Arizona republican., 1918-03-03

The Red Cross wishes to advertise as widely as possible, the absolute falsity of the report that used post age stamps have any value through the extraction of the dyes contained in them.
 Word from Maricopa tells of the activities of women of the town ill Red Cross, an auxiliary having been formed there, that is doing eXcep- tionally good work. Besides this or ganization, a junior auxiliary has been formed under the name of Willing Workers" with Miss Norma Drake as president. Miss Edna c. Edwards, secretary and Elizabeth Schmidt, treasurer. Each child en- rolled in the society has its own particular war garden and is doing it's bit in various other ways. A check of $40 was forwarded to the local chapter and will be used to furnish material for garments for the Belgian and French refugee children, the Willing Workers will do their bit in sewing for the unfortunate boys and girls across the sea.
 The click of the knitting needles VI 1l1olly d SOOu IlOuSCNl1C l4do III more than one instance been stilled since the peddling of a story last November that all sweaters, wristlets, helmets, and other comforts for the boys in France were being sold to the men at a good price. In spite of repeated denials of the tale it con- tinued it's merry round, gathering force with each new telling. But the source of the report has been dis covered and the story will take it's l place on the shelf with others of l it's ilk.
 | The Washington Red Cross office is in receipt of a cablegram from | Major Perkins in France that Private Emmet B. Murphy of Battery B, One Hundred and Forty ninth field ar tillery, was the innocent cause of all | the trouble. A bit of camp gossip had come to his ears and he told it l in letter to his mother who in turn passed it on as bona fide news. The young man has made a statement | that he has no proof of the tale, buI took it at its face value, as it was told to him. His commanding of- ficer, Lieutenant J. M Patterson further corroborates his statement and says that the young man has written his mother explaining to heI that there is no basis for the story.
 
 That the little folk are as deeply interested in Red Cross activities as their big brothers and sisters is be- evidenced by the efforts of the tiny future citizens. Yesterday group comprising Miss Patricia Watson Miss Ella Florence Stanto, Miss Elizabeth Hall and Robert Graff pre- sented Mrs. w. K. James with s3.34 which the youngsters had raised from the sale of lemonade and cake. The sale was conducted at Ingleside. |
 Here is the recipe for a meatles. loaf which has had place on the blackboard at the Red Cross head. quarters and been tried out by thu members: l cup rice (cooked); ] cup nuts; 1 cup bread crumbs; teaspoon salt; ? tablespoons milk; egg. Mold in loaf with lump of but. ter on top. Bake until brown. Serv, with tomato sauce.
 To fill an order for 800 gauz, dressings, a special call is issued fol workers in the surgical dressings de partment. The Phoenix chapter ha, been given a special allotment il dressings and more workers will b, necessary to complete the amour in the desired time.
 Civil relief in France, under direc tion of the American Red Cross, mad marked progress in January, accord ing to a report from Major Jame H. Perkins, American Red Cross com missioner in France.
 The report is a. review of tn months work of the Red Cross de
 partment of civil affairs in Franc,
 of which Homer Folks is the di
 rector. It shows how effectivel
 American generosity is being apple
 to the task of caring for the Frenc
 refugees and repatries, of rehabili
 tating the maimed and crippled, ( | ministering to the victims of tuber | culosis and other diseases contracte in the war.
 Staff of AS Persons The staff of the department of civ | affairs now numbers AS persons an | does direct work in S6 French citie
 and villages. It has established min | civilian hospitals, with a total ca pacity of 974 beds, 36 dispensarie
 and dispensary stations. Fifty or
 delegates and assistants are helpin to re-establish in French homes th
 600 and more repatries who flow int
 France daily from the occupied area
 of France and Belgium.
 I In six districts which cover Il devastated areas, warehouses haN
 been established from which clothin
 tools and food are distributed to u
 returning population. This does n'
 include the American Friends uni
 which has 140 members at twel,
 stations working under Red Gro:
 direction: or the Smith College uni
 which has seventeen members |; Grecourt who are now a part of u Red Cross.
 500 Acre Farm
 Thirty-one new centers of dire
 work were established in Januar and the staff was increased by persons. Two new hospitals al
 eight new dispensaries were opened 21 repatriate delegates were sen
 one new district was added in u devastated area; and a farm of 5
 acres near Tours was obtained f
 agricultural re-education of mutil 1 (cripples.) Medical examination VI | given to 17,S27 civilians, chiefly chi dren, including the 11,402 repatria children examined at Evian. Medic
 care in hospitals was given to 9s
 Hospital relief was given weekly 800 tuberculosis patients in Par = Instruments, food. clothing and boo
 valued at 202,517 francs were di tributed to 54 hospitals outside Paris One hundred and sevent five families were re-housed in Par AEAlllM IHu Tllh lA