The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-30

| ttliI lN'i ' loSS iA' SpNhl sands of dollars in printing reports of its proceedings. detailed accounts | of it's expenditures. and elaborate de | sCriptions of the work that 1t is doing and already has done at home and l abroad, there Is still but hay idea
 on the part of the general public as
 to how the great humanitarian organ | ization is constituted, how 1t Is con trolled, the manner of disbursement
 of the immense sums which 1t han
 dies, and the thousand and one details
 connected with an institution of such | immense scope and magniture. With the idea of giving in concrete | form for the benefit of readers of the 1 Daily Times the mass Of facts reiat- l ing to the Red Cross and its activities 1 which have been issued in the form of reports. this series of articles is undertaken. There will be no at | tempt at elaboration. the idea being simply to familiarize the public with | the general workings of the organiza- l tion in which, more than any other | institution at the present time. except | ing possibly the military establish
 ment the whole country Is interested False and Misleading Stories
 Since the inception of the great war | the Red Cross has been the subject
 of many malicious, misleading and | lated surrcptitiously and with intent
 tO interfere with the great work be- ing accomplished, and sometimes passed along by otherwise well-mcan- ing persons with penChant for Eos- sip. Prior to the time the United States entered the war the stories were particularly vicious, and sInce that time they have been of more subtle nature. intended to create nis- trust by suggestion rather than out right islanders But many lies have been nailed and shown to be made out of whole cloth before lasting in ury has resulted. But occasionally they crop out again and must be once more denied
 It is the duty of all citizens to be the organization, not only because 1 their funds keep the work going and | they have d right to know how they | are spent. but also that they may be able to authoritatively deny malicious stories circulated with no other pur- pose than retarding its work. and gen
 erally found to emanate from enemy sources.
 How Malicious Stories Circulate Several times the Red Cross has | found it necessary to issue circulars reCOunting the most common of these | scandals. and telling how each was
 run down and disproved. These took wide range. from the threadbarc lie about the lady who knitted a sweater for her son in the army, sent 1t lilI puElI Nh' iNti N.i'Ho' 'hiih iSs'. : found one of the women workers W year. it, identifying it by a $l0 bill which she had knit into the collar, down t0
 the more silly and malicious lie 70 the effect that Red Cross nurses had been so frivolous and indiscreet that they had to be sent back from France T l,I L.. Il the most remarkable of all" being credited to a minister of the gospel. It Is needless to say that none of these stories have any foundation in fact and most of them. like the last men
 toned, being easily disproved because there have been no nurses returned | from France for that or any other | reason
 How to Deal with Slanderers The Red Cross information depart | ment asks that citizens hearing these | malicious and ridiculous tales make | an investigation and report the result. | Ask your informant. How do you
 know this story is true? Have you tried to confirm the tale? If not. why are you circulating such hearsay
 libels?" And beware lest you, too. be
 made the tool of German propagan-
 dists.
 "If" continues the circular the charge can seem to be corroborated,
 report it to the headquarters of the
 Red Cross in Washington. It will be glad to hear of any irregularity, and, | If proved, to correct it."