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Show " ' THE PRESS-BU- JSTIN PAGE TWO advantages of today that, the influenza i3 much more deadly than was the plague of the middle ages. It is an old statement that pestilence kills more people than war, but in the past that has been largely due to the lack of proper medical care. At least during the greater part of the present war disease did not keep pace with the bullets in the matter of destruction, but it is very likely when the figures are obtainable for the year 1918 that it will be shown that disease carried off more men than did the battle. Scattered all over, this country can be found towns where not a single soldier has been killed in battle, but there can. hardly be found a town anywhere that has not had a number of deaths during the past few weeks from influenza. In this state the un-dertakers in many towns are overwhelmed with work and their parlors are stacked with dead awaiting burial. Burial service now goes by priority and in many instances dead bodies have been held a week or more awaiting in line for interment. ? With reference to the disease there are many people who are intensely afraid they will take it and many others who say that they are not afraid at all and pay no attention. But being afraid or not afraid has nothing to do with its dangers. Precaution of all people is the big thing. It is a most dangerous disease and all people should act with prudence ard obey instructions of the doctors and officers. The doctors are overworked and nurses are almost unobtainable, and it is the duty of everyone to try to avoid contracting the disease. ta. h la I INFLUENZA IS A GREAT PLAGUE i The epidemic which is now exacting an immense toll of hu-man life in America and Europe, known as Spanish influenza, will be reckoned in history as a great plague. So far it has baf-fled medical skill and has claimed one hundred times as many Americans as have German' bullets. In big cities like New Vork and Philadelphia graves for the victims have to be dug with steam shovels, and in the smaller cities throughout the country tjie work of making graves has been enormous. The Great Plague was a term applied to all fatal epidemics in the middle ages, but is generally linked with the deadly disease known as Black Death. The symptoms of the plague as given by reference books are as follows : "The general symptoms resemble those of other fevers: shiv-ering, rise of temperature, pain in the head, back, limbs, etc. Bleeding from the lungs, though rare in recent epidemics, was formerly regarded as a characteristic symptom of the Black Death in its most virulent form. About the second or third day the most distinctive features of the disease present themselves glandular swellings, usually in the neck, arm pits or groins ; these generally break and lead to prolonged supperation. The cause of the epidemic has never been determined. It is certainly very us and is the most destructive of all epidemics." The Black Death is supposed to have started from the lower Egypt. It devastated the Roman empire in the sixth century and claimed many millions of victims. In 1348 in the city of Florence, Italy, it carried off 100,000 of the inhabitants and in the following year is said to have destroyed half the population of Europe. It swept London in 1665 and in a few months time 100,000 persons in the city perished. At that time it wa3 called the "Great Plague of London." Since then it has visited several portions of Europe and Asia, but its destruction has been less disastrous. But when the plague wrought such havoc it was in the dark ages when there was no efficient method of combatting the dis-ease or preventing its spread. The sanitary conditions in the congested centers were doubtless of the worst and the methods of treating the disease were very crude. 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The athletic orders placed by the war Work agencies are the largest in the history of sport. Keep the boys' spirits high and they will tend to I the Raiser. Get behind the United War Work Campaign Citizens State Bik 1 Q. BJCELLJ1:Cashier J i SPRINGTEX is the underwear fStirrf tJ-t-i ',' with million little iprini in iti yfjOXM7fig w j; fbric which "eive and Uke" 0?5derZ&vIaV 9 J j! with every movement of the tt'" I ! body, and preierve the shape of fVIv?" "TT ! the garment despite long wear ; V 'ff'""'"r ! ; and hard washings. ' IF - )jr4 ' J ! It if the jfear-rou- underwtar, light, ' 'I "' jj ! medium or hvy weight, u you like. . l A u ' "Remember to Buy It '. sr-- --- Yo'U For.t You Ht It Oq" ( j; Aik Your Dtaltt PjS 'in , Vv UTICA KNITTING CO, Makers ' r Cf ;! Sales Room: 350 Broadway, Ntw Ysrk clJV- - y-'-' EDITORIALS (By C D. McNeeley) The kaiser's job got to where it was not paying, and so he resigned. ; ,' to P A victorious party should only give jobs to its good party workers. Utah and the solid South elected solid Democratic delegations to the next congress. The other states sent mixed crowds. Some of the boys may be home for Christmas, but the great majority will celebrate the great event this year in France. M i w . : - State wide prohibition has been written in the constitution of Utah and this means that it will be difficult for the state to ever become legally wet again. ; pi yai n LaFollette will doubtless hold the balance of Rower between the Democrats and Republicans in the next congress, and that being the case both parties will most likely flirt a little with him from now until next March. " The United War Work campaign is now on. Utah is asked for $400,000 and this money will be needed and must be raised. Those who think that no more money is needed for war purposes are wrong. Now is the time to subscribe. Four years ago Germany was the most powerful nation in the world with the exception of America, and today she is lit-erally beaten into the earth. It was all on account of militarism. By her preparedness for war she has lost everything. It teaches a lesson. . to P, Germanv spent forty years in preparing for war, and Ameri-ca which had made no attempt in that direction, did more in . less than two years than Germany did in nearly half a century . in the matter of getting ready to fight. And America's war work put the finishing touches on the war. to Otto Kappele, who holds a Democratic job in this county, said to be worth about $15 a day to him, joined hands with the Republicans in the recent campaign and did his best to defeat two of the Democratic nominees. And while he is now awaiting prosecution for criminal libel, he is still holding a job handed him on a waiter by the Democratic party. to to to When word was received Monday that Germany and her vassal allies were on their knees waiting to accept any terms which America and her victorious allies might offer, Mayor Kelly of Bingham, very properly called a holiday in which to properly celebrate the great event. ' . WILSON'S DIPLOMACY AND TYPEWRITER " a...,,,, "The cheers for Wilson in the streets of towns throughout Austria-Hungary- ," remarks the St. Louis Post-Dispatc- h, "are, something to which historians will devote extended explanations. P When, before, has a war ended with the enemy applauding the executive of their most powerful adversary ?" Give a few moments to thinking that over. The facts justify our contemporary's conclusion that "the typewriter, despite ed sneers, has done an execution not inferior to that of the vaunted machine gun." , It is President Wilson's statesmanlike diplomacy, his stead- fast altruistic purpose, his patient, persistent efforts to reach the populations of the enemy countries, that has contributed with an effectiveness that only history can estimate at its full worth, to weaken the enemy morale and break down the war spirit. He has reached them with the appeal of the still, small voice that penetrates to every human heart no matter how encrusted with selfishness and error. His recent interchange of notes with Germany, there is good reason to believe, contributed to the democratic reversal in tiie recent election. The people were for "unconditional surren- - " ? nodw&erin." Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Lodge played skilfully on their prejudices. But few open-mind- ed and intelligent men will doubt, in view of what has transpired, that the clattering typewriter," which was both sure and firm, has had much to do with speeding the German surrender, shortening the war and saving-thousan- ds of valuable lives and hundreds of millions of treasure. It was Wilson's wise diplomacy, too, that by backing Lloyd George's courageous efforts brought about the unity of com-mand that evolved order from confusion and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. It is Wilson's diplomacy, again, that within the last few days brought about an agreement between the entente powers and the United States as to the terms of peace before the pre- sentation of armistice conditions. This was an achievement of the first rank and of tremendous importance. It meant a dic-tated and not a negotiated peace. It forestalled the confusion and danger that would have resulted had an armistice been reached before the powers at war with Germany had settled their own differences. Those differences, otherwise, would have been left for solution at the peace table, with infinite pos-sibilities of mischief. A Paris dispatch of November 5, says : "Colonel E. M. House has been the recipient of numerous ' congratulations over the agreement reached by the inter-allied conference at Versailles on the important questions before it, notably the armistice terms for Germany and the terms of peace." The logical conclusion is that it was for the purpose of bringing about such, an agreement on peace terms and armistice terms at the same time, and prior to any dealings with Germany, that the president dispatched Colonel House to Paris. From the beginning Woodrow Wilson's efforts as a world statesman have been crowned with success and have been of incalculable value. They .have earned for him a place of undis-puted primacy and made the United States and its ideals the dominating influence of the world. That, despite the adverse verdict returned by his own coun-trymen, President Wilson will continue to hold that place must be the earnest hope of every friend of human liberty who is praying for a just and enduring peace. THE WAR WORK CAMPAIGN The hope of an early peace must not be permitted to dimin-ish the enthusiastic and generous response of the people to the United War Work drive which began last Monday. The drive is to secure funds for the support of various asso ciations that are caring for the health, comfort and happiness of the nearly five million men who are serving their country in the army and navy. The associations include the Catholic and Jewish charities; the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations, the Salvation Army, the American Library Asso-ciation and the War Camp Community Service. It is thanks to them that the men who are fighting our cause find some degree of ease and comfort to ameliorate the hardships of war condi-tions. Their coffee, their doughnuts, their sweets, their tobacco, their religious services, their comforting ministrations, their , camps, huts and libraries, render a service to our boys the value of which can never be measured in money. Whether peace comes soon or late it will be perhaps two years before the armies are demobilized and the ships put out of commission or returned to the ways of commerce. The pro-cess of getting our two million men out of Europe will be longer and more difficult than was the process of getting them there, because English and other ships that were used for their trans-port will be imperatively needed for other purposes. Meanwhile our soldiers and sailors will be needing, just as keenly as ever, the services of the associations for which it is now our duty to raise funds. It is not only our duty. It is a proud privilege. There is not a citizen who lives in his own home, sleeps in his own bed eats nt his own table, and has done so throughout all these awful days of carnage arfo misery, but should be glad to make some real sacrifice of his own comfort and convenience, even of his own necessities, to contribute to the help of the soldiers and sailors whose lives are lives of constant hardship and danger. Back up the organizations that are backing up our boys! pi p m j If you like Hohenzollerns, you can soon, no doubt, pick them ; up very cheap. Fl The armist'ee has been moving slowly, but everything else in Europe has been going fast enough. Although necessity has made the Ccrmans most skilled in the utilization of substitutes, they will never be able to satisfy 'the allies with any ersatz for surrender. v |