CHURCH PEOPLE
MEET TO SOLVE
WORLD UNREST
Industrial Problems to Be Dis
cussed From Every Angle
at New York Sessions
XPW York, Oct. 2.—Representa
tives of seventy-five Evangelical
denominations met to-day in the
Hotel Pennsylvania for a two-day
conference on the present industrial
and social unrest. Dr. Fred B.
Fisher, chairman of the industrial
relations department of the Inter
church World Movement of North
America, in opening the first session,
characterized the conference as
marking an epoch in religious his
tory and the first step in an active
and united participation of protes
tantism in the industrial crisis.
"Human life has prior rights over
every other value," he said, "and
the failure of the Christian world to
recognize this simple fundamental
Christian teaching is the cause of
the present industrial chaos."
To Discuss Problems
The industrial problems will be
discussed from every angle during
the conference, which was called by
the Interchurch World Movement,
whose platform, adopted by its gen
eral committee last week at Cleve
land, calls for energetic activity by
the Evangelical churches of the
country in the solution of social and
economic questions. The findings of
the conference probably will be laid
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TJf IMSDAY EVENING,
Service Men Who Marched Together in Parade^
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to a DUCK 18 represented in this crow d. and the devil dog iparines have one of their number in the picture, too. The Bell Company is very proud cf the representation it had in the
service of the country, and this picture was taken opposite the building of the company, in order that every man might have some lasting memorial of himself in uniform with his
fellow employes. r 0 *
before the President's industrial
conference 011 October 6 at the
White House and before the Inter
national Labor Congress, which be
gins October 29 in Washington.
Leading figures in the religious,
industrial and financial world are
attending the conference.
Taft Invited to Speak
Among those who have been invit
ed to speak are: Ex-President Taft,
Secretary of Labor Wilson, Frank
A. Vanderlip, Howard Coonley,
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor: War
ren E. Stone, head of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers; Col.
Davftl Carnegie, England's represen
tative to the Canadian conference on
the Whittley system: Bishop F. J.
McConnell, of the Methodist Episco
pal Church; Frank Crouch, head of
the Industrial Commission of the
Protestant Episcopal Church; John
Willis Baer, moderator of the Pres-
byterian General Assembly, and
others.
The subjects on the program in
clude: "The Present-Day Unrest,"
"Organized Labor Movements," "A
Minimum Standard of Living," "Co
operative Movements," "Agricultu
ral and Migratory Labor," "Racial
Relations," "Immigrant Labor" and
the "Responsibility of the Church in
Industrial Matters."
"If the principles of Christianity
are applied to the social and in
dustrial situation in America our
problems will be solved," Dr. Fisher
said.
"The church must insist that the
Christian ethics that have stood the
test of two thousand years and have
been the standard of Christian civi
lization here and abroad must be
applied to corporate as well as to in
dividual relationships.
"It is high time the church ele
ments of this country took a hand
In the industrial situation. We have
been adopting resolutions repeating
platitudes and drawing up state
ments of principles, the only results
being to take them from our archives
and revise them to suit some new
crisis.
Church Alone Silent
"The ex-bartender, politician,
lawyer, employer, worker, farmer
and economist have had their say.
The church alone has been Bilent.
This apathy and aloofness on the
part of the Christian organizations
cannot longer be permitted. The
churches must act.
"The present problems transcend
a mere economic question. Great
moral issues are involved. The pres
ent crisis is the inevitable outgrowth
of a system of industry operated for
profit rather than for human wel
fare. There must be an application
of the Christian principles of stew
ardship of power and possession."
The conference will close to-mor
row night.
New French Ships
Under Construction
Havre, Oct. 2.—Shipbuilding yards
along the French Atlantic seaboard j
are restoring French merchant ma- ;
rine to its pre-war status. Vessels |
aggregating 511,180 tons are under |
construction. These include nine :
liners for passenger trade totaling ]
97,000 tons. One of the ships is the
Paris, a sister ship to the France j
which recently made her first trans-
Atlantic voyage.
STROKE KILI/S WOMAN
Liverpool, Pa., Oct. 2.—Mrs. Ellen
Lebkicher, widow of Jesse Leb
kicher, a Civil War veteran, died at
her home here on Tuesday from the
effects of a stroke she suffered in
July. Services will be held on
Friday.
HAHEUSBURG fIFWK TELEGRXPEJ
Living Cost Falling
in Spots; Ham Price
Drops; Pork is Down
The cost of living is coming down !
in spots, not rapidly, but with some- !
. thing of certainty, those who are I
following the situation say. It was
■ announced yesterday that the price
of lard had fallen from 40 to 34
. cents within a few days, a drop of 6
. cents in the price of this very neces
sary household article. The price j
, of lard was 20 cents or less three
, years ago. There are good old souls |
, who sit by their firesides these |
. chilly evenings and remember when
, the price was 8 cents.
It was said this morning that the
price of ham had dropped also, the
market showing a decline of from
6 to 7 cents per pound during the
past six weeks. Pork, too, is lower,
a wholesale dealer told The Tele
graph reporter who had been search
ing for lower price facts. He said
the decline has been somewhat i
steady and that some of it has had
a slight effect on the retail trade.
This wholesaler also reasoned that it
would be some time before con
sumers got the benefit of the reduc
tion. I
Baptist Churches
Meet in Altoona
Altoona, Pa., Oct. 2.—The eighty
ninth session of the Center Associa
tion of Baptist Churches is being |
held in this city. The Rev. S. F. j
Porgeus, of Huntingdon, is presid
ing temporarily. The association I
includes 30 churches in Blair, Cen-|
tre, Huntingdon, Mifilin and Bedford
counties.
Proposes Memorial
For Its War Heroes
I Stewartstown, Pa., Oct. 2. —The |
| residents of Stewartstown are plan
ning a memorial for its war heroes.
[Prominent citizens are engaged m
[the project. The character of the
j memorial has not been decided upon, j
| Middletown
U. B. Pastor at
Reading Conference
The Rev. E. A. G. Bossier left j
for Reading to attend the annual j
East Pennsylvania Conference of the j
United Brethren church. The local
congregation unanimously voted for j
his return for another year. Harry
Baudcr was sent as a delegate from |
this church. The Rev. Mr. Bossier |
has been statistical secretary of the .
J conference for 30 years. j
1 The Sunday school hour of the
I Riverside Chapel has been changed j
i from 9.30 a. m. to 1.30 p. m., com- |
mencing next Sunday. The annual j
I rally day exercises will be held at j
i this time.
Frank Stoner, of Susquehanna j
j street, who is employed at the Avia- j
| tion Depot, fell from a truck and!
I broke his left arm at two places. !
I The following Sunday school om
' cers were elected at the First United j
! Brethren church: Superintendent,;
i D. B. Keiffer; assistant superintend- |
lent. W. H. Bacliman; recording sec-
I retary, A. R. Geyer; assistant secre
tary, Parmelia Ross; treasurer, D. |
|W. Gingrich; pianist, Pearl Sheaf-|
i fer; assistant pianist, Mildred Parth- i
emore; chorister, A. W. Henry; as- i
I sistant chorister, Jacob Fink; li
brarian, E. E. Robinson; assistant!
I librarian, Frank Detweiler; execu-|
i tive committee, W. H. Bachman, H.
!lt. Detweiler, S. M. Gingrich, W. H.
j Rose, Mrs. William Wagner; pri
| inary superintendent, H. R. Bauder;
1 assistant superintendent, Mrs. A. R. j
'Geyer; secretary, Mrs. W. D. Rose;
| assistant secretary, Ethel Krodel;
I organist, Grace Bauder; assistant or
j ganist, Katharine Ulmer; home de
partment superintendent, Mrs. Annie
I Fetrow; cradle roll superintendent,
Mrs. John Robinson.
! The regular monthly meeting of
lA. S. Quickel's Sunday school will
|be held this evening at the home
lof Mrs. Fred Rudolph, of North
I Union street. j
Miss Kathryn Kling, daughter of j
| E. H. Kling, of Itoyalton, and Harry |
Buchman, Shippensburg, were mar- |
: ried Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock at;
| Washington, by the Rev. Dr. S. T.
' Nicholas, a former pastor of St. I
Peter's Lutheran church of town.
; The bride resided with her brother,
i Charles, on Catherine street, for
[ several years. The groom recently
returned from France where he j
! served with the Army of Occupa- i
, tion for the past seventeen months.
The groom's gift to the bride was
I a crescent of pearls and sapphires.
| After an extended wedding trip to
I Baltimore, Washington and New
I York, Mr. and Mrs. Buchman will
I occupy their newly-furnished home
on State street, Harrisburg, after
October 15.
The Liberty band decided to sere- j
nade various residents of town Fri- |
day evening of each week in order ,
to secure money for up-to-date uni
! forms for the members of the band.
| Last week the band held a fair at
I which time the public responded
I very generously, but they will have
I to secure several hundred dollars in
j order to purchase the desired uni
forms.
Miss Frances Single has return
ed to her home on North Union
! street after spending some time at
I Washington, Baltimore and I'hila
! delphia visiting relatives and
j friends.
N. C. Fuhrman is visiting friends
at Lebanon for a few days.
John Inley, Sr., who resides on
Witherspoon avenue, has purchased
I a double frame dwelling on Brown
j street and will occupy part of It
!in the next few days.
The first meeting of the Woman's
J Club was held this afternoon at the
i home of Mrs. H. B. Garver, Water
j street, who is president. The fol- I
| lowing program was given: Presi-1
dent's greetings; responses, "A j
Place I Visited During Vucation;"
club history, Mrs. Young; club]
prophecy, Mrs. Springer; music, i
, "Flow Gently Sweet Alton," club.
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Deutschland Begins
Tour of Towns on
the British Front
! Tx)iidon, Oct. 2.—Since the sur
! render of the famous German cargo
submarine Deutschland, which cre
ated a sensation by her trip to the
United States in 1916, and back to
her home port, she has been overr
' hauled and now is beginning a tour
of British coast towns. She will be
11 open to inspection by the public in
laid of King George's fund for sail
ors.
Alterations have been made so
that visitors can pass into the in
terior without having to descend the
j steep iron ladder from the conning
I tower. Her guns have been dis
| mounted.
j The Deutschland was among the
j eighty-seven or more German sub
marines surrendered by Germans
after the armistice and delivered to
British naval authorities in English
ports.
Men's Clothes to Be
"Dear and Bad"
I ° c . t ' 2 —"Men's clothes
h-,d" T W,nte . r will be dear a n d
I of .. iLluf C^' pt,c ' K'oomy forecast
I ?i.o • it tTad © journal in dis-
I cussing the prospects of the forth-
I tion on. SCaSOn ' Inoreaseil Produc
s. ? , s and mi " shutdowns, ne
cessitated by lack of coal, are the
causes assigned.
Bans Soft Collar;
Untidy, He Says
London, Oct. 2. Because thev
i ness^n 1 H mal f, e for Keneral untidi
wieh 'n rCSS ' thc niastpr of Dul
| wich College has banned the soft
I I
Win. $c Co.
310 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa.
collar. Students at Eton and Har
row are still permitted to wear
them.
SOLVING THE "H. C. of L."
You can't solve it by legislation or by
Government Commissions. Its cause
lies deep in the fundamental laws of
Nature. The problem is easy for the
housewife who knows SHREDDED
WHEAT BISCUIT. The price of foods
shows an average advance of 75 per
cent during the war. Shredded Wheat
Biscuit sells at the same old price—the
most real food for the least money. It
is 100 per cent whole wheat. Two of
these crisp little loaves of baked whole
wheat eaten with hot milk make a warm,
OCTOBER 2, 1919.
ASK KING ABERT
TO BALTIMORE
War Mothers Want Him Dur
ing Their Convention
Next Week
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 2.—An ef
fort is being made to arrange for
the visit of the King and Queen of
Belgium to this city to coincide with
the sessions qf the Second annual
convention of the War Mothers of
America, which is to be held here
October 7, 8 and 9. Adrcsses by A.
Mitchell Palmer, Attorney Geheral of
the United States, and William
Mather Lewis, director of the sav
ings division of the United States
Treasury, will form a principal part
of the program.
It is expected that the convention
will attract a large number of women
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who are not affiliated with the War
Mothers, as it is proposed to dis
cuss during the sessions the amalga
mation of the various organizaUons
'of women relatives of men and
' women who were in the United States
Army and Navy during the World
War.
Mrs. Robert Carlton Morris, of
Toledo, Ohio, the first national pres
ident of the organization, will con
duet a memorial tree planting in
one of the local parks as one of the
features of the convention.
ARRIVES IN MEXICO CITY
Mexico City. Oct. 2.—Senor Juan
llastlllos de Rivera has arrived here
j to take his post as Honduran min-
I ister to Mexico. In an interview
j with the Excelsior he stated that
I Honduras watches with much inter
| est the delations between Mexico
i and the United States, since "Mexico
j is the advance sentinel of the Latin
countries."
TO EXTEND RUBBER INDUSTRY
Rio De Janeiro, Oct. 2.—Although
Brazil is one .of the greatest rubber
i producing countries of the world,
measures arc being taken to expand
♦he industry by the introduction of
tlie Mexican rubber-plant, guayule.