New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-19
HEBREW CHARITIES WORK
Annual Report Shows Deficit for
the Last Year.
TUBERCULOSIS INCREASES
Committee Formed 10 Look After
Widows InsuranCe-FeWer
Families in Need

In some respects the thirty-seyonth an
rual meeting Of tho United Hebrew 'har-
tics Yesterday afternoon was Ike the
weather. gloom being within and without.
The annual report Of the board of trustees
told of n large deficit for the year. Of the
increase of tuberculosis among the Jews
and Of the lack Of interest generally Of that
community i'm the work Of the United lie
brew Charities. Reference was made 10
hoard which will look after the investment
Of insurance money left TO Jewish WIDOWS
Isidor Straus. who was unable '' ue
Dresent. telegraphed about the indifference
Of most OF the wealthy Jews or the cI'y III
the work Of the organization. also deploI'ns
the fact that the attendance at the annual
meetings always was scanr The laI'er a.
serrion was borne out by the number az
yesterdav's meeting. Jacob III. Schin tele-
graphed his regrets. but assured the organ
ization that he would be with II always ana
in all Of its undertakings.
The report of the trustees said that tu-
bercuosis in 1910 among the Jews had re-
ouired aid 10 the amount of 3"2.0oo' WINE
, II, the last year $4,000 was expended Tor
rho same cause. This. according TO the re-
mort confirmed the belief OF the workers OF
fine organization that tuberculosis us stead
uv making headway among the masses Oh
orr peopIe. undermining their neaIth ana
bringing the victims their wives and their
children 10 our doors Whatever may ne
frs origin. there is no doubt that oyerwork'
c,noestion and non-nourishment form the
soil upon which IT thrives.
The conviction is growing upon those
e,r,ccd i'm the work Of combating the raw
ages of the disease that. Notwithstanding
ororts 10 disseminate knowledge Of by
yiona among the people. the only hope lies
I'm radical change Of living ard WORKING
conditions. Factories must be- maze sam
tary. toucmeuts must he made Aapltaoie'
! ,.iIdron r,ust be given room in which 10
pIav. men and women must not be- over
worked and Observation-Disclosures society
Inv all its strata will have 70 pay the pen
atty
Tho ~oport treated AZ length or the Tor
nation during the year ot committee Oh
advice and information TO widows Upon
tho death of their husbands these WIDOWS
,..,,,Ir,. receive from $500 to $500 In insur-
.,,,o .rbis money. the report said. often Is
enan- f5olishly or is mortgaged before II Is
received Hence the appointment OF the
cornittee which viii help the WIDOWS IN
investing the money In some httls business
hoard Of patronesses viii furnish more
money II necessary to enable the WIDOWS
start on self-suppOrtins careers.
A bright feature of the report was the as
.crtion that despite immigration and the IN
crease in population among the Jews the
number of families reported as beln6 III as
trass was decreasing year by year
Further efforts IL was asserted. Would oe
,rade 10 check the "cyil Of desertion by
husbands which brings about much dis
tress"
Preference was made Co the threatened
, closing OF the Straus milk stations year
apo which had aroused the pu.Ac TO the
| inheritance OF strengthening the measure 10
/ insure supply OF pure milk 70 infants
Despite the fact that the United Heore"
/ Charities last year expended IN reiief >l''-
/ GOO less than in the previous year. ne Or
/ o.pization has d deficit of S33,OOo. which
/ t,e report says. was due TO a miscalculailon
I As To- the income from requests
IN honor OF Isaac y. Scllsman and OF
! ,dolpb Lewisoun the office OF honorary
/ vico-president was created. These uus-
/ tees we're elected. ono year-Morris Mayer.
Daniel Richter. Louis stern. Mark T..
/ Strooc< Herbert H. SOM. Edw Nosel ana
Alfred Nillstatter.
Two vears-Samuel Dorf. Alfred D. Hess
! +. Napoleon Levy. Harry II. Liebovitz Ed
gar J. Nathan otto \. Rosalsky, James y.
| Rosenberg. Henry Solomon. Jacob Wer-
! theim and Ralph Wolf
! Three wears sidney G.. Borg. Lee *
| Trankel Walter H. Lehman. '.eopod
Plaut. Henry Rice, Mortimer l.. SchiG VIII
lam Solomon. Cvrus l.. Sulzherser. samuel
/ Vol ard Mr. s. Mrnhandlcr