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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
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EAGER TO SERVE, GO
TO AID ARMENIANS
Mary Vail Andrees, Only Woman
to Receive Distinguished Serv
ice Medal, Heads Party.
n HELPING HAND
IN THE NEAR EAST
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tisfied with uneventful civilian
r two years' vivid experience
.iI.kai.1 It. thr. .nU
b party of young women, led by Miss
Mury Villi Andrees, or New York City,
have .lust tone to tie Near East,
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Former Ambassador to Turkey
Says America Should Not Let
Armenian Allies Starve.
By HENRY MORGENTHAU,
Former Ambassador to Turkey and
Leader In Near East Relief.
If tliey were good enough to fight
and die for us when ,ve needed their
help so sorely, they are good enough
now to share some meager little
crumbs from our plenty when they
have nothing, when hundreds of thou
sands of them are' homeless, unclad,
foodless and threatened with extermi
nation by their enemies and our own.
Not fur from a million Christians
have been murdered by their Turkish
oppressors. Hungry, terror stricken
hundreds of thousands of refuses
now look to the United States for succor.
Have Trust in America.
c cannot refuse. Next to theii
faith In (,od is their trust in tike dis
interested good will tiiid generosity at
MISS MARY VAIL ANDRCES,
Distinguished Service Heroine Who
Now Goes to Near East.
where nearly a million people are
suffering from disease and starvation.
Miss Andrees had returned to Huh
country after serving for the Ited
Cross, but when she read of the'snil
plight of Hie Armenians, she at once
offered her services to New Kast Kb
lief, the former American Committee
on Armenian and Syrian Itellef, whlcn
already has saved thousunds of lives
In Western Asia. Miss Andrees Is the
only American woman war worker
who was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal by Congress. Most of
the other members of her party like
wise served with honor for the lied
Cross and other war service organi
sations. Among the other members of the
group are the Misses Frances end
Betty Anderson of New Canaan, Coun.,
who were decorated with the Croix ae
Ouerre hy the French Government ;
Miss Murguret Milne of Washington,
IX C, who was a member of the
Hoover Itellef Commission for llu
mania, and Miss Alex Sidney, tin Eng
lish woman who served for three vmi'S
with the British Itellef Commission in
Serbia. Miss Doris Ncvin, luiouer
member of the party, Is a daughter
of the late Kthuluert Novln, the com
poser. Col. William N. Haskell, commis
sioner to the Near East for the 1'uris
I Vine Commission und official repre
sentative of the Near Kast Relief, has
culilcd that the relief workers now in
the Held are overwhelmed by the mag
nitude of their task. Col. Haskell says
HOti,(KHl Armenians will starve before
the next harvest unless they are given
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HENRY MORGENTHAU.
the American people. They look to us
lis the human agency to extricate
them from the frightful situation In
which they have been left as a conse
quence of the war.
If we should fall to aid them, starva
tion and the winter's eld would go far
to completing the work done by the
unspeakable Turk.
I have not seen with my own eyes
the misery In which the Armenians
now exist. I have been spared that.
But the reports which have been
brought In by agents of the Near Kast
Relief and by representatives of the
Pence f 'onfoisanre paint a picture of
wretchedness Inconceivable to those
who have not a first bund Impression
of the savagery of the Mussulman.
Exiled From Homes.
Slnrc the beginning of the war tho
Turkish Armenians have been largely
refugees from their homes. A simple
agricultural people, they have been
We Wish Al! Our Friends
and Patrons
A Merry Christmas
Of course you arc planning something a lit
tle out of the ordinary for Xmas Dinner and
festivities.
You can find here everything needed in
FANCY GROCERIES
JAMS PRESERVES JELLIES
NUTS AND CANDY
FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES
FANCY CANNED FRUIT
OYSTERS AND FISH
in fact everything for the occasion, in the
way of eats
Phelps Grocery Co.
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exiles from their krms, deprived of
ltd and VM.0OO orphan children face 1 "I'tx'rtunlty to support themselves,
dulh frnm hnn. .nrf I 1 ,;,,r 'eUr "lflr SUfTerlngS bSVC III-
Thousands of refugees are dally be
ing brought to the relief centers fr-yu
tue deserts.
.ALLENBY STOPS
V GRAFT OF TURK
Confiscation of Property Pre
vented by English Officer.
creased. Now, a year after fighting
has ceased, they are still living the
life of noinails, able to continue to
keep alive only by virtu of American
philanthropy.
These homeless people "filthy Infi
dels" to the Turk were food enough
to esert their poor 'might In our be
bslf while the war. was stilt In the
balance. Massacre of a half century
hud not so broken their spirit that
they dured not fight for right and for
' democracy when Justice was the Issue,
Persecution of Armenians and w tl"?lr !,, ,h2n- Sar'
we rtnaii 1011 puns ineio i wimuut
I compassion how,
The day tins pasted when sny self
respecting man dares permit ahson
(Ion In his own personal affairs to ex-
rlude consideration of his neighbors
The most srbltrsry city boss In th ; s h..an, ,,,
' rld, It seems safe to say, as well as , knoltigly allow his neighbor to hun-
Uie most unscrupulous politician of 1 jt-r or to go unclothed. The Christina
awdero times, bss turned up la Alntah, 1 peoples of the Near Kt sr our
Armtnls. to lodre from sn official re- ! neighbors. The money needed to re-
Only Rest Monument.
"Those only deserve u monument,"
wrote Il:i7.lltt, "who do not need one;
that Is, who have raised themselves a
monument In the minds nnd memories
of men."
Diamonds of Many Colors,
Although when free of color they
are snld to be of flret water, diamond
are found In nearly every color of the
rainbow red, yellow, orange, green
and blue.
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Mr-HMlnaiii''ai'wv9iSkr,r'43Stfr''nsi
port recently toads by Major Stephen
Tmwbrldfs, uadw Uen, Kdmund II IL
Alleobys orders.
K Is Turk named Beslm Ivy. Cntll
lh Near Kast Relief stents stopped
lleve them ran be spared wtttmut
rsusiiig any mn, woman or child la
the t'nlted Hiat'-s to suffer.
Mart Net Nsst n fMt
In other years of oar own free will
we sent missionaries to Turkey. Oar
rT. bt practical uo tie terrtOd . , t tn4 bospltsls
Vmenlsns racti farms of anttar-crsft 1 1 ... i.i.i.rrit rnt in hu.
tnlfht well mat every other cor- i rnsnltlng that dsrk spot la th world.
net polltldsDj In th world green with lour Idest, our edursnonai resource,
Dry. sad aaca erneitlea as nik all : our material equipment, bsie bee
her heartleas rulera, fmm Nero 1 leaven In th. Vsr Kast. Iiecsuse w
0"n, em sweet snil tent rh i . .
. .... this greut e.ortutilty fur the prewnt.
sctwrs. Ill offle wis that of Muni
Tl-e Ami04ni bsv bTi tri-uted s
H'ul Chief Aceountsnt of Alntst.; but, L,.r,H1, ,, .Hpl in ;t..r bsb.o
ail dlahoOMt office holders know, t(,.-,..j I..-. n ,m- they are the kpirttual
it !n't the Job that iimtier. but th bmiliers f wnifem races
isar plums that go wrib It. Ileal m ! will AtiH-rica help them) Tberw
I't plurkl sugar plutiis with ktb Inn be l- it one snwer. llielr fcera-
Is, night stid dsy. Itty l d:r. but nur piwer Is great
I lntilret city t- hs their I Vse sr.- n.niihjr We sre a nemhr 't
'.) Iteaiin Rey's rame tin Me j 1! f .! of r.iti O'if broihei-s
N-r Kast Rellff agents found that no r..i I !. ' money, n en.
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What would make a more sensible Christmas Gift
than a pair of our HAN DMADE WORK SHOLS
or a pare of O'DONNELL DRESS SHOES foi
men.
' t'igh Artnctilsn relief work rtmil
" In thst i!y lill sii-'li rotell'
' of t rruri! i n ;ed ticneml
' At. drew nrd-r the artt and
"si of the : worst Turks In the
! 'but ruii (.,,. . nod Hesitn
ivall0ed, as inj.il, fwr Eft
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, g .! l fit -ccir the ,liki-t
0 ir . : e,il be tie.-t. ',
A f iiiot.,! s n ir snd It tt.sy
. ,' ;i ! ter. is'e for tie
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WE DO ALL KINDS OF SHOE REPAIRING
j Bowers Shoe Shop
WHITE STAR
BRAND
Made hy nun who know,
for iH-oplc wlm want the
l.tst.
Only the choicest wheal
carefully nraIcl. ; l
lliorotit;hly wahetl is iim-iI
in making 'ur flour.
Your baking will jnuve t'
you the big advanlage of
using White Star Brand
flour for both bread and
paMry.
Heppner Fcirmers
Elevator Co.
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