GRANT* PARS DAILY tXH'KIKR page two GIRL RESCUED FROM SLAVERY AMONG TURKS London, Mar. 13.—Liberia is tru­ ly a hermit republic, writes Alan Bourchier Letherbridge. author and traveler, in the Daily Telegraph. Armenian Reaches New York The country, he adds, has no roads, After Frightful Experiences. no railways, no telegraphs, no steam­ boats on her rivers nor any prac­ tical exploitation of her wealth. Lodgings in Monrovia, the capital, virtually do not exist with the excep­ tion of one place which is conduct­ Mother and Sister Fell by Wayside ed by the mayor. This man i; an and Died in Turkish Deportation enterprising negro of North Caro­ Four Years Ago—Suffering Has Left lina who besides attending Xo the Her in Pitiful State of Nervousness duties of the mayoralty and conduct­ —Must Be Taught to Smile and ing his hotel, operated an ice plant Eat—One of Most Pathetic of All the and an ice-cream parlor which for­ Thousands of Refugee Experiences. mally were German property. Front these latter his profits are said to be The first slave to arrive in this coun­ gigantic. He also has “something to try since the Turkish deportations ot do with the postofflce" and is a po­ 1915-T6, when thousands ot Armenian and Syrian women were driven from lice court magistrate. •'In fact.’’ says Mr. I^ethbridge. their homes to Aleppo on the edge of “this remarkable ntan, starting from Mesopotamia, ts Vartanousch Kara­ nothing, has made himself a Rocke­ gheusian, an Armenian girl, twenty years old. She has just reached New feller of (Liberia." York, accompanied by Marshall Ingalls In Monrovia, says the traveler, Mays, Near East relief worker, of To­ there are no horses, motors, rick­ peka. Kan., says the New York Tribune. shaws or other wheel vehicles, no An Arab slave mark, tattooed in in­ street lighting, no drinking water delible ink at the base of her right and not infrequently food supplies hand thumb, furnished proof that the for the European colony run out and girl bail been a slave of the Mahom­ strl«.*t rationing is enforced until the etans. She was met at the dock by her brother, John N. Karagheusian. ship arrives. Unless the 23 members of congress wealthy dealer in Oriental rugs, who appear at parliament houses properly lives in Minneapolis. He said he had attired in a black frock coat, patent pot seen his sister in twelve years. “She does not realize she is in New leather shoes, white waist coat and York," he said; "she thinks she is in top hat, they are liable to a fine of heaven." $5. The thermometer sometimes Theaters Fail to Cheer. registers 110 in the shade. Theaters, automobile rides, pretty clothes and all the comfort and luxury of one of the city's leading hotels have CAPTURED MANY GUNS failed to bring a smile of pleasure to the girl's lips. The suffering she ha« Took Enough German Weapons to Sup­ undergone has left her in a pitiful state ply Every County in U. S. of nervousness. When she met her So many cannon and heavy machine brother she broke into a tit of hysteri­ guns were captured by the American cal weeping, and since, despite hi* army that congressmen could distrib­ efforts to amuse nnd entertain her. the ute one to each county. Representative Kahn, California, chairman of the veil of sadness remains. She will have to be taught not onh house military committee, says. “The army captured 1.300 cannon to smile, but to eat as well, for month« and 4.000 heavy machine guns," Kahn | of starvation, during which her only said, “and there are only 4,000 coun­ food was roots and grass picked from the roadside, have left her digestive ties in the country.” organs seriously Impaired, and her diet consists wholly of liquid food with MAKE BILLIONS OF PINS small bits of bread. Mr. Mays, who brought Miss Kara- Factories Each Year Turn Out "Crop” ! gheuslan to this country after she ha«l Valued at $13,000.000. ' served some time as a relief worker, American factories each year pro­ following her rescue from th«» Turks, duce 14.000.000.000 ordinary toilet pins. said lier case was one of the most pa­ Safety pins totaling 720.000.(100 are thetic of all the thousands of refugee purchased by American mothers every experiences chronicle«! nt the Ameri­ year. The yearly crop of metal hair­ can relief stations. There are scores pins Is 1.250,000.000. Needles of all of houses for refugees maintained kinds aggregate 235,000.000 every 12 throughout Armenia by Near East Re­ mouths. lief, of 1 Madison avenue, for the care The value of this pin and needle of women and girls who escape or are crop Is $13,000,000 nt the factory. rescued from bondage, It is known Forty-nine factories are encaged in that at the present time more than the manufacture of the nrticles. 100,000 women an«l girls are held in harems, but they are being freed as Offers Church-Goers Free Ride. rapidly as facilities for their care can As an inducement for attending serv­ be provided. ices. Rev. F. A. Leak, pastor of the One of Big Migration. Hemet (Cal.) Methodist church, of­ With her mother, sister, aunt, uncle fers to the people a free ride in a and two little cousins, Miss Kara- motor bus to the house of worship gheusian was a member of the big mi­ every Sunday. gration the Turk« forced In 1915. From July until October the captives were Candidate cards—-Courier offr e. on the road in charge of brutal Turkish guards. No food or water was Issued, ami their only means of sustenance consisted in picking the little vegeta­ tion to lie found in the field« and stop­ ping a moment at a stream for a drink. One by one the refugees dropped out of the line to perish of starvation by the roadside. Vartanousch's mother was one of the first to go. She died in the girl's arm«. A few «lays later her sister gave up of weariness. She could not stagger on. After beating her and We admit that we're aspir­ urging her forward, the Turks kicked ing. her off to one side and left her to die Vartanousch was lashed In To be called to do your alone. answer to her appeals to be allowed to wiring. j remain with her sister. Her uncle was massacred en route to As expert electricians we're Aleppo; her aunt nn«l baby cousins elected by the general public. perished, an«J the girl was the They have found out that we only remaining member of the family know all about this vital labor . left when they reached their destina­ saving, comforting illuminating tion. Out of several thousand captive force. We will give you an es­ i Armenians who had started In July on the march under their Turkish cap- timate as to what the wiring survived in October. j tlves, only and the fixtures will cost you. Served as Military Interpreter. As Vartanousch spoke Turkish and Syrian, as well a« Armenian, she was used as a military Interpreter for a time. Later, to escape the horrors of living with the army, she sought work HARPER'S ELECTRIC STOPE hi a Turkish hospital, ami there found a girl friend from her home town, dis­ ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES ii guised an«l serving as a nurse. The, friend was able to get her In, and for many months she nursed wounded Turks nt the Zahleh base. FOUND BY BROTHER'S FRIEND N VI I RDI), M MU II 13, HMM. When the British captured Jerusa- i lem she made her escape to tlie Brit­ ish lines and was sent by them to the I American relief station at Beirut. From then on her story reads like a chapter, from some fairy tale. tine day, while doling out soup to the refugees, she became engaged In conversation with an Armenian who I New York, Mar. 13. The first hud been In America and w ho was serv­ memorial here to American fighi Ing ing with the French army. He askiM airmen killed in France is a room in her name. the club house of the Ymerlcan Fly ¡ “Vartanousch Karagheusian," she re­ Ing I'lub set aside in honor of ten I plied. aviators of the 22nd pursuit squad | Hears of Brother Here. "1 know John Karagheusian. who roti of the American expeil It tonar) A tablet in the room >bears lives in America." he said. "Arc you force. related to hl ml” the names of the following airmen • lie Is my brother." said the girl. who were killed in action: First Th«» Armenian soldier lu the Kreuch Lieutenants Philip E. Hasslnger, Ar uniform immediately communicated thur C. Kimber. Henry B. Hudson, I with the rug dealer. John lì. Agar Jr., James H. BiKKB. And here Is where the brother’s story James D. Beane, Remington DeB started. Vernato. and Howard IB. Clapp and “When 1 received his letter," he Second lieutenants Vaughn M. Mc- said, "I telegraphed the Near East Re­ lief In New York and asked If they Corntick and Edward B. Gibson Jr. would cable funds to my sister for me. Members of other squadrons are They replied at once that they would, planning to dedicate similar rooms at the club building in honor of com­ and 1 caiue to New York. “The money was sent, and 1 heard rades kilbsl in action. from my sister in June that she hud received it. 1 then asked tlie comuiit- tee If they could have her brought to America, and we have been all this time trying to get her here." Evidently Mr. Karagheusian did not approve of the Paris frock and coal his sister wore, for the first thing he Master Crooks Believed to Be did was to take her to a Fifth avenue Operating Sort of Interna­ department store and order a full wardrobe. tional Organization. "This time next year I will brin*; her back to New York, and you won't know Wholesale looting of merchandise in she's an Armenian girl," he said. "She's transit upon the railroads of the going to school at St. Margaret’s Acad­ United States caused a loss of approx­ emy in Minneapolis." imately $45.000,000 during 1919, ac­ RAILWAY THIEVES INCREASE ACTIVITY cording to United States railroad ad­ ministration statistics. This Is esti­ mated as more than double th«» total of any previous year, but It Is pointed out that tlie increased cost of com­ modities must be taken Into consld- eratlon. Nevertheless, there is said to have lieen a steady Increase In the uumtier of packages stolon. Organizations combat Ing these thieves have been calle«l upon «luring the past year to meet an Increased In­ genuity exercised lu diverting goods from their owners, Thefts now are planned and carried out u|>on about tlie same basis In tlie United States, France. England, Italy ami Argentina, indli'atlug that master crooks are <>|e erating a sort of “international or­ ganization.” Substitution Is th«* usual method fol­ lowed by tlie robbers. Sometimes boxes supposed to contain velvet are found t<> contain calico un«l other cheaper grades of doth, but ns a rule waste paper Is found. Til«—«- thefts are extremely difficult to trace. Silk, because of Its great vulue. Is a favorite prey for thieve.« The theft« have mounted to such a total that tlie rnllroa«! administration lia« even con­ sidered excluding raw silk from freight shipment. Jewelry also Is a for thieves. However, virtually conini«»lity shlppe«! appears In losses tabulated by the ruilrond iidnilnistratlon. lllllllllllllllll III UHI II lllllll III lllllllllllll II ONLY PIGEON SAVED FROM CHURCH FIRE iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin G. B. BERRY Harness and Saddlery Auto Top and Canvas Work With Grants Pass Hardware Co LEE TIRES 6000 Miles Guarantee We have just received a shipment of Lee Tires and Tubes AGENTS -................. 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