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Show 350 Residents Of Salt Lake Flu Victims Emergency Call There will be a. special meeting of the Utah State Nurses' association at Red Cross headquarters in the Amelia palace at 8 o'clock tonight to take action toward the suppression of the Spanish influenza epidemic. The meeting Is of vital importance and every member is urged to be present.. FOLLOWING closely upon tha voluntary vol-untary art Inn talien by the atale hoard nf health In taaulng an order closing all public gatherlnga gather-lnga and amuaement In the atale aa a precaution agalnat tha further apread of Hpanlsh Influensa, an official suggestion sug-gestion to take aurh action aa a war measure waa received today by Ih-. T. H. Iieatty, atata health commissioner, from Hurgeon fleneral Rupert Hlue of the United Htatea health bureau at Washington. - (General Ultra la In charge of the pub-He pub-He health of tha nation and la one of the fnremoat health authorltlea In tha Lnlted mate. In hie telegram today he expreeaea tha hope that Utah will take tha aame precautionary action In cloalng public amusements and gather Inga as haa been taken In other states. TEXT FROM WASHINGTON. . Following la the full text of his message mes-sage to tha alata board of health: "Reports received up "to tbta time show that tha epldemlo of Hpanlsh Influensa In-fluensa contlnuea to extend, t am aug-geatlng. aug-geatlng. therefore, to.all atata health authorltlea the advisability of discontinuing discon-tinuing all public meetlnge and the absolute ab-solute closing of all schools and places of puhllo amuaement, aa alone In other staiea upon tha appearance of local outbreak a. "If not already dona. I auggeat that you make tha report of new caaea compulaory. I requeat that you communicate com-municate thla auggeatlon to all local health authorltlea In your atata. Pleaae Inform Bia of action taken." OR. PAUL REPORTS. "There ara at least 60 active caaea of Hpanlsh Influensa In Halt Lake, not nclurilng a great number of suspicious cases.'' g, This waa tha statement today of Dr. Samuel (. Paul, city health commia-alnner, commia-alnner, when aaked for an official estimate es-timate of the number of caaea of tha plague reported In tha city. Dr. Beatty aald ha waa unable to jailmate accurately tha number of rases In other parts of the atata, owing to the fact that leaa than a fifth of the t-asea are reported to hla office. He aald, however, that there la Indication Indi-cation of aeveral hundred caaea In the outside districts. Fifteen caaea were reported from I'leaaant Grove and thirteen thir-teen others from scattered aectlona of 'he atata thla morning. jlosino order obeyeo. The order prohibiting all public gath--rings and assemblies for sn Indefinite period went Into effete: thla morning. While there la no mean! of estimating the time tha order will he In effect, ihe prediction of the health officials is that It will rontlnus for at least ten days or two weeks. torlng this period no theatres, concerts, con-certs, meetings, lodge, sessions or public or private gatherings of any rature where people congregate will ie permitted. Htate, county and municipal mu-nicipal authorities hava been asked ta cooperate with tha boards of health .n the enforcement of the order. RED CROSS SUSPENDS. t I .oral Red Cross officials announced the suspension of all meetlnge of lied f'rnea units and the suspension of all ictlvlly beyond the work absolutely nec-eeaary In combating the preeent '-piftemir. Hed f'ross workers are urged not to visit headquarters during tha period of tha epidemic, but to make their reporta by telephone. With tha continued development of new caaea during tha laat twenty-four houra, special efforta were put forth to get In shape tha Judge Mercy hospital for Influensa patlenta. With tha cloa-Ing cloa-Ing nf the achoola tha janitors from tha Kast and Weal high achoola and from aeveral of tha public achoola were rushed tn tha hospital to glva It a thorough cleaning. It waa estimated that tha hospital will be In shspe to receive patlenta Krlday. CARS SPREAD DISEASE. Dr. Paul decried tha Idea of permitting permit-ting tha atreetcara to operate during tha epidemic, declaring that the affect of tha cloalng of other public Inatltu-tlona Inatltu-tlona and tha auapenslnn of all meetings meet-ings would be nullified by tha dangers of spreading tha disease In crowded rare, lie aald It ahould at least be made Imperative that all cars operate with tba wlndowa open. With tha application of tha cloalng order almost unlvereal comment and approval waa heard from avery source concerning tha action of tha atata board of health In protecting tha public pub-lic health by tha drastic order. Many business men who will auffer heavy financial loaa through tha application of the order characterised the meaaure aa a aanaibla and timely precaution, UTAH MEN STRICKEN. Two mora Utah boys have succumbed suc-cumbed from tha effeeta of tha malady at United Htataa army camps. Private Pri-vate W. R. Mlllerberg of Halt Lake la dead at Philadelphia arid Private Jaaa W. Barnea nf Heber City la dead at Camp Holeblrd, Maryland. Hhlrley U. Barnea of Kayavllla la reported recovering recov-ering from an attack of Influensay at tha United States Naval academy ' at Annapolla. CLOSING ORDER INDORSED. Rtate offlclala ara unanlmoua In their support of tha action of tha atata board of health In putting a ban upon all public gatherlnga to check the apread of Spanish influenaa. "I am kiiuarely behind tha atata board of health In Ita action," Governor Gover-nor Himon Bamberger declared. "Tha action of tha atata hoard of health In prohibiting publlo gatherings In Ita efforts to stamp out tha Hpanlsh Influensa epidemic haa my unqualified aupport." waa tha declaration of Harden Har-den Bennlon, aecretary of atata. "The duty of the slata hoard . of health la to protect the health of the community, and for that reason I am behind It solidly In the action It haa taken to fulfill Ha duty." aald Inn B. Hhlelda, attorney general. J The atate board of health, under the statute. In title J. complied laws of I'lah for 1907, Is given power tn enforce en-force Its orders of quarantine In fighting fight-ing the dlaeaae. The health board can call upon the proper authorities to enforce en-force Its orders. MALADY SPREADINO. While the epidemic In Utah la admitted ad-mitted to be not yet beyond tha ataga of Inclplency, reports received this morning from Wsshington declare that tha malady haa now swept In all direct di-rect iona. Thouaanda of new esses are reported In acorea of cltlea throughout the country, and a total of 11,606 new cases were reported today In lha various army camps.' In tha army campa alone, tha Washington report says. 620 deaths occurred yeatarday, making a total of 6641 In tha army campa alnca the epidemic atarted laat month.- Many additional statea and acorea of individual cltlea have Issued general closing orders aa a meana of stopping the further apread of Influensa. Be-cause Be-cause of the epidemic, the state hoard of health of Indiana yesterday Issued an order prohibiting all public gatherlnga gather-lnga for a period of ten daya. All atata Institutions In Arlaona hava been ordered closed and Turson Is sealed tight so far as public gatherlnga ara .concerned. , WVOMINO HARD HIT. i Camp Dick haa been placed undei quarantine. Clalng orders agalnal public gatherings hava been laaued Iti Texas, where 4000 caaea were reported In one county , alone. Thlrty-flvi deaths have occurred In Wyomlni from Spanish Influensa and a genera pi-bllc closing order haa been leauet! In several cities. Including Cheyenne NEW CASES REPORTED. New cases are being reported to thi state and city boards of health, bui not, however. In tha alarming propor tlona of other g?ct!ona nf the country Thirty men hava been taken fron tha University of Utah tn a apeclal In, fluenaa lsnlalon hoapltal at Kt. Doug las for treatment. All ara auffeiim from the malady and eve ry j recautlor (Continued on page I.) , 350 RESIDENTS (Coiilln net 1 from pn g e 1 . Is being tuken to prevent the development develop-ment of other esses. RULES AT FT. DOUGLAS, (leneral orders prohibiting all sol- diers tf ft. Omighis or itieir families 'outside the post from visiting any piih- He gatherings riirtng the period of the j epidemic have been issued by the post commandant. 80 fur, however, no cases have developed among the soldiers sol-diers as a result of the drastic precautionary precau-tionary measures, taken. In closing all public gathering and Institutions In Ogrlen In compliance 1 with the order from the state hourd of health, authorities of the Junction city reported a total of 12& rases of influen- ! xa thrre. |