Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-12
CLARA BARTON RED
CROSS FOUNDER
CLAIMED BY
DEATH
Angel Of Mercy on Many Bat
tie Fields and Scenes Of
Desolation Sucoumbs to
Pneumonia in Old Age.
GOOD WORK REPEATEDLY
RECOGNIZED BY CONGRESS


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Washington, April l2.--Miss Clara
Barton. founder Of the American Red
cross society. died az her home In
Glen Echo. Md. today. The CAUSE
WIS chronic pneumonia. win which
she was stricken about q year ago.
Her brother. stephen Barton. was
with her
Miss barton was born at oxford.
Mass. in 1891,
Miss Barton had been confined 60
her home. "Red Cross" at Glen
Echo since last fall. when she return
ed from Walt 10 New England. Il
was thought her trip was beneficial.
but soon afterwara she was taken
seriously ~. She celebrated her nine
tieth birthday anniversary Decem-
her 90.
Miss Barton might properly be
called the Florence Nightingale Of
America. Like her British prototype
her works of mercy we're not con-
fined 10 her native land, but were
carried even into the eastern hemi-
sphere. she will be written down IN
history az the founder ~ the Red
Cross IN America, but her powerful
personality also made an indeiib!e
impression on the International or
Ranization itself through her active
participation in the periodical confer
enee "a Geneva, Carisruhe, Rome,
Vienna and ST. Petersburg.
Miss barton was 40 years Of age
when she first turned her attention
20 the great works Of humanity which
have made her name famous. The
Rcd cross WAS established In America
IN 1881 and Miss Barton was its
president from that date until 1904.
Before TINT time she had made q
name for herself by her services on
battlefieldH beginning In the Civil wEr
and extending through the Franco
Pfuasian war. Congress recognized
her good offices Ia the first case BY
an appropriation OF $4,000 TO be dis
huraed hy her ia searching for MISS
Inc men after the various batties Of
the war,
Miss Barton'a work became more
extended with tho organization Of the
American Rcd cross and covered the
new field OF catastrephes in time Of
peace. She distributed relief 20 the
aufgerers from the Johustown flood
aud went To Russia in 1899 10 carry
food 10 the famine sufferers there,
Ia the following year she was minis
tefing to the destitute survivors OF
the tidal wave which struck South
Carolina ana Florida. In 1885 she
was aiding the Armenian families
decImated by the Turks. and when
yellow fever appeared among the
American troops Ia Cuba foilowing
the battles around Santiago. Il was
Clara Barton who, az tho request q
President Mckinley. organized field
hospitals and personally spent her
time on the battle lines Her last
work OF national prominence was ~
connection with the great Galveston
food relief in 1909.
In 1904 the Red Cross was reorgan-
fsed. President (then Secretary Tat'
being chosen as president. and Miss
Barton, then far advanced In age and
somewhat broken In health from ex'
noeurc 10 hardehips retiring from ac'
tive connection with the Organization
She resided for the last seven years
IA her home at Glen Echo, aid, %
the hauAs ali lha upper Potomac.
During her lifetime she receives
mals aa,orutions from fofeisa copn
tries la recognition of her services .
humanity and her varied experiences
have been recorded In permanent
form in her liberal contributions q
literature. mostly relating to the ac'
tlvjtles OF the Red Cross.