Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-12
PASSES AWAY AT GLEN ECHO
HOME ARrER YEAR'stiLLNEss
OF CHRONIC PNEUMONIA.
ORGANIZED AMERICAN
BRANCH RED CROSS
Carried Relief to Stricken ceun.ri..
and 70 Foreign Battle Fis,ds-ssrvsd
In the Fisia During American Iiv,,
War, Franee.Prussian War, and
Spanish American War.


Cross Society. died at her home ii
Glen Echo. Md., today. The cause O
her death was chronic pneumonia. Will
which she was stricken about yeal
ago. Her brother. Stephen Barton. o
Boston. was with her when she died.
Clara Barton, known for years as
philanthropist and founder Of the
American Red Cross Society, was borr
IN oxford, Mass. in 1921. the daughter
OF Captain Stephen and Sally Stone
Barton. She was graduated from the
Clinton. N. Y. Liberal Institute, anC
for ten years thereafter taught school
during which time she organized a sys.
tenn Of public schools at Bordentown
N. J. 9c
During the civil war Miss Barton did
relief work on the battlefelds and or.
ganized a systematic search for miss.
ing men. for the furtherance OF which
congress appropriated $4,000. In 1856;
she superintended the laying out OF the
grounds of the national cemetery al
Andersonville.
Relief Work During Prussian War.
In 1870 Miss Barton became associ.
ated with the international Red Cros.
of Geneva and worked on the field
thruout the -Prussian war. and
distributed relief in Strassburg, Bel.
fort. Montpelier and Paris. In 1871 She
secured the adoption Of the treaty oi
Geneva by the United States In 1882.
Miss Barton was the first president
Of the American Red Cross Society
serving from 1881 to 1904. She wa.
appointed to represent the United
States at international conferences al
Geneva. in 1894: Carlsruhe. in 1887;
Rome. In 1899; Vienna. In 1897, and st
Petersburg. In 1908. !
! She conceived the idea and carried
out the plan to amend tfio plrposes ef
the Red Crosssto provide relief for
great calamlties. and distributed relief
following the Johrstown food in 1859.
during the Russian famine In 1892. In
the Sea Island, 8. c., 1893. and during
the Armenian massacre, 1895.
Carries Relief 70 Cubs.
AT the request Of President McKin-
ley Miss Barton carried relief to Cuba
in 1898. and she did personal work on
the field during the Spanish-American
war She also conducted the relief work
at Galveston. Tex. in August, 1900, at,
ter the great disaster.
Miss Barton was elected president Of
the National First Aid Association in
1905. and also served as president Of
the Children's star League. She was
elected an honorary member Of the
Association Of Military Surgeons Of the
United States.
Rewarded For Field Services.
For her services Miss Barton had re-
ceived medals or diplomas from Ger
many Oron CroSs). Baden. Austria,
Servia Turkey. Armenia. Switzerland.
Spain. Russia and Belgium, and also
vote Of thanks from the citizens Of
Johnstown, Pa. and from the Texas
Legislature She was mentioned BY
President Mckinley In his message to
congress, Dec. 6. 1898. in which he ex-
pressed his appreciation and that Of
the American people for the relief work
done by her during the Spanish Amer
lean war. She was the only woman for
whom a Grand Army post has been
named.
Miss Barton found time during her
labors to devote terself to literary
pursuits and was the author Of His
tory of the Red Cross" published BY
the government in 1852: Americas
Relief Expedition to Asia Minor" 1895;
History Of the Red Cross in Peace and
War" 1898; "a Story of the Red
Cross" 1904, and "story Of My Child
hood" 1907.