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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30

I'VE organized our armies, and IA
year-old boys enlisted. My own boy
was one of them. We had 10000 rifles
and little ammunition. We fought
one against twenty, defending our
homes, our daughters and the cause
of the allies. After six weeks we
never heard from the allies, and after
six months we never heard from them.
In the seventh month of the siege, one
morning, we saw British airplane
coming. What joy, we all thought!
1t was Capt. Pennington, from Mesopo-
tamia, and he was with us twelve
hours. He told us he was very sorry,
but that the British could not come
to our rescue. We watched him mount
higher and higher in his airplane, the
next morning, and with the disappear
ance of that airplane, our last hope,
fed.
Then we determined to attempt a
flight. At midnight on July 20, 1918,
we attempted a fight. Eighty thou
sand people marched away, carrying
their children upon their backs to save
them from slaughter. The Turks pur-
sued and captured more than 10000
the first day For seven days we
marched without rest or Sleep My
God, what my eyes saw those days
and what my ears heard! Our Amer
lean vice-consul and missionary, DR..
w. A. Shedd, an American, our inspira-
ton, after seven days march collapsed
and in % hours died from an attack
Of cholera. He was the only one that
was buried. And what burial! A
hole dug, and his body put in it, only
to be drgged out later by dogs, and
eaten.
"Can you imagine that out of 3,OOO,-
900 people in Turkey and Persia, not
one has a home? There is not house
standing, not village, not a church,
not school. When we consider life,
almost two-thirds Of those nations
have been slaughtered
my present faith is this: AS long
as there is an American living, my
people will not perish. / believe in
your sense of justice. / believe you
have a conscience. You are the most
unselfish people on earth. Therefore
we come to you and appeal 20 you in
behalf of our people know you will
DO the right thing by u.s."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30

pie are alive today because you and
the people of other states raised this
money and sent it over there to the
Near East. We are feeding 100000
people.
"Mr. Vickrey, national secretary
who has just returned from the Near
East, says that where we are caring
for one child, now, there are three
still to be cared for. There are 2OO,-
900 children out in the mountains, liv-
ing on garbage, hiding in caves and
existing on grasses. Many of these
will starve or freeze this winter.
What else are we doing? All of
the medical work throughout that
country. We need doctors and nurses.
We need more hospitals and better
equipment. We. are, treating 10000
people every month in our ITS hos.
pitfalls and clinics We haven't sufh.
cient time to look after the surgical
cases because our doctors and nurses
are Sc busy. 1sss 100.
What else are we doing? We have
eleven rescue homes full of these re-
fined beautiful girls who have been the
slaves of the Turk. II we had 100
homes they would be filled In a fLrt
night
I'VE have sent nearly a half million
dollars from the Assyrians and Ar.
menians of America to their friends
and relatives. We are an intermediary
to the natives of this country to reach
their friends over there.
1--WE have started shops and fac
tories. We have $4,000 people en-
ployed in our shops and factories to-
day.
1--WE are trying to do the work OF
Remember these PEG.
pies are without homes, schools,
churches, farms. They have nothing.
"They were our friends during the
war. They are a Christian people"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
w. C. T. U.
= = - =


The w. C. T. u. will meet on Thurs
day afternoon Jan 9Th at the home
of Mrs. J. L. MacRae.
Mr.. VIM. H. Pear, general secre-
tary of the Boston Provident Asso-
citation, in an address before sec
ton meeting of the National Confer
ence of Social Work at New Orleans
some time ago, reported following
up forty cases of dependency of long
standing where the dependency had
been due to the inebriety of the hus-
band. Of the forty families sixteer
could not be located; in four cases
there had been no Improvement in
the husbands life; in the remaining
twenty cases the family had been self
respecting. Moral Welfare, which re-
ports Mr.. Pears statement, tells US
that the only comment of the wivee
in these families was to express fea1
lest the prohibitory law be relaxed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
How People Die In India.

A return of the number Of inquests
held by the coroner of Bombay during
1919 gives us some very interesting
particulars. Among the suicide" we
find that six cut their threats, %
drowned themselves. four hanged
themselves, 10 Jumped out Of windows,
20 took opium, arsenic or some other
poison, four shot themselves and
eight burned themselves. Drowning,
therefore, took pride Of place last
year, whereas f-poisoning was the
faeorite method of quitting life In
1918, there being 81 cases reported.
Other suicidal practices mentioned in
the report are stabbing and the act Of
knocking ones head against a wall.
No one has favored either Of these
methods during the past two years,
however.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
ARM ENIANS NEED
ALL WE CAN GIVE

One Of the most telling stories OF
the treacheries of the Turks towards
the Armenians, was told in the story
of DR.. Isaac Yonan, an Assyrian, who
spoke at the state conference Of the
Near East Relief, in Milwaukee, re-
Gently.
DR.. Yonan is an Assyrian and has
come to this country to interest
Americans in the cause of the AS
syrians and Armenians. In his plea
for help, he said:
For the last twenty-five years I
have been a professor in the only col
lege in Persia. l have taught hum
dreds and hundreds of young men,
who, when the World war was on,
were needed as interpreters to the
British. The other day in Chicago l
met a number of them. Some had
been in this country for fifteen years,
but they could not speak word of
English. Over there we know your
language, your history; we are Amer
leans though on foreign soil. | have
lived in that world of turmoil with my
father, with my people and fought
in the war. My little boys, with me,
have seen starvation and the horrors
of war; | have seen men sawed
asunder and l have seen women led
captive; have seen husbands kill
their wives at the critical moment
when the Turk was ready to snatch
her to him. have been in terrible
flights where a mother, with bloodshOt
eyes filled with horror and fear, has
taken their children-one on her back,
and carrying another, was fleeing to
save them and herself If you had been
in those sieges as have, you would not
leave the city of milwaukee, till you
had done what you could to save TO-
900 children.
Il feel that the Armenians have two
just claims upon you. One, as repre-
sentatives of those Christian races
which were killed and crucifed, tor
tured with hunger, many of whom
have died in the front line trenches of
Christianity. We have died for our
faith and are dying today. For 600
years the terrible Turk has been our
master. His program has been to
annihilate and exterminate us. He
has killed us. is killing us now, but
he can never kill our faith. He can
take babe by the hairs of its head
and decapitate him with his Damascus
dagger, with a smile.
when this war began, we gave our
selves to the allies. They made ex-
travagant promises to us. We refused
an offer of the Turks and Germans,
believing that the time had come when
we would be free of the Turk and that
we would put ourselves with the allies
and make the supreme sacrifice to get
liberty We did our part. We did SO
per cent more than the British and
80 per cent more than the French.
We gave 100000 young men out of
100000 people to fight the battles of
the allies. These young men never
surrendered and they never retreated
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
WOOD FOR SALE

Dry Po',la, and Birch, ne~ 81
view Hatel, ANDREW SCHARF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
OLD CLOTHES HELP
AS WELL AS MONEY

The state conference of Near East
Relief workers. held recently in Mil
waukee, was one of the largest and
best attended in the country, the dele
gates-330 of them-remaining during
the entire day and evening for the
program Dr. AlonZo E. Wilson, ma
tional field director, who has travelled
more than 10000 miles over this coun-
try attending number of conferences,
declared it to be the largest, most rep
resentative conference Of Near East
that he had attended this year.
Eve have spent $41, 100000 in the
Near East in the last four yesTs," he
said in talking to the delegates. and
the American people naturally are in
terested in knowing what they have as
an investment there.
Lest l forget, let me thank you on
behalf of our national organization
and the people of the Near East, for
what you have done during the last
four years, not only by giving money,
but by giving old clothes as well, for
these people are dependent entirely
upon us, for both. | want to tell you
story of a Northwestern college girl
who was in charge of what she called
a department store, in the capital of
Armenia. She had a mems, women's
and children's department. We do
not, of course, sell old clothes. But
occasionally, she said, some applicants
for clothing would have few cents
which they insisted on paying, as a
matter of pride.
"One day fine looking man came
in and wanted a suit of clothes. He
was SO impressive looking that she
picked out .cast-off Prince Albert and
gave it to him. A few days later, the
weather was cold and the man re.
turned and wanted some warm under
wear, for he had none. She picked
out a good suit of underwear for him
and he gave her what would be 33
cents in American money. That man
was a government official the presi.,
dent of the Armenian republic. His
salary was $40 month.
That is just sample of what the
old clothes are doing in the Near East.
People, formerly Of wealth, are penni-
less and dependent upon us for help.
No matter how much you have already
sent, there is still a need for clothing
and will be every month.
''The president OF Armenia says that
conservatively speaking, the help from
America through the Near East Relief,
L,
least 100000 lives. One million PEG.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
Let Doctor Name the Baby.

Perhaps more often than one real
izes the family doctor has deciding
influence in the naming Of the baby.
Many instances might be related by
observant nurses, but this one may
suffice:
The doctor breezed into the room
on the morning after, and on the spur
Of the moment asked cheerily: "Well,
how is Elizabeth Ann finding herself?"
elizabeth Ann Is quite well and
apparently contented," answered the
nurse. And Elizabeth Ann, as an Off
hand appellation, so pleased the IA
Their and mother that Elizabeth Ann
she will remain to the end Of her days.
There is Thomas James on Long
Island and an Alfred Henry in Mount
Vernon who received their names In
that way.-New York Sun.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
Machine softens Leather.

Working leather by the various
processes known as granting, boarding
and stalking, ordinarily laborious
manual operation, Is now accomplished
by mechanical means with machine
designed by Massachusetts, inventor.
Two broad belts, running on rollers,
are so mounted that faces travelling In
opposite directions are arranged one
above the other, short distance apart.
The hide to be softened Is laid on a
metal plate. and inserted between the
belt faces, the upper belt then being
pressed down by lever.-Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
New olovs.olsarlns Device.

A Massachusetts inventor has de-
yised q glovs-cleening machine which
Ia somewhat like an Toe cream frsezef.
The soi1sd gloves are dropped into
gasoline or other cleaning duid and
whirled around by perforated blade
through which the liquid ID forced.
After the handle has been turned
about three minutes the gloves may be-
taken out spoUsas.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
WILL NEW YEAR SHOW
GAIN IN EDUCATION?
Nation No Stronger Than Weakest
Schools.
Turing This Holiday Time

During This Holiday lime
When the boys and girls are home
from school it's good time to rem
ember that these needless youngsters
will soon be running affairs of the
nation, state and village.
And ask ourselves if we are doing
our best to give them an education
for their future responsibilities.
1t doesn't seem so important while
they are still children.
But every day in school now counts
for or against their success in life
I'D n ir success as citizens OF o
democracy.
We think we have pretty good
schools, and we are right.
But they aren't SO good as they
might be.
Comparative statistics of Wiscon-
sin. schools with schools of other
states show we are pretty far down
the list.
The teachers make the schools, and
the fathers and mothers employ the
teachers. Do we get the best there
are? No! we don't. 1850 teach
ers in this state aren't trained for
their work at all.
We wouldn't take second best at
a store if we could get first quality.
We don't want to take unframed
teachers if we can get trained teach
ers.
But we can't. There aren't enough
being trained. The increased num-
Der of graduates of teachers train
ing school and courses estimated for
next year will not begin to supply
the demand.
Why not?
Well, for one thing, we haven't
paid enough attention to our schools.
We haven't demanded the best and
we haven't paid for it.
Then we haven't bothered enough
about our teacher training schools.
We've thought teachers "just grow
ed" like Topsy.
They don't. 1t takes from two
to four years beyond high school in
a good training school to make a
real teacher, and it takes good stuff
to begin with.
When we couldn't get vital ne
cessity like sugar, we raised an aw-
full howl and finally the demand pro-
duced supply.
A good teacher is a lot more vital
to us than that, and we can get one
if we want one bad enough.
We can start right in this New
Year to do the square thing by our
children's education.
We have encourage our best young
people to become teachrs.
We can show them how important
we consider education by the good
salaries we are willing to pay COM
petent people.
We can support and develop our
no NAL schools, University and coun-
tanning schools where our teach
me from. And we ian see that
Or children take advantage of their
opportunities and make the most of
err.
a coed education for every chit
I'D be great Christmas gift to
at on, ourselves. an dou boys
s..d iris.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30

FOR SALE-Dandy five acre tract
one mile from town, all cleared,
house 22x30 with nine rooms and 8
closets in good repair, 20 fruit trees,
and new orchard of so trees four
years old, excellent soil and good
water, small log barn 18x24. I have
a snap price on this place, much less
than the cost of the house, with easy
. m Get brsv if Won want a
see Of Ian W. A. EJBI1[-
a9N Soft.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30
HEARING ADJOURNED.

The hearing scheduled to be hello
in this city on january 9th, on the
application of the Washburn Waite
Wo7 Ks &c, Fer en n asse -
has been adjourned for an indednite
time. There is no date for the
hearing yet fixed. Mr.. Morris
who represents the city made this an
nouncement this morning. This
situation is probably brought about
on account Of the proceedings being
taken toward the purchase of the
plant by the city.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-30

$S3OO000O
the purpose OF throwing the entire
providing
children central Europe this
relief organizations working
until they
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Friends Service
Distribution COMMITTEES the Federal Council OF
America knights Of Columbus the
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The border vidette., 1920-05-15

Constitutional Army, Adolfo de la Huerta, have demonstrated with facts and not with empty promises, that the struggle un- dertaken does not have for an object a mean spirit of party with it's retinue of odium and passion, but concientiouS and humanitarian strife, based on the love of order and justice.
 have the satisfaction of in- forming the public as a fact of vital mpOrtance that all chiefs of the present movement are capable of giving all kinds of guarantees to foreigners and nationals and their desire is no other than, as it is being dem- onstra ted daily, but to impart strict justice without distinction of social classes and political creeds. Hench the strength and prestige without precedent of the armed struggle now develop ing in Mexico, which undoubted- ly within a brief time will wave it's victorious banner over the whole country.
 By reason of the facts which l have briefly stated it is highly satisfactory to me to extend a frank and cordial invitation to all foreign business men, and very especially to those of this, our sister republic, so that they may go with fulE confidence to all sections of the territory con- trolled by the Liberal Constitu- tionalist government, where they will enjoy all assurances, pro- lection and facilities which they may require for the full success of their commercial or other kinds of. business.
 For the same reasons 1 take pleasure in making cordial call to all good MexicanS who are now away from their mother country so that they may freely return to it without hardships or fears and in order that we all be united by brotherly ties and will work in unison for the recon structiou of our beloved nation.
 With the irrefuta able evidence. of the fact which in the present political movement are being de- veloped, it is evident for the whole world, including the most sceptical, that it's final tendency is unification, being further an evolutive movement which will carry us to the revival of & stronger, more respected and happier Fatherland."
The border vidette., 1920-05-15
Chiefs in Sonora Extend Hearty Well
 come to Foreign Capital.

Hon. Emiliano Tamez, official in the United States, of the Liberal Constitu- tional Government of Mexico, has issued the following inter esting statement to the press:
 ''In view of the triumphal march of the revolutionary movement initiated by the gov ernment of the State of Sonora, and in my capacity of represen- tative in the United States of the said government, with which I am absolutely identified, 1 con- sider it my duty to make the following declarations:
 "The rebellion initiated by the Government of Sonora in the legitimate defense of it's sover- eignity, offers to the Mexican nation a great example of virility and energy, which necessarily had to have an echo of sympathy and frank adhesion in most of the states of the Republic, and if it is true that this rebellion in it's initial movement and sub sequnt development has fOrcibly had a military character, it also is true that iG is an essentially civil movement, supported by the public opinion of the entire country, which this time has applauded without reserve, ac ceptiug with fullneSS of heart, an armed contest, the object of which is the defense of a princi- pie and a right threatened by orders of President Carranza.
 'Itis a universally known fact that at no time has there been recorded in Mexico a revolution ary movement that could com pare with the present one initiat ed by the State of Sonora. It's leaders and at their head the Supreme Chief of the Liberalist
The border vidette., 1920-05-15
FOR ALDERMEN.

Frank J. Duffy-One of the most popular 'old timers" in Nogales,a a true and tried citizen, a leading attorney, everybody's friend; a property owner who has been actively engaged in the upbuilding of Nogales for the past P years.
 Geo. H. Fiedler, present mayor, a long time resident of Nogales and a property owner. MT. Fielder is Master Mechanic in the railroad service and has gained tbe confidence and re- spect of every one.
 Victor J. J.Wager-"Vic"W Wager has made an enviable record as county and city assessor and needs no introduction. He Is large property owner and con cientious citizen.
 Thomas J. Wylie-'" '"Tou"Wy- lie, the watch dog" of the city treasury. a resident of Nogales for the past 30 years, is a sue cesSful business man, heavy property owner, prominent in civic affairs and has made good in various public offices.
 Marcus A. Wuerschmidt-Dr. Wuerschmidt is a young and successful business man with much executive experience. All though born in South Dakota, he has been a resident of the South west for the past 17 years. He has made many friends in Nogales thru his activities in civic affairs. His home and business interests are here and he is constantly working for the advancement of Nogales.
 c. A. Tovrea, of the E. A. Tovrea Packing Company, who has extensive interests in No gales and throughout Arizona He is a home owner and pro- gressive citizen who has the in- terest Of Nogales at heart.
 We ask your support for the entire ticket listed above, not because they are on the Demo cratic ticket. but because All of them are for all Nogales all the time."
 With this slogan in mind we take pleasure in recommending regardless of your present party affiliations that you VOTE THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET STRAIGHT"
 (Signed)
 CITY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
The border vidette., 1920-05-15
ORDER.
In the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Santa Cruz.

In the Superior Court of the State
 of Arizona, in and for the
 County of Santa Cruz.
 In the Matter of the Estate of j.. M. Summey, deceased.
 R. J. Taylor and Julia c. Tay- Tor, husband and wife, having pre- scented to the court and filed in the office of the clerk their verified peti- ton setting forth that by a con- tract in writing entered into be- tween the said R. J. Taylor and Julia c. Taylor, and J. M. Sum- mey, during his lifetime, the said J. M. Summey promised and agreed to convey to the said R. J. Taylor and Julia c. Taylor, the real prop erty hereinafter described for the sum of Two Hundred Fifty and OO-1O0 Dollars ($250OO) in law ful money of the United States, and that the said R. J. Taylor and Julia 0. Taylor have now paid the purchase price of said property and under the terms of the said contract are entitled to deed con- which in said contract is described as follows, to-wit:
 Lot thirty-one (3D of the Wal nut Grove Tract. which said tract is a subdivision of the $. w. t of Section nine (9), T. 24 S., R. 14 E., as delineated on the plat of said subdivision made by H. Gordon Glore.
 It Is Hereby Ordered that Tues day, the 1st day of June, 1920, at the court room of said Superior Court, at the Court House, in No gaies, Santa Cruz county, Arizona, be and they are fixed as the time and place for hearing said petition as the time and place when any person interested in said estate or otherwise, may appear and show cause, if any there be: why the prayer of said petition should not be granted and said conveyance of said property should not be au- thorized.
 It Is Further Ordered that the clerk of the said court give notice of said hearing by publication of this notice in THE BORDER VIDETTE, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said San ta Cruz county, for four weeks suc- cessiveIy, before the day O: said hearing.
 Dated this 2Sth day of April, A. D, 1920.
 w. A. O'CONNOR, 5-15t. Judge of said Superior Court
The border vidette., 1920-05-15
FULL PROTECTION GUARANTEED

CITY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.