[-Act. rWO li ETROI EICISIIIr RO,V ICLE 11111MAIMMENVYINIr••••■•••••••••■ "4".4`.<1 4`...."4 \f".: ."4".. 4 ■•■•■■ JEWISH BATTALIONS IN THE HOLY LAND •"NP•voN.N.N...".N.,"...".3..›....N.A.P... :Continued From Page One. For Gentlewomen 222 WOODWARD AVENUE Bigger and More Attractive Than Ever 331-3% to 50% OFF ( LINENS Hundreds of shoppers have already taken ad- vantage of the unusual savings featured In our greatest January Linen Event. Linen Shop Fifth Floor _ wrprrprrrrrrrprrprprwrwrrprrp rprprrp rrnw &Odd Q511 CONDUCTOR Friday and Saturday Evenings January 14 and 15 at 8:30 VICTOR HERBERT Guest Conductor Soloist—CYRIL SCOTT—Pianist Progratn—Dvorak New World" symphony; Scott Plano Concerto (first time here); Herbert "Ilero and Leander" (first time here). - Seats-41.00, 81.50, $2.00 Box Seats-43.00 ON BALE NOW GRINNELL'S NEXT CONCERT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Saturday, January 22 at 10:30 H. F. WALLACE Display Signs 11x14 Hair Brush Border 3 For $1.00 Adda onals-25c Each 471 NEWPORT Furs! At Marks' you will find the most :omplete and finest selec- tion of furs and fur coats in Detroit— you will find it pays to buy of the Makers. H. & B. MARKS Manufacturers Retallere—Wbolesalers 212-214 Michigan Avenue PARIS—Dr. Leon Motzkin. •ecre- tary of the Jewish Delegations Con, niittv of this city, left for Geneva, where together with Mr. Nahum Soko- lov, he will represent the committee when the League Assembly will take up the matter of Jewish rights. In this codection Dr. Motzkin will lay before the Assembly a memorandum fully covering the matter of Jewish minority rights. REDUCED 20% 333% HE variety of styles and designs is so great at this JtMI sale that you have an almost unlimited opportunity o give full expression to your individual taste. You will find here furniture for the Living Room, Dining Room, Bed Room and Sun Porch that is most practical and most reasonably priced in a great assortment of pieces. While newspaper space limits us to advertising the many bargains to be found in our stores, the fact is that our stocks are overflowing with all the beautiful as well as the practical home needs at actual reductions ranging from 20% to 33 1-3%. (New Number) 2314 Woodward Avenue Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs to Co-operate With State Department. The Department of Public Health of the Detroit Federation of \\*omen's Clubs, in co-operation with the 11'eli igan State Department of Health, has made plans fur a series of health lec- tures to be given in Detroit lieginnine Jan. 19 and continuing for three con- secutive weeks. The first lecture of the series rill be given on Jan. 19..al 3 p. iii. in the auditorium of the Federation Club- house by Ur .1V. S. Martin, special lecturer of the State Department of Health. His sulipect be "Iliolog ical Ltitng." by lido Every woman who has not heard Dr. Martin is urged to be pres- ent, as he is reputed to be one of the most capable lecturers on health in the state. Members of the Jewish 11'oman's Club are especially urged to co-oper- ate it, the forthcoming health cam- paign. and will be derful values, stroll through the various aisles, and you will note that all the statements we have made as to the greatness of this sale are verified. The Hartman Furniture Co. SERIES OF HEALTH TALKS TO BE GIVEN BEGINNING JAN. 19 rated CHESED SHELAMETH TO GIVE BALL AT ARCADIA FEB. 1ST HICKORY 831-M ALL OUR STOCK for every home on each one of them Sallan OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH • Nine floors of Home Furnishings with something latinm DETROIT STMPTHONY —ORCHESTRA — ly nu airy between the newcomers and the old boys of the 'Ehirty-eighth Battalion, the men who had borne Writes Prinie Minister. the heat and burden of the day in The Adjutant - General, although the lighting line in the Jordan \ r alley most sympathetic, felt he could not and elsewhere in Palestine. The old interfere with the decision of the au- boys were apt to rub this filet in thorities in the' E. E. F., so, as I was pretty freely on every possible occa- determined, if possible, to get these sion, while the new volunteers re- American volunteers out of prison, I taliated by saying that, if only they wrote the following letter to the had arrived in time, the Turks would Prime Minister: have been cleared off much sooner "127, Piccadilly, London, \V. from the Umtn-es-Sheet Ford. This was of course in reference to the 2nd February, 1920, gallant feat performed by the old Dear Mr. Lloyd George: boys of the Thirty-eighth Jewish Bat- I was, until quite recently, in talion, when they defeated the Turks command of she 38th (Jewish) and captured this famous ford over Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers. the Jordan. As for the terrific heat When I left Palestine, there were of the Valley, the Americans made some twenty-four of my men— light of it, and reckoned that they all American Jews—ill prison. could stand it just as easily as they The circumstances which led to stood the cold of New York. their present plight reflect any- However this may be the old boys thing but credit on the Briitsh scored heavily when they heard what military authorities of the E. E. happened to one of the volunteers F. This statement I can !wove, when he had spent two hours in if necessary. I saw the Adjutant Jericho. It happened in this way. General idiom the release of these A friend of mine, Mr. Saltzman, edi- men a clay or Iwo ago, but he tor of the "Ilaarez" of Jerusalem, ex- told me the case rested in the pressed a very strong wish to see hands of Field Marshal Lord Jericho, so 1 took hint there in tiny Allenby. The latter is prejudiced, car, which was driven by a young and I appeal to you now to in- American volunteer named J--, tervene. I, a. their late com- very fine looking boy and an excel- manding officer, state that these lent chauffeur. We spent a couple men did not get a fair chance. of hours sightseeing in Jericho, and I can prove this. Thousands of then started on the 22-mile climb British soldiers mutinied at Kan- back through the hills of the Judean tara in May, 1918, and nothing wilderness to Jerusalem. We had was done to them. A few unfor- covered half the distance and were tunate Jews, untrained soldiers, exactly at Adummin (mentioned in disobeyed an order and got sav- the Book of Joshua) when we punc- ag• sentences. These men should tured a tire. While J. was in the be released instantly. I feel very midst of his repairs, he was over- strongly on this 'natter and I come by the heat and fainted, where- also feel that it is not good upon we supported him gently to the policy to keep American citizens hank, where lie lay and recovered, in gaol unjustly at the present while I completed the repairs. As moment. soon as he was all right again, we Trusting for your help in right- resumed our journey. but before do- ing this injustice, and with many ing so, I, said: "Now J. you realize apologies for troubling you, I am, how tough the old boys must have Yours very truly, They stood the Jordan Valley J. FL P.ATTERSON, for a couple of months, in the very Lieut. Colonel, late Commanding hottest time of the year. while a cou- 38th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers." ple of hours spent titere in the cool season has been enough to knock To this letter I received the fol- you over." J. grinned and sass the lowing reply: Joke. "Downing Street. Regret' Anti-Jewish Methods. Feb. 6th, 1920. Dear Sir: When volunteers for service in the I am desired by the Prime Min- Army of Occupation in Palestine ister to acknowledge the receipt were called for, the majority of the of your letter of the 2nd Feb- men from America responded. This ruary and to -inform you that he was while we were at Rafe, where, is looking into the matter which although our desert surroundings you bring to his notice. were anything but inviting, we were fours faithfully, nevertheless quite happy; our Ameri- can comrades helped considerably to (Signed) F. I.. STEVENSON. tide over the monotonous days by Lieut. Colonel J. II. Patterson, teaching us all how to play baseball, D. S. C." at which excellent game they were The result of the intervention of experts, both as players • and as the Prime Minister was the speedy "fans." Unfortunately, the treatment release of the imprisoned volunteers, subsequently given to the battalion, and they returned to America, glad, when we moved to Bir Salem, was so no doubt, to shake the dust of Egypt, bad that the men got disheartened and all it contained. from their feet. and disguested, and withdrew their Intervened for Men. offered service with the Army of Oc- My intervention in favor of these cupation. I do not blame then' in the least for doing this. I often fell Lays will probably come as a revela- utterly ashamed of the inn-English tion to them, for, no doubt, they are methods adopted by those in author- firmly of the opinion that I took no ity .at that time towards the Jewish interest in their welfare. On the con- Battalion, and towards all things trary, I was always doing what in me lay to further their comfort and hap- Jewish in Palestine. The men were constantly and un- piness, and I was constantly at log- necessarily molested by the military gerhead: with the. staff, us ing to the police; they were forbidden access stand I made for justice to the Jew- to certain areas open to other troops ish Battalions and the Jew i.11 cause mill, in general, matte to feel that generally in Palestine. I said nothing They were not wanted in the Holy about this at the time. but I ahu free to speak now and let the truth be .and I always did m en thing in my. known. I fear that many of the volunteers , wcr for the men, and got into the had books of the staff in cruise- reliant I to America taking with them violet.; but of course the volunteers an um vivorable impression of Pales- did not know this and probably to tine, for they saw it parched, arid, this day many of them think that I treeless and desolate; but they must did not sympathize with them in not forget that for centuries it has Imen under the heel of a despotic ini-sfortnitt s, When my hook, "The Crown of Vic- power whose presence was a blight iory" ("With the J toleans in Pales- on the land. Palestine can, however, once again t' lie") i. published, they will see the real oate of affairs and realize that I, In: Made a "land flowing with milk too, suffered persecution with them at and honey," and capable of sustain- ing many millions of people. Many the hands of the authorities. The battalion had a tremendous sources of wealth are as yet un- tapped. Hundreds of thousands of amount 44 most responsible work to perform. and I to not know. how the acres of fruitful land lie fallow for want of water. The Water is there, staff in Palestine would have got on but at present is not utilized. The without the 5,001 Jewish soldiers 44 n power from the Jordan river can be ing there at the chit,- of the war. The harm...fit and used in a thousand ditties were so heavy that the men way, giving power, light, hunt and rarely had two consecutive nights in irrigation throughout the land. bed. We were responsible for the safe Jewish Soldiers Should Guard. custody of thousands of prisoners of W, all know that the frontiers of war, German and Torki.h, stores, and I' alrsti le are in an unsettled stll, munitions of all kinds worth millions and until the day shall court whru of pounds. In addition, we had de- the lion and the Iamb shall lie down tachments in various places, guarding peacefully together, it will be neces- the country. One such post was at sary to keep match and ward (iv, r Belah, a few miles to the south of the land. and it is essential that this Gaza. and here a number of Amer- duty should be undertaken by Jewish ican volunteers. disillusioned by the soldiers. treatment meted out to them, sent in To make thu- land of !maul into a Young People's Auxiliary Invites 600 a demand for demobilization by a cer- real Home for the people of Israel, From Ann Arbor to Affair Sum tain date. I knew- that their de- pluck, determination and self-sacrifice day, January 23rd. mobilization was sanctioned, but I also will hr required. Her ■ 011,1 11111,n knew that it would not be officially give of their best both in labor and notified until after the date mentioned in wealth, but those of us who know Close to 600 names are on the list by the men of !WA, so I sent my the unconquerable spirit of the race. of students invited to the affair to be Adjutant and the Rabbi (the Rev. L. and its devoted love for the land given by the Shaarey Zedek Y. P. A., A. Falk) to inform the men that their wh'cb was given to Israel as a heri- Sunday, January 23. The tide of ear demobilization papers were on the tage forever, feel assured that the ly arreptancea already reeeived in- way, and to urge them to carry on words of the Prophet will be ful- dicates that the number of boys who like good Jewish soldiers for a few filled: contemplate coming in for students' days longer, when all would be well. "He that scattered Israel will day will include very nearly all who Impatient of Delay. gather him, and keep him, as a Shep- received invitations. The Committee Unfortunately. all of them did not herd doth his flock." in charge of the program—which, In take this advice, and about half of the men stationed at Belah "grounded hours, runs all the way from early anus," and sat in their tents awaiting afternoon to midnight, in features, development, They were placed un- from a matinee vaudeville to a dance der arrest and tried by court martial. In the evening is putting the finish- Over a score were found guilty and ing touches on what promises to be sentenced to long tennis of imprison- it varied elaborate and entertaining ment. It was fortunate for them that The new Cuss-Woodward Market oreasion. they were defended by Lieutenant Is to he opened for public Inspection Complete Vaudeville for Afternoon. Jabotinsky who, by his knowledge of 28th, be- The matinee vaudeville for Sunday military law, got the charge of on Friday evening, January tween the hours of 7 and II p The tile 23r1, among other numbers, will "mutiny" changed to the much lesser one of "refusing to obey an order," market will open for business the Include a sketth in lighter vein by and also got over a score of the men following morning, Saturday. January Joshua Sarasohn. The cast of the acquitted even of the lesser charge. 29th. playlet: Misses Dorothy Drabkin The sentences inflicted on those The market Is located on Cass and and Elizabeth Hochman. as an en- found . guilty appeared so savage and Wood% ard avenues between Palmer wife and as strawberry blonde atenog- vindictive that I immediately wrote to and Antoinette avenues; has a replier. respectively, in the office of the authorities and recommended that. ground floor area of 100x187 feet; 87 a young lawyer more deeply concern. as these were young and untrained food stalls on the main floor and 30 ed with the fact that the hass are bit. soldiers, their sentences should be sus- pended until such time as they would women's specialty shops In the bal. Ina than tithe affairs of his clients— be demobilized, when, of course, they cony arcade. the lawyer in this instance being Mr. Governor Groesbeck and Mayor Charles Bubblier of the Y. P. A.; Will. would be ren\itted altogether. My appeal on behalf of these boys Couzens have been invited to speak lam Wachs as an ex-husband, and was not listened to. The local staff on the opening night and the Detroit Marvin Gingold as a young man In a in Palestine at that time were not even Neese Band will render a concert. hurry, are rehearsing almost to the disposed to give justice to, much less The market fills a long felt want .shofar thaeli.gDf ir rector. et Malets. stretch a point in favor of the Jew. in Detroit outside of the congested n e o lf e s I am sorry to have to state this, but shopping district! no money has been with Belle Silverman Dorothy Kos- it is unfortunately a fact, and must be spared to make It the finest market low, Sadie Friedenberg Marian Selig- recorded. I myself, being disgusted with the In the country, with every sanitary son, Sylvia Lind and Estelle Friede berg is nightly engaged in putting anti-Jewish and un-English atmos- feature included. Ampl parking facilities surround the polishing touches on Its repertoire phere created in Palestine by certain of the officials, handed over command the site of the market. of musical numbers. There will be Come in and view these won- Dot:duds sotin ORCHESTRA HALL of the 38th battalion and returned to England. The find thing I did, when I reached London, was to sec-the Ad- jutant-General at the kVar Office, and beg for justice for my boys in prison in Egypt—they having in the mean- time been sent to the Citadel prison in Cairo. Proceeds to Go Toward Fund for Needed Improvements. he lewi sh Free Burial Association hesed Shelametht is planning its , third annual ball to be Kisco FrIt- t ruary 1st at the Arcadia. : The proceeds of the ball wb11 go ittwaals a fund of $3,000 which the .soviet inn hopes in raise for needed improvements. These include a paved i road from the car tracks to the Ceme- tery and additional improvements in the cemetery. A report recently published by the society indicates a year of telling work. The Association requests the co-operation of the community. The following are its present officers: J. Biennenstock, president; S. Ross, vier-president; K. Greenbetg. treas.- ' urer; Sarah Goldstein, recording sec- o JACOB DUSCHINSKY LODGE INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS SATURDAY lacol• Duschinsky Lodge No. 131, Independent Order, Free Sons of Israel, held its annual installation of officers on January IS at its lodge room,. The new officers were installed by Grand Master Solon J. Liebeskind and Grand Secretary Henry J. Hy- man. Following the installation a ban- quet was given, at which the visitors were guests of honor. Plans for the new year were discussed and promise to mark new milestones in the fur- ther success of the Order in Michi- gan. Formerly the Gray Furniture Company (Next to St. John's Church) Established 1887 The Annis Fur Post 34th Great Annual i Fur Clearance Sale 131.iy at Headquarters (Fur Cold Storage)1503 Woodward at Clifford A. C. KRENZ Merchant Tailor ELABORATE PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS DAY AT SHAAREY ZEDEK CASS-WOODWARD MARKET TO OPEN JANUARY 28TH The Shop where courtesy and service prevail an Al Jolsonesque art wherein a mem. her of the 1'. P. A., talented In the art of black-face entertaining, will or. copy the spotlight for ten minutes of 1 :ennti usrtri an ng g. (rtutne have been lietro complete the two hour afternoon "show." Refreshments—And—The Dance. tinder the able direction of Harry Satovsky and Sadie Keidan, a boxed lunth for members and guests will be served following the performance of the afternoon. In the evening hhaarey Zedek's own Jazz Orchestra will furnish MUSIC for hue dancers. NEW JUDAEAN CLUB 4739 Woodward Ave. Just North of Forest Av.. IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of Isadore I ...I man who flied two years ago Jan. I" Peaceful he thy refit dear Illishand and Father, It hi sweet to breathe thy natty.. In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same. Sadly missed by his Wife and Chil- dren. NEDER LA N E Zi ng memory of my dear sister who pa-- - away one year ago. To the many Young Juditean clubs January recalls sad memories In Detroit another club was organ- Of my dear sister gone to r. Ind last Saturday, eat the home of And the one who thinks of h. Mr. Lazaruff, on Fisher avenue. This scantly, club will be known as the Daughters Is the one who loved her It, • B ents) of Judea, and will be under Her lonely sister. MRS. A. LlGfll. the leadership of Miss E. Lazaruff. Kansas City, NI:: The officers are as follows: In loving memory of our 101,,,, , I Miss Sarah Coldener, president. husband and father, Samuel 11titte Miss Coddle Shiffman. vice presi- alai, who departed this cart h years ago today, on January 17, PM, dent. Gone but not forgotten. Miss Ruth Friedland. secretary. His Loving Wife and Children Miss Nance Rosenthal, treasurer. MItia Pearl Sehmartz, sergeant. f. atoms. MACCABEES OF JUDAEA ARE BASKET CHAMPIONS The Maccabees of Judaea last week raptured the championship of the city in basketball, for their class, by de- feating the Lincoln A. C. in ,a cham- pionship game, the score in favor of the Maccabees being 17 to I The winning team was made up of N. Lesser, B. Labret, A. R. Wendell, C. Bloody and M. Goldman. The Macca- bees olav week or the champion- ship of Young Judaea, Their closest rivals in the Young Judaea ranks are the Defenders of the White and Blue. In loving memory of our In hoe.1 daughter and sister, Anna. who pas-rd away front this world Jan 3. 19.l° Gone but not forgotten—II er no m ory shall forever be cherished by 11, parents, sisters and brother. Mr. and Mrs. Harry 1Vei.berg..r and family. SHOMERIM OF JUDAEA At the last meeting of the Shonierint of Judaea, the following officers were elected: A. gebwartz, president; B. Shit man, vice-president; P. Feller. secre- targ; A. Lazaruff, treasurer; it Taub sergeant-at-arms. Plana are under way for a !famish& Oser-Bishoat party.