The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-12-15

LIE CIRCULATED 81 AGENTS CF
UNsPEAKABLE KAISER
10 NAILED.
HOW SOCIETY Is CJ2TtiNaD
Half OF hsn9aero*l9 Tec7 3.-.ttca
Sufficient .g:-.s fe- 49, e.
tratiVc P.Fs5- e5--.f5ere
Subscriptions &C.

Hirelings of taa ansr.aeaJ3e Kaiser
have circulated more u ri II reIer-
cnce to the A.. erlean lie E.5z t-.,9
any ether American or. 70. ~ one
o. these lies was to ia e--e-ez-4.
Big percentage Of the i.@..o-.z- o. ell
lars subscr bed far Re- O. ~ *
went to officials of Ia o.s:.-. -. III.
This statement HIS 10 basis in tact
whatever.
One hundred aad twenty rliT:c2
dollars vas sUlse@ lee ~ tAa I'D
Cross by Americans last Juaa, a.uI
rot one penny OF ia $ money has been
spent for administrative work Win
/ membership in the Fed Cross il is
sued, say for 81, 81 cents Ok this
amount is sent t. headquarters It
Washington for the admiria -ratiTe
Hnd and the reGlaila.2g 50 ce..,5 is
sept by the chapter which Issued tie
membership.
Where the Mcncy Goes.
Not all of the $4,000, 900 sub
scTibed In jun. has been collected
objections on Nov tota!od SO $685.
1855. OF This &n-oult $9.f29 1921
is bcirg returned 10 Ltad Cross chap
,ers for local reiief work ana the par
| ch.sc Of raw materials TO be maze
into hospital garments aud supplies.
| II addition to this total. appTopria,
ions from the wa fund ~ to Nov.
mounted to $4365t z53 -, OF whil 4
| i,26 934,416.86 wa ior iar~ign relief
these forciS2 Istef appropriate 3
we're apportioled as follows: Frante.
$14.581.249.47; DsfS,um, $129, OCT; Rus.
"a, sl.423. 0i037; Saryia, s493.2o3.76;
.,cuMania, S1,5I65@aS.76; Italy. SPA.
eco; Great D:itain. s. ,060,520; m3scc2,
ianeous foreign, $ti3,072; Armenia
and Syrian relief. $l,S00.o00.
There has been appo-t.oaed for sup
,;ica etc, for United States forces IN
,h!s country, $3,48S.T29; for hoseisal
work, Ss79.500; for sanitary service
about cantonnents, camps. s1S3IV0;
for U!sceilaE cous items in United
States. s103,4:7.60. a total for the
United States army Of 81 l20,2lG60.
Other appropriations advanced for
hospital funds amounted to s2200G1.
The sum of 1853 900 has been ex,
pended in the purchase CT raw ma
terials to be worked into hospital gar
nents, bandascs, surgical dressings,
etc, b various lay workers through
out the country. AS local chapters
purchased this material at cost from
the national organization, tbs suul
will eventually be returned to tho
war fund
Other German Lies.
Another lie is that nsrican sailors
are sending word 10 friends THAT they
are receiving SO many sweaters and
other knitted garments that they are
using them fer mops aboard ship
The Red Cross, through George w.
Simmons of St Louis, general man
aser OF the Southwest District. recent
y appealed for all knitted garments it
can possibly get. There Is p,iful
shortage and winter is coming On. No
matter how many knitted articles
went aboard ship, none OF them
would be used "a mops.
Still another lie Is to the effect that
Mrs Frank v Hammer, chairman of
The ST. Louis Red Cross Chapter, re-
eeivcs $4,000 a year for her services,
and that George ". Simmons, chair
a@n ci tac Southwestern District, re-
Ce.ves $30, $40.
Both MIS-, Hammer and Simmons do
nate their services ard pay their own
travelling expenses In addition, Sim
mons. al MI. i5a.4mo" have each
made la.9e PERSONAL subscriptions to
The Rec Cross fu25.
Vera fer SHe7tors Is Free.
Another basel>ss German lie is to
h; offset that the Red Cross is selli
ing yarn to women who are Knitting
sweaters and mufflers for the soldiers.
The basis for this tale is rule en-
oYaed by the Red Cross, which re-
4Uiroa q small den sit when yarn is
l9rre3 over 10 applicants Tic deposit
is refunded wh.u Inc knitted gar-
mcnts and leftover warn are returned.
That q sweater knit in ST. Louis for
| the soldiers in France w&s sold by Red
Cross workers and identified b. the
woman who knit il by a piece O. car
| rcncy soWed into the fabric is Gnu;!er
German lie.
J Heads of the Red Cross Society in
| ST. Louis branded this as bald fabrI-
cation Nothing handled by tho Red
| Cross Society Is sold