1912 | Philanthropy
Philanthropy
American Red Cross founder Clara Barton dies at Glen Echo, Maryland, April 12 at age 90. She had been planning to establish a Red Cross in Mexico.
A relief fund to aid less affluent survivors of R.M.S. Titanic brings contributions that total $77,342.75 by April 20 (the ship has sunk in the North Atlantic April 15); $10,000 comes from J. P. Morgan (who is taking his annual spa cure at Aix-les-Bains in southern France), $10,000 from Vincent Astor, $2,000 from Edward S. Harriman, $2,500 from John D. Rockefeller, $2,500 from Singer Manufacturing Co., $1,000 from Levi P. Morton.