Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-14
HOSPITAL SPACE
VERY SCARCE IN
NEW YORK CITY
Thousand Patients a Week
Turned Away Without Any
Treatment According to
Admissions of Authorities,
SPECIAL eo..ssroaossc. 70 MOANING Jov.nA.I

SPECIAL cosstsrohosscs TO MORNING JousNALl
New York, March 13--That a thou
sand patients each week are being
turned away from most of the hos
pitfalls in this city without treatment
was admitted today by the heads of
these institutions, where every inch
Of space is crowded by the record in
flux of victims of the worst winter in
health history. With trained nurses
giving up their sleeping quarters for
ward room, clinics crowding even into
the cellars and extra operating tables
pushed up to every available window
the limit of all activities has long
since been reached at most of the hos
pitfalls here and the poorer patients
are hard put to it to find where they
can receive medical or surgical help.
IN one eye, ear and throat hospital
alone a thousand patients have had
10 be refused admittance so far this
YEAR which shows q serious condition
of overcrowding that has never been
faced before by such sick hordes as
now besiege every clinical entrance.
Militant Ministers.
Planning to organize the churches
of this country to fight for the civili-
zation that the European war Is de-
stroying, the pastors of several of the
largest congregations here are this
week preparing to subordinate all or
binary pastoral work to united activ-
tiles toward this end.
Proper preparedness to repel de-
structive invasion by bloodthirsty for
eign armies and organized effort to
build up civilized conditions abroad
1T the end of the war are the two
main objects of this ambitious under
taking, behind which its clerical
sponsors hope to muster all good
churchmep. Since the pacifist parti-
sans are largely represented among
the parishoners here, however, New
Workers are not expecting to see this
movement adopted rs eagerly or
unanimously as its sponsors predict
Preparedness Plans.
Declaring that the national guard
must soon develop into a fine first
line Of defense or die out altogether
lUiillitb AZ NttiN WY nov uhltT
ed TO urge complete relief from police
duty for their men by the establish
ment of a rural police force.
As the first step in freeing tho
guardsmen for federal service and as
the only sure way to secure adequate
enlistments, the turning over Of all
riot duty to a paid police force by the
state is essential, these military ex-
perts declare, since such dstasteful
duty represents the only claim upon
them by Albany over Washington and
is proved to be deterring thousands
of recruits from enlistment. Unless
such a state police as has protected
Pennsylvania for the last decade
from a single call upon her militia for
police duty is created at Albany this
winter, all plans for preparedness
must be blocked, ii is admitted
Dramatic Memorial.
Hailing the attainment of four
score years by that fine old dramatic
critic, William Winter, every player
manager or patron of the theater
here is preparing a memorial stage
production, the like of which has
never been seen in this city.
For fifty years this rare student of
the stage has written Of the dramatic
events here without apparently hav-
ing made one enemy among the peo-
pie behind or before the footlights
who are now uniting to honor his
closing career. Few professional
faultfinders in the newspaper world
here have ever lived to enjoy the
widespread esteem that is to be pub
liciy shown this veteran dramatic
critic.
Fans Are Happy.
With thousands Of fans feasting
upon every published detail of the
opening training of the big league
baseball teams in the south. return
Of the good old days Of interest in
the national sport is now promised
hereabouts
Wnile talk Of the price Of players
and cut throat box office tactics dis
susted the Polo grounds patrons dur
ine the recent seasons of diamond
warfare. the restoration of former
league lines is already bringing back
their old enthusiasm. When the crack
Of bat against ball is again heard up
town there is every evidence that the
old army Of rooters will renew their
mad revels