The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-30
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or late. The newspapers OF England
and France lrnyc been carrying articles
on the hzavrst decd of the war" Hun
dreds Of thrilling incidents have been
descT5bed-tales of the capture of ma
chino Sans.-of boys who have been cruel
fled and shortly afterwards were taken
from their trees. and their lives saved:
the endurance OF the horrors of the dun
geons IN the prison camps: the hcrois1p
Of the survivors Of sinking ships; III"
aernpla1e fsatS and falls--oh. 1t is
thrilling page, We need no philosopher
to prove that these young heroes were
made 10 tho image of God. with their
bleeding hands they have carried Lib
crty from tho battle field. and set her in
the high places OF the earth.
Women Esroines.
without 1essezng the glory of n"
other exploits. or dilnming ono with
their undying fame. to all the other
tales let me add one exploit vi young
women. Years ago, out in Armenia
American cducai ors, missionaries and
physicians founded 4 woman's college
Slowly. under tho protection OF the
United StatGs government. and with the
permission OF the Sultan. many build
inEs wcre erected. These buildings.
with a small park. were owned bT the
! United States government, and were
| protected ny L strong wall Ono day N"
German officers. with their Turkish
r, sirnents, appeared in that region. They
! killed tho Armenian rug merchants and
manuract urcrs, the farmers and the
| husha-,dmcn. seized all their goods
| moved into their homes. and after quiet
had been restored. one day sent word
! demanding the surrender of the Amcri-
; can College. with all the students. The
! head of thr American school refused to
open the gates. Tho German and Turk
! ish officers replied that unless the gates
were flung open they would. begin the
| bnmbar,lrn. mt on the following day.
! Now tho old Turkish guns threw bombs
/ with lighted fuses. AS soon as these
young women understood the situation.
after tho explosion Of one or two bombs.
! they brought out buckets Of winter. Dip
ped the blankets until they were soak
| ing wet, anu the moment q bomb foil in
| the compound these girls, with lheir
| wet blankets made rush for the bomb,
! anc put out the fuse before it rxplQd Cd.
Again and again 1t happened that
| when these young women were AP-
! preaching the cusc, the shell exploded
and killed them before they could do
! their work. They did not surrender.
| Slowly rhr wall was beaten down md
! The buildings fired. but not until these
young educators had given life itself.
! We except bravery from the sailors who
! took their ships into the harbor Of Zoe
! brvgZa and SUNK tt-thcy had been
/ trained for wears. We arc not surprised
! that American boys walked right up
! into tho nest Of German machine guns.
, they had drilled for months in advance.
But these young American teachers and
! Armenian students were girls. with
! delicate hands they cXtinguiShcri tho
! flaming fuse. With their scnsitivn
! bodies they stood abnvo b"'nhahcll".
! They worked out tho method with their
! own minds They had never received
| any military instruction. They never
| fllnchcd. as the days went on. although
! many ~ their students wcrr lying dead
! around Chcm. Tcnnyson may celebrate
Tho Charge Of the Light Brigade" and
| Robert Burns sing Of the Battle Of
| Eannocitburr," but TO tho end nf tlme
| onc Of tho brightest pages In tho book
| Of golden deeds and the history Of hero
| ISM viii nc Tho story Of these younS
women. going toward bombs and almost
ccrtu'n death. that the younger girls
and children might live. After this We
::Ccd no argument 10 prove that Gods
SONS md daughters arc divine. III their
. own native right. Man, great names
! will fade like nctcorS. and pass away
! Ike falling stars. hut III" names Of
| -hcso acntirris, looking GCwn upon thc
! rcw r!:!ra and cCll"g~s ~ Armenia. ard
! keeping watch above !h"ir own.