Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1918-09-06

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A WEEKLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF JfcWISH PEOPLE OP COLUMBUS AND VICINITY
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VOL. 1
In an addres.s recently delivei-- ed in Washington on "The Jew as Soldier, Citizen, Patriot and Statesman," Hon. Walter M. Chandler, Congressman from New York State, gave a partial list of the Jewish people who are performing war service for our country and pur Allies. Ai; the request of Congressman Julius H. Kahn, the address has been included in the record of re¬ marks made by the latter in ad¬ dressing the National House of Representatives.
Congressman Chandler emr phaslzed the importance of the •Jew's contribution to this war, and his list of Jews doing duty is of special interest.
Louis J.' Horowitz, New York : Appointed by Mr. Hoover mem¬ ber of the department of the Red Cross. .'¦
- David de Sola Pool, New Yorkc Appointed by Mr. Hoo¬ ver member of Commission on Food Conservation Propaganda.
Nathan Straus, New York: Appointed by Secretary Daniels to investigate health conditions in the Navy.
Stephen S. Wise, New York: Member of the committee on or¬ ganization of the food council the port of New York.
Michael Friedman, New York: United States Food Adniinistra- tor and Quartermaster General, New York State Guard.
Sydney   E.   Goldstein,   New Felix   Frankfurter,   Boston: York:    Member of Commission Appointjed confidential assistant j on. Food   Conservation   Propa-
to Secretary Baker, May 1917. Since then has been appointed by President Wilson to settle labor disturbances in the West, and is now director of all war labor.
Julius Kahn, San Francisco: Upon refusal of Democratic chairman of Military Affairs Committee dealing with draft bill, Mr. Kahn ranking Repub¬ lican member, though-born in Germany, pressed it to passage.
Albert ¦ Michelson, Chicago; Appointed .official scientific ad¬ viser of the Army and Navy De- .partments, Washington .
Leo S. Rowe, Philadelphia: Appointed secretary; of the Am¬ erican group of the joint com¬ mission on, Mexican situation, September 1916. • Appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, May 1917.
A. C. ¦ Ratshesky, Boston: Appointed vice-chairman of the Boai'd of Food Administration of Massachusetts.
Louip E. Kirstein, Boston: Appointed by Secretary Baker chairman of the committee to study conditions in the govern- ' ment industry affecting the mak¬ ing of uniforms.
, Joseph- Krauskopf; Philadel¬ phia: Appointed by Mr. Hoo¬ ver member of the Commission of-Food .Conservation Propa¬ ganda.
Ferdinand Strauss, Boston: Cam^s. Appointed by Mas¬ sachusetts Public Safety Com¬ mission.
Julius Rosenwald, . Chicago: Chairman Committee on Sup¬ plies, Council of National De¬ fense.
, Julian W. Mack, Chicago: Author of Soldiers' and Sailors' Allowance Compensation and Insurance Act.
. Millard W. Mack: Chairman of. War Insurance Bureau in France.
David A. EUie, Boston: Fuel Administration of Massachu¬ setts.
Roland S. Morris, Philadel¬ phia :   Ambassador to Japan.
Albert Strauss, New, York: Personal Representative of Sec¬ retary McAdoo on the War Trade Board.
Samuel    Untermyer,    New York   City:     Appointed   Con¬ fidential Assistant to the iSecre-) ' tary of War to take the place of Felix Frankfurter.
Herbei-t H. l,ehman. New York: Appointed Textile Ex¬ pert of Navy Department,
Mpritz Rosenthal, New York: Formerly General Counsel to Mr. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Pro¬ perty Administrator.
Abram Flexnerj New York: Appointed by Secretary Daniels .to investigate. health conditions ' in the Navy. of New York city. •
Julius H. Cohen, f^ew York:
ganda.
Edward Herbert, New York Secretary to Red Cross Commis sion to Roumania.    .
England. _
John Monash, Major GeneraL I
H. S. Segilman, Brigadier General.
David P. Hirsch, Captain, ¦Victoria Cross posthumously.    ,
Jack (Weiss) White, Victoria Cross.,    '
Sir Mathew Nathan, foi"tnerly | Undersea-etary for Ireland,,!! now Director of Finance to Min¬ istry of Pensions.
Viscount Reading, Ambas¬ sador JExtraordinary to United States.
Edwin P. Montagu, Ex-Min¬ ister of Munitions',
Herbert L. Samuels, formerly Postmaster General, formerly Hpme Secretary, Secretary of State for India.
Sir Alfred M. Mond, First Commissioner of Works iu the Cabinet.
Edwin Samuel Montagu, Financial Secretary of Treasury appointed May 1915. .
France •   ¦
Louis Lucian Koltz, Minister of Finance.
Henry Simon, Minister of Colonies.
David  Fernand,  Minister  ofi| Agriculture in Painleve Cabinet.,' |
Ignace Edouard, Undersecre¬ tary for War, March 1917.
Camille Levy, Brigadier Gen¬ eral (mentioned in dispatches at least five.times.)
Bernheimer and Weiller,' Lieu¬ tenant Generals.   '
Heyman     (Major    General), General of Divisions. Italy
Salvatore   Barzilai,   Cabinet member with Portfolio. " Luigi Luzzati, formerly Prime', § Minister.
Baron Sydney Sonnino, Min¬ ister of Foreign Affairs, (half Jew).
Gen, ' Ottolenghi, .formerly Minister of War.
Senator Ludovico Mortars, President of the Court of Cassa¬ tion.
Belgium
Paul .Hymans, .Minister to Great Britain.
Serbia
Abraham Levy, Assistant Min¬ ister of Finance.
New Zealand
Arthur M, Myers, Minister of Muntions and Customs.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY,, SEPTEMBER G, 1918.
No. 18
SOME JEWS WHO ARE PERFORMING VALUABLE WAR SERVICE FOR AMERICA AND THE ALLIES
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EWRY is preparing for the arrival of the n.ew year and for the departure of the old. The year just passed has beeii the tnost momentous in the history of modern Israel, and we look forward to the coming year for even greater developments. ^
The religious aspect of the Jewish New Year, the Judgment Day and the Day of Atonement, appeals to us as it has appealed to Israel through centuries, and the .Jewish people greet the Holy Days and the com¬ ing year with truly Jewish religious fervor.
The conditions existing in the world today, the great war, have more than evei' interWoven the re- lig-ibus spirit arid thoughts material. Jewry has been called upon to display during the past year, not only religious spirit and thoiight, hut has been called upon to contribute with thei-est of the world, to the salva¬ tion of Freedom and Liberty. For to the Jew, Liberty means life, and to the Jew, oppi'ession has always , meant death. ' ,,
It is needless here to recount the patriptic ^in¬ stances of the devotion of the Jewish people to the cause of Democracy. It is unnecessary to repeat the deeds of the Jewish soldiers, of the Jewish women at home, of the men who are now serving the great cause With the various governments. The Jewish people al¬ ways knew, and the entire world today knows their Xmdying loyalty, their unflinching courage in time of stress, their readiness to give themselves and their all for the spirit of Liberty, the foundation upon which their history has been built.
The approaching year, 5679, holds a great future for Israel. Each year of the war has brought out more clearly the, improving status of Israel among the world's people. In Europe, Jewish oppression is becom¬ ing extinct, except in countries directly under German conti'ol. In this country, where Jews have always been free, a greater bond of friendship is being formed be¬ tween the Jewish people and their non-Jewish neigh¬ bors.. The trend of the times is toward a universal brotherhood, but it is unfortunate that it has taken such a calamity as the-world war to bring,,.Hbout this feeling. .But even out of such tragedy, much, good arises, not the least being the growing spirit of brothei*- hood between all peoples.
The Jewish people of America have learned some- ¦ what, what it means to give. The war relief funds have been generously swelled, for with their own sons in the struggle, the hearts of the American Jewish- '.people realized the suffering abroad, and with Jewish generosity and charity, the funds were forthcoming. And most important in the gathering of these funds, is the fact that the Jewish campaigns were so willingly aided by the non-Jewish communities.
The Jewish people greet the New Year with a deeper religious feeling. The war, with its sacrifices, has taught the world the importance of unaided human power. It has brought the world nearer to God. It has taught the world to pray, to pray with hearts bur-^ dened with sorrow, and relieved by this spirit of prayer. It has brought the world to a closer realization that without religion there is no life, and without God there is no happiness.
Rosh Hashonah, 5678, should be for the' Jewish ', people more than a continuance of their life of the past. It should mark a stronger spirit of religious fervor, it should mark a greater spirit of personal sacrifice for the benefit of the world. It should mean the rising up or Jewry to accept the burden of new an^ weighty problems. It should mean, the beginning of new life for American Jewry, for the sake of Jewry, and for the sake of America.
ROSENWALD IN F'RANCE
DOING WAR WORK
Paris.—Julius Rosenwald has arrived irj Europe, represent;ing the American war department.
Wearing the Uniform of an American officer, but without title or rank, he is to go among the soldiers to talk about condi¬ tions at home, about ^vocational opportunities that await them when they I'eturn and assure them of American support and sympathy./
The pfficial explanation of this work is contained in the follow¬ ing letter from Secretary of War Baker:        ¦ ¦ <
"Mj^ Dear Mr. Rosenwald: •
"I want ybii to go to France, move around anibng the. Amer¬ ican troops, avail yourself of every opportunity to address the
(,boys on conditions at home, par¬ ticularly the opportunities of American life as you have ob¬ served them in your own suc¬ cessful "business career.
"It is not unlikely that your
i chief opportunities will be i among the men in the ' service of supply, of whom great num¬ bers, deprived of opportunity pf service in the.lines of communi¬ cation upon which the safety and efficiency of the army at the front depends. You will find them filled with the spirit of service and sacrifice. You will .find all of our boys enthusiastic, intelligent and bi'ave,
."Your special opportunity for usefulness to them will be to take messages from home, point-1 . J j ing out how the county appre-
1 ciates   the   services   they   are
JEWISH SOLDIERS ARR.ANGE
TO OBSERVE HOLY DAYS
Furloughs Granted and Services Provided t'or
Furloughs  for the  Holidays j of Atonement from noon  Sep-
are being granted to men of Jewish faith, according to a let¬ ter which Col. Harry Cutler, Chairman of the Jewish Wel¬ fare Bofvi'd, has received from the Third Assistant Secretary of War. The following oi'der has been sent to all Department and Division Commanders and Commanding Generals of the Phillippines, Porto Riqo, Pan¬ ama and also to the Command¬ ing General, American E.x- neditionafy Force: '
' "The Secretary of War desires that furloughs bu granted to mehibers of the Jewish faith for the New Year from noon Sep¬ tember 6th to the morning of September 9th, and for the Day
tember 14th to the morning of September 17th, if it does not intei'fere with the public serv¬ ice. If military necessity pre¬ vents the granting of furloughs, provision should be made for them to hold divine Services wherever possible on the days mentioned.
(Signed) . F. P. KEPPEL, Third Asst Secretary of War." Special services will be held for the nien in the hospitals or guardhouse, who ,are unable, to leave camp by the Jewish Weir fare Board representatives and local branches of the Jewish' Welfare Board are arranging to entertain visiting soldiers and sailors for the Holy Days.
11 rendering and how great the op- j §'portunity .will be for ^em to
that Jewish policemen be grant- [which   was   demanded.   The ed  leave  to, observe the  Holy ' Commander, however, agi'eed to Days, Police Commissioner En-' maintain order on payment of a right has written the following) sum of 5000 roubles.   The Corn- letter : I munity paid this sum and f urth- Rev. Dr. Abraham Blum, ' cr consented, under threats, to 596 Riverside Drive, ; perform all kinds of hard labor New York City. reciuired by the invaders. My dear Chaplain: At Osipovitchi, the aged Rabbi I beg to acknowledge receipt Richov was publicly beaten and of your,letter of the 18th inst., a number of Jews were assaulted relative to granting leave for the', i" the streets.   Plundering on a Jewish holidays.                           i wholesale scale marks the pres- i will see that your wishes are' ence of the invaders there.    At complied with.                              ; Glpusk, all noted Jews were ar- Sincerely yours,              . rested   and   tortured,   and   all R. E. ENRIGHT,    i shops and houses, of Jews were Police Commissioner.' plundered.    The prisoners were
  ¦' subsequently   released   on   pay-
; GERMANY CONFISCATED      I ment by the Community of a- JEWISH CHARITY FUND I sum    of    20,000    roubles.'    At'
Zurich—It   is build  up  business and  profes- there is serious strife between,jg  j^  ^  serious  condition.   At
- 'Borogatvo   a   number of Jews
reported. that'.^gj.g arrested and beaten.   One
sional careers ' at honie when once the menace of militarism has been removed from the world.
"Carry them a message from me, or rather the people of America, for whom I venture to speak to them this thought — that in the time of universal sacrifice they are having the he- 1 roic opportunity, and their 1 privilege is to vindicate again in 1 the eyes of the world the whole- 1 someness and the beauty of the J principles    upon  which   Amer-
I ican liberty is based; that the .1 War will free France and Europe ijbut in addition will free Amer- i|ica, and when they have helped l!.to -make man free everywhere i[the blessings and rewards of the
II finer civilization will be especial- ,11 ly theirs tb enjoy since they have l[so greatly contributed to its J preservation."
¦ j    With his own-personal knowl-
¦ ] edge of every part of the United
¦ I States, Mr. Rosenwald is well i equipped for his new talks.
lUzda, the invaders undressed, a
Jewish   organizations   and   the
military authorities. Jewish notable and in this state
In, order to ameliorate the ter- y^^^ ^^:j.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ t^^ ^own. rible,conditions of the Jews m^J^^.    g^j^^^    houses    (including Poland and Lithuania .spcities of,thjjgg ^f y^i^^ws who had lost- German   Jews'   collected   large, tj^g^j.   husbands   at   the   front) sums of money which were sent i ^g,.^ plundered.
for distribution to the sufferers. ] 	
The military authorities refused' FRANCE WILL "NOT
¦ TURKEY WILL NOT GRANT I' AUTONOMY TO PALESTINE JEWS SAYS TALAT PASHA
JEWISH REFUGEES , nearly 600 boys and girls, from
•    AT ALEXANDRIA, the age of three" upwa.rds.   The
A recent account of the Jew- ¦ writer pays a high tribute to the
ish Refugee Camps at Alexan- head of the Refugee Administra-
dria, by Leon ;^im'on, states that tion, Mr. William C, Hornblower
both for his efficiency and for the warm-hearted interest he takes in.the refugees, particu-
MANY JEWISH DWELLINGS
BURNED IN KIEV AND
PODOUE
NAVAL SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR
In the provinces of Kiev and Podolie mahy Jewish dwellings were put to the torch and hund¬ reds of Jewish families remain¬ ed homeleaip. The damage done by the fires amounts to oVer two million   dollars.     The' people
whose homes v/ere burned are Secretary of the Wai* Board of in a desperate condition.,
there are two camps, at which at the time 6i writing, about 1,500 refugees were left, out of sonie   5>000   who   had   passed llarly the children, through the hands of the Re-1 ————
fugee Administration. The rest have found wprk outside, and no longer need government assist¬ ance, but even those that remain,' Jerome Jonas, son of Mr. and are by no means unproductive, Mrs. Julius Jonas, formerly of though of course unable to sup- this city is instructor of swim- port themselves and their fam- mirig to men enlisted in the ilies completely.. ;navy.     Young  Jonas   was   too
Each camp has a synagogue, a young to enlist, but is doing his school, and baths, and there has bit. He is 'said to he, the finest been a great improvement'in instructor in Chicago and the elear^liness and hygienic habitsvJackies are' learning quickly since the refugees first came.; umler his guidance. The Chi- The schools, which were started J cago papers are publishing a by the Anglo-Jewish AssociaT I series of articles by, him on tion,   provide   .instruction   for I swimming.
to part with the money for sev¬ eral months.
When   the   Jewish  organiza tions in Germany learned what had occurred   a
was- addressed to the govern¬ ment, which was .made to under¬ stand that German Jews would make   reprisals   unless   matters
TOLERATE   JEWISH OPPRESSION  IN  ROUMANIA
The Zionist Organization of
heated protest' A"^«i'^c» ^« ^" ^««^^P<^ °^ '^^"^^ information  to the effect that
M. Pichon, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has sent a letter to the Central Committee ,^ were'recTified." -The government!of the Alliance Israelite Univer- then ordered the confiscated,selle assuring them that the re- money to be released and dis- Public desires the emancipation tributed among ' the famished' of the Jews in Eastern Europe, • jg^yj, ' ,    '        I and is disposed to do everything
The affair has prpduced a very i" its power to bring about a  , painful   impression   among   the .iust  settlement of the Jewish whole of the Jewish population i question in those countries.   Mr. of Germany. '    Pichon    adds    that    regarding
 Roumania, the French govern
TERRIBLE CRUELTIES "?«"^^   ''  convinced  that under
PRACTICED BY HUNS      ' Cerman pressure, the restricted
UPON RUSSIAN JEWS emancipation   promised  to  the
 ^ Jews is not in accord with the
'   The town of Staraya-Doroga' declaration of M. Takf Jonescu (near Minsk) has been the scene^and .\!. Bratiano in June,-1917, London.—The German Pressjof terrible cruelties, which were and he'has promised that at tl.e published an interview with Ta-; committeed by German officers ¦ opportune moment the French
ion   who   are   fighting   for the Central Powers.   Two old Jews
lat Pasha, the Turkish Grand Visi,r (Premier) in which he is quoted as saying that after the
war Turkey .will rescind certain i were shaniefully beaten.   In or- statutes objectionable .to Jews.jder, to save the life of another but thai the Jews should not ex¬ pect any special privileges.
This is taken to mean that the hopes of the. Palestine Jews to become autonomous after the war, will not be realized if Tur¬ key will have her way.
and members of the Polish Leg- government "will take .steps to
insure that the very wide views statesmen shall prevail." The declaration by M. Pichon being the. policy of the French gov-
Jew, who was tortured by them ernment regarding this question and driven at)out four miles.l intb line virith that of the BritT while tied to a horse, the Com-ji&h government as expressed by munity had to pay a ranspm ofJMr. Balfour in his letter to Mr; 3000 roubles. A soldier who hadj Sokolow representing the Zion- served  at  the front  was  shot M. organtz'\t;on.
   ..„^. dead.    Sub.sequently   a   pogrom
Recently it was rumored that j was   organized,   and   foi-   four
Turkey would give the Jews autonomy in order to make a stop to the growth to.England's popularity among Turkish Jews since the new famous Balfour resolution.
JEWISH  POLICEMEN  GET HOLIDAY LEAVE
In a response to a letter from Chaplain  A.  Blum,  requesting
days    and    nights    shops   and
London.—That nine-tenths of the Roumanian Jews will ulti-
houses     were     systematically I mutely get equal rights, is the plundered and Jews were cruelly' assurance   given   by  the  Rou-
beaten. .Three prominent Jews in the place were badly injured; one of them was actually com¬ pelled to undress and undergo corporal   punishment.    Finally,
manian Premier to a Jewish de¬ putation, which petitioned him to give equal rights to the Jews^ [The Premier declared that Rournania   cannot   give   equal
the oppressors threatened to Tights to Russian pr Galician burn the townlet and massacre Jews, who have settled in Rou- all the Jews for alleged" storing mania a comparatively short of   weapons,   the   delivery   of time ago.
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