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The international scope of the
Ilaym Solomon was born a I . 0. B. B. is strongly emphasized
Lissa, l'oland, in 1740, of Jewish y corespondenee that has been,
Portuguese descent, and it is prob o pened by leading Jews of South',
able that he left his native coon Africa with the executive officers
try after the partition of Mani o f the order in Cincinnati with re-
gard t the p issibility of organiz-
in 1772.
ng a number of lodges in the Anti-
With his own unhappy country'
, .des. According to the letters
history and with his hatred of des
which President Cohen has received
potic Russia, Salomon imbibed a
front prominent Jewish leaders in
love of liberty which extensive
Johannesburg, the establishment of
travel in Europe intensified and,
a B'nai B'rith lodge in that city
as might have been expected, the
would be the keystone of its cons-
outbreak of the revolution found
munal structure.
him an ardent supporter of the
President Cohen's Johannesburg
Colonial cause.
correspondent says in his letter
Ile settled in New York and, that the Jewish population of South
when the Revolutionary War be- Africa is about 62,000.
gan, he identified himself with the
The organization of councils of
AMerican cause and very soon was Jewish women in Queensland and
arrested and imprisoned as a spy Victoria, Australia, has been an-
after the occupation of New York nounced by Mrs. Nathaniel E. Har-
by the British in 1776. Salomon ris of Bradford, Pa., chairman of
was closely confined for a long the conunittee on foreign relations,
time in the prison known as the of the National Council of Jewish
"Provost," which stood on the spot Women.. Previous to the organiza-
now occupied by the old Hall of tion of these two councils, there
Records in City Hall Park.
was but one Australian Council ref
When Salomon's linguistic pro- Jewish Women, the one formed in
ficiency became known (he knew New South Wales.
Polish, French, German, Russian,
The Jewish women of Australia
Spanish and Italian), he was have patterned their organizations
turned over to the Ilessian gen- after the National Council of Jew-
eral, Heister, who gave him an ap- ish Women of America, stating
School Children Aid In Reforesting Palestine
pointment in the commissariat de- that its program affords them op-
partment, where his greater lib- portunities for broader and larger
'Jerusalem:—The trees are prov - fen. The eucalyptus Is favored be-
erty enabled him to render much fields of activity than the Austral-
cause
of
Its
large
absorption
o
lug one of the most effective means
service to the French and Ameri- ian Jewish women previously en-
of combating malaria hi Palestine. moisture.
are
also
extensively
Olive trees
can prisoners, ninny of whom he joyed.
By their absorption of moisture,
Preceding the organization of the
helped to escape. Ile created dis-
they dry up the marshes. where planted, not only for their hygienic
the mosquitoes. carriers of the benefits in stamping out malaria, sensionamong the Hessian officers, aditional Australian COMMIS, a
prompting many to resign from Council of Jewish Women was
malaria infection are wont to breed. but because of the Intrinsic value
formed at Paris, France, through
As the result of the planting of of Its fruit. Although the fruits the service.
the efforts of Mrs. Emil Brudon of
trees, the colony of Chedera which of the tree do not arrive until
Flees When Condemned to Di..
was on the verge of being aban- about fifteen years after planting,
In 1778 he was taken by the Cleveland, Ohio. Among the active
sponsors
of the Paris Council are
doned tome years ago on account the trees are long lived, enduring
British general, Sir II. Clinton, on
of the heavy malaria mortality, is for as many as three hundred
charges that he had received or- Mesdames Edward Mamelsdort of
Paris,
Zadok
Kahn, and E. Simone.
today one of the healthiest spots years.
ders from Washington to burn
The smaller cost of planting al-
In Palestine. More than a million
B
fleets and destroy warehouses,
trees have been planted by the mond, apricot, fig and similar
"which he had attempted to exe-
fruit trees ,and their more rapid
Zionists.
p.nd
injury."
WILD
CHARGES
FRAMED
cute to their damage
The tree most largely used for maturing, have induced ninny of
Ile was imprisoned, ‘ortured and
reforestation purposes is the eu. the colonists to cultivate those
AGAINST JEWS, MASONS
condemned to a military' death, but
calyptus, commonly called the trees. The funds raised by the
on
Aug. 11, 1778, he managed to
-
"Jewish tree" by the Arabs, on ac. United Palestine Anneal iii Amerl
escape by bribing his tailor, leav-
BERLIN.— (J. T. A.) — The
count of the large numbers which en are used to help the r 'oresta-
ing behind him in New York existence of a Jewish-Freemason
1
dot the Jewish agricultural colon- lion of the Holy Land.
£6,000 sterling, a distressed wife plot against Germany is charged
and child 1 month old. It seems by the Deutsche Tageblatt, edited
reiterate it too often, that this likely that his intimate friend, the by Deputies Wulle and Von
college is in need of a considerable, brave General McDougall, who Graefe.
not a very large, publication fund. then commanded the American
The paper publishes what it
This would make possible the army in the neighborhood of New claims to be a secret plan of the
prompt publication of these works. York, was in co-operation with Freemason general staff. The pri-
This is at the moment our moat him.
mary aim of the conspiracy, the
Fourteen days later Salomon ad- paper claims, is to destroy Ger-
Dr. Adler Makes Interesting State- urgent need.
"While the Jews of America dressed a petition to the Conti- many as a national state, not
■ Dropsie College
meet at
Founder. Day.
have up to the present time made nental Congress, setting forth his only as a monarchy, but
their impress through a few indi- services and asking for some em- also as a republic. The means
viduals, through our economic in- ployment; but, characteristic of to be adopted in order to
PHILADELPHIA. — (J. T. A.)
dependence and through really the man, he asked not for himself accomplish this and establish an
"Nothing is no chilling to the ardor
notable acts of philanthropy, these alone. At the same time he en- all-Jewish world domination, the
of a scholar than to have labored
are achievements that any body of tered a plea for the exchange of Tageblatt states, are crime, war,
for years upon a piece of work and
people can attain, given the en- Samuel Demezes, a fellow pris- revolutions and economic crises.
then find that he has no means to
The world conspiracy has
couragement, intelligence and oner.
give it to the world and no estab-
Congress turned a deaf ear to already employed the following
good-heartedness we have. I feel
lished institutions to aid him to
his
plea,
and
the
denial
worked
for
methods
in its fight for the de-
t,, be incumbent upon us to
that end," Dr. Cyrus Adler, presi- it
make an effort to increase our the ultimate good both of Salomon struction of Germany as a national
dent. of Dropsie College for He-
and
the
young
country.
state: (a) The grant orient de
share in the work of research by
brew and Cognate Learning, de-
France organized the assassination
Turn In Ht. Fortune..
which all the buried treasures of
clared at the celebration of Found-
The tide in his affairs and, a s of the Austrian crowd prince. (b)
our literature and of our history
ers' Day of the college.
should be brought to light and the story shows, the tide in the af - This assassiination plunged the
Deploring the lack of funds
made available to all men who fairs of the young republic, turned world, on August 2, 1914, into the
available for the encouragement
would read them. Nothing short upon his escape to Philadelphia, world war, which had been sys-
of higher learning in this country,
of this would seem to be our and it was not long until he suc- tematically prepared. Germany's
Dr. Adler said: "I have fre-
ceeded in establishing himself in war preparations were sabotaged
quently pointed out, and cannot duty. "
business and there becoming one by the Jewish Freemasons confus-
of the greatest financiers of his ing public opinion by means of
adopted city.
false press reports, conflicts in the
Ile was intrusted with the ne- reichstag, ettc. Germany's entry
gotiation of all the war subsidies into the Freemason League of Na-
of France and Holland on his own tions is the first step in the recog-
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"Die Welt am Montag" repro-
two and three months, for which duces these statements and corn-
he received the small commission ments that the Nationalist propa-
of one-fourth of 1 per cent. Sev- panda in Germany appears to be no
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eral European financial houses did longer a matter for politicians
business through him. A few days for mental experts. We shall have
after the foregoi - g announcement to hurry up and build more luna-
Robert Morris became superin- tic asylums, it concludes.
tendent of finance. Morris' diary
records not less than 75 financial
transactions with Salomon be- of his negotiations, either by his
tween August, 1781, and April, own management or from the
credit he gave to others on the
1794.
sale he made of those immense
Real Financier of Revolution.
America found in Ilaym Salo- sums of foreign drafts on account
mon a champion equaled by few, of the United States.
9425 Grand River Ave. Office, Second Floor.
After the peace of 1783, when
his fertility in resource and sound-
ness of financial views made him, foreign commerce could again
through Robert Morris, superin- float unmolested, Salomon engaged
tendent of finance, the real finan- as a trading merchant to European
Three-quarter to 10-ton Stake Trucks. Six-ton Dump Trucks.
My Own Dumping Grounds.
cier of the revolution, and judged ports. Ile had several ships upon
by Alexander Ilamilton's standard the sea, but, through the failure of
of patriotism, surpassed by none, merchants in whom he had confi-
for Ilaym Salomon was practically dence, he suffered great losses.
Ton or Yard Carloads My Specialty
Only 45 When He Died.
the sole agent employed by Morris
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Haym Salomon
Office: 3740 WEST HANCOCK
Yard:
CORNER HANCOCK AND SCOTTEN
Walnut 0638
by which means the credit of the delphia Jan. 6, 1785, at 45 years
government was so largely main- of age. He left a widow and four
small children, to use the language
tained during this period.
He was appointed broker to the of the congressional report, "to
French consul and the treasurer hazard and neglect."
of the French army and fiscal
The following is a copy of an
agent of the French minister to authentic certificate from the reg-
the United States, Chevalier de la ister's office in Philadelphia, show-
Luzerne, enormous sums passing ing the amount of public securi-
through his hands. He was the ties and revolutionary papers left
principal depositor of the Bank of by Haym Salomon, and from which
North America, an institution personal estate not a cent has been
founded through the instrumental- received by any of his heirs:
ity of Robert Morris to serve as a
9 loan office eertitinten....1110,22 11 . 116
means of obtaining funds to carry a treason certificate*
12,29.501
5,166.15
Virginia elate certificates
on the government, the first and
only bank chartered by the revo- TO eornmissionend eertifleatn 17,1170.19:
99314.45
Continental liquidate
lutionary congress.
His Bounty Retained Madison.
952,94.45!
Not only did Salomon advance
Besides
he
left
evidences
of ad-
large sums to the government for
which he received no return, but vances to Robert Morris in the
sum
of
$211,000,
a
claim
of
$92,-
the services of James Madison,
Edmund Randolph, Gens. Mifflin, 000 on the United States for addi-
tional
loans,
an
unpaid
balance
of
St. Clair and others were retained
In the cause through his bounty, $10,000 to the Spanish ambassador
and
innumerable
loans
to
Madison.
in
In Madison's letter to Virginia
1781 he writes: "My wants are St.. Clair, Steuben, Wilson and
so urgent that it is impossible to many others.
The condition of the govern-
suppress them. The case of my
brethren is equally alarming." ment's finances as well as those of
Later he declares: "The kindness individuals during and immediate-
of our friend in Front street (Mr. ly after the Revolutionary Wnr
Salomon) is a fund that will pre- was almost as chaotic, and his af-
serve me from extreme necessi- fairs were necessarily much in-
ties, but I never resort to it with- volved and his family were almost
out great mortification, as he on. without resources.
The widow's unfamiliarity with
sinately rejects all recompense. To
necessitous delegates he gratuit- business, together with the mone-
tary
situation prevailing at the
private
from
his
ous!yy spares
time, prevented her over securing
stork.
a
dollar
of the $658,007.13 ad-
The secret support of Charles
III of Spain is said to have been vanced as shown from document-
ary evidence afterward submitted
due to Salomon's efforts.
Although Salomon indorsed a to Congress--an enormous sum at
great portion of the bills of ex- that period for a private individH
change for the amount of loans ual, when all commerce and busi-i
and subsidies our government ob- nese were prostrated. Madison, in
tained in Europe, of which he ne- 1827, urged that the memorialists
gotiated the entire sums and the might be indemnified and reports1
execution of which duty required in their favor have been frequent- I
a great deal of his valuable time ly made but not a dollar has been
from 1781 to 1783, still there was repaid—not a medal granted in '
only charged a fractional percent- lieu of the claim, a fact which af-
age to the United States. Ile never fords support of the oft-repeated
caused the loss to the government observation of the ingratitude of . I
of one cent of the many millions republics.
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