The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26
TYPHUS KILLS
EIGHTY THOUSAND
In One City Where Epidemic Ragged
Nearly One-third Of Population
Died From Disease II,
Short Time.

millions of dollars were to hays been
spent in delousing Siberia if the
American Red Cross had remained in
that country. This was revealed re.
GENTLY by Major e. H. Charetts, who
has come to Shanghai TO supervise
the distribution of two shiplcads OF
medical supplies, valued at half \
million dollars, which have been sent
here and are to be given to some 800
hospitals in China. /.
Lice may yet defeat sociaifsln,'
said Lenine.
"He is right" says Major Charatte.
The Red Cross officer was captured
by the bolshevists at Karsnoyask and
held prisoner for some time. Willie
he was in captivity the typh1s as
lraging in the city, which had a pcpu-
Ilation of 100000. There were more
than $4,000 deaths during the time
the major was prisoner. Six Of the
victims were Red Cross men.
Although virtually prisoners the
RED Cross men directed the fight
against the disease and worked day
and night to check the epidemic. 1t
was then that the program for a
series of quarantine stations and de-
lousing plants was mapped out. For
this program 15,00O,000 was to have
been asked. But before more than
the initial steps could be taken the
Red Cross was withdrawn from the
field.
Tt is the most unclean1y nation in
the world" said Major Charette, but
/! if we could have established the
quarantine stations and carried out
our program I believe the typhus
problem would have been solved"
Supplies brought here for distribu-
ton to hospitals came in the steam
ships Hanamet and Simbirsk. The
supplies have been placed in the god
won of the Fearon-Daniel company
and plans for distribution are being
made.
Besides the two shiploads of sup
plies sent here for China's hospitals,
another shipload was taken by Cap
tain e. S. Jones to Gensan, Korea,
and from there transshiped TO Seoul
where it was turned over to A. w.
Taylor. chairman Of the Chosen chap
ter of the American Red Cross. One
shipload of supplies was stopped, Ell
route to Siberia, at Kobe, Japan. and
the officers here have not heard what
disposition has been made Of it.
Supplies valued at between two
millions and three millions of dol
lars still remain in the Red Cross
warehouses in Siberia and the ques-
ton of their disposal has not yet
been settled. 1t is the belief of the
officers here, however. that major
portion of these goods will be sent
to the Philippines and Hawaii. Lib
eral support came TO the Red Cross
from the island peoples during the
war and it is Major Charette's opinion
that due recognition of the fact will
be given.
Method of disposing of the ma.
terials here has not yet been def
intel undetermined. Major Charette
looks very favorably on Nichols sug-
gestion that QUESTIONABLE be sent
to the hospitals in order that an eff
cient system may be worked out. 1t
may be six months before the supplies
have been disposed of.
In the lot of goods still in Siberia
there are many bulky articles. sucn
as furniture and fittings. No attemp.
will be made TO send these home
but. instead, they will be brought TO
and sold.
Great care is to be used in the dis
tribution of the Red Cross supplies
here. in Korea and in the islands