THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

NAMED U. S. AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO
MONASH, WIFE
ZALKIND ASSERTS LADY
OF FAMOUS GENERAL,
JEWS OF AMERICA DEAD AT MELBOURNE
DESERVE CENSURE

London, Eng.—A Reuter telegram

unit Melbourne, anounces the death

Chairman of Paris Delegation
Demands Recognition
of Work.

THREATENS TO CLOSE
OFFICES UNLESS AIDED

Lipsky Favors Permanent Jewish
Congress and Officers
Held Responsible.

Per Year, $3.00; Copy, 10 Cents

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920.

VOL. VII. NO. 17.

of Lady Monash, wife of Lient-Gen.
Sir. lobo Monash, Commander from
May to November, 1918, of the Aus-
rattan Army Corps in France. Lady
Monash before her marriage in 1891
was Miss Victoria Moss, younger
daughter of Mr. Morton Moss, of
Melbourne. During the greater part
of last year she was in London with
her husband, who was in charge of
the repatriation of the Australian Inv
pedal Force. Their only child is 'a
daughter, Bertha, who is engaged to
Capt. Bennett, of the Australian
Force.

KING APPOINTS NOTED
JEW HEAD OF DANISH
STATE DEPARTMENT

Copenhagen.—The King of Den-
mark has recently appointed George
Cohen as the Head of the State De-
partment, a very high distinction to

be attained by a Jew.
Mr. Cohen is a well-known Jew,
and a very orthodox Jew at that. Ile

is a strict abser•er of the traditions
of his faith and does not work on
Saturdays. This fact, although well-
known, did not stand in the way of
his appointment. His brother, Dr.
Naphtali Cohen, also an orthodox
Jew, for some time has held the po-
sition of Attorney:General of the chief
court of Denmark.

COVETED BORDIN PRIZE
OF FRENCH ACADEMY WON
BY SOLOMON LEFSCHETZ

JACKSON B'NAI BRITH
LODGE INITIATES BIG
CLASS SUNDAY, MAR. 21

Unless the Jews of America find
means to continue the work of the
Jewish Delegation in Paris, it will be
assumed by world Jewry that Ameri-
cans have no concern with the trials
of their European brothers, and the
office of the delegation at l'aris will
he closed at once. This ultimatum, Pisgah Assists in Ceremonies.
delivered by Dr. Alexander Alkind,
Milton M. Alexander Is
chairman of the delegation, before the
Principal Speaker.
congress of Jewish social workers re-
cently held in New York, followed a
Following
closely in the wake of her
speech ill which 1)r. Zalkind flayed
American niggardliness. sister lodges throughout the state
"Jewish representatives of Russia that have shown such remarkable ca-
and Poland came to the Peace Con- Micky for growth during the past
ference in Paris in a terrible plight," year, David Heitman Lodge, No 807,
,
lie said. "They, had been robbed of Independent Order of B ' nai Brill)

Professor of Mathematics
Kansas University Takes
High Honor.

at

Kansas City.—Solomon Lefschetz.
Profesor of Mathematics at the Uni-
versity 'of Kansas, and a leader of
Jewish interests at Lawrence, Kan-
sas, has recently been awarded the
famous Bordin Prize. This prize
is offered by the French Academy of
Sciences every two years for a mathe-
matical treatise solving an original
problem, and is open to competitors
the world over. Professor Lefschetz
is the first Anterican to be awarded
this prize.
European . Acadcmies have a custom
of proposing certain questions for in-
vestigation, giving certain time limits
(2, 3 or 4 years) in which to solve
them, and for the solution they award
a certain prize, sometimes in cash,
sometimes consisting of a medal.
There are usually t wo, three or four
price problems ill existence, and any-
one who cares may compete. Fre-
quently the solution may be written
in any one of the several languages.
Thus, there is a famous prize in Rus-
sia, the so:called Lobatcheffsky l'rize.
awarded every three or four years.
There are two mathematical prizes
offered for problems in France, both
by the Academy of Sciences, (one
year). These prizes are in the form
of a financial award—three thousand
francs (about $51051.00) in normal
times, and have the same relative
standing in the mathematical world.
There are about two prizes offered in
Italy, and two in Germany. Tice Ger-
man , Steiner Prize, awarded every
kin- years. is famous.

SENATE CONSIDERS
HENRY MORGENTHAU
FOR MEXICAN ENVOY

Was Ambassador to Turkey Until
Entry of U. S. Into
World War.

STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF
PRESIDENT'S POLICIES

Opposes Hold of Turk in Europe
—Advocates U. S. Mandate
In Armenia.

Washington, D. C.—The President
Tuesday sent to the senate for con-
firmation the name of henry Mor-
genthau to be United States ambas-
sador to Mexico.
Mr. Morgenthau was born in Mann-
heim, Germany, in 1856, came to this
country as a boy of 9 years and has
long been completely identified with
its interests. Ile was educated in the
public schools of New York City and
later at City College and Columbia
University.
Though for 20 years he was a mem-
ber of the law firm of Lachman, Mor-
genthau & Goldsmith, he is better
known in business circles as a real
estate operator than as a lawyer, He
has headed a number of large realty
concerns and is credited with being
one of the pioneer in extensive con-
structive realty operations within the
city, with a view to its general up-
building and improvement.

all their possessions and ruined by the initiated one of the largest classes in
the history of the lodge, Sunday eve-
Russian revolution. They expected
that the American Jew's would defray ning, blanch 21.
Pisgah Lodge Degree Team, con-
the expenses necessary for this work,
sisting of Rabbi Samuel S. Mayer-
but American Jewry (lid not do it.
"It is indeed shameful that while berg, Nlonitor, Milton M. Alexander,
Ardent Supporter of President.
other small nationalities expended hi orris Garvett, Charles Rosenthal
In recent years Mr. Uorgenthau's
and Leon D. Goldsmith, officiated at
millions for their political work in the installation ceremonies. Pisgah
HON. HENRY MORGENTHAU
important business standing has been
Paris, the budget of the Jewish Dele- Lodge Glee Club, under the direc-
almost obscured by the part he has
gation in Paris up to date has been a tion of I. Leonard Braun, was highly
played in public affairs. He had not
meager 80,000 francs. Of this sum, a lauded by an appreciative audience
been active to any great degree in
politics until he became an ardent
part had to come from personal dons- upon its rendition of the beautiful
supporter of Woodrow Wilson in his
lions of delegates representing vari- ritual service.
first campaign for the presidency. His
ous Jewish communities."
A large Detroit delegation which
devotion to the president was so great
When the question of financing the accompanied the Degree Team and Efforts in Behalf of World Jewry Result in First American
that he resigned the important post
Jewish Congress was raised. Mr. B. Glee Club to the Jackson festivities,
Award of "Haber" on Occasion of 25th
of ambassador to Turkey, to which
Zuckerman proposed that the con- left on a specially chartered car Sun-
Wedding Anniversary.
he was appointed in 1913, to return
gress should take over site whole re - day afternoon. An informal recep-
1916 and play a conspicuous role
lief work, and from the general treas- tion for the Detroiters was held prior
'You have proven a worthy des-
highest honor
— The
York.
New
in the second campaign for the nom-
ury cover its own expenses. The to the ceremonies.
ever accorded an American Jew, by cendant of an honorable ancestry that
ination
and re - election of the presi-
Jewish Congress, he contended, is
Nlilton NI. Alexander, the principal rabbinical authority, in recognition ofI dates hack to the eighteenth century.
dent.
more active in promoting the welfare speaker at the banquet that followed
public service, was conferred upon Yon, by your faith and sacrifice and
Mr. Morgenthau went to
Though
of our European brethren than the the initiatory ceremonies, pointed out
M. Warburg, on Thursday. by your generosity and service to
Turkey with a slight record as s pub-
J oint Distribution Committee. the need of the B'nai Brith order in Felix
1109
Fifth
your
people,
have
well
earned
this
residence
March 18, at his
lic man, he returned honored not
Louis Lipsky, secretary of the Zion- the Jewish life of the country as the
ews b ac k avenue, on the occasion of the twenty- degree, the highest honor and gift
only by his countrymen, but with the
ist Organization, severely criticizedbi g force in bringing the J
within the authority' of the rabbinate
thanks of a half-dozen nations in
the officers of the Jewish Congress to the synagogue and to an observ- fifth anniversary of his marriage to
Mrs. Warburg, daughter of Jacob H. to confel- upon you
whose interests, as well as that of his
because they permitted things to drift ance of their religious ideals.
"In the crisis affecting the Jews of
own country, he 'had administered his
into such an acute state. He declared "Steeped in the mire of world-old SchifT.'At this time the ancient degree
of the Jewish faith "Haber" was for- all the world (luring the past five
"
th
e
post
during the early years of the war.
that he is in favor of a permanent Ghettos,' said Mr. Alexander,
years, you have earned the right to
His relief operations for refugees at
Jewish congress—a congress with fen' retained his Jewish spirit, clean, merly presented to him by Dr. Philip be numbered among those great
Constantinople, his constant success-
really responsible leaders devoting all pure and undefiled. Lopped in his Klein and the Dr. Bernard Drachmae, Jen'', who, in the past, have received
Value of Prizes.
ful intervention on the side of human-
their energy to its work. earthly dungeon, the Jew retained his rabbis to the First Hungarian Con- this degree."
The chief value of these prizes to itarianism, won him so much respect
Ohab Zedek, who con-
Lipsky's remarks, although made in Jewish mind—keen, alert, intellectual, gregation
A translation of the degree, which the recipients, in the eyes of the and regard that he was publicly re-
a personal, unofficial capacity, and not Fetter to the burning stake, fanned leered the degree.
, s in Hebrew executed on parchment
scientific world, lies ill the standing ceived, welcomed and thanked, when
as a Zionist officer, are still of great by the flames of the kindling faggot, I The degree, known as "Haber" or by hand, is as follows:
of the instiution that grants it, the he returned to New York.
importance. Dr. Weitzmann declared the Jew retained his Jewish spirit— "Clover;' and which dates back to
subject proposed and also the list
IN
THE
NAME
OF
GOD,
AMEN!
i Talniudic times, has never before
that the Palestine resolution of the devout, determined and optimistic.
Advocates Mandate in Armenia.
"Ile that pursued' Righteousness of those who have revived it in the
"Who will deny that in free Ameri- Ibeen conferred in America. It is
American Jewish Congress played a
His stay in this country since his
I given in recognition of broad human- and Nlercy shall find Life, Righteous- past. In every one of these respects
the
Jew
has
lost
something
of
the
,
vital part in the eventual recognition Ca
the French Academy, with its one
been marked by an active
of Zionist claims. And now that the purity of his heart, something of the ; itarian services, or great benefac. ness and Honor:'—Proverbs XXI, 21. hundred and fifty years of continu- return has
and unrernitaing effort to promote
"On the eighteenth day Of the
Zionist's Secretary for Organization intellectuality of IC - mind, something '• lions and charitable activities. The
ous
existence,
including
as
it
does
peace in the Near East and to succor
f the optimism of his spirit? Ilast time it was conferred was upon month of Adar, in the year Five
has recognized the value of a perma-
nearly all the great names in French the stricken peoples there. He has
"The Bhai Britt is a big dominant I Sir Moses NI onteftore for saving the Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty,
nent congress, it is felt that Zionists
force that is destined to redeem the Jewish population of Damascus in ;it a celebration of the Congregation Science, and its Bordin prize, ranks advocated an American mandate in
ill all the districts will rally to its
Armenia, Constantinople and Anatolia
Jew. Founded to reclaim the Jew to 1848, Ohab Zedek, in honor of its Presi- high.
support and contribute to the urgent
The subject of the Bordin prize is and has confessed to a dream of
humanity, the Ilhai Britt will live toMr. Warburg was the recipient of dent, there came the distinguished
125,000 fond to defray its immediate
usually proposed two years in ad- American upbuilding in those regions
I the honor in special recognition of communal leader, \I r. Felix NI. War- vance, and the award is made in
reclaim the Jew to himself.
expenses.
to the glory of this country and the
"Nlore important than orphan asy- ' his services, in connection with af- burg, a man renowned for his many
about one year after the competition benefit of ill-governed peoples.
lulus and hospitals—more important I fording, in his capacity as chairman deeds of humanity and benevolence;
is
closed.
In
I'rof.
Lefschetz
award.
Second only to his work for lasting
than educational leagues and social of the Joint Distribution Committee, l'resident of the 'Federation for the the subject, a difficult question of ad-
in the
service activities—is the work of the American relief to the Jews of Eur- Support of Jewish Philanthropic So- vance analytical geometry, happened peace and international justice
Near East has been Mr. Morgen-
11'nai Brith in welding together all ope during and since the war and for cieties of New York City and l'resi-
along a line of mathematics on thau's work for the Jews of Poland
to
be
the forces of Judaism in America. his labors as chairman elf the Federa- dent of the Joint Distribution Con-
which he had been amassing data for and other stricken regions.. The most
The Ilhai Britt is the spokesman of tion for the Support of Jewish Phil-
mil tee for the Relief of Jewish War
.
some time. Prof. Lefschetz learned conspicuous recent example of his ef-
Sufferers.
Or
f N
, 1M,
the Jews of the world. As such it anthroptc Societies of ew'
New York—Jewish women have
"We. the undersigned Rabbis of the of the existence of the problem in forts was his seven months' journey
must ever be the spokesman of hu- City.
July, 1917, six moots late, but by as head of the American Commission
won the vote in Palestine.
Included in the delegation which Congregation Ohab Zedek, hereupon
dint of very hard work for fifteen
The latest suffrage victory comes manity."
Simon D. Rosenzweig, who served presented the degree were Charles announced that we had decided, in month; arrived at the correct solu- to Investigate the Treatment of the
cabled
report
on
the
decision
of
Jews in Poland from which he re-
in a
as toastmaster during the banquet. II. Shapiro, President of the Union of accordance with the traditional priv-
the Greater Actions' Committee of
and Talmudic pre- tion.
turned last October.
also called upon Leon Goldsmith, Orthodox Congregations of America; ilege of our office
Fame
of
Bordin
Prize,
the International Zionist Organiza-
'
President of Pisgah Lodge; Morris judge Otto A. Rosalsky, Moritz ceps, and in recognition of his in-
Urges Commissions for Poland.
The
Bordin
Prize
has
a
past
of
tion, convened in London, to permit
Garvett, Charles I). Rosenthal and M. Neumann, President of the Congrega. numerable acts of charity and benevo- which it may well be proud. It was
women to vote for delegates to the
In a report which won much praise
I.ichtig of Bay City, each in turn re- tion Ohab Zedek, N. II. Borenstein, knee, in behalf of suffering humanity, first awarded in 1885 to the Russian
Constituent Assembly, which will be
the blame for pogroms on
sponding with appropriate speeches. Vice-Pres:dent of the Congregation to confer on Nlir. Felix NI. Warburg. Woman mathematician, Sohpia Kowal- he fixed
called soon to establish a constitu-
troops. lie found some
An entertainment and dance followed Ohab Zedek, Albert Lucas. Secretary the title and degree of "Haber" and evsky, for the solution of a difficult the Polish
tion for the Jewish population in the
extenuating circumstances, but report-
of
the
Joint
pit-161)1100n
Committee;
from
today
on
he
shall
he
known
in
the banquet.
problem
in
mechanics.
Among
those
ed that a more vigorous policy would
Holy Land.
Israel as 'flatter Rabbi liatiruch Ben
Harriet II. Lowenstein, Comptroller
The victory is even more far-reach-
of the Federation for the Support of Nloslie.' This title is conferred upon who have been awarded the Prize have minimized fatalities and ex-
ing than granting suffrage to the
Jewish Philanthropic Societies, and him and this document presented to since arc the world-renowned mathe- pressed the hope that the Peace Con-
Jewish women, for they are also
\I orris Engelman, who was a pioneer him on the (lay of the twenty-fifth an- maticians Appel. Painlevex and Had- ference or the leading nations of the
given the right to offer themselves
in the organization of American Jew. nit ersary of his marriage to his hon- amand (a cousin of Capt. Dreufus.) world would send economic and in-
as candidates to the Assembly.
isli Relief at the outbreak of the war. ored wife, Frieda. daughter of the dis- Appel was for years the Dean of the dustrial commissions to Poland to re-
The suffrage question has stirred
The ceremony was a simple and tinguished Philanthropist. Jacob 11. Emilie des Sciences in Paris.
habilitate the country.
The idea that guides the men that
Palestine for several years and a de-
Mr, Morgenthau is president of the
impressive one. The parchment con- Schiff, with the Sinter(' hope and
propose these questions for the soli Free Synagogue, Bronx House; a di-
termined effort has been going on for
strayer
that
the
•lmi
gilt
y
may
bless
Louisville, Ky.—Governor Morrow
raining the degree was carried to h1 r,
some time to give Jewish women po- has appointed Mr. Emil S. Tachau, Warburg by the delegation. The !dr. and Mrs. Felix NI. Warburg and tion of which these prizes are award- rector of Mount Sinai hospital, a
litical freedom in time to take an ac- of Louisville, a member of the Ken- Rev. M. Turkeltaub, one of the Can- all their dear ones, with many more ed is that these problem!: consist of member of the Merchants' Associa-
tive part in the formation of the Con- tucky State Board of Control. The tors of the Congregation, read the years of Ilappiness and Joy and may a chapter of mathematical science tion and the Chamber of Commerce.
stituent Assembly. The assembly is new board supersedes the old Board degree, after which there was prayer. they be privileged to wit ness the re- which presents peculiar difficulties Among the clubs are the Locos, Har-
the outgrowth of a recent movement of Control, the practices of which in making the presentation the demotion and peace of their people and promises to yield fruitful results movie, Economic, Century and Coun-
once these are mastered more so try. He is chairman of the finance
to bring the Jewish communities of were the subject of discussion in the spokesman for the delegation said: Israel."
than an extremely concrete example. committee of the Democratic national
the cities and colonies into closer campaign of last fall, when Governor
Thus, by proposing a prize, they chal- committee.
governmental relationship and con- Morrow, then a candidate, promised
lenge the mathematicians of the world
trol. At present each community has to take all our penal and charitable
and spur them on to additional efforts
local autonomy in regard to its Jew- institutions out of politics. The new
in the direction required. Such a
ish affairs, but regulates and enforces act provides for the appointment of
prize is seldom awarded sinless the
its activities independent of the other eight persons, without reference to
author has shown decided originality
politics, who serve without pay. They
communities.
I.ONDON.
—
The
Joint
Foreign
Odessa.—In
a
letter
from
a
respects
and merit and has made a substantial
have control of all the state penal and
Turin, Italy—In the Lunario Cal-
charitable institutions and the ap- Committee of the Jewish Board of able Jewish citizen of Odessa to a contribution to the field of mathe- endar Dr. Servi publishes some in-
Deputies
and
the
Anglo-Jewish
Asso-
friend
in
New
York
are
described
the
matics.
pointment to this position is a dis-
teresting statistical information about
Born in Moscow.
tinguished honor. Mr. Tachau has ciation has considered a large number living conditions in Ukrainia.. Here
Jews in the now-enlarged Italy.
The story of I'rof. Lefschetz' life is There are altogether about 67,000
long been identified with the Jewish of reports relating to the pogroms in are a few items: A glass of milk
the
Ukraine
and
the
conseqtrnt
dis-
costs
15
rotibels;
an
egg,
25
roubles;
the remarable story of the achieve- Jews in Greater Italy, distributed as
Charities of Louisville. Ile was one
the a small herring, 35 roubles; a pound ments of a man v.-hose undaunted
of the organizers of the Federation tress in that country. Owing to
follows: Tripoli, 12,000; Ben Gasi,
changed military situation in South of apples, 75 roubles; a pound of courage and tireless enerby carried
Jerusalem—A Jewish school for of Jewish Charities, and also later of
4,000; Derna, 2,000; Tryst, 4,000;
Russia the investigation promised by stale bread, 15 roubles; a radish 25 hint into the realm of fame. Prof.
Arab children, with two sheiks giv- the Welfare Federation of Louisville,
Fiume, 1,000. The largest Jewish
His Majesty's Government had proved roubles; a box of matches, 5 roubles; Lefschetz was born in Moscow, Rus-
the
ing instruction in Arabic, the Koran which includes all the charities of
population is in Rome. The follow-
impracticable and the British High a pound of sugar, 65 roubeis;a hand- sia, September 3, 1884, but his early
religion,
has
been
founded
in
the
city
of
Louisville,
Jewish
and
non-
ing
cities have over 1,000 Jews each
and
Commissioner had returned to Eng- kerchief, 3 roubels; a plain suit, life was spent in Paris, where his par-
Jewish Palestinian colony of Rosh lewish, of all denominations. It has
Ancona, Belona, Ferrara, Florence
land. The Committee were of the 15,000 roubels; an overcoat, 20,000 ents still reside. In 1905 he was grad-
functioned
well.
Recently
Mr.
Tachau
(2,800); Genoa, Livorno (3,000);
Pinash. This school is unique in the
opinion that the terrible sufferings of to 25,000 roubels; a pair of trousers, uated from an engineering school and
Jewish colonization history of Pales- was elected president of the Welfare
be 6.000 roubels; a hat, 1,200 roubels; a immediately thereafter came to the Milan (4,500); Naples, Turin (5,100);
Jewish community the Jews in South Russia ought to
Venice (2,500). The balance of the
tine, for while Jewish schools are Association. The
brought to the knowledge of the Brit- pair of shoes, 4,000 roubels.
United States, where he was engaged Jewish population is to be found in
open to Arab children, this is the considers these elections and appoint- ish Public, and a resolution was

ANCIENT TALMUDIC DEGREE GIVEN
TO FELIX WARBURG FOR SERVICES

WOMEN WIN
SUFFRAGE FIGHT
IN PALESTINE

Noted Jewish Welfare
Worker Honored by
Kentucky Governor

COST 0 FLIVING AND
BRITISH JEWS URGE
CLOTHES HARDSHIP
PUBLICITY TO STOP
ON JEWS IN UKRAINE
UKRANIAN POGROMS

PUBLISH STATISTICS
OF JEWS IN ITALY

JEWISH SHOOL FOR
ARAB CHILDREN IN
PALESTINE COLONY

L

first Jewish school founded expressly ments to be a very high honor, and
for them. that Mr. Tachau deserves them. Mr.
The report states that the children Tachau has given a great deal of his
are getting along so well under their time for the last 20 years to the
Jewish tutelage that neighboring study of social questions, and ap-
Arab villages have asked that schools proaches the same, not only from a
be built in their districts and Jewish scientific, but from a human and
teachers provided for them. practical standpoint.

therefore taken to ask the Foreign
Office to institute an inquiry among
the refugees who have now reached
Constantinople and Palestine, and to
publish the results in the same way
as the Armenian atrocities were made
known.

The writer of the letter remarks
that the people of his region are for•
tunate in being able to procure these
things for money. In other regions
the situation is much worse since
these necessary articles are not to be
had at any price.

as an electrical engineer by various
firms until forced to leave this pro-
fession through an unfortunate acci-
dent. But with his indomitable spirit
and optimism, Prof. Lefschetz turned
to higher mathematics, his favorite
(Continued on Page 4)

cities and towns, ranging between
2,000 and 11,000 each. In all Italy
there are 57 synagogues and 60 rab-
bis. Although such a minute part of
Italy's population the Jews have 14
members in the senate and 12 mem-
bers of the House of Deputies.