Tombstone epitaph., 1921-11-20
$50 DISASTER DEATH
 TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives Sl,871,00C Re. lief When 65.OOO Families
 Are Made Homeless.

Forty-three disasters. resulting in the death in ,he United states of S50 persons and ,he injury of 2.5nO called for emergency relief measures anG the expenditure of Sl S7l 900 by the American Red Cross during the fiscal year ending June 20. 1921. says an announcement based upon the forth coming annual report of the Red Cross These disasters caused property dam age estimated at S}0OOO.oO0, affected sixty-seven communities and rendered 6i,co0 families homeless.
 The years disasters were of vary ing types, including several which pre- viously had never been thought o, as falling within that classifica. tion. The Red Cross furnished relief ir seventeen fires of magnitude, five floods, seven tornadoes or cy- clones, one devastating storm. three explosions, including the one in Wall street; one building accident, twp typhoid epidemiCs ;he most serious be ing tha, d; salem. Ohio, which at. fected per cent of the population :; one smallpox epidemic. in ;he republic of Haiti: one train wreck. the race riot at Tulsa, Okla the famine in China, emergency relief in famine among the Indians of Alaska. the grasshopper plague T North Dakoia and an earth quake .r Italy
 Pueblo Mos. Serious
 By far the most severe of ;he dis. asters in the United States during inc period covered by the Ped Cross re Iort was the Pueblo flood early in June. 1921 The rehabilitation prob len confronting the Red Cross in Pueblo was one of the most difficult; in recent years. When the first news of the horror was flashed throughout The country. the American Red Cross National Headquarters responded with a grant of SlOi.oo for relief work Governor ShoIy uf Colorado. appre- ciating Jhe long and successful experi- ence Of the Red Cross in organizing disaster relief work. placed the en- tire responsibility for the admin!stra- ton of relief in its hands
 In response 10 appeals from Pres.- dent Harding Governor Shoup and other governors of western states and through local chapters of the Red Cross and other community organize tions, pubiic-spirited citizens brought the total contributed for Pueblo's re. Mobilization to more than S325,OO0.
 The terrible havoc wrought by the food waters is a matter of record. More than 4.300 homes were affected and 1851 persons were left homeless Estimates of SjOOGGO as an absolute minimum for rehabilitation were made by Red Cross officials in charge of tn, relief work
 Fast Work in Wall Street
 The Wall street explosion was nota- tle in that relief workers of the Red Cross were on the scene twenty min utes after the disaster occurred. The race riot at Tulsa also was unique in disaster relief annals in that outside of small emergency relief fund con tributed ny the Red Cross. the only relief measures outside the city con- sisted of the service of social work CTS. nurses and a trained executive whose object was to assist local forces ip directing their own efforts.
 Tn decided contrast with the pre- vious year, only one tornado assumed the proportions of major disaster This occurred on April r.. in the bor- der sections of Texas and Arkansas with the city Of Texarkana as the center. The significant feature of this disaster relief work was the fact that !, covered so much rural territory as 10 make necessary large number 0. relief workers.
 The famine in China. necessitating relief expenditures total,ing more than sI,0OO.oO0 by the American Red Cross was by far the most serious of the foreign disasters in which the Red Cross gave aid.
 Builds Up Its Machinery
 In connection with the administra- tion of disaster relief measures. an in- creasing effectiveness on the part of the Red Cross to deal with energen- cies was manifested during the pas. year. In 32s' Chapters of the Ameri- can Red Cross there have been formei 1 special committees to survey the re. sources of their respective commun!- ties and to be prepared in case of disaster. h others of the 3,4o2 active Chapters. a network of communication has been formed through which instan. taneous relief may be dispatched to any part of the United States.
 That its work in this field may be continued with ever greater effective ness. the American Red Cross is ap- peaIing for widespread renewal of membership during it's Annual Roll Call, to be conducted this year from