Show j f U UIL S. S POPULATION ESTIMATED A AT 1 11 1 ne 26 WAS WASHINGTON pop la of vv The on continental con con- United States is estimated at 1 by J. J A. A Hill chief statistician of the census bureau H His is calculation is bated on the tho combined populations populations lations of 1406 cities and towns for which statistics have been announced T- T The increase over ove 1910 is is placed laced at about showing showing show show- ing the growth of th the co country has not kept pace with previous decades Almost complete cessation cuI ces cu- ces- ces I c of immigration during th the War wa is the chief reason assign assigned d fo for the falling off in growth Other suggestions were the two influenza enza epidemics return of aliens to their native lands and deaths of soldiers abroad and at hore hom during the war The aggregate population of the cities and towns on which the estimate was made is La 41 This Thus is an average gain of 26 per cent c compared with 35 per cent in in the previous o decade J i |