| Show THIS I NERVY WOMAN NOMAN BRAVES DEATH I IFOR FOR MERCY Carries White Fla Flag Past Turk Lines t to Save Armenian Ar Ar- Orphans NEW Tom TORK Sept S 24 Miss lIss Miss Edith I I Co CoM Cod d of West ut New r Brighton S. S S I I. I N N. Y Y I tolls tells In n C letter Cletter to the Near East bast relief the I story of oC how hou she he carried the white while flage Has flog I I between fighting Turks and Armenians I at In n an effort cHart to tb save Armenian orphans under tinder her care f Miss U Colds Cold's letter came carne from Talas Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key ke In the heart of Mustapha Kemal's country countr and was brought out by hy her coworker coworker co- co worker Miss liliES Alice Clark of oC Evanston Ill III I Another American relief worker at Had Had- jin mentioned b by Miss Cold Is Mary Super Super Su Su- Super Su- Su per of Pa I j The Turkish tribesmen do de- de on the tho compound on the outskirts outskirts out out- skirts of oC on April G 5 Miss Cold wrote The compound where t the America Amer Anter- ica flag was wua tJ flying n and amI where no shot was as fired became the abject of u It fierce attack After Alter that for Cor ten weeks we te lived a athe as I the guests of the It was not life however but a sojourn In the vatic valley of l i ithe the sh shadow of death Vo a 0 worked ceaselessly ceasE cease- e- e I lese lessly at the task of oC making friends with i those encamped about our walls We e s served servet r ed them In ever every conceivable a way especially Miss Super with medical aid ald Two To 1 0 lads died from rom fright and three were i wounded Tho The Turks had their defenses close I to the compound bh between en us Ug and anti the thc city I and occupied the clinic building outside tho the gate h d find rd fd from It The compound was alv ah s under fire firo from rom Hardly a l lay a y pasted paired that wo we did not nOl have e callers front from amon among the tho leaders leaders lead lead- ers era of the thc I Twice Mr l Eby L ane and J 1 had permission from Crom them to go JO to Each Elch time I the they proclaimed an n armistice and I we wo car- car i vied the white flag The first time was was was' I at the end of or three weeks Hels of ot sera 6 and antI th the other five hc weeks later The Firs Firs' time we simp simply stated the conditions for forsu su render as ns given by the commander DoUghan He Bey The committee in ill J refused to consider I Tty Tho second time we sought ht to bring i about fagots a a. conf conference the Iho speeding opposing forces Wo 0 went back barl and fOI foith seven times stating slating Dohan Beys Bey's position i bringing th the Hl reply etc Everything Every cry i thing seemed favorable r. except that the place of oC the tiro conference rence could not be Le agreed d upon DOthan Ht Bey insisted that Insisted that I they melt med In n our S and Ind tho the HadJin Had Had- Jin jn committee were equal firm that Hall I the place be bo on our ro road d a between the the defenses nse ACt After r much parley Mr i Eb Bb Eby and nd I finally out we he-we however vcr with t I two delegates Only an hour 0 of j i the armistice w was s left Just Jost as we wert t. t I climbing over one olle of oC the fIe defenses a shot was as fired Ired and str struck bet Let len Mr Eby and me Th ThO The Hadjin Ha delegates ran for or shelter 3 and nd Mr Ehy Eny and 1 I proceeded I 1 back to lo the compound alone Confidence was destro destroyed cd We Ve were store unable to locate I the IOU I ce of oC tho the shot Miss MIsa Cold wrote wrote that the tho Armenians from Hadjin finally captured the compound com com- compound pound from the Turks Turks' but were driven of or the compound were ere sent with the Armenians Armenians Ar Ar- to H I IVe Wo we six Americans ns and our two TurkIsh Turkish Turk Turk- ish girls too toot took refuge In a dark darl storeroom storeroom store store- I room l If Miss Cold ad added tIed When the Cheles a again aln recovered the compound com the they looted an and set fire to It ft Miss Miss Cold and the other Americans were hurried away by the Turks to a mountain retreat where for lor two nights they were guests t t In the commanders commander's tent and then were wore I Given Cven an escort to Talas Tho The fate Calc of the Armenian children In tn was unknown to Miss Cold but she feared that Uta t nil all had perished |
