Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
DRIVE CONTINUES
FORJEW|SK RELIEF
Rabbi Krass and Senator
Salisbury Speak at Capital
Mass Meeting.
$4,000 MORE IS NEEDED

Jews and gentiles in Washington
today began to raise the remaining
$4,000 for the national fund. of
which the capitals quota is 100000.
OF this amount $4,000 was raised at
a mass meeting last evening.
Rabbi Nathan krass of New York
made a strong appeal for contribu-
tons at the mass meeting.
The Young Women's Hebrew AS
ISOLATION TODAY is arranging for
dance at Masonic Temple Monday
night, when, it is expected, $1,000 will
be added to the fund.
At a meeting this morning at the
office of Simon Lyon pledges made
at the mass meeting were checked up.
Senator Salisbury Speaks.
There were two reasons. | sup
pose Senator Sau .sbury of Delaware
remarked at the mass meeting !ast
night. FOR the honor you have done
me by inviting me here tonight:
WASHINGTON has been sort OF SECOND
home for me ever since / was small
boy, and | am interested in her vel
fare and in her reputation. and, sec
ondly, when similar effort to inns
was made in my own home town OF
Wilmington we did SO well that you
thought I might bring you good
luck-certainly I bring you the best
of good wishes.
home community are in humble clrcum-
stances There are few rich men among
them. Yet they had shown their inter-
est in our plans, and when their own
time came, when they were seeking to
raise $4,000 for Jewish relief, such was
the RESPONSE that 80" CSC was poured
into their treasury.
Rabbi Tells of Plight.
Rabbi Krass told the people Of the
plight of the 5000, 900 people of Jewish
birth "a the war-swept districts OF Ell
rope who were looking to the people OF
the United States for succor; calling to
them in the ancient language of their
race for aid.
1.-The voice that calls to you" he said.
'is not the voice of David or of that
5000. 600 of your brothers and your. sis
ters who will starve this coming winter
unless you feed them"
Touching Battlefield Incident.
DR.. Krass told the story of scene
on a battlefield in Flanders. where a
Catholic boy lay dying, unable to
reach the crucifx that hung around
his neck.
Near him." he said. was a young
Jewish soldier, his comrade in arms.
and third, a Protestant. The young
Jew lifted the cross and held it before
the boys dying eyes. while the Prot
estant held his flask with the few last
drops of water to his lips.
1t is in this picture of the tree on
the field in Flanders, DR.. krass said,
that symbolizes the new American an
swerins the call of the suffering Jews
in Europe.
Some Subscribers to Fund.
Those who subscribed more than
500 at the mass meeting last night
are: S. Kann's Sons & Co. $4,000; Fred
S. Gichener, $1,000: Emil Berliner,
$1,000: Milton Hopfenmaier, $1,000;
A. Lisner. $1,000; Lansburgh & Bro,
$1,000; Moses Goldenberg, $1,000;
Evening Star, $1,000; B. Schlossberg.
$500; 1. Grosner. $500; Washington
Post, $500; in memory of Mrs. Katie
Pack. $500: Cosmos Theater Company,
$500; Charles Goldsmith. $500: Lieb-
man Brothers. $500: N; Eis sonar n
Shalom. $500; Giles F. Heilprin. $500:
d. ]. kaufman. $500: Lewis Bush and
family. $685.: Saks & Co. $3.50: Isaac
Cans of Saks & Co. $50: Frank J..
Hogan, $3.50: Mrs. Brylawski, $3.50.
and Congregation Teffereth Israel.
The following gave 500 each: Max
s. Rosenthal, Harry Eager, H. l.. Kauf-
man, Sidney West. NJ. Schwarzen. Jo-
seph Luchs. Morton ]. Luchs. Miss
Mabel Boardman and mother, Ladies'
Vo,ina Society, Mrs. Edward Cohen.
Jacob Lapidus, ]. Sondheimer. Semmes
Motor Company. Louis Rosenberg, A.
NJ. Fischer, S. Atlas. A. Mostow. A NJ.
Bear. Fulton Brylawski, Arthur and
ernest Mayer. Adolph Effenbach.
Jacob Wolfnan and Gerald and Ar