The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-01-04
EVERY CENT GIVEN
REDCR0SS SPENT
FOR RELIEF WORK
LIE ciHcULA1Ep 81 AGENTS or
UNsPEAKeHLE KAISER
IS NAILED
HOW SOCIETY is SUSTAINED


oeNNe''f''"a W.
fllrellngs Of the unspeakablo Kaiser
have circulated mote lies With refer
cnce to The American Red Cross than
any other American organization. Ono
OF these iles was TO the effect ihni q
biz percentage Of The millions Of dol
lars subscribed for Red Cross work
went TO eiiloals If The ofganzalion.
This slnieiaenl has no .basls IN fact
vhnlrter
Ono hundred and twenty million
dollan WA subscribed ior the Red
Cross by Americans last June. ard
not one penny Of this money has been
spent for administrative work When
membership In the Red Cross ls la.
nued, gay ioi 81. 80 cents Of this
amount Is sent 10 headquarters at
Nolhlnrion for tho administrative
fund and the remaining so cents h
ken by iAe chapter which Issued tho
membership
Where me Money dues
Not all ~ ihe si2O,0lo.OOO sub.
ncrlbei In june has been collected.
Collections on Nov / loialed $40 $780,.
s55gs. OF ihls aniouni '9'i2ssS92i
~ nIng returned to Red Cross chap
IA ~. local rc'lef work and the pur.
.1hs1I I.5nH mnlorlala TO be made
'n'1 h1splnl sirmenia and supplies
~ 44ctlon Co thla total. apnropflai
tpr4 from The war iund up 10 H't \
Aiprnnlod 10 fVS5li25s2V, ~ which
ElQsiiles0 was ior lorelku r1llqf
These foreign relief apnIppl|r'pny
were appnflloncd as foNoN'' frAnfe'
sla,1,i.2ipfi' h1lglun| N}tp.ppi Rus
ala, ii.f.solpei a..tiH+ f',f'svs 'e'
Roumnnla. 'i.bl i1l47Il iith t2lis
uOpi Great VI lH'n. HntpsEe' insect
inneoua iordsH <iU'elE Armenian
and syrla1 ROLLER fI"oVVO
There nNt boon aDpotlloned iof sup
plies, ~. TT l'1Hed States forces N
ill t0N0t'f Y4ss,1ls; TOT hospital
ze|N. l''1p. for sanitary service
@'N1 .A''<lupnls camps. Sisa5e9,
''''r'4lia items In United
|'|''' |''<fH a total Tor me.
tn''t1 tIA'NN hfmy Of tLl2ONi0Us
uutf appropriations advanced for
Hospital funds amounted 10 f22o,ooo
The sum Of fl,gb9iO0O has been cx
pended In The purchase Of raw ma
terials TO DO worked into hospital sur
meuis. handagcs, surgical dressings,
etc, BY various lay workers through
out the country A local chapters
purchaacd thla material al cost from
the national organization, this sum
Will eventually be returned 10 the
war fund.
Other German Lies.
Another lle ia that American sailors
are ssnding word to friends that they
are receiving so many sweatera and
other knitted garments that they are
using them for lnops aboard ship
The Red Cross. through 0oorse W.
Simmons Of 81. Louis, general man
aser Of the Southwest District, recent
" appealed for all knitted sarmenis u
can possibly get There Is a pIlIful
shortage and winter Is coming on No
matter how many knitted articles
went aboard a ship. none Of them
would be used a. mops
stu another lie Ia to the effect that
Mrs Frank v. Hammer, chairman Of
the st. Louis Red Cross Chapter. re
celves $4,000 a year for her services,
and that George W. Simmons. chair
man Of The Southwestern District, 70
solves $4,000
Both Mrs. Hammer and Simmons do
nate their services and pay their own
travelling expensea In addition. Sim
made large personal subscriptions to
The Red Cross fund.