The Jasper news., 1921-12-22
$50 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL. FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives $1,871,o0o Re!
lief When $4,000 Families :
Are Made Homeless.

for emergency relief measures and
the expenditure OF $1.S71, 600 by the
American Red Cross during the fiscal
year ending June 90, 1921, says an
announcement based upon the forth
coming. annual rcpoft Of the Red Cross.
These disasters caused property dam.
age estimated al 10000 900, affected
slxty-seven commut tities and rendered
65.0OO families hofheless.
The years disasters were OF vary.
Ing types, Including several which pre-
viously had never been thought OF
as falling within that classinen-
tiOn. The Red Cross furnished
relief In seventeen Ares Of magnitude,
Ave floods, seven .tornadoes or cy-
clones, one devastating storm, three
explosions. Including the one in Wall
street; one building accident, two
typhoid epldemlcs, the most serious be.
Ing that Mt Salem1 Ohio. which az.
tected 0 per cent ot the population;
one smallpox epidemic, In the republic
OF Haiti one tralnNfteck, the race riot
at Tulsa, Okla. the famine In China,
emergency relief in famine among the
Indians OF Alaska, the grnsshopper
plague in North Dakota and an earth.
quake In Italy.
Pueblo Most Serious
BY far the most severe OF the dis.
isters In the United States during the
period covered by the Red Cross re-
port was the Pueblo food early In
June. 1921. The rehabilitation prob
lem confronting the Red Cross In
Pueblo was one Of the most diffcult
In recent yenrs. When the first news
Of the horror wnsi flashed throughout
the country, the American Red Cross
National Headquarters responded with
q gram Of 100000 for relief work.
Governor Shoup OF Colorado, appre.
clatlng the long and successful expert.
ence of the Red Cross In organizing
disaster relief work, placed the en-
tire responsibility for the sdmlnistra-
tlon OF relief In its hands.
In response to appeals from Pres.
dent Harding, Governor Shoup and
other governors Of western states anc
through local chapters of the Red
Cross md other community 0rganizA-
tions, publlc-spirlted citizens brought
the total contributed for PuebiO's re-
habllltatlon to more than $325, 900.
The terrible havoc wrought by the
food waters Is matter Of record.
More than 1900 homes were affected
and 1851 persons were left homeless.
Estimates Of ShO0,0OO as an absolute
minimum for rehabilitation were made
by Red Cross officials In charge of the
relief work
Fast Work In Wall Street
The Wall street explosion was nota.
Bile In that relief workers OF the Red
Cross were on the scene twenty min.
utrs after the disaster occurred. The
race riot at Tulsa also was unique In
disaster relief annals In that outside
OF a small emergency relief fund con
tributed by the Red Cross. the only
relief measures outside the city con
sisted of the service OF social work,
ers, nurses and n trained executive
whose object was to assist local forces
In directing their own efforts.
In decided contrast with the pre-.
vious year. only One tornado assumed
the proportions of n major disaster
This occurred on April l5, In the Dor
dor sections Of Texas and Arkansas
with the city nf Teyarknna as the
center. The significant feature Of this
disaster relief work was the fact that
It covered no much rural territory as
TO make necessary large number Of
relief workers.
The famine In China. necessitatIng
relief expenditures totnlllng more than
Sl,000.000 by the American Red Cross
was by far the most serious OF the
foreign disasters In which the Red
Cross gave mid.
Builds Up It's Machinery
In connection with the admlnistra.
tlOn of disaster relief measures. an In.
creaslng effectiveness on the part OF
the Red Cross To deal with emergen.
cies was manifested during the past
year In 32s Chapters Of the AmeFi-
can Red Cross there have been formed
special committees to survey the re.
sources OF their respective communi-
ties and to be prepared In case OF
disaster. In others Of the 3.4O2 active
Chapters, a network OF communication
has been formed through which lnstan.
taneous relief may be dispatched to
any part Of the United States
That its work In this Geld may be
continued with ever greater effective
ness. the American Red Cross Is ap-
pealing for widespread renewal OF
membership during it's Annual Roll