Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-03
NO IMPROVEMENT IN
GRIP SITUATION
OFFICIALS STATE
More Deaths: Added Cases and
Alarming Lack OF
Nurses.
CONDITIONS ARE SERIOUS

lated Sections of the city, where the
greater numbers of eases have developed.
the grip Is today spreading among the
better residential section ct the city
IN the west side Yesterdays approx
mated number of cases was SAID 70 lie
materially Increased today
sly deaths occurred II the emergency
hospital al The Country Club Yesterday
and last night and two nj the county
hosrital annex How many have dled
IN private homes throughout tho city,
cannot I've estimated because physIcians
arc So busy caring for SICK persons, that
they have not stopped 10 report the
deaths 10 the Board Of Health
The two fatalities at the county hos
rltal were. T. Il. BomcWltz kingston
\ y. and Herman llchncr, l1etrou.
Mich. brakeman, were taken with INC
disease and removed e IN" country
hospital from the ponnsN lvan'a karlroad
camr. two DAYS ago. neither ono ot the
men having been IN thus section 81 the
country very lnng
The Wilmington Couucll q Doionce
TODAY, through tho newspapers, ISSUES an
anr,cai to former drug clerks now engaged
N other work, % volunteer for services
with nav, IN tho drug stores ot the city.
There arc many. II IS sand. who are COM
patcnt to aud the oveTworked druggists,
and these arc requested ~ register with
the secretary ~ the Board Of Education.
~rrp NURSES PADIN.
Tho greatest peril now. according II
pr II T. Fllcgpod. President If the
Board of Health lies IN the absence OF
nurses There arc now 80 patients n
tho Country Club, and this Is filling M
- RAPIDLY. that arrangements arc being
made tn place - cots IN the Hammond
laundry building. today But heNond
tins. the health authorities arc helpless.
They cannot open any additional emery
cucN hospital units. they SAID At noon
taIav. because there are no nurses TO
he obtained. To care for the patients
mother appeal has been made 10
WILMINGTON mon and women who have
knowledge of nursing. To come forward
IN this crisis. and while some have done
81. there u great need for moro
TRYING To GET DOCTORS
NavoI Lawson today was cndeavoung
to get INTO telephone communication with
United States Senator salisbury Al Wash
ineton. - get the senior Senator from
Delaware 10 use his good offices in having
10 army surgeons from Fort Slocum.
y Y sent here for service These mon
arc musicians Who arc at this army post
awaiting commissions IN the army, and
arc avaIlablc for service III such con
tingonc;cs as tho present
Navor lawson personally, today Is
ceiling upOn propuctOrs OF drug stores,
asking them 10 keep thor places open
late INTO the night 50 that late corners may
h., accommodated Fuel ADMINISTRATOR
Charles II Ten WCcges today announced
that the early closing hours as far as phar-
m4cIcs were concerned, were off He. too,
urged the drug stores to remain open to
aud the SICK
Last night. II IS said that prominent
Market street pharmacy closed al .
O'Clock. with persons with prescriptions
waiting to be filled The clerk Is Is SAID,
stated that If was time 10 close, and that
nc was afraid he might be censured If he
remained open
THREE DEATHS At LMERGENCY HOSPITAL.
Three FLU patients died at the
Emergency Hospital last night W iliam
Ia Fleur OF BPS East Fourth street,
George Green, Negro, OF POS 2 Poplar
street and John Thomas, Negro. OF TO-
~hpIcv street Deputy Coroner McCpry
took charge Of thc corpses
THANkFCI. roK SD
The health authorities Yesterday
4 opted a resolution expressing the
hanks Of the department 10 tho du Pont
Powder Company the Wilmington Coun-
Try Club. the Red Cross and the various
hospitals for their hearty co-00cration IN
the present outbreak
Five months ago. two Mormon friends.
John b. Wallace and Jesse Hayes each
with a wife and child travelled cast 5000
miles from their homo IN Salt Lake CitR,
Utah TO find new homes Today both
mon lie dead victims Of influenza
Wallace died al O'Clock last night
- the John : Thomas apartments
~ too hing street. whore both tam-
lies resided and Hayes passed away
At the New Century Club hospital al 5
O'Clock
Both Wallace and Hayes vcrc boiler
makerS and were employed at Harlan =
The nov emergency hospital 3; tho
TNnch Construction Company housing
operation at Front and Union streets Is
already occupied by 4Sintiucnza victims
There arc al present $50 beds in this
hospital
As a result Of he order, closing public
places. nearly 10000 children arc affected
in the public schools and $40 teachers.
while the 81 buildings will be closed OF
the staff Of teachers IN the public schools
30 are down with the disease. About
; 4 .00C of the pupils are SICK, many OF them
including the two High Schools Il
parochial school buildings arc closed
,f1ec4ino z 500 pupils and SO teachers
The Friends School closed Tuesday
Flvc teachers are SICK with Influenza
Ninctv-eicht places Of public worship
including the Protestant and Catholic
faith VIII he closed Sunday unless a
miracle happens and the disease is swept
away as suddenly rs it descended upon
the city
SALOONS ARE CLOSED.
One hundred and sixty-seven places
licensed to dispense liquor have been
closed Zach place employed a force
Of from three to five men In some
few of the larger hotels force OF SIS
many as 10 men were required to meet
the requirements of the trade
4 half-dozen dance halls and quite
large number Of bowling alleys are
closed because Of the order
Superintendent Clifford J Scott SAID
that the Board Of Health was 10 be
commended for the manner in which il
has handled the situation. and stated
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