New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1923, Page 2

DR. GRANT, REPLYING TO CRITICS, DENIES BELI Whatt Has It to Do With| Christianity Anyway, He| Asks—Wants Liberalism in Religious Doctrines, New York, Feb, 12-~Preaching EF IN VIRGIN cussions have unified liberalists as nothing has done in & long time They are getting together, They going 1o be a bunch of stieks v dificult to break, and then there cer falnly 15 & great appreciation of free dom and a greater knowiedge of what justifies in a eclergyman of eaperience and teaching very wide freedom of ex- pression “Now the real difference between the traditionalists and myself is some- BIRTH| T how good a really can you must STATE NEEDS STRONG MEN WHO WILL ENFORCE LAWS CATHOLIC CHURCHES SERVICES FOR LENT nesday Morning and Evening At the various masses at Bl Mary's |told the members of Everyman's Bible ehureh yesterday, announcement Was ociass at the seasion yesterday morning made of the epeaing of the Lenten |at 9:30 o'elock, Rev, Mr, Davis in “What we need in Connectiout is & few men whe have the physical Masses on that ), Bead I. 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Burpee of Hartford yesterday religlous liberal- Percy Btickney Grant, reetor of the Church of the Ascension, made denial of the virgin birth of of the fundamental dee the Protestant Episcopal His view on the virgin birth of his sermon, thing like this: They regard religion and especially the Christian religion a8 a transaction, I regard it as a |process, They are satisfied 10 have a theory of the world which invelves again on ism, Dr A direet Christ trines churech came toward the | when he said “l get letters saying dermining lt‘hr:au«nl'l) SO Mo Standing by the Miracles, nying our Lord,' and so forth " .vu:u-lr misunderstanding of me to Now (hat «theology has been say beeause 1 don't believe that Christ | §anized into all the purts of the Cath. olie church, with its dectrine of the o deeming son, whose death on the cross has viearious value for them, so we & mveg by helleviag _in. Ml name, lose ‘You are Wn- You are de- ore was born of a virgin that I am de- stroying Christianity! virgin birth to do with Christianity?" | The pulpit utterances of Dr, Grant which & ht Bishep William T Manning's first letter and suggestion of a heresy trial were more general than the statement made yesterday. The controversy seemed at an end a little more than a week ago, when the | Bishop in a second letter informed Dr. Grant that his formal exposition | fession, absolution and so forth, In order to justify their belief in Ged and man, they stand by the miracle as authority. That is all they care about the miracle It enables them to say the thing Is right. If you say ‘How do you know this is so?' they say, beeause the miracle sald Jesus has this power. I care about fthe| " g |miracle as a possible equipment for his views in & communication 0|, . "o 0 Teor the p:nlr’;rleu only |as testing the authority they demand | for such a scheme of things, govern- ment, transactions as I have just de- of the Bishop had been couched in am- biguous terms, and that “for the present” the question of trying him for heresy would rest The Apostle’s Creed recited fn|Scribed. - Eplscopal churches by ministers and | o ow, I care llollllfillg about congregation, or intoned by the choir|Miracles as authority, because as in the Church of the Ascension, clearly sets forth the doctrine of the the the laws of the soul are their own author- ity. They are laws that can carry irsln Birth, ‘s follows: themselves without your help, or my “I believe in God the Father Al- help. The laws of the soul, in that ARt wy Bi ey carth; | Phrase I have quoted from Milton, | and in Jesus Christ His aniy Son our o Y can satoren themasives. ,ord; Who was conceived by the Holy | The ) ipedbiry st e o N N the Virgin Mary ¢ & o.r|that kind of authority—an suthority 'l‘he' Nicene Creed in the Episcopal trt’AmA within that can enforce itself. im-',\rsl'wan {Hearnate by the Holy ligion, or it ought to. So these good Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was people who consider glon a trans- | e ie action think they must therefore fall ADoamatie Basriden” into that particular organization and Zm ey be part of that trunsaction; that is an | “I hope to see religion®as free to| Qg Testament idea, a part of the sac- | thought as chemistry or physics, *'"’.f‘rmvml idea that the pagans formulat- | .lognmnr_I-;erm"s' led. God promised to do certain things in beginning his i you do certain things you promise, sermon. “I hope to sce all depart-|ang if you don't do what you promise ments of thought and expression, 4 h e why, then, God doesn't do what he whether religious or fmnnmm or artis- | says and ir you'd do certain things tic or economic pulling !Ogl‘fh?l' and|you get punished for those things. helping each other. Think of l_h"« That to me is absolutely unethical as terrible schisms in the nature of Ed- well as unscientific. Religion to me is 8‘:::!”;\(1::‘!;;‘ ‘\?;?,hl:‘;-m;oa1-':(:3;5‘“ plroce!s !oihm on, enlightenment LR s, Ministe: Y |and joy o e spArit of mankind, and | through the Civil War, and who “'1”0‘"} today we are understanding as never that book, ‘The Education of Edward|pefore we are able to so proceed and Adams.’ He said he had received a|ohey these laws, | as little bound by Dr. Grant declared the fall of man, a stern judge, a re-| to include both, “Again 1 can give no kind of wor~ ship or semi-worship to the mother of Christ, Anether type of mind is help- ed by such devotion, The modern | mind has no wish to reject such from What has the mass and doctrine of penance, con-!the church, but if these men rightly claim liberty for themselves to inter- pret, may not the liberal be accorded cqual privileges? And may we not hope both that we will cast off that spirit of unchristian exelusiveness and worshig together in the bond of fel- lowship? BLAMES ARREST ON OLD FAMILY FEUD Drezek, Fined $150 on Liquor Charge, Accuses Relative of Spite Ignacy Drezek of 40 Orange street, who was today fined $150 and costs for violation of the liquor laws, up- on information that wag furnished by | Walenty Drezek and the latter's son, | Walter, told Judge George W. Klett namesake's part, dating back to | trouble thédy had im the old country over the disposition of a farm. complainant and the man charges are relatives, Walenty testified that on February 11, he purchased a bottle of liquor for half a dollar and one drink for a quarter, He added that he had been making similar purchases at 1g- nacy's home for the past two years, Walter, the boy, told of frequent visits to Ignacy's place and of buying liquor for a hulf dollar a bottle, hay- ing been sent by his father. the bottles was given the police for use as evidence. Saturday evening about 9 o'clock, Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue and under eighteenth century education but that The Virgin Birth, he had lived in the twentieth cen- | T get 1otters saying: 'Y 4 | 'S saying: ou are un-l tury. { s ; “As anybody who has read l)mt"" rmining Christianity, You are deny- | 50 forth. What o ing and hauling between the facts of |crude misunder. life as he had to meet them and the |[Pecause I don't be education given to him. A lot of peo- 0T of a virgin that I am d Christianity. What has the | ple living today have been given an|® V t has the Virgin eighteenth education, or|Pirth to do with Christianity? The century ) worse, mmcu,flr,yfin religion, a me- | €volution of the profound spirit con- diaval edichtion. ¥ A8 tent of jife as we get it in the Ser- “When an automobile breaks down |[Mon on the Mount or wherever Christ lieve that Christ was | stroying Ispoke or acted. will address the High school club at|you want somebody who knows the ithe Y. M. C. A. this evening. | machinery of automobiles; you don't| Universal Club Minstrel and Dance, | want somebody who comes along and “That is what I am trying to do, is to fasten attention on that and not Tuesday, Feb. 13, Odd I'ellows’ hall, | Arch St—advt. | Dr. G. B. Woram sold today| through the Camp Real Estate Co. a house at 20 Sherman Court to E. W. | Bennett, the publisher. Meet me at Schmarr's for dinner.-— advt. Miss Rose Glover of Spring street | has recovered from illness. French Hat Shoppe Professional Bldg. —advt. The board of public works will| discourses pleasantly on literature or]'”""r away by misunderstanding the philosophy or the manners of the|Sc€ds of Christianity generally now Greeks; you want to have somebody | Presented, the biographic, the histori- who understands the machinery and|Cal and the spiritual, seeing these are can put that automobile in order to|S0Ins to be changed as relationships go ahead. That is what we want to- |change, but the spiritual is more clear, of life, the laws governing these facts, [ MOre impressive, more helpful and of ifle, the laws governing these facts, | more wonderful every day we live, and we don’t want these schisms in|We cannot get away from it, and 1 our nature that are pulling against |2M trying to show this so it is a piece with modern psychology and by our “We want all this pulling to cease, |5cience and by Jesus Christ's revela- 50 that whatever we get in church on |tion of life to us, So we will be Sunday is a joy and delight and imag- | Stronger and purer and merrier than each other. meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Hear Paul Whiteman in Hartford ; Inat next Tues. Tickets on sale at Morang'. ' 40 in the course of the week, whether | —advt, / in work, study, painting or music, or James Daly of Springfield, Mass,, | Whatever it may be. That is what re-‘ spent Sunday with his- sister, Mrs, |ligion ought to be.” William P. McCue of South Burritt| Dre Grant said he hoped to see the| time when religious experience and| treet. 'Gulbrlnsen Player Pianos, Morang', |thought are based on such reliable o | foundation “that we don't have to live About 40 friends tendered a sur-|iD fear of being robbed in our religion prise party in honor of Miss Emma by .‘f('hnlars ‘f“‘l men of science.” Hefnzmann's birthday Saturday eve- |Dubiousness, fear and concealment, he ning at her home, 54 Seymour street, | 8id, had been pretty much the at- Vocal selections were rendered by |titude of intellectual men who als ‘Miss Ruth Wuchert. Miss Lydia |Dad @ profound religious consciousnes Heinzmann and Anna Gidrites enter- d'_‘”““ the last 100 years; “that i gained with fancy dancing. I°riends |CVCr since we have paid a greater at- were present from Springfield and 'ention to scholarship and science as Holyoke. Refreshments were served. Ny affected the Christian religion. Edisons at C. L. Plerce & Co.—advt. I hope to see the time when all | inative power behind everything we | wankind will have a sensitiveness to- ward life such as Jesus showed, and will have the feeling of its beauty that he had, and a soul to obey its pro- found and wonderful laws.” Liberalism. | | Arguing that liberalism’ should be {generally taught, the preacher said {that the country would not be cele-| | brating Lincoln's birthday if Ameriea did fot believe in teaching liberalism. | “And do you think that with such | an example as that man before us |who today is probably the supremest | modei that the spirit of America has B“T w[ Du "’ ms“]’ l‘produccd in spite of those great im-| {mortal fathers of the revolution and b constitution—do you suppose with a |man such as that as our model Am-| |erican, we do not have to go ahead tn every diroction of freedom and challenge and insist that freedom shall win. “And do you suppose there is answer in a country like this to the | question should liberalism be gener-| ally taught, except the answer ‘Yes, | by all means and of necessity,’ " | beralism is not liberalism that is| id of its own speeches, Dr. Grant at another poin{ in his sermon. | | Rather it was founded upon great Oral Surgery ||| hOPes as the future and great confi- {dence’as to the present inner good- |ness of human nature and its desire = {to get ahead. Phone 703 r “Today liberals so far as the church is concerned are being unified. That ||s a good thing. These recent dis- No other extracts impart such a deli- cate, pleasing flavor to desserts of all| kinds as do Baker's Certified Flavor-' ing Extracts. At all grocers.—advt. THAT'S ALL WE D0— Examine Eyes and Furnish Glasses (R Frank E. Goodwin Eyesight Specialist 327 MAIN ST, TEL. 1905 any DR. C. W, VIVIAN Tooth Extractions Dental X-Rays 52 MAIN ST. GLORIA SWANSON ever we have been in our experience before. “I possess one particular sort of temperament. Certain aspgets of truth are dear to me and I necessarily lay great emphasis on these aspects which meet my own needs more than others; but I recognize very fully that human nature is not cast into a single mold; it I am not helped by what may be called the Catholic point of view, 1 most gladly acknowledge that there jare other kinds of people whose re- ligious life becomes most real through :ch an outlook. And I rejoice that the Episcopal church is large enough ~KSPRIN Say “Bfiyer” and Insist! Unless you sce the name “Bayer” on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twen- ty-two years and proved safe by mil- lions for Colds Toothache Iarache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” only. Each unbroken package con- tains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 1070, Aspirin i8 the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticaci- dester of Salicylicacid. Headache Lumbago (] Patrolmen J. C. Stadler, W. 8. Strolls and Anton Milewski went to the Drezek home. In different rooms jugs of moonshine were found, nine in all. book sces, there is a continual pull-|it8 the Lord," gud v I ! : anding of me to say | Mrs. Drezek, it was testified, attempt- | ed to hide several containers by standing over them, her dress hiding them from view. When she was or- dered to move, the jugs were found. Ignacy was charged on five counts, two being for liquor law violation on February 8, two on February 10 and one of drunkenness. Frank Domkowsky, who was in the house at the time of the raid and was drunk and abusive, was fined $5. Woman’s Case Continued. At the suggestion of Prosecuting Attorney Joseph G. Woods, the case of Rose Jablonski was continued to Thursday morning. She was arrest- ed by the dry law enforcement squad after they had raided her tenement at 10 Silver street, Saturday night. Judgment was suspended assauiting his wife, since he had been locked up at police headquarters since Detective Sergeant George C. El-| home on West Pearl street, about 1:15 o’clock Saturday and received a wife. Her face bore a red mark where she said he hit her, the sergeant testi- fied. Alex had not been drinking. Mrs. Kenaboski told the court that her husband came home angry and threatened to kill her and himself. He was told that he was not the boss and that if he didn't approve of condi- tions at the home he could get out, the woman testified, whereupon he struck her with great force. 8he then telephoned for the police. Kenaboski said he not only did not strike the woman, but that he would fear to do so since she would prob- ably kill him. He calimed to have sustained painful injuries as a re- sult of kicks administered by his bet- ter half. His statement that he turns over every cent of his weekly ecarn- ings was admitted as correct by the woman. S —r— OLYMPIC MEET DISCUSSION, South America, Far Fast and Africa Will Be Well Represented. Lausanne, Feb. 12, (By Associated Press).—Baron Pierre de Coubertin, president of the international Olym- pic committee said today that South America, the Far East and Africa would give an unusually important angle to the meeting of the commit- tee at Rome April 9 to 13. Consider- ation of sport interests in those parts of the weorld, Baron de Coubertin said, would show that the Olympic games have a universal appeal. The opening session of the meeting will be attended by King tor Emmanuel and Queen Helena. Britain, Chile and Peru. BREAKS JAW. New Haven, Feb. 12.—Frank Wood- ward, pitcher of the New Haven base- ball club, arrested Saturday night for assault upon Christopher Kane. a trolley conductor, during an argu- ment, had his case continued today until next Monday. Kane is in the hospital with a broken jaw. that the case was one of spite on his | The | One of | | day will be held at 7 and § o'clock 1in the morning, and there will be & distribution of ashes at both masses, |courage to make violators of the law | in Oklahoma in the olden days and before prohibition, had the physieal Ashes will also be distributed at the | oe the mark, devotions at 7:30 o'clock in the eve.| ning, FEvery Wednesday and Friday services will be held at 7 Wednes. day eve the service will consist of the rosary, sermon and benedie- tion and Friday evening there will be stations of the eross, The annual collection for the Ne. gro and Indian missions will be taken up on next Sunday, Next Sunday morning at 7 o'clock, members of the Ladies Auxiliary, A, O, H, will attend communion in a body, A publie whist will be held by the Holy Family Circle at the “Tabs" hall tomorrow evening. A month's mind m for the late Mary Kerin, offered by i Bcapulur society of the church, was held at 7 o'clock this morning. | An anniversary mass for the late Miss Alice Esther McCarthy will be held at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. An anniversary mass for the late Mrs. Rose Hackett will be held at 7 o'clock next Friday morning. St. Joseph's Church, Rev, William A. Downey of 8t Thomas' stminary, Hartford, a for- mer curate at St. Mary's church in this city, will give a serles of five lectures at $t, Joseph's church, Ash Wednesday masses will be celebrated at 7 and § a. m,, with distribution of ashes, In the evening at 7:30 o'clock, jashes will be distributed. Friday | night the service will be held at 7:80 o'clock. The weekly meetings of the Scouts have been discontinued after the Lenten season, Instruction for the public school children will be held at 9 o'clock on | Saturday morning. St. Andrew’s Church. | At the various masses at St. An- | drew's Lithuanian church yesterday, prayers were offered for the late Rev. Simon Pautienus, of Shenan- | doah, Pa, who died last Wednesday, | Rev. Edward V. Grikis made an appeal to his parishioners yesterday for money to redecorate the interior of the church. { The Lenten devotions will open | Wednesday. Ashes will be distribut- ed at 5 a. m, and 8 a, m. and at 7:30 p. m. for the school children angd others. Lenten devotions will be held every Wednesday and Friday evening, at 7:30 o’'clock. An anniver- sary mass for the late George Matulis wil be held at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. The wedding of Joseph Misiukoniute of 79 Beaver street, took place at 8:00 o'clock this morning. Rev, Edward V. Grikis, officiated. Boy until WEATHER REPORT. Increasing Cloudiness, Followed by @ Snow Late Tonight. For Connecticut: Increasing cloudi- The minister spoke on the 27th | Pealm, ¢ on evenings during the Lenten season, | gt g hres. polaty moral, mental and physical courage,” Many Christian people are afraid,” he said, “but they owe no apology to fhe world and as a matter of fact a man of God should beld up his head in this world" Rev, Mr, Davis will preach on the 20th Psalm at the next session of the class, There were 493 In attendance yes- terday morning, Of this number 200 were from the red army; 75 from the white and 218 from the blue army, There were visitors in attendance from Philadelphia, Penn,, Brooklyn, N, Y., New York city, Chicopee, Mass,, Ster. ling, West Haven, and New Haven, KILLED BY ROBBERS Seven Masked Bandits Rald Eagles' Club at (‘hl!l:fl?l. Pa., Slaying One of Mcmbers, Charlerol, Pa., Feb, 12.—William Hope was shot dead in a spectacular rald by seven masked bandits at the Eagles' club here early today, The men escaped with money and jewelry esimated In value at $5,000, The authoritics of three counties and the state police are searching for the gang. . Eighteen men were sitting in the club shortly after midnight, @bout to leave for their homes when the gang dressed in black robes and Dblack hoods walked into the room and or- dered them to throw up their hands. Hope did not get his hands up as quickly as the others and one of the bandits immediately opened ‘fire. He was shot through the head. The KEagles were then ordered to sit down and while two of the bandits covered them with their pstois, the cthers searched the mand rifled the cash register. They then cut the tele- phone wires and ran out, driving rapidly away in automobiles. FUMES FATAL T0 SIX Pitman, N. J.,, Feb. 12.—A family of six was asphyxiated and a dozen other persons were overcome early to- day by gas escaping from a broken main. The dead are: P. Pucci, a shoe- maker with a shop and residence on Broadway; his wife and four chldren, ranging in ages from four to 20 years. Of those overcome the most critical is Daniel Blackman, a brokor, with an office in Philadelphia. From the position of the bodies jt was evident to the police that some 5 | area is central over Vermont and the in the| case of Alex Kenaboski, charged with | Saturday afternoon. | ness followed by snow late tonight or Tuesday; probably turning to rain Thursday; rising temperature; in- creasing east and southeast winds be- coming strong. Conditions: The pressure areas are well defined this morning. The high members of the Pucci family had made efforts to reach fresh air. low over Utah., Pleasant wWweather prevails cast of the Mississippi river {and unsettled rainy weather from the | Mississippi river westward. The tem- perature is rising in the western, but continues low in the eatern districts. linger was called to the Kenaboski| complaint that Alex had struck his| 1923 | New members will be elected for Great | 1 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather followed by increasing cloudiness with slowly rising tempera- ture. BIG DANCE At the United Hall, New Britain, Tuesday Fvening, Feb, 13th. Francis J. Egan will sing, Last Dance Before Lent, Dancing from 8 to 2 a. m. | | inferior make. 365 MAIN STREET —IN— Impossibiers. Bellew” McFARLAN & PALACE Vaudeville’s Best Singers “BERMUDA BOUND” 7 Clever Entertainers | Todiana, Pa, ¥eb, 12.~Andrew Po- laceka and four of his children were burned to death in & fire which de. stroyed their home in a remote of Indiana county yesterday, rs. Polgoeka, who was badly burned, was brought te a hospital here, where a few hours laer she became the mother of a little daughter, Phy- siclans said both would live, Polaceka, who had heen a steel worker in the mills of Johnstown, bought & little farm six months ago and moved there with his family, Neighbors in the vicinity yesterday discovered the house was on fire but when they reached the place they found that father and children were cut off from escapé by the flames, Mrs, Polaceka was found on the first floor badly burt, She was taken to a house not far away and last night brought to the hospital here, She was unable to throw any light on the cause of the fire, FREE STATERS ATTACK, A Launch Heavy Drive This Morning Against Irrcgulars’ Stronghold. Belfast, Feb, 12.—(By Assoclated Press.)—The position held by the Fe- publican leader Bofin in the Arigna mountains of County Cavan was at- tacked this morning by a large bodys of Free State forces, and heavy fight- ing 18 /in progress. “Bofin s credited with leading the recent attack on Bally-Connell and Belturbet, Hundreds of Free State troops have arrived in Belturbet in special trains, leaving by rall and in armored cars for the scene. OUCH! LUNBAGD * RUB PAINS FROM | SORE, LANE BACK Back hurts you? Can't straighten up without sudden pain, sharp aches and gwinges? Now listen! That's lumbago, sciatica, or maybe from a strain, and you'll get relief the mo- ment you rub your back with sooth- ing, pentrating St. Jacobs Oil. Noth- ing else takes out soreness, lameness and stiffness so quickly. . You simply rub it on your back, and out comes the pain,. It is harmless, and doesn't burn: the skin. Limber up!., Don't suffer! 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