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New Britain herald., 1927-01-10

custom.
 Soon churches failed to agree among themselves concerning mat ters of faith. ritual and authority There was a split and then sub divisions of a split. The Roman church and the Greek church divorc ed themselves over question Of adding a couple of words to the creed. Asiatic and African churches also separated. When the Protestant church came into being similar process divided 1t into countless sects.
 Coming to America to escape political and religious persecution the Pilgrims and Puritans universal ly practiced the Golden Rule' to the discomfort of all fellow Christians who followed other forms of wor- ship. Their guns and rum proved an even greater trial for the Indians.
 State and church were wedlocked and if political laws failed to convict a Roger Williams for treason. reli- gious regulations would convict and evict him as a heretic. Let a queer old woman who had worked herself almost to death be charged as a witch, and she was sure to be burn ed or hanged. Let man affection ately kiss his wife on Sunday and he would be whipped at the post on Monday.
 "So passes the parade of the gods which modern youth observes and contemplates. Do you think he and she have any intention of continuing the old order by adding grotesque figures to floats which will pass in future proccssions? If you ask the question. don't be surprised if they classify you as dumb The signs Of the times point to a changed way.
 And that way will be more like Jesus way of life than the path an older generation has travelled.
 Rejoice, o young man In the
 days of thy youth
 And be happy in the days of thy
 young vigor
 And follow the inclinations of thy
 mind xxx
 For thou knowest not which will
 succeed this or that
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10

leys where there was constant SUD- ply of food and water and nearby sources of building material. As a settled people, permanent houses of wood or stone were required. Soon settlements grew into towns and small cities.
 Changing from an outdoor to an indoor people, their modes of wor- ship changed. As settled folk they had developed some arts. They now built houses for their gods as well as for themselves. And art solved the problem of how to confine out door gods between four walls. They were represented by what we call idols which took their places in the temples.
 The idea of sacrifice had quite fully developed. At first food had been placer on stones for the gods to come and get. Later. the noun tain tops were favored for offerings as being nearer the gods abode. Ad- vancing in their ideas. fire was used 10 burn up the sacrifices, and hy tho smoke send the offering still higner.
 Tn the temples the sacrifices were burned on special stone or altar which stood before the image of the god.
 "If the idol represented a god in man form, it was natural that he should have a wife and children So more idols were added to the col lection.
 "The successful in war brought back the images of the conquered to place with the gods of the yjctor- ious.
 Having a home. the gods requir- cd housekeepers. To take care Of this need special persons secured places in the temple. They became the priests. priestesscs and other at tendants. Some crafty people hal already found that. even if they vel Q not fitted by nature for careers as warriors or as hunters, they could gain power over their fellows by witchcraft, soothsaying and as medi- cine-men.
 "The temple priests became an even more powerful craft until they finally supplanted the chief or king. They made the temples the center of all culture as well as place of worship. They constituted the only educated class, They wrote and kept all records. They studied the skies and became scientific scholars. They did all things well except 9s military leaders.
 Because each city had it's own temple and it's own gods. and the priests were jealous of each other $ religion, they could not unite a country for defense at times of in vasion. So military men took the'r places as chief rulers of the cities.
 But the priests remained q most powerful influence in the affairs Of all countries so long as temple wor. ship continued.
 Religion consisted in the observ- ance of feast days, rituals. sacrifices and all the outer forms. Morals and human conduct had little place in temple worship.
 The idea of future life always played an important part in Egypts religions. It held no place in many other religions.
 When moral ideas were attached to religious thinking. a change had to be made in conceptions regarding the gods. Then developed, rapidly. systems Of thought and literature on this subject.
 Tn F,gr pt three Pharaohs previ- ous to King Tut. a king had arrived at point where he conceived of God as a heavenly father, loving and kind to his children, and who abhorred war, Acting on his faith he withdrew from Thebes, which was
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10

! legislation, then don't expect young folks to have any hypocritical re- spect for lawmakers.
 "GoIden Rule" ShcIved
 And, if after nineteen hundreds years of Christianity. the Masters peace policy is still considered too dangerous a doctrine to be accepted by nations protesting His name, if His rule for human relationships, called the Golden Rule, is still con sidered unreliable in crisis, and when His extra commandment is only ap- piled to loving ones friends, then be not amazed that youth does not sit in Sunday pews.
 "The parade of the gods is long procession. Each nation or people that ever occupied a spot on earth could furnish enough floats repre- senting it's gods. to make q long parade.
 Egypt an ancient nation, could produce 5000 gods, with names, at tributes. powers and places of wor- ship. Other younger and smaller peoples had a sufficient share Of deities. In fact. no race of men without gods has been found. Man insatiably worships. What his gods were in the dim ages of the past is q matter of speculation. Still primi- tive tribes today probably reveal in their worship the earliest gods.
 Fear of wind, storms, lightning, thunder, fire, earthquakes and all other fearful forces of nature most certainly influenced earliest man to view such manifestations as evil spirits, and to worship them in awe. Primitive peoples still try forms of worship to appease these evil spirits.
 ''The sun, producing pleasant heat, anI light to chase away the fearful long black nights, would be a good spirit to whom thank offerings should be given. Until the sun again appeared above the mountain tops there was no assurance to the primi- tive mind that there would be an- other day. The sup-g god was a reali- ty.
 "A nearer good and evil spirit was represented in the father of the family, A good spirit because he fire, his weapons and other person. vided protection against danger of pr wing man and beast An evil spirit when his temper spoke its wrath. To curry his favor was wise precaGton. His place at the first, his weapons and other person. al belongings were taboo. Old Man worship then, was not so different in mode or for reasons as its counterpart is today.
 After the Old Man was dead and buried, gifts continued at the grave. The long sleep was not understood. Perhaps he could still show his wrath. It were just as well to be on the safe side. As time went on his earthly prowess would grow in the telling. Eventually he would be a greater man dead than alive. And his worship would continue.
 When families united in tribes the chief took the place of the Old Man. with more power and more worship. When enough experience had accumulated to convince these early people that the dead were really dead, they beg; Il to associate evil and good spirits with a dead body. These had to be given proper respect
 up to this point wandering people, living chiefly on wild game and fish. the increased numbers Of people, and such domestic animals as they had, made constant moving impractical.
 Changes h Civilization
 When they settled it was in val
New Britain herald., 1927-01-10
5000 MADE HOMELESS

Manila, Jan. 10 LF-Five thou sand persons were made homeless and 1,500 houses. mostly of the small frame or Nipa variety, were destroy e din a fire of undetermined origin which swept the Tondo district of Manila today. The loss is estimated at 2,000,000 pesos. No deaths were reported. The blaze started in q church.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
FLIGHT Of
AV|AT0RS
DEFERRED
Bad Weather Still Holds
Up Attempts to Fly
Over Atlantic Ocean.
BIRDMEN ARE READY
Lindbergh Made Favorite
Because of Superior
Speed
by United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, May 14.-Storms
and fog over the Atlantic ocean to-
day held three impatient alrmen on
the ground, delaying at least until
tomorrow the start of the first
American attempt to fly from New
York to Paris and thereby increas-
ing the chances for q great air
derby.
Clarence Chamberlin and Lloyd
Bertaud had definitely planned to
leave this morning for the danger
GUS attempt, and Captain Charles
Lindberg, the clone wolf" new
conner in the marathon I'D, also
was understood to have been ready,
not to say anxious to start. But
the giant Fokker which will carry
Commander Richard Byrd. q. s. n,
and one or two men on the flight,
was not yet ready, and the delay
forced by the weather may enable
it to hop off with the other two
in what would then become one of
the greatest sporting events in his
tory.
thC NCdtliCl OuCA~
pectedly, the flights may be delayed
until Monday or later.
Every days delay in the start of
the ChamberlinBertaud flight to
Paris in their Bellanca monoplane
reduced their advantage over the
other contestants. The youthful
Lindbergh who flew from San Diego
to st. Louis Tuesday and Wednes-
day and on to New York Thursday,
has had ample time to rest from that
gruelling test of man and plane, and
his speedy one man craft apparent
ly was ready to fly as soon as the
weather cleared up sufficiently t.
give plane chance in the hazar,
dous journey. Lindbergh refused to
talk much about his plans, but it
seemed clear he wanted to make it
race if possible. His plane is by
far the fastest Of the three.
Feverish Activity
Despite announcement that tho
Byrd plane 'America, would not
be ready to start for at least four
days, feverish activity around its
hangar indicated every effort was
being made to put it in the race.
Although the Bellanca plane and
Lindbergh s esprit of st. Louis
are housed at Curtiss Field, L. T.,
they will start their transatlantic
flights from Roosevelt Field, three
miles away, which was the only
suitable runway for the take-off.
The heavy loads of fuel the planes
will carry make an extra long run
way necessary.
The Roosevelt Field runway is
leased to the American Trans
Oceanic Company, which is interest
ed in Byrd's flight, but that firm
extended to the other competitors
the privilege of using it for the
getaway.
Byrd's plane is already at Roose-
velt Field. Hal
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
Bandit Suspect
Shot by Police

BURBANK, Cal, May l4.-Louis
Rienzi, of Milwaukee, was dying in
a hospital here today from n bullet
wound in the neck, suffered in an
encounter with deputy sheriffs
when they attempted to arrest him
as a bandit suspect.
According to Deputy Sheriff 3.
H. Luker, in company with two
other officers he was returning
from an investigation at San Fer
nando near here when he discover
ed Rienzi hiding behind tree.
Because of his suspicious action
Rienzi was ordered to hold up his
hands but instead of complying with
the command he drew revolver,
Luker said, and pulled the trigger.
The cartridge failed to explode and
Luker drew his own gun and fired,
the bullet piercing Rienzi's neck.
Rienzi said he had brother and
sister, John and Ana Rienzi in Cud'
ahy, Wis, and that he had just ar
rived here from Milwaukee. He is
not expected to recover
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
Parks Returning
To HOltvilie

VENTURA, May LIN its is
sue today the Ventura County Star
announced the acquisition Of the en-
tire circulation list Of the Oxnard
Evening Tribune effective Mon
dav.
T, serve the increased field, which
will give the Star circulation of
more than five thorsand, a new 20
page straight line press with color
deck, will be installed together
with the full United Press leased
wire report.
A new fireproof addition 20 the
Stars plant is now under cons.ruc-
tion to accommodate the increased
mechanical facilities.
The Oynari Tr.hauc il issuing its
last edition today, Norman Parks,
publisher, announcing he is return
ing TO the Imperial valley TO de-
vote his attention to the foltviile
Tribune of which ne is owner. The
Tribune was founded in 1924 "a a
morning daily by Paul Samuelson,
recently shifting to the afternoon
field.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
RESIDENTS FLEE
NEW FLOOD AREA
IN LOUISIANA 4
by United Press Leased Wire

NEW ORLEANS, May l4.-Thc
aftermath of a levee break-evac-
uation of threatened territory, was
on today in the sugar bowl' lands
of Louisiana.
Most of the 100000 people who
live in the area had already left
their farms but struggling groups
moved along highways toward the
refugee camps at Mansura and
Marksville.
Herbert Hoover secretary of
commerce, said week ago "there
should be no loss of life in threat
ened louisiana Red Cross and
National Guard reports have con-
firem the statement in the present
crisis.
Through the honeycombed levee
along Big Bend today the muddy
flood surged into the countryside
at a rate estimated by engineers
to be we'll over 100000 cubic feet
a second.
Lower Avoyelles parish was al
ready under water and st. Landry,
the next parish south, was rapidly
becoming part of the great lake
which soon will stretch from Louis
iana's northern border to the Gulf
of Mexico as result of breaks in
the Bayou Des GLASSES at Big Bend.
Secretary Hoover left Alexandria
today for a boat trip through the
area.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
Movie Executives
Hold Conference

SAN FRANCISCO, May IA. -
Leading executives OF the Para
mount Famous Players Laskv cor
poration arrived here aboard a spe.
cial train today, officially opening
the annual gathering of the sales
heads of the organization.
With portions of the front of the
Whitcomb hotel, the convention
headquarters, made over into a NOV
ing picture set the men who
handle the business end of the cor
poration went into session to dis
cuss high salaries, elimination OF
waste and increasing sales.
Walter +. Wagener, production
general manager; Emil f. Shauer,
general manager of distribution in
Europe and B. P. Sehulberg, associ-
ate producer of the Hollywood stu
dio, will be among the speakers.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
MOVIE ACTRESS
IS MARRIED TO
PRINCE MDIVANI
by United Press Leased Wire

SERAINCOURT, Fsance, May Ii.
-Pola Negri became Princess
Mdivani this afternoon at clock
in the little city hall Of this town
when she was married to Prince
Serge Mdivani, a brother-in-law of
Mae Murray.
Pola husband, she announced
several days ago on arriving in
France from the United States, is
her "greatest love-" greater even
than Rudolph Valentino, Charlie
Chaplin or her first husband, who
was count.
Pola and Serge were childhood
sweethearts, she said, and the prince
was urging his love upon the film
beauty even before Valentino.
The BRIDES witnesses were Prin
cess Dinidiff and Cast Ir De Houl-
cwicz. The princes witness was
his elderly father, who was report
ed to have opposed the match.
A large and cosmopolitan gather
ing of Georgians, Russians and
Poles, including the former presi-
dent of the Georgian republic, were
present. The Mdivani family is
from Georgia. a small country now
incorporated into the union of So
cialist Soviet republics.
The marriage ceremony was fol-
lowed by picturesque celebration
at Pola's chateau, where peasant
families from the countryside came
to dance and to make merry in the
actress park.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
First Train of
Melons Leaves

Five cars of cantaloupes compos-
ed the first express train shipment
Of melons to roll out of Imperial
Valley this season. The shipment
was made last night, four of the
cars originating from the 8. a. Cir
rard sheds at Brawley while the
fifth was sent out by the Angeli
Brothers and Luis company of Ell
Centre.
The FL Centro car was destined
for Boston while the others were
shipped to Seattle, Wash; New
York City, N Y; Pittsburgh, Pa,
and Chicago.
The first carload of melons from
the Seeley district will go out to-
night from the John Amicon sheds.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
CLASH BETWEEN ATTORNEYS
FEATURES KELLY HEARING

by Miss Mackaye to the district at.
torney's office.
Gilbert asked to see the document
and Deputy District Attorney For
rest Murray replied: "I'd like to
see a lot of the documents Mr.. Gil
bert has in this case.
The gray haired defense attor'
ney reached across the able and
grabbing up his bulking brief case
sent it sailing into the midst Of q
pile of papers before the prosecu'
tor,
Judge Threatens
AS they glared, Judge Charles
Burnell raped sharply and declar
ed
IF YOU gentlemen don t stop this
sort of thing, you both will spend
the next five days in Jail. y
The remainder of the session was
spent in less heated argument but
always with the threat of another
explosion in the offing.
Miss Mackaye was dangerously
near a breakdown several times dur
ing the session. She nervously
moistened trembling lips and tore
fitfully at the remains of damp
handkerchief.
Kelly appeared to suffer intently
when the contents Of the love mes
sages, kilograms and a letter, were
read to the jury to the evident en-
iovment Of the curious throng o.
flappers, grandmothers and other'
who made up the motley courtroom
crowd.
The trial was behind schedule fol
lowing yesterdays long session anC
will probably not go to the jur.
before another week closes.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
UNI TED PRESS
SETS RECORD IN
WORLD MESSAGE
Eight Minutes Required
to Send Sentence Around
Globe.

COLUMBIA, No, May IA
new record for rapid transmission
of 4 message around the world was
believed to have been established
last night when greeting from
the United Press banquet. the last
event of Missouri Journalism week,
eireled the globe in eight minutes.
"Unipress around the world
greets Missouri" said the message
which travelled on its way over \
leased wire of the United Press to
its New York Bureau, thence by
cable to London, Vladivostok,
Shanghai. San Francisco and back
to Columbia by leased wire.
Four hundred newspapermen and
women who attended the banquet,
witnessed the demonstration. The
message was signed by Ralph H.
Turner, assistant general news man
ager of the United Press and pres
ident of the Missouri Association of
journalism Alumni.
Another feature of the banquet
was the Felaying to ships at sea Of
a message to New York and San
Francisco by the radio corporation
of America Within a few minutes
answers began arriving from ships
in various parts Of the world. One
was $500 miles from here.
The radio message, sent to the
east and west coast by United Press
Leased Wire, said:
ITO all ships: please report posi-
ton in miles from New York to
San Francisco for demonstration
before editors attending United
Press night banquet given by Uni,
versity of Missouri at Columbia,
Mo-
A third feature Of the demon
stration was the dispatch of mes
sage down the west coast of South
America across the Andes noun
tains, up the east coast to New York
and back to the banquet hall by
United Press Wire. This message
required seven minutes for its re-
turn trip.
a high speed automatic printer
telegraph operated in the banquet
hall to carry the messages to New
York, San Francisco and back.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
DYNAMITE SENT
TO GOVERNOR OF
MASSACHUSETTS
Executive is Threatened
With Death Unless
Slayers PardOned.
BY United Press Leaaed Wire

BOSTON, Mass, May IA
package Of dynamite, addressed to
Governor Fuller, has been seized in
the mail by postal authorities here,
it was learned today.
Governor Fuller only few days
ago received from Chicago death
threat in connection with the Sacco-
Vanzetti murder case, which he IS
row considering.
A threatening note attached to
the dynamite parcel, read:
Governor of Massachusetts,.
II have succeeded in getting one
quarter Of ton of this. If Sacco
and Vanzetti are going to be mur-
dered 1 am going to get more and
use it. -
The note was signed "a citizen
Of the world. "
The fact that the dynamite had
been sent to the governor was dis,
the governor 9 office by Park D.
Colvin, inspector in charge of the
postoffice district of Boston.
1.-THE enclosed threatening com
munication was found in the Bur
lington avenue parcel post station
of this office on May 10, bound to
a parcel with wire Colvin 8 let
ter read. ''From its appearance an
employe handling the parcel sus-
pected that it might contain un-
mailable matter.
cit was withdrawn from the
mails and turned over to Assistant
Postmaster II. n. Hanson and by
him turned over to this office.
On examination hereby Postoffice
Inspector J. A. Sullivan, the parcel
was found to contain dynamite,
which has been disposed of.
"This office has no clue as to the
identity of the person who mailed
the parcel nor are we able to deter
mine in what section of the city
the mailing took place.
Governor Fuller has been confin
ed to his home since Sunday with a
leg injury and has not yet seen
either the threatening note that ac-
companied the dynamite or the
communication from Colvin.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
By DAN CAMPBELL
CUnited Press Staff Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, May l4.-Stimu.
lated by burning love passages,
heated courtroom clashes and the
depressing atmosphere of torrid
May day, Hollywood ''bare
knuckle" murder trial boiled to a
sensational peak Yesterday to sim
mer in adjournment until Monday af'
ternoon.
At the close of a day which saw
heat records shattered, Dorothy
Mackave, brilliant young actress,
was still on the stand drawing for
the jury and crowded courtroom a
picture Of her husband, Ray Ray
mond, as man of fitful temper and
brutality. who beat her as Paul
Kelly is accused of having beaten
him.
Miss Mackaye will resume the
stand Monday afternoon, but only
few more lines remain, before
she completes her tragic role, W. /.
Gilbert. defense counsel having an
nounced he probably would com
plete re-cross examination in half
hour.
Teno Yubo, known as "Jungle. -
Kellv's japanese houseboy will fol-
low Miss Mackave to the stand and
through this witness the state will
attempt to complete a chain Of evi.
dence establishing that the friend
ship of Kelly and the actress was
not platonic, as the defense claims.
A bitter clash Of opposing coun.
sci which marked the close of the
day was precipitated by a demand
on the part of the defense tina tthey
have access to stateyAent made
Imperial Valley press., 1927-05-14
DERBY
ATTRACTS LARGE
CROWD TO TRACK
by United Press Leased Wire
BY CLARK B. KELSEY

CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louis
vile, KY, May 14.-America wor-
SHIPPED at the shrine of thorough
breds racing today.
Between $4,000 and 100000 jam.
med this historic center of the turf
to see the 53rd running of the ma
tional race, the Kentucky Derby.
All attendance records were
broken.
1t was estimated nearly 100000
would be bet in the derby.
By post time for the first race
approximately $4,000 had jammed
their way into the track, equalling
the past attendance record. They
were still fighting their way in, and
il is estimated perhaps 10000 would
be there for the derby.
At that time approximately half
a million dollars had been poured
into the special derby mutuel ma
chine and the heavy betting was yet
to come. Literally hundreds of
thousands of dollars were being wa
gered on the Fl. P. Whitney entries,
Whiskery, and Bostonian, to win the
race.
Because of the big crowd, post
time for the derby was considerably
delayed and it was to be run off
about Sis central standard time.
Post time for the first race was set
at LAS P. M, and it was expected
about 45 minutes would have to be
allowed between races.
At 10 a. m. the sun was shining
smilingly on the downs, promising
a clear sky by derby time. The
track was muddy but sun and wind
were drying it perceptibly.