Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-09
V|RC|N|Ahs PLAN RELIEF
FOR NEAR EAST PEOPLES
conference OF County Chairmcn tt
BE Held Here All Day
Tomorrow.
NEW YORK WORKERS COMING
Investigators Who Have Seen Con-
ditions In Armenia and Other
Countries Nearby VIII Speak.
Oliver j. Sands Calls Meeting.

Wig mia district and county repre-
Senta,ives of the American Committee
for Relief in the Near East have been
called by oliver J. Sands, chairman of
the Virginia Division. to meet in
Richmond for an all-day educational
conference tomorrow to discuss the
that general section of the world
Fully scventy-flvc representatives will
attend the conference. which will open
At $3.50 o'clock in the auditorium Of the
Chamber OF Commerce.
From the New York headquarters of
the American committee will be sent
known throughout the country--to tell
the Virginia workers rrst-hand story
OF the appalling conditions in the
representatives arc Charles V. yicker%
executive secretary of the o.ganizn
ton, who spent several months in a
Asia; c. p: Burgess. field secretary Of
ten Near East relief, who spent last
summer in Europe in conference with
o,h rget' MS Hoo Eia.o,d Lord Bryce ana
Isaac Yonan. anu
JUST Back From BaEdaa.
mrs. Duryea is in charge OF the
Eel,s in ,n od1sSnizatlons for Near East
me synod of Urumiah. Persia. arrival
IN .nis country only few dag ago
i Rriti,I sagdnd' whore ne reached The
hidinK H fr rtnes n after days or flight and
~, ms' SANDS VIII preside at the confer
f ence ;,,r which viii adjourn at o'clock
10 v ,phch In the Business Mems Club
~ ahicn The Richmond Ministerial
CInion has been invited to attend. The
a anS session will open at 1880 O'Clock
sWs- VIII continue until late in the
to the nrh,i pom sessions Will be open
Rev: William Russell Bowie. D d.
and VIII nf" be shf so, mIss.;ng with PRAYER,
OF welcome by Mr.. Sands Tho 80,
speakers are .Mr Vickery. Mr. "S yo na1'
HOPPER qfs sss,s and d,! Mrs. Duryea. G. w
s snort taik, and there Will be a meet,
NE OF the religious leaders. foIioWad
div,s on discussion us or OF the sunday school
last summer. e overseas
Ch.irmen to Speak.
AZ the luncheon in the business
m mens c;nb TALKS vI will be made by 6r'
AZ the afternoon session there vi SteS hc
by the eoa I'M work Of the orsanisation
De made by Dr. Herbert / Ek,ns VII
I,s.rict director. and Rev. william NJ
condue tf mfs: ml0f rem Duryea viii
from $3.50 to ( O'clock. t'e" leaders
mere rs no end TO the heart-rend-
d de II LES mat IS coming through from
az the lifting OF war conJItInns fr asa
man that ahas long been hlockad " I eh
o'I u MT; Sands last night
re toId OF letter that had i,,s.
Gome through from Rev. Beshsra
in ery; pastor Of the Syrian Prcsbv
ifeIlan Church at Sioux ell sharb. Mount
LEBANON. Syria. who wrote tha; o.1ho
OFFERINGS and the misery No ~ e
endured and witnessed are ,i,ora,ss
understandable. No imarinat,on n.ea
conceive what we have seen Win ca.
own eyes. ~" our
Many Pernons Starving.
The victims Of starvation arc ~
!cast onc-third OF the popuia,Ion %
> s. ne, IN inou ntain The pit!ful sights. the
~ ~. !amentations OF the hungry r.,
We, s streets we're heart-rending. Re
LAT rom supplying the needs IN
arcns died and VIC are looking forward
70 the time when things normal cnn,e
back 10 us" "i eoihc
Many important matters are 70 he
I.lu neiore the conference tomorrow
rom, ,roin INC speakers from New YORK
,urh'ns there in recent weeks have
tod horrible tales Of conditions in
me Near East. and tine greaI mead for
Immediate relief. Mr.. burgess wbo
Was IN conference with Herbert Hoover
uuFihG the summer, quotes MIR Hooyer
as saying that the Near East presents
world" "'"a''oh IN the
Delegates to the Virginia conference
viii arrive in Richmond ;his ar,crpnor
ana tonight. Because o. the ;mnor,
ahce OF their work at home /, Ivas
decided 10 make the meeting an all
IaE gathering. of two sessions in or
der that they can return home tonor.
TOW r niGht with as little lost time as