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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29
BOY SCOUTS IN
YOUNG ARMENIA
Strangest Troop Of All in Con-
stantinopIe Being Made Into
Good Citizens.

American Boy Scout training Is aid
ing prominently In the rehabilitation
Of hundreds Of little Armenian boy
refugees from the Turkish massacres.
who have been organized into a scout
troop in Constantinople as the solution
of one of the most troublesome prob
lens that confronted the Near Bast Re-
lief workers in that city.
Hounded and driven for four years.
having seen their parents and relatives
slaughtered or worse by Turks and
Kurds and themselves forced to beg.
steal or do almost anything to exc out
the barest existence, these boys had
completely lost their moral sense when
they finally found refuge in the Near
East Relief orphanges.
The boys had been clad in rags for
so long that they had forgotten how to
take care of clothes. This was tragedy
when the Near East Relief had need of
every pair of shoes and of every suit
of clothes for new boys constantly COM
ing in
Then the boys were organized MS
Boy Scouts and given their uniforms.
They began to be careful of their
school clothes as well as of their uni
FORMS
They had been so often hungry they
had come to steal without compunc-
ton. When they first, entered the or
phanages they continued to steal. One
boy stole purse from his American
teacher. For two or three weeks after
he became Boy Scout he was obvious
ly uneasy. One day he came to her
with the purse in his hand.
"I don't want to give 1T back" he
said reluctantly. "But I have to. I'm
A Boy Scout now"
To form more scout troops to trans
form these little unfortunates into
good citizens, is one of the reasons
why the Near East Relief, Madison
avenue. New York city, II making it,
appeal for funds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29

wife, Lady Anne. and french Esther
Araxie Azgapetian. whose baby eyes
opened upon scenes of horror and later
through them saw much Of the suffer
ings of the people Of Armenia.
The family are making their tour un-
der auspices of the Near East Relief.
the big organization which has saved
hundreds of thousands OF the people
in that part of the world from death
By hunger and cold and IL soon to open
q nation wide campaign for funds to
complete the work Of saving the sur
vivors, more than a half million Of
whom must perish unless aid comes to
them soon. America II their only hope.
General Azgapetian served CALAMITY
in the Russian armies in the Caucasus
axainst the Turks. His wife, who &C
eompanied him to the front, did noble
work for the wounded and sick, and
II was while In this service that her
baby was born In . hospital tent during
q battle. An army blanket SWING from
two poles In one corner Of the tent was
ths baby's crib during the rest Of that
terrible winter campaign. With the
collapse of the Russian armies after
ths Bolshevist revolution the Azgape-
tians returned to Armenia for brief
spell and did their best to alleviate
the suffering they found on every hand.
But with Turkish price on his head
the father finally made his way with
his family through Russia to Finland
and then to this country. What they
tell of conditions and needs in Armenia
b first hand evidence.
In the Caucasua, Armenia, Syria.
Turkey and Persia are more than 25O.-
900 orphans, helpless lktle victims OF
war, massacre and deportation, and
for the great majority the only bar b.
tween them and absolute starvation
IL q bowl of hot bean soup every day.
This soup Is supplied by the Near East
Relief now making an appeal to
the American people for sufficient
funds to increase this dole and to pro
vide these suffering little ones with
clothing and give them an education
that will help them to become self sup
porting. 1t Is estimated that more
than 100000 In Western Asia will
die of starvation unless American aid
is continued.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29
CHURCH COUNCIL
ENDORSES n. E. R.
Federal Body Says No. More
Compelling Need in All
the World.

Departing from custom. the FEEDER
al Council of Churches has endorsed
the work being done by Near East
Relief. ! Madison Avenue, New York
City, the former committee for Ar
menian and Syrian Relief which has
essayed the task OF caring for 1885,
900 starving people in Western Asia.
Resolutions adopted by the executive
committee, rs announced by Charles S.
Macfarland. general secretary. are az
follows:
"Your committee recommends that
prayers be offered in all our churches
for the suffering children throughout
the world. especially those who are in
distress and peril rs the result Of the
war
'They further recommend that We
reaf'rm and empAAsise our interest
and cooperation IN the plans Of
Near East RAlt>l' We know Of NO
nesd IN the YpfA hat IL more com
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29

of the horrors Of Turkish massacres
and deportationA Saved by an Ameri-
can woman, she has come to this coun.
uy and entered Oberlin College.
With her came fourteen other Arme-
nian girls in charge Of Miss Adelaide
8. Dwight. Near East Relief worker.
who has been Instrumental in helping
to save hundreds of thousands of their
people from death by starvation. Miss
Dwight, who u not given to exagger.
alton and has seen conditions at first
hand, says more than a million people
are facing death BY starvation In Ar
menia and will perish unless America
aids.
Herself an eyewitness to the siaugh.
ter of hundreds Of helpless women
and children BY the Turks and q vic.
tim of the deportations. Miss Dake-
SIAN. an unusually. pretty girl. says
there II untold suffering in Armenia
and Syria. She praises the efforts Of
the Near East Relief. formerly the
American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief. to save A. many Of
these people a. possible. At Erivan.
the capital Of the Armenian republic.
one hot meal Il given out. daily. and BY
this relief alone the city's death rate
has been cut from q thousand daily to
an average Of twenty. At Alexandra
pol. where the refugees from Turkish
Armenia were driven BY Thousands. the
situation IL appalling. Miss Dakesian
says. 1t II to avert these Wholesale
deaths that Near East Relief In makina
= nationwide appeal for fundA
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29
SIS PER MONTH
FEEDS ORPHAN
Cleveland H. Dodge Shows What
Near East Relief Can Do In
Efficient Purchasing.

Buying In Wholesale lots and under
the most favorable market conditions,
Near East Relief Of Madison avenue,
New York city, with representatives in
every state Of the Union. has been able
to bafne the high cost of living 20 far
a. relief supplies for the suffering mil.
lions Of the Near East are concerned.
Cleveland q. Dodge. treasurer. In .
statement shows that the committee u
able to provide food for the suffering
people Of the Near East at prices much
lower than the average charge here.
A donation Of S per month will pro
vide food for enc orphan. $40 per
month provides not only food. but also
clothes and shelter for one orphan.
and for SIS per month attendance At
school 10 assured to each orphan In ad
dition to food, clothing and shelter.
In the appeal for funds to save the
starving remnants Of the .Armenians
and other western Asia peoples, Near
East Relief Is inviting the American
public to "adopt" an orphan at the
rates given here. Over 25O.O00 home
less children are In need of help in the
Near East Women's organizations,
lodges, churches and social clubs are
responding to the appeal by adopting
quotas of orphans for support over 2
definite period.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29

From comfort simply through
BILL tnat oens
Madison Avnus
Armenian children snown M ~o
ten dolr DILL
Relief in Armenia were soe
East Relief ndost. p.ns Inc I
children Inc motne
nan for making the garmena
lucky Thousands Of others not 70 'ur,
the doaf
Near people contribute
estimated that
adults orphans ana must %
Re!e5 not ony
also vs course IN
providing os fof the
rmorso over q Civ
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29

Relief will make to the country in
February for funds to support Its
work among the starving peoples OF
that stricken land. To the Wash
ington meeting he wrote:
.Advices and information coming
from the Near East cannot be doubt
ed. There is great actual suffering
and famine. These people. recently
become independent and released
from bitter thraldom, cannot sup
port themselves. And the Christian
and common instincts of humanity
which have prompted the people Of
the United States during the last
two years to relieve the distress
and needs, especially of the Near
East, must not be allowed to grow
cold and be diminished.
II hope we shall all unite in this
present emergency and be able to
collect sufficient funds to enable
these peoples to live and work until
next summer brings them perma-
nent relief and subsistence. l call
upon all to respond generously to
the appeal now being made and
trust that the committee will be
gratined with the results."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29
.nI.n r. Rescued from TURK. Being Taken TO


the
20ooo
is noble work
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29
Cardinal Gibbons Asks Aid
For Starving Armenians

This is the
message from
James (Cardi-
q al) Gibbons
read at the
big meeting in
Washington in
aid of tn e
Near East Re-
lief. The ven
cradle primate
of the Catholic
Oh ur ch in
America 10 in
tensely inter-
ested In the
appeal which
tho Near Eaat
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29
HUNGER KNOWS
NO ARM|STICE.
IN CAUCASUS
Colonel Haskell Reports to Near
East Relief on Desperate
Needs of Helpless.

"Peace may come elsewhere in the
world. but hunger knows no armistice
in the Near East" says Colonel Will
liam N. Haskell, Allied high commits
sion In the Trans-Caucasus. in an ap-
peal to Near East Relief, ] Madison
avenue. New York city. for food and
supplies for the relief of the starving
millions.
Colonel Haskell is in charge of all
operations and disbursements Of Near
East Relief in the Caucasus
There is no fuel or shelter for the
greater part Of them during the terri
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29

BILE winter in the mountains" he says,
"and the existing food supply is entire
ly inadequate for the great number of
refugees without resources of. any
kind.
"By a recent agreement between the
premiers Of the republics of Armenia.
Azerbaidjan and Georgia to cease hos
tilities and settle all differences by
arbitration one obstacle to relief work
in the Caucasus has been removed and
makes accessible a great number OF
destitute people who otherwise would
perish this winter.
Two hundred thousand destitute
Armenians and Tartars can now be
reached in the districts Of Karabagh.
Shusha and Nakhichevan, in the south
east section Of the Trans-Caucasus, and
we are planning to extend our work
there. The economic situation II %
desperate and food supplies % scanty
that the Georgians have ordered 100.-
600 persons. mainly Russian refugees
without employment, to leave the city
Of Tifis. About 5000 workers in the
oil fields Of Baku have been ordered BY
the Axerbaidjahese to leave the city
because there IL no work for them and
food Is scarce.
. Around every station along the rail-
way are gathered groups Of hundreds
Of homeless people lying huddled to-
gether on the ground. the majority Of
them too weak even to try to help
themselves. From time to time the
stronger ones climb on freight cars and
move elsewhere, always seeking better
conditions, which do not exist. Two
hundred and sixty-three thousand
homeless refugees from Turkish Arme-
MIA thus are constantly milling about
throughout Russian Armenia, max
ing the relief work conducted by the
Americans a problem requiring infinite
patience and organizing ability.
"This is especially true in view OF
the existence of 24S,OOO destitute In.
habitants of Russian Armenia who pos
sess homes, but no food, as well MS
10000 Greeks, Russians. Persians.
Syrians and Yezidis who have been
driven out of parts of Transcaucasia
"One hundred and forty thousand
Moslems, whose villages were destroy
ed in the course of five years of con-
slant warfare, are helplessly encamped
in the open around villages of their
former enemies, begging infinitesimal
quantities of flour, which they mix with
dirt to give the illusion of nourish-
ment
"These hundreds of thousands of suf-
fering adults, mostly homeless and
lacking every necessity of life, having
nothing more to lose, are concentrated
In country as yet inadeQuately po-
Iced or governed. They constitute a
fertile field for the seeds of Bolshe-
vism or any form of anarchy, the
spread of which once loosed would be
impossible to predict.
ut is generally admitted In the eau
casus that the Americans of the Near
East Relief already have saved the
lives OF at least 10000 babies and chill
dren and of 100000 adult refugees and
destitute This work still is continu-
Ing"
In an effort to procure funds to car
~ on the work and save the lives of
these hundreds Of thousands who 9TH
erwise will die of starvation and ex-
posure Near East Relief, of which
Cleveland n. Dodge is treasurer, il
making an appeal to the American peo-
Dle
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29
10000 STAND
IN Bread Line
More Than 100000 Face
Death Is Message Brought by
Miss Dakesian.

Imagine a bread line of 10000 fam
Ished people waiting for twenty-four
hours a day for the dole Of food that
is the sole barrier between them and
death from starvation That is the
situation in Alexandropol, city In
Russian Armenia. according to Miss
Hermine Dakesian. a pretty Armenian
girl, ono Of the survivors OF four years
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29
war NURSE FROM
ARMENIA ASKS
AMERICAS AID.
Soldier Husband and Battlefield
Baby Touring Country With
Her for Near East Relief.

A mother. father and daughter, the
latter born In a tattered Red Cross
tent In the icy Caucasus while guns
roared all around and Turkish shells,
ignoring the mercy emblem, burst near
It, are touring America In behalf OF
their native Armenia. They are Cen
eral Mezrop Newton Azgapetian. his
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-29

polling than that Of the Armenian.
Syrian and other peoples In the Le-
want who have already received and
must stiu receive the generous Um-
pafhy OF the American pssple"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Notice to Contractor.

Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Commissioners of Roads
 and Revenues of Dade County. Geor- | gia. at the office of the said Board at
 the Court House at Trenton, Ga. at 12 o'clock. central time. noon, on the
 25th day of May. 1920. for the fur
 nishing of all labor material, equip
 ment and other things necessary for
 the construction of Project No 65. l consisting of 2.33 miles of top soil sur 1 faced road. known as the Chattanooga and Birmingham Highway. located in
 Dade County. Georgia, from h mile
 south of Wildwood to Tennessee state | line.
 l Also for the construction of that I portion of Project Nc. 31. consisting
 of 4.35 miles of top soil surfaced road,
 known as the Chattanooga -Birming-
 ham Highway. located in Dade Coun- ty, Georgia, starting at point near
 Rising Pawn (station 300) running to Alabama state line (station 529xSS). Also unit prices are asked for on the
 remainder of Project No. 31, lying
 north of Rising Pawn. consisting of 5.5S miles of top sol surfaced road, starting at Station }. running to sta- ton 300. Prices on this are desired n order that the whole. or any DOT tioD of 1t. may be constructed as may he desired All work described above VIII NohofSl VI lHt IOduWdy
 and constructing ditches. shoulders. drainage structures and a ton soil sur faced roadway.
 The following are approximate quantities.:
 Project No. 65. 2.33 niles 2.40 acres clearing and grubbing. 27,714 cubic yards common excava- | ton. 4.s2O cubic yards solid rock excava- | ton.
 | 4,559 cubic yards borrow excavation. 7.493 Sta yards overhaul on excava- | tion. | 6.s50 cubic yards chert surfaclng. l 12,734 Sta. yards E mile units). overhaul on chert surfacing. | aS.87 cubic yards concrete. class A (culver).
 | ls6.2s cubic yards concrete, class | ''R" (culvert)
 i 3a.37 cubic yards concrete, class ] "C" tculvert).
 20.14 cubic wards concrete, class
 'B" 1s-inch cu1vert headwalls).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
{ Main 4900
LEGAL NOTICES

1925 pounds reinforcing steel. 97.5 Lin. feet 15-ipch D. $. V. c. ripe. | ITO Lin. feet 1S-inch D. S. V. c. pipe. 75 Lin feet 24-inch D. S. V. c. pipe, Project No. 31-Sta. 3O0xO0 to Sta 529XSS--4.33 miles:
 4.9S3 acres clearing and grubbing. SITS cubic yards common excava- ton
 6.7O2 cubic yards borrow excavation. S,207 cubic yards sclid rock excava- ton
 11,2s5 cubic yards top soil (sand C7.9S cubic yards concrete class "A" (culverts).
 G5.69 cubic yards concrete, class "B' (culverts).
 55.1O cubic yards concrete. class "C' (culverts).
 4,46S pounds reinforcing steel
 60.72 cubic yards concrete class "B' (headwalls).
 325 Lin. feet 15-inch D. S V. c. pipe, 70 Lin. feet 1S-inch D. s. V. c. pipe, 1S0 Lin feet 24-inch D. s. V. c. pipe.
 BRIDGES
 Bridge over State Line creek: 57.0 cubic yards concrete, class "A@ 11S.O cubic yards concrete, class "B."
 O,5JU pOunuS TelHIOiCinS Steel
 Project No. 31-Sta. 5xOO to Sta. 300x00-5.5S miles:
 6.S2 acres clearing and grubbing 1S,796 cubic yards common excava- ton.
 1899 cubic yards borrow excava4 tion.
 1.459 cubic yards solid rock excava4 ton
 1892 Sta. yards overhaul common excavation.
 1OS,O9 cubic yards concrete, class "A" (culverts).
 SO.6S cubic yards concrete. class . "B' (culverts). All cubic yards concrete, class "C'' (eulverts).
 6,1S5 pounds reinforcing steel.
 74.6O cubic yards concrete. class 'B' (headwalls).
 6SO Lin. feet 15-inch D. S. " c. pipe. S5 Lin. feet 1S-inch D. s. V. c. pipe, 165 Lin feet 94-incn D. s. V. c. pipe, 14,545 cubic yards top soil (sand clay) surfacing
 BRIDGES
 Bridge over Crawfish creek:
 76O cubic yards concrete, class "A.F 1120 cubic yards concrete, class "B." 575O pounds reinforcing steel.
 Bridge over Illusion creek 4S0 cubic yards concrete. class "A.T 10S0 cubic yards concrete, class 'B." 4400 pounds reinforcing steel
 Said work shall begin on or about the Sth day of June. 1920, and shall ba completed within 225 working days. Plans and specifications are on file at the office of the Board at Trenton Ga, as aforesaid; at the office of thd State Highway Department, Walton Building. Atlanta Ga, and at the of flee of the seventh district of ths State Highway Department, Rome, purchased from the State Highway Engineer Walton Building, Atlanta for s12.0O. which covers cost. Said work will be paid for as same prot gresses, to-wit: S5 per cent of sha amount due in each calendar month will be paid between the 10th and 18th of the succeeding month and the re- mainder shall be paid within thirty days of final completion and accept' ance.
 Proposals must be submitted oq regular forms which will be supplied by the undersigned and be accompa; nied by certified check or bidders bond for per cent of the amount of the bid. Bond will be required of the suci cessful bidder as required by law. Right is reserved to reject any lek all bids and to waive all formalities
 This. the 24th day of April, 1920. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES.
 Rv Fl Wheeler Chairman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

LOST-Lady's leather hand purse con taining statement from w. P. Hop son to Robert Garner. $52,63 in bills and silver. Reward If returned to Mrs. Robert Garner. 1903 Fountain Ave. Main 1884
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
M'COY SURRENDERS:
 RECEIVES SENTENCE

sentence of sixty days in the Etowal county jail and a fine of s10O was i'm posed by Judge William l. Grubb, of thi United States court. upon Kit Karsol Mccoy, who surrendered cn charge q illicit distilling. Mccoy. who was fcon victed at the February term of the coun at Gadsden, escaped while awaiting sen tence. Friday afternoon late he surren dered In Birmingham and was sentenced He was instructed to report to the jai at Gadsden. It was stated that someont had jokinsly told him he would get veal and a day and that he had immediately escaped. Later he wrote a letter statint that he would surrender and Friday ap peared and was sentenced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
LEGAL NOTICES
N~@~O-
 Notice

State of Alabama, Jefferson county. The undersigned will not be re- sponsible for debts incurred by Mrs. E. J. Karr or Mrs. Virginia J. Karr, the two names referring to one and the same person This April 26th 1920.
 E. J. KARR. Subscribed and sworn to before me tEis the 26th day of April. 1920.
 W. s. WEIGH,
 Notary Puhlic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
EMPLOYMENT

HELP WANTED-MALE 4O $l20 MONTH to men who own SKY camera. horse and buggy to make photographs in country Write J. c. Lord. manager. 2'16 N. 9th Ave-
 Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
EAST OF 2OTH STREET

A lovely home, thoroughly modern; a bargain if sold next week. Call Main 70S4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Newspaper Man Enters
 Local Insurance Field

George D. Kitzinser. former newspapa man, has entered the insurance field and is now affiliated with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance company, which is repra scented in Birmingham by it's genera agents. P. C. Ratliff & Son. Mir. Kitzin ger had been in newspaper work for sew eral years in Milwaukee. Detroit an, Cindnnati before coming to this city year ago to make his home here He waa on the editorial staff of the Ledger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02

1925 pounds reinforcing steel.
 97.5 Lin. feet 15-inch D. $. V. c. ripe. .+ 170 Lin. feet 1S-inch D. S. V. c.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-19
FRANKLIN MAKERS |ssUE
100000 IN PREFERRED
New Seven Per Cent Stock VIII BE
Distributed Among Owners
of (nrs

In connection with tie announce
mcnt by the II. n. FranlsNn Mann
featuring Company. OF Syracuse. y
\. tma&ers Of the Franklin earl. of
an offering % Si.50O.OcO Of : per cen,
cumulative preferred stock at par
Ei0O per sharc), there hangs an in
tersting tale as to the unusual sue
cess which has attended that com
pany in Offering it's preferred stock
direct to the public.
F-om November l. 1919. to date
>S.30o.p00 Of per cent pref rrrd
stock and s55l,ooc ot common stock
has been sold direct to the public
largely through mail campaigns. 4
considerable portion Of this stock was
bought by Franklin car owners
throughout the country.
The Franklin Company adopted
this policy of selling it's own sccuri-
ties in order to obtain Il wide distrl-
button. having in mind that sucn dis
trihution would not alone serve as n
protection to stockholders (bccauSr
large blocks could not he thrown on
the markcD. hut would also prov. of
great value to the company advertis-
ing it's product.
/; Is interesting to note that tho
outstanding preferred stock has been
distributed among 2.l55 stockholders
scattered throughout every State OF
the Union and number of foreign
countries. each stock holicr having mn
average. of Is shares
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-19

Women are vitality Interested IN
measures such as centralized rural
schools, hcalihful motorized recre-
alton in the open air. and tranxpor,a-
ton OF foodstuns to market. all OF
which are attainablc only through
adequate highway systems, Women
may be counted on 10 heartily sup
pors any move where the welfare OF
tne!r community. ,helr State and
'"ear country IS IN the balance.
Ihc good roads forces OF the
United states hav. been swelling
Slowly. gradually and surely for the
past 100 years. AT nrst the advocates
,or better highways were few ana
iar between and were considered by
tncir fe!!owmcn as fanatics and
-, Since the advent oc the automo-
que. good roads enthusiasts have
.nHitlpl!ed more. than during any
Hth"r period In American history.
CnqucstioEabiy the next most power
~ step MS when women were
alven the right TO vote for good