Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 3, 1920, Page 2

i > PAGE TWO - ARMENIA-ASKS AMERICA’S AID Soldier Husband and Battlefield Baby Touring Country With Her for Near East Relief. A mother, fatbher and daughter, the latter born in a tattered Red Cross tent In the icy Caucasus while guns roared all around and Turkish shells, 4gnoring the mercy emblem, burst near it, are touring America in behalf of thelr native Armenia, They are Gen- eral Mearqp Nevton Azgapetian, his LADY ANNE AZGAPETIAN. wife, Lady Anne, and Ireneh Esther Araxie Azgapetian, whese 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 Rellef, the big organization which has saved bundreds of thousands of the people in that part of the world from death by hunger and cold and is soon to open a 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 is their only hope. General Azgapetlan served gallantly in the Russlian armies In the Caucasus against the Turks. His wife, who ac- companied him to the front, did noble work for the wounded and sick, and it was while In this service that her ‘baby was born in a hospital tent during a battle, An army blanket swung from two poles in one corner of the tent was the baby’s crib during the rest of that ,terrible winter campaign, With the collapse of the Russian armies after the Bolshevist revolution the Azgape- tlans returned to Armenia for a brief spell and did their best to alleviate the suffering they found on every hand. But with a 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 18 first hand evidence. In the Caucasus, Armenia, Syria, Turkey and Persia are more than 250, 000 orphans, helpless little victims of war, massacre and deportation, and for the great majority the only bar be- tween them and absolute starvation 18 a 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. It is estimated that more than 1,500.000 in Western Asia will die of starvation unless American aid is continued. I“Before and After” in the Near. Eastf“l “BEFORE.” e ——— — T T R e e e sty e e e trewtem st | | Cardinal Gibbons Asks Aid et || BUSINESS AND =™ PROFESSIONAL This Is the message from James (Cardl nal) Gibbons read at the big meeting in Washington in H aid of the | Near East Re- | lef. The ven- erable primate of the Catholic Chaurch in | America is In- tensely inter- (© International.) ested in the appeal which Cardinal Gibbons, the Near Bast : VETERINARIANS J. WARNINGER VETHAINARY SURGEON -.Office aud Hospital 8 doors west.. of Troppman's. Phone No. 803 8rd Street and lrvliln.. I:l.'o f Dr. W. K. Denison—Dr. D. R. Burgess DENISON & BURGESS Veterinarians Phones: Office 3-R; Res. 93 midji, Minn. | Reliet will make to the country in February for funds to support its DENTISTS work among the starving peoples of that stricken land. To the Wash- DR. J. W. DIEDRICH ington meeting he wrote: DENTIST “Advices and information coming from the Near East cannot be doubt- ed. There 18 great actual suffering and famine. These people, recently become independent and released from bitter thraldom, cannot sup- port themselves. And the Christiun 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, especlally of the Near Offiee—O’Leary-Bowser B Phones—Office 3T6.W, - Res §76.R | DOCTORS I{ DR. EINER JOHNSON Physician and Surgeon Bemidjl, Minn. If LUNDE and DANNENBERG Hast, must not be allowed to grow Chiropractors cold and be diminished. Hours10 to 12 a.m.;3t0 6,7 to § pm. “I bope we shall all unite in this Phome 401-W Calls made present emergency and be able to collect sufficlent funds to enable these peoples to live and work until next summer brings them perma- || = ——————m—m——ee nent rellef and subsistence. I call DR. H. A. NORTHROP upon all to respond generously to OSTEOPATHIC PEYSICIAN the appeal now being made and |{f , . m": SURGRON trust that the committee will be o0 gratified with the results.” 1st Natiobal Bank Bldg. Bemidji / Office phone 183 DR. E. H. SMITH Physician and Surgeos Office Security Bank Bleck —— . C. R. SANBORN, M. D. $5 PER MONTH FEEDS ORPHAN s Cleveland H. Dodge Shows Whal|| House Phone 44y—office phona 68 Near East Relief Can Do in Efficient Purchasing. N DR. E. H. MARCUM Office hours, 11 a.m. to 12 m., 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Schroeder Block. Office phone 18, Res. phone 211. Buying in wholesale lots and unde) the most favorable market conditions Near East Relief of 1 Madison avenue New York city, with representatives io every state of the Union, has been ‘able to baffle the high cost ot living so fa) as relief supplies for the suffering mil lions of the Near East are concerned. Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer, in 8 statement shows that the committee it able to provide food for the suffering people of the Near East at prices muckt lower than the average charge here. A donation of $3 per month will pro vide food for one orphan, $10 pe) month provides not only food, but alsc clothes and sheiter for one orphan and for $15 per month attendanve a school 1s assured to each orphan In ad dition to food, clothing and shelter. In the appeal for funds to save the¢ DRS. GILMORE & McCANN Physicians and Surgeons Office Miles Block DR. L. A. WARD Physician and Surgeon starving remnants of the Armenian: Bemidsl, Minu. and other western Asia peoples, Nea: East Rellef is, inviting the Americar public to “adopt” an orphan at the BUSINESS FIRE INSURANCE REAL ESTATE REYNOLDS & WINTER 212 Beltrami Avenue Phone 144 rates given here. Over 250,000 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 s definite period. ! H.,C. NELSON Piano Tuning and Piano and Vielin Repairing—Bow Filling 216 Beltrami Ave. Phone 573W E. M. SATHRE Buys Small Houses for cash and sells them on small monthly payments ————————— TRANSFER & DRAY LINE Nymore and Bemidji Phone 620-W U NORTHERN MINN. AGENCY. Dwight D. Miller WE CAN Insure Anything Anywhere Offices, Northern Natlilml Bank e —————————————————— From misery to comfort and self-respect in five days’ time, simply through the magic of an American ten dollar bill, is a transformation that is being wrought daily in Western Asia by the Near East Rellef of 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. The group of five Armenian children shown in two pictures here have reason to bless the American donor of that ten dellar bill. With this money, the expert workers of Near East Relief in Armenia were able to rid the poor children of their loathesome rags and to clothe them with new garments of alaja cloth, woven in a Near East Relief Industrial plant and sewed into garments by the mother of the children. The mother was also paid a small fee for her services in making the garments. This was a lucky family. There are thousands of others not so lucky in the Near East, simply because of a lack of other ten dollar bills. Near East Relief Is asking the American people to contribute funds to save the starving in the Bible lands. It is estimated that over 1,250,000 adults are in desperate need, and 250,000 children are orphans and must be .cared for. For the sum of $180 a year Near East Relief can not only feed and clothe and shelter an orphan child, but can also give a course in educa- tion towards ultimate self-support and independence. Many of these orphans are being “adopted” by Americans, who are providing funds for the support of one or more over a given period. Bldg., Phone 181 | D. H. FISK, Attorney at Law Office, Northern National Bamk Bldg. Phone 181. Collections a specialty. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 08, Organs, Sewing Machin 514 Minnesota Ave. Bemiay J. Bisiar, Mgr. Phone 57HW! e W. G. 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Presently people began to think about it; began to realize that Swift & Company was performing a necessary service in a big, efficient way; began to wonder whether it could be done as well in any other way. Read what Swift & Company did last year, and what it meant to you, in the Swift & Company Year Book, just issued. It’s a fascinating narrative—simple facts in simple words. There s one ready for you. Send for it. Address Swift & Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago Swift & Company, U. S. A. Bemidji Local Branch W. J. Miller, Manager Dafarctiva