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Historical C6mmii«io of Ohio
A WEEKLY DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF JEWISH PEOPLE OF COLUMBUS AND VICINITY
VOL. 1
COLUMBUS, OHIO ,FRIDAY, DECIBMBER 6, 1918.     TEBETH 3, 5679.
No. 31
PROIMMATION OF GOVERNOR CAPPER
OF KANSAS IN BEHALF OF THE
JEWISH WAR RELIEF
State of Kansas, Governor's OfBce—A Proclation
Now tliat the armistice has been signed and the battle forces in thp great war are talcing the lines designated in the armistice terms, the curtain i^ being raised and the world more and more is learning the true conditions in the countries which have been overrun by Germany and her allies. The extent to which death, starvation and the ruth¬ less destruction of property have stalked abroad in those stricken countries is daily becoming more piiinfuUy apparent
fund their
UNION  OF  AMiB5RlCAN   HE¬ BREW CONGREGATIONS CONGRATULATES WILSON
bute of our means to a which will be devoted to succor.
Knowing the warm apprecia tion of justice which abides in the hearts of our people and the fine generosity with which they respond to every call from their less fortunate felloWs, I, Arthur Capper, Governor of the State of Kansas, therefore, designate the period beginning Decem¬ ber 10 and ending December 14 as Jewish relief days in this state.
I call upon the people of all our
The Union of American Hebrew
Congregations Congratulated
the   President   Before
His Departure
, Abroad.
THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
have suffered at the hands of the. oppressor none have been more sorely tried than the Jews. They have been driven to star¬ vation, have been denied suffi¬ cient  clothing  and  have   been
Among all the millions who cities, towns and rural communi¬ ties to organize their forces and get behind this campaign with true Kansas spirit. No state has been more blessed with abundant crops than ours, and I am sure our people will be glad to give of
ground between the upper and their bountiful store for the re the nether mill-stone by friend lief of the Jews in the war and foe alike. The Jew has con-, ravaged countries, who are with- tributpd in a most substantial out food, without homes and even way to the prosperity and ad-j without opportunity in their vancement of all the nations of present condition. I urge the the earth, and no race has been newspapers of the state to give more patriotic, mpre liberty-lov-] widest possible publicity to the ing. He has fought under the campaign and appeal to the flag of every nation in the name' mayors and municipal officials to bt liberty and justice for man- lend their whole-hearted support kind. In the present war thou-'in making the undertaking a sands of Jews ha,ve given their: success.
'lives in the cause for which wel In testimony whereof, I have fought imd those who remained j hereunto subscribed ray name at home have responded with'and caused to be affixed the fine patriotism and devotipn to' Great Seal of the State.   Done at
every call. Yet today nearly one- half of the race lacks food and shelter without fa;ult of its own. It seems to me most fitting that as Americans ahd Kansans we should hear the call from these stricken people and contri-
Topeka, the capital .this 20th day of November, A. D., 1918. (Signed)      Arthur Capper,
Governor. By the Governor: J.T. Botkin,
Secretary of State.
THIRTY-SIX WaFARE WORKERS TO GO OVER SEAS WITHIN A MONTH
The letter was transmitted to the President by the Hon.' Simon Wolf of Washington, chairman of the Board of Delegates on Civil flights of the Union.
December 2, 1918. To the President:
The Union of American He¬ brew Congregations congratu¬ lates you on the prospective, world peace, to which you have so glorously contributed. ' We have been deeply im^ pressed by your declaration that at the proper time you would use your influence to secure equal rights for all peoples. We plead especially for our coreligionists. Conscious of your sincere good will,- we bring to your attention the great problem of securing for the Jews of Europe and Asia, especially in Russia, Poland, Galacia, Roumania, Turkey and Palestine, full civil, political and religious equality.
We aire well aware that the Peace Conference will be en- grossed with far-reaching ques¬ tions to insure permanent peaco, but no question is more vital than the grah1;ing of citizenship to the Jews in all the countries where that great boon has been denied them. Progroms, mas¬ sacres, persecutions inust cease; concord, harmony and good vifill prevail.
As American citizens we in¬ voke your great influence to se¬ cure for Jews everywhere the same blessings of liberty^ and quality that we enjoy.
We are, Mr. President, with great respgct<- The Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, J.  Walter Freiberg, President, George Zepin, Secretary. Simon Wolf,  Chairman,  Board
of Delegates on Civil Rights.
Will Do Educational and Recreational Work Over There Daring Time of Demobilization.
Thirty-six Jewish Welfare Board workers, both men and women, will be overseas within a month, according to an an¬ nouncement made today by Col. Harry Cutler, Chairman of the Board. One hundred men and one hundred women will be sent over in a short time to carry out an intensive educational and re¬ creational program during the period of demobilization.
The Jewish Welfare Board workers will conduct religious services for members of their own faith, assist in the program of vocational and general edu¬ cation undertaken by the Gov¬ ernment and by the welfare agencies, and provide wholesome recreation in the leisure hours of the men waiting .to be mustered out of service. They will also participate in reconstruction work in all belligerent countries.
The nien now being trained for service include chiefly rab¬ bis, teachers and public entier- tMners. Women workers are re¬ cruited principally from the ranks of teachers and social workers. By an arrangement with the Y. M. C. A. the over¬ seas workers of the Jewish Wel¬ fare Board will take the course of special training given to| Y. >M. C. A. overseas men at Co¬ lumbia. A short course has been arranged for wonien at Barnaird College.
Plans are now under way for a nation-wide canipaigii to re¬ cruit professional men and wo¬ men for the work of the Jewish Welfare Board in the American jpxpeditionary Forces. T he slogan  for  the' campaign  for
workers will be Jacob H. Schiff's statement, made at the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Board recently: "Demobilization must not-mean Demoralization." Headquarters of the Jewish Welfare Board have already been established at 41 Boulevard Haussman, Paris. John Gold¬ haar of New York iA Admin¬ istrative Secretary, ¦ and eight Jewish chaplains and a number of unofficial lay-workers have been co-operiating with him in carrying out Jewish work in the .American Expeditionary Forces. Several welfare workers are now on their way overseas, and are expected to arrive shortly.
MR. BILLIKOPF PRAISED FOR ACTIVITIES IN JEWISH WELFARE WORK
CAMP LEE ZIONIST SOCIETY
On Wednesday. night, Novem¬ ber 20,1918, some of the soldiers of Camp Lee, who are ^ioniste, gathered together at the Jewish Welfare Building and organized a Zionist Society.
A hundred soldiers withusias- tically greeted the words of Rich¬ ard A. Friedson, the leader of this club, when he explained the purpose of the meeting..
The officers elected were Rich¬ ard A. Friedson, president and treftsurer.' AU those present en¬ rolled with the Federation Of American Zionists and paid their shekel as required by the Federa¬ tion. No activity in Camp Lee has taken such a firm hold on the soldier than Zionisim and Uie Camp Lee Zionist Society Mvill soon reach the distinction of be., ing; the largest^ Je^vish ovgmi^' tion in camp. *
A resolution passed by the Executive Pommittee of the -Jew¬ ish Welfare Board for services rendered gratuitously by Mr. Billikopf, and to Mr. Billikopf's activities in organizing the Jew¬ ish resources of the country for the United War Campaign which was just subcessfully completed.
Mr. Billikopf was a member of the Cabinet that conducted the United Drive, of which Mr. John R. Mott was the National Direc¬ tor. '.        .
The following letter was sent to Mr. Billikopf:
Jewish Welfare Board   , New York City November 23, 1918. Mr. Jacob Billikopf, My dear Mr. BiUikopf:
I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the Evxecu- tive Comniittee of this Board, held on Wednesday, November 20, 1918, the following minute was adopted: *
"RESOLVED, that the Of¬ ficers and Executive Committee of this Board record its ^deep sense of appreciation for the dis¬ tinguished service rendered to the Nation and to the agencies for \yelfare work among its sol¬ diers and sailors by Mr. Jacob Billikopf, in. the memorable United War Work Campaign, which has just been brought to successful completion, and that the Secretary he requested to communicate with Mr. Billikopf its pleasure in makijig acknowl¬ edgement of these services."
<Sigried) CHESTER JACOB TELLER Secretary.
The following "ad" appeared in the Stoughton Daily Courier- Hub, Stoughton, Wisconsin: "TRAPPERS, ATTElilTION!" "Don't continue to sell youi: furs to Jews at fifty cents on a dollar. I will pay $1 to $1.10 for all good "muskrats. I will be home Wednesdays and Satur¬ days to receive furs."
CM. CLARKE 'Phone 304 J Upon protest by the'Anti-De¬ famation League, the publisher promptly replied as follows:
"In answer to yours of the 20th inst. I wish to say the item referred to in our 'paper was handed to one of our compositors and got into the  paper unbe¬ known  to  me, and  I was not aware of the fact until my atten¬ tion was called to the matter. I assure you I did not approve of the same and ordered it killed at once, and inserted in our next issue an apology for its appear¬ ing.    I have published a clean non-partisan paper for 25 years and such an article never appear¬ ed in its columns before and I assure you will not again." "I am yours, very truly, (Signed)      J. M. HIBBARDl Publisher. We   quote   the   apology   to which Mr. Hibbard refers and also the changed "ad" as later published:
"NO OFFENSE MEANT" "We rgret that the wording of C. M. Clark's fur ad in yester¬ day's Courier-Hub was such as to give offense to our Jewish townspeople, who, in our estima¬ tion, are as honest, patriotic and estimable citizens as any. We do not believe that any reflection upon the Jewish race was meant by our advertiser, and^^ertainly we were innocent ,of such con¬ struction. The ad went in with¬ out our giving a thought to its language, and we have today changed the objectionable word¬ ing."
"TRAPPERS, ATTENTION!" • "Don't continue to sefl your furs to buyers at 50 cents on a dollar. I will pay $1 to $1.10 for all good muskrats. I will be home Wednesdays and Satur¬ days to receive furs."
C. M. CLARKE, 'Phone 304J.
POGROM HORROR GROWS
New Massacres Feared at Czernowice—Eleven Hundred Dead in Lemberg and Massacres Reported in Seven Other Galician Towns'. '
Polish Boycott, Against Jews—Sale of Provisions Prohibited and Jews Denied Enlistment in Polish Army.
Julian J. Cohen,'of Los Angeles, Cal., the first Jewish Welfare Board Worker to die in the service of the Organization. .^
WELFARE WORKERS THE MEN OF THE HOUR
By Jacob H. Schiff
Our Jewish boys, it is'general¬ ly acknowledged, ha,ve made er cellent soldiers, both in camp and in actual warfare over 'there. There has been no complaint as to the behavior of the Jewish aoldipr. Everywhere it was said that the Jewish soldier counts amongst the best. '
The fact that the Executive officers of the Welfare Board and their aids understood what to do in camp and cahtonmcnt for the Jewish soldier no doubt brought about a, state of affairs amongst these young men that when they went over they had the moral strength to do their duty in full; They were proud of being Jews, they were proud of being able to say, "Provision has been made for us by our own, people as well as any pro¬ visions that have been mdde by other denominations for their own moral,'' That is, what the Jevy-ish Welfare Board has done, and that is what we must be grateful for, to see men here who have given often twenty^ three hours out of the twenty; four of the day in order to do this tremendoHs work.
Now, this work is not over; |n fact it will become larger hence^ forth, for we must now he, deep¬ ly careful that demobilization does   riot  spell  demoralization
Until now the soldier had the tre.-nendous impetus which drill¬ ing, constant exercise and, in the end,, battle gives. He had no time to leave or to think of doiog things which are not worthy of the soldier. It is dif¬ ferent now to a great extenti We shall have many hundred thou¬ sand soldiers over there. Prob¬ ably for a year "or more; and we must particularly look after our boys that they do not forget themselves. We must furnish them with teachers, with edu¬ cators, with-all kinds of whole¬ some diversion, so that when they come back they come back as good and pure men, young men of whom we can be proud and who without difficulty will again take their place amongst the population, amongst the Jew¬ ish people of this country.
Do not believe that this fund which we are getting now—^for¬ tunately getting without making any special appeal to our own people—which we shall get out of the Wai" Work Drive, do not think that we shall !not need every dollar. With the funds thus placed at the disposal of the officers of the "Jewish Welfare Board, I hope that they will be able to do great work. They will be able to do greater work because they can concentrate it among our young men in the camps who will, in a few months be dispersed,, aind the work con¬ centrated over there.
But what they need—^they have provided the money now— are workers. . More of our younger men, young ministers and teachers, men who have ex¬ perience to deal with the grow¬ ing man must come to the aid of the oflScers of the Welfare board, and express their willingness to go over to France at reasonable compensation, not to get a job, but to do honest, religious work. By religious work I mean relig¬ ion in its largest sense; to go among our young men over there and see that they keep morally strong, that they remain good Jews. Again I use the word in its larger sense.
If we havo. had, as I under¬ stand, too little of anything, we have had too little of the mission spirit. These gentlemen who are the heads of the Welfare Board —I understand the only great difficulties they have had is to find enough men who were wiH- ing to go over to Europe, to go oyer to France and do the work of our people. To the honor of our Christian friendaf, be it said they had no difficulty whatso¬ ever.' They have had thousands and thousands of young volun¬ teers, partly paid volunteers, voliinteers at very small com¬ pensation even a large number of unpaid volunteers, who went over there for this work. We have had too few, and we need them" now more than ever, 1 hope that all will preach this: that our young men offer their service for this wo^k, for that is what is needed more now than ever.
Warnings have been received by the Zionist organization of America of a pogrom that may break out at any moment in Czernowice, an Austrian city which lies close to the Rouman¬ ian border. The Jewish Na¬ tional Council of Vienna reports that a large number of Rouman¬ ians have already crossed the border into Czernowice and have begun agitation which must inevitably lead to a massacre un¬ less immediate steps are taken to prevent this new outrage which it is feared will spread to all of the Roumanian territory recently occupied by German and Austrian troops.
A series of cables received by the Zionist Organization of Am¬ erica gives details and absolute confirmation of the terrible po¬ groms reported in Lemberg and other parts of Galicia. Most of these details come from a prom¬ inent Lemberg journalist, M^x Reiner, whose reliability is vouched for by the Copenhagen Zionist office.
He reports that the pogroms began in Lemberg immediately after the arrival in that city of
Polish Legionaires in November 22d, The Legionaires stormed the . Jewish shops, plundered them and then hawked the goods about for sale. They attacked everyone who opposed them. As proof that these excesses were sanctioned by the military au¬ thorities if not organized by them, Reiner points to the fact that the Polish Commandant is¬ sued a proclamation giving leave to the soldiers to plunder for forty-eight hours. The Jewish militia was disarmed and many members of that body killed by the Legionaires.
After the Polish conquest of Lemberg, the Polish Legionaires marched into the Jewish streets in double file under command of their officers, systematically plundering all the shops, break¬ ing doors open with their rifle- butts and hand grenades.
On November 23d, after all thfe wine-cellars of the city had been looted, the massacres began. At first the Legionaires slew sev¬ eral Jews walking in the streets. Afterward they drove the Jews into their homes and slaughtered (Continued on page 2) .
FmST JEWISH WELFARE WORKER DIES IN SERVICE OF THE ORGANIZATION
The Jewish Welfare Board has announced the death of Mr. Julian J. Cohn of Los Angeles, Calif,, of Spanish influenza, in a base- hospital -near Los- Angeles. Mr. Cohn is the first Jewish Wel¬ fare Worker to die in the service of the organization. He con¬ tracted the disease while bring¬ ing cheer and comfort to other influenza sufferers quarantined at the base hospital.
Mr. - Cohn was 25 years old and had volunteered as a Jewish Welfare Worker only one month ago. He had reftised compensa¬ tion and insisted on doing the work as a pure laborer of love. He resided with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cohn, at 121 Georgia street. Las Angeles, and Was a member of the Independent Or¬ der B'nai B'rith,
Colonel Harry Cutler, chair¬ man of the Jewish Welfare Board, when advised of the un¬ timely end of this worker, sent as a message of condolence to Mr. and Mrs, Cohn the following telegram:
"Please accept our sincere condolence in your present be¬ reavement. We will not attempt to say anything in mitigation of your loss and beg you to be brave and accept the judgment of the Almighty in taking from you at so immature an age your beloved son. With the-firm con¬ viction that He, the AUjust, has done right even though we as' human ^mortals do not under¬ stand or comprehend his right, we cannot help but say that you must find some little relief in the knowledge of the fact that your beloved son died bravely in a most noble cause. He conse¬ crated his life voluntarily to the noble task of helping his fellow human beings and surely sur¬ rendered his life and all in doing work which requires the finest courage and which is the best evidence of a most noble char¬ acter. He .left behind him an enviable heritage a' glorious name and that will we hope af¬ ford you some consolation,''
NATION-WmE CAMPAIGN TO KEEP AMERICA'S SOLDIERS AND SAEORS INSURED WITH U. S. GOVERNMENT
A nation-wide campaign to keep America's soldiers and sailr ors insured with the United States Government after' they have roturried to civil life was inaugurated by Secretary Mc¬ Adoo. ;
"Hold on to Uncle Sam's In¬ surance!" is the slogan that is being sent to every army camp here and overseas, and to every ship and station of the American navy.
To impress upon all fighting men the fact that they can keep up their government insurance even after they have left the military seirvice, a spirited edu¬ cational campaign h|is been started in the' Army and Navy.
Relatives of soldiers and sail ors will be reached by an educa? tional program conducted with the assistance of nvimerous na- tioiml patriotic organizations.
No soldier or sailor will be dis¬ charged from the service until his rights and privileges under the .War Risk Insurance' Act have been, fully explained to him. The fact that he may continue his present government insur-. ance at substantifdly the same low rate for a period of five years, and during that time may convert it into standard after- the war forms of government in¬ surance, will be particularly im¬ pressed upon him.
Approximately four million officers and men of the Army and Navy are now insured with the United States Government for a grand iotal of < almost forty billion dollars.
The average atmount of insur« Knee held per man is approxi¬ mately $^,000 oir within $1,000 of the maximum |»ennitted by law.
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