New Britain herald., 1916-10-20

TWO DAY CAMPAIGN
 FOR RELIEF FUNDS
Tomorrow and Sunday Are Days
 Designated by President

Tomorrow and Sunday will be ob- served in this city in common with l others Throughout the country, as the 1 joint days upon which the people, act | ing upon a proclamation issued by 1 President Wilson, may make any such contributions as they feel disposed for ] the aid of the stricken Syrian and Ar menian peoples. The proclamation issued by President Wilson is as fol- | lows:
 Whereas, I have received from the senate of the United States a resolu- ton, passed July (calendar day, July 1O), 1916, reading as follows: | "Whereas Etc.
 Resolved, That, appreciating the sufferings of the Syrian people, it is suggested that the president of the United States set aside a day upon which a direct appeal to the sym l pathy of all American citizens shall be made and an opportunity shall be given for our public-spirited people to l contribute to a much-needed fund for the relief of the Syrian people,"
 And Whereas, 8 Resolution was passed by the congress of the United | States on July IS, 1916, reading as | follows:
 
 Resolved by the senate (the house of representatives concurring), That, 1 in view of the misery, wretchedness and hardships, which these people are suffering, the president of the United States be respectfully asked to des1g- nate day on which the citizens of this country may give expression to their sympathy by contributing to the fn nd hniy | of the Armenians in the belligerent | countries
 And Whereas, I feel confident that the people of the United States will be moved to aid these peoples stricken by war, famine and disease; Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, in con- 1 pliance with the said suggestion of the senate and the said request of the congress thereof; do appoint and pro- claim Saturday, October 21, and Sun day, October 22, 1916, as joint days upon which the people of the United | States may make such contributions as they feel disposed for the aid Of the stricken Syrian and Armenian | peoples.
 In Witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
 Done at the City of Washington this thirty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine | hundred and sixteen, and of the h. | dependence of the United States the one hundred and forty first. (SeaD
 WOODROW WILSON. By the president: Robert Lansing, secretary of state.
 *Certain portions of the presidents l proclamation including long quota- | t1onS from the senate and house reso- | lutions are here omitted in the inter ests of brevity. Copies giving the full | text however will be supplied upon | application to the American Commit tee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, 70 Fifth Avenue. New York Social Relief Committee | Following is the local relief com- mitte, auxiliary to the American Com l nnittee for Armenian and Syrian Re- lief: Chairman, Rev. Henry w. Maier; treasurer, Frank G. Vibberts. New Britain Trust company; Joseph A. Andrews, J. M. Burdick, Rev. War ren F. Cook, E. H. Cooper, F. S. Chamberlain, A. F. Corbin, Rev. Dr. Earl B. Cross, Howard S. Hart, H. D. Humphrey, Rev. pr. George w c. Hill, J. F. Lamb, w. w. Leland. A. N. Lewis, F. G. Platt, Dr. T Et Reeks, E. J Skinner, Louis P. slade Andrew J. Sloper, Charles F. Smith Henry s. Walter, B. M Wightman.
 Reports from the war zone in the east show the extent of the sufferin g and the trials of the people for which this relief work is being done. The lowing accounts of conditions, each of which speak graphically:
 Armenian Mothers Crazed,
 During the recent deportations of Armenians by Turks, which led Presi- dent Wilson to name October 22 as a , day on which contributions for their relief should be received the victims were not allowed to receive food or ministration of any sort. The sick and the aged and the wee children fell by the roadside, and did not rise again. Women in childbirth were urged along by bayonets and whips until the moment of deliverance came and were left to bleed to death. The likely girls were seized for harems unless death came as a, merciful re- lease. Those who could committed suicide. Mothers went crazy, an6 threw their children into the river tC end their sufferings. Hundreds ' thousands of women and children dies shame.