Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-10
BUTLER IN NEED Of AID
Mayor of Fever Stricken City
Issues an Appeal.
HOSPITALS CROWDED
RESOURCES FOR FIGHTING EPI-
DEMIC EXHAUSTED.
More Than 400 Persons 1ll-Prompt
Response May Save Many
Lives.

Special Dispatch to The Evening star
BITTLER Pa, December 1O.-The situ-
alton IN Butler is hourly becoming more
critical, owing to the steady increase In the
number of new cases and deaths and the
many sufferers now reaching the danger
Gus point in their illness. This Will con-
tinue for probably a month. and financial
needs are becoming great
Butler will appreciate what fs sent to her
in her distress. Every dollar that comes
from the public is greatly needed and Will
be carefully used. The conditions In Butler
are not in the least exaggerated.
More Than /, 400 III.
The need for help is great. More than
l. 400 persons are Ill. In many instances
whole families are prostrated' the poor are
great sufferers for want OF care.
Money is needed to employ physicians,
nurses and domestics. and to procure drugs
and a thousand other necessaries. 1t VIII
take S1O0, OGO or more In the reHef funu, pc
sides the great amount OF individual "oIh
that Is being done, to see Butler properly
through the epidemic. ~, --,.,a
that have less abject poverty tnan butler,
vet very large percentage OF its peopiv &c
supported by daily wages. ana when an ~
come Is cut off and the expense ol caili5 "a -
from one to five cases OF FEVER Is auoeu, ~
does not take long to reduce famlly from
a condition Of comparative comfort TO one
Hospitals Crowded
During November the average numpef oi
new cases daily for the month was apou'
thrty-fve; for the first five days OF this
month, fifteen.
The CITY of Brotherly Love Hospital Is
filed. and the question OF opening aho'nei
hospital is being considered py Inc fhiia
delphia physicians. The locai hospi.ai -
crowded. the Emergency wagner fhoi'e
The Goodwill Hospital has all It can hoia
and the Lyndora Hospital can take care VI
very few more. The last named t;ss, ngs'.oA
takes only patients of Slavish eAtrac.iu =,
Phila deiphia, after hearing the report VI
Dr french. who investigated the conoitohs
of this town, is raising money. ..,.aa
Late last night Mayor kenasay aeeiuea
to issue a call for outside add In MS cha'
acteristic blunt way he saios
Mayor Issues Ap0eaA
.oro the American People, In justice 10
oil T., bebaf of the muiaicipal government
ond the entire people of Butler, peg TO
go tba+ so far we have been able TO heip
our people without a general call ZOE aiu.
"our town contributed $500 to the reiie1
f,,rd Volunteers from outside cities ralseo
tbi. amount to $4,000. We have been care
fnllv using this fund since November ~.
.Now we are forced to admit that our
funds are getting low: we 1eel. % az d ,eo,Ia 0ons
-nittae for the relief Of our suffering people,
that necessity compels US to Issue genera
appeal for outside AID.
1--WE have been criticised in various ways,
hut we wish to assure the puDiic tnaI We
have been doing our very oos ,t Of our
the suffering, sorrow and want oi oui
people. ~
"vve were inexperienced in matters akin
to an endemic scourge like this, 1t came
,,non us SO suddenly thatsit took some time
for us to realize the awful Truth that mas
forced itself upon us, and to prepare our
selves for the best methods with which TO
1--WE are now thoroughly organized ana
working for the people in perfect harmony,
sympathy and kindness, %dotng all IN our
noWer to relieve the suffering and Needy
ones in our community. We will at some
future time give to the public an accurate
account of all moneys received ana no" eA-
IF as stated, it will take $10o, 600 to carry
us through this siege of disease, we cannot
raise 1T in Butler. ~
Only as Necessity.
Necessity compels US to issue a general
appeal for outside aid. We want the public
to understand that we have been, and still
are, doing our very best. giving our time
and money where needed, But we feel we
have exhausted our local source Of supplies
in every way. and many precious lives may
yet be sacrificed unless outside aid is fur
nished.
I'VE. as a people, are thankful for the aid
already received, for the great sympathy
shown us. If needed, we accept the criti-
cisms and we appeal as stricken people.
unable longer to help themselves, for aid
in our distress.
(Signed) wv. NJ. KENNEDY.
Mayor Of Butler, Pa"