Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1910 — Founder of the Red Cross Society Died in Switzerland. [ARTICLE]

Founder of the Red Cross Society Died in Switzerland.

Henry Dunant, founder of the International Red Cross Society, died Sunday night at Heiden, a health resort in Switzerland. Henry Dunant was of Swiss birth and lived in Geneva. At the battle of Solferino, June 24, 1859, he witnessed the needless suffering and loss of life resulting from days of neglect to care for the wounded. Realizing that such conditions need not exist, he conceived, the idea of pledging the nations of the earth to regard and protect as neutral all sick and wounded combatants and all persons giving them succor. He elaborated his ideas and through the co-operation of the Swiss federal council brought about an international conference at Geneva in October, 1863. Sixteen governments were represented. This was followed by the Geneva convention of August 8, 1864, which adopted nine articles of agreement “for the amelioration of the condition of wounded in armies of the field.” These articles were signed by twelve governments, and the signatory powers have since reached forty. A uniform flag of a red cross on a white ground was adopted as a compliment to the Swiss confederation, whose national flag is the reverse. What have you to sell at this time of the year? Try a classified ad in the Republican and you can sell it. Remember, that all classified ads go in all issues of the Evening and SemiWeekly Republican.