Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-04
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All Saloons and Amusement
Places Closed in Fight
on Influenza.
WAR INDUSTRIES ARE HIT

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, October f.
orders Of the state health, commits
sioner closing every saloon and place
Of amusement in Pennsylvania were
enforced today in an effort to check
the spread of Spanish influenza, which
in some sections of the state. particu-
larly in the east, has reached cpl
demic proportions, and is seriously
interfering with war industries. Seven
hSndred and thirty-eight new cases
were re>erted in the last twenty-four
hours.
Public gatherings at all descriptions
are also prohibited under the order,
and this. together with the loss of a
large number Of liberty loan workers,
due to illness, will, it is feared, slow
up the loan drive.
All Courts Are Adjourned.
All the courts in Philadelphia ad-
journed today until October e. ana
the grand jury was dismissed. The
foot ball game scheduled for tomor-
row between University of Pennsyl-
vania and the United States marines
was called off.
All trolley cars today displayed
cards with this warning: "SneeZe.
cough or expectorate if you must, in
your handkerchief. You are in no
danger if every one heeds this warn
ing. This car is disinfected; venti-
lators must be kept open.
BOARD OF HEALTH"
All liberty loan meetings have been
called off.
Dr. Wilmer Krusen, director of pub
lie health, says Spanish influenza is
ing disease: it should be called
epidemic influenza, he says.
The state department of health has
closed 100 tuberculosis dispensaries
throughout the state, releasing doc
tors and nurses for epidemic work.
Garrisons of the Army storehouses in
Pennsylvania were ordered to go into
tents and the barrack buildings will
be used as hospitals.
Hog Island Hard Hit.
Virtually every large industrial es-
Establishment in the metropolitan dis
trict of Philadelphia. one OF the
greatest centers of war activities in
the world. has been affected more or
less seriously by the epidemic. Thou
sands of employees in the Delaware
shipyardS have been stricken with
influenza. more than 1000 men at the
great Hog Island yard alone being
off duty for this reason.
There is shortage of doctors in the
city and appeals have been sent out
for medical assistance. Some Of the
hospitals are SO crowded with infiu-
enza and pneumonia cases that they
are declining to take other medical
cases. In nearly every hospital stan
physicians and nurses have fallen vic
tins to the disease.
Precautionary in Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, October 4.-Sa-
looms theaters and all places of
in Pittsburgh, with the
exception of. possibly, a few isolated
cases. remained closed today. in keep
ing with orders issued by the state
department of health, resulting from
the prevalence of Spanish influenza in
the state Theater managers of the
city, in session shortly after last mid
night. issued instructions for the clos
ing of all show houses until further
notice. While only a few cases of the
disease have been discovered here, the
health authorities are taking all
measures to prevent spread of the
malady.
Trained nurses of the city were
called on today by the Red Cross to
register for service in Philadelphia,
hard against Spanish influenza. The
Quaker City sent an emergency ap-
peal to Pittsburgh for nurses, and
Indications are thar a number will be
en- route east before the close Of the
day.