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Show ;'FLU" CONTINUES TO SPREAD S 2 J 5 ? f 26 HOME'S REPORT DISEASE HERE ARE FOUR NURSES who bravely volunteered to nurse Spanish influenza in-fluenza patients at the Judge Mercy hospital. Reading from left to right they are: Miss Gwen Tenuey, Mrs. M. A. Thompson, Inez Whitakcr and Mrs. S. M. Solomon. '111 t7s S x j- ' '-.:' ; I), , j l : . ' : - ! ' J I: - - iJ Dr. Samuel G. Paul Aids Officials of Ely, Nev., in Combating Epidemic. S.sTS H influenza id still p! eadinsr ihrousiiout Ttaii and I r, T. H. Beatty yesterday viitod several towns in which the malady had become prevalent. In Sail Lake calls were received by the city ' board of health from twenty -six more homes, hue the exact number of ca.e was not esti-ma;e,j. esti-ma;e,j. Clifford tlray, 'l years of aire. d.M at a local hospital last mm o; icieu-monia icieu-monia dev t-lopinsj from inMiienza. He recently re-cently arrived .from falilornia. Ir. S-aniuel T-'aul, city bfalth nnini-pioner. nnini-pioner. stated last nimU i iia t om- xwn of the patients who die) in Salt Like of the disease wre residents here, and th.it all tiie others bad come into the j t I upon discovering thai ihty wer- suf;er-i suf;er-i n? with infi uenza. It. fa ul returned last nii;ht from Kly. Nev., wbere . ii-'nl cone on urgent nva:e fiiislnets. While i ti-epp tiu- first three suspectr-ci ,-nse o; S;jar.is;i Influenza were brought Jo his attention. at-tention. 1 1 " at npee d ;a z nosed ; ! i e r ases as Pennine. The bealtn a u t iiori ties reiue.-te, thai lie ad ise all i oiic'tih-'I liow to lian-die lian-die the threatened eiddemic, n.s he had encountered many cases in Salt I.akf. Many residents or Mc :rew panic-stricken panic-stricken w hen they learn.-d that the in-f.uenza in-f.uenza had reached 1 :iei r fit y. br. )';i ul advised individual precaution ap the bot measure of protection. II" t:ave tlie an-thontles an-thontles the hern-fit of his eyperience in every wav and told them l h ri t they h;i better avf more cons id-ra t ion to h;tn-fllini' h;tn-fllini' the 'rises wiii- li woubl come to them and Je.-s to franib- attempts Ht nevfntint: i t f spread. Me rvised ihnt if thr-v Au: ctifftvf do-inn rules tney niake t-ir rule u niversid. Town Closed lp. Cefote I r. Paul left tne 'dry f.e:-y .i -loon, church and pubim building was closed by order of the h.-;ilth authorities, and the epidemic bad set in. A f' c o i ( 1 1 1 1 ? ' c I r. I ;ni I, I h ft first a es in KIv u, 'id deceived tin- ph vb-ia ns I here, as t hev were so mild. Tie p;i y that manv p.ttienfs u ;i y contra' t Ihe j i i i ;md not be h w;iri' i ihe ffict ;.ni thus ! snr-,-id the i.-r-ms befoit- liicv become y.-riously id. .Ind'e Mirr'y ho'-T'; t.i 1 is now (he cene of '4 cea i a' r i vi ; v a f i "( t wo v-a r' of idle . n When .J . f-'red A nderson t onk cli.irye as l,ii--inevs 'iiian;ir:er for the pur-po-e of putting the pia'-e in shape fo handle han-dle the Spanish ilifhien:i i;is-h he found I no e-iuipm' lit and he ;o ed Jt liiir task. Iist uit:hi. Lh'OiiL'h liN untirini; efirnt ant) with 1 1 )'-. i; ea i t v i ri - o; i -1 n : j r n of ; )f other hospifnls r,f ihe cilv. he bad sne-ee-ed in ni ti in:; i he br.-nna I lu - ondl-; ondl-; ion i" handle h: b ast -j. u j,u ', lenN if ii"' i'y;i ry. Mis. M ;i f i ,d.i Thorn m. v. ,(, vnt fnr-j fnr-j iii'Tlv general s n j e n n I e f u ' e 1 1 1 of t'.e hns-i hns-i ''.:al. h;L ,'K',iiii iic-ri ola.ed in ,iai!:e. 'i'A.-n 'lennev. ImcZ WhPal.er and Mr-:, S. M. Sol. .mon. ah -laduaie nur'-ic, :j,,d-1 :j,,d-1 1 ' volunlecT ed their vi '. h m nd a re i Vtikiiit; Willi her. Thl"e t;',de,;'! ailoa le , nurre;; ;t re a!s' a v' i s ' Inc. ri-'den1 fi"m 1 I he niedb al s' boo! iia'. (,!niii.,.. "d T i Uf vlfCM a orderlies , nd a r- i , ' -. lo I... dobi- ' eileni A'irV 1" I:. It. Ibipe.-I iv. hon-e rdi-"b i.m, win.e in-. . I'.lo-wn-!"ir- is iissi-dlin:. Cet I Iciirly Support. I 1 . , y pe, uo,, ,, ,,. ;M ; , 1 . -.t I " t lie i, ((. i r, )(, . ' ! a hinj; r he ,-ei mis of t d."-- . - e mI. in- I : roa I a nd n.;w- T'i.- ni;i ir; . nd di, - tOP'-. pie-rill .1 eil d .1 .J Hi' - a fi t !,,. in" e -ilentlv .itt.ont .. ill, their U alun-.., iui'deri r.e'lind 'Ihe ii,i-";. leidav and mor-i- wit- ipieie.1, I'ihii1 id the patients were seriously ill and required re-quired constant ;.t tent ion. "We have received heart" support from individuals and companies throughout the city." said Mr. A nderson yesterday. " H . V. bowman of the l"oapd of education has given invaluable emergency service and ca me to our rescue at eve ry turn. We wisli to appeal to the teachers of the city to go on duty at the Judge Mercy hospital hos-pital on probation. Their services can be utilized in many ways at once. More graduate nurses will also be needed. "This is typical Red Cross work and we want to be able to meet any emergency emer-gency which may arise. The city Kmer- uency hospital has placed its ambulance at our disposal. The management of Salt-air Salt-air donated sufficient dishes to sunp'.y our needs, and it is impossible to enumerate enumer-ate tiie number of others who have xen-erously xen-erously come forward to aid in the work." Other hospitals in the city reported that all their influenza pa; ten ts e re doimj w ell and that no iew cases had arrived. According to physicians and nurses of ihe city, children tire apparently escaping the disease more easily than adults. 'inly a few children have contracted iuflu-, enza I r. Pa ul a ; tributes tins to the fact that the children play in t lie sunshine sun-shine and spend more time in tiie open air than adults. At a joint meeting of city, county and stat e health of f nh.iis with execut ives of the lied i 'ross and officials of the re-gon re-gon Short Line railroad yesterday steps were taken to prevent a congestion of local hospitals with patients from remote points in this :a t e and from bordering states. Action was taken after the reading read-ing of an order issued f mm the depart -nu-nl of Suryenn b-neral Blue la-la t um SLjfferintr from contagious diseases. Limit Ticket Sale. Surgeon Oeueia' Hiues order directed di-rected to tiie lailmad svstems of the country and prohibits the sale of a ticket t'i any per.-ou di-plaing .-ympte-ms of being afrh'-ied. and i; also n-iu:res the reu,oa! of sui'h pat;ents from trains im-merii.it'-ly upon dis. nery being made that they are . 0:1 lamina tt-d. A report submitted bv the ): board of health showed development of twenty-five cases in the twentv-foiir hours ending at noon yesterday. There are sixteen sufferers suf-ferers lodged in the I led i 't os e mergence hospital and six more will be t",i'i '-! tins morning The latter are now at the county hospital and a r ra ngernen 1 3 were made at yesterday's session lor their re-mn re-mn a 1. The suhie t of oidainint; an ade-piaie tn;m:er of trained nurses to meet the new situation was fully diseij.-s--d and an appeal ap-peal has been nt out lo ah physe-sans asking I ; ' e : 1 1 to re I ease e verv p 1.-.-: ble nurse from their mtvi.c. The ri;- admin ad-min is t ra t ion lias tendered the ser ices of (wo school nurses ami (lie county has made a similar c ontriimtion to the staff. The Red ro-s today will s.-nd nut agent i each branch ionneet.-d with the Salt I'ike chapter to urge upon the branches the neces-dtv of helping in. tlie iiandiimt of the influenza siiual.on. i;ee-outmendat i;ee-outmendat ions wih le id'fereil lor 1 lie establishing es-tablishing of hrancii emergcnc !n-pitals. !n-pitals. Tins action was taken a an expedient ex-pedient to aid in rd;e v i ng t hreat ened congestion in Salt Lake iin-pitais. Yesterdav tne management of ihe local Red Cross received word that three a'dive members of the n 10 1 or corps attached 1 o that Institution had been stricken with influenza. in-fluenza. Among these Mrs.- Hugh Van Swearin'en. captain of the eorps. New Cases at Fort Douglas. A to.al of t w en ! - four new cases of influenza w-to admitted to the Influenza i sola I ion hospit a 1 a I l-'orf 1 'ougla s yes-tefday. yes-tefday. M" till number nineteen laso were from cm 1 si-le of the reservation and fi-. e cb-wdoped al : iie post. While the admittances yesterday show an increase over tin- preced Ing da v. it i not taken to indicate any Iii'Teased virility of tin- epidemic, bill the development develop-ment of ca.'s from previous exposures. The mejical a 11 1 hoil t ies at the post are putting forth every efforl 10 stamo out tiie disease and every precaution posinie is heing used to prevent spread of t be in feet inn. Thus, fa r verv few ea ses have developed at the pnsl ll.odl', but a large nmi! her have been b rough I In fin 111 the oul-ide, mnsih- from ihe student armv naming corps of the I'niversitv of I'taii. Two Deaths at Ogden. The fifth ami sixth ileaih-; fmm Sp.in-i-b influenza in igden were reuni ted to Ihe health board wsleidav. In the d-aths of .lobn Roldi I'urrinclon. '.hl.Mi Lincoln avenue, which occurred at o'ctm k hod night am) Ra v A. lamdev. l.';s;. Wall avenue, ave-nue, who died at I o'clock lb in morning. Th h r had been i I sic, e Thui . oa . Ra v Lrn-jb'V vaH burn in igden, I e-cernber e-cernber I. l.-iVu. He is survived hv a wife and four children, mother, three brothers hind a so-ier. He ha. I b. en employ .,1 as a 11 engineer fnr a 11 11 1 11 her of years. The f 11 nera 1 a 1 1 a iigeimjnt s will be a 11 nnu need later. John Robb I'liirbu-ton v ,n b-en In U est Weber. I 'tali. KelM uai c IT., 1 -S 7 . Ibis Ib-is ;uiiedbv a wife ami three children and six brothers It is yi I thai Mi-.. i'lirriiiitton and two of ihe children, a No u brother, aie afflicletl with the malady. mal-ady. I''uucial a 11 a ngemcni s will be an-IU'll an-IU'll le ed la t it. Xo repnil upon the number of new but from a yendnlTicial source il uhm au-jioiiu au-jioiiu I that the spr.-a-I of the contagion . was nil the decline In Hie cilv. |