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Show DOCTOR DIES OF INFLUENZA! 32 T0VJS OF GRIPPED f Dr. P. R. Merrill of TW , monton One of' State's First Victims as Mai ady . Spreads Rapidly. An order prohibiting the uee of alaeeee promiaeuoualy by aoda fountaina and aoft drink parlor, -and directing that all beveragee ' be aorvod in Individual aanitary , drinking aupa to prevent the fur- ther apread of Influema, . waa to be laaued today by Or. T. . ; . Beatty, atata heelth eemmteeioner. TH aoda fountaina pnd aoft drink 1 parlora will be given reeaonable . time in whieh to proeuro a aupply . i of Individual sanitary drinking ', aupa. SPANISH influenza continued to spread throughout thr state; according to reports reach ing the atate board of health,' Ogden now reports AOS eases of the dlaeaao with one death yesterday and two mora laat nlatat. . Dr. P. R. Merrill of Tremorann died laat night; . a- victim of Ppanlsh Inflttenaa, cording to renorte reaching Dr Realty. Rphralm haa reported twenty f.ve eaaea, i He vera I noothella failed to obey thi cloalng order of the atate board o health yeeterday. reoorte to Pe Beattv atate. Complaint will be lodged with the proper authorltleg upon the dlecovery n any ponlhalla, or other placea coming within tho order, retraining open today. Dr. " Beatty declared, and vlgoroua meae. urea will be taken to carry out the, enforcement of the order. - . DP). IflTTY WARNS. " The necessity of taking nrecautlong I to avoid any outbreak of the dlsesf Is urged upon Industries employing a- number of persons by lr. Beatty. All , placea of hualneaa should conduct their affairs with windows open, at lowing for the freest possible ventlla; tlnns. he ssys. Also extreme pain should be taken to detect ths earr . presence of the disease and the pereot affected ahould be sent home to sta' until hs has recovered from the Infection, In-fection, It was stated. Pisces employing large numbers 4 men and women, aa department atorej and cannerlea. should hsve some In-dividual In-dividual appointed to mnke a dalle-Inspection dalle-Inspection and investigation of alt rer no rm reporting for dutv. and ahould send any person horns shewing signs of the dlaease. Dr. Beatty declares. VIEW WITH SUSPICION., Persons living In a house where the disease hsa appeared should be looked upon with auspiclon, Ir. Beatty asserts, as-serts, and they are urged to stay at home on the first appearancs of the dlaeaae. Other persons are urged to stay out of ths sickroom except when It Is absolutely necessary to be prea ent, snd they, as well as thoae caring car-ing for the sick person, should -wear masks, furnished by the Red Cross upon application of the state board -of health. A mask In ths sickroom (si ss Important to the Individual as gua mask to the soldier In the trenches. It Is said. Where others than ths per-son per-son 111 with influenxa ars compelled aa-aaaaaaaaaaaI!ZlZ!llln''A P.". f ?-j-L-.- UTAH DOCTOR DIES, VICTUil OF SPANISH INFLUENZA Cross chapter. Wendover, Nev.. sent In a call today (or mask a MANY CITIES STRICKEN. Towns reportlna Influensa. are: American Fork. Bear River, Bountiful, Brlabam. Caatle Gat. Clarkston, Coalville, Coal-ville, Delta. Echo, F.phralm, Fillmore, Heber, Henefer, Iloneyvllle, Hoyts-vllla. Hoyts-vllla. Kamaa, Kaysville, Lark, boa, LAieln. Modena, Murray, Oasis, Ocden, Ophlr, Park City, Pleaaant Grove, Salem, Sa-lem, Wlllard, Salt Lake City, Wendo-ver, Wendo-ver, Tooele. (Continued from page 1). to stay In tha sickroom, tha bed should be screened with a sheet. This method has been found effective In army camps. Persons couching or aneetlnff should screen the mouth, snd .pitting should be prohibited absolutely and made an offense with arrest as tha penalty, Dr. Beatty declares. SIX ARE ISOLATED. Six parsons, four adults snd two children, sll said to be suffering: from sagravated cases of Spanish Influensa. were taken from an Oregon Short Line train this morning and placed In the Isolation ward of the city emergency hospital, pending the opening tomorrow tomor-row of Judge-Mercy hospital. Tha victims were bound to Sslt Lake from Oasis, Utah, when passengers pas-sengers on the train observed suspl- sled excitement followed In tha car, and It waa soon deserted of all other psasengers. An appeal was mads to tha conductor, con-ductor, and aa a precautionary meat aura against the disease spreading among the- other passengers ths victims vic-tims war given the entire eoach to themselves and forbidden to leave It. Tha train arrived lata laat night, but tha victims were not removed until thla morning, having been provided with beds In tha train overnight An appeal waa made to tha city board of health and an ambulance waa sent to the station to take tha vte-llms vte-llms to tha emergency hospital. Several more cases of ths "flu" were reported to tha city board of health today. to-day. Inspectors and nuraea are endeavoring en-deavoring to make Investigations of every case reported but owing to the vast number of suspicious cases this baa been almost Impossible. In a apeclal buHetln le.tted by tne atate board of examiners of barbera. the toneortallste are requested to take every precaution against the spread of the malady. It la requested that they refuee admittance to their .hope of any person who diaplays the alightest symptoms of Influensa. ' Aa a reault of the embargo placed on public gatherlnga by the state board of health, all further drllle of the Utah national guard hava been discontinued Indefinitely under an order Issued by Colonel Freeman Bassett. Many of the members, however, anked to be permitted per-mitted to drill In tha street during the period of the epidemic and thla was granted. nttETINGS BARRED. There will be no more meeting, of labor unions In Salt Lake until tha closing embargo la lifted, according to atatements today vt local labor officials. offi-cials. The ruling will he observed throughout the state. Frensled inquiries by the scores were received from local school teachers teach-ers st the office of the city superintendent superin-tendent of school, regarding the payment pay-ment of salarlee during tha period the schools are closed under the embargo. There Is no provision requiring the payment of salaries during aucn an emergency. It Is believed, however, that the board of education will view the sltustion aa an emergency and authorise au-thorise the payment of the salaries HOSPITAL READY. J. Fred Anderson, principal of the Lafayette school, haa been appointed nouae manager for the Judge. Mercy emergency hnapltal. Dr. R. R. Rupert has been aelected house phyelclan. Medical atudents of tha University of Utah will act as Interns ana orderlies at tha hospital, under the supervision of Dr. Rupert. Miss Matilda Thomp. son, graduate nurse, will be superintendent superin-tendent of nurses. Mrs. Janette Hyde haa been placed In charge of the linen supply for the hospital. Beeldea thl, staff, there will be a representative ot the atata board of health and also one of tha city board of health connected with tha hospital. Tha following special Intfuensa committee has been aelected: Bleter auperlor of the Holy Cross hospital. J. H. Franken, Mra. M. F. W. Croas-nan Croas-nan of Hu Mark's hospital, Mlae C. K. Kency of the L. D. 8. hospital. W. R. Putmsn. Joy H. Johnson, IX W. par-ratt par-ratt and A. Bowman. The hospitals of the city- are aiding In tha equipment of the Judge Mercy hospital. Forty nurses plsdged their support to those In dealing with the epidemic at a mass meeting held last night at the Amelia palace. Thirty-five towns' have' been supplied sup-plied with maaka for use In handling influensa patients by tha local Red |