New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1930, Page 15

MINISTER DOES T FEAR MACHINE AGE Has No Fear It Will Eventually Desiroy Society Although this is the machine age and civilization and the Avhole scheme of living have been changed thereby, there is no danger of creating a Frankenstein which will eventually destroy ciety, according to Rev. Theodore A. Greene, pastor of the First Con- gregational chure In a sermon on Machine yesterday od and morning, Rev. Mr. Greene pointed out that baci of all machinery there lies the per- sonality of a human being, and that therefore any machine age of the present or future, must depend upon the human intellect. the He continue 'S0 far asthis city and this church @re concerned, practically all of us depend for our d and butter upon the machine and its pro- ducts. For us, therefore, there is no denying of the fact that this is a machine age and ours is a machine city. Take for cxample, a single day in the life of any man of aver- age means in this city. “The first thing he hears in the morning is a machine, a patented alarm clock. It calls and he obeys. But, it he does not. feel like obe ing, he can touch it on the back 2nd it relapses into siience. He arises and goes into the bathroom, warmed already by an electric heater. There after lathering his face, second machine, inserts a piece of pigskin between the rollers, moves it Driskly up and down and shortly scrapes his face with it. Then, sisted by various mechanical inven- tions, an oil furnace or a motor stoker, an electric stove, toaster, or cbpper-coffee percolator, as the case may be, he proceeds to warm his Louse and cook his breakfast. Be- fore he leaves home, the whine the vacuum cleaner is already in his ears. He then takes another ma- chine, starts a series of explosions n six or eight cylinders of an in- ternal combustion engine and sets out for the office or the shep. With foot and hand he pilots this machine down street, passing or halting be- fore three sets of automatic signal lights as he proceeds. But why should I prolong the story? Are we not all the slaves or masters of saachines? And must not all submit to daily drudgery, aided and abetted or tied hand and foot the machinery which we hayve made? “The hours of our slavery or de- pendence on machines will vary, of course, with our calling. I suspect (hat on the distaff side, the modern lousewife lives and works as much Ly machinery as her husband. that it may, most of us do not appear o be suffering from what the psycopathic doctors 'call ‘pro- longed monotonies, fatigues, and re- pressions “Probably our worst moments with machines arc confined to dodg- ing traftic downtown, listening to its roar by day and night. or perhaps performing the committal —servic:, ‘dust to dust, ashes to ashes' every morning and evening for the fa ily furnace. “The depressions which monly suffer from direct contact with machinery are certainly com- pensated by the helping hand whici it holds out. We do not often fecl like slaves, however we may appear to others. Our clocks and watches still hard masters, to be sur But so they have always been, is nothing nuw or ominous their No individual ing in social groups cever except within a limited area 1 wonder, serfously now, if mechanized hours toda put shackles on us than were to be found on the average citizen of Rome in {“e year 1 A. D. or in the year 1000 A. D. in China? Certain- Iy, both these cultures were largely innocent of cngmes as we know them today. Yet, you and 1 man- age to keep our ideas that God is good and that the universe is friendly. Some of us, it may be, ny the very naturc of our daily busi- ness in this industrial city are occu- _pied 10 hours a day with the oper- ations and products of machines, and yet I wonder if for us this ma- chine age is as bad as it is picturel. “There is no denying, of course, that the minds of Henry Adams and many other thoughtful men today re troubled by the question, d in the saddle or the machine here is no doubt others are puzzled by its corallary, ‘s man the mast: of the machine, which he has made, er has it mastered him?' At least three points of view on thisemuch mooted question deserve some rec- ognition here in our picture. “Iirst. there come those writers who are afraid of this machine civ flization and do not hesitate to say ®0. Samuel Butler was the fathcr of them all. But [ will pass by his ‘Erewhom’ here, and cite a more niodern critic, 1. M. Forster, as he pictures the bitter end of our me- chanical evolution in a single gra- phic paragraph from ‘The Machine Stops ““Imagine, room, bre we as weecom- are Ther: about liv- free, But Limamy. is mox if hexagonal you can, a small in shape, like the cell of a bee. It is lighted neither by window or by lamp, vet it is filled with a soft radiance. Ther. @re no apertures for ventilation, yet the air is fresh. There are no musi- cal instruments and vet the air is throbbing with melodious sounds. An arm chair is in the center, by its side a reading desk. 1In the arm chair sits a woman about five fer high with a face as white as a fun- su It is to her that this room be- longs. There are buttons and switches everywhe buttons to call for food. for music, for clothing, for a foot bath, for friends. “*This room though it contains next to nothing, is in touch with slfe cares for in the world. By side on the reading desk is a her sur- —————— e . ANNOUNCEMENT A large assortment of 1930 Bosch Radios will be sold at big reductions FOR DEMONSTRATIONS TEL. 3071-R CALL he takes a | as- p| to| B | our ! vival from the ages of clutter. This is the “Book of the Machine.” Is she is hot or cold, or dyspeptic or at a loss for a word, she goes to that book, and it tells her which button to press.’ “No such mechanized life, as th ever happened yet, of course. This is merely Forster's imaginative pic- | ture of the machine age carried to perfection. But, he takes pains to point out that it ends in the com- | plete cessation of life for the mass mankind. “Matching Forster in his pessi- mism one finds other critics of this present order in the pulpit and the press. Herce 'is a minister, Rev. Henry P. I'rost, declaring: ‘In this age of the machine. the shadow of the Frankenstein mon- ster, that we have made, falls across the upward-reaching pathway of the race. We arc all classified, stan- dized, regimented; while our hu- man life and individuality are not satisfied and developed.' And here is the disturbing diag- nosis of no less competent an ob- rver than Sir Philip Gibbs that we { ‘Either Kill off all scientists and inventors or cpmpletely reform man’s moral and intellectual nature. “Surely, this is a fearful picture indeed! “‘Second, of course. comes the brave battalion, the supporters of the ‘status quo’ in the machine age. They are dressed in bright scarlet and gold braid. Henry ord marches at their head, and behind him comes Charles A. Beard and others. ~ Mr. IFord insists. and naturally, for who has profited more by the machine * “The way to liberty, the way to equality of opportunity lies through power. The machine is only an in- |cident. The function of the ma- chine is to liberate man from brute burdens, to liberate his spiritual powers. Machinery is ac ing in this world what man has fail- ed to do by preaching. propaganda or the written word, ushering in the United States of the World.' “And Mr. Beard answers us that a decline of western civilization is simply unthinkable. We are differ- ent from Rome, Greece, Egypt, and | other agricultural civilizations which eventually decayed. Little wonder, then, that the Concord sage, Ralph Waldo Emerson, facing the prospect of this present scientific era back in the last century insisted: ‘I have never known a man as rich as all men ought to bestoday.’ “Third, and naturally clude in our picture what I choose to call here the 'FFence Rail Philoso- phers.” They sit on the high fence beside life's road today and watch the world go by. They are not down in the muck and mire, the grime and smoke of this industrial era, like most of us. Perhaps, there- fore, they have something to con- tribute to our point of view. In this group one will find such observers today as Harry Elmer Barnes, John Dewey and Henry Adams. “These, then, are the prophets of optimism and doubt to- day. But let's not take sides with any one of these until we have taken at least one fleeting look at the pro- gress of the machine and the man {behind it in the last hundred years and mere. “Some economists would have it that steam culturé has helped to treble the population of the world. Certainly the world's population has grown enormously from 700,000,000 in 1789 to 2,000,000,000 in 1925. It has brought agricultural folk in from the farms to the city. It has stimulated colonization and world empire. More mill workers have ne- cessitated more food producers. San itation, medical care, railroads, steamships, these all have helped. And some would have it that the steam engine was at the bottom of it all. But I wonder, I wonder if God hasn't been at work inside the pro- cess to “The smoke will be rising tens of thousands factories in Anrer ica this week. And millions of dol- lars will be paid in wares to men behind machines. Always man has wanted money. But, before steam, he could get along without it better. All previous cultures valued goods more than gold. A Yankee farmer in the old duys with wife and daugh- ters at home and sons in the field could get along very well, without much money. For he was in a posi- tion to feed and clothe his family without it. Not so today Few men and women, even mod- crn farmers, can get along now without cash. Millions of us neither make or sell anything that we can cat or wear. We should not be sur- prised then at the enthronement of money in our machine made civili- zation since it has a life-sustaining power today that it did not have 30, 60 and 100 years ago. We cannot fend for ourselves as did our ances- tors on these New England farms. KFor vast multitudes the machine job means money! And money means life? And lack of money accounts— I suspect—for more suicides than even broken hearts! “Admit all this, and still, T sa that man i™neither bettor, nor wors: off than he was before. Is it neces- sarily a more evil thing to be at the mercy of the weekly check in the factory pay roll than to be, as many of our ancestors were in the olden days, at the mercy of the tides and seasons, the Black Death and the Lord of the Manor, the Pig Sty and the Gods. Again, 1 do not believe it! “We hear a lot today about ma- chine-made’ habits and the dead is there in it, after all? Work habits and play with the years. No doubt about But cating. sleeping, mating, gossip- ing. schooling and churching, go on pretty much the same. ““As to the complaint that this ma- chine age has reduced man to one dead level and standard of behav- ior, I very seriously doubt it. Man's behavior, as always, is in a more or less constant state of flux. Man's be- havior, as always, is in a more or less constant state of flux. Perhaps the machine has destroyed many old folk ways. DBut remember, it has forced us to experiment also in a host of new ways! “If this were the time and place, I believe we could make out 2 good to prove that we have no such standardized codes, either in the field of cducation, or the trades and professions as was the case fifty and one hundred years ago. Since this is a Chureh of Jesus Christ however, let us confine our final observations to the field of religious thought and | practice. mplish- | we must in- | from | level of modern life. But how muck habits may have changed | itt | these | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MOND “Certainly, we have no standard- ized religious code in America today. A man can take his pick here of two kinds of Catholic churches and over a hundred different Protestant churches and sects. How far this is |from the unified pattern of belief and practice in the middie ages. Those were the good old days of re- | ligious unity with masses and fas days and feast days and penances and confessions and indulgences for everyone! Yes! Perhaps! But who wants to go back—even if we could —to all the crimes and superstitions of the middle ages practiced, some times in the name of our Christian faith. I ask you! “Let us not he faith either today or tomorrow! Until the machinist can show us a machine which made itself, runs it- self, reproduces itself without a per- sonality behind it and personality all through it, you and I may still hold ito the Christian view of life as the revelation of a person. and as the outworking of something more lik man than anything else we know And still further, we may insist that to get this Christian point of view and to live by it is the best and surest way to make all men the true sors of God we know we ought to be, and the final masters of every machine that we can build! Nor is this merely my opinion as a Christian minister. “One finds great comfort today in similar assertions in the works of such men as Streeter, Eddington, Pupin and Haldane. In fact. T doubt if we can possibly do better in con- clusion than to cite here the last paragraph of Professor Haldane's latest book. “‘The time is not far distant,’ he writes. ‘when our successors will look back with wonder at the ma- terialistic and mechanistic supersti- tions of these times in which we live. For our materialism and me- chanism is on the same level as our belief in witches and doctors. x x x When he understand the ‘real evi- dence that this universe is nothing but a spiritual universe and the manifestation of God present with- in us and around us, then, the churches can again teach in a man- ner that carries conviction to the multitudes, those words which have brought strength and peace of mind to so many through the ages. “For I am persuaded that neither death no- life, mor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, Our Lord"'". FAKE NAME CAUSES Driver Freed Alter Proving He Did Not Steal Automobile Stanley Szumalas, aged 23, who gave his address as 201 Central avenue, Norwich, and who was held all day Sunday and Sunday nignt without bonds while the policc !checked up on the ownership of an automobile which he was driving |and which bore an Illinois registra- tion, was discharged at today's sion of police court after having vleaded not guilty to a charge of | driving without a license. Szumalas was arrested yesterday morning ‘on Broad street by Motor- cycle Officer David Doty. When questioned, he gave the name of Peterson but changed his story and gave his correct name after further questioning. Thinking that the car, which ‘was registered in the namw of Peterson, a resident of Chicago, might“have been stolen Doty took the man to headquarters where he was held pending word from the Chicago police. After a check up had revealed that the car was not stolen and that Szumalas was driving it with the permission of his brother-in-law, whose name was Peterson and whose home was in Chicago, he wazs booked on a charge of driving with- out a license. In court today he said that it not necessary to have a licen: 10 drive in Illinois unless one is eni- ployed as a salaried driver. Juds Stanley Traceski had this story checked by a telephone call to th state motor vehicle department and when word came back that such was the case he discharged Szuma- las. is Slaps Wife For Talking David Haines, aged of South Main street, who was arrest- ed shortly after o'clock night by Sergeant Thomas I'eency. on a complaint made by his wif. that he had assaulted her was or- dered placed on probation by Judsas Stanley J. Traceski at this morning’s session of police court. Sergeant Feeney testified that when he went to the home in an- swer to a call from Mrs. Haines he found her in a highly nervous state. Her dress was torn and she stated to him that her husband had struck her. Haines, who pleaded guilty to th= charge, told the court that his wife talked too much. He further stated that he had stood a lot during his four years' experience with marriel life and that he lost his head Sat- urday following an argument anid slapped his wife's face. In passing judgment Judge Tri- ceski told the man that he had no right to take the law into his own hands regardless of the provocation. Bars Wife ¥From Home Andrew Huczyk, 48, of 14 Gilbert street, charged wjth drunkenness and breach of the peace was fined §5 without costs and placed on pro- bation by Judge Stanley Traceski. He was arrested by Sergeant Thomas Feeney at 9:30 o'clock last night when his wife made a com- plaint that he would not allow her to enter their home. Sergeant Feeney testified to find- 396 dren when he finally gained ad- mittance to the house. An open jack knife was in the pocket of the man’s shirt when he was found. Dishes were strewn about the floor #nd there was other evidence that there might have been a struggle according to the officer’s testimony. Huczyk told an incoherent story { When he was placed on the stand. ! The continued case of James Bot- tiglieri of 38 Beaver strect was again fearful for our ing Huczyk in bed with his two chil- | | cutor Joseph G. Woods. | arrested Thomas I | guilty of | another | officer testified that Augustin | ed three intersections WEEK-END IN CELL | lic service operator’s | ficult shots to the billi Saturday | AY, OCTOBER 20, 193 put over, this time for a week when 4 certificate from a doctor disclosed | that Jennie Listro one of the wit- ncsses was unable to appear. Bot- tiglieri is charged with breach of the peace and assault. The cases of Joseph Todzia, of 191 Droad street, charged with breach of the peace and assault, and those of Mary Milynarski and Walter Milynarski of the same address, both of whom were charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace were continued until Wednes- day morning at the request of At- torney Lawrence J. Golon, counsel for the three. William Valentine, aged 26 of 47 Millard street, who was arrested last ght by Sergeant Feeney and Of- ficer Thomas Tierney on a complaint that he had ulted his mother was released before court by Prose- The czyk of case 20 ggainst Helen Kowal- Daly avenue, who was turday by Sergeant eney and charged at this morning’s session of police court | with being in danger of falling into habits of vice was continued for one week. ear old youth was fined $ thout costs when he was found a charge ot breach of the peace and assault which grew out of ! desire on his part to force a| smaller boy to stop fighting with | bey not quite his age or of 43 Orange size. He was arrested by Sergeant Feeney and Officer O'Day at 11:4 o'clock last night and pleaded guilty to the charge as read at this morn- ing's session. speeders Fined $10 Hiag Yessian, 242 Hartford nue. was fined $10 and costs afte | having pleaded guilty to the charge of speeding. He was arrested Sunday afternoon by Officer Fred Wagner who follow- ed him through South Main street from Franklin square at a speed al- leged by the officer to be in excess of 35 miles per hour. The caught up with Yessian when he wa forced to stop at a red traffic light at the intersection of South Main and Ellis streets. Edward Augustine, aged 13 of Lyman street, arrested by Offic William O'Day about 10:45 o'clock last night and charged at this morn- ing's session with speeding pleaded not guilty to the charge. Officer O'Day testified to having chased the youth from the corner of | Myrtle and Curtis streets to the fn- tersection of West Main street and Corbin avenue. During the chase the pas at a rate of alleged greater than 35 miles | per hour Judge Traceski $10 and costs. Drives Taxi at Funcral The case against Julian Jozwick, | charged with driving without a pub- speed fined the youth | license was con- tinued until - Wednesday mornin; Jozwick who is 20 years of age lives at 42 Silver strect He was arrested Thomas Feeney after he had to report back to Officer Delbert Veley who discovered him driving a taxicab in a funeral without hav- ing a public service license. When he failed to return to officer within a nable tim Veley went to his home on Silver street. He spotted the youth stand- ing in the doorway of a store. Whe Joswick sighted the officer he ran through ihe store and escaped by tie | back door. The officer had a warrant sworn out for his arrest and this was serv- ed last night by Sergeant Thomas Feen, A charge of passing a traffic light placed against David Apter of 17 Maverick street, Chelsea, was nollcd | on payment of cos The continued case of Roger I McKinstry of 53 school street, Hept- ford, who was charged with specd- ing, was nelled on payment of costs. BERNT BALCHEN Hackensack, N. J., The Bergen Lvening copyrighted story Balchen, chief pilot arctic expedition, urday to Miss Brooklyn The R.cord said place at the Iirst Ref of the Palisades. Coyte few friends attended An oval introduced by rgeant | failed dhe MARRILE: Oct. 19 (B— Record in a today said Bernt ¢ the Byrd ant- was married Sat- Emmy Soerlie, of | wedding toox | rmed church ille. Only a billiard t which offe: ble has hbeen more dif- rd expert. TODAY ONLY A Sure Cure for the Blues Marie Dressler and Polly Moran The Screen’s Funniest Team “Caught Short” A laughing Panic Co-Featuro ‘The Duke Wrangler’ A Story of & Pansy Cowboy Starring GEORGE DURYE Serinl—Comedy—Novelties T Tad DAY 's Mighty “The Cuckoos” With and WEDNESDAY Carnival of Fun the World's Greatest Comedy Team Bert Wheeler and R Hit Comedians of “Rio Woolsey Rita" Co-Feature ofiicer | | Two of the " appear t seen | new Lana U {unheeded and the consequences pro- | ficld ; Policeman ter | = "r' /\\;_.g.-{~7, i '_.:‘ TN e P=4 Unless otherwise Indicated. theatrical notices aad reviews in this column are written by piess agencies for the respective amusement company. AT THE STRAND Comedy, drama and pathos were meter out in pleasingly balanced portions to audiences last night at the Strand theater and will be pre- sented again today, tomorrow and | Wednesday, when Universal's talking version of John novel “Sincerity " under the title of “A Lady Surrenders, its debut here, and scor hit The the some n EMBASSY THEATER Breezy is the word that adequate- ly describes “Maybe It's Love,” the Warner Bros. and Vitaphone com- edy-grama which is now playing the Embassy theater. a lightfully entertaining picture, im- parting the caref gaiety and ro- mance that is part of medern college life. Young people will adore it while the old-timers can sit back and cnjoy a few and amusing memories. One of the outstanding this film is the fact that it tains & genuine “all-America” grid- ron cley This is the first time that a real team of this sorl has ap- peared in production and more interesting is the fact that cach hoy has a role. And how they play football COMEDY WILL BE GIVEN It is a de- ali- Erskine's sereen rad i a great of in agel new feature, which best to grace local onths, features Conrad sith Hobart and Genevieve "obin and Basil Rathbone. The attraction’s initial placed its stamp of emphat proval the production quent during the ot film play and lobb: following the showing has production the ruting of one of pictures ever made. the novel with uner- to “A Lady story of a bor- a good-looking and well-t band and hool girl frie wife is one sereens of con- Rose rdicnce, ap- fro- a sereen on by applause alkin IFollowing ring adherence Surrende lls th a “Applesauce,” Play Selected for Fifth Annual Offering on AT THE CAPITOL This week's offering of the New York Players, beginning Monday, October 20th, at the Capitol theater | .vorvdny life, has been selocted affords Miss Isabel Jewell the ob- procentation by the St. Joseph Play- portunity of showing hisiricnicier Siisaias ey s oA e e abilities to the utmost. The picture | j¢ 404 i e At Versloihofgihis dulay, auite dif-'yunua) fall oftering by the St. Jo- ferent from the original spoken | .on ™ players whose productions drama version, and local theater| SR8 SR R as amons goers will be able to see it as Dre- |y, cjassics of local amateur d sentedidn MNewe Tor: wben BUIeR|ootes iiNe for the present Hayes' interpretation of Sl 1 o osed ofl everal Norma S drew such laudatory applause from o O ed in previous the metropolitan L productions, assisted by others who ‘lhl,"”_,‘mos"’::‘n'!:“ 4 ‘:’:iifi(’:g:: will tread the boards for the first light-hearted belle of a small Vir- | 110 e ml”"h:“":i ‘fi””’&t{'“”(g:: £t aplilbes 1.0 dmennal o0 '“?dl Catherine Callahan, May O’Sullivan, despatring _ womanhood. “Emotional IR (ELEMI AL DL [ helghts that might well test 14| itobert Regan and Joseph Callahan. it final pussages v | Rehearsals are being held several o Tea. did not | times cach week under the direction “Apron Strings” will be!Of John F. Callahan, veteran coach, whose ability is attributed much week. They are Franklin . = = nt productions George and Hellen Tenney—sterling i plavers who actec this play for playen sHopactaynthstplt O'Brien i ting as stage man- the Messrs. Anhalt in their success i s e S ful season of stock in Connecticut R e this past summer. Naturally each p"“ i RUSLSIEY S e i he play BILLIARD PLAY each player's prominence will Played off in November 19-20. her was cast the of sees and ! { qualities reached in ) this of by i ager charg with the success of reci this group of players. vary in consequence. Written in its original { Ann Preston Bridgers. | Raleigh, North Carolina, and grad uate of Smith College, “Coquetts reveals everyday life in the home of {2 physician and leading citizen of a southern town. Instinctively a co- | quette, Norma continues her gentls | philandering until becomes cn- meshed with a youth of wayward lazy habits. A family crisis arises when Dr. Besant forbids her to sec her suitor. His warning goes form by native of several Matches are Partnership Tournament at Rogers Parlors. she veral games were played last week in the partnership pcehet billiard tournament being conducted at Rogers Billiard parlors. bellis and Swanson defeated Wallace and Augustine 75 to 60. Pienkowski and Dagata defeated Pilarski and Jonhson 75 to 58. Moore and Suess defeated Coggins and T. Schubert 75 to 48. Pilarski and Johnson defeated Coggins and Schube 75 to 51. Pienkowski and Dagata defeated Broski and Gurnicki to and A. Rekus and Savoie defeated Yaco- bellis and Swanson 75 to 59. vide the somewhat tragic ¢ the play. TO ATTEND SHOWE About 70 guests from Mt. Y., Hartford, Middletown, and New Dritain attended a shower yesterday at the home of and Mrs. Bdward Musz- voski, 188 McClintock in henor of Policeman Muszynski's s Mrs. James Gineo of Mt. Ver formerly Miss Josephine Mus i of New Britain The home was attractively decor- ated in pink and blue and Mrs Gineo received many appropriat gifts. The novelty syncopators and a girls' orchestra in charge of Mr. Wacker provided music and Walter Paluch of North street favored with tenor solos. Vernon N Spring street, matches are as follows: Yacobellis' team, Wallace's team vs. Rekus' team Wallace's team vs. Moore's team, Pilarski's team vs. ‘Wallace's team, Broski's team vs. Coggins' team, Pienkowski's team vs. Yaco- bellis' team and Rekus' team vs. Moore's team. Tonight' Briski's team vs. TASCISTS LOSE VOT! Hamburg, Germany, Oct. The Fascists received only votes in the Hamburg municipal and state clections. results of which innounced today the recent Reighstag elections party obtained votes 20.—P) BANK CLEARINGS Bosto, ct 200 (UP) clearings $68.00 Balances, $3 were In the nges, 00,000, Warner Brothers - EMBASS Has the Big Pictares COME BY BUS, RUN, WALK— But get here and see the world" doe T, funny man. Brown, in the greatest and footbail romance cver shown funniest Wed.. Thurs., Iri. ‘SEA WOLF” “Lilliesof the Field" E GRIFFITH und Shorts starring CORIN Selected THURSDAY—FRIDAY “Romance” with GRETA GARBO COMING SOON “All Quiet on the Western Fron(” Coming Saturday BOW Now More Fun sSelected ERALD SULLIVAN ShoelEuplects At the Mighty Organ FOX NEWS hours of renewed youth | features | BY'ST. JOSEPH'S CAST | a breezy comedy of | for | at | i 1 | sinking craft ashore. | recently Yaco- | PR e S Prisoners “Fish” Liquor Out of Store Room sttysburg, Pa., Oct. 20 (UP)— This is fishing story, but it in- cludes neither fish por water. Sheriff George D. Morri of Adams county, investigating the unusual hilarity of the prisoners and the popularity of a certain cellroom, discovered county prison inmates industriously ‘“fishing.” The *‘catches” were bottles of liquor and beer. Loose flooring above cellar room in which state police stored contraband beverages seized in raids to the *“wina room™ of the jail A fish g pole made from z broomstic nd a twisted bedspring permitted the prisoners to haul the bottles. The sheriff had a new and stouter flm)'\ g laid above the a a gave access BERLIN NEWS (Continued From Page Nine) 1 evening at 8 o'clock in hei Community hall. The Knights of I tomorrow evening mmunity hall. The Kensington Junior football cam gave the East Berlin Ju yesterday afternoon by score. The Kensington boys running attack that did not seem to be The locals need more their opponents showing a hotter and more experienced eleven A fow of intcnsive practice should result in u tight battle be- tween the two teams Another whist and held next Thursday « St Gabriel's 1 rooms. To will be played “Church Night” vill again be ob- served at the Methodist church on Thursd evening. Announcement to prozys be made later. in rooms at thias will meet at 8 o'clock at iors a smooth the local boys hle to solve. practice, weeks social will be ning in the hurch so- iccopal E and whist cial bridge as am will Schooner’s Captain Saves 34 Men Off Lightship New York, Oct. (UP)—Rescue oi 34 men from a floundering fish- ing boat off Ambrose Lightship was revealed today Capt F chwartzman the fisherman Colonia. Schwartzman said his craft pick- ed up the crew and passenge off the yacht Gage in 5 mile gale near the Ambro: fishing banks ye terday. The Gage was taking water badly, although the pumps manned by constant rela sailors After all hands had been taken off the Gage, Schwartzman told coast guard headquarters, third vessel hove in sight and offered to tow the Nothing was today however believed the by of a were s of cen of the Gage and the coast guard s cral alarm. 1 boat foundered was of bhoxers six, for an *no abil- Of seven in indefinite pe ity. suspensions California od. charged ank | Papers Show English-!t S.' Break Was Also Near Washington, Oct. 20 (UP)—Reves ¢ lations that Germany was ready for | peace in the world war as early &as | 1916, two years before the armistige, are contained in documents pertain= ing to war-time negotiations made public by the state department after 14 years of scerecy. Th reve 1.000-page supplement also als that a delicate situation exe isted in the latter part of 1916 be= tween Great Britain and the United | States, resulting from the former alleged interference with, commeree. nation's American "'I'hn interferenc pped from with goods: York to the ¥ hthnnm created/a situation simi- lar to that that would be presented should the British authorities inter= with coastwise trade between York and New Orleans,” the department informed the cmbassy. “This government permit interference on the British authorities with between American ports.” Ready Earlier in Year It was understood that the docu= ments were ready for release earlier this vear, but were held up for fear of hindering disarmament negotia= tions at the London naval confer= New state British cannot art of co re President Hoover, who at the time was supervising relief work in Bele gium, was approached, according to memorandum from Walter Hines Page, then ambassador to Great Britain, with the suggestion that he Ip German attempts to bring wbout peace. On October 11, 1916, Page cabled the state department} “Hoover was recently approached By a man in Brussels who has cloSe relations with German government | with a request to convey a peace feeler to British government. Hoo= ver declined.” | Peace overtures were frequent in 1916. On December 12 the central | powers conveyed a definite peade offer to the allies, “In reality the overture made by the central powers is but An at- tempt calculated to work upon the evolution of the war and of finally imposing a German peace,” said the | allied governments’ return note. Kaiser Sought Peace Larlier that year, on May 2, 1916, James W. Gerard, then American ambassador to Germany, informed the department affer a conference with the kaiser he had “hest reason to believe Germany will wekome mediation (of President Wilson) and any steps he may take loo'¢'ng to peac To all of the feelers put out by Germany or neutral governments the British replied they felt the peace overtures on the part-of the central were insincere and *ealeus lated to place responsibility fr coli= tinuing, the war upon the allies. a powers USE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS CAPITOL Nightly Mat. (Wed., sat.) Theater New Britain BUY YOUR SERVED SEATS IN ADVANCE TELEPHONE 1230 500 ORCHESTRA SEATS 50c¢ N TO CHEAT IF TRAPPED INTO See the Answer In This Starding Drama H MARRIAGE? SURRENDERS’ See a Wife's Side and Husband's Side of This Shocking Question! with CONRAD NAGEL and GENEVIEVE TOBIN ‘Warner Bros NOw PLAYING STRAND Continuous 1:30 Till 1t P. N