THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
tive institutions, based upon resolu-
tions adopted by the Russian Jewish
Congress. These rights are to be ir-
revocable and not subject to amend-
ment or alteration by state or muni-
cipal legislatures.
C.—Immediate Activity.
1. Preparation of public opinion in
favor of our program and its propa-
ganda among national parties and
groups.
2. The organization of all Russian
Jewry for the securing and safeguard-
ing of these rights, within autono-
mous territories and beyond their
borders.
3. Such co-operation with all oth-
er interested groups for the purpose of
obtaining the proportional electoral
system to the constitutional confer-
ence, which will best serve the interest
of the Jewish people.
4. The calling of the Jewish Con'-
i , ress on a basis of universal, equal,
direct and secret suffrage, with pro-
portional representation and without
sex distinction. This congress must,
in addition to dealing with other ma-
ture Jewish problems, evolve the
foundations of Jewish national self-
government and submit them in the
name of Jewry to the constitutional
conference.
Since the holding of the conven-
tion, a number of leading Zionists in
Russia have found it necessary to op-
pose the idea of introducing the fed-
eral system in that country—that is,
the division of the country into states,
following the model of the United
States. These men have argued that
such a division would carry with it
the division of the now practically
coherent Jewry of Russia into small
groups, lacking the numbers and
strength to carry out the elaborate
plan for self-government evolved at
the convention.
CORPORATION FORMED TO
MEET DEMAND FOR TRUCK
TRAILERS.
In order to meet the growing de-
mand for a heavy duty type of trailer,
the Pioneer Trailer Corporation was
recently organized. This organization
is concentrating its activities on three
types and three sizes, as follows:
Semi-trailers in five, seven and a half,
ten, and twelve and one-half capaci-
ties. This concern has rendered a
signal service to users of this type of
trailer, as previous to its organization
no one in the American market was
building the types that have now
sprung into great favor.
Motor truck lines are followed in
these trailers, and the most efficient
and thoroughly tested materials are
used in their construction. The ca-
pacity of the Pioneer. Trailer Corpor-
ation is unusually great. Although it
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Riverside Scrap Iron
and Metal Company
Dealers in
EX-CZAR EXILED TO SIBERIA
MEETS FATE HE HAD
PLANNED FOR JEWS.
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Henry J. Stecker
Chas. J. Weber
Tobolsk, His New Residence, Refused
Citizenship to Jews, Who Were
To Be Colonized There.
Petrograd—Nicholas Romanoff is
now a resident of Tobolsk, in western
Siberia.
This announcement has come from
the Russian government. Secrecy
surrounded the removal of the de-
posed Russian emperor, the ex-em-
press, their children and suite from
Tsarskoe-Selo palace, August 14. Now
comes this official statement:
"Owing to reasons of state the gov-
ernment decided to transfer to a new
residence the ex-emperor and ex-em-
press, who are detained under guard.
The place selected was Tobolsk, where
they were taken after requisite meas-
ures to insure their safety. With them
went of their own free will their chil-
dren and certain of their entourage."
Tobolsk is 1,500 miles from Petro-
grad, and is on the eastern side of the
lJral Mountains. It is the birthplace
of the mystic monk, Rasputin, who
was a prominent figure in Russia prior
to the revolution.
The name "Tobolsk" is associated
with dark periods in the history of the
Jews of Siberia. It was the govern-
ment of Tobolsk that first decreed that
the residence of a Jew registered in a
community of Siberia is not Siberia at
large, but merely the place of his reg-
istration. The imperial senate upheld
the Siberian governments in this ac-
tion, which had the effect of practically
reducing the position of many Siber-
ian Jews to slavery, as they were with-
out rights to leave the localities where
they had registered.
Nicholas I planned at one time to
locate Jewish agricultural colonies in
the districts of Omsk and Tobolsk,
buf the policy was never put into
effect.
is now in process of completing con-
tracts for $700,000 worth of trailers,
added orders can be taken care of sat-
isfactorily in thirty days after receipt.
Mr. S. E. Liedabrand is the Gen-
eral Manager of the Corporation, with
offices at 233-235 Sixteenth street. He
is an enthusiastic booster for the de-
velopment of Detroit in the supple-
mentary automobile industries.
WILL TAKE CHARGE OF JEW-
ISH BOYS AT BATTLE
CREEK.
Lieutenant Edgar J. Drachman, of
New York city, has been sent by the
Jewish Board of Welfare Work in the
United States army and navy to take
charge of the social and religious
work of the Jewish young men sta-
tioned at Camp Custer, Battle Creek.
Mr. Drachman was in Detroit this
week for a conference with the local
rabbis and others interested in the
work. He will assume it a favor if
all Jewish men in Michigan who enter
the training camp at Battle Creek will
send him their names either prior to
their leaving home or as soon after
their arrival at Battle Creek as'inay be
possible.
Detroit has the largest steel cast-
ing plant in the west and the big-
gest freight car works in the United
States.
H. J. STECKER PAPER BOX CO.
21 ATWATER STREET, WEST
Paper Boxes, Folding Cartons, Paper Die Cutting of All Kinds
MAIN 2862
DETROIT, MICH.
To be
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
during the coming year
deal with the
RESTRICK
LUMBER COMPANY
they have been the means of making more
Jewish Contractors and Builders wealthy
than any other Institution in Detroit
3 Modern Yards:
West Side Yard and Main Office 990 to 1090 Vinewood Ave.
East Side Yard 1400 to 1600 Russell St.
Central or Downtown Yard Cor. Beaubien and Brewster Sts.
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413 Moffat Bldg.
(Proposed.)
Phone Main 638
E. DREXEL CASTLETON
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RESIDENT MANAGER.
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105 Woodward Arcade
2580 W. Jefferson
arifiegaasitig
Complete assortment of
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