Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-01-03
The German Intrigue
Red CROSS NOTES

Every time you repeat, without in
vest.Eaoion, ona OF the attacks upon
the ned Gross you are just as much
an enemy OF your country as though,
you were shooting down our soid,ess
iii the front iine trenches. You ara
even worse enciny than that for your
gossip, III heacad. would deprive
wounded men OF hospital attention,
woGia ieaye inain;ed women ami L.st-
d,en to starve, would leave France
and Belgium ruined waste.
Ii you want TO help and not hinder,
don't gossip. When you hear Mrs. 4.
say that Mrs. Y heard Mrs. Z. say
that lumber jack in Michigan or
ldano or u miner in Alaska paid $40
fer sweater or that the soldiers don t
get the SOCKS at al. or have TO nay
Tor them. or that officials Of the Red
Gross get huge salaries ana the wnoie
organization is so bound in IL rcd
tiie tnat it is inefficient, for Haaven S
SAKE Gclis repeat tr story until yod
know what yea are talking about.
That lumberjack has been pursued
over & hundred hiils bat he has never
been caught. hundreds OF stories
oi the sale Of the Red Cross sweaters,
either TO soldiers or civilians have
been investigated thoroughly and
nver shred o. truth found IN {: SIM &c
one. The overhead expense OF tne
Red Cross organization is a fraction
of l per cent. There is no red tame.
System is necessary to accomplish the
hase task set Tor the organization
The best business judgment and
integrity in the country is beng
given without stint and without COM
pensation TO MAKE the work of thu,
Red Cross effective.
Trust The Red Cross q little and
don't kill the enthusiasm OF your more
patriotic neighbors by repeating
stories that nave TO foundation.
I
The Red Cross is the fastest grow
ing business in the northwest accord
ing to indications at the Northern
Division supply house. Last week the
supply house was moved for the third
time since the beginning of the war
activities. 1t now occupies the base
ment and first floor of down town
building in Minneapolis and even these
quarters are none too commodious.
When supplies formerly came in
van loads they are now arriving in car
load lots from the various Red Cross
centers throughout the four states of
the division. Mrs. Laurence E. Hor-
ton, chief inspector for the division,
now has nearly a hundred workers
helping with the counting, inspection
and re-shipment of the supplies, but
even then this unmber is insufficient.
Rumors circulated in different parts
of the Northern Division to the effect
that gauze surgical dressings are no
longer needed in France have been
branded false and disloyal by Mrs.
Cora S. Fridley, director of the Wo-
mems bureau for the division.
On the contrary such dressings are
needed, and needed badly. Lack of
them, according to Mrs. Frid!ey. will
mean seriosu suffering, if not death
to thousands of soldiers and those of
our Allies.
In letter written to Mrs. Fridley,
Miss Mabel Erb, recently sent to
France as surgical dressings work.
er by the Northern Division, em-ha-
sizes the need for more dressings to
be sent Immediately. IF we in Amer
lea had been making thousand dress
ings where we have been making one,
we would not have made too manv,"
declared Miss Erb. 1.-THE need here
has never been so great as it is right
now because our army in France is
rapidly increasing and our own men
are getting on the firing line."
Another letter, written by Mrs. E.
q. Nicholson, formerly of Minneapo-
lis, now with Miss. Erb in France,
corroborates Miss Erb's statement in
regard to the need for more dressings.
II have found the need for such
dressings to be very grave and most
immediate" Mrs. Nicholson writes.
"Urge the women of the division to
give every minute they can. So many
cases of dressings do not arrive, and
more than are made, even if they did
arrive, are needed"
In her letter Miss Erb comments
upon the quality of the dressings sent
from the Northern Division. All such
boxes are of course sent through Min
neapolis. When boxes of dressings
arrive in France, marked from Mime
apolis, Miss Erb says they are more
welcome than the dressings from any
other city. Their workmanship is
more perfect and every crate is mark
ed Excellent" the highest praise the
official inspectors can give.
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