The Denver Jewish news., 1919-07-16
Interesting Items

2 'S>-> - ~ As.ANIA III -hhASAA'H - At---
two months vacation here. Rabbi
Mattuck is the spiritual leader of the
Liberal Synagog, founded in London by
Mr.. Claude G. Montefiore and Mr.
Israel Abrahams. He was called to
that pulpit from Temple Israel of Far
Iiockaway seven years ago and this Is
his first visit to the United States.
Dr. Nathan Krass of the Central
Synagog, New York, left for Poland on
the New Amsterdam on July = 10 in
vestigate privations of the Jewish peo-
pie there. He was appointed TO the
Poland Commission by President viii
son.
Major Israel Schayer, son of A. u.
Schayer, of Cincinnati. Ohio, who
is now with the American Army
of Occupation in Germany, has
l'een appointed chief sanitary OF
ficer for the Kreiss of Saarburg for the
Ciyil Affairs for Contagious Diseases
and their isolation and prevention. Be-
fore the armistice Major schayer was
in the wildcat Division" and partsc-
ipatetf in several engagements with his
command.
Joseph Lhevinne, the Russian pianist,
will .inake his American reapprarancc
next fall after an absence of six years.
Lhevinne was fnterned in Germany
turnout the war and was only recently
released.
In memory OF his wife. Maurice J.
Fre:berg. of Cincinnati Ohio. has pre-
sented $1,000 to the National Farm
School.
Mark Lyman, a prominent New
York lawyer, has been selected
chief general counsel for the United
States Shipping Board. Mr.. Hyman,
who is forty-two years old, is the son
of David Hyman apd Mrs. Betty Sen
ior Hyman, who were at one time resi-
dents Of Denver. Mr.. Hyman was
heavily interested I'm silver mining in
Colorado. He received his legal train
ing with Simpson, Thatcher Il Bart
lett. in New York. and organized the
firm OF Hyman. Campbell X Eaton.
He practiced law with this firm until
1914, when he was called to the De
Eartment Of Justice in Washington as
special assistant attorney general. and
handled several cases for the Govern
ment.
The Jewish Orphan Home of ST.
Louis was opened this month with APP
propriate ceremonies The Home will
be maintained BY the Jewish Orphan
Home society composed Of 1000 WON
on. 1t will be conducted on strictly
kosher basis. ~
District Grand Lodge No. O. l. y.
b. B.. ut Its annual convention held
in st. Paul. Mimi. approved the plan
adopted by District Grand Lodge No. :,
/. o. b. b., at its convention in Louis
Vile. to build the new Cleveland Or
phan Asylum at Cherry Farm These
two districts support this well known
Institution. The cottage plan will
probably be chosen in the erection u
the new Home.
| Prof. A. s. Yahltia, OF Madrid. while
on a visit in London, gave some inter
esting news on the Jews of Spain which
are far from enthusiastic. The total
number of Jews In Spain is about L.
600. and the only settlement of any
consequence is that of Barcelona.
Revised statistics show that ont ol
the entire Jewish population of 2OOW
(men, women and children) in Ans
tralia. 1850 men Joined the volunteer
Australian army. Conscriprion was not
1 introduced in Australia.
Governor stephens has appointed
Mortimer Fleischaker, San Francisco
banker and financier, member of the
board of regents of the University or
California.
Lieutenant George Horowitz, of
Tassaic, n. J., was declared high hon
or man in class of 277 at the grad
uation last week ut the West Point
Military Academy, the governments
official training centre for army or
ficers. Lieutenant H0r0witz was con-
mander of the Student Officers Train
ing Corps Together with nineteen
other officers, he will leave for France
on July 10 to study the strategy of
war under Marshal Foch.