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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
THE PEOPLES FORUM

clares later. to be "in evident viola
ton of the Formula of Government" 4"
It's final decision left the whole
matter practically where it was be-
lore the appeal was made, and ap-
pointed a new committee to act un-
til existing differences between Rev.
Guss and his congregation would be
solved.
On November IS, Rev. Guss an
nounced to his congregation that he
was ready to voluntarily tender his
resignation to take effect two weeks
after the date 6n which all moneys
due and salary for two weeks in ad-
vance would be paid.
On November 23, Synod's Com
mittee met with Rev. Guss and the
Church Council, and after prolonged
deliberation, the Council consented
to the conditions named by the pas
tor, after which he rendered his res
lgnation to become effective Decem-
Der z. HE DID NOT RESIGN UN-
DER FIRE.
1t is not without significance that
separate motion was passed by
Synod expressing it's confidence in the
Christian integrity of Rev. Guss. He
has recently filed with the President
protest against the above referred
to contradictory decision of the Syn
cd, the disposition of which will de-
termine his future course.
FAIR PLAY.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
BIG THREE DOWN IN THE
FIELD

The old Tricolor swings to the right;
To the left flies the Union Jack;
And q new flag comes to the smash
ing fight,
To drive for the next attack;
A flag that has guarded a stainless
shield,
A banner of stripes and stars;
And now-when the bugle has once
more pealed-
Now when the three start down the
God pity the trench that bars.
The old Tricolor has gained new
heights,
And so has the Union Jack:
And the flag that comes where the
shrapnel bites
Will never Oe driven back;
The flag that has never yet been
furled
Or stopped by the driving Fates,
And now-when the cannon smoke
Now when the three start down the
God pity the Hun who waits.
The old Tricolor is dripping red,
And so is the Union Jack;
But a new flag comes to the work
ahead
To start for the next attack:
A flag that was never known to stop
At the end of a testing fray;
And now, wherever the shells may
drop,
Now when the three go over the
God pity the trench at bay.
-Grantland Rice in the New York
Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Clinton Rogers Woodruff, chair
man of one of the Philadelphia
boards, is introducing some ideas of
economy into the draft work in
Philadelphia.
State Librarian Thomas Lynch
Montgomery is booked to deliver an
address before one of Philadelphia 4
book lovers clubs in Philadelphia
next month.
Judge Wanner, of the YorH
courts, has attracted some comment
in York county by holding that said
of tobacco on Sunday is a violation
of the old Blue Laws.
Bishop Hoban, of ScrantonI
made q stirring address in behalf OF
the Armenians at his city in conf
pany with Bishops Talbot and Berry
Il. A. Deisher, well known hereI
is the head of the Reading Jewell
ers Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19

cluded that she wanted her boy to
do his duty and she wrote how lonely
she would feel but that she wanted
to do her part-And finally with q
full realization of the duty of moth
erhood she destroyed what sho had
written and wrote this;
You're tho real thing, and am
30 proud of you, I would like to hug
you. OF course, you don't want to
go on feeling like a sneak, and 1
should feel like one myself II I let
you. Go ahead and enlist, dear
and I'll enlist with you-for the dur
alton of the war, Us the phrase is."
But the boy had been testing his
mother. He couldn't wait to write
the words of his pride in her and
this is what he wired: You are the
real thing yourself. Will enlist to-
day. Love-"
The mothers of this country con-
stitute a strong line of defense and
they are doing as much to maintain
the morale of the fighting troops as
all the other agencies combined, God
bless 'em.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1917
To toiH tChdt God doth 4oiH, that
is the only science that gtveS rest.
-MALERBE.
A TIMELY INQUIRY

/" HE public Will welcome the pro-
posed inquiry of Congress in
to the incompetencies andS de-
lays of the Shipping Board, for the
purpose "of weighing the anchor of
officialdom and cutting the hawsers
of red tape which are laundering the
board" Whoever pronounced that
definition summed up the situation in
nutshell. The greatest need of the
nation is ships and there has been
more bungling there than in any
other branch of our war prepara-
uons. The trouble has been that the
President tried to mix personal abil-
ity and political appointments, with
the customary sad results.
Congress may investigate till the
cows come home or the Kaiser comes
over, but until certain radical weak
nesses at the very top of the govern
ment are recognized and removed
the Shipping Board will not be free
from controversy and resulting de-
lays. President Wilson is an able
and well-meaning man and his pa
triotism is beyond question. His
great fault is slowness of decision,
and his inability or unwillingness
for one reason or another to select
big men for big jobs. A glance at
the cabinet and at the makeup Of
various war boards is proof of this.
That we have got along as well as
we have in the months since war
was declared is traceable largely TO
the business organization and indus
trial capacity of the country, TO the
business experts who volunteered to
work for a dollar year and a vast
amount of adverse criticism and to
the splendid body of trained and ex-
perienced experts in the Army and
Navy.
Whenever the President reaches
the point, which he doubtless will,
where he is willing to consider abil-
ity first and political preference Sec
ond, the government will attain a de-
gree of efficiency and rapidity of
action which will have no misgivings
when Congressional inquiries are
suggested. Until that time the Ship
ping Board muddles will continue to
mar our military plans.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
THEN AND NOW

Whether Hindenburg is as big a
man as the Germans think he is, he
knows much more than most peace
full Americans about the gentle art
of warfare. But when he filings a
cheerful jibe at the new council of
the Allies he shows himself either
slightly ignorant of history or ex-
tremely anxious to lie for the en-
couragement of the Germans.
Such institutions" he says, "are
always sign of incapacity and help
lessness. When they are at their
wits end a war council is estab-
lished."
Unity and cooperation among the
Allies to-day will end the military
empire of the Hohenzollerns as ef-
fectually as the last coalition against
Napoleon wiped out his military au-
ocracy.-Binghamt Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
Over tie 1oh
tH PexNa.

A discreet old housekeeper in Nor
ristown when rebuked by the COM
mittee for not observing a meatless
day answered very sharply that she
was making good the same rs any,
body else. II only give 'em hash on
no-meat days." she defied.
Lehigh County has evolved a plan
which promises to be of much value
in disposing of the farm labor prob
lem during next season. The local
Public Safety Committee is raising
funds to secure various types of
tractors which are to be hired out to
farmers who may be unable to pur-
chase such machinery. The Com
mittee is also organizing "Co-opera-
tive rings" among the farmers for
cooperation in the use of motor
driven implements.
The meanest use for camouflage
yet registered is identified with the
pursuit of an errant husband by a
Philadelphia woman who was per-
mitted to search a hotel along with
several detectives, because all of
them carried great floral horseshoes
with the words Happy Birthday"
There was no doubt about the hus-
band being surprised.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
MUNICIPAL XMAS TREE

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
From what have been able to
understand, no arrangement has
been made for Municipal Christ
mas tree this season.
Is this dealing quite fair with the
childhood of Harrisburg? II our
open handed giving to the great
cause of humanity is there nothing
left to delight the eye and appeal to
the imagination of the poor little
tots to whom the festive season at
best is somewhat of a mockery? Can
our people answer the Red Cross slo-
gan about having a heart this
week and know that in a few days
many trusting, hoping little hearts
will be disappointed?
After all, the Christmas Visitor
was a child and the desires of child
hood should be paramount ct this
time. Cannot the Telegraph, always
alive to furthering a good cause,
come to the rescue now?
"a KEAN REEDER."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
MOTHERS OF MEN

She saw the gleam of white star
light, She felt the rush of wings,
Through the little door. the humble
door, came simple folk and
kings,
And some knelt down with gifts and
praise, and some with tears end
prayers
And suddenly the little Christ SEEM
ed less of Hers than theirs.
Scarce one white hour She knew Her
joy before the world came in
And claimed Him at Her very heart,
the heart that knew no sin.
o, Mary, not a mother born but
knows Your brief one day,
Since soon or late the world comes in
and takes q child away.
For some have gone for war and
faith-for gain, or gold, or love; /;
And some have followed daring
dreams the lesser paths above;
And some are lured of sadder things.
Oh, many roads there are
That lead away the child we knew
so far and overfar!
Now on the night when Mary felt
the rapture and the dread,
o, mothers of all wanderers, may
you be comforted,
And feel again within your hearts
the peace that Mother knew
Before Her humble door stood wide
to let the world come through.
God grant this night that Mary's Son
bring back Your sons to You.
BY Theodosia Garrison in Good
Housekeeping.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
WHEATLESS BREADS

Women must create a demand for
bran, wholewheat, and corn breads,
until they are put on the menu of
hotels and restaurants not only on
wheatless days, but for constant use
by patriotic food savers, according
to statement by Mrs. Hoover, wife
of the United States Food Admins
traitor, yesterday. She feels that many
people will acquire the habit of eat
ing coarse grained breads, if they
have the opportunity of ordering
them on six days of the week, instead
of one.
Other advice of Mrs. Hoover to
American women, is to stir the i'm
agination of servants and people be-
fore whom they are demonstrating,
to appreciate that their saving food
actually conserves it for starving
people. There is some individual,
who is unknowingly dependent upon
you, for life. She says, ''it may be a
soldier in the trenches, it may be a
little child, it may be a peasant wo-
man, who will not have anything to
eat, next spring, if you do not think
of them now"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
DID NOT RESIGN UNDER
FIRE
To the Editor of the Telegraph:

10 the Editor of the Telegraph:
Because of alleged violations of
various laws of the church by a
majority of the Council of st. Johns
Lutheran Church of Boiling Springs,
REV. Guss appealed to the West PEN
ma. synod at its meeting in York,
Octoper 1918, to fulfill the require
ments of it's Constitution, Art. 8. Sec.
l, which reads:
1T shall be the duty of Synod to
maintain order and good govern
ment along the churches within its
pounds, and to this and it shall see
tnat the rules of government and dis
cipline prescribed in this Constitu-
ton and in the Formula of Govern
ment of the General Synod, are
properly observed by the pastors
ana churches under its care.
The violations of the Council con-
sisted in tampering with the min
utes; in holding secret and illegal
meetings of the Council; in with
holding salary, and in calling and
holding an Illegal congregational
meeting.
The committee of Synod to which
the appeal of Rev. Guss was re-
ferred, brought in a report which, as
adopted by the Synod, is fatty self
CONTRADICTORY. Inc report reads:
The Council had the right to take
the action it did, and such action, in
the opinion of your committee, is
binding upon all concerned"
The action thus referred to, con-
sisted in an attempt TO affirm and
ratify former alleged illegal proce-
dure: in a demand for the resigna-
ton of the pastor; and in withhold
ing his salary.
The same report declares later of
the Councils actions:
Such proceedings in the Christian
Church do violence both to the let
ter and the spirit of the Gospel and
bring the cause of Christ into 1isre-
pute, and are in evident violation of
the Formula of Government. Such
practices are destructive of the
Church's spirituality, fatal to her
public influence, and are made TO sap
and undermine the very life of the
church and of the ministry"
1t is thus apparent that the Synod
declares that the Council had the
right to take actions which it de-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
MOTHERS AND SONS

n nee more the patriotic spirit
of Harrisburg has been splen-
didly expressed in the large
number of volunteers who have
gone into the service of their coun-
try since the first draft some weeks
ago. So large is this number that
the recruiting officers here believe
that this city will be passed over in
tho second draft.
Whatever there was Of slackerism
in the early part of the war is rap
idly disappearing. Recently a young
man from another town wrote his
mother that he wanted to enlist;
that he knew she was glad he wasn't
called in the first conscription and
thought he himself was glad, but
somehow after a little he wasn't
glad at ALL that he had been going
around feeling like a sneak. that
every time any one congratulated
him on having escaped he wished
to heaven they wouldn't. He hoped
his mother wouldn't be all broken up
by his decision to enlist; that she
wouldn't want him to go on feeling
like a sneak; that he didn't think 1t
was good for a fellow to feel that
way nor for his country either. Then
he waited for his mothers answer to
his letter.
She wrote him that she wasn't
sure that 1t was right in his case,
that he had never been remarkably
strong, that as a boy she remom-
bered how he dreaded the sound of
a gun, and that she wasn't sure he
could bear to kill men-the boy who
had cried his heart out ever dead
bird.
Then she recalled that he must
have thought twice or a hundred
times before he came to his decision
and she tore up the letter and began
another, in which she wondered
whether he could get a position
where he wouldn't have to go TO the
actual front, because she didn't
know how she could bear that. Then
she tore up the second letter and
started another in which she said
she felt she ought not to influence
him against enlistment; that IL he
felt it was surely his duty she must
bear her part But she finally con-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
PIGGERY DISPOSAL

COUNCIL has the approval of the
public in its solution of the
- garbage disposal problem. The
new contractors will have to hurry
If they hope to get their piggery
established and working within the
brief time yet remaining before the
expiration of the present arrange
ment. but once going there should
be no more complaint of uncollected
refuse, for it will be all to the ad-
vantage of the contractor to gather
the garbage as quickly as possible in
order that it may be fit for fodder
when it reaches his disposal plant.
Pork. Mr.. Hoover says, is one of
the big factors in winning the war
for the allies. The larger the pork
supply the more efficient our fighting
forces and the simpler our food
problems, for pork is one of the
few kinds Of meat that may be
cheaply prepared in appetizing ways
even the most adverse conditions.
Pork can be carried by the soldier
when any other kind of meat of
similar nutritive value would spoil.
1t is a nourishing, satisfying and
generally pleasing diet. And what is
quite as important, it can be pro-
duced in less time than is required
to mature any other form of meat
ration.
If, therefore, Harrisburg can make
1000 pigs grow where none grew
before. and at the same time dis
pose of its waste. it has done a pa
triotic as well as a practical thing.
The wonder is that we did not come
' to the piggery solution long ago, for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
AIR SERVICE SAFEST

Rear Admiral Robert r.. Peary said
in a recent address before a largo
gathering of newly enfranchised
women in New York that of alI
branches of military service in thd
present war, aviation is the safestl
The hospital service, said the admir-
al, is the most dangerous. Artillerl
is placed by Admiral Peary as mex
in point of relative hazard, with tn
infantry next, and the cavalry as ,thl
safest of the various branches, ed
cept the service in the air.-AtiantI
Constitution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19

there is nothing new or novel about
1t. 1t used to be the fashion, not
so very long ago, to carry the
garbage to the pig pen at the end of
the garden plot and use It to fatten
the family bacon. The new plan Is
merely an enlargement of the size of
the pail and the pig pen. 1t is ap-
plying an old household expedient
and economy to municipal govern
ment-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
FEET

Where the sun shines in the street
There are very many feet
Seeking God, all unaware
That their fastening is a prayer.
Perhaps these feet would deem it
odd
(Who think they are on business
bent)
If some one went
And told them, you are seeking
God!"
Mary Carolyn Davies in the Con-
temporary Review.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
Down With Factionalism

Down With Factionalism
w lTH an un''lfi'h purpose an
w no thought other than tn
welfare of a great politica
| organization, whose traditions an
achievements constitute an honor
able part of the nations history, tn
| Telegraph has, time and again, earn
estly protested against the faction
ism that is imperiling the very exist
ence of the Republican party il
Pennsylvania. Frequent appeals t.
influential leaders to bury their diff
ferences and cooperate in supper
Of great fundamental principles anc
worthy candidates, have had the
hearty endorsement of stalwart Re-
publicans throughout the state. The
party press has endorsed this news
papers position and many messages
and letters have been received COM
mending our advocacy of party har-
mony for the public good.
Among the rank and file-the men
who fight the battles in the trenches
there is a widespread and increas-
ing sentiment in favor of getting to-
gether against the common political
foe, now entrenched in high places
and constantly digging in for a
stronger offensive.
Arrogant and partisan to the core,
Democratic bosses are sending forth
the propaganda of nonpartisanship
in the hope of still further weaken
ing the Republican lines, meanwhile
hoping that the patriotic support of
the government by men of all parties
may serve to divert attention from
the purely political maneuvering of
the groups who are first of all inter
ested in their own ambitions.
Elsewhere this evening the Tele-
graph prints a number of letters
from editors whose faith in Repub-
lican principles cannot be questioned
and whose views upon the factional
foolishness which now menaces the
party should be of special interest to
leaders and followers alike in the
Republican organization of Pennsyl-
vania.
There are no differences so irrec-
oncilable as to be offered as excuse
for party dissension. Harmony is
easily attainable and no peurile per-
sonal animositics shall stand in the
way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
EDITORIAL COMMENT

says the Boston Transcript: "A
fight is won in the last round"
Thus does Boston maintain its high
standard of wisdom.-Chicago Daily
News.
When peace finally comes and the
penalties are awarded, the Crown
Prince should be let off scot free
He has never harmed the Allies
Nashville Banner.
1t is easier to denounce the Food
Administration for not materially
lowering prices than to reflect on
what they might be now without
its influence.-Newark News.
Lord Lansdowne appears to be un-
der the impression that it would ap-
pease a brutal Government bent on
conquest to assure it that we didn't
intend to harm it in the least.-Chi-
cago Herald.
The Chicago Herald has cataloged
ninety different lies circulated by
pro-Germans in this country. The
Herald's acquaintance with pro-Ger-
mans appears to be rather limited.
Macon Telegraph.
kerensky's assistant asks the AL
lies to remember, no matter how
dark it looks, that Russia is "a coun-
try of great possibilities" They
know it is, and that's why they are
taking precautions against a few of
the most obvious one... Chicago
Herald
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
CRUELTY FOR I. w. W..

Tarring and feathering seeming
impotent to curb the |. w. W., why
not go to the extremes of cruelty
and try soap and water?-Atlanta
Constitution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
DO YOU KNOW
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

That Harrisburg wheelbar-
rows are being used in Europe?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19

learned on the best of authority
that he was only expressing the
views of all the political interests
and that of many of the great in
dustries."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19
LABOR NOTES
Sheet metal workers at New Or
leans want so cents an hour.

Sheet metal workers at New Or
leans want so cents an hour.
French women are making harness
and saddles for the army.
Detroit Iron Molders Union has
raised wages from $3.50 to $3.50 a
day.
rectly replaced men in British indus
tries.
Papermill workers at Camas, Wash,
demand union recognition.
Canadian unions will work for la
Dor representation in the Dominion
parliament.
Lynn, Mass, coal teamsters and
chauffeurs have raised wages 81 a
week.
More than $1,000 persons are now
employed by the Government at
Washington.
Trains running between st. Louis
and Memphis will hereafter have
women as ticket-takers.
The A. F.. of l. advocates placing
sixteen years as the limit for children
engaged in gainful occupation.
The British labor party will con-
test two of the four parliamentary
seats in Newcastle.
In certain French cities nearly one
third of the metalworkers are strong.
able bodied women
Girls who are enrolled as second
class yeomen in the United States
Navy receive $S5 per month salary.
The paper-making machine which
superseded hand work except for
special makes was a French inven-
ton.
Los Angeles Roofers' Union has
secured a minimum rate of 81 a day
for journeymen and SIS for foremen
Spokane (Wash.) Central Labor
Council has started a campaign tc
organize women workers, and has
appointed a woman organizer fol
this purpose.
Labor unions in Ohio demand the
/ inclusion of all workmen and opera.
tives in the workmen's compensation
act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19

Col. Boquet, who vanquished tn,
Indians raised some of his force il
the Harris house at the Ferry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19

Los Angeles Roofers' Union has
secured a minimum rate of 81 a day
for journeymen and S5 for foremen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19

Spokane (Wash.) Central Labor
Council has started a campaign to
organize women workers, and has
appointed a woman organizer for
this purpose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19

The paper-making machine which
superseded hand work except for
special makes was a French inven-
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19

Labor unions in Ohio demand the
inclusion of all workmen and opera
tives in the workmen's compensation
act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-19

Girls who are enrolled as second
class yeomen in the United States
Navy receive SIS per month salary.