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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-09-14
September "A, 1917.
THE SOLDIER JEW.

ltE OOLD1E II y ~ W.
It is a foregone conclusion that
the Jews as law-abiding citizens
furnished their proportionate quota
on Registration Day. Neither does
it suffer the slightest doubt that,
as good patriots and in gratitude
for having found here a place OF
safety against the hatred of their
brutal enemies, the native and
foreign-born Jews were no slackers
in subscribing for the Liberty loan.
But how many of them will appear
in khaki? How will they behave in
the trenches? How many will re-
turn with the war medal pinned to
their breasts?
There is yet insufficient authen-
tic material on the part played by
the Jews in the present war, but
the records of the past are known.
The Old Testament is, Fortunate
ly, still very accessible and pretty
we'll known book. Therefore why
waste space and time in proving
that the old Hebrews, under JOS
hua, their judges and kings, were
valorous warriors before the Lord?
And who does not know the story
of the Maccabees and the desper-
ate defense Of Jerusalem against
the powerful legions of Vespasian
and Titus in the year 70 A. D.?
Who is not acquainted with. the
heroic stand Of Bar Kokba, the He
brew Garibaldi, and his followers
at Bethar 1875 A. D.? But probably
very few readers will know that the
Jews were not only brave soldiers
in their own country, but that the
martial fever drove thousands of
them to serve as volunteers in the
armies of Alexander the Great
(356-323 B. CO., and of the Syrian
kings; that Ptolemy l of Egypt
(323-309 B. CO. employed them in
preference as garrison troops in his
fortified places, thus recognizing at
the same time their bravery and
loyalty.
Ptolemy Philometor (died 145
B. CO. and his queen, Cleopatra,
committed their whole kingdom to
the two Jewish generals, Orias and
Dositheus, for they were the only
ones in the whole army on whom
they could implicitly rely. Two
other Hebrew generals, Helgias and
Ananias, saved the same queens
throne from the onslaughts of her
own son, Ptolemy Lathyrus.
He who desires to read the story
in detail is referred to the works
of the famous Judeo-Roman histor-
ion Iosonhus Elaui11S l27 OK A d.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22

after Caskey on August 3rd published an editorial referring to the Fair banks train as the "RichardSon Rut." The editorial under the caption, "We'll Do It." follows:
 "In his latest defense of Richard son Rut, the editor of the News-Miner says that if Secretary Meyer knew that the roads of Alaska are bad, he might help to better their condition. That is the reason why we roasted the Valdez trail.
 But we do not believe the trail should be considered as a gift horse, and whether the money comes out of our pocket or out of the federal treas ury is lmmaterial. Interior Alaska adds enough mineral wealth to the na- ton in one year to build graveled highway from Fairbanks to the coast, and if the government is sick of the job of trying to muddle through with it's trail building program it should say so and pass the buck up to the territory.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22

"The Valdez trail is a military post road, and as such is designed for our military protection. AS a military pro lection we must admit that it is a humdinger. If the enemy should at tempt to march up the military road" to Fairbanks they would be engulfed in mud before they reached Sour dough, as completely as were the hosts of Pharaoh engulfed in the Red Sea.
 "The Citizen is not necessarily try ing to get anyone's scalp. There is no politics in our honest, and we be- lieve, justifable, appeal for a better trail. We believe Interior Alaska is entitled to it, and we are going to do all in our power to get it.
 'It IS time for us to quit looking upon everything as gift horses and it is up to us to realize that, though a new country, we have some rights, and we should get together and se- cure those rights, and not worry about whose corns are tread upon.
 "The gist of the News-Miner's ar
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22
THE DOGS SHOULD WORRY

Now that we are to have "dawg law" and all hounds must be chained up, it will be noticed that the dogs will be on hand the same as usual. No, we are not the least bit carried away by the idea that this law is to be enforced any more than is the law against letting horses and cows ca vort around the streets and war gar denS.
 Some laws are passed because the officials want the right to enforce purposes, and others to put up a them, if necessary, some for other front. In just which class this one be- longs We are not prepared to say, but we will be agreeably surprised if it is vigorously enforced.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22

Who shall say what battles may be won by those slender needles as well as by the flashing sabers, the splitting rifles or the roaring guns Who shall say what souls of far-Off boys in the trenches will be purified and made cleaner for eternity with thoughts of these generous and kindly deeds, sym bolized before their eyes by the work of gentle hands
 Come and bring your knitting, mothers and wives and daughters. Come to the minds and the hearts of our brave young soldiers, in camp and on the march, here and overseas-for you are knitting together with firmer links the great wide-world democracy for the salvation of the universe.-EX.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22
FAIRBANKS IN THROES OF AN
 EDITORS ROW
Quarrel Starts When Editor of Citi- zen Starts In to Roast
 Bad Trail

FAIRBANKS, Aug. 9, (By MaiD.- A bitter newspaper controversy, which broke out here shortly after the return of Harmon Caskey, publisher of the Fairbanks Citizen, eliminated today in the arrest of Caskey on the charge of criminal libel sworn to by Publisher w. F. Thompson, of the Fairbanks News-Miner.
 Friends of Caskey claim Thompson never hollered "bull" before, and that the whole matter has been organized by the federal courthouse ring which has always been bitterly opposed to CaSkey and his paper. J. Harmon Caskey is publisher of the Daily Citi- zen.
 The row commenced to get warm
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22
BRING YOUR KNITTING

A million knitting needles flashing in autos speeding over boulevardS and country roads. Millions more in homes and clubs. Everywhere flash ing the needles of democracy.
 A million useful articles such as caps, socks, undercoatS for volunteers, growing under the swift strokes of white fingers clicking those needles muSically. That is one expression of patriotism evoked by the war.
 In Seattle, women. invited to take a jaunt, are requested to bring their knitting" just as their mothers and grandmotherS were asked to do for every cabin party in pioneer days everywhere in the United States. Re ports from other cities and towns in dicate that this beautiful custom of knitting for the soldiers is universal in this country now.
 A year ago not many women of gentle birth or culture could have been persuaded to knit openly in an automobile while riding through the streets of a city or over the country roads. Such an exposition would have occcaSioned a humorous chuckle at least, if not an expression of criti- cism. Now, to be without knitting needles in otherwise unemployed mo- ments is a custom more honored in the breach than in the observance by all the women of the land, rich or poor. Mothers of girls and the girls themselves in groups everywhere knit, knit, knit, their conversation pleasantly punctuated by the clicking of the bright little rods of steel or the transparent shafts of iron or ivory.
 What of this knitting? How shall these gifts to the volunteers be meas ured? Who shall number the many stitches, every one a gift in itself, la den with loving thought, hope, a prayer for the brave soul who is to wear the finished article.
 Every stitch a present! Thousands of stitches in each article! Some sac rifce made to buy the yarn, high priced enough, too high, when the use is considered, certainly-a nation of knitting women, thinking only good thoughts for those who are to be the recipients of their labOrS-it is a won der-working picture of the imagina- tion. For it requires imagination to see all this work going on all over this broad land, morning and evening and at midday, in season and out of season, at home and abroad.
 Many young man will be strength ened in the hour of peril, of weariness, of temptation, by feeling under his fingers the soft wool knitted into some article of comfort for his sake. Many a one, wounded and dying on the fields of wrath, under the midnight stars, will feel the influence of the gentle prayers breathed into those stitches with every kiss of the nim- ble fingers guiding the flashing steel
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22

gument is this: Tush, tush, don't say a word. This is all pap you know. What if the funds are being wasted? It is nothing directly out of our pock- cts and the road commission may do the trail some good on the money available. Does Alaska need this kind of pap? We say 'No!"
 The News-M Miner came back with hot shot and after an issue or two the original cause of the dispute was lost, comments becoming personal.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22

Scratch pads-for school, for your desk, for the counter, for the work room-10c at The Gateway.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22

Proof of labor blanks tor sale at Gateway.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-22

Old papers, seventy-fve for 1Oc, at The Gateway.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-26
EXPERT TO
BE here TODAY
Bruce Kennedy of Washington
to Speak at Jackson
and Cape.

Bruce Kennedy of Washington, D.
c., member of the Council of Ma
tional Defense land well-known
speaker, will deliver two addresses
to the people of Cape Girardeau to-
day on the question of food conser-
vation.
At 9 o'clock this afternoon he will
speak at the court house in Jackson
and has expressed hope that a large
crowd be present to hear his message.
At 7:3O o'clock this evening he Will
lecture at the Methodist Church in
Cape Girardeau.
Mr.. Kennedy will tell the people
how. to preserve food and at the
same time lessen the cost of living.
He is one of the most prominent men
now making public speeches in the in
terest Of food conservation.
DR.. w. S. Dearmont, president OF
the Normal School, is member Of
the food commission in Missouri, and
is devoting much time and energy to
the cause. 1t was at his solicitation
that Mr.. Kennedy was assigned to
speak in Cape Girardeau county.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-26
U s. SOLDIERS IN
ACTIVE FIGHT ON
WESTERN FRONT
First American Gun Dis
charged on German
Line
TEUTONS CAPTURE
$4,000 ITALIANS
English And French Continue To
Make Steady Gains In
Flanders
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY

WITH THE, AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Oct. 27.-Americar
troops are in the first line trenches
on the French front. The artillery
fired the first shot of the war at 6
o'clock on the morning of a recent
day at a German working party.
There has been intermittent artillery
fighting since.
Helmeted artillery marched in with
out the knowledge of the enemy, on
the same night, through rain and mud,
The French soldiers in the trenches
welcomed them enthusiastically. The
nearest enemy trench is several hun
dred yards away. The sector is one of
the quietest on the front. 1t has noe
bee ntaken over, being under the con-
trop of troops under the direction OF
the French.
The Americans have shelled German
positions and troops, the enemy senG-
ing shell for shell. The case of the
first American shell was sent to Presi-
dent Wilson.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Belief
that the Liberty loan total surely nal
passed s4,OOO,O00,000 and that the
full s5,00O,OOO,0O0 would be subscrib-
ed, possibly with a margin to share,
was expressed by treasury officials.
PARIS, Oct. 27.-Continuing their
offensive in Belgium, French troops
have captured German trenches nortn
of the objectives reached yesterday,
the War Office announces.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-British Troops
have made further progress west of
Passchendaele, east of Ypres, says tie
official announcement from Marshall
Hal gtoday. Two German counter at
tacks were repulsed during the night
and the ground gained yesterday was
consolidated.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-News dis
patches disclose that Field Marshal
Mackensen is present during the Aus
tro- German drive against Italy. The
London newspapers view the situa-
tion in that theater with anxiety.
A British correspondent on the It'll
ian front says: "Italy is about to meet
single-handed almost the entire Aus
trian Army and to bear alone the bur-
den.
BERLIN via London, Oct. 27.-Six-
ty thousand Italians have been taken
by the Austrian-German forces in
their offensive on the Italiant front,
army headquarters announced today.
Guns to the number Of 45 have been
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-26

Immediately after the shooting a
throng gathered on the corner. The
wounded policeman was rushed to the
hospital by George Bolz in an auto
mobile accompanied by Policeman
Hutson and Joe Baumgartner, the
first to arrive ON the scene. He was
dead when placed in the automobile,
but thinking that medical aid could
be brought to the wounded man, tac
party took him to the hospital. In
the meantime DR.. Schulz was sum
moned, but he found the man deal
when he arrived at the hospital.
Upon receiving information of the
shooting Chief of Police Whitener,
Fire Chief Kraft and Firemen Harry
Rabe and Charles Kassel hurried, 70
the corner of the shooting. Upon rc-
ceiving description of the man sus
pected of the killing, they began to
search the streets of the neighbcr-
hood but failed to find anybody ar
swering that description.
Shortly after midnight the police
went to the Parmenter home. They
found him upstairs. After knockins :
several times they saw Parmenter ap-
pear at the head of the steps and
turn on the light in the hallway, but
turned the light out when told who
the men were. Chief Whitener broke
the plate glass window in the front
door and crawled through the open
ing.
When the police got upstairs they
found Parmenter had gone back to
bed. He was taken to the station ami
locked up declining to say anythin2,
When seen at the city Jail by re-
porter for The Tribune Parmenter
was reticient in answering. He sa,;;
all he knew was that he had been
arrested but was at loss to explain
his arrest, as he had done nothing.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-26
CAPE'S MILITARY
BAND TO DISBAND
Resignation of DR.. Schuchert
Will Cause Musicians to
be Transferred.

The members of Cape Girardeau's
band who joined the army as a par.
of Company L, will not be able to re-
mai ntogether as the result of Dr.
C. E. Schuchert's resignation, it has
been learned in the Cape
Six members of the Cape band are
to be resassigned to regimental
band now stationed on the Pacific
coast. Others will be transferred to
various camps over the country.
These changes are to be made in the
near future.
DR.. Schuchert is expected to re-
tur nto the Cape within the mex:
few days. According to reports re-
ceived from the camp yesterday, he
resigned because he was physically
unable to continue the rigorous course
of training which is required of mem
bers of the army.
When he agreed to join the army
he had the assurance that in the event
he was dissatisfied, he could resign
This stipulation was made to Or
Schuchert because he was beyond the
military age
It is understood that his resigna'
tion has caused extreme regret among
the Cape boys. They had hoped t;
be able to renal ntogether. Toa:
Foster, member of the band, VIII,
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-26
POLICEMAN SHOT TWICE
dies FEW. SECONDS LATER
Wife Collapses When Told of
Husbands Death-Slain Officer
on Force Only Six Weeks.

Paroman Albert Demorte shot jnost killed
yesterday about O'Clock while standing
of Broadway Middle shortly
Pamenter, wealthy retired
the head and the side He
ptal by witnesses pronounc
ed him dead.
Shortly after midnight Pamerr arrested at his home
of Themis and Ellis
where he is being held for the He refused
gang the shooting and G
arrested.
Mike OConne who conducts barber shop of
the witnesses of the shooting reporter
he had the policeman Broadway
poroom and while talking him approached wanting
they policeman
to leave but Pamonter refused comply with
OConne accompanied the policeman the
the Broadway had
hardly crossed the said WIN
and turning the policeman
whom he later identified Pmener huredy
Broadway and o Fountain
Four who waking Broadway
who later identified
where he him pitch something adjoining
dio These
ard and Melvin Stephen. tssa:sss5-. T.
The revolver 30 ealiber Smith
lot by Robert Whaw who HAD been
The taken to the police station
ence An the revoier reporter
trigger had been pulled three cartridge
charged the second had failed explode third
discharged The other shells not touched.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-26

When asked whether he had been
on Broadway during the evening, he
answered he had been out, but ha,!
retired at Q O'Clock. In response 20
other questions put to him by the re-
porter he told him to go to b as
he wanted to sleep.
Policeman Demoriters was 80
years old on April 20. He is tha
first policeman slain in the Cape for
many years. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs Louise Demortlars anfs
two children "a daughter Is years oil 4
and son Q years old. He lived with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Anledae
Demorticrs at 419 North Boulevard
He was appointed policeman last
April to succeed John Talley. After
serving several months, he resigned
because of the serious illness of his
aged father.
Six weeks ago after Policemen
Masterson had been dismissed, De
mortiers was reappointed by the city
council because of the good record
he had made during the first few
months of service. He was regarded
as one of the best police officers of
the city and was a very popular man.
When the wife of the slain police
man was informed of his death she
collapsed and became so hysterical
that a physician had to be called. HIS
mother was also attended by the pny-
sician.
Parmenter is wealthy retireI
farmer. He owns a large farm in
Stoddard county near Bloomfield It
is operated by his son. The police 5a.r
that every time Parmenter was out
celebrating he would boast of his
wealth and what his money could 90
for him. He is about fifty years
old.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-26
FRISCO SUIT PUT
OFF BY JUDGE HUCK
Announces He Will POSTPONE
Decision on Demurrer
for Months.

The trial of the custer suit fiie,l
against the Frisco by the city which
was docketed for the present term
of the Ste. Genevieve County Circuit
Court, has been postpone due to the
announcement of Circuit Judge Huck
that he would not render his decision
on the demurrer filed by the railroad
against the city's petition, until the
had finished the docket in other
courts of his circuit. The arguments
were made yesterday morning in Ste.
Genevieve by N. A. Motley and en-
Attorney Miller of the Frisco, and
City Counselor Oscar A. Knehans and
George Webster, the attorney for the
Cape Girardeau Commercial Cub,
representing the city.
The attorneys for the railroad at
tempted to show that the city had no
cause for action against the railroad
They repudiated the franchise which
was granted the old railroad by the
city several years ago, on the grounds
that the present Frisco system had
no franchise with the city, since the
reorganization of the railroad fol-
lowing the sale of the Frisco last
year.
The attorneys contended that the
franchise was terminated with this
transaction and that it was not in
cluded in the terms of the sale. Thcv
claimed the railroad was permitted
to operate its trains through Cape
Girardeau on the strength of the
franchise granted the railroad abou5
80 years ago by the state of Mis-
souri, and that the franchise and cor
tract made between the railroad and
the city in 1909 was not binding on
the re-organized railroad.
City Counselor Knehans and Attor-
ley Webster loffset the arguments
by saying that the franchise, which
was granted the Frisco ih 1909 by the
city was an obligation which could
not be eliminated from the files of
the railroad which were taken ove-
by the new organization at the time
Of the sale.
They compared the Cape Girardea1
franchise with a mortgage on real
estate, maintaining that the franchise
rested nthe railroad as mortgage
continued to rest upon the property
even after. the sale. The fact, they
said, that the railroad had continued
to use the streets of the city for the
operation of the trains implied the &C.
ceptance of the franchise granted the
railroad before it was thrown into the
hands o. the receiver.
The postponement of the decision
on the demurrer will cause a long de.
lay of the trial Of the custer suit. II
was said that the Judge would not be
ready for decision before Christina
since he has announced that he would
withhold his decision until he mac
completed his circuit.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-26
OUSTED POLICEMAN
sues CITY COUNCIL
Attorney Says Officers Was
Discharged in Violation of
State Law.

A writ of cert:orGri was brought in
the Common Pleas Court yesterday
afternoon by Judge Edward D. Hays
for the purpose of forcing Mayor
Hirsch and the councilmen, who ous-
ted Policeman Elam Masterscn, two
months ago, to reinstate the dis
missed officer. The petition contends
that the dismissal was in violation
of the state law, in that the city
council failed to bring any written
charges against the officer and give
him an pportunity to defend himself
at a hearing. The petition further
alleges that under these conditions
Masterson is entitled to a policeman's
salary until he is dismissed in the
proper way.
Masterson was discharged by the
city council two months ago on
charges of incompetency. This action
was taken after the regular council
meeting had been adjourned by Mayor
Hirsch, and following the meeting
Masterson was notified orally by men,
bers of the council that he had been
discharged.
The state law holds that an appoin-
tive or elective officer can not be
dismissed except on charges made in
writing and alleging incompetency or
any other offense, which would con-
stitute just cause for removal. Be
fore this officer is legally dismissed,
Judge Hays said, he must be notif;ed
to appear for a trial and be given en-
opportunity to defend himself.
Masterson was notnotified of any
charges, but was voted out of Of
flee by the five councilmen who at
tended the meeting on the complaints
of Chief Whitener and City Attorney
Limbaugh.
The writ filed by Judge Hays asks
that the proceedings of this meeting
be brought into court and that they
be annulled, which would automatic
ally reinstate the dismissed officer.
He maintains that the meeting was
not legal and that the councilmer
overstopped their authority in ousting
Masterson.
The city council acted upon the ad-
vice of City Counselor Knehans who
told the councilmen that an appoin.
tive officer could be dismissed at any
time under the city ordinance.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-26

departed yesterday for the training
camp after spending ten day fun
lough at nome, informed his friends
'.cre that the band would be disband-
led bcc,use of its leaders esigna-
ton.