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LEADERS PREPARE FOR THE ZIONIST
CONVENTION,JUNE25
Twenty-iifth   Annual   Gathering
WiU   Take   Place   at
Philadelphia.
VITAL QUESTIONS TO
6E DISPOSED OF
NEW YORK, May 19,—Preparations for the tv/eiity-fifth annual convention of th6 Zionist Organization of America, ivhich is to be held in Philadelphia, Pa,,- beginning Sunday, June 2,5, have already beguii, ¦ Follo'wing the receipt of an official order issued by the organiza¬ tion; the districts throughout thc coun¬ try are arranging for the election of delegates to the convention. Elections will be held between Sunday, Mtiy 21, and  Sunday,  May  28,  inclusive.
In accordance with a referendum vote of. the districts, tl»e basis of clec tion for the convention is one dcleg<ite for every hundred members in good standing or a major fraction thereof.
Election of Delogates-
The call for the election of dele¬ gate^ concludes with the following par¬ agraph :
"The highly intensified political situa¬ tion which thc Zionist movement had to face ill the course of the past year will make the twenty-fifth convention one of great importance in the history of Zionism in this country. The work of the administration was fraught with many difficulties. Both the politicil work and the efforts to raise money for Palestine have revealed a number of new phases which will-have to be care¬ fully deliberated upon and made the basis of our future policy. The Zionists should make every effort to make ¦ this gathering as representative as possible."
A Question Raised
An announcement from Zionist headquarters, regarding the convention contains the following:
'!The registration of the Palestine Mandate, and the recognition of the Zionist Organization', as the Jewish Agency, to co-operate with the Palestine Govcrnirient on all matters .relating to "Jt'rt-'fsK'lnterestsiraiies oftjuestion 'w^hiilr has "already been alluded to .at the last meeting of the Greater Actions Com¬ mittee held in Berlin last March. Shall the Zionist Organization make an at¬ tempt to organize the Jewish' Agency, providing for the inclusion of Jewish groups interested in the building of Palestine; or shall a World Jevirish 'Con¬ gress be convened for the purpose of establishing an All-Jewish represent.v tion to act as. thc Jewish agency?
Flaws Disclosed
"The development of the Keren H^ayesod has disclosed certain flaws in relation to its status vis-a-vis the Zionist Organization. The Keren Hayesod is the Jewish national treasury —it is the treasury of the Zionist Or¬ ganization' for laying the , foundations of the Jewish national home. The Keren Hayesod is legally a separate corporation, maintaining its ¦ own ad¬ ministrative force, and conducting, to a, large extent, a propaganda for the collection of funds in which the Zionist Organiz.ition is one of a number of factors. Should tlie Keren Hayesod ad¬ ministration and prop3ganda for collec¬ tion be consolidated with the adminis¬ tration and propaganda of the Zionist , Organization or shall it remain as it now is,
"At the present time, the headquarters of the Zionist Organization are located in London, ¦ the Keren Hayesod Head¬ quarters are likewise situated in London. With the registration of the Palestine Mandate and the recognition of the Zionist Organization as the Jewish agency would it not be desirable to transfer the Zionist headquarters com¬ pletely to Palestine, leaving in London only such essential branch offices as are practically required?"
Rabbi Wise Assails Proposed Revival in Southern Coal Field
NEW YORK, May 22.-Char- aetcrizingr the sending of an invitation to Billy Sunday to conduet a series of revival meetings in the coal fields of West Virginia as a "loathsome attempf to. prostitute the ¦church," Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, in a sermon at the Free Synagog yesterday, ; declared that if Sunday accepts; "some; ot us preachers in cliurch and synagog alil<e will move a group of like minded mon to go with us to the West Virginia hills."
"We will point out the truth to tho men," he said, "th^t they are not to accept injustice and starvation and wrong as the will of God, that the will of God is that there shall be 'jus¬ tice in thc world, a'nd that men are always and in every way to strive for it."
Rabbi Wise charged that the {purpose of tho. invitation to Sunday is plainly to have him use his eloquence and personal¬ ity to lead ' thc men back to work.
How Fannie Hurst, Poor Jewish Girl Struggled 1 o Fame
Tifereth Israel Cong. To Hold 21st Annual Picnic, Sunday, Jiine 18
Splendid Program Is Announced,
Including Many Amusements
and Ganies.
Tifereth ][srael Congregation has made definite arrangements to hold its twenty-first annual picnic at Valentine's Country Club, Eajt Broad Street, on Sunday, June 18th, Those who attended the picnic last year will recall what a wonderful time thcy enjoyed and it is planned to niakc this'picnic a bigli^^'ind better one than last year. '^5.j;-fi\
• AmJhg ffi'ilf'vif i«/ilB 'a'riiusemeSSn;''it'i^ cluding> contests such as foot races, tug- of-vvar, baseball, fat man's race, three- legged race and other attractions, the Committee in charge plans to give a free performance of some kind during the afternoon upon the stage. The picnic will be entirely free.
..No Admission Charge
No charge will be made for any ad¬ mission or transportation '^nd it is planned to arrange with the Ohio Motor ,Bus Company for a bus to take those who have no machines direct to the pic¬ nic grounds without cost.
Automobiles will be supplied for all of thc children and anyone else who wishes to go, which will leave the' Tem¬ ple at McAllister and Parsons Avenues at nine o'clock in the morning.
Facilities Provided
Ample facilities will be provided to see that everyone gets home in the eve¬ ning. It is also planned to have a .large orchestra and to provide dancing. A special invitation is, extended to all Jews in tlie community to come out and at¬ tend this picnic and have a general goo'd old-fashioned time.
Further announcements will be made from time to time through the columns of the Chkonicle of the various final arrangements so as to make this one of the .greatest picnics ever given in this city.
liighteeii hundred dollars for a story I That is thc remarkable paid by the Cosmopolitan Magazine to Fannie Ilurst, a JewLsh girl, who triumphed despite poverty and adver¬ sity. The trials and fni.il success of Miss Hurst are described in a biograph¬ ical sketch by Miss Eliabeth Jordan, part of which is reprinted herewith:
Fannie Hurs\_.'^as born in St. Louis, October 1!>, 1889. She is an only child of Jewish parents. Her father is a business man in very modest circum¬ stances.
She went through a public school and then through a high school, gradu¬ ating' friiin the latter at 15. At 10, she gr.iduated from the Washington Uni- ver|Sih' of St, Louis, Throughout the time itnr wrote steadily, and wholly without encouragemenj.
Writes for High School Paper
111 the high school she developed a burning ambition. The pupils published a journal—thc High School News. Fannie's ambition was to have a story in this journal. For four years she spent her free time writing toward this end. In tliat entire period not one of her stories was accepted by the High School News. .
Toward the end of her first year in the university,' she wrote a short story about a shop girl. With characteristic determination she sent it to the High School News.   It was accepted.
Ill the university. Miss Hurst's ex¬ perience was almost as harro\ving. She herself was one of the editors of the university magazine. Student Life. In her editorial capacity, she promptly ac¬ cepted one of her own short 'stories.
After her graduation from the uni¬ versity, .Fannie's father and mother idvised her  to -teach.
"But I don't want to teach," she said. "I want to go to New York th.is autumn and take a course at Columbia Univer¬ sity."
thiU course because it came first
She every
short  chi
price in the nioniiiig and left her days free. .¦i^"' ''evcral months she spent these diy, oil the New Ybrk streets, espe- ciiiJIy nil the streets of the East-Side. SHe walked mile after mile. leA'iied to know every inch of crowded section.
j^Slie w;dkcd the Bowery, She spent li'gifr after hour in the Italian quar¬ ter, till- Russian quarter, thc Yiddish qilaitcr.. She drifted into and out of th^ i)ig .shops and the little shops. She learned to know the people of all these plj»<?,cs, .ind the lives of these people.
*'.'i'ter two or tin ee months of^ these eXUirsioiis, Mi.ss Hurst began to write. Again she bombarded editors with her nipnuscripts. Again every manuscript ca^ne back. •
iJuriiig the entire winter she did iiot sell one manuscript. She did not earn oue cent, .
HERMINE SCHONTHAL
HOUSE NOTES
The last Y. W. H. A. meeting of the season will be held Monday evening, May 29th, at 8 P. M. at the Hermine Schonthal Community House. Miss Fannie Goldstein has arranged an in¬ teresting feature, known as "Futures." Eieh girl is asked to come prepared tq do a little stunt. The Y. W. H. A. Sup¬ per Club will serve refreshments and all are invited to come to bid farewell to the girls for the summer.
The closing exercises of the Hermine Schonthal Sunday School "will be held Sunday afternoon, May 28th, at 2:30 o'clock. The parents of the children are urged to come so as to encourage the children for future work.' Each of ' the classes has a part in tlie program and Mr. Joseph Schonthal will be the , speaker of the afternoon.
TALMUD TORAH BUILDING
COMMITTEE'S   MEETING
At a meeting of the Building Com¬ mittee of the Talmud Torah, held Sun¬ day, all Iteams reported that they had met with unusual success in their solici tation of funds for the Talmud Torah Building.
The building, a picture of which ap peared in last week's issucof the Omo Jewish .Cihionicle, will be improved to meet all requirements of a model He¬ brew school.. It is hoped that within a very short time the full amount neces¬ sary to defray the expense of purchas¬ ing and remodeling the building will be raised.
/ Gets a Job on Stage
tu despair, with thp idea of, eking out her income, she applied to a theatri- caj man for a place on the' stage. .He explained that she needed "lessons," and offered to make her a special rate of seven dollars a lesson. .'¦
Then, by pure, chance (quite uncon- iieeted with the lessons, she Explains), shit'sccured a position with Leo Ditrich- ste'in in "Thp Concert." Her part kept her on the stage fivc.niinutes and gave her two lines to speak, It brought her $20j a week, and she held the position for. three weeks.
Tlfo-iivonths that followed were Fan¬ nie I 'Hurst's despenite "last stand" ag.-'ui'ist failure', and she put up a mag¬ nificent fight. - -
Day after day she sent out her manu- scrlots. Day after day they came back. The cost of postjige became an item that troubled her dreams,   '      '   ;,^
Jl   iThirty Dollars for a. Story
-','y^J tast^ -wheft her- 6\itlqok- v/aa. blacl-^- a
YOUR PROMPT Attention ,     IS n6w requested
BY SIMON LAZARUS
Most of the subscribers to-the recent Columbus Campaign for Jewish War Sufferers pledget] to pay their subscriptions in^ four instalments. The first in¬ stalment was payable and due on May 1st. According to Simon Lazarus, Treasurer of the Columbus Campaign, many local Jews have somehow over¬ looked their obligation. He urges these people to expedite matters, explaining that the need for the cash funds at this time is tremendously great.
''The Campaign which we htt- gun some time ago," declared : Mr. .Lazarus, "is: not over until every local subscriber has re- >nitted his full liledge. Let us not forget such matters. WE CANNOT, WE DARE NOT, GIVE EXCUSES TO STARV¬ ING PEOPLE.
"I cannot impress too: strong' ly the importance of prompt reinittal of every instalment as it comes due. I trust that Co¬ lumbus Jews will vindiciite their fair name. as generous^ pledgers- and prompt' payers. REMEMBER -^ YOUR OWN STARVING BRETHREN LOOK WITH APPEALING EYES AT YOU FROiw ACRbSS THE SEA. WILL NOT YOU HEED THEIR   CRY ?^'        „
70th ANNUAL I. O.B.B. CONVENTION HELD AT INDIANAPOLIS
Delegates   and   Members   from
Eight States Attend Big Event
in Hoosier Town
Arthur F. friedman
ELECTED president
(Special to Ohio Jewi.s'h Chronicle.) .INDIANAPOLIS. IND.-Onc of the most successful and iiiii)ressive con¬ claves which has taken {)lacc among Jews in many a year was that which opened at Itidianapolis last Suiidfiy morn¬ ing when I. 0. B. B. delegates and mem¬ bers from seven states of the Middle West gathered at thc Claypool Hotel for the. '70th annual convention of District Grand Lodge No. 2, I. Q. B. B.
Eight States Represented
The states represented were Ohio,, In¬ diana, Kentucky, iMissouri. K,-i'nsas, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico,' which include.over 12,000 members. Co'- liunbii's was represented at the conven- tioii by the following: Edwin J. Schan¬ farber, Al Harmon, Julius Zeckhauser, Jack .Meyers, Harry Kohn. Jeffrey Lazarus, Fred Lazarus, Alfred J. Ko¬ bacher, ,L. J, Goodman, J. W. Stein¬ hauser,. Robert Blashck and Benjamin Z. Neustadt.
Called  to Order
The convention was called to order Sunday morning at 10:00 a. m. by Ed- win J. Schanfarber, Presidetn of the District Grand Lodge. The invocation was pronounced by Rabbi Morris M. Fetierlieht of, the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation. The address of welcome in behalf of the committee on arrangements of Indianapolis Lodge No. ."iS was de¬ livered by Brother Louis J. Borinstein, a past president of the District, Another Impressive Services to be Held ^'''''¦"^ "^v^^^'*""'"^'"''''^H^ o^ the In- • in Honor of Jewish Mothers ¦ -*anapolis Lodge was delivered by iBro,
Local I. O.BwB, Lodge To Celebrate Mothers' Day Monday, May 29
of America
CsSit," she .Sold  a 'story'to-'one "of  Uic Her daily wbrlc in the university frmrtr; for $3i>-in payment.
only an hour of her time. She was studying without interest, "The Litera¬ ture of the French Renaissance."    She
Then she met a' helpful and inspiring 2di(or.    He gave her constructive critj- (Couttnucd on page 7)
Great National Religious Drive Is Successful
Evangelical Tour of Rabbis and
Laymen Brings Splendid
Results.
THIRTY-TWO. RELIGIOUS
SCHOOLS ORGANIZED
Synagogue   Confiscation   Causes Two Deaths
RIGA, (J. C. B.)—Two persons were killed, and four wounded, in a riot in a Minsk Synagogue following an attempt by Jewish Soviet officials to have en¬ tered the Synagogue during prayers, provoking the worshippers who tried to prevent them from carrying out the confiscation. Two of the worshippers were instantly killed, and four Com¬ munists seriously injured in the-fight.
CINCINN'ATI, O., May 21.—"From Chehalis, Wash., to Milton, Fla., north, east, south arid vVest, the torch of Israel has beeii carried to scattered handfuls of Jews, who. chferished in their hearts a spark'of Judaism which years of .living apai;t;'from their co¬ religionists had allowed to flicker and to almost die out. Into the offides of the Union of Anterican Hebrew Con¬ gregation in the last few weeks have poured letters by hundreds from indi¬ viduals, committees and. r^ibbis, attest¬ ing to the success of the most unique religious campaign ever. undertaken by American jews —an Evangelical tour of rabbis and laymen affiliated with the union," states a recent ; re¬ port of the tJnipn of Ainerican He¬ brew Congregations.
Eighty-seven  Cbminunities
"By Pi\llman as well as freight, by motor as well as sled, rabbis of leading congregations throughout the country journeyed to eighty-seven small com¬ munities, where a number of Jewish families reside, and there held meetings, organized synagogups, religious schools, lay services, sisterhoods, and study cir¬ cles, effecting-in all seventy-four organ¬ izations for Jewish education and wor¬ ship.
This activUy is a part of an evangeli- cil campaign proposed by the Union of American Hebrew Congregation to bring Judaism, to every Jew—everywhere--a campaign which will in time be ex¬ tended to all small communities, farms, rural districts, colleges, and" public in¬ stitutions wherever a Jew  resides.
Personal Visits
"This campaign ¦ is being carried out by rabbis of large cities adjacent to smaller communities, who have tinder- taken to maike personal visits to ;id- dress meetings, confer .with' local resi¬ dents and wherever possible effect br- ,      (Conthiued on pagel)   , ¦
Keren Hayesod Is Endorsed By Both Harding and Coolidge
Schweitzer   Issues   Statement
Analyzing Receipts and
Expenditures,
NEARLY $4,500,000 RAISED IN CASH AND PLEDGES
MEW YORK, May 2-2,—National Headquarters of the Keren Hayesod in America, oO Union Square, New York, u'l'orts the receipt of a letter from I'lesident Harding endorsing the Keren Hayesod and wishing' it the "fullest measure of success." - Simultaneously a letter has been received from Vice-Pres¬ ident Coolidge, likewise expressing the hope that the people of the United St.ites will lend their aid to the plan ol the rebuilding and preservation of the, Jewish Homeland'.
lioth these' endorsements which have amused intense satisfaction among the workers of the Keren Hayesod who are at present conducting large , campaigns ill New York, Philadelphia, and other cities, arrived at a time when' the first complete statement of; the receipts and e.x]ieiiditur'es of the Keren Hayesod, both, in Aiheripa and Palestine, was is¬ sued by Peter J. Sohw.eitzer, Chairman of the National Administrative, Com¬ mittee. .¦.'¦¦
The   President's   Letter
The text of President Harding's let-f ler is as follows!
"f am'very glad to express my ap¬ proval'and hearty sympathy for the ef¬ fort of the Palestine Foundation Fund, ill behalf of the restoration of Palestine :|,s ri Homeland for the Jevvish people. I have always viewed with an interest, wliich I think is quite as much practical as sentimental, the proposal for the re- liai)ilitation of Palestine, and the res¬ toration of a real Jewish iiaTionality, and I hope the effort novy being carried on in this and other countries in this be¬ half may meet the fullest measure of success."
The message from Vice-President Coojidge to the Keren Hayesod work¬ ers read'as follows:
"Through thousands of years the Jew¬ ish .people have preserved a sense of iialioii'ality amid disintegrating influ- (Continuedon page 1)
SPECIAL PROGRAM
;  .     \,   . TO.EE ARRANGED
Saul Munter, •Vice-President and Act¬ ing President of the Lodge. i    ''
A. F. Friedman Responds    ,
Bro. Artlnir'.F. Friedman of Denver, First  ..Vice-President ¦'ttf- the   District,,
"podmen's Home, for .i^j^j.^.'ve and elaborate'pro¬ gram has been api-imged.
The deep and hearHelt devotion which all true Ben Briths f^ towards their mothers will be manifesfiSl^'vn a" beau¬ tiful and significant manner Ifcroughout the program  for this  meeting.
High Regard
The. non-Jewish world, notwithstand¬ ing its frequent and ever-recuring prej¬ udice against our race, has often re¬ marked about the proverbially high re¬ gard and esteem which Jewish sons and daughters have in all- ages and times exhibited toward the mothers of Israel.
The spirit of noblesse oblige should prompt us all to continue this wonder¬ ful tradition. Jt iis this spirit which prompted Zion Lodge to set aside a special occasion on which to honor and show our affection for "the full bloom¬ ing flowers of our nation"—our mothers which have since our birth been our lov¬ ing and watchful guardian angels.
The chief spe.iker of thc evening will be Sidney G. Kusworm of Dayton, who will talk on "The B'nai B'rith and Mother."* .\ radio program will also be heard from Erner & Hopkins broad¬ casting station. The Electric Power Equipment Company will install a re- ceivin,? set for the evening.
Let every member of Zion Lodge make it his business to participate in the cele¬ bration Monday night. May 29th, with his family and' friends. The meeting will be open to all—non-members, as well as rnembers.
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ORDER OF PROCEDURE
MISS SYLVIA COHEN'S
INCREASING   POPULARITY
Miss Sylvia Cohen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cohen, 951 Franklin Avenue, vvho has. gained popularity through her many appearances jit local affairs, was afforded another opportunity to display her beautiful voice and capa¬ bility as' a singer at the Children's Re¬ vue of 1922, given Saturday night. May 20tli. at the Hartman Theatre.
Miss Cohen had the leading role in the Oriental number in which she sang "The Sheik." Miss Cohen is a pupil of Miss Marie Sands who feels that the future, for her is a very bright and promising one.
SUNDAV, May 21, 1022.
Morning Session, io:oo .4. M.
Call   to   Order  by  Presiednt  Edwin  J.
Schanfarber,  Columbus, Ohio. Invocation by Rabbi M. M. Feuerlicht',
Indianapolis, Ind. >>r1dress bf Welcome in behalf of Com¬ mitee on Arrangements —Brother Louis '., Borinstein.- In behdf of Indianapolis Lodge No. 58 —BriJher Saul Munter. Response   in   behdf  of  District  Grand Lodge   No.   2—L-other   Arthur   F. Friedman, First ViceJ'resident, Den¬ ver, Colo. Secretary's  Report on  Crede-.tials  and
Action Tliereon. Roll Call of Delegates and Past p-jjsi- dents.
(Continued on page C)
Joint Disitribution Committee Aids Credit Society
WARSAW. (J. T. A.)-It is an¬ nounced that a loan of one hundred mil¬ lion Polish ' marks , has been obtained ty the Jewish Central Co-operative Credit Society of Poland from the Joint Distribution Committee of America, ^t three' per cent interest.       '     --
JEWISH ACTRESS PLAYS IN JEWISH MOVIE HERE
A celebrated Jewish actress, ' sup¬ ported by a Jewish cast in a Jewish play is "Your Best Friend," which will be presented for a limited engagement in the Colonial theater beginning Sunday.
The actress is Vera Gordon, who gained her fame in "Humoresque," as everyone knows. Miss Gordon, who has been playing on thc Orpheum vaude¬ ville circuit, with her company, comes to Columbus and will appear both after¬ noon and evening in person, every day at the Colonial.
''Your' Best Friend" tells the story of a mother who gives and loves and sym¬ pathizers With her two sons. She does not ask forgiveness for their neglect but rather endfeavors to remain with them in spirit and feeling when it's brightest, warmest or otherwise.
In "Your Best Friend",Miss Gordon once more graces the screen as the eternal mother. She plays the part of a widovv who, at the outset, is surprised to learn that her son has married with¬ out ever having told her he had a sweet¬ heart. She takes the shock calmly and welcomes her daughter-in-law; but she soon discovers that the girl is a snob with an equally snobbish and socially ambitious mother.
At every turn Mrs. Meyers is snub¬ bed and it does not dawn upon her that she is merely the financial weapon for the gratification of the whims and fancies of her daughter-in-law. In time, however, she sees the light and in the process Miss Gordon is said to render one pf the finest characterizations of her sgrMn career.
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