THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

PAGE TEN

Louis P. Marko, Scholar and
Linguest, Passes Away

Tuesday.

Examine Our Annual Statement

The Michigan Mutual Liability Co.

employing
With More Than a Thousand Satisfied Members,
More Than a Hundred Thousand Employees, enjoying
More Than a Hundred Millions Payroll, received
More Than a Million Dollars in Premiums,—

Communication.

FRED M. BUTZEL DISCUSSES
EDITORIAL ON TOLER-
ANCE.

community of Detroit
has suffered an irreparable loss in the
death of Louis P. Marko, Tuesday
March 10, 1919.
night, March 11, after a two trays' ill- Editor Jewish Chronicle,
Detroit, Michigan,
ness. A scholar and a. linguist, of
kindly spirit and charitable nature, Dear Sir:—
Your editorial about tolerance
giving freely and unstintingly of his
means and of his energies, Louis Mar- seems to me a continuance of a bad
ko had endeared himself in the hearts habit. of "bunking" yourself.
of hundreds of Dctroiters who today
The fact that. not a single college
fraternity at Ann Arbor wishes a
mourn his loss.
A few weeks before his sudden ill- single Jews that not a single big club
ness and death he received a personal in Detroit wishes a single Jew; that in
letter from Governor Sleeper thank- the entire world of industry a Jew
ing him for his remarkable work in must be keener or abler or more hott-
aiding foreigners to fill out question- est in. order to succeed, is generally
naires. For several weeks during that admitted. We have every theoretical
period, Mr. Marko closed his place of legal protection that we may desire
business and gave his entire time to and the fact of growing anti-semitisin
the work. A brilliant linguist, he is obvious. I. cheerfully admit that
acted as interpreter for his country- the persecution of the Jews has tended
men in the courts frequently. Every in many respects to improve their
worthy cause received his support. He quality, and it is quite fashionable to
was one of the first members of the blame anti-semitisin today on Zion-
$1,000 Thrift Stamp Club. Ile was ism, but I do claim that the Jews have
also a member of the Shaarey Zedek a peculiar position among all the
and the Knights of Pythias.
people and are living an abnormal
The funeral was held on Wednes- life, and to deny that they are to-
day from the residence, 11)1 Joseph crated is only another effect of the
Can:mats Rabbi A. NI. Ilerschinau astigmatism characteristic of so many
officiated. His wife, Fannie, and twin Jews who like to be romantic and
sons, Alfred and Lawrence, survive.
ti tt re alistic about conditions

The Jewish

It is quite possible that the Zionist
program may not improve matters in
spite of the optimism of us Zionists,
and it is certain that many years must
Poverty cannot suppress genius. elapse before a competent judgment
Read what a magazine writer says can be safely formed as to the re-
about Rosa Raisa: Here is a fairy stored Palestine.
tale from musicland. In the city of
It is a fact, however, that of the
Baelstock, Russia, lived a highly re- white races the Jews alone are dis-
spected Jew. His virtues, however, criminated against in this country u
did not save him front the fearful a social and economic way and in
pogroms, so it happened that across other countries in a legal and po-
little Rosa's childhood were cast long litical way. and it is true that the
shadows, which were deepened with Jews, of all these racial stocks, have
the early death of her mother. And no homeland. It is also unfortunately
yet through all these trials she sang true that many of the Jews try 6,
and sang as if the world had depend- deny their identity as a people and
ed upon her song for its good cheer. do not care to assist by their money
Berman. the cantor, nodded his head
and efforts in obtaining what the
Wisely every time he heard the tiny
great masses of Jews hunger for—a
songster, and prophesied, "some day
restored homeland.
your songs will thrill the world." At
I have discussed this matter with
twelve, the child earned a pittance by
many Christians and have yet to
instructing other children in the Rus-
meet the first one who does not in-
sian language. Next she worked in
stinctively and unreservedly feel that
her cousin's dental office, but he was
arc a distinct nationality,
accused of being a revol u tioni s t an d the Jew s
although they do not all agree that
reached Italy,
had to flee. } ti
the world would he better off for the
and there in time
ti
Rosa joined him.
She followed him with her grand to- Jews having a homeland.
Vt'hen you say that "the Jew in
tal of worldly riches—a bundle of
America does not feel to be a
clothes, and one loaf of bread. Luck
tolerated human being but rather,
traveled with Rosa right on to Naples.
conscious of his human dignity, he
A wealthy family gave her a monthly
walks with head erect and knows hint•
allowance, so that she might continue
self to be infinitely the superior of
her musical studies. ']'hen came her
successful Italian debuts, and her those who would shut him out of
their narrow circle," you demonstrate
world-wide triumphs.
Last spring in two Hippodrome exactly what I mean. The average
concerts. Miss Raisa made her New person is not conscious of Ms dignity
,
York debut in concert, in joint re- or even of the erect condition of Ili

Who Is Rosa Raisa?

Presents This Proof of Strength, Service and Saving For
the Consideration of Its Present and Prospective Members

MICHIGAN MUTUAL LIABILITY COMPANY

Here Is the
Evidence from
Our Ledger

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1918
LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
GROSS ASSETS OR RESOURSES

Cash in Office and Banks $156,925.75

Interest is received on daily balances

For minor losses. and not
yet due

Certificates of Deposit
and Interest

168,828.79

Prepaid Indemnities

103,939.78

From Michigan's leading financial
instil sat ion,

Contingent liabilities are not allowed
to accumulate

Federal Bond and
Securities

176,103.00

Uncle Sam's promises to pay are sale
and sound

State & Municipal Bonds 22,000.00

All from within our own prosperous
state

Premiums in Process of
Collection

411 promises are fulfilled,
and the strength and value
of our non-assessable, par-
ticipating Mutual casualty

protection is fully proven.

Indemnities on Adjusted
$174,829.92
Claims

Adjusted Claims—
Commuted

103,939.78

Reserved for Unearned
Premiums

423,039.37

Unpaid Expenses of all
Kinds

8,229.41

For major claims and deposited
in trust

For unrendered service to our
membership

For current expense not
yet due

Total Liabilities

$710,038.48

Chiefly for iervices yet to be rendered
Our bad account loss is less than
I , 3 of I% •

Guarantee Reserve
Fund and Surplus

$538,762.02

Bills and Accounts .
Receivable

This latter item measures the huge
savings afforded our membership,
for in addition to the sound pro-
tection and superlative service given,
our purely mutual company has ac-
cumulated this' amount in which
au - member , wit participate. "Our
Dividends are fours."

555,072.36

24,507.30

Olt edge notes and accounts other
than premiums

Home Office and Hospital
41,423.52
Ecitipment

The "tools of trade" with which we
render superlative service

TOTAL RESOURCES $1,248,800.50

Total Liabilities and
Surplus

$1,248,800.50

Condensed to its final and most simple form, this detailed statement shows that
we have $1.00 in assets to pay every 57 cents of actual liabilities. Can your
favorite bank or Life insurance Company make so good a showing?

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Pres. and Gen, Mgr.

YOU CAN SHARE IN THESE SAVINGS

If you are an employer of labor, the owner of an auto, or the proprietor of a store. Ask us for particu-

culars—a postal will do—you won't be annoyed.

Michigan Mutual Liability Company

cital with Ntr. Rimini. the Italian bar- head, any more than be is conscious
of breathing air. This is conscious-
itone.
Al the Hippodrome concerts, the ness of toleration. It is about tune
great theatre was packed front stage that we realized that the issue square-
to dome, and the door receipts were ly before us is Zionism or assimila-
$15.000. The New York American tion. They are both difficult .pro-
said that she sang a little Hebrew folk cesses. The question is, which is bet-
song. "Oi Tate," with captivating ter for the Jews and the world?
Respectfully yours,
archness and drollery. and "Eili.
EREI) Isl. BUT Z EL.
(Signed)
Eili," with gripping religious fervor
and pathos. These numbers stirred
a tumult of excitement, almost fanat-
Spectorsky's Work:
ical, inen and women jumping to their
feet in the ecstasy of the moment.
Editor Jewish Chronicle:—The Bu-
ttax Smith, the critic, said that "Miss
Raisa has been acclaimed as .the reau of Education of the Department
of
the Interior has appointed. me
greatest living dramatic soprano, but
I am inclined to go even. further, and Special Collaborator and Racial. Ad-
to assert that her voice is the most visor on Americans of Jewish origin.
marvelous, the tnost glorious voice of In notifying you of my appointnient,
any kind or character, barring none,
I take the liberty of asking you to
which I have heard in many a year."
The headlines of the New York pa- make the fact known through the
pers told of her tremendous tri- columns of your paper to the Jewish
umphs. Shortly afterwards, she went Communities and co-operate with me
to Buenos Aires, where she is the to interpret to our people the ideals,
reigning prima donna at the highest traditions, and standards and insti-
priced opera in the world. It is in- tutions of this great nation. It will
deed a privilege to have the oppor-
also be my duty to interpret flue ideals
tunity of seeing and hearing this re-
markable woman in Detroit when and contributions of the Jews to the

Mr.

she appears at the Arena Auditorium
with the Chicago Opera Company.

CLASSIFIED.

Writers of Non-Assessable, Participating Casualty Protection

Cherry 2829

Entire 16th Floor Real Estate Exchange Bldg.

Hall Trucks See Service in France

DETROIT

HARVARD GIVES 7
UKRAINIAN JEWS
SCHOLARSHIPS TO
OUTLINE CLAIMS

Jewish young woman, employed,
wants room and board. Address I'. a
Box 178, c/o Jewish Chronicle.

FURNISHED ROOM WANTED
—Jewish young man employed in
Burroughs Adding Nlachine Co. de-
sires nice room with congenial Jew-
ish fatuity. Nlust be located ithin
walking distance of the plant. Ad-
dress Box 167, c/o The Jewish
Chronicle.

Jewish, Origin.
Washington, D. C.

OPPRESSED FIND
ARCHANGEL HAVEN

ARCHANGEL—With this city in
the hands of the Americans, the num-
ber of Jewish, residents is increasing
as rapidly as these people so op-
pressed in Russia can make their was'
To RENT—Comfortably furnished, here. Before the revolution there
steam-heated room in private Jew- were no Jews here. They entertain -
ish family, for young man. Call ed the Jewish officers in the Ameri-
Northway 478-NI.
can forces here and express surprise
that Jews are permitted to receive
FOR SALE Horse, 1Vagon, Har-
commissions in the Atnerican army.
ness, $90. Bargain. 374 Elmwood.

JEWISH STUDENTS
known Continen t a l
The Hall Truck, manufactured by internationally
KIEV—The Jewish National Conn-
the Lewis-Hall Iron Works. of Dc- !motor. with the Brown-Lipe trans-
.
trod, is favorably known wherever mission, with a Timken axle, and cil which recently met in Kiev ap- to ,
BOST O N—The facilhas
ity f arts an d
po int ed a delegation to present
there is •heavy hauling to be done. with certain other special parts which
oannounc ed
l'eace Conference the demands scienc es at Harvard
the comnanY have been tried in the hard school of ; th e
the award of thirty-seven scholar-
,
of the Jews of the Ukraine.
Since 1915
branched out front its long establish- service
and
not
found
wanting.
The first Hall truck was bought in , This delegation has been directed ships to undergraduates for the win-
1919.
of
,
January, 1915, fur export Usual-
to London to make the following demands of ter and spring terms
and word came recently from the cap- the Peace Congress: Ill the recog- , ly at this time the faculty awards
ital of the British empire that it had , nition of the Jews as a nation; (2)1 more than a hundred scholarships,
done good service on the western: the inclusion of the Jews in a leaguel but so many were absent front the
front for the British Tommies. In of nations; (3) the cession of Pales- u college last term and throughout the
fact the designing and engineering tine to the Jews as a national center; spring of last year and are still away,
problems embodied in the Hall truck A) national rights for Jews in lands that the complete list of the honor
are largely the result of data gath- w here separate nationalities are rec• winners will not he announced until
era.
ereth in the hard service tests which. ognized; (5) national autonomy and lat N
, personal rights in all lands W here
Ines of the Jewish students - and
come with war duty. •
The fact that excellence in con-1 Jews exist in large numbers.
lice scholarships they have received
are as follows: Bernard J. Alpers, '21 ,
struction has not gone unrecognized 1
of Salem; Benj. A. Botkin, '20, of
was made evident by the company's
BANK SETS RECORD.
—
Dorchester; Lewis E. Gilman, '22,
sales, which in 1917 were almost one
The Peoples State Bank 'is the first of Malden; s'arthur 0. Greenl e
'20
h d in the year.
fo r eacay
was
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of Jsa,nriaaci ucas:IN
: J,• .IsakabcraIhIainis
:u1tg
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ain
Tlx Lewis - Hall In ' n ""
, Nlichigan financial institution to reach of
. organized more than 25 years ago by , a total of mo re than $100,000 .(X)0 of . off.
Henry B. Lewis. The company was assets. Its statement of comlition at
.'20, Of . Roxbury; Jacob Tutun,
f f.
4 shows ,-,
reincorporated in 1914 with Mr. the close of business M
. of helsea.
Lewis president and Harry S. Hall: assets of $105,053.528.39. Only 10
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, vice-president. When the company other banks west of the Atlantic sea-
we d assets ea more than
, entered the truck fiehLit engaged W., board sho i thir March statement FRANCE TO GUARD
00 n e
, K. Ackerman. a recognized autumn.; $10 d six of these were in Chicago. JEWISH RIGHTS
and six
designed the truck.'
An increase of almost $22,000.(K10 in
• the engineer, Wilt ,
The ',MIS truck will he shown at commercial and savings deposits has
London--It is stated on reliable au-
I
' the Detroit auto show. where its mf' , been attained by the Peoples State .
.„. year. The hank is no , . thority that the French delegates to
chanical features will gladly, be ex- ionic ; in
the l'eace Conference will demand
c9.0( ,000
X) of United States
planted to all interested. The eibib-arrying
$2
HARRY S. HAI.L•
Poland and Routnan-
hors have a • story to tell concerning , treasury certificates.
to that they will treat theft. Jewish
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into the field of
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populations
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should ask to hear
motor f rei ght
d kr e t terested in the comparatively newsestablishZd in Providence. R. I. It is rumors
rumors that J
may be. designated
been building up a reputation
real
car of i untiring service an g
task which motor - trucks are beihtsf ,selhited, in English and 'named ,the t as one of the 17 presentatives in• the
r ..ealarc of Nations.
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land of their adoption.
Very truly yours,
J. SPECTORSK\'.
Special Collaborator and Racial
Advisor on Americans of ,

THE DIME SAVINGS BANK

United States Depository ember Federal Reserve Bank,
, Michigan.
Detroit M
Statement of Condition at the Close of Business March 4th, 1919.

RESOURCES
$15,096,813.83
Real Estate Mortgages and Bonds
•
,
Collateral Loans
3,898,878.27
Other Loans and Discounts
9,163,550.00
Bonds
and
Certificates
of
Indebtedness
U. S. Liberty
63,000.00
Stock In Federal Reserve Bank
15,491.29
Other Real Estate
10,7U6.
Customers' Liability, Letters of Credit
694,29695
Safe Deposit Vault ••.
Fixtures,
Including
Banking Houses and
5,215,33 3.72
Gish on Hand and In Banks
— - • ---
536,133,302.9 1

LIABILITIES.
$ 1,000,000.0
Capital Stock Paid In
1,100000.00
Surplus
269,737.55
Undivided P•fits. Net
900,000.00
Bills Payable with Federal Reserve Bank
13.766,536.40
Commercial Deposits
2,400,208.92
Deposits of Banks and Bankers
15,693.23.1.14
Savings Deposits
10.708.67
Letters of Credit
913.450.00
♦
Bond Account
79,429.21
Reserve for Interest, and Taxes .
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$36.133,302.5 1
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OFFICERS
D. S. Carnegie. Asst. Cashier
William Livingstone. President
C. 18. Partridge. Asst. Cashier
George H. Barbour, Vice•President
Chm.. 0. Ile!, Asst. Cashier
Charles A. Warren, Vlee•P,s.
George 1'. Preen. Auditor
;Ind Cashier
John D. Vert" Credit Manager
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Anat.
Cashier
P'. F. Tinotson,
John C. Parnin. Manager of Grancile 5
I. C. Sherwood, Asst. Cashier
D IRECTORS
. William Livingstone . George 13.. 'Liu - boor. . Henry Ford
A. C. Istellwagen
1tethune Duffield
Jam , s It. McKay
It. H. Webber
It. If. Fyfe
Horatio N. Hovey
Charles A. Warren
Seabourn R. Livingstone Fred J. Robinson

