The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-04
Government, City and Red Cross
Officials to Hold Conference
Today at IL O'clock
RED CROSS ORDERS
MORE CIVILIAN AID
Atlanta Headquarters Plan to
Assist in Pensacola-Many
Industries Handicapped

An organized effort is to be made to
combat Spanish influenza in Pensa-
cola, when a meeting is called this
morning at IL o'clock IN the Federal
building for the purpose of combining
the efforts of the several agencies in
the city working to alleviate condf-
tions caused by the epidemic.
Those who are to attend are DR..
Paul Mossman Of the u. S. Public
Health Sedvice; DIR. w. D. Mobiles, OF
the city health department; Lee Nc
Donell, chairman of the civilian relief
committee, American Red Cross, and
Mrs. Ed Gale Quina, recruiting officer
for the Red Cross nursing service.
w. Frank Persons has been named
director general of civilian relief for
the Atlanta division Of the American
Red Cross, and the local chapter Is
called upon by the Atlanta headquar-
ters to mobilize the entire available
resources in caring for the sick, ac-
cording to telegram received by The
Journal last night.
Sing Called Off.
Interference OF the disease Is be-
ginning to be felt in every quarter of
the city. The community sing by the
War Camp Community Service next
Sunday night has been cancelled No
services are to be held at the First
Christian church next Sunday. Lodge
meetings are being called off. among
wrich was the meeing of the Ship
Carpenters and Caulkers last night,
which will not convene again until
called by the president of the union,
But Is of force Of 102 men report
ed for duty yesterday morning at the
offices of the Pensacola Electric COM
pany, every department being badly
handicapped by the shortage. Only
six cars were in service on the city
lines and the Bayshore schedule was
maintained by one man yesterday.
Elevator service was discontinued in
the Brent building yesterday because
of the illness of operators. Telephone
Service continues to be hampered by
the illness of operators and citizens
are appealed to by the manager not TO
use the phone unless absolutely neces-
Sary.
Six registered pharma cists have
been sent to Pensacola by Captain
Bennett from the Naval Air Station
and they have been assigned to drug
stores in the city where they will aid
in getting out medicine for the big
list of sick people. A number Of drug
stores have been forced to close at
times because OF influenza and this
move is designed to relieve the situ-
alton.
Postpone Dances.
The weekly dances to have been CIV.
en- by the Pour Jacks Club of the
Naval Air Station at the Liberty Inn,
have been indefinitely postponed on
account of the epidemic of Spanish
influenza in the city. The invitations
which have been issued are permanent
and the dances will be resumed as
soon as possible consistent with the
wishes Of the civil and military au-
thorities.
Open House at the First Methodist
Church has been postponed on ac-
count of the Influenza. and will not
be resumed until further notice.
Philip Smith, president of the Ep-
worth League, under the auspices OF
which the entertainments are given,
states that these meetings will be.
resumed as soon as the situation iS
under control.