El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
FUND RAISED
EXCEPT $4,000.
Jews of Ell Paso Nearly
Complete Quota for Re
lief of War Sufferers.

Sixteen thousand dollars OF the
$50. 600 fund assigned as the quota for
FL Paso relief work among the Jew
ish war sufferers of Europe has been
subscribed by citizens Of FL Paso
since the campaign was opened in
Ell Paso. At a citizens mass meeting,
held Thursday night at Temple Mt.
Sinai. over $4,000 was subscribed by
members of the audience Previously
$1,000 had been subscribed.
sam Dreben opened the subscrip-
tons at the mass meeting by donat-
ing $1,000. He had previously sub
scribed $500 10 the fund Other sub
scriptions rsrtged from 81 10 $500. A
Srolaroff. who is at present at Hot
Springs, Ark, teleSraphed the meet
ing that he would subscribe $500 and
Sol L Berg. who had previously sub
scribed $500, raised his subscription
Levy National Speaker.
The meeting was called by rabbi
Martin Zielonka, one of the prime
movers in the work for Jewish relief.
and 4 committee Of FL Pasoans for
the purpose of hearing rabbi Felix
Levy of Temple Emanuel of Chicago,
Ill Rabbi Levy is speaker OF ma
tional reputation and has been asso-
ciated with the Jewish relief work
since the 0uLDIEdk o. INT hdL
Rabbi Levy said that the purpose
OF the fund which is being collected
from members of the Jewish race in
the United States, is for the purpose
Of relieving the terrible conditions
existing among the Jews Of Europe as
result of the war
without Aid 100000 May Die
Whenever nations OF Europe have
been at war. the Jew has suffered
the most" said rabbi Levy When
European armies are combating one
another. they not only kill one an
Jewish women and children are the
ones that suffer the most. Today
German babies are dying for want
of milk, but the Jewish babies are
dying for want OF bread
There are 100000 Jews IN Europe
today who are suffering for the want
Of food and 100000 are without
clothes. II we do not raise Sl0,0Oe.O00
in the United states for relief work
among the Jews Of Europe 100000
Jews will die"
Explains RosenwaId'S Offer.
Rabbi Zielonka said that Julius
Rosenwald had given $1,000, 900 10 the
$4,000. coo fund and had promised
that for every 100000 raised by
the Jews OF the United states he
would give an additional 100000
Rabbi Zielonka explained that this
meant that for every 81 donated by
the Jews Of the United States. Mr..
Rosenwald would give an additional
10 cents.
4. \ Kline. chairman OF the relief
fund committee. had charge OF the
subscriptions which were taken The
invocation was pronounced by Rev
Miles Hanson, OF the First Congregs-
tional church Rev p ! Rice gave
the benediction.
Names of Subscribers.
TIE following subscribed 10 the
Jewish relief fund, giving these
sam Dreben. $1,000: Sol Z Berg. $500;
A Stolaroff. Charles c. DsWedoff, z
Wisbrum. Z. T. Lschman- $500; -
friend" $3.50; ". Meyer, NJ ]. Cope,
r. Trachtenberg. S2O0 each; H. Good
man, l. Goodman. Herman Bloch. J.
Amstetter, l. D. Stark. Ben Swat, J.
Eischbein, 5 Lindauer- Deming. y
NJ, 800 each; F. ZlabOwsky. $50; J.
4 ShanberE. J. Gattegeno. l. H
Greenberg. Ziegler Bros CarriZozo,
y. NJ; Mrs Nary RosenWasser, 500
each: willing Workers society. :
HerskowitZ. II. Becker, D. Lerner. :.
BlaW. s Kahn, $25 each; \ Schatz-
key, J. RUBIN, troop D, 11th cavalry,
Orwitz. c. Joseph, H 4 Tangman. SO
EACH Mrs Y del Campo, Henry
Bloom. Lillian Wisbrun, Al Silverman-
l.. Kaufman, Jos. EmOS. / Wechter, A
S. Gold. Leon Strelitz. I. Erich. L
NJ Alexander, Teresa HerSkOWirZ. A.
II. Herzmark, san Marcial. y. NJ: Z
p. Hill, $40 each. A. Marcus. J. Mar
Gus. Ida Hoffman, !. HOrWitz. Max
well Ravel. So each; \ soldier. So.
In addition 10 donating $1,000 Sam
Dreben offered TO subscribe 10 per
cent OF the sum donated at the mass
meeting. William Rosing also an
nouncsd that he would subscribe 10
percent OF the sum collected