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Jews Abroad
Facing Death
By Millions
Appalling Conditions Are
Revealed by Eyewitness
Reports Received by the
American Commissioners
Hunger Invites Disease
Distribution of Money and
Supplies Wholly Insuffi?
cient to Meet Demands
How millions of Jews in thc;war-af
portions of Eurasia are- facing
death front hunger, diseuse ami;- priva?
tion is graphically told in eyewitness
of representatives of the joint
distribution committee of the American
Funds for Jewish War Sufferers. This
organization sent into every part of
Europe, Asia and Asia Minor, including
Egypt, relief workers to aid the great
populations of Semitics, and their re?
ports reflect the seriousness of the
on brought on by four years of
war and industrial and commercial sus?
pension.
The reports are made public by Felix
M. Warburg, of the banking house of
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., who is chairman of
the Jewish relief organization. The
"Tint distribution committee has to date
disbursed more than $25,000,000, con?
tributed by all sections of American
While in a general way it has been
known that tho populations were
largely without food and clothing, tho
ona narrated are more appalling
-' -at! has hitherto been known. On
occasions the representatives of
the joint distribution committee, com?
prising a commission of Jews sent from
lited States, and the members of
which are scattered throughout tho
various countries, have, they report,
returned to their lodgings overcome by
the scenes they have witnessed and un?
able to sleep or rest.
Terrible Conditions in Foland
The situation in Poland is graphical?
ly described by Dr. Boris D. Bogen:
"The population has seen and felt
so much of suffering that it lias
become calloused to hardship r.nd to
want, but the spectacle of hundreds
'?vin<? children, of women, in
e '"it in;- cold, clad only in the scan
. and of men, list
ly walking the
ing for bread, has deeply
! the committee's representa
"
Writing of conditions in Warsaw, he
! then the women, with their
careworn faces, dressed in God knows
}? w many garments, all rags, and still
;ted ."'. the cold. It is
incidently that you meet a prop?
alad individual. In the poorest
are a horrible
?windows without panes,
ed with rags and paper?impos
I ::til! more impossible
i trts, dirty, dilapidated entrances,
?Poverty is King here."
One Scanty Heal a Day
; a typical school, known as
; I ebel :hool for small
ren, Dr. Bog<
"The school is situated on the third
floor of a ten ment house. The teach?
ers are one man and two women, earn
tic, but the children
dressed and . ici iy look
bby, what seetm d to be,
Tin y spoke ^ iddish
questions about America
and we had brought food.
day, but
lal ived ( one. Tho
teachers thought, however, that this
id in explanation,
used to going hungry
}. d can w stand much better the
ci ns< quences.'
Dr. Bogen adds:
": s] y one day in Cracow. I
i' it, i ?.. -, Dr. L? ndau, the presi?
dent of th na, He claimed
the conditions are bad, and that in ad?
dition to their u aal local warns, they
are burdened i v.- with the care of
about 600 v.i re sent there
from the < : country.
"I am Bure that the other cities in
Galicia must be in terrible distress
and
m ide. At the pi bruary)
IVe only thing done for the people is
the :? '?. ? ' food -.;_? tae l r-iiedS ees
go\
**I visited also a hospital, the most
U rril o b '?? old Patients were
on the floor without linen and sill
in raj me of the
child ? arments made
out of old towi .?: situa?
tion and the lack of soap is the most
serious pn he mortality here
^ also is in excess of births."
Wk Further light on Polish condition;
y ' a i.i a report as late as March
W ? i by Lewi.-j Strauss, of the
American Relief Administration, fron:
Iministration, sen!
on a special tour into the Brest-Pins?
district. In Brest-Litovsk tjrj
ng and one-third of the popula?
tion Is il!, the people dying like flies
without medical attention, food or anj
the plague.
People Live I'mlcrjrround
report says, in \ art:
re are i h building!
ling in is rest for the formel
.v.- returning
at a numb : e are obligee
.'? in the underground ca
ned forts surrounding
the town, The conditions which wt
ementa were ex
:y bad, About one-third of the
? are sick in bed or on the floors
the chief B?ckness, In on<
I , containing about twenty
five people, a short time ago six died
i no milk oi
In one place a farnilj
herb?. The sick
receiving no medical attention.
"Tb< i sMa of tub"t i
?rare given only b'ack bread ami
"In Pinsk we visited a large sour.
. U (I form? rly 1,000 per?
lions per day. At present it is closet
there in no bread or food?
with which to make tho soup
this in another soyr,
Q which, until recently, fed or
and children lost 01
ated from tbeir homo?. It it
< . t. \n a Jewish home w?
children from two to twelvi
o age In a moat doplorabh
t?on. Thi " wire wu?
?t /t.ion V//JH wel
managed, bot for the ?paat two W?aV
??(, , |i . has not had a pour.
i,i bread. a-\ we observed oorselve
a riwit to the kitchen, all
ren have is a thin barley sown.'
in tiu new? nation <>f Cz?cho-5io
VukJA th? ttJU?MiOfl has bee.-? rep
Belgians Not to Sign
Unless Given Pledge
r> R?SSELS, May 3.?The "National
-*-* Beige" says that the Cabinet has
unanimously decided to maintain
Belgium's territorial and financial
claims in their entirety.
Emile Vandervelde, Minister of
Justice, after a long interview with
King Albert, has left for Paris with
the mission to transmit to the Bel?
gian delegation instructions not to
sign a treaty which doe3 not contain
a clause guaranteeing the economic
future and military security of Bel?
gium.
resented by Henry G. Alsberg. In his
reports from Prague of March 16 and
March 5 he says:
Soup Thinned by Water
"The Jewish People's Soup Kitchen
adds more water and less food to its
I soups every day. The Bureau for Un?
employed Jewish Soldiers celebrated
its shutdown yesterday. I was in?
vited to the ceremony at which about
forty hollow-eyed, ragged, tuberculous
and partially disabled soldiers at
| tended. Most of them were married,
with customary complement of chil
! dren. For the other Jewish unemployed
1 practically nothing is being done."
A most interesting report of condi
I tions in Serbia has come from Miss
i Hetty Goldman; who has also been in
i Greece, spending much of her time in
i Sal?nica doing pressing relief work,
i Miss Goldman's report deals more par?
ticularly with Monastir and gives a
complete picture of the changes
wrought in that city as the result of
; warfare. She says:
"At present there nre about 650
Jewish families in Monastir, of whom
fifty are well off, 120 can care for
[ themselves, and the remaining 400 plus
! are very poor. There is, then, at pres?
ent a Jewish population of between
j 3,000 and 4,000 souls. Of these about
? 1,000 are on the government list of the
' entirely destitute."
From Charles J. Vopicka, American
\ Minister to Rumania, the Joint Distri
: butiort Committee received a message,
] dated Bucharest, March 12, which says
j in part:
"I wish to say that the conditions in
Rumania are very critical?the popu
I lation have not enough to eat, no
: clothing, no shirts and no shoes, and
if it were not due to the kind action
! of America through which Rumania is
getting 25,000 tons of flour a month I
am sure that very many people would
die from hunger here."
Rabbi Aaron Teitclbaum cables from
Constantinople to the Joint Distribu?
tion Committee this message:
"Jewish population 76,000, one-third
poor. Eight thousand fed daily in our
soup kitchens. Arranged feeding 2,000
school children. Supplying 400 or
I phans, also clothing for holidays.
Mutzoths for 23,000. Arranging with
Near East Committee for supplies in?
stead of money."
The Joint Distribution Committee,
through the appropriation of funds
and through the sending of supplies, is
endeavoring to care, within the limits'
of its resources, for the needs of the
Jewish population throughout the
world. ;?,_
Marshall Believes
League Opponents
Playing Politics
Calls Agitation Over Monroe
Doctrine "Tempest in a
Teapot" ; Says Covenant
Doesn't Infringe on Con?
gress
PHILADELPHIA, May !!. ? Vice
President Marshall in an address be?
fore the American Academy of Polit?
ical Social Science here to-night, in
support of the league of nations, de?
clared the covenant did not infringe
upon the rights of the United States
I Congress and expressed the opinion
I that much of the opposition to the
j plan results more from political than
j patriotic reasons.
Agitation over the Monroe Doctrine
' was characterized by Mr. Marshall as
a "tempest in a teapot."
"There were two conclusions drawn
from the Monroe Doctrine," he said,
"one of which was good and the other
bad. The conclusion that it was the
doctrine of self defence against Eu
ropean aggression was good, but the
doctrine conferring upon us guardian?
s':, ip of ?ur sister republics was dis?
tinctly bad."
An appeal to tha American people |
and the Allied nations to take a more
liberal view of Russia in order that
the nation might live was made by
1 olonel Raymond Robins, who was a
member of the American Red Cross
commission in Russia.
Othep speakers at to-day's sessions
included Thomas D. Thacher, member
of the American Red Cross commission
to Russia; R. R. Stevens, representa?
tive in Russia of the National City
i Bank of New York; Santeri Nuortcva,
representative in the United States of
the People's Republic of Finland;
muel J. Graham, Assistant United
States Attorney General; Frank Mor?
rison, secretary of tho American Feet
eration of Labor; Dr. John Hays Harn
Imond, of Washington; Thomas Raeburn
i White, of Philadelphia; Vice-President
Thomas R. Marshall, Senator Gilbert
?. Hitchcock, George Wharton Pepper,
i ex-Governor Samuel W. McCall of Mas
; sachusetts and Dr. Felix Adler, of Co
lumbia University.
, Colonel Robins urged the following
. recommendations: Lift the embargo on
, all Russian fronts; enter into direct
r ; negotiations for an armistice on all
j fronts where Allied or Czech forces
are engaged; insist in the armistice
negotiations upon general political am
nesty to be declared and guaranteed by
> both sides, Allied forces to be retained
in Russia solely for the purpose of
. forcing such guarantees and to be used
I after signing of armistice in reorgan
1 ?zing and operating Russian railways
: primarily for transport of food sup
! ?dies through Russia; send relief
? through the American Red Cross to
; Petrograd and Moscow immediately
? upon signing of armistice and send
? commission of inquiry with industrial
and trade experts to Moscow to ascer
I tain and report on present situation in
? iet Russia and best means of bring
' ?ng social peace, economic reorganiza?
tion and relief.
Mr. Robins declared that conditions
i in Europe may be repeated in tho
I United States unless there ?3 "free
j speech and a freo press." Ho said that
? tnia country must come to realize that
"ideas may not bo successfully op
I posed by bayonets."
His remarks were echoed by Thomas
. D. Thacher. Ho said that Bolshevism
i cannot prevail in America unless the
? government by opposing free speech
? 'Mates a situation where tho radicals
i appear in the r?le of martyrB. Ho dor
i clarad that the.only real power in tho
i Russian government is tho Soviet. This
i is not Bolshevism.
. iYIiiierb Overcome by (?us
I WILKKS-BARRE, Penn., May 8.?
; Forty men were overcome by black
I | damp in the Nottingham mine of the
' j Luhigh and Wilkos-Burre Coal Oom
? j pany, at Plymouth, to-dny. All the
? victims w*re brought to tho surface.
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IMMEDIATE SELECTION
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SUMMER.
FASHIONS
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'vutcna
y.?5 ?utd
af black chantilly lace, net, organdie, lin?
gerie, foulards, printed silks, novelty
Georgettes, pompadour chiffons, em?
broidered crepe and chintz.
TOWN .?/?>
COUNTMT SUHTS
of tricotine and twill, in new lengths, for
town wear?embroidered or angora
trimmed tricolettes for country wear.
??AHm W (GAPES
of soft materials in new Drape Effects;
embroidered and fur trimmed.
SPORT -JACKETS
of silk and wool materials, with or with?
out sleeves.
NEW MATS
for wear in town or out-of-town; featur?
ing those suitable for fashionable sports
gatherings.
SUMMER FURS
in clever designs?one and two-skin
scarfs, throws, stoles and coatees of broad"
tail, sable, chinchilla, mink, etc.
There have been no fatalities, but the ! increase in wages have been made to
condition of most of the men is serious. ' the Canadian Railway War Board from
--?- | 35,000 railroad shopmen in Canada.
f, t. ? ., ? ! Delegates from the shopmen, who in
t anadian Kail employes ! elude Boilermakers, blacksmiths, ma
ll..,.,!,,,! \I...... !>.., ? ?.?o n.??. chine men and helpers, machinists, elec
Demand More 1 av, Let,*, Hour* ; trician8> carmen, pipefitters and help
MONTREAL, May 3.?Demands for a era, will meet a sub-committee of the
forty-four hour week and a 20 per cent, j board May 12 to discuss the demands.
LEAGUE FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE,
National Headquarters, One Madison Ave., New York City.
OFFICERS
HENRY WATTERSON, President.
GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER. Vice-President and Chairman of Board.
HENRY A. WISE WOOD, Secretary.
STUYVESANT FISH, Treasurer.
DIRECTORS
LOUIS A. COOLIDCE, Massachusetts. GEORCE WHARTON PEPPER.
STUYVESANT FISH, New York. Pennsylvania.
Ex-Senator THOS. W. HARDvvlCK. Ex-Gov. E. C. STOKES. New Jer.ey.
Georgia. Col. HENRY WATTERSON, Kentucky.
HENRY A. WISE WOOD, New York.
This is a patriotic organization formed for the purpose of bringing popular
?uppoi. to the members of the United States Senate who are opposed to the ratifi?
cation of the Co-enant of the League of Nations, unless it be amended to safeguard
the traditional policies of the United States.
lue LEAGUE for the PRESERVATION of AMERICAN INDE?
PENDENCE is non-partisan and welcomes to its membership all who are in
sympathy with its objects regardless of tiie nature of the opinions they hold upon
other matters.
As it aim3 to inculcat- respect for the precepts of the Declaration of Inde?
pendent, the Constitution of the United Stales, Washington's I'arewell Address
and the Mo.?roe Doctrine, to the end that the sovereignty and present form of
government of the United Stales shall be preserved, the LEAGUE for the
PRESERVATION of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE deems its work to
tie f . .e utmost national importance and theseforc worthy of the generous support
of every American who regards as sacred the traditions of his country.
AN such are urgently invited to contribute liberally to the support of the
energetic national ca. ipaign that must be put on foot at once if our country is to
be res a' d from renouncing its fundamental policies and prevented from com?
mitting itself to engage in disastrous foreign entanglements.
Subscriptions of from $1 to $10,000 are solicited. As the need is urgent and
the work waits, an immediate response is requested. Checkt should be drawn to
the order of Sluyvesanl Fish, Treasurer.
LEAGUE for the PRESERVATION of
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, INC.
Henry A. Wise Wood, Secretary.
Store Open
9 A.M. to
5:30 P.M.
For Other
Cimbel News
See Page 5
The Babies! The Gimbel Baby Shop
Announces Its Readiness To Celebrate
National Baby Week?May 5th to 10th
Nowhere is the King of All Hearts more lovingly or carefully planned for?nowhere are daintier, more
sensible and economical needfuls assembled for his comfort and well-being than in the Gimbel Baby Shop,
and, qf course, Baby Week is the Hightide of the Baby Shop's year.
All the little wearables listed below are beautifully made of soft, fine materials. The dresses and under
things are of nainsook, trimmed with pretty lace, embroidery and tucking. Only a few of the many Baby Shop
attractions are listed below?and these for the Very New Baby. Of course, his little Sisters and Brothers have
been provided for, too. o
I
Infants' Slips, 75c. to $1.50.
Infants' Dresses, $1.95 to $11.50.
Infants' Christening Sets (dress and
Sirirt), $7.90 to $16.45.
Nainsook Skirts and Gertrudes, 55c. to
$2.95.
Flannel or Flannelette Skirts, or Ger?
trudes, 55c. to $4.95.
Flannel or Flannelette Barrows, 55c.
to $1.95.
Shirts, Bands or Binders, 50c. to $2.50.
Receiving Blankets, $1.50 to $3.95.
Worsted Sacques and Sweaters, $1.00
to $3.95.
Quilts of Japanese Silk or Crepe de
Chine, $2.95 to $9.75.
Afghans of Pique or Lingerie, $1.00
to $13.50.
Wrappers, Sacques or Hood Shawls,
of cashmere, crepel?a, crepe de
chine, $1.00 to $12.50.
Pillow Covers, 55c. to $2.95.
Crib Sheets and Pillow Cases, 40c. to
$1.50.
Bootees, worsted or silk, 25c. to $1.50.
Long Coats, of cashmere, crepel?a or
crepe de chine, $4.00 to $18.50.
Lingerie Caps, 55c. to $3.00.
Also Complete Lines of Infants' Ac?
cessories, Nursery Furniture, Celluloid
Novelties, Layettes?simple or elab?
orate?at a wide price range.
Important! Baby Week is also
being celebrated in the Subway
Store's Babv Shop!
GIMBELS?BABY SHOP?Second Floor
Capes, Coats and
Wrap-Coats of Satin
A lira
coat of
brocaded
black
s a t i ii,
$49.50
GIMBELS
now take their place as
the logical Summertime
wrap over the season's
new gowns.
One model combines moire
with satin and achieves a
wrap-coat very charming.
The fashions with varia?
tions of the quaint and feminine
deep shoulder line have an inde?
scribable grace in this soft satin.
A reversible cape ? navy
satin on one side and a soft taupe
satin on the other?is fashioned
as Liberty of London loves to
drape their wraps of wonderful
silks.
A wrap-coat of black satin
takes the deep tucked-jn blouse
that Paris has designed and com?
pletes its chic with the silk ostrich
fringe that Paris is using so lav?
ishly.
Cool, Smart Tailormades
of Tricolette
$49.50 to $135
-WOMEN'S COAT SALON?Third Floor
and its sister-weave
Poulette
are being shown in the Gimbel
Fashion Salon in wide and most
interesting varieties.
'"An ideal Summertime fash?
ion/' will say the clever
woman, who knows what a
ta<k il is in the .Summer to he ele?
gantly ami distinctively attired?yet
altogether cool and comfortable.
Their theme is simplicity with
the grace and youthfulness which
the straightline silhouette affects.
Some are embroidered in a self
tone ch:iin-stitchery. Some in a
line braid-twist.
One model embroiders its patch
pocket with a basketry design of
wool. The "string" belt is a favor?
ite. There is a Tuxedo model. A
model with a gilet and still others.
They are one-of-a-kind. Unlined
or lined with a wonderfully soft,
clinedner silk.
$75.00
Such colors as gold, mahogany, castor, Saxe blue, overseas
blue, bronze, marine blue, wren brown, wine. Sizes 34 to 44.
$45 to $115
GIMBELS?WOMEN'S FASHION SALON?Third Floor
"La Petite
is among the
most charming of
the new
Blouse modes in
the
Gimbel Gallery
of Blouses
Paris has designed it very
obviously to contribute its lit?
tle aprou as part of a ??-?let
with the season's tailormades??
and Gimbels is showing "La
Petite Tablier" Blouse in a
most versatile collection.
"Little Apron" Blouse of beige Georgette
over league blue (illustrated) $16.75
GIMBELS?BLOUSE SALON?Third Floor
Apron" Blouse
It is adorable in navy blue
flowered crepe chiffon, with the gilet
and apronette of Valenciennes and
ruffled net.
Very distinctive in bisque
Georgette crepe embroidered in orange
and steel beads.
In twine color Georgette crepe
embroidered in arabesques of navy
blue stitchery?it has the apronette
back and front.
In coral Georgette crepe it is
heavy with black heading.
In cerise veiled with yellow
beaded navy blue Georgette it Is irre?
sistible.
In ecru net with the gilet and
apronette of gold-threaded lace _ no
feminine heart can say it nay.
Short and long sleeves.
$8.95 to $29.50
Nerv Colored
Wash Fabrics
Suggest Man]) Delightful Uses
Visitors to our colored wash goods section are
highly enthusiastic in their comments on the in?
teresting and varied new displays. The voiles are spe?
cial favorites for their lovely colorings and distinctive
patterns.
Printed Cotton Voiles, 38c yd.
38 inches wide, all new 1919 patterns. Light, medium and
dark colorings, printed on extra fine quality voile. Choice of
exquisite designs.
Novelty Dress Voiles, 50c yd.
Just think of buying such fine voiles as these at about half
their original price. Another instance of the Gimbel three
store buying power. There are about ?500 different designs
from which to choose. The prettiest collection you have seen
for many seasons at this low price.
Clearance of Colored
Cotton Remnants
at Sharp Reductions
Several thousand dress, waist and skirt lengths
marked at sharp reductions for quick disposal. In the lot
you will find the smartest designs und weaves of the season.
Organdies, voiles, poplins, madras, ginghams, crepea, linens,
cotton suitings and hundreds of other fabrics. Buy freely and
save on your Summer apparel.
GIMBELS?WASH GOODS SECTION?Second Floor.
Brooklyn, Neiv Jersey and Long Island Custoi
Manufacturer's Samples
Just 150 Pieces
Silk Under/things
at $2.95 Garment
We have had the good fortune to secure a manu?
facturer's sample stock of Crepe de Chine and satin
envelope chemises and bloomers?in all about 150
pieces?which will go on sale Monday.
Some trimmed with laces, ribbons and medallions;
others in plain tailored style trimmed with combination
color silks. They are mostly ribbon shoulder strap.
Bloomers are mostly hemstitched.
Also 100 Pieces of
Sample Nainsook Underwear
to sell at 95c each
Envelope Chemises made of nainsook, trimmed with
medallions and Valenciennes lace, some with em?
broidery.
Bloomers made of pink batiste, ruffle of dotted satin
and lace edge.
The May Sale of White is still offering ex?
ceptional values in Gowns, Envelope Chemises,
Bloomers, Petticoats, Corset Covers and Drawers;
also extraordinary values in Philippine undcrivcar.
GIMBELS?LINGERIE SECTION?Second Floor
ters Direct to Gimbels via Tubes ami Subway