| Show INFLUENZA rLUE ZA SPREADING RAPIDLY Y I IN Government and Red Cross Officials Combine to Fight Epidemic Cases in Army Camps W WASHINGTON Sept Span ish influenza has hns spread over the country so rapidly that officials lof of the he public health war services and navy departments and and Red Cross conferred con con- red fez today on measures to help local ocal communities in the disease Surgeon General Rupert Ruper Blue Blu of the public health service said tonight that latest reports showed that the malady made its appearance in twentysix six tf-six m the Atlantic to th Pacific The disease is epidemic c in New England where it first made its Influenza has appeared on the Pacific coast in Y Washington and California but is not yet Jet epidemic there It 11 also has hns been reported in in Minnesota and Iowa but with few cases East Enst of the Mississippi however however how how- ever er thero are arc few states stales where it has bas not been found naiM NeT eay Reported Tho The disease continued t 10 0 1 spread to today today to to- day In Jn army camps campe I 53 now new cases beinG reported to the office of ot th the sui- sui geon general of or the arm army up to noon Tho The total reported from tho camps c today was the lar largest est In any anyone ono one day and brought tho the for ilL all camps campa campato to cases The number or pneumonia monia cases caseK reported arnon amon the bol- bol Continued on page 10 INFlUENZA SPREADS RAPIDlY OVER NATION Continued from page 1 diem dier since the outbreak of ot the In Influenza Influenza In- In epidemic September 13 Is la 2313 13 and the number of ot deaths since that date I II is with reported today For the first time since the outbreak the number of ot new cases casee reported from I Camp Devens Mass was lower than l the number reported from another camp The Thc new cases at Camp Dc Doy Doyens 1 I ens numbered 3 9 making malting th tho total l Hoboken reported the greatest t number 10 1025 5 This however included 11 h several camps and depots Maximum nt at Camp Camp Dix N No J. J reported SO cases the largest from a single BIngle camp Camp Lee Va Ya had new lases ases Other camps reporting new cases was wa I Logan Tex 05 Sevier S. S C. C j Syracuse N. N Y Funston Kan Gordon Ga 13 Grant Ill 2 23 3 Humphreys Humphre s 's Va Jackson S. S C. C 68 Lewis Wash 24 4 Meade Md 1 1 OS Pike Ark TI Taylor lor J ICy Ky 43 Upton I IN N Y V. and miscellaneous camps and L posts Other camps reported from I one to four new cases At Camp Devens Dc new cases of ot pneumonia were reported toda today with l two seventy deaths Camp Dix Db reported report report- ed one forty new cases of ot pneumonia and Camp Lee thirty Pneumonia cases 8 also were reported by twentythree twentythree twenty twenty- three other camps Massachusetts Will ill Unite in Relief War Wai- Boston Sept 25 Alarmed b by th the rapidly mounting death toll In New ew England from Spanish Influenza Massachusetts Massachusetts Mas Mas- the center of ot the epidemic in the east toda today began a concerted effort to stamp out the tho disease The Tho executive council Is In special session and has sot set aside a fund of or and Acting Governor Coolidge Immediately Immediately immediately Imme Imme- created th tho emergency public health committee The first step taken b by this trus committee com eom was to call on the American Red Cross at Washington for physicians physicians physicians phy phy- and nurses to take the places of ot those who have died or who have I been exhausted b by their arduous work Tho rho committee thon therm sent out a state state- I l l 1 I t h I I L I l wide request for tor the temporary closing clos cbs ing InS of ot all theatres motion picture houses and other places of ot public gathering gathering gath th ering except churches Cancellation of ot all parades planned for tor the future was Included in the request School Teachers Teacher May Aid AidA AidA AidA A suggestion that met crable erable favor was that the school schoolteachers schoolteachers teachers in this city be to volunteer volunteer vol vol- as assistant nurses Tho The state health committee tonight recommended that specialists could temporarily give gl up their practice practice practice tice should register with the thc state health commissioner for tor service against tho Influenza epidemic It was estimated today that there were between and cases cases of ot Influenza and pneumonia in New Ent Eng En- land There have been bean more than 1000 deaths In the New England states In ten days There were deaths from influenza influenza enza and pneumonia in Boston for tho the twenty four hours ending at 10 o'clock tonight a decrease of or two from yes Deaths from tho the disease in thle elt city since September It l' have totaled Public Places Place Closed Schools theatres and other places of ot public assembly were closed today toda In man many New v England land cities and towns In fl some cities public funerals have been forbidden Telephone exchanges in Greater Boston have lost the services of ot operators through Influenza The Boston police today began an crusade in an effort to help stop atop the spread of the disease Rear Admiral Spencer C. C Wood commandant commandant com coin mandant of ot the First naval district was among those stricken today There were only three deaths am and sixty new cases In ln the tho First naval dIstrIct district dis dIs- and thirteen deaths and sixty sixty- four new now cases In the Second district I Seventy-seven Seventy soldiers dl dud died toda today a at I I Camp Devens 1 1 I Scientists to Make i Study of Disease Quincy Mass Sept 2 25 Two 25 Two bacteriologists bac bac- connected with Harvard university will come com to tIlls this city to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow to make a study tudy of the nature of or the Influenza epidemic which has caused several thousand cases of ot ill illness iii- iii ness nes lar largely ely among shipyard workers There were seven Beven deaths toda today Ayer Mass lass Sept 25 Although h Although seventy seven deaths from influenza were reported at Camp Devens De for the twenty hour period ending to tonight tonight tonight to- to night the tho camp medical authorities said sold that the number o 0 off n new w cases s was steadily decreasing New London Conn Sept 25 ne Be Be Between tween 1200 and 1200 1300 sailors soldiers and citizens now haye have influenza or about 5 6 per cent of ot the total population tion Two more deaths of men In servIce service service ice today brought the total up to thus far Conditions Better at Naval Sta Station on Chicago Sept ept 35 Progress S Progress In the battle against the epidemic of ot Spanish Influenza which broko broke out at the Great Grant Lakes naval training station on September Sep Sep- 9 was reported tonight by C Capt pt William A. A Moffett commandant Tho The total number of ot cases up tip to toda today was as given as lS 8 and of these only 2880 still remain on the sick list Th The total number of deaths since the epidemic began bes-an was given as 77 Tho number of or ne new v cases reported in the past twenty-four twenty hours was a decrease o oC ot as compared with the Previous da day Two hundred and sIx fort cases were discharged as cure cured for tor return to duty toda today Camp Appeals for N I Emergency Workers I Camp N. N 1 J. J Sept two Forty two Forty deaths fron Spanish influenza oc occurred occurred oc- oc In camp here to today a This makes a total of ot An appeal was sent Bent out tonight for emergency ambulances volunteer er fT erR nurses and doctors A number of I I women ambulance drivers ers t from foni om NewYork Now New York and Philadelphia aro aro ao expected to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow with their own automobiles w I 11 Doctors and nurses from New York and Philadelphia also are expected The wives wires and mothers of ot many soldiers sol sob diers who came to camp to visit so soni and husbands have been stricken will Influenza They Ther aro are being taken can carl carlor of or at the Red Cross hospital here 1 J Charleston S S. S C. C Sep Sept 25 25 5 tine regulations were established toda today at It the marine corps station at Parl I land island on account of ot an outbreak o 01 Spanish Influenza Tho number of ot case at the station was not announced the Second Naval District 1 Believed On Mend Newport R. R L I. Sept 2 25 25 more deaths from influenza among amonS' th rh seamen In the second naval nl district to tc day brought the total number of ot death since the epidemic started to over th tb mark Sixty four new cases wet reported as against seventy one one yester day giving the navy medical officer hope that the situation was improving Thirty nine new cases were among the civilian population 8 1 Detroit Sept 25 There There are arc report cases caJes of ot Spanish influenza at th United States naval training station River Rouge an Increase from irom fort cases reported last Sunda Sunday No Xo death deal have havo resulted to date from the tho Int c caJe tion Meade i Placed Under General Quarantine Baltimore Sept 25 There There have ha bee bet four deaths In twenty four hours ind hidi due duo to Spanish Influenza at Fo For Col H. H S S. Purnel commanding officer stated today tha a total of cases case l have been e there The majority of ot these are arc fro Camp and Carters flay Bay there are other othor truck assembling all sta 1 Camp Meade was placed under ge gei eral quarantine today and the ord will vill be effective Friday It was of off dally daily announced that over 1000 cas have been recorded there Only a t f tot of ot the patients are critically ill I Richmond Va Sept 25 As As a me mea ure nrc to prevent the spread of Span influenza here the city health autho ties here today issued a suggestion Bug th all public dances be discontinued t fj I the tho present The suggestion result from the tho fact that the dances are are tended b by soldiers from Ca Can Lee where of or the mala j have been reported d. d b b Four Deaths Occur In New York Ne York City New York Sept 25 A A total of ot new cases of Spanish Influenza w w. four tour deaths from the disease and th from pneumonia have been l I here in the last thirty hours accord I Ito to an arm announcement late bate toda today Health Commissioner Copeland T six ty-six of ot the cases occurred among diers and sailors Surgeon General I Advises Stricken By ml Service 1 Washington Sept 25 Go Go home homet to bed call can a physician stay In till better and amid Indoors till well weli Surgeon on General Rupert Hupert Blues Blue's a at atto aD to those who fall fan victim to the Prevention he outlined Is V l lIV only by avoiding crowds cro crovi places where contact with ot ot spreads the disease by bv sneezing d coughing by keeping ones one's self c dl dlin n nIn 1 In clothing an and person tho the nose and mouth The germ is carried to 10 others p l. l the nose and mouth and the only onh JJ- JJ able means b by which the germs r ri the system stem is by the nose and m mh mho The s symptoms of Spanish said Dr Blue may be d from those of ot an nn ordinary cold by B B- B 4 tra and aches an and pains In the thed d' d dand and back There Is no d' d period of waiting to know w your cold is Influenza If It you ou li haiti you'll probably know it the tho There are arc two main Spanish influenza One begins th fth chills or chilliness which maibe slight There Thero will bo be what appe toa be an ordinary cold thO a coughing and sneezing headache k k K-j K ache fever and prostration Theer 1 is marked simply by chills tC na nd pro prostration Both forms may be n ed u uby b by nausea and vomiting prevention pre l There Is no drug druS' there is no specific remedy alPS the specific bacillus has t neen een isted Treatment should follow in the gene bed bed course of ot putting the patient Immediately and keeping hIm hirner ere till Ull ho Is cured both for his 0 and for the sake of the JJ that ho he cannot merel merely get ter i and anel go o out and infect others initial treatment a a. asaline The saline purgative of ot calomel Jinn irIn 5 to 10 grains may be given shen toH tole vo the aches and pains A warm b bi ai also t the e will prove comforting and chi ch pain but great care must be tin tm It l tO dO dOke ke keep p the patient from oia Tho The patient must stay Indoors a aA A light diet iet should be Iv such as pasteurized milk beef beet bro sOl boiled eggs and toast For th the w it t weak hearts there should hould be ted ica led a stimulant t tTo To prevent children beco In infected the they should be kept of or congregation wh re some some t theTa em emar e 0 ar are certain to fall tall victim to th ease To the fullest tent children should be allowed lly J-lly of Od I fresh tresh air anti outdoor play gO goodweather good weather Keeping them in in n fl superheated rooms lays las the for or Influenza and all other arr troubles Tho The bacillus Is short live short a r. r and ancI sunshine will kill It It ill III 11 how how- for da days B in a moist han ever and all clothes us used d by patten should bos bo boiled if It not burne Canada C Engineers Hit by hy Influenza f. f St. St Johns Quebec Sept A 2 An n ep d demic mic of Spanish influenza l 1 1 broke I out at the tho Canadian engineS engine engin tra train n. n r G to ai a In big Ing depot here and accor E Ev announcement toni tonight ht by hv M M- Gen have b b report reported P r V W. Wilson cases ed among the tho 2300 men in tJ arrack Two dea deaths hs have occurred Jt I I w 20 New Cases at Boulder Reported Boulder Cob Colo Sept 25 venty ent n report cases of Spanish Influent among army at lt here total t C of ot Colorado brou brought ht J night to ninety five t five Noner None the is Considered serious and n 51 who had he been en afflicted were ere recovered |
