Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, December 19, 1919, Page 17, Image 17
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 Some of the 39 already expressed their regret that they signed the statement and eight of them have withdrawn their signatures since Dr.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. Exceptional Values for Last Minute Shoppers Articles Listed F> e1 o w Special For Today and To morrow Only—lf They last SIO.OO Child's Roll Top, (F f* Q C $3.00 Child's Maple Desk, 1 Qft Golden Oak Desk .... 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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. P^'S^\Christmas - xAV \ \ V\ \ there is ever a time in the year when your money runs short p j : £j \\ V \l \ \ \ it is at Christmas time and our convenient charge account plan is & ss6^~> A \\ i tt \ \ the thing to help you out. Mind you, you can choose here any m Jw %i .ij2A \\\ II article in the line of wearing apparel and pay us after Christmas jg Eggjltf n V (\ in convenient weekly or monthly amounts. The time is short, so jafiSH /J t Wv itlff" don't delay. Come in now—a hearty welcome awaits you. E jggr^/® Practical Clothing Gifts at a Saving That IB® Make Christmas Shopping a Pleasure |||KO IBm ifff fll Beautiful Fur Sets ' $16.50 up WOMEN'S ana MISSES' B j WflHI Separate Scarfs . . $12.98 up Silk aild T\ -_| M! If] i' Muffe slo.so up Serge cresses gHߧpy KMHHI £2 Z *OO 2 1 ffiSs' MEN'S and YOUNG MEN'S fine materials and shades. Gf~ AR G £ H SllitS FINE'FUR TRIMMED 18/ M l, Overcoats Winter Coats ||^si JVt Our selection of Suits and Over- A i t 1 B QaJ'/5 eoats represent the very finest of A wonderful 75 | IM-m.. g. V* materia., pattern, and tailoring. Atuv .Wu* of W V _ B No matter wbat style you prefer, JfrrfU. /wO 9 {|Jj • " " you willfind it lere. Remember, jjjej- pTul. Ve'louT. J i^lv ■ you don t need tie cant. V""' Silnertone and Bolivia— eitlier lal£ or {oil ■ • X -~ IS rAal . A c lined. Each and every coat is an exceptional H J|j erS Op value and would advise an early selection, H 36 North 2nd Street Corner Walnut Street j| J 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. 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