Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-18
.ORGAN|zE COUNTY
TO AID ARMEN|ANS
GENERAL COMMITTEE rs FORMED
WITH e. e. GllpNER As
CHAIRMAN.
COUNTY ALLOTMENT OF
$4,000 TO BE PRoRATEO
Each Voting Precinct to Be Expected
to Raise as Much Of It's Share OF
County Quota as II Can--Comn,ittee
to Conduct County campaisn-Mem
bers Of Committee.

After much delay and passing or
tho buck TO George Marshall county
is 10 have an organized campaign for
contributions for the relief OF starv-
ing Armenians. This campaign has
been on in every county in the state
for several weeks and is being waged
turnout every state in the union. Be-
cause the council OF defense had ad-
journed and because of war work
WEAKNESS themselves, the committee
OF county commanders OF the war
drives asked the county ministerial
union 10 set UP new organization
for the Armenian relies. The desire
was 10 get away from the allotment
plan and strong arm method OF de-
manding response TO assessments as
was necessary when the war was on.
Finally a general county COMMITTEES
has been secured which will undertake
TO conduct n county campaign under
the leadership Of Z. E. Gildner, OF this
city. as chairman; II. NJ. Fawter,
cashier OF the Security Savings Bank,
as treasurer and assisted by John
Wright, Of Des Moines, assigned by the
state committee TO pail Marshall
county out Of the mud and get It
started.
The general committee which has
consented to rerve is 7. p. Low, II. w.
Moninger. W. y. Gilbert. G, c. Ogier,
J. p. link, " W. Mckibben, ]. -.
koontz. Park Grier. 4. B. Hoover. DR..
E. II Noble. Henry Leise. S. H Reilly.
G.. w. Gilbert. D. W. Norris and w H.
Arney. These men represent all parts
OF the county and will appoint COM
mittees for each voting precinct
Starving Are Our Wards
The winning Of the war has ended
the carnival Of blood for the unspeak-
able Turk VINO has mastered loop,-
600 Armenian christians within the
past three years but il also brings 10
all civilized and christian people the
responsibility for caring for 3,VOV'oo'
starving Armenian women and child
rem who have been deported by the
Turks into foodless deserts where II
was planned that they should starve 70
death The American committee for
relief in the near east has undertaken
the work. Il has been incorporated IN
the District u Columbia BY act OF con-
sress and is cooperating with the ma
tional Ped Cross which makes appro-
priations , toward the Work every
month. It has the endorsement o,
President Wilson. Henry Morgenthau.
John r Mott. Robert Lansing and Is
differed by men as prominent as ex-
President Taft. Charles F.. Hughes
former Judge Of the u s. supreme
court. former Secretary of State Elihu
Root and a host Of other men of ma
tional and international prominence.
Marshall co ,nty's quota is $4,000 or
thereabouts This amour. will be ap-
portioned among the precincts the
same as war drives and each commit
tee will raise Wnat it can. NO insist
ence will be made upon either prs
cinct or individual that he meet his
allotment but every dollar given goes
10 save a christian person from star
yation as the overhead IS all paid ny I.
few rich men who arc regular contri-
butors TO the york Of the Armenian
robot