Set Ochs Rites for Two Cities

yesterday by all leading newspapers throughout the United States.

Mr. Ochs died Monday in Chattanooga of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was stricken while lunching with relatives and friends in a restaurant. Four hours later he died in a sanitarium.

Mr. Ochs is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie Wise Ochs, and one daughter, Mrs. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, both of New York. Mrs. Ochs was in Atlantic City when she learned of her husband’s death.

Mr. Ochs was born in Cincinnati 77 years ago. His parents were German-Jewish liberals who came to this country to escape from the bitter repressions that followed the attempt to set up a republic in 1848. His father fought in the Mexican and the Civil wars. He was a captain in the 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.

URGED RETURN TO RELIGION

The need for a return to religious teaching as a basis for good citizenship was emphasized by Mr. Ochs at the dedication of the Jacob Schiff Center in the Bronx on January 12, 1925.

In his address Mr. Ochs said he was thrilled to think that people who have come here, strangers in a strange land, had reared such an institution as a good example to the metropolis. He appealed to the Jewish community of New York to help the center and paid a tribute to Mr. Schiff as a great citizen and a great Jew.

SEES SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

“There is a spiritual awakening throughout the world,” he said, “and it becomes us Jews to be foremost in that awakening, because all religions of enightened people rest on the Jewish faith—the Old Testament.”

Although not a Zionist, Mr. Ochs was interested in Palestine from a religious angle only. At a dinner given by the executive councils of the United Synagogue of America, in November, 1925, launching a campaign for funds to build a synagogue center in Jerusalem, Mr. Ochs said:

“I rejoiced, and I was particularly pleased when I heard that there was a move to do something religious in Palestine. I am here this evening to tell you that I am very much interested in the movement to establish a Jewish house of worship worthy of the Jew in Palestine. I am only too glad to willingly give you my aid to make such a thing possible. I want to encourage you—I want to help you—and I think it a very worthy movement and worthy of the support of every self-respecting Jew in the world, regardless of the manner in which he worships.

COUNSELS COURAGE

“We should stand up unafraid and assert ourselves—and particularly impress upon our young people that they have reason to stand up and be proud of their heritage,” Mr. Ochs concluded.

The popular success of Emme Waldteufel’s music followed on the Prince of Wales’ (Edward VII) delight in one of his waltzes.