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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-10-18

The 200 field workers with the
Jewish Welfare Board in the train
ing camp and naval stations these
days meet with many touching bits
of human experience. Though the
J. w. B. is the youngest of the
war work organizations, and has
as yet smaller corps in the field
than some of the organizations
with which it is cooperative, such
as the Y. NJ c. A., K. of c., and
Salvation Army, it has already set
a high mark of efficiency in War
Work. To the Jewish boy in uni
form the presence of the Star of
David men, as the ]. w. B. is
called, in camp and at the centers
established in cities, means parti-
cularly the solution of personal prob
lens and the qualification of dis
tinctively Jewish needs. L
Here are some stories, told with
out varnish, of frst-hand exper-
fences CLEANED by the Jewish Wei
fare Boards representatives in the
field.
At Kelly Field the Jewish We'll
fare Board worker noticed man
talking English with broken &C
cent. Recognizing the accent, the
worker addressed the soldier with
few words of Yiddish, and to
the embarrassment Of the ]. w. B.
representative, the man burst into
tears. He explained that he had
been in the army for eight months
and in all that time he has not
heard word of his mother tongue.
He had scarcel y understood the men
with whom he was associated and
they had not understood him, and
these few words of Yiddish were
the first sign that there was some
one who understood him and who
could make him feel at home.
The matron of the Jewish Welfare
Board Center in Boston recently re-
ceived the following letter from the
mother of man who had slept at
the house once or twice:
Dear Madam:
as it is my son Stephens request to
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-10-18
It'll THE ]. w. B. WORKERS
Human Stories of the Training Camps Where tn
wish War Work Organization is Cooperating With the
Y NJ C. A., X. of c. and other Agencies.

write YOU will do so i hardly know
what to say to you as you are a
stranger my heart is very soar to
thing poor steve has to go so far
from his home he is my baby i am
getting up in years will be u the
Is of next month but i do my work
my son older than steve lives in
part of my house he is married and
has a family of three do my one
,washen and cooken have "a
chickens i'll have more soon. You
will good to poor little steve while
he is their and write me long
letter after / hear from you / will
be better able to write you and i
ask you to pray for my boy that he
may be kept safe ask god to spalr
him to come back once more before
i die if it is gods holy will we'll i
will close with kind regards and
best wishes to you good by hope
to hear from you soon your true
friend.
S. M. P......"
One of the Jewish Welfare Board
representatives at Washington re-
ceived word from the family Of Nor
ris Rabinowitz that they had not re-
ceived the allotment due them from
his pay for several months. When
they had taken this up with the
authorities, they had been assured
that Morris Rabinowitz was dead,
and he was so entered in the records.
This the family refused to
believe, although the statement was
official, because they were receiving
letters regularly from their soldier
boy. On looking into the records in
the central office at Washington, the
Jewish Welfare Board representa-
tive found that there were two men
bv the name of Morris Rabinowitz
in the one company. The one OF
them had indeed died, but it was
the family of the other which had
had the pay allotment cut off. When
this confusion was pointed out to
the authorities the error was i'm
mediately ratified.
In Camp Doniphan the men were
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-10-18

regular army men, VINO ndu SeeH
service many months before the
United States adopted the compul-
sorry military service law. These
wanderers had been in Panama,
Philippines, and Honolulu. They
fought along the Mexican border,
and the life which they knew was
the army life When the Sabbath
service was first held, one of the men
asked whether he couldn't say Kad-
dish, for he said, he had recently re-
ceived word that his mother had
died in Russia, It had taken months
for the news to come, and, since he
had heard the tidings, he had never
had the opportunity of reciting the
memorial prayer until this evening.
To him this meant the precious OPP
portunity of at last paying the flial
duty of respect and love.
The telephone bell rang, and the
sleepy rabbi of the Texas town arose
from his sleep to find a woman's
voice telling him that she must find
Abraham Kaplan. "But, MADAME,
said the Rabbi, lit is now nearly
midnight and ] cannot find Abraham
Kaplan for you at this time. To
which she replied that she was at
the station and had just arrived in
Texas from New York and did not
know where to sleep and was alto
gether lost. The sleepy rabbi
dressed himself, called for the for
1orn girl at the station, and found
a place for her to sleep that night
The next morning he learned from
the stranger that Abraham Kaplan
had promised to marry her; that he
had been drafted into. the army and
was now in Texas. She did not know
where, but was determined to find
him. To find single soldier in
Texas, not knowing where he is-at
Camp Bowie, Camp Dick, Camp
Macarthur, Camp Logan, Kelly,
Fields, Leon Springs, Fl. Sam Hous-
ton, Ellington Field, Camp Travis,
Rich Field, A and M. College Sta
ton at Houston, Tallferro, Everman
or any of the military posts along
the Mexican border from Browns
Vile to FL Paso was no simple task,
even for the rabbi willing to get
up in the middle of the night to do
his duty as a Jewish Welfare work
er. But by combination of keenness
and chance he succeeded in 1ocat ting
Ma r+L,,r ZLToco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
BISHOP [. p. ALLEN LAYS CORNER STONE Corner Stone of St. Cath crimes Church Laid With
 Impressive Ceremonies

With the impressive ceremonies from the ritual of the Catholic church, the cor ner stone of St. Catherine's church at Pratt City was laid yesterday afternoon by the Right Rev D. F. Allen, bishop of the diocese of Mobile. assisted by the Catholic clergy of this district. Preced- ing the laying of the corner stone pa- triotic exercises were held. The T. c. I. brass band played the star -Spanged Banner" while the large audience stood with barred heads and at attention.
 The new church, which is rapidly near ing completion, is one of the prettiest in the district, and yesterday was pro- fusely decorated with national colors and bunting. The pastor, the Rev. J A.. Malone, expects the church to be fin- ished in time for the Christmas services.
 Mementoes of the occasion were placed in the corner stone, which was suitably inscribed, and included the name of Pres ident Wilson, Governor Henderson, mem bers of Congress, Bishop Allen and other church dignitaries, coins of current and early date relics of the church, news papers and other articles.
 At the conclusion of the ceremonies Bishop Allen preached forceful ser mon on the "Foundation of the Church" :" in which he graphically portrayed the history of the church from the catacombs of Rome to the present day.
 Attending the ceremonies were all the local Catholic clergy. large delegations from the several parishes a delegation from St. Bernard's college. Cullman, and large number of local people of all denominations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
|DR. STUART OPENS
 CIVIC FORUM WITH
 ADDRESS TONIGHT
Musical Programme From Community Sing Led by Mrs. Adams Will Be Feature

Opening the Birmingham Civic forums tonight with ah address on the subject, After the War: What?" Dr. George R. Stuart is expected to give the first au- dience glimpse into the great recon- struction problems of the war Whether the speaker will discuss, more than one phase of the postwar conditions is not known, but the committee hopes that any part of the address not made clear will be explained in the period of question ing
 The auditorium of the Civic associa- tion will be open for community sing ing at 7:45, to be led by Mrs. w. J. Adams, chairman of the Birmingham community sing, to be followed at O clock sharp by solo. Then will come the announcements of Dr. Charles B. Glenn, chairman, setting forth the pur- first to be launched in this city. Hs will also state the rules of the new in stitution and emphasize the time limit t be enforced upon all speakers.
 Promptly at s:15 o'clock pr. Stuart vii begin his address and promptly at S:4'
 he will end. Another solo will follow and at $50 the questions will begin fir ing at the speaker and will last fol 20 minutes. This is to be followed by 80 minutes of three-minute speeches and the evening will be closed with the sing ing of the ''Star-Spangled Banner The public is invited to the forum meetings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
Miss Virginia Murray
 Will Speak Tuesday !. Night to Committee
Dr. Shropshire Announces Address by Woman Expert on Vice Condi-
 tions to Committee of 100

pr. Courtney w. Shropshire. chairman of the citizens executive committee of 1OO named by the city commission for the purpose of combating the veneral diseases in Birmingham, announces that
 there will be meeting of the committee at the Tutwiler ballroom tomorrow night at O clock at which time, among the
 many other prominent speakers. Miss
 Virginia M. Murray representing the government, will speak on the care of
 the women who are assigned to the de- tention homes
 Judge William E. Fort will preside at the meeting. while the speakers so far announced are Dr. George R. Stuart, pr. IJ. D. Bowling and Dr. Shropshire Dr.
 Bowling Is supposed to tell the commit tee just what the city and county will
 be able to do in a financial way. while Dr. Shropshire is going to reveal Bir-
 mingham's actual condition relative to the vice situation
 It is anticipated that the entire com niittee of 100, which is representative of every organization in the city, will be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
DIR. BAILEY REPORTS GREAT CONVENTION OF
 PROHIS AZ COLUMBUS
Mississippi Anti-Saloon Superinten- dent Visits Son En Route Home From Worlds Anti-Saloon
 Conference

Dr. T. J. Bailey of Jackson, Miss, Tor 15 years editor of the Baptist Record, published at Jackson, and now super intendent of the Mississippi Anti-Saloon league, is spending a few days in Bir- mingham as the guest of his son, Jeff Bailey.
 Dr. Bailey has been in attendance upon the worlds anti-saloon convention at Co- 1umbus Ohio, and he reports a conven- tion of unusual magnitude, the pro- gramme being broad in it's scope and thoroughly representative of the world at large.
 ..We even had speakers at the conven- tion from Egypt, Bulgaria and various other small nations of Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as all of the leading na- tions of the western hemisphere, both of the Americas and the orient" said Dr. Bailey.
 "The convention was a decided sue < cess from every viewpoint, and among the telegrams that were read at the con- vention none received more applause than the one read from iDr. Stuart of your city for every prohibitionist in the Uni ted States knows that George Stuart means what he says when he states that he is in the fight until the world is made so dry that an Irishman can't spit.
 Dr. Bailey will leave Birmingham to- MOTION morning for Meridian, where he will attend convention before return ing tC his home in Jackson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25

Birmingham will have an opportunity next month to hear the thrilling story 1 of the American Red Cross. The Reo Cross war council is sending mes sage to the people of America about the work at home and overseas. pr.
 Esther Clayton Lovejoy is coming here to tell the people about the Army or Service" and the great opportunities II has met the world over. The speaking tour is expected to stimulate interest in all war movements No appeal will
 be made for funds
 Would you like to see the Red Cross ai work-see it's workers cross the Atlantic | to the front line trench and care for your husband, brother and son?
 | This remarkable story will be dramat- ized by the eminent speaker lately ar rived from the front line, to tell you how. perhaps the dollar you paid for Red Cross membership, saved your boy ! how the Red Cross workers carried hope and cheer to him when he was stricken. You will see in moving pictures the hospital where he was taken, the doctor and nurse who cared for him
 The story of the Red Cross is filled with rOmanceS ana lnrlls--lt leeiiis with 1 human interest. It will carry you to | the end of the earth It will tell how thousands of refugees have been saved, | how if has fed starving hordes, how | it has taken 100000 homeless children l from the battle zones. It will tell you i .s,g it reconstructs men shattered in battle. how it's mission of mercy links | the stricken soldier with his dear ones and home.
 1 One of the objects of the present day I is to lay foundation of Red Cross
 knowledge upon which can be built an | interest in the coming Christmas drive for members. There are 22,oo0,O00 Red Cross members now.
 1 Moving pictures will help the speaker 1 to drive her story home. The picture
 has been specially prepared to visualize | the Red Cross story. This film has never been shown before. Many of it's scenes were taken in the midst of shot and 1 shell and show how the Red Cross car I ries first aid to the wounded. Nov | ing picture stars of the first magnitude volunteered their services in the taking | of scenes at home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
CAPACITY HOUSE
 AT VICTORY SING Address of Rev. M. s. Barn. well and Four-Minute Singers Features of
 Programme

A capacity house attended the commun- ity sing, known now also as victory sing, at the Jefferson theatre yesterday after noon. Memoli's band rendered popular numbers and D. U. Williams of West End led the songs for everybody.
 Features of the programme were the choruses by the four-minute sinsersx Victory song and ~eThe Americans Come"-and a stirring 1o-minute address by the Rev. M. s. Barnwell.
 The women composing the chorus weAs Mrs. W. J. Adams. Miss Emma McCa1- thy Miss Olive Cheek, Miss May Bell Miss Helen Mewhinney, Miss Daisy Dnn- lap, Miss Evelyn Going, Miss Minnie Me- Neill, Miss Fanny May Pointer, Miss El- eanor Anderson. Miss Dorothy Lum, Mrs Sidney Lazarus, Mrs E. II. Posneros Mrs. Le Grande Wilson. Miss Nannia Lum and Mrs D. s.. BayIey, with Mrs. E. r. Rice as director
 Mrs. Robert Lawrence read letter from her husband. the original commuil- ity director new prominent in New York as sing organizer and leader Mir Lawrence sent his greetings to his friend In Birmingham and it was intimated that he might drop iii unexpectely at a sing in the near future. The letter was received with great applause.
 An especially attractive programme is promised for next Sunday afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
SPANISH CLUB HAS ARRANGED SERIES OF
 GOOD PROGRAMMES
Illustrated Lectures, Talks On Geography and Com- merce of Various Latin
 Countries Included.

At last Thursdays meeting of the Spanish club, Dr. George E. Sanford, a prominent local professional man. was heard in very interesting dis course on the, psychology of doing business with the Latin American. Dr. Sanford has travelled much and studied in the larger universities of Europe. At one time he was connected with the Bureau of Science in the Philip pine Islands, and on another occasion represented the government of the Netherlands in a commission of inves- tigators that were making tour around the world.
 The keynote in Dr. Sanfords lecture was the ethnic difference between the Spanish and other so-called Latin races. According to him, the Spaniard, though Latin in language, is above all Castiiian. deriving his ideas of chivalry and ethics from his ancestors, the aborigines of the Ioerian peninsula. Some of the telling points of his dd- dress may be mentioned:
 The Spanish American will forgive any lapsus linguae in the use of his language, but a breach of etiquette, never. A salesman's personality, re- finement of manner, and sense of the proprieties of life are worth more in making sale than the price of the goods or the demand for them.
 Whatever the melting pot" may have done towards aboIishing caste in the United States, it has never touched that idea in Latin- America, where it is as dominant as ever.
 To the Spanish man of affairs, busi- ness is not the chief end of life. but merely means to an end, that of get ting the greatest amount of pleasure out of life. A man who thinks the South American Is running his bust ness merely to get dollars is scheduled for disillusionment. The Spanish merchant will not for moment let business interfere with his pleasure He does not work that his wife and daughter may enjoy place in so- ciety. He Is distinctly a social be-
 ing himself.
 The Spanish cldb holds its meetings
 in the rooms of the Civic association every Thursday evening at o'clock An interesting series of programmes has been arranged for the next sev- eral weeks. Among other subjects there will be illustrated lectures, talks on the geography and commerce of the various Latin countries, and lecture on Spanish literature. The weekly grammar review in charge of Professor Reames and Miss Steadham of the Gen. tral High school is a feature of much importance and will be continued. The public is invited to attend these meet ings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
MAJ. CHAS. J. HUNT
 PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
 OF MEDICAL SOCIETY
Meeting Will Be Held in Courthouse at Bessemer Tonight at
 8 O'Clock

The Jefferson County Medical society will meet at Bessemer tonight in the courtroom in the Realty building, at which time an excellent programme will be enjoyed by the members. chief among the speakers being Maj. Charles J. Hunt, medical corps, United States army, chief of the medical service of the base hos pital at Camp Mcclellan.
 Major Hunts unusual rise from a lieu tenant to a majors commission is due to plain merit, it is stated by his col leagues, and he is said to be a man Of unusual ability, as well as a most mag netic speaker. He is a distinguished in- ternst, and his subject for the address he will deliver tonight will be The Path ology and Dominant Seauelae of Influ- enza.
 Other speakers on the programme for the evening will be Dr. l.. H. flaw kins Dr. U. J. W. Peters and pr. James R. Garber.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
Mrs. Julia Trammell's
 Funeral in Nashville
Mother of W. V. Trammell Suc- cumbs to Pneumonia at
 Nashville

The funeral of Mrs. Julia Trammeil,
 mother of William " Tramniefl, secre-
 tary and treasurer of the Retail Mel-
 chants Credit association of this city,
 who died at her home in Nashville Fri
 day night, was held yesterday afternoon
 in Nashville.
 Mir. TrammelI went to Nashville Friday at noon and arrived there just short while before his mother died Mrs. Trammell left Saturday at noon. Many telegrams were sent from Birminghanf Saturday by friends as we'll as one from the Kiwanis club. of which MT. Tram mell was formerly secretary. Mrs. Tramnell had many friends here. she having spent great deal of time here with her son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
ALABAMA LEADS
 SOUTHERN STATES IN | OVERSUbSCR|P TON

One of the first reports that went out from Atlanta at the close of the united war work campaign gave the information that Georgia and it's chief city were leading the southeastern de- partment in percentage of oversub- scription and that Georgia was the first of these states to reach its quota. Just how far this report was from the actualities in the case is shown by the tabulated statement made at state headquarters in Birmingham. showing the original quotas based on area, population. property values per capita and bank deposits per capita, for the several states and official re- ports of their total subscriptions:
 C,xh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
Negro Claims Rowe Grabbed the Stakes

Dick Vinson, a negro. was arrested by Officers Lee and Payne yesterday after noon on d charge. of highway robbery. The negro is alleged 'o have held up John Rowe, anot negro, in an alley on Second avenue, and robbed him of s4c vinson admits that he showed a big gun in the other negros ribs and got the money, but claims that he had just previously won it in a craps game and that Rowe grabbed stakes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
Five-Passenger Buick
 Automobile Stolen

fve-passenger Buick automobile was stolen last night about 6 o'clock while parked near the Elks' club, cor ner of Eighth avenue and Nineteenth street. The car is the property of Wiley
 Hernandez and carries license tag
 os7o0. The police were notified of the theft but at late hour last night the car had not been located.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
MRS. w. c. CALDWELL'S
 FUNERAL TODAY

Mrs w. c. Caldwell, wife of w. c. Caldwell. prominent expert accountant and Rotarian. died at local infirmary yesterday afternoon.
 Mrs Caldwell had been i'll about ten days, her death being due to pneu- monia. She is survived by her hus- band a son, Hubert. and an infant daughter. The funeral will take place from the residence 219 Seventy fourth street north this afternoon at 2 o'clock, with interment in Elmwood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
Gone for Prisoners

Detective Long of the local detective department left last night for Atlanta for the purpose of bringing back Clar- ence Harbor and George Harding. for mer residents of Birmingham, and who are wanted here for several charges of grand larceny. It is alleged that just prior to their departure they stole a large quantity of goods from hotel owned by Mrs. Harper, Sixth avenue and Twenty-fourth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
Aufo Accident

R. Cantel6h. 1872 seventh avenue, was struck by an automobile driven by Wal
 ter Holmes, negro. 1908 Eighth alley, at Seventh avenue and Eighteenth street, yesterday afternoon. It is stated that Cantelon was crossing the street when the car struck him. knocking him down and bruising him about the head con siderably. He was carried to his home,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25
Turkeys Plentiful

Washington, November 24--There will
 be no shortage of turkeys for Thanks giving, the food administration an- nounced today. in urging housewives to |.prepare holiday menu in keeping with food conservation for world relief. Re- ports to the administration, it was said, also show that the supply of chickens,
 ducks and geese is good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25

The men above all represent different states, and only three of them are south ern boys one of whom is Sergt. Harold Mandy of Birmingham, son of Charles II. Mandy of The Age Herald staff, who was formerly employed on The Age
 Herald himself, and universally loved by everyone on the paper. He was valued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25

IT. C. l. Nemploye when he entered the service. These men, coming from prac- ticaliy all over the United States, form the permanent personne. Of the head quarters company at Camp Joseph T. Johnston at Jacksonville. Fla, This photograph, with its widely divergent personnel, is an example of the democ- racy of the United States army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-25

Locust eggs. treated with sulphuric acid and lime, are used as fertilizer in Mediterranean countries.