THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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Biitish Officer Tells
of Horrible Plight
of Jews in Siberia

TELEPHONE COMPANY
TO SPEND $12,000,000

vested since the beginning of tele-
phone service in the state.

SHIPMENT LEAVES
FOR POLAND

The Joint Distribution Committee
s making the necessary inquiries to
large quantity of flour, cotton nake possible the sending of flour to
seed oil and condensed milk was 'oland for Matzoth to be used in the
shipped from New York City to Po- oming Passover. It has learned that
land this week on the Polish-Ameri-
it will be possible to have Matzoth
can liner Kosciuszko to be distrib- manufactured in Poland for the Jews
uted among J ews of Poland. This here and may afford them foodstuffs
shipment supplements $2,627,347 for the Passover season and employ-
worth of goods which the Joint Dis- ment for many persons in baking and
tribution Committee has shipped from preparing the unleavened bread. The
this country for distribution abroad shipping of flour now, it is believed.
since the beginning of this year, in will insure the arrival on time of
For 1920 there will be required 1,- the following shipments: On Janu- needed holiday supplies.
The Hebrew newspaper, Hazefirah,
000 more operating employes and ap- ary 19th, on the S. S. Westward 110,
proximately the same number of con- $1,000,000 worth of clothing and food- has been closed by the Polish authori-
stuffs
(one-half
paid
by
Polish
Re-
ties.
This action of the government
struction employes to carry on the
lief Commission); May, on Westward was instigated by an article entitled
year's work. The company, at pres-
Ito,
$700.000
of
foodstuffs
and
cloth-
"The New Hatred," which recently
ent, has on its pay roll nearly 8,000
ing; to Vladivostok, 40 tons of cloth- appeared hi that newspaper.
persially.
ing valued as' $75,000 - July, on the S.
S. Ashburn to PoTaY41,• 505 Julys 'of
"Blue Star" Name of Anti-Jewish
foodstuffs, including pickled meats
Establish Soup Kitchens
Organization.
at $15,249; in August on the
For Jews in Turkey valued
S. S. Thala to Poland, 75 toils of soap
The Blue Star is the name of a
valued at $286,648; in August on the
new organization in Czecho-Slavakia
New York—In response to an urg- S S. Polybus to the Central Powers, which is said to have as its chief pur-
ent appeal for support for the soup 518 tons of meat, 64 toils of cotton pose the annihilation of all the Jews
kitchens and other relief agencies in seed oil, valued at $288,450; in Au- in the country by means of wholesale
Turkey, a grant of $45,000 was for- gust, on the S. S. Jacona to Rou- murder. It is generally reported that
warded to cover expenses up to De- mania, food and clothing valued at the new organization is planning to
cember 31st, and an appropriation of $250,000; in September on the S. S. begin pogrom activities during the
$22,900 for the month of January was Kippegan, $6,000 of foodstuffs and Jewish holy days. An order to sup-
press such a course on the part of
granted at the same time by American clothing.
the anti-Semitic forces has been is-
relief organizations.
sued by the government.
Jews of Czecho Slovakia Given

The net gain in telephones in De-
troit alone in 1919 was 12,000 and the
1920 program contemplates a net gain
of 25,000 more, and 15,000 outside of
Detroit, or an increase of 14 per cent
for the entire state. The increase in
plant investment will be 27 per cent,
and of expenses, not including inter-
est and depreciation, 21 per cent, while
on the other hand increase of revenue
at present rates will amount to only
14 per cent.

Michigan's telephone service is to
be improved at once. Looking into
the
future and believing that Detroit
After 14 months in Siberia,
and Michigan are entering on an era
Captain David I. Sandlson, of the
of prosperity and industrial advance-
British Military Mission to
ment hitherto undreamed of, the
Siberia, stopped off in New York
Michigan State Telephone Company
on his way back to England, to
contemplates the necessity during the
acquaint leaders of American
next
few years of an expenditure of
Jewry with conditions there. '
$36,000,000 in preparing for a business
The miserable plight of the Jews in expansion of city and state which, it
Siberia, the terrible condition of Jew- believes, will astound the world.
ish refugees and the horrible suffer-
It is expected that $12,000,000 of this
ing endured by the prisoners of war suns will be spent by the company
there, of whom the vast proportion during 1920. Not alone extension but
are Jews, were told to members of improvement of service is on the
the American Jewish Relief Commit- hooks, according to G. ht. Welch, the
tee and its disbursing organization, company's general manager, who
the Joint Distribution Committee, by made this announcement. The com-
Captain David I. Sandlson of the Itrti pany realizes that industrial expan-
ish Military Mission to Siberia, while sion is greatly dependent upon tele-
awaiting sailing to England this week. phone facilities.
Captain Sandlson conferred with
Expenditure immediately of $12,-
Louis Marshall. chairman of the 000,000 is necessary, Mr. Welch ex-
American Jewish Relief Committee , plains, because expansion of the
Felix M. Warburg, chairman of the service was held back by the war, on
Joint Distribution Committee; Jacob top of which came the most rapid
H. Schiff, Abraham I. Elkus and other development in industry and popula-
members of the committees. As a tion that Detroit, Flint, Pontiac, Lan-
British staff officer, he refused to dis- sing, Jackson, Grand Rapids and oth-
cuss the political situation in Russia, er cities of the state have ever ex-
but made public a plea for immediate
perienced.
relief for the thousands of suffering
The Michigan State Telephone
Jewish people in Siberia. Captain Company has estimated, most con-
Sandlson is on his way home after 14 servatively, that before 1936 Detroit
months spent in Siberia with the Eng- will have attained a population of 2,-
lish mission.
250,000, and that many other cities
"Tice plight of Jewish refugees in will grow in proportion. This esti-
Siberia, who have fled from Russia, is mate was reached after very careful
pitiful," he declared. "Thousands of figuring and statistical and long-
these refugees, barely existing, are headed reasoning, not by haphazard
found throughout Siberia. They are guess-work. Much of the $12,000,000
absolutely destitute, as they were to be laid out during 1920 will be
forced to leave everything behind spent in fundamental plant constuc-
when they escaped from Russia. Many tion and to meet the needs of the
of them are to be found in Vladivo Michigan future industry and popu-
stock, where their misery is appall-
lation, based on this estimate.
ing. I hate to think what their con-
The company's present telephone
dition is this winter or how they will plant in Michigan represents an in-
live through the frightful tortures of
vestment of $42,000,000, meaning that
the severe climate with little or no
the expenditures placed for 1920 ap-
clothing, food, shelter and fuel.
proximate 30 per cent of the total in-
"I naturally came in contact with
Jewish relief work in my travels
through Siberia. As far as it extends,
it is good, but it is pitifully small fo r
the amount of work there is to he
done. Siberia is a vast country, which
renders relief work difficult and which
makes any aid seem infinitesimal when
compared with the needs at hand."
The most distressing and pitifu l
cases of all the misery lie witnessed
, in Siberia, were the Russian prisoners
of war, according to Captain Sandl-
son. "Most of theist are Jews, that is,
about 15,000 or 80 per cent of the
total number of prisoners," he con
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tinned. "They are kept in three large
prison camps, and as there is no avail -
able shipping or other transportation,
they are forced to remain in Siberia,
suffering unbelievable hardships.

$100,000 Given to Repatriate
Austrian Prisoners in Siberia

New York—In response to a MC:W-
ing appeal by Mr. Jacob Schiff in
behalf of the thousands of former
prisoners who, as soldiers in the Aus-
trian army, had been captured by the
Russians and kept in camps in Si-
beria, and are now stranded there, in
order to arrange for their repatriation
and restoration to their homes, the
executive committee appropriated
$100,000 and instructed the office to
negotiate with the Red Cross and
other organizations in the field with a
view to making such arrangements.

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$30,000 by American Relief

New York—The Relief Committee
at Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, has as-
sumed the care of several hundred
refugees housed in barracks at Nikols-
burg, and for this work and for its
other relief activities it has been given
$30,000 by the Joint Distribution
Committee.

At a recent conference of the
Ukrainian Jews in London, a per-
manent committee was elected, with
Dr. Jochelman as chairman. This
committee will work in conjunction
with the American committee.

BUDAPEST JEWS FORM
GUARD FOR PROTECTION

Zurich—The Jews of Budapest have
formed a guard to protect themselves
against pogroms. Five hundred men
were enrolled. A group of Jewish of-
ficers has appealed to the War Min-
istry to suppress the anti-Semitic riot-
ing. The minister promised to take
measures against the pogrom move-
ment.

BETTER VALUES
10WER:COST

Sits and

O'Coats

$15-20-25 up to $60

When you have learned that
many of these garments are
tailored by high-grade firms
such as Michael Stern, Good-
man & Suss, "Cloth Craft."
"Town Talk" and many oth-
ers, It will leave no doubt in
your mind as to their real
style and workmanship.
Remember, You Will Save at

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Mr. Harry Ognall, one of the foun-
ders and at present honorable vice-
president of the Jewish Young Men's
Institute, has been elected a member
of the Town Council of Rutherglen,
the oldest burgh in Scotland. Mr.
Ognall is the first Jew to be elected.
Mr. Ognall is the commandant of the
Rutherglen branch of the Comrades
of the Great War.

CLASSIFIED

RAGTIME TAUGHT, also Classical
Music, according to modern school.
Miss Helen Krause, 220 Medbury
Ave. Northway 3436.

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FURNISHED ROOM TO RENT with
private family for refined gentle-
men. References. required.' North-
way 5177-W.

FURNISHED ROOM to rent with
private family. References required.
Northway 5174-AV.

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rooms for Jewish business girls and
couples. 73 Fern wood avenue.
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fined gentleman. Phone Northway
743-J.

EXCELLENT ROOM. l'rivate fam-
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The London Times is continuing
ick, corner Brush. Hemlock 1604-R.
its slanderous attacks on Jews, class-
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'The Chief Rabbi made a strong re-
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ply in a recent issue to the charge,
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proving that Bolshevism was not a
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Jewish movement, but a truly Rus-
JEWISII GIRLS, EMPLOYED,
sian.
without home affiliations in the city,
who are seeking furnished rooms,
The Union of Jewish Printers in
breakfast and evening dinner in
Palestine, with a membership of fifty,
splendid environment, can secure
has decided in favor of an eight-hour
such accommodations at the JEW-
working day and an increase of wages
ISH WOMAN'S CLUB HOUSE,
from $40 to $60 per month. All
45 Rowena st. Applications may
printing establishments in Jerusalem,
he mailed care Secretary, Jewish
excepting two, have agreed to these
Woman's Club, 45 Rowena st.
conditions.

A Special Lot of Fur Trimmed
Overcoats, Real Value $85,
Now $60

A Special Lot of Fur Trimmed
Overcoats. Real Value $95,
Now $70

"Every British officer with our mis-
sion sympathizes steeply with their
terrible condition. Thousands of them
have ied and they will certainly all
pens ...ss something is done to
he concluded.
save t
funds, raised by the Amer-
Thro
ican Je ish Relief Committee and
allied organizations, almost two mil-
lion roubles were disbursed recently
in Siberia by the Joint Distribution
Committee. More extensive relief
measures to alleviate the suffering
there, will soon he put in operation,
it was announced.

Preparations for Holidays

A Wise Man Is He Who Takes Advantage of Our Great

Suit and Overcoat Sale

This is your opportunity -to provide your wardrobe with Baum-
gartner Clothing at a saving of 20%. It is an opportunity that
comes right in the midst of the holidays when clothing at a sav-
ing means most to you. We have chosen this particular time to
clear our stocks of Winter clothing and to stimulate our sales we
are offering a big discount from regular prices.
act
The wise mall will avail himself of our offer— and
below
please
the
division
while the selection is at its best. In
note the big reductions from former prices.

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Any $ 40 Overcoat or Suit, now .. $ 32
Any $ 50 Overcoat or Suit, now .. $ 40
Any $ 60 Overcoat or Suit, now .. 48
Any $ 75 Overcoat or Suit, now .. $ 60
Any $100 Overcoat or Suit, now .. $ 80
Any $125 Overcoat or Suit, now .. $100
Any $150 Overcoat or Suit, now .. $120
Any $200 Overcoat or Suit, now .. $160

BAUMGARTNER'S

BOTH STORES

r State and Griswold, Chamber of

Commerce Building

All Fur Caps Included it
20% Discount

Stevens Building, corner Grand
River and Washington

All Fur-Collared Overcoats
20 yo Off

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