Evening journal., 1918-10-10

tnoSe on uCty are required 10 give muci
attention TO handling those who sc
down and out because OF bringing toe
much liquor.
The undertakers still find It impossi
bic to bury The dead without distress.
ing delays.
twenty-five bodies were taken 10 the
morgue last night because the under
takers could not take care OF them.
Ban Sick From Outside City.
The city and State health authorities
are trying TO prevent the bringing In
Of sick people from outside places, as
there are not enough doctors and
nurses 10 take care OF all the patients
now on their hands.
Fifty-two out OF the sixty or more
men OF the crew OF an English vessel
now anchored in the Delaware river
between the mouth Of the Christiana
river and Deep Water Point are re-
ported to be sick with influenza and are
being brought TO this city for medical
attention. AZ least five OF those sick
on the ship have died after they were
brought here, with many more in a crut-
lean condition, and there seems 20 be
much adverse sentiment as TO allowing
the distribution Of the sick from the
ocean vessel among the sick in this
! city. IL Is held that there is hardly
| enough help here 10 care for those suf-
ferlng from the malady.
The ship Is described as one OF about
1000 tonnage. The crew Of the ship
are described by those who saw the
sick and the dead as being East Indian
stock, and II Is said that the malady
they are suffering from Is OF a more
severe type than the ordinary influenza.
10 Is expected that the matter win be
called to the attention OF the Board OF
Health at its meeting this afternoon,
and an effort will be made 20 halt the
bringing Of additional sick 10 this city.
How the ship with It's large number
OF sick ever was permitted 10 anchor
In the river here Is not understood, or
who il was permitted Il 10 pass the two
Government hospltals-Lewes and Reedy
Island-with their well-equipped quar-
antine stations. peculiarly adapted TO
meet just the type Of an emergency
with which the steamer is confronted.
Some say Il is a matter up 10 the gov
ernment and that the collector Of Gus
toms or Marshal Fairy should be called
upon TO see that the ship is gotten out
Of The way.
The matter was the subject OF a dis
oussion at last nights committee meet !
ing OF City Council. at which the sentl- |
ments were for immediate action on the /
part OF somebody In authority, either /
the government or the city health |
authorities, 10 prevent further trans
portatlon OF sick and dead into the city
and the placing OF the vessel under
quarantine.
Or. A. z. Frantz, secretary OF the
State Board Of Health, In discussing the
situation last night, admitted that II
was an unfortunate occurrence, but
said that these suffering men We're
dumped at our very door and there
was nothing else TO do but take them
in"
Or. Frantz furthermore declared that
while we have this lot OF sick sailors
on our hands. no others will be per-
mltted to land here from without the
state.
Mrs. Stacla Grant, aged 30 years, Of
No. COO Van Buren, street, died at
o'clock yesterday afternoon OF pneu-
nonia. She leaves her husband, Philip
Grant. Mrs. Grant was sick only few
lays.
Husband and Wife Die.
A pathetic case is that OF Mr.. and II
Mrs. Carl p. Clausen, the young Dan
sh people whose death was reported
In this paper yesterday. They leave a
I-year-oid son. who has no relatives
In this country. The family came to
America recently and have no close
friends here. The father was employed I
It the Krebs chemical plant. Z
EamaNnu willard Enrf1EhVrN gnnnf n -
,usy day yesterday In his endeavors
o secure additional physicians and a
urses for the relief OF influenza VIC G
inns. Finally his efforts were reward c
d by the receipt OF the following tele- S
ram from a Washington friend: o
Just talking to Doctor Blue tSur- II
con General Blue OF the u. S. n
rmy). says he has i've doctors In s.
now and three more on a
ne way. He appreciates situation and
I'M do utmost to relieve II. He is try 4.
lg 20 get nurses 10 supply your needs z
AZ A late hour last night, neither DIT. d
llegood. Dr. Frantz nor Secretary Ca o
Am. OF the Board OF Health, knew any Il
ling OF the 1--WE physicians having ar q
wed here. 81
ont Overburden Central" Il
, be patient with central" Not many q
I the critics could step into the tele- g
hone exchange and give good service Il
a moments notice, but this does not n
inder them from grouching at the girls 2
tho have done so. These inexperienced G.
iris have stepped in 10 take the place
I trained operators who have been II
tricken with influenza, and even at a
nat the number OF operators has been 81
realty reduced. II
The company also asks that only es- q
entail calls be made by telephone. The h
ar activities have put great strain
n the telephone service. and necessary 81
ais have multiplied because OF the n
pidemic. The writer noted woman nj
esterday, who through Ignorance or In
tier selfishness held up a party line
,r twenty-seven minutes with a con- T
srsation that ran something like this n,
II think well plant roses In that
7rden-bed on the front lawn next sum- hin
Ter. Yes, they are hard TO raise, but m
ley are so pretty. In
"Dld he2 Well, our baby said the 81
ltest thing this morning, he said that II
licken doesn't taste like anyslng.
"Yes, isn't it dreadful2 Did you de- n,
de whether you'd get that hat you m
wv; the one You liked so much, you h,
nOw2 Yes, come out and see us soon. In
Ie must go there when the closing
-der Is lifted" And so on, endlessly. N
The splitting has not In the least de- n,
'eased A woman cannot stand on n,
rect corner waiting for a street car
here a group OF men are gathered, n,
lthOut having her skirts receive the -