power to ease the situation. In addition a band of well-known Jews and Arabs, who will undertake some piece of common work, has been formed.
“On Wednesday the Driba Tribunal considered the Sfax disturbances. The rioters were sentenced from anything from 10 to 16 days imprisonment, and 13 were acquitted. As a typical example, one of the aggressors of the aged Rabbi Yossef Cohen, was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment. The Jews, on the other hand, seem to have been well attended to. Elie Amira, a young hairdresser, was condemned to one month’s imprisonment for having defended himself when attacked, in spite of a fine defense put up on his behalf by Mathieu Ganem. A second Jew, Mouni Berrebi, also arrested for having defended himself, denied the facts altogether. A third, Elie Ankri, who was accused of having defended his life and goods with a revolver, is having his case considered further.
“The decision of the court has profoundly moved the Jews of Sfax. It is, in short, the condemnation of any legitimate defense. It is to be hoped that the young Amira will appeal to Tunis.”
Maurice Bernstein, who came to America as a small boy from Russia, sold newspapers, and finally became known as the “fish grotto king” of San Francisco, died after a brief illness at the age of 46 years.
He served dinners to thousands. He was prominent in the B’nai Brith.
Samuel Stone of Yonkers, N. Y., former president of Temple Emanu-El, is dead of a heart attack at the age of 55.
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