Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1921, Page 10

ARMENIA FEARING A NEW EPIDEMIC! ['armed Over Prospect of; Ravages of Disease Among Refugees. B- the Associated Press. TIFLIS, Armenia, September 11.— Armenian government oflicials state that they fear an epidemic among the | hundreas of thousandi of refugees ' may complete the work. of devasta- tion of the country dué to Turkis accupation, which has stripped the country of most of its available food- stuffs. One hundred and forty towns m the occupied territory have been razed, and the homeless inhabitants are camping in the fields. The gov- ernment figures that a half million people are homeless and are certain to die during the winter before new crops can be harvested. Cholera is spreading throughout the country. Children are dying in_the streets of Alexandropol, both from cholera and hunger. Bodies are con- tinuously being loaded on wagons making their rounds in the streets in search of corpses, which are buried -without ceremony in great trenches. Moscow is furnishing aid to fight the epidemic in the shape of trains of box cars and volunteer Russian girl nu NEW YORK. September 12 -Per- sonal observation of the terrible rav- ages of disease and hunger among the inhabitants of Transcaucasia. chiefly Armenia. were related by five near €ast relief field workers who returned from a two-month tour of the stricken area. In the party were John W. Mace, national field director; Clarence D. Royee of Indiana, In charge of the fraternal work: J. J. Handsaker, Portland,e Oreg.; Julian Zelche state director for New Jer- sey Emerson D. Owen, publicity on the tour. permission of the officials of an govern- ment: nd sanctioned by the Russian soviet, the relief workers were able to penetrate beyond Erivan, capital of Armenia, where they reported they found abject misery prevailing. In Batum and Tiflis, Owen said, the suf- fering was not so apparent on the surface as in tl’h‘ interior. “At Erivan,” he said, “they were picking up bodies of men, women and children who died of cholera or star- vation at the rate of twenty per dsy. 7The dead wagon makes the rouads; each morning. after the fashion of the Americin milk wagon. Hundreds of starving people crawl around the parks, market places and rest sta- tions.” The territory visited, Owen salid, showed nothing but black despair. There was neither business, industry nor agriculture. “Most of the victims are women and children,” “for the past year of warfare has left few of Ar- menia's adult male population. Most of those who have survived so far would be better off dead. Clothes are aimost as scarce as food. and children, and occasionally women, walk the streets naked. One cannot buy a spool of thread anywhere in Armenia.” SPAIN 1S PUSHING ATTACK ON MOORS Launches New Offensive Against Rebellious Tribes- men in Melilla Region. MADRID, September 12.—The new Spanish offensive against the rebel- lious Moorish tribesmen in the Melilla area was begun at dawn this morning, it was officially announced here this afternoon. Tribes Plan Resistance. MELILLA. Morocco, September 12.— The Rif tribesmen are making active preparations to resist the new of- fensive by the Spaniards in the Me- lilla zone. The activity of the tribes- men appears to be concentrated in the vicinity of Arkenian, at the south- ern end of Chica bay, where trenches are being dug. Fifteen hundred Rif- flans have arrived there from Nador. In the Rasquiviana valley the tribes- men also have dug trenches and have placed strong guards over the wells. Nador is said to be studded with covered pits to prevent charges by the Spanish cavalry. Since the exact po- sitions of the Moroccan artillery and concentration camps became known to the Spaniards the guns of the lat- ter have inflicted demage daily with a sweeping fire. Information recelved said Mace, here says the fire of the Spanish war- | propaganda _of ships has reached Barraca ravine and j Beni-Bugomar, where many native families are gathered. |cnmpflign to convince the public that! Prisoners Severely Treated. The Moroccans are preparing gun emplacements in front of Zoco- Had, with which they hope to dom- inate the Spanish artillery in that po- sition. Reports reaching here state that Spanish prisoners in the hands fering severe treatment at the hands of their captors, being compelled to of the Riffians declare they are suf-[ toil daily at roadmaking, burying the |o¢ VICE PRESIDENT RETURNS. Will Remain in Washington Until the Meeting of Congress. Vice President Coolidge returned o' his office at the Capitol today and {will remain in Washington, it is said, unl(l Congress opens. He and Mrs |- Coolidge, accompanied by their tw isons, John and Calvim, jr., here last evening on the Colonhll ex- | vruu from Boston. The boys will' leave here sometime this week to en- ter Mercersburg Academy at Mercers- burg. Pa. Their trunk, which was shipped ahead to the school is the same one used by the Vice esident jwhen he left Plymouth, Vt., to enter Amherst College, and the boys were iproud of the fact. {”The Vice President is in the best of | health, follawing bis vacation in lhe north. MMAY IMPORT NPGRT GOODS {American Woolen Head Says Trade Follows Costs, Not Flag. in Outlining Plan. By the Mssociated Press. BOSTON, September 12.—The Amer- ican Woolen Company may - import { manufactured goods from Germany h lami other European countries where 'COSlS are lower than in the mills here. President Willlam M. ‘Wood, on his re- llurn to his desk today from a trip to | Europe, sald he expected a report with- in a day or two covering this possi- bility from Chester L. Dane, president lof the American Woolen Products Company, a suvsidiary, who has just || investiga- ! completed an independent tion of conditions abroad. ‘alis Exporting Impossible. “Exportation of manufactured wool- en from the United States is out of the question under existing economic con- ditions,” *Mr. Wood said. “With this in mind, Mr. Dane went abroad to study Huropean conditions -and see what could be done to keep his or- ganization alive. "It must be realized that Europe, especially Germany, is making goods at costs far below ours. Trade fol- lows the price, not the flag. These products are going to come to thi: | country anyhow. We want to find ou to what extent it is practical and de- | smirable that we take part in this trade.” May Be Importing Firm. Should it be decided that such adventure was a promising one, th American Woolen Products Company would, so far as operations in the United States are concerned, change from an exporting to an importing organization. It would also market the output of European mills in South America or anywhere else inj the world that it might find buyers, Mr. Wood said. He would not discuss a report that President Dane had already secured options on the products of the mills in_Germany, Czechoslovakia and Aus-! tria, until he had heard from Mr. Dane. ASKS CIVIL SERVICE FREE FROM POLITICS | President Steward Speaks Before Federal Employes’ Convention at New Orleans. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW ORLEANS, September 12— | “Take the civil service out of p tics, President Luther C. Steward declared, in openlng today the fifth annual convention of the National Federation of Federal Employes. He sald, in part: “We have been asking. the public i has been demanding, efficient ma; agement of the civil service and f. play to the employes through re classification. Both political partles. ! in their platforms before the last election, pledged themselves to such reforms. But Congress and adminis- trative officers, at the outset of a new administration. seized with the hysteria of alleged ‘economy,’ have sought, as usual. to make the civil service the g inetead of ushing ‘through the most effective administrative economy they could have found—namely, an employment policy which would deal out justice and thereby produce ef- ficiency in the personnel—they Mave deferred our reclassification bills, have joined the hue and cry of ruth- less private employers and spread panic throughout the government service by reducing wages and adding a hundred thousand to the ranks of the unemployed. “Corresponding to the big business ‘labor _inefficiency” against the workers in private indsu- the widespread publicity try and the cost of living could be’lowered {only by reducing wages, politicians have indulged in a wholesale propa- | - |ganda drive against the government j| workers. “Playing the same political game, to curry favor with the politicians. bufeau chiefs and executives -in general have hastened to induce wage reductions, to cut off essential activittes, without due consideration { their importance, and to make dead and cleaning up the Riffian en-| wpolesale reductions of force without campments. l N ice. STAUNTON FAIR CLOSES. Has Successful Week, With Fea- tures in Various Lines. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., The 1921 Staunton fair closed Satur- day night. Attendance was very good throughout the six days, although this has been a bad year with a num- ber of other fairs. Thursday’s rec- ord was estimated at about 15,000. The night crowd was so great that cars parked in the center of the grounds became engulfed in the glut of traffic and could not leave the grounds for an hour and thirty min- utes. It was the largest attendance for any ,night during the nine years the fair has been held here. Exhibits were very good this year. apples having a prominent place in spite of the failure of ths crop in Augusta county and other parts of the valley of Virginia. Horse races were held on four days. with Tom Cannon, veteran starter from Washington, well known in racing circles, in charge. Miller brothers of Washington brought seven of thelr best race horses down for the fair, as they do every year, they captured a considerable amount of money. They transported their horses this year in their own motor vans, which were equipped with padded stalls. On Monday Austin C. Wilson's auto racers, coming from the Ohip state fair at Columbus, gave the crowds a speed thrill with a series of races in which several local men also partic- ipated. In the motor cycle race on Thurs- day, won by E. H. Fretwell of Wash- ington, T. H. Huffman, & county man, was injured ¥hen he crashea into the outside fence on a turn. His brother was also in the race and when he saw the accident he lost control of his own machine and hit the opposite fence, but was not hurt. —_—_———— LIVE WIRE KILLS MARINE. PORTSMOUTH, Va., September 12. —While patrolling his post at 8 o’clock this morning at the St. Helena reser- vation. Private Salis L. Kimbrali, Ma- rine Corps, accidentally came in con- trust with a live electric wire and electrocuted. An investigation of 1i¢ marine’s death was Immediately « iered. September 12 “Therefore, the first thing I have to urge upon our delegates to this con- vention is this: Go home and vote about it. = Demand primaries, political conventions and at the polls representatives in Congress | who will insist upon a civil service free from politics and reclassified on a strictly merit basis. ™ 17,000 MAY STARVE. Admiral Bristol Begs Red Cross Not to Leave Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 10.— Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, United States high commissioner in Turkey, has addressed a letter of protest to the American Red Cross at Washing- ton as a result of the report that the executive committec intends to dis- continue its work in Constantinople. As an _immediate result of this ac- tion, Admiral Bristol claims, atarvation and other dangers likely ! to grow out of the situation, possibly disturbance of public order and dan- ger to American lives. There is an absclute necessity for eontinuation of the work of the Constantinople unit, he declares, until the disaster is over- come and also until the refugees can be gradually moved away. J —_— DECISION HELD UP. Bavaria S_till Considering Action on Decrees. BERLIN, September 11.—0Official an- nouncement came from Munich today that the Bavarian government had not arrived at a final decision regarding the recent restrictive decrees issued at Berlin. The latest indication from the Bavarian capital is that while a majority of the cabinet is in favor of respecting the compromise reached be- tween the conferees, the diet, which has been considering the compromise scheme, Is desirous of continuing negotiations In the hope of obtaining further concessions. MUNICH, Bavaria, September 11.— Premier von Kahr and Minister of Justice Rothe resigned today. They were leading opponents of the com- promise agreement proposed by the Berlin government in settlement of differences between it and the Munich government, which conferred excep- tional powers on the German cabinet. “’ Y 7 arrived | MADE IN GERMANY in the comlngl 17,000 || Russian refugees will be exposed to | WASHINGTON, D. 'C., THE EVENING STAR, — i i ! | L | I I | | I il i l i | i il { il | | | ! i l i i I 1, l t FRESH MILK Per 1 1¢ 159 STORES — GOSMAN’S GINGER ALE 3 " 40¢ Quaker City Mills Our announcement last Thursday of a purchase of FIVE (5) CARLOADS of this excellent flour and the low prices at which we offered it for sale in our stores has resulted in rapid selling of stocks on hand, and if you have not already purchased a bag for trial we suggest that you do so quickly. This is an extraordinary flour offer- ing—lower in price than it has been possible for us to sell any kmd of flour for several years. Quaker City Mills Flour is.an excellent flour—made from winter wheat. We guarantee it to give satisfaction to any purchaser. Try a bag, use one-third of it, and if it doesn’t prove entirely satisfactory return the unused portion and we will refund the entire purchase price. Subject to stock being unsold, we offer: Quaker City Mills Flour 12 Ib. bags 4Oc 24 1b. bags 3 5c ,, Special For This Week .| Old Virginia Pancake Flour 2 1/2 c A carload of fresh, good flour, just received. For this sale. Per Package French’s Cream Salad Mustard 2 5¢ A special-opportunity to get this popular item at a re- duced price. Per Jar Three Items You'll Use When Sanitary Brand Corn Syl'up, No. 2} Can You Appreciate the Value The syrup with the dlstmcme favor. You'll like it. Special, Per Can Ten Tons of Sunshine Frosted Sweets Our Famous Green Bag These delicious, sugar-coated cakes, offered this week at this very low price— Per Lb. Royal Blue Matches Regularly a big value at 5c per box, but this week we offer them at bargain price. You'll sure want a supply. Special, This Week Only Sanitary Bran BUTTER| EGGS In One-pound Cartons One Dozen in Carton r* 47c 2= 47c | 2Bc White Potatoes . . ... . 10lbs.for35c SweetPotatoes . . . . . . . 4lbs. for 15¢ Onions . .. ........ . perlb.,,5¢c Lemons ..... ... per doz., 30c Oranges-fine California Valenclas---varmus prices Cabbage . . ¢ 5o s s« perlb.,Be Mangold Nut Margarme . . . .perlb., 25¢ Top Notch Oleomargarine. . . perlb.,25¢ Swift’s Premium Bacon. .. ! lb. pkg., 23c Swift’s Premium Bacon. . . 1lb.pkg.,45¢ Purelard .. ... 11b. carton., 15¢ Post Toasties . . . . . . ... .. pkg, 10c GrapeNuts. . ... .... ... .pkg, 16¢ Shredded Wheat . ... . ... .pkg., 14c QuakerOats . . ......... .pkeg,12c Kellogg’s Corn Flakes «.....pkg.,10c Sani CornFlakes . ... ... pkg.8¢c Pillsbury’s Wheat Cereal . pkg., 22¢ Triscuit . «.....pksg.,16c Sanitary Rolled Oats . 3 for 25¢ Wisconsin Cheese . . . . l Ib. for 25¢ Wisconsin Cheese . . . . half Ib. for 14¢c Wisconsin Cheese . . quarter lb. for 8c Blue BirdBroom . . . .. ... . each, 89c¢ Snap Broom .. .......... each, 35¢c Ceresota Flour . . . . . . . . 5lb.bag, 31c Ceresota Flour . . . . . . . 121b. bag, 69¢ Ceresota Flour . . . . . . 241]b. bag, $1.35 Washington Flour ....61lbs.31c Washington Flour . . . . . .". 121bs,, 58¢c Washington Flour . . 24 Ibs., $1.12 Gold MedalFlour . ... .. 61lb.bag, 37c Gold MedalFlour .. ... 12]b. bag, 68c Gold MedalFlour . . .. 241b. bag, $1.33 Aunt Jemima Pancake Flow . . pkg., 15¢ ArgoSa.lmon.......... can, 28c Express Salmon. .. ..... can, 1llc Argo California Sardines in Tomato Sauce . can, 15¢ Marshall s Herring in Tomato Sauce . 18c and 33c Gorton’s “Ready-to-Fry” . ... can,18¢c White Meat Tuna Fish—No. ,can .. 23c White Meat Tuna Fish—No. 1 can . . 39¢ KeystoneApricots. . . ... .. ... 27c Keystone Cherries 35¢ KeystonePears . . . . ... .. ... 33c Keystone Peaches . 29¢ DelMontePears. . . . ... .. ... 35¢ Del Monte Cherries . . el iR Del Monte Apricots (peeled) 35¢c Del Monte Peaches . . . .. .. ... 30c Del Monte Picnic Can As 22c Del Monte Small Asparagus Tlps ...33c Del Monte Mammoth Green Tips . 35¢ Del Monte Mammoth White Tips . . . 37c Shriver’s No. 1 Can Black Raspberries. 17c Shriver’s No. 2 Can Black Raspberries. 25¢ Shriver’s Stringless Beans. . . can, 12lic Conewago Stringless Beans . . can, 12}c Peter PanPeas . . . , 22%c Jockey ClubPeas . ... .... can, 25¢c Blue Jay Peas . . can, 12lic Silver LabelPeas. . . . . ... can, 13¢ Tomatoes, largecan . . . e ... l4c Shriver’s A-1 Country Gentleman Com . . can, 15¢ Shriver’s Blue RidgeCorn . . . . can, 12lsc Paris Brand Sugar Corn, can, 17¢; 3 for 50c Blue Bell Shoe PegCorn . . . . . . can, 15¢ Queen AnneCorn . .. ......can,10c Bandor Pimentos, 7 oz. L e | . . . can Bandor Pimentos, 150z.can. . . . . . 35¢ can,1l1lc Rogers’ Evaporated Milk. . can, 12¢c Borden’s Evaporated Mllk ; s TN