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Save a Life Contribute your share to the rescue of the Millions of Starving Women and Children and Babies in the Bible lands as a result 5 - of German and Turkish fiendishness. Save a Life Blue Bird Zephyr? Devonshire Cloth Waldorf Draperij Truville Chalies and Ribbqns for Children Waists. the combination rates quoted other magazine or naper- pub,r will make you a reduced price ,E. V. News and The Youth's Companion, total regular price $4, you get 'em for $3.50 McClure's and E. V. News, f egular prjce $4, now $3.00 4 6cribnors and E. 'V. News, regular price $6, our spe cial bargain price , $4.75 Outing and p. V. News, the total price $5, to you now $4.00 New West Magazine and E. V. News, price $4, now $3.00 Other periodicals at club rates. RED GROSS GIFTS 400,000,000 War Council on Retirement An pounces Cash and Supplies Contributed, WORKERS WILL "CARRY ON." Five Dlo Societies In World Wlda Plan H. P. Davison Heads Internationa American Red Croti Commission Or. Llvlnoston Farrand Permanent Leader of Peace Organization. Washington". (Special,) Henry I Davison as chairman Issues the follow Ins statement mi hclmlf of tliu Wa Council of the American Hed Cross: "Tp tlio American People: "The Wur Council of tho Anicrlcnn Keil Cross appointed ly President Wll son on .May It), ll17, lo curry on the work of tho American Hed Cross dat ing tliu war, at their request and by voto of tho Cent nil Couiiulttec, ceased nt midnight, rehruary 'J8. "Iintnedlately Hie ariiilstlco was signed tho War Council Instituted studies to determine when tho strict' ly wnr work of the organization would Iinvo boon sulHricntly matured to en able tho direction of affairs to bo ru sumcd by the permanent staff. Henry P. Davison, being In I'nrls when tho armistice was signed, summoned conference thuro of tho heads of nil the Ited Cross Commissions In Europe to cnnvnss tho sltuntlon. After con sldorlng all the factors It wns con ciuueu to make tho transition on March 1. The very fortunate choice of Dr. LIvIn&ston Knrrnnd ns tho new chairman of tho Central Committee, aiif thereby the permanent chief ex epHffyp pr tne ited cross, makes possi lijc tho consummation of this plan un dor tho most favorable conditions. Recounts Audited by War Department "petnlled reports to Congress and a coinplute audit lt accounts by the war iJcparimcrjF Yi constitute tue llnal record pr llpd urqas activity dur Ipg the war. Atlin.uih jas been Hie ruip p mpKp pupiic ai pxpctjdi turcs when nuthorlzpd and to give de tailed Information rolntlvo to nil work undertaken, tho wnr council In turn Ing over Its responsibilities to Or. Far rand and his nssoplntes deslro to glvo a brief resume of Hed Cross war time activities to tho American people, to whom the Hod Cross belong, and whoso generous contributions have mnde pos slble all that lias been accompllnlred. "During thp past nearly twenty-one mo.pths JIib Atncrlcnn people .have given In cash and supplies to the American Ited Cross more thnn $100,- 000,000. No. vnlup can bo placed upon the contributions of service which have been given without stint and of tcntlmcs nt great sacrifice p"y millions of our people. "Tho effort of tha Atncrlcnn lied Cross In this wnr hns constituted by fur the largest voluntary gifts of money, of hand and henrt, ever con tributed purely for tho relief of hu man suffering. Through tho Ited Cross tho heart nnd spirit of the whole American people hnvo been mobilized to take rare of our own, to relievo the misery Incident to tho wnr, and also to reveal to tho world tho supreme Ideals of our nntlonnl life. "Everyone who has hnd nny part In this wnr effort of tho Ited Cross Is en titled to congrnttilnto himself. No thnnks from nnyono could bo equal In vnlue to the self sntlsfnctlon every one should feel for the pnrt taken, Fully 8,000,000 Atncrlcnn women hnve exerted themselves In Ited Cross serv ice. Has Over 17,000,000 Adult Members. "When wo entered tho wnr (lie American Ited Cross hnd about 500.000 members. Today, ns tho result of tho recent Christinas membership Itoll Cull, there nro upwards of 17,000,000 full pnld members outside of the mem bers of tho Junior Hed Cross, number ing perhaps 9,000,000 school children additional. Tho chief effort of tho Ited Cross during (ho war has lieon to enro for our men In service nnd to aid our nrmy and navy wherever tho Ited Cross m:iy bo called on to assist. As to this phase of tho work Burgeon Gen oral Ireland of tho U. 8. Army recent ly said : 'Tho Ited Cross has been an enterprise as vast us tho war Itsolfc, From tlio beginning It litis done those things wJileJi (lip Army Moillcu Carps wnploij doni", but coutJ not do ltsolf.r "Tho nod Cross ondoaynr tn Franco tins naturally been upon up exception nlly Inrgo scnlo whnro service hns boon rendorod to tho American Army nnd to tho French Army and tho French pooplo ns woll, tho latter par tlculnrly during tho trying period when tho Allied World was waiting for thu American Army to nrlsu In force and power. Hospital emergency service for our nrmy In, Franco has greatly diminished, but tho Ifed Cross Is still being called upon for service upon n Inrge scale In the great bust hospltnls. where thousands of Amorl can sick nnd wounded nro still reeolv Ing attention. At these hospitals the Ited Cross supplies huts nnd facilities for the amusement and recreation of tho men ns they become convalescent Our Army of Occupation In Germany wns followed, with Medical units pro (inred to render tho sumo emergency aid and supply service which wns the primary business of tho Ited Cross during hostilities. The Army Canteen service ulong tho Hues of travel bus Actually Increased since the nrmlstlct "Ah for work among the French peo ple, now that hostilities have censed, tho French themselves naturally pre fer us fur ns possible to provide for their own. It bus accordingly been de termined Hint the guiding principle of Ited Cross jiolley In Franco henceforth shall be to have punctilious regard to Its ovory responsibility, but to direct Its efforts primarily to assisting French relief societies. The liberated and devastated regions of France have been divided by the government Into Small districts, each olllclally assigned to n designated French relief orgnul ration. "The American Ited Cross work In Franco wns Initialed by a commission of eighteen men who Inniled on French shores June l.'l, 1017. "Slnco then sonio 0,000 persons have been upon the rolls In France, of whom 7.000 were actively engaged when the nrmlstlcc wns signed. An Indication of tho pres. ont scnlo of tho work will bo obtained from thu fact that tho services of 0,030 persons nro still required. "Our American Expeditionary Force having largely ovneunted F.nglund, the activities of the Ited" Cross Commls slon there nro nnturally upon n dluiln billing scale period. Actlvo operations nre still In progross In Archangel nnd Slberln. "The work In Italy hns been utmost entirely on behalf of (lip cvlllnn pop ulation or that country. In tho critical hours of Italy's struggle tho American people, through their Ited Cross, sont u pructlcol messngo of sympathy and relief, for which tho government nnd people of Itnly hnvo novcr ceased-to express their gratitude. Supplies and Personnel to Near East. 'The occnslon for such concent ra tion of effort In Italy, England, Hel- glum and even In Franco having natur nlly and normally diminished, It hns been posslblo to divert supplies nnd personnel In Inrge mensiiro to tho aid of those people In the Nenr East who have hitherto boon Inaccessible to out side assistance, but whose sufferings have been upon un appalling scale. The needs of theso peoples are so vnst that government ulone run meet them. but the American Ited Cross Is limiting an effort to relieve Immediately the more neiilo distress. "An extensive , group of American workers has been dispatched to carry vitally needed supplies, nnd to work this winter In lho vurlous I'nlkan conn- rles. In order to eo-ordliiiite their ac tivities, u Iliilkun commission has been estubllsbed, with liriidquiirlers nt Home, Duly, from which point ulone nil the l'ulkun centers can bo reached promptly. commission has Just reached Po und with doctors and nurses, medical supplies, and food for sick children and Invalids. An American Ited Cross Commission has also been unnolntcd o uld In relieving tho suffering of Huh- slun prisoners still conllned In aerniun prison camps.. "An Important commission Is still working In Palestine. Through tho war special co-operation has been given to tho Armenian nnd Hyrlnn Ho ller Commission, which was tho only agency nblo to curry relief In tho In terior of Turkish dominions. Red Cross Will Continue. "Ited Cross effort Is thus far llunc. It will continue to bo so. . Hut the movement represented by this work bus likewise assumed an Intlmalo place in tnu daily nro or our peoplu nt homo. ho nrmy of workers which bus been recruited nnd trained during tho wnr must not he demobilized. All our ex perience In the war shows clearly (tin tliero Is un unlimited field for service f tho kind which can ho performed Willi peculiar effectiveness by tho Hed Cross. What lis future (asks may bo tt l" yet Imposslhlo to forecast, $0 I nov Hint so loh'ir oi ihoro h7nnAnioF. lean nrmy In tho field tlio lied Crow wilt hnvo n special function to perform, "Nothing could ho of grenter impor tance to the American Itml Cross than tho plans Just sot In motion by thu live great Ited Cross societies of thu wort to develop a prngrliiii of extended ac tivities In the In In rest (if Immunity. The conception Involves iiot nloiui ef forts to relieve human suffering, hut tn prevent It ; not nlonu n movement by tho people of an Individual nation, hut nu attempt to n rouse nil pcoplo to n sense of their responsibility for tho welfuro of their fellow beings through out the world. It Is n program both Ideal nii prnctlcnl. Ideal ln'int Its supremo aim In nothing less tliaii ver itable "Peace on earth good will to men," nnd practical In that It seeks to tnko means nnd measures which uni actually nvillublo and malic them ef fective In Hireling without delay tho crisis which- Is inlly recurrent In the lives of nil people's, "For accomplishing It" mission in the years of pence which must Ho ahead of us the Ited Cross will rcqulru the ablest possible leadership, nnd must enjoy the continued support, sym pathy, nnd purtlrlpatloti In Its work of the whole American people. II Is purtlcuhirly fortunate Hint such u mini us Dr. I Jvlnnston I'nrrund should have been selected ns the permanent bend of the organization. The unstinted fashion In which nil our people guvo of themselves throughout the wnr Iv tho best assurance Hint our Hed Cross will continue to receive Hint en opera tion which will miilie Its work a source of pride and Inspiration to every Amor loin." Mr. Davison, ns chairman of the In ternntlonnl Commission of tho Ameri can Ited Cross, has undertaken rep resent Hie American tied Cross In tlio preparation of the program for extend ad Ited Cross activities, and will spend tho next several months In Europo In consultation with other Ited Cross soci eties for that purposo. TUB WAIt COUNCIL OF THE AMER ICAN HUD CltOHH. llciiry I', Davison, Chairman. YANKEE ARMY SECOND pnly EflceerJea; gn, Wotern Fronl by French. Wo Had 1,000,000, Franco 2,059.000, and Great Britain 1,715,000 Men. Washington. America bail tlio flOQt pnd Inrgest allied nrpiy on tho west; em front when tho urmlstlco wun signed, according to iinnouncchicnt jnndo by Gen. Peytoi) C. March, chief pf stuff. Franco stood first with ,550,000 ijien, tio UpUeil Stntes sc orn! with 1,(,V),000 men, nnd Kuglnnil third with 1,715,000 men, Includliitf Portuguese, This In un olllclul stutot ment or tho Hltuatlon, nnd In iultti different from predictions iniido a year ago by German military critics Hint In any event tho United Slates would not be ablo to place nioro than (100,000 men In Kurujm. "Wo now have fairly cnmplefo re ports of the strength of tho allied forces on tho western front nt the time of the urmlstlco," said Ocneral March, "and wo Hud from these re ports (hut thu United .States force hnd passed the force of (Ireut Hrltnln In strength, nnd was tho second form In strength on November 11. Theso figures, which I hnvo given to you are tho 'ration strength,' meaning they Include every man who had to ho fed combatant, noncombntnnt, medical men, services of supply men, etc." ' The Long Arm. Tho war has furnished many slrnngo coincidences. Hero Is nnnlher, A young olllcer came home on leave and brought his fiancee u piece of a shell Dred by tho Germans, but which hud evidently been among ammunition cap tured from us. lie thought It would Interest her, nnd It did, for shu wns nblo to Identify It as having cniuo from tho munition works In which she worked, It Interested her still more when alio found her own mark on It. Their flevenge. "The Vaults In Hussla must bo hav Ing great fun." "In what way?" "In hearing tho Hiisslnn correspond ents worry ovor tho ICugllsh and Amur lean uumus." Siivo a llfo by contributing td tho Armeniun'Syrinn relief fund,