Adolph Edlis, formerly city treasurer of Pittsburgh, was taken to a Paris hospital on his arrival here. Mr. Edlis broke his knee while aboard the steamer Aquitania.
As a member of the Administrative Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, he was en route to Berlin to attend the sessions of the Zionist General Council which will open there on December 20.
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