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V01, ...V111. NO. 19.
EYES THAT SAW WORLD'S
Tells of
',MAIERBERG Fiance
MISERY CLOSED IN DEATH
Dr. Cantor's Work
i
k
FAREWELL
TO
vil
DETROIT FRIENDS
Hundreds at Free Synagogue
Memorial Service Weep
At Her Words.
Samuel Busy With
Taxation Problem
Aims to Secure for Communities
Reasonable Share in
Land Values.
JACOB H. SCHIFF, BELOVED OF WORLD
JEWRY-FINANCIER, PHILANTHROPIST,
IDEALIST-DIES IN NEW YORK HOME
JERUSALEM — Two announce-
Miss Irma Abramowitz May of
ments of the highest significance
Lemberg„ Galicia, fiance of the late
for
the future of Palestine were
Dr. Bernard Cantor, spoke recently in
issued from Government pause,
Carnegie Hall before the congrega-
on
Aug. 10. They clearly in-
tion of the Free Synagogue at a mem-
dicated that the High Commissioner,
orial service to the rabbi, who was
1.. Samuel is thinking in
Sir
Herbert
murdered July 5 last, in the Ukraine
terms of the future; that he foresees
by liolsheviki. Rabbi Cantor was for
the
advent
of
a large immigration and
several years an assistant to the Rev.
that the time has come for the Gov-
New York—Peculiarly significant was it that on the eve of the Feast
A congregation that crowded Tem- Dr. Stephen S. \Vise, rabbi of the
. nment to make preparations for it, of the Tabernacles awl of the Dedication of the First Fruits, world Jewry
ple Beth El to its doors, joined in Free Synagogue. Many of the lis-
and that it is his aim that in Pales- saw placed on the nigh altar its grea est and best.
teners
wept
at
the
pathetic
recital
of
tribute Friday night, September 24,
tine taxation shall be of such a char-
Message From Wilson,
to Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg, for the softening of l'olish Jews and the
acter as to secure for the communi-
To Mrs. Schiff from the White -louse came the words:
the past three years assistant Rabbi, story of Dr. Cantor's work and sac-
ties a reasonable share of increased
"May I not extend to you my heartiest sympathy on the death of
who left Saturday to answer a call in rifice,
land values due to the progress of
The other speakers were Rabbi
your distinguished husband. By his death the nation has lost one of
Dayton, 0.
the country and improvements made
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin, in a brief Wi-e, Judge Abaram 1. Elkus, presi-
its most useful citizens. WOODROW WILSON."
either by the Government, by Inc
address, spoke in glowing terns of dent of the synagogue, and Captain
communities, or due to increase of
the retiring Rabbi, who coming here Elkan Voorsanger of the Joint Dis-
But although the cablegrams and
population. l'assing reference has
directly from the Ilebresv Union Col- tribution Committee, under whose
telegrams numbered thousands, though
been made to these announcements
auspices
Dr.
Cantor
went
to
Russia.
lege, has in a brief span of time left
scores of synagogues and societies
in recently published correspondence
Miss May said:
a lasting impress upon the Jewish
held hurried meetings during the day
of the Zionist Publicity Department,
"Truly I must appear in a most
community.
which is now enabled to issue the Genius as Financier Parallels Emi- to pass resolutions of respect, It was
"During the three years that he has unique situation, a stranger from dis-
on New York's east side that the
official text of both.
nence as Philanthropist.
been with us, Rabbi Mayerberg has tant Poland, coming here to speak of
storm of grief raged unassuaged. Doz-
In the announcement of the ap-
not only done well the part that was one who addressed audiences from the
ens of buildings were draped In
pointment of the commission on
Jacob Henry Schiff was born in
officially his duty, but he has under- same pulpit. And yet it is altogether
land increasentent lax Sir Herbert Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany on mourning. Crowds gathered In spon-
taken and accomplished far more than natural for me to conic before you
L. Samuel indicates his belief in a Jan. 10, 1847, and, conning to this taneous public expressions of sorrow,
and tell you of the work of Dr. tier-
that," Dr. Franklin declared
system of taxation similar to that country at the age of 18, started to hundreds weeping In the streets as If
"It is no idle tribute that I pay hint nand Cantor, the character of the peo-
proposed by the advocates of "Single work, and worked to such purpose the death had been In their own (am-
ple with whom he worked and for
when I say that there is no section
Tax." He takes pains to explain that long before Inc had reached the ities.
of this community, among young or whom he died.
what is meant by "unearned incre• age of 50 he was known not only
Many of them knew that Jacob
"A word about the l'olish Jews is
old, rich or poor, among the members
'Tient" and why this should be shared throughout this country, but through- Schiff had been Ill for the past Ma
of our own congregation, or of the necessary for a clear understanding of
by
the
actual
owner
of
the
land
and
-
out the world, as one of the greatest months of an almost fatal heart dis-
the present sit uation. For years and
other congregations un this C0E111111 1 11
the community. It is as follows:
of financiers and one of the greatest ease, but few that his Illness was ap-
ity, among Jews or non-Jews upon years Polish Jewry has suffered be-
Explains Taxation Scheme.
of philanthropists.
proaching Its climax Thursday night
whom, to an appreciable talent, he yond verbal description. To appre-
"The High Commissioner has ap-
Ilia interesta and sympathies were when the beloved of his people was
ciate
their
poverty
ante
must
suffer
has not in this short time, left a mark
pointed a commission to consider
so diversified that thousands of per- to seek his bed, never to rise. After
of his personality, a personality that their portion. World Jewry was un-
whether it is practicable to levy a tax sons who knew him in one of his
that he was hardly more than halt-
is very rich indeed—one that i; bound mindful of their lot. Their piercing
on the increased value of land which
fields of activity, where he had won conscious up to the moment of his
to bring the admiration and the love plea for aid remained unheard and un-
is due to the progress of the country prominence and respect, sometimes
heeded. Their moanings and w'ailings
death. Ills loot days were painless.
of many.
that has already taken place since the
quite forgot that there were many The end came peacefully. Members
were echoed by shrieking of shell and
,British occupation or what is ex•
Estimates Life in Accomplishment
other fields in which he was regarded of his Immediate family and attend-
"I would not in this hour speak of roar of cannon. War-ridden and
pected to take place. The increase in
just as highly.
ing physicians were summoned but all
the achievements of our friend be- stricken, their cry sank to a whisper
land values is often called unearned
acob Schiff is Dead.
The life of Jacob H. Schiff may be aid was useless. .At his bedside were
cause, after all, even a few great and their heads hung low because of
because it arises largely from the
divided into three phases: the first Mrs. Schiff and their children, Morti-
utter
hopelessness.
achievements are enough for a life
Around the world the tssage flashed and everywhere heads were bowed exertion of the community and not phase as a financier; the second as a
"When Dr. Cantor entered Poland
time for any man. What then shall
in grid. III Jeser) and hilinstendom worshipers at varied shrines gath- from the industry of the landowner; philanthropist, and the third as an mer L. Schiff and Mrs. Felix M. War-
burg, Dr. Leo Kennel and Dr. Charles
we expect one to accomplish who his heart was filled with grief even ered to send to his lovciones their messages of condolence then, for- and it is generally recognized that it
idealist. It was the idealistic side of D. Taylor.
comes direct from college-halls to as his eyes overflowed with tears. It getting all sale the great cure of the philanthropist, the idealist, lapsed should be shared between the land-
his character and life shat colored
take up a great burden of a great is true that Dr. Cantor was the official them,. hes into uncontrolile mourning.
owner and the whole community.
Stricken 8Ix Months Ago.
both of the other phas,.a of his ex-
community in so short a spas? The representative of the Joint Distribu-
From near and tar. ha those in high places and in low the messages The values of the land at Haifa, for istence and finally so dominated his
Until six months ago Mr Schiff en-
meaning of life is not to be counted tion Committee. In his capacity he came. Leaders in Amerika public life paid such honors to the memory example, has increased enormously
activities that all great public move- joyed fine health. At that time he
in accomplishments. If by that stand- distributed funds. As distributor of of Jacob Schiff as seldom ark the death of a man in private life,
since the Occupation, because of the
ments looked to him for some ex- Buffered a slight attack of heart dis-
ard your and my life were to be esti- funds he faced disappointment upon
railway connecting the town with
pression of opinion. In his business ease. At the beginning of August he
mated, how poor would , they all be. disappointment, but the smile never
Egypt, and of the proposal to con-
he was dominated by idealism and he went to Dixville Notch, In the White
left
his
face.
Dr.
Cantor
served
best
We count life in aspiration, not in
struct a harbor there.
was led by idealism to undertake the Mountains, to get away from the strain
accomplishment—not in the distance not as the official representative, but
"The Commission . will consider
great work of philanthropy which of business. Ills condition Improved
traveled, but in the goal for which as Bernard Cantor, uninformed and
whether it is possible to obtain equit-
benefitted no many thousands of af- considerably; and after remaining
unknown.
Where
poverty
and
disease
we set our gaze and toward which we
ably by taxation part of such unearned
flicted persons of all races and aided there a month he returned early In
direct our step. And measured by and misery dwelt he was to be found.
increment for the general good. It
in the education of so many thousands September to his summer home at
Naturally
the
financial
aid
he
brought
that standard, these years spent
is proposed to deal only with land in
100
Members
of
Pisgah
Age
to
Forced
to
Sleep
on
Floor
That
of students of all ages.
with him was vitally necessary, but
SeabrIght, N. J., often visiting hie
bee Mayerberg
the neighborhood of towns, because
among Us by Rabbi
They May Land for Day
Witness Birth of I*
joins Brokerage Firm
f
itful
have
the
spirit
in
which
he
offered
help
was
New York offices.
it is there that the increase is most
been rich, have n ru, hare
With the training he had acquired
of Atonement
Organization Sund.
life-sustaining.
On Thursday last he returned to his
remarkable. It is proposed also to
been high in inspiration.
in
the
schools
at
Frankfort,
Mr.
''His
enthusiasm
was
warmest,
his
home, where he complained of un-
"We are all sorry that he leaves us,
consider only the taxation of an in-
On the night of Yom Kippur, Ellis crease above a certain percentage. Schiff went to work as a bank clerk usual suffering and Mrs. Schiff Im-
Two special Pullmans II bear
though the inspiration that he left love for his work deepest and his will-
shall abide, but we rejoice that his ingness to serve greatest when he more than 11111 members Pisgah Island, the gateway to the Land of The price of land, as of every other upon his arrival in this country, but mediately called In Doctors Kassel and
presence and the high richness of his started on his last, fatal trip. To the Lodge, No. 34, I. 0. B. B.) Battle Liberty, was no congested that few commodity, has risen since the out• it was not long before lie sought a Taylor. The latter realized that Mr,
personality has been recognized by warnings of the Polish commandant Creek, Sunday, where thc•ill as- Immigrants were able to sleep. MIL break of war, because of the decreased career in finance. Tiring of the rou- Schiff's condition was serious and or-
and the admonitions of his friends he sist in the formal installan of a dal figures show 3,319 individuals purchasing power of money, and tine work of a bank clerk he became
oe
dered him to remain In bed.
n of the leading congregations in replied: 'I came to Poland not for my newly-organized B'itai Brit:odge.
were quartered In accommodations in- therefore the landowner is entitled to a junior member in the new broker-
country who have found in him a
That night Stir. Schiff suffered severe
the
The train will leave tinelichigan tended for 1,500.
man worthy to take the place of one pleasure. I came to serve.
a large increase on the pre-war price, age firm of Dodge, Schiff & Co., and pain from his heart affection but to-
there
laid
the
cornerstone
of
his
ca-
"If
his
noble
life
of
service
and
This
was
said
to
have
resulted
from
Central station at 9 a. mSunday
of the most exalted leaders of our
But when land is sold for three or
ward
morning he lapsed Into semi-con-
an effort on the part of the author- Idea four times its pre-war value, the land- reer as a financier.
great country, a man who through still nobler sacrifice of life will shape morning, returning the Defiers at
Dissatisfied with his meagre edu- sciousness.
two score years has left upon a com- our characters so that we may learn 10:30 p. or. The Detroit egation to admit as many Jews as possible to owner is not in justice entitled to the
Expected Return of Health.
mur,ity an impress so exalted and fine better to live a life of love, then the will be met at the Battle Irk sta- the Island, that they might spend the whole difference, The Commission cation, Mr. Schiff went back to Eu-
spirit of Bernard Cantor will remain tion with numerous automoes. An Day of Atonement ashore. As a result will have to consider whether the rope to study financial methods there.
To members of his family. Mr.
that it shall never he forgotten.
elaborate banquet has beealanned of the congestion and the inability of amount of such increases in value can Upon his return in 1875 he married Schiff expressed the belief that he
an imperishable heritage."
Prays for Success
Theresa Loeb, daughter of Solomon would be able to get up and about In
It was announced that the Execu- to follow the initiation at win State officials to cope with the crowd, Cont. in fact be ascertained.
"We pray that that blessing of God
I.oeb, head of the banking house of a few days, and he declared that he
tk-c Council of the synagogue had Deputy Edward Lichtig of ty City missioner of Immigration Wallis In-
Commission to Hear Evidence.
may follow Rabbi Mayerberg and Inns
formed all ehipping companies that no
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and Mr, Loeb believed he would be able to Indulge
voted to call the religious school of will preside.
Lieut,
Colonel
Barron,
the
acting
dear ones—that his undertakings may the downtown branch, Clinton street,
The Detroit initiatory la, con- passenger would be landed for a few head of the Department, of Finance, was so well pleased with his son-in- soon to the fivemlle walks he wan
be crowned with rich success. We
the Bernard Cantor School of the sisting of Joseph Garnett, Orman, days until the Island had been is Chairman of the Commission; and law that he took him into the firm accustomed to take daily before his
promise him that we shall follow his
Free Synagogue. It was also an- Charles Rosenthal, M orrisiravett, cleared.
the Members: Mr. Yusuf Albina, Mn, and gave him a prominent place in first attack of heart (llama
career with interest and with un- nounced that the synagogue had cre- Milton M. Alexander, Mon Klein,
On Thursday an unfortunate Inci- Ben Zevie, Ismail Bey al Husseini, its counsels.
Funeral services were conducted at
diminished affection look upon his
dent
occurred.
Relatives
and
friends
Harold
Rosenthal,
and
Lc
Bass.
ated
the
Bernard
Cantor,
a
brother
Mr. Schiff made such swift progress Temple EmanuEl, of which congrega-
d
Silbert. = they ilassif, Dr. Ruppin, Mr.
achievements as they grow from ay
of the martyred rabbi, a student at will officiate at the formal monies. of the immigrants gathered at the J. 1). Whiting, and Mr. Shelly, rem- in the 6rm and displayed so moth tion he was a member.
com-
is a part of our
,
to day. He
Island until 2.000 were In the waiting
native acumen in financial affairs tnat
of our congregation a;,d the Hebrew Union college, Cincinnati Eight members of the Pk Glee
Besides his wife and children, Mr.
s hoping to get a glimpse o sensing the Moslem, Christian, an
munity and
Club, in charge of Mr. Leonard room
the fleet holder. ,
Jewish communities who have large Ice was made head of the firm in 1885, Schiff is survived by two brothers,
brief as has been his stay with us, as Organizations
when Mr. Loeb retied. From that
of young Jews are to Braun, will sing during the at and those they had not seen for years.
Philip
and Ludwig Schiff, retired bank-
yet upon the pages of our life Ile has
Progress
on
the
part
of
the
authori-
experience
in
dealing
with
land
in
City college at the banquet.
time on the firm not only held na
ers, of Frankfort-orPMain, Germany,
written something that we shall never unite in the great hall
ties was slow and the waiting crowd Palestine. The Commission will hear
place as one of the great banking
on October 24 to honor the memory
became
restless
and
finally
unruly.
evidence
from
landowners
and
others,
several
nephews and nieces In that
cease to cherish."
houses, but so expanded its business
of Dr. Israel Friedlander, slain by
whil
uly
e
The Iron gates were broken down and and any communication about its that it became known all over the country.
President Presents Token
bandits in the Ukraine last s `
a
rush
was
made
for
the
detention
work
should
be
addressed
to
the
Sec-
Mr. Isaac Goldberg, President of on an errand of mercy, was an-
Personal Note In Sorrow.
world.
quarters, atter the majority of the retary of the Commission at the Gov
Temple Beth El, announced the pur-
Hardly a great financial transaction
Those who personally had known
nounced yesterday.
island attendants had gone for the ernment House, Jerusalem."
chase of the congregation of a sterling
The Land Commission is to ascer. or merger in'that period of American the great philanthropist and financier
day and were It not for the personal
Kiddish set, as a material token of
financial history that saw the swift over considerable periods of his life
appeal of the commissioner, the unex. lain what lands are at the disposal of
the love and regard of Temple Beth
Three Additional Directors , Bar pected move on the part of the crowd !he Government, a question of some rise of so many leaders, the sudden pointed out the reason why the per-
El for Rabbi Mayerberg.
to the unsatisfactory rejuvenation of so many great cor- sonal note appeared eo strongly in
it
Chosen—Program
for
the
"You have endeared yourself very
c
q m uie g n h e t es have led to serious cense. de
porations and railroad systems, faded the general demonstration of sorrw
f duee
old Tur
records
ult o
th
to Be Considered.
much to us all during your all too
to make some prominent mention of and respect. Tile was that, notwith-
Mt. ofOlives School Intended As Cen-
Commenting on the situation Corn- is to look into the possibilities of re-
brief stay," 51r. Goldberg said. in
claiming the sand-dunes by tree plant- the name of Jacob H. Schiff.
Blanding his Identification with scores
ter of Jewish Education.
The annual meeting and chef of missioner Wallis said:
announcing the presentation. "You
Backed Harriman Venture.
ew6hlat lands
of Jewish and other philanthropies
"! have called a conference of the ing; andcoanlislonureedpoornt Page
officers of the Men's Temp:tub
brought with you the refreshing
Backed by foreign capital, Mr. and his large gifts for public uses, the
,
During
1922
the
Hebrew
University
will
be
held
Thursday
evenitOct.
(Goon/wed
on
page
7)
eagerness of youth. Your enthusiasm
Schiff and the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & great majority of his acts of charity
your willingness, your spirit, has of Jerusalem will modestly open its 7, at 8 o'clock, at Temple li
Co supported the late E. H. Harri- were personal matters between him
Officers to be elected are prent,
made us all love you. But better than doors atop the Mount of Olives, grad-
man in the great financial adventure and the individual or family that came
. die
lsehas been that wonderful con- uall y expanding until it assures
vice-president, secretary, truer
by which the Union Pacific Railroad to him for help.
sin-
and scope of any regular Univer- and three directors.
-5 of your te-heareed
ru
was reorganized in 1K7 and in the
size
Those acts extended over a period
e trust, as we hope and know, sity and becomes truly what the plans
Plans for the Club's wetland
subsequent transaction by which the
city will be yours through- of the Zionists mean it to be—the its program for the year will ion-
Union Pacific obtained control of the of fifty-five years, since he !darted life
Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Samuel W. Purvis, in the Philadelphia
world center for Jewish culture and sidcred at this meeting. °Oita:-
In
this country, and marked pearly
Southern Pacific and other railroads.
Evening Bulletin,
education, according to plans sub. tens of great import will he dised.
..eautiful Musical Service
This operation is regarded as one of every day of his life. It is probable,
beautiful musical service was ren• milted to the World Zionist Confer- Members are urged to attend.
according
to close associates of Mr.
faltered or blundered he always paid the most important in which Mr.
dered by the choir, assisted by Mrs. ence at London by the Education De-
Teets: And I will bless them that
Schiff, that hie individual gifts to aid
The following are the presefi.
a fearful penalty. I know of no other Schiff engaged as a banker. It in-
Chas. Welker, soprano. and Mr. David partment of the International Zionist cers of the Club: President, S.
those
who
appealed to him personally,
bless thee and curse them that
that has suffered so touch and stir- volved a vast sum of money, possibly
Crocov, violinist. A reception for Organization.
Heavenrich; Vice-President, Ill,
hundreds of millions of dollars, and were more numerous then those of
eurseth thee; and in thee shall all
rived.
Utilizing present buildings now lo- S. Welt; Secretary, Joseph J.ri.
Rabbi and a,1rs. Mayerberg followed
any
living
man, if nut than those of
gave Mr. Schiff a prestige among New
families of the earth be blessed.
When the temple in Jerusalem was
the services in the vestry rooms in ated on the Mount of Oliver, together mins; Treasurer. Wallace Rosen,.
York banking houses which endured any man who ever lived.
destroyed the Jew became a wanderer.
Gen. 12:3. What advantage then
which members of the congregation with others nearby, the plans for the The directors are Rabbi Led,
"He Insisted on handling personally
for the remainder of his life, and It
a man without a country. There isn't
Hebrew University call for an unpre-
bath the Jew? Much every way
and friends participated.
Franklin, Isaac Goldberg. \ff .
II. Harriman all mail from persona In distress," said
a continent, there isn't a nation upon contributed to make E.
Rabbi and Mrs. hiayerberg were tentious beginning with research in- Fuchs, Henry Marks, Z. }lintel'.
the best known railroad organizer in one of his partners. "lie would not
Rom. 3:12.
the face of the earth of which he Is
the inspiration of many farwell gath- stitntes in physics, chemistry and me Irving Hirschman, Maurice Deis.
leave this to its secretary or any of
Our Jewish friends are now observ• not an inhabitant. Innumerable forces the United States.
erings during the past two weeks. crobiology, together with a depart- Isadore Rosengarten and Ar
Although he had taken part in the his associates. This mail, you can
of Jewish learning and a re.
ing their New Year—the 5,tflnt. The of hiptory through ninny ages have
(Contolnued on Page Seven)
meCt
imagine, was large, and he dealt with
financing
of
the
Union
Pacific
and
story
period includes the fast of Guadallah helped to form his destiny. Ilis sto
search institute in the Hebrew lan- Cohen.
every ease personally, as he saw Its
t
and culminates In Yom Kippur, the i Is at one the miracle and the ro- other of the Ilarriman enterprises.
guage, which will form the basis. tot
merits. This had been his practice
PROFESSOR EINSTEIN IS
(Continue On Page 7.)
future colleges of science, medic
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GOA most solemn Day of Atonement, next mance of human history. None can
for more than twenty years to my
blot him out. Babylonian captivity.
WANTED IN SWITZERLAND and arts, as the university grows Into
Wednesday,
knowledge, and I believe that It was
ORGANIZE JEWISH SCHOI
As
a
man
of
affairs,
I
want
to
stop
Roman
domination,
Grecian
ebrorp-
its' larger sphere.
always
his practice."
By establishing institutes instead of
and take notice of one of the most re- clan, mediaeval persecution, modern
NEW YORK.—In Swiss univer-
Mr. Schiff's daily work of charity,
PRAGUE—The
Czechoslov..
markable
phenomena
of
the
centuries
massacre,
have
been
In
vain.
Talk
departments,
the
plan
points
out
that
sity circles efforts are being nude to
extending
over so many years, are
induce Professor Einstein, who ' is smaller numbers of students, hitt of a Government has seen fit to org: — the preservation and indestructibil- about the splendid line of Roman pan-
thought to have brought the total of
determined to leave Berlin, to accept much higher academic standing, will a number of Jewish schools it try of the Jewish race. Ilene In a tiffs on the banks of the yellow Tiber
those
who
personally
experienced his
Albert Abraham Michelson, pro-
marvelous thing—a bush is burning — the Jew has outlived Egypt. Chil-
a professional position in Berne or he attracted to the university in its cities of Boslowitz. Lundenburg,
beginning, post-graduate students, litz and Ung. Brod. This is the i and Is not consumed! "Show me a den. Assyria, Persia and the dynasties fessor of physics in the University of benevolence to scores or hundreds of
Zurich.
Einstein studied in Berne, where he who will be available for junior posts attempt at a compliance with the miracle." said Frederick the Great to of the past. While our fathers were Chicago, has been awarded the Albert thousands, making his name revered
in Innumerable households. Few of
was for a time an unsalaried profes- in the university and its extension visions of the Treaty of Vet's' his chaplain. "Sire, It Is the Jews," savages living on roots in the forest medal of the Royal Society of Arts
sor, Moreover, he is a Swiss citizen, CQUISCS, as well as students who will which demands of each of the se answered the man of God. As an am - or gnawing a bone In a cave his were for 1921), with the approval of the the Jewish immigrants to this country
Princes
In
the
house
of
King
David.
Duke of Connaught, the president, for In the last half century have not re-
and his treatment by the junket' stu- he available in solving many of the governments set up from the fo bassador of God, I, too, In a labor of
dents and professors in Berlin is cans- scientific problems, arising out of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy the . e love, would stop and pay a tribute of He of today Is nothing more or less optical inventions which have ren- ceived direttly or indirectly a helping
than
a
child
of
hie
great
yesterday.
development
of
the
country
under
dered possible the reproduction of ac- hand from him.
Lion government-nna l 0appreciative recognition to this won-
mg much indignation among the uni-
Though retnoved from him Asiatic curate metric standards, and provided
Gifts Covered a Wide Field.
Zionist immigration.
schools for the minority nationalidethil people to whom you and I are
versity men of Switzerland.
origin
well-nigh
2,000
years,
there's
a
"The
greatest
and
most
important
the means of carrying out measure-
The recent attacks on Einstein are
within their respective borders. Indebted for so many things, not the
For many years Mr. Schiff had spent
queer dualism which makes him • ments with a minute precision hiterto
said to be due to his being of Jewish task of the university v ill be in Czechoslovak Government thus least of which Is the fundamentals
a large proportion of his Income for
creature old and new. the has one foot unobtainable.
blood. At a public meeting in Berlin strengthening the bonds between Pal- comes the first to bring into pracbf our own Christian religion.
charitable or public purposes. Even
in making the solemn provisions of the Pe All the world's a stage whereon not on the soil of antiquity, the other
Prof. Michelson's contributions to putting aside his private gifts, the
against Einstein one junker professor estine and world Jewry m id center
of
ills
rests
on
the
foreground
of
today.
tidy individuals but nations and races
scientific research already have been philanthropy of Mr. Schiff was more
complained that Professor Einstein by I'alertine the real spirhual
T rIeta .
expected that the Governmsre players. Every nation has played profile Is that of Ur of Chaldees, bat recognized by the award of the Cop- widely distributed than that of any of
his discovery "did not think of glorify. Judaism" says the report "The De-
partment of Jewish Learning would will follow out its policy in the otlome part, great or small. Each one In Russia hie features are Ruselan, In ley medal of the Royal Society and
ing Germany, but only himself."
the great philanthropists of his time,
has not help the Jewish renaissance In Pales- cities and communities ofCzedias had Its message for the 'centuries Italy Italian, In Spain Spanish. There of the Nobel prize of both in
Einstein
Hitherto Professor
extending over the whole field of Jew-
are 50,000 black Jews In Abyeetnia,
definitely replied whether or not he tine by encouraging a really scientific S lovakia where there is a Jewish pow which It lived. Rome gave govern. negro Hebrews, while there are even 1907.
lei relief, here and abroad, aiding
univer• study of the creation of the Jewish lation to the end that the proviso:neat; Greece, culture; Phoenicia,
Prof.
Michelson
was
born
in
G.-
Swiss
will accept a chair at a
many Christian causes and contrib-
Chinese
Jews
who
observe
all
the
many in 1852, the son of Samuel and
sity. He has received offers from nu- genius in the paid and because such an of the Treaty directed to the Prammerce; the Jew has carried mono
r eligious rites and all their Rosalie Przlubska Midiaelson. He uting liberally to public education.
institution
established
in
Palestine
it-
tection
of
minority
races
and
nationaelsm,
the
worship
of
a
single
God.l.fewish
merous European and American uni•
How the total of his gifts would
self, could be made unique among the ilies be given full application in prairough the ages. He has played his dietary laws—yet they have the 'l- married in 1899 Edna Stanton of Lake
versit i es, and it it believed certain
iContInued on Pass z.1
at and played It well. Where he bas
Forest, Ill.
(Continued On Page 5.)
now that Einstein has definitely de-
lica
(Coaunned on Page Blz)
cided to leave Germany.
.Viessages of Sympathy Pour in by Thousands; East Side
Draped in Mourning While Jews Weep in Streets.
Declares Priest•People Must Jus-
tify Existence by Spread
of Law.
- —
DR. FRANKLIN VOICES
CONGREGATION'S REGRET
ILL SIX MONTHS, DEATH THURSDAY
FOLLOWS BRIEF PERIOD OF HEALTH
SCHIFF'S RISE TO
POWER IS SPEEDY
Jewish Emigrants
Aid Installatio
At Battle :reek Crowd Ellis Island
a
HEBREW UNIVERSITY
TO OPEN IN 1922
MEN'S TEMPLE CL1
TO ELECT OFFIQS
THURSDAY, O. 7
PHILADELPHIA MINISTER DECLARES
STORY OF JEW IS WONDER OF ACES
PROF. MICHELSON
RECEIVES HONOR
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