New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
RED CROSS AWARDS MADE
Prizes in Marie Feodorovna Con.
test Announced.
FRENCHMAM GETS FIRST
Receives $4,000 for Best Model
of Portable X-Ray APP.
paratus.
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington. May 1.-THE event OF ~.
day at the Red Cross conference was N.
announcement OF awards I'm the Mari. Foo
dorovna prize contest. The first prize n,
6.Oc0 rubles $1,000 went to DR.. Joui.
trotherapy and radiotherapy at the Neck.r
Hospital Paris Or. Lesage's entry under
subject No. 9. calling for the best model ~
portable Roentgsn apparatus for use Of
the X-ray on the battlefield. was tho mos,
imposing in the exposition building
great gray automobile with the Roen;yan
apparatus packed under tho seat, In tho
same class the Campbell Electric Com
pany. Of Lynn. won an honorable mention
for their Model t. May coil a. did Eei.
niger. Gebbert and Schell. of Berlin.
Two second prizes of 1900 rubles ~ son
were awarded to q. Steindorf OF Golzoy
Germany. for bicycle stretcher. and to
Major Riggenbsch, Of Basic. Switzerland
for d wheeled and folding stretcher adapt
ed to any sort of country.
Six third prizes of 1909 rubles EjnN we're
awarded. two of them TO Americans. Can.
tain II. l.. Grown, of the United States
medical corps. stationed at Fort Slocum
y. Y, received one for his portable sur.
geon's wash stands, and Major r. S. Hal
loran. OF the medical corps stationed al,
the Walter Reed Hospital, Takoma Park
ID. c.. received one for his stretcher Can
tain Brown also received an honorable
mention for his saddle and carrier device
for carrying stretchers on muleback.
Third Prizes Awarded.
The other third prizes went to a folding
stretcher, entered by DR.. G!nsky, Of s.
Petersburg; 10 Colonel PICK, OF Vienna for a
sanitary equipment for mountain columns,
to j. Linxweiller, OF Kissngen, Germany.
for an arrangement for the elastic suspen-
sion of stretchers in a railway car. and to
Captain Francesca Rosely, Lieutenant
Colonel Taschetti and Colonel Abbamondi
Of the italian medical corps, for device
10 transport wounded al sea. a sort OF can
vas cradle, on which the three officers ha,i
elaborated. In the same class with this
device the spint stretcher and original 10.
vices for the rapid and humane transpor-
tation of the wounded IN naval warfare, ~
tered by Surgeon General Stokes, l.. ;. ".
received honorable mention. This il the
device used by the United States navy and
demonstrated by the marine corps last
Saturday.
There were no Americans on the jury
which made these awards. II was com
posed OF Professor Roman dc Nreden, OF
the Russian Red Cross; Dr. Ferriere Of the
international committee; Lieutenant Colonei
Giuseppe Brezzi, general manager OF the
Italian Red Cross; DR.. Dedet. French nav,
retired; DR. Yengi Tnoue. of the japanese
medical corps, and Senior Riano. Spanish
Minister at Washington.
MESSAGE Sent to Empress.
: cable message announcing the AWARDS
was sent TO Marie Feodoroyna, DOTager
Empress OF Russia. at present VISITING
Queen Alexandra in England and added to
the announcement was message Of con-
dolence from the conference on tho death
OF her brother, the King OF Denmark.
The first business OF the morning was
the work Of the committee on revision Of
the rules. under which the Marie Feodotog-
ma competition Is held.
A report on American assistance at timas
Of international disaster since the last in.
ternstional conference. prepared ny Hun
tington Wilson, Assistant Secretary Of
state. was read by Miss Boardman. Mr.
Wilson being unable to be present
Red Cross nurses who perform eXcep-
tionally praiseworthy service probably will
be rewarded In the future by decoration
to he known as the Florence Nightingale
Medal in honor OF the famous English
nurse The proposition to establish a fund
to provide such medals was referred 20 the
central committees Of the various coun-
tries. practically all OF which are said 70
favor the idea.
Miss Boardman suggested that tn' Az
gusta fund. given by the Dowager I'm,
press Of Germany. the interest on WHEN
was to be- used for any meritoriouS Rv'
Cross effort. be increased by contributions
from the different societies from $4,000 "a
10000. II this were done a. would pro-
vide enough money, she said Tor the pub
llcation of an international report on Eed
Cross work I'm all the countries 81 IN.
world The question will b. referred 70
the central committees.
Japau. Brazil and Portugal. through theH
delegates. to-day asked for the n'Nt c"n
ference i've wears hence. 4 banquet 10
night practically brought tho meeting 10 =
close. although q brief CLOSING Session VIZ
be held tomorrow.