NJ. F.
 1 Hospitality J. William Bomba and Henry Rockwell, south Uongrega- tionali Leslie Coates, First Raptisf; Harriet Anderson, Stanley Mcmor- jal and Irene McNulry, St. Mark $ | Episcopal.
 J. William Bomba of the South Congregational church was in charge of the ushcrs.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-23
FLOOD SITUATION NOW MUCH EASIER But Oil City, Pa, Fears Further
 InundatiOn

Oil City, Pa, March 2G GPl-F)ood waters in the oil City business dis
 rict had roceded greatly today. giv- ing tho city temporary relief, at least from the menace of high water. Practically all the water which hacked up oil Creek in its sudden rise yesterday afternoon, moved out during the night. leaving only a DOT ton of seneca street and other low CT sections submerged. The main ice g9rges in the Allegheny river the primary cause of the flood. con- llnucd to hold
 Rain, which fell last night. had stopped but tho sky was overcast, bringing a prospect of further downfall today. There was also q sharp drop in temperature from 30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
H0UDINi FOUND TROUBLE
IN DECEIvING FARMERS
Country Folk Harder to Fool
Than Were City Audiences,
Magician Declared.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December "a R.-
Harry Houdini found farmers harder
to fool than city people," and several
times the magician's tricks nearly
failed when he performed them face
to face with rural audiences.
Tn country parts, where men them
selves perform the magic of making
the soil bear harvest, I've found them
less gullible," he wrote in an article
published today by Farm and Fire
side. They know It's just a trick"
Houdini's first training in legerde-
main was in the small towns with
travelling shows and later as a magi-
clan at county fairs.
AS an example Houdini told of an
experience in an Iowa town. where he
undertook to escape from a thief.
proof barn within an hour.
Finger the locks as I would /
could make no impression on them, 4"
he said. II exhausted myself and
leaned against a door section to rest
for final squirt. To my amazement
the door opened and the witnesses
applauded me. bowed with grace
and went back to the farmhouse to
dress. The farmer came into the
bedroom and explained that, out of
pity, he had left that section of the
barn door unlocked, unbolted.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
M|SSKATE COLBY
ENTERS BUSINESS
Daughter Of Former Secre-
tary of State Goes to Work
in Steamship Agency.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December "a
Intending to remain single, Miss Kate
Colby. daughter of Bainbridge. Colby,
former Secretary Of State. Is learning
the steamship agency business.
Business Is a cure for restlessness
among girls and more should try it,
In her opinion. Hoping to learn the
business from the ground up" she
Is at her desk from S:45 am. to $50
pm. every day, having begun work
Monday.
She is an attractive brunette, ap.
parently in her twenties. She refused
to divulge her exact age, declaring it
made no difference "if one IL 1S or 60
this is a wonderful era for women
Combines Business and Pleasure.
IT shall never marry, you know
she said. Marriage makes too many
ties. There is always some one else to
lots of people than one.
working here is really combining
business with pleasure, for I meet so
many unusual people. They come here
planning to do just the things I like
to do. Father thinks this Is a good
experience for me.
REALLY, it is nothing unusual for
me to be working. Most society girls
work in New York with the Junior
League or something. 1t was a bit
of luck that got me my job. One
night at dinner party my present
employer sat next to me. II confided
to him that I wanted to 60 into bust
ness. DO you reallye' he asked.
convinced him that I did, and he said,
Come to Philadelphia and I'll give you
a job Well, here Il am and 1 think
It's fine.
Does Not Miss Parties.
II don't miss parties. / enjoy them
as much as any girl. I will go home
after business on Friday and have
Friday night, Saturday and Sunday to
play. OF course. I am missing some
Christmas dances, but one has to
make some sacrifices
Eventually when i learn the bust.
ness. hope to become an assistant
In an Office in New York
In this city Miss Colby resides at
the Acorn Club. Her father, a New
York lawyer, was Secretary of State
under President Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
SEAMAN DIED TRYING TO SAVE
SKIPPER OF BURNING SCHOONER
Capital Sailor Euloszed by Rescued
Companions for Heroism in Fire
That Destroyed Guard Ship

and finally enabled the lookout on
the Defender to see the dreaded red
| beacon of a ship af1re at sea, the
flames reached the big lifeboat and
1t was partially capsized In an
attempt to launch it. This was the
boat that later bore Lawson to
safety.
Rewarded For Valor.
Carter and Schultz. taken aboard
the Defender, found themselves bound
for Galveston, Tex, due to dock
there today, but Tuesday a Coast
Guard patrol boat met them off the
Florida coast and took them off the
ship, landing them at Fort Lauder.
dale. where they received orders to
proceed direct to Washington.
Very much abashed because of
their clothing. which was of the
catch as catch can" variety. and so
limited in funds that they subsisted
on diet of ham and eggs all the
way here, the two seamen were re-
ceived today by LIEUT. Comdr. s. S.
Yeandle. QUILTED with new uniforms
and given two weeks leave of absence
with pay Carter had his burnt
hands and rope-cut leg treated at the
Navy Yard Hospital. The League of
Coast Guard Women added to the
regulation outfits issued them.
Coast Guard officials. after a private
hearing with the survivors, stated
that their accounts more than cor
roborated the tale of the heroism of
the skipper and crew of the doomed
ship indicated by terse radio mes
sages previously relayed from the
Defender.
Borrowed Clothing Returned.
Before attending to their own
wants, Carter and Schultz insisted that
the clothing which their rescuers had
lent them be returned to the De
fender and the garments were
straightway cleaned and pressed and
sent to the British embassy. with the
request that they be forwarded to the
Defender.
Refreshed in body by hot baths and
clean clothes and heartened by the
praise of their superior officers, the
rescued men left for their homes last
night. Schultz is on his way to his
mother, In Chicago. and Carter. too,
headed for home, eager to be with his
mother at Pasadena, Md, and enjoy
an old-time Anne Arundel County
Christmas.
There's a little home in southwest
Washington, though, hard by the
water trent, as a sailors mans home
should be, which will wait in vain
for the familiar step of a smiling
youth whose sailors tread falls no
longer upon this earth.
But to the 20-year.old wife of Olaf
Hansen comes the spiritual consola-
ton that the name of her sailor
lover is writ high upon the tablets of
the Nations herioc dead and that he
met his death with courage in his
eyes and the glory of self sacrifice in
his heart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
MRS. BISHOP is HELD
IN HUSBAND Staying
Wife of "Two-Gun" Detective in
Oklahoma City Is in Jail
Awaiting Trial.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Prees.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, December
24-Mrs. Edith M. Bishop was bound
over for trial in District Court at the
conclusion~of her preliminary hearing
here late yesterday. on a charge of
Staying her husband, Luther Bishop,
two-gun State detective. The de-
PENDANT was ordered committed to Jail
pending the trial, the date of which
will be fixed later.
Bishop was shot to death in bed at
his home here December 5. The State
charges Mrs. Bishop killed her hus-
band with his two pistols, which were
found in a closet at the Bishop home
the day after the Staying.
Prosecution witnesses testified that
the widows shadow, or silhouette, was
seen at a window In the bedroom dur
ing the shooting. 1t also was testified
that Mrs. Bishop had suspected her
husband was involved with another
woman, and that she attempted to
have private detective shadow him.
An expert on firearms declared 1t
would have been impossible for a gun
man to have fired the fatal shots
from the window where Mrs. Bishop
asserted she saw flashes Of gunf1re
Two surprise Witnesses were pro-
duced by the defense today. They tes-
titled they saw and heard two men
leave the Bishop home Immediately
after the shooting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
OLD HOME OF WEDEKiND;
PLAYWRIGHT, is LOCATED
Famous Author Traversed Four
Flights of Stairs to and From
His Berlin Apartment.
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, December 24.-Probing
into neglected former homes of lit
erary lights in Berlin, an Investigator
found the rooms in which Frank We
dekind. famous author-playwright and
actor of the last generation, lived in
1889. Tramping up four flights of
narrow stairs in the rear of an old
apartment house built around a court,
the investigator and his companion
were greeted by a rather looking
individual who said he was a. com
poser" There wasn't much incentive
for more than a brief inspection of
the disordered, musty, unventilated
rooms.
You know" said the occupant, as
the visitors turned to go. II was not
personally acquainted with Wedekind,
but 1t Is a great honor to breathe the
same air that he did,
Giving a last glance at the tightly
shut windows, stepping into the hail
and proceeding downstairs, The chief
investigator remarked to his compan-
ion: Yes. 1t was indeed the same air. 4"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
T|NNEY'S CONDITION.
GRAVE MENTALLY
Physicians Not Certain
Comedian Can Ever Return
to Theatrical Work.

BY the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, December "a
Discouraging reports on the condition
of Frank Tinney, blackface comedian,
came from the Naval Hospital here
today.
Physicians fear that his stage
career is at an end and they hold
but little hope of his complete re-
covery He is suffering from a ner-
vous breakdown. Physically, his
condition was said to he compare
lively good, but mentally it was re-
ported as very grave"
Tinney has showed no improvement
since he was brought to the Naval
Hospital December IL. He has been
Ill since he was stricken on the stage
in Detroit last September and was
taken to the Naval Hospital for OBJ
servation and treatment. No one is
permitted to see him except his
brother Joseph. who lives in this city,
nurses and attending physicians.
Not in Bed Constantly.
I'VE fear" said officials of the hos
pital today. that Mr.. Tinney will
never again be able to return to the
stage. Although we hope for the
covery are slight. Physically, his con-
dition is comparatively good, but
mentally 1t is very grave. He is not
confined to his bed altogether. but is
able to be up some of the time Al
first his condition gave us some en-
enlargement, but these periods are
becoming less frequent. We have not
yet, however. given up all hope of
his recovery"
Tinney was born in this city and
worked for two undertakers, de-
partment store. a jeweler and ran an
elevator in an Office building. His
first engagement on the stage was at
an entertainment given by the
porochial school he attended.
Went With Ministries.
His family sent him to Texas for
his health when he was about 20
years old. Upon his return he join
ed Barlow's Ministries as a musician
at $40 a week. Later he was raised
to SIS, but lost the job when he asked
for an increase of % cents with which
to get his laundry.
Then he set out for HIMSELF In
Maysville, KY, in 1905. he inaugu-
rated the idea of cracking jokes with
the leader Of the orchestra. Until
then he had been billed as the "only
rival to Paderewski."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
TRESSES ARE GOLDEN.
Mrs. Kiep, Wife Of German Attache
Handsomely Adorned.

BERLIN, December - P).-Mrs.
Otto Kiep, wife of the newly-appointed
counselor and charge d'affaires Of the
German embassy at Washington. will
attract attention, 1t Is believed in
social circles, because of her un-
usually long and beautiful hair. Mrs.
Kiep, nee Miss Alves. who comes
from one Of the old bankers families
of Berlin. has a head Of golden blonde
tresses which might well be the envy
of many q woman less well endowed
by nature, even among those who
have succumbed to the prevailing
tendency toward bobbed hair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
DESPAIRING ENGLISH BOY
INDULGES IN GUESSING
Geography Examination ELECTS
Queer Answers, Which Experts
Glass as Rare "Gems."

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 24.-"Demark
Is washed by the Catty Cat and the
Scraggy Hack" wrote a despairing
English boy at a geography examina-
ton. Other gems embalmed in the
examination papers included:
1.-THE highest peaks in the Alps is
Blanc Mango"
Amongst the islands Of the West
Indies are the Pyjamas, noted for tot
let sponges."
"Ceylon Is Joined to India by a
chain of coral wreaths."
"A focus is a thing like a mush-
room, but IL you eat it you will feel
differently from a mushroom, for To-
cusses Is poison"
"Habeas corpus is what the people
used to say to the undertakers at the
time of the great plague Of London. 1t
means, You max have the body"
Louis XVI was gelatined during
the French Revolution"
"Chaplets are small places Of wor-
ship"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
NEW KINK IN DAWES PLAN
Price Of Beer to Advance In Ger
many in January.

BERLIN, December "a CR.-An
Germany will be drinking more SOL
EMMY to the health Of the Dawes plan
after New Year, when the price Of the
country's famous beverage will prob.
ably be boosted per cent. The tax
on beer is one of the controlled reve-
nues to guarantee reparations nav.
ments. Breweries have given notice
that the price will be increased ac-
cordingly.
Some members of the government.
fearing further decline in beer
drinking, insist that the brewing com.
panies, which, with few exceptions.
are paying dividends Of from 10 to 20
per cent, can stand the tax boost with.
out increasing the price. The cost OF
pint stein at present is about Is
cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
FRENCH ACTRESS PLANS
TO TAKE VEIL IN YEAR
Eve Lavalliere, Once Pet of Paris,
Disappeared Ten Years
Ago.
Ay the Associated Press.

PARIS, December 24.-After 10
years of austere living, neither receiv-
ing her friends nor hearing any news
from the outside world, Eva Laval
liere, once Frances most popular &C.
tress. is beginning a year of prayer
and meditation prior to taking the veil
In the Franciscans' Convent at Hyeres.
Her sudden disappearance from the
Paris stage 10 years ago has never
been explained. Reporters tracked
her to a small town in the vosges,
but she barred the door to them.
Friends wrote asking for. appoint.
ments, but she never answered the
letters. Now she has returned to Tou.
lon, where she was born in 1868, plan
ming to spend one year in meditation
and prayer before she takes the VOW.
Eve Lavalliere first made her ap-
pearance on the Paris stage in 1883,
when she was 20 years old. Five
years later she was the idol of the
public, For years she was the star at
the famous Varieties Theater. Now
she Is living in small house near the
Toulon water front, Her only. COM
panion is a friend who is also planning
to enter the convent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
WANTS MONTANA
TO SELL. GASOL|N|
Attorney General Suggest
Move to Increase Revenues
and Aid Consumers.

BY the Associated Press.
HELENA. Mont, December 24.7
Refining and sale of gasoline by th
State of Montana was proposed ye
terday by Attorney General l.. 4
Foot as a measure to increase tn
States revenues from its oil land
and reduce the price of motor fut
to the consumer.
In a letter to the register Of Stat
lands. commenting on a proposed net
administrative land code. the attot
ney general urgently advised the ID
clusion of provisions by which tn
State may enter the retail oil field
refining its own oil.
He asserted that the venture Is al
thorized by the constitution and tn
courts Interpretation of the provisioI
is broad enough to permit IL. but sua
gested as a matter of precaution. sui
mission of q constitutional amend
ment specifically authorizing the Stat
to maintain its own refineries and did
tribute it's own oil and gasoline, will
such additional oil and gasoline as !
desires to purchase.
From it's royalties on producing
leases the State received in July tht
year nearly S44. 900 on the basis d
S1.15 a barrel.
The law now requires the State u
accept cash for royalty payments
The attorney general advised a Law
permitting the State to accept Of
instead of cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
GUZZLING HURTS DRAMA.
English Writer Places Blame for
Short Plays.

OXFORD, England, December "a
N).-Night guzzling is running the
drama, says st. John Ervine, drama
fist, who believes that too many per-
sons prefer to eat late, leisurely din
ners to theater going. AS a conse-
duence the short play was becoming
more popular.
There was a thing called late din
ner' and another thing called last
train and the play had to be made
to At in between the two" said Mr..
IRVINE in lecture to the Oxford
Arts Theater Guild
This habit also Is on the increase
IN the provinces, where the late din.
ner has just become an institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
BARITONE MAKES RECORD
Michael Bohnen Sings in Four
Operas in Five Days.

B e r LIN, December "a CP. -
Michael Bohnen. Metropolitan Opera
baritone, has made something of a
record by singing roles in four operas
in five days in three cities-two of
them as far apart as Paris and Berlin.
He sang Hans Sachs" in die Meis.
tersinger" In Leipzig on Saturday
took the role of "Ochs Won Lerche-
nau" in Der Rosen-Kavalier" in Ber-
lin on Sunday. airplaned Monday
morning to Paris, where he sang
''Mephistopheles' in Faust" the
same evening; returned to Berlin by
air the next day. had rehearsal, and
sang "Scarpia" in la Tosca" here
the following evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
SPLIT ON BIRTH CONTROL
Socialist Party In England Is Fac
ing Break.

LONDON, December, "a R.-The
Socialist party in England is threat.
ened with split over birth control.
Proponents of the idea want an
understanding that in a future gen.
eral election the Socialist party will
adopt birth control teaching as a part
OF its platform. They say that the
advice which Is open to any married
woman who has the money to pay
her private physician should be given
the poor woman free Of charge.
The executives of the party, how
ever, reported that birth control was
a matter for individual decision and
could not be made a party cry. The
report, however, was referred back
for further consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
LOST PLATOON Barred.
Disappearance of 81 Shown by
Bonus Records.

TOPEKA, Kans.. December "a UfO.-
Kansas has lost platoon" of 81
World War veterans, They have dis
appeared without claiming the bonus
offered by a grateful Commonwealth
Each veteran was entitled to $500
to $500. Kansas having awarded a
bonus of 81 day for service in the
war. BY virtue Of law which raises
the presumption of death seven years
after a persons disappearance. the
State Bonus Board will declare the
missing men legally dead and ask
the Legislature to appropriate money
for their beneficiaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
"JAZZ THROAT" EPIDEMIC
London Diners In Public Places
Suffer From Hoarseness.

LONDON. December "a CAp.-Man1
habitual diners in public places in thu
West End are suffering from an at
tack of Jazz throat" and suffer $,
badly from hoarseness that they havl
to be medically treated. This. says I
throat specialist. is caused through
attempting to carry on a lively con
versation during 'mealtime through
the din of modern dance music.
And then over on Harley street the
Charleston knee is. new ailment
occupying the attention of specialists
Numbers Of girls are now goint
about with bandaged knees because
Of ligaments strained doing the danc(
for long periods when unaccustome@
to the intricate and unnatural sidt
wave.