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TlIE 3IORMXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER Sr 1918. I SPANISH INFLUENZA Four Cases Develop at Benson Polytechnic School. HEALTH OFFICE IS PROMPT Soldiers and Sailors Ordered Ex cluded From local Theaters; Sneezing Put Tnder Ban. ' Four cases of influenza, believed to tie typical of the Spanish variety, and ix others of suspicious character, yes terday caused the revocation of all passes from the Benson Polytechnic "L'nited States Army training detach ment and the practical quarantine of the 300 soldier students. Soldiers and sailors are to be ex cluded from local theaters, as a pre cautionary measure against 'the pos sible spread of Spanish influenza, ac cording to instructions received at Vancouver Barracks from the War De partment at Washington. Military police from Vancouver Bar racks last night" visited all theaters, warning the managers against admit ting men in uniform and insisting that those already within the theater de part at once. It is understood that the order will remain in force until all danger of con tagion is past. The cases at Benson Polytechnic were at once reported to City Health Officer Parrish-by Major Robert A. Roos, com manding officer, who said that he had provided isolation quarters some dis tance from the main building and had placed the patients therein. "The four cases, which appear to be typical of Spanish influenza, have tem peratures of 102 la descnees," said Dr. I'arrish, "and were first reported yes terday afternoon. Six additional cases of suspicious symptoms were reported a few hours later. "The school has been placed in a Ftate of quarantine, so far as the sol dier's are concerned, and all passes have been revoked." Schools, churches. streetcars and other public places yesterday were added to the "no-sneezing-allowed" list being worked out by City Health Officer ParriFh in an effort to stamp out any signs of Spanish influenza Letters have been sent out by the health department to the city superin tendent and to pastors, calling atten tion to the gravity of the situation and asking their co-operation in help ing to keep Portland free of the disease. The Red Cross is asking that every graduate nurse make herself known at once, so as to be ready in case of emergency. . "Motormen and streetcar conductors are among those most liablo to the disease," said Dr. Parrish. "Persons should be careful not to Fneeze, cough or otherwise spread disease germs on crowded cars." Dr. Parrish is confident that pre ventive measures and the application of proper precautions on the part of citizens will serve to hold the malady at a minimum. RED CROSS TO FIGHT IYFLl'EXZA All Chapters of Organization Ordered to Mobilise. WASHINC1TON. Oct. 7. Mobilization of the full forces of the American Red Cross to combat the epidemic of Span ish influenza, which rapidly is spread ing over the country, was determined on today and instructions sent to all chapters. In co-operation with the public health service and the state hoard of health, the Red Cross will enroll nurses and will freely use its accumulated hospital supplies to fight the epidemic. A call also will be made for volunteers to go into the homes where mothers and housekeepers are ill and assume the management of the household. In a. further effort to curb the spread of the disease, iSurgeon-General Blue of the public health service today suggested to all state health officers that schools and places of amusement be closed and public meetings discon tinue in all places where the malady becomes prevalent. Importance of re porting cases also was urged by Dr. Blue. Reports today to the public health service showed both that the disease is spreading and that the number of cases reported where it had been pre valent heretofore, is increasing. This, however, was not the situation in Army camps, the number of new cases during the 4S hours ending at noon today showing a slight decrease Pneumonia in the camps continued to increase with 4032 new cases and 13S8 deaths reported since Saturday. Influenza cases reported from all camps since the disease became epi demic September 13 now total 167,000; pneumonia cases 17,102 and deaths 4910. Brigadier-General Charles A. Doyen, who commanded the first regiment of the marine corps .to go to France with the American expeditionary forces, died at the Martae Corps Training Station at Quantico. Va, last night of influ enza. He will be buried with full mili tary honors. Because of the Spanish Influenza epi demic in Washington all galleries of Congress, except the press galleries, were closed today, and visitors, except lawyers, were barred from the Su preme Court. Even the President's galleries in the House and Senate were closed. KEW YORK, Oct. 7. A decrease of 4S3 in the number of Spanish influenza cases reported for the 24 hours ending at 10 A. M., as compared with a pre vious similar period, was announced here today by the Health Commis sioner. The number of new cases totaled 15S8. CHICAGO, Oct. 7. Influenza is on the wane in Illinois today, reports to the state and city health authorities showed. Fewer new cases have de veloped during the 24 hours than dur ing any day lor a week. Philadelphia!-Oct. 7. influenza continued to spread napidly throughout Philadelphia and its environs today. During the 4S hours ended at noon 5561 new cases were reported to the Board of Health. In the same period there were more than 400 deaths from influenza and pneumonia. OMAHA, Oct. 7. Seven deaths and 500 new cases of Spanish influenza, making a total of over 2000, is the report of Health Commissioner Man ning this morning. A CUBAN PORfToct. 7. The malady which caused the death of 22 passen - gers on the Spanish liner Alfonso XII was an extremely- violent type of Span ish influenza with pulmonary complica tions. Dr.1 Juan Guiteras, of the Cuban commission on Infectious dis eases, announced today after an in vestigation. THREE 11 IK AT FORT STEVENS Koldters Succumb to Attacks of Bron chial Fnenmonia. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) Three more soldiers stationed at Fort Stevens have died as a result of at tacks of bronchial pneumonia, two on Saturday evening and one Sunday. They are Pearl Newell, aged- 22 years, of Plamty Wood, Mont.: John Carver, aged S years, of San Bernardino, Cal.. and Richard A. Anderson, aged 20 years, of Colville. Wash. Funerals, with full military honors, were held at the post this afternoon and the bodies will be sent to the respective homes of the soldiers. Obituary. HENRY KRACS, whose death oc curred at his home in Aurora on September 28, was a pioneer of 1865, coming to this state from Bethel, Mo. Mr. Kraus was born March. 21, 1845, near Pittsburg. His parents moved to Missouri in the Fall of that year to join the colony of Dr. Kiel, which later moved to Oregon and established the settlement at Aurora. He was married at Aurora. July 2. 1871. and spent the remainder of his life in that community, and was one of the pioneer hopgrowers of the Valley and a successful farmer for many years. He is survived by his widow and four children A. H., E. C. and Miss Katie Kraus, of Aurora, and Mrs. J. F. Johnstone, of Portland. Oscora Wilkins, of this city, died at his home, 233 East Thirty-fourth street, Sunday night, due to injuries received two months ago while in the emply of the Utah-Idaho sugar plant at Grants Pass, Or. Mr. Wilkins was 58 years of age and a native of Utah. He is survived by a widow and six chil dren, a father, and brothers and sis ters, who are in Utah. Mrs. Wilkins will accompany the body to Utah to night, where interment will be in the cemetery in Provo, the family home. SALEM. Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) John Herman Neiger, of Salem, died today of Spanish influenza at a naval hospital in Philadelphia, according to a message received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neiger, who live near here. He was home recently on furlough and his father received a letter from him today about the same time that he received the message announcing his death. Neiger was 25 years old. He enlisted a year ago as a fireman and was pro moted to a position as yeoman. SCHULTZ HELD IMPOSSIBLE Wife Declares Two Trials of Life With Husband Vein, Gertrude Schultz has twice endeav ored to live with William C. Schultz and failed both times, she Fays in her sec ond suit for divorce. They were first married several years aeo and have three children. Later she divorred him and they were remarried on September 11 last. .thin the past month, she says, he has abused her and threatened her life. She asks for the custody of the three children and $100 a month. Sadie Branan charges cruelty in her complaint against V. L. T'.ranan. They were married in 1901. The wife asks for $25 a month. Jensine K. Hoycr wants a divorce from Axel K. Hover, alleKins1 desertion. They were married in 1304 and have two child re n. The wife asks for the custody of the children and ?"5 a month. The citizens of Albany, N. Y., experi enced a thrill on February 2S, 1 7'Jti. when f00 emigrants' Hleiphs passed throucrh that city on their way to the distant and little known Genesee coun try of "Western New York. The Gene see A'alley was then considered the "far AVcst. Kcad The Orepronian classified ads. HEW RUSSIA TO RISE M RUINS OF Comprehensive Policy Perfect ed at Ufa Convention. ORDER TO BE RESTORED Declaration of Aims of Provisional Government in Which Many Parties TTnltcd. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Immediate aims of the new Russian provisional government formed at the Pan-Russian convention at Ufa last month include liberation of Russia from the power of the Bolshevik Soviets, annihilation of the Erest-LItovsk treaty, restoration of treaties with the allied nations and con tinuation of the war against the Ger man coalition. These aims, along- with those alTect ingr the internal affairs of Russia, art outlined in the text of the act consti tuting the supreme power of Russia which was received today by the Rus sian embassy from the provisional gov ernment. The act was approved by the conven tion, which was composed of represen tatives of all governments and parties in Russia except the Bolshevikl and the forces which first opposed the con stituent assembly which was over thrown by the Bolsheviki. The new government is- expected speedily to bring some measure of order out of the chaos in Russia and the allied governments are understood to hope that it eventually will become one with which they may deal. Govf rnuieot Aims Defined. In its interior policy the provisional government announces these aims: Krectlon of a Inrle and powerful Russian army beyond the influence of political par ti and subordinate, through ita military chief, to the KuMia.ii provisional jcoverament. Ke-estu.uii!hmtnt In the liberated purls of Russia, of democratic mun ict pal It if and Zemstvos, actually sua ran tee ins general se curity and public ordr. Ievelopment of productive forces of the country with the aid of private capital, Itussian aa well as foreign, and of personal Initiative. Lrff?al regulations of commerce and In dustry. Uevrloprnent of labor lclfllatlon. protec tion of labor and rculat ion of the con dition of employment and dthfharco of work men. Relative to questions of supplies, the government stands for abolition of state monopoly of wheat and abolition of fixed prices, continuing at the same time to regulate distribution of prod ucts existing in sufficient quantities, and will organize state warehouses with the aid of private commerce and co-operative societies. Many In teres) Represented The National convention, it was an nounced, was composed of the follow ing: Tresnt mmbra of the constituent as sembly and repr"intat.vr of the temporary povcrnment of Siberia; the. regional govern ment of the 1-ral ; t ha temporary govern mcnt of K.!thonia: of th 'o;i'ks of Oren- I Hi! :ii iiii liir iHimTiTiiiT 'mm mm !iil!ll!i!imU.iimim!!i!l!!i!i!lhiil!l III HHliilli; ll!!!li!li!iil!iiii TODU'S fr'II.M FEATCRKS. Peoples Pouplap Fairbanks, "Ho Conies I'p Kmiline" Columbia William Russell, "Jlohbs in a Hurry." Majestic "Toe Prussian Cur." Liberty Charles Kay, '"The La-vr .of the Northland." Sunset Marie Dressier and Char lie Chaplin, "TUlle's Punctured Romance"; Patty Arbuokle, "Good XiRht, Nurse.' Star "Tho Kali of Barbary Coast." Globe "Old Wives for New." Circle Oeraldine Karrar, "Joan the Woman?" Hayikiwi Will ot Leave Movie. 4 ft" -Ait not leaving for Japan soon. nor do 1 have any intention or Giving up my film work to re turn to the spoken drama." It was Sessue Hayakawa who was speaking and he made the statement with unmistakeable emphasis. Stories that he was going to desert tho movies and was planning to leave soon for Japan, where he would enter spoken drama, have been circulated in different parts of the country for some time. These rumors have re sulted in his securing dozens of let ters from his admirers, expressing re gret that he was -contemplating leav ing tho screen. Hayakawa is now mak ing a series of productions for the Haworth Picture Corporation, to be re leased by Mutual. "I do not think that I will ever go back to the stage," said Hayakawa. It probably will be a long time before I shall visit the land of the cherry blossom again. I am too deeply en grossed in my motion picture work to givo it up at this time." Ilnrt in vr Picture. The efforts of a hand of Hun spies along tho border of Mexico furnished the theme for the plot of the latest William Hart picture, which will be called "The !order Wireless." The story is by Howard Morton and C Gardner Sullivan wrote, tho scenario. As in most of his pictures. Hart again depicts a Westerner, but it is a new typo in many respects and the modern and timely character of the story makes it particularly interesting. In tho final scenes Bill is seen wear ing a suit of khaki. The scenes at tendant upon tho discovery of the se cret wireless outfit in the Magdalena mine are said to be original. Wanda Hawley is tho heroine of the picture, a little telegraph operator near the border. Mr. Hart directed the film himself. and the photography was done by Joe August. Actor Urtm Deferred Call. That the United States Government Is willing to co-operate with the motion picture industry again was proved by the decision given by the chairman of the Southern California draft board when he deferred the call of Dick Ros son, who was in the midst of his char acterization of Tony in the Douglas Fairbanks picturization of "Arizona," an Artcraft picture. Fairbanks made a, personal plea for Rosson, asking that his call be delayed one week, which gave tho drafted man plenty of time to complete l is part in the picture. Later he left for Camp Kearney, where three other members of the Fairbanks company are sta tioned. Rosson is an actor of ability, and Is a brother of Arthur Rosson, a prom inent director. "My little daughter and myself both use Dr. X -Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and find it inzalu- l able as a remqdy for constipation. I would y not be without it" (From a letter to Dr. IT"" Caldwell written by Mrs. .Will II. Thomp- It son, Jxipiey. Kjmo.y . A mild, effective remedy for constipa tion that is peculiarly adapted to the needs of elderly people, women and children, is the combination of simple laxative herbs with pep sin known as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup 'Pepsin. It brings natural relief, without griping or strain. DR. CALDWELL'S Syrup Pepsin The Perfect Laxative Sold by Druggists Everywhere 50 cts. (JSl) $1.00 A TRIAL BOTTLE CAN BE OBTAINED. FREE OF CHARGE. BY WRITING TO DR. W. B. CALDWELL. 459 WASHINGTON STREET. MONTICEIXO. ILLINOIS ! w. -f -' 1 ' A . ' f " ! " - .4 COLUMBIA LAST TIMES TODAY "Hobbs in a Hurry" WILLIAM RUSSELL ' -"Tia - - a STARTING TOMORROW BESSIE BARRESCAL. E Patrick Muldoon, "The Ear," hardened inhabitant of tho underworld, and a mar. whose hate for society has made him so bitter that he even educates his adopted daughter frorr. childhood to follow in his footsteps but why tell all the story when you can see it toaaorrow? "PEGGY FROM FRISCO' burg. Vralmk. Siberia. Irkutnk Srmlretchensk. Kntpsel and Astrakhan: of tha (ovtrnmeot of the Bashkirs, tha Kirg-uis. ihe Turkrstan and the Turko-Tarlars of interior nusix. and Siher!: of th convention municipali ties and Z-mstov of SihTia. tha I'rnl and th Yoljta; and of thn follou-in? partita and ors&nizationn: nclalt Rvolutlotitnts. So cial Dfmocratl. I Menrhevlkp I. Socialist La bor pnrty, Constitutional Democrats (Narod. nals Pvononw of tlii Social i,morrsi or ganization. "Tedinntvo." and of tha Asso ciation of thn "Rebirth of Russia." STOCKHOLM, 67t. 7. (Havas.t Th. Kussian RolKhovllc Bovernment, accordinK to a wireless dispatch re ceived Jicra from ilosrtr, has de clared its intention of adhering: to the Brest-Litoxsk treaty. T-ONTW-IV. Oct. 7. Tt. IT. Ft. 1-e.rkhart. the British Consul-General at Moscow, who wa-a arrested by the Bolshevik government last Aug""t. is reported to have arrived with his party at the Finnish frontier from Moscow, the Central News says it learns from a reliable source. Wear rlt (turn Offered. T'NIVKRSTTY OK ORKOOX. f.iKrene, Oct. 7. tSpeciai.) A special compete tiv examination, to select a candi data for West Toint from this Conn gresslonal district will be held at th university October II. 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