New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1926, Page 8

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The Herald fs on sale dally in New A Hotaiings_Nowsstand, Ti Jork 2% gehuiz's” Newssiands, Entrasce Grand Central, 42nd Street. e «ROAD PESTS” WHO “BUM" RIDES Along the well-traveled trom New Britain to Ha; to Plainville, other plk “road overworked right thum induce to “give e Considering that the strangers toists, and considering t be crooks, b gentry among those who are well- meaning and respectable, the busi- them is ord and long _the the and all they are who hold alo found pests” » and autoists in most instances are unknown to au- ere may ms and evil-minded ness of accommodating fraught with danger. 1t has occurred repeatedly “pumming rides” has resulted bold hold-ups, sometimes in mur- der. Most autoists would be perfectly willing to give a ride to everyone discovered walking in the same di- rection upon the highways. What deters them, however, is common sense. The ‘road pest operate their own cars. Let them find that out. in " should buy and A GOOD DISCOVERY IN PLAINVILLE The agitation about tt stopping place of Connecticut com- changed pany trolley cars in inville has led to This has to do with the fact for an important discovery that et space too the cars occupy long a time. Not only utilize the street trip, but it receives long frec ing space the highway. The same holds true of the E tol & Plainville car terminal stop in the same town. The trolley cars long periods just where they make of themselves the greatest possible does the company for reversing the park- of the in middle are parked for menace to traflic. Well, then, what is to be done about it? The cars have got to stop some- where, the companies will reply. One way to'solve fhe difficulty would be to keep them moving. Another would be to induce, per- suade or force the companies to provide their own prive —something Wl should been done years ago in both Plain- ville and New te ferminals ich have Britain. GETTING RID OI IN THE CI of the SMOKE s jokes about One Pittsburgh is that the n't h or launder bury them. Which is by the murky 1sizing black at- mosphere due to from factory ck That Willia sald it was prevent smoke possi to from ¢ should pit the air dollars in rgh And cities worth som which & neys as cl Such Ne oces BBut there othe Pittsburgt il as filled with foundrie smoke screen the ever-present locomotives New Haven stuff. Yet plaints of a phere In this city. We chimneys, quered the therefrom. railroad there have have the factoric ation claim that provide more the New Haven smoke {our factories. What is it about New with a show of probability locomotives than clouds Britain NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1926. Radio And The Churches Also a Few Philippics Upon Sunday Automobile Com- re-publication of | that | atmos- | fanlt of their own have lost their that has created this ideal condi- tion despite the location of its many factories here? Simply that the city contalns an bath—Future Depends Others Hustle to Meet abundance of trees. Some simple folks think trees are only good for providing shade in the summer time or adding to the | The man se are days when every clergy- | worthy of the cloth ense the effect of modern tions upon church attendance. Clergymen know fully that many of people autoing the smooth highways while are preaching their sermons. know equally as well that golf, indulging | strolling in the tries to the streetscapes. inven- | ve a utilitarian value beauties of But they | also, the p tion of the atmos- phere. Where there is the atmosphere always scems to be all right. 1t is, | chemist thousands are a forest of trees|over they They others are playing in other sports, parks, or reading Sunday pe They are also aware that church services are being heard the | making it possible for every to be dialed with a service too. The trees are nature's —— newspa- THREE BANDITS TO LESCAPE DEATH ATL nor Fuller of Massachusetts over Gover had a connection air, home taking place in some of worship decision to make in the three painful with carbarn metropolitan hundreds bandits who murdered a watch- | | man in Walth and sentenced to be exe- | house of m and were caught, | convictea miles away. inclined Some of them are | “view with alarm.” cuted. As Governor Smith of New York said some time ago, placing the re- The disbanding of the Grand | practically to | sponsibility of commuting a death upon a governor inflicts disagreeable | Avenue Baptist church in New Ha- | sentence [inet most e ol and ven the other day no doubt added the feeling of insecurity. of tasks in connection with the of-|!® i The New Haven church case m not be typical, but it will garded ag symptomatic. Here was a church lhe problem confronting the chusetts governor was particu- onerous in view of the fact 1B | 275 having be re- larly LRI bandits did not | Members —' not a large congrega- killing, merely | being engaged in the robbery when the third fired the fatal shot. But the law is plain and of long standing in Massachusetts — those who are engaged in a robbery while | murder is committed are all equal- ly guilty of the murder. and a good mamy citizens of the Bay state can well | doubt the justice of the law. But it is not the governor's busi- ness to place his personal opinion | above the law. He didn't. sonable | fended that the cipate in the son’s sala [took a ligious Once upon a time they took such | a vital interest, for the church | kept going for 55 years. But in re- cent years the attendance had dwindled to an average of 25 per- sons each Sunday. It is a pretty hard for a minister of the gospel to put effort into his work with only persons in front of him on a Sunday morn- ing. It appears that the other members spent their Sundays automobiles, and some played golf. With situation to face, the congregation decided to disband. vital interest in their re- | duties. The governor task He could find no rea- Also counsel de- there was a error 250 the prisoners; and a jury of unusual in- oo | fair tri telligence. The state supreme court, when appealed to, could find no flaws in the verdict or the method | of arriving at it. But in spite of all this, the gov- expected by numerous to override judge, jury court. Irrespective of this distressing ]1 Nothing was sald about the in- fluence of the radio in this instance; perhaps if the church had contin- ued | developed in connection with form of competition. It can scarcely be denied that if | ernor w petitione: and supreme | | longer complaints would have the seemingly ar- this of equal responsi- governor could do mno less than to wash his hands of the | the seeker for religious counsel can | matter. e | obtain an address delivered by any | of the foremost preachers of the| day over the radio with no more cffort than incident to turning a dial; when he can hear a highly | efficient sing beautiful an- chaic principle new | bility, the | injustice of expecting chief executive to spare lives con- under such clear- | mstances of guilt under | by law | demne jeut circ the law, is It is the apparent. ¢ of governors to en- | force the law, not set it aside To the families three oung men it is a terrible tragedy. well choir thems in perfect nuance; when he can hear a master organist play a| magnificent organ;—when he ‘ hear all this by remaining at home | he is less likely to go to the trouble of attending a church a few blocks or a mile away and listen to inferior preacher, an inferior choir of the can They are connected, have a powerful leglon of friends, and the | public of the state — at least that {part heard from — seems inclined o {10 be in a merciful mood. The day they read about the |OF an inferior organist. For it is unlikely that any but | shocking and cold-blooded murder, | | however, the mood of the public|the finest of church services would | {tion, but a suficlency to keep the | | edifice in repair and pay the par- | y on time if all members | | ounce of ability into t abouts groans of petition, Golf and Other Sports on the Holy Sab- Upon How Parsons and Modern Conditions. e put “on the air.” And every church service finest — they can be made good |ana satisfactory, but the superlative cannot apply to all. Yet there is a silver lining to the | cloud difference between a church There is a “listening in" and being present at one. The one to curiosity, on service method is a hostage |the other an expression of re emotions and duty. fact that effort church service over the air detracts The very it requires no to hear a from its value as a religious ex- | perience. A church service over the radio | under the category of en- a fitting Sunday pro- in the hiatus between comes tertainment; gram to fill jazz programs. Church programs over the whether they in- religion be the can uplifting; still urge for into | hearers is doubtful. They are syn- | not compelling. hetic, But such analysis will help the churches wunless they help no mselves. hey can compete with the radio but it will require effort Radio competition will be a good thing for the churches if it com- pels such effort. Let the ministers put fulfillment every Let the concomitants s be means of their tasks. the servi attractive permit. Let of as as resources and there be no dodging of progressive ideas, no dallying with realities and the needs of the times. “Pep up,” within reason. Discard the funereal complex and take on the bright and vivid colors of a joyful occasion. Let every Sunday have the clang | | and pomp of Easter. If a sermon of an hour or there- can be condensed into a more forceful one lasting 20 minutes, choose the twenty. It the choir must the boiling anthems. Make the not extempori sing, let it be best of music, and fewer organists yield effort, tion. Repair the organs, keep the make them sound like tune, peals of heavenly music. Take despair from out pipes. That's the way the radio can help churches, by forcing them to standards — much the adopt higher higher standards — and survive. It's the way to break the auto- mobile habit of a Sunday morning, the allurements y to attract to splice the the way of Sunday goif, the multitude, In other words, 1 given opportuniti alive to God- ‘“flx not so merciful. At that time 3 { business of helping the farmers, he | | most. but not because of the | The mistake the three young|'le government in business” | | the instinct for revenge was upper- admi | slogan. Who is helped depends upon who the recipient happens to be, he goes on to men made was to start out upon the | marauding expedition. The three intended to rob automobile | | went forth armed, points out. And then | and kin, had handy for a quick getaway. There can he say: “As and an compared to the above farmers an insignificant number of when | MR formed a company and went into the business of digging a waterway knowy the Cape Cod nal. Tt Is not apparent who they were, or are; that information is locked in the breast of a prominent New York attorney. It no doubt they as- responsibility and none the lot | sumed eq rted out, knew to of firing | they s whom would fall A« fatal shot. two who | #0C" entitled | | *Now the friends of the fire claim they are |interest of abst |in temperatur | didn’t was not a success from a money than the the to receive less blame ‘not in business' present administration is in favor of takin the project oft their hands by pa ing them $13,000,000 on an es- timated cost of only $2.500,000 other; while friends of actual forth the claim he was psy- er a slayer put mentally irresponsible, which opathic experts denled a thorough examination. water- in help- ndsomely these nd so chary recoup %o h W Arme: ing the grain farmers? Which again proves that The whole case has the usual rmarks of an attempt to avold shment | irguing helpless governor thankless task of |js one of the 1 decision, had perhaps r | verbal undertakings. THE KOPCENZSKI CASE poor ; but no one can claim | (Waterbury Republicany fis dld inot do his duts | The National Crime commission, in making recommendations for in the penal laws recently, the opinion that when it that an innocent has been convicted the to reimburse him for done by the miscarriage of | Tt is equally true that 50| will have a| 3 R | change A STRONG REJOINDER \‘,}\'I"LF a FROM A FARMER | is of the found the damage justice. when a small H., appears to write a few tural topics when he took his pen in hand |a long period of time, although the | not charged with any offense, he should be compensated for the damage done him. Such a person had | js peter Kopcenzski, who was re- leased from the Hartford county il Tuesday after being held for | more than two years at the in- stance of the government. Five vears ago he was convicted of sell- ing stolen to jail for three years. Heserved his Thomp- | 1°M. but hassince been held in jail : . | while the government, supposedly, To call them radicals | nas been trying to get the govern- | trifle mfr‘mrm of Poland to agree to his de- outrageous, he ! portation to that country The government has been guilty lenounce what a writer in Herald had farm ‘“radicals” he on to say about calculated qutte ts on hand to ! r a come-back aind re have t unneces- improbable. sen 600,000 western farmers who through no 1l in farms and homes, Mr son points out sore ‘ point of view, but we learn that the | |showers fonight Why is the government so eager to | | disturbance with an embattled farmer nowadays world’s most thankless | | partly person | ought | | |east, in which “deep felt gratitude” |welcome fur coat and was sent | to leave his trade asa paint- reimbursement for not only in the act justice, but also to promote his respect for the gov- ernment of the country In which been followin er. He deserves his lost earninj Ihe is apparently going to continue. Observation On The Weather Washington, Aug. 6.—Forecast for Southern New England: Cloudy tonight and Saturday; probab! ghowers Saturday ich ¢ ast wind New York: occasional not mod- not m fresh ¢ Eastern probably and Saturda: much change in temperatur erate northeast winds. Conditions: A well defined area low pi upper Michi- gan ettled showery in the upper Mississippi valley and Another Carolina is middle area. of high sure central over North Dakota is producing pleasant wea a decided fall temperatu western districts, Conditons favor for this vicinity cloudy weather followed local showers and not much change in temperature. Forecast Partly cloudy lake over causing heas An her in the with by Coolidge Radios Best Wishes to Prince Washington, Aug. 6 (P—In an ex- change of felicitations by radio yes- terday, President Coolidge expressed the hope to Crown Prince Gustafus rson has been detained in jail for |of Sweden that his contact with the people of the United States had left him “with no doubt of th friendship for Sweden.” he message was sent through the o department in response to one ceived from the crown prince, who is on the Pacific bound for the far was expre: for the “very cordial extended the prince and princess during their stay in the United States. GOING TO PARIS Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug, —Dr. Anton Bast. Methodist £ pal bishop of 6P isco- ndinavia, is about for the Politik- Parfs, says cannot be of the | radio | | 1em | lady; pot- | saxophone | for disturbing the [ who | arrested. FactsandFancies BY ROBERT QUILLEN No complaint can be made of the purchasing power of a dollar down. Money talks, France say the | lost its voice. but reports franc has from almost insects one tter is lost. | What strange | when the fly-sw sees Success is a matter of arriving, whatever the objective When we violate one of nature's laws there is no doubt about the | verdict. Ask the man who knows it all to approximate the length of eternity. The only thing that makes a fliv- ver ride as a blg car is a quart. as ecasy ¢ think money is your | but Mr. Dollars never of the story. You r best friend lls his side Under prohibition fewer men | the keyhole with them when | go away from home for the cvening. | | —_— | They come in outlandish shades | | now, making them look like the last hose of summer. | carry they | A shortage of mothers would be | | one of the greatest afflictions that | could fall upon this country. | | The best education is the kind that enables a man to figure out his | shortcomings. | summer, with the doors and win- | dows open, is the wrong season for | i family quarrels. “Distribution is the greatest prob- | of our times.” Ask the stout she knows. The pedestrian docsn’t even have | a choice of ambulances. He must accept any model that is offered. How did it ever happen that man woman steal his peacock feath- leaving him nothing but a bright hatband for his own parade? refrigeration has ates would have annexation of Since electr! come the United § little interest in | the North Pole. There is a story in the news of the player who was arrested | peace. Just shows | what prejudice will do. The fellow | beats the bass drum is never Americanism: Riskilg one's life | to reach the office five minutes | earlier. Taking time out to read | the sport page. (Protected by Publishers’ Syndicate). 25 Years Ago Today The charge of W. E. Allen against | | Otiicer Alfred 15, Atwater was aired before the police board last night. Atwater, who is a milk- man and makes an odd dollar by doing police duty, was patrolling the streets on the night of July 3 when hilarious Young America was abroad. He encountered a band of young men and put one of them under ar Ihis one, Allen imed had been maltreated by the supernumerary. Atwater testified that the youth had no coat or col- lar and so when he broke from his grasp he had to secize Allen by the rest. 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Alderman Cur- creatad a L the city | collector's accounts and Councilman «ghorn wanted to know when a cport the investigations would forthcoming. The mayor said : was waiting for a few more acts und would then make known resulis of the search. After a long fight in which Aldermen Curtis and Pinches took the nega- | tive side, the council voted to order walks laid on the northern end of Washi on street. In sever places, r. Curtis said, the walk will be below the grade S Shurberg w given permission to connect his Elm street property with the public sewer. The local Y. M. T. A. & corps. participated in the | Bridgeport today. When echool Officer MeCue tion to the ate council meeting ecze over on street B. drum contest at reopens uant will devote his atten- that the law providing that no one under 16 vears of age shall work there in strictly enforced. The summer school of the Swedish hany church will close its se 1s next week. Rev. Gustave Lihl has conducted it in pereon. The attendance has not been below 60 on any day. factories and see SPAIN ASKS MEETING Geneva, Aug. 6 (A—The anish government has asked for a second session of the special League of Na- tions committee dealing with the question of the composition of the league council. This s belicved here to indicate that Spain has some fresh proposa: to make with regard to her claim for a permanent seat IDIFFICULT DECISIONS | ¥ § { —— WHETHER TO 60 ON WAGING SOMNOLENT WARFARE AGAINST ° THE LONE MOSQUITD IN THE ROOM. OR TO MAKE THE SU EFFORT OF GETTING UP, PUTHING ON THE LTS TR AND GIVING PITCHED BATTLE of Inexcusable delay. Peter has lost [en, having completed his sentence of two years in which he might have |three months. There are some, indeed, Who| The administration is not in the on the council. . {Copyright, 1926, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc)