I INQUIRY MADE INTO lETTER LEITER SE SENT BY Local Chapter of American Red Cross Holds U Up P Message 0 Upon tho the appearance In Salt Lake of a circular letter sent b by Mary Willard Villard I Hatch chairman of the surgical dressings committee of America with headquarters ten In New York soliciting funds for forthe or orthe the time committee through selling felling pencils at nt 1 I each or more the Igeal Red fled Cross chapter Immediately began to In e Investigate the matter In response e to a query sent to the of- of of the tho 11 division of tho the American Red fled Cross Cros John W. W Morcy Morey manager of tho the division answered b by wire that the national surgical dressings committee was to disband nd on May 1 and he advised that the letter bo be stopped Im Im- mediately Definite Information as to wh why tho the letter letter letter let let- ter was ns orl originally nally Issued and what the purpose of It was wh when n the committee committee- I i I had decided to disorganize HO so soon eoon has not yet been received by 11 the tho local chap- chap j I I ter The war council of the American Red Hed RedCross RedCross Cross has Just given tho the Red Cross Croes commission commission com com- mission to Italy Haly permission to purchase surgical Instruments and supplies to the amount of oC from Red fled Cross funds This authorization was made at tho the re request TO- TO quest of Robert Perkins commissioner to Italy Itah KIng KIng- Victor Emanuel according to word received at mountain division headquarters headquarters head head- quarters has donated part of oC his pall ce at Genoa as a warehouse for or the use of oC tho the American Red Cross I IThe The Red Cross has s been heen shipping millions mil mil- millions 1 lions lIon of oC dollars dollars' worth of supplies for I refugees and the families of soldiers Into I Ital Italy an and as a n. Jar large e storage e space tCO was needed the king solved sol the difficulty In Genoa by turning over tho the royal palace for or this purpose Arrangements arc are being mado made by hy the Red Heel Cross officials at Denver for the placing placing- of or first aid and und rest reat tents at the tho various country fairs during during- the thc comIng comIns coming com com- ing Ins season Similar tents In other sections sec sec- sections of the tho United States Stales have proved of valuable assistance In caring for old people persons overcome with heat and I victims of mishaps Incidentally It Is said tint the tho tents have been tho the means I of obtaining considerable publicity for the thc Red Cross CrosH through tho the distribution of oC literature and other organization matter All tho the officials of the local Red Hell Cross Cros chapter have o been Invited to attend the Red ned Cro Cross H benefit pro program am and dance to tobe bp be given tonight tit lit the roof garden of oC the McDonald Candy company's plant llant b by the tho Red Hed Cross workers of tho the factor fac fac- tor tory Rev John 13 1 Malick mana manager cr of the I local 1 chapter will speak upon Red Hed Cross Cros work and other features for tor the tho evening c have been arranged I Th The Women's Democratic league le and she ho Amity a auxiliary ml liar will work at t the thet 1 I Ined t Red ned Cross sewing rooms In n the Atlas I I I 1 I building toda today The Red Cro Cross s auxiliaries which turn turned d in finished supplier t r yesterday afternoon were the Emerson on war ward Liberty stake luko Relief society Women's omen Service S unit First Methodist church amid nud the ale l bran branch cit A partial of tho tin units and auxiliaries which took toole out raw Taw material Tf for lor forRed Red fled Cross work were tho the Ladles Ladles' Literary club dub Seventh ward Relief society CathI Catholic Cath- Cath oUe olic Women's mens men's league ue Forest Dale M M. M 01 IA I. I A A A. First Methodist church F Emigration St St. unit and HI tho the Eighteenth ward a fl