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Show Whisky Needed To Save Lives Say Physicians Vigorous Fight Opened to Prevent DestKuctipn of Liquor Declared Necessary to Treat Influenza. OLD -JOHN- V. HOOCH, alias John Booze, under sentence of -death as a menace to the great commonwealth of Utah, who I was to have been guillotined at 10 o'clock this morning, has been rrantcJ a reprieve until Monday. John's death sentence was or-Jc-red carried out by Judge John F. Tobin, but a reprieve has been "ranted by Chief of Police J. Parley White in response to a storm protest from Salt Lake physicians, ministers and. other public spirited citizens. f Liquor is needed in the treatment of influenza arid pneumonia, physicians declare, and instead of being destroyed the store of confiscated con-fiscated booze held by the police department should be turned over to hospitals for use upon demand of reputable physicians. CONDITIONS ARE BETTER. ' Influenza runditlon aer Improving, health officials state. Twelve new caaea only were reported to the local bourd of health up until noon today. Thai sin ...ii i a is aw .ie steward urve. acording to Ir. Ueatty, and tho Increased number of death In the past two day is not alarming and waa to be expected. If conditions i-ontinue, whlrh in all likelihood they will, the epidemic ahould be under control noon, and the epidemic character char-acter of the disease will ioon subside. t iQimp MFrnrp. The plan of destroying the confis-s confis-s cated liquor held ny the police department de-partment by pouring it-into the city ewers has been characterized na waisteful and foolish by a number of Salt lakt'8 most prominent phyal-I'iftns. phyal-I'iftns. They are unanimoO in ap-proving ap-proving the plan to turn the liquor over to the hospital for treatment of Influenza and pneumonia cases and i to in re that auch a move will enable them to save many lives that other-wine other-wine might be lost for lack of that blimulant. Chief of Police J, Parley White has been beseigncd with appeal and entreaties en-treaties from health officials and private pri-vate citizens from communities throughout the state, for sufficient fiquor to be used In treatment. of influenza. influ-enza. They were Informed that the j chief of police had no authority to dls- j poie of the liquor in that manner, and ( lie would be able to give it to them i only upon an order from the governor j directing htm to turn a certain quantity quanti-ty of the liquor over to them. On man fiilled up and stated that hi physician ordered liquor for his wite and that it waa necessary to save her life. "I IFE OR DEATH." "ff you don't give It to me, chief,'' he wailed, "my wife's blow! will be upon yonr head." Another man who had been ordered ajv ht physirfan to procure liquor for .it frk child, declared that unless tire 1 1 lr. A. V Reer. head physician In 1 charge " fhe third war prison hos-i hos-i pital at Ft. Douglas, says: 1 !TlitaluuorhQuJ(iie KlvtlUfl the. hospitals for the treatniciu of influenza in-fluenza cases. Influenza is different differ-ent from any other known disease. The blooj becomes thin like water and under miroscopin observance 1 thinner blood corpuscles are shown than In any other diaeaee. Whisky ts necessary tt combat the trp- j toencci, the Influenza germs, thst ' produce Hcptirrniia. or blood poison - r "rmr j "In the war prison hospital we have had 15 case of Influenza and three death. The three deaths are due to relapses of patients who had recovered, but who failed to take the proper care of themselves. All of the patients have been given two 1 teaspoon full of pure grain alcohol eery two hours, and this ha produced pro-duced urpriingly good results. We were forced to use alcohol for this purpose because of inability to procure pro-cure whisky. "A number of cases where the patients were so far gone as to be vomiting blood, subjected to this treatment and have recovered. In cases where the patient has begun vomiting blood, and liquor Is not I procurable. It is 'all day with the patient. 1 am heartily in favor of ' giving the liqITor to the hospitals, and I wish the chief of police would give me some whisky for use in the war prison hospital and In my private pri-vate practice." 1 ! department in my estimation should he 1 left entirely to health autrtortties snd also to the hospitals of th city. If it. own b iiH fnr p-tiTtl. fni mftfrlntll purposes it should not be run out Into the gutter. The mayor and the official offi-cial of the city and slate public health departments ahould have a voice In the difpoattlon of the liquor. Thomas R. Cutleri , chief gave him liquor he would be re-. re-. pponslhlo for the death of the child. Cnder the plan suggested by Chief of Police White, the whisky held by him should be divided equally among tne three hospitals in the city, to be uaed tiHn direction and d'-mand of phyai-ctnna phyai-ctnna for the treatment of pneumonia nnd influenza canes. In that way. If a physician wished liquor for a patient lie rnfiy procure it from one of the hospitals. Rev. Gorg E. Da vies, pastor of the Firzt Presbytensn church: "I am opposed to liquor as much cs any man in the world, hut I feel that JT the reputable physicians of the ity rm make use of this whisky to s.ive human life it would be criminal t destroy it. Of course. I would be i.i f.ivor of Its ue, only for medicinal I u i joes and then at the direction of 1 .M'oimblu phyaiciaiis." Rev. James H. N. Williams, pastor of ths First Methodist Episcopal church: "If a physician in whom I had confidence prescribed whisky for any illness from which 1 myself might be stifleting, I most certainly would accept what he prescribed. ! .am opposi ) to liquor In the common use to which it has been put, but If the rrch, ,,i fraternity can find in It any medicinal v hie to alleviate suffering or save human life, it seems to me Cut they should hjve It." E. O. Howard, vice president of Walter Wal-ter P rot hers Banker end chstrman of Asecuttve committee ef the local Red Cross ebspter: "The disposition of the v Hia'V In th hnd of the lot-sl police "I do not see what public safety has to do with the disposition of the liquor In Its handa. I am sure It is good for medicinal purposes, both antiseptic snd otherwise, snd 1 think physicians of Salt Lake snd health authorities should he those to determine just what to do with It. I know It can be put to better bet-ter nse than running it Into the street." Dr. George W. Middleten, presicUnt of the Salt Laks County Medical asss- eistien: "By all means give the confiscated con-fiscated liquor to the hospitals, to be open to the demands of reputable phy-i phy-i sicians for use as a medicine. I am 'against the use of whinky as a bever-age. bever-age. but it has a definite medicinal value In the treatment of all kinds of pneumonia cases. Jf this plan Is followed, fol-lowed, th whisky in the custody of ihe hospitals here cannot be misused.' Dr. H. Z. Lund, formerly physician In charge ef ths state penitentiary. "Do not destroy the liquor, but gtv It to 1 the hospitals Whisky is & stimulant Jof Inestimable value and la s last re- sort In pneumonia cases. When the heart fails It has better resuscitating and reviving qualities than anything ielse that may be used. When the heart its at Its b i went ehb In extreme pneu-! pneu-! monla caes whisky will whip the heart j along and often save the life f the patient. If the patient can be kept up ) for a number of hours through the use , of whisky until the crlms la passed, i the patient's life will be saved." Lee Levtnger, manager Worrell 1 Manufacturing company: "Give the I whisky to the hospitals, by sH means. Dr. 6ol G. Kshn. president of ths ' 6tats Medical essocistien: "I am I aa-uint the indiscriminate use of j whiaky, but I am heartily In favor of ! Its use for medlclnsl purposes. Only ! this morning I had thres rises where whisky w-Mild have been the most effective ef-fective medicine to prescribe, but it could not he obtained. Often It will save s humiin life where all other methods or druga will fall. If this Is placed in char of the hoapitals of j the city it will perform a great service for humanity and ths public may be assured as-sured that it will be used only when uhaolutely necessary. Whisky has unlimited un-limited melicinal value and In my opinion it would be a crime to destroy it when there la so much suffering and uigent netd for it." Dr. Samuel H. Allen: "(live the whisky to the h'up!tals for use In cases i where It is nec-snary upon the direc- i tion of a reputable physician. WhlKky has been found of value in the trat- I ment of convalescent ennes of typhoid ! and pncum:ii.a of all kinds. Including ' Influenza.'' Dr. A. A. Kerr: "The destruction of whifky by pouring it into the city sewers is both wasteful and foolish. It should be given to the hospitals. It haa a definite medicinal value snd Is an excellent stimulant In the treatment nf convalescent Influenza cases. It will ssv life In extreme pneumonia cases where septic conditions make the use of a stimulant necessary." W. F. Earls, csehisr of th Nstionsl ; Bank of ths Republic: l favor glv- j irK the confiscate! liquor to the boo- pita!. inKtead of dtroyinjt it by pour I nuj it into the city sewers.'' 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