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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29

&n Special eonvocation of Granite
n chapter, No. 20, r, A. NJ, Tues.
sNg day, Sept. 30, at 1880 p. m.
yEV Work, P. NJ, degree. Per order
IN Il. H. p.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-01-03
January 3, 1919.

against these outrages perpetrated
by the Poles in utter disregard of
the laws and precepts of humanity
and civilized conduct; and be it
Resolved, that we extend a mes
sage Of sincere sympathy to the Jew
ish Congress of America, in session
at Philadelphia, and request said
congress to convey our message to
the suffering Jews of Ga1icia; and
be it
Resolved, that we call upon the
American government and the gov
ernments of the allied countries to
take measures for the prevention of
the massacre and persecution of
Jews in eastern Galicia and Poland,
and be it
"Resolved, that we favor the set
Element Of the Jewish question on
the basis of democratic principles
and the self-determination of ma
TONS"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-01-03
OSCAR S. STRAUS HEADS
COMMISSION TO REPRE-
SENT LEAGUE TO EN-
FORCE PEACE.

New York.-It is announced that
Oscar S. Straus, formerly minister
to Turkey, would be chairman and
Hamilton Holt, vice chairman of the
committee to represent the League
to Enforce Peace in Paris during the
peace conference.
The names of the other members
of the committee have not been
made public, but it was said that ten
or more members of the organization
intended to be in Paris while the
peace conference was in session.
The league, it was said, had re-
ceived messages from the British,
French and Italian societies organ
lied to promote a league of nations,
expressing readiness to cooperate
in whatever efforts seemed advis-
able.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-01-03
SPIRITUAL RECONSTRUCT
TON.

A little while ago, the United Syn
agogue of America, which was
founded by the late DR.. Schechter,
arranged banquet to celebrate
peace, and to launch a drive for
funds to inaugurate spiritual recon-
struction after the war;" Probably
this phase of "after-th e-war" work
has not received as much attention
as it deserves. Everyone agrees that
the war, terrible as it was, brought
in it's wake some decided benefits.
During it's progress soldier and CT
william alike underwent splendid
schooling. The newly indicted
fighters learned the value of disci-
pline and authority, and sensed the
true values as perhaps never before
The civilian discovered how easy
and pleasant self-denia1 and thrift
could be, and to what splendid use
spare time could be put.
From the spiritual point of view,
also, both were distinct gamers The
man with the colors realized what a
staying influence religion could ex-
ercise in his life, cheering him in ad-
versity, nerving him in danger,
Strengthening him against tempta-
ton. The folks at home realized the
soothing power of faith, Tightening
the dreary days of suspense and
keeping them hopeful and patient to
meet the morrow.
Every one admits it would be a
distinct loss if the economic lessons
OF the war were allowed to lapse.
Would it not be equally regrettab1e
If the spiritual growth due to the
war were allowed to slip away from
us? There is need for spiritual re-
construction. The deepened mean
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-01-03
POLISH POGROM REPORTS
CONFIRMED.

New York.-The Joint Distribu-
ton Committee has received cable
grams from Mr.. Jacobus Kann, the
we'll known banker at The Hague,
and from correspondents at The
Hague and Zurich to the effect that
the massacres of Jews in Poland and
Galicia are not only confirmed, but
that the situation is much more seri-
Gus than the first reports tended to
show.
The following cables have just
been received by the Joint Distribu-
ton Committee:
Receiving daily calls for help
from Galician Jews. Pogroms rag
ing in many places. Militia joins
mob. Jewish soldiers and popula-
ton first disarmed so that cannot de-
fend themselves. Are at mercy of
Infatuated masses. In some villages
not single Jewish home left un-
plundered What cannot be taken
destroyed. Legionaires and police
either passive or join mob Jews
not admitted to militia where noto-
rious thieves and criminals are well
coined as members. In Roswadow
Jews murdered Jewish war widow
maltreated, both arms broken and
killed. Five hundred Jewish faml-
lies in danger. Cannot leave home
as no means of transit At mercy
of mob Jews all disarmed before
pogrom. Poles retain weapons
"Pogroms in free Poland indie
scribable. Jews in many villages
and cities completely ruined. Many
families maltreated. Left without
shelter, food, clothing. Mobs take or
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-01-03
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

lett IN homes, QOOIS dHu WlluO"
frames taken Mothers with new
born babies taken from bed and laid
on bare earth. Bed and linen taken
by mob. KANN."
From The Hague: "Pogrom sit
uation grows more dangerous daily.
Begs allied people and government
to enforce their warning which Po-
land disregards. Help quickly. Also
immediate financial assistance for
shelterless, pillaged Jewish masses
urgently needed"
From Zurich: "Authentic tele-
gram beyond all doubt informs that
thousands of Galician Jewish SOL
diers' families foreign countries are
threatened starvation because penni
less and their nationality seems still
undecided"
Washington, Dec. 16-Resolu-
tons on the reported atrocities in
Galicia and Poland were adopted by
the Ukrainian Congress of America
in session here yesterday and for
warded to the American Jewish
Congress in session at Philadelphia.
The resolutions, which declare that
the Ukrainians of eastern Galicia are
linked with the Jews of that province
by ties Of deepest sympathy born OF
common suffering at the hands of
Poland nobility, are as follows:
"Whereas, it has been established
beyond doubt that Polish troops, dis
patched by the new government Of
Poland to invade and conquer the
Ukrainian province of eastern Cali
cia, have wantonly murdered and
pillaged thousands of innocent Jew
ish noncombatants, women and chill
dren inhabiting Lemberg and other
cities and towns with barbarous
cruelty paralleled only by the ex-
PLOTS of Germans in Belgium and
Serbia; and
"Whereas, those atrocities seem
to form part Of systematic cam
paign instigated by years of a fero-
cious nationalistic propaganda on
the part of the Poles, aiming at the
determination of the Jewish popu1ace
in territories claimed by the Poles
as their own; and
Whereas, the Ukrainians of east
ern Galicia are linked with the Jews
of that province by ties of deep SYM
pathy, born of a century of common
suffering at the hands Of the Polish
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
Facing a Coal Strike in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM thus far has apparently failed to appreciate
I'D the seriousness of the situation in the Alabama coal field
strike of Alabama miners November regarded by
well-nformed men a certainty.
The Alabama union have cast their lot with the northern
unions and have announced that they will abide by the decision
reached there They have presented demands
the Alabama mine They have made complaint to
the federal arbitrator Judge H. c. Sehemer whose decisions
both the and the operators abide by under the
agreement made with the government.
If the operators sign up with the the north under
from the will unquestonaby be such
terms could be accepted in Alabama Every of
and recognizes that the demands made
there for sixty cent increase in fveday week and
xhour day absurd Such preposerous demands would
add than So ton to the cost of coal and during the
cold winter would work almost much hardship though the
mines were closed down entirely.
If the northern fail to reach agreement the Alabama
union have agreed to stand by them and strike So that
Alabama destined to have strike matter what
up north.
serious situation has arisen in the Alabama district
and Birmingham should it with the forude and
which it has shown in the past.
If strike there must be turbulence in spite of the
ratons that will surely arise from the distressing situation
This district has shown strongly that opposed to violence
of any kind and has sympathy with unlawful conduct
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
THE CAUTIOUS LUDENDORFF
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
~ ENERAL LUDENDORFF has
III 81 refused to give evidence be-
fore the German parliament
tary commission which will investigate
the responsibility for the war. THIS is
perhaps hopeful sign, for, if the in
quiry were to be as solemn and thor
ough whitewash as all such German
Investigations conducted hitherto, he
would be entirely safe; he could be
sure that the blame would be divided
among Serbia, the Austrian ally, and
Sir Edward Grey. If he refuses he
must be afraid the parliamentaries
mean business.
Till lately we had supposed that Luz
dendorff would be indictable only for
losing the war, but if he tells the truth
in his book he was a figure of some
Importance in the general staff before
it began, though he could have had
practically nothing to do with the cir
cumstanees directly attendant on the
outbreak. Perhaps he has some ground
for fear, however, for in losing the war
he committed a crime far greater, in
the German mind, than that of the men
who began it, and it is far from I'M
likely that the men in charge of the
inquiry, while eXculpating all Germans
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
LUKE MLUkE SAYS

When they are transacting business
few men act as though they wanted
to make sure of getting to heaven
when they die.
The princess who is wearing two
karat diamond from the 10-cent store
IS always feeling her. chin with her
ring hand to make sure that her chin
is still there.
If a man breaks even in poke.
game he imagines that he is a loser.
But if he breaks even at the race
track, he imagines that he is a win
ner.
Before he gets her he wonders why
she doesn't take lessons on the harp.
And after he gets her he wonders why
she doesn't take lessons on the stove,
What has become of the old-fash-
lionel housekeeper who used to brag
about her light bread and her heavy
baby?
know that a whole lot of red-nosed
for man to drink a glass of beer are
going to be mighty thirsty in tile
next world.
The reason why YOU can hear al
and honey in a mans voice when he
| is talking to a pretty girl is because
you can hear nutmeg graters and files
in his voice when he is talking to his
wife.
The average wife would be easier
| to get along with if she didn't always
suspect a whole lot more than she can
find out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22

from moral guilt at the outset, may
try to pick out a few scapegoats fol
the unhappy outcome of the venture
Already speakers in the Reichstag have
made indignant remarks about Luden.
dorff's flight to Sweden, where he wrote
his book while Noske was reorganiz.
ing the army and putting down the
Bolshevist revolution; Ludendorff can't
back only when bolshevism was
stamped out and the royalties vert
ready to come in.
But this renowned general seems to
have been as laudably careful of hi1
personal interest in this matter as il
book and made out the best case poss
sible for himself; to be cross-examined
on it by men who might be able ID
check up on some of the statements
which otherwise would have passed as
true would be, copcceivably, extremely
inconvenient. And if the adventure
lately begun on the Baltic advances ia.
vorably, Ludendorff and all his kind
can laugh at parliamentary commits
sions, for they will be the real ruler.
| of Germany. Conversely, if the com.
mission forces him to testify, it will
| give us some ground for hoping that
| free government in Germany is begin
ming to be something more than sham
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
Drive for American Legion
Meets With Great Success

7NHE American Legion campaign
4 for new members is being car
ried on with the spirit which char
acterized Americas khaiki-clad men
in the Argonne wood, at Chateau
Thierry, st. Mihiel and OTHER places
where the pluck and daring of our
soldiers and sailors helped to win an
allied victory.
1t should not require much argu-
ment to convince ex-service men that
he SHOULD. belong to the legion. 1t
offers him the greatest opportunity
he viii ever have to uphold in civil
life the ideals which he fought for
in France. 1t is not an organization
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
TWENTY YEARS AGO
IN THE AGE-HERALD
events recorded October %. 1892

The British forces will invade the
Redvers Butler will personally lead the
main body of his army through the
Free State. He is said to have more
than $4,000 men under his command.
The Age-Herald's Washington CORE
spondent telegraprs that Admiral Schley
will reach Birmingham November I. An
official invitation was extended to the
American naval hero and elaborate prep
arations will be made to do him honor.
A Berlin dispatch states that the Ger
man press is just as anti-British in the
Boer war as it was anti-American in the
Spanish-American war. German news
papers attack Great Britain and express
a desire to see the Beers victorious.
Interesting political announcements
made yesterday were 70 the effect that
Robert Masterton Cunningham, senator
for representative of jefferson county in
senate, will be candidate for re-elec-
ton, and Francis Patrick O'Brien. sheriff
of jefferson county, will be candidate
for representative of jefferson county in
the lower house of the state legislature
The art coterie Of Birmingham is in
terested in the announcement that Mrs
! j. B. Rawlston, noted artist of Chicago
will open studio here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
TRUTH HATH A QUIET BREAST"

champions a worthy cause, he viii
cheaper it or bring it under suspicion
If he fancies, as he always does, thai
he is making the sun rise with hid
cock -doodle-doo. he alone is de-
ceived. Those who look on, though fol
civiltys sake, they stifle smile and
a yawn, know well enough that he il
Just blowing off,"
Thus bolshevism betrays itself by its
frantic gesture, as do all the radical
follies of the time. When any grouI
! or faction begins roaring at the rest Of
men, it's cause, we may be sure, il
morally and mentally weak. 1t maj
win brief Roadway with its selfishnes,
and sabotage; for a season it may sill
as kaiser over the common inttrests
and common rights. But at last it will
! collapse like bag of wind.
The great redemptive ideas of humaa
history shine with the mild persistence
| of the stars. The sure conviction Of
| men burn steadily. Truth saT
Shakespeare, hath a quiet breast"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
AdYnntare of Exercise


Speaking of athletics" said w. l..
Woodruff, secretary of the birmingham
Athletic club. II was talking to one of
my friends the other day about the
advantages derived from daily work
outs and exercises in gymnasium, and
he cited an interesting instance of the
evils of lack of exercise
'My friend said that there was a
young man employed in his office who
had lost his pep and no longer took
any interest in his work. He was los
ing his grip upon himself, and was
fast approaching condition where ne
would be unable to hold his position
any longer. However, my friend took
this young man to the Birmingham
Athletic club and had a workout with
him in the gymnasium Since then the
young fellow has been taking daily ex-
ercises at the club. My friend stated
that his young employee had taken new
interest in his work, and was a new
man so far as activity was concerned,
and is now most valuable man to
have in the Office
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
From the Talladega Home.

From the IaUadega Home.
81 II ULTITUDINOUS drives and po-
lIWl litical uplift campaigns have sent
SVS multitudinous circulars, pam
phlets, and begging letters afloat, load
ing down the mails working mail clerks
over time and necesstating the employ
ment by prominent men and capitalists
of extra stenographic and clerical forces
to answer epistulary requests for finan-
cial aid and subscriptions. Though under
a bigger. more extensive scale than ever,
it is nothing new under the sun.
In his original preface to Nicholas
Nickleby, Charles Dickens unfortunately
said:
THE Brothers 'Cherryble live; their lib
eral charity, their singleness of heart,
| their noble nature and their unboundless
benevolence are no creation of the
authors brain; but are prompting every
day (and oftenest by STEALTH some mu-
rificent and generous deed in that town
of which they are the pride and honor.
| We used the adverb unfortunately
| advisedly. for in latter preface to
( N1cnOldS INtChlOOyS DiSNS4i' SA'>S
feet the ill-starred passage produced as
follows.
! "If I were to attempt to sum up the
hundreds upon hundreds of letters from
| all sorts of people in all sorts OF iau-
/ tudes and climates, to which this I'M
lucky paragraph has since given rise,
should get into an arithmetical difficulty
from which | could not easily extricate
myself Suffice it to say that believe
[ the application for loans, gifts and Of
fices of profit which have been re-
/ ouested to forward to the originals OIL
the brothers Cherryble with whom
| never interchanged any communication
| in nv life) would have exhausted the
combined patronage of the lord chan
; ce,lors since the accession of the House
of Brunswick. and would have broken
the rest of the Bank of England"
/ If the gamble to vault into position Al
"a bound, or the ambition to shine with
a big subscription to a pet cause, or in
other words the itch to get something
whether money or patronage, for moth
ing. except for the risk of stamped let.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
Shopping in Baltimore

my wife has just received a letter
from her daughter in Baltimore" said
DR.. w. J. e. Cox, land in it she went
on to tell how she had just come in from
market and set down the things she had
bought and the prices she had paid for
them, and their variety and cheapness
made her mother wish that she might
have the chance at the Baltimore mar
ket which, in my opinion is one of the
best in the world. l am glad that year
by year the Birmingham market is i'm
proving, but it can never hope to rival
that of Baltimore, for it hasn't the wide
territory from which to draw. l do not
, wonder that shopping parties make
weekend visits from Washington to Bal
timOre
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22

"for officers only" as persons not
well informed have stated. Privates
far outnumber officers in the legion,
and since it conforms in all essentials
to democratic principles, every man
has an equal voice in shaping its poll
cies and electing it's officers.
"For God and Country" is the le-
gion's motto, and it should be con-
slant source of inspiration to the
thousands of men who have already
enrolled as members. The legion is
strictly non-political, save in the fact
that it believes in and will uphold
American ideals of government
Its constitution provides for allie
glance to the constitution of the
United States; the members are
pledged to maintain law and order;
to foster 100 per cent Americanism;
to keep alive the memories of the
greatest of all wars and Americas
heroic part in it; to make better citi-
zens by quickening each members
sense of duty to his community, his
state and the nation, to promote mu-
tual helpfulness and to maintain this
great brotherhood for all time, as a
powerful factor in Americas adj
Ivancement.
Evidently the appeal made by the
legion is strong in Birmingham. The
campaign is meeting with the great
est success. Veterans of the army,
navy and marine corps are eligible.
Hundreds are being enrolled. The
first day of the drive five hundred
or more names were added. With so
much enthusiasm shown, it cannot be
doubted that the goal will be reached
and passed. To everyone whose heart
was touched by the lessons of the
great war, the legion symbolizes
American heroism and sacrifice.
/
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
THE VAGABONDS

THE VAGABONDS
By J. II. Trowbridge
We are two travellers. Roger and l,
Rogers my dog. Come here, yoa
scamp!
Jump for the gentleman; mind your
eye!
over the table-look out for ths
lamp
The rogue is growing a little old;
Five years we've tramped througa
the wind and weather
And slept outdoors when nights were
cold.
Ana ate, and drank, and--staryed
together
A bed on the floor. a bit of rosin,
A fire to thaw our rhumbs-poor fel.
low.
The paw he holds up there's bees
frozen
Plenty of catgut for my fiddle
This outdoor business is bad fol
Then few nice bucKwheats hot from
the griddle.
And Roger and 1 set up for kings.
No. thank We. sir; never drink:
Roger and l are exceedingly moral
Aren't we, Roger? see him wink.
Well, something hot. then; we won't
quarrel
He's thirsty, too; see him nod his head1
What n pity, sir, that dogs can't talk
He understands every word that's said
And he knows good milk from watct
and chalk.
The truth is. sir now I reflect,
I've been so sadly given to grog
wonder I've not lost the respect
(Here's to YOU, sirD even of my dog
But he sticks by, through thick and
thin:
And this old coat with its empty
pockets
And rags that smell of tobacco and,
gin.
He'll follow while he has eyes in hK|
sock cts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
IMPORTANT INDUSTRY

ut isn't often that a Washington
that predicament the other day"
How did it happen%'
"a dear old lady from the middle
west had been shown the Washington
monument the White House the capt.
toll and a dozen other places OF in
terest Just when the guide was about
to call it day. she turned to him and
said. Now show me where they do
the whitewashing'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-22
War on Nagrant Dog.

Much comment has been created all
mating the vagrant dog, the chief en-
envy of the sheep raiser" said Charles
l.. Harold. secretary-manage of the
Civic association, "and in my opinion
within the next IL months we will see
material activity among farmers look
ing towards the introduction OF the
sheep raising industry on large scale.
Already large number have expressed
a desire to enter this business, but on
account of the sheep-killing dogs failed
to do so. We have this matter in hand
now and expect to see Alabama develop
into one of the greatest sheep raising
states in the country"