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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-04
Introducing a Motor That y
Developed by the War

Fer eight years now. the general pubic and the
automobile industry have learned 10 expect
great things Of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car
Company. Each one of our annual an
nouncernents has proved 10 be unusually
significant Each one OF these announcements
has created history in a very definite way,
and the motor car buyer has invarably been
the gamer
This year, VIC confidently predict. will prove TO
exception to the rule We have produced a
car that must inevitably revoutionize the
t trend Of thought asad practice in the SIX
cylinder field. Coming directly to the point,
We have produced what sincerely. believe
to be perfect motor car.
1t will probably DC Your first impulse to condemn
this statement as cxtravagant and altogether
improbable We ask YOU however. to con-
slider Straightforward statement Of the facts
You will then be in position TO accept or re-
ject our claims after thorough investigation
OF the car Itself
We would first remind you that internal COM
49,. bustion motors have been under the scientific
microscope for the past three years, he
European war xnecessitated immediate ceveI-
oprnent in all fields Of engineering, and the
gasoline engine has received more attention
than any other type Of power plant.
1t was quickly recognized that tractors trucks
and aeroplanes mast be developed TO their
utmost efficiency. The best brains Of two
continents were focused or the problem
American engineers including two Of our
own-worked night and day just behind the
battle line in France.
Then-slowly but surely-carne the results.
CID weaknesses routed out and discarded
for all time. Changes in design were sug
gested, applied and adopted. Constant ex-
pertinent end tireess scientific research would
not be denied-and. before long. entirely new
principles and standards were firmly estab-
lshed.
The CID orthodox gasoline motor was dead
deader than yesterdays newspaper A new
King had been crowned in the engineering
world. The wheel of progress had turned.
1t was at this point that the Paige Detroit Motor
Car Company made prompt decision Paige
potuer plants must be brought up to the current
day-the current hour-of engineering e6lcien-
cy Good as our old motors had been they
not COED enough when science o6orded anything
better.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-04

~ -, We DSiiCVc, lHc fFOSl lcIHdi N6Cl@ @0s
on the American market.
The last :rrcgularity Of the power impulses has
been done away with. The car travels even
ly, smoothly and sweesiy at every speed. As
a consequence vibration has been reduced TO
the absolute minimum. One no longer rides
in Paige--he floats.
The slightest depression of the accelerator pedal
brings an immediate and truly amazing re-
suit 1t can only &c compared to the un-
leashng of mighty, hidden forces. With no
sense of laboring efort-no bucking or
side sway-the Essex sweeps ahead into its
full stride with the speedoeneter needle fran
ticaly attempting to keep pace. x:>>
Despite its tremendous power. however, this new
motor is anything but gutton for fuel. An
improved system Of carouretion utilizes every
last atom OF gasoline energy, and rcpeatcc
factory tests have shown economy records
that surpass anything accomplished by EARL
er Paige cars.
To sum it all up scientific distribution of weight
scientific alignment of working parts. scien-
thc designing Of all chassis units-these are
the great factors that have united to make
the Paige a superb mechanical product
These, indeed. are the factors that distinguish
between the Old STANDARDS Of engineering and
the new.
Ard now there remains but one thing more to be
said: The Essex Model. as whole. is strictly
in keeping with its wonderful power plant.
We started out with the deliberate intention Of
producing perfed motor car-and we have
accomplished just that result. From tire
carrier to headlights the Essex is 1awlcss
There are no crucities no hidden weaknesses
no compromises
So far as beauty and elegance are concerned you,
Of course, know what to expect. The Most
Beautiful Car in America speaks for itself.
1t is an exquisite creation an artistic
achievement a. we'll as mechanical master
piece.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-04

Essex ''Six-ss" seven-psSengcr
Coupe SIX s." 4passcnser
Town Car "Six-sS" scvcn-passengcr
Limousine Skis" scvcn-passenger
Sedan SKIS seven-psssengc,
Brooklarsas four-passenger
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-01-26
En- MatamGrGs Sc preparan
rscibir Il candidate
Lopez de Lara
LOS CABALLERISTAS DICEN QUE
SU CANDIDATE TIENE SEGU-
RIOS LOS VOTOS DE LOS
HABITANTES DE TAM
PICO, lamps.

! rnrIr>pon lrncin Especial para La PRENst.
BROWNSVILLE. Texas, Enero "a,
Los laristas del vecino puerto de
Matamoros estan preparandose para
recibir a su candidate al gobicrno del
Estado dc Tamau!ipas, Cesar Lopez
lie Lara. quicn, 5cgun 10 comunic6 en-
I'm mcnsaje telegrafico dirigido a
prcsidentc del partido que 10 poStula,
abandonara cl gobierno del Distrito
Federal para haccr una gira por Ia
maulipas, en- favor de SUI candidatura,
Lopez dc Lara cstara ell Matamo-
O 4 fines dc la primcra ~qulnccna
del pr6yimo mes, rucs primero ira
Il Ciudad Victoria, Tampico y otras
poblacioncs situarias por la via del
fcrrocarril Central.
Los laristas dicen que con cl Viajc
dc su candidate al Estado dc Tamau-
lipas. a~caoaran de destruir Ia poca po
pularidad dc Caballero. En- MatamO-
O hay mas partidarios de Lopez de
Lara CUE ,ie Luis Cabailero Y debeSe
clio, principalmentc, Il que los que
forman el club que p~ostula al actual
gobernador del DiStrito. son los jefcs
carrancistas que constituycn el par
lido Official dc la vecina poblaci0n y
los que tiencn. por 10 mismo. con
troIados" 4 los clcmcntos que puedcn
dccidir en- Ia election.
LIS c~aballcriStas. en- cambio. diccu
que su candidate ticnc a~Scgurado G.
trjunfo, porque cucnta 0 Ia mayo,
ria de los votos de los habitantcs dc
la region lie Tampico, que por 81 50,
les J~astarau para triunfar sobrc los
votos que Lopez dc Lara obtenga en-
los dcmaS municipios. Caballcro ha
cst2de tratando de atracrSc las sim,
patiaS dc las grandcs negociacloncs
que hay en- Tampico. porquc sane
que scran elias las que dccidan Ia
election.
! parccc que "a mancra dc ganar'
! Sc 4 esas cmprcsas cS prometerics con
ceSioncs cspItndidas, que 81 confirm.
/. cantc no podgi otorgar porque no st
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Noticias diversas.

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!. ..,Jal 10 uav;.a nm c..
-...LIo, .,o -,
- wa -. r..
E'.'S' Nv w -"C'o '''
'""o9 Ci!'uoS' D''"o'
'''''' JULIUS =" los
'"''o'cS EA'I' 'o'''
I''a' u0''D~ '0' 10
10 e"ISIcI !"' Pu'S
duraNte los ii'coLIaoIeS N''S'"uO" '"'
C"Ffa!za nI%o oe -0' S"p'''"0S ''
ocIeS,
81 ''o"'"''" ~ ,.,'
fI@' director ot u' '"4IaI'-
ciSta que Sc idlIao" Gil l" ''0u"'
10freon'
Ell material DC lmprcnta utiti|ado
Dor Guerra en- 81 perodIco 1uc HcS-
truido pOr los vll!lstas uurantc Id
brcve pcrmancncIa dc cstos en- Ia Gu
dad iaguucra; pcro ci director dc FL
Radical no ha perdido NADIA Porquc
la imprenta dcstruida por los Willis
tas habia sido incautada por los ca
rrancistas Y cstaha enc utiI!%ada
por Guerra por 'donacIon especial
que tc hizo ESplnosa AIretea' G. 60
bcrmaIor dc Coahulla.
A gran prISa sc c'tah iIc'ahdo
Il ~cfccto, los trabajos para concluIr
la cstacion radiogratica, quo SC
.,,l o.,ocs H., f., la con-
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Correspondence ESpecIar para Ia PRENs


LAREDO, Texas, Enero 24.-Un
pcriodico carrancista de esta local.,
dad ha provocado cierta agitacion
entire ell publico dc ambos Laredos,
con la petici6n que ha hecho, dc que
Sc execute d los prclados meXicanos
que sc c~ncucntran prisioncros dc las
fucrzas del gobicrno dc facto, en- Ia
ciudad de Zacatccas.
Esto Sc toma aqui como una midi
cacidn de que las autoridades carran-
cistas han rcsuclto s]cntcnciar a la
pcna capital a los iluStriSimos Arzo-
hiapo de Guadalajara Y ObIspo dc Ia
catccas, Don Jose OroIco y Jimcnc2
Y Don Miguc! dc Ia Mora, y que en-
plea 4 "prcpararsc el ~terreno" en-
este pals. para que ia opinion publica
no lcvante un critic dc protcSta al
cOnsumarsc Ell atentado.
No de otra Sucrtc Sc admite que
un periGiico pida pun!iramcnte que
Sc fusile Il los micmbros de Ia iglesi&
mexicana que fucron aprthendidos
en- la ciudad dc ZacatccaS, acusados
de formar partc de una gavi,la dc
bando,eros batida eli u punto cerca-
no d Ia capital Zacatecana. Los pcrio
" -t 1.- - -
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Murguia cucnta con I'm scrvicio ina
lamhrico de campana.

Id columna miIitar que opera on
eI Nortc de la R~epubIica u las 0rdc-
mes de Francisco Murguia. cuenta ac-
tualmentc con I'm servicio de telcgra-
Tia inalambrica de campana. Ell Qua.
es enteramente nuevo en- Mexico,
pues por ahora Is Ia uuica columna
que csta usando aparatos p]ortatiles
para comunicarse rdpida Y cficazmcn
te o toda la Republica.
Por acuerdo de la Primcra Jefatu-
"a, fuc dotada de este it'll e impor-
tante ~servlclo la columua milita-
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Sc reparan las comunicacioncs en-
Zacatccas.

En- ampIio partc que cnvi6 aver
a Ia Sccrctaria dc Guerra cI general
Enrique Estrada. de Zacatccas, da
cuenra dctallada dc Ia actividad que
Sc ha dcsplcgado en- toda c>a cntidad
referida, con ohjcto dc dcjar al co.
rricntc las comunicacioncs TELEGRAPH
Gas que en- gran partc habian sido
d~cstruidas por los rcbeIdcs quo por
ALI mcrodcaban.
Han qucdado por este hccho fun.
cionando las c~stacioncs dc Tlaltcnau-
90, Fl Tcul, Juchiplia, Mczquital del
Orc. en- Ia region Sur, Y hacia cl
Nortc las dc Moves. San Miguel Y San
Juan, asi como ia Nc Nillanucya, Co.
cotlan, Saint Alto y Rio Grandc.
I'm Suma. 50 han rcparado uovcu-
Ia y nucvc kiIomctros dc via tclc-
grafica, : dcbido a que las fucrzas
haccn una cot>lantc vigiIancia, Ia co
munlcaci0n actualmentc, con todaS
cStaS oficinas. csta ascgurada.
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SECRETOS MaRtNILLOSGS.-sI u,rru or

sea hatIar fciICidad. surrtc. fortuna. amor,
gloria Y SoSlcgO. - listed drSca lener' CHi-
10 en- cl concrete, Il q'lere .rIunrar en- sLS
emErcSds, II quIere hac"rse anIar, 81 VuIcre
salir vIciOrIOSo en- tOdOS SuS dSuntOs y 10
yTdr iOID5 SUS GeScUs, pida IN CurIpau L.
bIIlO, quo le S"ra cnvladO gratis ! vuel-
"a de cOrr"1. direction. Sr. !. Vcncc, Box
@. Eabana. Lnbd.
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RECORTE

listed y guarde esta direction. para que 4.
Ia nuc>irc 4 sus amigos que surren de
'alloS, m~ezluinos, zizotes y granos de Ia
,lel, con Csc. en- ,imbres postales que me
"emIid, le Inando q vuelta de correo. fran
o dr porte, una caitts de pomads Coma.
~. La mejor del muGdo para estas en-
ertncGafes. Devueiyo el dinero q Ia Do,
nna que go cure y 10 sane.
ESI'I1,;DI0N GONZALEZ
y. q. EuN JiI. LAREDO, TENi".
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Una bella sordo-muda, vlctima de los
infanes tratantes de bIancas
Fue veudida en- trescientos dolares a I'm hombre
de bajo nivel moral y obligada, a punta
d. ~pistola, a casarse con el

dc abanGouo dc hogan y de bigamia.
Los csposos Salazar, por su parte;
han puesto cl caso en- manos de de-
tectives y abogados, para que sea mi
nuciosamentc investigate Y pcrse-
guido. DcSpues dc pedir Ia nulidad
del matrimonio de su hija, SC la lie
varon conSigo d Miami.
La parcja que plagio a Elena Ell
Miami, no ha sido cncontrada.
Cuando Coronel fuG arrestado, Ia
poiicia 10 cncontro en- compania dc
Elena.
FL case ha causado gran sensation
cnt!c los mcxicanoS de Los Angeles
que han conocido dc 81, tcniendose
general simpatia hacia Ia victima Y
profunda indignation contra III Sc
ductorcs.
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PESOUISAS:-

I\IrIt Si\TE.-lT"ljI" Ia r'rlt IA Uu.
-" - hard Ia pa "n Europa. La l"r>ama-
rIi d"~,ru pl!".IrD nar'r Jp,I"-lI- rnGmi
80. Ill l]i"iri"' r~IllrIlutr H. pyD. carr.
ru ID columns IT, r~i" "rIudi-u. IN"
den r>riIIfrurr ,!Ir ~ 'rIrlIruldr = 1871
lin -. DALI y. IENN>. EprgHI"nI" 70.
TTd-. 81
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t.rrr,pond,ncja l>prrial para Ia rRENNA

correspondence" Especial para Ia PRLNoA
CIUDAD De NENICO, Encro -.
In Ia nueva constitution que sal
d.a dc Ia ciuGad de Querctaro, sc
cs'.pulafa que las Secretaries &c JUS
tiy.a c instruction PublIca GcSaparc-
ccrin y que cl gajinctc presidential
Z qucdar;i .n,cgrado dc la mancra que
( 10 czprrsa cl a.Jjculo noventa, relor-
mudo y apcobado, que dice:
Para cI dcspacho dc los ncgocios
dc compcteucia del Poder Executive,
hahvl las s]jpujcntcs Secretaries de
Es.ado: de Tierras V Aguas. Coloni-
zar;6n { Immigration, Trabajo, Indus
tria y Concrete; de Comunicacioncs
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DiVERS0S:-

DiVERS0S:-
tRiEGLO sONl.KEH0S-lr >~rIUfa>. >"IO
rItas ! nIin~. I'ur rnalu TIc ST 81 "slIIu
en- On" ~ rnrU"ntrcn : iu" dc'"rIOraIus
IN ,~icI' 50 I]IpTirr-. IA rclurimO =
ilI,,iU i,Ifct lam,ut" Y los icIu d~rrcgla.
dos 4 IA Ultima moda. Trur ~ Y - rcntavus.
ia. EuDIy. rs Reynolds -. TciGiUnO Gro.
ChClt SIS.
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INi-lN~U mI NI,ir Wr"rmir. Restaurant.
sudIl", = raTI- Il" r"nta. dos lw>I- nlllar.
.rtru> fuI"blr- IiII'u nr@urin. Iui"rfI.I IL
NINA Silt aba : Monterrey 3ui. lis,
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81 NECEsITA EMPRESS para que lev. s,.s
petaCGS a Ia eSidCIon y Gamble su, n,ur-
tiles hHDIrir IL HV,alc>. 1~rl"fuLp Crockett
III.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-01-26
In peri6dico carfancista pide la eje"
cuci6n de los prelados mexicanos
Que caigan los que deben de cae:.dics-4ue sc
agregue su sangre a la de los gladiadco
res que salier~n de la gleba"

Sc agregue esa sangre para no hacer
esteriI la de los obscuros ~gladiadoreS
que salieron de Ia gleba..... Por no
ser mas activa Y menos ~inflexible, a
Revolution dej0 que Sc lie ~cscaparan
de Chihuahua todos los caudlllos dc
la contrarrevoluci6n que hoy Siguen d
Villa. TEMPO es va de que Sc cumpla
csta Erase que sc ha krcho celebrc
en- nucstra historic contemporaries:
que caigan los que debcn dc caer..'
Como sc We, cl ]pcriodico aludldo
pidc a la rcyolucion quo sea mas ac-
tiva ' mas "H~fIexiblc' y no SOLO cs",
Sino que espccifica quo Sc agrcguc Ia
sangrc dc los prclados prisloncros c.,
Xacatccas, a la sangre mcXicana con
que Ia revolution ha rcgado los cam
pos de la Patria.
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IN CuCHi. - hlTnWDNiL tEItitibOS
SO Irnd.u bar -. EI DuCiIaS COndlCio-
re-. lItrorruIn III W"St raIk Ave Tel.
CInrktil iS!2. $40
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i~ENDO-flnII| III DUcniS rundi"IOncS, IN
>93 san Luis -. Y 4UD san Fernando -.
ramhicu buggy ron cahal!c. DlrlIlsc Sa3
san l.uiS St (g2}
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Tn mcxicano qucda loco por haber
s;!o golpeado por un policia.

Del siguieate hecho ha dado cuen-
IA la prensa local, que ha pedido que
81 haga j~usticia contra IN agente de
Ia p"olicia:
In mcx;cano de nombre Francis
co Diaz. ha quedado en- cstado de lido
tcz. como c~onsccuencia de los golpcs
que rccibicYa 4 manos dc un agcntc
dc Ia po.icia.
Dlaz &c haIla en- Ia carccl. acusado
, lie asalto con anna mortal, pcro tan
!amcntab.v cra 81 cstado cuando com
p~arccio ante ell JucZ Willis, que este
SC conmoyi6 ' rchuso juzgar al acu-
sado. superintendent lie su calendario.
Los abogados de Diaz conSideran , Ic
/ 81 case scr@ en- icfinitiva sobrescido.
En- IA rochc del % dc octUbrc Ill
,imo un agcntc dc policia arrcSto a
dos mexicauos en- Ia Gale dc San Fer,
. nuuio. ccrca del Little Queen Res
. ,auran, : los !,cvo . Ia csqujna dc las
F. GALES Bellevue Y New High. dcSdc
.ouGe pidi5 cl au-omovi, dc la poll
c.u. ScgIu 81 agente. Djaz Sc le apro
zimo nor tctras Y con un cuchil!o 10
tPI>a It la II. plana. col. "a
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Sc construira cI f~crrocarril de Ca
nitas a Durango.

Sc han rcmitido para la ciudad dc
Durango. por conducto del dcparta.
mcnto dc Was y Edificios dc los Fc,
@rocarriIcs, cuarenta y cinco mil dur
mientcs y mil qlinientas pleas de
ricl, las cUaics van consiGnadas a
ingcnicro Samuel 3. Scott, c~ncargado
actualmcntc de Ia construction del
F~crrocarril de Cahitas d Durango, y
.icfc del Dcpartamcnto dc Construc-
ci6n DC Was de los propios Fcrroca-
rifles.
Todo este material va 4 dcstinarSe
d las obras del Fcrrocarril de Cant
ja;, cuya construction sc activara to.
do 10 mas possible, tan luego como
oucda alberto cl trafico entire To.
rrcon y Durango. ) pueda ser condu-
clio cl material Il cue nos referimos
al principle.
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Ia esposa del bigamo Sc unc d la
aCuSac:on-

- sonora espoSa de Ioronc. 81
a-.o * los padres lie Ia Salazar en- 81
.seg4 contra e criminal ~acJsanGcio
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tn. 1T " LONE vi IuuIZ. CirTglI ncnrral.
E>ir"CIhlI-id ~ Intermediates gcnI!O- urIna-
Ia ) Eni"r,Ip+In. Oririna Frost Building
"a. so. T%rIpfnUn Travis 3y1. IiordS dc OF
rita: g i f. T.. ~. \ > a i y. III.
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rROEESOih dc piano. cia>cS 4 domiciliO.
lrtL.uS nIGGlCUs. Lame iclcrOnO Travis
1870.
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\EIESiI iM0>-~a>trc. lrahIJu s"EurU Y
bU,u sI"IIu. N,,">llG hu"nGs r"r"rrnrlaS.
Hru,Ii and CD. SAN BhNiTu. TENt>. +. -.
l.UI al. l!trJ
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irabdIar tuuJs los d.a-. iIciIOS aGinenid-
do formal q" 3 Il 80 CcnIavpS pur iuncli
Ga de carbon rargar j.. TdInbIcn pIgdiHOS
O. crHiavUs Por Idrud aGIcIOndl dc cntra-
ia. Nina SEGA. no lay gases CAplOsiyn-.
I,uCa al;r, rHcIOr Guc trnDaJO dfGcra y
mas bl,u ii.gadU. NUCStrOS mln"rus Inc.
NlCanos bacon dc dos Il tres d0lla"> Itrr
dla. Fodcnus alquI.ar Casls. BEAR GRA>S
COAL Co.,. JEWEtT, TEXAS.
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CIiiI.IFK9 NHFRICANH-!iU>tIIdu. rrH
ruuurlhlruiu> IdiUIua E-pdl!Vl. cnsclla:a
in='c- 4 lIcrlu HuIrIaiu. lniuTIrau a
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SOLICITUDES:-

- "a uIsluu ur lr> pg"hlu> Ir>"m ur-a.
mlHaI .uI>lrh.. banda u rrUgc~!' Hu"NtrInl.
u]IriIaI>" ri ~ITplc>uT Nu'YlII1 ~ilGrc>. Jri
:. IrtU> -. >AN ANTDNlu. TEN y.
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San ANTONIO ELECTRO TIiEENPEt Ilt
!NSlrTt IE'-TTIiamioflu> rIcclrlCDs dc
:JZ. ala irt"IrI8rIa. 'tdrO> y. Gdi'diIir"r.
rlr. Ctr.. III" rrpi1rcli rNcrl"i:t!> I'>l''-
r,Iy, contra li> rnfrrUu"dadr> del CUir~.
...t 80, r"UfIalI>IG" \ O;rd> mIClIlH &c ca
iIclcr rr6iI,r. I.un>uIl1> Eri'it " " q"
T.. " }Us Moore Eld.-. T"lc!1!!O 'Iu'h'l,
Isl >um AIlrnI". Trid>.
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lra>a Il Ia ID. piana, col. IA
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ESIONA

DIR. FERNANDO IGPEL, Il" "a fdrhithI d'
Mrxlro-E-pccIiItsia en- las cnFcrIncdadc'
dc lbs ojO<.-3uj ErlGE Eld@.-Ielefono CT.
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ura>a It Ia II. plana. col, "a
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not what it might have been. Some of the nurses
had more pity than trained ability, and as q
suit men died or remained hopeless cripples
throughout their lives when proper treatment
the sort of treatment an injured man receives in
a modern hospital-might have saved them.
The battle of Solferino occurred in 1859. It
went on for several days In that time 10000
wounded men lay on the feld-Frenchmen
Italians and Russians. Thousands of these re-
NAMED for days in extreme agony, uncared for.
Thousands of them died for want of care. It
was of the supreme horrors of all history.
1t happened that Swiss-Henri Dunant-
went upon this battlefield and saw these dying,
neglected men. He told about it so wildly that.
the nations of the world decided that it was time
to take this atrocity out of war; The Treaty of
Geneva in 1868 for the first time provided for
the immunity of medical and nursing services in
battle, and the sign of that immunity was to be
q red cross. And from that authorization has
sprung the great international order Of mercy.
The Red Cross ~
The United States did not adopt the Geneva
Treaty until 1882. From then until the year
1900 the Red Cross struggling organiza-
tion-largely private charity-without official
recognition national standing. 1t first i'm
pressed itself upon the notice of the country by
it's relief work at the Jolnstown flood in 1888.
When the Spanish War broke out it was still
outside the Government and not organized
prepared along military lines. In 1904 Miss
Mabel T. Boardman became the head of it. Her
indefatigable work caused Congress in 1905 to
give the organization federal charter and
designate it the official relief organisation Of
the United States of America. It is the only
organization permitted to give volunteer aid to
the victims of war. Other institutions seeking
to be of humanitarian service in time of war
must act through the Red Cross.
The organization Is two-fold in several par
ticulars, and therefore not quickly understood
~ tho public. It Is both official and private in
Its character. That is, the Government has
adopted it officially as the auxiliary war relief
service. The President Of the United States BY
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law is also president of the Red Cross. The
comptroller of the currency is its treasurer. It's
accounts are audited by the War Department,
and its annual reports are addressed to Con-
gress.
Yet the Government does not finance the Red
Gross. On occasions Congress has voted con-
tributions of money to it. Congress helped to
build the new building, for instance. But the
great volume of its funds spent for relief work
is contributed by private individuals. In times
past most of it's cash has come in the form of
gifts, less than 80 per cent of it's receipts being
from membership fees. But with the quickened
interest in the Red Cross the membership fees
are becoming important source of revenue.
In time Of war the Red Cross acts the
auxiliary to the medical and nursing services
the sanitary services, they called, of
Army and Navy. 1t is a of the auxiliary
being greater than the thing aided. Many
doubtless wonder why the Army and Navy does
not maintain its own hospital service on
adequate scale. The answer is that it has been
found to be more efficient and less costly to give
this task over to the semi private Red Cross. If
there were no Red Cross doubtless the military
services would have had their enlisted reserves
of surgeons and nurses, and their storehouses of
hospital supplies. But it would have been
costly thing to do, and the chances are that its
service would have been no better prepared for
war enan many OF the other departments OF the
Army and Navy.
But the Red Cross is ready. It's enlisted
nurses number 1000. These are sufficient in
number to care for the victims of fighting
army of 100000 men. War experience is that
five per cent of fighting army are in the hos.
pitals That is, of 100000 men at the
trenches, 10000 will be sick wounded. One
competent nurse can care for ten wounded men.
> In this. work the Red Cross is merely the
auxiliary. Both Army and Navy have their
medical and nurse corps But these are main
tanned only at such size as to meet the require
nents of peace. When war comes the Red Cross
furnishes the additional surgeons and nurses re-
quired for the enlarged Army and Navy. When
serving together Red Cross nurse is subord-
nate In rank to the regular service nurse, and
the Red Cross surgeon does not rank equally
with the Army and Navy surgeon, although all
are subject TO the same discipline and rules.