THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

Frank B. Leland

. For Governor

Born on a farm.
_Worked his own way
through University of Mich-
igan.
Twice elected Regent of
University of Michigan.
Made, good as lawyer in
Flint and Detroit.
Organized , savings bank,
of which' he has been presi-
dent for 15 years.
President, Michigan State
Sanitorium for five years.
President, Detroit Tuber-
culosis Sanitorium since its
organization.
Gave to Detroit first open-
air school for tubercular
children.
Nationally known as
leader in fight against
tuberculosis.
Equipped by education,
experience and ability to be
Governor of your State.

A WAYNE MAN
FOR GOVERNOR.

Jewish Scientist Dead in Germany

UNITED STATES SENATOR
CHARLES E. TOWNSEND.

Albert Neisser, Equal of Dr. Ehrlich in Medical and Scientific
Circles, Succumbs to Illness

A Personal Letter on His Behalf
From Charles C. Simons.
Dear Sir:
Charles E. Townsend was the
first United States Senator from
Michigan to be nominated directly
by the people. I le has fully justi-
fied their faith and 1 urge his re-
nomination and election.
The 'United States Senate is of
supreme iniportance to all who be-
lieve in the principles of the re-
united Republican party. '!'he Sen-
ate will be close even though a
Republican President and (louse be
elected. The success of Republican
policies, therefore, demands the
strongest men in the Senate, men of
experience, of judgment and proved
ability, men of strong convictions
with the courage to express them.
Senator " Townsend has proved
himself to the people of Michigan
and the country in both I louse and
Senate. The trusted friend of two
great Republican Presidents, he
was spokesman on the floor of the
I louse for their most important
progressive measures. I is has stood
uncompromisingly for protection to
American industries and labor,
scientifically administered.
As a leader of the Republican
minority in the Senate he has not
hesitated to denounce incompe-
tency, diplomatic blundering or ex-
travagance in the Democratic re-
gime. He is one • of the members
of the Senate most regular in at-
tendance and has helped shape
some of the most important legis-
lation of the last six years. I le has
been indefatigable in the interest of
citizens having business with or re-
quiring the aid of the government,
and has been especially diligent in
securing relief in difficult immigra-
tion cases.
The people of Michigan need the
experience, ability and statesman-
ship of Senator Townsend at
Washington during the crucial
years that are at hand. I hope you
will do everything in your power to
further his renomination and elec-
tion.
Very sincerely yours,
CHARLES C. SIMONS.
Primaries, August 29.

Albert Neisser, Professor of Der-
matology at the University of Bres-
lau, died at the age of sixty-one two
weeks ago. Together with Ehrlich
and Koch, Professor Neisser may
justly be regarded as the greatest
alleviator of human suffering that
the present age has produced.
He was born in 1855 in Schweit-
nitz (Silesia) and studied medicine
at the Universities of Erlangen and
Breslau, graduating and receiving
the degree of doctor of medicine in
1877. Two years later he settled as
a "privatdozent" of dermatology at
the University of Leipsic. In the
same year his great discovery of the
germ which he named gonococcus
was made by him.
This discovery was at once recog-
nized as of utmost importance and
he was called to Breslau three years
later as extraordinary professor and
director of the clinic for skin dis-
eases. This placed Neisser in a po-
sition to make still further discov-
eries. The discovery of the lepra
bacillus and the tubercular origin of
lupus followed, and Neisser was
everywhere proclaimed one of the
world's leading scientists. But, as in
the case of Ehrlich, his Jewish faith
stood in the way of his preferment,
and only after he nominally - 'aban-
doned Judaism was he made regu-

ILr professor at the University of
Breslau, which position he occupied
Lt the time of his death.
Aside from the scientific value
which Professor Neisser's discover-
ies have, the practical worth of his
contribution to medicine is very
great.
Prior to 1879, when he discovered
the micro-organism which causes
the most prevalent disease of the
present age, no positive diagnosis
and proper treatment of the disease
were possible. Until the cause be-
Callle known and the germ respon-
sible for it was demonstrated it was
hardly ever possible to discover it
in the acute stage and to differen-
tiate it from simple inflammation.
Albert Neisser, through his dis-
coveries, proved a greater benefac-
tor to suffering humanity than did
any other of his age. There is not
another disease that is as prevalent
and widespread as the Neisserian
malady. And there are few diseases
that are, thanks to Neisser, as ca-
pable of positive diagnosis and
proper treatment, as is the disease
the cause and cure of which he dis-
covered. The number of persons
suffering from tuberculosis is al-
most insignificant when compared
with those affected by the Neisser-
ian malady.

The Humane Sheriff.

We would praise Milton Oakman
for his splendid efforts in behalf of
those unfortunates who have placed
themselves beyond the pale of the
law. But we know him, and we
know that he seeks no praise nor
glory. His reward lies in the con-
sciousness that he had a work to
do and did it well.
Far dearer to him than our
plaudits are the whispered bless-
ings of the thousands of poor
w r etches whose self-respect he
helped to restore and who returned
to the world better and worthier
men for their having known him
and come under his influence.

Thomas Mott Osborne, warden
of Sing Sing prison at Auburn, N.
Y., has become a national figure be
cause of his humane treatment of
prisoners. Milton Oakman, sheriff
of Wayne county and present Re-
publican candidate for county clerk,
has been applying the same humane
principle in his relations, with the
prisoners under his custody, but be-
cause of the quiet and unostenta-
tious manner in which he has per-
formed all of the duties of his of-
,
t - now about it.

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Ben Greenberg

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flint her last few?"
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nearly
hundred dollars and thrust him out
busily.
into the world with one assurance
the Ga
that he would not forget his relig-
ion. She made him promise that We at
with the .
he would cling to his faith. She sonality at.
told him that no intermarriage could
of th'
bring the mutual sympathy of a speech
most impre0
Jewish
minds, was.
"Remember me and my plight. school has:
son," were her Lartmg words.

For Alderman

5th Ward

Republican Ticket