The sun., 1903-04-21
FOR ANEW RED CROSS SOCIETY
THAT rs THE PLAN OF TIE SUS-
PENDED MEMBERS.

THAT rs THE PLAN or TIE SUS-
PENDED MEMBERS.
ncy Say No Good Can Ne Accsmplished
by ReorGanization. as the Old 6eciety
Has Lost the Confidence q the Pubic
Relief Money Diverted TO Pay Salaries
WASHINGTON, April 2o.-The suspended
members OF the Red Cross Society are al
most unanimously Of the opinion that the
old organization can never regain lie stand
ing before the public because Of the dis
closures connected with the expenditure
of money entrusted to Its care, and plans
are now being considered for the organiza-
ton Of q new society on strictly business
principles. This project Is said to have the
support Of q number Of prominent men In
New York. and as soon as legal complica-
tions can be cleared away q movement In
this direction will be made.
The suspended members do not expect
the present controlling power Of the Red
Cross to show them any consideration or
10 pay any attention to their appeals for
reorganization. and some OF them say
they 40 not believe that any material good
ran be accomplished by reorganization,
as the present eociety has lost the con-
fdence Of the pubic, and then. too. even
though the lsuspended members are now
reaomitted the feeling that has been
aroused Ia too strong to permit Of har-
monious working.
II was explained that the statement to
be given soon Is not intended to IN any way
argue the many details OF the controversy,
but is for the purpose OF showing the public
just how and why the members were sus-
pended.
Much care Is being exercised In its prepa-
ration, because 1t Is not the intention Of
the committee. composed OF Gen. John
NJ Wilson, Simon Wolf. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster
and Miss Mabel T. Boardman. to engender
personalities or TO reflect p- rsonally upon
Miss Barton. At the same time. the sus-
pended members are getting together a
large mass Of testimony to support their
repeated decorations that money entrusted
TO the Red Cross for the distribution OF
relief has not been accounted for and the
public ie kept In absolute ignorance az TO
what has been done with the many thou
sands OF dollars collected for various relief
purposes. That some OF IL was used for
other purposes than intended by the con-
tributors is openly charged by those who
have been urging . thorough auditing Of
the accounts.
a prominent suspended member said
.Tbe members at large Of the Red Cross
Society are in Ignorance OF the re,l state
Of ala irs, and II u the purpose OF those now
Ia CONTROL to keep them in the dark by max
personally. and IN this way cover up what
w1s brought TO light by the Investigations
ma de into the distribution Of relief, which
show a looeeness that 70 almost beyond
sSIp5sasssfn nieudss dss or Sass va: Is
diverted to De Y sala ries, not TO Miss Barton,
but In some instances to persons who had
nothing to do with the work.
From the Galveston relief fund. In
trusted TO the Red Cross. n regular salary
was paid to DR.. Julian B. Hubbell, a friend
Of Miss Barton, who did not 60 to Calves
ton and did not participate In the work
there; also that Mr.: Ward. the financial
paid himself from the Galveston funds,
but also received salary for two weeks
vacation. In each OF the ases the money
was paid out by Mr.. Ward on his own order.
appFQyed BY Miss Barton. whose sigma
ture wa placed On the psPers with a rubber
"a has been sisted that .t the time. Of
the Galveston dissster the then governins
body. the Board OF Control. PAID Ms: Ellen
g. Aissey about q thousand doil11 Tor
;This vas not known TO those Of the now
suspended members until . year after
sss paid and sxpiap;ssion; Az a.ss ssssd d e sfs;
the society. Mrs. Mu.sey frankly said
that Niss barton had asked her 70 Give up
to the Red Cros every other day In the
spring of 1900. just to work for its tnoorpora-
ion nsD.1s ano Sc st Pth!s :Ss could not ssord
10 do this without some compensatton,
which Miss Barton agreed to give her and
which the board Of control later ratified.
ny a. %s Popua e. sRSs1 RSssts os he Sou.:
Of Representatives from Kansas. and DR..
Hubben were also being paid by Miss
This was in the spring and spmme, Of
,G s: a. ss snd NJ Ms eIs s.on oH.sd
Mr.. Ward. the fnanciallfagent appointed
by her at Galveston. TO send Mrs. Mussey
a check for Q thousand dollars: This Mrs.
Mussey returned. as she would not accept
weston relief funds. She was Afterwards
paid for the two weeks she worked at Gal
weston, and her legal services were eventu-
ally paid out Of another fund.
use relief funds 70 pay other expenses Of
the sooiety. and there are dozen others
that might be told Of and that win b re-
vealed q the proper time;
Another matter that has never peen
Of the socisty relates TO the collection tn
New York Of about $4,000. also for the
Galveston work. This money was collected
by a committee cOnsntmg OF W. WIZARD
Howard OF New York. Samuel M. Jarvis
and Walter Phillip: the tcC t; ~ ia': s,n men
tive committee appointed BY Miss Barton
and which suspended the ,in. member Sss nov nov
out. For two years the eociety mas tr1ed
to get a report showing what was done
with this fund. Mr.. Howard promised
a report the first year. according to Mr..
Phillips but It was not forthcoming that
wear, nor q year later. whom II was again
asked for by Miss Boardman and some
OF the other members.
"A report was again promised, however,
but nom, has been rendered. and an ofiicial
list of the members Of the present society.
now in the possession Of the State Depart
ment, does not include the nAnne OF Mr..
Howard. It was only recently that the
Department OF State succeeded IN securing
q list of tho names OF the members OF the
Red Cross Society. and this shove tota!
membership of only about two hundred
persons:
from more than this number Of their hearty
indorsement Of project 70 orEanise new
society, and II the plans now under con;
siderafion are carried out ConsTese VIII
probably be asked at its next session 70