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Show Wage War oh Flu to Cut Death Rate, BAN PUT ON WEDDIHG -PilS- a, . 0 Epidemic Continues to Spread in Utah; Ogden Hard H.r; S1r Ijilc. Cases Are Increasing UNIVERSAL wearing of gauze - face mask was strongly advocated today in a public . appeal made by Dr. T. B. Beatty, state health commi&Hioner, as a final and effective effort to curb the ... . continued ppread of Spanish Influenza. It la dentrvd by health author. ttea that the masks be worn on the atreeta and In all public places. Dr. Bfatty alao ruled that no more weddings, with .'large numbers . of Kuests will be permittd during the epldnilc. Only membera of the Immediate Im-mediate families ara permitted to be present. Dr. Sum net G. Paul, city health rommtantnn, declared that the scourge has now reached a point where It munt Inevitably run Its course of at leant two more weeks. There are no vinthle aigns of abatement In the spread of the epidemic and the only hope lies In tho efforts of Individuals to keep the death rate down to a minimum. a The health authorities . are doing everything In their power to prevent the further spread of the dlaeaae," aid Dr. Paul, "but It now Is Impossible Impossi-ble to curb It without great Individual effort. As In all other such epldemica, . It Is my opinion that this one will run Its full course , before It begins to " . lensen. The only sensible thing for health authorities and Individuals to . do la try to keep down the death toll. - And the efforts of one are futile without with-out the strictest cooperation of the other. AVOID INFECTION. "Many people have placed the whole burden of curbing the malady upon the health authorities. No matter how many regulations are made and what efforts are pur forth the disease will continue to spread If people do not make Individual efforts to avoid Infection. Infec-tion. Affliction or even life or death are now matters of choice with Individuals. Indi-viduals. If the slightest symptoms of Influenza develop the person should Immediately go to bed. Wearing of face maaks la perhapa the moat cer-w cer-w tain preventive measure against Infection Infec-tion that can be taken. An abundance of common sense and care are eaaen-tlal. eaaen-tlal. FLEETWOOD NAMED. Owing to the Increased, volume of work resulting from the epidemic Dean W. W. Fleetwood of fit. Mark's Kpls-eopal Kpls-eopal church waa today appointed aa-sintant aa-sintant manager of the local chapter of the Red Crosa. Dean Fleetwood will act aa assistant to Manager Robert Rob-ert J. Shields and will devote all his time to the work during the preeent crisis. The appointment waa made by the Red Crone executive committee. lp to noon 1000 gmure face masks had been delivered to department stores, factories, offices and Individuals Individ-uals by the Red Crosa. They are also on sale at all drug stores and the Red . Crone shop and headquarter for IP V ccnta each. Announcement waa mad that be- s reuse of the great volume of work nec- en nary In combating the epidemic and preparing face maeke the Red Cross jiend quarters In the Amelia palace will .Continued on page 10. BAN PUT ON WEDDING Continued from page 1.) remain open from I a. tn. to midnight Indefinitely. NINf DEATHS REPORTED. lloalth authorities reported a con tinned spread of tho malady In Halt lake and other distrlcta. Twelve additional ad-ditional caaea wero reported in the county and one death. Twenty new cases wero reported up tn noon today In tho city. Thla makea a total of 121 new caaea In the city alone since yeeterday morning. -Nino deaths waa tho toll of tho acotirgo In Halt Lake during the same period. 'Thirty-six additlunal teachers have ! volunteered to servo aa nurses during tho epidemic. There la. however, still an urgent need for more nurses, especially es-pecially from out of town distrlcta. ORderf in nHtrt to the mnt aerl- ously afflicted city In the state, according ac-cording to population. Yesterday alone there were seven deaths and 700 new cases reported there. Among the deaths twas that of Karl Trunecka, a member of the Hlnger'a Midgets troupe nf vaudeville performers, which appeared In HmH Iake two weeks ago. Five other oth-er members nf the comiwny are also seriously III with Influenxa, NURSE VOLUNTEERS. Miss Louise Kan Ke, supervisor at tho L. I. H. hospital, volunteered today to go to Ogden to take charge of the Influence hospital there to succeed Miss Myrtle H wain ton, who la now seriously seri-ously 111 In the lee hospital with the malady. Miss Zan Ke Is on her vacation vaca-tion and volunteered on account of the serious shortage of nurses. While Hpanlsh influenaa is said to be having a serious effect on the output of coal all over the conn try, it Is believed be-lieved by local fuel officials that L'tah Is coming out pretty well in regard to, the disease. Only fifteen cases of the drive tha Red -Cross emergency truck while the schools of tha city are closed. He Is a teacher In one of tha city school a As many of the Red Cross workers are III from tnfluensa tho Red Croaa I work Is lagging, according to Manager Hhields. The demand for supplies Is so I urgent, he appeals t Red Cross work-t work-t era who are not 111 to report to their I respective units for work. 1 epidemic have boen reported so far I among the miners of the fifteen districts dis-tricts of l'tah, according to Moroni ; Heiner, district representative of the ; federal fuel administration. I TOWN ISOLATED. I A report reached Salt Lake from Thomas Sneddon, production manager for l'tah and Wyoming, that at lia- mondvllls, Wyo., sn absolute quaran-, quaran-, tine has been placed over the city. No ! one is permitted to leave or enter the f district during the epidemic. At Han- na, Wyo., all the miners are said to be I wearing face mssks and that the town ! la in the serious throes of the epidemic. 1'ark (My has declared a strict t quarantine to prevent a "serious outbreak out-break of the malady. This la lyrhaps ; Ihe only c-ty of Its size in th " state that has not been seriously affected by the epidemic. Halt Lakera'who de- sire to go tn Park City must first ob-i ob-i tsin a permit lo enter the town and j then undergo a physical examination. j TENTS FOR ELECTION. I A suggestion has been made to Dr. , T. B. Beatty that the election on No ' vember & be held outdoors, with tents j for polling places. The suggestion was , made yesterday by Thomas Homer, 1 county clerk. Twelve mure cases of Hpanlah Influ- j 1 ensa In rill Ike county Just south j of the city 1 mita were reported to Ir. I T. H. Beatty. state health commissioner, commission-er, today. There was a death from ; the diaease at leamington and four , addition towna in the tate reported j the presence- of the malsdy. They sre i I"tiultch. Draper, Henderson and Mtnerxvtlle. Sarilfth Influenza and tuberculosis are communii-ateil In the same way.' f lr. Heatiy said today. "There Is, how-.ever, how-.ever, a marked difference in the incu-i incu-i ballon perltnl. Influenza shows tip In ! from a few hours to a few das after ' the Infection enters tho body. KISSES DANGEROUS. ;"' I nfluenjia Is spresd bv the cough ' sntV' the sneeze without shielding the mouth and the noae. thereby spraying the air and all persons nearby with th lnrecti e material. It is spresd by kmsing r by banding articles that hae leen handled 'by a sick person and then pttung; the fingers Into the mouth without firnT washing them. -Tlie., disease Is communicated by spit-i spit-i tttia on the f nr or ground, or by , using the same towels, drinking vessels, ves-sels, eating utensils or kindred arirles thst are used by the sick. In some in-I in-I sis nee s even the breath alone is suf-ficient suf-ficient to carry Ihe germs. GIRLS MAKE MASKS, i Influent t masks sre being turned mft by ihe hundreds by the Chi tmega srority (f fe I'niversity of l'tah. ' Manager H. J. Shields reported today iAn aieal has teen made by the Bed Cross to the Relief societies of the Mormon church to make a can vase to ascertain the number of trained nurse j who are available for duty overseas i with the American expeditionary forces. It wss first decided not to take ; up the survey until tha epidemic of in- fluenza had abated, but upoa receiving , the sanction of state health authorities 1 it was deckled to undertake tho work for the government tf the women of the societies would aid. If the survey la made it will take plac during tha week of November JO. Every woman who aids la tha survey will be compelled to wear an influenza mask. L. A. Bhdg eland hag volunteered to |