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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-01-05

CONVENTION NOTES

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The time set for the opening of bust
ness sessions in the morning at nine
O'Clock, showed the keen insight of the
arrangements committee, for by calling
the sessions for such an early hour, it
was simple matter to call the meetings
promptly to order at eleven.
When one of the delegates reading
greetings, was unable to read num-
Der of Hebrew words, and was called
upon by others not to pass them up, his
self possession was shown clearly in
the sincerity of his words, II hope that
soon the time will be when a son of
Israel will not be so embarrassed"
That the seemingly impossible can be
accomplished by perseverance and hard
work, is evidenced by the popularity of
the Kosher banquet" at the Radisson.
The idea when advanced by Rabbi Matt
at first met with serious objection as to
cost, and even ridicule from some of the
members of the committee It was really
due to the persistence and activity of the
Rabbi that the most unique and success
full affair in the history of Jewish con-
ventlons was finally agreed and arranged
for. Orthodoxy has indeed a worthy
champion in this earnest leader of Mod
ern Conservative Judaism in this COM
munity.
When Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New
York, chairman of the Provisional Com
mittee for Zionist affairs, arrived during
the morning of the opening session at
the Talmud Torah Hall, the entire audi
ence arose and cheered until he took his
seat on the platform.
Among the officers of the Federated
Zionists of the Middle Western States"
the following Twin City men were elect
ed: Rabbi G.. D. Matt, honorary vice.
president; and Drs S. N. Deinard, Moses
Barron, and Myron Sherper, members of
the executive committee.
We are informed that the contribu-
ton fund for the Provisional Commit
tee is still open to those who either
were willing to give as much as the
other fellow, or wanted to be seen pri-
vately.
Convention Visitors.
Among the prominent business men of
Chicago who came here to attend the
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-01-05

Certainly much qualification must
have been felt by the delegates to-
ward the committee of the Ladies' Aux
iliary of the Talmud Torah on EATS"
for in addition to the hard work of the
convention, the time of adjournment of
the morning sessions was late, and the
delegates surely must have eaten heart
lily, particularly in view of the tastv
quality of the lunches served.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-01-05

We are informed that the contribu-
ton fund for the Provisional Commit
tee is still open to those who either
were willing to give as much as the
other fellow, or wanted to be seen pri-
vately.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-01-05

Mr.. Michaels, upon behalf of the Reso
lutions Committee, presented report,
recommending the cooperation of the
Zionists with the Jewish Congress organ
ization, which has just completed it's or
ganization by assimilating within it's
ranks, practically all so-called classes or
groups of American Jews.
The Organization Committee then pre-
scented it's report through Mr.. Kaplan,
chairman of the committee. After con-
siderable discussion, the matter of change
of name, which was recommended both
by the committee and all those speaking
in it's favor, principally the young men
of the organization, because Of the name
knights" conveying the idea of secrecy,
aristocracy and royalty, as opposed to
democracy, and opposed principally by
some of the long time members of the
organization, on the ground of the senti-
ment connected with the name of twenty
years duration, was voted upon, and by
an overwhelming name, it was determined
that the name of the organization shall
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
ALUMINIUM IN zEPPELINs.
Each One Contains From 10 to II Tons
of the Metal.

According to notes furnished to a
London journal by a French officer, in
the construction of the framework OF
a Zeppelin from 10 to II tons of alum
mum is employed. The covering of
the IA balloons enclosed inside the big
outer envelope is made of a cotton
substance, lined with "gOldbeater's
skin" instead of with rubber, and the
quantity used is so large that the in
testines of 10000 cattle go into the
material for one Zeppelin.
Each of the IS balloons is fitted with
a valve, and separated from those on
each side of it by funnel to carry off
the explosive mixture of the hydrogen
of the balloons, the oxygen of the air,
and the gases given off by the en-
gines. When all five motors are
working together-one contained in
the forward car, one in each of the
two side cars, and two in the rear car
the speed attained is 6S miles per
hour, but. as rule, all the engines are
not used at one time and the normal
rate of flight is from so to Sc miles
per hour The ordinary crew consists
of 20 men, but during raids crew of
only Is men is carried.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
OUTLOOK FOR LEAD.
Good Price Insured-Steady Demand
and No Over Production.

(Salt Lake Mining Review
While the recent sharp decline in
lead quotations had a somewhat dis
heartening effect upon the producers
of this metal, there is no good reason
why this should curtail production or
cause let-up in making preparation
for still heavier output in the future.
AS stated in the last issue of the
Mining Review, the low price of lead,
established some six weeks or two
months ago, can not be anything more
than temporary and, already there is
Strengthening in the market. AS it is,
there is less wavering now, on the
part of lead producers, and the feeling
prevails that this metal will eventual
~ be strong and settled around and
cents. AS matter of fact, produc-
ers have been urged by certain influ-
entail quarters in which true condi-
tons are known, to continue opera
tons, as there is almost a certainty
that lead will come into it's own again
at no distant day,
Common sense and good Judgment
would lead one to the conclusion that
one of the most important metal in
dustries of the country could not long
suffer from such an unexpected at
tack. Lead. in it's usefulness, is Just
as important in its scope as is any of
the other metals, and it's production
has been declining for years because
of the fact that there are now but few
really great strictly lead mines in the
country, the major production of this
commodity being product in the
mining for other metals and, this be-
Ing the case. but little fear is enter
tanned that there will be an over pro-
duction unless a runaway market
should stimulate an output greatly in
excess of normal demands and re-
quirements.
Silver experienced slump a few
weeks ago, but is rapidly getting back
to a point sanctioned by the law of
demand and supply, and lead will un-
do likewise
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
MANGANESE AT BUTTE.
Found in Connection With Mining Sill.
yer, Lead and Zinc.

| TouHu IN SoHHeCtioH WIN winning OIL
yer, Lead and Zinc.
| Manganese is abundant in most OF
the lodes at Butte, Montana, hereto
fore worked for silver and zinc. In an
area of about square miles that sur
rounds the principal copper mines on
the north, west and southwest, all the
lode outcrops are black with man.
ganese oxides, and In the workings
that penetrate below the oxidized
zone there are deposits of rhodochro-
site and rhodonite, minerals contain
ing manganese.
A reconnaissance Of the Butte dis
trict was made recently by ]. T. Par
dee of the U, S. geological survey, de-
partment of the Interior who reports
that the development of manganese
ores at Butte has heretofore been
wholly incidental to the production or
silver, zinc and lead in the ores of
which manganese minerals are among
the chief components of the gangue.
Except few small lots used for flux-
ing at the shelters, no manganese ore
was mined for manganese prior to
1871 AS ores containing less than rs
per cent silica are rare in the district.
the development of the lodes for man
ganese has Jagged behind that in To-
calities which produce ore of better
grade. Systematic exploration of sew
eral Of the larger manganiferous lodes
has just begun and search for pockets
OF marketable ore is being made in a
small way by several lessees.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
ABANDONED MINING CLAIMS.
Possible to Preserve Rights Under As
sessment Exemption Law.

According to Morrison & DeSoto
mining attorneys of Denver, a peculiar
point suggests itself under the An.
nual Labor Act of October 5, 1917.
1t is well known that If a man neg
lects his annual labor on MINING
claim year after year his title still re-
mains good. so long as no second party
relocates the claim He can at any
time Renter. perform his work foi
the year In which he renters and his
title is just as good as If he had per.
formed 1t every year. Some of these
claims have real value, and it is no
uncommon thing for pyospector to
return to an almost forgotten discov-
cry, sink 1t little deeper and uncover
a valuable deposit.
Now the owner of any such claim
by filing his notice In lieu of ANNA,
labor before December 81 and a sec
ond notice. during 1918 can save his
claim to the end of the year 1918
without doing any labor at all and
thus save title for development in
1919 when he may possibly be able to
do work which would prove substan-
tial value to his claim.
In fact, having the whole of 1919 TO
do his work for that year he practic-
ally secures his title for period of
nearly three years at no cost at all
except the cost of filing the notices in
lieu.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
Advantages Of Upper Berth

The upper berth has a number %
advantages over the lower In tha
first place.. a saving of 20 per cent in
the cost is offered; ventilation gener.
ally is better, the temperature mora
even, and the noise arising from tba
motion of the cars is less noticeable
The spring mattresses used in the IN.
per berths are more pliable, and are
in one set instead of two as in tha
lower berth. The occupants of unner
berths are less likely to be disturbed
by people passing through the aisle
Clothes hangers, mirrors and electric
light facilities are provided in upper
berths, as well as lower berths. I'm.
proved ladders are now being used,
and all of the newer cars have indi.
vidual curtains for both upper and
lower berths, instead of the long ones
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
MANGAN ESE.
Investigations Being Made to Increase
Domestic Supply.

Had the fortunes of war placed
Brazil on the side of the central pow
ers. the steel industry in the United
States would have faced serious
peril" says the Iron Age With all
other sources of manganese ore cut
off since the war started, Brazil has
been the industrys mainstay except
for the very small supply furnished by
our own and few nearby foreign
mines. For several months the coun-
try's supply of ferromanganese has
not exceeded an amount necessary to
run the steel industry more than three
months, and there seems no prospect
of overcoming this handicap. The
United States bureau of mines has I'M
dertaken a most important practical
research with the object of determin-
ing to what extent the use of other
manganese bearing materials and the
conserving of manganese in certain
stages of steel making processes may
be resorted to. Concentration of our
manganiferous iron ores, of which the
supply is large. is one phase. The
use of substitutes and of alloys con-
tanning less than so per cent mangan-
csc, as well as the judicious employ
ment of high manganese pig irons, are
measures giving some promise The
production of certain manganese iron
alloys in the electric furnace and the
electric reduction of high manganese
slags are also lines full of possibili-
ties" In passing, it may be noted
that vessel from India recently ar
rived at an Atlantic coast port with
1000 tons of%manganese ore.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
PROSPERITY CERTAIN.
A German View Of Business Condi-
tons After the War.

After the war the nations of Eu~
rope must look to this country more
than they ever did for a large per-
centage of their raw materials, and
will have to buy more of our manu-
featured products. The president Of
the Reichsbank of Germany, who is
regarded as an authority on economic
conditions goes so far as to imply that
the wastage of the war will put all
Europe in industrial bondage to the
countries supplying raw materials. In
recent speech, the banker said:
1.-THE nations of the entente do not
yet appear to understand that con-
tinuation of the war will lead to an
unavoidable impoverishment of Eu-
rope, no matter how it ends. This I'M
poverishment means complete de-
pendence upon America, which pos
sesses more raw material than any
other country. Europe will be for
many decades the slave of her war
debts and forced to import commodi-
ties from America. This gloomy pros
pect becomes all the more evident the
longer the war lasts. There will no
longer be buying and selling among
the peoples of Europe, as the interna-
tional exchange of wares will be COM
pletely taken up in meeting the de-
mands of each country. 1t is hopeless
to think that there will be an excep-
ton for ones own country. Industrial
conditions are the same everywhere.
The French and the English will not
be any better off than the Germans,
although they can not be brought to
understand that with every month the
war is prolonged an industrial year is
lost. Five or six hundred milliards of
industrial capital which has been used
in several years. OF what use will be
the victory of any principle if there is
neither strength nor money in order
to carry 1t out? Every new war loan
should further national knowledge in
stead of being used to deceive the OPP
ponents."
If the president of the Reichsbank
is correct in his views, and Europe
must depend after the war for so
many of its commodities from the
United States, this country may look
forward to an era of business activity
and great prosperity that will endure
long after peace has been declared.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13

British Red Cross work is now cost
Ing more than $25 a minute.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13

Zinc bearing material no longer is
shipped from Australia to the United
States for treatment but instead goes
direct to England, where smelling ia
cilities have been greatly enlarged the
past two years. Originally the Aus
tralian product was sent to Belgian
and French smelters controlled by
German metal interests. In the early
days of the European struggle large
quantities of zinc were brought to this
country for treatment.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
MARIN ES.
Inland States Furnish Most Of Them
Illinois Leads.

Illinois leads all the states for the
number of men enlisted in the marine
corps. This state has also furnished
the greatest number in proportion to
its population, according to report
compiled by marine corps officials
The report shows some interesting
comparisons between the inland and
maritime states. Men from the former
seem to prefer the marine corps SER
vice, while those from Maine, Califor-
mia and other maritime states usual
ly select some other military branch.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
GERMANY IS PREPARING
TO WIN THE NEXT WAR;
SITUATION THAT VERY DEEPLY
CONCERNS FUTURE OF
OUR COUNTRY.
(Younth's Companion)

| Outside Germany the whole world
II asked about "the next war;" would
answer as the boy did when some one
asked him for the core Of his apple
But Germany. although it may doubt
the completeness of the victory that
| 1t still expects, Is yet so confident that
the result will not tie it's hands In the
future that 1t is already discussing
the next war and laying plans for
conducting it.
Among other outgivngs on the SUBJ
| ject there Is none more significant or
| Illuminating than an article that WAL
ter Rathenau, director in the i'm
perial department for raw materials
published in a Berlin periodical a
short time ago. In that article Herr
Rathenau urges with great earnest
ness that Germany must never again
be insufficiently prepared for war.
That is of course an admission that
| II was not sufficiently prepared in
1914. 1t was fully prepared for the
short war on which 1t counted, but
not for this long drawn out contest.
Herr Rathenau' would not have that
mistake made again.
The German Program.
His program is interesting. 1t has
three parts, and If carried out would
be so thorough that it would make
the task of defeating Germany even
harder than the world is now find
ing it,
In the first place he would nc
eumulate and store vast quantities of
everything that might be needed in
waging a long war. He would gather
and hold raw materials of every sort
for future use. That of course is a
policy that Germany adopted long
ago, but he would carry it much fur
Their.
Next, he would organize a statistical
department to find out exactly what
the resources and supplies of the en-
pire are and where all the food and
other commodities are stored The
two measures would supplement each
other.
The third measure is a system Of
economic mobilization Every man
in the country not liable to military
service would be enrolled and assigned
to some definite work at specified
place, and on the outbreak of war
would go at once to that work, just
as the man in the military service
goes to his regimental headquarters.
The Lesson Is Plain.
The plan is not merely interesting
as revealing the strength of the Ger
man delusion that Germany is yet to
conquer the world; it has lesson for
us so plain that it hardly needs to be
pointed out. If Germany can not win
this war, and yet Is to get out of it
with hands still free, it will be more
militaristic and more militant than
ever. It's. next war" would be abso-
lutely certain to include the United
States. To meet a Germany better
prepared than ever would require us
to be equally militaristic; to bend our
very souls to the burden of taxation
and the yoke of drilling and training
and making ammunition and building
battleships and .aeroplanes in short,
to living and thinking and dreaming
nothing but war
Is it an attractive prospect? Then
let us resolve that 1t shall never APP
pear above our horizon. Let us make
up our mind that, come what will
and cost what it may we will see the
thing through now.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13

connected, at great depth, with that in
the Miami district. A 100000 devel-
opment fund was set aside. and then
the city of Pitcher was born.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
The Morning After.
(Mhestones)

The hotel. was overcrowded and a
very fat man had been forced to spend
the night on wire cot minus blan-
kets and mattress. How did you
sleep?" inquired the clerk the next
morning.
"Oh, l slept all right replied the
fat man, but certainly looked like
a waffle when got UP this morning."
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13

Seventy-five million cigarettes are
smoked in the United Kingdom every
day, which means an average of four
cigarettes for every male person in the
British Isles.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13

The cost of feeding the people of
London for a single day is estimated
at $1,125,000.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-05
Would You Grow Old Gracefully?

like them you and I know we may
deduce that growing old gracefully
consists in being interested in pcr-
sons and things, and in looking
about one instead OF LOOKING back
Looking forward is recommended
by the triumphant Bernhard But
she is sustained by the belief that
she viii live 10 the age Of one-hun-
dred years. If YOU advise your ell
DERBY friends to look forward they
viii smile at you for your pains.
Looking forward. they think, is
looking into an open grave. .heir
own. But they can look abouJ
them. And. looking about them,
they see what?
They see children enjoying the
pleasures and suffering the pains OF
childhood. And what tragedies those
pains are TO the little ones not yet
Injured to suffering. They see youths
and maidens solving the mysteries
of love and starting toward the
heights of ambition. They see ma
ture men and women bearing the
burden Of the day, in the anXieties
Of parenthood and the struggle for
a livelihood and for the "comfor-
table circumstance" that are the
goal of all Americans.
Growing old awkwardly is shut
ting the gates of the heart against
these and their problems. You who
have Travelled far on the road of life
can help these wayfarers who arc
following by telling them of he
nilestones and pointing out the
guideposts
I recall woman who introduced
more grace into the art Of growing
old than any one ever knew. She
was alone, save for the friends she
had made. But they were many and
true. She said. Il enjoy what is
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-05
BY Ada Patterson.

Words roll glibly from our
tongues. without either speaker or
listener giving much heed TO the
meaning behind them. For instance,
what do we mean by growing old
gracefully
Suppose we consider some exam
pies of that manner of growing old.
A physician OF 81 years, still keep
ing Office hours" still holding a dig
nified position among his fellows,
said he believed he was ga years
young, because he was interested in
what was going on in the world
about him. II like tc read the news
pa pers. especially the divorces and
murders" he said, and l enjoy ex-
citing novels. 1 always want to
know what happens next"
found Sarah Bernhard, - and
minus a leg and a kidney. cOnva-
lescing at Long Beach, L. 1. Lying
back upon her pillows. looking sad
ly into the past? Not she. She
was sitting beside a window where
the sea breezes blew strongly upon
her, but casting no wistful gaze At
lanticward and Franceward. Not a
glance. Her long, sensitive fingers
were stained with clay. She wiped
her fingers now and then upon a
clay-stained napkin on the table.
I She was working at a medallion of
her manager. No one might see
the bit of sculpture until it was fin
ished.
Something she said as we chatted
beside the open window and she
worked at the medallion l shall re
member all my life. She said 1t
with a shrug and a smile and a
wave of her long, thin hand. Il
never look back. Always forward
and up"
In a home for those who have not
been able TO provide homes for
themselves in their latter years
there is a little white-haired woman
whom those who share the home
call Madam Sunshine" Recently
she has been widowed. Life might
be a lonely, dreary thing for her If
she permitted it TO be, but she won t.
While the others bemoan conditions
of their declining years, and tell
how different it would be If" she
says: Il am so thankful that l get
on my knees morning and night TO
say that 1 have a roof over my head
for the rest OF my life. If 1 got
nothing but bread and tea 1 would
be satisfied. 1 have determined ]
will grow old gracefully"
on the veranda Of a seaside hotel
a fve-year-old child left the diners
and tried to follow the music with
her unframed feet. A woman with
a silver crown taught her Both
were happy.
From these examples and others