New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

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pre-, Longacre and Punch & JUDY
DR.. Copeland told the men VIA cath.
cred IN his Office yesterday afternoon
'hat the lesson learned from the lost
epidemic was that intimate personal
contact was responsible for the trans
MISSION of the disease He told them
.nat ~ was futile, in New York City.
70 ask cltlzens to avoid crowds.
Nevertneiess, he explained. it has
growing menace from influenza. that
tne Jammlng of people in subways
elevated trains and streetcars he
stopped.
Traction Men to Aid
FRANK Hediey, president Of the In
terborough, and Chief Engineer Men
GEN. OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
SPOKE up at that point and said they
their schedules to "fatten the peakr
which DR.: Copeland said was the chief
thing to be accomplished.
from his standpoint it would be -
nlghly desirable condition If stores and
theaters were to keep their openings
and closings promptly staggered.
one of the important things ac-
compllshed yesterday by Or. Copeland
was the completion of arran ngements for
huInper or drug stores to sell whiskv
ano brandy at cost on a physicians
prescription. j. ]. Quigley. assistant
supervising prohibition agent for his
dlstrct, Informed Dr.. Copeland that
rrohlbltlon Commissioner Kramer had
agreed, as requested, to allow phvsci
clans holding a permit to prescribe
WHISKY, using their own prescription
blanks instead of the Government
forms. These must be made out in du-
plicate.
Whisky To Be Sold
clearly the name and address Of the
patient, including the street and apart-
ment number, date written, condition
Oh Illness for which prescribed and the
name of the pharmacist to whom the
prescription is to be presented.
Laurie d Estoller. proprietors of
the Nauheim pharmacies, Informed Dr
copeland yesterday that they had au-
thorlty to dispense whisky and brard,-
IN three Of their stores and that thev
would do so, charging for the LIQUOR
JUST "nat 1t cost them. They will dis
pense 1t at these stores:
G. 100 Lexington Avenue, at Fifty ninth
street; 27Q1 Broadway. at l03d Street
and 551 Columbus Avenue, al Ejgbtv'
seventh Street.
The following statement was issued
by George NJ. Gales, president Of The
Louis X. Liggett Company: "The I.ie-
ge1t company does not carry. and has
not for some time carried. anv iol1or
in any of its stores
The company has been requested by
Dr.. Copeland to cooperate with the
Health Department. and assist in the
treatment Of influenza by handling
hquor IN some of it's prescription de-
partments to fill the prescriptions +
such doctors as ma prescribe it IN the
treatment of this disease. The Liggett
company has arranged, therefore, to
carry whisky in its prescription de
partments at the following stores dur
ing the period Of the epidemic only:
Two hundred Broadway, Sixth Avenue
and Twenty third Street, Grand Gem
tral Terminal Store, Eighty-sixth
Street and Broadway, 1S1st Street and
St. Nicholas Avenue and 149th Street
and Third Avenue; Brooklyn, SAP Full
ton Street.
'In view of the fact that this is done
purely as cooperative measure with
the Health Department and is aside
from the ordinary business Of the Lig-
gett company, the company has decided
during the epidemic to dispense whisky
on doctors prescriptions at actual cost
After the epidemic it viii be eliminated
from these stores as heretofore.'
Work To Be Merged
Representatives of the Nurses
Emergency Council the Henry Street
Settlement, the American Red Cross
and the Association for Improving the
Condition Of the Poor met with DR..
Copeland yesterday morning. As re
suit of the conference, it was agreed
that instead of having those agencies
carrying on separate activities in some
center detached from the Health De
p.~-nent, as was done in the 1918
epidemic, all the administration forces
having to do with the control Of dis
ease should take up Office quarters in
the Health Department Building in 800
Pearl Street.
In explaining this arrangement. DR..
Copeland said
These splendid organizations have
offered the Department Of Health all
their influence and resources. There
fore. we Will have in the Health De
partment to assist our officials Miss
Lillian Wald, Miss Anne Goodrich. of
Teachers College, and Miss Parsons,
of the Red Cross. Desk room Will be
provided for these assistants on Mon
day.
Miss Elizabeth Gregg is supeYin-
tendent Of nurses of the bureau Of pre-
ventable diseases. She is in charge Of
all the nursing problems presented to
the Health Department. Miss Gregg.
or an assistant, will be on duty in this
c ttice and in every borough throughou
the city day and night Persons re-
quiring nurses should telephone the
department.
Telephone Service Crippled
J. S. McCulloh. vice president OF the
New York Telephone Company, yester-
day made this statemont:
The epidemic Of influenza and pneu-
monia, icy streets and the continued
rainfall. which have kept people within
doors and caused them to turn to the
telephone to conduct their social and
business affairs, have combined to add
an unusually heavy burden of telephone
messages to the already abnormal
traffic
The difficulty in handling this huge
load Of telephone calls is increased by
the fact that from 1900 to 400 op-
orators are absent or account OF sick
ness.
Delays in handling calls are un-
avoidable. In certain central Office dis
tricts, where traffic has been congested
for some time these delays frequently