New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
Copeland Also Comman.
deers Ship and City
Lodging House
Another S O S Call
For Nurses Sent Out
2,07O New Cases in Epi-
demic and 16O Deaths Re-
ported in "a Hours

Al emergency cay Tor nurses 10
help hcht the epidemic of Spanish in
flueuza. 2.07O new cases of which were
reported here yesterday, was issued
last night by Dr. Royal S. Copeland
Commissioner Of Health. The women
orc asked to report to the Board of
Health at II o'clock this morning.
pr. Copeland announced that six
hospitals. The Municipal Lodging
House. on East Twenty sixth Street,
and the hospital ship Riverside had
been commandeered, either wholly or
in part, 10 establish wards for the cX
elusive treatment of the increasing
number of influenza victims 1t is to
supply the nurses for these new
emergency wards that the plea for
trained workers has been sent out
please make it clear that We need
al the nurses we can GET" said Com
missioner Copeland. 1--WE want graz
uatc nurses, nurses aids, all wom-
cr who have ever studied nursing and
al who think they can nurse.
Need Nurses Badly
"Wc need them badly: let there be
n. doubt about that. ! was asked by
a personal friend to get a nurse for
relative, and, with all the power of
this Office and my hospital connec-
tions, | have not been able to get a
single one IN twenty HUuTS. udI
is the situation now.
"These nurses will be paid q fair
wage. and will not be expected to
volunteer their services. In addition
to those who will come here Sunday
morning, | am making a canvass Of
the town to find, through various So
cial agencies, women who used to do
nursing in order to urge them to
come out for this special occasion
4 1T of ~.
experience and training"
In the country at large the spread
OF the disease took on alarming pro-
portions yesterday. it was reported
from Washington. Both in the cities
and army cantonments the number of
new cases was larger than during any
pre- ,eding twentv-four hours. Deaths
1t camps totaled G53, an increase of
$50 over Friday, and 2,141 new pneu-
monia cases were reported. an increase
of 800 The records of the Surgeon
Generals office showed 1893 cases of
influenza developing yesterday in cam
comments.
Camp Devens Improves
Word was received by the American
Red Cross that the epidemic is under
control at Camp Devens Massachusetts.
Until recently conditions here were
more serious than at any other camp
Church services in Washington will
be suspended to-day, to check the
spread of the disease, it was announced
Twenty-seven deaths we're reported
there, the largest number since the
spread of the contagion. Dispatches
told of little abatement of the dis
ease in most states, but figures for the
civilian population were not received
The Board of Health yesterday was
the storm centre of representatives of
every business affected by DR.. Cope
lands closing and opening schedule. all
anxious to cooperate in the movement
TO lessen subway congestion through
this means, but many were in doubt as
to the exact application of the order te
them.
Change in Hours
The large department stores sent {
committee early IN the day to see Com
missioner COPELAND. AS the result Of
a friendly conference with him the
hours allotted to them were changed
so that they will open at 9:45 in the
morning and close at 6:l5. instead o.
throwing 'opeH their doors at s ano
closing at t. as stated in the orlg;na
order. I he order, in general, remain:
as it was given out
Marc kaw. of the theatrical firm Of
klaw 4; Erlanger, telephoned Dr.. Cope
land he and the other theatrical man
ayers would give the heartiest cooper
alton to the plan. DR.. Copeland as
surod Mr.. klaw it was not his purpose
10 stop matinee performances, which
4 viii be given at the usual time. The
first night performances of the "mov
ies" in the district from Fourteenth t,
r'ifty-ninth Street will be moved aheat
Il half hour, from $50, as at present
30 o'clock
At the offices Of the Interborougl
yesterday it was said the effect of tn,
rev order would not be felt until Mon
day, as Saturday was a half-holiday il
the downtown district anyway. TIL,
order was effective not yesterday morn
:ng. but last night, and COMMISSIONS
Copeland declared he would watch j
closely to sec whether any furthe
qualifications were necessary to max
II Il success.
Hospitals Taken Over
The entire Minturn Hospital, at Tn,
.oot Of East Sixtieth Street, was takel
Copeland stated. In addition, he said
Commissioner of Charities Coler hat
turned over to him the Municipal Lodg
ing House, and ne had taken the ST
Johns Guild. on Staten Island. an(
large wards in the Metropolitan. vii
lard Parker ana Bellevue hospitals
The hospital ship Riverside. with lift.
beds, is being brought down iron
North Brothers Island to the foot o
Seventeenth Street, where it viii kan
die the overflow cases from the Willard
Parker Hospital.
DR.. Copeland issued orders yester
day that persons sneezing or coughing
in crowded places be sent out i'm
mediately by those in charge. Such
widely different meeting places az
cabarets and dancing halls and Sun
day schools came under this regula
ton Agents were sent yesterday BY
the Health Department to the palaces
of song and dance, with instructions
to the walters to watch all patrons
and to invite to leave those wht
coughed or sneezed.
Sunday school superintendent were
called upon to make All announcement
about coughing and sneezing before
starting their classes, and to sen(
home any child apparently affected
with influenza or cold. Churches, too
were asked to shorten services to-day
ventlate their editices before an,
after services, and have announce
ments of rules OF health TO be fol
owed made from the pulpit
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