REGRET SIGNING
GERMAN PAPER
Savants and Professors Who
Signed Manifesto, Now
See Mistake
Berlin, Dec. 19.—Thirty-nine of
the 9 3 German savants and profes
sors who signed on October 11. 1914
the famous manifesto attempting to
Justify Germany's course in the war
now realize that they made a
"tragic mistake," Sixteen, however
adhere to their belief that the man
ifesto was drawn up in accordance
with facts.
This has been disclosed by a can
vass of the 78 living exponents of
German culture who signed the
manifesto. This has just been con
ducted by Dr. Hans Wehberg.
Paper Misunderstood.
Dr. Wehberg reports that 39 sign
ers of the celebrated document have
admitted to him that to-day by no
means all of the assertions therein
could be maintained. Many of them
he says, insist that they did not cor
rectly read or understand the paper
when they affixed their signatures
to it or allowed them to be attached.
Some of the 39 already expressed
their regret that they signed the
statement and eight of them have
withdrawn their signatures since
Dr. 'Wehberg began his investiga
tion. Tliesc eight are Lt;jo Bren
tano, Felix von Weingaeriner, Her
bert Eulenberg, W. Foerster, Von
Kaulbach and the theologians
Schmidlin. Herrmann and Nausbach.
Regrets His Action.
Writing to Dr. Wehberg. Herbert
Eulenberg said that the 93 men who
signed the manifesto at the begin
ning of the war then believed that
Germany had been attacked under
handtedly and that the country mere
ly availed itself to its right of self
defense.
Professor Brentano has declared
that lie was urged by telegraph to
allow his signature to be appended,
•hat he assented only to regret it
bitterly after he saw the text of the
paper. Felix M'einguertner writes
in a similar vein.
Of the 78 living scientists and
professors. Dr. Wehberg received
icplies from 35. Sixteen who stood
by their guns and declared their ad
herence to their original standpoint
include Siegfried Wagner, Eduurd
Meyer, Doerfeld and I.enz.
One of the sixteen replied that he
had read the manifesto again,
sentence by sentence, and had not
found a single one which, according
to his knowledge of the situation,
could not be signed tc-day, Tvfenty
throe of the signers did not reply to
Dr. Wehberg'.'-: Inquiry.
"KNOW AI'L MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS"
"They've forgotten the kiddies In
drawing up the league of nations."
"Yes?"
"They forgot to insert a Santa
Clause in the covenant."—Life.
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EAGLE PATROL
WINS AT MEET
Closely Contested Events Are
Conducted by Members
of Troop Eight
: Troop 8 held a very exciting end
i closely contested inter-patrol meet
last Monday evening at the troop
headquarters at Christ Lutheran
Church. The Eagle, Lion and Beaver
patrols were almost evenly matched,
until when the Eagles pulled off the
best stunt of the evening near the
end of the meeting. This stunt is
pictured above.
The meet opened up with a pea
nut race. One Scout from each pa
trol contested. The Scouts carried
a peanut down the floor on a silver
j knife. Ben Zarker of the Eagle pa
trol won this event. The next con
test was a peanut-rolling raee for the
j Cubs. They rolled peanuts by means
of their noses. Cub Wallls took first
place in this. Next came bag nice
won by Burchfield of the Eagles. The
crab race came next with Duncan
of tlie Beaver patrol winning. Then
caino a shoe race in which all Scouts
participated. All shoes were thrown
into a pile of paper in the middle of
the Hoot- where they became mixed
up. At a given signal all the boys
attempted to find their shoes and aft
erwards put them on. John Duncan
of the Beavers finished first. The
skunk race was the next event. This
was won by MeClinn of the Lion
patrol. A whistle race was a lot of
fun. This was run on the same plan
as the cracker-eating contest, i. e.,
the one who finishes eating three
crackers first and is first to whistle Is
the winner. No decision was made
by the referee because none of the
boys could whistle after having
eaten their crackers. Then a cock
fight was held, all participating.
Scout Burchfield proved to be the
best cock tighter of the troop. The
Beaver patrol won the antelope raee
which was the next contest, Then
canto hand-wrestling and "unhorse
the rider." The Eagle patrol's team,
which consisted of Burchfield, horse,
and Spotz, rider, won this event.
Some stunts then followed by pa
trols. The Lions came first. All of
the patrol entered the room with
various imitations of musical instru
ments. A garden sprayer was a
saxaphone, fire shovel a violin, a
broom made a fine 'cello. They wore
accompanied on the piano by Miss
Wall is, assistant scoutmistress of Girl
Scout Troop No. 0. The next stunt
was a collection of original songs
and yells by the Beaver patrol. Some
of these songs were very good, al
though the patrol leader could not
reach the high notes.
The Eagle patrol then exhibited
this sunt, which follows:
At a given signal Jjy the patrol
leader, Brook, four Scouts ran for
ward and crouched on their hands
and knees on the floor. Then two
nioro Scouts ran forward. About this
time some one Jn the room was heard
to exclaim "Oh: they're going to play
football." This was not true, for the
two Scouts jumped upon the backs
of the four Scouts on. the floor ana
assumed the same positin as the
Scouts under them. The assistant
patrol leader then climbed to the top
and stood with one foot upon each
of the two Scouts in the second row,
as shown in the photograph. This
whole operation took only four sec
onds. The boy on top then signaled
"Be prepared," and then jumped to
the floor, which permitted the other
boys to break up. The judge of the
stunts. Phillip Kirk, immediately de
cided in favor of the final one.
The final score by patrols was:
Eagle, first with .11 points; Lions sec
ond. with'2B points, and the Beavers
third, with 19 points. The Pine Treo
patrol had three points and the Fly
ing Eagle one point. The highest in
dividual score for the evening was
made by Burchtleld of the Eagle pa
trol. who had 14 and three-four
teenths points to his credit.
The inter-patrol meet was voted a
great success by everyone present.
After the games a social hour was
enjoyed, while refreshments were
served.
The meeting then adjourned, and
the Eagles are anxiously waiting un
til next Monday evening, when the
prizes will be awarded.
EDGAR SPOTZ, Scribe.
Pack Two
*Well, that was more like It.
j Twenty-four present last week, and
a. meeting with a little old-timo pep
in it. Dr. Hazen was a welcome vis
itor. The story of Track's End was
'started and made a big hit. This
I week we will have the second and
' third chapters, and the map of the
I town i$ ready so it will be easy for
!us to follow the story. Don t miss
' this week's installment. It has to do
I with a prairie fire and a big blizzard
| and is full of thrills. The attendance
j prize last week was won by Walter
I Bowman. There will be. another
| prize awarded to-night and every
week until further notice.
Adrian Baker having reached the
'age of 12, will be transferred to
j Troop Sixteen.
One of our new members passed
I his Tenderpad test last Friday. How
I about some of you Tenderpads get
ting busy on the one star work?
I To-night at 6:30 please,
j We wish all the Scouts and Cubs
and all our good friends In the city
a most happy holiday season. 1
thank you _
RICHARD ADAMS.
Cub Scribe.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Pack 8
We had some time on Monday. It
was fun, fun, fun from beginntng to
end. Our first game was a peanut
race; the next a pie race, won by
Dave Shope. Cubs Brindle and
Chas. Sliope came in second and
third. Then after a few more games
we all crowded around the piano and
sang some songs. After that we hod
refreshments which consisted of soda
pop and pretzels.
Three of our members were absent,
but Paul Bricker ,a new Cub was
present.
Don't forget to bring your design
for a Pack 8 flag for we want to get
it as soon as we can.
So long until next week.
CUB MOORE, Scribe.
Legion Stands Behind
Scouts
The American Legion has put
itself solidly behind the Boy
Scouts of America by a resolu
tion of approval.
All of its local posts have beon
requested to furnish the men
needed to lead the troops of
scouts.
. Out of more than 250 resolu
tions, offered at the first na
tional convention in Minneap
olis. in approval of various or
ganizations and programs, only
two were passed—these were
for the Carry-On Association
and the Boy Scouts of America.
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Troop Sixteen
We had an informal visitors'
meeting: last Friday. Among: those
present were Dr. Hazen, Scout Ex
ecutive Virgin and one Scout from
Troop 8 and another from Troop 26.
The fellow from Troop 26 just about
knocked us off our seats with his
demonstration of signaling and
bugling. Our deputy commissioner
inspected us and It wasn't such a
terrible ordeal after all. As Dr.
Hazen was leaving Mr. Virgin came
in. He stayed a few minutes and
then asked for some of our fellows
to go to St. Paul's Church with him.
The Fox patrol was detailed to this
j goid turn.
i The thing we intimated last week
jis really true—the chief said so.
■ Therefore we have the great honor
of announcing that two members of
[ our troop are life and star Scouts
| and within a few points of being
I Eagle Scouts. The t'orunatc fellows
| are Assistant Scoutmaster Wilbur W.
Orisswell, and Patrol Leader Frank
C. Foose of the Foxes. We congrat
ulate them both most heartily. They
I worked hard and the reward is cer
i tainly deserved.
| The weather was rather unkind
j to us last Saturday, ann so o\n ~ve. -
| night hike to the hut was postponed
j until after Christmas.
! To-night the Eagle patrol has
; something to offer for our benefit.
1 I'm curious to know just what it is.
As this will be our last letter be
i fore Christmas, we feel that we must
extend our best wishes for a Merry
[ Christmas to all Scout officials.
Scouts and Cubs, and to all our
friends of scouting. It is our desire
to express our appreciation of the
kindness of the Harrisburg Tele
graph in patiently publishing our
""stuff" week after week. May the
holiday season of everyone connect
ed tvith the newspaper be the best
ever. "HUSTINO," Scribe.
Troop 26
Troop 26 held it's regular weekly j
meeting Monday and after meeting
was open the Scoutmaster asked for
toys for the Red Cross Toy Mission
and nine large bundles were brought
forward which were sent to the Toy
Mission Tuesday, then the Entertain
ment Committee submitted the plans
| for the entertainment of the boys
I from the Children's Industrial Homo
: who will be entertained by the Troop
I during Christmas Week and after
I discussion by the Troop it was decid
| ed to hold the entertainment Monday
after Xmas and funds subscribed to
cover the expense of the entertain
ment.
During the meeting the Scoutmas
ter conferred the rank of First Class
Scout upon the following Scouts;
! Robert Quiglcy, Franklin Belt, Al
i fred Workman and John Lewis. Mr.
Vanuman also presented Scout Al-
I fred Workman with a miniature gold
I First Class pin for passing the First
| Class test with the highest average.
| Scout Franklin Belt was elected
j Troop Bugler and Instructor in
|Semophore Signalling.
! Next Monday Assistant Scoutmas-
I tet- Bowers, who recently returned
| from the Army will give an illustrat- ;
} ed talk on Germany,
j This wilt be very interesting and 1
'all Scouts should be on hand early.
ANDREW A. STAUFFER,
Scribe. !
Troop 32
Owing to the Acting Assistant
Scoutmaster not being present the
regular meeting of Troop 32 was not
held. The boys met to study their
Tenderfoot examinations on Monday,
December 8.
The meeting wns called to order
at 7 P. M. All were present except
one who is on the sick list. One of
the boys passed liis Tenderfoot
DECEMBER 19, 1919.
exams and we expect more next |
Monday night.
After reviewing the composition '
of the flag and some business, the
meeting was adjourned.
Acting Ass't Seoutmuster, NYE. '
HIS CHRISTMAS WISH
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