El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-31
MAY FRACTURE
ARIZ. DRY LAW
Health Officer Takes Over
Whisky Supply; Disease
Still Epidemic.

Phoenix, Ariz,, Oct. 81. On the
broad ground Of public policy. it is
possible the prohibition laws Of Ari-
IONA may be fractured seriously in
the present epidemic. Stimulant is
said to be needed for the sufferers.
especially during the recuperation
period. and It is understood that
health officer Brown has taken over
Tor such use a large store OF boot
leg whisky captured at Jerome, with
possibility that similar stocks else
where may be Communicated. There
is admission only that there are to
ne experiments concerning the value
OF this character Of stimulant.
Conditions in Arizona are declared
a bit better than for several weeks
cases for a day, compared with Up
70 coo a day for a time last week:
Phoenix is considered IN very good
shape, with a report OF ~ new cases,
II Of them in a suburb and six from
the county jail, with two deaths
The worst reports OF the past
week came from the Globe-Miami
section. where as high as 500 new
cases developed in q single day. This
now has dropped to around 50 cases a
day, with deaths down to about II
a day. generally among Mexicans and
European miners families
Miami School n Hospital.
The Miami high school building
was made an emergency hospital, IN
der charge Of DR.. BraytOn. with re-
markable success among the people |
brought in from improper surround |
ings. Most OF the districts $50 deaths !
from pneumonia during the epidemic |
period have been in Miami The au-
thorities Of that city have Instituted /
the most drastic Of sanitary regula- ]
:. 80. aTN
nights. have closed all pool halls and 1
similar gathering places and have /
searched every cabin 10 gather in /
the sick or to correct living condi- /
tons.
Conditions in North.
Winslow appears to be coming out /
OF the epidemic slowly, with only a /
few cases and with only Is in the /
high school hospital. which Is TO be 4
closed this week. At Flagstaff there I
appears to have been a revival Of I
the disorder. about IS cases now be-
ing cared for at the Emerson gram
mar school. transformed into a hos
pital. The town has known about I
so deaths In the small village Of 4
SpringerTille have been Is deaths,
with five additional from smallpox
The major part Of the population of 4
the village OF blackberry is affected.
including the only physician An
other doctor has had to be sent to
kinEman, where cases are develop
ing fast. Williams IS improving fast
Very little Information comes out OF
Jerome, save that the condition OF
affairs there is very serious DR..
Francis A Redewill. OF Phoenix, has
been transferred from Flagstaff to
charge in Jerome
Epidemic Among Indians.
Vice chairman c. E. Adams. Of the
state council Of defence, who went
from charge at Winslow to Jerome,
has just hurried off to Tuba City. on
the Navajo reservation, 80 miles
northeast OF Flagstaff, where the
agency officials all are reported
ing by the dozen and without help
from any source. The Indians are
said to refuse aid and TO fasten
themselves tightly within their homes.
as nearly without air as possible. It
Is feared the epidemic has swept all
over the Navajo reservation
Pima and PapagO children at the
Indian training school, near Tucson. ,
are sick to the number OF $50. only :
4 very few being unaffected There
nave been no deaths thus far.
Around Yuma there has been a !
,lOse search OF the town and farms Z
md scores OF Mexicans, many OF them
newly arrived cotton pickers have
3een taken to the emergency hospi- e,
ais in Yuma and Somerton- the Wo- !
mans club used at the latter place as
dispensary. Many OF the 8Iexicans :
lrought IN by auto fought the atten- I
ion, thinking they were being car
led to their deaths
Quarantine conditions have been
at Jerome, Superior, Ray.
Hayden and Winkelman and travel
generally is being discouraged be-
ween Arizona communities. The Red Z
ross organizations are leading in 5
preventative and remedial work and Z
re furnishing nurses and Transport
alton in nearly every town Boy
couts also are aiding. serving as
messengers.
Second Physician Dies.
DR.. P. P Doron Is the second l
'hoeniE physician TO give his life to u
he service Of his fellows He was
ne OF three volunteers who went
rom Phoenix to assist in the fight
{ Bisbee and there contracted the a
isease- Promptly returned to his I;
ONE and cared Tor tenderly, he still II
eTeloped pneumonia and passed Ct
way Another victim was Mss Ha-
Ell E Morton, daughter OF Charles =
! Morton. Of this city. who was al
amp Cody as a trained nurse. She
Insisted on keeping up her work for n
avs after the fever had struck her
nd finally succumbed. Interment /
as IN Phoenix today.