ï~~ SECOND SCTION19199f FOUDED85WE DNESDAY NO VEMBf ER 27 1918SA OPIMISM RULESIT DESTROY LARGE THE NIN MErw MATR OFQUNTTYO I. EID=I=MN S-,ulftII Influenza Case Show Grad! Chief Whit Directs That t t m IA 2 uai Decrease-C Ppar tire Reports Indicate Gen-a er: Improvemiet.' TH! 3 new cases of assiu saa reported'yesterdrayand. with onlyi18 cases reported n ~until' te noon hour today, local health authorities are Rooking forward to a speedy end to the malady which has gripped the entire country, The conditions locally continue to improve with each new day and according to riembers of the city board of health the ban will in all probability be lifted within the next week or top days if the present.hopeful condition continues. Ten deaths were recorded yesterday but a large percentage of these were from pneumonia. The opening and closing regulations throughout the city have been carried out with great precision and it is declared by health authorities;.that this is responsible for the sudden change. Stores' i -athe various sections, throughout the city will be permitted to remain open until 8:30 o'clock this evening on account of the holiday to morrow. Emergency calls for nurses continue to be received at the local chapter of the American Red Ci-oss, and now that the teachers of the city schools are again aiding' in this work, ready response is made to most of the calls received. Distress- calls came from Bingham- and' other secti"s today. but it is thiught that the conditions generally in the state are much bet ter than heretofore. Ogden and Elsewhere. At Ogden the situation continues to improve and while 74 cases were reported there yesterday this was a decrease of 20 'pler cent over the pre ceding day. Nine deaths, however, were registered 'there yesterday while four were recorded on Monday. With Dr. Hutchinson aiding, the physicians at Ogden 'it is expected-that conditions there will be much improved within a few days. Notable improvement was noted by the state, bodof:.4es1.th tc4%a I. comparative reports, from various parts of the st4. o.rsew cases-were -rorted-gat-Pr?onotBinghamn-y ester day. A report from Bingbam today, however' announces- the dea1h' of Mi s. Agnes Sullivan, wife of. Dan Sullivan, foreman of the -'Boston Con mine, who fell a victim to influenzs-prpeu monia. Five new cases,were 'aqmitted to the isolation hospital at Fort Douglas yesterday. All, of these,.were from the S. A. T. C.. at the #University of Utah. One case of scarlet fever wad also sent to the post hospital from the university. WIle inore then 1 0.:;suses of- -in= fluena-have bee repore tth war prison cainp at Fort Douglas, no ne case developed yesterdy n morijint that the epiei had beens Confiscated Whiskey be Emptie e nt Sewer-' Some Sew Away. RDERS. were Issued by Ch a lr of Police J.'arey White this morning for the dstruction of I appraiZslyteiy3,276Sgallons of whisky which has hedn seized by thej officers of his department since th..e prohibition law went into effect on Aug. 1, 1917. The destruction of the liquor is to take place tomorrow afternoon in front of the public safety building. The water from the hydrant in front of the Elks' club will be turned loose to help wash the intoxicants'into the sewer. Will Use Trusties. As soon as David Crowther, boss of the chaing gang, appears at the sta tion tomorrow, the trusties in the city jail, will be put to work rolling the barrels from. the basement to the street. The sidewalk from the south end of the main entrance to the pub lie safety building to the building oc cupied' by the Mountain States Tele phone & Telegraph company on the south, will be roped off to prevent curious spectators from getting too close to the seat of operations. The barr'el's will then be lined up on the edge of the gutter and the bungs knocked- from them. Since' the prohibition lawwent into effect more than:4,000 gallons of whisky have been confiscated by men bars of the police department. A lar e amount of this has been destroy ed from time to time, as orders were received from; the judges of the dis trict -court, 'until only a little snore than 3,000 gallons is now left. The destruction of this was ordered several *weeks ago but, hoping that- some use might be. found for it by the govern ment, Chief White communicated with Senator Reed Smoot at Washington. -As a result of this communication, word was received by the chief from the head of the bureau of standards, - depalrtment of cornmerce, at-Washings ton, that 10 barrels of whisky. was wanted' by 'that department.- Another -communicatimfrror telisad of the pnotor transport corps said: that the remainder of the liquor held by the. police could be used-for- technical pur poses by - that corps. Both vommuni cations instructed the chief of polXze to place the whisky in barrels and de nature it by mixing 5 per cent-of wood. alcohol with it, and then to wait for, shipping orders. f - Some Sent Away. This was done, but with the cessa tion of hostilities in Europe, word was, received from Washington: that. the bt e transport corpi would be un Chief, White received a letter 'from the bureau of stahdards, telling ~him - to -place poison placards on eachI of the 10 barrels ordered by.that department 41 I - W "IV ii SITUDEHI SOLDIEDlS Al IAnnounce' OIVERITT-OF-UIAH VarioL -1 -IMSNZE Information received yesterday from Washington, by Gov. Simon Basnberger and Col. -111. S. Wright, commandant at' the University of Utah, is to. the effect 'that demobilising of the Student Army' Training corps at the -University of Utah will be started -early -nest.week. The committee -on education and Senator William K" King wired the infor mation. - - It- -is--anticipated that the orders for demobiisig:willbe treceivedhhe be. lore the end of:the wed rso that thedisbanding of the 'student afmny' will be'.under way fel exMndayr. Tlhe -war; departinit: recommended;tb furloughs 'be granted in the ieantime only where, circumstances make, eave --4,.** 4wnwIJr. i de &T a meeting of the thorities of the Cl temple this morn her of changes w in various Church auai isation. President Anthon H. L lected and-set apart-as pre Salt Lake temple, to succ 'President Joseph F. ariti Lund wsasformet'ly assists of the tempile. deravid 0. McKay said set apart as superinte seret 5iday. eb l P[TITIU F iRFC