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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1920)
T1IE 0NTAM0 AKUPK, ONTA1UO, OliEUON, TllUHHDAY, AIAHCII 23, 1920. mMBa&msmm IffiBHi imwmm M STAR ARMENIANS VNG DYNG and SYRIANS ask your The story and facts are as follows jh ih IH 1 b .H H V 1. "The destitute in Bible Lands" cuiistitnte the greatest, appeal known tn history. 2. 1,20(),()()() Adults and 2.")H,0()() little children in a country in which "tliere is the most desper ate situation in the world." Herbert Hoov -r. The children are destitute, hopeless and utterh i'orlorn orphaned because their parents would not renounce their Christian faith. I). No other country .but America can give tin needed help. "fThe laud across the sea is known as America of the big heart."' 'I. Refugee children coming to orphanage have been refused admittance because the food ration for those til ready taken in had been cut to the danger point. svcu-cighths of an ounce of rice daily. "). A thoughtful observer of conditions in the Near Must retruning to America and seeing w orgy of extravagance and high living said: "Middle Europe and the Near Kast are in dan ger of losing their lives but America is in danger of losing her soul." C). The gallant Armenian army kept the Turks out of the 15iku oil fields and thus helped win the war. One hundred and sixty thousand were uudor arms. . ! 7. Tho Armenians aro second to no other people in thrift iiless and sagacity in trade. They will ivclaim their land. Poster Tells Dramatic Story rfl'l I MM J,i 'vyW Jl J il'l HI wM IMMMrata 1 MB if i Hi This picture, pnlnted especially for the Near 1 .is ltd f b M I.eona Hrncker, vlvlilly portrays what words fall to express tliu horrible Mitfurim; of tint wuiuea anil children of Armenia and adjacent countries. I'eucu has blosM'il Ktinipo and Ameilca for more than a year but In Western Asia con ditions moro frightful than any war time experiences of tho martyred ptpu Intlims of Uelglum and Franco still exUt. Thousand of women and children escaped massacre by the Turkish soldiers only to fact tho terrible atronltM of death by starvation. At tho present tlmo It Is estimated that 1,2fiOOOO tul.ilts and fully 1150,000 orphaned children are completely destitute and In Immluwit danger of death by starvation and exposure. The Near Hast Ilellef, 1 Madison Avenue, New York, Is ut present tho only nrjmiilmitlou giving aid to these buffering people und luck of funds still prevents the reaching of more tlmn a small part of the Mrlcbeu eople. r 8. The "Near Kant Uelief" is now incorporated under government control by special act of Coii 'rrcss. Among the Hoard of Trunlec are lion. Charles K. Hughes, lion. Klllm Itnt.l ai.d l)i Janies I;. Marlon, Chairman of Hoard. Toe ob ject of the organization is: "Physical i"' i f the homeless dependent pet. pie and pi tor the orphans and their rccMtahlislimci.t . self-supporting basis." Ifeliof piimeiit I i the ear ending Dec. Ill, 1!)!!), were sfrUWi l 211 01 or 18 cents per day for each of the III), (ibl) for whom help was asked. "Private phil anthopy" is still being asked to shoiildei tie burden until "peace" coiulilioim are restored aulong the nations. !). There are KJ8 orphanages operating at pres ent, caring for '11,200 homeless, helpless little ones. .More doors must be opened to care for the remaining 230,000. All kinds of training is given in tjiese asylums. There are 51 refugee stations thru which thousands pass en route to their former homes. There are II rescue homes sheltering 1000 girls escaped from the harems d Turks, Kurds and Arabs. The release of other thousands could be demanded if tliere were pro vided other rescue homes in which they could be cared for. 10. About ()() workers are in the Held, one of whom went from Weiser; !M5 eminent physicians and surgeons, 70 nurses, 7 mechanics, 15 indus trial experts, 10 agriculturists, 14 bacteriolo gists, 1f)7 relief workers, 25 supplies and trans port workers, 1!) teachers, 20 administrators, :M secretaries, 7 engineers, 'lf army officers. Pres ent help is inadequate. The Relief Unit to which this appeal is made includes the city of ONTARIO and districts of CAIRO, ARCADIA, VALLEY VIEW, LINCOLN, WHITE SETTLEMENT, PIONEER, PARK, ANNEX, JEFFERSON. The Cemmittee: REV. W. J. LUSCQMBE, Chm. & Treas. . D. M. TAGGART, THOS. CLAGETT, J. C. McCREIGHr, HUGH ALLEN, , REV. W. F. COCHRAN. tigcTMake all Checks to Armenian and Syrian Relief. H ESEQIiL; HHKI iMMWiowtyy,BTfframe?y?j e " rimwimwimmwmmwmmHmummwamamMMaMm