Evening star., 1915-06-23
FUNDF0R MEXICAN
RELIEF EXHAUSTED
American Red Cross Officials
Make Urgent Appeal for
More Contributions.
10000 ARE STARVING
AND PESTILENCE SPREADS
One More Carload of Corn From
Texas and Money Will All
Be Spent.

With 10000 persons officially reported
to be starving in Mexico and many SUI
fering from famine and pestilence. the
American Red Cross announced To-Day
that its funds available for this relief
work are exhausted.
Urgent appeal for contributions OF food
and money to meet the alarming situation
was made by Red Cross officials.
How desperate the food situation Is
even in Vera Cruz is said to be indicated
by one case reported to Red cross heau-
quarters and announced today. One tai
ented woman. twenty-three years oin: d
public school teacher, was found begging
in the streets for food for bed-rldden
parents. Another sister, well educated.
was peddling soap.
Funds Practically Exhausted.
Brig. Gen. C. A. Devol, general man.
aeer of the American Red Cross, today
telegraphed Red Cross headquarters
from Fort Sam Houston. Tex, to the
effect that after he has purchased an
other carload of corn the Mexican re-
lief funds will have been exhausted.
Gen. Devol advises that he Is ar
ranging to supply Saltillo with rations
of corn and beans through Eagle fass
and Monclova. He is also enueavorlng
to afford relief to Sabinas, Whlcn Is III
sore distress.
A special representative OF the Red
Cross in Vera Cruz has afforded much
needed relief to several Mexican scnooi
teachers there. In fact, he maze Sloo
lift out of the depths OF despair SIX very
deserving teachers and their families
Some members of the families OF these
teachers were desperately Ill. due largely
to want and neglect. These young
teachers are doing menial labor to keep
the wolf from the door.
Famine in Tamaulipas.
A story of famine and desolation In
the state OF Tamaulipas. Mexico. where
many of the natives are cutting down
hearts of these, is told in a reliable
report just received by the American
Red Cross from Tampico.
The situation in the outlying dis
tricts around Tampico is not nenented
at all by the food products shipped
into this city," says the report None
of the supplies brought into this port
are shipped into the interior Iales
Of suffering have been brought IN from
Sofa La Marina. Jimenez, Chamal,
Xicotencatl and several other small
towns in the State of Tamaulipas.
1.-The people in this part of the state
of Tamaulipas are barely existing on
a little beef and wild products. They
any of the staples which in normal
times they have been able to get in
abundance They have learned to make
tortfllos out of the heart OF the palm
tree, but as this product has SO little
nourishment In ii they are getting
very thin and beginning to show plain
ly the effects of the famine. Their
mortality is increasing and will con-
tinue to increase with great rapidity
after the rainy season sets In.
These people are scattered over
broad expanse of territory covering
over 100 square miles and it will be
difficult to get supplies to them. 1t
would be possible, however. to send
supply of provisions to Victoria,
Sofa La Marina. Jimenez and several
other small towns, and have them dis
tributed by an agent of the Red Cross
Society There are number OF Amer
leans in these towns who would glad
ly assist in seeing that the provisions
were given only to the deserving"