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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-10-18

that in this disease the number Of
white corpuscles shows little or No In-
crease above the normal. Ii is poss-
Bile that the laboratory Investigations
now helng made through the National
Research Council and the United
States Hygienie Laboratory will fur
nlsfl more certain way In which indi-
yidual cases Of this disease can he
recognized"
What Is the course OF the disease7
Do people die Of III
Ordinarily, the fever lasts from
three TO four days and the patient re-
covers But while the proportion or
deaths in the present epidemic has
generally been low, in some places The
outbreak has been severe and deaths
have been numerous When death o.
ours II Is usually the result of,a conn
plication."
What causes the disease and how Is
It spread2
tBacteriologists who have studied In
finenza epidemics In the past have
found In many of the cases a very
Small rod-shaped germ called, after IT'S
discoyerer, Pfeifrers bacillus In other
cases OF apparently the same kind OF
disease there were found pneumococei,
the germs OF lohar pneumonia. Still
others have been caused by strepto-
cocci, and by others germs with long
names.
mo matter what particular Kind OF
germ causes the epidemic, 1t Is now
believed that influenza is always
spread from person to person, the
germs being carried with the air along
with the very small droplets of mueus,
expelled by coughing or sneezing,
forceful talking. and the like by one
who already has the germs OF the dis
ease. They may also be carried about
in the air in the form OF dust coming
from dried mucus, from coughing and
sneezing, or from careless people who
spit on the floor and on the sidewalk,
As in most other catching diseases, a
person who has only mild attack of
the disease himself may give very
severe attack to others
What should be done by those who
catch the dlsease7
ut is very important that every per-
son who becomes sick with influenza
should 90 home at once and go TO bed.
This will help keep away dangerous
complications and will. at the same
time, keep the patient from scattering
the disease far and wide 1t is highly
desirable that no one be allowed to
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-10-18
LET'S BE LOYAL TO OUR
HOME CANDIDATES.


Among the multitude of candidates
who ask the support Of the people.
are three from Meridian, represent
ing the three parties, republican.
democrat and nom -partizan league.
j. D. Robertson (republican) of
Meridian, is candidate for repre-
sentative. He is man of honor and
ability and If sent TO the legislature
viii be true to the interests OF the
Meridian community. He should re-
eeiye good vote.
J. H. Newcomer of Meridian is the
democratic candidate for county
commissioner for this the Third dis
trict. He understands good roads,
and has had considerable experience
in work of the kind AS the Times
said before the primary. the people
viii be fortunate if he is selected as
one of the three county commission
ers.
s III. Grondahl Nonpartisanl is
not politician bur a good, sensible
farmer, and would tif sent to the leg
islature) be loyal to the farmer and
iahorer. These two classes take in ev-
cry man and woman in this vicinity,
so he would represent all of us.He
has made success or: his farm and
dairy and has resided in this yicin-
ity for many years.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-10-18
and harmless remedies advertised b.

and harmless remedies advertised by
patent medicine manufacturers.
III the patient is 50 situated that he
can be attended only ny some one who
must also look after others lnwle fam
lly, il is advisable tliat such attendant
wear wrapper, apron or gown over
The ordinary house clothes while In the
sick room and slip This an when leay-
! ing to- look after The others
''Niirses ami attendants VIII do well
TO guard against breathing In danger
ons disease germs by wearing n simple
fold OF gaGze or mask while near the,
patient
viii person Who has had influenza
before catch the disease again7
''It Is wen known that an attack of
measles az scarlet fever or smallpox
usually protects 4 person against an
other attack af The same disease This
appears nat 20 be true OF Spanish in
tiuenza. According To newspaper re
ports tite King OF Spain suffered an
attack saf influenza during the epi-
demic thirty years ago, and was again
stricken during the recent outbreak in
Spain
How can one guard against InfIu-
enxa7
In guarding against disease Of all
kinds, II is important that the body be
Kept strong and able to fight off dis
ease germs. This can he done by hav-
Ing proper proportion of work, play
and rest, by keeping the body well
clothed. and by eating sufficient whole.
some and properly selected food In
connection with diet, 1t Is well TO re-
member that milk Is one OF the best
ali-nroand foods obtalnable for adults
as well as children So far as dis
ease like influenza Is concerned, health
authorities everywhere recognize the
very close relation between its spread
and osererowGied homes. While II IL
not always possible, especially in
times like the present, to avoid such
oyercrowding, people should consider
the health danger and make every
effort 10 reduce the home oyercrowd-
Ing 10 minimum. The value Of fresh
air through open windows cannot be
over emphasized
when crowdng is unavoidable, as
In street cars, care should be takeR TO
keep the face so turned as not to in
hale directly the air breathed out by
another person.
III Is especially important to be
ware Of the person who coughs or
sneezes without covering his mouth
and nose. Ii also follows that one
1 should keep oas ef crowds ana sfuTy
places ~aas mach as possible, ke@n
1isosafe&, offices and workshops welf
aired, spend some time out of doors
each day, walk TO work If at all prac-
ticable-in short, make every possible
effort to breathe as much pure air as
possible.
"In all health matters follow the ad-
vice of your doctor and obey the regll-
lations of your local and state health
officers"
"cover up each cough and sneeze,
II you don't you'll spread disease"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-10-18
LOCUST GROVE FIRST TO
GO OVER THE TOP FOR BONDS

Charles Madden, captain OF Sector
No. 13, consisting of School District
No. 10, Locust Grove, southeast OF
Meridian, came to town yesterday ev-
ening with the cheering news that
their sector had gone over the top
for the Fourth Liberty Loan. The
quota assigned this sector was
$11.45O. This is fine work, and des-
erves great credit. This is the first
precinct in the county 10 go over the
top-so far reported.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-10-18

In the head, eyes, ears, back or other
parts of the body and feeling of Sc
we're sickness. In most of the cases the
symptoms disappear after three or four
days, the patient then rapidly recover
ing. Some OF the patients, however,
develop pneumonia or lnflammation
|. of the ear, or meningitis, and many of
9asaese coinptfcNs..d cases die. Whether
!, this so-called Spanish Influenza is
identical with the epfdemies of lnfuen-
"a of earlier years Is not yet known.
"Epidemics of Influenza have visited
this country since 1917. 1t is interest
Ing to know that this first epidemic
was brought here from Valencia
Spain. Since that time there have
been numerous epidemics of the dis
ease. In 1889 and 1890 an epidemic
of Influenza, starting somewhere in the
Orient, spread first to Russia and
thence over practically the entire civ
ilized world. Three years later there
was another flare-up of the disease.
Both times the epidemic spread wide
ly over the United States.
Although the present epidemic is
called Spanish Influenza there is no
reason to believe that 1t originated In
Spain. Some writer's who have studied
the question believe that the epidemic
came from the Orient and they call at.
tention to the fact that the Germans
mention the disease as occurring along
the eastern front in the summer and
fall of 1917"
How can Spanish Influenza" be rec
ognlzed7
There Is as yet no certain way in
which a single case of 'Spanissl infu-
enza' can be recognized. On the 9TH
er hand, recognition Is easy where
there is group of cases. In contrast
to the outbreaks of ordinary coughs
and colds, which usually occur in the
cold months, epidemics Of Influenza
may occur at any season OF the year.
Thus the present epidemic ragged most
Intensely in Europe in May, June and
July Moreover, in the case of ordl-
nary colds, the general symptoms
Clever, pain, depression) are By no
means as severe or as sudden In their
onset as they are in Influenza. Final
~, ordinary colds do not spread
through the community so rapidly or
so extensively as does influenza.
"ln most cases person taken sick
with influenza feels sick rather sud-
denly. He feels weak, has pains in the
eyes, ears, head or back, and may be
sore all over. Many patients feel
dizzy, some vomit. Most of the pa
tients complain of feeling chilly, and
with this comes fever in which the
temperature rises to 100 to 1O4. In
most cases the pulse remains relative
ly slow.
I'm appearance one is struck by the
factfthat the patient looks sick. His
eyes and the inner side of his eyelIds
may be slightly 'bloedshot,' or CON
gested,' as the doctors say. There
may be running from the nose, or
there may be some cough. These signs
of cold may not be marked; never
theless the patient looks and feels very
sick.
"In addition to the appearance and
the symptoms as already described,
examination of tile patients blood may
aid the physician In recognizing Span
ish influenza for 1t has been found
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-10-18

Many Of the people who rush to
the drug stores to buy influenza
remedies, are the same ones who
shut out of their rooms the best
remedy of all. and one that cost
nothing, fresh air.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-10-18

Washington, D. Especial Al
though King Alfonso of Spain was
one Of the victims OF the influenza epi-
denlc in 1898 and again this summer,
Spanish authorities repudiate any
claim to influenza as Spanish dis
ease. II the people of this country do
not take care the epidemic Will be-
come So widespread throughout the
United States that soon we shall hear
the disease called american" infu-
enza.
In response to a request for definite
Information concerning Spanish inf1u.
enza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue OF
the U. s. Public Health Service has
authorized the following official inter-
view:
What is Spanish Influenza2 lie IT
something new2 Does ii come from
Spain?
'"The disease now occurring in this
country and called Spanish .Infiuen-
"a resembles a very contagious kind
OF cold, accompanied by fever, pains
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-10-18
The Spanish Influenza
LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT.

Epidemic Probably Not Spanish In
origtn---Germ still Unknown-Peo-
pie Should Guard Against "Droplet
lnfeotion"- Surgeon General Blue
Makes Authoritative Statement
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Obituary
Adolph Won F. du Faur,
Mining Inventor, Dead

Adoiph Won Faber du Faur.
prominent inventor and mining cnsi-
ncer, a descendant of Martin Luther,
died Yesterday at his home. 81 Hunt
ington Terrace, Newark, at the age of
rinety-two.
After the Civil War. through which
he served as a captain in the Engineer
ing corps, he was commissioned to
take charge Of work attendant upon
the extension OF the Capitol at Wash
ington. He is the inventor of several
important mining appliances used in
metallurgical plants.
He WAS born in Wurtemberg. Ger
many. son Of Wilhelm du Faur. a de-
scendant of prominent Huguenot
family. two brothers of which escaped
TO Germany after the St. Bartholomew
massacre. He came TO the United
States in 1850. Four daughters. four
grandchildren and four great grand
children survive him. He was life
member of the American Society Of
Mechanical Engineers
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Caruso and Mccormack
To Sing for the Police

The Police Band and Glee Club Will
give concerts at various points in the
city to-day in aid Of the effort to sell
100000 tickets for the police field days,
August "A and 81. in aid of the police
reserves. The Woman's Police Re-
serve and the Woman's Emergency Dc
fence Committee will lay out plan
of campaign at a meeting 81 head
quarters, and there will be a luncheon
at the Bankers Club. Deputy Police
Comm ssioner Frederick A. Wallis. who
is in charge Of the field days, said
ycste rday:
"Thcrc arc more than one hundred
events on the programme and more
than twelve hundred entries in the
sports and games. >Thc sham battle
will have about fifteen hundred men
engaged and will depict modern meth
DDS Of fighting. For the exhibition Of
aeria warfare the War Department has
assigned forty two machines and avi-
ators. the largest number yet seen here
in tho air together. One hundred
clowns in continuous performance,
mounted policemen in trick horseman-
ship and rough riding. trained police
dogs. and concerts with Caruso, John
Mccormack and Nine. Schumann- Heink
assisting, are among the headlincrs.'
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Father observation-disclosures

The Very Rev. Joseph F. Hansclman,
S. j., president of the College of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus in Woodstock,
Md, and a native of Brooklyn, has been
made American assistant general Of the
Jesuit Order He succeeds the Very
Re-. Thomas J. Cannon, the first
American to hold the office. who died
on January % in Switzerland.
Father Hanselman, unlike his prede
ccssor will remain in the United States
at least until the war is over. He may
go to Switzerland then.
lie is more than sixty years old and
was born in Brooklyn He attended
the parochial school of the Church Of
the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn. and was
graduated from st. f'ranis Xavier Cot
lcgc. in West Sixteenth Street, spend
ing another year in s,udy in the Grand
Seminary. Montreal. He was sent to
the Jesuite novcate. in Woodstock, Md,
ordained in 1892 and appointed prcsi-
dent of Holy Cross College. Worcester,
Mass. in 1902. In 1906 he was ap-
pointed procincial of the Jesuit Order
of the eastern province of The United
States, succeeding Father Cannon
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Woman's Land Army
Indorsed by Wilson

Official Endorsements Of the New
York Division OF the Womans Land
Army have been received from Pres
dent Wilson, Secretary of Labor Will
lam B. Wilson and Secretary Of Agri-
culture Houston by Mrs. Margaretta
Neale, director OF the Woman's Divi-
sion of the United States Employment
Service.
Mrs. Neale. who is at the Waldorf
for few days in the interests of the
Land Army. said yesterday that the
official sanction Of these men. en-
bodied in letters. would be read at the
state convention of the New York
Woman's Land Army, August 20 and u.
"1he farmers arc beginning to real
zc the value of the woman's army
said Mrs. Ncale. "They are winning
out in ever way. The need of women
on the farm is vital one, but nothing
must be done TO break down the stand
ards governing the health of the
workers.
"This army * purely p war cr1cr-
rency organization 1t needs public
support and financial backing. 7 feel
sure that tho public will Get behind
the New York membership campaign
to be inaugurated at the upstate con
vention at Albany"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Fowler Out for Congress

Stanley c. Fowler. of Far Rock
away. Yesterday announced himself a
candidate IN the Democratic Congress
sional primaries against Representative
Charles Pope Caldwell. Mr.. Fowler as
serts in formal statement that Con
gressman Caldwell indicated both hi.
"loyalty' to the President and his
brand Of Americanism by his original
votes against the draft and in favor of
the McLemoro resolution intended to
keep Americans off the high seas dur
lns, the war. Mr.. Fowler further at
tacks Mr.. Celdwell's nomination by the
Connolly Democratic faction in Queens
because Of The acceptance by Caldwell
of Republican Endorsement received
at the, hands of the "Republican ma
chine bosses."
Mr.. Fowler was born in BROOKLYN
thirtE-siN wears ago and is of Scotch
irish and Yankee parenta1c. He is a
Mason, Moose and chairman Of the
administration board Of St. Joseph s
Hosnital, Far Rcckaway.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Old Maids Result of
MANS Undesirability'

The old maids of yestcrycar, who
have lived more or less under the
stigma CT belonging to mot want
cd class. have found a new champion
i'll the Rev. John Roach Straton, pastor
Of Calvary Baptist Church, 1913 West
Fifty seventh Street
DR.. Straton does not believe in old
maids. He made that clear in his ser
mon last night on "Thc Choice of a
Wife, But he believes the increasing
number Of "maiden ladies' to day is
due to the fact that there is decrcas-
ing number Of desirable men.
Queen Elizabeth. Florence Nightin-
gall, lane Austen and Jane Adams
and the myriads of less notable un
married sisters probably preferred to
live alone, says DE-. Straton, because no
mar good enough for them happened
q be anywhere around.
81 preached las Sunday on "Thc
Choice Of Husband" and was be-
sicg"d b. ladies after Inc sermon.
each OF whom vowed that If I would
produce such an adorable man rs had
skctched in the sermon Il proposition
OF marriage would be Immediately ac-
cepted,' said Dr. Straton.
LET the mon remember this in
choosing wife" he said "a right con
coption Of the relationship of the sexes
IS cs great Importance. A woman is 4
complement, not supplement-, to
moc
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
lhe Tribune Fresh Air Fund
7 he end of a perfect day.

A c'oudless blue sky above. set
upon horizon of green hills, the slori
Gus sun dipping below the hills and
bathing the whole world in gold and
shadows.
A towering staff with Old Glory
a-futtcr asits back-at its foot a circle
or 2'o boys. their kindling eyes upon
the flag, their right hand upraised in
pledge of loyalty to "thc land of the
free and the home Of the brave"
1t was the end Of their second per-
feet day at the Shepherd Knapp Farm.
Yesterday was A wonderful day up
there on the crest Of the Litchfield
Hills in northern Connecticut.
The air was fresh and invigoratinc
&he fields and foliage were clean from
recent rains, the sunshine sparkled and
sclntillatad everywhere. yet it was not
hot. 1t was ono Of those days when
one breaks out in.pusivcly. "How won.
derful the country is to-day! How
good it is to be alive.
To the boys who watched the flag
run down the staff at the farm. who
had escaped only the day before from
the dusty pavemcnts the dngy walls
homes in New York, the day was revc-
laton Of almost PARADISE
Last week on Saturday the Tribune
Fresh Air Fund gathered these boys to-
gcther through a dozen tuberculosis
clinics scattered through Manhattan,
The Bronx and Brooklyn and sent them
to the Shepherd Knapp Farm, to be it's
guests for two weeks. Every one of
them was selected for the fund for one
of two reasons: Either hc came Of
family in which tuberculosis existed, or
he showed under observation, a pre-
disposition toward tuberculosis
Saturday night these boys slept in
dormtorics open on all sides to the
Sunday morning they tumblcd out of
bed at $50 o'clock, bathcd and dressed
and vent out Of doors. At 80 they
had breakfast Of cereal and milk, eggs
and cocoa in a dining room whose
walls are call windows"
Then they played all morning in the
opcn-a very auccinct statement of a
great fact.
At noon they ate dinner of chicken
and rice and potatoes in the same call
window" dining room. After that they
treschcd out in the shade for an hours
rest. Some slept, some lay and
dredHcd. Wnlie the bIrdS sang IN the
branches above When they awoke
from their dreams and slumbcrs they
played. played. played in the sunlight,
in The fresh air and on the grass for
tho rest of the afternoon.
Then they ate their supper of rice
and milk and bread and prunes in the
many windowed dining room with all
the windows wide to the winds of
heaven.
After supper they played or sat
around in groups and talked until the
sun was setting and they were called
to salute the flag as it was lowered for
the night
Then 70 bed in The breeze swept dor
mitories.
1t was e perfect day for these lads.
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IcC1I
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
New Voices at the Polls
Mrs. Whitman Opens
Y. w. G. A. Campaign
To Raise $4,000, 900
fSnecini Disrntch to The Tribune

>nrr'nI Grsrntch to The 1'rbunol
WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. - Mrs.
Charles s. Whitman, wife of the Gov
crnor Of New York, formally opened
tho Young Women's Christian Associa-
tlon war work campaign tonight with a
plea to the women or America to stand
behind the organization in its task Of
unifying the women of the country to
back up the nation in winning the war.
Mrs. Whitman said this task had been
turned over to the Y. ". c. A. by the
government and deserves the cnthusi
astc support of every American woman.
"The Y. w. C. A. and the Red Cross"
said Mrs. Whitman. "offcr to the women
of our country great opportunity for
unsclfish and patriotic service such as
has never been ours before The splcn-
did response already made by our
American womanhood is every assur-
ancc that the Importance OF the work is
we'll understood and that the organi-
zation will be usiastically and 10y
ally supported whatever it's needs may
be-"
The official Y. w. c. A. war fund
campaign for Sl5,000,000 its share of
the s135, 900, 900 fund of the combined
Y. NJ. G. A.. Y. ". c. A.. War Camp
Community Service and the American
Library Association was opened with
Mrs. W'hitman's statement The money
asked for will be used by the organiza-
ton in maintaining hostess houses in
army camps, cantonments. navy yards
and naval stations, housing of war
workers and attending to their rccrea-
tion in munitions centres.
The Y. w. c. A. fund will also be
devoted to the entertainment and care
of American war workers and Red
Cross nurses in France and women in
French munitions centres. The French
women are engaged in the manufacture
of munitions for the American cxpedi-
tionary forces under a recent Allied
agreement. In addition to this the
money will 60 to care for "the girl
he left behind him.
Under the supervision Of the Com
mission on Trading Camp Activities.
the Y. w c. A. has established series
Of hostess houses in the army camps
of this country. recreation facilities
at munitions centres both here and in
France. and has further undertaken
the care of Red Cross nurses with
General Pershing's forces.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-19
Loss Of Vote for Amend
mcnt Is Offset by Absence
Of Two "Antis"
Will Name Successor
Gov. kcyes Expected to At
tempt Political Trade in Fill
ing Washington Post
CSpccin, Dispatch to The 7'r1bune


WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-The death
Of Senator Gallinger will not affect the
suffrage situation in the Senate, it is
believed here Though the suffrage
proponents lost one vote in the death
of the New Hampshire Senator, it is
pointed out, Senator James, of Ken
lucky, an anti, is critically i'll. and
Senator Dillingham;, of Vermont, an
other anti. is also confined to his home
able to vote, it seems assured Other
conditions remaining unchanged. the
suffragists, therefore, seem &c have
gained one vote despite the loss Of
Senator Gallingcr's vote.
Neither suffrage nor anti-suffrage
headquarters could tell tonight the at
titude Of Governor Keyes of New
Hampshire on the suffrage issue In
consequence, they could make no pre-
diction regarding the suffrage stand of
the man the New Hampshire Governor
is expected to appoint to fill ad interim
the Gallinger vacancy.
Governor keycs is himself candi-
date for the Senate, and as such it
is said has maintained silence on the
suffrage issue. Both sides claim his
support, according to reports from the
Granite State. OF the other three
avowcd candidates George Moses. Of
Concord. former Minister to Greece.
is an anti. Rosccrans Pillsbury, of
Londonderry, was al one time opposed
to suffrage, but has penchant for
shifting his stand to meet political
considerations. and former Governor
ROLAND Fl. Spauldine. the third candi-
date. is counted favorable to suffrage.
IF Governor Kdyes makes an appoint
ment to fiji the Ca!lingcr vacancy it Is
anticipated he will endeavcr to ncgoti-
ate a political trade which will assist
his own candidacy. il is not consid-
cred likely that he can effect such a
deal with any of the other three an
nounccd candidates.