THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

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Special
Election

TUESDAY
NOV. 6

Polls Open 8 A. M. to 9 P. M.

Eastern Standard Time.

A special election will be held in
the City of Detroit, Tuesday, tro-
vember 6th.

Propositions and Charter
Amendments Will Be Submit-
ted as Follows:

Do you favor a general revision
of the charter of the City of Detroit?

Do you favor a change in the form
of government of the City of Detroit
so as to provide for the election on a
non-partisan ballot of a small coun-
cil elected from the city at large in-
stead of a council composed of alder-
men elected from the different wards
of the city?

Shall there be one alderman in each
ward after the second Tuesday in
January, 1919, at a salary of $2,000.00
per annum, instead of two aldermen
as at present provided?

Do you favor increasing the pen-
sions of the widows and children of
deceaSed firemen killed in the service
of the City of Detroit from $25.00.
per month to $50.00 per month?

Shall the Public Lighting Commis-
sion'be authorized to engage in the
sale of electricity- for commercial
lighting or power?

Do you favor giving to the Com-
mon Council of the City of Detroit
power to erect and maintain a bridge
over the American channel of the De-
troit River between Belle Isle and
the Mainland at the intersection of
Jefferson Avenue and East Grand
Boulevard, and to provide for an ap-
proach or approaches thereto, the cost
of the same not to exceed three mil-
lion dollars, which may be raised by.
taxation or by the sale of bonds?

Do you favor dividing the time for
the collection of taxes so that taxes
on property on the east side of the
City of Detroit may be paid in the
month of July without interest, and
taxes on property on the west side of
said city may be paid in the month of
August without interest?

Do you favor empowering the Com-
mon Comicil to proyide for the lay-
ing out and planting of trees and for
assessment to defray the cost thereof?

Shall the Common Council be au-
thorized to provide for the construc-
tion and erection of moles, break-
waters, sea walls, dykes and other

THE JEWS OF GRUSINIA.
its environs to evacuate their homes be-
cause of "military necessity."
There are between 50,000 and 60,000
The press dispatches say that it is
Jews
living in Grusinia and nearby
believed an effort will now be made by
the Turkish government to improve con- sections of the Caucasus, who are
ditions in the Holy Land. The growing lineal descendants of those who mi-
hostility of the population proved a grated to that part of the world im-
heavy military handicap, owing to the mediately after the destruction of the
undercurrent of sympathy with the Temple, and who for many centuries
Sherif of Hedjaz, whose increasing pres- thereafter sustained a regular inter-
tige among the Arab element of Asia course with Palestine and Babylon.
During the Middle Ages, the Jews
Minor is causing the Turks most serious
of
Grusinia were enslaved by the
concern.
Recent cable dispatches announce that rulers of the country and a number
the British have resumed their advance equal to the present total of survivors
into Palestine. The Washington corre- were converted to Christianity through
spondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer the missionary efforts of a baptized
writes that wireless and airplanes are at Jewish girl, known in Greek Catholic
work and a first-class railroad is creep- literature as St. Nina. But, during
ing northward. Transports are carrying their captivity and even to this day,
supplies to Palestine and Bagdad forces those who remained true to the faith
and fresh troops are going forward con- remained loyal to Palestine.
These and other details of the pres-
tinually. General Falkenhayn is in com-
ent
status of the Grusinian Jews were
mand of the Turkish and German force
and if he can succeed in rallying and described in a lecture by Rabbi Baa-
equipping the starving Turks a terrible sow of Oni, the principal town of the
battle for the possession of Jerusalem section, who deplored the fact that the
number of illiterates among them is
will take place.
The same correspondent writes that very high. He closed his lecture,
Turkey is in a wretched condition. The which was delivered, in remarkably
people are hungry and desperate, buf- pure and eloquent Hebrew, before
fetted about by uniformed Germans, and "Tarbuth," the Society of Friends of
business is at a standstill. Only paper Hebrew, in Moscow, with an appeal
money is being used. The Arabs are to the organization to lend its best
DJEMAL PASHA REMOVED
getting the upper hand, and as far north efforts toward raising the status of his
as Marash there is open exultation over people.
Turkey in Desparate Condition—Bat- the straits of the Turks. The Arabs
tle of Jerusalem Impends.
Thirty Jews have been elected at
and the Armenians are giving valuable
Moscow as the representatives of the
assistance to the Entente Allies.
A London cable to the New York
various political parties to the city
World and several other important
councils. Nineteen were elected to
YIZREEL—YOUNG 'JUDEA'S
American newspapers announces the re-
represent the socialist revolutionary
HEBREW MAGAZINE.
moval of Djemal Pasha from his post
party alone. This party polled the
as military governor of Palestine.
The latest successful venture of highest number of votes.
Djemal Pasha was the author of the Young Judea is represented by the
order compelling the Jews of Jaffa and Yizrcel. It is a monthly Hebrew mag-
It has been practically decided to
azine intended particularly for the try the ex-judges of Beilis, MM. Bol-
Jewish youth. It is written in a de- direff, Vigura and Yushkevitch, as
well as the judges of other pro-Beilis
structures to protect the waters of lightfully easy and clear Hebrew, and
witnesses, who were after the trial
the
stories
are
up-to-date,
varied
and
any river, stream or creek or the land interesting. Talcs of travel are illus-
prosecuted by the authorities. The
adjoining thereon in the said city and trated by photographs. Some of the charged will be based on an article of
assess the cost thereof against the best known Hebrew writers have the criminal code.
promised to contribute to it. Among
abutting property?
them are Messrs. Ben Avi, Frishberg,
COMMUNICATION
Friedland, and •Persky.
Election of nine charter commis-
The publication committee in Managing Editor, The Jewish Chronicle:
sioners to revise the charter, these charge of the Yizreel consists of
Dear Sir—In your last issue of Oc-
commissioners to be elected on a Emanuel Newmann, Joshua New- tober 12 appears an article about a foot-
mann.and Samuel Borowsky.
ball team (the North Ends) which con-
non-partisan ballot.
tains several statements which your in-
MR. GOWMAN RETURNS FROM formant probably misunderstood.
Election of an alderman in the
WEST.
In the first place, the team is not com-
Mr. C. H. Gowman, local representa- posed entirely of Jewish boys, although
Third Ward to fill vacancy.
tive for the Dripping Springs Copper several of the boys are Jews.
Co., has returned to the city from an
Iii the second place, my football ex-
extended visit to the mines of the com-
perience
at the Michigan Agricultural
pany in Arizona. Mr. Gowman is en-
thusiastic over the prospects of copper College is exaggerated. I am mentioned
production from these mines, and ex- as a "star" in the same category with
tends an invitation to all stockholders Exelby, Hill, Cortright, Patterson, etc.
to meet him for a discussion of the The "honor" is really too much for me,
facts that he has gathered. He states as my participation in college football
All electors who are not regis- that
the labor situation in regard to the extended merely to class and scrub
tered, or who have removed from copper mines of Arizona has not seri- teams.
However, I desire to thank you for
affected the holdings of the Drip-
the ward in which they are regis- ously
ping Springs Copper Co., and that the the publicity you have extended the
tered, may be registered or trans- immediate outlook is very favorable team. It is our plan to stage. a game
for a return to normal, conditions with for the benefit of the Jewish war suf-
fer their registration at the office great
prospects for an unprecedented ferers later in the season. All the boys
of the City Clerk any day up to prosperity in the copper industry.
are enthusiastic about this and I am sure
that with the co-operation of The Jew-
and including Tuesday, October
Rabbi Emanuel J. Jack, of Temple ish Chronicle it will be a success.
the 16th, 1917. The law does not Emanuel, Pueblo, who has been drawn
Thanking you kindly for your cour-
permit registration or transfer of for the new national army for service tesies.
Very truly yours,
in France, declares he welcomes the op-
registration after this date.
AUBREY GITTLEMAN,
portunity to fight for his country in the
(Coach of the North Ends.)
trenches, and will not seek exemption.

HASTINGS STREET MER-
CHANTS ORGANIZED.
The merchants of Hastings street,
from Gratiot to Forest avenues, are
to be commended for their action to
co-operate in the future development
of that thoroughfare for business pur-
poses. Hastings street, north of Gra-
tiot avenue, is one of the busiest shop-
ping thoroughfares in Detroit. For
nearly a year there has been a com-
mercial organization comprising the
business men of North Hastings
street, but a few weeks ago a new or-
ganization was formed, comprising
the merchants of lower Hastings
street, which starts out with a mem-
bership of 70 merchants. Mr. Hal-
perin is chairman of the new associa-
tion, Mr. Rothman is vice-chairman,
and Mr. Star, treasurer. Mr. Ginesin
is recording secretary and Charles
Pliskoe is secretary. Mr. Halperin
has assured Mr. N. Hack, chairman of
the North Hastings Business Men's
Association, of co-operation. It is
likely that • at some future time the
two associations will be merged, and
that efforts will be made to change
the name of Hastings street so as to
give that thoroughfare a new lease of
life and a new meaning to the vast
cast side population.

REGISTRATION AND
TRANSFERS

Women Electors

Women who are qualified electors
under the law may vote on the propo-
sition relating to the issuing of bonds
for the construction of a new bridge
to Belle Isle, and the amendment in-
creasing pensions of widows and chil-
dren of firemen. Qualifications for
women electors require that they be
taxpayers or joint owners of property
assessed for taxation in the City of
Detroit.

The election of November the 6th
will be held at the various election
houses, schools and other places de-
signated by the City Election Com-
mission.

RICHARD LINDSAY

City Clerk.

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