Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22
CAMP HUMPHREYS
INFLUENZA
About Score There Have Dis
ease. Which Has Hit
Many Sections.
DEATHS QUITE NUMEROUS

fDEA HS JULIE NUMEnUUS
Lieut. Col ]. W. Brewer, surgeon at
Camp Humphreys, has inaugurated q
comprehensive campaign against the
spread Of Spanish influenza at the
have appeared.
The disease has been contracted by
men in the Sd Regiment. and an at
tempt is being made by Lieut.. Col.
Brewer. with the cooperation Of its
officers and men. to prevent the: dis
ease from beng contracted by any
Of the men in the other regiments. 4
AS an effective preventative to the
contagion of the malady. New Haven
physician recommends that meat diet
from one to three glasses Of clabber
be drunk daily. To prepare the clab-
Der. allow bottle Of milk, from
which the cream has been poured. to
stand in warm place until soured
and beat it thoroughly, after which
it will be ready for use. The Tactic
acid, in the milk, according to the
physician, is effective in destroying
the hacilli.
Fatal to 10 at Camp Devens. :.
AVER, Mass. September 21-Two
| officers and sixteen privates died at
were Lieut.. William D. Cornish Of
| Windsor, VT, chaplain, and Lieut.
Jacob Rosenberg Of Fall River, both
serving with the depot brigade.
Military authorities called attention
today to the quarantine issued by the
board Of health Of the town Of Aver
against the camp, and ordered that it
be obeyed. Only men on official BUSH
ress are allowed in the town. No passes
for men to go home over Sunday were
issued today, but visitors will be allowed
at the camp tomorrow.
Fourteen Die at Camp Dix.
| CAMP DIX. N. J., September I'll
Fourteen deaths from Spanish influenza
occurred here today. One victim was
Miss Ella Augusta Stowe of Bridge
port, Conn, an Army nurse. who con-
tracted the disease here before begin
ming her duties.
| Although 179 new cases of influenza
and fifteen cases of pneumonia follow
ing influenza were reported within the
last twenty-four hours, the camp med
| ical authorities asserted that they have
1 the epidemic under control.
Five Deaths at Newport.
The influenza epidemic in the second
naval district resulted in five deaths
| today, with the development of 1874
new cases. Eighty of the additional
patients were from the naval training
station.
Decrease Shown at Boston.
BOSTON, September 21.-Records Of
the health department showed thirteen
deaths among civilians due to in
fluenza and pneumonia during the
twelve hours ending at noon today, q
slight reduction from the total of
previous days. In addition there were
six deaths of merchant marine appren-
tees in hospitals here.
The number of new cases OF In
fiuenza was not given. but ondcfais
flfeld to their opinion that the worst
Of the epidemic was over.
| Many Cases at Camp Lee.
PETERSBURG, Va, September 21.-
Six deaths have resulted among SOL
diers stationed at Camp, Lee from
| pneumonia, which set in as "a COM
! plication, after Spanish Influenza,
There have been 1859 cases. of = in
ffuenza at. the camp since the. first
case appeared Friday night septem-
tcontracted the disease have recovered
and have returned to active drill
work. ! E.
Foreigner Dies at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. September .:21.-
Peter. Devinsky, a Rumanian, menu
Der Of the crew of a vessel which re-
| Gently arrived here from South Amer.
lea, died at Charity Hospital late to-
day of Spanish influenza. Two other
| influenza patients were said tonight
to be seriously i'll, while the nineteen
remaining Were reported rapidly re-
covering.
All cases were brought to New Or
| leans on two vessels, one from South
and the other from Central America
| Eleven are United States soldiers.
Soldiers Ill at Buffalo.
BUFFALO,, N. Y, September 21.-
The health department. here has been
officially informed that, more than 800
soldiers in training 1.-THE Polish divi-
sion at Niagara on the-Lake are suffer-
ing from Spanish influenza.
Would Stop Tour. of Circus.
COLUMBIA. s. c., September 21.-As
a precaution against: the spread OF
Spanish influenza ms this state and
also because Of the scarcity of labor,
GOV. MdhHiuH IldS dShSu Inc SLdLc
board of health to prevent a large
circus from touring the state, as it had
planned.
On Decline in New York.
NEW YORK. September 21.-The
number of Spanish influenza cases
reported to the health department
in this city today showed a decrease
compared with the previous two
days, there being twenty new cases.
as compared with thirty-one yester-
day and thirty-eight the day before,
Only one, death has resulted thus far
These figures do not include cases at
the Marine or Army hospitals.
Many. Affected at Naval Station.
| CHICAGO" September 21-About
1000 men at the Great Lakes Station
have been affected by the Spanish in
ELemon Juice !