Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-22
INDOOR GATHERINGS
NO LONGER PROHIBITED
Camp Lee Authorities Permit As
scmbiies for Purposes of
Entert lninent.
NURSES .HAvE
!; DIED
Young Women Give Lives = Caring
for Sick at Base II0spitnl-Camp
Lee Said To Have Led Camps of
Country in Fourth Lean.

Is,neciai 10 The Times pispatchl
CAMP LEE. VA. October .1--In-
door gatherings are no longer prohib-
the day following the appearance of
Spanish influenza In the camp. IL, SOL
dierH have been denied the pleasure OF
witnessing moving picture shows. van
dcvilic attractions or other shows
brought here for their benefit and pre-
ssnted ut the Liberty Theater. The or
ter was rcsciuded today. and the Y
NJ. G. a.. knights % Columbus and
other welfare activities are planning to
open their buildings for indoor gath
cringS az soon as it Is possible to re-
ceire flms. IL Is thought tcai several
OF Tn" buildings viii presen. shows To-
morrow night. There Will bs 30 crowd
Ing allowed. only such number Of sol
dieIs ~ the health authorities deem
;ihxiSable VII he admitted to any
building. ON account .: improvements
tna> are being made. the Liberty The
alter wiz not be able TO open unit!
Thursday or Friday. AZ the direction
Or o., the camp surgeon the entire seat
rearrangcd. Instead of fourteen peo-
IL. being allowed on one row Of seats.
only eleven will be allowed. This RAJ
! no VIII reduce the capacity from q
500 to Zoe.
40 LONGER COHSIDEHS
INFLUENZA ~ EPIDEMIC
This emphasizes the fact that mtd-
cal authorities 40 longer consider in
uenZa epidemic among the soldiers
However. there is no intimatiom that
the pass restrictions. Will be raise. -.
the near future. There were hut
brough; the total to 1l.472. There wcr,
seven deaths. making total OF G39
who have succumbed 10 pneumonia
since The epidemic appeared. There
were lGG returned to duty. which lief,
l,S26 now receiving medical treatment.
Since the disease made its appear
ancc there have been six nurses who
influenza They are: Miss LiliiSn ".
Owens, OF Greenwood. Del; Miss Cath
crime j. Mcclure. OF New London. Cont.
York City; Miss Anna NJ. Murphy. ~
Germantown, Pa; Miss Judith Nidburg,
OF ciearmcl1, Pa. and Miss Margaret
l. Grimes. of Mcdonald. Ia.
Statistics are being complied COM
corning the effect of The epiayn,ic. The
age At which men have been principal
authorities here believe that people OF
middle age are more susceptible than
the very young or the Very old They
also agree that 1t is not probable lh:,,
one year. There have been !i,i12 men
who have hai the diseasc. and OF the
s,9a' VINO have beer returned 10 duty
not one has again had the affection
OFFICIAL REPORT SHEDS
LITTLE NI:AI. Light
The official report OF the explosion
Friday night shed little light on the
real cause OF the accident. Sergeant
, r'ccney, who died In the base hospital
as Il result OF the accident. was car
Tying hair brush grenades. which are
made principally OF dynamite. There
were seventeen men IN the party. ana
OF those who survive none were able
! % give any possible. theory why the
| .ynamitc should have exploded. Fcency
was experienced in making and hand :
ing grcuades and was considered pa.-
/ ,lcularly well httcd for the work 40
, one in the party WAS smoking and no
lie saw light OF any kind. eight