EDLTROIVE,WIS/1 01 ROA (CHF: PAGE FOUR ThE &YrRorrkwirsit R 0 N ICU MICHIGAN'S JEWISH /ME PUBLICATION Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. Joseph J. Cummins, President. Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit. Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1079. General Offices and Publication Building 206 High Street West Cable Address: Telephrmes: Glendale 8326 Chronide LONDON OFFICE 14 STRATFORD PLACE LONDON, E. C. 2, ENGLAND 33.00 Per Year Subscription. in Advance 'fo insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week, RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN Editorial Contributor The Jewish Chronicle invitee correspondence on subjects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaim. responsibility for an indorsement of the view. espressed by the writer.. NOVEMBER 19, 1920 KISLEV 8, 5681 The Community Thanksgiving Service. Among the many forward-looking undertakings which Detroit has pioneered none has been watched with greater interest by the entire country nor accepted more generally as a model for other communities to build upon than the Community Thanksgiving Service, which, with its service next Thursday, will mark the nineteenth anniversary of its establishment. Today interdenominational Thanksgiving services participated in by a greater or less number of denominations have become fairly gen- eral in various sections of our country. But when almost two decades ago a little band of progressive clergymen in our city undertook to meet on a common platform in a religious service at least one occasion in the year, so remarkable was the innovation regarded that the London Time:, among other newspapers, commented upon it, and so daring was it construed to be by the reactionary religious forces of the time that in more than one pulpit it was denounced as a disruptive and destroying agency. Fortunately, as the years have passed, the service has justified itself even in the eyes of those who were at first most virulent in denunciation. It is fair to say that no other single agency has done so much to create among the religious forces of the community an esprit de corps, and among the religious men and women of Detroit a better understanding of that brotherhood which the churches of all denominations are con- stantly preaching, but to the practice of which, alas, comparatively few of them ever attain. Nor has the service been a source of help and inspiration only to those wholear by year have participated in it. It has been the ack- nowledged inspiration for the establishment of an almost unlimited number of neighborhood group Thansgiving services participated in by churches of different denominations. To accomplish this very end was the purpose of its promotors from the beginning. In the very first an- nouncement that they gave to the public they stated that they did not wish to substitute any denominational service, but merely to supple- ment those then in existence. They did not wish to undermine the religious faith of any ntan, but to deepen and intensify the spirit of religiousness in all men. They did not wish to set the claims of one denomination against those of another, nor to claim superiority for sect over sect. But they did set out avowedly to stress what the various creeds held in common and to forget on a day of national thanksgiving the often petty differences that set up barriers 'twixt man and brother man. This year the Community Thanksgiving Service will be held tinder peculiarly happy auspices, the committee having been particularly for- tunate in securing the beautiful Orchestra Hall for the •ervice. The speaker, too, is a man known to many of the readers Of this journal as one rarely gifted as a thinker and an orator and one who will unques- tionably bring to the people of Detroit a message deeply religious and yet timely and suggestive. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver. of Cleveland, Ohio. who has accepted an invitation to deliver the sermon this year, will, we are sure, grace the occasion, for he is the sort of a man who seines the larger implications of religion and is fearless as he is forceful in the interpretation of the religious problems of our age. From year to year, since the time of its inatigurati tn, the Com- munity Thanksgiving Service has grown in popular esteem. 'I here can be little doubt that this year too its influence will be felt by a circle of worshipers even larger than heretofore. ■ Will the Challenge Be Accepted? In another column of this issue there is reprinted from the We take no exception to an organization presumably patriotic and presumably inspired by proper motives which attempts to link up the churches of the land with any attempt to establish that peace among the nations which is based in righteousness. But we confess that we do ttre just a little of being asked to further ends and purposes—though we may deeply approve of them—on the ground that they are funda- mentally Christian in character. If they are Christian, why do their sponsors address us Jews who are the teachers of Jews? have not they enough delicacy or enough good taste to understand the amenities of such a situation? But the fact of the matter is that these things for which they make their appeal are not fundamentally Christian. These are not times when men should quibble about priority of accomplishment in the field of morals, for the truth is that with all of us our ethical theories far outrun our practices. Still, who does not know that peace--the peace based in righteousness, in justice, and in a recognition of human rights—was a preachment of the Jew long before it was that of the Chritsian, or indeed before Christianity had come to play a part at all upon the stage of history? Did not the prophets of Israel—God inspired and God intoxicated as they were—dream their dreams of world peace centuries before the teachers of the Christian doctrine had come upon the scene? Was that Isaiah a Christian who visioned forth the time of reconciliation, when the lion and the lamb should lie down together, when swords should be beaten into plowshares and spears into printing hooks, and when the nations should learn war no more? Or was he a Christian who im- pressed upon his people the fact that there could be no peace for the wicked? If peace as an ideal is to have a denominational label at all, either because of the source whence it sprang or because of its con- stancy as an ideal to be lived out. there is some justification for holding that it should be called Jewish rather than Christian, particularly when the latter is spelled with a capital "C." The same truth holds of course in regard to many another quality commonly called Christian. Love, charity, justice, are these sectarian virtues? We do not believe so. Many of those who use the term "Christian" do so as though it were synonymous with the term "humani- tarian." They do not mean to be narrow, but their lack of delicacy in addressing those not of their faith, when too often repeated, does become a bit distasteful to us. Won't our friends of the "Fellowship of Reconciliation" be good enough to bear this in mind when next they feel called upon to ask the co-operation of those preachers of religion who do not belong spe- cifically within the circle of Christianity? The Poor Rich Man. If one wishes to study human nature under the best possible auspices, let hint devote himself for a little while to the task of collect- ing funds for philanthropic purposes. Hundreds of men and women in Detroit who this week dedicated their time and efforts to securing gifts for thiCommunity Fund will testify to the accuracy of this state- ment. They saw human nature at its best and at its worst. It would be altogether untrue to echo the thought of some who participated actively in the drive that all persons give grudgingly or in a spirit of silent or expressed protest. Indeed, there are many who consider no joy greater,than that which comes to them when they are privileged to help their fellow men to live completer and happier lives. But on the whole, it oust be confessed that the average man has not yet learned the supreme joy of giving. This is particularly true, we believe, of men of considerable means. On every hand solicitors were told that gifts had to be cut down this year because of prevailing business conditions. Many men actually believe that because their profits this year will not quite reach the peak that they did in the past two or three years, that they are poverty stricken. They forget what enormous fortunes they rolled up during the several years just passed. And more than that they forget. They forget that even though their present in- comes may be somewhat less than they were formerly, that that does not compel them to cut down any sort of indulgence that they have enjoyed nor to lower their standards of living nor to deprive themselves of any reasonable comfort or luxury that their hearts desire. On the whole, this talk of inability to give at this time is the veriest nonsense. It only indicates how poor some rich men are. Money is of value only as a medium of exchange. They who hoard it become its slaves. Only the comparative few who use their wealth for the service of others 'really make it a means toward happiness in the terms of which true riches must always express itself. BELIEVES PRESENT NEEDS OF CHARITY HURT BY ZIONISTS (Continued from Page One.) edited by Lord Alfred Douglas, the Am..ri- ;rim, of Oscar Wilde and Robert ■ cart Hebrew of New York, a challenge to Henry Ford. Inasmuch as iiter'a.r;"(ll'antVlicilinogrignelftl r!Ntt!Isev this challenge has received publicity not only in the periodical sponsor - ing it but as well in the columns of the public press, it may well be taken for granted that it has come to the eyes of Mr. Ford, or at least to his ears, through those who are accustomed to keep him posted upon what is taking place in the Jewish world today. The challenge is direct and its terms are unambiguous. It asks Mr. Ford to prove the charges which through his paper he has made against the Jews and to which he has been giving wide publicity. The American Hebrew guarantees Mr. Ford, in case he can prove his asser- tions, that the Jews of America will not only help him to fight the con- spiracy which he claims to have discovered, but that they will even accept his leadership in the matter. It agrees, moreover, that in case he can substantiate his charges, the findings of the investigation will be published without expense to hint in one hundred leading daily newspapers in the large cities of the United States. It makes only one provision: that in case the charges made ty Mr. Ford cannot be substantiated, that he will publicly' admit that he is mistaken, and that he will reveal the influences brought to bear on him to publish the articles that he has published. Certainly no one could ask fur fairer terms than these. But will Mr. Ford accept them? Or will he ignore them as he has ignored a series of Open Letters addressed to hint in no uncertain terms by Dr. Landman, the editor of the American Hebrew? Will he go on spread- ing his malicious and libelous charges that the Jews form a world con- spincy to gain world dominance? Will he continue to give free rein to his underlings' attempt to poison the minds of the unthinking masses among the American people •against three millions of their fellow citi- zens? Will Mr. Ford accept this opportunity to prove himself a man by accepting a challenge thus fairly thrown out to him? Were we of those who advise him and to whose counsel he listens, we would tell him to accept the challenge. Of course, he cannot prove the charges, because they are fabrications conceived in malice and intended to foment among the American people, hatred of the vilest sort. But better for him to say now than later that he has been mistaken. Better for him to say at once what are the forces of cruelty and ignor- ance that have driven him into this - madness than to wait too long. For we make this prediction with all certainty: should Mr. Ford decline to accept the challenge put before him by the American Hebrew, he will stamp himself the coward even in the eyes of those who in their ignor- ance akin to his have been led to believe that there is even an iota of truth in the malicious libels that have been sent broadcast in his name. Of course, thinking men have never given credence to the stupid charges based upon documents which those who are using them for their vile purposes know to have been forged. Only fools and fanatics have been misled by those publications. But even to them Mr. Ford owes an explanation. The American Hebrew is giving him his chance. Will he accept the challenge or will he prove that the minions whose tool he has become have robbed hint of every vestige of that manhood which once distinguished him? "The Fellowship of Reconciliation." Witness," which is now edited by Chesterton since the death of his brother Cecil in 1918. Club is, of course, anti-Bolshevist by nature, and therefore invited a num- her of distinguished Russian Refug7s onsBolshevism to o ccasion spe was s seized i General T Como net Cheref Spiridovitch, supported by Princess Bariatinsky, who is welt- known as an actress under the natne of Lydia Yavorska, and a war cor- respondent named John Pollock, to fulminate against Jews as responsible for all the evils of the world, and to distribute the same sort of grossly offensive literature which was distri- buted not AO very long ago to the public w h en they attended the famous Russian Orthodox Church in the West end of London on the occasion of a Memorial Service to the Czar's family. Now the Adler Society estimable and painstaking though it be, is no tit opponent for the Oxford Carlton Club, nor indeed is there the slightest reason to suppose that the Carlton Club regarded their meeting as anything b u t an incident concetn- ing a section of people which does not normally inthinge upon their so- cial horizon. 'What one means is, that the orbits of the Jewish under- graduates and the members of the Carlton Club do not in fact cross. It is precisely for this reason that Gen- eral Count Cheref Spiridovitch would he far better left to stew in his own juice and to spend his diminished patrimony in pamphlets and postage stamps, to nobody's detriment but his own. Nobody will be better pleased than lie if a controversy is aroused even in the Jewish press alone by his at- tempts to blackmail and libel our en- . race. tire Poet and Propagandist. W. R. Titterton, a rather obscure minor poet and dramatic. critic, launched out a little time ago from his association with the "New Witness" , ntl founded a archly paper called '1 he Englishman, ' which ostensibly pretended to attack the domination of the non-English races in Great Britain. particularly the Scots in busi- ness and the l'ress, and the Welsh in politics, but curiously enough not the Irish. Very soon, however, it was made apparent by Titterton that the real object of his attack was Jew- ish influence which he smelt every- where, Associated with him are a number of Irish Catholic writers, also the well-known and very competent essayist of the Morning Post, E. II. Osborn. And here we may again comment upon the deploable decline in taste of the Morning Post during the last two or three years, in which it has descended to the gutter from the heights of the best traditional English journalism as far as Jewish matters are concerned, and has been joined by no less a grave and rev- ered senior of literaturethan the Spectator. MAGYAR ATTACKS JEW Sees "Gutter Rage." Besides this. there is the gutter rage Twelve Soldiers Reported Seriously of two or three ill-printed and scur- Wounded by Soldiers in Budapest. rilous sheets which calls itself "Jewry utter Alles." and is published monthly at the outrageous price of twenty-five VI EN NA.—Budapest reports bring cents by H. IL Ileamish, who was details of excesses committed by sol- not long since tined $25.000 in dam- ages and costs by a judge and jury diers upon the Jews of that city last of the High Court for a public char- Sunday and Monday. Twelve of the acterization of Sir Alfred Mond as a victims were taken to hospitals in a traitor—though in what respects Sir serious condition. The wounded in- Alfred was a traitor never quite ap- peared. Now while this last publica- cluded Dr. Porehl, who is a member tion is not taken seriously by any of the Frederick party. The Hungar- thinking Jew, surely the golden key ians not only attacked Jews in the to the problem of what to do about streets and markets, but went into a Jewish anti-Smaitism lies in the fact that a Britlkh jury has already rec- number of cafes and ill-treated all orded in terms that no ",.e could pos- members of the Jewish faith that sibly misunderstand their opinion of were found. men of the type of Beamish. The Deputy Orbok at yesterday's ses- development and stimulus offered to our Beamishes by a counter press sion of the Hungarian Parliament ac- cused the government of being re- propaganda by the Board of Deputies would only bring into prominence sponsible for these excesses, because it failed to take any steps to prevent their obscure nastiness, and might even lend a certain solidity to the er- pogrom agitation or tostop the pre- vious pogrom activities of the "Awak- rant vapourings of temporarily de- mented publicists who ought to know ening Hungarians." A large number of Ukrainian Jews so much better. desirous of emigrating to the United Oxonians Get Busy. States are being detained in Bess- 1ncidentially, the Jewish undergrad- arabia because of their inability to tales of Oxford University, through obtain the vise of the American heir organization the Adler Society, consul, says a dispatch from Kishe- Ire much perturbed at the action of nes Coda he Oxford Carlton Club, which rep- The Jugoslav and Italian consuls .esents the aristocratic squirearchy fn are also refusing to aid the would-be We have received, as no doubt have all of our colleagues in the rabbinate, a communication from the organization named in the title of this editorial, suggesting that the preachers of America should do more than'they have been doing to insure peace among the nations. Par- ticular emphasis was laid in the letter upon the opportunity afforded by Armistice Day, recently past, to emphasize "the fundamental Christian principles involved in such a course." adolescence. The Oxford Carlton emigrants, the dispatch adds. DEATH ENDS CAREER OF JACOB WERTHEIM Sisterhood Song (Continued from page 1) The following verses, composed by Mrs. Sidney S. Weinman, were sung f.o the first time Monday, Nov 8, at the "Aminiostaxce Luncheon" given by the 1Conrin's Anxiliary Association of Temple Beth El: the bookkeeper and accountant. The business grew rapidly, and in 1902 Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer, Straton & Storm, Lichtenstein Bros. and Hirschhorn, Mack & Co. consolidated under the name of the United Cigar Manufacturers. In 1906 the company was reorganized under the name of the United Cigars Manufacturers Company with a capital of $20,000,- 000. This concern exists today as the General Cirgar Company, the largest independent manufacturing concern. Many efforts were made by the American Tobacco Company to ab- sorb the powerful and independent company, of which Mr. Wertheim was president. He, however, coun- seled his directors and stockholders against such a move, and a consolida- tion with the so-called tobacco trust was never carried out, although rela- tions between the two companies were at all times friendly. Mr. Wertheim retired as president of the United Cigar Manufacturers' Company in 1913, and three years later was elected the first president of the Tobacco Merchants' Associa- tion, a national trade organization. After a year Mr. Wertheim resigned, announcing that he wished to devote his entire time to charitable work and the development of profit-sharing plans between employers and em- ployes with the idea of establishing a general profit-sharing system. lie contributed articles on this subject to newspapers in this city. He criticized Henry Ford's profit- sharing method, announcing that he had evolved a plan which had all the good points of the Ford plan with none of the features which provoked criticism. In brief, Mr. Wertheim would not only pay good wages to employes, including those who do the manual labor and the salaried men of every grade from president down to office boy. But he insisted upon a fair return upon the capital employed, which, he estimated, in an industrial business, to be about 7 per cent. The rest of the profits he would cause to be divided into two parts, proportion- ate to the value of the labor in the business as compared with the capital invested. In some lines, he believed, labor counted more in making profits than in others. The labor dividend, he suggested, should be divided among the workmen and all the sal- aried officials and other persons em- ployed by the company, in proportion to the yearly wage or salary of each. By Rose Barlow Weinman. How sweet the call to Beth El's shrine! In friendship and in love, With hearts that glow, with eyes that shine, We come our zeal to prove. 0 Sisterhood, our Sisterhood, The world hath need of thee; For thus to bind all womankind God toils eternally. We come and would en offering bring Unto the altar stair ; We fain would bear some precious thing And, trembling, lay it there. 0 Sisterhood, our Sisterhood, What gift to Heaven from thee; While thus to bind all womankind God toils eternally. The helping hand, the loving heart, The kindly smile and word, The joy to serve in humble part— These things delight the Lord. 0 Sisterhood, our Sisterhood, The world hash need of thee; For thus to bind all womankind God toils eternally. CHANUKAH WEEK IS EXAMINATION TIME FOR TALMUD TORAH Preparations Are Made for Special Entertainment Futures During Holiday Period. Schools, is making arrangements to entertain approximately 2,000 people. Among the classes to be examined will be one that has made a thorough study of the works of the great Het brew commentator, Rashi. This class has also made a study of the Psalms of David and will soon commence the study of the Talmud. Mr. A, D. Alarkson, one of the leading edu- cators in Hebrew in this country, is in charge of tl,is class. Among other classes to be exam- ined will be one that has completed two books of Moses and all of the earlier Prophets. All the classes to be examined are being taught in the modern method of Ivrith b'Ivrith, or Hebrew in Hebrew, so that after at- tending Talmud Torah for a period of six or eight months, the pupils are able to speak and understand the He- brew language. Elaborate preparations are now be- ing made by the combined Hebrew Schools of Detroit for the semi-pub- lic examinations to take place dur- ing Chanukah week. Special fea- tures, including a number of lectures to the pupils on the significance of the holiday, will be given. The Wilkins Street Talmud Torah will not have the concert given on the occasion last year due to the fact that many of the parents were turned away from the performances at that time because the auditorium can bold only a limited number of people. The JERUSALEM.—Sir Herbert Sam- Board of Directors has therefore uel has made public the appointment decided to celebrate Chanukah during of Colonel Salomon and Director of the entire eight days of the festival Government Supplies in this country. so that as many people as possible Salomon is a son-in-law of Benenson Active in Jewish Charities. may attend. Mr. B. Isaacs, superin- the well known Jewish millionaire of Mr. Wertheim was one of the tendent of the Detroit United Hebrew Petrograd. founders of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic So- cieties, of which Felix M. Warburg is president, founded several years ago , to combine under one head all Jew- ish charitable enterprises in this city. 1 . Mr. Wertheim was not only a large contributor to Jewish charities through this organization but he was • influential in obtaining other contrib- White gold has not proved a satisfactory substitute .", for platinum in handsome Jewelry utors and took an active part, as long ry because: as his health permitted, in the coun- 1. Whit gold becomes brassy in appearance aver cils of the federaton. He also was a IN short wear. Platinum always retains Its characteristic large contrbutor to the Joint Distri- , color. bution Committee for the relief of tu:;1):I.Tt hh,r ,,en ve ,, .rsoel rukie: ,onaf on am t n i ei npeol u a t bg h oah r n as tue:io suffering Jews in war stricken Eu- a m n ngo utt nh o e t l e n:gpoesdnte p e n d s m o r e rope. During the war Mr. Wertheim in- the nee of white gold for this class of work. fieoftothjusnia 'Fsll , e tit; troduced a plan to stimulate a com- petitive spirit among school children For these reasons this firm, In common with other in the sale of War Savings Stamps. leading h ing Iiwelers of the country, does not recommend lie donated $5,000 to stimuulate the go ld . interest of the public school children in the sale of stamps through prizes Platinum has no worthy substitute. awarded to the elementary and high schools. Through this plan the chil- Buy with confidence from dren of New York raised several mil- a firm you can trust lion dollars for America's war chest. When the Liberty Bond compaigns A the Red Cross and other war drives were begun, Mr. Wertheim suggested Ian several plans which yielded huge sums, He was probably the first to 0 put in operation the auction plan of Established 1861 raising funds, through which each person who hid upon. an article paid New Location—Woodward at John R. the amount that his bid exceeded the I previous bid. This method found - W V Tr.1,71 7•,• . Alinir especial favor with directors of war '..1...S. a.;...I.C2?-.,...1Z.:-:.A f ,„ drives in the theatres. Mr. Wertheim was a director of the executive committee of the Under- wood Typewriter Company and a di- rector of several large real estate con- cerns. For some time after his re- tirement in 1913 he remained as a di- rector of the General Cigar Company. "WE OPERATE OUR OWN FINISH MILL" He was a director and trustee of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies; director of the United Hebrew Charities. He had been a director of the Hebrew Technical School for Girls, being suc- ceeded in this office by his wife. He Reductions In price of lumber during the Timbers also was a director of the Joint Dis- last several months have stimulated the tribution Committee. construction of frame buildings for homes Siding His clubs were the Harmonie, Cri- and temporary homes. terion, Hollywood Golf Club, the North Shore Country Club, the As- Lath bury Park Fishing Club and the If you are planning to build a home, now Morse's Point Gunning Club of Nor- In the time to save on lumber costs. Shingles folk, Va. He was elected president of the Tuna Club of New Jersey after Above all, the material you use should be he had caught the largest tuna ever flooring captured with rod and line on the At- high grade. lantic seaboard. The fish weighed 286 pounds and was caught at Seabright. Interior We can furnish you lumber at price con- N. J. Finish sistent with quality. Mr. Wertheim is survived by his wife, two sons, Maurice Wertheim, member of the firm of Hallgarten Co., bankers: Albert Wertheim, with the Tradesmen's National bank of Philadelphia, and three daughters, Mrs. Abraham Bijor, Miss Diana Hunt Stern Wertheim and Viola Stern Wertheim. The funeral services were held at Temple I.:many-El, Fifth avenue and Forty-third street, Tuesday morning. The Rev. Dr. Judah L Magnes, long a close friend of Mr. Wertheim, offi- ciated, with Dr. Joseph Silverman, VINEWOOD AVE. & G. T. R. R. WALNUT 82 Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El. =:27 1n..1611 AMSEr— Mi IN Platinum or White Gold? t;) "I i 1 s : , i I Pi f 1 [ 4 s . k, 1 1 A. 1 [,:, , 1) it VEELERS Ed THE HOME PROBLEM •ACMiller Coimr any DON'T WAIT - FILL YOUR BIN NOW WITH OUR SO. Vir0 40 i HOTTER ,‘ CLEANER v. Saves Money CGIEV COKE NITER firmr&Imov I. Yr.. Ilash EASILY HANDLED Usual Sizes D OR alasg