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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-03
Ver1nin and Typhus
Among the Horrors

Upon one man, Mr.. Mcdowell. de-
volved the herculean task of SANTA
ton, including the protection Of the
water supply. Personal cleanliness
was OF course, out of the question for
the refugees, and the conditions, par
tlcularly among the mountainous.
grew such as may not be described
outside of a medical journal Nor is
1t good form to talk about vermin in
America, but in all their hideous vari-
ETY. they were talked about and seen
and felt by everybody on the premises.
lyphus, which wrought SO fatally
among Syrians and Americans, is car
RED by one particularly obnoxious
form Of vermin.
Then there was bread to be provided
DID ever housewife have such q task
as Tell upon Miss Lewis, of the girls
school. the present Mrs. Shedd-the
feeding OF fifteen thousand with bread
alone: -Four to five tons, or fourteen
TO fifteen thousand of the native loaves
OF bread, were provided dailv. in "a
systematic fashion as possible. The
money for the purchase of this from
Moslem bakers had to be raised; and
't was we'll that the American credit
was good with the money-lenders of
the city. 1t is pathetic to read in the
diaries Of the missionaries, such as the
notable one kept by Miss Lewis, their
concern about this money, lest America
would not be willing to repay 1t. There
was deal of trusting the good faith
and loyalty Of the homeland in those
days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-03
Is, 900 Refugees Saved
From Turk Massacre
Syrians and Armenians Besieged in Six-Acre
Missionary Compound for Five Months With
Single Guard and Old Glory at Gate. Typhus
Takes 1000 Victims Despite Heroic Efforts

force alone and by the prestige of the
flag that the place was kept inviolatc,
for the Turkish army could have forced
an entrance at any time. All the while,
though, the missionaries, especially
DR.. Shedd, who is the statesman Of the
mission, had been holding conferences
with the Turkish and Persian officials,
and their diplomatic Offices supple
mentcd tho walls.
asked Mr.. Allen, one of the heroes
Of the siege, what really would have
been done had the Turks and Kurds
broken through in force. He replied:
"Well, all we could have done would
have been to sell our lives as dearly
as possible; and had, on a convenient
shelf in my home, forty-five knives,
such as the Assyrian mountnineers
wear, which I had taken from refugees;
and had picked out the men to whom
l would give these, if The worst came
to pass I knew that every one of them
would give good account Of himself"
There are no native-born Americans
in Cru1nia except missionaries; and at
the time Of the siege these numbered
eighteen, Of whom thirteen came down
with tho dread typhus fever, though
happily not all at the same time. Three
Of the women died. With native fac
ulty for organization, the little force
was divided, so that there was always
an American on guard, and 80 that
each department. Of the tremendous
work was under one responsible head.
Imagine what it means to have fifteen
thousand destitute persons, frightened,
helpless and unused to organization
or to life in civilized environment, sud-
denly thNust upon the care of hand
ful Of Americans. All had to be fed,
housed and kept warm, if possible
though it was not possible to do the
last.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-03
Ready to Die Fighting
To Save Comrades

One day q crowd of Kurds said to
Mr.. Muller, the missionary who stood
on guard at the American gate: 1--WE
came down here to the plain with the
intention Of killing you all. Not one
Of YOU would have escaped, but (point-
my 10 the Stars and Stripes flying
o'cs the gate) We don't dare pass un-
Ger that flag" The missionaries had
turned the entire enlarged premises
into a walled Enclosure. with only the
ono gate, which was guarded day and
niaht CT COURSE it was by moral
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-03

next morning. Constantly in and out
between closely laid stretchers, not one
man made a groan, not one man pitied
wounded endured their pain and the
additional pain of redressing without a
murmur. The man to whom the lift
ing of his head and shoulders so that
ne might drink must have giver addi-
tlonal pain gave no sign save Of his
grateful appreciation. The man whose
wounded foot | accidentally touched as
he sat on a crowded bench met nv
apology b., smilingly saying it war
nothing. The man whose jaw was so
badly smashed that he could not have
wounds we're such that drink must not
be given them were just as grateful for
a spoonful of water with which to vet
their parched lips and threats as
! though for a cupful. The courage and
, tortltude of the men is thing never
to be forgotten.
Their chivalry also knows no bounds
as Just this incident will show: About
O'Clock we had to refuse drinks CT
water TO unwounded German prisoners
as our water supply was very nearly
giving out and we could not be sure Of
the early arrival of water cart. AL
,nost Immediately | caught a wounded
BRUSH soldier offering, before he he'd
touched it himself, drink of his cocoa
to two unwounded Germans
German Wounded
Treated as Well
Roughly speaking, all the wounded
mad fIrst claim; next them the stretch
or bearers, whose work is as risky and
taxing as any. and lastly the battalion
runners, who keep up the difficult com
munlcatlons between front and rear and
between the lines, a business full of
risks and terribly trying.
Inc German wounded were amazed at
their unexpected good treatment. I'm
wounded German prisoners acting as
Stretcher bearers appreciated it SO
highly that one batch, who accidentally
got lost by their guard, came back to
one OF the stations to carry more
Wounded-and get another drink.
man came staggering in on the
third day. one solid cake Of mud from
head to foot. His story was verv sim
pie, as the greatest deeds arc. He was
badly wounded in the arm. His chum
at the same moment had his legs shat
tered and rolled into a shallow trench
lalt 1ull OF water. The other followed
to see what he could do, and found his
o"ui!l 3 Heau under water. He held it
up lest he should drown, and sat by
nm, holding it up, for two and half
days tn he died, and only then stag
gered down to the station to be seen to
Another. burly Australian, badly
wounded. head all bandages, shaking
with fatigue, was brought down in an
ambulance. He was handed cup of
not coffee and was needing if badly
lie had put it to his lips when he
glanced round at the ambulance and
saw chum just being carried out. more
sorely wounded even than himself. lie
put down the coffee untastcd. stag
gered back to his friend and bent over
him: skinny, old man, l hope you'll
pull through. Goodbye then
staggered back and drank I'D his cof-
fee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-03
Owed Their Lives
To American Flag

It was not easy to realize that this
large company owed actual life itself
to the American flag, and that had it
not been for the resourcefulness OF the
American missionaries all those women
would have been violated, and all. or
most. of the men killed. Moreover, less
than two years ago not person IN
that church had possessed anything but
the clothes he or she had worn in
fight from the village; and, thanks to
American relief funds, the village has
been rehabilitated and is on q SELF
supporting basis. Those five hundred
Christians were but fraction Of the
fifteen thousand who took refuge under
the American flag when the Russians.
at the beginning Of 1915, evacuated
Urumia and the Turks and Kurds
entered.
Both resourcefulncss and courage
we're displayed by the resident Ameri-
can missionaries when this stunning
blow unexpectedly fell upon the city
On the first day Of the new year. They
are not novices to the perils of the
East in Urumia, for the Presbyterian
Mission has been established on this
spot for eighty years, and some Of the
workers are second generation mis-
sionaries. 1t is as natural for the Oft
harried Syrians to turn to the Ameri-
cans for help as it is for hurt child
to fly to its mother. So when the
Turks and Kurds came down upon the
plain like wolves Of the mountains
tho Christian villagers and city dwell
ers instinctively rushed to the Ameri-
can Mission compound, where they all,
high aud low, had been accustomed to
carry their troubles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-03
$4,000 Refugees
Within the Enclosure

The Western world has not the ex-
periencc to enable it to visualize the
throng that besieged the gate Of the
compound wherein the Americans
dwclt- There are two American prem
Uses, those in the city and those on the
outskirts, where tho college and hos
pital are established. It was to the
city compound that the refugees chiefly
fed. until they numbered at least
fifteen thousand. Even after they had
been extended for siege purposes, by
taking in the Anglican Mission and
tho residences Of neighboring Chris
tians, the grounds did not exceed six
acres in extent, and this mostly COW
cred by buildings. There is no large
lawn or tennis court or other open
space. Existing buildings were already
being used to their fullest extent for
the purposes Of the work.
Nevertheless. into these narrow
quarters poured day after day, in end
less stream. thousands of men, women
and children, every one with a story to
tell Of escape from the Moslems- -some
Of them, alas! the only survivors OF
their families. There were mothers who
had seen their husbands and sons slain
before their eyes, and their daughters
Of tenderest years torn from their
arms for a fate worse than death-for
in some villages every girl and woman
from eight years to eighty, was raw
ished. One must come to the Orient
10 learn the part that lust and loot
play in every strife in which Moslem
is concerned.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31
1.-THE BRIDGE OF THE GODS"
FOR RED CROSS BENEFIT

THE Bridge of the Gods" will
be an outstanding feature of the
pioneers reunion to be held next
week in Weston.
This will be a grand pageant
adapted from the celebrated ro-
nance of Oregon Indian life writ
ten by the late F. H. Balch.
Only the high lights Of "The
Bridge of the Gods" will. Of course,
be embodied in the pageant. Chief
ly featured will be the great coun-
ellis of the Wanna presided over by
Multnomah, their warlike ruler.
The audience will be kept in touch
with the story by megaphone, in
order that the significance Of the
speech made by each Indian at the
council may not be lost. In the
background will be an Indian set
ting as nearly realistic as possible.
The entire net proceeds will go
to the Umatilla County Chapter of
the Red Cross. Mrs. J. H. Will
liams has direction of the pageant,
which is by far the most ambitious
production ever undertaken by 10.
cal talent.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31
THE ALLIES ARE HOLDING

Slowly but surely the plunge OF
the German Crown Princes armies
is being halted by the French and
British armies. reports the ASso-
ciated Press. While the momen-
tum Of the German masses has not
as yet spent itself. there has been
notable slackening in its advance
during the past day, The chief
efforts of the Germans now seem to
be devoted to the widening of the
gap they have torn in the positions
of the allies between Pinon and
Brimont. This work seems TO be
progressing slowly against the des-
perate resistance of the allied
forces.
The French having fallen back
from the limits of the city Of Sois-
sons have stood their ground
against the attacks of the enemy
and the German official statement
fails to show material advances
there during the days fighting.
The French here are fighting on
familiar ground, which has been
made historic by numerous battles
some Of which are named among
the decisive combats Of history.
On the eastern end of the fighting
line some of the forts before Rheims
are said to have fallen. which was
to be expected from the fact that
they have been outfanked by the
tide of the invasion that has swept
far to the south of the city.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31
If YOU ARE q YOU MUST
REGISTER JUNE 5IR NEXT

Wednesday, June 3, Is date OF
great Importance to every man IL
the United States who has attained
the age of 81 years since Registra'
tion Day on June 5 one year ago,
For on this coming June 5 will
be- held another Registration Day,
on which every man who has passed
his 2lst birthday since last June 8
must register with his local draft
board.
This applies TO non.citizens rs
well as To citizens. No man who
comes within the age limit is ex.
empted from registering, unless he
is already in the military or naval
service of the United States,
And men 81 years old who for
any reason have been discharged
from the military or naval service
must register on June 5.
No excuse will bc accepted for
failure TO register. The burden of
informing himself Of the time and
place for registration is by law
placed on the registrant himself,
Failure to register is punishable
by imprionsment up to one year in
Jail.
Men who are too i'll TO appear at
the registration place in person must
send some competent person to the
local board to obtain u registration
card with authority to fill it out,
This card when filled must be mail.
cd or taken in person to the local
board in time to be filed on Regis
tration Day.
S. A. Barnes is the registration
officer for the three Weston pre-.
cinctS and for Reed and Hawley
and Mountain precincts. All resi-
dents of these precincts who are
subject to registration and all others
so subject who may be within the
limits Of these precincts must call
At his office in Weston on June 5.
This will be open from seven
o'clock in the morning until nine
in the evening, as required by law.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31
COAL BUYING WEEK

A patriotic duty which should be
easy for the people is to determine
their fuel wants for the winter and
order their stocks Of coal. By this
means they may avoid the possibil.
ity of discomfort and inconvenience
for themselves, and also assist the
Fuel Administration in carrying
out its comprehensive plans for
keeping the home fires burning"
while at the same time feeding the
fires Of industry.
Next week-June 8 to Sis
"coal buying week" in Oregon. It
has SO been designated by Fuel Ad.
ministrator Fred J. Holmes and has
so been proclaimed by the gov.
ernor. The four-minute men and
the state council Of defense are co.
operating to make it a success.
II want to keep hsmmering be-
fore the people the absolute neces-
sity Of laying in their fuel supply
early" says Mr.. Holmes, "if they
do not want to experience heat
less and lightless winter"
All freight rates go up 25 per-
cent the 25th of June, which means
an increase of a little more than
one dollar a ton in the coal price.
This may be saved by ordering at
onee. It becomes quite evident,
therefore. that those who heed the
Fuel Administration will be wise as
we'll as patriotic.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

ducc a creditahle country paper and
10 do It's duty by the community,
One Of its achievements alone was
worth more than $4,000 to the
Weston school district. Such facts,
however, are without significance
TO not a few local residents who
content themselves with taking
daily papers and borrow their home
paper when they condeScend TO read
II at all.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31
BISHOP KNIGHT OF THE AIR

William A. Bishop. V. c.. ID. S
o.. NJ. c., Canadian flyer. is the
only man who has ever received
three decorations at one time at
the hands Of the King Of England.
One Of them is the much desired
Victoria Cross.
Bishops wonderful score includes
40 enemy airplanes and two bal
looms. And yet through all Of his
marvellous aerial adventures he
has passed unScathed! He COM
bined cool caution with intrepid
daring, surprising skill with sagac-
ious strategy. Sometimes he would
attack unaided an enemy squadron
of six or more airplanes. but only
when he was in a position to sur
prise them or take them at a disad-
antage.
No knight errant Of the vaunted
Age Of Chivalry has ever surpassed
the record Of this modern knight
of The air. Sir Launcelot, the
great Cid and Richard Occur d.
Lion would. If they were living to-
day. be compelled to doff their hel.
NETS to him. Indeed, thousands Of
gallant deeds in air and on land
have demonstrated that the Age Of
Commerce has not thinned the red
blood in human veins. as many pes.
simists prior to the great war
would have had US believe.
Bishop has told his own story
quite simply in a series Of articles
in the Saturday Evening Post. And
yet it is such a story as would
have been regarded as utterly fan
tastic and impossible if printed as
a prophetic romance less than five
years ago.
There IS truth in every word, and
yet TO the reader in a humdrum
sphere far removed from the scene
of the great war, the narrative
seems unreal.
Bishop and his fellows regard
air fighting as a game. They shot
down airplanes much as a sports
man shoots clay pigeons. Only at
night would Bishop realize that
when he brought down an enemy
plane he snuffed out a human life.
Often, then, this thought would
keep him awake. This is signifi- /,
can't as showing that the great
aces of the Allied air feet have not
become hardened and remorseless.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31
Attention, Farmersl

II you haven't gotten your stor-
age for harvest. you'd better see
me and get in on the car of distil-
late to arrive in Weston about
July /. GUY CR0NK,
Agent Standard Oil Co,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Those who lament the fact that
the Administration does not take
Colonel Roosevelt to its bosom and
give him all that he asks, should
try to remember when the bellicose
Colonel has ever shown a humble
and forgiving spirit.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Late reports from Washington
say that General Pershing and not
politics." as alleged by the Ore
gonian, has kept General Leonard
Wood from the front.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

The world is unfair in many ways
Soldiers sing while under fire, but
many soloists have been allowed to
sing their heads Of without having
q shot fred at them.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

No hot wave next summer win suf.
fee to take the average mans mind of
the question Of coal supply for the
following winter.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

The government is now warning
women against the use Of rouge and
hair dyes. In these times of trouble
everybody is having turn in taking
some Of the Joy out of life.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

London motor vehicles are burning
coal gas carried in bags. Their por.
traits indicate that some mechanical
Burbank has succeeded in crossing
the automcbile with the balloon.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

The late Charley Barrett was a
true and loyal friend to Weston.
and his passing is mourned by such
of our people who are themselves
true and loyal to their own COM
munity.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

The fellow who runs for a car and
misses It by second knows that II
does no good to watch the car for
block, but he has nothing else to do.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

An impression prevails that Germany
has gone to more trouble than Is rea-
sonable In advertising her strikes and
other local dissensions.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Another summer should not pass
without sending a committee to inter
view the Eskimos on how to spend a
comfortable winter.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Victory bread is good, and is gen.
orally liked, and that is pretty lucky.
for we probably shall have to keep on
eating II for some time.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Those who cannot fight can save
wheat and meat for those who can.
There is no citizen who cannot share
In the work and the glory Of winning
the war.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

This winter will be known as the
season of plethora Of Janice jam,
railroad Jam. snow jam. There have
been few II any jamless days.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

There Is a point Mt which the value
Of money hnlts. The fact that you
have the price does not entitle you to
eat meat on meatless days.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

II pork continues to go up we may
have to reverse the old saying and
make It casting swine before pearls"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Nobody is taking the weather man to
task because the much-advertised cold
wave failed TO arrive on schedule time.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Restaurant keepers would make a
hit by throwing In a microscope with
each order for a large porterhouse.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Fuelless days are also cruel for the
good old crouch that always finds the
street cars too cold or too hot.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Buying thrift stamp is not 30
much. but getting the thrift habit is
great and glorious achievement.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

The Leader today enters upon
the forty-frst year Of its existence.
For four decades it has tried to pro-
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

American cats are killing the rats
In the trenches. Here Is another tri.
umph for Uncle Sam "over there"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Why be timid7 Why not come out
and state your predictions boldly, like
the Chicago News, which says: "Any.
how. therell be q long time after the
war 49,. ~
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

And to add to all our other troubles.
remember that the spring poets are
Just In the offing.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

It's n wise baseball player. in this
period Of enllsting and beIhg traded,
that knows his own mnster.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

In the sweat OF our faces we eat
bread and In the chill OF our feet we
dig for coal.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31

Circulators Of baseiess rumor'
should bear In mind that they Are eas
Ter started than stopped.