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The American Jewish world., 1921-11-04


came some Pied Piper of Pinsk to lead
him off with his melodies. He had
Slavic and social prejudices. When
the klaxon voice Of the hired anony-
nifty of Dearborne was declaring that
Jewish nationalism was Bolshevist
internationalism, ON e medieval
would demand minority political
rights for American Jews. Russian
and Polish Jews have seemingly no
political rights to be injured by any
thing. Naturally thev would think of
securing minority political rights for
Justice Brandeis. Samuel Untermyer
and Henry Morgenthau! Having
given Zionism soul by their dream
ing, they refused it bodv. Having
risen above persecution. they thirst
ed for spectacular defeat when they
might have had prosaic victory. Hav-
ing learned the value of propaganda.
thev refused tn learn the valve of
bookkeeping. There was no discov-
cradle reason for appointine, to the
highest liaison position IN Jerusalem
a gentlemarl limited (or self -]imited)
to Yiddish. Russian and Hebrew. un-
able or unwilling to use the Enolish
of the Empire. or the French Of in
ternational courtesy, or the Arabic Of
the predorrinating and ancient popu-
lation Of the land: there was M rea-
son for approarhine British officials
through an yinterpreter. unless it was
to emphasize the elf-consciousness
of an opposing group. A, great part
of the world rightly or WRONGLY has
come to- feel that it is. Russia's fate
somehow ALWAYS to be wrong, that
one does not learn self onva-rm mont
in lMoscovv. rlorNtolera in Poland,
nor nodars+ion@in. either. Az lono as
that is the case.sit Il surely unfor-
tunate to obtrude the Russian idea.
Making. or aonearing to make,
Jewishnnss Russian. is what most
serio"s1v alarms both Oriental and
Occidental Jews, to say NOTHING of
the Arahs. In recent n,'rnher of
a Jewish. periodical is printed a
despatch from the Jewish Telegraph
Agency in j Jerusa1em. It saws that
the jewish organization ofrrban and
r1ral settlers in Palestine has sTb-
m'tted mernorand''m to the Zionist
CONGRESS- in Carlsbad de1lSrino the
break in the ranks of American Zion
lists. The. text following contains
evidence that the writer's of the
memorandum ouite agree with the
American Zionist lAaders in +ha nosi-|
ton which -thev took when Professor
Weizmann came over last spring; a
position which resulted in their re-
sie71ine office with their following,
and forming a new ORGANIZATION. In
the same periodiral is a desnatch.
from Carlsbad stating that the head
of the Zionist Commission (the liai- !.
son official mentioned ahnvel is en-
,onnosition. chiefly because ,
the Commission chad been cantured :.
bv the Hefts.' that it had DESTROYED
private, initiative. and that it was re-
for the lack of progress in
the reconstruction of the country
Continued on Page 15) -.i.j ii IL
The American Jewish world., 1921-11-04

The recent attack on Zionism by
Mr.. Henry Morgenthau and the reply
thereto by Mr.. Samuel Untermyer,
represent. or nearly so, two typical
positions in the Zionist controversy;
and there are, of course, many others.
Both are Americans Of Jewish extrac-
tion and Reform j ewish religious af-
filiations.. The former represents the
opposition, to Zionism which goes with
denial of Jewish community interests
of cultural or national sort. The
latter recognizes these interests, and
allies himself with the work of the
official Organization entrusted with
the realization Of Jewish cultural and
national aspirations 7.in. Palestine.
Both attack and defensesare complete
and typical. And yet both are simpli-
fications of something Infinitely more
complicated. Both are pleadings in
defense Of positions, constructions in
support Of attitudes Of mind and
heart. Perhaps they had to be so in
order to be understood and to take
effect. For both writer's very real
conflict is going on, in the results
of which both are involved.as no Gen
tile bystander cou'd be. But if I,
Gentle, were privileged to speak, I
should prefer to AVOID being involved
in that debate, and begin anew on
my own account-it matters little
where.
What is Zionism? 1t is many diff
ferent things in the minds Of differ
ent friends and foes; for it, is vast
affair with many aspects, beyond the
power of any man to comprehend.
Moreover it is, like similar, movements
among men, constantly changing its
shape as we watch it; SO that We are
neither sure of what. it will become,
nor even of just what it is at present.
So many forces, within and without,
are acting upon it that probably no
statement with regard to it would
pass unchallengedY n But 5one may say
what Zionism seems 10 be, and whith-
er it seems to be tending to the one
observer. H~''F
Zionism is not -Yiddish movement,
or at least does not wish to be. The
Jud@o-German of the Polish and
Russian Jews is not permitted to ap-
pear in Palestine, in the press or on
the boards. Many Zionists there re-
fuse to answer when addressed in
that curious un-Hebraic idiom of the
unhappy Slavic Diaspora. And yet,
through weakness of will, or a posi-
lively different ideal. both the Yiddish
speech and the Yiddish view some
times threaten.
Zionism is not a Hebraic move
ment, although it would wish to be.
How again should the temple with it's
cut be restored, or a Solomon, reign
in oriental splendor? Even the an
cient type of Old Testament Hebrew
is not possible of restoration. In
stead of it the New Hebrew of later
times, with it's Aramaic and Graeco-
Roman. is made the standard by those
most influential. This is not to say
that the PROPHETS and other mighty
men of pre-Exilic days are not en-
ergizing ideals. But, if we may make
the comparison, it is rather the Hell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
MINERS D|SARM
POLICE ON HUNT
FOR M00NSH|NE.
Deputy Sherlffs and State Po-
lice Run Out Of w, Va. Dis
trict. After Seizure.

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Aug. 49,
A detachment of State police : and
three deputy sheriffs of Logan county
were surrounded by an armed band
of men late yesterday near Sharples,
that county, and their arms taken
from them. according to a message
from Sheriff Don Chafin, OF Logan.
county, received here today.
Rumors that one or more troopers
had been killed were declared by the
sheriff to be unfounded. The force
was out looking for moonshiners and
bootleggers, and found themselves
surrounded before they had time to
defend themselves. After being dis
armed they were permitted to go free.
Later reports reaching here said
that the men who disarmed the State
troopers and deputy sheriffs near
Sharples were miners, and that all the
coaldigeers in the district were out
today and eongregating at various
places.
There has been no shooting so far
as learned. Tho cause of the trouble
In unknown here. The State police an
swered what Is now believed TO have
been fake call to put down trouble
near Sharples.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
TROTzKY SEES
]. S. WAR WITH
BRITAIN SURE
Predicts Greatest Struggle Of
All Times Will Make Battle
field Of Europe.

LONDON, Aug. 13.--Leon Trotzly.
the Russian soviet war minister, ap-
pears In the role Of gloomy
prophet, predicting another and even
greater war In an article on the
worlds economic situation, published
In the monthly labor publication,
Forward. widely quoted in the Eng
lish press today. Trotzky writes:
Either England will be automati-
cally pushed back and, in spite Of
her victory over Germany. become q
second-rate power, or she will be
constrained In the very near future
to gather. all the power inherited
from former times to engage in a
life or death struggle with the United
States.
THAT 10 the reason why England
Is maintaining the alliance with Ja-
pan. Also she IL making concessions
to France In order to secure that
country's assistance. or, at least, its
neutrality.
Japan II spending half Of her
budget on her army and navy. In
the impending struggle between
England and the United States Japan
is going to play on sea the same
part played by France on land dur
ing the war with Germany.
Japan today is making use Of the
antagonism between Britain and
America. but when the struggle of
these two giants for world hegemony
breaks out Japan is going to be the
battle-ground.
The last war settled the quarrel
between England and Germany and
that between Germany and America,
but II did not solve the problem Of
the relations between the United
States and England. On the contrary,
It has for the first time put that prob
lem prominently forward as one Of
the first order, and the question be-
tween America and japan Ia one of
second order. Thus the last war was
in reality only a prelude to q world
war which Is TO solve tho problem
of imperialistic autocracy"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
Z KILL SELVES
WITH GAS; VET
CHOOSES RIVER
Woman Worried About Rela-
tives In Germany-SoIdier
SheII-Shock Victim.

Three deaths, two by gas and an
other by drowning, tell washinston's
suicide story Of the past two days.
Alfred Schlachter walked into the
bedroom of his home. GOT Fourteenth
street northeast. late this afternoon
and found his wife dead on the floor,
a rubber was tube leading from an
open gas Jet in her mouth.
Emergency Hospital physicians en-.
deavored to recusitate her, without
success.
Schlachter, employed as a waiter in
a downtown hotel. left his home early
this morning, leaving his wife in ap-
parently good spirits.
Schlachter explained his wife had
been melancholy since war days, when
she received news of relatives suffer.
ing In Germany. At that time she
was 80 affected that 1t was necessary
for her to become a patient at Wash
ington Asylum Hospital for the In
sane. Improvement following treat
ment there and at Baltimore insti-
tuition was marked during the past
twelve months.
The shell-shocked mind of Sam
Siracusa, twenty-four-ye year old italian.
an intimate Of st. Elizabeth's Hospi-
tai. bade him seek freedom of the in
stitution's restrictions Thursday.
At noon yesterday his body was
found floating in the eastern Branch
by Elmer Taylor, 1912 X street
southeast, who was fishing in a boat
at the foot Of Fourteenth street south.
east.
siracusa Is said to have threatened
suicide several times during the past
week. Thursday he disappeared and
the guards Of the hospital sent out a
lookout to the police In an effort to
find him. "
Mrs.. Anne Ophelia Marston, 507
Sixth street northeast, was found
dead in her home Friday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
MAN WAVES
.AD|EU AS HE'
AND GIRL CD.
OVER FALLS.
Otto Csantner and Alice Rey-
nolds Drown Near Chain
Bridge-River Dragged.

Waving . goodbye" to specta-
eors on the riverbank who cried to
him to watch out" Otto Gsantner,
twsnty-eight-years-old. of 2S11 Mills
avenue drove . canoe carrying Miss
Alice 8. Reynolds, of River Road,
Bethesda. Md. into the rapids one
mile above Chain Bridge yesterday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. The canoe
capsised, but was later recovered.
The bodies Of Gsantner and Miss
Reynolds are hidden among the rocks
bslou D1watsriI -
Bodies Not Recovsrsd. =
A detail from the harbor police and
friends Of the man and woman last
night dragged the river IN an effort
to locate the bodies. Because Of the
depth OF the stream at that point and
the stiff current they had no success.
The search win be continued today.
Gsantner and Miss Reynolds are
said to have made previous efforts to
shoot the rapids. At one time, ac-
cording to Merideth Capper. who con-
ducts q grocery and lunch stand at
the Virginia end of Chain bridge.
she asked him to make the effort with
her. He declined, declaring that that
part Of the river Is one Of the most
treacherous above the bridge.
The adventurous couple yesterday
wore only their bathing suits. Several
cnnoes were moving about the waters
above the rapids just before the fatal
plunge. No one believed that Gsant-
ner would make the attempt and no
notice was given his canoe until he
waved to w. r. Tucker, 419 New York
avenue. and said "goodby."
Capsized Canoe Found.
Tucker recovered the Gsantner ca
noe and took It to Reynolds boat
house, near Key Bridge. He reported
the drowning to the police and a de-
tail from the harbor precinct was sent
TO Join searchers for the missing bod
les.
pocketbook containing a key ring and
Q lady's handkerchief bearing the ini-
tial &C." Tho police at first thought
this would offer a clue, holding to the
belief that the name of one of those
missing began with the letter &c"
Gsantner was born and reared in
washington. He made his home with
Ms mother and sister, at 2811 Mills
avenue. Last year he completed
literary course at George Washington
University and at the time of his
death was employed IN the Congress-
ional Library.
Miss Reynolds. who was twenty
thrss ysars old. lived with her family
Continued On page :. column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
BIRDS CUT OFF LIGHTS
IN TWO N. Y CITIES

GLoVBRsvILLE N. Y. Aug. 1s.-
The cities Of Gloversville and Johns
town and other parts of Fulton
county were I'm complete darkness
two hours Thursday night and all
electric power entirely suspended for
the same period.
A flock OF blackbirds alighted on
the high tension wires about two
miles from Gloversville. causing a
short circuit. burning off the wires.
which dropped to the ground In the
midst of dead bodies OF birds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
ALLIES VOTE TO LIGHTEN
BURDEN ON GERMANY

PARIS, Aug. 13.-Provided that Ger
many pays 1,ooo,oo0,ooo gold marks
due at the end Of this month, and re.
Trains from boycotting French goods.
the allied sanctions (penaltiesl i'm
posed upon Germany will DO aboi-
ished by September 15, the allied su-
preme council decided tonight before
adjournment.
The council decided to continue the
military sanctions In the Rhine zone
at leas tunth The next meeting of
the allied chieftains.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
SOVIET TRADE PARlEYS
WITH ENGLAND ENDED

BERLIN. Aug. 13.-Negotiations
by Hugo SHINES and group OF Eng.
lish industrialists with the Russian
soviet government for Russian trade
concessions have been broken off by
the British, according to a dispatch
from Moscow today, quoting the boil.
shevik newspaper Svoboda.
The English, according TO the news
paper, decided that the soviet did not
have enough gold on hand to carry
out the projects in question.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
LEADERS STILL SILENT
ON PEACE IN IRELAND

LONDON. Aug. 1a.-Two Of the
worlds foremost political strate-
gists sit tonight in secluded silence
playing what may be compared to
superchess moves, registered with
the aid OF couriers covering the 300
miles that separates the players,
David Lloyd George, prime minister
Of Britain, and canon do Valera,
president Of the Republic of Ire
land.
Not a single really authentic word
as to the status of the game has
come from either camp. Weighing
the information from all sources, II
appears that De Valera has reiterated
in his message to the British pre-
mier the broad outline of the Sim
Fein platform in general principles
10 worded as to offer his party an
opportunity for moving In many
different directions during the fu-
ture stages of she game
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
DAWSON RESTS EASILY
AFTER TUMOR OPERATION

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-Henry p.
Dawson. banker. who was operated
upon yesterday for a tumor near the
brain, passed comfortable lay to.
day and was resting easily tonight.
j. p. Morgan, head OF the firm
Of which Dawson is member. sailed
today for Europe. saying he was sure
the latter would recover. and that
he would not sail II this were not
certain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
JUST A FISH STORY, BUT
CARRIES GREAT WEIGHT

CAPE MAY, N. j., Aug. 13.-whIle
fishing at sea, six miles off Uncle
Eph's Shoal, yesterday. III. e. Derby
shire of Philadelphia landed a 500
pound pigfish after battling with II
for nearly two hours. He had 10
harpoon the fish to get Il into the
boat. Pigflsh are rarely found In
the New Jerrsy coast waters
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
Ku KIux A Fraud, Says Grand Dragon
Bar at Willard
To Be Wet Again
/ But-With Soda

What was bar will be a
soda parlor when, about two
months hence, the Willard
Hotel completes renovating
its former pea-cocktail alley,
which used to ook like two
alleys along about 8 o'clock.
Sticky sundaes and other
guaranteed not to-exhilarate
drinks will replace the alleys
former attractions. A New
York-trained soda jerker will
be at the helm. Anyway, the
first 100 drinks are the
hardest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
MRS. GERAGHTY
WEDDING LIKELY
To BE HELD UP
Newport Clergy Look Askance
at Offer to Perform Ceremony
for Divorce.
ny international New. Service.

NEWPORT, r. l.. Aug. Is.-The
marriage ceremony OF Mrs. Julia
French oeraghty, divorced wife of
Handsome" Jack Geraghty. former
chauffeur OF the French family. to
Howard T. Williams. of Boston. may
not. be performed hero, due to diff
ficulty in finding a Clergyman will
ing to officiate, II became known to-
day. August II is the date set for
the wedding,
Rev. Wilbur Nestor. of the First
Baptist Church. has declared he
would not marry divorced persons.
Other minister's who have been ep-
preached took the same attitude. it
Is understood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
Victim Well Known.
TWO INJURED BY HORSE
RUNNING FROM MACHINE

Becoming frightened when 1t was
struck by an automobile at Irving
street. between Georgia avenue and
Sherman avenue, a horse harnessed
to a huckster's wagon ran away and
knocked down Mrs. Ethel Morrow.
thirty-five years old, b14 Hobart
street northwest. and her three.ycar-
old daughter. The mother and child
were badly bruised.
Police Of the Tenth precinct are
seeking the operator of the machine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
D. A. OFFUT I
F0UNDDEAD;
z ARRESTED
Realty Man Expires In Alley
After Mysterious Ride in
Taxicab.

David A. Offutt, sixty years
old, prominent real estate broker,
was found dead in an alley in the
rear of 1851 H street northeast
shortly after 6 o'clock last night
under suspicious circumstances.
The police are holding George W..
Moran, a painter, of Central
Heights, d. c., and Joseph L.
Lewis, carpenter, of 1921 Trim
fdsd ,syenue northeeyt. in cornec-
ton with the death.
Taxi Brought Body.
Offutt lived at s01 b street north
east with his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Rhodes. He
had been connected with the firm Of
Lieberman q Hawn. 1871 r street
northwest, for many years. His son.
in-law Is also connected with the
firm.
Shortly after o'clock last night
residents of II street between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets northeast saw
a taxicab drive into the alley In the
rear of their homes and two men
help another out and lay him on
the ground. The men then got back
into the taxi and drove off.
The persons who saw their actions
believed they had deposited a dead man
on the pavement and Immediately noti-
fled the police. Policemen Healey and
Schinkexey, of the Ninth precinct, re-
sponded to the call and found Offutt
alive, but IN a dying condition. They
telephoned to Casualty Hospital, but
when the ambulance arrived Offutt
was dead. Coroner hewitt win hold an
autopsy to determine the cause of the
death.
The police. about an hour later ar
rested Lewis and Moran and took
them to the Ninth precinct station
house, where they were held for In
vestigation. The police claimed that
both men were under the influence OF
liquor when they were arrested.
Victim Well Known.
Offutt was descendant Of ono OF
the oldest families in this section of
the country, the family settling in
the Potomac District of Maryland in
1901. His grandfather, Zachariah
Offutt, was one of the leading citi-
zens of Georgetown many years ago.
His branch of the family was known
as the Montgomery Offutts."
Surviving him Is his daughter and
one son, who is practicing law in
Utah.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
TEETH KNOCKED OUT As
AUTO HITS BICYCLE

Cs4apuited through the Windshield
u an automobile when the bicycle
be was riding was struck by n ma
chine near the Washington Club in
Virginia. near RoSlyn. Va, Edward
L. Thompsoni fifteen years old, of
Roslyn. Va. suffered the loss of five
testh and fracture Of the upper
NV.
He n being trsatsd at Emergency
Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
AGED WOMAN RUN DOWN
BY BIKE; RIDER HELD

Suffering from a fractured skull.
Mrs. Georgia Ruvino, sixty.two years
old. 1707h Seventh street northwest.
70 at tho Emergency Hospital.
She was crossing Seventh street and
Rhode Island avenue last night when
she was knocked down by a bicycle
ridden by William Rosenborough, 1922
Georgia avenue northwest. A passing
automobile took her to the hospital.
Rosenboroueh was arrested.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
Gave Bad Check, CHARGE.

DR.. Louis Krick. 1722 Pennsyl.
vania avenue northwest, reported
TO the police today that a stranger
gave him a check for s2o.32 FOR
articles he purchased at the store
and that when It was presented at
the bank II was declared to be
mo good"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
Bartenders Select Chicago.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 13.-Chicago
was designated as the next convention
city OF the Hotel and Restaurant EN-.
ployers' international Alliance and
Bartenders' League by delegates to
the annual convention in session here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-14
SARAH BERNIARDT ILL;
GRAVE ANXIETY FELT

PARIS. Aug. 13.-Grove anxiety
was felt tonight for Nine Sarah
Bernhardt. who is seriously Ill at her
country home near Paris.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-18
SOCIAL WORKERS
SEEK new LAWS
Would Abolish Roping
Contests; Wife Deser-
tion a Felony

Three bills of special interest 10
social workers OF the state will prob.
ably be introduced In the state leg
lAlature this week according to
Humane officer a. VI. Welch who
statld Monday that the nature Of
the proposed legislation IL the re-
suit OF confidence OF state social
workers held here Saturday. Miss
Mabel B.ssett Of 4apnlpa is now In
Oklahoma city comforting with the
Tulsa county representative con-
corning the drafting of the bills. II
* hoped by Wclch that they will
sponsor the proposed laws.
one bill prohibits steer roping
and "bull-dogging' with n penalty
attached for violation OF the same.
The second bill amends the pres
ent law relative to wife drscrtion
and abandonm { of children maxi
ing this a felony instead OF n misde-
meanor. In the same bill the age
OF consent Is fixed at II years.
In the third bill counties OF So
900 population or more are author
ized to levy not to exceed one mill
Tor tho purpose OF establishing and
maintaining parental homes for de-
linquent boys and girls.