Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1922-09-08

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DESCRIBES PLIGHT OF, SEVEN MILLION JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE
Dr.' Frankel   Says   More   Than' 4,000,000 in Europe Must       j Start Life Anew.
REPORTS 350,000 KILLED IN ABOUT 2,200 POGROMS
NEW   YOKK.—How   to   reconstruct their devastated lives is thc great prob-. Icnl   now- facing" niorc   tba'n    l.dOO.OOO- Jews in Eui-ope, oiitside of Russia, said Dr.  I,ce K: Frankel, spcakiiig as chair¬ man    of    llu-   special    comniission    sent abroad last Jinic l)> llic Aniciicaii Jewish Relief Cmninittcc, of whicli Louis Mar¬ shall is cliairman.    In liis verlial icporl to the Joint Oistribulion Coniinitlcc Dr iMankel   said   that   tlic   jiroblcin   facing lliL- Jews  in  Kuiopc  affects  more  tliai.i 7,(K)il,i1()il pcolilc  ill all.    Little  is known of  real  conditions  in   Russia, aceordiiu i to  Dr,  Vraiikd,  who  said  that .'i.'iD.OOO j Jews  had  been  killed  in  at  least -V2iHi| pogroms,   and   that   tens -of   tboustiiidsi have since died of star\ ation. |
Dr. l'"raiikel, who is third vicc-presi-j dent of tho Metropolitan Life Insni-| ance Conipany, and who was welfare director of thc Postoflicc Departnient when Will Hays was Postmaster Gen¬ eral, returned several days ago from' Poland. The other members of thc commission, David A. Brown, David M.  Bressler,  Morris  Wolf, Dr,  Milton
JEWS RALLY TO NEW
POLISH  GOVERNMENT
WARSAW-.The Jewiah mi¬ nority figured prominently in the vote of confidence for Pre¬ mier Nowak. The vote wag 193; to 131, the majority being made up of peasant, socialists and minority parties. The. 131 votes come largely from the national democrats.
Before the vote, the new , Prime Minister outlined the policy of his cabinet, indicating that it was his intention to ad¬ here strictly to the constitution, to safeguard the minority rights and extend their oppor¬ tunities for devslopment of their cultural institutions.
Dr. Joshua Thon, speaking for the Jewish Sejm faction, declared himself entirely satis¬ fied with the Prime Minister's statement and called for thc vote of confidence.
Sarah Bernhardt pedares She Will Devote Alt Mer Remaining Days to Welfare of Jewish People
Noted Actress in an Interview'\|ith a Representative of the New
York Herald Regrets She DidfNot Do More for "the Jewish
People, My People."   /Says She Hopes to-Do
Something for H^ Co-Religionists
Before She Dies
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AFTER SEVENTY YEARS OFflSTRANGEMENT TURNS
HER LAST STRENGTH TO JEWISH HOMELAND
A7-/r   yORI<~"\Vhal 1 did, «l/i<rnffflillctl to give, and i-oiiUi\ also   do  J01   the   frent hpfople. \wn\ch less iImm il liul Ihrir 1,1 a people for 'tMch I u/ouc? ^niaiid louht have done .toinelhing and I have jailed to do  it,    I refer to  Ihe Jezi-i.'.h
to ihc Jewish people
had the right to dc-
f nu-.    I gave nn soul to French
art.    It  was  my  desire  to  lift  French
thought   in   ;ii t   with   outspread   wings.
Zionist Organization Is Confirmed As
Meeting    Votes    Confidence    in
Leaders —Mizrachi and Poale
Zion Refrain from Vote
propli\ -To il the prodnct of my mind [I was'proud and happy tbat the l-'rencli /iii.t (iftt'ii.vt belonged and 1 have given it fjiicopU' understood ine, liut at my age lo Ihc fiench, * *   l'cannot die con-'^ont; lic-giiis to doubt the real value of ji-.ising I have loved Ihc ivliole world^ jsucccs.s. I had great success, but I also />»/  my 01(11  people I have  not /owd/[possessed great truths.
J.   Resenau  and   Samuel   J.  Goldsmith, | PALESTINE BUDGET FIXED
arc still in Europe completing thc work, p^   OVER  $3,009,000
*    Commission Divides Work
The   commission    went   abroad   las',   (Special to Omo Jr.wisii CiinoMCi.iw
June and  spent  ncarU   twO months  in-|     CARLSBAD.—J.   T.   A.)—The   fea-
vestigating  the conditions under  which ^ty,.;. ^f jhc Thursday session of tbe an-
,\ (!/¦ tci;i / tlic knoiving Ihat I have woiL'ctl all tny life for li great and proud people bul not for the wcalt and rcr.u-culed people to whom J belong. I A ur 1 6 ll    A ff A Tl r v' *   "    *   i -iho 11 Id agaili like to love thc
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1(1   K\.'orh Jor  its welfare as J worlied joi  niy.\clf nnd for French art,"
.\ new S,irali Bernhardt, a Bernhardt
\ho  turns   to  the  Jewish   people  after
evciity   _\cars   of   cstrangeinent   as   a
meilibcr of tbe Catholic faith, with the
"What I did, others could also do for (the French people, . But there is a peo¬ ple for which I alone could have done lomcthing and I bave failed to do it, J refer to the Jewish people, which is :ny people. To, it the product of my mind has always belonged and I have ,?iven it to thc French. Thus 1 must 'feview my position. I cannot die con- -.fcssing I have loved the whole world jbnt my own people I have not loved 1 'Nor can I die knowing that I have a
DR.
NANSEN APPEALS
FOR CONTINUED AID
GENEYA—Dr. Fridjhof Nan¬ sen, chairman of the League of Nations Relief'Commission, has issued an appeal urging that all persons whi^ are today aiding their relatives in' Russia by sending food packages continue to do so even if the situation in Russia be somewhat improved by the next crop. Russia will hot have sufficient food, in spite ;of ithe new crop, until the next year, says Dr. Nansen^ The sit¬ uation will be especially serious in the towns. Dr. Nansen's representatives in Russia report that the transportation system is considerably improved, pack¬ ages arriving in good time, and thousands of receipts reaching Geneva daily, with expressions of gratitude.
It is hoped that this appeal will  meet  with   great  response.
HUNDREDS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE TO LEVY MAYER
Rev.   Rufus  White,   in   Sermon, Emphasizes Modesty and Kind¬ liness of Jewish Jurist
NOTED MEN OF CHICAGO EULOGIZE THEIR "CHIEF"
the Jews are atteniptiiig to again Iinc, normal lives. England, Germany, Aus-, tria. Poland-and practically all the other I countries in which the Joint Distribu¬ tion Committee has been acti\e. were visited. Dr. Rosenau aii* Mr. Wolf are now iu Russia, investigatiu-; tbc condi¬ tions affecting more than rj.OOO.dOO Jewish people,
III order to cover more ground,, the party was split up and while Mr. Bress¬ ler; Mr., Wolf and,Dr._,Reseiia'u visited  Brest-UtovsK aiid Rovno and towns be¬ tween, Dr. Frankel and Mr. Goldsmith visited Vilna. Later, all met in confer¬ ence in Warsaw. From there. Dr. Rese¬ nau and Mr. Wolf went to Lithuania and Latvia, leaving^ from Riga for Rus¬ sia. They e.xpect to lca\c Russ-ia shortly for Xew 'Vork by way of Con- stantinoiile. Mr.' Bressler 'and Mr. Goldsmith went down into Chernawitz in the Bukowina, then to Kishinev, Jassy, Bucharest and other Roumanian towns, thence to Constantinople, and back ,to 'Vienna, headquarters of the Joint Distribution Committee which is distributing the .American relief.
Brown .to Go to Russia
Dr. Frankel traveled to Rovno, visit¬ ing in turn Dubno, Radziwillow, Brody, Lemberg, Cracow- and other Galician towns. With^Ir. Brown he went to Budapest. Mr. Brown went ou to War¬ saw and visited points in Poland, and before his return to this country he will . investigate conditions in Czecbo- Slovakia and Russia. •
"There are vitally important problems facing the- Jews  in  Europe,"  said Dr. (Continued on page 7)
luial Zionist Conference was Dr. Weiz- mami's defense of the resolutions re- latin; lo the Jewish Agency, the Zionist leader outlined a policy, which he roughly dis ided into live steps to be taken by the Zionist organization, en¬ dorsing: tht five resolutions proposed on behalf of the .'\dminislration.
The lirst provided for the hearty en¬ dorsement of the fourth^ paragraph of the .'Palcstjii^ Mandate recognizing ' thc .J2ionist <.- QrojauizatiorttUirf^'* {hft^rt JeHwis'h'^ Ageiici', but requiring it lo co-operate with other element.s williu'j; to assist in the Palestine task. ,The second resolu¬ tion provides for the assumption by the Zionist Organization of the rights and functions of thc Jewish Agency.
Instructions to tbe Zionist Executive to convoke tbe regular Zionist Congress in tbe early part of the suimlicr of l!)2:l are included in the third resolution, while (he fourth expresses the wish of the Zionist Organization that the Jewish Agency be representative of all Jewry. The fifth resolution directs the Execu¬ tive to make all necessary preparations for the convening a Jewish World Con¬ gress to "undertake the leconstruction of Palestine."
Dr. Weizmann Explains
Dr. Weizmann explained tbat the first resolution is intended as a recognition of 'the position of ,the Zionist Org'aniza- tion and its special relation to Great Britain as the mandatory. In explana¬ tion of the resolution regarding the Zionist Congress, Dr. Weizmann said tbat il Congress was necessary in order to consolidate the Zionist Organization a strong organization being in a better position to attract other Jewish elements
1 ope that her last strength may be de-f^orked all my life for a great and voted to the upbuilding of the Jewishe|roud people but not for the we.ik and Homeland in Palestine, is thus picturcd/|j,ersecutcd people to whom I belong. I ill an inters lew which the greatestyiave acted and written much, but I actress thc world has ever known gav^ ,havc also read. Two things interested some days ago to Miss Elise Roow of mc, the drama and politics, but the pol- the }^ew York Herald. . ';itics of my own people were up to last
Born in 1811 of Dutch Jewish par-', i-year quite unknown to me, Tlien sud- ents, thc child, Rosiiie Bernard, was afe yenly I came across a Jewish pamphlet, an earl> age, received into the Roman- from which I learned that Jews all over Catholic Church at thc request of heVj '^he world were moving to create a Jew- father, For more than half a centurj; ish Home in Palestine. This grand her art has been linked with the, maS^ movement overwhelmed me. I know tcrpicccs of Hugo, Dumas', Sardou atttf not how long I have got to live, but I' Rostand. Through her long, brilliahi 'have still time to waken an old loye to career she has occupied the ver^ highest neyy^^fjife. I shoulij; again like to',,love positioi) ,as tragedienne and juterpretetphs'^^ivwh peofil«M»S!^J'."dicl?s^^KchiUV 'of^'Fmich, d"t^^5aT^-air''-*?*Matiit.-'--*.Svr'.., ''.tlw-f.^/itYf tlrSfeS^I-'V^.^ii
David A. Brown to Lead English Relief Campaign
British    Jews    Importune    Mr.
Brown to Conduct Drive for
Jewish War-Sufferers.
ROSENFELT ASSURES HIM COMPLETE COOPERATION
• NEW YORK, —David A, Brown of Detroit, who^Ied the campaign last Fall and Winter in this country which raised approximately $17,000,000 for thc war- sufTcring Jews of Europe, has been pre¬ vailed   upon   to   volunteer   his   services
JEWISH COMMUNISTS
URGE SUNDAY SABBATH
RIGA—(J. C. B.)—For the good' of the "economic developnient" of Russia, Jewish workers are urged in resolution adopted at a conference of the Jewish commissaries at Witebsk to observe Sunday as their day of rest. Orthodox Jewish workmen, and many who are not afhliated with the synagogue have expressed, indignation over this action.
POLISH "BUND" SPURNS
BOURGJEOISE PARTIES
WARSAW—(J. T. A,)—The "Bund" of Poland has declined the invitation of leaders of some of the Jewish piarties endeavoring to' form a.bloc in advance of the approaching Sejm'.elections, the Bund leaders declaring that they are prepared, to coalesce with Jewish and other Socialists but will have nothing to do with the "Bourgeoise."
TORONTO HAS OWN
YIDDISH THEATER
TORONTO—(J. C. B.)—The Stand¬ ard Theater, the new Yiddish playhouse, was opened Wednesday evening in the presence of the mayor and many other notables. This is the first theater .in Canada to be devoted to the Yiddish drama and built especially for the Jew¬ ish theater, It wjis ereicted at a cost of 1300.000.
and in .art bhe has also held a promi¬ nent place.
The New York Herald interview quotes  Mme.  Bernhardt as  follows:
"On the threshold of my eightieth >ear I am impelled to review my feel¬ ings. 1 now believe that I have given the French people more than I was en-
for myself and for French art. I go to America and shall, devote the results of my tournec to the Jewish Home. I hear that tbe Jewish Theater has re¬ cently made much progress. Another Sarah Bernhardt will thus arise who will accomplish all that I have failed to do."
The Jewish Edison
Louis Steinberger, "Modest Inventor," Has Revolutionized Electrical Engineering and Radio Telegraphy
field have entitled him to be called the for the Palestine work.   Dr. Weizmann "Jewish Edison," whose discoveries haVe
When O. Henry worked .out a cable I pecially when ,it is carried in wires un code on tbe association of familiar der high pressure. This was one words, he neglected to include one com¬ bination of nouii and adjective which one finds inevitable — the term "mod- Qst investor." Modesty, is one gift that, with few exceptions, all great inventors share. Of none is this more true than of Louis Steinberger, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,   whose  inventions   in  the  electrical
concluded his statement with an appeal for unity, saying "there has been enough civil war within our ranks, frequently quite bitter, warfare in which I, too, had a hand. But all this belongs to the past. Let us relegate it to the past. We (Continued on page 6.)
JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ANNOUNCES  ' APPOINTMENTS
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—(J. C. B.)— The. Jewish Theological Seminary of America announces that the members of the graduating class'of 1922 have' been . appointed to the following posi¬ tions: Rabbi Max'D. Davidson, Con¬ gregation Beth' El of Asbury Park, N. J.; Rabbi Gershon Hadas, First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill, N. Y.; Rabbi Herman Halperin, Tree of Life Con¬ gregation pf Pittsburgh, Pa, i Rabbi Al¬ ter F. Landesman, Hebrevy. Educational Society of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rabbi Joseph Miller,. Congregation Shaari Torah of Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rabbi Louis Schwefel, Congregation Emanuel of Bayonne, N. J.; and Rabbi Morris Silverman, Temple Israel of Washington Heights, New York, N. Y.
The Autumn examinations will be held
mediately after the Holy Pays on Tues day, October 17.   The first public as¬ sembly will be held on Sunday evening, October 29,
revolutionized electrical engineering and radio telegraphy, and who is neverthe¬ less little known except among the elec¬ trical engineers whose work his inven¬ tions have made possible and among the government officials who have had oc¬ casion to praise their efficacy.
Fofeign-Born
This Jewish inventor, whose scien¬ tific contributions have immeasurably aided the prowess and progress of America on land and sea, is like so many Jewish-American patriots, for¬ eign-born. He came to this country from Hungary many years aigo, and in laboratory and workshop/has made the contributions: which bring him in the forefront of American patriots. In his youth he had achieved some success as a portrait figure and landscape painter. Yet he turned from his artistic career to devote many years to painstaking, toil¬ some research in the elcctricaK field.
200 Patent* to His Credit
Chief among his electrical discoveries (he has more than two hundred patents to his credit) is Electrose, a material from which were made the first elec¬ trical insulators which could, endure the high voltage required in modern elec¬ trical operation such as radio telegra-
on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 26].phy and long-distance transmission of and 27, and instruction will begin im-
power.    ,
The great difficulty of working with electricity is the problem of getting the electricity where ybu want it. It seeks always to'escape into the'ground, es-
pressure. 'iiiis was of the difficulties which had to be over¬ come before the long-distance wireless telephone- was possible and before Charles P. Steinmetz could transmit currents, under a pressure of a million volts. The electricity always escaped and no one could find chains sufficiently strong to hold it back. Until electrose was invented, the electrical wires were insulated froni the ground and the elec¬ tricity prevented from, escaping by means of insulators made of glass or porcelain. As the voltages required in electrical Work grew higher, these glass and porcelain insulators proved inade¬ quate. The current tore through them and destroyed them. It was necessary that -some inventive genius discover an insulating material which would 'with¬ stand hea'vy pressures and prevent the electricity from escaping.
In U. 1^. Navy
The NC-4, the. first airship to cross the ocean, carried Steinberger's felec- trose. Today Mr. Steinberger's inven¬ tion is universally tised by electricians and electrical engineers. The United States Navy uses it not only on board ships but also in all the wireless army and navy stations established by the government. On every ship of our navy that has a wireless plant about thirty- six different types of Electrose insula¬ tions are used. On the battleships three hundred pieces of this insulation" is used for the wireless equipment alone. Every telephone man and ^very one interested in electricity and the transmission of electric power knows the name and uses of this material.
Offer* Plant to Government
When war was declared, Mr. Stein¬ berger was^ among the first Americans to .offer the use o.jF his large plant to the government for the making of war materials. One single war time inci- (Continued on page 6.)
to conduct a similar campaign in Eng¬ land, it was announced by Henry H. Rosenfclt, Natioii<il Director of the American  Jewish  Relitf  Committee.
Mr. Brown is now in Russia, after having visited Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and Roumania as one of the commissioners recently sent abroad by the American Jewish Relief Committee to review the efforts of the Jews of this country to relieve their war-stricken brethren, and to prepare a program for future relief efforts, with particular reference to reconstruction,
In yielding to the importunities of leading British Jews to put on in Eng¬ land a campaign with methods ..similar to those that have proved successful in America, Mr. Brown, writing from Vienna,  said:
"So far, I have- heard and seen enough to warrant me saying that every pound raised in England and the Col¬ onies can be used in addition to the funds raised in America. At best, we are doing but, very little, for the mil¬ lions of people to help and the many activities that are necessary, yoii can realize that our millions ot dollars can¬ not do much for each individual. One great effort on the part of the Jews of Great Britain at this time would not only be helpful to these people, but the knowledge that the Jews of Great Brit¬ ain were so interested ill the sufferings of their fellow Jews in the lands of misery would raise their spirits and give them hope and make them want to live to go on, which is one of the finest things we can put into their souls, especially when they are so disheartened and hopeless."
National Director Rosenfelt has ca¬ bled Mr. Brown assuring him of the completcst possible co-operation of the American Jewish Relief Committee in the British caiiipaign Which will be launched when he has completed his tour 'of Russia.
CHICAGO — Chicagoans forgot their difTcreiiccs, social or otherwise, and crowded into Sinai temple last Monday lo paj homage to Levy Mayer. From the pipes of the organ lo the foot of the rostrum, thc temple was lilled. with floral tributes to the great mind that had ceased its work. Rich and, poor came to show their respect for their' ' dead   friend.
j    The casket was covered hy a mass of
Ijellow roses and purple sweet peas and
I could  scarcely be  distinguished.    From
his  co-workers  a  floral tribute,  in  the
form of an open law book, bearing the
iiisciiptioii,."Our Chief," was near.   .
Members of the faniily and the asso¬ ciates 6f the attorney occupied the front pews, Thc daughters, Mrs. Clarence H. Low and Afrs. Walter A. Hiiscfi, sat on either side of their mother.
Dr. White Delivers Sermon
The Rev. Rufus White delivered the sermon. He' made mention of thc work and life of Levy Mayer, touching upon his culture, his search for knowledge.
"His conversation was always in¬ spirational, a constant intellectual chal¬ lenge," said Dr. White. "His remark- ' able altainmeiits and business success iie\er led him to assume an intellectual lordship  o\er others.
"I never knew a more genuine friend. By   circumstance   he   belonged   to   the great vested interests of thc„ nation, but in his heart he was always a great sym-   , pathizer  with  everj-' honest laborer.
"His was a flaming Ariiericanism. He loved his country with a deep and abid¬ ing affection. His .Americanism was not that of race or tongue or birth-place, but of the spirit.
"He was a genial, approachable man. I never entered his office without find¬ ing him busy, b\t he, was never too busy
door was always open and every humd'n ' ' ¦ need and interest appealed instantly to him. His anonymous benevolences were many, the greater in that they were car¬ ried out quietly, their secret going with him to thc grave.
Levy Mayer was a big man, how¬ ever measured. He was great in his keen intelligence, a big business man, one of the greatest lawyers."
Tribute was paid by Judge Samuel F. Alschuler, who extolled the profes¬ sional, abilities of Levy Mayer saying - that his work, toil and devotion to duty were the main spring in this great man's life and career. '
The twenty-third psalm, sung by a quartet, opened the services. The Beethoven Funeral Marcli was played as an organ solo, and Mrs. Ethel Bene¬ dict, soprano member of the quartet, sang "Why Art Thou Cast Down?" The musical program was concluded with an organ solo of Handel's "Dead M^rch" from Sanl.
Associates in the firm of Maler, Meyer, Austrian & Piatt were active pallbearers. The list of honorary pall¬ bearers included members of the Chi¬ cago Bar Association, of the Illinois State Bar Association'and many other noted men of Ch.icago. Burial was- at Rosehill.
POINCARE LAUDS
JEWISH WAR MARTYR
PARIS—(J, T. A.)—Praise for the heroism of a Jewish Frenchman whom a court-martial had ordered shot for trea¬ son, was lavished by Premier Poincare at thc unveiling at Gucbwiller of the monument in memory of David Block , of the French Flying Corps.
In 1916, 'while flying an aeroplane. Block, was forced to descend in the German lines at Guebwiller. He him¬ self destroyed the aeroplane and was taken, prisoner. Being an Alsatian, he was charged with treason and con¬ demned to be shot. An Alsatian law¬ yer, a Jew named Nordmann, was re¬ duced to the rank of a private for de¬ fending Block before the court-martial.
TWENTY JEWS IN
DWINSK MUNICIPALITY
"The Federation of Jewish Charities of Toronto, Canada, is at prelent raising !HPO,000 with which to carry on for the current yisar. '¦,
RIGA—(Jewish Telegraph Agency.) —The recent election at Dwinsk re¬ sulted in the return of 20 Jewish mem¬ bers to the Municipal Council, out of a total of 58. The Jewish members are distributed according to the following party affiliations: The Bloc, including the Zionists and orthodox elements, elected 7; the Socialists, 4; the Bund, 4; the Merchants, 3; the Householders, 1; the Ziere Zion, 1.