New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-03
URGES B'NA| BIRTH Be
JEWISH SOCIAL CENTRE
,,tionaI Treasurer of Order
Praises Its Uplift Work
for Race.
MsTALLS NEW OFFICERS
,.,srates to District Conven
INN Hear Borough President
McAneny on New Subway
Problems at Dinner.

..,,ery lodge of Bnai B'rith should be
soeial centre. where the Jewish boy
cid can be Americanized and still
'rst 10 sacredly regard Judaism in the
'..'ily and community" declared Jacob
18Th Of 81. Louis treasurer Of the or
;. in his installation speech at the an
convention of District No. of the
,,sa,sndent Order E'nai Birth yesteI-
..r Al the Hotel Majestic. More than
"a hundred delegates from New York.
y.r England and Eastern Canada. which
..,nrise the district. were present The
p.v Dr. 3. Conn. of Montefiore lodge.
e,ralo opened the convention with
payer
NJ Furth declared Buai Birth was
s.s.ned 70 be one of ,hc great forces Tor
40 advancement Of intellectual develop
,ospt and social welfare among tn,
,.visb people OF this nation In its
ears Of existence our organization has
zane a wonderful work for the uplift OF
AM peoplc." he said. but the work oi
,ss past Is but an incident to that Of the
fuure.'
In his annual message President Charles
Stern spoke Of the suffering of the
rsvish inhabitants in the Balkans dur
ns the war with Turkey. and said the
,Dpeal for funds for their aid had been
robly met by the order. one hundred
thousand dollars was sent 10 the suffer
.rs. he said.
Sheriff julius Hamburger was elected
ofcers elected were:
The Rev. DR.. Joseph Silverman. OF
Temple Emanuel president: Judge 4.
NJ Cohn OF Boston. Vice-preSident.
treasurer. Solomon Sulz5erger: secretary.
Reginald L. Zunter. OF New Haven; gen
srsl executive committee. Samuel Fleisch-
mann Senator Hairy w Pollock. Edwin
J. Goodheart Sim NJ. Lion. Henry Lip
schitz. Joseph Rosenzweig and the Rev.
Or. Thoruer OF Bridgeport. Conn.
Sheriff Harburger read letters from
Governor Sulzcr and Representative
Goldfogle congratulating the order and
expressing regret at their inability 10 at
tend
Borough President McAneny, speaking
asst night at Delmonico, at the dinner
in honor Of the delegates 10 the conven-
ton said among other things: we have
been dealing with q problem Of construct
ng a railroad that will give the city life
in all It's parts; to give the people The 10
cent fare
We have been criticised in some quar-
isls because OF a difference OF opinion
about a few thousand dollars that might
be gouged out II the contractors. bat
viii say now. We are quite content to SO
ahead and To start the actual system that
vii be the greatest Oh the face Of the
's-th-an engineering enterprise second
only 70 that of the Panama Cauai-not-
Vithstan ding the oue-third OF one per
cent talk, for this is a great preventive
measure FOR the health Il the people.
We have here in New York half the
Jews in the United States and YOU are
Of the best of us. That is not fattery.
bat truth. You come here to celebrate,
and we welcome you 10 our city
Herman Asher first yice-president OF
the district. was postmaster, and the
speakers We're the Rev. Joseph Silver
man. Jacob Furth. Of st. Louis; the Rev.
Dr. Wesley Hill and Jacob Schin.