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Show INFLUENZA CLAIMS 63 HEMES HERE Two Additional Deaths Reported Re-ported to Health Department Depart-ment From Hospitals. MOBILIZING OF NURSES Officials Consider Plan of Temporarily Forbidding Public Funerals. Ttvo additional deaths from Spu ni-rh influenza in-fluenza and sixty-three new cases of the scourge were reported to the health authorities au-thorities of Salt Lake yesterday, as a result of which the board of health is tiou' considering the advisability of forbidding1 for-bidding1 public funerals for the victims of this rapidly spreading: disease. John K. Christ onsen. '21 years old. son of Albert and A ernes Ohristenserr. of Pair-view, Pair-view, l'tah, died yesterday at a local hospital from pneumonia, follow inp an attack of Spanish influenza. The body will be taken to Kairvtew this afternoon for services and interment. Ted S. You up, IS years old. son of John Y. "and Nancy A. Young of Henderson. Hen-derson. Utah, died yesterday at another hospital. Spanish influenza, which developed de-veloped into pneumonia, is given as the cause of de-ath. The body will be taken to Henderson today for services and burial. v Coalville. L'tah. is one of the most severely se-verely affected communities in the state in proportion to size, according to word from there yesterday. George Biard. manager of the Coalville Co-operative store, and his family, as well as the family fam-ily of his son. Arthur Biard. which consisted con-sisted of his wife and a I -year-old child, are all severely ill with the malady. Mrs. Arthur Biard was last night reported to be in critical condition, and it was said that her recovery was uncertain, while her husband and her baby were said to be in no immediate danger. Mayor Is 111. Mayor Axel Bloomquist of Coalville and his family of four persons are reported re-ported to be very ill of thesame ailment, while V. T. Johnson, owner of the Coalville Coal-ville barber shop, is said to be fairly on t he road to recovery iroVn a severe attack. at-tack. The malady k said to have been h rough t to Coalville by a soldier whose name was not learned, and who visited friends there about ten days ago. He spent considerable time in -Mr. Biard 's store and was shaved in Mr. Johnson's barber shop. Both Biard and Johnson ere seis'ed with the ailment immediately imme-diately afterward, and the present epidemic epi-demic then ensued. KYom Ogden comes word that eipht mirses who have been isolated for several sev-eral days in a ward at the Pee hospital suffering from Spanish influenza were much improved yesterday. It is said that the cases are much akin to severed capes of the grip. The situation is thought to be well in hand, however, and no deaths are anticipated. Reports received yesterday from Mode Mo-de r,a. near Coalville, state that sn many cases have developed there within the last few days that the officers have trloted practically everything in the town. The cases undergoing treatment at Mo dena are believed to have been contracted by the sufferers' while they visited at Coalville. To Forbid Funerals. Referring to the situation in Salt Lake. It. Samuel G. I'aul last night said: "f The number of deaths continues to increase, in-crease, and if the ailment continues to spread at the present rate, we shall for- '. hid public funerals for the victims. Dead bodies do not spread the disease, but the families of those who die of it have ! in most cases been exposed, and it is in-advisable in-advisable fur friends to gather in a j home or meeting house and mingle with j persons who may, in the course f a j days, develop it. We have no desire to j -rI;r public funerals discontinued, or to ! di. commode the public in any way. but ; we would much prefer if the people of j Sak Lake would voluntarily refrain from j al',-:nding the funerals of Spanish inf iu- er.za victims. If it becomes necessary . j however, in ordr t- check the spread of ! this d iscase, we shall ordr tlto diseon- j i tnuance of public funerals in these I cases." j In an effort to keep Spani.-h influenza j from finding its. way into the state pri.-'m. i he state board of corrections yesterday ; tiosted a ruling to the effect that no ! , more visitors would be received nt the ! pri'-'on until further notice. ; Fled Cross worker? suffering from the , rii:ica?c. or i hse who have, developed ) j-u:-nioiou symptoms, will not Im per- , mi t ted to work at thf- headquarters of The organization. nO ording to an order : L"ued yesterday by the management of , the local chapter. Fo.-'"-rs to this of feet J hae been enn-pb uousiy pia ed in a- j nous parts of the building. I Red Cross Is Active. Immediate t o p n re to a. . n '' j ihr 'o'al KM Cro.-r- for tlm isolation; and are ot Spanish i nr iuon.a patient-j at the .1 uie -M ere y lio? -i 1 a 1. Today a rom mi i 1 1 ee rejiren 1 1 n r the . X p.mi t i ve rj f i -a r t in c n t of Suit I a k e chapter v.' i 1 1 vj-si; ihe hospital building and arranjjn to pi) t it in cond it i on for i nunrd in t c O'upanfy. Selootion of the rxn.-utivp board -om-' 1 n;i t tee w a- made at a meet i n u of t he j board ye-. e pi ay afternoon. Th- roin-rn roin-rn i Uop wa ? vp st el with t'n II a u t hori t.y I to ond net nr'f.;irv ;i rmno mo f or J nr nf the building. Ihe .1 u-lo M rr-v hospital has not been usor a- -U'-h frr tnc pat five yea r. but has ber n we I! eaed for and i said to b" in rmdifjon for tenanev. It com plM o!y furni-hrd. Kd f'ro-is ofi'i.-iais have been i n -h' rue lr'l to arranr plans -o that in ra,-.e of a I! from the outbid-", t h"-y will be able to send out nur-oa to a-.iM in rarinp "or f n t -. in Spani-h i r fltion y.;y vtri'-kn ditrifts. At local h'adqnar fnr-j vn-tor.lnv a resolution w a - pa--'d bv the rje'cutnc hoar a n t hori '.i n 'j t h : chairman to nrp"'nt an ''influenza"! -oni mi t f o( of n i nf nu-'n be r-, to in njcr j ate v. i t h the 1 1 y . t a t c and r n i I i t a ry i authorities in n campaign to i-lif-k th.-j -prrad of the malady. |