Show I Is Growing Less in I Army Camps Epidemic I i C l Itc 1 01 tall Increasing 1 asiu Among Civilians of Pacific Coast ti Stales tilt eS T On-of-T town Out Persons l I a at Washington J T Oct 13 Spanish Spanish influenza now has lias reached epidemic V V proportions in practically pr every JY state in the country In III spite of al nil all l forts by hr federal state and local authorities the disease lul hIts has spread rapidly and the thc death toll has hns been 11 high gh in t most parts of the nation In p tho Is J siding Idi a further th r- r d decrease so In n the num num- f iber Ier ier of ot new cases being noted toda today At It the office of or the surgeon general a of or f iIlo army rm Reports made public tonight b by th the tho o public lc health service Ice show that e of or Massachusetts etts tho rho epidemic is severe sever throughout New England Not ot a single state east of ot the Mississippi Is clear o othe of ot f ft the tho disease and In most of or tho coas coast COlst t rotates states from from Maine Malno to Florida conditions are tre serious The number of ot cases reported also is I. Increasing In Oregon Orgon Washington n and ind Cal California while the malady malad has t appeared red In nil mountain states tates an anis and nd andIs d Is It epidemic c In most of at thorn them them ota Is the the only west central centra l state reporting reporting- the disease stationary while influenza Is IR epidemic In Ohio Michigan D Indana Wisconsin and II- II It also s tI epidemic e in all nil the southern states tes as wen well as in Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa Noma and Arkansas In war tar al crowded District of at Columbia tho the epidemic Is unabated As a n further precautionary measure measure the treasury ury and Interior departments department today issued orders that no new of ot those d departments be brought to Washington until further notice The fuel uel administration at tho the suggestion sug sug- of ot the public health service also announced today that as 13 far as possible all engagements eng and appointments appointments appoint appoint- appointments ments for tor- conferences with out out-of- town persons during tho the next two weeks will be cancelled New v Cases Are Reported in in Denver 1 Denver Den Oct 15 Nineteen Nineteen additional deaths from Spanish I Influenza have ha been recorded ed In Den Denver Den Vier In tho the twenty twenty- hour four-hour period ending ending tonight Two To hundred and ad seven fifty new cases toda today were were- reported As a a. result of ot the Increased seriousness seriousness seriousness serious serious- ness of at the epidemic tho the health commissioner commissioner com com- commissioner missioner today ordered the discontinuance anco ance of ot all outdoor gatherings Indoor assemblages ha have been under the ban for tor ten days das If it tho the new order remains re remains remains re- re mains In effect football games garneR sched sched- lIed for fOI next Satin day will wilt bo ut prohibited prohibited pro pro- prohibited as ts well as aR outdoor church services services tier ices planned for Sunday Reports leports from various parts of ot ti the t e state showed no up let-up In tho tIO spread d of th the disease I IAn An order prohibiting all public gat gatherings gath gath- both Indoor and outdoor rr was sas a. a Issued tonight h by the tho state board o of or f health to check the epidemic of or Spanish Span Span- pan pan- ish Influenza which Is general over o Colorado The Tho order applies to the en entire en- en tire the slate state N. N Y Telephone Service Crippled New v c York Oct 15 Spread Spread of or tho the disease has seriously arr affected No NewYork's New NewYork's Yorks York's telephone service SH and th the NewYork New NewYork York Telephone company compan tonight sent out an an appeal to subscribers to uso use the tiro telephone only for urgent and necessary sary calls asserting that 20 O per cent coot per of ot Its operators have been laid up p by Influenza Illinois Prepares To Close Saloons s Chicago Oct With With more moro than ne new p v cases of Influenza reported in Illinois toda today public health of officials or- or prepared d to extend tho the order r doling closing all ali night schools theatres mo mo- motion motion tion picture houses lod lodges es skating rinks and other places of or public amusement amusement amuse amuse- ment I An extension of or the order to include all saloons all saloons In the vicinity of or big lg Industrial In Industrial In- In plants plant and a possible ban on poll political tIa I meetings was forecast b by Dr St St. Clair Clah Drake director of at tho the state public health department tonight All 11 public dances already have e been sup sup- pressed ed Many Ian da day schools throughout the tho state where there thero in is not adequate m med mcd- d- d ical and nursing supervision also nave been clo closed ed An order closing all nil churches la is expected ted before SUnd Sunday Reports from Illinois cities of ot over oer 1000 population show a iL total o of ot of 1800 cases of or the disease Of or these more than were said sUd to b be In Chicago there were deaths from Influenza and from pneumonia In Chicago toda today while more moro than 2000 new cases case wore reported Sioux CIt City Ia la Oct 15 The Tho Tho city council sitting as a board of ot health tonight tonight to tonight to- to night ordered d tho the public schools theatres theatres theatres the the- atres moving mo picture shows lodges and all public meetings closed cloned as a precautionary measure against nin t tho the spread or of Influenza Tao Tho Sioux CIt LILY City Service company was directed ted to prevent prevent pre pre- vent ent overcrowding o of at all street car carat cars s at the noon and evening rush hours The cars must be fumigated dall dally Buenos Aires Oct Spanish IS 15 Spanish Influenza in In- In has made its appearance In Buenos Aires Rio Janeiro and Monte Monte- rid video eo |