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{Pir h Isolated for More Than / a Thousand Yeats,. _ ----New York.~----If a movement noWw OB foot unon:t wedalithy China, backed s .'-M: mENy* in ie Uulich States. . is Auctesaful Jewish cmb:h' khat _have. been. virtuaily cbt. off from fras y blabunty"t ern world for mwore' than'"a thousand years, will again be brought it n with. the ~main body --of their race. the latest of ixtending --over --a cess rests on --an increased knowledge Of" the history and traditions of: the Chinese Jews, better organization and more adequate Apancial backing, Facts which have been graduaily coming to light reveal an amazing story of small communities 'of these yexiles clinging to their ancient rites and> practices through generations in the very heart of Chinese civilization. , 'These manuscripts, written on pa-- per folded into the form of fuans, are Te snn intee sns lnlieg clent . Jewish--Persian Ing conclusively the connection be-- tween the Jews of ancient u,'m ¥al" China and those of the Western cording 'to a writer in the American Hebrew they "constitute all the man-- uscripts known to have 'been written by Jews living in China," _ They were gollected during the middie of the last--eentury© by> misslonaries sent to China "by an Euglish society, --which when <the city was restored to them by Cyr, king of Persia, in the Sixth century B. C. | There is lHittle or ao rae UR 21 Bsc hh L s The origin of the Jewish settle ments in China, as well --as their probable date, is <a matter of doubt Is that a partsof the Jewish people who were carried-- into eaptivity in Babylon in the Seventh centyry, B. C. gradually made their way eastward though in the.writings of Jaaiah there is a reference'to the "land of Sinim," which is thought by some Old Testa-- made their way in considerable asum-- bers to China after the destrauction of 40 A. D. It is known that very early to «how that the Jews worked their way eastward, sometimes ander prés awure of religlous and racial persecu-- tions, such as took place in Persia as maurly as the First century, and some CUmes in the role of tradern= seeking in the Christian era Jews were living not only in Persia but in India. The best testimony on the subject, however, in that of the emigrants them-- which bistorlans consider trostworthy. new marketa. The Romank called the Chinese "'J name meaning "silk men," and Jown of Poetsia, and, perhaps also of the Roman empire. #were wilk merchants at a very early dute.. It Inthought probable that they tions, that they settled in China about the Third century of the present éta. and thenee made thelr way i ailk--producing regions o _China. ° Marco Polo Found Them. . For a time these wanderers prob-- mbly kept in touch with members of tbhéir race in the Western world. Then, Re the-- Occidental Jews became scat-- gered and the ancient trade routes fell Into I disuse, they were eut off and mtm.. They were not again brought to the attention of the Occi-- Ment, «o far as is known, until Mareo Dals fnund and mentioned them in Brought to the attention of the GU°Qi-- Ment, «o far a«s is known, until Mareo Polo found and mentioned them in M# famous travols toward the end W the Thirteenth century. . Polo said that the Tartar #emperor, Kubla Khan ----a model 'mm.--m ored the religions . not only hnfi io efurine so R and them, This is held to show that the Jews must have hbeen fairly numerogus and hbighly esteemed. t «'A Chinese Inscription of the year 1480 bears out this conclusion. '"They excel in agriculture, in merchandise, in to convert their-- ownérs: to ¥ BE of this evidence seems o irnaiter Llnd of alk fabric that was particular kind of silk fabric that was «'For a long time the Jews of Kal #u clung tothelrreligipys. and mese. method of 'dress, and .sometimes i rried 'with the Chinese.. They m' famous temple, of which ac¢u-- Pite:--descriptions have been preserved aund --whose ruins~--may be restored if the present campaign succeeds, This «buoilding, according to the records, was & characteristle mixture of the 'mlc and the Chinese, -- The Chinese loflu-- ence showed Itself in many other ways, Sof instance, in ancestor worship, The Chinese ~writers, howevar, were fond of pointing out that the Jewish re liglon was not at all at variance with Confucianism. Perhaps this was mere-- ly the polite Oriental manner of mini-- mizing religlous differences among the subjects of the --empire. L of the-- traditional Hobrew manner Ts preparing meat for human consump tion. o ww i > NZ" There séem to have been a aumber The next distinct reference to the Chinése Jews after the account given by Marco Polo was that made by the Jesult missionaries in the Seventeenth ecentury, _ The Jews imd by this time lost all trace of their origin, although they still adbhered to the customs and observances handed down from father to 'the Jesuit Father Riccl in the be-- Mef that both were members of the same faith. The Jesuit missionaries, and Iater those of the Protestant faith, attempted to conver* the Chinese Jews to Christianity, but apparently without to saoh for many 'Whether the Chinese colonies--if they can still be ealled that--can be rehabilitated is a question of deep in-- terest to the numerous memb« their race all over the world.' Settles Marital Woes ~*~ of Birmingham Folk Who wouldn't be pleased to be ar-- raigned before Mrs. Virginia H. May-- Reld, 4udge ot--the --court of Aomentic relations, Birmingham, Ala.? Mra. May-- BHeld has shown her ability by handling all the cases since her appointment in a way that has endeared her to the public.. The only woman Jndge in Ala-- barma., ber-- work iwto take care of all marital troubles outside of divorce eases, and many a famlly has been kept together--by her work. _ On this one city farm almost enough nhn.nnkulfipdtom «entire Boston market,. Thes thete are lettuce and spinach among w--n rulsed so close to the that one trock cean carty sev-- eral Jloads in a~day. . For twenty--five years the city farm has Aourished, and because of the hbuge scule on which it wias operated Its owner was known throughout the clity as String Bean King. ~But the farm is about to _disappear. Jost across the river from Harvard's tar-- famed gold coast and opposite the Harvard stadiam the fartm --stands directly in the path of Har¥ard's ox-- ; and officials of the univer-- &nn the land has been x notified the tenants that the land will be needed for new build "String Bean Farm" in Heart of Boston Doomed Boston.----A farm in the heart of the metropolis goes a long way townrd Alling the stomachs of hungry Bo# Buys Book and Finds He Lost It in 1872 _ He searched Hor the book for years 4 " My he learned that he could aequire a almilar copy at a second: iand t at Albany, He paid 2.50. tor the book ind looked at the leat. He on it his own naime, Atten l _ amore than hbalf a cem Middletown, N. Y.--Fifty--two years ::m Winclair, of Eidorado, Kan., I A copy of the writings o "mpfllt. Josephus. The Red Cross is stlll carrying out an extensive work of relief and recon-- struetion among the victims of the Lo-- rain (Ohio) tornado of June 28, where nearly -- $500,000 already . has been raiged, and more is in sight, for the re--establishment of the stri¢cken terri-- tory and its <people. Forty trained ing the entire tornado area and at-- tending to every emergency need of the people who survived. Washington.--The | shows a record of m--"fl M + w t ) Many . Occasions That uaw%fiw' Its Assistance. > ~ Amw&h; A'z from Red 3 utn' Crossg funds, it was Htated, has been | stu OXMY. not less 1 ?filmes, | stu Floods, tornadoes, e pplosions, fres and | r00 epidemles in the U ates and |-- S earthquakes in foreign J "@::a tor! is c ),000 dflroct, oth.. national Red | ; r treasury, while KRed. Cross chnp; stu ters and individuals contributed to re-- | ,,,, Hef work much more than that amount. | ,, most. --widespread destruction of any listed by the Red Cross this year, although other calumities of the half year have recorded greater death lists. : Relief activities of the Red Cross 'were almost wholly confined to the United States, except for earth-- quakes in Keuador, Costa: Rica and Colombia -- and> celiet of famine suf-- ferers in Albania, { ; drawing upon the ldf. the Ameri-- can Red Cross than any shnilar period in its <history,_ rding to Statistics compiled at national headquarters and announced there. . =-- f In addition to these major operations there were numerous kmaller disasters in which relief was nmr y the local Red Cross chapter without assistance from national headquarter®. The list of disasters from January lnlmm.whmmm wus relieved by the Red Cross, is as follows : * Tornadoes--South . Carolina,-- Chat-- ham county, N. C:; Martin county, N. C.; Harris® county, Ga,.; -- Meriwether county,; Ga.; Tunica, Miss.; eastern Okiashoma and Lorain, Obto ; Shawnee, Okla.; Missizssippi; . Marion county, Ala.; Cascade county, Mont. &# + Windstorms--Dickinson, N. D. and sections of South Dakota, also in Min-- Cumberiland, Md.; Belle Fouche, 8. D.;, Bitter Creok, Wyo.; Harpers Ferty, Explosions -- Pekin, 111. _ (starch works) ; Johnson City, 1. ; wm. Y¥a., {ming) ; Benwood, W. Va., < ¥Fires--Lindonville, Vt.; Montpeli®t, ¥t. ; Kalama, Wash. ~The Red Cross also extended assist-- ance in funds and trained workers at a serious typhoid epidemic in Lin-- coin Memorial university, Tennessee, and during the Arizona quarantiné against the foot--and--mouth diseasg. The North Carolina and Ohlo torna does called out the Mobile disastet rellef unit recently organized by the American Red cross, which responded at once with trained diguster rellef administrators and workers and ap-- were most urgent. s Another noteworthy phase of this mmmhthmt localities aot . commonly 3 Bature's wrath have been by calamity.---- Most--of the disasters 06-- eurred east of the Mississippl. __> Educated Rooster That Makes Up the Family ~; «BingBan," rraihied rooster, owned by fa 8 . It," som Of wne of the laly of Atantai, Ga., is regard-- td as one of the most unv=ual roosters the world. . "Bingham" waite fer Yo open the back door each | i m entors the house and calls the family. When the tamily goes avtomoblle riding the rooster berches Rlypself alongside of the driver. MHe wats ht:the table from his m" is here shown I by of the family, acti as a nurse another duty the bird . It was cnst 500 years ago by order '1t in wtke a high, $4-- fee ~ Bell Weighs 52 t around the rim and 9 f lip. It weighs 1 Inside and --@Raracters, each hfi Iimmediately where calls .--The first halt of 1024 he world's masterplece in vell that hangs in an ob ealled Ta Chung--seu, out-- W mckis To y t of 1024 disasters (mine) ; the A few_ changes BA ~«% There are no wnblies except® i call. New > i and new books are P.)q-ing orde _»1' » !,_,.- ' studying (?) bag & be d:nw% student=! Because f -- the . of room there 1 h art classes; cessful year He enrollment d' twenty--eight. F ty--five _ Juniors Sophomores gre ion's over and-- said! L. Vacation's ovyer 4 FP. Hugwmue- Woaare glad ! t to co y. A wVeva M rt Swan, D 'Mv W alls olker have bee + m ean't cof a note for the \ --Jack Au r. Urban: Eimer R Elwyn Wis\ gm Li C ihe thiled : : re * Lathing Plastering. 1@ meé res greeted sixty five little two ~ hundred and don' cha 3. Ne en mt goeh ot the fion t..":l and W. as coach of the second our ielecagiie Sost wait, they'll sen, Wintch the column ! for the oth-- .L ! H. i"u M%hhad two The G. A, A, held its first meet-- ing W at which time the new were jinstallec -- Plana for their fall work are well under way. 'pt en yet for this year and we are grateful to last year's staff for this Assistant Business Manager--Ev-- erett Neville, © Elections for the Nautilus were held last Friday : ' Editor in Chief--Lucille Golding. ./ Business Manager -- Jack Dollen-- majer. <~ After battling two hours amid great hunger and equally great cam-- paign work the following officers were elected;?. -- ... Pred% -- C shouldered their bundles of wood, baskets, ete and arrived at old Lake Michigan 145 --minutes after they reached Lake Bluff. It was rather chilly, but a pair of mittens and a big camp fire cheered everybody up. The eats were good. ---- > Faculty Advisor -- H. E. Under-- brink. 9 :s jolly -- time last. Thursday night. Fiercely chewing OH Boy Gum they Whe Gamma Delta Sigma had one Dramatic Club staff will be cho-- --'\._~~ ©0%----I might. _« 50%----I think I might . d Patl W%m't know how. 10%--L--gan't. | 0%--I won't. Some: student in .the schools of Libertyville and vicinity will be a candidate to win the $15,000 model electric home award 'of first magni-- tude in the national competition for the Better--Home--Lighting --Activity. Local Students Are Eager to go In $15,000 Model Home Race. The local electric league, which is representative here for the Lighting Edncafi%commim directing the national--wide movement, is rushing plans to completion for the local and district m which: will the oppor%m the electrical home, the . scholarships or some other valuable n.a:i!m& The contest will close on October 31. Y " The Electrical League is p'anning to offer a number o.ff,rl-- locally. Childrén ten years of age and over enrolled in public, parochial and pri-- vate schools are eligible to take part in the contest: That students of this locality are intensely interested in the competi-- tion is.indicated by the rush of in-- quiries as-- to 'details. of the plan. Present indications are that the schools of this vicinity will be en-- rolled 100 per. cent. . Every child who registers is to be given a Home Lighting Primer, supplied through the local electrical league by the Lighting Committe¢. It will contain rules for the contest, a series of brief, simple lessons on home light-- the -- three competitive _ features, These will be:. f To fill in on brief forms provided flun.r:u.lbtdm im the child's own h in the homes of two N write an essay, not to words on good home how the contestants wo their own homes. .. Mese Tom Jones has gone to ---- The Best in Laundry Work The Ladder of Buccess 100%--I did." 90%--I will. 80%----I can. 10%----I think I can. ' to drive without his The Reliable Laundry Launderers, Dry Cleaners & Dyers PHONE LIBERTYVILLE 67--R 29 heavenly Judges for the local and district _local, bus-- wide reputation in & dufl'dwflflfi& tional contest. School teachers will direct closely the opera-- tion of the contest among their re-- spective pupils. However, the teach-- ing staff will not be asked to devote The Better Home Lighting Activ-- ity is being eofiucmd through the mediam of the schools because of its educational nature and because it should result in improving 'lifing conditions and eyesight. -- Published statistics furnished by the . govern-- ment show that 25 per cent of the school children in this country suffer from defective vision which is due, partially to improper lighting in the Worker Killed By Heayvy FromCrane at Gurnee. -- _--~ «~ : ACCIDENT, JURY SAYS IN DEATH ed in an accident the previous day. -- _ _ . and an open verdict was returned. . _ J> $ in 'he jury found that the death o c t o tainecd when a one ton gravel bucket --_. f; fell on him when a cable : upporting --.| ;'7':'-&&4 ths bucket broke. One of his le=s o was severed and the 6ther broken "3a in two places. PyaH .: An inquest was held --Saturday night at the funeral home of Joseph Fetroshius into the death of Elen-- perio Sunchez 546 Market st., who Sanchez, according to ~'estimony was an em.ploye of Darrow and Bar-- ron, road contractors of Waukegan, and was working under the chuge crane und bucket located at the side of the Northwestern railroad tracks two miles east of Gurnee when the The engineer on the job . testified that the bucket was some 20 feet from th: ground when the cable snapped. © He was unable to--account for the cable breaking ~telling the jury it was only a few weeks old. Dr. C. H. Arnold as V special instruction on the PAGE SEVEN << B M y ky «i w¥ 'drs ; y