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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPERigoR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume V-—No. 3
OFFERS BILL FOR REGISTRATION OF THE NON-CITIZENS
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is   Estimated   Would   Affect Seven Million People by the Measure
IMMIGRATION FRIENDS
DOUBT ITS PASSAGE
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MENORAH PANCE THIS
SATURDAY EVENING
WASHINGTON, (J. T. A,.). —A plan for the establishment of compulsory registration of all unnalitr,ilizcd aliens is proposed in a bill introduced'here by Representative Vaile of Colorado today. Seven million aliens, it is estimated, vvould be affected by tbe measure.
By llic provisions of tlie measure, all aliens now in America and all future ioimigrants must register and pay an¬ nually a registration fee of ten dollars. Aliens who can write and read English and acquire "a reasonably accurate knowledge of American history and government" will be entitled to a re¬ duced rlite of five dollars instead of the ten dollars fee.
Alien Penalty
Alieni' resident in the United States on adoption of the bill will be subject to a twenty-five dollars penalty for failure to register, and immigrants arriving here would bo required on entrance to pay such a fee. "Wheii a family of im¬ migrants arrive, only the head of the family will be obliged to pay the regis¬ tration fee.
The funds derived from the registra¬ tion are to be used for a vast scheme of Americanization work among immi grants, calling into service books, scenarios and private classes for the work.
In view of the adjournment of Con¬ gress, Vaile admits that his measure stands no chance of passage at this ses¬ sion, but immediately upon reconvening nine months hence, the Colorado Con¬ gressman announces he will press for its consideration.
. Of the seven million aliens in the country, Vaile estimates only five per cent have sought naturalization. The Presid<)nt, he states, in his recent mes- ¦ safec to Congress, has called for such legislation as this, and the sentiment o£ the country likewise supports it.  ;
Energetic -Camiiaign.
.,,!„ Jhe iiitcrinu'Jie .aaKg. b,et«ceftijlie-ad- journmcnt of Cqngress and the next ses¬ sion vvill aflford the opportunity to the public to consider the legislation. At the beginning of the next session he promises an energetic campaign in its behalf.
Vaile ranks second to Chairman John¬ son on the House' Immigr.-iliion com¬ mittee. It was his immigration bill in¬ troduced a few weeks ago which w'as accepted by the House Immigration commiltee as basis for the bill which was subsequently reported to the House as the majority bill. 'Without the strong pressure exerted in its behalf by Vaile, it is doubtful if a new immigra¬ tion bill would have been reported af this session.
Friends of immigration therefore en¬ tertain little doubt that Vaile will put up a'st'rong fight for his compulsory regis¬ tration project. '
'While admittedly a restrictionist, Vaile professes to be "humaine." He point's as proof to his "humane" influence on immigration laws the "relative exemp¬ tion" clause for which he is responsible, although the reduction from the three to two per cent quota on the 1890 census also originated with him.
A number of other compulsory regis¬ tration measures have been introduced in the House, biit Vaile's'bill is the most comprehensive of all and is likely to be given the most consideration by reason of his standing on the Immigration committee.
With Hennicka' as the place and Gregrg-s', the orchestra, there in all the' assurance that everyone attending the dance to be given this Saturday evO' ning, March IOth, under the auspices of the Menorah So¬ ciety, will spend a delightful evening.
There will, nt> doubt, be a rep¬ resentative gathering of tho young folks of Columbus as well as those from out-of-town who are attending Ohio State University. '
Many ^ntertainittg and novel features are in store for those who attend/
COLLJMJ'.U.S. Oltflfe MARCH <,~
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V'HtGH IN QUALITY-NOTIN PRICE'Z
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SOUTH HIGH NEAR MAIN &E,
PLAN TO RAISE $1,000,000 FUND FOR NAT'L FARM SCHOO'
Felix M. Warburg and Mortimci*;
L. Schiff Head List of 4
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EWISH OFFICER BPECTS NEW RULE IN PALESTINE SOON
CONTRIBUTE $50,000 ^   ^,
TO FARMING SCHOOLi
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?|^aplain Aaronsohn Says Zionist t|) Conunission 'Will Give Way 1%=^     to Resident Govemnfient
lANY OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURAL LINES
Temple Brotherhood Organized at Meeting Held Tuesday Night
Appeal of Rabbi Tarshish Results
in Its Immediate Organization
ait Temple
ROBERT LEVY ELECTED PRES. OF BROTHERHOOD
Simultaneously in .'MO cities thro«gh-||^|5[iccial to Omo Jr-wtsii Ciiro.vicle.) out the country a campaign for the rais- Wtfe^ ain Alexander Aaronsohn, D. S ing of one million <lollars for a Building a J^N yoinifr Jewisli ofliccr who served and Endovvment Fund for The National.augfic Uritisli ,'\rniy in Palestine under Farm School of Philadelphia begin-q to-rsi "cral Allcnby ;ind who was decorated day and ends March 27th. This fund, U his wdrk in the Intelligence Service, whicii will commemorate the Schoor!J^\j, in New York for a few weeks be- twenty-fifth annivcrs!iry,'will serve a.s a.^dpe returning to his country, testimonial to Dr. Joseph Kr.-iuskopfj,^;. founder aiid president of the institutioil ^^^,1
lie was born in Palestine under the irkish  flag,  and  was  enrolled  in  its
^iy when the war started. Speaking of Palestine, Captain Aaron-
§j(t said the Zionist Commission would
CHRISTIANS TO HELP
FIGHT ANTI-SEMITISM
NEW YORK, (J. C. B.). —A num¬ ber of leading Qiristian clergymen are uniting with prominent Jews in an at¬ tempt to curb the growth of i\nti-Semi- tism in this country. According to Rabbi Samuel Schulman, sever<)l meet- ings_ hav^e been held and various plans discussed. Among those who have taken part in the meetings wcre Bishop Luther H. 'Wilson, Bishop Coadjutor S. Lloyd, Rev. A. H, Anthony, and Dr. B. F. Uphain.
CAPETOWN ADMITTING JEWS ARE HARDEST HIT
CAPETOWN (J. T. A.).—The Min¬ ister of the Interior in an address before the South Africa..- Parliament here re¬ pudiated the charge that Jewish immi¬ grants are being discriminated against by the Government. He admitted that Jews had been affected mainly by the im migration restrictions, but contended that the regulations were being enforced without any anti-Semitic bias.
That mysterious letter .sent out to the members of Temple Israel last week resulted, in our opinion, in creating a new -organization in Cohimbus which in all probabilities will be a vital factor in, producing "the true ideal Layman." This organization is to be known as the Temple Brotherhood and will later af¬ filiate itself with the National Federa¬ tion of Temple Brotherhoods which was formed at the recent assembly of ¦ the Union of American Hebrew Congrega¬ tions , and National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods held in New York City.
In spite of bad weather conditions, a most enthusiastic assemblage of earnest men were present at this meeting last Tuesday evening in the ves'try rooms of the Temple, Rabbi Tarshish opened the meeting by reading the "better half" of the letter whicli, of course, revealed to' the membsiVs the rcnl purpose Qf the^ gathering. , Every reference nfi^de by the Rabbt to' the oeed of more activi^ty in creatiiifj, a^^njita- ancl better JevVifei soIFtfarlty of service found welcome re sponse in the breast of everyone present.
"Men's temple clubs or brotherhoods create a leadersliip among the laymen which else must be utterly lost to the synagogue. For it is a noteworthy fact that those Who begin by taking places of leadership in the men's club ulti¬ mately assume places of responsibility and leadership in the congregation itself. These organizations do establish among fliS^nen of the congregation an esprit de corps. They stress among fhem in¬ terests and enthusiasms that they have in common. Tliey make for friendships amori^ thos? vvho are lonely. They make for fellowship among those who, meet¬ ing as othenvise they would not meet, find that they have many interests in common," declared Rabbi Tarshish.
While bringing men back to the teirtple and making them better Jews is the first fttnctidh pf the Brotherhoods, according to Rabbi Tarshish, their field for service is unlimited. He described many activities that men's clubs are not carrying on^ ushering at temple serv¬ ices, arranging lectures and social meet¬ ings, "father and son" dinners, special brotherhood services and local charities, taking part in the administration of the temple and carrying on the work of the temple center, wherever such institutions have been established.
"It is religion that is our need and our desire," he said, "Many will'say and rightly, that we can have reHgion with¬ out going to T«;mple, but most of us need the outer manifestation of the in¬ ner feelings, and without temple few of us are capable of keeping alive and giv¬ ing tb our children the fires of our re¬ ligion."
Oliicera Elected
The organization procedure resulted in the unanimous election of the fol¬ lowing: Robert Levy, President; Leo Katz, Vice-President; Arthur Loeb, iSecretary, and Sam Hyneman, Treas¬ urer. The executive committee is com¬ posed of Leo Yassenoff, Julius Stein- liauser, Myer Kyser, Dr. S. D. Edelman, Sam Weinfeld, Jacob Meyers, Dr. Jacob Tarshish, Rohert Levy, Samuel Summer, Arthur Loeb and Sam Hyiicmap. < Oyer sixty nieinbers were enrolled in the Brotherhood organization of Temple Israel at this meeting. A goal of 200 strong has been set, and from all indications this quota will be reached within thirty days, according to the plans outlined by the executive com¬ mittee. Meetings of the Brotherhood, to be held monthly, will nuniber abpnt eight during the year — October to May. Plans are now under way for the first meeting,oif the organization, the details of which will be announced in the forth¬ coming issues of the CuKoiyictE.
for a quarter of a century.   In the small,
cities the campaign will take the f orrn ,;„|
of   personal ^solicitation  among  proinil_    ^^_ ^ _ _ ^^^^
nent members of the community and i^t l"se "'t7bc" a potential factor there very
the larger cities speakers, banquets ane„t,^^„_  „„^,  ^,,.^^  j,,^  ^^^^^^^^^.  ^^^^jj  ^^^
dinners   are  being   planned.      Speaker.- j, ^iVenicd   in  the   future by  the  Palcs-
of  national   prommencc   will   tour   thC|.^, '^j.^,,^ without respect to race or rcli-
country in behalf of t'he School. j^^'^ j^;-^
Give $50,000 to Fund '.'Qi /"At   present,"   he   said,   "there   are
The largest contribution to the SchooJjfoout 400 of the former Koyal Irish thus far has been made jointly by Mrjiii|)nslabulary in Palestine and order is Felix M. Warburg and. Mr. Mortimc'to\v|irly maintained. The chief cities like L. Schiff of New York City, who gavlKxpi'iiiialoni, Jaffa^ and Haifa, have their $50,000 to the Fund. In a letter to M8'#vv'n local police. There is a lot of talk Joseph H. Hagedorn, member of Ullffl" ^'^^ European newspapers about the National Campaign Committee. MJfeicflouins and what terrible people they Warburg explains Mr. Schiff's and hi gare- Tn reality the men are like big reason for making this contribution "M®«;hildren and regard anything in the the National Farm School. Mr. Wrirjpbnpe of work as slavery burg sees in the institution the salVjsj' tion of thousands of Jewish young mei|l who will be attracted away, from tfi*
large cities and placed on farms.    B3;! Icttd^. follows:
"Dear Mr. HAGEnoR>f: •' ; . „>|f "in making the *joint (fift '(>!. ' $-50,000, towards the fund which'W'b-,! feel confident you will raise for, t{sW,8'| National Farm School, it wjaS !^/j;.i| Mortimer Schiff's and my desiW,tp^*5,>i only to show our, appreciation:'!,*>&¦ what the School hag'rdoneMlft^fll your esteemed Dr. Kjrauskopfy'^i^, evCn - more, to ' furtho.r - the \V<^^- which''','ii;;,is, oitr,' hope,,Ythaf!',i;^%^'; jler the,'enthusiastic guidance ,oF^^;
Mtist Bandits Ex-Turks
"Tjierp' are some bandits in Pales¬ tine and thcy are mostly ex-soldiers from the Turkish army, who roam the lonely mountain roads and prey upon wayfarers. The chief trouble with the British authorities in Jerusalem, from Sir Herbert Samuel, tlie High Cominis sioner, down, is that they have not eiiDiigh nerve to punish the Arabs vvhen they are- caught committing crimes.'" The Arabs are greatly in the majority in Palestine, constituting more than three-fourths of the'' population, find the authorities seem timid about .of¬ fending them. Jews or Gentllqs who commit offenses are punished sevrercly. ¦^ "Thcrf is no scope in the country for
Spring Furniture
frof." Nathan Isaacs of the University of Pittsburgh Law School will address the Me¬ norah Society at the rcgrular meciting to be held this Sun¬ day, March llth, at the Ohio Union Building, at 2:45 p. ni. The subject, "Lavf and Re¬ ligion," will, no doubt, prove of great interest to  all.
An unusual musical entertain¬ ment has been arranged for, to follow the aAAreaa by Prof. Isaacs.
Come and bring your friends.
Dr. Lee K. Frankel To Be Guest of Local Jewish Relief Coiq.
Will Address Local Workers at
a Luncheon in His Honor
March 23rd
ONE OF AMERICA'S LEAD¬ ING SOCIAL ENGINEERS
large upon
"Your School stands now- alone in its efforts to educate and train Jewish young men in scientific farm work. The salvation of many thou¬ sands of Jewish young men lies in attracting them more and more. away from the large cities, wliere they may suffer from ill health or ' poor environments, to the healthful country surroundings, where they may live a full and rich life, help¬ ing to develop the tremendous acreage of,these wonderful United States, virhich still offers an op¬ portunity for great success if proper scientific care is given to its devei- opment.
Sincerely yours,
Fkxix M. WAijnuRG."
The National Farm School is locate at  Doylestown,  Pa.     It  possesses  50| {Continued on page 4.)
'go >n. law-abiilTiig 'JeV a'srii.iihural vvork and live iii peace Juflri has developed very much- during tlic l.\>t tvvo years and is still growing.
"Haifa vvill be the chief port, be¬ cause its harbor is better and the rail- vvtay coimiiunication vvith Damascus and the interior of Syria, one of the most fertile coitiitries in the world, is capable ojf handling freight fiuicker and cheaper tl laii the Frciicli line to Beirut, which has t) cross the Lebaiioti range at an alti- t^Jide of ."i.OOO feet, wliere the trains are frequently delayed by heavy snow in the winter monllis.
"The luiinber of tourists has increased because of the first-class railway service between Jerusaleni and Cairo and Port Said. Tourists can dine and sleep on the trains comfortably while crossing the Sinai Desert.
"The   dGvclopincnt   of   Palestine,   ni- cluding the  railways, is chiefly  due to {Continued on page 4)
In a Series of Discourses on Anti- Semitism Before Free Synagogue
ATTRIBUTE EVIL IN ONE
TO THE GUILT OF ALL
I-Iow the millions contributed by American Jcvvs have relieved suffering ancl destitution among tens of thou¬ sands of war victims in eastern and southeastern Europe will be told by Dr. Lee K. Frankel, of Nevv York, in ad¬ dress to be delivered in Columbus on March 23rd.
Dr. Frankel is coming to Columbus to attend a convention of life insurance officials. He spent most of last summer in Europe as head of the commission sent by the American Jewish War Re¬ lief comtnittee. There he studied con¬ ditions in the war stricken countries and ascertained what progress had been made and what still remained to be done in order to aid the millions of sufferers to rehabilitate themselves.
In the course of his investigations he visited Poland, Austria, Hungary, Lithu¬ ania and Latvia, and came into intimate .contact vvith thousands of refugees, widows and orphans. His vivfd de- scflptioiiis of the conditions he encoun¬ tered bave attracted nation-wide atten¬ tion. '
¦f)Jl-,„Jlue!&i. xif.iiicabConwaittee,,*.;;^;^.. Learning that Dr. Frankel vvas com¬ ing to Columbus, Mr. Edward J. Good¬ man, chairman of the local Jewish War Relief committee arranged for this ad¬ dress. Almost $200,000 have been con¬ tributed by Columbus Jews toward the national fund in the last few years. Last year more than $17,000,000 vvcre raised in a national campaign through¬ out the U. S. A.
No solicitation for funds will take place at the time of the luncheon-lecture of Dr. Frankel, the local committee an¬ nouncing that no money-raising efforts are contemplated.
Dr. Frankel, vice-president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Coinpany, is rated as one of America's leading ".social engineers." He was called in l)y former Postmaster General 'Will H. Hays to "humanize" the post office or¬ ganization, vvhich meant the inaking of the post office into an institution of more personal service to the public. He is a fdrmer president of the .\merican Public Health Association and a direc¬ tor of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of T.uberculosis.
The local committee in charge of the arrangements consists of Edvvard J. Goodman, E. J. Sehanfarber, Simon Lazariis, Joseph Basch and S. M, Levy.
NEW YORK, (J. C B,)—The Jew who renounces "that which he deems of¬ fending ill the sight of the world," is partly responsible for anti-Semitism, Dr. Stephen S. Wise declared in the third of a series of discourses on antit-Scmi- tism, before the Free Synagogue. "Let the Jew be loyal to his own best .ind let the Christian, if he cannot be Christian towards Jcvvs, at least lie fair and decent enough not to attribute all the evil in one lo the guilt of all," Dr, Wise urged. ¦ "The world vvithout forgets that, whatever has been the original zeal and passion of men called or believing them¬ selves called to great things, it cannot go on forever under the spell of its earliest zeal. In the next place, the world always forgets how little it has done ta make possible the continuation of the God-consciousness of the Jew and hovv much it has done fo the Jew through all the ages to make him- for¬ get all that he might be in order that he may continue to exist at all.
"After all, the contradictions or dis- crepandes betvveen the profession of the older Jew and the practice of the newer Jew are no 'iriore glaring than the dis¬ crepancy betvveen him vvho founded Christianity or is believed to have founded, and them vvho believe them¬ selves to be entitled to seek ^ruge un¬ der the shadow of his name.
Jew Is Imitative
"For one thing, the Jew is imitative. His imitativeness is a part of the moral burden imposed upon him. Since he vvas penalized for being vvhat he was, it became the law of his being to' seem other than Ke vvas. The moment the Jew abandoned the integrity of his be¬ ing, the essence of his own personality, he not only lo'st that moral anchorage which lies in self-insistence but he be¬ came addicted to the low art of imita¬ tiveness—; attempting to seem other'than one '\f, vvith all its myriad hurts to him who practices.it.
he was, lo  seem like another'^or" others."    Who' can expect the imifiWjr—
Eighteen yeare ago they first met as students at the National Farm School where they were given nifroe agricultural training in addition to their board and clothing, which .ihey needed in thuir youth, without any cost to them.
Several weeks ago they met 'jigain for the first time since Iheir grad¬ uation, a* two pirominent agricuU(iriats.
Left t<; rijtht: Dr. Bernhctrd M'atrolenk, Director of the National Farm School, and one of America's l«i§Jing agricultural economists; Dr. Jacob J. Traubenhaus, Chief of Plant P| hology of the United States Bureau of Agriculture at College Point, Tf^as.
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URGE CONTINUANCE OF
SHIPMENTS TO RUSSIA
NEW YORK (J. C. B.).—A warning has been issued by the "Idgeseom" ("All Russian Jewish ,Public Committee") against the discontinuance of shipments of food and clothing by individuals here to friends in Russia. Russian condi¬ tions, they declare, have not improved sufficiently to justify such a discontin¬ uance, and the Committee will continue, as hitherto, to transmit parcels to all parts of Russia, including the Ukraine and White Russia.
NOT A SINGLE ARAB
VOTED, IS CLAIM
LONDON (J. T. A.).—The Arab boy¬ cott of the Palestine elections for the Legislative Council was a complete suc¬ cess, according, to the Arab delegatiqn here. The boycott was so universal, ac¬ cording lo the Arab representatives, that the authorities were forced to extend the period of nominations for the secondary elections until March 12.
"Not a single Arab voted," Arabs here contend, despite previous reports that the voting was heavy in the' Beersheba, Gaza and other southern Palestine dis¬ tricts.
nicely and finclj- to draw the distinction ' between shades and colorings and nuances. .And the imitator 'lays it on thick,' -with tl^c result that iniitntivencss becomes exagijeiMtion and exaggeration is alvvay.i glaring and con.spicuous and leads lo vulgarity.
Self-Forgetting Jew
"The vulgar Jew is the scif-forgetting Jew; lie is tlie Jew who at any price wishes to seem other than he is and who shrieks through (he trumpetttone of pos- s'essioiis that he has foresworn his un¬ loved self and is trying desperately to • be like them that do not approve or him. The fault of the JcvV herein is that he does not understand that the world without does not disapprove of what he is invv.-irdly, in his ininost he-/ ing, least of all of the things that once' made him great. And that imperishable substance which is of the very web and woof of his higher being.
"The world vvithout disapproves not of what the Jew is because of his faith and beliefs and idealism, but of vvhat, alas, the Jew becomes despite these things, despite his spiritual professions, despite his moral dogmatism. And the Jew makes the' woeful blunder of imagining that the world is opposed to him because of his' monotheism or, be¬ cause of the Decalogue or because of his loyalty, vvhich even the meanest are big, enough to honor.
"It is not true that the world without' is opposed to the Jew because of these things but rather, though not solely, be¬ cause the world finds, as we have al¬ ready said, that there is no complete or even approximation to accordance be- tweenjewish claim and practice.
"Thus the fault of the Jew lies in his renunciation of that which he deems of¬ fending in the sight of the world, and that renunciation is his deepest offend¬ ing.      This   renunciation   of   the   Pest makes him offensive and explicably so — contemptible and justly so in the sight of the world, which, whatever its atti¬ tude toward the Jew, rightly misprizes and condemns the Jew who is disloyal to the best and highest which he knows. If   Christians  cannot be 'Christian  to-, wards Jews, at least let them not at¬ tribute all that is evil in one to the guilt of all."
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PALESTINE IN
BRITISH EXPOSITION
JERUSALEM (J. T. A.)-Palestine will participate ill the proposed British Empire exhibition. The Jerusalem Ad¬ visory Council has approved the motion of the British government to thisi effect.
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