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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918
SPANISH INFLUENZA IN U. S.
Outbreaks of a malady believed to
be either Spanish influenza or a par
ticularly virulent form of grippe have
occurred in several places in the east
ern part of the country in the past
few weeks. If it is the European dis
ease that has attacked large numbers
of soldiers of both belligerent groups
as well as civilians in Spain, France,
Italy. England. Germany and other
countries it very evidently has been
brought to us by persons coming to
our shores from districts overseas in
which it was prevalent.
More than 1S00 cases. 90 of which
resulted fatally, have been reported
in Boston, most of the victims being
soldiers or sailors. At Camp Devons,
Ayer. .Mass . I .non soldiers came down
with tin- disease and an acute respir
atory infection believed to be the
influenza has appeared in several sec
tions of tie- cantonment at Camp Dee.
Petersburg. Va. Picture shows, on
tortainmonts, religious and other meet
ings have been prohibited within the
latter camp in the hope of checking
the outbreak.
The influenza is epidemic in towns
about Brockton, Mass., and as a re
sult the output of the factories in
this groat shoe-manufacturing center
has been greatly curtailed. The* dis
ease has a iso appeared at Fort Mor
gan. Ala.. New Orleans and New Ixjn
don. Conn.
The disease, according to Surgeon
General Blue of the public health ser
vice, comes on suddenly, the first
symptom being a chill. This is fol
lowed bv fever, with temperatures
from lol to 105 degrees, headache,
backache, reddening and running of
the eyes, pains and aches in all parts
of the body and general prostration.
He- advises persons so attacked to
take at once to their beds and im
mediately call the doctor
Treatment consists chiefly of rest
in bed. fresh air. plenty of good food
with Dover's powder for relief of the
pain. The patient should remain in
bed so long as there is any fever.
Great care must be exercised during
convalescence in order to avoid com
plications such as pneumonia which
often results in death. Balts of quinine
find aspirin have been generally used
in treating the disease in Europe.
Intelligent action on the part of the
public is absolutely essential. Dr Blue
says, if the outbreak here is to be
controlled at all; an effective quar
antine is impossible but precautionary
measures may and should be taken.
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President Wilson has proclaimed
October 12th as Liberty Day. The
proclamation urges citizens to cele
brate the day by responding to the
Fourth Liberty I<oan. October 12th
is the 426th anniversary of the dis
covery of America.
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Pay of Hun soldiers has been raised
from thirteen cents a day to twenty
three cents. The Kaiser may have
to make it thirty cents before the
war is over in order to keep up his
supply of cannon-fodder.
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Of the millions of young men now
in the armed service of the United
States several hundred went from
Cordova and the Copper River valley.
We sent them away with cheers and
blessings and socks and cigarettes, and
we follow their fortunes with eager
ness and pride. Rut what else are
we doing for these brave fellows?
Many of them gave up lucrative posi
tions to serve their country, and per
haps many of those who return will
be maimed by the bullets and bayo
nets of the Roches. The least we
can «lo is to back them up with our
money, by buying Fourth Liberty
Loan bonds.
ATTACKING THE RHINE
The "watch on the Rhine” con
tinues but it is nowadays invariably
directed anxiously though impotent
ly toward the clouds whence come
at frequent intervals the formidable
allied bombing planes that are suc
cessfully attacking the Hun strong
holds along that river. Lately the
aniline works at the celebrated “Hln
gen on the Rhine” were wrecked by
a bomb dropped by an allied llier and
generous doses of this medicine that
is destined finally to help cure Ger
many's ills and make the world once
more a safe and decent place to live
In have been administered to Mann
heim, one of the important commer
cial centers on the Rhine, and Col
ogne, the great fortified Rhine city,
birthplace of the perfume "eau de
Cologne."
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COMMENTS OF EXCHANGES.
Alaska is to be Investigated again,
this by a committee who are
to lo.... over our coal, timber and
agriculture. The bunch of learned
investigators will find that wo can
stand a lot of investigation—in fact
the more you look at Alaska the bet
tor it gets. There is no shoddy here,
but all wool and a yard wide. - Douglas
News.
The News has pointed out repeat
edly the necessity of doing something
to stay the decrease in the gold out
put. The necessity of relief now be
comes more apparent than ever. If
the industry is to stand against the
ever-increasing costs of operation, as
assistance must lie rendered. Gold
miners cannot handle low grade prop
erties on multiplied costs of opera
tion. Already many of the lowest
grade properties have been shut up.
That is why the world this year is
receiving fifty per cent less gold from
the Yukon valley than it did last year.
Not only are the miners quitting the
game on the idd and known properties
but they have ceased to look for new
gold properties. Tin- prospecting in
dustry is demoralized Dawson News.
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Popular song is coming true: the
Yanks are coming and they are also
going
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Now that the Germans are having
to go barefooted perhaps they'll real
ize that the war is bootless.
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Only kind of strikes which should
be tolerated nowadays are such as the
allies have been executing on the
fighting front.
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Huns are not certain where they
are going lllnally but General Koch
has got them on the way and is re
lentlessly keeping them going.
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Workers in one gun factory at
Bridgeport, Conn., instead of going
on a strike or loafing on Labor day.
put in their time increasing their out
put They cabled General Pershing
thus: “To help you win and win
soon, we give Labor day a meaning
true to its name by giving, without
compensation, five hours of our time
on this national holiday to the build
ing of 155 milimeter guns to shoot the
Huns.” That’s the true spirit, and
the righ (way to celebrate. What a
contrast to the miners and others who
are striking!
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tiirls are complaining at having to
pay $20 or upwards for a muff. That’s
nothing; there was an $8,000 muff ex
hibited at the championship baseball
game in Boston the other day. Flack,
of the t’hicagos, muffed a fly and thus
lost the game that would have tied
his team with the Bostonians and
given it a chance to draw $8,000 more
of the gate-money An even costlier
muff was in evidence on the same
grounds four years ago, when Snod
grass of the New York "Giants" muff
ed a ball and thus caused the loss of
the championship by his team; that
was a $20,000 muff
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Parliament Member
Appreciates the Way
Americans Respond
LONDON. Oct. 4.—T. P. O'Connor.
M. P . at a committee meeting of the
American refugees' fund, expressed
his profound appreciation of the great
work which he wound on his recent
visit to America was being carried
Son by the. American committee for
i Armenian and Syrian relief, of the
keen enthusiasm of their workers and
j of the hearty sympathy which he en
countered on all sides.
He was deeply impressed with the
"colossal'’ generosity of the American
public, and with the reports of the
| work of the agents of the committee
! both within Turkish territory and in
the regions adjacent to the various
battle fronts.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, Oct. 4.—Yesterday's
tish prices were: Halibut, firsts. 12c;
j seconds, 10*4; sable, 4c; red rock, 2c.
Armenians Take
Part in Victory
BOSTON, Oct. 4 -A cable received
here says that Armenian volunteers,
many of them from America, partici
pated in the British victory over the
Turks in Palestine
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Japan Plans
for Building of
Concrete Ships
KOBE, Japan, Oct. 4.—The Kobo
Shipbuilders’ Guild has received in
quiries from the United States con
cerning the possibility of building
concrete ships in Japan. Beading ship
builders held a conference on the
matter and appointed a committee.
Members of the committee ex
pressed confidence that concrete ves
sels could be laid down here provided
some of the materials could be sup
plied by the United States.
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Hun Prisoners
Working Grain
Fields of France
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE. Sept. 2.—(by mailt —
Thousands of German prisoners, many
of them taken by the Americans in
the drive north of the Murne and
southwest of Solssons. have been
working in the grain fields of France
during the last few weeks.
In some instances a single French
soldier guards fifty or sixty Germans
as they labor in the field. One French
soldier said he had been guarding )
prisoners all summer and that not ;
one of them had endeavored to escape, i
All of the Germans working as liar- ,
vesters still cling to their gas musks,
many of them carrying them on a I
strap over their Shoulder as they
toil in the field.
At night tin- German famers' help
ers were taken to quarters in the dif
ferent farming districts where t' tn-!
high barbed wire fence had In en !
erected.
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Japan Will Help
Babies of France
KARUIZAWA. Japan, Oct. 4 Japan
will help the babies of France by
collecting funds through 195 Christian
kindergarten unions in Japan. The
funds will he sent to the kindergar
ten unit of the American lied Cross.
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