The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-05-06

AMERICAN RED
CROSS BIC AID
NOW IN GREECE

NANTNl. Greece, lCorrcspondoNct
of the Assae.atcd Press Greece IL
Indebted to the United states 10,
many things. but she probably viii
remember longest the aid given by
the American Red Cross to the So.
uOO or moro refugees who have been
coming back from Bulgaria and ASH
Minor over every road and mountain
pass Unable thru it's own agcncics
TO care for this immense number OF
homeless and destitute people. the
Greek government left the task to
Americas big relief organization
King Alexander. Premier NeniEelos
and the Greek government have al.
ready testified their gratitude or
this assistance which was made pos.
sthlc thru the generosity of the Am
oricau people.
Tweuty.four hours after the sigu.
Ing Of the armistice, TIE Red Cross
established relief stations at every
point In Bulgaria. Turkey aud Mace
donil over which these innocent vie
Tins of the war were likely to come.
1t dispatched trainlcad after train
load OF supplies to the areas IN which
was known to be worst.
The stream OF refugees has not
yet ceased. and the work OF the Red
Cross continues. There has been n
serious development OF typhus among
the refugees quartered in Kayalls.
Drama and this city.
Edward Walker. Ct Luray. Va. o.
young officer in the American Rod
Cross, gave his life In fighting the
Three American nurses have
been stricken but are recover
ing in Greek hospitals.
Some OF the experiences OF the
In relieving the great mis-
cry among the refugees have been
tragic. A woman Red Cross worker
thus describes n typical day spent by
Abner Cobb. OF Denver.
Cole, at his lonely Red Cross relief
station at Nanthi:
with the assistance OF two Greek
boys he fed from 500 to 900 peo.
pie. administered TO the sick. and
gave out rations OF bread and soup
and rice. and that day had been able
to add bully beef to his rations
There were As cars on the side
racks loaded to the limit. forty to
sixty persons to the car. These re-
'ugees carried with them In the cars
heir donkeys. pigs. chickens. sheep.
goats and personal effects. From
ew OF the cars. cows poked their
reads In this environment one baby
las been born.
Lieutenant Cobb numbers the
ars when they come in and counts
he inmates. chalking their number
lp on the outside OF the cars. His
iitchen is on the tracks. He selects
our persons from each car to come
fter the food. bringing with them
heir own receptacles. In that way
hey are cared for swiftly and with
ut confusion. After everything is
erved. he goes thru the train TO see
hat no one has been overlooked.
"On this train was the Governor
( Zichni and his wife. both pitifully
L. To- /
en- months before to Bulgaria. to-
ether with 81 others from his town.
Of his party died OF III
reatment in Bulgaria" The same oh
erver. writing regarding a visit to
ne American Red Cross station at
avella, says:
To-day there are fewer than TO-
90 inhabitants in Kavalla. When
lie Bulgars evacuated the town they
'oted It systematically. stripped the
ores and banks, took all the food
nd swept the homes bare. taking not
My all the furnishings but all the
indow glass, dVpr and window fix
Ires, electric light wires, door knobs
C.
I'm the Struma valley, noted for
ore than 1000 years as the home of
peculiarly deadly form Of malarill
yer, the road runs TO Drama where
e American Red Cross has another
lief station. The plague Is raging
rOughout the valley There has
zen an unusual number of deaths,
there Is lack not only of doctors