The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-11-29

nue., m. The cables come from
the committees agents in CONSTANT
.nOple. T1fis. Tabriz and Beirut.
The refugees are being cared for
PARTLY by the 100000 cabled By the
committee last week. Just before the
messages were received. This amount,
according to the cables. however. is
proving entirely insufficient, the de-
mnndf for mere necessities in one dis
trict alone reaching 100000 q
month.
The most startling Information
is contained In cable from the
signed by the Rev. George c. Rey-
inolds. for forty years Il missionary
at Van. Turkey. In the center Of the
Armenian districts, and by Ernest a.
Yarrow and Harrison n. Maynard.
also American missionaries.
The cable reads:
After year Of hiding IN
caves. hunted like wild animals.
thousands OF new refugees arc
coming from Turkey. They are i
being fed by the Russian gov #
eminent but nre destitute or
bedding md clothing There Ifa
great suffering from the severe
climate. After personal inVesti-
an appropriation OF a hundred
thousand dollars for bedding
for fifteen thousand new refu-
gees. Thousands Of women with
children to support are In dis
tress and hopeless. Our COM
mfttee Is now employing 1000
women in Erivan In Industrial
work. AS many more have been
turned away in despair. We are
opening a new center In Alexan-
dropoI and strongly urge an APP
preparation Of $500 600 to en-
ploy q 900 women for six months
at IS 1 per week. Moral as we'll as
physical results already. areayery
apparent !" Reynolds, Yarrow,
Maynard.
Brief messages from Tabriz re-
porting: Relief funds finished
months ago. Distress is great, have
been followed after only eighteen
hours delay by as large a remittance
Of funds as the committee has had at
its disposal for this region.
From one Of the most important
5centers the following message has
Just been received: Existing relief
work now in charge OF Americans
reaches over fifty localities. Allot-
nents must be increased at this sea-
8SDue@}#5 LGGtil1SLS ;4lTDIl% AANlEIlEdAS 49,
tai 500, 900 a months More funds
needed immediately
An expression Of gratitude to the
American people also has just come
through the state department to the
committee from Beirut, Syria. The
message was sent following the re-
cetnt OF; a remittance to provide help
until the arrival OF the Ameican 1915
Christmas ship to Syria:
Remittance is most oppor-
tune" says the cable. Please
advise all those who are respon-
s1b1e Of the greatsTalue of their
contribution whichSwlll preserve
for future usefulness many who
otherwise could not have been
kept
The navy collier Caesar provided
by the government, serving Armenia
and Palestine as well as Syria will
leave New York early in December,
carrying 1000 cases of condensed
milk for children, rice, lima beans.
wheat, -four. petroleum. cottonseed
oil. sugar and clothing. which milf
tary regulations provide must be
new. The clothing will include warm
underwear. sweaters and lightweight
shoes for men. women and children,
cotton and wooden socks for men,
Blankets and blanket shawls. gray
cotton and WOODEN cloth In the piece
and unbleached muslin. The cargo
is being assembled at the Bush Ter
nlinal. Brooklyn, and when complete
will cost more than a quarter Of a
million dollars, much Of which is still
needed.