The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1918, Page 8

NORTH DAKOTA ASKED T0 AID” HUNGRY JEWS Bereft of Homes and ‘Destitute. 3.000,000 Depend on Ameri- can Charity. Hungry, bereft of their homes, des- titute of everything except a few clothes on their backs, more than three millions of Jews in Russia, Lith- uania, Galicia, Poland and Palestine are starving to death. Disease caus- ed by the untold sufferings they have is killing hundreds of Jewish children, men and women, according to David M, Naftalin, chairman of the Amert- can Jewish Relief Committee of North Dakota. “The stories of suffering that the Jews are undergoing in the war-strick- en countries, sent'us by members of the joint distribution committee at New York and at The Hague, are seemingly impossible of credence. But we know from relatives of thousands of those Jews, right here in this coun- try, hundreds of them in North Da- kota, that the stories are true and that many lives are being lost daily ‘because of improper food and lack of any food in many instances, “In peace times in those countries, the suffering of the Jews was great. But in war times, after their homes have been invaded first by one army and then another, and then by the first army again, their lot is a thous: and times worse than it was then. Both political parties in those coun- tries have persecuted the Jew relent- lessly since war broke out. We have men and women in North Dakota whose brothers and sisters were man: handled and maltreated in terrible fashion first by members of one army and then by another and many of them have not been heard from for two or three years.” The money to be raised October 23, in North Dakota will be part of a na- tional fund of $15,000,000 to be spent in helping Jews in those countries. The national committee in charge of collecting this fund is headed by . Henry Morgenthau, former ambassa dor to Turkey; Nathan Strauss, fam- Arthur Lehmann, and many other not- ed New York business men. Presi- dent Wilson has endorsed and approv- ed the collection of the money and has donated to the fund himself. The New York committee received funds from all over the country. They send them .to the joint distribution committee in The Hague, and that committee, in turn, has charge of its disbursement through a subcommittee of untiring workers in Switzerland. Supply depots are maintained in all the war stricken countries, and from them are given out the food and cloth- ing purchased by the money collected in this countryp, according to Alex Stern, treasurer of the state cam- paign. BUY W.§. 3 ——— SON OF RECTOR | OF ST. GEORGE’S HIT AT CAMBRAI George Buzzelle, Jr., Writes |}; From’ Hospital, Suffering Slight Wound. © Within seven days after landing on French sail, Private George Buzzelle of Co. 78, 6th marine corps, who en-) listed at Minneapolis last May, got his September 15, in the slashing American drive on Cambrai. George Buzzeile is a son of Rev. George Buz- zelle, S:.. rector of St, George's. Wri.ing his father, the young Yank, who has just turned 21, reports that he was wounded in the last push by the Americans in the Cambrai drive. “fam getting along all right,” says Private Buzzelle. “The boys are do- ing fine and hope they will soon be in Lerlin.” Supplementing Private Euzzelle’s letter, Chaplain Thomas R. White of the A. R. C., to whom the message was dictated, advises Rev. Buzzelle that his son is “pretty sore and tired, in fine spir- . its. He is getting well ‘ Chaplain White adds that he is himself a Presbyterian but that he is rving under two Epis i disagreeable or difficult. Private Buzzelle, who is the second son of the rector of St. George's, is now in ed Cross Evacuation hos-; pital No, 114, “somewhere in France.” He entered the hospital September 15 and wrote his father September 19.) BUY W, &. & BUT ONE DEATH FROM INFLUENZA Young Bismarck Matron Passes Away at Local Hospital. But one death from Spanish influ- enza has been reported in Bismarck during the last 24 hours. During the night Mrs, Robert Peterson of Bis- marck, who had been in a local hos- pital suffering from influenza, with complications, passed away. The de- ceased, who was reported critically ill yesterday, was 28 years old and is survived by a husbond of about her own age and by five small children. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. Killdeer ‘Man Dies. R. Wi Cline of Killdeer, brought to a local hospital two days ago follow- ing an, operation performed at KiHl- deer for the relief of chronic stomach trouble, died this morning. The de- ceased was 63 years old, a widower, and is survived by a daughter, Mrs. B. R. ‘Bloomquist of Oakdale. No faneral arrangements have been thade. sty W. 4 Caity Thought. © He serves his party best who serves his country best.—Rutherford B acanen ‘ eniascanahsepe moenetrnenante sermons 00.00 SO is ea by WN es ed a a0 eee SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1918 — In This the Darkest | Tragedy of Our Age | AN APPEAL BY JACOB H. SCHIFF 1 BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE a om, ] WISH to sound for YOU the most terrible CRY, the most urgent ; call for aid that has been heard in three thousand years. / I wish to have you hear the final call before the death of le Jewish People—ABOUT TO DIE! Ta ual Oe ae I wish to ask you to look with me at a scene of absolute misery and starvation that : “nr Jewish Martyrdom in all its history has never equalled. I wish to ask you to look with - 4 me upon a whole Jewish People—actually ABOUT TO DIE! ' PN Ae Fey st I cannot possibly paint this terrible picture for you. And yet, I must ask your help, fk ene try to get you to see the awful tragedy in which unknown thousands of people are ae starving. Today, in Poland, in Galicia, in Lithuania, in Russia, in Palestine and Turkey, old = : fr men are dying, mothers are wandering homeless with babies in their arms. Thou- ve EG sands, yes thousands of little suffering chidren, whose feet and arms and little faces are swollen, are dying—from disease, and Oh! God! from awful HUNGER! ; In this blackest tragedy of the Jewish race, I ask your aid: You may have already given. We all have given. We all must give again. ; i We have not yet sent enough to keep them ‘alive. Even doling out but barley «© ; . steeped in warm water to them, ‘we have actually failed to send enough for all. And. : : : tie cay, fant in pe ree et tara ne actually turned away to starve with their fam- © © :-.- fo ilies through another day, because there is no more, because, even of this ue ry YOU and [do not send enough. eee pace H x x \ a And it cannot even be promised that we may save these people—if the war is to bc last. But we can at least prove ourserves charitajle and humane, prove ourselves ::. Soe . their brothers aind postpone the end. We n<cd not, we must not, let them die. ‘ rilaF ea : ‘ Isay “we.” But the duty is ours individually. And for every one who does not By ua ORE ineet this call, meet it quickly and generous!v, someone of our brethren dies! No one see a : m can give your share. The duty and obligation is individually yours. ; Will you not join me in this effort to save the lives of the Jews now in such im- oe minent danger? ; - : : ee eee 3 : 4 You Saved Them in 1917— oe i le Will You Let Them Starve Now? | ~ ALL CAMPAIGN EXPENSES MET BY PRIVATE FUNDS “EVERY DOLLAR FOR RELIEF” |, 7 The American Jewish War Relief Committee of North Dakota Eye teas for Sufferers From the War. - - cake ar Shape go Uabaies * e Drive Starts Wednesday Oct. 23rd. ne hy North Dakota’s. Quota $100,000 | Oe Mail all Checks to Alex Rosen Bismarck, N.-D. _ Local Committee WilkCall On You.