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New Britain herald., 1925-04-01

Lyeeumi by special request, has en- gagged Lillian Gishs "The White sis- ter" for a revival here, In this pic, ture Miss Glsh reaches the very apex of her hirtrionio career.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01
MAR ROMNNCEs END

Vienna, April |, - It has bccn estimated that, of the marriages
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01

however win be feature of the new building. ..
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01

Ezpectant ears hear Fathers step at the door Then big kisses and the rcsouading Cgectingl What did you bring us, Daddy?"
 Like playful little bandits they search their wi,iirg victim What did ho b-ing then? That will p-ogc the Fst,er's good or bad judgment :
 Every growing child craves candy. Active little bodies demand sugar But childrea's candy must be Pure-and they should not overeat on sweets.
 Life Savers, the lttic candy r7ints vish the hole Nhe saveT shepc1 cas-7 this protsm r inst thc 7leIt Vey. They are c.-72.he-d and Gs,ciousy ftsvcrcd.
 This means that Life Savers ere eaten slowly Chi- oren suck them to make those wonderful hayors last
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
CONVENTION OF ORTHODOX UNION PROPOSES
"SANHEDRIN" TO RESIDE IN JERUSALEM, With
AUTHORITY TO RENDER DECISIONS ON CREED
Urge Five-Day Industrial Week-LabOr and Capital
Agree on Reduction Plan-Congress Urged to
Enact Remedial immigration Legislation


What is the use of having Tnlmud
Torahs and observing the Sabbath and
when the boy is IL years old. we tell
him. 'Starve. or work on the Sab
bath'?" DR. Samuel Friedman declared.
urging tive-day industrial week
The convention, with the co-opera-
tion of Congressman Isaac Siege,
adopted resolution on immigration.
Rabbi Goldstein Reelected President
The delegates greeted with prolonged
cheers and applause the announcement
of the nominations committee according
to which Rabbi Herbert $. Goldstein
was nominated for reelection as presi-
dent of the Union. The recommends
tions of the committee were accepted
by reclamation. The following were
elected:
Rev. DIR. II. Pereira Mendes, Rev. DR..
Bernard Drachman. Julius Dukas. hon
orary presidents; Rabbi NJ. s. Margo-
lies, Rabbi Philip Klein, Rabbi Leo
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
$50, 100000 And Eleuen Years
What the Joint Distribution Committee Has Done
Since 1914
BY FELIX NJ. WARBURG, Chairman

Since October. 1914. over $4,000
au0 has been transferred abroad for
Jewish aud non-sectarian relief pur-
poses 10y the American Jewish .Iont
Distribution Committee which was or
ganized nj that lime to act aS the gen
ernl diShursing agency OF the funds
raised in this country for the relief of
war sufferers by the American Jewish
Relief Committee. the Central Relief
Committee and the Peoples Relief Com
mittec These three organization
many will still recall. came into being
almost Immediately after the outbreak
Of the war. IN response to great out
sands of Jews whom the military op-
erations and the pogromS which broke
ont with the unleashing of national
prejudice and passion plunged into an
abyss of misery.
II plan in this article to tell the
american people. and especially to the
thousands of contributors who made
possible the great relief and recon-
structivc work Of the American Jewish
Distribution Committee, how this vast
sum Of money was expended. 1t is
their right 10 know. and II Is to our in
tercSt that they should know, especially
in view of the fact that the Jews of
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
$500


VIII run the whole 10 agencies supported by the Com
munty Chest for one hour. This that if you give
$500 you have the joy of knowing that for hour
feeding the hungry, clothing the naked nursing
the sick, caring the orphans blind helping
build character among the youth of Denver
$4,000
VIII furnish 100 nursing visits TO the home of sick.
VIII furnish food for mother and two children for
20 weeks.
VIII furnish rent in furnished for family for
20 weeks
VIII place founding in foster home for five months
Will furnish fuel for 60 families for week
viii care for blind for 21a weeks in blind home.
$5OOOO
VIII pay rent for 100 small families for week.
VIII furnish 20 families of Z members each. with
food, rent coal and fare for week in other
words, will for 40 individuals for week.
viii place orphan in foster home for year
and there will still be enough money left to give 30
nursing visits to the sick, to for family of for
month take of 25 babies In infant welfare station
for month, and give to small children
of working mother for one month
VIII nll 40 agencies from In the morning until
quarter of three in the afternoon: in other words
VIII enable Family Relief agencies TO dispense food.
coal and needy families the Health agencies TO
give nursing and infant care; will enable the Com
munity Centers to provide wholesome recreation and e
cation will allow the orphans the blind dependent
to he cared for in fact will for all those dependent
on the 40 agencies for almost six hours
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
WHAT YOUR MONEY WILL BUY-A SHOPPING GUIDE
To the Denver Community Chest
$500

$500
VIII for orphan founding in n foster
home for week
station for day;
win provide 30 boys under IL years age with
profitable afternoons in Community Centers including
gymnasium work and craft work and supervised play
VIII furnish coal for three families. using only
stove each, for two weeks.
VIII send overworked mother and child to summer
camp for week.
VIII provide care in nursery for four children of
working mother for month
This will include lunches well as care.
$25.OO
VIII furnish family of seven man, wife and chill
VIII pay for upkeep of one infant welfare station for
month
VIII pay for 30 nursing visits in the homes Of sick.
VIII provide II boys under II years of age. with
profitable afternoon recreation for month This will
include days week in the gymnasium . days Il week
ground, and afternoon n week in craft manual
training work
VIII provide gymnasium privileges for GO 50 boys
periods week for month.
month in day nursery, giving them thru the day
well luncheon of milk and crackers in the morning
and hot nourishing dinner.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05

New York o. T. A.)-A proposal TO
convene world "Sanhedrin" in Jeru-
salem. the purpose of which would be
TO give authoritative expression 10 the
development of Jewish tradition and
"halacha" was launched at the con
vention of DIR. David de Sola Pool.
The convention, however, decided to
refer the matter to the Executive Com
with the Rabbinic Board of the Union
of Orthodox Rabbis.
The sessions of the convention. fol-
lowing the agreement concluded be
tween the Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations and the Union of OrthO-
dox Rabbis for the first time in the
history of Orthodox Jewry in America,
sounded a nOtd of unity when rabbis
and leaders of both organizations at
tended.
On the platform were Rabbi Dr.
Perelra Mcndes, the oldest of the Or
thodON English-speaking rabbis, and
Rabbi NJ H. Margolis, leader of the
Union of Orthodox Rabbis. The i'm
preston prevailed that union between
the Englsh-speaking Orthodox and the
Yiddish-speaking Orthodox will soon
come about.
Dr leopold Lichtig, rabbi of Ham
burg who came to America especially
TO attend the convention, greeted the
assembly on behalf of orthodox ,Tewry
in Germany.
The iive-day industrial week was
strongly endorsed by the twenty-sev-
enth annual convention of the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations which
held Its three-day session in New
York The convention went on record
in favor Of the movement.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
JEWISH SOLDIERS IN
LITHUANIA EXECUTED
Charged With Completely in
Murder of PrOvOcateur

Kovno (J. r. A)--Nahum Szuwelir,
23.year-old Jewish soldier in the Lithu-
nnian army was executed in accord
ance with a death sentence imposed up
on him by n Lithuanian court martial.
Szuwelir was sentenced ON the
charge that he was the accomplice in
the murder of Lithuanian agent pro-
vocateur. The murderer escaped To
the end Szuwelir protested his inno-
ccncc.
Petrulis, acting president of Lith-
uania. refused to recv,iyi.a a Jewish dele
CATION which came to plead for elem
ency.
Rabbis Kaplan and Shapiro who
were asked by the military authorities
to witness the execution refused.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
HUNGARIAN OPPOSITIONAL
GROUP WANTS TO ABOL-
ISH NUMEROUS CLAUSES.

Budapest-A bill to abolish the
numerous clauses limiting the number
Of Hungarian students in the uni
versitlcs will he introduced by she
oppositional bloc in the Hungarian par
lament according to rumors current
In parliamentary circles here.
The sponsors of the bill are confident
that they will find sufficient major
lty in the Hungarian parliament for it.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZIONIST FUNDS EXEMPT
FROM INCOME TAX, TREASURY DEPT. RULES

The Keren Huycsod has already been
previously ruled exempt but technical
obstructi6ns rendered the Palestine
Foundation Fund claims more difficult
to be obtained.
Among those who will he relieved of
paying taxes on their contributions are
Justice Brandeis and Nathan Straus
Many other donors. such as Sol Rosen-
bloom of Pittsburgh and Mrs. Joseph
Fels All Zionist and Foundation
Fund contributors whose claims for ex-
emptlon were rejected may, under the
new ruling. file applications for refund
with the local collector Of internal rev
cnuc
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05

America are being asked to contribute
another sum OF Sl5,oo0,0oo In order
that our efforts to restore the broken
lives, rebuild the shattered communi.
ties. rckindle the ambition and revive
the self-respcct Of our corcligionlsts
overseas shall attain the fullest posi-
bile measure of success
Because Of the terrific chaos which
resulted from military invasion and
counterinvasions. and the unspcakable
havoc wrought by lootings and pog.
roms, because of the need to feed the
hungry, heal the sick. shelter the exlled
and the fugitive. and protect the
widowed and orphaned. the first task
Of the American Jewish Joint Distri-
button Committee was that of pallla-
tive relief. Under this category our
records show that we expended approx
iInately Si5,7O0O00. OF this sum
SI5.000.Om was spent before 1921,
when the possibility arose for MS 10
departmentalizc our work. The bal
ancc. S1O2OO,O0O. was expended by the
Joint Distribution Committee In con
junction with the American Relief Ad-
ministration. under the direction Of
Herbert Hoover and the supervision of
Col. William Haskell. Director of the
Continued on Page %
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05

Washington I'll. 4. AD-Contribu-
tions to the Zionist Organization of
America, and the Palestine Foundation
Fund, which ceased making collections
In 1921 with the advent of Keren TIayc-
sod. have been ruled exempt from in
come tax by the Treasury Department
it became known here today from re-
Liable sources.
Efforts to obtain this favorable rul-
ing. the full text of which VIII he is
sued within few days, have been
pending over two years. Max Rhoade,
Washington attorney. representing both
the Zionist Organization and the
Foundation Fund in the case.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
Jewish Attitude on Au-
topsy by DR.. Jacob Ian
terback. A scholarly con-
tribution to a much muted
subject.
tSee page ~

lung, rabbinic vice-presidents and the
following lay vice-presidents: Capt. n.
Taylor Phillips, first vice-president
Samuel Feuerstein. Boston. second vice
president; Israel $. Gomborow. Balti-
more, third vice-president Joseph Pol
stein, treasurer: Mortimer NJ. Menken,
recording secretary; Morris Engelman,
financial secretary; Albert Wald, cor
responding secretary.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
AGUDAH DEPUTATION ASKS
PALESTINE HIGH COM
MISSIONER FOR RELIGI-
GUS AUTONOMY.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jerusalem-A demand for religious
autonomy for the Orthodox Jewish
community was presented to Lord
Plumer, High Commissioner of Pales-
tine, on Friday, by large deputation
of the Agudath Israel. headed by Rabbi
Sonnenfeld. Among the demands made
by the deputation was one calling for
n separate schedule for Orthodox i'm
migrants who are unwilling to apply
10 the Zionist offices.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
ARAB LEADER in GENEVA
SAYS ARABS WILL NOT
RECOGNIZE b ALFOU X
DECLARATION.
Jewish Teiegraphic Agency)

Geneva-"We do not recognize the
Jewish National Home nor the Balfour
Declaration" This was the statement
made today TO the representative of the
Jewish TeleGraphic Agency by Emir
ArSan. representative of the Syrio-
Palestine Congress and the Moslem
Christian Executive of Palestine. who
is here to present the Arab claims be-
fore the Mandates Commission when
the Palestine Mandate will be taken
mp for consideration tomorrow.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
Communal Directory of the Inter Mountain Region

THE JEWISH NEWS is undertaking the task of meeting
the widely felt need for authoritative directory all the
communal activities of Jewry Rocky Mountain States
1t will list the officers and administrative bodies Jewish
organizations devoted to community servce-Charty Organ
cations, Bnai Birth Lodges Hospitals Centres
Culturals Groups, Synagogs and Temples
The secretaries of Jewish organizations Colorado Idaho
New Mexico Utah and Wyoming asked to cooperate this
undertaking by forwarding to the Office of the Jewish News
1850 Curtis street. Denver Coo the earliest possible date
the necessary information embodied in this survey
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
Russian Jewish Scientist
Refused Admission to u. S

Moscow IL. 7. A)-Professor
Jofie. professor ut the Leningrad
Academy Of Science. and inventor
Of Il process for condensing elec.
trical energy. was refused admit.
tance TO the United States.
Professor JOfre WAS invited by
the Rockefeller Iristituet to come
to America to lecture on his in.
yentiOn.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
{ HOFETZ CHAIN WILL
LEAVE FOR PALESTINE
NOVEMBER lST.
Jcwlsh Tsiegraphic Agency

Warsaw-CHofetz Chain. the vener-
able old rabbi who is known and re-
spected throughout Poland. is leaving
Warsaw for Palestine ON November D..
Chofetz Chain, who will be accom-
panied by his daughter and son-in-
law, will settle in Palestine permanent
Tikvah
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05

from the letter or spirit of the Confer
ence Resolution. We emphaticnlly
deny that anybody connected with the
Campaign proposes deviation from II
to n hairs breadth.
Interprets Resolution
Let MS see what that resolution de-
clared. In the first place. it states that
the Campaign is TO be conducted for the
CONTINUED on Page 81
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
Suicide Epidemic Among
Jews in Poland Grows

Warsaw u. T. AD-The suicide
epidemic among the Jewish popu-
lati0n in Poland is increasing
alarn,ingly. due to the numerous
bankruptcies and the growth Of
unemployment.
Five suicide eases were re-
ported last week. Among them
were the Jewish artist Hochge-
lrrnter and u young girl.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
REFORM RABBIS JOIN
IN HISTORIC EVOLU-
ton DECLARATION
Central Conference Votes
Judaism and Science
Are Compatible
DErLoRE LEGISLATIVE MuzzLEa


\ statement ON the attitude of
Judaism to science which. II was de
clured here will become historical In
American icwry. was drafted and sub
mittcd by Rabbi samuel Schulman as
spokesman for the committee on the
Presidents message at the final session
While accepting nr Schulman's
statement. in principle the Conference
voted TO refer his paper back to the
executive for recording This was done
To avoid any MISUNDERSTANDING which
might arise when the statement Is
made public, 1t was declared.
Statement I'm Judaism and Science
Judaism does not fear the results
Of the investigations Of sound science in
any realm II human knowledge" Dr
Schulman's statement read. 1t wei
comes them. Ii hold that its concep.
tion of one God who IS purely spiritual,
unmn ged and uuincarnatcd' in any his
toric person, is compatible with any fact
established 10y science may think il
needs for the explanation of natural
phenomena. Science deals with the
mechanism Of things, not with their
esScnse or meaning Science deals with
processes and not with purposes Juda-
ism does not limit God to any par
ticular method or process Of creation.
Judaism believes that God revealed
himself through the Hebrew prophets
aud sccrS. who made our Bible In
this Bible the essential teachings are
Gods laws. commanding righteousness.
Justice, love of fellow man and mans
humility and faith beiiitlng Gods
creature and child.
The Bible, especially in the early
chapters Of Genesis which are ALL at
present, the subject Of controversy,
speaks. To use Il phrase of our com
mantators. the ordinary language of
men. The revelation. therefore. uses
The minds of men as they are informed
by the knowledge Of their age Re
ligious ideas are presented in man
ncr intelligblc to the minds to which
they are addressed. The Bible does
not profess to be text book on nat
ural history. biology. geology or astron-
omy. What the creation stories aim AT
is the incubation Of the idea of God
image, and that man should after his
weeks work have "A sabbath so that
he be not merged completely in his
work. but become conscious of his
spirituality and his kinship to the
creator.
The Bible. therefore. does not pre-
vent any one who processes Judaism
us u religion from accepting the doc
trincS of evolution If he believes il to
he true. For evolution has to do with
the process Of lifc's development in
time II has not word to say if it is
not unscientifcally dogmatic. upon the
origin and significance of life itself
and its towering into creations crown.
man II is the revelation in our Bible
that has taught humanity the truth
that God created man and put some
thing Of himself into him. The Bible
reveals the eternal truth through the
medium Of mans knowledge and belief
about nature and history which he had
M the time in which the Bible was
written. Religious truths are in
destructive and of lasting value for
man. particular knowledge and hcliei
may be temporary and be outgrown.
Confined on Page ~
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
Louis Marshall Denies Alleged
Breach of Faith Toward Palestine
Replies to Allegations of Stephen Wise at American
Congress

Emphatic denial made by Mr. Louis Marshall on behalf
of the Joint Distribution Committee that there had been any
breach by of the socaed pact amy arrived during
conference in Philadelphia September 18th which United
Jewish Campaign for S5000000 launched The purpose
this campaign to raise funds for the continuance
work by the Joint Distribution Committee European
countries including the expansion of the Jewish agrcu
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
STE|CER TRIAL WILL
LAST ANOTHER MONTH
Defense Motion for Political
Inquiry Granted
LEMBERG POLICE COMMISSIONER
SUSPENDED
tJcwish Telegraphlc Agency)

Lemberg- trial of Stanlslaw
Stciger accused of having thrown the
bomb at President Wojciechowskl. will
last another month. This is the opinion
Of members Of the tribunal and OF the
defense, The trial started on October
II.
The counsels for the defense ex-
pressed their satisfaction today with
the situation created by the acceptance
by the tribunal of the motions OF the
defense to inquire into the political
ana psychological conditions Of the nf-
fair.
No proceedings were held yesterday,
the jury being in session on the mo
tions submitted by the defense The
state attorney today announced that
the presiding judge of the tribunal ac-
ccpted majority of the motions made
by the defense. II was decided that
the threatening letters OF the ukrain-
ian military organization addressed to
Judge IIawel, who presided at the court
martial which tried Steigcr last year.
and to the Greek Orthodox Priest Sep
tyclii be read in court. The court con-
Scnted to call as witnesses members
of the family of Lieutenant Harnisch
who tested that he saw the bomb fall
eral impression that the bomb was
thrown from the street The court
also decided to call new chemical ex-
perts concerning the substance of the
bomb. 1t also decided TO ask for the
acts Of the Olshanski case tried in the
court at Beuthcn and the documents
from the Berlin police sf7aras
The tribunal rejected the molten of
the defense that evidence be submitted
that the Lemberg police acted under
pressure of the Warsaw central au-
thoritles 1t also rejected the motion
to call Pianthewicz as a witness.
Witness abnormal Liar"
At the last court proceedings the
presiding judge read the statement OF
the court psychiatrist. according to
which the witness Werchola was an
abnormal liar. Werchoa declared un-
der oath, despite the protests of the
defense that he saw Steiger many
times In the company of Alexander
Mrak, Communist, He also declared
that he observed Steiger's behavior and
that Stciger asked him for the names
Of Ukrainan Communists. Werchola
claimed that Steiger threw the bomb
on behalf of Ukrainian nationalists.
Stcigcl denied Werchola's statements.
Alexander and Anna Mrak declared
that they had never seen Steiger and
testified to Werchola's notorious lying.
WarSaw-Pan Lukomski, commits
sioner Of police in Lemberg who was
involved in the investigation in con-
nection with the Steiger trial, was pre-
visicnally suspended by an order of the
central police authorities here. 1t was
stated that the purpose of his suspen-
sion was TO carry on disciplinary in
yastirution of his uctiyitipS
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
WARSAW CITY COUNCIL RE-
JECTS REQUEST TO NAME
STREET AFTER PERETZ.
tJewish Telcgraphic Agency)

WarSaw-The City Council of War
saw has rejected the resolution intro
duced by the Bundists proposing that
one of the streets in the city be named
after PeretZ. noted Polish Jewish writ
cr The vote of the council was three
against three. the chairman casting his
vote against the resolution.
DR.. and Mrs. Felix Baum entertain
ed at dinner last Monday.
Miss Amelia Marx is going to Boul-
der this weekend for homecoming.
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05
No Real Differences

"The full text of the resolutions
adopted at the meeting of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, regarding the
Fifteen Million Dollar United Jewish
Campaign. is now for the first time
available.
I'VE are unable to recognize the OK
istencc of any differences between the
Joint Distribution Committee and the
Congress. The latter has declared its
continued interest In the problems aris-
ing out of the plight of our suffering
brethren in Eastern Europe and pledges
its full support. 1t approves of the
resolution adopted at the Philadelphia
Conference on September 13. 1925. II
comedies that this resolution was un-
derstood to authorize the utilization of
the fund TO he collected. for the Jews
in Russia and other lands where relief
and reconstruction are imperative, and
to authorize the maintenance and
reasonable extension of Industrial and
agricultural settlement heretofore con-
Quoted by the Joint Distribution Com
mittee in Russia. 1t is not claimed
that the fund to be collected was to be
expended otherwise than in Eastern
Europe. No such claim could well he
made. because the language of the
Conference Resolution is so clear that
It cannot be misinterprcted by any fair
minded person.
we are at n loss to understand.
cOmmotiOn and the occasion for an in
sinuation, that there is desire on
the part of those connected with the
United Jewish Campaign to depart
Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-11-05

Mr.. Marshall's statement has espe-
cial reference to accusations made by
DIR. Stephen s. Wise and other officers
Of the American Jewish Congress and
by groups of Zionists that an effort was
being mnde TO ignore by the Joint Dis
tribution committee and by David A.
Brown. National Chairman of the
United Jewish Campaign. The Ameri
can Jewish Congress adopted res
olntiOn at its session in Philadelphia
last sunday demanding that the pact
of amity' he reaillrmed In practice and
that the Joint Distribution Committee
forthwith announce its proposed alloca-
tions of the S15,OO0.O0O fund.
To these charges Mr.. Marshall's re-
ply is as follows: