The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-08
DRIVE TO HELP TURKS VICTIMS
 SOON TO STAR!
Juneauites Asked to Provide For B Orphans Other
 Towns Asked to Aid.

The Armenian drive was inaugur- ated by the unspeakable Turk sev- eral years ago and has been so per-, sistently prosecuted by them that their victims have been driven
 Hundreds of thousands of them)
 to their deaths and many of those yet living to the very edge of yawn-
 ing graves, victims of gaunt starva- ton and cruelties that are beyond description. That is the result of
 the Armenian drive conducted by the ruthless Turks.
 "The Armenian drive or, more properly, the drive for Armenians now on throughout the United States. is a wholly different one than that ,inauguratcd and so cruel ly persisted in by the Turk" ac- cording to Rev. David Waggoner, who has charge of the work in this section "The American Armenian drive is for the purpose of rescuing from starvation the many orphans and the few adults left alive after being Cavished by the enemies of christianity and defiled by the hordes that make mock of ciyili- zation.
 "The drive now on for Armenians reaches to Alaska which is in the same organized district with the states of Washington, Idaho, Mon .tana and Utah. Alaska is also sub divided into districts, each one of which is confidently expected to do it's share in the matter of raising money to sustain life in a certain number of Armenian children. Local divisions are being asked to look after the numbers ascribed to
 them as follows: Juneau, 32; Doug
 las and Treadwell, 9; Thane and
 Perseverance, z.
 Now, as s66 is the least possible
 amount that will keep an Armen- ian child for a year, Juneau will be required to raise $1,9SO, Douglas
 md Treadwell s540, and Thane and Perseverance $420. Can it be done? It can. The GastineaD Channel residents have never yet fallen down in the cause of God and humanity md they will 'come across" this time and do it cheerfully-espec- tally when naked children are starving.
 "The drive for the raising of funds for this worthy cause is in the hands of Rev. David Waggoner of Juneau, A. E. Gurr of Douglas, I D. J. Argall of Perseverance, and w. T. Tolch of Thane, who ace devot- | ing their services free of charge to | the purpose the same as are the
 moving picture houses, the news papers, the publicity staff, the banks and others who are enlisted in the | movement, The purpose is to com
 plete the work during this week and next and to have the quota subscribed by the close of the l week. Saturday, September IS While the conditions existing ir Armenia are beyond words to de-
 scribe, the moving picture theatres during this week and next will show various slides which will give some 1dea CT the nOrrOTS ana hangers IT windows around town vii, serve the same purpose.
 'It is desired where possible to have individuals, families and busi- ness houses agree to support one Armenian-more if they can--for
 the period of one year. but If this can not be done. to dc the very best they can. It is a matter in
 which people are urged to consult their consciences, remembering that tbe ArmeDians are being persecuted ravished and slain because they will
 not give up the Christian religion and embrace the belief of the heather Turks.
 Watch the papers for further argument as to why we, from our plenty and to spare, should give a
 small part of our earnings to sus-
 tain human life in the most per secuted country the world has ever
 known"