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Page 12 The Southern Israelite National and Foreign New v ork, N. Y.—Isaac Gimbel, one of the outstanding . etail merchants of this country, died of pneumonia at the age of 74. Born at Vincennes, Ind., on .April 24, 1856, a son of Adam Gimbel, merchandising pioneer, Isaac followed in his father’s footsteps. He began his active and successful career in Mil waukee, and later branched out to Philadelphia and subsequently to New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. He was recognized as one of the masters of retail technique and helped to modern ize the modern department store sys tem. He retired from active business in 1927. New York, N. Y.—Samuel Woollier, Jr., President of the Rubber Associa tion of America, and active figure in Democratic politics two decades ago, died here at the age of 64. Born at Louisville, Ky., he obtained his educa tion at Peoria, and there entered the distilling business. Later lie went into the rubber field and became president of the Kclly-Springfield Tire Co., from which he retired recently. He was Democratic County Chairman of Peoria County and a delegate to the national conventions of 1896 and 1912. Washington, D. C.—Acting upon a telegram of protest from President Al fred M. Cohen of the B’nai B’rith in connection with the alleged ousting of 120 Jewish street vendors from the market place of Mexico City, the State Department has sent a communication to the American Ambassador in Mex ico asking him to inquire into the case and to determine whether any Ameri can citizens were involved in the dis criminatory acts and violence that fol lowed. Washington, D. C.—The decision of the United States Supreme Court that a lawyer has a right to ask a jury whether he is prejudiced on account of race or religion, is of importance not only to the Negroes, on whose appeal the decision was rendered, but to Jews and other minorities, according to views expressed by several noted lawyers. Justice Hughes, who wrote the opinion, said: “We think it would be far more injurious to permit it to be thought that persons entertaining dis qualifying prejudice were allowed to serve as jurors and inquiries designed to elicit the fact of this disqualification were barred,” in countering the conten tion of the government. New York, N. Y.—Benjamin N. Cardozo, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, regarded as one of the country’s foremost thinkers as well as jurists, gave his definition of religion to the graduating class of the Jewish Institute of Religion at exercises held at Carnegie Hall. Im plying that he did not completely sub scribe to all phases of the Jewish faith, Cardozo nevertheless said that there were certain fundamental aspects of religion on which all men could agree. Apologizing because he did not feel that lie had the right to address the graduating rabbis, since “your be liefs are not wholly mine,” Cardozo defined religion as follows: “The sub mergence of self in the pursuit of an ideal, the readiness to spend oneself without measure, prodigally, almost ecstatically, for something intuitively apprehended as great and noble, spend ing oneself one knows not why—some of us like to believe that this is what religion means.” New York, N. Y.—The voice of Lloyd George represents the true attitude of British public opinion toward the Jew ish National Home project, according to Miss Christabel Pankhurst, famous Fnglish suffragette, in an address be fore the Women’s League for Pales tine. “You can trust England to do her part, in spite of some officials who have interfered with your progress,” as serted Miss Pankhurst, after reviewing the “wonderful” work done by the Jews in Palestine. Philadelphia, Pa.—Amounts totaling $1,000,000 were left to various charit able institutions in Philadelphia by the will of Samuel Fridenberg. $400,000 of this sum is to be used for the erection of a hospital or some other memorial to his parents, Samuel and Esther. The k niversity of Pennsylvania receives $100,000. The balance of the $1,000,000 will go to the Jewish Welfare Society after the death of Pridenberg’s widow and sister. Hackensack, N. J.—Abraham Levson, -9 > ears old, and identified with various Orthodox Jewish communal enterprises, has been appointed to the Criminal Courts bench of New Jersey by Gover nor Frank Larson. Levson, who is the youngest judge in the state, was born at \ itebsk, Russia, and was brought to the United States when he was 6 years old. SLICED or UNSLICED onial read “IT'S TWISTED // YouVe been waiting for someone to put this twist in bread. It makes the finest loaf you ever tasted. Sliced and wrapped the modern way- No cardboard tray to change the flavor or sap the fresh ness— ASK YOUR GROCER! News New York, N. Y.—The of the late Michael FriecL and philanthropist, was b the Metropolitan Musem the terms of his will. 1 is valued at $10,000,000. In left outright $20,000 each t thropic institutions, Jew and Protestant. His residm “many millions” will ultim, charity. collection merchant loathed to of Art bv collection iddition he -ox philan- Catholic >' estate of * ely go to Moscow.—A budget of approximate ly 7,000,000 rubles has been adopted to aid Jewish colonization in Crimea dur ing the coming year, it has been an nounced. The major part of this sura will be contributed by the Soviet Gov ernment. Antwerp, Belgium.—Jewish peddlers are finding great difficulty in securing places for their goods in the market places of Antwerp due to the concerted effort of anti-Semitic traders in keep ing the Jews from stalls. Many cases of violence in the ejection of the Jews have been reported. Most of the ped dlers recently immigrated here from Poland. Warsaw'.—it is expected that the Pol ish Ministry of the Interior will shortly issue a decree authorizing Jewish women to vote in the forthcoming Jewish elections and thereafter, as a result of the agitation that has been carried on by a group of Jewish women leaders, headed by the wife of the Gerer Rabbi. At first the Agudath Israel, ultra-Orthodox group, which dominates the elections, was opposed to women voting. The leaders are changing their view, however, inasmuch as the women leaders have assured the Agudath that the votes of the women will he cast for the religious party. Jerusalem.—As a result of a confer ence with Sir John Chancellor the Arab Executive has decided to send a dele gation to London to partiepate in 3 .conference with the British Colonial Office in regard to the proposed de velopment scheme which is being di>- cussed with the Jewish Agency. Bucharest—All the leaders of the Iron Guard, anti-Semitic < w’ho had been arrested for their part in the pogroms in Bessarabia « s j year, were freed on a decision handed dowm by the Court of Appeals, which overruled the lower court. 1 h° se were released include Zelea odre.u Totu and Danila, the latter being re garded as the aide of Prof Uexand Cuza. London—The Jewish Nat is not a charitable institutio therefore, pay taxes on its vestments and securities, a a decision handed down Court here. The content Government w T as that t Fund aims to acquire land as part of a political progrs its w’ork cannot be consul thropic. uial Fund ind must, nglish fo rding t0 he High of the National Palestine and that philan- I