Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-22
RED CROSS NOTES

Thirty-seven huge crates Of goods;
Christmas gifts, knitted garments
and hn.rital ::,rr1iies were received at
Northern Division headquarters Mon
day from the Duluth chapter
Bismarck and Burleigh county,
North Dakota, established something
of record in Red Cross affairs with
the completion Of their membership
drive this week. More than 10 per
cent of the county's population be-
came members of the county chapter
and subscribed an average of $50 q
person to the Red Cross fund.
In the six days from Oct. 9th to
Nov. I'd, 1877 chapters of the Red
Cross were organized throughout the
Northern Division.
With the approach of Christmas,
propagandists have directed their at
tacks at the sale of Red Cross seals,
according to DR.. j. j. Murphy,
state manager of the Minnesota Pub
lie Health Association.
Misinformation in regard to the als
is being spread broadcast throughout
the country, DR.. Murphy says, to the
effect that the sale of the seals will
not benefit war sufferers from tuber-
culosis, but will be used for private
purses. On the contrary, DR.. Muir
ply explains that every state is sup
porting war tuberculosis fund which
the sale of seals will help to swell.
j. T. Gerould, director for the
Northern Division Bureau of Develop
ment, traced to it's source an effort of
German propagandists to discredit
the work of the Red Cross. Many
women. who had made sweaters or
socks for the soldiers and had at
tached notes to the garments received
letters. 2urporting to come from "lum-
berjacks," declaring that they had
purchased the garments from Red
Cross supply station.
A packer in one of the eastern sup
ply depots of the Red Cross was found
to be responsible for the letters. He
was strong German sympathizer.
When found he had notes attached to
garments, he detached them and mail
ed them to his friends, who wrote
letters to the Red Cross workers, de-
claring that they had received the
garments designed for soldiers.
Mr.. F. H. Stake, general mana
ger of the Northern Division of the
American Red Cross resigned Friday
his resignation to take effect at once.
His successor will be appointed with
in few days, after meeting of the
division directors. Until that time
j. T. Gerould, director of the bureau
of development, will manage the af-
fairs of the division
In letter announcing his resigna-
ton to the department heads, Mr..
Stoltze expressed deep regret at the
necessity of scvering his connection
with the organization. Personal
reasons, he said, made the move i'm
perative. Mr.. Stoltze is Minneapo-
lis lumber dealer. He served the Red
Cross as division manager without
compensation.
Friends of the Red Cross who were
not fully informed as to the methods
Of the organization for providing
Christmas packages for soldiers and
sailors have in some instances been
sending these packages to National
Headquarters.
The Red Cross plan is to have all
Christmas packets assembled by local
Chapters and Auxilaries. They are
packed in cases at the work rooms and
forwarded directly to Division ware
houses, and thence distributed through
the Division Offices.
The function of the National Head
quarters is executive, and it is there
fore has no facilities for handling
these donations. The American Red
Cross is deeply grateful for the in
terest which has been shown every
where in helping to carry out the
Christmas plan, and is anxious to have
every helper properly informed on
this point, so that there may be no
loss or delay in gathering the pack
ages. .F ~
The American Red Cross is assist
ing in caring for Belgian orphans who
were carried by their captors into