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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-11-05

Official casualty lists from the front
contain the following names Of Maine
men:
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-02

The first to bring official mes
sages from Jewish Palestine to the
Jews of America is Walter E. Mey-
er, who was attached to the Zion
list Administrative Commission, as
financial adviser of Dr. Chain
Weitzman. Mr.. Meyer, who is
graduate of Yale University and of
Harvard Law School, is brother of
Eugene Meyers, Jr., member of the
War Finance Corporation, Zionist
member of the Council of National
Defence, Director of the Montefiore
Hospital and of the Public Bank Of
New York City. Until he joined the
commission he was one of Americas
"dollar-a-year" men, and was in
France doing war work when his
services were Communicated by DR..
Weitzman, just as the commission
was departing for Palestine.
: Mr.. Meyer was in Palestine for
ten weeks, and made close study
of the political, economic and So
Geological conditions of the land.
In his opinion the great need for the
upbuilding of the Jewish National
Homeland is American-Jew man
power. He has in mind, as the de-
sired human material to meet this
demand for manpower, the Amerl-
canized immigrant Jew, especially
those who have come here from
Russia, Roumania, Austria and have
absorbed American methods and
principles without the loss of their
Jewish idealism. Palestine needs
Just such men Of affairs as these"
says Mr.. Meyer, "who will go into
the land with their ability and their
money, and having the Jewish ma
tional purpose in mind while doing
SO, will make investments, launch
commercial enterprises, develop in
dustries and afford means of employ
ment to the population. The Jew
ish population of the country and
the British authorities are agreed
that this is Palestine's prime need IT
it is to develop along the lines laid out
by the Zionist organization in con-
sonance with the British Declara-
ton. Later, and especially if there
is to be a mass-emigration from
Russia and Poland, there will be
great need for men of special train
ing, experts in various branches, in
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-02
The First Direct Message From Palestine

GLIDING teachers. For cultural rea-
sons, it will be desirable that these
teachers shall be proficient in Eng
fish and French as we'll as Hebrew.
Mr.. Meyers left Palestine on June
10th, just after DR.: Weitznan had
returned from Akaba where he and
Major Ormsby-Gore, the liaison
member of the Commission had par
ticipated in a very satisfactory in
terview with Fiesol, the son of the
King of the. Hedjaz, with whom
they discussed Great Britain's pro-
ject of Near-East Entente, COM
posed of the Jews, the Arabs and
the Armenians. In connection
with the negotiations with the
Arabs, Mr.. Meyers said that one of
the most significant features of the
Commission arrival in Palestine
was the reception rendered to it by
Gen. Storrs, the Military Governor
of Jerusalem at which DR.. Weitzman
gave such lucid and satisfying ex-
PLANTATION of the Zionist aims, that
the Grand Multi, Musa Kasin
Pasha, declared to him: "We-the
Jews and the Arabs-must love each
other like brothers" Mr.. Meyer
says that it is impossible to exagger
ate the political Importance of this
event. 1t clearly indicated to the
non Jewish population the bond that
has been established between the
Zionists and the British Govern
ment. 1t served the purpose of al
laying the fear that had been stimu-
lated in some Arab circles that the
British declaration meant nothing
short of turning the land over to the
Jews without regard to the rights
of the rest of the population.
"The population has borne up
wonderfully we'll, in spite of war
conditions" says Mr.. Meyer. THAT
is, all except the population of Je-
rusalem, which has been reduced
from between seventy and seventy
five thousand to twenty-five thou
sand In the colonies, the morale is
wonderful. The colonists are look
ing forward to the future hopefully.
Cut off from the European markets,
the orange growers have carved out
new market in Syria, which is
great asset for the future. Last sea
sons crops, except almonds, were
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-02

manded market prices two and three
times above normal In Jerusalem,
one Of the factors in reducing the
population, aside from explosions
and emigrations, is malnutrition.
This is, in reality, local problem.
1t is not due to poverty, but to in
ability to bring food supplies into
the city. This condition, however,
will be remedied by the double
track railroad which the British
army has built all the way from
Egypt to Jaffa. Another thing that
is going to improve conditions in Je
rusalem is the water-works which
the army has constructed, primarily
to supply its own needs, but ult tt
mately to bring fresh-water from the
mountain tops into every house.
This will do more than anything
else | can think of to combat the
typhoid and other epidemics pre-
vailing in the Holy City.
"You can get some idea of what
sort of country Palestine really is"
said Mr.. Meyer, when I tell you
that number Of Anzacs from Aus
tralia told me that they intended to
settle in Palestine permanently when
the fighting is over, because, they
said, Palestine is finer country
than Australia And talking of
fighting reminds me that the Jew
ish young men of Palestine are
clamoring to be accepted as volun-
teers in the British Army. Over
800 had already enlisted when I left,
and the girls were organizing to
render whatever cooperation they
could, either as nurses, or as typists
or clerks, anything at all, so that
they, too, could have hand in the
liberation of their native land
Mr.. Meyer speaks with enthusi
astic pride of the Jewish Legion, the
London contingent of which has al
ready received its fire4baptism on the
Palestine front. The men made a
profound impression on him. They
seem taller than the average Eng
lish tommy" and are as hard as
nails. Their commander is Col.
Patterson of "Zion Mule Corps"
fame, but two-thirds of the officers
are Jews, and Mr.. Meyer described
them as a splendid set of men.
Among them is Lieut. Vladimir
Zhabotinsky, a splendid example Of
the Russian Jew of the new genera
ton. Lieut. Zhabotinsky is the
father of the Jewish Legion" idea.
Continued on page 801)
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Sports Considered Important
Part in Training of Com
ing Naval Officers

ANNAPOLIS, July 27.-At no other
place in the United States is there SO
much athletic activity at this time as
at the Naval Academy. While certain
phases of athletics are at a discount
in some places on account of the neces-
sty of devoting everything to the war,
at the academy the situation is differ
ent. TIL academy authorities believe
that it is better for the midshipmen
to have something to divert them from
a too great absorption in war, and they
have always held athletics to be an
important part in the training of the
coming naval officers.
1t is the aim of the authorities to
get every midshipman interested in
some branch of athletics in which he
will compete, either individually or as
member of d team, against others.
and to this end every character Of
sport is encouraged.
The large number of midshipmen in
the new class, nearly a thousand
makes it possible to arrange a sporting
programme of unusual interest for the
summer. 1t was found necessary to
take up quite large number of sports
in order to give the whole class some
thing to do in one branch or another
The sports in which there will be COM
petitions during the summer NAV be
grouped into three classes. Races be-
tween cutters under oars and small
sailing craft partake Of the nature Of
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Tennis Iourney
ForCity tiles to
Open omorrow
MC 6M1EE

The annual metropolitan lawn tennis
championships in mems singles and
doubles will begin tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o'clock on the turf courts of the
Crescent Athletic Club, in Bay Ridge.
New champions will be crowned in both
singles and doubles this year, for
George Myers Church, singles title
holder is now in the aviation service,
and Dean Mathey, holder of the doubles
championship with Church, is in France.
Among the prominent players entered
are Frank T. Anderson, Long Island
and North Side champion; Vincent
Richards, national boy champion;
Gerald Donaldson. jr., and Cecil Don
aldson, Canadian junior champion and
runner-up, respectively; Fred G. and
Fred C. Anderson; DR.. William Rosen
baum, Walter Merrill Hall. former
holder of the title, and G. A. L. Dionne.
The Metropolitan Championship Bowl
will be in competition. and first and
second PRIMES will be awarded in both
singles and doubles. The courts may
be reached either by way of the steamer
Seagate from Battery Park pier at 80,
$3.50 and $3.50 p. m. each day, or by the
Sea Beach express trains OF the Broad
way subway from Forty-second, Four
teenth and Canal streets.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Greatest Players of Country
Expected at Forest
Hills
By Fred Hawthorne

Indications are increasing every day
now that the national championship
lawn tennis tournaments to be held at
the West Side Tennis Club, at Forest
Hills, Long Island, beginning on Mon
day, August 26, are to be more repre-
sentative and distinguished by far
higher quality of entry than seemed
possible even q week ago. While moth
ing definite as to the names of those
who will compete for the title, now
held by Lieutenant Richard Norris
Williams, I'd, the singles champion, has
yet been made known, it would not be
surprising to see some Of the greatest
players this country has ever produced
on the turf courts at Forest Hills next
month.
AT a luncheon given by Julian S.
Myrlck. vice president of the national
association. to members of the War
Department Commission on Training
Camp Activities and to tennis writers
at the Bankers Club on Thursday
plans for the holding of the annual
classic of the courts were discussed
and suggestions offered.
Hc ldCI lIldl 1CulEd AumaRae, .o1
Japan, who signallized his return to
this country last week, after an ab-
sence of two years. by retaining his
New York State title at Utica, will be
an entrant in the national has created
greatly added interest to the playing
of the national singles
The opinion has been expressed quite
frequently of late that the wonderful
little Japanese may bear off the high
est honors of the American courts next
month owing to the absence of Amer
ica's greatest players, who are in the
service, and there appears to be good
reason for this feeling when we recall
tne startling string OF victories set up
by kumagae in 1916
But as result of the meeting last
Thursday those in attendance left with
a feeling of more confidence, for it is
we'll within the range of possibilities
that many of those men now in the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
y Runs Made
Cardinals in
BurlesqueGane
Dodgers Take First Half of
Double Header, Make
Joke of Second

Uncle Wilbert Robinson's reputation
as a kind hearted. elderly gentleman,
gained in the yesteryears when he cod
died the pitchers for the Giants, went
a-glmmering yesterday and he was
revealed in the role of a modern
Simon Legree.
For Robbie stationed old Jawn
Coombs in right field for the Dodgers
in the double bill with the Cardinals
Yesterday The first set-to went to
the Robins. who tailed two runs,
while the visitors failed to reach the
plate. The night cap, which was
nightmare for 10000 fans and Jack
Coombs, showed Robbie's real self.
Twenty-Five runs were tailed in the
second game by Hendricks's crew, who
amassed twentyeight hits. And OF
Jack Coombs figured in most of this
plays. For in the first six innings al
most every hit went to right field, and
Jawn, when not stopping them with
his shins, was doggng them to the
fence. Then, in the seventh, Uncle
Robbie, swapping the whip, sent Jawn
to the box. And in that inning the
Cardinals scored seven runs. They
Tailed three more in the next two
innings.
Second Game a Burlesque
The games were in striking contrast,
the first snappy, hard fought contest;
the second burlesque, in which the in
competent work of Rigler and Moran
featured The Brooklyn team, dis.
gusted with the weird decisions of
Rigler behind the plate, burlesqued
the contest in the final innings.
In the opening session Dick Rob
ertson and Willie Doak twirled hard
fought duel that was anybody's game
up TO the finish Mique Doolan,. who
is filling the shoes of Hans Wagner as
>the leagues slugger in his last few
games, won the first game. Mique was
up three times and notched three safe
singles He tailed the first run in the
third. when he singled to right, went
to second on Wheat's sacrifice, and
scored on Johnston's fly to Heathcote
after Robertson had singled. In the
eighth the Dodgers Tailed their last
run when Olson got life on McHen-
rvs muff of his liner, which let him
reach second, and scored on Zack
MEATS scratch lnteld hit.
Heitman No "Iron Man.
Harry Heitman. former semipro of
the fields of F'latbush, and lately the
"Iron Man" Of the Rochester team in the
New International, essayed to pitch the
Dodgers to a double victory. But Harry
lasted only long enough to kill Jack
Coombs, almost Heathcote, the first
man up, got a hit when Moran ruled
he was safe after he had bunted to
OMara, Ollie's throw beating him to
first by q step. He scored when Fisher
tripled to Coombs in right. Before
"Jawn" could recover his breath he
was chasing a drive to the right wall,
hit by Hornsby, which scored Paulette.
Exit Heitman and enter Burleigh
Grimes, who in turn was relieved by
Coombs in the seventh. Coombs fin
ished the game.
The score:
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Midshibmen Are Kept Busy
In Various Athletic EUeutS

professional branches as we'll as
sports; baseball, tennis and field and
track are ordinary spring and summer
sports, and boxing, wrestling and swim
ming have heretofore been conducted
in the winter at the academy.
1t has been arranged that the four
battalions will compete for the general
supremacy in these branches In each
one of the eight first place will count
80 points, second 20 and third 10. 1t
Will not be an empty honor to win first
place, as each member of the winning
battalion will be given an afternoon
liberty during September, and liberty is
scarce thing during the fourth class
year. There will be a special award to
the midshipman who wins the most
points in the field and track meet in
the shape of medal offered by the
Navy Athletic Association
The baseball series began during the
first week in July, each of the four bat
talions being represented by a nine
There is particular interest in this
series, as the Reserve officers are also
conducting an inter battalion series
and the winning teams of the midship-
men and Reserves will meet in a final
series. The next sport to get under
way will be tennis, which will start on
August IL and continue over August OF.
The big week in the series of COM
petitions will be that of August 16 to
"a. The race for cutters under oars
will take place on August 16, and that
for small sailing boats or knockabouts
on the following day. The preliminary
boxing and wrestling bouts will take
place on August 10 and the swimming
races and finals in boxing and wrestling
on August 21. The track meet, consist.
ing of the regular intercollegiate pro
gramme, will be held on Saturday. An
gust "a. There will be six classes in
the boxing and seven in the wrestling.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Present Title Holder
Williams, Is in
France
of the sport in France and England has
been turned over to the Y. NJ. C. A.

of the sport in France and England has
been turned over to the Y. NJ. C. A.
"The rule for all three armies is that
to make a good soldier man must
see we'll, have comparatively good
hearing, his heart must be able to
stand the stress of physical exertion
he must be intelligent enough to un,
derstand and execute manpuvres, obey
commands and protect himself, and
must be able to transport himself by
walking, as the exigences of military
life may demand"
The above quotation is from the an
nouncement of Surgeon General Cor
gas concerning the uniform standards
OF physical examination to be used bv
medical officers in examining recruits
tor the regular and national armies
ana Tor the national guard.
In commenting on this, and the
opportunity 1T gave to sport to be of
service Mie to the government, Julian $.
Myrlck, ice-presider& of the u. S. N.
l.; T. A., said yesterday that he was
glad to have this concise definition of
the requirements for recruits, as it
gave the association definite object
to attain.
Continuing, Mr. Myrick said: "Ten-
MS develops speed of mind and bodv.
1or player must think and act in
stantly. No game does more to de-
velop sure eye and perfect coordina-
ton of all movements, because most
strokes are made while a player is in
motion after fast flying ball. AS
TOR endurance, any one who can 90
through few sets these days will
pass good test as to his heart and
footwork. 'N
Because of the associations con-
vlction that the sport thus serves a
useful purpose it naturally decided to
support the work of the War Depart
ment Commission on Training Camp
Activities. This commission IS using
sport both as a means of recreation
tor men in the service and as training
tor their military duties. CONSTRUCTION
OF tennis courts in many camps has
extended the usefulness Of tennis in a
remarkable manner, and the continuing
demands for equipment show that the
men want the game.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Beatrice Wins
Exciting Race in
Little Neck Bay

With a strong southern breeze blow
ing Throughout the sailing Of the week
y regatta of the Bayside Yacht Club
yesterday afternoon in Little Neck Bay
the fastest time of the season was
made. The twelve yachts of the four
classes took kindly to the ideal breeze
as soon as the sails were raised, and
when they crossed the line they settled
down to some of the finest yacht racing
seen on the bay in a long time The
conditions put the yachts to the su-
preme test, and none of the shippers
who trailed behind had any excuses to
offer
The little Bees provided the most
exciting race of the day and. indeed,
one of the most spectacular from the
hnlshlng point of view in many weeks
on the course. AS they shot straight
toward the Fort Totten buoy on the
outward journey they presented a
would have touched the four starters.
After the first round of the two
round course was covered b. Mack in
the Beatrice and George Hopewell in
the Maybe took slight lead over H. H
Clarke in the Befrst and James Gillies
in the Vespa and maintained the lead
until the finish. when the Beatrice man
aged to got over the line just four sec
onds ahead of the Hopewell boat.
George Abbott demonstrated that his
yacht Aria. Of the Star class. possesses
speed under favorable conditions. With
the wind all that could be desired, this
-
other five starters in that class
The best that William l.. Inslee ir
his consistent Shadow, which is good
in all kinds of breezcs, was able to dc
was to finish second, three minutes and
two seconds behind the Aria The
other four contestants were we'll up al
the finish.
The summary:
BAYSIDE BIRD CIASS-sTART 3s5 COURSE
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
National Tennis Journeys Prospects
For Star Entry List G107v Better DaiZv

service who are still on this side of the
water will be seen at Forest Hills.
Williams is in France, as are "Peck"
Griffin, Watson M. Washburn, Dean
Mathey and several others of promi-
nence, but the Famous California
Comet" Maurice Mclaughlin; Will
lam M. Johnston, George Myers
CHURCH, William T. Tilden, jr., Harold
A. Throckmorton, Frederick B. Alex
ander, Robert Lindley Murray, John R.
strachan and Craig Biddle, while all in
side of the Atlantic, and hence possi-
bilities for the national tourney.
1t may be that some of these men
Will be on furlough within the next
month, giving them the opportunity to
play on the West Side courts, and even
If only two or three of the 'frst tenv
can take the courts Kumagae's chances
OF winning the national will be ma
terlally lessened.
Between now and the gathering of
the clans at Forest Hills, in the last
week of August, lawn tennis will enioy
a period of unusual and Important ac,
tvlty.. The next three weeks will wit
ness the final tuning up of the con-
tenders for the national singles tour
ney.
The annual invitation event on the
turf courts of the Seabright Lawn Ten
ms and Cricket Club, down on the
jersey coast, starting on August 5,
Will be the first Of these big tourna
ments, to be followed on August 12
by the national doubles championship
on the grass at the Longwood Cricket
Club, of Boston. On August 19 the
annual invitation classic on the courts
OF the Meadow Club, of SOUTHAMPTON.
will start. and then comes the great
wlnd-up of the active tournament sea
son at Forest Hills.
The tremendous influence that the
game of lawn tennis is exertinq upon
the plans of the government officials
for keeping the men in the service in fit
physical condition was attested at
Thursdays meeting, when H. NJ. Sedg-
wick, secretary to Walter Camp, and
Irving Strlnger, of the Training Camp
Activities Commission, announced that
tennis is now recognized as one of the
othclal sports in both the army and the
navy.
Mr.. Stringer declared that the game
is now going "overseas," following the
visit to France recently of RAYMOND
3. Fosdick, and that many courts have
been and are now in process of con-
sttuction. The active administrator
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
ersey City and Buffalo created g

Jersey City and Buffalo created
new record for this season in the new
International League yesterday at the
home of the Skeeters by battling
through nineteen innings, Jersey City
winning by 3 to 2 score.
The contest developed the cleverest
kind of pitching duel between Joe
Lynch for the locals and Divinney of
the Bisons, the former having one
hit the best of it. Jersey City regis
tered 9 blows to 8 for the opposition.
The Skeeters fought hard for the
honors and twice broke away in the
lead before the extra periods were
reached.
The score:
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
2 Yachts Crash Together
In Manhasset Bay Race

PORT WASHINGTON, L. l., July o.
AS seven yachts of the star class
were making the fastest time of the
season IN the fourth of a series of
races for the championship cup of the
Port Washington Yacht Club in Man
hasset Bay this afternoon an accident
put two Of them out of the race.
George Won Schlevil, sailing Mars II,
which is owned by L. A. D. Percival,
collided with Allan Walkers Little
Bear while the latter was on the star
board tack. While both yachts were
badly damaged, the Little Bear Jared
the worse.
The summary:
PORT WASHINGTON YACHT CLUB-CHAAI
PIONSHlP RACE.STAR CLASS-START. 800
COURSE. MILES wv
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Holds Braves
To q Hits and Cubs Win

BOSTON, July 27.-Vaughn bed
Boston to four hits, all singles. y,
day and Chicago won, 7 TO /. VIE
two out in the frat inning. J. L. SELL,
made a bad throw to Konetchy 81;
four runs were scored. George relieSs'
Rudolph after the fourth and held Chi'
cago scoreless.
The score:
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Madden to Sell Horses
And Retire From BreedIn'

LEXINGTON. July 27.-John B. ~
den, owner of Hamburg Pace, ops s;,,
the largest thoroughbred preeu..''
Establishments in the world. annouss,ll s.,,l
to-day that he will sell his famous -
and stud matrons Nlth weanlngs 4
will retire from breeding. lie sara
will retain his racing interests ahu ~ ~,
he will give much time TO farming Nv
after ..o
Madden recently sold the fsssss =,
stallion Friar Rock and twen.s'sts n
mares to A. Brossiter. Of Callferpis' =
. reported price Of sl60.00os -
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Women Seek Aquatic Honors

The women's ssO-yard swimming
championship for the Metropolitan AS
sociation championship Will feature the
carnival TO be held by the Rye Beach
Swimming Club. at Rye Beach, N. y,
on next Saturday afternoon, it was
announced yesterday In addition to
the title event the programme will in
cludo tive other events.