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Show 6 Salt Lakers Die of "Flu"; U. S. Is Asked for Nurses Epidemic Rapidly Growing- Worse in Utah; Conditions Con-ditions Reported as Alarming; Further Restrictions Re-strictions Ordered by Health Officials. ".Send us physicians and nurses at once." was the urgent message sent by Dr. T. B. Bc-itiy, state health commissioner, commis-sioner, last night lo burgeon Cencral Rupert Blue at Washington. Hundreds of nurses aj-o needed throughout the state, according to Dr. Beatty, and many people are suffering on account of the shortage of doctors and nurses. liobert J. Shields, head of the Bed Cross work in dull 1-ike tried vainly for twelve houis yesterday to secure a nurse for a family in Magna, every nietnbf r of which was helpless with Spanish influenza. influ-enza. Urgent appeals were issued by Dr. Beatty and Mr. Shields for workers willing to volunteer as nurses. .Mr. Shields stated that many of the nurses in the city had contracted the ri isease before the proper precautions bad been learned and the disease recognized. As a result the shortage of trained help is very acute. One hundred and sixty-one new cases of Spanish influenza developed in Salt Lake today, according to the city board of health. Entire families were reported to be prostrated by the malady. Dr. B'eatty issued an order to all railroads rail-roads in Utah yesterday prohibiting the sale of tickets to passenger afflicted with influenza or the transportation of such passengers. Conference was the event which brought hundreds to Salt Bake and spread the disease, he said. Six Deaths Reported. Six deaths were reported in Salt Bake yesterday as a result of Spanish in-flenza. in-flenza. Melvin P. Smith, 2 1-2 years of age, son of T. W. Smith, died in Salt Bake -last night of Spanish influenza. K. J. Miller, a resident of .Vernal, .Ver-nal, Utah, died at a. local hospital. He contracted the disease lour days ago. Azello Garcia, a Mexican, died at a local hospital from pneumonia which developed from influenza. A Japane.se died at Judge Mercy hospitay early yesterday morning. Mrs. L. A. Rushenburger, 402 Colonial apartments, died at a local hospital hos-pital last night. Charles "Herbert Sutton, aged 26 years, 643 East Fifth' South, son of Henry and Elizabeth Smith, died at 1:20 this (Tuesday,) morning. Dr. Samuel Paul, city health commissioner, com-missioner, stated la'St night that employees em-ployees of the department were working work-ing at full speed and overtime in coping with the situation. Many of, the inspectors have voluteered to work late at night to help relieve the situation created through the epidemic. Mr. Shields reported last night that sixty rooms had now been prepared at the Judge Mercy hospital to receive influenza in-fluenza patients. He stated that thirty new patients had been received before noon and there were indications that more than that number would be received within the next few hours. A soldier in the aviation corps was discharged as cured yesterday morning. Appeals Pitiful. "The appeals from all over the state for nurses and physicians are pitiful," said Mr. Shields last night. "Whole families are helpless for lack of skilled care. Patriotism Pa-triotism should impel women of the state and city to come forward and offer their services to the Red Cross in this hour of need. We are entirely unable to supply help to many stricken towns. The services ser-vices of volunteers will be paid for if necessary. They should call or ring up Red Cross headquarters at once and many lives depend on a generous and speedy response." re-sponse." "Gauze -masks will be furnished at Red Cross headquarters to all people who are nursing or coming in contact with influenza influ-enza cases. All gauze workers are requested re-quested to put in full time in the rooms at Red Cross headquarters as the work is lagging. The gauze rooms are open every day in the week from' 9:30 a. m. to 5 p. m." Dr. Beatty stated last night that sixty-five sixty-five towns now reported the disease in Utah. New towns which reported the presence of Spanish influenza yesterday were Cornish, Devil's Slide, Felding, Glenwood, Helper, Orderville, Silver City, Storrs, Woodside and Wellsville. He said Ogden had reported two deaths, Sanpete county one, Mt. Pleasant one and Coalville Coal-ville three. The visit of a soldier who was unaware that he had contracted the disease dis-ease started the epidemic in Coalville, ac-; ac-; cording to Dr. Beatty and now over fifty cases of influenza have been reported. Taken From Trains. 1 Dr. Beatty said that five patients had ; been put off the train in Ogden suffering i from influenza and that the number being taken from the through trains at this point ! was constantly increasing. ! The board of county commissioners voted yesterday to turn over to the Red Cross all county charges who are afflicted with influenza, the county to pay for their care. The patients will be sent to Judge Mercy hospital. The order concerns only indigent patients who are proper county charges and is not an endeavor to provide pro-vide care for all persons in the coun ty who contract the disorder. Captain J. M. Dolph, special representative representa-tive of the military relief corps, is organizing organ-izing emergency influenza hospitals in neighboring towns. These hospitals will work under the direction of the state board of health. Robert Shields yesterday sent letters to all hospitals in" the city urging that all operations not immediately necessary be postponed in order that the nurses may be spared to nurse influenza cases. Death at Bluflfdale. Miss" Doris Fullmer, IS years of age, died of Spanish influenza at Bluffdale yesterday. yes-terday. She was the daughter of Oscar Fullmer, chief deputy sheriff of the Bingham Bing-ham district. She was the oldest of eight children. Every member of the family with the exception of Mrs. Fullmer has contracted the disease and the only boy is seriously ill. Miss Fullmer was a native of Bluff-dale Bluff-dale and highly popular among the young people of the district. Funeral services will he held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in Bluffdale. Ogden reports a large increase hi the number of influenza cases in the city. One doctor reported 4S new cases yesterday and stated that twenty-five were serious. John A. Allen of the Western Bottling works died yesterday after an illness of six clays. Frank Cargo, a U nion Pacific engineer, j died as the result of influenza yesterday afternoon. The body was removed to the Kirkondall rlianel from the Pee hospital. Word was received in Ogden r.f the death of William Urtden, a well known Union Pn cific engineer, at Evans ton. David U. Sline, assistant city attornpv, received word of the d-'ath of his brother. Marry Stine. at Waterloo, Inwa, from influenvi'i. Mr. Stine left last niirht for Minneapolis, where funeral services will he held. Hospital Is Crowded. The nintoen men who were to report In the University of Utah today were notified no-tified that they will be granted furloughs fur-loughs pond ins; an tmprove.men 1 in the health situation. The Doe hospital is reported re-ported to be. filled to capacit y wi I h influenza in-fluenza patients and twelve of the nurses are said to have contracted the d'scasc. The shortage of nurses is acute in Odn. A report of the death of Eliza June Kens-ley, Kens-ley, daughter of Jesse R. and llehecra ,f Kenslcy, in Ihe count y was made to tho county board yesterday. O f finals of Opdcn and Weber con n t v haw opened n ioint etnergencv ho.-m) t a 1 j In the Third Wan! Amusement h:ll a Twen t -seen nrl a nd C p;i n t ,sl ree ( Un-( Bong! as has been asked to supply lnvN and rntv. The post officials have wired headquarter.; "asking permisMon lo act in the nm 1 1 or. Christian Band Icy, Z'2 years of age, a ' Minor- Operations Should Be Stopped to Release Nurses AN urgent appeal is i:sued to all surgeons of the cil y lo postpone, all operations which are not i tally necessary. This appeal is made in order to release re-lease as many nurses as possible to aid in combating the influenza epidemic. epi-demic. The appea I for nurses who cannot be supplied at present is pitiful, piti-ful, and the situation merils the most serious consideration find co-operation from all doctors and surgeons. BOBKRT J. SHIELDS, Manager, Bed Cross. native of Provo. died on the train while re l u rn i n g f rom V i rgi n ia . His w i To was to meet him in Salt Bake but received word of his deal h and went to receive the body in Ogden. Mr. Bandley went to Virginia about three weeks ago to work on special inductions from the draft for munition works. C. J. A. Uundquist, undertaker, took charge of the body at the station and it was sent to Provo at 9:30 o'clock last night. Other Deaths Reported. Kamas, Utah, reported a death from Influenza In-fluenza in that dist rict. I iennefer reported re-ported to the state board of health that several cases had developed and l bat an Isolation hospital had been established. A message to The Tri bune from Coalville Coal-ville last night announced the death from influenza in that city of J. Arthur Beard, 32 years of age. Mr. Beard's wife died of the disease la st Wednesda y and ab the time of her death both Mr. Beard and their 9-months-old boy were critically 111. The baby is said to 'be out of danger. Mr. Beard was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Beard and for many years had been employed by the Coalville Co-op, of which his father is manager. George Eord, who died at Fort Logan, Colo., of Spanish influenza, is the son of John and Ellen Lord of 161 Saxon court. He left Salt Lake on October 2. His body is expected lo arrive some time today at the Larkin funeral chapel. Theatrical Foik Stranded. One hundred actors and actresses are out of employment in Salt Lake as a result re-sult of the closing of the theaters. Some of the higher salaried artists are well supplied sup-plied with money while others are far from rich. James Con Ion, a well known actor, wired to Pat Casey, head of the vaudeville managers association in New York and Chicago, asking what he would advise the actors and actresses to do. Mr. Casey replied that his advjee was for them to stay in whatever town they were at the present time and await developments de-velopments The artists state that it Is the uncertainty of when they can resume their tour which worries them the most. t Their salaries stopped when the shows closed. One theatrical manager remarked last night that although actors were the first to offer their services at benefits when great calamities had visited cities yet no one had volunteered to help them out In turn during their trouble. |
