Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-16
ABRAM !. ELKtJS,
DIPLOMATS
Career of the New York a.,
Who Is Likely to SUE. wv
ceed Morgenthau IN
Turkey

we nave been represented AZ dsvnuc,a
nopie oy a man Of that race AZ aau
you stop to think Of It, thera i. '.'e wh't
htness In sending to a Noss.l sfsas''
country an 1sraelite than q r'.lueaaa ra'aa.s
There is poetic justice In I, a. Sn.ls''ah
suitan rules over the home :, y. "a
NAM and the City of David ac,,ro..,a. Ao''
his sway. NnOwledga
henry Morgenthau, New Yor. 4.
real estate operator, who ra,.ss SsNsa y
ocratic campaign funds in 1919 oeos
warded by being sent as Amba..ss.. as =
turkey and the precedent was saV' -. .
regarded. He served his country ,S... -. y
well as he served the amb,t,n, 'Is's = y
Wilson at home, because he an.v-. ~
his work In Constantinople stl eu .
kind of efficiency which brou,,,. I, ana
cess here. When he returned frr,. ,,,.' ~ ~
stantinople on leave of absence sOQ'
weeks ago, he said that he evr.... 'se
return unless Mr.. Wilson neeaaa y,
He discovered that there was wo.,. an y
him to do this summer, and rss,.s., ~
A Fartner in Eight Years
Abram 1. Elkus, a Jewish lsu,..
New York, was Immediately mentIo-.,
as his successor. The word has von~ ".
that the Turkish Foreign Office has ~. W.
asked IL Mr.. Elkus would be no.-'s'
grata. Mr.. Wilson is awaiting tba ~,
before sending the name OF Mr. Eh,,.
the Senate.
This new Ambassador in prosnso. .
one of the most conspicuous LAWYER, :,
his race In New York. His father w,.
German, who came to this country h.s...
Mr.. Elkus was born and settled IN MANI.
Ala. with his wife. He later rnovsa y
New York, where his children were born
The son was educated in the puhI.
schools and in the College of the Civ u
New York, which has larger percentas.
of Jews among Its alumni than ,nv
other free college in the country. Tb..
he studied law in Columbia Uniyerrty
end was admitted to the bar in 1888, vhsn
he was 21 years old. He was employs
as clerk in the firm of James, schel
Elkus, of which Colonel Edward c. jana,
was the head. Within eight years he was
admitted as junior partner, and in Ia.
course of time became the head Of n.
firm
He devoted himself to commercial law.
and became an expert in bankruptcy prp
ceedings, and was employed as an assist
ant United States District ATTORNEY d
prosecute fraudulent bankrupts. He has
been counsel for the New York Merchantf
Association, and has been active In g
curing legislation for the protection Il
merchants against fraud. Out of his et
perience he has written a treatise o.
Secret Liens and Reputed ownershlp'
which has wide recognition among law
yers. He is a member of the New YORK
City, the New York State and the Arti
lean Bar Associations. He is chairmaa
OF the Committee on Calendar and Fzt
tice of the New York Association, u
was appointed some time ago by "a
United States Circuit Court as a menbN
of the committee which prepared 70
vision of the Federal equity rules
DRAFTED lhlrty Laws
He is interested in social and industrial
reform. AS counsel of the New York
State Factory Investigating Committssns
drafted thirty bills for the improysmsnE
of conditions in factories. Every one Of
them was enacted into law. becauss %,
Legislature recognized their fairness aug
justice.
Since 1911 he has been a Regent q ne
University of the State of New YORK
university which, as President. Finley you
the Phi Beta Kappa Chapter OF the UNI Z
versity of Pennsylvania few evenings
ago, is like the University of France n
that it has neither faculty nor stuaeaus
1t is the body which charters colleges aHe
exercises a loose sort of supervisor osH
the public school system Of the sla'e, ~
Lawrence University made him an hoA
orary doctor of civil laws in 1919 IN 70
ognition of his attachments.
He is closely identified with virtuais
every philanthropic institution o. ~
race. Among them are the haroh
Hirsch fund, of which he is a trustees ~
Jewish Chautauqua Society, OF wfich 7.
is president, and the Hebrew Tecnh'','
School for Girls, of which he Is vice p.s.s
dent. This technical school is engassu =
training girls from the slum teneihsa.,
SO that they may become ihssnaas-.
mothers. He attends the Free 49,
gogue, where Rabbi Stephen
breaches a religion that appeals 2 ~
and Gentle alike, and his interest y
is SO great that he consents to sefss :
its vice president.
Such is the kind of man that Mi'
son has chosen to be American o..
sador to the country whose capi'al ''s.
at the crossroads where the jewish -
of migration passes, and where y T.
perative that a man should be S'A.'ss =
who can meet the Mohammedan & sm
own ground. AS his ancestors cam. -. y.
Germany, and as the Germans nay
on friendly terms with the TURKS = j
cent years, he will find his task -. :,
than 1t would be II he had spruh1'
49,. .r1,,ssiau-JeYish stQch