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Show W CASES OF INFLUENZA REPORTED IN. UTAH IE OF II KITH JEEZE, IS ill KG Spread of Disease .he State Causes x Officials to Re-Their Re-Their Efforts. :1 to Obey Clos-Order Clos-Order to Be Fol-d Fol-d by Arrest; The- n Are Closed Tight. I :o Help .;2"ent Spread ot Influenza 3 tie r.x and mouth with :;rdierci;;f when sneezing or :i ncTds. and if yon see a too suspect of having 3ts tii a vide berth. rU! stop spitting and dis-s dis-s :':;n the nose on the street, "K offenders where neces- ;y company must keep all of cars open, -i of leaves absolutely for- Soke irritates the throat "'- making them susceptible ;-s -eras. stations of the disease de-" de-" tie persons afnicted to " o'iers. If yon feci any -: cf the influenza remain Do mt appear at work i tic genu to your fellow 'at confined to your home ":ua, insist that the permits per-mits on you wear a gauze C - Mt expose other msmbers :;Eiy to the disease. 1 L'uh is no longer merely J: to quote Dr. T. B. Beatty, L' Elate board of hfa'tih. G. P&ul. ciiy health oom-" oom-" disease has assumed the a f-:oourge. r!"-w held last njsht al the in which- .Mayor Ferry, ''''''-'lis, heads. of the Ren ""sraner men took part, it '' 'i'al more than 1000 cais 0 exist in tills Slate. To '' how fast ti, pcs-iilenee is in I'lah. it will be recalled n0'.vn eases were reported .,' a?o at Coalville. wcre known to be ic- 5 Amelia palace last presided ever by Jiajor r the purpose of enlisting :' -off r-'als, physicians, nurses . J'pors in the cause of flht- - ivhi. h to all a.-count.s l ;. 'hTOurhoul the state. It . . '' Ur. Bcatly thai t lie city ."'""in ordinance makhiR it a ,..,.lhdl;' the disca.e lo ap-it. ap-it. sued ci'rs' :v m,1i- 0 ENACT !,iC ORDINANCE. ' 1 Dr- Bcatly fhal he f. :"' ""S'tinR of the Hiv ' 1 1 Uv. h " --t such an ! '.' 1,0 of afcS.iar.jins j :'-ti.Jn :"r'arty been exposed : ., 0'r''r- hatty and Dr. I'aul, ar.pr.Jiercviot, u to '""Page'Two' """ ' BEVVARE OF II! WITH SNEEZE, IS WW (Continued from Page One.) caution should be taken by those afflicted to p ro t ec t others with whom the y m a y come in contact. It was slated tnat the slightest nasal flow was indicative of influenza. in-fluenza. Thirty-five towns reported to tlie stale board of health yesterday, showing an average of fifteen cases of influenza at each place, making a total of about '- cases in different parts of the state and more than -lf'0 in Salt Ljke alone. Kighty-six Kighty-six new cases were reported in Sait Lake yesterday. "W hile the disease has appeared extensively exten-sively in larce centers of the state, reports re-ports from Ixocan are to the effect tna t tlie disease is well in hand there and as yet there has he-en no occasion for discontinuing dis-continuing public, sratherings. Jt is s.iid that the few crixs in Ixgan are being carefully watched and that sufficient precautions pre-cautions have been taken to safeguard the students at the L tah Agricultuial college. col-lege. ARREST FOR THOSE WHO VIOLATE ORDER. Many of the business houses down tewn whore laru'e numbers of men and woiiiAti arc employed are conducting safety campaigns cam-paigns against the ravages of the disea.se. Wherever a suspected car,o appears among the employees, employers arc pledge,) to immediately send the sick person per-son homo. This, it is pointed out, will prevent the disease spreading to other employees and at the same time safe- I guard these who remain at work. , Ceneral observance of the order of the1 state board of health, which directed the1 losing of the schools. theaters. pool rooms, churches. nicctintr houses ami other places of public gathering, was the rule ye.ster.iay, so that Sa;t Lake was practically a, closed city, .ilthouth a number num-ber 01 pool rooms about town refused to obey the order. The schools of the (Jranite district did not close yesterday, hut will cloe today. "The- Granite f . hools did not close." said lr. Beatty l:st night, "because they did not know the dtfr- ase was prevalent in their uistru t unt H we notified them. They will remain closed tomorrow morning. morn-ing. v ""c shall demand the arrest of all owners of poolio una or other places found open Friday. We know that several of t hem refused to obey tlie order, but we were too busy to &et wan ants for their arrest." Murray Schools to Close. The schools at Muiniy. which were open yesterday, will also close this morn-incr, morn-incr, following an order issued last night by Dr. W. H. Roth well, city physician, that no more public gatherings he permitted permit-ted until state health officers lift the embargo. em-bargo. While it is said that no positive cases of influenza have been discovered in M-jrray, several suspected ones are under sun. elllance, and the closing of the pchfKls Is in the nature of a precautionary measure. With twelve cases of influenza reported yesterday, the city bnanl of health of Tooele last night Issued an tinier closing the schools, effective this morninu. The order also suspends the operation of theaters the-aters and forbids pubiio meetings, of every kind. Titus f a r no mortalities f i oni Influenza In-fluenza have been reported In Tooele, and all influenza victims are said to be do-intr do-intr well. Bountiful est erday reported ncht cases while a message from Kavsvillo stated that .Mrs. Nora Seoileld Miller. Dl yea rs old. was in a serious coridil Ion at that place as a result of the malndv. Her husband is with the American expeditionary expedition-ary forces In Fiance. The first death to occur In H;don as a result of the influenza epidemic whs that of Gt-oru'e M. Thenn, ."o years old. ho died last night at the residence of his father, ;. J. Thenn, at M'J Twent y.elli t h street. Me was an employee of (lie Becker .Ma nuf;iei uring company, and had been 11 since Morula y. Red Cross Is Active. The lo- al Red f :rns is put ling forth every effort to have the Judge .Mercy hospital hos-pital ready for u:;e late tod a v. or t ouior-iow ouior-iow morning. It will be used exH ird vely for the t rca t ment of Influenza pa t ients u nder t he direction of Mis. A1 h 1 ilda Thompson, who was formerly superintendent superinten-dent of the Institution. An active committee com-mittee consisting of a member of the hoard of health and t lie superintendents of local h"sijlulH will sutiervi.se I he. work. The janitors of the F.ayt and West, hlh s -hools. who were d eta I led I r the purpose pur-pose hv 1 1 . I i. Bow ma n of the board of ed u c.i I ion, ha ve been ge,i for several days In preparing the .Judge Mercy hospital hos-pital for the reception "f sufferers. An urgent call Is now being made to nil who can contribute clean old rags, to bring them Immediately to (led Cross headquarters, so that they ma be utilized util-ized a compressors nt the new hospital. J 're; a ra t ion is the keynote of S'leee.s. and every effort in bei nt; made 1 1- tlie Ked Cross to lie ready for nnv rnir.igcncy. rcdcral Officials Awake. That t he net Ion of the it tut e board nf health is in lino with the vigorous work of federal officials against the dl-ase Is Indicated In the following telegram i - fivrd yesterday by the state health com-i com-i id ssione r from Si r rgeoti General Uu pe rt Blue at V"ashlic:t on ; "Kepoils received by this bureau show that the epidemic of influenza continue In extend. I am suggesting, therefore, to all stale licillh authorities the ad h'.ihll-Itv h'.ihll-Itv of di-;--' miliums; all public men lings, closing all ; . bonis an-! phi' es of public a mil-emeiil . as. done In other slate i. on the appi arunee of o. a outbrenh.M. Abo, if not ultuu.iL.' do no. AlukU nik e I he d is- , ease reportable and I request that you communicate this suggestion to local h.ealt h authorities in your state. Please inform me of action taken." Another telegram from Chief Blue of tlie federal public health service says steps are taken for organizing against the disease, the message saying: "Tlie public health service will mobilize, with, the aid of the medical corps, all outside out-side medical aid required in combat ing the present influenza epidemic. The Ked Cross, upon specific request from this se twice, will mobilize the nursing personnel per-sonnel and furnish necessary emergency hospital supplies which cannot be obtained ob-tained otherwise. Inform all city and county health officers in your state tha t all appeals for aid must be made to tlie state health department, which will make request of the surgeon general of the public health service whenever local needs require. "Whenever necessary, the public health service will establish district officers to co-operate with state officials and distribute dis-tribute the medical and nursing personnel." per-sonnel." Governor Bamberger says that in prohibiting pro-hibiting all public gatherings in an effort to stamp out a threatened wide epidemic. ! of influenza the slate board has the unqualified un-qualified support of his of rice. Shields Upholds Board. Dan B. Shields, state attorney general, declares that in pursuing its present course the state board of health is clearly within its duty to protect the public health, and for that reason, he says, he is firmly behind the movement. Tn compliance with the orders of the state health officers, Grand Master W. R. Macmillan of the Masonic lodge announced an-nounced that all meetings of Masonic organizations or-ganizations would be suspended until further notice, while J H. Smith, grand master of the Utah jurisdiction of Odd Fellows, announced that the activities of all lodges in this state would be restricted restrict-ed to the receiving of dues and the payment pay-ment of sick benefits. The semiannual convention of the Utah Fraternal congress, which was scheduled for tonight at the Hotel Utah, has been post poned indefinitely, and the reception to Captain Frank Edwards of the British army, which was to have been given at the same place tonight by the Welsh society of Salt Take, has been canceled. Captain Edwards gave up a contemplated visit to Denver because of the epidemic, and will leave for San Francisco tomorrow. tomor-row. Other Meetings Deferred. Announcement was made last nisht by the officers of Silver Maple circle No. 0S. Women of Woodcraft, that there wilt be no meetings of any kind until further notice. The clerk of the organization will be at the headquarters in the Brooks Arcade. Monday and Tuesday, for the convenience of members. Secretary T. CI. Wood of the Scrut Court of Honor last night Issued an order suspending indefinitely meetings of that lodge, including the one which was scheduled sched-uled for tonight at the Deseret gymnasium, gym-nasium, while the Rev. J. C. Keiser of the .Lutheran St. .John's church stated that services would be suspended until the state board of health rescinded its order. The classes which have for some time been held at the Civic center in Regent street will be discontinued until further notice, according to a bulletin posted there yesterday. May Bar Visitors. At the capitol, Custodia'n .lohn H. Cook is considering the advisability of barring all visitors during the operation of the health boa rd "s ord e r. All collegiate study has been suspended at the University of Utah for the period of the epidemic, by order of President John A. Widisoe, who has instructed the students in proper methods for preventing its spread. All students living in or near the city have been ordered to return to their homes, while those residing at a distance were told not to appear at the university until further orders. All were warned to avoid public gatherings. IT. Fa it I yesterday suggested that citizens citi-zens of Salt Lake discontinue the practice prac-tice of burning dead leaves during the continuance of the influenza epidemic, as the smoke has a tendency to irritate the membranes and air passages of those who inhale it. In consequence, he says, the germs rind readier lodgement in their prospective victims. |