A merica/I "apish Perkvileal CeNter

CLAYTON AMOS • CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

THE JEWISH CHRONIC

MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1918.

GIVES
Michigan Jews of Earliest Days Had
Palestine Will Be Held By MORGENTHAU
OUT SUGGESTION
FOR WORLD PEACE Share in Indian and British Fights;
Allies as Trustees Until
Joined Pioneer Public Morals Cause
People Assume Full Control
By Aiding First French Missionaries
Nov York Educator Sees Glorious

Bible, Magna Charts and Declaration of

Independence Should be Humanity's
Foundation.

Outlook After Four Months
Observing British Methods
and Consulting Jewish Lead•
era in Homeland.

SIX JEWS ELECTED
TO NEW CONGRESS;
GOLDFOGLE RETURNS

NN'A SI I I NGTON — Congressmen
Ilahn, Kraus, Bacharach, Siegel and
Sabath, Jewish members of the pres-
ent house, have been re-elected in
their several states. Former Congress-
man Henry M. Goldfogle will take
the seat now held by 'Meyer London.

1'1111•N0E1.1'111.1—A declaration David E. H eineman Unveils Hidden and Curious Records of Early
of world peace to include the "best
Traders and Good Citizens in Detroit, Old Mackinac
parts of the old and new Testaments,
and other Forts of the Old Frontier.
the Magna Charts and the Declara-
tiois of Independence," was declared
DR. WEITZMANN
by Henry Morgenthati, former Am . Newcomers of 1840 and 1850, Honored as Forerunners of New
JEWS REPORTED
Immigration, Had Predecessors Who Took Part in
HAS SAME VIEWS Isassador to Turkey, to be the foun-
elation of justice to all nations, in an
Famous Events of Long Ago .
VIENNA—.\ report has been re-
I
address at Lancaster.
N I , .W YORK.—Self-deterinitiation
i ceived that the Ukrainian National
Later lie marched at the head of
By HON, DAVID E. HEINEMAN
by Palestine as to the form of gov-
. Council in Lemberg has officially rec-
,
the greatest celebration the city ever
ernment to be cast for the Holy
The increasing sire and importune.' of after fifty-three years in Michigan, he
saw.
Factories and shops were the Jewish community in Detroit gives had abjured the place of residence ognized the Jews of Galicia as an Ut-
Land is suggested by John H. Fin-
losed
offices were also an increasing interest to all records given in the undated document. Ile , dependent nationality. having the
ley, State Commissioner of Educa- I c, newspaper
right to representation in the govern-
stormed by the crowds for news : tin that can be found of the earliest history is also mentioned in a permit frommeat.
tion, who discussed his four months '
me
i bands marched. The munlemonium of that community. The JEIVISH Quebec allowing him to trade in pow
in Palestine as Red Cross Commis-1
The government of Ukrainia has
CHRONICLE has the privilege of print-
sioner. Ile had high praise for Gen- i contunued into the night.
study of the earliest records, pre7 der and ball as a member of the firm sanctioned the opening of a faculty
I he address of Mr. Morgenthau be- ing a
of
Grant
&
Soloinon
(5).
pared for the American Jew;fh Histori-
eral Sir Edmund Allenby's army of
for Jewish History and Literature at
fore the Rotary Club tvas concluded cal Society by the painstaking care and
The name of Levy Solomons, of
occupation, and disclosed that the
with an impressive plea for justice scholarship of David E. Heineman, for- Montreal, is well known as that of a the new State l'isk ersity at Namen-
war had left few scars on the coun-
and right living and for a revival of seer controller of the City of Detroit. merchant dealing extensively at Mack- etz-Podolska. The concession is the
try—the only visible evidences, in religion to greet the
boys when they Mr. Heineman's studies will be presented inac at about this time, (6) and it is result of strong efforts made in that
fact, being the passage of German get back home.
direction by influential Jewish lead-
in three articles, of which the first deals
not impossible that further research
institutions to allied control.
with the isolated but noteworthy rep-
ers.
may disclose this Ezekiel Solomon to
_
of
the
Jewish
faith
who
ap
reSelliaii7TS
Commissioner Finley was accom-
peared here in the earliest French and be connected with him by kindship,
panied on his trip by Colonel E. St.
British period. The later articles mill by commercial ventures, or both.
John Ward, Major Theodore Wa-
deal with a special record of a Jewish
Frequent reference is also found in
ters, and Major Solomon 1Veinstein,
trader at Detroit in PillItiOC 'S lEue, with the manuscripts of the Dominion
all of the Red Cross, and the latter
eminent pioneers in the noteworthy in- Archives to one William Solomons,
the head of the Hebrew Orphan
flux of the middle of the nineteenth cell-
who acted as official interpreter to the
fury, and with an accorlt of the be-
Asylum.
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ginnings of the 1840-1850 immigration. English officials at Mackinac and vi-
Speaking of the future of Pales-
Dinner for Colleague by B'nai Mr. Heineman's article, as printed in the entity and whose name appears fre-
Bishop Williams, Rabbi Franklin
tine, Commissioner Finley voiced his
Brith Members—Address Will Publications of the American leivish quently in that capacity as late as
convictions thus:
and Dr. Atkins Will Give Chief
iiistoricid Sill-0Y, 7L'llS entitled "Jewish 1816•
Mark
Last
Assemblage
of
Or-
"I do not think that Palestine
Beginnings in Michigan Before 1850."—
Addresses in Detroit's Seven-
In Pontiac's War.
der
in
Present
Headquarters.
Editor.
should be given over to any one na-
teenth Yearly Observance of
The
most
striking
incident
in
the
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It
has
always
been
assumed
by
tion, race, or creed.
Day of Gratitude.
those who claim to remember or know history at Mackinac is unquestionably
"1 think that it should be held in NEW HOME TO BE
the
,massacre
of
the
British
garrison
the
beginning
of
things
Jewish
in
trusteeship by the nations jointly, as
. AT NEW CLUBROOM Michigan that the first Jews to set by the Indians on June 2, 1763.
SERVICES BEFORE
in international agreement, until
VICTORY PARADE
This attack, it will be remembered,
foot upon the soil of that state arrived
such time as the country, through
Mayor Cornell Schreiber, of Tole- about the middle of the nineteenth was only one link in the chain of con-
agriculture, or other means, becomes
On "'Thanksgiving morning, the
spiracy whereby all the English post
self-supporting in a sense and pop- do, will address a grand rally of the century. This assumption grew out
Independent Order of B'nai Brit!' at of the fact that the immigrants who garrisons from Mackinac to the east- Seventeenth Annual InterdenominaH
ulation grows.
ern
end
of
Lake
Erie
were
to
be
anni-
tional
Thanksgiving Service will be
"As the country develops the peo- the Ganapol Studio, 25 Adelaide came to the state about that time
held at the New Detroit Opera House,
street, Wednesday evening, Novem- were unaware of any remot•• or ins- hilated at one stroke.
ple themselves will gradually come
It will also be recalled hove at De- formerly the Lyceum Theatre.
ber 27. The date is two days later mediate predecessors.
to agree upon the form of govern-
than the original time fixed, which
The published directories of the troit the subterfuge devised by the
As heretofore, all religious denom-
ment they wish, and then the na-
was Monday, November 25.
time would seem to bear them out. Indians contemplated a formal parley inations in the city will actively par-
tions should withdraw and permit
The appearance of Mayor Schrei- In the first directory of Detroit, pub- within the post stockade where, at a ticipate in this service, which prom-
the evolution of this government."
ber will mark the last rally of the In- lisped in 1837, containing about 1,080 signal from Pontiac, the Indian war- ises to be one of the most inspiring
Dr. Weitzmann Agrees.
dependent Order of B'nai Brith in names, there is not a single one that riors were to bring into action the that has ever been held.
In this view of the matter, Mr.
their present quar(ers, which have can be safely claimed as that of a Jew. abbreviated muskets which were hid-
Three brief addresses will be deliv-
Finley :added, he was in agreement
been the place of so many happy In the next one, published in 1845, den beneath their blankets.
ered, the speakers being Bishop Chas.
with Dro We' nano of London, the
At :Mackinac the scheme was to en- D. Williams, Rev. Gaius Glenn At-
gatherings. All meetings hereafter there are but two such names (1),
noted Jewish leader of the Zionist
will be held in the club rooms of the while the directory of 1850, despite gage in a game of ball, at an exciting kins, and Rabbi Leo M. Franklin.
movement, who expressed himself to
new B'nai Brith club, 64 Broadway. the large increase in population, re- stage of which, the ball was to, be
The music will be furnished by the
the Red Cross-Harty in London.
Mayor Schreiber, who fi n d s ( i nn N'eals no more than three business tossed, presumably by accident, with- choir of Temple Beth El under the
Dr. Weitzmann is now in Jerusa-
even in the arduous contests of poli- firms and in addition thereto I is than in the fort, whither the warriors were direction of Mr. William Howland
lem, administering relief among his
to rush after it only to seize the hatch-
tics and in the strain of legal prac- a half dozen individual names t2).
and it will be patriotic in character.
co-religionists. On the topic of how
tice and public life, to take an active In a state whose history, cOmmel , c- ets and other weapons which the
There has never been a time in the
the British were handling adminis-
squaws
were
waiting
to
provide
them
part in ll'ilai Brith activities, will be ing with the advent of the first Euro-
history of our country when Thanks-
tration, he declares they were midis-
with.
entertained at an informal dinner at pmts. falls within the seventeenth
giving has meant so much to out
tattling a sidgmlid attitude and one
At Detroit the plot was foiled: at
the 1Pnai lirith club, before the meet- century and in a city within a score
people or when a deeper and more
that indicated support of the prin-
Mackinac
it
succeeded.
ing. The meeting itself will be open of years as old as Philadelphia, one
reverential note should be sounded
ciple of self-determination. Contin-
Among
the
trailers
who
witnessed
and
will
give
might
surely
expect
some
earlier
in-
to both men and women,
than this year.
uing, he said:
many who have watched M r. Schrei- dication of Jewish names and Jewish this massacre at Mackinac and among
It is confidently believed that many
"This fine attitude of the British
the few Englishmen, military, or civil-
activities.
tier's public and professional career
thousands of Detroiters will feel that
is apparent in their unofficial acts, as
So at least it has seemed to the ian, who escaped with their lives, even
an opportunity of meeting the mayor
Thanksgiving Day will not be prop-
well as their official ones.
of one of our largest neighboring writer and accordingly, as the result if without their liberty or property,
erly marked by them unless they at-
"They do not refer, officially or
not of any special research in the ma;- was Ezekiel Solonson. This appears
cities.
tend a religious service before par-
unofficially, to Palestine as a con-
ter, but of mere occasional notation from his own affidavit, taken at Mon-
The program for the meeting, has
ticipating
in other festivities set for
quered laud. Officially it is known
treal for use before the military court
been in the hands of the committee in reading and conversation, s few
as 'occupied enemy territory.'
data are here presented which dissi- of inquiry held by Major Gladwin, at the (lay.
consisting of L. J. Leopold, Adislph
Attention is called to the fact that
pate the alleged blank in Michigan Detroit. It reads as follows: (7)
"The British are in command, but Freund and Simon Rosenzweig.
the service will be concluded in time
I, Ezekiel Solomon, Resident in
Jewish history, and suggest the possi-
the British flag does not float over
to permit the worshipers to view the
the Fort of Michilimackinac at
Vie spent a bility of finding much more material.
Palestine. In fact, no flags of any General Allenby did.
Victory Parade which has been ar-
the time it was surprised by the
What little is here presented, if it
memorable night in discussion of the
nation appear there.
ranged for Thursday morning. All
Savages, declare that on the 2d
a landmarks of the Bible, and I mapped have no other value, may, at least,
"When we Americans held
are very cordially invited to attend.
day of June a Frenchman, Mons.
Fourth of July celebration we were out any pilgrimages which I later claim to be in its entirety the first
The detailed program will be pub-
turning of an hitherto unbroken soil.
Cote, entered my House several
told courteously that we could not took.
lished in the daily papers.
The beginnings of Michigan deal
Times and carried from thence
"General Allenby's assistants, the
run up the Stars and Stripes, and,
several l'arcels of Goods, my
while this may seem extraordinary, men who are now administering the with the explorer, the missionary and
Property. And also an Indian
JULIAN MACK HAS
I am convinced that the action of various districts, are picked from the trader , who found in the water -
named Sanpear carried the Peltry
GREETING FOR NEW
the British its preventing the na- England's best. Most of them are ways of the Great Lakes the readiest
entrance
into
the
heart
of
the
new
from
my
House
to
the
House
of
CZECH PRESIDENT
tives from getting too accustomed to men without military training, but
world.
Along
these
waterways
con-
Amiable
Deniviere
in
whose
Gar-
they are just the kind of men 1 im-
ally one flag is the proper thing."
venient
stations
soon
carte
to
Is..•
es-
ret
I
was
then
concealed.
I
owed
agine Christendom would like it to
Thome. G. Masaryk, Friend of Jews, Is
Brotherhood.
tablislied. not by the explorer or mis- Mons. Ariek a sum of money, but
Saluted by Two Jewish Leaders.
Dr. Finley entered the Holy Land s(' represented b y.
at the time He demanded it the
sionary, but by the trailer, who typi-
Homes
for
5,000,000.
on June 21. having been joined by
payment was not become due, and
NE\\' YORK LI ,...ident Julian \V
"The Jerusalem district was then lied include hut sturdy fashion the
au African Red Cross Unit of fifty
under the governorship of Colonel ancient tuition of commerce and civil-
I refused to pay Him till.the Time
Nlack. of the Zionist Organization of
persons at Port Said. He found the
contracted
for;
but
he
told
me
if
.1nierica, and Jacob de Haas, Execu-
country's population of 600,000. of Stisms son isf Dean Storrs of izatmit '
Mackinac Beginnings.
I did not pay it he would take it
tive Secretary. have sent the follow-
%shorn 100,000 are Jews and the re- Rochester Cathedral, and formerly
Among such places on the Great
by force: I told him, the Coin-
ing
telegram of Iongratulationv to
mainder Syrians and Arabs, in good Secretary to Earl Kitchener. Ile
Lakes none was more important than
manding Officer would prevent
Professor Thomas I , . . Masaryk. whose
trim. The British victors had estab- speaks Arabic and Hebrew fluently, Michilimackinac, the Mackinac of our
that, & he replyed that the Com-
election has just been announeed as
lished relief measures which appar- understands the peculiarity of the na- (lay. and in connection with this post,
manding Officer was nothing and
first president of the Czecho-Slovak
and dressing as they do, seems
ently had put the situation in good fives,
that he Himself was command-
almost one of them. The Moslems, mention is to he found long prior to
Republic:
order. The Finley party, however,
ing Officer. Sworn, &c., 14th
"Personally and officially on be-
of several Jewish persons.
promptly established a hospital and high and low, appear to completely 1850
The first one is Ezekiel Solomon in
Aug., 1763, before me.
half of the Zionist Organization
a dispensary and 10,000 were treat- trust in hint and the most cordial re- 1763. From several circumstances it
Danl. Disney, Town Major .
of America. and, we Iselieve we
ed in one month, many of them be- lotions exist between him and the will scarcely be doubted that this per-
are justified in saying, oil behalf
A Jewish Oath.
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the head
ing soldiers.
son was a Jew and if so, he is the
of all Jew's of the United States,
of
the
Arab
Moslems."
The
jurat
to
this
affidavit
is
signifi-
"The British held only Judea when
earliest Jewish resident of Michigan
we congratulate you on your elec-
Commissioner Finley said that al-
cant.
The
affidavit
is
only
one
of
sev-
we arrived in Palestine," he said,
to whom reference has been found by
tion as President of the f'zeclio-
eral taken on the date given and the
and front the heights near Jerusa- though Palestine now held only 000,- the writer.
Slovak Republic.
Ile is referred to several times in day preceding before the same officer
lem we could see the Turkish lines 000, the land was sufficient to sup-
'AVe believe that no happier
port a population of front 3.000,000 to the General Haldimand manuscripts and intended as evidence before the
choice conk! have been made by
about fifteen miles away.
5,000,000. He added, however. that a in the Dominion Archives at Ottawa same court. The jurats to the others
your people not only for them-
"By that time the British had
read as follows: "Sworn before me
complete system of irrigation, such as 131.
selves, but for the benefit of the
brought order out of chaos in the
on
the
Holy
Evangelist,"
but
the
jurat
was necessary in smite Western States,
There was at Mackinac at about
Mid-European peoples generally.
territory which they had won. Jeru-
would have to be installed before the this time a sort of general store, a attached to that of Ezekiel Solomon,
"It has been our privilege and
salem had water piped all the way
country would count for much in an semi-official monopoly, probably de- ostensibly a consistent Jew, simply
pleasure
to co-operate with you in
from the Suez, and it was easy to
agricultural way. He said that the signed to protect established and rep- says, "Sworn, etc.," and says nothing
your
work and we have come to
see front the type of men in charge
further
about
the
Holy
Evangelist
(8).
Jewish colonies in the country were utable dealers against the incursions
regard you as the personification
of the military, as well as the civil
The long residence of Solomon at
doing extremely well and that the of irresponsible and migratory com-
of broad-minded, far-seeing and
administration, that the British were
Jews seemed to be the only peoples petitors and, in later years, against po- Mackinac, his membership in the gen-
liberal statesmanship; therefore,
fully alive to their responsibility.
who could win a living from the soil. litical uncertainty. There were some eral store, and the issuance to him of
both to you and to your people
"In the first place, General Sir Ed-
Dr. Finley emphasized the barren- thirty-two individuals and firms listed the permit to trade in powder and
we offer our best wishes on your
mund Allenby, the man who later
ness of the land, saying that for as such proprietors, "the number of shot, would all indicate that he was a
assuming the chair of government
captured the whole Turkish Palestine
miles only an occasional tree would canoes each person has pat in, their character of good repute.
of the new republic."
.Army, is an extraordinary man—not
Another item shows him on the side
be seen. Although there was now supposed value and the present resi-
only a military man, but a student
of
good
morals.
very little real want in the country, dence of each proprieto•."
NEW YORK—Mayor Ilylan has
deeply interested in the historic back-
Two petitions, one of 1778, the other appointed Mr. l'hilip Berolzheimer as
Ezekiel Solomon is put dc.vn in this
the British commander had request-
ground of the country.
later,
of
French
Catholics
living
at
Commissioner of Parks for Manhat-
undated list (4) for one canoe with
"Imagine a commander of a great ed the American Red Cross, through goods valued at 15,000, ostensibly Mackinac. addressed to the governor
tan and Richmond. Mr. Berolzheimer
army spending a whole night with the British War Office, to send out French livres. His residence is given of Canada, and praying that a mis- is head of the Eagle Pencil Company,
an additional force of physicians and as Montreal; he appears, however, in sionary be sent to the island as in the
an American visitor poring over the
and for some time past has been act-
nurses, about 200 in all, for recon-
French days, are found among the ing as Deputy Park Commissioner
Bible and a standard historical work
struction work along lines of sanita- various contemporary manuscripts as
manuscripts
at
Ottawa.
The
religious
on the Holy I.and, refreshing his
(without pay), in charge of the city's
resident at Mackinac from 1763 up to
mind as to the spots of greatest in- tion after the peace formalities have 1816, so it may fairly be claimed that
(Continued On Page Four.)
music.
been gone through.
terest in the region. This is what

NEW PRIVILEGES
FOR UKRAINIAN

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Mayor Cornell Schreiber
of Toledo Speaks Here
Next Wednesday Evening

All Religious Faiths to
Join in the Annual Civic
Services of Thanksgiving