The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-25
EDITORIAL NOTES

EVA1 VNAEAL lNV4D
 Rev. pr. Moses Hyamson, one of the most erninentaof orthodox Jewish rab- bis and scholars, was born in Suwal1x, Russia, just half a century aFo today. For nearly fifteen yeans he has been senior dayan, or chief judge, of the ec- felesiastfcal court of the United Syna- gogue of London, but. he recently ac- cepted a call to become rabbi for life of the Congregation Orach Chaim, in New York. Dr. Hyamson was a, cam d3date for the office of chief rabbi of Great Britain, but the choice fell on the Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Hertz, of New. York, and now Dr. Hyamson will suc- ceed Dr. Hertz as pastor of Orach Chafn in the American metropolis. Dr. Hyamson was acting chief rabbi Of Great Britain during the period of twenty months between the death of. Dr. Adler and the election of the New York rabbi successor.
 Like so many other Hebrews, pr. Hyamson's parents were subjected to the persecution which the Russiar brand of ftChristian'' charity imposes on their race, and lied to England. The young Russian Jew found England a land of opportunity and, by dint of hard work, secured an educa ton at the Jews College and the University .Col- 1 lege of London. For a decade he eerv- ed congregations in Swansea, Wales. and Bristol England, and then he re- l turned to London, where he was the pastor Of DaIston Synagogue in Poets Road. He founded a number of Jew ish charitable movements in the me- 1 tropolis, and also became a. member of the Beth Din, or ecclesiastical court, to which cases were often referred by l British law courts for authoritative de- cision. Many of the duties sof chief rabbi fell his shoulders during the
 declining years of pr. Adler, and he also wrote many volumes of essays and devotional works which spread his fame throughout the Jewish world. York. of which he has been elected rabbi for life. is probably the most l strictly orthodox Jewish congregation in America. It's members, mostly
 wealthy business men. live up to the strictest requirements of the Hebrew
 law, and close their places of business .l on the Jewish Sabbath although such
 a course naturally entails a considera- ble financial loss.
 II Sir Harry Suspicion Ma,inwaring. the Il fifth baronet in line dating from 1860, was born thirty-f1ve years ago to- ] day. He has the distinction of being
 able to write his family name in more different ways than any other man liv- ing, for at his ancestral home, Peever
 Hall, at Knutsford in Cheshire, there '. are docune nents showing the name writ
 ten in Se4 different ways. His name,
 by the way, is pronounced Mannering.
 1Gainewaring, Mainwareing, Maynwar- ing, ManwaRring and ATainwarring are
 but a few Of the many WaW in which the name has been spelled in the past. : The title, created in 1860, lapsed for a
 long time, and was revived in 1894. BFigadier General Marion Perry
 Maue, one of the most noted of Amer jean Indian fighters, was born in Ma
 ryland sixty-three years ago today
 During his long career in making good
 Tnjuns out of bad ones he took part in
 campaigns against the Dakota Sioux
 the Neg Perces in Montana and the Apaefles in Arizona and old Mexico
 He was on duty at San Francisco dur
 ing the eaFt-that is, during the fire o1 3 1906.
 The hRst legislative assembly ol :. Alaska, held this year, was organized ! under a bill passed by the United States Congress and approved just g , year ago today. The law giving Uncle |, Sam's 'ftEthes north'' possession 2 legislative body of it's own provided
 for a Senate of eight members and 2
 House of Represent with sixteer
 members. The first election of mem
 bers was held last November, and tht fszxt election will take place in No
 venlHber of next year. The member !. receive s15 a day and an allowance O. fifteen cents a mile for traveling ex = penses In the case of some of tn, ! members, this will amount to oxe $500 for the round trip to and from B Junea the capital Many of the 1egis
 lators had to make the trip with dol l teams, and nearly two months was oc
 cupied in covering the distance iron
 Nome to Juneau. Proba bly, no othe ! legislators ever endured so many hard
 ships and dangers to serve their. eoun
 trv as those who made tIN winte 3 tourney from Nome 2,oee miles distan
 from the capital There are lawyers
 doctors and bankers among the mem } bers. but the ma5oEitE are men Mftl