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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
III ow the Work
III Is Carried On

The Jewish Welfare Board does its work:
J. In camp
(a) BY sending trained workers to
camps, environments, forts and naval
training stations to provide for the rec
reational and spiritual needs of all men
in uniform.
(b) BY erecting fortheir welfare build
ings in camps with auditorium, rest and
writing rooms, libraries with English,
Yiddish and Hebrew literature, victrolas,
pianos, etc.
(c) By conducting religious services on
Friday evenings, on all holidays, and on
special occasions with the aid of the visit
ing and resident rabbs
Cd BY having its representatives dis
tribute among the boys various supplies,
such as prayer books, Bibles and other
necessary supplies.
(el By having its representatives per-
form variety of personal services for
the men, visiting them in the hospitals
and barracks.
~ By arranging classes in English,
history, Hebrew, current events, etc.
(g) By arranging concerts, theatrical
lectures, debates, etc, in cooperation with
the other welfare agencies.
2. In town
(a) By having branch organizations in
over $50 cities, which have established
community centres for soldiers and sailors
containing rest, reading and social rooms,
sleeping quarters. baths, etc.
OBJ Arrange send-offs to draftees il
their towns.
(c) Collect and distribute gifts among
the boys.
I'D Provide entertainments for visiting
soldiers and sailors
~ Obtain home hospitality for uni
formed men on leave
u Perform variety Of personal ser
fices, such as looking after the welfare
OF parents and other relatives, CORE
spending with the men in the service, etc
More than two hundred workers are il
camps, and they include rabbis, teachers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
How Welfare Bod,
Is Organized

~ ME Jewish Welfare Board is organiz-
ing New York City block by block
to care for the dependents of its
men in uniform. When the drafted
man marches away the folks that are left
behind require some looking after. The
Home Service Division Of the Red Cross,
the War Camp Community Service, the
NJ. c. A. and the Y W. c. A and other wei
fare agencies have cared for those cases
that have been brought to their notice. The
New York City branch Of the Jewish Wei
fare Board, Of which former Ambassador
Abram |. Elkus is chairman, has plan that
will make sure that no one is left out.
Using the local draft board as the unit
of organization, the Jewish Welfare Board
plans to form committees on each block
The committees will be chiefly composed Of
men In deferred classification, upor whom
will fail the burden Of caring for the FAM
lies of those who are indicted into the
service
The block committee will ascertain from
the draft board the names and addresses
Of all men subject To call AS far as nos
sible an effort will be made to determine
the home conditions and the need for future
assistance
The Jewish Welfare Board, through It's
personal service and information seryjc.
bureaus at national headquarters, I4S Fifth
Avenue, New York City. and through loca
branches, has already taken care of largo
number of dependent families This nun
Der includes those left destitute because
their government aliotments failed to ar
rive; others impoverished by illness or
other unexpected contingencies, and shop.
owning families whose source Of income
failed because the head of the business
was called away
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

the United War Work drive for
$40, 100000. Mile. Fuchs is general secre-
tary and founder of the Union Chritienne
des Juennes Files, the French Y. W. c. A.
in Paris.
1t had always been her ambition to found
some work for girls which would be analo-
gous to the work of the American Y w.
c. A. Seven years ago, with the help of
friends, she opened home for employed
girls at % Rue de Naples, in a vacant old
convent school. This house accommodates
a hundred girls providing them with lodg-
ing, board and all the programme common to
American houses of the INTERPRETATIONS,
gymnasium. educational classes and all the
rest. Girls from fifteen to thirty years Of
age are admitted. They are of all classes
seamstresses, embroiderers, dressmakers,
telegraph operators, bookkeepers and sec
retares.
Later another home Of the kind was
opened mt 20 Rue Boulevard, which accom-
modates from thirty to forty girls. Like
the mother house it is run on the lines of
. q private home 80 far as is possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

National Body Cooperating With the War Department
Represents Important Jewish Societies

"NHE Jewish Welfare Board is Il win
the-war organization that is help
ing the United States government
to build up the morale of more
than 100000 Jewish men in the army and
navy 1t s national body cooperating
with and undsr the supervision of the War
Department Commission on Training Camp
Activities.
The board was created by the Joint &c
ton of representative from some ten or
twelve national Jewish organizations to
meet the emergencies precipitated by the
war The organizations represented in its
councils are: Agudath Ha- Rabbonim, Cen
trail Conference of American Rabbis, Coun-
ell of Y. Nj. H. and kindred associations,
Independent Order Birth Abraham, Jewish
Publication Society of America, Council of
Jewish Women, Independent Order B'nai
Birth, Jewish Chautauqua Society Indepen-
dent Order Birth Sholom. United Syna-
gogues of America, National Federation of
Temple Sisterhoods, New York Board of
Jewish Ministers, Union Of American He
brew Congregations, Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations.
It's officers are Colonel Harry Cutler,
chairman; Dr.. Cyrus Adler. vice chairman;
Chester J. Teller, secretary; Walter E.
Sachs treasurer
Executive committee: Henry J. Bernheim,
Abram I. Elkus, ]. Edwin Goldwater,
Rabbi Maurice H. Harris. Charles Hartman,
Louis 4. KRISTEN, Justice Irving Lehman,
Judge Julian W. Mack, Rabbi NJ. S. Margo-
lies, Louis Marshall, Rabbi D. de Sofa Pool,
Rabbi William Rosenau. Joseph Rosenzweig,
Bernard Semel, Mortimer L. SchifF and
Israel UnterDerr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
J. W. B. Canteen, Real Home for Soldiers and Sailors

ranged for through the Educational ALI
ance
An entertainment committee will arrange
for weekly dances, concerts and other en-
tertainments through cooperating organiza-
tions The Community Council will be at
the service of boys who come in during the
early morning. evening and Saturday. The
Nurses Settlement will give the use of
their playhouse for entertainments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

social workers and professional and bust
a ness men,
The Jewish Welfare Board maintains
training school at its headquarters, which
provides a practical preliminary course in
the history of the movement, policies and
problems of camp and town work.
The Jewish Welfare Board has staff
of field supervisors who superintend the
work Of these representatives in the camps
and in the communities in all sections of
the country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
Organizations Working in Complete Accord

''1f you want friend indeed" writes Mr..
Redrup, "you will find him in the Salvation
Army. wish you would do something for
me and also for the rest Of the boys by
giving the Salvation Army the biggest pos
sble boost you can. The Salvation Army is
doing real good at the front. If you are
broke they give you all you need and no
questions asked. They always greet you
with smile and a hearty handshake. Go
down to the Salvation Army barracks and
give them our heartiest appreciation for
their splendid work among the American
troops And the next time when subscrip-
tons are called for to aid the work of the
Salvation Army abroad don't forget them"
Mr.. Redrup forwarded his sons letter to
the Salvation Army headquarters in his
place of residence, and a copy was sent to
the headquarters of the United War Work
Campaign, No. so Vanderbilt Avenue, New
York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
Noted Men Are
l. y Working for Cause

Jacob II SchifY and Nathan Straus, known
as "the two grand old men of American
Jewry" and noted for their many benefac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
rs Like Great
n Home Living Room

The canteen clubroom is large home
like living room with open fireplace, book
shelves, writing desks and comfortable
chairs Meals will be served for % cents
in the canteen and big kitchen will be
at the disposal of the boys for fudge par
ties or popping corn whatever use they
wish to make of it. The hut as a whole
will accommodate $50, but plans are being
made to enlarge it if necessary.
eve do not know yet just how many boys
to count on" Mrs Unterberg said "on &C.
count of our location being SO different
from existing canteens throughout the city,
but we intend to make it so inviting and so
cheerful that it will be necessary to
large very soon"
Dedication services will be held at the
canteen at 10 a. m. to-day. Colonel Harry
Cutler, president of the JewisS Welfare
Board, will preside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

Declaring that the Salvation Army Is
doing a great work in this war and that the
American troops "take their hats off to
the Salvationsts all along the line" Ralph
c. Rogers member of the medical corps
now serving hospital train in France.
has written interesting letter to his
parents, who live in Jonesport, Ne. Mr..
Rogers wrote under date Of August 20, and
incidentally referred to the work Of "the
Yanks who were making things lively
wherever they happened to face the Boches"
"I'm glad you're doing something for the
Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A." writes Mr..
Rogers, "but | want to tell you that the
Salvation Army is doing a great and won
derful work in France. 1t is playing
big part in the war and should get credit
for it all over the United States. The boys
back from the trenches take off their hats
to the Salvatonists all along the line. l
hope all the organizations working in be-
half of our troops, get all they ask for, as
they are entitled to it and more, too"
Mr.. Rogers's letter has been submitted to
the United War Work Campaign, No. go
Vanderbilt Avenue, New York City, and in
formation contained therein is being en-
ployed in the campaign. Mr.. Rogers is
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Rogers, of Jones
port, Me-, and he enlisted in November,
1917. OF thirteen letters sent to him he
has received seven thus far, and he says
that if the people in this country knew how
happy the troops when they receive a
letter from home, parents, relatives and
friends of American soldiers would write
every day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

his IS the purpose Of the Seward
Park Canteen of the Jewish Welfare Board,
which will open November 10, celebrating
the opening of the United War Work Cam
paign for s17O,5o0 900, the next day accord
ing to Mrs. Israel Unterberg. president of
the Young Women's Hebrew Association
and chairman of the new canteen.
ours will be the first canteen on the
lower East Side" Mrs Unterberg said. land
we want especially to serve the needs Of
those boys who have gone out in thousands
from this section and the boys from the
Brooklyn navy yard. We want to serve their
families, too, if necessary and to see that
they are well taken care of, as we'll rs show
ing the boys a genuine good time"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

Paying tribute of admiration and re-
spect to the Salvation Army workers in
France and urging that the families and
friends of American soldiers abroad do
their utmost to aid the Salvation Army
with liberal donations of money, 1. A. f.
Redrup, of the medical detachment, 145th
Infantry, has written interesting letter
to his father, H. C. Redrup, of Van Vert,
Ohio, under recent date.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

Army girls. We are pulling together and
getting a good, big job done we'll"
Mr.. Scott expressed the hope that the
American public--the fathers and mothers
Of the 100000 American soldiers now in
France-wll lend their hearty aid in max
ing the United War Work Campaign soon
to open, great success. Money, he said,
was needed now more than ever, and the
soldiers who dying shedding their
blood along the Western front looked long
ingly to this country for the assistance
they need and which only the humanitarian
organizations now in the field able TO
afford them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
0ne More House
~ on War Basis

The Y NJ. H. A., Ninety -second Street and
Lexington Avenue, has been put on a war
basis, and, in cooperation with the New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
By Hazel V. Carter

IL uST honey place for boys
- where they can have homemade
- eats to their hearts content"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

y ELLE. ELIZABETH FUCHS is one
of the four French representa-
" tives who have come to help in
the United War Work drive for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

ME Jewish Welfare Board is organiz-
ing New York City block By block
to care for the dependents of its
man in uniform Wbar &ha s<.as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

TNHE Jewish Welfare Board is win
the-war organization that is help
ing the United States government
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
RECOGNIZE RIGHT
OF SLAVIC NATIONS

PARIS. Oct 1I.-Recognition of the
right Of the Slavic-Latin states of
Austria Hungary to dispose OF their
own fate and a demand fer the same
INSTRUMENTATION for the German
people in Austria are contained in
resolutions adopted Thursday by the
Socialist deputies Of the Reichsrath,
according to dispatches received here.
The resolution follows:
Representatives OF the working
classes Of Austria recognize the right
of the Slavic Latin nations of Austria
to dispose OF their fate, and they de-
mand the same right for the German
people in Austria. We recognize the
right of the Slavic nations to con-
tinue themselves as autonomous
states. but we absolutely repulse for
ever the submission as German terri
tory to these national states.
1--WE demand the reunion of all Ger
man regions in Austria into one Ger
man-Austrian state which will have
the right to regulate its own rela-
lions toward other nations according
to its own necessities. We are ready
to discuss with representatives OF the
Czech and Slavic people on the basis
of the transformation OF Austria into
a federation OF independent national
states. Should such proposition be
repudiated we shall fight energeucally
to prevent by all the means at our
command that the constitution o. che
German people in Austria, or that of
its groups. be regulated outside by
tine power OF state or the words OF
foreign conqUeror.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
BIG DAM PLANNED
ACROSS RIO GRANDE

ROMA. Tex, Oct. IA proposed
amendment of the treaty OF Guada-
lcupe. entered into by thC United
States and Mexico In 1s4S, ~ which
the water of the Rio GTande along Its
lower course may be impounded and
used for irrigatinE purposes. will be
brought to the attention o. the two
governments at an early tate,
Members OF the International Water
Boundary Commission, consisting %
L d. Hill, American member: II. D
Corbln, consulting engineer; Antonio
Prieto, Mexican member, and repre-
sentatives OF the Rio Grande Water
Conservation Association have been
investigating the feasibility OF the
proposed big irrigation project and IL
is stated that they will make a favor
able report to the respective govern
ments.
The tentative plans for the PROJECT
involve the building OF an intsrna-
tional dam across the Rio Grande at
or near Roma and the construction OF
large systems OF canals and bitches
on the American and Mexican sides Of
the stream More than 1000, 900 acres
Of land In the lower valleys OF the
Rio Grande VIII be reclaimed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
CONSTITUTION FOR
MID-EUROPAU UNION
BY JEAN KNOTT

Drafting OF a constitution for the
Democratic Mid-European Union, re-
Gently organized by leaders of sub
ject peopels in central Europe, is
under way today.
DR.. Thomas Masaryk. Of the Gee
cho-SloVak National Council. chair
man of the union. is working on the
document, which will be submitted
to leaders of seven nationalities
comprising the organization.
Each national group will be given
one vote in determining an import
ant questions, according to the pres
ent plan Specific applications of
President Wilson's principles of self
determination will be made in the
plans OF the Mid-European Union for
breaking up Austria
Those represented in the unior
are: Czecho-Slovaks, Poles, Ukrain-
aims, Jugo-Slavs. Lithuanians, Rou-
manians. and Italian Irredentists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
FIGHTERS SING IN CHOIR

PARIS. Oct 1.-The choir of the
British embassy church in Paris is one
Of the most unusual Of its kind to be
found A recent invitation was ex.
tended by the church to all old Choir
listers in the British and American
armies and attached organizations to
sing on Sunday. Many American SOL
diers and Y. NJ c. A workers have
taken advantage of the opportunity to
keep in practice.
The church is only two doors below
the general headquarters Of the Y NJ.
c. A, and the triangle" Is about as
well represented In the pews as the
British colony.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
MANY UKRAINIANS
LIVE IN CANADA

WINNIPEG. Canada, Oct i1.-There
arc about 100000 Ukrainians in the
Canadian northwest. They began TO
emlErate from their native land in
the oO's Most OF them were farmers.
and today they occupy whole coun-
ties in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
They were not illiteratc when they
came To America and they have been
busily educating themselves during
the last thirty years.
There is now a Ukranian publishing
house in Winnipeg. This concern
does not merely issue a foreign Ian
guage newspaper. II is gradually
bringing out reprints Of all that is
best In Ukranian literature. The
Ukrapian farmer in Canada has a row
Of well-filled bookshelves such as the
average American farmer might not
be able to show.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
HAWAII NEEDS TEACHERS

Hawaiian schools are likely to suf-
fer severe lack Of teachers this fall
for the supply OF qualified women in
the islands is being reduced almost
daily.
The situation IN Hawaii Is peculiar,
for most Of the teachers there are the
wives of army officers and enlisted
men. The teachers husbands are now
being transferred to other points. and
their wives are going with them, or, IN
the event Of the men being sent to
the fighting line In Europe, back to
their homes.
The consequence Is that heroic
measures may have to be adopted to
find a supply OF women teachers in
Hawaii. or to devise means by which
those who are left can be made to
fill the places OF those who have gone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
g below ZERO
INAERO CLIMB

Flying in a temperature OF 81 de-
grees below zero. at a height OF 2S,SOo
feet, and watching a snowfall from
one bank OF clouds to another, 1000
feet below, were among the amazing
experiences Of Capt. R W. Schroeder,
American aviator, in smashing the
worlds altitude record at Dayton
Ohio. on September Is.
1t was when he was up 2S.o00 feet,
the worlds greatest record, the cap
tain casually remarks, in the thrilling
narrative OF his wonderful "climb. y
made public by the War Department,
that 1.-The motor quit"
81 was out Of gasolene, so l de-
scended In a large spiral" he adds.
Before that the lack OF oxygen had
affected him.
81 was beginning to get very cross. "
he says, land could not understand
why | was only up $4,000 feet. after
climbing for so long a time. / re-
member that the horizon seemed very
much out of place, but 1 felt / was
flying correctly and that 1 was right
and the horizon was wrong.
AT 10000 feet. while still climbing
in large circles" the captain further
relates, in describing his ascent. my
goggles became frosted. making 1t
very difficult for me to watch my in
struments. When / reached $4,000
feet 1 noticed the sun growing very
dim, could hardly hear my motor
run. and felt very hungry.
This, l felt, was q good sign to
begin taking oxygen. and did. l was
then over $4,000 feet, and as soon as
l started to inhale oxygen the sun
grew bright again, my motor began
to exhaust so loud that II seemed
must be wrong with it 1
was no longer hungry. and the day
seemed a most beautiful one. 1 felt
like singing with sheer joy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
TAXI NOT POPULAR
IN BAD AXE, MICH.

BAD AXE, Mich Oct. 1.-THE
stage coach Is still popular in Bad
Axe.
When you land in Bad Axe you are
greeted by William Schaffer and his
stage coach, which Is so old that the
kind Jesse and Frank James used to
hold up in Missouri would be consid-
cred modern.
Bill" Schaffer has been meeting the
travelling men of Michigan with his
stage coach for forty years. He still
meets them and they ride with him
still. though there are modern six
cylinder taxis standing at the curb.
Good nature. a welcome and q smiI-
ing greeting has placed this stage
coach in the front rank over the auto
mobile in the governors home town.
There Is no need OF taxis in Bad Axe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
CzECHO-SLOVAK
! DISCIPLINE UNIQUE

STANFORD, Conn, Oct. 1.-THE
problem OF discipline is an unusual
enc at the training camp which has
been established for the Czecho-Slo-
Vaks near Stamford, Conn. The men
address each other as brother" and
the battalion is self-supporting.
When there is a breach OF order all
the men meet together and talk it
over.
Some trouble occurred in the camp
recently because a Slovak miner had
become drunk. The men were called
together after supper and were told
OF the case of the drunken man who
had got into trouble with one Of his
fellows They all agreed that this
was a reflection on all Czecho-Slo-
walks and q disgrace to their COM
pany. The guilty man then came
forward and made an explanation to
the company. His brother" with
whom he had Inadvertently quarrel
ed, also came forward and made his
statement Then both shook hands
and returned to the ranks. Almost
one-third Of the whole company
voted to swear Off drinking entirely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
YANK HERO FOUGHT
WITH WOODEN LEG

HAMMOND. Ind. Oct John
Clements. with a wooden leg, who did
such gallant work at Chateau Thierry
that he was made a corporal, arrived
in America recently. General PERISH
ing sent him back to the States. He
lives IN Battle Creek. Mich, and noti-
fed his brother, James Clements, East
Chicago assessor.
John enlisted last summer. He was
examined, passed, and placed in the
engineering corps at Camp Custer.
He took his training and went over
seas in June.
After strenuous hghtinE with the
engineers he complained Of sore feet
to the surgeon, who told him to take
on his shoes. Taken before his colonel
that officer asked him how in the
h he got TO France. He Is nov
in the hospital at Ellis Island.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11
WOMAN GIVEN POST

Miss Marie L. Obenauer. OF Wash
ington. who has had wide experience
In labor affairs, has been appointed
head Of the division Of women exam
ipers by the National War Labor
Board, the object of which is to guard
the rights and provide for the needs
Of employed women.
Where differences arise between en-
ployers and employees, impartial in
vestiEatiOns will be conducted in the
effort to bring about a settlement.
Miss Obenauer was formerly with
the Bureau Of Labor Statistics of the
Department Of Labor. and later with
the woLaen's branch OF the Industrial
service section Of the aviation depart
ment, United States army.