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Show ASKS GOVERNMENT FOR 12 NURSES Seventy Influenza Cases Develop Suddenly in the State Industrial School. 80 NEW CASES HERE Quarantine Regulations Issued Is-sued by Health Authorities; Authori-ties; Urge Masks. Dr. T. B. Beatty wired to Surgeon-General Surgeon-General Rupert Blue at Washington, L. C, last night for twelve trained nurses. Dr. Beatty says the nurses are needed at once. Seventy cases of Spanish influenza influ-enza developed suddenly in the State Industrial In-dustrial school in Ogden. There are 110 boys in the institution. Many are seriously se-riously ill and yet it was impossible to find one trained nurse to fill in the emergency, according to Dr. Beatty. Eighty new cases of influenza were reported re-ported in Salt Lake to the city board of health yesterday and eight deaths. Ogden reported three deaths and sixty-seven cases exclusive of those at the industrial school. Dr. D. F. Myers of Spokane arrived in Salt Lake yesterday. He was sent to Ogden Og-den by Dr. Beatty to aid in the fight against the disease. Dr. Myers came to Utah at the direction of Surgeon-General Rupert Blue. Two trained nursep who arrived in the city trom Twin ' Falls, Idaho, before the call from the industrial school came, were assigned to urgent cases at once in Salt Lake. K . Quarantine Ordered. All persons contracting influenza must stay home ten days. They must also wear influenza masks for one week following their release; according to the order of Dr. Beatty. It was announced last night that any patient violating this rule will be punished. Dr. Beatty stated that he had received many reports of-vio-la tions of this order. The death toll in Salt Lake yesterday follows: Mrs. J. E. Coon, 235 East Thirty-third Thirty-third South street, died while a nurse was on her way to the residence in answer an-swer to an emergency call sent to the Red Cross by a neighbor. Mrs. J. C. Yeancey. 22 years of age, a resident of Magna, died at the Red Cross hospital. James A. Eakins, 31 years of age, died at a local hospital. Ada Helming, 45 years of age. died at a local hospital. AVoodrow Jorgenson, 1 year old. died at a local hospital. Mrs. Mae B. Wende, 39 vears of age, died last night. Evelyn McCartv, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Samuel McCarty of 205 Paxton avenue, ave-nue, died at a local hospital yesterday of influenza-pneumonia. The body will be shipped to Ogden for burial. Licklin Christine Jensen, daughter of Nels P. Jensen, 752 Parker's lane, died yesterday of influenza. She is survived also by two brothers. Charles and Merril. The number of Influenza cases reported to the city board of health since the epidemic started is 1700. Dr. Samuel G. ( Paul, city health commissioner, stated that many doctors of the city were neglecting to report all their, cases as they were so busy. He urged that each case be report-L report-L ed as soon as possible. Officers Co-operate. Dean W. W. Fleetwood, who represents I the Red Cross under the direction of Dr. Beatty. said that not as many calls .for help had been received at Red Cross headquarters as usual and the cases In the city had not proved as distressing. Dean Fleetwood visited Ogden Wednesday night and he reports that splendid cooperation co-operation exists between the Red Cross and the health authorities In that city. Yesterday a man reported to the Red pross headquarters for duty tn nursing the sick. He stated that he found he was too old to go to the front but he could cook and was willing to look after needy families. He arranged his business busi-ness affairs so that he could go on duty this morning as his services were eagerly accepted. The "Silent Moment," or the simple ceremony of the Red Cross workers held at noon each day of pausing during work for one minute and thinking of the boys at the front and wishing them well, went into effect yesterday noon at I Red Cross headquarters. Favors Masks. Dr. Beatty stated yesterday that he was strongly contemplating ordering or-dering all clerks and other indoor employees em-ployees to wear gauze masks. He has consulted with the federal health author-, itles and with the health Workers of other" states and finds no instance where this order has been announced, but local health authorities express the opinion that the measure would aid in speedily checking the spread of the disease. Rainer was one of the new towns to report cases of influenza yesterday. Twenty cases and one death were reported re-ported there, fetanda rdville has declared a strict quarantine but no case has yet appeared. Kanosh. Hyrum and Center-ville Center-ville all reported the presence of influenza influ-enza for the first time yesterday. Park City pool halls were ordered closed today to-day by Dr. Beatty. The town has obeyed the quarantine rules with the exception of the closing of the pool halls. The number of new cases of Influenza admitted to the post hospital at Ft. Douglas yesterday showed a marked decrease. de-crease. The total new admittances for the day wan fifteen cases. Those in the hospital are continuing to Improve and patients are being discharged daily as rovered. The quarantine at the post is still being strictly enforced in an effort to get the malady under control and will be cnforced'untll it has disappeared. Ogden Deaths. The deaths at Ogden as the result of Influenza follow : Mtb. Johanna Krult-bosch Krult-bosch Ternes, 24 years of age, wife of Fred Terries; James Nerden, 2K years of age, and Clarence Raker Frantzen, 27 Twenty -seventh street. Funeral services for Mrs. Ternes will bo held Saturday at p. m. in the City cemetery. Three members of the same family, all Victims. of Influenza were burled In Lehl vesterday. They wore Charlei Qoate. his daughter Vesta, 8 years' of age, and Elaine, r, years of age. Kenneth Goate '0 year a of age, was buried Sunday. All four died in Ogden where Mr. Gonte waa Kiiperintendent of the State Industrial farm. Beaver reports the death of Stanley Stan-ley Edwards, 2?, yearn of n:e ami Arn-brone Arn-brone Harris, 21 years of age. Lamar Van Wagenen, 25 years of age, died Wednesday Wed-nesday at Midway, Wasatch county. Fun- oral services will he held today at 10 a. m. A, J. Hunt, a prominent stock man of P.exbnrg, Idaho, died while returning to th.if city ftorn the east of Influenza. Funeral Fun-eral services will ho hold Sunday In Rox-borg. Rox-borg. Morgan, Utah, Is reported to be suffering suffer-ing severly with the disease. Eleven deal nil have occurred flnce the epidemic started and there are now 24ft oases In (he to,wn. Three Halt Mke nurses are coping with the situation. |