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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
Plenty of Steel" Says
 Paige Company President

is shown by the tremendous additions the Paige-Detroit rotor Car company has recently made ~1d is still making to us already huLe r,lGEts and equipment. AS just one iten!-cur floor space alone hay been practically aoabled in the last fou, months.
 These expansions of our manufactuf- ing facilities are, of course, to take care of the diversified business which the Paige is now doing. These Paige plants, which now spread over two city blocks, are no longer making merely motor cars Of course, our first job is to get out this stupendous work for the government, not merely on time but ahead of time and that is what we are doing, too, right along.
 Tn volume, in dollars and cents, the Paige business today is about 100 Der cent larger than it was when we were running our full production schedule or motor cars
 Now, with full line of trucks in pro- duction and tractors very near the man ufacturing stage, you can see that every inch ~of our floor space, every machine and every man in the Paige employ Is being utilized to a very vital purpose.
 The Paige has too much bis work ahead fer a good many years 70 think about selling or combining or merging We are doing p~attv we'll as it is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
Alabama Auto Dealers
 To Gather M Mobile In AnngxaE ConUenfionMonday
The First Two Days Will Be Devoted Business and Then the e'Guests Wall Be Royalty Entertained
 By Mobile Citizens

annual report, showing the great gains in the membership of the organization during the past F months and the ben efits that the members have received by Icing connected with the same.
 Over % of the leading automobile deal- CTS throughout the state are memberss of this association and are taking an ac- tive interest in the work of the 'asso- ciation. They have notified Secretary Fields that they will be in attendance and take part in the meeting.
 Mobile is making active preparations to make the dealers and theirf guests have a great time during thef4 visit.
 It is generally understood That the as- sociation Will pass stronfy resolutions urging that the convicts of the state be used for building roads; Also. that the au- tomobile license and tslg tax be placed upon the public foads for the mainte- rance of the same. They will also rec ommend a number ,of changes in the state highway commission laws so that this body will be of more benefit in building roads inj the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
Auto Men Organize Local Association For Promotion
 OF General ,SerUice
Ted Brownel Is Elected President of New Organization With Hubert Drennen Vice President-Board
 of Directors Will Elect Secretary

The Birmingham Motor Trade associs.- office of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, with l9 members, and the fol- lowing officers were elected: President, Ted Brownell of the Brownell Auto com, pany; vice president, Hubert Drennen Of the Drennen Motor Car company; treas- urer. J. F. Knapp of the Ensley Motor company. The secretary will be elected later, the board Of directors electing this officer
 The board of directors is composed ot Ted Brownel, I. F. Perkins. II. M. Bailey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07

R. K. Lees and E. B. Crawford. The meetings will be held every month on the second Tuesday, the place to be stated in the call
 The intention of the organization is to promote general service in the automo- bile, accessory, tire and truck business and it is anticipated that every automo- bile man in the city will have become a member before many months. They are coming in rapidly, and 1t promises to De one of the livest organizations in the city before very long,
 The men behind the movement are among the best automobile men in the city, and their backing assures the sue cess of the new organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
CAR IS
 NOW ON FIFTH AVE.

/ The Appersonvis on Fifth avenue At last an American made car is to bD retailed or New Yosk's famous thor 'oughfare. and it seems justly right that it should be the Aprerson, Ko- komo's famous car first built a quar- ter of a century ago.
 On July c, T. Silver, metropolitan distributor of Apperson cars, will open an elaborate motor car sales and show room at 5e Fifth avenue, between Forty-second and Forty third streets. His new quarters, which extend back to court through which the cars will find ingress and egress. is an espe- ciallv well lighted room in which up- wards of n dozen automobiles can be dispiayed to advantage. Plate glass windows of unusual size and shape will permit several cars being readily seen from the avenue.
 MT. Silvers beiief in Fifth avenue as offering superior advantages for the display and sale of high grade auto mobiles has been crystallizirg for wears, and he has only. awaited the time when he could offer distinctive body creations mounted upon worthy chassis The dignity beauty and com fort of the new Ap2erson anniversary Illustrates the possibilities of modern design.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
PZedsure Car OU1ers Adopt Suggestions Of War Board
 Ln Taking Care of Cars
Owners Take Pride in Keeping Their Cars in Order-Ad ustng Carburetor Is Important Item-Much Re-
 pair Work Is Due to Owners Neglect

sound a little difficult. but they really are simple and practical and become sccond nature in a very short time.
 "The average overhauling of the re- pair job which consumes the repair mans tmes and the drivers money is directly traceable to an owners neglect to take the proper care of his car from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
HEARD ABOUT AUTOMOBILES HERE AND THERE

the first day he owns it. Saaeaks should be stopped in the beginning before theJ nave developed, necessitating constant watchfu1ness and tightening up. w11icH was formerly done once month, but il now recognized by the alert owner oI today as part of his daily duties whill driving his car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07

Chauncsy M. Depew, at his S4th birth day dinner, said that two-thirds of his friends had died of overeating and that a good rule for dinner is taste every thing, but eat only the roast-''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-07
BEWARE OF RUM(lR
 SPREADE:2'SS, THEY'RE NOT TRUE PATRIOTS
Se,r>re Taxation on Autos and Gasoline Has No Foundation - It's the
 Hun Keeping Busy

'"The man who spreads ruDor in these war days is a poor patriot" says the local dealer in Bort cars
 People should scan all information carefully to be sure that it is respon- sible and authentic before they repeat
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
The Dreyfus Case
Showed Jewish Insecurity

There was a sudden return to his
Jewishness before he bcckoned his peo-
pie TO return to Zion, which has been
the subject of much speculation. It is
said that when he saw his oldest child
growing toward manhood, he began to
think how his future was involved in
the future of his people. But in Paris
in 1895 the clever feuilletonist and
dramatic critic witnessed q great hu-
man drama enacted in court room
The Dreyfus Case" He realized how
he and all of his brethren were affected
by that play, and the fate, the insecurity
and the hopelessness of the whole Jew
ish people were borne in upon him. The
menace of anti-Semitism was ever
present and was bound to persist so
long as the status of Israel remained
as insecure s.nd as hopeless. Empha-
sizing the identical thesis Of his fore
runners like Pinsker and Hess, whose
works he had never read he pointed
out that complete assimilation was inn
possible except in such manner as will
spell national suicide for the Jews and
maintained that they were bound to
suffer from persecution and prejudice
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

the circumstances under which, with
the rise of the spirit of modern nation
alism, the Jews experienced a fresh
realization of their anomalous position
in society. But it is nevertheless true
that his vision was larger, his under
standing keener, his sense Of reality
stronger, his personal magnetism
greater, and above all his conception
bolder than that of any Of his prede-
cessors. 1t was not his role to petition
for favors, to supplicate for privileges
for the Jews. He proclaimed the
rights of the Jewish nationality.
Stating the Jewish problem in mod
ern political terms, he made it into a
world problem, which was at once the
concern Of the Jews as we'll as the ma
tions among whom they dwelt. at
was he who brought Israel back into
the family of the nations; out of a
number of widely scattered fragments,
sundered one from another by distance,
by interests, by cultures, by surround
ings, by sentiment, he formed again a
nation" Yet he, too, touched by "thc
modern malady," false assimilation, had
become estranged from his people.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

of Christianity, and it was mighty
hard to recognize who was who. Rabbis
were called to perform marriages be-
tween Gentle and Gentle and Chris
tian clergymen delivered sermons in
the temples. Goodness knows what
would have become of Judaism in
America if Car Alexander III had
not instigated his Infamous pogroms.
which drove hundreds of thousands Of
his Jewish subjects to seek refuge in
this country.
True, among those arrivals there
were Socialists, anarchists, atheists
and other goddess individuals, but
there were good many more who
brought with them Hebrew thought.
Hebrew. poetry and the old Hebrew
fervor for religion.
The influence of the new arrivals
was immense. They actually made
prominent American Jews feel ashamed
Of intermarriage, abhor flattery to
Christianity, admit Jewish nationality
and practise purer Judaism than they
had ever done before.
The Rabbinical Theological Seminary
of Cincinnati, which was producing
rabbis who paid more attention to the
New Testament than to the law of
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

Moses, which graduated rabbs who
knew almost nothing of the Hebrew
tongue, was compelled to engage Jew
lsh scholars from abroad and see to
it that the reformed American rabbi
knew enough of Judaism not to be
ashamed to confront Russian Jew.
The American Jews were practically
driven to establish the Jewish Theolog-
lcal Seminary in New York and put at
the head of that institution the Euro
pean Jewish scholar, Solomon Schech-
ter, who could write English but could
scarcely speak it. Solomon Schechter
was known as an orthodox Jew.
American Jews, or as they were then
designated, German Jews of America
became very desirous to please the
rev arrivals with their religion. Diff
terent institutions of learning were cs-
tablished and great attention was paid
to the religious training of the Young.
Everything seemed to tend toward the
establishment of a mighty foundation
for the religion of Israel in the New
World. Things seemed to settle down.
to crystalline themselves and bring
about great results for the assurance
of future Judaism in America. A GOOD
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20


the answer of the entire country and
Treat every one alike"
"Then," one must reply logically
"adopt the reclamation plan; give these
rejects back their physical and mental
balance, and give Uncle Sam back eli
gibles in the place of mistits---6, 900, ,O00
Of them, at least, for the army or civic
life"
The system is simple. Replace bad
habits with very good ones; replace
body-cloegging foods with simple diet;
teach the man the value of discipline
and where necessary give him remedial
surgery or medical treatment combined
with proper exercise, fresh air and a
new will power. Then you will elimi-
nate 80 per cent of the imperfections
and in their place have men fitted for
their country's tasks.
Every American youth would he
phy;sically and morally greater if he
ment. ~"s'
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

so long as they remained sojourners
in different lands without a centre of
their own. The remedy was the crea-
ton Of Jewish national home. The
way to attain it was through propagan-
da, organization and political action.
"The distinguishing feature of Herzrs
presentment," says Professor Richard
Gottheil, in his book on "Zionism," "is
the greater stress he lays upon the
practical consummation of the plan, as
compared with that of his predecessors.
His general political outlook was larger
and wider. He envisages the question
in its totality. Notwithstanding
poetic foresight that was native in
him, he writes with the pen Of a poll
tician and speaks the language of a
statesman. The fire of the prophet,
which lights up the writings of his
German and Russian precursors, never
gains the ascendency over the cooler
judgment of the practical legislator
Palestine exercises no fascination upon
him. He shows no trace of a knowl-
edge of the Chovevi Zion movement or
of the various attempts made to re-
build the waste places in the land of
the forefathers. Palestine is but one
of various possibilities for Jewish set
tlement, as is Argentina or Canada. In
the Jewish state there are no dithy-
rambics. Everywhere cool pronounce
ments that capture the mind rather
than transport the imagination. It is
for this reason perhaps that Herzl was
understood of the West, and his argu-
me1tative presentation had a greater
chance of success than the more elab-
crate disputations of previous writer's.
In one word, he is a cool and modern
man of the world, speaking to moderns
like himself"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

If Esther Lifshitz had wanted to
marry her Christian suitor three wears
ago and he had refused to become q
member of the synagogue, she would
have had to leave the house of her
parents and probably be disowned by
them.
We wonder what would have become
of the first Jewish settlers in the
American colonies if German perse-
cutions against the Jewish race had
not taken place. We wonder what
would have become Of the Jews in
America if Russia had not instigated d
pogroms and Rumania and Austria.
Hungary had not harassed their Jewish
citizens.
Let us open folio of the past and
study the situation.
The Portuguese Jewish refugees, or
Maramos, who settled at New Am
sterdam some two hundred and sixty
years ago, were ready to die for the
religion of their forefathers. They
Were the happest of mortals when re-
lglous freedom was accorded to them
in the New World. They began dill
gently to study the Hebrew language
and Talmudic literature in the original
and practised Judaism with a love and
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

many prophesied that the United
States would be the future centre and
tountainhead for the religion of all
Israel.
All was we'll so long as the influx
Of immigration did not come TO stop
Then the World War broke out and
the Transformation came. 1t car,e sud-
denly and with gigantic strides. It
does not manifest itself exactly in con-
versions to Christianity, but the laxitv
of religious adherence on the one hand
and frequent intermarriage on the
other hand all tend to undermine the
integrity of Judaism in America.
New York City and other great jew
lsh centres in this country are indeed
criterion to judge by, but how the
melting pot is working can best be
seen in the smaller Jewish commun;.
ties. '''' o"i
The Yiddish press is in daily recent
OF communications from small Jewish
set'lements and country places report
ing not only intermarriages, but also
numerous conversions.
IN number of these places Jewish
Iamilles are gradually slipping into
christian organizations without formal
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Friend Thought
Him a Madnan

But the author of "The Jewish
State" (who shall live in h story not
merely as the maker of the dream but
as the creator of the thing itself) him.
self tells how his book was received
by one Of his most intimate friends. I
quote from short autobiography,
which has hitherto been unavailable
to American readers:
During the last two months Of my
stay in Paris 1 wrote The Jewish
State which has afforded ME the
honor of a request for these biograph-
ical notes on my insignificant self. I
cannot recall writing anything in such
an exalted frame Of mind. Heine said
that he heard the Tapping of an eagle
above his head as he wrote certain of
his verses. /, too, believe that some
thing whirred above me when I wrote
this book. I worked at it daily until
it was entirely finished; my only recre-
alton during the evenings consisted
in listening to music by Wagner, par
ticularly 'Tannhauser,' an opera which
! heard as often as it was produced
Only in the evenings when there was
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Israel's Light Was
Nearly Extinguished

"The cumulative pressure Of two
thousand years OF persecution and op-
prcssion," says Albert NJ. Hyamson, in
"Palestine; The Rebirth Of an Ancient
Nation" "had almost extinguished the
last glimmer of the brilliant light Gre
ated by Israels prophets and tended
by the Jewish poets and sages of sue
ceeding generations. So many CEN
turies had passed since the return to
Zion was promised, the experiences of
the wandering Jew had been so bitter
throughout The long drawn agony, that
history was beginning to merge into
legend. and the reality contrasting SO
painfully with the hope, the annual cry
at the celebration Of Passover, Next
year in Jerusalem,' had become more
and more mere formula"
But if the aspirations were declining
IN faith and fervor there was no doubt
as to their universally nor as to the
firm foundations of religious belief and
national allegiance upon which thew
were resting. From the days of Ju-
dea's last stand against the Romans.
the heroic uprising led by the wonder
full Bar Chochba, leaders had arisen in
various parts of the exile to announce
the return or to revive the lingering
hope. Manifesting itself at first in re-
ligious form, the messengers of Zion
came forward in the guisc of sages and
rabbls, zealots and revivalists. There
came also the claimants to Messianic
attributes and from Moses of Crete to
Sebathai Zevi, Of Smyrna, a long lire
OF would-be redeemers, cnraptured or
deluded by mystical and ccstatic emo
, tions reused by the magic word Of Zion
came to herald the day Of deliverance
Later secular leaders appeared schol-
ars. publicists, journalists and other
public men imbued with ideals. who
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
lntermarriage Daily
Occurrence Now

The entire affair went off without a
ripple in the life of Jewish orthodoxy
on the East Side. The reason is that such
things occur on the East Side. in
Brownsville, Williamsburg, Harlem an.
The Bronx, or wherever Jews in New
York have settled in large communi-
ties.
Although it is almost daily occur
renee now, still, only three years ago
it would have called forth surprise,
astonishment and resentment on the
part of the religious.
Three years have passed without the
usual influx Of immigrants to this
country. Jewish immigration has prac-
tically come to stop since the great
World War broke out. Parents, rea-
tives, friends and acquaintance. with
orthodox notions of the Old World
are no longer coming to criticise the
actions OF the younger generation in
America and to remind the old of its
religious duties.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

Re, earning and Jewish religious activity.
Inc German Jewish immigrants
brought with them new Jewish life
enough to interest and awaken the
American Jews in order to put a stop
10 the then rapid imilation.
1t is maintained that very few Of
1he original Portuguese Jewish descend
ants in America remained members
OF the faith of their forefathers. some
claim that they were absorbed bv the
great mass of German Jewish arrivals
However the case may be, it is q fact
that the German Jews gave new i'm
petus to the religion of the Jews in
America. But, with all due respect to
thelr religious ardor, it was compara-
lively short-lived. During the time of
approximately forty years, German
Jews in America lost even that en-
tthusiasm which they had originally
brought with them. They produced
rabbis who knew very little of the
Hebrew language and literature. and
their sermons were shattered with
politics. philosophy and everything but
Judaism. WV
Prominent American rabbis assoc;-
ated with Christian preachers, with
whom they discussed the relative value
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Moses Prophesied
So Aforetilne

They are either tired Of the constans
struggle against young America, OF
because they are not interfered WIZ
Dy the government or by the peopss
IN their religious exercises and are ~
liberty to do as they please they grad
ually forget the past.
According to Biblical lore the great
teacher Moses once said: "Jeshurun
waxed fat, and kicked; he had wsxen
tat, ne had grown thick, he had been
covered with fatness, then he forsook
his God!"
During the awful time of the pogromss
against the Jews in Russia there liveo
RABBI by the name of Rabinoyltz, ~
the city of Poltava. He was Coo
dearlng man and very pious. On
saturday he announced that he was
gong to offer special prayer. Those
VINO were longing for religious comfon
ana heavenly solace came
Ihe pious rabbi, rising and lifting
ms eyes to heaven, uttered the follow
ing prayer:
20 Lord, God of Israel! Thy deeds
are wise, Thy actions are adequss.
continue to send Thy plaques and tny
punlshments on the House of JACOB
and the children of Israel will then
recognize Thee as their rock of salss,,
ton; Freedom. liberty, riches ana s
worldly goods are not compatible wils
Thy chosen people. They must always
feei the iron grip of persecution ana
poverty and they will then adhere /"
Thy law and to Thy will :
II Jewish immigration does not assiu
become as it was before the wN
Judaism in America will not thrive IN,
less a miracle happen to put N sss
TO the religious GENERALIZATION. =
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

devotion which come usually only after
relglous persecution.
In the course of time, however. when
the children of the Portuguese Jewish
immigrants grew up in an atmosphere
where religion was not molested. thew
began to neglect the study of the
Iorah and of the Talmud They also
became lax in the performance Of their
religious exercises, and in the begin
ming of the '40s of the last centurv.
although the Portuguese Jews in Amer
lca had their synagogues and their
rabbls, the attendance in the syna-
gogues was very scanty, and their
riabbis knew SO very little about Juda-
ism, that if a European Jewish arrival
happened to hear sermon of such a
rabbi he would wonder whether he
was a scion of the House of Israel or
member of Unitarian Church.
lntermarriage between jew and
Gentlle was SO frequent that observers
could see the constant shrinkage Of
the various Jewish communities in
America. Then German internal un-
rest and systematic anti-Semitism
drove large numbers of German Jews
to the United States. Germany was
then an important centre of Jewish
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

dence of what "massed psychology "will
40 Tor the individual. The first word
the German baby learns is "Kaiser. y
then "Gott," then water" and Nut
YER. In building their race of war
rlors the Germans have left out the
inner things, so that when the time
comes to advance into the face of al
most certain death there are no soften
ing influences.
The German soldier has been taught
to think along certain lines. Associ-
at,on with others of like mind has
solidified his opinions. He has been
compelled to keep his body fit for "thc
great effort The combination of rigid
training, simple diet, discipline and
"massed psychology" has given him an
lneradicabie personal psychology.
Physical rcbirth of our rejects under
cantonment discipline will bring mr.
more highly imaginative Americans SUI =
similar viewpoint quickly.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

This is no visionary uplift scheme
;;hough its eugenic effect and it's result
IN increase of efficiency will be nation
M wage. The war is setting a new stand
ara OF supermen. and when the war is
over the weakling will be slammed % .
1allure even before he has demonstrat-
ed that his frazzled nerves, bad heart
ooStructed o. e1;5;1 breathing and bad digestion
effort. oi'n e'i'cleht
But the principal questions Of to-
gay are "Soldiers" and efficiency at
home. Let US see how to reclaim
ehem ,, from the mass of rejects.
FIRST the slacker--i. e., coward
must be given confidence. What he
needs is perfected body and an ap~
p'cation of what I call "massed psy.
chology" BY this l mean association
with normal chaps, that his patriotic
urge may develop while he is being re-
fitted physically
The German war machine is an eyi-