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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-04
JEWS SURPRISED
TO BE COMMISSIONED
in AMERICAN ARMY

Archangel, Jan. 4.-Jews residing
in Archangel were greatly surprised
to learn that their co-religionists were
allowed to become commissioned Of
ficecs in the United States army, ac-
cording to a letter which has just
been received by the Jewish welfare
board from an American officer sta
toned in Russia. The officer wrote
enthusiastically Of the hospitality
shown him by the Jews in the far
north.
"They invited US to dinner" he
wrote, land we tasted some real Jew
ish food. and we were not allowed to
leave until late. They were very glad
to see us, and were surprised that in
America Jews may be commissioned
officers. They tell us that they have
gone through terrible experiences on
account Of their religion, but that now
things are much improved in that re-
spect. There were few Jewish fami-
lies here before the revolution, but
now about one hundred Jewish fami-
lies are residing in Archangel."
Pluck usually wins. A mans sue
cess often depends upon the ability to
pluck others.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-04
KANSAS HAS
BIG PART OF
WINTER WHEAT
Production of 200, 1000, OOC
Bushels Would Bring
$500, 0O0, 900.

Kansas City, Nc. Jan "A report
by Edward c. Paxton, field agent for
the federal department Of agriculture.
declares that Kansas. with ~11.1s4.000
acres. has 22.S per cen, Of all the
winter wheat area Of the United
States.
A full crop on this enormous acre
age, which is 10 per cen larger than
the record acreage Of last year, would
total 100000 0 bushels. or more
than one-third of the 5~0s.304.000
bushels for the average annual con-
sumption in the United States, the
report says.
Such a production, with a guaran-
teed price of 81 a bushel. would bring
Kansas $500. 900, 900. The December
report states that the average condi-
ton is SO per cent.
mot only is this the largest acre
g of wheat ever own in a single
state. but it is probably the largest
acreage ever devoted to a single grain
crop by n state" says the report.
"The Texas cotton crop is possibly
the only state crop that ever excelled
it in area.
THE largest acreage is reported in
Eastern and Central counties. Many
counties have more than doubled
- SOAIlly Cd1
ing with an increase of 232 per cent"
The winter wheat acreage in Mis-
souri, is 4,243,000; Oklahoma $780,
900 and Nebraska SSH, 900. The con-
dition. in these three states for De-
cember is given as 100 per cent.
A campaign for mobilizing a great
army to harvest the 1919 crop is be-
ing worked out by the Kansas City Of
flee of A. L. Barkman, assistant to the
director general of the federal m
ployment service. in charge Of west
ern farm labor. Last year the fed
eral employment Offices supplied full
half of the 10000 men used in Kan
sas and Oklahoma harvest fields. 1t
is expected many thousand, more
hands will be needed for the 1919
yield. Women, children and business
and professional men responded to
the Wheat Won't Wait" call and
helped gather the big war crop.
A. a. Chalker, of the Kansas City
Office Of the employment service, said
labor prospects were encouraging.
Release of soldiers and sailors is ex-
pected to greatly relieve the situation.
A plan of properly distributing the
army Of workers has been mapped
out. After the demonstrations
crop has been garnered, the men will
move to northern states and later
some Of them will go into Canada.
Wages in Kansas and Oklahoma last
year ranged from 81 to $3.50 a day
with board.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-04
FOUND ORDER m CETrINJE

Paris, Jan. 4.-French troops enter
ed Cettinje. capitol Of Montenegro.
December ~. It u announced. They
the country.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-12-12
BUFFALO RABBI ANSWERS FOR
JUDAISM.

In a sermon entitled Can Jew
Be Unitarian or Ethical Culturist?"
and delivered at Temple Beth Zion, of
Buffalo, N. Y, recently, Rabbi Louis
J. Kopald answered charges against
Judaism made before the Mems Tenn
pie Club by Professor Horace Kallen.
Professor Kallen charged Reform
Judaism with being lesa religious than
orthodoxy, even as, according to him,
Unitarianism is less religious than
Presbyteranism, Presbyterianism less
than Epscopalianism and Episcopal
ianism less than Roman Catholicism.
Rabbi Kopald's sermon in answer to
his charges was a continuation of ad-
dresses delivered during the Fall Holt
days on the subject "Why We Are
Jews"
Professor Kallen is aspciated with
the new School for Social Research
and formerly was on the stats Of
Harvard University, Clark College and
the University Of Wisconsin.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-12-12
Friday, December IL, 1919

what the other fellow makes than to
make the article yourself; hence the
ludicrous spectacle of five men break
ing their necks for the chance to sell
what two men make. Nearly every
body is busy trying to convince the
other fellow that it is his (the other
fellow's) business to produce. AS
soon as man findj himself with a
few dollars to his credit he becomes a
potential business man, ergo, one
laborer less and one labor hunter
more. 1t is easy to see how the war
with its pseudo prosperity brought
this state of affairs to climax; and
how the cry of labor shortage" in
merely the veil of the uppercruster for
what he regards as his rightful share
Of scarolding to stand upon "in the
sum-"
Then what is to become of us when
the supply of "furriners" runs out?
Or when they get wise and insist on
being really, truly Americans, bust
nesJ men, that is to say? Well have
to hump ourselves and do some of our
work, won't we? Why not do it now?
The labor shortage, friend editor, is
only a myth; there are enough people
in this country to do all the work
there is, and when the production Of
goods is made as remuneratve and
worth while as the selling thereof,
when every manjack of US does
fair days work for full days pay,
there need be no importation of i'm
migrant labor to create surplus of
workers and condition of "ten men
for eight jobG" the ten undertaking
one another to the loss of all
Our author tells US ian ample sup
ply of labor would be the fundamental
process in REIMBURSEMENT. 1t would
mean lowering Of wages for time
but it would also mean lowering the
cost of living'-FOR A TINE. How
long time? Who or what is to limit
the time? Upon what may we base
the supposition that latter the scale
Of wages begins to slide backward the
cost of living will take longer leapa
proportionately?
Above all let us beware how we, as
Jews, treat the question of immigra-
ton. Far be it from me to advocate
Withholding the right of asylum to our
suffering brethren in other lands, but
let US not be the catspaw for those
who fatten on, and are therefore al
ways eager to create an "unemployed'
condition. Let US rather put forth
every effort to make the most of our
marvellous opportunity, never before
equaled in our history, to build up our
Homeland, so that our brethren may
have a real home to go to and obviate
forever the need Of Hospitality, some
times fair, more often precarious Let
no Jew lend himself to any scheme
whereby our zeal for our suffering
people shall serve as means for more
sinister purposes. Those with chest
nuts in the fire must find other means
of pulling them out. must not be
misunderstood to imply that your ed
itor wal moved by any but the highest
motives in his plea. merely wish to
point out that the economic question is
one which demands the deepest study
and cannot be disposed Of offhand.
Respectfully,
Bertha G. Blatt.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-12-12

The Syrian King Antiochus w. or
Epiphanes, in the year 168 B. G., had
decided to unity all the provinces and
peoples of his Kingdom. Following
the idea of his predecessor, Alexander
the Great, he believed that this could
be accomplished only by compelling all
his subjects to adopt common re-
ligion, that of the Greeks For this
reason he issued decree to the eff
feet that only the Greek gods were
to be worshiped and only the Greek
religion was to be practiced. But the
polytheism of the Greeks did not APP
peal to the Jews who, alone Of all the
peoples of that time, worshiped the
one God. Undaunted by the persecu-
tons heaped upon them by the Sy-
rians, undismayed by the proclamation
of their holy Temple and the setting
up of idols therein, the Jews, led at
first by the aged priest Mattathias and
after his death by his son Judas Mac
cabeus, successfully resisted the
strong armies which the Syrians sent
against them, defeated them repeated
ly, and finally marched triumphantly
into Jerusalem. There they rededi-
Gated the Temple to the service of
One God after it had remained defiled
for exactly three years. The rededi-
cation took place on the 18th day Of
the Jewi:h month 81 Kislev, in the
year 1913 B. c., and it is in comment
Grafton of this glorious event that the
Feast of Chanukah, or Dedication, is
celebrated today.
The festival lasts for eight days, in
accordance with an old legend, which
states that single cruise of undetiled
oil found in the Temple at the time Of
the rededication burned for eight days
through the miraculous Intervention
of God. For this reason the kindling
Of the lights in the home and in the
synagogue i9 the most distinguishing
feature of the festival. One candle
is lit the first day, one the second day,
and so on until eight are kindled on
the last day of the feast. Special
prayers and scriptural readings are
recited in the synagogue, but the holi-
day is nevertheless regarded as a mi
nor one because there is no injunction
against labor on that day.
In modern times the festival has
assumed more and more the character
of children's celebration, a period
Of great joy, marked by the playing
Of games and the recounting Of the
great deeds Of the Jewish heroes and
martyrs Of the past.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1919-12-12
JEWS CELEBRATE FEAST OF
CHANUKAH.

Chanukah the Feast of Dedication,
likewise known as the Feast Of Lights,
will be ushered in by the Jews on
Tueaiay evening, December 16. The
festival lasts for eight days, and is
one Of great joy and gladness.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
VICTORY LOAN TO
 BE REVISED SOON
Protests of Churches to Bring Changes in Plans Laid
 for Campaign
fBy Review Leased wirel

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Revision of some features of the Victory Lib- erty loan campaign is under consider ation as result of complaints against activities on sundsys and holidays of church calendar. Today Sthere came a protest to Secretary Glass from Philadelphia church against the show, ing of Loberty' loan moving pictures in theaters on Sunday. An hour later a delegation of Washington ministers called on MT Glass to urge that Sun day flying ciscuses scheduled in var ious parts of the country be aban- doned.
 Sunday engagements of the flying circuses probably will be abandoned, MT. Glass said The question of show ing moving pictures on Sunday for the loan is likely to be left to local cam paign committees. During the last loan many cities held intensive house to house canvasses on Sunday after noon and evening to raise their quotas with the active cooperation of the churches.
 we must not forget" said MT. Glass, in discussing the subject, "that the raising of the Victory Liberty loan is a pretty holy matter itself"
 Secretary Glass speaking itinerary on behalf of the loan, announced to- night, included the Cleveland date for Saturday. Other engagements were as follows: Cincinnati, April 21; Louisville, April 22; Indianapolis, April 23; Omaha, April 25; Denver, April 26; Hutchinson, April 27; Ok lahoma City, April 2S; St Louis, April 29 Atlanta, May 1, and Charleston, s. C., May ?.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
SAILORS DROWN AS TRANSPORT DOCKS
Propeller of Big Craft Slices Off Stern of Tug as
 Crowd Looks On
CBy .Review Leased wirel

NEW YORK, April 17.-SeveraI naval seamen were drowned here tO- day when the propeller of the trans port Saxonia sliced off the stern of the naval tug Freehold while the smaller vessel was docking the troopship at a Cunard pier. The number of dead is not known, for while the tug carried crew of 23 and only 14 were rescued. shore leave had been granted a num- Der of the sailors.
 The sinking of the tug was one of the most dramatic marine accidents which has ever occurred here. The cheers which came from the shore and had been echoing back and forth from transport to dock were hushed as from the stern of the great vessel came the sound of rending steel and wood.
 The Saxonia's decks, crowded to the rails with returning troops, were the scene of greatest confusion, but only for an instant Then quick thinking fighting men put their thoughts into action. Ropes were thrown overheard and five seamen pulled from the Hud- son.
 Meanwhile the naval tug Crawford, also engaged in warping the Saxonia into her dock, saved three more, while police. working from the pier, rescued another three and a rowboat, hastily put out from the shore, brought the total of those saved to IA.
 The Freehold was less than three minutes in sinking, according to wit nesses. Witnesses said the com mander of the Saxonia evidently in- tended to aid the tug by giving the larger craft ':kick ahead" The quick rush of water however, sucked the tug in under the stern and the Saxonia's 30-ton propeller blade descended like a knife on the stern of the smaller vessel
 Those on the. dock hardly had time to run to the pier head before the tugs stack disappeared. Only the tips of her masts remained above the sur face
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
.S-HOUR LAW FOR FRANCE IS PASSED
Demands of Workmen, Who Plan Demonstration May
 l. Are Granted

PARIS, April 17.-(By the Associat- ed Press. )-The chamber of deputies this evening passed a bill establishing an eight-hour day for workmen.
 Tho vote was by a show of hands after the chamber had adopted an amendment offered by former Premier Briand providing that under no cir cumstances could employers make the reduction in working hours a pretext for reduction in wages.
 PARIS, April 17.-(By the Associat- ed ress.)-The committee of the gen. eral Federation of Labor has decided on arrangements for a manifestation on May 1. Union meetings will be held in every quarter of Paris and the Seine department, at which a resolu- tion will be submitted, presenting the principal claims of the federation's program-an eight hour day; full am nesty for all political crimes, non-in- tervention in Russia, abolition of the censorship and the state of siege and return to constitutional guarantees and liberties.
 The resolution will specify that or ganized cessation of work will not ex- ceed the day of May l, the workers hoping that the manifestation will convince the government and the em- ployers that if the claims are not sat isfied, the unions will be able to insti- tute an immediate strike on given order
 The federation, not having had time to organize propaganda throughout France counts on the cessation of work in Paris and the Seine depart ment only. Complete cessation will not be observed in the case of trans- portation owing to the importance of the service, which if stopped altogeth- CT would interfere with the manifes- tants themselves
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
RELEASED BY
 TURKS DESTITUTE

NEW YORK, April 17.-Dispatches from Constantinople received today by the American committee for Amer ican and Syrian relief reported that the problem presented by the release of thousands of Christian women and children from Turkish harems in the Asia Minor is constantly growing. Many have been given shelter by the relief workers but there remain large number wandering about the country destitute, some of them crazed from hunger and exposure.
 Telegrams have been received in Constantinople from Gregorian bish- ops, pastors and leading business men in various sections of Asia Minor ap- pealing for help for these women and children.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
GRAND JURY INDICTS
 EDITOR OF N. Y. MAIL
Bv Review Leased Wirel


 NEW YORK, April 17.-Federal in- dictments were returned late today against Dr. Edward A. Rumely, for mer owner and. editor of the New York Evening Mail. and his attorneys, s. Walter Kaufmann and Norvin R. Lindheim, charging them with conspi- racy to defraud the United States government It is alleged that Dr. Rumely and his attorneys conspired to conceal the ownership by the inn perial German government of $1,451,- 900 of the capital stock of the s. S. Mcclure Newspaper corporation, which represented controlling interest in the Mail
 Dr. Rumely is now out on bail under federal indictments charging him with perjury in New York City and failure to return German ownership state ments to Washington
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
PIGEONS USED WHEN
 ARMY PHONES FAIL
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tby heVleW Leased Wire)
 BOSTON, April 17.-Arnly officials made use of carrier pigeons today to supplement the impaired telephone service. Although most of the nearby army posts could be reached by means of the direct telephone wires connect ing with army headquarters here, there was practically no communioa- tion with outlying stations except by telegraph. Pigeons were used to car ry messages between headquarters and Fort Constitution at Portsmouth and between Boston and Camp Dev- ems, some of the harbor forts and other points.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
 PREMIER IF BRIT AIN IN
 NEW CRISIS
Lord Northcliffe, Formerly Chief Backer of Lloyd
 George, Launches Attack
Press Responsible for Down fall of Asquith Now Seeks
 to Unseat His Successor

LONDON, April 17.-(By the Asso- ciated Press.)-Open warfare between David Lloyd George, British prime minister, and Lord Northcliffe, Eng lands foremost publisher, is to the political world the most interesting re- suit of the premier's flying visit to London from the Paris peace confer ence and his speech before parlia- ment Wednesday.
 Lord Northcliffe and Baron Beaver brook, who served as the official s'eye witness" for the Canadian government at the front in 1916 and later became Duke of Lancaster, and minister of information, always have been credit ed with being the powers behind the scenes who drought about the retire ment of Premier Asquith and the sue cession of Lloyd George to the head of cabinet Northcliffes newspapers gave Lloyd George general support throughout his management of the war, but when the general election fol- lowed the armistice they shifted some what to the attitude of friendly critics. Only during the latest developments of the peace conference have they be- come sharply critical of MT. Lloyd Georges leadership.
 Premier Charges Vanity
 The premier in his speech in house of commons credited this fact to ''di- sease of vanity" and pointedly hinteo that it was due to disappointment on Lord Northcliffes part that he had not been appointed on the peace dele gation. The premier referred to peace terms Lord Northcliffe peace confer ence began, saying:
 T am prepared to make some allow ance when man is laboring under a keen sense of disappointment How ever unjustified and however ridicul- ous the expectations may be, under those circumstances he always is apt to think the world is badly run.''
 The Times today replied with a slashing attack, accusing Lloyd George of overlooking reports pre- pared by experts.
 Tt is currently said by his col leagues in Paris" the Times declares, that while he is able to read and write, he does neither.''
 After saying that the record of the Times during the war speaks for it. self, the newspaper apparently threat ems a future attack, saying:
 Some points of his war record re- quire to beFmore fully known"
 The Evening News, Northcliffe pup lication, today prints a cartoon of the premier lowering over Westminster in an airplane, labelled "hot air." with bombs for the Northcliffe papers.
 MT. Lloyd George and Lord North cliffe probably are the two most in- fluential personal forces in British politics, and now that they are fierce ly and publicly at war. the effect on MT. Lloyd Georges political fortunes and the opposition of the Northcliffe press which is expected to follow will mark the beginning of new po- litical chapter, the developments of which are being discussed with the liveliest interest.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
GERMAN ENVOYS TO BE REFUSED CHANCE TO
 DISCUSS CONDITIONS WITH CONFERENCE
ReUOLt HaLts Berlin Munich
 Rail TraMc

BERLIN, Tuesday, April l5.-(By the Associated Press Railroad communi- cation between Berlin and Munich has ceased. Bam- berg, which is, still the seat of the Hoffman govern ment, also is cut off from Munich. Numerous rumors are current, but there is nothing to indicate clearly which party is in control The troops apparently have been successful in confin- ing the insurrection to Mu- nich.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
ARIZONA REGIMENT
 HOME FROM FRANCE
(By Review Leased Wire)

NEW YORK, April 1.-The troop ship Iowa arrived with 17S6 officers and men of the 18th Infantry, recruit ed principally in Arizona.
 Commanded by Col. Samuel M. Salt marsh of Los Angeles, former super intendent of the Santa Fe railroad, the regiment had more or less interna- tional character. It's members includ- ed Hom Jim and Young Chong, for merly proprietors of the Lodge" res taurant of Globe, Ariz., and Frank Stanley and Ross Shaw, full blooded Indians of Phoenix.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
$5OO,OOO MEAT PLANT
 FOR PHOENIX PLANNED

PHOENIX, April 17.-Immediate construction of half million dollar packing plan tin Phoenix to handle the bulk of Arizona's pork and much of it's beef, was announced tonight by officers of the two local firms inter- ested. The members of the firm which will build the plant, 1t was an- nounced, are the Phoenix Wholesale Meat company, the Tribolt Meat com pany of tbls city and the Tovrea Pack ing company of Bisbee.
 The plant, which will be under fed eral inspection, is expected to be ready for operation by January 1, 1920, and will employ from 150 to 200 men. It was stated that articles of incorpo- ration will be taken out tomorrow.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
COAL MINERS OPPOSE
 GARFIELD'S ATTITUDE

WASHINGTON, April 17.-A tele- gram fro mAlexander Howat. presi- dent of the Kansas district. United Mine Workers of America, to Fuel Administrator Garfield, which chal- lenged the right of Dr. Garfield ito direct the affairs of the organization" in the Kansas district, was received at the offices of the food administra- tion late today, but owing to the ab- sence of Dr. Garfield, it was not brought to his attention.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-18
Body of Edith
 C0UeII to Be
 Brought Back

LONDON. April l7.- (Bfitish Wireless Service) The body of Edith Cavell, the English nurse who was executed by the Germans in 1915 at Brussels, will be brought back to England May , and taken to Vest minister Abbey, where cere- monies will be held. Inter- ment will be at Norwich, the home of the Cavells.