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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-03-16
: March 10, 1917
WHY A JEWISH CONGRESS?
By DR.. S. N. Deinard.

great deal is being said just in every Jew
sh community about the Jewish Congress that is to
convene in Washington, D. c., the first week in May
Much is being written about it in the Jewish press,
and there is considerable agitation in the land to
make preparations for it. And yet to many Jewish
people the whole matter may be vague and obscure.
They probably don't know what it is all about Why
Jewish Congress?
The present has made the situation of the
Jews in most countries outside of America very crltl-
cal There is no exaggerat1on IN saying that the
Jews have been the greatest sufferers from the war.
Not to speak of those who serve IN the European
armies-and this is half million of them and
share in the fate of all who in the trenches and
the battlehelds, being killed, manned and crippled,
those left behind in countries have probably
suffered greater disasters than any other class of the
population Hundreds of Jewish communities in East
ern Europe have been destroyed and their members
sent into exile scattered Thousands yea, tens of
thousands of prosperous people have been reduced
to beggars, while the condition of the vast numbers
who in times of peace belonged to the proletrat is
now simply indescribable Hunger prvation and dis
making greater ravages than bullet and SHE'LL
Such are the results Of Armageddon for the Jewish
people. Such are the sacrifices they are forced to
bring And when the ends, day it must
what then? In East European countries the position
of brethren in times Of peace has been
enviable The attitude of the Russian and
ROumanlan governments to them is well known. The
Jews there have practically been like people without
country. And those countries have than half of
the worlds Jewry. In parts of the Austrian empire
their social and economic condition has been one of
unritigated distress. When peace is restored
shall such situation be allowed to continue? When
the time that shall bring the representatives of
the nations together to discuss of peace shall
not voice be raised on behalf of suffering Israel
demanding equal rights and equal opportunities for
the Jews of all lands? And which nations representa-
tives would be in more favorable position to speak
for the worlds oppressed including the Jews, than
those of the greatest neutral nation the nation whose
fundamental principles are liberty and equality for
all, the United States of America?
That is the thought that has been in the minds
LEWIS hrOl1
out At the worlds peace conference America must
demand the termination of the restrictions and dis
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-03-16
Death Announced of Chief Rabbi
Tangier.

Rabbi Mardochee Bengio, Chief
Rabbi of Tangier, died last month.
The office had been in his family for
some generations, and carried with
it the right of jurisdiction over ma
tive Jews. The deceased rabbi en-
joyed general respect far outside
the circle of his own coreligionists.
He steadily refused every proposal
which was urged on him to accept
an increase in his emoluments, for
he held that by doing so he would be
robbing the poor. The funeral was
attended by representative of the
Sultan, Great Britain, France, and
several other Powers.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-03-16
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

abilities from which the Jews suffer in parts of the
world. But the American government must first be
approached and told what the wishes OF the American
Jews are in regard this matter. Who is to do that?
Who is to represent American Jewry before the gov
eminent and voice claims?
In the past this easily answered. There have
always been some distinguished Jewish gentlemen,
of standing, wealth and influence representing
certain Jewish groups organizations, who in time
of need were the spokesman OF American JeWry The
Order Bnai Brith the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations and of late years, the American Jew
ish Committee would send their representatives to
Washington to negotiate to argue, or to plead AS
rule they successful in their errands No fault
could be found on that score But these men, after
all, represented only small groups of Jews. The
wishes of the majority Of the of the people
were not taken into consideration. Not only the
method very undemocrat1c but the ideas and plans
of the small minority represented often counter
to the wishes and ideas of the preponderatlng Jewish
majority that voiceess in the presence of our
government.
When therefore, the question arose of inducing
government to represent the cause OF the Jews
at the worlds future peace conference, the Jewish
masses began to assert themselves and determined
that this time the government shall be made familiar
with their ideas and desires. That could be done
through the convention of body of men represent
ing all sections and all classes of American Jewry.
Thus the congress plan was launched.
After many conflicts and chickering's the old Jewish
spokesman, group representatives, consented to
join in the movement and to participate in the con-
gress. Of there differences of opinion
almost every point connected with it. the time of
converting it, it's composition and the questions to be
discussed, etc. But by making mutual concessions
agreement has been reached almost every point
From the very beginning of the congress agitation,
however, two distinct parties have been contending
for supremacy in the councils of American ewry: the
Nationalists and the Anti-Natonaists. While our
Anti-Nationalists wish to the condition of the
Jews of all lands ameiorated by securing equal rights
for them, and would, therefore, have this demand
presented at the worlds peace conference Nation
alists would, in addition, demand the recognition of
Jewish nationality, and its right the establishment
of autonomous Jewish state in Palestine, and the
guarantees for the security of such state This great
issue between the two parties will confront the Jew
ish congress. AS in all democratic bodies, the ma
jority of course, will decide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
HAVE BIC TALENT.
Wonderful Program for Teach
ers in Topeka.
Plan for Division of Convention
Up to a Vote.

DIR. Frank Crane and Rabbi Stephen
Wise of New York, DR.. David Sned-
den of Columbia university, William
Writ of Gary, Ind, DR.. Alma Webster
Powell and a number of other widely
known men and women will come to
Topeka in November for the state
teachers convention. Plans for the
big meeting November SO are being
worked out by members of the official
board of the state organization.
One of the best programs ever pre-
scented will be offered the teachers
who come to the convention this year.
High class talent from a dozen states
will be brought to Topeka during the
convention, according to statements of
members of the board. Among the
speakers will be some of the foremost
educators of the country.
Plans for a division of the state con-
vention will be presented to the teach
ers at their November meeting. The
program for four organizations was
approved by the board and will be
presented for final ratification by the
association. Several years ago the as
ISOLATION voted down plans to remove
the convention from Topeka or to di-
vide the meetings into small units.
While the plan is advocated on the
theory OF a larger membership and
greater political power, the scattered
conventions will not permit the associ-
alton to secure the highest class talent.
All members of the association who
come to the November convention will
vote on the plan for divorcing the
state unit organization and establish
ment of the district convention plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17

in the first year of high school work.
Quincy and Sumner junior high
schools are the only two other Sucn
schools in the city. Both of these
high schools were started as side-hnes
and not as the main issue. The first
year high school subjects could be IN
troduced into the school curriculum
because the buildings were large and
offered space as we'll as accommoda-
tons for the courses. But never be-
fore has a school building been plan
ned for the city with junior high
school as its primary purpose.
New Lincoln School.
A feature of the building aside from
it's supreme practically, is the new
style of seats and desks that have been
introduced into the school system. The
new desks are large arm chairs with
a wide surface board coming from the
one arm of the chair up and out in
front of the pupil. School books will
be placed in a small drawer between
the rungs of the chair, pulling out to
the side of the seat. One advantage
of the new style of chair is that it is
movable lighter and less costly. The
furnishings for the new building cost
approximately $1,000, including the
new desk-chairs, teachers desks and
equipment.
The building this morning was open
ed to grade pupils of the East SIDE
from Twelfth street to the river, and
for the entire East side in the high
school courses.
With the opening of school today,
only two buildings of the school sys-
tenn were not awakened from their
summers sleep. The two buildings
still unopened are Garfield school and
Washington school They are unfit
buildings for school purposes. All the
other buildings of the city are opened
and are welcoming the 1000 Topeka
children back to their old school
haunts, slightly changed, but still
they are the same old haunts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
OPEN MISSION HERE
Jesuit Fathers Will Conduct Services
at Holy Name Church.

A two weeks mission under the di-
rection of two Jesuit fathers of the
Catholic church will be opened at the
Holy Name church, Tenth and Clay
streets, September %. The mission
program includes mass and short in
struction each morning at $50 o'clock;
mass and sermon at o'clock; stations
of the cross at o'clock: inquiry class
at I and rosary benediction and SER
mon at 1880 o'clock
The Rev. NJ. A. Leary. of Chicago,
president of the Jesuit Missionary So
ciety, will conduct the mission, as
sisted by the Rev. V. A. Siefk. Eve
ming services of the first weeks pro-
gram will be for women and during
the second week special sermons will
be given each night for the men,
Protestants, as well as Catholics, will
be Welcomed to the meetings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
EVIDENCE OF FORGERY
Stenographer Says Lawyer Means Die
tated j. c. Kings VIII.

Chicago, Sept. IA typewriter
will be used in establishing the legal
ity of the alleged second will of James
{. King. Chicago millionaire, which
bequeathed practically all of his large
estate to his widow, Mrs. Maud A
King.
Miss Pansy S. We'll, stenographer.
declares that last June, CASTOR B.
Means. business adviser of Mrs King,
dictated the will to her, dated October
9. 1905. which has been pronounced a
forgery.
Michael F. Sullivan, assistant states
attorney, today forwarded Miss Wells
typewriter to New York. where the
original manuscript of the disputed
will was found in Means effectz He
said a typewriter expert could deter
mine whether the original manuscript
was typed on Miss Wells machine, as
she alleges
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
FRY TO THE RESCUE
Non-Partisan League Not With I. w.
W., Says Well Known Socialist.

The non-partisan league is strong
for the government. At least that was
the statement in Topeka of E. r. Fry.
secretary manager in this state and
Socialist candidate for the United
States senate from North Dakota in
1916.
Recently the system adopted by the
non-partisan league in its organiza-
ton plan, was reported to state Off
Gals. 1t was urged in these reports
that the league is closely related to
the 1. w. w. and the Peoples Council
Claims by residents of Mcpherson
county and other localities were pub
lished in various papers. Now Fry
comes to the defense of his organiZa-
ton by declaring it bears no relation
to the I. w. w.
Under the organization plan of the
league, Kansas farmers became so en-
Unused over the program for reform
and betterment of conditions that they
subscribed SIG membership fees. One
letter sent to state departm ent
charged that the men behind the Peo-
pies Council is also behind the Nom
Partisan league and that the money
of the Kansas farmers was being used
to meet L. w. w. operating expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
TO SHOW WATER WORK
State Irrigation Congress Will Be Held
at Scott City.

Scott City, Sept. 1.-THE state irri-
CATION congress will convene at Scott
City September 26 and 81 and
from ali indications will furnish a
wonderful demonstration of pump ir-
rigation.
The president of the congress, j.
W. Tough, is now completing $751;
10000 electric power pumping plant,
which will pump from eight wells,
each we'll with a capacity of $500 gal
Ions of water per minute. The Gar
den City Development company have
an aggregate pumping capacity OF
over 100, 900 gallons per minute. There
are many other large ones, some driv-
en- by oil engines, others by electric
ity, some by wind mills.
Thousands of farms could be lrrl-
gated, either by pumping from wells,
from creeks, ponds, or in some cases
rivers and it could be done more
cheaply than we are doing it in Scott
county in the majority of cases. The
great object of this meeting is to edu-
cate people to the possibilities of it
and instruct them in the details of it
While other parts of the state have
their oil, their gas, their coal or their
mineral, Scott county has her water
beneath With this water she can
produce a wealth equal to that pro-
duced by any other part of the state.
Other parts of the state can do the
same thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
BIG CHURCH MEETING
Annual State Convention of United
Brethren Will Begin Tomorrow.

The sixtleth annual convention of
the Church of the United Brethren in
Christ, of Kansas, will open in To-
peka Tuesday night. More than 800
delegates from over the ste tie are ex-
pected to attend the six days confer
ence which will be held at the First
United Brethren church at Twelfth
and Quincy streets. The conference
will be under the direction of Bishop
Cyrus ]. Kephart, of Kansas City
The program will start Tuesday
night with a reception to the visiting
delegates. Governor Arthur Capper
will welcome the visitors on behalf of
the state and the city; Samuel Buck
ner, of the Walnut Grove, Methodist
church, on behalf of the Topeka Min
lster1al union, and the Rev. G. K.
Hartman, of the First United Breth-
rem church, on behalf of the church
Regular meetings of the conference
Will be held each morning at O'Clock
in the afternoon at 1880 and in the
evening at 7:45 o'clock. Memorial
services will be held Sunday afternoon
at 3 O'Clock. Each department of the
church activities will receive special
attention at the meetings, including
Christian education and evangelism,
women's missionary societies, foreign
missions, Sunday school work and en-
deavor activities.
Registration will take place at the
First United Brethren church at
Twelfth and Quincy streets
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
Better Health From
Internal Baths

Miss Frances Herrod writes DR..
Chas. A. Tyrren of New York as fol-
lows:
81 am very glad to tell you that I
am more than pleased with the results
obtained from the use of the j. B. L.
Cascade. and am in better health than
I have been in years"
This is but one of thousands of the
same kind of letters received by DR..
Chas. A. Tyrrel of New York. the in
ve1tor of the -. 3. l.. Cascade
By a purely natural process of prop
erly using warm water, the u. b. L.
Cascade" removes all the poisonous
waste from the lower intestine. which
physicians agree is the cause of 50 per
cent of all human ailments.
Tully- Mcfarland Drug company in
Topeka have filled an enormous de-
mand for y. b. L. Cascades" in the
past few years, and will show and ex-
plain it to you on request. free and
interesting booklet on Internal Bath
ing-''Why Man of Today Is only SO
Per Cent Efficient'-can be obtained
at their store free of any cost.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
TANKS WILL TELL
VIII Figure in Future Battles
as Much as Airplanes.
Germans Now Making Them,
Says British Inventor.

Washington, Sept. 1T.-Herculean
battles between droves of allied and
Teuton tanks" will be 'as common
as air lighting on the western front
soon. Col. E. D. Swinton, commander
of the first British tank squadron
in France, predicted to the United
Press today.
Colonel Swinton, who is here with
Lord Readings commission, original
ed the now famous British fighting
monsters. He believes the Germans
are building the land cruisers and the
day is not dista mt, he thinks, when II
will be a question of survival OF the
fittest between Fritz" and Iedoy
tanks He then drew word picture
of these future struggles between the
steel monsters.
Male and Female Tanks.
There will be both male and fe-
male tanks-so called" he said.
I'VE will have Mary and Molly
tanks along with their lords and mas
tiers, the big Teddy tanks. The males
will lumber into battle surrounded Dy
their harems.
with the destruction of machine
guns as his chief objective, the male
tank starts across No Mans Land
Shell craters, embankments, barbed
wire entanglements, trenches and even
small forests are no barrier. With
his two six-pounders he blasts his way
forward. Being bullet proof, it is sell
dom that he is checked until he has
accomplished his MISUNDERSTANDING
machine gun emplacements.
However, he is more or less use
| less at close fighting and often gets
into a place where he can not ex-
tricate himself. 1t is here that his
! better halves get into the game"
Big Ones ''Teddies.''
1.-The female tanks-dubbed thus
because of their man-killing propen-
and on all sides. fighting like mad.
They beat off the enemy trying to
storm the big Teddy
Thus far tanks are the only means
that have been devised in breaking
the deadlock along strongly entrench-
ed infantry fronts. Colonel Swinton
stated. Great improvements are be-
ing made in their construction and
defects remedied. The tank of the
future will be a perfect fighting
ling than heretofore dreamed of, he
said.
Of the development of the crawling
! fortresses, which have changed mod
ern warfare. Colonel Swinton said
| During that awful first year every
soldier realized that something had
to be devised to stop the carnage. The
futility of naked man attempting
to cross No Mans Land was apparent
to allies and boches alike 1t was
an impossibility to sweep that pock-
/ marked batch of hell with men alone.
/ Idea From Yankees.
| 81 had seen one of your Yankee
inventions-Holt's tractor 1 remem-
bered its feats in navigating rough
country and simply applied the idea.
AT about the same time some one else
got a similar idea and wrote Win
ston Churchill, first lord of the ad-
miralty. independently of each other
the war and navy branches began
perfecting the same idea. Navy Of
f1clalS, unknown to me worked on a
! land cruiser while we struggled with
the tank Then we got together
with the result You have read about u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
First Bells of 1878 Season
Are Ringing Today.
End of Vacation for More Than
1000 Children.
new BUILDINGS AND TEACHERS
Department Changes Also Not
ed on Wilson Staff.
New Lincoln School Costing
100000 Finest in State.
It was the first day of school,

1t was the tlrSt day or ScnOolI
And apparently ever single child
was happy. Old classmates met for
the first time in three months. and it
was play day for more than 1000
children enrolling today.
For the 1 400 high school students
it was New Years" day. Brilliant
resolutions were made. to study to
go to but one party each week, not
TO loaf and not to funk.
In the grade schools, it was just the
plain first day of school New rooms,
strange teachers, new things to do
and added trouble as well as the first
day of another years play.
The school buildings of the city
opened this morning to the 1000 pu-
pills for the first time since the June
recess. Every building had been fun
igated, cleaned and the furniture pol
iShed. The rooms had been rear
ranged and all fixed up to make the
years work more enjoyable and
healthful to the students
The new Lincoln school, at Fifth
and Monroe streets, was opened for
the first time this morning. 1t is a
real palace for the school children of
the East side from the primary up
to and including the first year high
school pupils. The building is the
most costly, most modern and most
beautiful in the city. The structure
cost 100000 and marks a new era
in the Topeka schools. The new
building is also the first in the city of
Topeka that has been erected for the
purpose of accommodating students
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
THE COMEBACK"

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down-and-out. His weakened condition be-
cause Of over-work, lack of exercise. i'm
appetite and the refreshing sleep essential
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down-and-out, but take them today. Your
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If they do not help you. Accept no sub
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ON every box. Three sizes. They are the
pure, original imported HARLEM Oil Cap
Observation-Disclosures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-17
keep BREAD CHEAP
France Pays Practically Same
Price as Before War.
Govt Buys Wheat and Sells for
Less to Baker.
BY w. S. FORREST.

Paris. Sept. 1.-THE housewife of
war-ridden France today is paying
practically the same price for bread
that she paid before the war. The
only difference is that today's bread
is of whole wheat flour. 1t is darker
than the white loaf of the pre-war
days.
The French food ministry today ex-
planned to the United Press for the
benefit of Americans now facing in
creased prices for flour and bread how
France dealt with the problem. The
miniStrys statement was as follows:
During the first two years of the
war there was no bread problem in
France. We imported all necessary
wheat but even then, in view of trans
port difficulties. the government was
obliged to regulate baking.
Only Raised a Cent.
LAS the French are essentially a
bread-eating nation, it was necessary
to keep prices as low as possible.
Therefore the only. increase permitted
was the raise to five cents of the usual
four-cent loaf.
''All French bread now is of stan
dard type. 1t is made of whole wheat
flour, which is less tasty, perhaps, but
which is equally nutritious.
THE government held it inadvis-
able to tax wheat because the farm
ers might grow other cereals. There
fore, it was decided to pay the farm
ers the prices they demanded for
their wheat-altho the flour from this
grain was resold at former prices to
the bakers.
Bread Cards Next Month.
ITO cover the deficit a tax will soon
be imposed on the agricultural popu-
lation. This appears to be the only
solution.
In October, bread cards will be in
trodsced in France. They will allow a
maximum daily allowance per capita
of a pound of bread with maximum
of pound and four-fifthS. The latter
weight Is for the working and agri-
cultural classes, who are greater bread
eaters than our townspeople."