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Show CHICAGO REPORTS PNEUMONIA WAVE AMD INFLUENZA CHICAGO, Jan. 16. There was a marked increase today in the number of deaths caused by influenza and pneumonia in Chicago during the last 24 hours. Thirty-two persons died of pneumonia and five of influenza. influ-enza. Influenza cases of an abdomi. nal type .resembling cholera, but less dangerous, were fotmd, Dr. John Dill Robertson, health commissioner, reported. Several cities in Plansas, Nebraska and Iowa also reported cases of abdominal ab-dominal influenza, Dr. Robertson Robert-son said. He believes those who had influenza last year are immune, |