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8 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 27, 1018. MAP AND CHART SHOWING THE STANDING OF ALL THE PEOPLES ENGAGED IN THE PRESENT TREMENDOUS WORLD WAR .ALASKA ICELAND C.A.N AD A BRITISH ISLES UNITED STATES HAWAIIAN J 5. "SSHAITI G DATE MAI SALVADOR LMOMOORA" NICARAGUA PORTO RICO yVA TOSS 0f0lAT0 drM, lGtt 26.000.000 ECUMDOXJgT to.ooo.ooo C ?AZL Z7.O0O.O0O CUBA 3. OOO. OOO CA 35jDOO.OOO Vi COSTA ?CA -4-00.000 7 f-JFAjVC 37.000.000 G?ffC S.COO . OOO J 60ATAMA&A . 2.000.000 f HAT 2. OOO. OOO L OAf0U?A5 .600.000 fr TALr 37J300.000 JZ JAPA 7.000.000 yl jZBfTA 2.OOO.0OO S0AfT'AGfi'O J00.000 f ACATAGUA 700.000 J J PAVAAfA SOO.OOO (I 0eTl6A. . J'.OOO.OOO 1 S?0CSfAAA &. OOO. OOO SfUSSA 73. OOOJOOO SERBA &.OO0.0O0 5 S'AA? 9. OOO. OOO VAZrso srArsj f 3.000.000 TOTAZ. S.3G6.700.000 COSTA (?ICA PANAMA LIBERIA B raz.il RAGl ? FRENCH W.AFRICA Xv X.wW.X. O ' ' NixJVU An-TW i"" ... 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D., a well-known missslonary member of the American Board of For eign Missions, in the organisation for the Congregational Church. Dr. Ray nolds arrived in Portland on Wednes day to be a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence liewes, of No. S St. Helen's Court. Mrs. Ilewes is Dr. Ray nolds' niece and an unusual feature o Dr. Raynolds' visit is that he is sur rounded by his great-great niece and nephews, children of Mr. and Mrs. liewes. "Dr. Raynolds will be 80 years old In February and the greater part of his life has been spent in mission and edu catiunal work in Turkey. He was born n Long Meadow, Mass., in 1839, grad uating from Williams College in '61 and later, after receiving his degree as doctor of medicine, served as acting as sistant surgeon of the Navy in the Civil War. In 1869 Dr. Raynolds and his wife went as missionaries to Tur key. "For the first three years we were stationed at ilarpoot. said Dr. Ray nolds, who is vigorous, mentally alert and a delightful conversationalist. "In 1372. with two associates and our fami lies, we went to Van. at the far eastern end of Turkey and Asia, near the boun dary of Persia and Russia, almost ii Bight of Mount Ararat. From that time until 1913 my work was there in Van. Our work was educational and evan Kciistic and repeatedly we had occasion to administer relief to people, first on account of the famine of 1880 and then on account of the massacres, especially the massacres of 1896, which lasted in an for one week. Tboamaade of Refugees Slain. During this time from 10.000 to 1S.000 refugees were on our premises. Many hundreds were slain in the city and im mediately around our village and such injuries given that relief work already begun was essential to secure the lives of the people. Famine conditions fol lowed, during two or three years, so tnat industrial relief was essential. Funds came from Kngland, America and all over the world. An orphanage also was established at that time. wnicn continued work for IS years. nearly luuo children having received assistance or having been members of the institution. Here Dr. Raynolds digressed to tell of the splendid careers of various Ar menian citizens now in America, some as farmers in California, whom he will visit this W inter, and one boy in par ticular. who is now minister of the Ar menian Church in Kingsbury. CaL '"He was one of our orphans and af- Ter graduating at our college at Van he took a college course at Marsovan, In Turkey, and returned to teach" in our KohooL Then he went to Edinburgh and took his M. A. degree there. I hope to visit him soon at his pastorate in California. "I have many Armenian friends In this part of America. When I leave Portland next week I am going to For est Grove and later to spend the Win ter among my Armenian friends who have been in my orphanage and in various m ays connected with my work and who now live in California. Dur ing my stay in Portland I shall not be able to attend any public gatherings on account of the Influenza ban. but I expect to see any Armenians who care to call on me at my niece's home." Dr. Raynolds first return visit to America from Turkey was In 1J13. when he came for the purpose of se curing funds for starting a college de partment of the high schools at Van, where the educational work was great ly advancing. "I had moderate success In securing such funds," said Dr. Raynolds. "and then the declaration of war put a stop if: -'4 1 -i l' B - V - I ' 1 l : J : x O" 1 '1 Dr. (irarice C. Raynolds, M. D. D. D.. Who Tells of Armenian Atrocities. to the work. Nevertheless the college itself started and had one year's work before political conditions caused the breaking up of the whole work. In 1915 the Turkish government and high officials began their work of massacre and deportation, with the purpose s of wiping out the Armenian people. Massacres Are Recalled. "One of the earliest massacres took place in a large village near Van, where. In one day, all the male popula tion over 14-years of age were gath ered together at the Government House and that evening tied together in groups of 10 or 15 and taken out to the river's bank, where the Turkish sol diers were awaiting to shoot them into the river. Nearly 2000 men were mas sacred at that time. This showed the Van Armenians what the government was doing and they began to organize for self-protection in the city of Van. For a month they stood out against the Turkish soldiers and government, until the coming of the Armenians and Russian soldiers from Russia caused the Turkish soldiers and population to flee from the city. "Then for a month the city and the surrounding country was under con trol of Russia and Armenians, but in August. 19l, the Russian army re- reated from van. There was no mili ary necessity for such a movement. There seems no doubt that it was a part of the policy adopted by the Czar and his followers to destroy the Ar menian people. "There isn't time here," said Dr. Ray nolds. "to explain the probable reasons for such a movement. At the time of his retreat the Russian soldiers de manded that the whole of -the Ar menians in the village should leave their houses and flee to the Russian border.- So the whole population. scores of thousands, were obliged to start on foot and make their way as best they could toward the Russian frontier. The American Mission Circle was obliged to join the fleeing thou sands. At that time already one mem ber of the circle had died of typhus. which had made its entrance to the mission premises through Mohammedan refugees who were left when the Turks fled from the place. Dr. Ussher's wife had died and Dr. Ussher and Mr. Tar- row were just turning the crisis of the isease. Two ladies of the Mission Circle were convalescent. But for the assistance of the Rus sian Red Cross people these Americans would never have been able to get away. In going through a mountain pass two days distant from Van the fleeing thousands were set upon by Kurds, lying in wait in the mountains. In the flight my wife, Mrs. Raynolds, had the misfortune to break her limb and it was with' the greatest difficulty that the party reached Tiflis. "As I have said I was in America at this time but when the papers an nounced the occupancy of Van by the Russian army 1 supposed it meant the permanent occupancy and with a young man whom I had engaged to begin an agricultural department in the college I sailed from New York in Julv, going via Christiania, Petrograd. Moscow, etc, hoping to resume our work in the col lege. On reaching Tiflis I found that my wife had died in a Hospital two days before my arrival. The rest of the Mission Circle was there. Van- having been practically destroyed. Our mission premises, including our residences and school buildings, had been destroyed and apparently all the work and re sults of 45 years' service. Mission Premises Destroyed. "There seemed nothing left but for the American party to return to Amer ica, but in 1916 the American commit tee for Armenian and Syrian relief had begun relief work in the Caucasus and in July, with Messrs. Yarrow and May- nard and their families. I sailed again from New York, going to Tiflis. "Erivan seemed to .be ' the center where our relief work should be lo cated. We found In the Caucasus dis trict some 250,000 refugees from Tur key scattered among the scores of cities and villages of the district. We immediately began industrial relief work, which the presence of a number of our own. Van people, graduates of our schools, teachers and others, made it possible for us to undertake and carry on successfully. "We purchased cotton and wool and gave it to the women to spin and this yarn was woven into various kinds of fabrics. By the Spring of 1918 not less than 8000 women were supporting each her family by this work. At least 2000 men were also employed as car' penters, making spinning wheels and looms, as weavers were using a full 100 of these looms In the manufacture of material which was made up into clothing for these thousands of refu gees. A class that especially drew out our sympathy was the fatherless chil dren, some of whose mothers were still living, others staying with relatives or friends. "We early began giving a small monthly stipend to members of this class. Before we left the number of children receiving such support reached 15,000. Orphanage Is Established. "We established one small orphan age, where a hundred carefully selected boys were being trained in' ordinary school studies and in different trades that they might be ready when their people returned to their former abodes. to take positions of Christian leader ship among them. Medical work also was being carried on, one department of which furnished pasteurized milk to several hundred babies in different cities. "On March 18 Imperative orders came from the American Consul In Tiflis, saying that on account of the German and Turkish advances it was necessary for the American and English workers to throw down their work and proceed at once to Tiflis in order to find some place of safety, outside of the area under Turkish and German influence. Reaching Tiflis other English people Joined our party till our number reached 50. Transportation was se cured at Baku on the Caspian, where we were obliged to wait for the Volga River to be cleared of ice before re suming our journey. During the time of waiting fighting took place between Moslem and Chris tians in the city. The house where I was staying was burned and with it all my baggage, leaving, me with only the clothes on my back. "Trip Filled With Hardships." "When travel could be resumed we were obliged to charter a small boat to take us up the Caspian to Astrakan, and after another week of waiting we were able to make our way up the Volga to, Samara. Hare, while con ditions were a good deal disorganized, we were able to secure passage on the Trans - Siberian Railway, reaching Vladivostok on May 19, after a journey of some 15,000 miles. Most of the mis sionary party remained on the Asiatic side, some - engaging in Y. M. C. A. work in Russia, some going with a party just then on its way from Amer ica to engage in relief work in Persia; some are still waiting in China until an opening may permit them to re sume relief work of some kind. "For myself," said Dr. Raynolds, "at 80 years of age such active work seemed impracticable and I was obliged to return to America. On reaching Se attle a fortnight ago I- was obliged to go to a hospital, where I have remained until now. The American committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief still is carrying on its splendid work. Just what has happened to the people in the Caucasus I have only limited informa tion. After we left, Turkish forces took possession of considerable portions of the region and some massacres were renewed. But I know that large num bers have been obliged again to flee to regions north of the Caucasus Moun tains for' relief has increased rather than diminished in that region. "We feel sure that soon it will he- come possible for funds to reach those people and for American and English laborers to resume a work which our efficient Armenian associates have been carrying on as best they could in our absence." Price Does Not Assure Quality MARION'S WEALTH GROWS County's Total of Taxable Properly Shows Material Gain. SALEM, Or., Oct. 26. (Special.) The total value of taxable property in Marion County as finally equalized by the County Board is $37,610,680. as com pared witti S36.833.350 in 1917, showing a gain of $777,330. Automobiles in the county have increased, while horses and mules have shown an appreciable falling off. The assessment roll is sum marized as follows: Acres of all lands. 19,604,375; improvements on deeded or patented lands, J2,640;660; town and city lots, 14,916,245; improvements on lands not deeded or patented, $53,005; steamboats, sailboats, engines and ma chinery, 1504,285; merchandise and s':ock in trade, $1,322,130; money, notes and accounts, $503,100; shares of stock, $690,095; hotel and office furniture, $71,215; horses and mules, $523,155; cat tle, $551,855; sheep and goats, $141,990; swine, $855,525: dogs, $3415; automo biles, $679,950. I I y m ak .r. k ?!7C Local Price. KIT I u Our Price Now 3GG Cfl 25Cash IPUUUIOU ' U Monthly. Neither Does Name Value Think of the store that charges $475 for this quality piano which we sell you for $356.50. The name value of that store to gether with the name value of that piano gets $475 or 25 more, are ypu willing to pay $118.75 more, plus difference in their 8 interest of $34.38; therefore, $153.13 more? At $12 monthly, with $3.28 in inter est you pay the first month $15.28, as against our 6 or $11.06 the first month, as we charge it. The cost and quality of the pianos are the same as also recently proven in court with our $375 model, less 25, therefore $281.25. WHOLESALE STOCK PIANO SALE ENVIABLE RECORD MADE Town of Brookings, Or., Subscribes $32,300 on Its Quota of $7000 Brookings, situated in the extreme southwestern portion of Oregon, has an enviable record in the fourth liberty loan campaign. This town is the home of the C. & O. Lumber Company, and has a population of 500. Of the $27,608 Curry County quota, Brookings was as signed $7000 as its enare. xne results ust tabulated show a subscription list of 276 subscribers for an amount of $32,300. The bank deposits of this town according to the last official report, amounted to $74,766.26. The foregoing data show that 55 per cent of Brookings entire population subscribed to the loan, averaging $117 for each subscription. The town con tributed 43 per cent of its bank de posits, subscribing to the county's quota 117 per cent and raising 461 per cent of its own quota. This record will test that of any competing town in the state, if not in the whole United States. Prussian Shoulder Strap Arrives. CASTLE ROCK. Wash., Oct. 26. (Special.) Robert Lee Goodfellow sent a shoulder strap from a Prussian uni form to his parents. It was made of a fine grade of all-wool cloth, khaki in color, braided in red and a button with a crown for an emblem. Lee said he had been to the front three times since coming out of the hospital from being gassed, 1017 IQIR M A PI E I C Withdrawn Front Consignment I 3 I f - I 3 I 0 HIUUCLO Dealers. Owing to the Govern ment's action in reducing factories output to one-third, we have called In all our 1917 models and the 1918 models received from the factories early this year from dealers throughout the state. Besides these 99 new Pianos and Player Pianos we offer 95 new resale and used Pianos as here listed. Savings 983.75 to $355 to Yea. Local. Btyle. New 1917-n8 Models. Price. 3 juanogany, polished $37 5 79 Fumed Oak . 375 80 Mahogany, Polished ... 395 102 Fumed Oak 450 T50 Mahogany 450 T51 Walnut (damaged) .... 475 307 Walnut. Polished 450 80 Mahogany, Dull 425 80 Golden Oak 425 80 Golden Oak, Dull 425 S02 Mahogany, Polished ... 450 302 Walnut, Polished 450 302 Mahogany. Dull 450 T50 Golden Oak, Polished ... 450 303 Walnut. Polished . 450 T50 Fumed Oak 450 T50 Mahogany, Polished .... 450 T50 Golden Oak, Dull 450 soz Walnut, Polished ... 430 102 Mahogany, Dull 450 S Mahoeanv. Polished .... 625 T51 Mahogany, Dull 475 T51 Walnut, Polished 475 T51 Mahoeanv. Polished 475 T51 Mahogany, Dull -. .. 475 T51 Mahogany, Dull ........ 475 T51 Walnut, Polished 475 T51 Mahogany, Dull 475 T51 Walnut, Dull 475 S Golden Oak, Dull 625 S Mahogany, Polished .... 525 S Mahogany, Dull 525 S Fumed Oak 475 T54 "Walnut, Polished 500 T54 Mahogany, Polished 500 T54 Mahogany, Polished .... 600 T54 Walnut, Polished 500 Sale Price. Cash. Mthly. $281.25 $25 $ 8 281.25 25 8 290.00 25 8 290.00 25 " 8 290.00 25 8 295.00 25 8 317.75 25 9 317.75 25 9 317.75 25 9 317.75 25 9 337.50 25 ' 10 337.50 25 10 337.50 25' 10 337.50 25 10 337.50 25 10 337.50 25 10 337.50 25 10 337.50 25 10 337.50 25 10 337.60 25 10 356.50 25 11 356.50 25 11 356.50 25 11 356.50 25 11 356.50 . 25 11 356.50 25 11 356.50 25 11 356.50 25 11 356.50 25 11 395.00 25 12 395.00 25 12 395.00 25 12 395.00 25 12 395.00 25 12 395.00 25 12 395.00 25 12 395.00 25 12 Reduced Christmas Terms Instead of 25 Cash S12.50 Now, f.12.50 KTezt Payday Instead of S50 Cash S25.00 New, 825.00 Next Payday And begin your monthly payment the following month. The piano will be delivered now or on Christmas eve. Besides, there may be no pianos left in stock to buy Christmas time. T54 Mahogany, Dull ".. BOO 395.00 T54 Golden Oak. Polished... 600 395.00 T54 Walnut, Polished BOO 895.00 T54 Mahogany, Polished .... BOO 395.00 S Mahogany, Polished ... 525 395.00 400 Mahogany, Polished .... B50 412.50 400 Mahogany, Poliehed .... B50 412.50 19 Mahogany, Polished .... 625 465.00 19 Mahogany, Polished ... 625 465.00 400 Mahogany, Dull 625 468.50 400 Walnut. Dull 625 468.50 23 Mission, Oak 650 487.50 30 Mahogany, Polished .... 650 487.60 30 Mahogany, Dull 650 487.50 1017-1918 MODEL PLATER PIANOS T57 Mahogany, Polished .... 750 $487.50 30D Walnut, Polished 950 495.00 T57 Mahogany. Polished .... 750 B62.50 T57 Walnut,. Dull 750 B62.50 T57 Mahogany, Polished .... 760 B62.BO T57 Mahogany, Dull 760 . 662.50 403 Mahogany. Polished .... 850 637.50 30 Electric Player Pianos. .1050 745.00 GRAND PIANOS 7 Mahogany. Dull $1050 $765.00 9 Circassian Walnut 1160 795.00 USED L fllli, ii l runus 25 25 25 40 40 40 40 40 40 60 B0 BO $50 60 B0 50 50 60 50 100 $100 100 12 12 12 12 12 12.50 12.60 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 $14 15 17 17 17 17 20 25 $25 25 BONDS or other securities taken f in part or full payment of Pianos or Player Pianos during this sale, as also your old Piano, Organ, Phono graph or city lot by our Real Estate Department. $,600 "TO $1000 was the price paid for a mere piano by our parents or grandparents after the Civil War. Prices on pianos are going up by leaps and bounds now some local piano stores have already raised prices $50 to $250. Will you wait until you need pay $600 to $1000 for your piano and $750 to $1500 for Bny S5.0O In Records and . . A . k H TBMIA RECORDS styles Sent to Yonr Borne. "NEW Collard & Collard, Walnut. . .$27 a $ 65.00 Bord Co.. Paris. Rosewood... 300 75.00 Hallet & Davis, Rosewood.. 350 165.00 Elburn, Mahogany 375 195.00 Kimball Co., Mahogany 450 Kurtzman. Mahogany 410 ;J?SJ Bennett, Large. Mahogany.. 650 iJ?S Eilers Orchestral, gold. oak. 475 i5'2x Crown Conc't Grand, mahog. 600 290.00 rtl.nm.n.nn U.hnniiv 450 290.00 ISED PLAYER PIANOS AND GRAND PIANOS Weber Player in Mahogany.. $750 $345.00 $2o Ci,in.,v Grand. Mahosany. 1100 695.00 60 ORDER YOUR PIANO BY MAIL. I 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 25 5 c 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 $12 18 $47.50 Weekly pr n-oo tpOJ Weekly Read, study and compare our quality, prices and terms, as advertised, and you will learn why we have hundreds of mail-order buyers. OUT-OF-TOWN BUYERS We prepay and make free delivery of piano to your home within 200 miles, and the piano will be shipped subject to exchange within one year, we allowing the full amount paid. Trifs virtually gives you a one-year trial of the piano you order. Every piano or player-piano pur chased carries with it the Schwan Piano Co. guarantee of satisfaction, as also the usual guarantee from each manufacturer of these new' musical Instruments. Open Saturday evenings. your player piano? Special Sale Player "Plann Rolls 5c, lOc, 25c, 30c, 40c, eOc, 75c, OOc, I1.00, $1.5, Etc. Muslarhiren' Coaat Dlarrlbntors ill F-onrtk Street j at Waakiaa-toa Schwan Piano Co. WARRANT-BE BACKED BY MANY MILLIONS IN CAPITA