New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1923, Page 13

4 non-individualistic regime, refec- tories, The east has always been turbulent, and Mt. Athos knows its east; so all the enclosures are forti- fied. Around the monasteries are ollve groves, vineyardd and other | fruit plantations, worked 4, by the monks and the lay brothers who to- gether make up practically the whole population of this strange region. “The government of Mt. Athos has been republican In form for more than 850 years—since 1060, six years before the Normans conquered Eng- land. Each monastery elects a rep- resentative who is sent to the cen- trally situated village of Karyes which is the capital. There the dele- gate occupies a dwelling owned by his abbey and constituting a sort of ‘embassy’ building. The twenty rep- resentatives sit as the most blessed assembly of the sacred mount, a parliament more venerable than that of London, if that body be dated from the recognition of the elective principle, The executive of Mt, Athos is a body of five monks ATHOS 1S GREECE'S EVELESS PENINSULA No Womien or Even Female Ani- mals Are Allowed in Community Washington, July 27.—“The Athos peninsula in Greece, to which the patriarch of Constantinople, head of ‘the Greek church, has retired because of pressure from the Turkish gov- ernment, is one of the queerest com- munities and has one of the strangest governments in the world,” says a bulletin from the Washington head- quarters of the National Geographic Bociety, “On the 200 odd square miles of |at another part of the post, had gone MRS, RICKNER IN JALL ON FEDERAL COMPLAINT Government Joins State in Charging Army Officer's Wife With Killing Him Anniston, Ala,, July 27.—Mrs, Eve- lyn Sue Rickner, who was at liberty ynder a $3,000 bond on a state charge of murdering her husband, Lieut. James C. Rickner, Eighth Infantry, at Camp McClelland, Is again in jail. Mrs. Rickner was rearrested when the federal government intervened in the case. A federal warrant was served on Marshall W. D, Harwell. Bhe was placed in a cell at the Calhoun coun- ty Jjall. Lieutenant Rickner was found at Camp MoClelland June 29, Mrs. Rickner, who had been staying by thirty-five residents of Anniston, whose wealth is estimated to repre- sent a total of at least a million dol- lars. After her release, she took up temporary quarters at the home of Bheriff W. P, Knighton while seeking employment in the city, and was there when she was rearrested. DENVER PRIEST GETS TWO YEARS FOR WET FORGERY Clergyman Also Faces Additional | Counts of Tllegal Possession and Transportation | Denver, July 27.—Father Walter A. Grace, Denver priest, convicted by a jury of forgery in connection with an application for a government permit to ship liquor into Colorado was sen- tenced yesterday to two years in the United States penitentiary at Leaven- worth, Kansas. A stay of execution was granted when his attorneys gave MACKAY & WALLIN “The Furniture and Drapery Shop” 63 MAIN STRFET Next to Methodist Church JULY SALE on REFRIGERATORS, CEDAR CHESTS, PORCH ROCKERS and BABY CARIAGES BABY CARRIAGES AND GO-CARTS — All re- $24.95 CEDAR CHESTS-- fine assortment of genuine Red Couch Hammocks—\We have placed all our couch | hammocks in two groups. Priced at-— $11.25 .. $14.40 Only a llmllr-rl Supply at Thr‘“ |'I|4‘<\\ PORCH ROrl\ rRS—I‘rI(‘l(I at— this rough peninsula which lacks little of being an island, it has been unlawful since 1045 for a woman to set foot. Morecover, so far is sex dis- crimination extended that female do- mestic animals are barred. Even the eggs and milk that tife good monks of Athos eat and drink must come, therefore, from farms safely across the border of the strange monastic republic that Athos harbora. Preserve Treasures of Byzantium. “The entire peninsula is given up to monastaries of which there are 20, mostly on the slopes or cliffs of Mt. Athos, the 6,350 foot promontory that rises near the outer end of the| headland. There are one ‘or more monasteries for each of the countries, or in some cases the communities that accept the Greek-rite—Greece, Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Anatolia, Constantinople and many others. The religious communities of Mt. Athos were the pampered children of By- zantium in its later days, and great wealth was showered on them by the| emperors, a number of whom so- journed there. The monasteries are today one of the richest repositories of the {lluminated manuscripts, statues, paintings, mosaics and other works of art produced in the heyday of that gilded Eastern Rome. “The monks of Mt, Athos have tra- ditions of the beginnings of their es- tablishments as early as the days of Constantine the Great, about 300 A. D. But history tells of the foun- dation of the earliest of the present monasteries, that of Lavra, in 969. The latest was established in 1545, a century after the fall of Byzantium, Monasteries Fortified. “Athos 1{s rough and Theavily wooded, with many goves and inden- tations, but with few landing places. The monasteries are in every con- ceivable situation; Bome on gentle slopes near the sea, some on lofty crags overhanging the beating surf, and others inland on shoulders of the Bacred Mountain. All consist of walled spaces in which are churches, | chapels, dwelling houses or dormi- ‘ tories, guest abodes, libraries, and ln the case of the establishments under United States Commissioner J. P. to his quarters a short time before he was found dying, The warrant under which Mrs. Rickner was taken in custody the second time was sworn out before United States Comrhissioned J. P. Whiteside by Willlam M. Gray, special agent of the department of justice, who has been here for the last tetn days investigating the case. It charged the deferfdant with murder. ‘Following the preliminary trial be- fore Judge Holman, July 11, Mrs. Rickner was released on a bond signed chosen by the monasteries voting in groups of four. Four of these exec- utives each keeps In his custody a| quarter of the great seal of the ‘re- public’ and the fifth, the secretary, carries a handle which locks the fragments properly together, Rang Only Bells in Turkey. “Until the Balkan wars which pre- ceded the World war, Mt. Athos was in Turkish territory. But ever sinca the advent of the Turks in Europe, the community has been privileged. It submitted to the Sultan Murad II even before the fall of Byzantium, and was dealt with lenlently, though required to pay tribute. The monas- teries of Athos for a long time had the only bells permitted to ring in the whole Turkish emplre, for bells are an abomination to the Moslem, But the use of bells was limited by the Turks, and the monks fell into the hablt of pounding a suspended beard instead. In many of the Mt, Athos monasteries It is still the dull thumps and whacks of such a bell- substitute that call the monks to rise fn the mornings and to gather for religious services.” notice of appeal and the cleric was re- leased.on hond of §5000. Father Grace still faces charges of illegal possession and transportation of llquor and of conspiracy to violate and evade of Volstead act. Bishop Henry Tihen of Denver would not state whether the Father | Grace convietion wpuld result in a change in his ecclesiasfical s(anding $3.50 $4. 75 wa $5. 95 Cedar Chests, A large roomy chest $24 95 oy %$27 50 - $29.50 Others a( Ants natlve to Argenting are said to | have been knewn to eat bables in| their cradles. i TRUNKS BAGS SUITCASES Large Selection of dependable Merchandise, $9.00 BAGS made of genuine Cowhide— 6 50 Black or brown. Priced from 0 SUITCASES—Fine assortment in matting, fibre, REFRIGERATORS—Only five more refrigerators to close out in our July Sale. 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