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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1919)
THE ONTARIO AINU'S. ONTARIO, OREGON, TIIUHKhAV. FEBRUARY 13, 1919 L'X. ktr 1 1 1; pI'p Do You Hear the CRY of Mi lay iloi I (Win finO Armenian, Syrian and Greek refu hWV.UUU ffees of Bible lands? The victim? f war and persecution. They have lost all means f livelihood and are wholly at the mercy of the eople of the United States. ) QOO 000 Will be dependent upon aid for "jy vyjwv six muni ns. mve Dollars per ;,. apitia is the lowest amount that will sustain life, r 114.500,000 in all. II I 'h Kfl For aowing, farm tractors, implements and tools, cattle, sheep, K motor trucks, autos, etc., must be provided at an estimated cost II $Z,0OO,UOO. lothing and Bedding including the orphan children of wliinh tbflv axp mnHt.lv iiflst.it.ut,i ran e provided at an average cost of $4.00 per person, or a total of $8,000,000. 1770 000 are exiIed Some are 100 mi,es , 1 4 ljUUU from home, all on an average of 400 miles from home. $3.00 per capita will aid them to return, or a total of $5,310,000. J (Ml 0(1(1 Orphans included among the above LkJJ)JJf refugees can be provided with homes at an average cost ot $10,01) per capita, or a total of $4,005,000. A Budget of $118,000,000 was first prepared by the Committee as a minimum necessary to mak! adequate provision for need. This amount has been cut to $30,000,000, or 25 per cent of the original estimate. Overscriptions are hoped for. The work to be done is grouped under four divisiens: IMMEDIATE RELIEF INDUSTRIAL WORK ORPHANAGES MEDICAL WORK Western Union Telegram NEW YORK, 5 P. M., FEB. 4, 1919 M. TAOOART. ONTARIO, OREGON DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR AC CEPTANCE AS CHAIRMAN RE SPONSIBLE IN YOUR COUNTY FOR MAKING EFFECTIVE PRESI DENT WILSONS APPEAL IN BE ALF OF FOUR MILLIONS DESTI UTE SUFFERERS INCLUDING OUR HUNDRED THOUSAND OR HANS CHRISTIAN ARMENIANS YRIANS AND GREEKS IN WEST RNASIA. CABLE JUST RECEIV D INDICATES NEED MORE UR GENT THAN HERETOFORE REA LIZED OFFICIAL ADVICES RE PORT NOT MORE THAN ONE FOURTH OF DEPORTED ARMENI ANSCAN SURVIVE WINTER IF bUICK RELIEF IS NOT SENT. f ROMPT, GENEROUS ACTION NECESSARY TO SAVE THESE AN CIENT GHRISTI A N RACES. MANY STATES HAVE LREADY COME DVER THE TOP IN ADVICE OF "HIS CAMPAIGN. ASSURE YOU "HAT YOUR EFFORT IS SAVING IVES AND THE WORK IS ABUND ANTLY WORTH WHILE. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT HENRY MORGAN CHARLES E HUGHES CLEVELAND H. DODGE VTv It A '31 If I ff QlHjUH av Lllft I VTr lPJIH, 1HC NEAR CA5T TO CIVILIZATION " SAVE NY CHILD:tN " Our Allies in the Near East By CllAKUS liVANS Huohks Probably ut no time in tbe history of the world liac there been so many iatherless and mother k tM children an there are today. Tens of thuiis HMki probably hundreds of thousands in Ar menia, Syria, Caucasus, Persia, Mesopotamia nd Palestine are not only without parents, but are without any strong parental government to Kc them the help and protection which orphan (Inldreu of other lauds enjoy. American Consuls and missionaries cable Ida UnerkM Committea tor Relief in the Near Bast, almost daily npundfaig llw iHnathwi t'ne message from the Russian Caucasus pleads for the support of 10,000 children at an average expense of two dollars per month per child Another from Tiflis reports 40,000 children in one region waiting for an answer to a previous cablegram requesting help Reports from othiT points indicate similar conditions. Among the many appeals it is possible for this committee to assume responsibility for only the most pressing 1. iscs, and it is upon these that the committee would focus the attention of the A.uerican pe.i pie. Splendid help has been rendered the little ones in other lands, but these in Western Asia are no less human than those who have already been aided by American charity. It is the duty of Aiiu-i nans, as well as a privilege to respoinl to this great Opportunity and help keep alive the best civilization that Western Asia h:.s developed All expenses of administration for tins relief are privately met, so that every dollar sent to the committee i- BSad directly by their agents in purchasing food and supplies for the ncedv Bfbo, Sfrordiwf to the best advices and from audited rtpOfta, receive the full benefit of the funds sent them. Out of the horror and nightmare through Which tliese people have passed COM I tle gratify ing word that we can be of assistance; that our efforts will prove availing, and that we can share with these orphan diildren the bounty whi.h we. as Americans, have enjoyed for years. The vork done bv this committee has been most unselfish and effective under conditions of great person tl sacrifice. May America resond to their api A 14 RELIEF WORKERS' REPORT "I found a crowd collected in the street. A camel had died and a swarm of children were pulling the raw flesh from the bones and devouring it." "The poor people fight for the blood from the slaughter houses." "People are eating the bodies of dead animals that have died of starvation Dysentery and all kinds of stomach trouble are the result." "Children eagerly picking grain from the dung of animals in tbe street is a common sight." "The people that we meet in the street hardly look like human beings." "A mother threw herself into the Euphrates after she had seen her child die of hunger." "In the course of three weeks we buried over a thousand bodies that had been left unburied in the streets. Of the thousand inly about twenty had been killed by violence." Viscount James Bryce thus speaks of the land of Armenia: "Here is a country blest with every gift of Nature; a fertile soil, a mild climate, mines of iion, copper.silver and coal; a land of exquisite beauty, but now from the Euphrates to the Bosphorus all is silence, poverty and despair." The Armenians Have Been Christian Since the Fourth Century. t these Children were starving at YOUR door what would YOU do ? School District and Precinct Chairmen: Ik. I lUt. No. 9 Oeorge Htk-i JS John II. Howiinl att K. J. Hal.li SO . W I '' 31 1'. W. 1-uUi H iuuv.i, t. tesksf Kellool IMkl. No. 40 A. Von l(e.l. 11 1 . I1..M1. .1 . V. Ilollou. 1 MM IV... I Wall Is V. of Ontario N J. t . Met relglit Knot am I SolUl. of OuUtrto 8 A. K. Meltouell ONTVIUO MS of K.H. Irwui Troxrll IliwrsHle K. W. r. t m hrtui lll Past Ailtl. Ket. I II Mom lk-t Mont, at t'ulo. Itet. II. I t ni... Ho. of t'olo. !. Win. J. I.uscoiiiIm V of Moot. He. I'. I., r towels Hut. lUt. 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