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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1924
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Chosen as President
Of Jewish Charities

VOL XV. NO. 8

PALESTINE WORK IS Chronicle Scholarship HENRY WINEMAN IS
URGED AS DUTY OF In Journalism Created ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF LOCAL CHARITIES
ALL DETROIT JEWS

Hayesod Campaign to
Open at Banquet on Sun-
day, January 27.

Keren

Move That Will Eventually Result in
Establishment of a Bar in Jour-
nalism Lauded by Notables.

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Workers Meet Sunday,

Detroit Jewish Chronicle and its
Scholarship Board to send a student
to the School of Journalism of the
Univeraity of Michigan every year.
The students will be sent by the Jew-
ish Chronicle Scholarship Fund, which
has been created for the benefit of
men and women who wish to study
journalism and make it their life's
work. Judge Harry B. Keiden, Rab-
bis A. M. Hershman and Henry J.

HOUSE COMMITTEE
FAVORS ALIEN LAW

OF SONS OF ZION

DR. COFFEE HONORED BY
CHARITIES APPOINTMENT

Rev. Dr. Rudolph I. Coffee of Tem-
ple Sinai, Oakland, Cal., has just been
appointed a member of the State
Board of Charities and Corrections
by Governor Richardson. This new
and important post, in addition to his
work as president of the Jewish Com-
mittee for Personal Service, gives Dr.
Coffee a unique place in philanthropic
affairs in California. The press of
the state warmly praised his appqint-
ment.
Dr. Coffee, while rabbi of the To-
ledo Refrm congregasoci
tion, was an
outstandinog figure in al service
work of Ohio.

Purpose of the Scholarship.

The chief purpose of the scholarship
is to aid in the improvement of jour-
nalism, by the formation of a code of
ethics for journalists, as well as bar
of journalism, so that the practice of
journalism may lie put upon a high
professional standard, and so that un-
worthy and unscrupulous persons who
shall abuse the proper purposes of
journalism may be barred from the
practice of journalism.

Jews Severely Attacked at
Letter from Lippman.
Walter Lippman of the New Repub-
Congress Immigration
lic, commenting upon the scholarship
Hearings.
proposed by the Detroit Jewish

WASHINGTON (J. T. A.)—The
House Immigration Committee voted
in favor of the newly proposed bill
calling for further restriction of im-
migration to 2 per cent, based on the
1890 census.
In a letter to the committee, Charles
E. Hughes, Secretary of State, point-
ed out that great difficulties would be
encountered in setting up a machinery
for the selection of immigrants in a
foreign country unless some special
arrangement were entered into with
that country. The installing of such
a system without consent would be
in derogation of the supremacy of
that sovereign within its own terri-
tory.
John W. Davis, former Ambassador
to England, expressed the belief that
no agreement was necessary to permit
the examination of applicants for
visas in foreign countries as that is
incidental to the right to issue visas
which is already protected by treaties

At a meeting of volunteer workers,
to be held at 2:30 p. m. this Sunday,
Jan. -20, at the Shaarey Zedek, plans
for the campaign, which is to open
on Sunday evening, Jen. 27, will be
completed, and the organization for
the drive perfected. The volunteers'
meeting will be addressed by a good
speaker, and will be featured by the
showing of the latest Palestine films,
which were just received by the local
office. The showing of the films will
be open to those interested in the
work of the Keren Ilayesod.
Invitations to the banquet at which
Dr. Weizmann, Rabbi Brickner and
Judge Lewis are to speak have been
Box Attacks Russian Jews.
mailed and those planning to attend
At the hearing before the House
are urged to make their reservations
at once. Complete details of the ban- Immigration Committee, Congress-
quet will be announced in the next man Box, member of the committee,
read a prepared statement into the
issue of The Chronicle.
record tending to demonstrate that
Volunteers Discuss Plans.
At a dinner of the workers for the the greatest dangers to civilization lie
Keren Hayesod held Tuesday evening in the large cities of the world. He
at Hotel Stetler, the forthcoming submitted statistics, to show the ten-
campaign was discussed by a number dencies of certain nationalities to set-
of speakers. Alvin D. Hersch acted tle in large cities. According to these
as toastmaster, chertee D. Cameron statistics, he said, this tendency is
spoke on ZionUlm froni the point of strongest in the Russian Jew, 85 per
view of the non-Jew, and told of his cent of all Russian Jews In America
interest In the movement from its cling to big city life.
very beginning.
Congressman Phillips of Pennsyl-
Joseph H. Ehrlich told of the work vania made a fiery speech in favor of
that has been done in the line of pub- restriction of immigration. He al-
licity and propaganda for the drive. leged that a free influx of aliens
David Zemon, who recently returned would result in the deterioration of
from Palestine, drew an interesting our standards of citizenship.
picture of the Chaluzim who are mak-
ly Attacked.
Jews S
ing sacrifices for Palestine and who
Jews and immigrants were brought
demand that the entire Jewish peo- to task at the hearings before the
ple back them in their great con- committee by Lathrop Stoddard, au-
structive task. Louis Stoll referred thor of a number of articles and books
to the campaign of last year and against immigration, who recently re-
pointed out the fallacies in the argu- turned from Europe. He declared
ments of those who refused to con- that the Jews desire to migrate to
tribute.
America more than any other nation-
Duty to European Jews.
ality in Europe. They fill the quotas
Milton M. Alexander urged the of the European countries before the
workers to make the immigration native population of the respective
problem their central argument in countries have a chance to apply for
the campaign. He pointed out that visas. Mr. Stoddard charged that
by the closing of the doors of this these immigrants are assisted in corn-
country to the Jews of Europe, Pales- ing here by certain Jewish immigrant
tine is left as the only refuge for the organizations in the United States
unfortunates of the Old World, and who supply funds and advice.
the duty to these demands the support
He accused many Jewish immi-
of all Jews for the Keren Ilayesod. grants of the practice of unlawfully
Mr. Marwil, as chairman of th e securing passports and visas by go-
strive, secured the pledge of all the inig to other countries when refused
workers present that they will give in their own countries, and obtaining
him their undivided support in the visas by making false statements.
drive and will do all in their power American consuls are quite willing to
to help raise the 1924 quota. Others issue visas under such circumstances
who spoke at the dinner on Tuesday although they know that the state-
evening were Abraham Srere, presi- ments in the application for an Orsa
dent of the local Keren Hayesod; are false merely in order to get rid
Thedoore Levin, Jacob Miller, P. of those people.
Slomovitz and William B. Isenberg.
Calls Immigrants Undesirable.
Announcement is made by local
Most of the immigration today, ac-
leaders that no open solicitations will cording of Stoddard, is undesirable.
he made for the fund at the banquet
They are not laborers, he continued,
on Jan. 27.
but belong to the class of push cart
peddlers and organ grinders which
NATHAN CHAZAN TO
Mr. Stoddard identifies with New
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ADDRESS BANQUET

Nathan Charon, Nasi (national
president) of the Order Sons of Zion,
will greet the organization of the
local Hashachar Camp this Sunday.
The celebration of the formation
of the new camp will be in the form
of a banquet to take place this Sun-
day evening, at the Kirby Center.
Mr. Charon- will be the principal
speaker. Local speakers will include
Alb ert Miller, Rabbi Moses Fischer
and Solomon Cogut.

Hirshman and Arthur E. Fixel com-
pose the Board of Directors, who will
co-operate with The Chronicle in se-
lecting the man or woman best fitted
for the work.
The details have been taken care of
so that the prospective student may
be enrolled in February.

Annual Report Submitted by
William Friedman, the
Retiring Head.

TEMPLE ARTS CLUB TO
PRESENT FINE PROGRAM

Original Play by Isaac Goldberg to
Be Produced Tuesday.

On Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, the
Arts Society of Temple Beth El will
present an unusually fine program of
plays.
The feature of the evening will be
an original one-act play written by
Isaac Goldberg entitled "The Tailor."
The play is of Jewish interest, telling
a thrilling story of Jewish suffering
and hardship as a result of Russian
persecution. Mr. Goldberg's play is
in two scenes, the action being cen-
tered in an East Side tailor shop. The
cast Is as follows: Zuroff, the tailor,
Leon II. Tarman; Bennie, the bushel-
man, Frederick L. Morris; the rabbi,
Henry J. Berkowitz; Olga, the girl,
Elsa Friedman.
In addition to these plays, two oth-
ers will be produced, "Bottled in
Bond," by Glenn Hughes, and "Two
Crooks and a Lady," by Eugene Pilot.
Member. of the temple and their
guests can obtain admission tickets
to this performance by applying at
the temple office or to Albert Rosen-
field, 1692 Glynn court.

Henry Wineman, head of the Peo-
ple's Outfitting Company, was elected
president of the United Jewish Chari-
ties for 1924, at the annual meeting
held Wednesday evening, Jan. 9. Mr.
Wineman succeeds William Fried-
man, who served as president for
three years.
David W. Simons was re-elected
treasurer of the local charities. The
following were elected vice-presi-
dents: Walter M. Fuchs, Milton M.
Alexander, Fred M. Butzel and Miss
Edith Ileavenrich.
The following were elected mem-
bers of the board of directors: Je-
rome Ackerman, Rabbi Henry J. Ber-
kowitz, Dr. Philip H. Broude, Harry
Z. Brown, Joseph II. Burak, Maurice
Dreifuss, Joseph H. Ehrlich, Herman
Finsterwald, Samuel Frank, Rabbi
Leo M. Franklin, William Friedman,
Bernard Ginsburg, Mrs. Samuel Glo-
gower, Blanche J. Hart, Samuel Hee-
venrich, Rabbi A. 11. Hershman,
Judge Harry B. Keidan, Julian H.
Krolik, Abraham J. Levin, Theodore
Levin, Rabbi Judah L. Levin, J. Le-
vine, Robert I.oewenberg, Gerald
May, Jacob Nathan, J. B. Nieman,
Wallace Rosenhelm Mrs. Wallace Ro-
senheim, Dr. Harry Salzstein, Albert
Samter, Albert W. Schloss, Joseph L.
Selling, Abe Shiffman, Milford Stern,
Dr. B. D. Welling, Melville S. Welt,
Mrs. Henry Wineman, Mrs. Joseph
Zechman and Mrs. David Zemon.

Chronicle, writes: "All work in this
field is pioneer work, for although the
world has plenty of journalism in it,
it has at present practically no scien-
tific study of any of the problems of
journalism. You are therefore enter-
ing upon a work of the greatest pub-
lic service."
The fact that there is no code of
ethics in journalism makes the crea-
tion of such a scholarship most desir-
able. Men may secure employment
in newspaper offices, or on the staffs
of magazines, who, by virtue of their
prejudices and bigotry should not be
The President'. Annual Report.
permitted to write a line of copy. For
Mr. Friedman, the retiring presi-
these men are the very types of news- dent, pointed out that the one event
paper writers that create antago- worthy of note marking the just
nisms in this land of equality.
closed twenty-fourth year of the
United Jewish Charities, was the sur-
Qualifications.
Any resident of the state of Mich- vey of Jewish philanthropic, educa-
igan is eligible for the Detroit Jew- tional and social service institutions
ish Chronicle Scholarship. The can- and organizations of this city. Un-
didates will be required to write an dertaken through the Social Research
essay of not more than 300 words on Bureau, the survey was made possible
by the $5,000 bequest of the late Leo-
a subject selected by the candidate.
Scholarship alone shall not deter- pold Wineman. The results of the
mine the fitness of the candidate and survey will be reported at the annual
each candidate shall he required to community dinner of the charities to
furnish answers giving his history be held the latter part-of February.
Mr. Friedman expressed himself as
and a history of his family, previous
education, social and athletic activi- confident that the survey will touch
upon all philanthropic, charitable and
ties.
The candidate selected must satisfy educational needs in the community
the trustees that he or she is seri- and that "if the recommendations of
ously and earnestly interested in the survey are followed, there will
journalism and must satisfy the probably be a complete reorganiza-
judges of his or her intention to pur- tion of the United Jewish Charities."
The report of Sir. Friedman ex-
sue journalism as a profession and to
work to the end that a journalistic pressed the wish that the approach.
bar, similar to the legal and medical ing twenty-fifth anniversary of the
charities might be celebrated in a new
bars, be created.
The scholarship will grant to the building. "We are all convinced,"
student $250 per year as long as he or Mr. Friedman said, "that our present
she pursues his studies in journalism abode has outlived its usefulness in
its present location. When erected,
at the university selected.
our building was right in the center
Trust Created.
A trust has been created to oversee of Jewish life, which thus made it
the monies and endow the scholarship. most convenient for the persons for
whom it was intended. With the
The declaration of trust follows.
I. This trust shall be known as the De- rapid growth of Detroit, the Jewish ,
troit Jewish Chronicle Scho'arsh:p Fund.
II. The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Corn• population has scattered everywhere
pony, • Michigan corpora ti m, La. delivered and the proportion of our clientelle
to said trustees,hundred
one
dollar, still living in this vicinity is very
III00.00) by check, and has formulated •
plan to deliver a similar amount periodi- small. For several years we have
cally to the trustees for the purpose, of been cognizant of the great change
this trust, and has likewise formulated a in the character of the neighborhood
plan to invite others to contribute varier.
• munto
o
of money to this trust. sit of said and realized that it was only a ques-
mon ey now In the hands of the trustees tion of time when we would be com-
or hereafter to be delivered to the trustees, pelled to open at least one, if not
to be usedas a fund ear the maintenance
of • scholarohip or scholarships in Journal. several new centers in various parts
ism in the leading college's. Said monies of the city, to take care of the people
and all properties received by the trustees we are serving. We partially car-
for SIICh purposes shish be held, used and
aged by them upon the trusts herein ried out this idea when we removed
declared. and the .aid trustee. hereby de. our clinic from this building and es-
elare and agree that they will. and their tablished it at the corner of West-
heirs andexecutor, shall, so hold, use and
minster and Delmar avenues. The
manage PAM property.
III. The trustees ehall, from time to quarters originally rented have al-
time, rause to be publIehed, the alms and ready proven inadequate for our pur-
purpioes to be •ttained by the use of the
scholarohip fund. It shall be the purpose poses. We were compelled to rent
of thin trust to maintain one or more stu- additional space in that neighbor.
dents in the colleges of Journalism. who hood, this time to satisfy the require-
shall be desirous of giving their aid in the
improvement of journalism, in the formu• ments of our educational department,
lotion ol • erode of ethic. for journalloto, in a building a block away from the
am well • • bar of Journalism so that the clinic. The educational department
practice of journalism may be put upon •
high profesoional standard, and that pro- has transferred its offices to the new
ceeding. may he had for the purpose of headquarters. Various classes, clubs
barring from the practice of Journoliam, un-
worthy persons who shall abuse the proper and organizations are meeting there
and if there were sufficient space and
purposes of the profession.
Power. of Trustees.
equipment nearly every activity
iv. (s) The board of trustees shall have which takes place in the present
the sole power and discretion to -elect the
persona to benefit by the trust funds, and building would be transferred to the
shall have the right to Co the amount which new location."

shall be paid in any college semester to
any holder of a scholarship supported be
ibis trust.
lb) The trustee. shall have full power
and discretion In the handlin• of the trust
property, as If they were the absolute own-
ers thereof. with the right and power to in.
seat and reinvest the tong( funds (Including
any AUTO. and also income) in personal
property of any kind which Is a legal in-
vestment for saving, banks in the state of
Michigan.
V. The trustees .11.11fora
ot be liable for
any error of Judgment or
ny loos aris-
ing out of any act or orni•sion in the execu-
tion of this trust. so long •fl they act In
good faith. nor shall they be personally lia-
ble for the acts or otoloelons of each other
or of any officer. agent, or person elected
or appointed by or •sting for them. They
shall not be obliged to tineany bond to
seck,re the performance of this trust by
them.
VI. A majority of the trustees shall bit
sofflrient to conotitute • quorum for the
transaction of huoineso. and any action
taken by such majority shall be the equiva-
lentof action by all of the trustees.
VII. The trustees shall select a emir-

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JUDGE MACK TO SPEAK
ON SATURDAY EVENING

The recently postponed lecture of
Judge Julian W. Mack of Chicago on
"The Truth About Palestine" will be
given Saturday evening at Temple
Beth El. The lecture is to be given
under the auspices of the Men's Tem-
ple Club and will be open to the
general public. Judge Mack recently
returned from Palestine and his ad-
dress will be an authoritative state-
ment on Palestiniad conditions.

To Choose Executive Director.

Mr. Friedman urged that the High
street building be disposed of as soon
as possible and a new location select-
ed for future quarters of the local
charities.
Referring to the leave of absence
granted Miss Blanche Hart, who was
identified with the charities since
their formation, first as superinten-
dent and later as executive secretary,
Mr. Friedman said that a new execu-
tive secretary may be obtained be-
fore the next community dinner. Af-
ter a brief review of the work of the
different departments, Mr. Friedman
said:
"I may point out that the name
under which we are operating is obso-
lete. We are no longer • united or
federated organization in the sense

Local B'nai B'rith
Officers Installed

Adolph Freund Performs Cere-
mony; Glee Club Presents
Musical Program.

WORKERS TO COMPLETE
CALLS SURVEY LEADING
CAMPAIGN PLAN SUNDAY Judge Harry B. Keidan, Rabbis A. M. Hershman and Henry J.
1923 ACCOMPLISHMENT
Berkowitz, M. L. Prensky, Jesse F. Hirshman and
Arthur
E.
Fixel
Compose
Board
of
Directors
Latest Palestine Films to Be
Mrs. Lipson and Miss Caplan
to Select Worthy Students.
Shown at Meeting of Vol -
Report on Work of Their
unteers January 20.
Departments.
Plans have been completed by the Berkowitz, M. L. Prensky, Jesse F.

With only a week remaining for
the final plea to local Jews for co-
operation in the tremendous task that
confronts them in the effort of rais-
ing $150,000 an the year's quota for
the rebuilding of Palestine.
Campaign leaders emphasize that
while the burden of the task has been
placed on the shoulders of a few, the
cause is that of all Israel, and not a
single Jew is exempt from the re-
sponsibility of lending assistance to
the work.
The personnel of the local cam-
paign leadership consists of the fol-
lowing:
Robert Marwil, chairman of the
drive; David Zemon and Louis Stoll,
campaign vice-presidents; Joseph H.
Ehrlich, chairman of publicity; J.
Friedberg, chairman of the reception
committee for Dr. Chaim Weizmann;
Rabbi B. R. Brickner and Judge Wil-
liam M. Lewis, the principal speakers
at the banquet here, which will open
the forthcoming drive; Abraham
Srere, president of the local Keren
Ilayesod; J. Levin, who, with Mr.
Ehrlich, are Vice-presidents of the
Detroit Keren Ilayesod; Louis Dann,
treasurer, and J. Miller, regional di-
rector of the fund for Michigan.

Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Comb

HENRY WINEMAN

Newly elected president of the United
Jewish Charities of Detroit.

DR. ALBERT ABRAMS
DIES OF PNEUMONIA

Tribute Paid Inventor by Local
Doctor, His Former
Student.
- ,

SAN FRANCISCO. — Dr. Albert
Abrams, inventor of an apparatus
whereby he asserted he could diagnose
a disease by testing a drop of patient's
blood, died at his home here Sunday
night. •
Pneumonia 'was the cause of Dr.
Abram's death. He was CO years old,
and a native of San Francisco. Dr.
Abram's achieved wide publicity as •
result of his electronic theory of the
diagnosis of the treatment of disease.
His method was known as the "Elec-
tronic Reactions of Abrams."

,

Claims of Dr. Abrams.

Dr. Abrams maintained that given

a drop of blood he could determine by

means of its electronic vibrations
whether the person from whose veins
it came had a disease, and what dis-
ease it was. It even was asserted he
could determine the sex and approxi-
mate age of the person.
Dr. Abrams was a graduate of the
University of Heidelberg, Germany,
and took post-graduate work in medi-
cine in Vienna. He also was a fellow
of the Royal Medical Society, Lon-
don, and the author of several books
on medicine and kindred subjects.
Among them was "Scattered Leaves
of a Physician's Diary."
Associates of Dr. Abrams said his
death was due to worry over attacks
which have been launched against his
theory by the medical profession.

Tribute of Dr. Aaron..

Dr. Joseph Aarona of Detroit, whose
offices are at 906 Charlevoix building,
who spent several months with Dr.
Abrams in a study of his theory, Tues-
day paid the following tribute to the ,
deceased San Francisco physician.
"His name shall be embalzoned up-
on the scroll of fame. Scientists will
uncover and bow their heads when
they hear the mdntion of Abrams'
name. Abrams, the electronic master,
founder of electronic medicine which
has brought to suffering humanity t:ds
release for which they have been look-
ing as wanderers in the wieldrness of
every-day medicine, have at last
glimpsed the promised land of re-
newed healht by the Abrams method.
"Calling together his followers oat
of the house of medical bondage into
the pure, clear scientific illumination,
lighting the world with his electronic
discoveries, he has left behind a heri-
tage that shall make the world cleaner
and better for his having lived as s
dispenser to the thousands of the un-
fortunates who have traveled over
this continent in search of health. I
have seen them at his clinics. He
worked hour after hour, tireless at his
task of helping the blind, the paraliz-
ed, the tubercular, to become whole
again. His work will live through the
many able teachers who have learned
from him his methods, and the hosts
of practitioners of his school leaving
behind a monument everlasting."
Dr. Aarons is the vice-president of
the American Electronic Research As-
sociation which aims tg promote the
theory of the late Dr. Abrams.

BROWN, BACK FROM
PALESTINE, TOURS
U. S. FOR SEMINARY

NEW YORK.—David A. Brown,
who returned to America on the Ma-
jestic Last Thursday from a tour of
Italy, Egypt and Palestine, will short-
ly make a transcontinental tour to
speed up the completion of the $1,-
000,000 endowment fund for the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America. Although he had intended
to remain abroad until April, reports
concerning the progress of the cam-
paign caused his decision to return to
America two months earlier and give
the time to this cause, which he re-
gards as being of the greatest im-
portance to the welfare of the Jews
of is country.
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This tour, which, it is expected, will
begin during the early part of Febru-
ary,
will include most of the cities of
'INTERMARRIAGE' TOPIC
the Middle West, the Pacific coast and
OF HERSHMAN ADDRESS I the South.
ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 25
Arriving in New York on Thursday
morning, he was at the headquarters
At the Friday evening services of of the seminary campaign within two
Jan. 25, at the Shaarey Zedek, Rabbi hours after he left the 'steamer. Af-
A. M. Hershman will discuss the ter reviewing the situation, he decid-
problem of intermarriage. The talk ed on the transcontinental tour of
on "Intermarriage" by Rabbi Hersh- the country to begin as soon as he
man will be the second of a series of has cleared some of the more impor-
two on "The Truth About the Jew," tant matters of business that have ac-
the first address scheduled for this cumulated on his desk in Detroit dur-
Friday evening.
ing his absence.

One of the most enthusiastic gath-
erings in the history of Pisgah Lodge
No. 34, I. 0. B. B., was held Monday
evening, when the newly elected of-
ficers were installed by "Daddy"
Adolph Freund.
In a brief but touching address, on
the eve of his annual departure for
the South, the 76-year-old veteran in
the ranks of the B'nai B'rith urged
the new officials of the local order to
work for the spreading of B'nai
B'rith ideals. Mr. Freund told the
new president, Samuel J. Rhodes, that
his administration Is charged with the
duty of building the clubhouse on
Ferry avenue, and declared that this
clubhouse will be the making of the
lodge. Ile admonished all the officers
that theirs was a co-ordination of
work,

Initial Address by Rhodes,

Mn, Rhodes, in his initial address
as president, said he considered the
order of B'nai B'rith the greatest
power In Jewry and declared that he
did not fear responsibility because
the order is so dear to his heart. The
B'nal B'rith, he said, stands for Jew-
ish manhood, dignity and pride and
is a symbol of Jewish solidarity, be-
cause in its ranks are represented all
the elements of Jewry. The two aims
of his administration, he said, will be
to put the lodge in its own home and
to put life into Pisgah Lodge so that
it will carry out its alms.
Following the installation, the
lodge gave a hearty forewell to Mr.
Freund, who was lauded by officers
and members and given a rousing
vote of thanks for hie efforts in be-
half of the order. Mr. Freund left
on Tuesday for Tampa, Fla. Among
those who spoke in honor of Mr.
Freund were Mr. Rhodes and Joseph
Weiss, who worked with Mr. Freund
for B'nal B'rith during the past 60
years, who said he was two months
and 20 days older than Mr. Freund.
An interesting program presented
by the reorganized Glee Club, under
the direction of Aaron SilberblAtt, in-
cluded vocal selections by the entire
club of nine voices, and by Mrs. Anna
Warren, Mrs. Joseph Silberstein, Mrs.
Jacoby and Benjamin Rice.

Levin's Administration Lauded.

The installation of officers was pre-
ceded by reports of chairmen of vari-
ous committees on the work of the
past year. The administration of
Theodore Levin, the retiring presi-
dent, was lauded as one of great ac-
complishments. Jacob Miller, the re-
tiring vice-president, reported that
the lodge is in the best financial con-
dition in years, having a cash balance
in the treasury of $2,000, as com-
pared with • deficit of $3,300 six
months ago.
Mr. Rhodes announced the appoint-
ment of chairmen of two committees.
Jac Langer was appointed chairman
of the entertainment committee and
Milton Alexander was reappointed
chairman of the anti-defamation
league.
Among those who spoke at the meet-
ing was Mrs. Harry Fleishman, presi-
dent of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Pis-
gah Lodge, whose members were
guests at the meeting.
Charles Rubiner made a plea for
the Keren Hayesod, urging the lodge
to supply workers in the forthcoming
drive for the fund for the rebuilding
of Palestine. Workers for the Keren
Ilayesod are to be enlsited next Mon-
day evening.
11. D. Frankel and Samuel J. Lewis,
natinoal officers of the B'nai B'rith,
arrived in Detroit on Wednesday
mroning for a week's stay, to plan
the future work of the order in this
city. They will address the lodge at
the meeting this Monday evening, and
will introduce the question of the
need of another B'na B'rith lodge in
Detroit.
Another speaker at the meeting
this Monday evening will be Kurtz
Marks of Hamburg, Germany, who is
in this country on a misaion for the
German government. Mr. Marks is a
member of a German B'nai B'rith
lodge. He will address Pisgah Lodge
on the conditions in Germany and the
work of the German B'nai B'rith.

TEMPLE BETH EL TO
HONOR DR, FRANKLIN
ON SILVER JUBILEE

Twenty-Five Years of Service
With Congregation to be
Celebrated Jan. 24.

ANNIVERSARY SERVICE
WILL BE HELD JAN. 20

Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver Ad.
dresses Men's Club on "Is
Progress a Myth?"

Dr. Leo M. Franklin will] be hon-
ored by his congregation at a dinner
on Thursday evening, Jan, 24, on the
occasion of the completion of a quar-
ter of a century of service as rabbi
with the local Reform congregation,
- RAW Franklin game to Detroit In
1899, and has, during his 25 years
stay here, seen the building of the
temple at Woodward and Watson, and
the growth of the congregation de-
manding the building of one of the fin-
est synagogues in the country, at
Woodward and Gladstone avenues.
The silver jubilee celebration will
be preceded on Sunday morning, Jan.
20, with an anniversary service at
Temple Beth El, when Rabbi Frank-
lin will deliver a sermon on the occas-
ion of his completion of 25 years' ser-
vice with the congregation.
The dinner on Thursday evening,
Jan. 24, will be addressed by Dr. Lynn
Harold Hough, who will represent the
community. Rabbi David Marx of
Atlanta, Ga., an old college chum of
Dr. Franklin, Is coming to participate
in the celebration.
Rabbi Franklin's inaugural sermon,
delivered 25 years ago, is printed
elsewhere in this issue.
• • •

RABBI SILVER'S ADDRESS
BEFORE MEN'S TEMPLE CLUB:
At a well attended dinner meeting

of the Men's Temple Club, held at
Temple Beth El Saturday evening,
Rabbi Abbe Hillel Silver of Cleveland
spoke on Is Progress a Myth?"
"We have been accustomed to take
progress for granted," Rabbi Silver
staid. "Everything points to progress.
The very bustle and hustle and rush
in our political, economic and social
life have led us to think that this is
advancement, with invention mov-
ing from one stage of perfection to
another. however, when the world
in 1914 became a cesspool of barber.
ism and jungle life, we began to ques-
tion progress. In olden times, lords
would get together in parley and cut
each other's throats like gentlemen,
but in 1914 there was nothing but the
dirt and filth and stench of the trench
and poison gas and viciousness of the
worst kind. And so people have come
to ask whether science is a retro-
gression rather than progress.

Progress Not Constant.

"Thal progress is a myth is believed
by half the human race, but both,
those who say that progress is a fact
and those who declare it a myth, are
guilty of simplifying and generaliz-
ing.
"We progress only as we exert our-
selves to the breaking point. Along
certain lines we have advanced, and
only a dcotrinaire can deny that in ed-
ucation, for example, we have advan-
ced. Education may not have brought
greater happiness, but happiness is
not the goal in life. Education means
the opening of the windows of our
mind.
"To advance you must exert your-
self, and no one wants to exert him-
self unless he is compelled to. Prog-
ress is slow because masses move
slowly. Mankind hates to think.
When we are young we are daring
and accept new ideas, but once we get
old, we think four times before revis-
ing an old idea.

Judge Mack to Speak.

"I could not give a strong affirma-
tive reply to the question whether
progress is a myth, but if you can
only live and make life worth while,
you must live as if progress were pos-
sible."
Jacob Nathan, president of the
Men's Club, who introduced Rabbi
Silver, announced that the lecture of
Judge Julian W. Mack on "The Truth
About Palestine" will be delivered this
Saturday evening at the temple. The
lecture is open to the public. Plans
are being made by the club for a Fath-
er and Son celebration. The next din-
ner meeting will be held on Feb. 8,
with Edward Devine as speaker. This
will be a social service night, and
Community Union, social and chari-
Interesting Program Arranged for table leaders of the city will be guests
of the club.

FORMAL OPENING
OF LIBRARY WILL
BE HELD JAN. 23

Ocemion by United Hebrew
Schools of Detroit.

The formal opening of the library

of the United Hebrew Schools of De-
troit will take place on Wednesday
evening, Jan. 23, at the Kirby Center.
The committee in charge an-
nounces that an interesting program
has been arranged for the occasion.
Addresses will be delivered by Joseph
Chaggi and A. D. Markson, members
of the teaching staff of the schools.
A musical program for the occasion
will include violin selections by Israel
Katz, member of the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra . Maurice Finkel
will give a number of readings from
Sholom Aleichem. Bessie Riske, one
of the students of the school, will re-
cite Tchernichowsky's "Boruch Mem-
agentzo." Vocal solos will be given by
M. Levy of the teaching staff of the
schools, accompanied by Miss Lillian
Estrin, and by Cantor H. Milikofsky
of the Mogen Abraham Synagogue on
Farnsworth street.
The Ilebrew schools' library al-
ready includes many books on Jewish
topics in Yiddish, Hebrew and Eng-
lish. The books have been placed in
circulation for adults as well as the
children of the schools. Max Weine,
a graduate, of the schools, is librarian.

BAAL MACHSHOVOS,
GREAT CRITIC, DEAD

KOVN0.—(J. T. A.)—Dr. Isidore
Elyashov, famous Jewish writer and
critic, died here Monday in hie fifty-
first year. Dr. Elyashov was known
throughout the Jewish press of the
entire world under the nom de plume
of Baal Machshovos (Master of
Thoughts).
Ile was. born in the year 1873 in
Kovno, studied in Switzerland and
Germany and began his literary ac-
tivities in 1895 in Russian, German,
Hebrew and Yiddish periodicals.
He was the father of Jewish criti-
cism, one of the first and most per-
sistent in his efforts to create a real
literary criticism of Yiddish litera-
ture, which was then in its infancy.
Throughout his career, while work-
ing in other fields of literature, he
never abandoned his position as liter-
ary critic.
He was editor of the Jewish Voice,
■ Yiddish daily in Riga, and later of
the Fraind. He published two books,
"Tendencies and Thoughts." Be was
a contributor to the Jewish Morning
Journal of New York.