Evening star., 1912-11-10
LIKE ~EN0CH ARDEN NO HIRED AGENTS
Hugh Espey Returns to Find American Red Cross Declines
Wife Married Again. to Compensate Collectors.
MISSING SIXTEEN YEARS ISSUES WARNING TO PUBL
Former Policeman Thought President Taft for
Ended His Life. n Turkish War.
SERVED CORPS MANY ARE SICK AND WOUNDED
Travelled All WorldLost
in San Francis Re-
Earthquake. ief Fund.- Needed.
American Red Cross Declines
to Compensate Collectors.
ISSUES WARNING TO PUBLIC
Appeals to President Taft for Suffer.
ers in Turkish War.
MANY ARE SICK AND WOUNDED
Wives of Diplomats Report the Con-
ditions-Large Additions to Re-
lief Fund Needed. :

Miss Mabel Boardman is being ham.
pered in her efforts to collect and ad-
minister Red Cross funds for the ben
eft of the sufferers in the war between
Turkey and the Balkan states, according
to statement made by her in an inter
view with a Star reporter last night. a
serious situation has arisen from the fact
that number of individuals, whose
names Miss Boardman doeos not care to
divulge, have made offers to her 10 col
lect funds in the name of the Red Cross
for the purpose of relieving suffering in
the Turko-Balkan war, these individuals
asking for their own uses percentage
of the money thus collected.
In some cases. Miss Boardman states.
these persons asking the privilege of coll
lecting under the name of the Red Cross
have demanded that they be allowed to
personally retain much as 40 per cent
of the amount collected.
Il have, of course. refused all such
Offers" Miss Boardman said. in dis
cussing the subject. 'and / should like
to make it very clear that the American
Red Cross never solicits funds in that
way, so that any person who Is APP
preached by another with the statement
that he or she is collecting for the Red
Cross should first satisfy himself or her
self that the person asking for mchey
is really entitled TO ask for the Red
Cross, and should be sure to get the
official Red Cross receipt that is issued
in each case. Checks intended for the
Red Cross should be made payable to
| the American Red Cross. and should be
sent to II. S. Reeside of the American
Security and Trust Company"
Confers With Nine. Grouitch.
Miss Boardman. who is member OF
| the central committee of the Red
| Cross in this country, and who has
| long been known as one OF its
| most active members. was in confer
| ence at her home yesterday with Nine.
| Slavko Grouitch, wife of the Servian min
! lister to London, who has arrived in
| Washington for the purpose OF stimulat-
| ing interest in this country in the terrible
hardships endured by the Servian soldiers
during the war with Turkey, as well as
/ those undergone by their families, who
have been left unprovided for during the
| struggle. Mime. Grouitch was before her
marriage to the Servian minister at Lon
don Miss Mabel Gordon Dunlop Of Har-
| rison county, West Virginia, educated
| at Mt De Sales Convent, near Balti-
| more, and for some time resident OF
! Baltimore and Washington. She has been
sent to this country as the official repre-
| sentative of the Servian Red Cross. She
said at Miss Boardman's home last night
that the Servian Red Cross has also been
embarra ssed in its work by the attempts
| Of outsiders to make money by collecting
! in its name.
| Nine. Grouitch has been furnished with
a letter by Miss Boardman recting the
fact that she is the official representative
| of the Servian Red Cross. and thus en-
titled to speak and collect for it.
The Servians and Bulgarians," Nine.
| Grouitch said last night. have been
fIcrtaf fintr h hfsl 1as,1 Ix4.
previously devastated by war. The ordi-
nary population in the country where the
| troops are fighting has been almost ex-
| terminated Villages are few, and. in
winter, there are no such things as roads.
| Transporting the sick and wounded has
| been very difficult for us, making the
need of money all the greater The need
| at this time is especially for blankets and
| for transportation, meaning by the latte:H
| horses and wagons to carry these sick
] and wounded.
Emergency Fund Limited.
1.-The American Red Cross officials have
| been very kind to u.s. Nine Grouitch
continued. "They have sent us $1,000 out
of their emergency fund, but the Ameri-
| can Red Cross dare not spend more than
| this 81 600 that has been sent to Servia
and the like amount sent to each of the
other Balkan states out of its emergency
| fund, so / was ordered to come to my
| own country, America, to see what L
| could do in the way of stirring up in
| terest among my friends and others for
| the poor unfortunate and innocent suf-
| ferers of the, war. We have a corps
/ called the Circle of Servian Sisters. conf
posed of ladies who assist the nurses In
| the field. For instance, If poor woman
| is reported to have no one to care for
| her because her husband or son or broth
| er is in the field with the troops one or
| these ladies is designated to look after
her / am particularly asking for con-
tributions to the fund which is used for
| that work. and checks for 1t reach the
| circle through the Red Cross channels.
Cyrus d. Mccormick OF chicago mas
| sent me a check for 81 900 for this pur-
| pose and I have also received good-sized
checks from such men as Edward Jenkins
of Baltimore, Charles X. Crane or Chi
cago and from others who have required.
me to keep secret their names. 1 am
sure that | shall succeed in my mission
of raising these funds wherever ! am
given an opportunity to explain that these
troops are lighting over mountainous
country. covered with Ice ana snow, Win
out villages OF ROADS.
During the war with Spain the foreign
Red Cross societies contributed literally
for the care Of Americans, and / think
it is the opportunity now Of Americans to-
show their gratitude. All these Balkan
states have constitutions founded on tha.
of America, and part of our troubles with
Turkey in the last few years and for
years before have been due to that fact.
Speaking as 6. Servian, because that is
the country OF my husband, / think our
patriotic cause worthy the pity and sup
port of Americans, because We love lib
erty too, but most of all / think the
claim on humanity that these sick and
wounded soldiers and their destitute fami-
lies have is worthy of the deepest pity
and the greatest help. The latter can
best be given by the contributions for
which we appeal
Letter to President Taft.
Mime. Grouitoh has written the follow
ing letter to President Taft, as the head
of the American Red Cross
ITO his Excellency President Taft,
President, American Red Cross,
Washington, ID. c.
Dear Mr.. President: Having been
charged with the mission to represent the
Servian Red Cross, 1t is my duty to ap.
peal to you, as the honored president OF
the American Red Cross, for aid in meet
ing the Overwhelming needs of our Red
Cross, brought about by the present war
"Ihe Seryian Red Cross. one of the
earliest established societies. is eN-
ceedingly efficient and well organ
lied. Our society has rendered aid
at home and abroad, in many wars
and cataStrophes that have Oecasion-
ed suffering to helpless people. Only late-
ly 1t sent a generous donation to the Red