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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-08-01

Sir:
The American Press of May 21st
published an advertisement over
your signature in which you state
that Jews are being slaughtered in
Poland, that pogroms are raging
from Lemberg to Wilno and from
Warsaw to Pinsk, and that the
Jewish people never had been set
upon by an enemy more merclless,
more brutal, more determined, or
more powerful.
On the same day, you opened
mass-meeting in Madison Square
Garden and, after having assured the
large audience that Jews are mas
sacred in Poland, you assumed the
role of prophet and said in regard
to Poland as follows: 81 predict,
as it has been in the past, it will be
in the future, that nations which
permit persecution of the Jew will
themselves come to an ignominious
end, and the quicker that happens
the better you and I will be pleased"
These statements combined with
the amazing demonstrations as held
in this and other cities constitute
most offensive provocation of the
Polish people. 1t requires the full
self-control of every Pole not to give
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-08-01
An Open etter to

Mr.. Nathan Strauss, Honorary
Chairman, Committee for the
Protection Of Jewish Rights in
Poland and Eastern European
Countries.
Sir:
The American Press of Nav 21st
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
vETcH CROP IN HOME GARDEN
In Keeping Soil Supplied With
Needed Humus.

A few cents worth of vetch seed
planted in the garden each year and
spaded or hoed under as a green ma
nure crop will keep the soil supplied
with humus and, to a large extent, with
nitrogen. The vetch should be kept
growing at all times in all available
spaces.
For example, if early corn or cab
bage are not removed In time to allow
for a follow-up crop, vetch can be
planted between the rows at the time
of the last cultivation. 1t will then be
large enough to spade under in the fal!
or spring. Another good way to use
vetch is to SOW 1t in the fall or spring
when the garden is being spaded In
preparation for tomatoes.
By the time the tomato plants are
ready to eat, the vetch will be well un-
der way. If the vetch is not more than
three or four inches high, places can
be cleared at proper distances for
planting the tomatoes by turning un-
der a spade or two of SOIL Then
when the vetch left between the to-
matoes is six or eight inches high, it
can be hoed in. Since it Is green and
tender, this is no great task and the
vetch will soon rot. If vetch is used In
this way. the soil should be inocu-
lated with the necessary bacteria. In
structions for doing this simple work
can be had upon application to the
state college of agriculture at Ithaca,
N. Y.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
TO BE NEW WORLDS WONDER
Japanese at Work on Statue Of ST.
Nlchiren, Cutting 1t From
the Solid Rock.

On the Isle of Cows Head, in that
beautiful inland sea, which has been
called the Mediterranean of Japan,
ledge of rockAoverl0oks the water, and
here a small army of Japanese work
men are busy at fhe first cuttings that
will eventually carve out the largest
statue In the world The Colossus of
Rhodes. at enc time one Of the seven
wonders of the world, is said to have
been 120 feet high-a small thing COM
pared with the figure of Liberty that
stands 151 feet above its pedestal In
New York harbor-but the Japanese
statue will be of even greater magni-
tude. Following the line of the natu-
raj rock it will be reclining figure
240 feet long, and therefore that much
more impressive than the Buddha at
Pegu, Burma, which from head to foot
measures 1872 feet The Isle of the
Cows head Is private property, and
this BrObdingnagian adornment is
work of private enterprise. The re
clining figure will be that of st. Nichi-
rem, who founded the sect of Buddhism
that bears his name. In the wooden
model the saint lies asleep, facing who
ever sees him, his head pillowed on
block, and his left arm extended
along his side; somewhat archaic fig
ure. yet with considerable realism,
For the enormous statue that Is to be
cut out of the solid rock from the
model the trees and greenery of the
Isle of the Cows head will provide an
excellent setting.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
BEDSTEADAS RAFT
Primitive Ferry Boat Made Use
Of by Traveller.
With Earthen Pots as Floats, and
Towed by Swimmers, This Simple
Continuance Got American Safe
Iy Across Flooded River.

In country where rivers are subject
to sudden and heavy floods. bridges are
in many cases SO insecure that ferries
must always be maintained in addition.
Such is the case in India, and the
methods of crossing streams today are
what they have been from the earliest
times. An American consular officer
tells how he was taken across an In
dian river at the time Of freshet. The
contrivance was simple, and has been
used In the Orient as long as history
shows any record.
A cord having been fastened to a
large, elongated gourd, and smaller
g0urd being also tied to 1t. the native
gets astride, and laying his breast upon
the larger gourd paddles himself
across with his hands and feet.
Women, too, avail themselves Of this
singular contrivance under the escort
of ferryman, who, similarly mounted,
takes his charge in tow, carries her
basket, with perhaps child in 1t, on
his head, and conveys them safely
across.
Herds Of cattle swim these flooded
rivers like water rats, and the herd
boy. as a matter of course, takes the
tail of the hindermost bullock In his
hand and thus gains a very comfortable
lift across
These methods Of crossing rivers.
however, are hardly in accordance
with our ideas of comfort. So the
American thought one day as he stood.
after long ride, on the bank Of wide
and rapid stream which separated him
from his halting place. He did not
relish the idea Of buffeting the muddy
current on a horse Of gourds, but as
there was no boat within 20 miles ii
seemed as if he must either do this or
biv0uac on the bank without his din
ner.
While he was In this dilemma a ma
tive signified that he would soon set
the foreigner right From neighbOr-
ing hut he brought native bedstead-
not four-poster such as westerners
use, but small, light frame Of wood
having four little legs and held to-
gether by the interlacing Of piece of
cord, which thus forms sort of netted
bottom to this simple piece of furni-
ture. The native next brought out four
round earthen pots. and after protect
ing the bottom of each with a few
inches of sand he put the legs of the
cot into the pots and signifled that the
vessel was ready to be launched.
AS the American sat doubled up. on
the extemporized raft in company with
his saddle he found himself raised an
inch or SO above the level of the water,
the earthen pots forming admirable
floats. A couple Of lusty swimmers
then took him in tow and soon landed
him on the opposite bank.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
The Return Of the Sword.

The British army order requiring all
field marshals, generals and colon
els, when dismounted." to wear the
sword on all ceremonial parades and
at Official ceremonies, has provided
material for the humorists. The
sword, having been superseded by 9th.
er weapons for those who actually
come In contact with the enemy, anG
being therefore doubly useless to Off
GERS Of exalted rank who must remain
at a considerable distance from the
hand-to-hand engagements, had been
discarded during the war. But now
II returns with all its faded glory for
times of peace and its formidable
"clank" will once more accompany its
wearer's martial stride. However lu-
dicrous this may seem, it is apparent
ly to some extent unavoidable owing
to the ferbidding ugliness of modern
engines of war-bombs. trench peri
scopes, portable machine guns and
the like, which are obviously less de-
sirable as emblems of authority than
the graceful lines of the sword, the
scimitar and the halberd of other
times.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
Avoid All Form of Worry.

Worry is the skeleton that befouls
many secret chamber. To be sure it
may be difficult to forestall the mon
ster. A moments unguarded speech
may occasion the loss of friendships
that can never be regained A hasty
decision may mean the loss of fortune.
The indiscretion Of friends may put
US in jeopardy for the rest Of our days.
There Is occasion enough to be alarm
ed when such things happen. The mind
seems to revert its troubles as water
does to its levels. II these things are
permitted to remain as the creaking
occupants of the mind the result will
be worry and mental friction. Like
sand in the gears 1t will wear out the
mental power and make people old be-
fore their time You dare not allow
your mental life to be sapped by fric-
tion.-Exchange
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21

My father was at one time q sheriff
In Colorado, writes a correspondent.
He arrested young man on charge
of assault with intent to kill, growing
out Of a quarrel over some water
rights. The man had no one to go
bis bond and had to stay in jail.
He said he didn't mind the arrest so
much because he was sure he would
be cleared when his case was tried,
but it was just three days before his
wedding. The next day the prospec-
tive bride put in an appearance and
pleaded with my father to let him off
for the wedding, as everything had
been arranged fol- 1t.
Father knew 1t would cause trouble
with the other faction in the quarrel
If he released the man. He agreed to
let them go ahead If they would let
him act as best man with the bride
groom handcuffed to him. This was
agreed to. The wedding came off at
the scheduled time. Father drove out
from the jail with the bridegroom
stood up with him during the cere-
mony, and brought him back immedi-
ately afterwards. A month later the
man was acquitted.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
Rock Dust to Save Minsrs, Lives.

Perhaps the oldest, yet one of the
most effective, means for preventing
or, at all events, neutrality-suspicious.
ters In coal mines is the use of rock
dust
A lot of it is placed on boards hung
by chains from the roofs of mine tun-
nels. Obviously in case of an explos-
ion the boards will swing and the dust
will be thrown off
Following an explosion a roaring
flame, let us say, is coming. through
the tunnel. The air is filled with coal
dust (or possibly with infiammable
gas) to feed it. But it meets cur
tain of non-infammable rock dust (dis-
charged from the board shelves) and
is thereby stopped. Rock dust will
not burn under any provocation. Sus-
pended thickly in the air, 1t acts like
an asbestos curtain. The flame can
not get through 1t.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
His Opinion.

"True, women's fashions are so i'm
modest as to shock the pure" said j.
Fuller Gloom. 1.-THE summers are also
hotter and the winters colder than they
ever were before. Just as usual, the
country is going headlong to the dogs.
Every town in America has more fools
and crooks and gossips In it, in proper
tion TO its size, than any other town in
America. The poor are always growing
poorer and the rich growing fatter
The end of the world is always at
hand. and probably always will be. In
fact, there Is everlastingly something
to howl about, If you want to howl
The women have always worn exactly
what they pleased In Just the manner
that suited them best, and there never
was and never will be any help for 1t.
And If their diaphanous garb offends
you there is no law compelling you to
keep edging around until you get a
comely woman betwixt yourself and
the sun. confound you l"-Kansas City
Star.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
HOLLAND LAND OF PRIMNESs
American Visitor Attracted by Neat
Appearance and General cfeanli-
ness Everywhere Noticeable.

Holland and the Hollanders are AS
unlike France as two countries can
be. Corp. David Ramseur writes in the
Indianapolis Star. The rural districts
of Holland look like one big formal
garden and the cities of Holland look
as if they had been cast in a huge
mold, set down carefully and secured
and polished every day. But France
looks more like & country expressly
designed to please the eye, and the
cities of France, more helter-skelter,
reflect the temperamental spirit of the
French.
A small city In France neglects
whole streets and districts In order
that one spot, one park, cathedral or
building. may be beautiful. But in
Holland the idea seems to be to make
1t all substantial and neat and that
is why wherever one goes in Rotter-
dam or The Hague he finds the same
. orderly rows upon rows of apartment
houses or business blocks with the
same little staid parkways and parks
that somehow remind onetof the old
fashioned best rooms" of a genera
tiOn ago.
/ have covered Rotterdam and The
Hague, and In neither city have
found a district that corresponds to
our tenement districts or that was
characterized by the squalor or dirt
of the poorer sections of our Ameri-
can cities. found districts where
poor people lived and where the houses
were not so good, but even those poor
er people looked clean and their houses
were clean, the streets and alleys
clean, Just as In the better districts.
In Holland it is the men who wear
the best clothes; it is the men who are
the better looking; the best shops are
for men, the tobacco shops of Rotter
dam are gorgeous, there is no other
word, they rival In splendor even the
jewelry shops of Fifth avenue, New
York. The shops for mems wear are
much more attractive than those for
women's wear and everything there
seems to be of men and for men.
In Rotterdam one would not, as he
would n q French town. drop into a
cafe or store and start jollying the
madame or mademoiselle and playing
with the youngsters. / rather think
that if we did that over there the
stolld Dutch frau would call for help
and one of the solemn-looking police
men who stalk about the street would
escort US to the local jail Those
things aren't done In Rotterdam.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
NEW IDEA IN TRANSPORTATION
Trains to Slide on Runners, Separated
From Track Merely by Thin
Film Of Water.
In Belgium.

Looking toward the transportation
facilities of the future. an American
electrical experimenter believes that
the chief means of travel will be trains
without wheels, running on single
tracks, and moving almost without
friction because they will slide on run
ners separated from the track by a
thin film Of water In short the fact
that one plate of glass will glide prac-
tically without friction over another
If there Is a thin layer of water be-
tween them will be applied and work
ed out in running a train. The
idea of a train without wheels is suffi-
ciently surprising, but, according to
the writer, Frenchman had invented
such a train just before the Franco
Prussian war, and the project was not
resumed afterward although a later
French inventor made some important
improvements. The advantage over
modern transportation, If such trains
become practicable. is prophesied as
noiselessness of operation. equal carry
ing capacity, and about twice as much
speed. The idea looks visionary; but
after all 1t is not wise to distrust pos
sibilities for that reason.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21

and the plant juices withdrawn, taus-
ing the cells to shrivel and turn white.
When q number IL these cells are de-
stroyed they appear as irregular white
OF flght-brown spots. If the attack is
severe, the whole leaf surface becomes
invested by these spots and finally
shriseis and dies.
Spraying has been found to be the
most effective means of controlling this
insect, both in the greenhouse and out
of doors. The following solution used
in one experiment killed all adult in
sects and about 95 per cent of the
nymphs.
Nicotine sulphate (ounces) .............. 6
Fish-oil soap (pounds) ..................... 4
water (gallons) ............................. 30
The spray should be applied to both
sides of the leaves; If possible, on a
duh or cloudy day. The adults are not
so active at this time and are. there
fore, less likely to move out Of reach
of the spray.
In the greenhouse the sugar-beet
thrips may be held In check by the
application of strong spray of water
to the foliage. This washes the young
er stages from the leaf; and as these
are unable to reach the food plant
again, they soon die.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
Atlantis Effort In 1873.

Although the first successful pas
sage of a dirigible across the Atlantic
easily called to mind the attempted
journey in 1910 of Walter Wellman in
the dirigible America, considerable
time seems to have elapsed before
anybody remembered the old-fashioned
balloon Atlantis and its effort nearly
fifty years ago to cross the ocean.
The Atlantis started from Brooklyn
". Y, at nine In the morning of Oc-
tober g. 1878. carrying as passengers
Prof. Washington H. Donaldson. who
was chiefly responsible for the enter
prise, and two companions, Alfred
Ford and George A. Lunt. The trav-
elers were carried in a regular ocean
lIfeboat suspended beneath the bal
loon. and to answer the purpose Of
modern wireless apparatus the expedi-
ton was equipped with homing pi
geons. The effort was short-lived. for
the balloon came down the same af-
ternoon in New Canaan, Conn, about
l0c miles from the starting point. hav-
ing made no progress toward Europe
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
PUTTING EAR CORN IN sILo
Best to Add Some Stalks Because They
Furnish Much Sugar Essential
to Fermentation.

1t has been found practical to en-
sIle soft corn ears without any stalks,
but 1t is better to add some stalks
because they furnish much sugar
which is essential to proper fermenta-
tion. Tests made at Ames on the
Iowa station show that an immense
amount of corn can be slowed away
In silo this way, that it will not
spoil, and that it makes an exceed
ingly rich feed. 1t should be fed as a
concentrate and not as a roughage.
The ears should be cut fine and thor
oughtly tramped In the silo when
filling. Do not let any spoiled ears
get In, or too big proportion of ma
ture corn. as this does not pack and
eDsile so well.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
Knew the Stock.

ThomaS-Has the boss got any
horses for sale?
The Groom-No. sir. but l reckon
Mr.. Smith has.
Thomas--Why9
The CROMWELL, the gov'nor sold
him couple last week.
Strange Indian Names.
A recent issue of the Ogala Light.
the monthly magazine of the Pine
Ridge Indian reservation school near
Rapid City. s. D., gives some peculiar
names among those listed as students.
Lizzie Shot to Pieces is at the end of
the list. Other names include Victoria
Holy Rock, Julia Afraid of Hawk,
Mary Brown Ears. Julia Crazy Ghost.
Mercy Yellow Shirt. Emma No Fat,
Ella Red Eyes, Martin Chase Alone,
Noah Horse. John Left Hand and Julia
Stand Up. Out of 90 students attend
ing the school only four have French
names and seven names of English
origin.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21

Coal sold on the basis of heating val
ue is tested by the United States bu-
reau of standards by the bomb colo
rimeter. A thirtieth Of an ounce of coal
is enclosed In strong steel capsule,
oxygen under high pressure is intro
duced, and, this bomb being placed In
the calorimeter, the coal is ignited
electrically. The heating effect is cal
culated from the rise of temperature
Of the water In the calorimeter. Coal
samples Of known heating value have
been prepared, and are supplied to per-
sons using the calorimeter to enable
them to check their own results.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
An EIectIen Bet.

II was at the time of the presiden-
tial election. There were two boys,
great chums. who expected to be mar.
rfed soon. One was a Republican. the
other a Democrat. This young Re
publican was so sure of Hughes that
he told his chum II his man lost he
would 60 without shave week be-
fore and week after the wedding.
He lost. and was married before a
large crowd, as grizzly as a bear. He
almost lost his bride over this episnde
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
Hint Proved Effective.

Peggy was allowed as special fa-
vor to accompany her parents to din
ner party given at friends house one
evening. Jelly of the kind made with
gelatine and fruit juice was a dessert
In some way Peggy was overlooked
when this was passed, but being q
polite little girl she did not ask for
any, but at the conclusion of the meal
she turned TO her neighbor and said:
What flavor was the jelly7" Need.
less to say, she was helped to a gen
erous portion.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
STARTED IN JOKE
Explanation Of Story of Roose-
veIt's Hard Drinking.
Colonel Informed Group Of Newspaper
Men How the Rumor Originated
Jesting Remark Caused All
the Trouble.

Few things in Colonel Roosevelt's
later life are fresher in the public
memory than his suit against Mich
igan editor who accused him of drunk
enness, writes John ]. Leary, Jr.. In
McClure's. The unfortunate editor,
unable to produce scintilla of proof,
admitted his fault, and so far as the
records go. the matter was disposed
of. There was nothing developed,
however, to show where the tale start
er or what foundation, if any, it might
have had.
Colonel Roosevelt, however, had an
explanation. He gave it to us one
afternoon in the trophy room in Oys.
ter Bay; when passing the cigars
around, he remarked that he would
youch for the quality. They must he
good" he remarked for they're some
of Leonard Woods l never smoke
myself, so I have to rely on the judg
ment of Others"
did you ever smoker some one
asked.
There Is where that story Of my
drinking started" he continued, not
hearing the question or ignoring it.
"YOu see, when ! would decline o
cigar, saying / did not smoke, folks
would often ask, In q joking way :
What are your bad habitsT In the
same spirit would reply Prize fight
Ing and strong drink
Nov, it so happens that the Lord
In his infinite wisdom electal to Gre
ate some folks with whom 1t is never
safe to joke-solemn asses who lack
a sense of humor l am very fond of
that story of Sidney Smiths who.
playing with his children, stopped sud
denly, saying: Children, we must
now be serious-here comes a foolS
You know the kind he meant-those
poor unfortunates who must take ev-
erything said to them literally.
zone Of these to whom I made that
remark said: Roosevelt, hear
drinks hard. The other fool replied.
yes. that's true. He told me so him
SELF
And so 1t went"
'That is all there ever was to the
talk Of my drinking. From that start
n spread and spread until, in self-de-
fense, was compelled to take action
to stop 1t. Some folks have said ]
went out Of my way to find a little ed
itor who could not defend himself.
The fact is, he was the one editor
could hold to account. There were
and are editors nearer New York ]
gladly would have sued under like
circumstances. but they knew better
than to print what they knew was
untrue. Had any one Of them done
90 would have hauled them up short,
and with much more glee than / did
the Michigan man, for the men i have
in mind have real malice toward me,
and he, am satisfied, had none.
1--WE parted good friends. / GER
tainly had nothing against him. In
his zeal to do things, he put in print
what shrewder and really malicious
men who would harm me If they could.
dare not do. ! believe he was honest
ly sorry when he found his error.
However, the thing had its value.
We're never too old to learn, and l
learned to be careful with whom /
cracked the simplest joke Thank God,
there are many you can joke with in
safety. If we couldn't laugh once in
a while what world this would be /!
1t wouldn't be world-it would be a
mad-house"