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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
WANT LARGER NUMBER OF
ARMY AND NAVY CHAPIA ANS

Most religious bodies, Protestant and
Catholic, through their respective gen
eral organizations, and the federal
council representing all Protestant
ones. are pushing for an increase in
the number Of army and navy chap
lalnS. Their pleas have now been an
proved BY secretary Daniels, of the
navy ana appeals are going to preSi-
dent Wilson to back up all as far as he
can The opinion obtains that congress
may not grant the increase this year.
but that soon il viii do so. The new
est feature OF the plea, also endorsed
Dy secretary Daniels, is for welfare sec
retaries on Warships These latter are
70 be laymen. They are to be trained
Tor their work, and to be carefully ap-
poruoned between PrOtestants and
Catholics. They are to assist chaplains.
II any aboard, and are to look to the
social and recreatiOnal life of enlisted
men, Some years ago most enlisted
men were foreign born, but TODAY thew
come almost wholly from small towns
and the country of the middle west
American in the best sense of the word
and far higher average of young men
than is commanded by the services of
any other nation.
This welfare secretary plan came
originally from the Young Mems Chris
tan association, which at its own cost
put men aboard warships when presi-
dent Tart sent these ships to gulf
ports during the early days Of the
mexican difficulty. In the army thew
came at the time Of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, the suggestion of william B.
Miller and soon endorsed and helped
by the late Dwight L Moody There is
Work Tor the chaplains, who administer
and who hold official rank. and there
IS also work for the welfare secretary
who can do things the commissioned
and ordained chaplain cannot do and
who can be discharged or changed
without official scandal The new plan
is carrying the parish house Of the
average church aboard ship and into
h ~
certain the government will adopt the
plan within a very few years
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
DEDICATION FEAST
TO BEGIN TUESDAY
Is Children's Feast in jew
ish Church; Special
Services.

Chanukkah, the Feast Of Dedica-
ton" one Of the most interesting half
holidays in the Jewish calendar begins
on Tuesday evening. December %. and
lasts for eight days. Though not OBJ
served by special services in the syna-
cog, it is eagrely looked forward to
by the children Of the Jewish house
hold. for it has in large measure come
to be a chIdren's festival
The historical background Of the eel
ebration is found in the fact that in
the year 165 B. c., Judas Maecabeus,
one of the few martial heroes in Jew
ish history, rededicated to the services
of the one God, the temple at Jerusa-
lem after its pollution by Antiochus
Epiphanes, who had set up in place OF
Gods altar. shrine to his heather
god. Just three years after this poll
luton, on the 25th day Of the month
Of Kisley, the Temple was reclaimed
and rededicated to the service of God
Around the festival cluster many
beautiful legends which have helped
to shape the character OF the celebra-
ton One such legend is to the effect
that when the temple was rededicated
only a single cruise Of oil was found
unpOIlUted, but through the miraculous
Intervention OF God, this oil proved to
be sufficient for eight successive nights
and until other oil fitted for the ser
vice might be prepared. For this
reason, ito this day, Jews light candles
in their homes in celebration OF Chan
ulCkah for eight successive nights. one
on the first night, two on the second,
and so on
The Feast Of Chanukkah" ie a time
for rejoicing not only on the part or
the children, but as well on the part
Of the poor, who are always literally
Iemem bered-
To Be Celebrated by Children.
In honor Of this festival the children
of the sabbath school of Temple Mt.
sinai viii hold a Chanukkah entertain
ment in the temple Sunday morning,
December 2Sth, at 10 a. m.
Special Sermon.
On Friday. December 26th. at S D.
m, al the regular service rabbi Martin
Zlelonka viii deliver a special Chan
nukkah sermon the subject being
.'Chanukkah and Christmas. a study
in Contrasts"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
Spanish King TO Send
Sons to English School

Paris. France, Dec. 2O.-According
70 information received here from
England, the king of Spain has decided.
IN due time, to send his son and heir
70 Elton to receive the groundwork of
MS education That this news will be
Genled goes without saying, but the
English source is confident Of its cor
rectness
The king was doubtless influenced as
much by the healthy life the boys lead
at Elton and the encoura cement of
sport there, as he was by the school
ing his son win receive. His decision
VIII, nevertheless, meet with a lot of
opposition in Spain, where the grandees
already think there is too much Eng
ltsh influence at court
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
COLLEGE OF CARDINALS IS
REnTCEn TO x MEMBER


The college of cardinals, the su-
of the Catholic church. is now reduced
to SO members. If the college had its
full mum ber-Which it never does, 1t
would have 20 members, after the num-
Der Of Christ's disciples as chronicled
at one period in his ministry. The ven
cradle cardinal Oreglia, just deceased.
was the camer1engO and as such had
twice acted as pope, viz. between the
deaths Of Plus TX. and the election Of
Leo XIII, and that pope and the cleo
ton OF Plus X OF the 3d. the Italians
number 81 and all others p. An early
cOnsistOry VIII. it is said, increase the
German, Austrian and Spanish inter
ests, as well as two great religious
orders demanding representation in
the college
While cardinal Gibbons, Of Baltimore,
IS well IN the senior rank of college
membership. both in age and date of
elevation. yet he is by no means old
est of all. nor does he stand the slight
est chance of being made dean OF the
college and camerlengO. Cardinal Agli-
ardi is two years his senior in age, and
cardinal Netto two years in elevation
10 the college. The dean must be
illustrative body Of the church, and as
such resident in Rome As camerlengO
he Immediately becomes acting pope
upon the death Of the pontiff. More
over from time immemOrial he has
been an Italian For all Of these rea-
sons II IS easily seen that a nCn-resi-
cent and an American cannot become
dean The probable new dean and
c2merlenEo is cardinal De LaL himself
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
Caleb Furnishes Object Lesson
Hero Helps People to Inequalities
andCO Them
By T

plete gospel program includes a new
earth. Practical life and religion are
one, or neither is anything.
A wise word has been written on
Land by DR.. Charles R. Brown, the
new moderator of the Congregation
National council: How much it means
that the chosen people, in that rude
period Of the worlds history, did not
undertake to divide up the common
wealth by force, the strong taking the
best of it because they were strong,
leaving the fragments to the weak!
How much it means that they did not
divide it up solely by the power of
purchase, those who had the longest
purses taking the choicest sites, leav-
ing to the poor the less desirable
tractSl They sincerely tried, as best
they knew, to ascertain the divine viii
in the matter and to divide up the
land according to that aScertained will.
1t was a splendid ideal, however i'm
perfectly they may have worked it out
God Cares About the Inequalities.
God cares about this distribution
OF goods which goes on, equ1tabIy or
inequitably, under his great eye. God
cares about these inequalities of con-
d1t1On among his children, so glazing
oftentimes as to be cruel. God cares
that the weak are here and there thrust
aside by the ShreWd and the strong,
and thus defeated in the dearest and
nObleSt desires of their disappointed
hearts. There is a viii of God concern
ing all these questions as to wages and
hours, as to the appropriation of land
and of mines, as TO the enjoyment of
luxury or the suffering of penury. And
our own commonwealth will never
measure up to its full moral dignity, it
will never attain that full degree Of
stable prosperity, where each family
shall sit beneath its own vine and fig
tree, until, in ways appropriate to our
day, wise and good men are equally in
tent upon knowing the will of God
touching all these interests and of
obeying that will in the current distri-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20

~ WO side lights on our present
complex social problem shine
Il from the old story of how the
Jews divided up the Promised Land.
One affects the basic question of prop
erty and the other points to individual
efficiency as a solution of difficulties.
For here we find our old friend, Caleb
he who wanted to go up and win
Canaan when 10 other spies were
craven of heart and brought back re-
ports of fear Now, 45 years later, an
old man past so, he fulfills the ambi-
ton of middle life and cOnquers the
hill country with its giants.
As tOday's slang would put the case,
it took nerve" for these IsraeliteS to
go to parcelling out the territory that
was still in the possession of their enc
mics. They old not control the land,
yet they allotted it. This was conquest
by anticipation, an evidence of faith
Just so the Japanese made provision
of their own wounded, before a single
gun had been fired. In the same way
that the ISraeliteS made plans for the
Promised Land, having taken God at
his word, SO some ripe saints speak Of
heaven in the present tense, as if they
had already entered into. possession
Whatever God promises US is as good
as ours already.
Problem of Property.
The Rible always faces the hard
facts of life. It does not shrink from
actual conditions on earth and in hu-
man nature. And the end of the long
wandering in the wilderness presented
a problem of property, the old. old,
basic question of making a livelihood.
Some men would Danish this from the
book, as an economic. question. But re-
ligiOn cannot be divorced from social
problems After even the most mys-
teal, spiritual and ecstatic sermon is
ended, the hearers are obliged to go
home and eat. Every normal life must
be concerned with things mundane as
well as with things celestial The COM
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
DOUBT THAT POPE WILL
RENOUNCE TEMPORAL POWER


DOUBT THAT POPE WILL
RENOUNCE TEMPORAL POWER
Catholics in America doubt the re-
port from Rome that Pope Plus X has
expressed purpose formally to dtsa-
VOW further pretensiOnS, to temporal
power, and acknowledge himself a sub
Ject of the king Of Italy. For pOliti-
cal complications, he cannot become
subject Of any other civil ruler. and for
religious reasons it is not believed in
America he viii become subject of an
Italian ruler. A little more than so
years ago, when Italian troops inter
fered by investing Rome itself, the
Catholic church was preparing to pro-
mulgate the doctrine of papal temporal
power as an article of faith, to be ac-
cepted by Catholics throughout the
world. Plus y. is q conservative, he is
nearly 80 years of age, he has constant
~ put forward in the cUria men of the
conservative type like cardinals De
Lai and Merry del Val, and he has
scrupulously observed the tradition
that he is a prisoner in the vatican
and cannot step outside of it. even to
return to his beloved Venice.
That at his age, and without agita-
ton IN the Curia, he should now diSa-
vow what is almost an article of faith
of the church is not regarded as likely
here, either by Plus Y. or even his sue
cessor, unless 1t happen that present
vatican policies are reversed at every
point PrOgreSsiVeS like cardinal Maffi
Of Pisa, ard cardinal Ferrata, of Milan,
and possibly the late cardinal Cape
celatro, have more and more ap-
preached the italian royal family and
the Italian government, and yet have
more and more held the confidence Of
the vatican These are the only straws,
so far as American Catholics are aware,
that could give color to present re
ports They are, however, a long way
from reputation OF claims to temporal
power, acceptance of the 1865, 900
year from the italian government for
the support Of the vatican, and the
pope becoming an Italian political sub
let
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20

fit Of the Orphans Home at Dallas.
First Methodist
At the First Methodist Episcopal
church, on Myrtle avenue. three blocks
east OF city hail
Sunday will be the Jay of Christmas
celebration at the church At the II
o'clock hour the pastor viii preach a
short Christmas sermon There will be
two quartet numbers, Arise, Shine for
Thy Light Has Come" Dudley Buck),
and And There We're Shepherds"
(Dil; solo, "HanelUjah. Christ is
Born" GscOff), by Mrs. r. J. Wilson
At the evening hour, 80 o'clock. the
choir viii provide a fuE program Of
Christmas song; quartet. "Hark the
Herald Angels Sing" (Brewer); solo,
Bethlehem" by f. z. Mold; quartet,
NO Poor Be Thy Chamber" (Guoned) ::
solo, Message OF the Angels" CHaw-
ley), by Mrs. r J. Wilson; quartet,
voices Of the sky" Shelley.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
Churches Add Industrial
Plant To Educate Worker
Organization Of Churches Scientific Lines Will Be
One Feature of Work During Winter; Great Institu
lions Which Have Installed Industrial Plants
Are Following Lines Similar to Those of
Large Manufacturing Concerns.

" HE great feature Of practical
church work Of the early winter
is the organization Of individual
churches on scientific lines. Churches
in New York and Chicago. possibly in
some other cities. having means at
command. are initiating industrial
plants in calling in experts to teach
workers scientific methods. in man
ufacturing concerns, Taylor ana can't
in what they term works management,
are being followed. In the churches
no leaders comparable with these men
have vet appeared Thus far individ-
ual ministers are trying out plans. As
in industry. men competent to direct
the work of churches are scarce The
few that are at work are both men and
women. the women well holding up
their end. are coming to be called
method masters" AS a rule, they are
saIaried, becoming members OF the reg
ular stats of the church IL IS pre-
dicted that within a few years churcneS
in great numbers VIII nave meIhco
masters. and it. IS stated that mere
opens a vast field for laymen and lay
women, at permanent work and 1alr
The scheme Of these method masters
is the same as experts IN SclenLl1lc
works MANAGEMENT. 1t IS the direction
of volunteer workers in q given church,
seeing to il that they do not waste
their energies, that they are PROVIDED
with definite plans and those Of the
best. Of course work is under general
direction Of pastor or rector, and ap-
proved by the governing board OF the
church Great lines of effort that are
being specialized are education, which
covers not only the Sunday school but
information Tor all Of the people along
missionary and other lines; Bible class
and boys; and efficiency IN WomenS
organizations. Schools are projected
TO train these method masters, and 70
study the whole subject OF church ad-
ministration, including its head, the
minister, and all volunteer workers
in it.
Thirty-four cities had vacation bible
schools for children this past year IN
der direction Of the National Vacation
Bible School association The new ones
this year were Montreal, KaEsas City,
Lowell. Lynn, New Bedford, Utica De-
troit, Charleston, S. c., Louisville and
Pittston Pa The number OF teachers,
chiefly from colleges, has now passed
the 1000 mark. while the students 10
tailed $4,000, an increase Of 1900 over
the previous season Six weeks train
ing is given and the expense this year
was less than 81 per scholar, when
sum included cost Of administration
and promotion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
1T DIDN'T MATTER TO HIM.

DICK heard Of LOUIS engagement and
went around to congratulate him
We'll, old boy" cried Dick, as he
grasped his friends nand, my con-
gratulationsi Is it true that you are
engaged to one of the pretty Robbins
tWins2'
yes" replied Lou heartily, 'I am
happy to say it is so"
But" inquired Dick, how do you
ever tell them apart2''
Il don't try to- was the reply.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
AT ALL CHURCHES

Continued from previous page)
Houston Square church will give the
beautiful Christmas cantata, st. Mich
olas,' assisted by the choir, on Friday
evening, December IS, at the church.
The Sunday school promotion dav ex-
erclses viii take place December Is.
The church services on Sunday morn
ing, January 4, viii be given to the in
staIatlon of the teachers and officers
OF the Sunday school, the pastor
preaching the sermon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
DIR. CARROLL TO BE RESIDENT
AGENT AT WASHINGTON


- The federal council Of churches, and
the home missions council, the one rep
resenting all Protestant bodies in gen
-eral administrative and reform Work
and the other a cooperative body OF all
home mission societies, have Joined IN
the selection OF DR.. H K Carroll as
resident agent IN Washington Dr.
Carroll was a special agent Of the cen
sus bureau IN 1890, and as such made
the first government census OF the
churches He was also for many years
on the editorial staff Of the "Indepen-
dent" and later a secretary OF the mis-
siOnary society Of the Methodist church
his new work in Washington viii have
to do with the department of the in
terror, the indian bureau and the bu-
reau Of labor, with which in admins
trative ways churches, Catholic and
Protestant, are coming to have more
and more active relations.
The federal council has named a
committee Of 100, composed Of minis
tiers and Christian laymen, for a cam
Daign Of Christian activity during and
in connection with the Panama-Paclfic
exposition, and fer exhibits and con-
crosses Through this committee the
council announces its aim TO do far
more than to hold eVangellStlc meet
ings It viii endeavor to keep the ex-
position free from cOmmercia1ized vice
and from its platform try 10 foster re-
forms, such as one day rest IN seven
for industrial workers. additions to the
number Of army and navy chaplains,
and conferences on the problems of ru-
raj communities, their morals religion
and recreation The council executive
committee and the executive commits
siOns OF Presbyterian and other rel1g-
iOus bodies plan an early joint meeting.
probably to be held in Atlanta, and
steps have just been taken looking to
church world CONGRESS to be for the
work of all Christian bodies what the
late Edinburgh conference was for for
eign missions.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
WILL SELL s95,OOO IN
BONDS FOR SCHOOLS

Press oft, Ariz.. Dec. 2O-Bonds in
the SIN of s95.0OO, for the erection of
school houses in the Prescott district,
are IN the hands of the county super
VlSors and are shortly to be sold. OF
tha- sum. $4,000 viii be spent for a
new nigh school Present plans are
that Ground for the high school shall
be broken early in April
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
WOULD PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS
EROM ENDOWMENT INCOMI

At the association annual meeLlnB,
Just held. q plan to provide social ser
vice scholarships through income rom
endowment was started In 1873 %
friends gave scholarships, but an en-
dowment viii put It on a more perma-
nent basis These scholarships are for
college students who now often go out
selling books and peddle other articles
TO paw their way. Thus the scholarships
will help the vacation schools and the
college students. An exhibit Of work
BY boys and girls was made this year
at the annual meeting, in charge OF the
women Of the auxiliary to the associa-
ton
These vacation schools fill three eco
nomic inches They take children off
hot streets in summer, give them at
tractiVe places in which to play and
study, instruct them in some measure
in the bible and in useful handiwork
They put in use churches and school
buildings that would otherwise be idle
They give employment at teaching to
students who seek experience and mon
ey- Their cost per scholar is exceed
dngly small. Robert z. Speer, the Pres
byterian mission secretary and author,
is president Of the National association
Many schools are sDringing up not un-
der the direction Of this association
The movement is growing rapidly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20
CHINA NAMES NEW MINISTER.

Fekln, China, Dec 20.-Shay Kaf-Fu
VINO was Chlnese consul at New York
from 1904 to 1903. was anDoinfed TODAY
minister al Washington IN succession
to Chang Wing Tang,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20

a possible next pope-if present poll
cies Of the vatican have endorsement
by action Of the next cOnclave.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20

Continued from previous page)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20

At the East FL Paso Baptist church,
Sunday school 9-45 a. m, R. E Harris
superintendent Preaching at II a. m.
and 1880 p m. by the pastor, subject.
II a m, "The Search for a Saviour
subject 7,30 p. m. ''The Young LOOKING
Out Upon the Future The orchestra
will play at the evening Service The
Junior B. Y. P. q. 2:SO D. m. The
Young Peoples meeting will be at $40
D. m A Christmas tree will be given
W ednesday night The program begins
at Z o'clock sharp. The Young folks
Will be entertained at the home Of the
pastor on Friday evening from to 10.
German Lutheran.
At the German Lutheran church the
service at 1909 san Antonio street. will
be conducted in German and begin at
1880 a. m. Subject of sermon: Pre-
pairing for Christmas" Sunday school
commences at GAS o'clock. Paul e.
Birkmann. pastor.
Church sc 81. Clement.
At the Church Of ST. Clement, corner
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-12
FIRE WHISTLE FREE TO ToOT.
Court says Corona Volunteer UH~-
Right 10 Disturb sleep

An Injunction restra ming the blowing
OF the fire whistle in Corona. l.. l.. which
calls ou, the volunteer fire department
In the village. was vacated Yesterday by
Supreme Court Justice Crane in Queens
county. The court wrote an opinion in
the case which will interest residents
OF other towns and villages where sleep
has been broken 10y glamorous Are
alarms
The cour, comments on the necessity Y
of putting ont fire quickly in COM
munity made mp chiefly of wooden build
ings
If fire alarm is to arouse from
sleep the men who have volunteered to
save life and property" said Justice
Crane, "it Is to be expected that II will
also awake others. II the court must
choose between he disturbance of the
plaintiff and the possible destruction of
Corona by contiagratlon IL must save
Corona" Then he added: NO part OF
the greater city of New York should he
without the reach of a paid fire depart
mcnt. The fireman and the policeman n
should be In the front rank of the ad-
Vsncing municipal improvements"