The Denver Jewish news., 1920-10-06
Simple Services Mark
Schiff Funeral
CHARITY REQUESTS FOR JEW
ISH POOR. SICK AND EDUCA.
TIONAL INSTITUTIONS TOTAL
$I,350,000

llONhL 1EN'SlhlS lSAAo-o IVlA AL
$1,35O,000
Fifth Avenue the street of notablcs.
has never witnessed so unique spec
tacle as it did during the hour when
Jacob II. Schiff was borne from his
home to Temple Emanu-El. where
Rabbis Silyerman and Schulman ac'
corded the great philanthropist the
last ceremony in the Synagog. For
mnny blocks, Fifth Avenue was
thronged with thousands who turned
out to get glimpse of the passing
cortege. a still grenter number,
however. lined Fifth Avenue 'aad the
numerous streets through which the
funeral procession passed, not ont of
curiosity. but out of reverence to one
whom they honored and admired Ac.
cording to Mr.. Schiff's dying request,
no eulogies were delivered.
All the Jewish shops on the east
side were closed from 200 o'clock
m. to IL 100 O'Clock a. M. as n marS
of respect.
Special service in honor of the de
parted Jewish leader were held Ia
many synagOgues Monday, the first
day of Succoth, and testimonials and
resolutions of admiration and affec
ton were issued. Judge Thomas C. I.
Grain. i'm General Sessions. announced
the adjournment of his court over the
time of the funeral as n mark of re
spect to his memory.
Those who attended the service at
Trmple Emanuel included Governor
Smith and Mayor Hylan Mr.. Schif'
was buried in Salem Field Cemetery
cypress Hills. Long Island. and hac
the following honorary pail bearers !:
DIR. Cyrus Adler. Martin Bcckard
Paul ID. Cravat. Justice Abram !. FL
klls. Daniel Guggenheim. Jerome J
Hanauer. James N. Jarvic. Otto Fl
Kahn. II. $. Lovet. Louis Marshall
Adolph s. Ochs. Charles \. Peabody
George a. Plimpton. Samuel Rea
S. g. Rosenhlum, Jnlius Rosenwald
y. +. ROthschild, Prof. Edwin II. y
Sciigman. Henry Solomon. Leopold
Stern. Jesse l. Straus. Henry Tatnal'
and General James II. Wilson. Al
activities We're suspended on the
East Side during the hour of Schifs
funeral. while ten thousand SiEns
distributed broadcast. read. Th'
East Side Mourns the Loss of Jacol
II. Schiff." Nearly all of the courts
in the Greater City also adjourned
mt of respect to the deceased.
The will of the late Jacob Schi"
gave 81 1.35O.OOO to charity, mostly to
Jewish institutions on New York;
east side.
Charitable requests of Mr.. Schiff
Include: Five hundred thousand for
the federation for the support of jew
ish philanthrOpic societies of New
York: 5000 900 for the Montetiorf
home: S15O.OOO for the Jewish Theo
logical society md 100000 for the
Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati
New York university receives $50
600: Harvard College S23.OOO, and
Tuskegee institute 10000.
President Wilson Wires Sympathy
The numerous messages of sympn'
thy received by Mrs. Schiff included
one from President Wilson which
read: May 1 not extend you my
heartfelt sympathy on the death OF
your distinguished husband. BY his
death the nation has lost one of its
useful citizens. WOODROW VIII
SON"
Jerome II. Hanaucr of Kuhn. lIoe'
& Co, of which Mr.. Schiff was head
said Mr.. Schiff's hcnefactions prob
ably exceeded the fortune he leaves
which is estimated AT more than sob
600. 900 Mr.. Schif'S method of Civ
ing differed from that of Rockefeller
and Carnegie. in that he gave wide
". often anonymously. and usually
not more than million at IA time
and his associates say it is impossi
Bile to estimate what he gave to
churity