The Denver Jewish news., 1919-07-09

las appointed Mr.. Lionel II. lsosenthai.
X. c.. to be senior crown prosecutor 70.
the county OF Wexford.
Judge Julian w. Mack of Chicago.
head of the Zionist Organization If
America. has been elected one Of the
Harvard Board of Overseers for term,
Of six years.
Miss Cecilia Bass, said to be the
youngest woman lawyer in I'hiladelphia
was the chief speaker on Tuesday night
at the annual commencement exercises
of the domestic arts department OF the
Young Women's Christian Associa. io.:.
$500 Germantown avenue. Education
was the topic OH which Miss Bass s.I.,ke
to the 100 students whose work in.
dressmaking. millinery and basketry
has entitled them to certificates fov
the past twelve months of attendainc.
The University OF Pittsburgh. recent
Iy conferred the honorary degree of
Master of Arts upon Mrs. Gertrude
Elizabeth. (Mrs. Leonl Stern of Phila-
delphia. She is known particularly for
the book on the immigrant Jew which
she wrote and which on publicaiiO
received the endorsement of the late
President Roosevelt.
The National Federation Of Temple
Sisterhoods now comprises 100 organi-
cations.
Congregation Shaareth Israel at Fort
Worth, Texas. has laid the corner
stone of new synagog. The building
will be devoted to institutional pur-
poses as well us place of worship.
The new Montefiore Home for the
Aged at Cleveland, O.. has been occu- :
pied since May 2S and will be formal
ly dedicated early in July. In the past
few weeks quiet campaign in the in
forests Of the plan Of dedicatlng reoms
has been going on, and funds have
been sub&cribed for the dedication OF
three $o.O8O rooms, three 5000 rooms.
one 1900, one $2.OO room. seven M
500 rooms dnd twenty-nine 5000
rooms.
The City club OF Philadelphia has
sent out questionable to about 25.-
zoo citizens asking them to name their
choice for mayor from among Phila-
delphian citizens The object is to
have men nominated for office who re
the choice of the people and whose
concern will he the welfare of the city.
The names of a number of Jewish
citizens have been frequently mention
ed in the early retnrns They are Hon.
Mayer Sulzberger. Col. Samuel d. Lit.
Ellis A. Gimbel, Horace Stern, Sam
mel s. tels.
The Orthodox Old Home of st. Louis
has purchased the building and furnish
ings Of the Jewish hospital for the
sum of S15OOOO and will be occupied
it under the name of Kosher
Hospital and Orthodox Home for Aged.
The purchaser will take possession
within the next two years during which
time the new home of the New Jewish
hospital shall have reached completion.
The latter structure will cost $1,000
900.
Emil Fl. Frank, one of the oldest fire
and marine insurance brokers. head
of the firm Of Frank & Du Bois at
so Maiden Lane, died on Iune II. mt
his home. Brooklyn, OF pneumonia. Mr..
Frank was horn in Dresden, Germany.
seventy-six years ago, and during the
civil war served with the a2d New
York Infantry, organized and com
manded by his brother. Paul. who was
later General Paul Frank. Mr.. Frank
entered as a sergeant and took part
in many notable battles, including
Fair Oaks, Antietam, and Fredericks-
burg. He was promoted 10 the rank
of lieutenant for bravery In action. Mr..
Frank was born in Dresden, Germany,
the Brooklyn Riding and Driving
Club. of which he was the oldest mem
her of its board Of directors. He also
belonged to the Montauk Club of
Brooklyn and the Downtown club OF
Manhattan.
Rabbi Godfrey Taubenhaus, author
of Echoes of Wisdom THE Strength
Of Faith" and other writings, died of
heart failure on June II, 1919. He
was 81 years of age and was connected
with the foremost congregations of
brooklyn. He was a rabbi in the full
cupao of the u,or,1 ard h;s tas ct,:uro