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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1916-12-22
24)
The Gcntile's Attitude Toward The lew
AS a Jew Sees It.

Allpervading-bigge than words, deep
er than feeling, prOfounder than thought
Il think we Jews all have it, this Jew
conference.-the inward self-recOgni-
ton when we mingle with Gentiles that
they think us different
Are we? It doesn't matter. They
think so, and this fact of thought plumbs
the very depths of relationship.
l am woefully ignorant about Zionism
but I am told that one of the leading
Zionists-one who practises what so
many others preach, one who has lived
in Palestine for years, a man of wide cul-
ture, broad experience and with hosts of
Gentle acquaintance and goOdly num-
Der of Gentle friends-has said that the
main reason for his ardent Zionism is
that it is only in Palestine that the Jew
can escape this deep and ever-present
race consciousness.
But as it is with my personal impress
sions that am to deal, 1 will begin with
my own childhood.
Until I was twelve years old, though
l played in the city streets and had fist
fights with the boys on the next block and
received and gave black eyes and bloody
noses, I do not seem to recall the hated
word "sheeny." The word is so revolving
that I shudder when my pen writes it.
But it must be written, for it is portion
of the picture.
Perhaps it was because I lived in a
neighborhood where there were scarcely
any Jews, or maybe it is a failure of rec
o;.,1x o1,;
years do not carry with them the memory
of Jewish self-consciousness. The case
of my children I know is a different one.
At the ages of seven and eight they were
confronted with the problem.
At the age of thirteen I was sent to a
boarding school in New England. There
1 got the first impression of the Gentle
impression of the Jew
1t came about in a curious way, and it
is worth mentioning, I think, for it dem
onstrates something. Two weeks after
school had opened, I remember there
drove up to the school one crisp October
day a carriage occupied by lady with
whom was boy about my size. The
minute my eyes lighted on him I liked
him. He was fair-haired and had a pre-
C0fudCuTdlly serious COuuJouduCO except
when he smiled and winked an eye, which
he did the instant he saw me. Then he
was irresistible.
This was Sheenox Schmidt.
1t seems that the boys in the school
had improved on the celebrated word, for
a Jew in this school was called a
"sheenox." Schmidt was not Jew, but
a Teuton, born of uncounted f1axen, Teu-
ton, German generations. German had
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December p, 1916.


veloping the horrible wonder which be-
sets so many of us through life-whether
to join the group. There were rare in
dividual instances where no such feeling
existed. Schmidt was in college with
me. We were chums. Indeed, we have
been so all our lives. I think the board
ing school days made him half a Jew.
l have often wondered whether it was
my fault-he was never invited to join
a fraternity. He is one of the few Gen.
tiles in assOciating with whom l have
been free from Jew consciousness.
l wrote for the college magazine; be-:
came one of it's editors; counted among
my intimates dozen or SO fellows nearly
all of whom have since succeeded in life,
some brilliantly About three-fourths of
this little group were Gentiles, Well-bOrn
lads, members of exclusive fraternities.
In this group there were two words for
ever unspoken throughout the entire four
college years They were Jew" and
fraternity" We were not to be admitted
to their brotherhood and these two words
summed the deep, unbridgable gaps.
wonder whether now, as the Menorah
Societies develop, this same strange self
conscious silence follows the Jew through
his college days. One Of the reasons why
the Menorah Society so strongly appeals
to me is that I think it must break down
to some extent at least this torturing
dumbness about things that lie so near
the heart.
One of the college instructors became
friend of mine. Many times I was asked
IT. ,,,;f o+ %1,oic III
was a man of great learning tolerant,
kindly, big-hearted, and it was in front of
his log fire that for the first time dis
cussed the question of the Jews and the
Gentile's relations toward one another.
How we'll 1 remember the evening he told
me how Jew had been admitted to his
club-"A splendid man; we were all glad
to have him, and the first thing you know
he had cousin of his proposed a good
enough man perhaps, no vices, no defects
of character, and yet not the kind we
wanted, a little noisy, too affable, too
beaming, too ready to be host, too liberal
with his money, too fat, too everything.
He was refused admission; his cousin
resigned
My friend, the professor, went on to
point out that we Jews are undiscrimin-
ating as to other Jews; that we herd to-
gether; that we always want to bring
one another along to the party.
The professor had drawn the Gentile's
picture of the type of Jew who is abom-
mated by the Gentle. The picture has
never faded from my mind. Are we
undiscriminating? 1 think not. The
bosterous, illmannered, pushing Jew is
disliked much more heartily, if mistake
not, by the high-bred Jew than by any
other man. But that is not the question
I am discussing. The point I make is
that the high-bred Gentle often, nearly
always perhaps, has Jewish friends-once
I heard Gentle contemptuously say that
every man has his pet Jew'-but the
Gentle draws away from us en- masse
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-28
Notice

Arrangements have been made with
the Clio State Bank to collect bills for
light and power service. Bills are due
and payable on or before the 23rd of
each month following that in which the
current was used, and if not paid on or
before that date, are subject to an add
tional charge of ten per cent.
Consumer Power Co.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-28
Tax Time Extended

On the petition of the village treas
urer, the council, at its last regular
meeting. extended the time wherein
village taxes may be paid until and in
Guiding August q, next.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-28
LOCAL


Mrs. Fred Butler is on the sick list
Earl McCrady was Clio visitor, Sun
day.
Mrs. Clyde Bunker spent Monday in
Flint.
Mrs. Mongal was in Flint on business
Monday.
Mrs. Will Stout and son were in Flint,
Monday.
Miss Pernie Davis Sundayed at We
mona Beach.
Miss Mabel Brass is spending her va
cation in Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. j. Wilson motored
to Vassar, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Hudson motored
to Montrose Sunday.
Miss Doris Montney, of Corunna, is
visiting relatives in Clio.
Mrs. j. C. Chambers spent Tuesday
with friends in Wixom.
The M. P. Sunday School is planning
l.. picnic for the near future.
George Petrie, of Detroit, is spend.
ing the week with his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. R. Franklin, OF
Flint, were in town, Tuesday.
Mrs. Ben Goodfellow and Mrs. Burt
Conlee were in Flint, Tuesday.
Mrs. A. B. Hathaway, who is i'll, is
somewhat improved at present.
Mrs. Fred Butler and daughter spent
several days in Flint last week.
Mrs. Chas. Obee and Mrs. Harley
Jennings spent Saturday in Flint.
Ed. Wright, of Detroit, visited hi
uncle, Ed Lathrop. last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Coffin, of Sagi
nav, visited relatives in town, Monday
Mrs. Ed. Cook. of Birch Run, spen
Monday with her sister, Mrs. N. Butler
Mrs. Charles jenkins and Mrs. Tor
renee, of, Flint, were in Durand. Mon
day.
A very nice electric piano has beer
. installed in Frank Rockafellow's poo
room.
Mrs. Traver's daughter and tire,
children, of Flint, are visiting her thi
week.
Miss Sarah Rice of Midland is visiting
at the home of her sister, Mrs. |. r
Field.
Miss Leona Mae Butler is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Ed Compbell, of Sagi
nav.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Burley visited hi
sister at the hospital in Ann Arbor
Sunday.
Finest assortrAent1f Mems Fin,
$ Straw w,,, Hats ever 7"~n in Clio. Meek
Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. Matson spen
Sunday with the lady's sister, Mrs. N
w. Mann.
Mrs. Mary Shaw visited her daugh
ter, Mrs. Bigelow, in Flint, one da.
this week.
MIR. C. H. Chaterdon, of Mt Pleasant
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Hudson.
Mrs. George Alexander, of Bay City
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Charlie
Rockwell.
Miss Gene Bates left Monday t
spend the summer with relatives il
Northport.
Mrs. ID. F. Anderson and Miss Ad
Halligan spent Wednesday afternoon i
Mt. Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Carter an
daughter, Thelma. visited friends il
Flint, Sunday.
Mrs. c. C. Rice. and Mrs. VIM
Schofield, of Saginaw, visited relative
in Clio Saturday.
Miss Frances Emery, of Birch Run
is spending the week with her amt
Mrs. Ed. Nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Wirth and Rev
and Mrs. E. C. C. Benson were Film
visitors. Monday.
Mrs. Ed Lowell and sons, of Roys
Oak, are visiting her parents, Mr.. an
Mrs. Tom Carter. -
Tennis Oxfords in/Men's. Boys, We
ems and Childref Black and White a
Meeks & Wirth'S
i
Miss Ada Halligan, of Clio, spen
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. M. Nc
Ginnis, of Saginaw.
Miss Thelma Butler, who has bee
visiting relatives in Clio. has returne
to her home in Flint.
MIR. and Mrs. ID. d. Meeks are spenC
ing their vacation at Grand Rapids
Jackson and Detroit.
Mrs. Bertha Woolston is visiting q
the home of Mrs. Ed. Tiff. Mr.. Woo
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-28

have had the privilege of serving the
people of Genesee County about seven years
as deputy sheriff and under sheriff. During
that time have been entrusted with some Of
the most important work that has been per-
formed by the sherif's force. have had the
experience necessary to an effective discharge
of the important duties of the sheriff's Office
and believe my record iustifies your support.
If elected. pledge myself to fearless and
impartial enforcement Of the law.
Primaries August 20, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
SHOOTS WIFE SEATED
AT SEWING MACHINE
Watchman Turns Gun on Self
Neiphbor Drops Dead.

Trenton. n. j., Sept. 12.-Mrs. VIII
Jam Johnson, who lives in Prospect
Heights, two miles from Trenton, was
sitting at her sewing machine to-day
and her two children were playing on
the floor. when her husband, a night
watchman, drew revolver and began
firing at her The first bullet struck
her in the chin.
As she fed through the back door
another bullet struck her in the right
arm and a third passed over her head.
Mrs. Caroline Shennard, seventy years
old. a neighbor who was just about to
enter the rear door, became so exclted
she dropped dead from an attack OF
the heart. -
johnson made no effort to harm his
children, but turned the weapon on
himself. inf1icting a wound near the
heart. He staggered out into the yard
and fell unconscious near the body OF
the aged woman. Both he and his wife
are at the Mercer Hospital. Little hope
is held out for their recovery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
SEEK l5.DAY TRAINING
FOR STRIKEBREAkERS
Four Aldermen Propose New
Traction Ordinance.

An ordinance that would compel all
traction strikebreakers in New York
City to undergo a fifteen-day course OF
instruction before they can operate
passenger carrying cars was proposed
TO the Board Of Aldermen yesterday by
Alderman Edward V. Gilmore. repre-
senting the 22d District. A similar
ordinance, adopted several years ago IN
Yonkers, has proved an efficient Weapon
to the striking car men there.
Measures of practically the same
character were offered by Aldermen
Carley, Robitzek and Moran, Of The
Bronx. All were referred to the Alder
manic Committee on Public Welfar'
"The whole traction situation Of the
city is in the hands of the Public Ser.
vice Commission, and the Board OK
Aldermen has nothing to co with IT.,
Alderman Curran. leader Of the Repub;,
lican members of the board, declared
in objecting to the measure. "At THIS
time of year, popgun, cracked brain
resolutions are often introduced for po-
litical purposes. If the younger mem
bers of the board would consult with
the older members before introducing
measures much time could be saved"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
InterbOrOugh Chiefs Will Refuse
Recommendations at Confer
enCe To Be Held To-day.
COMPANY RECOGNIZES ONLY
CONTRACTS 1T GAVE MEN
Traction Heads Defiant as Reports Show
Service on All Lines Has Improved
Labor FavOrS Truce.

Traction peace took wing anew last night The outlook
for settlement truce seemed darker than ever
The Public Service Commission late in the day returned
finding which defined the points in controversy and recon-
mended they be arbrated From in close touch with
The situation was learned this appeared acceptable to labor
This succored eetng hope which survived no longer than
took Theodore Shon president of the lnterborough and
the New York Railways and Frank Hedey vicepredent to
issue statement in which they faty and finally declined arb
tratiOn.
The memorandum the commission made after five days
research and investigation, painstakng affair 1t I'M
nosd the greater of blame the Amagamaed Uno
charging that the beginning of the dispute there
lack of readiness its part to follow the methods for arbra
ton provided in the August agreement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
CLANS co INTO HIDING;
BUTTON FAMINE NEAR
Floods Frighten Fresh Water BIZ
yalves-DiVers Scarce.

II the present scarcity of fresh water
clans continues, American women viii
have to substitute MILDLY blouses for
shirtwaists, and will be spared the or
deal of sewing on their husbands but
tons. An alarm meeting Of the Button
Makers Association of America at the
Waldorf yesterday afternoon revealed
that buttons have gone up form 80 70
200 per cent in price.
The problem has become so serious
the government has taken a hand in
il, by sowing acres Of fresh water
clans.
The Button Makers Association
which represents an annual expend'-
ture of ssOOO,OOO, said that the two
reasons for the scarcity Of clans we're
the high waters this year and that men
who were divers are now engaged IN
the manufacture of munitions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13

Ironwood, Mich, Sept. 12-Arrest-
cd for the murder Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Nichols, widow of one of the founders
Of Austin, Nichols & Co. in New York
on September s. 1915, Arthur Walto-
men confessed tonight, the police say,
that he was one of the three masked
men who strangled her for her jewels.
For eight months Waltonen. under
the name Of John Lind. has been en-
ploycd in a barber shop here.
One of the patrons to whose neck
Waltonen had been applying his razor
noticed a scar on the BARRIERS fore
finger. Wsltonen had formerly been
employed by Mrs. Nichols, and descrip-
tive circulars calling for the arrest OF
him and others had been widely circu-
lated. One mark of identification was
a scar on the right index finger.
AS result of that observation and
correspondence with the New York po-
lice, which seemed TO clinch the identi-
fcation, two New York detectives came
here and had Wsltonen made a
prisoner.
May Free Houseboy.
His arrest may help to free Onni
Talas, the houseboy who admitted the
three robbers to Mrs. Nichols's home, at
East Seventy-ninth Street. He was
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree. His sentence was commuted to
life Imprisonment, his friends urging
that his confession" had been inspired
by police blackjacks.
The fight to save Talss was taken
up by Firms in all parts Of the country
and hundreds have aided in the search
10 find the others concerned in the
murder. convinced that their arrest
would result in the vindication o.
their countryman.
Waltonen was formerly an assistant
butler in the Nichols household. Ialas
admitted 20 the police that they had
been on friendly terms, and that 1t was
partly through the good offices OF
Waltonen that he was able to get the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
EpISCOPALIANS URGE
STRICTER DIVORCE BAN
Seek to Bar Second Marriage
of Either Party.

canon prohibiting marriage ~hen
either party to the contract has wife
or husband living and has been d.
vo,c,d for any cause arising after
marriage will be presented for action
70 the General Convention OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church IN St
Iouis next month. Hitherto the canon
Law has allowed an exception in the
cas-. NJ an innocent party in divorce
on statutory grounds.
The commission appointed TO look
into the question is convinced that
more rigorous rules are necessary pc
cause Of the immense increase IN d.
vorc.s. Attorneys say that 1t Is be-
coming increasingly difficult to deter
mine the innocence Of either party as
collusion is 30 prevalent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
ACCUSED OF MURDER,
TAKES BABY TO JAIL
Jersey Farmers Wife Says She
Shot Offending Boarder.

New Brunswick, n. j., Sept l2.-When
George Kish, farmer at Livingston
Park. was summoned to his home to-
day by his twenty-two-year-old wife
he found Joseph Bucsah, boarder at
the Ksh farm for the last two months,
dead on the floor. Mrs. Kish told her
husband that during his absence
Bucsah, who was thirty-one years old
made advances TO her and threatened
her with a revolver.
She said during the struggle which
ensued she obtained possession of the
weapon and shot him. kish no
titled the police and Mrs. Kish was ar
rested on a charge Of murder.
Kish was held as a witness and h.
and his wife took their nine-months-
old baby TO Jail with them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
WORLDS PRIZE HEN,
LADY EGLANTINE, DIES
Held Egg Laying Record and
Had Own Room at Hotels.

Greensboro, Md, Sept. 12.-Lady
Byzantine died to-day at Eglantine
Farms here. Nine sons and three
daughters survive.
Lady Byzantine was the famous sin
gle-comb white Leghorn hen that had
been the wonder OF the poultry world
ever since she laid 3lb eggs during her
which she ever competed at poultry
shows and at times rooms were re-
served for her at hotels by her own
crs.
only seventeen OF her eggs were ever
sold. Her owners are trying to locate
the purchasers TO see II Lady Egian-
tine is survived by other defendants
than the nine cockerels and three pull
lets herey
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
WATERED WIFE'S TOES
TO GET HER TO CHURCH
Husband. Who Believes in Early
Rising. Wins Divorce.

Charging her husband poured water
on her feet while she slept, Mrs. Julia
Stefens. of Sherman Place, Jersey
City. yesterday brought suit for di-
vorce before Vice-Chsncellor Lewis.
Steffens explained he only watered
her toes when he wanted her to go to
church with him, instead Of remaining
in bed on Sunday morning.
Mrs. Steffens denied she was en-
Gagged TO marry a young man who ac-
companied her to court, but the Vice
Chancellor thought she had not shown
adequate reason for leaving her hus-
land. and granted decree Of divorce
TO him on his counter suit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
BLEASE DEFEATED
IN so. CAROLINA
Governor Manning Leads
Predecessor in "Run-
Off" Primary.

Columbia, s. c., Sept. l2.-Almost
complete returns late tonight from
South Carolina's "run-off" Democratic
primary indicated Governor Richard /.
Manning was renominated over Cole L.
Blease, former Governor, by a majority
estimated between 5000 and 1000
votes.
With about 10000 votes reported out
of a registration of 100000, Manning
had 67,467 and Blease 62,390.
Late returns show James Cansler was
nominated for Railroad Commissioner
over Albert FAINT by 10000 majority.
Representative Wyatt Aiken, OF the Sd
Congressional District. seemed to have
been defeated by F. II. Dominick in a
close race.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
PASSENGER KILLED
IN Il" STRIKE FIGHT
Pushed from Platform TO Street
During Scuffle.

A crowd Of strikers and sympathlzers
gathered on the platform Of the Sixth
Avenue elevated station at Columbus
Avenue and Ninety-third Street last
night. When train stopped. at 6:4o
O'Clock. they began scuffling about the
platform and hooting.
The train was crowded, and when
Edward II. Ross, Of so West Ninety
first Street, pushed his way to the
nlatform he was caught in a milling
qrou7. He was showed to the edge OF
the platform and fell to the street.
He was killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
LEO FRANKS FOE
TO BE GOVERNOR
Prosecutor Dorsey Wins
Democratic Nomination
in Georgia.
rB, telegraph to The T-ibuns.l

Atlanta. Sept. 12.-Hugh NJ. Dorsey
who achieved national notice through
his successful prosecution of Leo NJ
Frank. was to-day OVERWHELMINGLY
nominated for Governor Of Georgia al
the Democratic primary, over Governor
Nat. E. Harris. DR.. L. G. Hardman anu
Joseph f. Pottle. J..
His nomination is tantamount 70
election. Dorsey was opposed by prac-
ticallv every political interest IN th'
state. and his election was won by MS
plea TO elect a Governor who would en-
force the laws. He said it was up 70
the courts to decide the punishment OF
criminals and not the right o1 'ne
Governor 70 interfere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
PAINTED HER HENS
TO CATCH THE THIEF
Mrs. O'Hare Saw Her Artificially
Spotted Pet in Another Yard.

When she saw a green-spotted chick
en- wandering forlornly about the yard
of Alexander Miller, Dixon Avenue,
Paterson. yesterday, Mrs. Nellie O'Hare
called policeman and had the man ar
rested for purloining her hens.
Mrs. O'Hare. who lives at 290 Cald-
well Avenue, Paterson. does not raise
fowls decorated in a green polka dot
pattern, but so many of her feathered
charges had disappeared these moonlit
nights that she had taken q paint can
and brush and decorated them in the
hope of catching the thief.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
"JOKE" ENVEL0PS
WORKMAN IN FLAMES
Bystander losses Lighted Match
Into Can of GasOlene.

One Of several bystanders. who we're
watching Arthur B. Vogler. IS years
old. loosening bolts in the pits at Ely
and Jackson Avenues, Long Island
City, yesterday fipped lighted
match into can OF gssolene which
yogler was using in his WORK.
An explosion followed and the boy
was drenched with the burning fluid.
Before aid could reach him, Vogler,
who lives at 1872 Elm Street, Astoria,
had been burned from head 10 foot.
lie was taken 20 81. Johns Hospital
where his condition is said to be
serious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
CARUSO TO RECEIVE
$4,000 A NIGHT
Singer Will Get Record Salary
in South America.

Enrico Caruso will receive next sum-
mer what will probably be the largest
amount ever paid An opera singer for
seasons work. He has signed con-
tract to sing at thirty performances at
the Colon Opera House in Buenos
Ayres. for which he will receive $780,
600, or 1866 performance, more than
twice the salary he receives from the
Metropolitan Grand Opera company.
Caruso recently left Florence, near
which city he owns three villas, and
went to Monte Catani to take the cura-
tive waters. He will go to Naples be-
fore coming TO New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-13
PFLANZER, AUSTRIAN
COMMANDER, RESIGNS
Was Intrusted with Defence of
TranSylyania.

Vienna, Sept. l2.-General Pfanzer-
Baltin has resigned from his command
on account of i'll health. Emperor
Francis Joseph has accepted his res
ignation.
According TO recent reports General
Pfanzer- -Baltin was intrusted with the
defence of Pennsylvania along the Ru
manian frontier.