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INFLUENZA
Spanish influenza, Public Health
Service scientists believe, is very
similar to the epidemic of grippe
which swept the country during the
winter of 1889 and 1890.
Very probably, the infection,
resurrected in Europe, and after
sweeping the war-torn countries, now
has gripped the United States, has
a very ancient history, taking it
back to the day of Hippocrates and
Livius, more than four hundred
years before Christ.
The best means of treatment of
influenza cases were communicated
to the country recently by Surgeon
General Blue through the Associated
Press. Now General Blue has issued
a leaflet which tells something about
the strange malady.
“It seems probably that in 1918,
as in 1889-90, the earliest appear
ance was in Eastern Europe,” it
says. "By April cases were occur
ing on the Western front. In Spain,
according to reports, 30 per cent
of the population were attacked in
May. The 1889 epidemic, starting
in Northern Europe, also fell heavily
on Spain; the present ruler, then
3 years old, being one of the first
attacked in Madrid. The king of
Spain is said to have been attacked
in the present epidemic. The epi
demic of 1918 was at its height
in Germany in June and July. It
has appeared in practically every sec
tion of Europe. In England the epi
demic prevailed in May, June and
July.
“Outbreaks have been reported
from various sections of the United
States, but the spread has been by
no means so rapid as in 1889, when
the disease occurred in America al
most simultaneously with its appear
ance in Western Europe.
“The symptoms in the present
pandemic have been an acute onset,
often very sudden, with bodily weak
ness and pains in the head, eyes,
back, and elsewhere in the body
Vomiting may be a symptom of on
set and dizziness if frequent, ('hilly
sensations are usual, and the tem
perature is from 100 to 104 degrees,
the pulse remaining comparatively
low. Sweating is not infrequent.
The appetite is lost, and prostration
is marked. Constipation is the rule.
Drowsiness and photophobia are com
mon. The fever usually lasts from
three to five days; but relapses are
not uncommon, and complications,
particularly pulmonary are to be
feared. The death rate is usually
given as extremely low; but in the
latter periods of an outbreak an in
creased number of deaths, presum
ably due to complications, has been
reported in Spain and in the United
States. Besides bronchitis and pneu
monia, inflamation of the middle ear
and cardiac weakness may follow
the disease.
“The short course of the fever
(always less than seven days) in un
complicated influenza is an aid in
diagnosis. All ages are attacked,
young active adults being especially
susceptible. In Germany there has
been such a preponderance of cases
among the young that it is supposed
that the 1889 epidemic conferred an
immunity on most of those at pres
ent over 30 years of age. This has
not been observed elsewhere.”
A GERMAN PLAGUE
Adulteration of food and profit
eering from the sale of substitutes
for food have become a plague in
Germany. This statement is made
1 by the Chemical Institute of Leipsig
j and is published in the Berlin Tage
! blatt.
Dr. Roehrig, writing the report
for the institute, said that the min
| eralization of food-stuffs was in-:
' creasing. Gypsum and chalk are
used to adulterate flour, baking
powder and spices. Sawdust, straw
| dust and nutshell dust are sold at
the incredible prices as food adult
I trants. Carpenter’s glue is used
in the manufacture of pudding pow
1 der, and flour sweepings in the bak
ing of bread. Foreign substitutes
found in the bread included flax
fabrics, cotton, wood pulp, straw
j and sand.
The bread of one bakery con
tained 13 per cent of copper. In
pepper was found 84 per cent of
ashes and 2 per cent of sand.
Some of the food profiteers are
being sent to prison as well as be
ing fined. In one case reported by
the Tageblatt a storekeeper in Dres
den was sentenced to one year in
prison and to pay a fine of 192,292
marks.
ADULTERATION OF FOOD
RAMPANT IN GERMANY
AMSTERDAM.—“It may truly be
said that the people are being given
stones for bread, "the Berlin Vor
waerts says in commenting on a
food adulteration statement issued
by Director Roehrig of the Munici
pal Analytical Bureau of Leipzig.
Director Roehrig asserted that
samples he examined of prepared
meats contained “the most loathsome
slaughterous offal,” and that
chalk, plaster, alum, soda, sawdust
I anil plain common clay are in great
demand and fetch unprecedented
prices because they are used exten
sively for purposes of adulteration.
“Erastz Sehweinerei, "which tran
: slated means “Swinish substition,
was the heading on the Vorwaert’s
1 article.
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FAIRBANKS NOTES «?
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Victor Mente, former Fairbanks
musician, was heard from recently.
He is at Sacramento, Cal., near an
aviation school, and tells of the dar
ing flights which can be seen there
almost every day.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—At
News Office.
IRoll of Ibonor
The following boys inducted
into the service of the country
from the Nenana district have
given up their lives in their
country’s cause, being called
by death at Camp Dodge, Iowa,
and Overseas:
Harold Raymond Ande'son
Michael Saroff
Michael Edward Meagher
John Edward Nye
Nicholas Gustiff
Alex Zaboff
Joseph Gustafson
Royal Robert Douse
Killed in Action in France
Carter K. Koon
MILITARY POLICE
With the Americans on the British
Front in France.—One of the inter
esting charcters seen on the roads
behind the line is the military
policeman. He is stationed at every
crossroads, regulating: traffic with
all the gestures of a professional
traffic policeman in New York or
Chicago, but in a khaki uniform
and with a red brassard on his arm
as the badge of his authority
Everything from a gigantic motor
truck to a sputtering motorcycle
cames within his jurisdiction. The
haughtiest staff car, with its proud
staff flags and its red-capped pass
engers, is subject to the law as laid
down by that firm arm in khaki.
It is a motely pageant that he
marshals. There are big closed cars
containing generals; there are great
open cars filled with young staff
officers of lesser rank, but alert,
energetic and keen. There are
evenly-moving ambulances with the
doctor sitting calm beside the driver.
There are huge lorries, long columns
of them.
All day long the rush of traffic
on these great main roads continues, j
Towards night the roads are some-1
times quieter, but there is still
activity. All through the night, the
lorries plod on their way backward
and forward, the cars dash by, the
dispatch riders come and go. There
is no rest. Layer after layer of,
white dust settles on the houses and
the fences. Day after day the ma
chinery behind the war goes whir
ring on, growing constantly more
complex and more powerful.
FRENCH AIRMAN DOWNS
MANY ENEMY AIRPLANES
PARIS.—First Lieutenant Rene
Fonek, of the French air service, is
officially credited with the destruc
tion of 60 enemy planes, although
he has actually forced down 97 since
his first flight, August 6, 1916.
Fonck used one machine in shooting
down fifty of the German airplanes.
“I have had the joy, the murder
ous joy, of having killed 67 crews,”
Fonck wrote recently, “and I must
confess that no nightmares disturb
my sleep. The more I kill of these
assassins the happier I shall be and
the more convinced that I have
worked not only for France but for
humanity.
“The only thing to use with the
Boche is force.”
ZURICH.—Several Polish Roman
Catholic priests, together with lead
ing members of their congregations,
have been imprisoned by the Ger
mans because they concealed church
bells to prevent their confiscation
by the German military authorities,
Warsaw papers report. None of the
prisoners have been brought to trial.
They were merely told that they
have to remain in jail until the bells
were found.
Some years ago Paderewski, the
pianist, gave a magnificent bell to
the church at Kansna. This the
Austrians have requisitioned to the
intense indignation of the parish
oners.
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wage* at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
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If you go out you will only
come back "Butsed” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
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Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latoyche and
Kennecott.
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BOM BALLOON
BRITISH AIRDROME, In France.
—How the “inspiration" of a mom
ent Led to the destruction of a Ger
man “sausage” balloon by a British
observation airplane was related by
the airplane pilot, Lieutenant G. W.
Elderkin, to the Associted Press.
The pilot and his observer were re
turning from an observation flight
when they discovered the balloon.
“Far over the Hun lines I could
see one solitary balloon below the
clouds”, the young lieutenant said.
“Doubtless it was up to make a
weather report The sight of it gave
me a sudden inspiration. I scrib
bled on my pa*l:
“Shall we ‘strafe’ the balloon?’
“I passed the message over my
shoulder and a moment later looked
around. The observer was all nods
and grins.
“It was a risky adventure, but
the conditions were very favorable.
I commenced to climb towards p,
gap in the clouds well behind our
lines. In three minutes’ time we
were up above, bathed in brilliant
sunshine. Below, the clouds had
the appearnce of trees well covered
with snow. I steered due east by
the compass.
“Five minutes later I looked
about. Not a Hun was in sight and
we were invisible from the ground.
Down went the nose of our machine,
and in a few seconds we were in a
clammy mist. I could see nothing,
but we were dropping rapidly.
“A few seconds, and the earth ap
peared. I could see the balloon
nearly a mile away. The Huns had
•spotted’ us, for black ‘Archie’ burst
began to appear. They became
thicker and thicker, barring our way
to the balloon. The gunners had got
our height perfectly. Suddenly, I
dived very steeply, pulled up and
climbed again. We could now hear
machine guns from the ground. But
we had passed the barrage and were
heading straight for the balloon.
“I ‘pooped’ off about 100 rounds
from the front gun and turned in
the direction of our lines. The ob
server then got busy. He had fired
only about twenty rounds when we
saw a mere speck of fire. Watching
closely we climbed towards the
clouds. The speck became a flame,
and, still increasing in size, com
menced to fall—a huge sheet of fire.
“The ‘Archies’ were firing by thi'.
time more vigorously than ever, and
several machine gun bulletts had
pierced our wings. A moment later
we disappeared into the clouds. Fly
ing by compass fourteen minutes
more, we dived again, hardly daring
to hope that we should recognize
our position.
“To our relief we found our
selves practically at home, and hav
ing landed on the airdrome reported
to a slightly incredulous squadron.
Our exploit was duly confirmed, and.
we were congratulated, and then
‘strafed’ by the commanding officer
for risking a good but unsuitable
machine on such a dangerous ex
pedition.
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