Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-27 | Page 1 | Schwab Falls Victim to 'Flu'

CHARLES M. SCHWAB, Uncle Sam's chief shipbuilder, who is suffering from Spanish influenza. SEIA8 FALLS llfll IIP Public Health. Service W arns Against Any 'Sure Cures.' NEW YORK, Oct. 26. Charles M. Schwab is the latest prominent victim of the influenza germ.- The physician attending at-tending the director of Uncle Sam's shipbuilding ship-building program at his home on Riverside Riv-erside drive reports, howeVer, that tho attack Is only slight and that Mr. Schwab will be on the job in a few days. More than 100,000 persons in this city have been ill from Spanish influenza or pneumonia within the past six weeks, and more than 12,000 have died, it was disclosed dis-closed by the reports of the health department de-partment today. a WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Use of vac- j cines in combating or treating Spanish I influenza has not gone beyond the experimental ex-perimental stage so far as the United States public health service has been able to learn. In a statement tonight the public health service warned the public against any of the "sure cures" being advocated for the malady, which, according accord-ing reports today, is rapidly subsiding subsid-ing in all army camps and is showing a lessening incidence ln many states among the civilian population. "It must be remembered." said Surgeon-General Blue In a statement tonight, "that several different vaccines are being be-ing tried. Tho reports recerVed do not permit any conclusion whatsoever regarding re-garding the efficacy of these vaccines or their relative merits. The public health service is watching the experiments carefully, but is not urging any form of vaccine treatment. "The health service urges the public to remember that there is no specific cure for Influenza and that many of the alleged al-leged "cures" and remedies being recommended recom-mended by neighbors, nostrum venders and others, do more harm than good. The chief reliance must be on medical attention, atten-tion, good nursing, fresh air, nutritious food, plenty of water and cheerful surroundings." sur-roundings." Reports received today by the public health service showed the epidemic to be subsiding in Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Okla-homa, Wyoming and Utah. The reports received from army camps continued favorable today and Secretary-Baker Secretary-Baker indicated his belief that the army medical authorities have the situation in hand. It was intimated by the secretary that the epidemic will not further delay military plans to any extent. The numbers of new cases of influenza reported from army camps to the surgeon sur-geon general today numbered 1602, in comparison with 2375 yesterday , Pneumonia Pneu-monia cases decreased from 500 to 396 today. Deaths reported today were 209 in comparison with 241 yestrday. Only two camps, Qpcty, N. M.. and Kearny, Cal.. (Continued on Page Seven.) mm falls VICTIM 10 'FLU' (Continued from Page One.) reported more than 100 new cases of influenza. in-fluenza. DENVER, Oct. 26. Marked increases in the number of new cases of influenza in Colorado, with the chief spread of the epidemic centered in the mountain districts dis-tricts and on the western slope, were shown by reports to the state health board today. New cases totaled 11C5 50 per cent more than those of the day previous while thirty-six deaths were reported. In Denver an encouraging decrease in the number of new cases was noted. In the last twenty-four hours sixty new (es wrere reported, as compared to 169 for the previous twenty-four-hour period. Twenty deaths from the disease occurred today. The total in Denver to date is 3325 cases and 270 deaths. EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 26. Department stores, shops and all other mercantile establishments were restricted to twenty-five twenty-five shoppers at one time" tonight by order of the city board of health to prevent pre-vent the spread of influenza and pneumonia, pneumo-nia, A quinino famine was experienced here today k as a cesult of the epidemic, the entire supply having been exhaustd. A similar condition exists in Chihuahua City, Mexico, where ?2 a capsule was the current price while the supply lasted. "The epidemic continues to sweep through the Mexican settlements in the valleys near here. Reports from northern Mexico tell of great suffering and a heavy death toll from the disease.