Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-15
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Influenza Wave Believed by DIR.
Dodd TO Have Reached
It's Height
Special Correspondence Of Every Evening

! New Castle, Oct. 15- New Castle
is "a sadly stricken town, but while Tia,
death rate among influenza and pncu.
monla patients has lcaped far above
normal since last Friday, conditions
! SO far as new eases are concerned, are
! improving. rs there are practically nc
new eases AZ all
DIR Dodd, directing physician oi
| the Board of Health, believes that the
epidemic has reached its climax. and
that this is probably the last week for
serious eases
Altogether, since the beginning OF
the epidemic, DIR. Dodd has seen over
a thousand eases. and is now attend
ing daily about fifty 1t Is believed that
most of the danger nt present Is from
relapse, as many of the patients seem
To want To leave bed and start work
before they are able
81 Peters Parochial School has been
turned into an emergency hospital
This will be a big help as the New Castle
Club House alone is hardly large enongh
for the PURPOSE \ physician and sisters
from Philadelphia will arrive here n
soon a. possible 10 give their service To
the patients rs soon n they are brought
to the hospital
\ poster issued iv the L : Public
Health Service and containing the
following rules for the prevention of
influenza, has been placed IN the Post
Office first Keep ont Of crowds as much
as possible, second Cover each cough
and sneczc, third Do not spit on floors
or sidewalks. fourth. Shun the commons
drinking cup and roller towel in public
places
II is believed that if everyone viii
Strlrk ' obey the orders gwen hv the
phv>icinn- influenza conditions will
clear entirely by next week.
Taking INTO consideration that he
epidemic has been and still i 4 grcat
handicap, the liberty Loan workers
arr making splendid progress Bnt
IN order 10 make the Fourth liberty
Loan campaign . success cvgIN person
IN New Castle il required to 20 hs or
obtaining subscriptions from othcr> ts
there arr 50 many pconlr unanic L.
gave any assistance because 81 sickness
The remaining courageous :,ud patri-
otic citizens of New Castle arc called
upon to do more bv doubling their pur-
chases of bonds and by obtaining as
manv subscriptions aS pu@sirlo The
names of citizens will he pltlishcd on
The honor roll for double subscriptions
The total of subscriptions received
to date amounts to Sl0S,7 Tho quota.
S}}S 66O, must be reached hy the New
Castle people before the end 81 tins
week
Nfrs Frank Murphy of Sixth street
4 lifelong resident of New Castle and
daughter u Henry Maiden. died
o( influenza SUNDAY ~hc y survived
by Mr. Murphy ami FIVE small children,
the Youngest hvc months oil
Philip Tohin. son of Nr and Nrs
Matthew robin II Sixth street died Of
pneumonia Yesterday
Earl Bacon 81 Camp Meade who has
been severely III with pncumonin. Is
rc,nvcrInr
ELMER Pcdrick is visiting New Castle
William Wadslcy aged about >
wears, and formerly II New Castle. died
saturday u his homo il Wilmington
H., had lived III New castle All hi life
Il year ago Ile i survived ~ Nlrs
N.dS,cv and one cmId
Roy Harrington returned to wori,
YESTERDAY HI the office ii the Prnn-~oa-
board CoIporation after an illness II
two weeks
Dr. Van DYKE >tari d Richmond,
VA IL L visitor III Nev Ca>tl,
Edward ticbhart On d William Gcb-
hav. III the Balton. was badly bitten
ii the hand Ly 3 dog SUNDAY Tie wound
VS. dressed BY DR. Dcdd
Cha~ Ingram IS recovering from in
Hurnza
Mis- Catherine Thompson. Mis- L,.la
Thompson and William Byer- u Bar
clay. Nd have been visiting MIS-
Ruth Niekerson
Herbert Duncan an cmploye Tor tll.
Bethlehem Loading Co and son George
Duncan died Of lnfuenza Yesterday
Alfred Reiger Chief Inspector N
the L. :. stores Department for the
Bethlehem Loading 60, has returned
after visit 70 PhIladelphla
Edward Gebhart i recovering from
intiuenza
Francis Hatton, who has been ser
lously Ill with pneumonia, Is lmprov-
ing
Miss Margaret Wright. Miss Iva
AcKnrt and Miss Gertrude Ingram
have recovered from influenza
Miss Mary Wright has enlisted in
the navy n vcowoman and will be
stationed ii Delawar Street wharf. |
Lima Spur is visiting her sister at
Nd
Albert Garrct traffic man ger Tor The =.
Bethlehem Loading Co. lfa- recovered |
rom influenza
\ New Castle trolley ear coIided with .
! touring car il Wilmington Yesterday. I
~ one was seriously injured
Catherine Reese i nursing TIER auEt
b Wilmington, who Is suffering with /
influenza
Dclaw arr street wharf va entirely
leaned of I'LL weeds yesterday hy the
Naval Reserve men stationed a. tcll~