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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAJT. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1918.
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EPIDEMIC IS WORSE,
LATE REPORTS SHOW
More Drastic Restrictions on
Business Are Expected.
STORES MAY BE CLOSED
Absolute Enforcement of All Xew
and Old Regulations to Be
Enforced by Police.
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With 29 deaths and 309 new cases re
ported yesterday state and city health
officials at a conference today are ex
pected to submit to Portland people
the most drastic closing orders in an
effort to curb the Spanish influenza
epidemic. Closing: of stores for at least
a part of the day, further restriction
of streetcar travel, an earnest request
for co-operation with the spirit of the
order by the people and absolute en
forcement of all new and old regula
tions are to be strong points in the new
order which will follow the confer
ence, it is stated on good authority.
'Yesterday's reports show the epi
demic to be growing worse," said Mayor
Baker last night. "Conditions warrant
a revision of the regulations, and that
they will be more stringent goes with
out saying.
Arrests Will Be Made.
"Present rules have been disregarded.
We are going to make some arrests
shortly not warnings. Yesterday after
noon a special squad of officers was
out to make arrests in cases of in
fractions. Today we shall have 50 memr
bers of the military police to assist
the city department.
"But rules will do no good without
hearty co-operation of all the people.
There seems to be a general belief that
I am making these orders for my own
special delight. Because only about
one person in 100 has been afflicted
thus far, that is no sign the' other 99
will be immune. Instead they should
be doing all they can to stamp out the
influenza and restore normal condi
tions." Others at the conference will be
State Health Officer Seeley and City
Health Officer Parrish, both of whom
say that the peak of the epidemic is
not reached and that more drastic
rules must be made.
Anti-Fin Serum Recommended.
Taking of the anti-influenza serum
Is recommended by Dr. Parrish as a
means of limiting the seriousness of
cases, if not preventing them alto
gether. "Probably less than 30,000 persona
of our 300,000 population have availed
themselves of the .opportunity to es
tablish a certain Immunity against the
influenza," he said yesterday. ".While
it is admitted that the serum is not
an established success as a preventive,
it at least can do no harm, and results
to date seem to indicate strongly that
it has helped to a marked degree.
"If anyone does not know a doctor
who will administer the serum, let
them call up the health bureau and we
will give them names of doctors who
will do it and not Charge more than SI."
State Reports Discouraging.
In the state, conditions are again on
the downgrade, reported the State
Board of Health. Messages yesterday
from all over the state were discourag-,
ing, according to Dr. Seeley. In South
eastern Oregon, where houses are miles
apart, the epidemic is making inroads,
according to reports from a state health
officer.
At the Auditorium only three deaths
were reported for 24 hours previous to
6 o'clock last night. Conditions there
are gradually improving, it is believed.
Yesterday's report of 309 cases, which
is partly accounted for by admonitions
to physicians to report cases promptly,
tops any previous day by a good mar
gin. The 29 deaths recorded is more
than any other day except last Monday,
when a report of 30 deaths covered two
days.
SO Deaths Reported.
Deaths reported yesterday:
X.!nton D. Hetrick. 27. farmer, Forest
Grove: Fayette T. Blake. -48. dairyman.
irani Union Hotel; Alexander Kllia, 6.
clerk, 6718 East iilerhty-lhlrd street: Paul
Kuznetzoff. 19, riveter, 047 First street; Rob
ert B. Rand, 37, truck driver. 4503 Seventy
fifth street; Frederick L. Phelps, 27, me
chanic. 634 Myrtle; Ford Ward. 38. ship
worker, 523 Clay street; Curtis F. Weasels.
3S. newspaper man. 121 East Twenty-eighth
street: Mrs. Elizabeth. Shlndler. 4623 East
Seventy-fifth street: .Raymond J. O'eil. 27,
shipworker, San Francisco; George F. Vol
lum. 32, clerk, 1145 -Nehalem avenue; Isaao
Williamson, 30, horse trader. 321 Kast Tenth
street; Mrs. Nina R. Hoffhine, 31, time
keeper, 603 Marshall; Philip Piazza, 6. 365
Kast Twenty-first street; Edward H. Nelson,
27, clerk: John Pearson, 35, ship carpenter,
175 Fourteenth street; Arthur J. Schlffner,
15, boat hand. Walla Walla, Wash.; Mrs.
Cora K. Rehpenls, 33, Oregrcm City; Mrs.
Mary I. Lee. 31, 286 Flanders street: Mrs.
Jlssle A. Kennedy. 21, S."OH Harrison street;
Jim Num, 54, Janitor, Zan Bros.; John La
flame, 36, shipworker, Whltwood Court: Har
vey J. Hussell. 33. ship carpenter, St. Johns;
Albert Oodfrey Westwood, 35: Warren C.
Paddock. 31, farmer, Columbia Slough; Carl
Brooks. 2S. craneman, 606 Hudson; Caldto
r.ancheff. 40. laborer; Mike Radetich. 33.
logger; George W. Dewey.
TITKEE OF OXE FAMILY DIE
Mother and Two Children Victims;
Father's Condition Critical.
Deaths yesterday wiped out all but
one of a family of four received at the
mcrgency hospital Tuesday all in a
delirious condition. Mrs. Lloyd Con
lee, who succumbed yesterday, was
preceded in death by Fred Conlee, IS
months of age, and Florence Conlee. 8
years., whose fever was 106 when
brought to the hospital. Mr. Conlee
was removed to the County Hospital
yesterday. His condition is believed
critical. They resided at 213 Ji First
street.
A home for two little girls of 8 and
9 who are convalescent from influenza
is being asked by Miss Winnlngham,
assistant to Miss Peterson. The mother
and father still are confined at the
Auditorium and the children have no
place to go.
Another call for help yesterday was
made for the care of several children
of a family of 6, all of whom now are
at the hospital. Several of the chil
dren are ready to be discharged, while
the mother, the only surviving parent,
is unable to take care of them. Some
one to care for the children a part of
the day at the family home is the re
quest that has gone out.
How the influenza attacks whole
families again was illustrated by a re
port yesterday of eight cases in the
family of C. P. Rogers. 657 Kast Twenty-first
"street. No deaths yet have
been recorded.
COOS CONDITION'S FAVORABLE
Precautions Taken Before Influenza
Became Widespread.
MARSH FIELD, Or.. Nov. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Spanish Influenza situation
is very encouraging here, and, while
there are still some cases under treat
ment, no deaths have occurred in the
past three days. The health officers,
although not making definite claims,
believe the crest has passed and things
will resume ordinary routine here
within 10 days at the most.
The favorable conditions are ascribed
to precautions that were taken before
the influenza became widespread and
to those which were observed subse
quently. There is already discussion
of when the city schools in Marshfield
and North Bend may resume.
Three Dead at Hood River.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Nov. 1. (Special.)
Three additional deaths today bring
this county's total from influenza and
pneumonia to nine. Oscar E. Wilson,
who recently eame here with his wife
from Lyman, Wash., and Mrs. G. Kane
masu. wife of a Japanese orchardist,
died in the upper valley. Pneumonia
was fatal to Violet, the 4-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E.
Caldwell. Total cases of influenza now
exceed 250.
Cuban Mother Kills Seven Sons.
HAVANA, Nov. 1. Grieving over the
death of her husband, who had died of
influenza, Mrs. Carmen Lavera. aged
34, near Camaguey, yesterday killed her
seven young sons. She then placed the
livestock of the farm in a hut and
after setting it afire leaped Into the
flames. She was rescued in a serious
condition by soldiers.
INFLUENZA TOLL IS HEAVY
Et'GEXE REPORTS 500 CASES IN
PRESENT EPIDEMIC.
Twenty-Two Deaths Occur Anion;
Town People and Students at
Oregon University.
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 1. (Special.)
Basing his figures on a census taken
of 851 homes in the city. W. R. Ruther
ford, Superintendent of Schools here,
estimated today that there are 500
cases of influenza in Eugene.
The census covered approximately
one-third of the families In the city
and revealed. 195 cases existing in the
851 homes. In the families canvassed
persons were reported as having had
the "flu" at one time or another during
the epidemic.
Multiplying this average by three to
reach an approximate total covering
the entire population, the figures show
that Eugene has had approximately 100
cases of the disease since the epidemic
broke out, nearly a month ago, and
that around 400 homes have housed
patients.
A total of 22 deaths have occurred
from Influenza among the townpeople
and students of the University of Ore
gon, and incomplete reports from the
entire county add three to this number.
Dr. S. M. Kerron has no report to
make to the press tonight as to the
number of new cases during the past
24 hours, or regarding the general
situation.
MARKETS CUT DELIVERIES
New Working Schedule Goes Into
Effect Today.
Acceptance of new working schedules
for meat-market employes brings Into
vogue today the one daily delivery for
markets of the city, it is announced by
Director Winnie Braden, of the com
mercial economy department. State
Council of Defense. Hours and work
ing agreements between the Meat Cut
ters' Union and the Master Butchers,
adopted this week and approved by the
State Council of Defense, preclude two
deliveries, it is asserted.
The only exception to the general
rule will apply on Monday, when two
deliveries will be permitted. This be
comes necessary, because the single de
livery is to be made during afternoons.
On Monday a morning delivery to larger
customers is authorized.
Under the new agreement meat cut
ters are to observe these hours: Mon
day, 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.; Tuesday.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 9
A. M. to 6 P. M.; Saturday, 7 A. M. to
7 P. M.
CROWDING OF CURS
TO DE INVESTIGATED
Street Railway Head Cited to
Appear in Court Today.
CONDUCTORS ALSO CALLED
Mayor Baker Determined Thai
Influenza. Regulations Be
Rigidly ObserTecr.
Franklin T. Griffith, president of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power Com
pany, last night was notified by Mayor
Baker to appear in the Municipal Court
at police headquarters at 9 o'clock this
morning in connection with complaints
made to the Mayor last night that
streetcars had been overcrowded in
violation of health department regu
lations framed to combat influenza.
Forty motormen and conductors of the
company also have been notified to ap
pear. The trainmen were notified by
officers of the War Emergency Squad
who last night (topped cars which
they found overloaded to take the con
ductors' and motormen's. numbers.
This action, it was declared last
night, foreshadows extreme measures
to stamp out the epidemic of influenza
which yesterday scored a gain in num
ber of new cases and deaths reported.
Officers, acting upon instructions
from Lieutenant Thatcher, last night
stopped all cars at junction points and
transfer stations and cautioned em
ployes of the streetcar company not
to overload cars and to obey the in
structions of the health department to
prevent the further spread of influenza.
Paxteagera Were Standing;.
In many cases, the officers declare,
the company's employes had permitted
the cars to be overloaded, as many as
nine or ten persons standing in the
front and back ends in some instances.
In some cases the interior of the cars
was filled to capacity with passengers
standing, the police, said. One car, the
officers said, contained 97 passengers.
According to the special bulletin is
sued to employes by the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company, the-largest
car in use is not permitted to carry
over 60 passengers. This is in accord
ance with the recent Instructions issued
by the City Health Bureau and the Po
lice Department. The prescribed num
ber for the smaller cars is 45 passen
gers. The capacity of the pay-as-you-enter
cars, the largest in use, and of which
there are 350, is 60 passengers under the
health regulations. There are seats for
32 passengers. Half of the number of
straps, 18, are allowed to be used and
five passengers are allowed on both
the front and rear platforms.
Employes Are Notified.
O. B. Coldwell, general superintend
ent of the Portland Railway. Light &
Power Company, has notified his em
ployes in a special bulletin that "we
must do everything possible and rea
sonable to co-operate with and assist
the city health and the police depart
ments in fighting and eradicating the
present influenza epidemic
"Conductors must use Judgment in
carrying out the above instructions,
closing the doors and refusing to al
low passengers to board the car when
same is already loaded to the pre
scribed standard, it being understood,
of course, that if at a transfer point
six passengers get off this would per
mit six others to board the car."
Mr. Griffith said last night that he
would appear in court this morning in
accordance with the Mayor's notifica
tion. "Mayor Baker Informed me that com
plaints had come to him that the cars
were being overloaded and asked me
to appear in court." Mr. Griffith said.
"As soon as his message came I made
an investigation and found that there
had been a tie-up on the Hawthorne
line and if any overcrowding took
place I presume It was on that line
after the service wae resumed and pas
sengers were anxious to get aboard
the cars.
VBulletins have been Issued to the
trainmen regarding the new passenger
regulations made in an effort to halt
influenza. It is tbe desire of the com
pany to co-operate fully with the au
thorities in measures taken to control
the epidemic and we hope that the trav
eling public will realize that any In
conveniences imposed are for the com
mon good."
BEAN INDUSTRY TO EXPAND
OREGON CANNERIES ASKED TO
HANDLE SEASON'S CROP.
DRIVE AVAY HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on Forehead and
Temples.
A headache remedy without the dan
gers of "headache medicine." Relieves
headache and that miserable feeling
from colds or congestion. And it acts at
once! Musterole is a clean, white oint
ment, made with oil of mustard. Better
than a mustard plaster and does not
blister. Used only externally, and in no
way can it affect stomach and heart,
as some internal medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis,
croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia,
congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lum
bago, all pains and aches of the back
or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises,
chilblains, frosted feet, cold of the
chest it often prevents pneumonia).
30c and 60c jars.; hospital size 82.50.
Adv.
COL. JONES GOING EAST
Orders Received Here Detail Him
for West Point Duty.
In orders received yesterday Colonel
Sam Jones, depot quartermaster of the
Army in the Portland headquarters for
several years, is assigned to the poet of
quartermaster at West Point Military
Academy. Colonel Jones has a son who
is an instructor at West Point. He will
be succeeded here by Major W. J. Lin
denberger. This constitutes the second impor
tant transfer in the quartermaster's de
partment within a week. Captain
Charles Steinhauser, In charge of the
purchasing department, and adviser on
war risk insurance and allotments, was
a few days ago ordered Fast to depart
for overseas duty.
CHURCH REVENUE CUT OFF
Collection Plate Funds Missed.
Canvass to Be Made.
A succession of. churchless Sundays
occasioned by the epidemic of Spanish
influenza has cut off one source of rev
enue of the churches collection plate
funds making it necessary for church
men to find some means to make up
the casual weekly offering which is
now suspended. Rev. W. W. Youngson,
superintendent of the Portland district
of the Methodist conference, has com
municate?! with every church In his
district asking the pastor and one lay
man to make a house-to-house canvass
of their congregations with the pros
pect of supplying the deficit made by
the empty collection plate.
Nary Calls for 1100 More.
WASHINGTON, Nov, 1. Provost Marshal-General
Crowder today called 1100
men for the service in the Navy, to en
train from 16 states and the District
of Columbia by November Volun?
teer Inductions will be accepted until
November 6, after which, if necessary,
draft boards will fill the. quota.
Xecessary Tin Now Available lor
Handling Large Supplies- of
Product In This State.
Cannery firms having the equipment
are offered the unexpected opportunity
of putting out a pack of beans the next
three months. Kfforts of the Federal
Food Administration have availed to
obtain the necessary supply of tinplate
for cans, according to a message from
Washington.
The arrangements perfected that the
canning of large supplies of cooked
beans may be possible may prove a
boon to Oregon beangrowers and to a
limited number of canning firms, in the
opinion of W. K. Newell, assistant state
food administrator.
Oregon's 1918 crop of beans aggre
gates between 80 and 100 cars, said
Mr. Newell. Much of the crop Is ready
for market and the chance of having
a portion of it go into tins is fortunate,
since there is danger of spoilage be
cause of dampness.
H. C. Campbell, whose ranch Is near
Portland, is said to have 1000 sacks of
beans, recently harvested and ready for
the market.
Permission Is granted, says the an
nouncement from Washington, for the
canning of beans during the months of
November, December and January. All
arrangements guaranteeing a sufficient
j supply of cans have been perfected.
! Ir Iff Mt!nillntri that n n firn,
can more than a normal pack of . beans,
based on the average for the three
months. Odd-sized cans may be utilized,
but the purchase of tins smaller than
the No. 2 size Is forbidden. Another
provision makes it necessary for ship
pers to obtain a permit before selling
to the cannera.
The Washington advices do not so
state, but It is believed the efforts to
increase the supply of canned beans
grows out of Arnjy needs for this famed
mess requisite.
MUSIC SECRETARY IN CITY
Twelve Men Sought to AssUt la Or
ganizing Oregon Camps.
Howard E, Pratt, musie secretary.
Western department, T, M, C, A., with
headquarters in Ban Francisco, is in
town and says bis department wants
about one dozen young men, from 11 to
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Store Opens at 9 A. M.
Store Closes at 6 P. M.
In accordance with our desire to do everything that the best
interests of the community might demand to
Stamp Out the
Spanish Influenza
as shown in our -whole-hearted co-operation with the recognized agencies and in other ways
we have decided as a further means of alleviating the situation and hastening the time when
normal conditions may safely be restored that
We Will Discontinue
Advertising Merchandise
for the present and until such time as the danger of the epidemic is surely passed. We consider
that the advertising of items and prices in however restrained and proper fashion this be
done is to some people a suggestion to buy articles with which they might well dispense at this
time although these self-same articles may be essential to other people.
It is proper to state that this determination not to advertise merchandise until an improvement in the
influenza outlook has become evident is entirely of our own making and has not been reached at the instance
of the Health Authorities or anyone outside of the heads of this business.
Business Is a Secondary Consideration
With the MEIER & FRANK Store
Where the Public Health Is Concerned
From the time that the seriousness of the situation became manifest IEIER & FRANK'S
has Shown an example of co-operation with the National, State, City and Health Authorities
that we could wish had been more widely followed or more faithfully observed in spirit by other
business concerns. Our patrons have evidenced an admirable spirit of helpfulness and co-operation.
We welcome suggestions from them and from the public at large.
We reprint some of the things this store is doing to safeguard the
shopping public and 2000 loyal MEIER & FRANK employes. kVe
commend them to other institutions in like circumstances to ours:
Uncarpeted aisles, passageways, stairways, elevators, etc,
are cleaned with a strong germicide solution every night.
Elevator pits are fumigated nightly.
Carpeted aisles and departments are thoroughly gone over
with vacuum cleaners every night.
TelejShone mouthpieces are sterilized daily.
The store is perfectly ventilated, perfectly heated.
Greatly enlarged aisles (tables have been removed from all
main thoroughfares) and an abundance of open spaces
throughout this great daylight store obviate the slightest
tendency to congestion.
Our salespeople are now dismissed in relays of three at
5:30, 5:45 and 6 P. M. to ease the transit "peak load."
We have stood alone in cleaving to the letter as well as the spirit of the advertising pro
gramme drawn up for the large stores in this emergency we have confined our daily ad
vertising to half or less than half the space used by us on the corresponding day of last year;
we have omitted the publication of special sale offerings; we have restricted our advertising to
such merchandise as was approved by the Mayor for publicity purposes.
We urjre our patrons to confine their purchases to actual necessities to use escalators (movinjr stairways
ours is the only installation in Portland) as much as possible instead of elevators and to shop in the morning.
Use the Telephone
the ITome Phone where possible to order necessi
ties. There is a Home Phone as well as a Pacific
Phone in every one of our 60-odd departments. We
have a very efficient telephone switchboard (Mar.
4600 A 6101) and six of the most capable exchange
operators. There are 34 trunk lines to serve -you
and 297 house phones.
If you must come to the store we have done
everything we can think of to make your
shopping safe.
50 yean of act. to Join as T. M. C. A.
music secretaries to engage In field
work In the spruce camps of the Pa
cific Northwest, particularly In Oregon.
These men must be fond of music, able
to sing; and play a musical Instrument,
and be able also to lead men in chorus
singing. Men are also In demand as
music secretaries for similar work In
Army camps in France, from 7 to 60
years old. Mr. Pratt will be at T. M.
C A. headquarters In this city for the
next week or so. and will gladly supply
further Information.
Man Injured by Train.
H. Israel. J3 years old, was injured
late yesterday when he was struck by
a Southern Pacific train as he was
crossing" the track at Powell street. The
injured man was taken to the Good
Samaritan Hospital, where it Is re
ported that he will recover.
Seml-Monttalv Pay Probable.
wiswTOOTOS. Nov. 1. Railroads
which now pay employes monthly will
Reduce Your Fat
Without Dieting
Tear ae-o tha formula for fat reduction
waa "diet" "eserelsa." Today It la "Takt
Marmola, Prescription Tablet.' Friends tell
friends doctors tell their patients, until
thousands know and use this convenient,
harmless method. They cat what they like,
IWs as they like, and still lose their two,
trrree or four pounds of fat a week. Simple,
effective, harm lees Marmola Prescription
Tablets are aold by all druciciete a terse
ruse mr t rc t t- ir you prefer you may
write direct to the Marmola Company. 604
wooawua Ave.. Detroit, Mich. Adv.
411 drvciratsfsoep &, i
SaeapU tmc frae of
Skin Tortured
Babies Sleep
ter Cuticura1
be Instructed shortly by the Railroad
Administration to pay semi-monthly,
beginning; January 1. Many roads al
ready follow this practice.
France Gets $200,000,000 More.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. A new credit
of lioo.nno.ooo. established by the
Treasury In favor of France, today
brought the total credits to that coun
try to $2,165,000,000 and the total for
all allies to $7.; JI.S7S.66S.
Offending Retailers Punished.
NKW TfiRK. Nov. 1 F"ln rrble
to the Red Cross, suspension of li
censes, confiscation of sugar certificate,
and display signs admitting- violation
were among- the penalties Inflicted to
dsy on IS retaii food dealers In this
city, found guilty by the Federal Food
Board of disregarding its food regulation.
EM
When You Begin to Sneeze
or Cough
is the time to stave off an attack of influenza.
' PUROLA
Influenza Treatment
vrill reduce the fever, allay congestion
and break up the irritable symptoms.
At All Druggists
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