The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-01-10
THIRTY MILLION NEEDED
THAT SUM Is NECESSARY TO
HELP THE ARMENIANS
KAIO To DO ITS SHARE
Plans Are Being Formulated to
Gather Up Funds In This
Section

Whereas, the president OF the United
States has Issued a proclamation caliin5
upon the reopie of this country to assist
the suffering Armenians, Syrians, Greeks.
and other refugees in the near east, and
Whereas, the nationwide campaign TO
raise thirty million dollars for this most
worthy purpose Is to be conducted during
the week beginning January IL, 1919,
Now Therefore, l, J. A. A. Burnquist,
governor Of Minnesota, do hereby urge
all of our citizens to give as literally as
they can to the fund to be raised In be-
half of the above named peoples who have
suffered through massacres, war and star
walton to such an extent as to call forth
our deepest sympathy and to entitle them
to our most generous contributions.
Thirty millions of dollars is the
minimum goal of the coming drive
for the relief of the millions of
starving people in Armenia and Syria
and an organization for Blue Earth
county is developing plans to raise
our share and more of this sum.
The committee is made up of the
following men: President C. H.
Cooper, chairman, Rev. Father Thesis
of St Peter and Paul's Catholic
church, County superintendent w.
II. Detamore, w. d. Willard and
Chris. Steiner.
This committee invited the clergy of
the county for a luncheon yesterday
st the Saulpaugh and the following
clergymen attended: Father Colbert of
Wirnebago and Vernon Center, Pa
Their Hughes, ST. Johns Catholic
church Father Thesis, Catholic; Rev.
A. F. Winter German Lutheran, Rev.
o. J. Arthur, Swedish Lutheran, Rev.
Ralph Jensen ard Rev. Mr.. Wendt
of Lake Crystal, Baptist, Rev. T.
Ross Paden ard Rev. Leon Smythe,
Presbyterian; Rev. G. A. Cahoon
Rev. c. G. Graves, Lake Crystal,
Rev. w. w. Brown, Vernon Center,
and Rev. j. A. Bostrom, Amboy.
Methodist; Rev. w. Z. Evans AMI
Rev. Mr.. Griffith, Lake Crystal, and
Rev. Mr.. Griffith, Cambria, Welsh
church.
Canvassers to Be Furnished.
1t was decided for the city of
Mankato that the churches would
furnish canvassers for districts
by the committee, and that the gen.
eral canvass would take place on
the afternoon of Sunday, January
nineteenth Full confidence was
expressed that all the people of the
city will be ready for the visitors
ard giHestb<zSa generous = sihscrips
tions. for all hearts have been deeply
touched by the sufferings of the hap
less people of the Turkish domin
ions. They must not only be saved
from absolute starvation but they
must be supplied with all that is
necessary to give them 4 start in
life so that they can support them
selves in the future. In the other
towns of the county the pastors will
act as local committee to arrange
for the subscriptions. The rural
districts will be organized by Su-
perirtendent Detamore by the APP
pointment of a soliciting committee
iE every school district in the county
The county committee has divided
the city irto districts as planned
and these will be announced in a
day or two.
Those present were full of enthu-
siasm and predicted that the county
will do mich more than meet its
quota of $10,500.