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MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

Vol. III. No. 11.

JEWISH WAR RELIEF
MISSION REPORTS

DETROIT, MICH., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918.

First Jew in Canadian
Federal Parliament

BY JAMES B. MORROW

Boris D. Bogen and Max
Senior, Back From Holland,
Tell How American Relief
Funds Are Spent.

There were present in addition to
Mr. Warburg to hear the report, Os-
car S. Straits, Henry Morgenthan and
Abram I. Elkus, all former ambassa-
dors to Turkey; Dr. Judah I.. Mag-
nes, who was the first commissioner
to be sent abroad by the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee two years ago;
Dr. Lee K. Frankel, Paul Baerwald
and Albert Lucas, secretary of the

committee.

Bring Stories of Distress.

Dr. Bogen and Mr. Senior brought
hack with them reports of suffering
among the Jews in Poland and Lithu-
ania. One fact recited was that in the
city of 11'arsaw the newspapers carry
regular advertisements in which they
report the deaths of JON'S by starva-
tion. The commissioners also assert-
ed that from information they had
received direct from Poland they
learned that thousands of children
cannot attend school for lack of
clothing, and that while thousands are
starving, lack of clothing of other
thCusandsis a cause of .equal distress.
Allere there is opportunierfor work,
thely said, workers cannot go to em-
ployment, because they have no
clothes, and epidemics of typhus are'
frelment, because the people become
nuelean from the necessity of „wear-
ing always the same clothes.

There are smite 1,2110.00o Jews in
19and, with another million in 1.ftli%
*labia, who have neither !wdrk,' food,
nor clothing, except such as conies to
them through charity, and snosf, of
which is supplietl by the' hauls sent‘
from America, was the final stimulating
situation, as 1)r. ,Bogen and
him Se jot' relateil,it to the' inciabe?Is
of the Joiid DiStributiYM 'Committee.

Hon. Samuel W. Jacobs.

Samuel \Villiain Jacobs, 11. C. I..,
I.. L. NI., K. C., NI, I'., recently elect-
ed to the Canadian Federal Parlia-
ment and the first Jew ever sent to
that binly• was born in I.ancaster, On-
tario, May O, 1871. In 1893 he grad-
uated from McGill University With
first rank honors, receiving the de-
gree of B. C. L. The next year he
graduated from Laval university with
the degree of L. C. NI., in the same
year he was called to the bar. He
was created K. C. in 1906.
He has been a frequent contributor
to the law review's and is the author
of "The Railway Law of Canada," and
joint editor of Jacobs' and Garneau's
Code of Civil Procedure. His activi-
ties as a Jewish communal worker has
long since received. the endorsement
of the Jewish community. especially
in his great battles against the dis-
ease of anti-Seinitism.
In 191(1 Mr. Jacobs led the battle
against the unfair insinuation and
anti-Semitic libels of Robitaille, then
editor of Le Pioneer. This paper
tilled its columns with venom and
slander against the Jews. It is sig-
nificant that in the same year Mr.
Robitaille thought it more convenient
to leave the city of Montreal.

NO JEWISH AMERICAN

COMMITTE FOR PALESTINE

It has been tliscov•red from a posi-
tive• source that the efforts' of the
.\incrican Zionists to get permission
to send am i‘inerican Jewish Com-
mission to Palestine. was unsuccess-
ful. The official bodies in 1Vashing-
ton have decided qlat this was not
dei.irablo,Miecause"Anietica is not at
war with Turkey—and perhaps they
did not, think ital‘solutely necessary.
as it is knob-n •hact ihr Friglish Zion-
ists are sending a special Jewish coin-
missium , and therefore what would
be; the. need 40r. anotheir Jest' ism „corn-
MisSionl'• '

Purpose of Commission. '. '
At the close of the meeting, the merly minister to the United States.
"The commission remained in Hol-
following statement of what had bten
itcomplislied by the commissioners land until Jan. 25 last, and are in a
(luting their stay abroad was author- position to state confidently to the
Jews in America that their mission
"1.4. Bogen and Mr. Senior went has been pre-eminently successful. Ar-
to Holland last August 'as a special rangements have been made through
commission representing the Joint the permanent Netherlands branch of
I)istribution Committee of the Amer- the Joint Distribution Committee
ican Funds for Jewish War Sufferers, whereby American relief funds May
with the object of supervising, and TIOW be transmitted directly through
perfecting the arrangements for the the Dutch officials to the representa-
expenditure of relief money sent by tive Jewish local committees through-
out Poland and Lithuania. Before the
the Joint Distribution Committee.
This was made necessary by the en- departure of Dr. Borgen and Nit-.
Senior from Holland more than half
trance of the United States into the
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war, and the fact, that arrangements a million dollars had been
them, and a half million more has
previously made had of necessity to bs
since been received in Holland and is
be changed. It had become impos-
in process of distribution.
sible to send funds directly to the
Establish Communication.
Jewish war sufferers in Poland and
"'The committee of Dutch Jews at
Lithuania and elsewhere. This spe-
Hague. through which this work
cial cominiision was enabled to go to The
is going forward, has as its president
the neutral Overnhtent of the Nett•
the assistance and l'rofessor Jacob Oppenheitn, one of
erlands,
the privy counselors to the Queen of
co-operation of the American state
Holland, and president of the Jewish
department, and upon its arrival in
Community at The Hague its vice-
Holland on Sept. 22, Dr. Bogen and
president is Jacobus Kann. the bank-
Mr. Senior immediately placed 'them-
er and the secretary of Nehieme de
selves in contact .Nvith officials of the
Lietne, director of the Central Insur-
Dutch government and organized a
ance Company of the Netherlands.
representative committee of Dutch
Other members of the committee are
Jews.
Professor L. S. Visser. chief justice
Government Officials Aid.. • • of the 'Netherlands; Henri Polak, S.
"The commissioners and this com- Van den Bergh, Rabbi Dr. Philip Cop-
mittee are under particular obliga- penhagen, Alfred Polak, S. Mendels
tions, above all others, to United and A. S. Eitze. These men represent
States Nlinister John Garrett and the best elements of all the various
Charge d'Affairs '.Marshall I.anghorne. groups of Jewish citizens of Holland.
"In addition to other arrangements
Without their aid the work could
never have been accomplished. It effected by the commissioners they
was a source of great pride to the have succeeded in reopening the chan-
commissioners to demonstrate to nels by which individual remittances
their Dutch colleagues the efficiency may be made by American Jews to
of the American goimeradient and their relatives in Poland and Luthu-
alicive all the democratic tone which ania."
prevails in the office of the minister.
TY?: David Klein, State analyst for
It demonstrates, 4.000 miles from the
seat of government at Washington, the division of foods aud dairies of the
Illinois
Department of Agriculture,
the far-reaching humanity, the broad-
mindedness, and the entire freedom has received a commission as captain
from prejudice which actuate every in the sanitary corps.

American official. The commission-
ers are also indebted for the success
of their efforts to the Dutch minister
of foreign affairs, Dr. J. Loudon, for-

' in•self. I would stand on both sides
of the counter. if we had a counter."
(In "The Nation's Business.")
A member of the Advisory Commis-
•
-
titeg crehaotict:o,t,ifii il'i1
t:se tin'
t.,lt i.lci of
,r es o if thNational
nt \\ rii
t . T talent also has much to do sine
in the matter of money-mak-
Rotie
sii•nr‘,va clillo :is, bar-
ing, the interviewer had said, ;talii
the leather,
"Admitted," Julius Rosen- gaining
, pounds and
million s 0t
s-
"Still there is no 'luck—many
wald answered.
,
millions Of yards—required by
a g ift
ground for pride. Talent
the American armies at home min in
from
a source outside of ourselves.
„ Bestowed
inn. tilt, inst i nct i ve l y Trance. His services, of course, are
we use it and find pleasure in the act.' tree to the Government. Specifically,
In general• he
The artist b e gan to draw pictures on such is his duty.
scraps of paper while a child. 'Flue 'hares the work of the NN'ar Conned
orator was eager to recite pieces at us a body.
Mr. Rosenwald has none of the
school. The poet saw beauty invisible
i mannerisms supposed to be acquired
to his playmates and teachers.
"I give talent its proper place in the , as ith the amassing of large property.
scheme of life, but the man who has lic Is middling as to height and
it should walk humbly in the sight of weight. His friendly eyes are a
t h e world, remembering always that blending of brown and gray, and his
he is merely an agent, without much' black mustache, shot with white, is
clipped close to his lip.
excellence in himself."
Boast he has not, neither in his
Such was the climax of a million-

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DUTCH OFFICIALS ARE
FORWARDING AGENTS

New York.—A meeting was held at
the home of Felix M. Warburg Mon-
day to hear the report of the com-
mission, which the Joint Distribution
Committee of the American Funds
for Jewish War Sufferers, of which
Mr. Warburg is chairman, sent to Eu-
rope to investigate the condition of
Jewish sufferers in the war zones. The
commission, which consisted of Dr.
Boris I). Bogen and Max Senior, in
their report, told of the arrangements
Which have been made for the dis-
tribution of funds raised in America
for the relief of the Jewish war suf-
ferers of Europe.

HOW JULIUS ROSENWALD ROSE
FROM POVERTY AND OBSCURITY
TO WEALTH AND PROMINENCE

BEST DANCE OF THE SEASON.
K. of P. Purim ball, Arcadia, Feb-

ruary 28.

Per Year, $1.50; Copy, 5 Cents.

RUSSIAN ZIONIST
LEADER DIES

Dr. Jechiel Tchlenow Known as "Rus-

sian Herd," Was Instrumental
in Obtaining British Dec-
laration.

The following cablegram was re-
ceived last Monday by the Provi-
sional Zionist committee:
,, ..\\,,ith d, e? sorrow wie
i,,
th at our b o elove d fr i en d am, l e a der.
Doctor Jechiel Tchlenow, passed
without pain peacefully in his
away
sleep Thursday night, January
are embalming his bo' d n y,
' 9 "" „' \\*e
for possible later removal.
"Achan Ila'ani, Nahum Sokolow,
Chaim \Veitzmati."

Zionists all over the world are
mourning the loss of one of their
distinguished personalities, Dr. Jechiel
Tchlenow. His tragic death is a
great shock.

DENVER EX-PATIENTS
FUND DENOUNCED

Fred M. Butzel Says National
Hospital and Jewish Con-
sumptive Society Take Care
of All Ex-patients.

DISAPPROVES OF NEW
SUPERFLUOUS SOCIETY

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The following communication from
Fred NI. Blazel covers a situation that
has arisen in Detroit that demands
urgent attention on the part of every
Jew in the city. It is self-explanatory.
Feb.
,.
Editor Jewish Chronieeb
le 14, 1918.
Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sir:
It has come to my notice that an
appeal is being made in Detroit in be-
half of the Ex-Patients Association of
Denver, Colorado.
A committee of the National Con-
ference of Jewish Charities has care-
fully investigated the Denver situa-
tion and finds that the ex-patients are
very well taken care of by existing
institutions in Denver and that the
Ex-Patients Association is absolutely
superfluous.
The country as a whole is gener-
ously supporting the National Hospi-
tal and the Jewish Consumptive
Relief Society, which, in turn, are
co-operating most wisely with the
organized Denver charities to look
after the ex-patients. The after care
furnished by the two big Denver in-
stitutions is most admirable and there
is absolutely no warrant for any addi-
tional society in Denver. In no event
is there any reason for a Denver
charitable society to solicit funds
throughout the linked States and the '
activities of this society meet with the
widest disapproval in Deliver apd •
among the the people throughout. the
country who are in touch with thec iit-
nation there. • , r
Very truly yours„,
(Signed)
FRED NI.

1)r. Tchlenow was one of the heads
of the International Zionist organiza-
tion. Prior to the modern Zionist
organization, he was one of the pio-
glee's strange doctrine. Success had dress nor conduct. I. me, and myself neers in the CI1OVeVe 7.1011
movement.
been the theme when the conversation arc. not his favorite pronouns. ( - )n his
Immediately after 1)r. Iferzel pub-
opened. "I have never supposed," fiftieth birthday, which was five years
lished
"Judenstaat,"
he
offered
his
m en
Julius Rosenwald then said, "that any ago. he gave away $1187,00o.
quality I possess had more than it "h 0 know his gams to philanthropic service to Ilerzt and lie soon be-
associated
minor part in What I may h ave and educational projects say that his rat"
with the jut-
mortal Zionist leader. At the Zion-
achieved as a merchant. An oppor. annual contributions since then have
ist congresses he played one of time
totaled
even
a
larger
sum.
tunny opened before me. I didn't
leading roles.
T o many he was
Extreme Riches Criminal.
create it."
A Mere Accident. "It is a crime," he told the inter-
"But you saw it," the interviewer viewer, "to pile up money after one
broke in, "and seeing is one of the has accumulated all that he needs for
manifestations of genius." himself and his family. There is a
"Not when it comes about purely stage where acquisition becomes a
vice. Once that is reached, a man
through accident," her. R.osenwald re
cannot part with any of his posses-
plied.
"I accepted the opportunity."
k '1;;etp l
uh ti r s estate to gether,
leti l t i
aa Yi; d I a l e t
went on. "more in behalf of a relative
death hands it over to his wife and
than for myself. The business ex-
children, not that he loves his wife
minded. There are a thousand men in
and children more than do other men,
the country who would have done bet-
but that lie cannot overcome the in-
ter with thiiatin.bt uslim ial se ess
tirmity which has sveakened his will
But they
them. perhaps, are still working on and character.
"I have my business," Mr. Rosen-
salaries.
wall continued.
"I want nothing
"The United States is filled with
sound
men who could get rich if they had ' Imre ' Men'
me"' ably me".
Conte to time nearly every week with
the chance. General Grant was a
plans that I know arc good. 'I would
leather merchant in a town not far
front where
was horn. The civil not invest a dollar,' I tell them, 'even
P r " tit ' tent ed amo u nt
war turned him into a hero and made If I k ""v
him President of the United States." !° lull per cent a mohth! I am not
''But you will admit that he wa0.is interested any more in the making of
LOCAL ZIONISTS PUSH d
soldier: , the interviewer re. money, but I like the fun of giving
great
RESTORATION FUND
t away."
it
market(,
Born in Springfield, III.
Nfr. Rosenwald answered
Meet on Tuesday and Lay Plans For •
DR. JECIIIEL TCHLENOW.
!lint iii
cven
have kiuiwn it
•\ half century ago the 12osen•alds
Completion of $30,000 Quota •••
lived in Springfield, III. Smola the know n as the "Russian Ilerzl." He
had he been deprived of an °ppm-
helot of the family, was a merchant. %vas a born leader, restrained' in his
For Detroit.
(unity to tight. And that is my argu-
?nein. Every situation in life has a Probably he was a natis e of Germany.
manner, devoid of boldness, tactful,
however, was born in America. ;iliiaide gain the confidence of
At a meeting of the general com-
man, often a multitude of then .
and on the street where Abr a ham Li " . I the ordinary Zionist. TchlenOw was mittee of the local irirgatifzation for ,
coin formerly lived. Latvr, the Itos-
the Palestine. Restoration Fund held
the cosmopolitan hi Russian Zionism,
t•nwalds moved ti, a house directly and one of the links which united on, Tuesday evening at the Shaarey :
&tick Sy nagogue definite , plans were
opposite the old Lincoln homestead,
the \Vest litirtMean ZioniFds with
mapped out for coinpletilig the rais-
"You were not compelled to split
t he Ru ssian •Zionists.
ing of the Detroit quota of .$30,000. •
rails in your boyhood," the inter -.
After Herzl's death lie became the .' number of teams of prominent busi-
viewer said, by way of e.perimelit.
"No but I peddled chroinos," m r , tie facto leader of the Zionist organ- uess alld professional men were named
ization.
Ile gave up his lucrative to make personal canvass of every ".
Rosenwald replied.
"The nimble sixpence had to travel medical pral.tice iii Moscow and set- possible sympathizer in the move-
prett• hard to get away from me when tied in Berlin. where the actions C0111- ment.
Fred M. But eel was chairman of
I was a youngster. I did many mittee had its seat, in order to direct
things in the way of earning nione ■ , , . the Zionist operations. When the war the meeting, Ile explained the pur-
Satchels had to be carried. and I car- broke lilt he went to Copenhagen, pose of the Restoration Fund, and
ried some of them. Also. I delivered but for the past three months he re- made a plea for its successful con-
sided. in London, where, together summation. Louis Dann, treasurer of
papers.
"When Lincoln's monument was with Dr, ‘VeitZ111311 and Nahum Soko- the local fund, who has become prom- ,
•d•dicated I sold a pamphlet history low he conducted the negotiations inert in the Zionist and charitable •
of the act: leading to the event and with the British government, which movement of Detroit lately, reported
made 52.50. General Grant was pres- culminated in the British declaration amidst an enthusiastic ovation that
ent, and I saw him sitting in a car- favoring Zionism. He was to have $1,O110 was contributed by members of
riage. Ile was the first man I had been a member of the commission to the Mogen Abraham Congregation.
ever seen With kid gloves on his lay the foundation for the future He stated that if other Detroit con-
gregations make equal comparative
hands. They were yellow , in color. Jewish homeland in Palestine.
showings, the fund will be far over-
and I looked so long that I have never
subscribed here.
forgotten them.
PLIGHT
OF
JEWISH
Rabbi A. NT Hershman gave an in-
First Investment.
I
JULIUS ROSENWALD.
spicing talk on the objects to be at-
"One summer I clerked in a store .
REFUGEES IN JAPAN
mined
through the success of the
capable of meeting and filling it. NI% where everything was either 49 or 9v
TOLD BY EYE-WITNESS c
.inioaign. Ile answered the argu•
philosophy, in the present install, cents in price. I made my first in
- --
s top. at
. that point: but there are iii vestment along toward autumn that
Isadore •Ilirsclitield, of New York, int.nt that Palestine cannot support
than two million
ual Jews by stat-
year.
My brother was associated a director in the Hebrew Sheltering • more tn
enough situations to go around."
g that no Zionist of intelligence
with me in the undertaking. I had Immigrant Aid Society. spoke under ' n-
Advice is Cheap.
ever
advocated
bringing
the entire
0
"Counsel, then, is useless from a $2 • saved from my wages as a clerk, the auspices of the Board of Directors J; wish population of the world to
master of money to a candidate seek- and he had about the same amount. Of the United Jewish Charities at a paiestittes "No matter where the
•,! for luncheon at the Board of Commerce,
We
W bought a set of china dishes
ing a place in the ranks," the inn r-
Jew r
R bbi Il
man,
alestin can be for him a center of
"NN'huill • " Mr. Rosenwald replied sary of her marriage—had them un- spent a year in the war zones
Jewish culture and a headquarters for
"'rite commonest and shabbiest flung) packed and spread out when she came Europe on behalf of his organization* the conservati t of
o 1 o Jewish spiritual
town to breakfast.
• • That was a bi k ■ and had the privilege of viewing first-
in the world is advice. A normal man (
resource' s." He stated that the Brit-
lay for us boys"
. .
„ hand the terrible conditions prevail- ug.l.
•
• '•
does not require it. His conscience ( •
declaration favoring a Jewish
1 mciaration
mother,
"But a bigger
youriher,
or intellect is sufficient. \vhat he
ing. one
Ile for
was
instrunit.ntal in cstab- Homeland in the holy Land
was a
lie may
t is intents wer asserted.
lishing a bureau of communication
seek'
wants is an opening.
challenge to every Jew in the world
it or he may find it. Often it will! "And she is living yet," Mr. Rosen- between stricken fatuities in Europe to prove his devotion and sincerity to
meet him face to face when he is wall fondly said; "and writes to me
and their relatives in America, and his ancient heritage, and expressed
thinking about something else. In ever). week, and. although she is also perfected a system of postal ex-
,
his belief that the Jew would not be
nearly 80 years of age. her penman- change between the peoples
that event, his heart should not be
of the found wanting in this critical period ,
ship is without a tremor or a blot."
belligerent nations and the sources of his entire noble history. .
filled with arrogance.
Unconsciously. Mr. Rosenwald was of aid.
"A thousand men, hidden away. get-
.
beautiful picture of himself.
Ile detailed the work now being
ting pay envelopes every Saturday live, giving
doubt he will be surprised to see door in Seattle in handling the con• Satinet T. Goldberg Receives
\o doubt
and die in comparative poverty. Many
it i print, but there is Where it be- paratively large volume of l'acific
Appointment From Governor.
are millionaires in everything save
money. There is no occasion for longs. and the writer has no explana- coast immigration. Many of the new
.
ving a place to it arrivals in this country are Russian
tion to make for
Among the six men of Detroit ap-
them
to undertake their ability.' .
in this rough sketch.
.
Polish
Jews
who
have
come
via
pointed
by Governor Sleeper as Ex-
or
Chance h as not come knocking at :
ut .untonlien .soyt Week.
Siberia and Japan. He told of the emption Board Inspectors is Samuel
their doors. Nor has the man in the
cia
ls;ol
c
o
I
f
b
ertgh. e AA
large
number
of
refugees
in
Yoko.
T
ll nacprpicoainnteels,raorteecotiffi
ve.
next store, skyscraper, or factors•, at
SPANISH JEWS CONTRIBUTE
horna, Japan, who are stranded there,
whose door chance has actually ap-
l- NUJJ a situation which was recently made League, working under the direction
peared. any reason for overestimating
his own ability. Meekly. should he! The Lord Ntayor of London has the subject of diplomatic correspond- of the United States Department of
walk in the presence of himself—and received, through l'rofessor Yehuda, ence with this country, Mr. Hirsch- Investigatton: and will -let as inspee-
of the University of Nladrid, a liberal field stated that a lodging house for tors over the local registration boards
of his family."
contribution to the British Red Cross several hundred women was recently in Detroit. The other appointees are:
Had No Policy.
"But you have had a program?" the from the Jews of Spain, as a token of opened at this place and that more Edwin G. Van Wie, George Bushnell,
interviewer persisted. !gratitude for the heroic part played in Jews are pouring in from the stricken Charles A. Grant, Howard A. New-
"None whatever. Had 1 followed a!the capture of Jerusalem by the Lon- war zones. comb and Fred M. Randall.

pritEL. .

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program I would still be in the cloth- I don Territorial and Yeoman regi-
ing business."
ments.
"Anyway, you have a policy?"
K. OF P. PURIM BALL.
"Only so far as trying to feel that
I ant always selling merchandise to Arcadia, February 26. Remember.

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