Show I 10 U II StAMPS S. S CAMPS II I SHOW INCREASE OF INFLUENZA r Further Spread of Epidemic Throughout Nation Is Being Being Being Be Be- ing Reported Washington lon oct ct 3 Further spread of Spanish Influenza over o the country and In army amps with an Increasing death rate was Indicated tolla today In re report reports reports re- re ports port received d b by thin tho public health service ser and at the office of oC the surgeon surgeon sur sur- geon Son general of oC tho the arm army New r cases de In army camps totalled 1 with reports lacking from Camps Sherman 0 O. Taylor K icy Ky and and Jackson S. S C C. where the tho disease ha has reached epidemic proportions This total was a decrease over that of or yesterday yesterday yes yes- el but now cases casas of pneumonia wore reported as against tho the day lay before and deaths were compare compared with yesterday The total number of oC influenza cases cased reported In the camps campt since me Ute epidemic mIe m- m ic Ie began bean September 13 13 I Is Pneumonia cases total and deaths 2479 r Ten n Camp Hard lilt Jilt Ton camps reported a greater Inci increase In In- ci crease ease In Influenza today than titan yesterday ester yester- day the others reporting a. a decrease Camp lamp Grant Ill Iii reported the Highest liuO The greatest Increase In Itt pneumonia nm nia was wa alFO alO reported at Can Camp Grant with new cases and thirty one 11 deaths Pneumonia cases at nt Camp Lee Va were five eighty with thirty five deaths and at Camp Humphreys Va Ya three fifty with twenty deaths It was announced today todar that general generalI headquarters for r dealing with the tue epidemic epi opi- I demic of of influenza III in New England land h have e been established at Boston by 11 the pu public health service More lorY than physicians already have been sent to that cH city front from districts where the dl disease disease dis dis- ease is not at present a particular problem and the service Is 18 getting to together to to- gether a mobile personnel 1 which can canLe be Le sent to other points necessary when the epidemic subsides In New England Called Upon Physicians were ordered today to re report report re re- port llort to a a. number of oC cities throughout hout tho the east elst which have not previously prevIous been Leen Included in the operations of ot the bervice ber against influenza As a further step slop in the campaign to prevent an epidemic in Washington which is crowded with war workers the commissioners of the District of or Columbia toda today ordered all and motion picture houses house closed after acter tonight until the disease Is stamped out Thus far tar only a comparatively fow foi cases h have e u been en r reported ported here Reports regarding the spread of In Influenza influenza In in- came camo to the tho public health service ser lee ice toda today from Crom many states A number of outbreaks were reported in Indiana from rota Oswego o N. N Y V came camo a a. re report report re re- port o of 2000 cases New Mexico and Arizona also als reported a few Cew cases case th the tue first flast from Crom those states slates In Arizona th there io ro were sixty cases caes In a normal school nt tt Fla Flagstaff starr and ca cases e at Forty cases were reported at Gallop N. N M. M I I I I I J I I j II Camp p Kearny Men Barred From Crowds ds Camp Kearny San Diego Cal Oct Oct- 3 no cases of or Spanish in- in have havo developed d here steps are taken taleen to keep the disease ou out o of the camp and tolla today officers nun and nud unlisted enlisted 1 men w were ro ordered not to fre- fre flUnt theatres and other places in San Diego o wh where T re crowds congregate NoI Notice No No- 1 I tl tics tice e was sent b by th the military police to toa a those thoe Places requesting the help hel helot ot of Y IT M. M C. C A. A Huts lInts at Fort Bliss Closed Fort O rt Bliss Tex cx Oct 3 All 11 All Y V. M. M C. C A. A huts and other assembly places Wore were ordered closed to today ay b by Brig Gent Gen 1 J J J. Hornbrook to prevent ont the spread of or the influenza at the post and camps In the El Cl Paso Palo military district t. The ba base e hospital records to today today to- to day showed G 13 43 cases of oC influenza of ot otI which 50 were received receive since 3 ester yester esterday day tiny morning This Includes soldiers I of ot the border bordel district outside the fort Philadelphia Takes Drastic Pr Precautions S Philadelphia Oct 3 3 The most sweeping Sweeping- closing or order er issued b by the Philadelphia ho board rd of oC health In man many years ears was ivas decided upon today In an effort to check the epidemic of or SpanIsh Span Span- ish influenza and pneumonia which Is Js growing mol more serious hero here each da day All schools churches Sunday schools th theatres and public gatherIngs gatherings gather gather- Ings of or au all kinds were ordered closed for an tn Indefinite period The rite drastic action act 1 Is due hue In part to an all effort to prevent vent an any serious cur cur- of or production of war ivar materials mate mate- rials Philadelphia and Its environs constituting ono Onto of ot the greatest war Industry centers ent rs in the world T The he order also applies to all indoor Liberty loan Joan meetings R and It mn may mav have ft n serious sellous effect on the tho city's plans to fill Its There were vere CSC new cases of ot influenza enza reported tola today and the health department expects a big 1111 Jump in fig fig- ures tomorrow a aa as orders were sent oUt put to ph physicians to report all cases It Is estimated that thai art art- more mOle than OOOO cases of influenza in In the city The Tine number of oC deaths rl reported porte I toda today was I Embargo on 1 0 T Pictures Is Ts Placed Wilmington ton Del Oct 3 ln 3 In an ef effort ef- ef fort to prevent the spread of ot Spanish Influenza the state board hoard of ut health tonight issued an order Ordel closing all the schools church churches s and motion picture houses hO In the thc state and forbidding public nubIle gatherings s. s Since last Jast Saturday deaths deUhs from influenza and pneumonia hav ha been beci officially reported Vaccine r Efficiency Will Till Be Tried Out Ou t tew New Neis' ew York Oct 3 Health Commissioner Commis Copeland In a statement mad madI I public tonight ht said only 1000 cases of Spanish influenza h hAve hc c developed de J In Gr Greater York YOlk bout Lout 10 per cent centor of or the have developed lIc m mOnia statistics show hio and of or these I Continued 1 fin on onla ni la c I IT 11 1 I 10 U. U S. S CAMPS SHOW SHO Vi INCREASE IN INflUENZA Continued from page paso 1 I section two about 50 per cent have ha died Widespread tests to determine the tho ef efficiency efficiency ef- ef of or tho vaccine vaccine- discovered here which was announced this week will be begun tomorrow Mr 11 Copeland said Ho Bo declared that the vaccine had al already al- al ready really proved prO successful in some cases Tomorrow he said enough h of or It will ho 10 available a to treat persons Tho The serUm scrum will bo be used only In camps amps and residences where imminent danger of oC tho the disease exists and only until the tho subjects have havo been Immunized with permanent vaccine which Is expected to produce Immunity for tor several months Pennsylvania Bars Theatres Shut Down Dorn harrisburg Pa Oct 1 1 Dr B B. Jo F F. foyer noer state commissioner of health tonight Issued an order closing closing- ever every everyplace everyplace place of ot public amusement and every evory saloon in Pennsylvania because of oC the Influenza epidemic The order is to take effect forthwith The order aJ also o prohibits meetings of or every cry description and directs that fu funerals fit tu- bo 10 private ate Failure to obey tho the order will be considered ered a misdemeanor S The Thc commissioner of health arranged arrange with A Adjutant General Beary Deary to obtain the tho use of ot armories for hospitals should It become necessary and also for tho the shipment of or from the state ar ar- ar- ar senal 91 Persons Are Victims in Boston S Boston Doston Oct 3 Spanish Sp Spanish Influenza ant and pneumonia claimed lives In this eit city during the twenty four hours ending ending end end- ing ins at 10 o'clock tonight Thero There were vs ere 1 victims yesterday and O the day before beCore o fl persons die died l of ot pneumonia as ns a against 40 to yesterday but the death toll toU from Influenza to today today today to- to day was higher than yesterday ester a by 31 three Eighty cities and audi towns In the state outside of oC Boston reported new ne cases of oC Influenza an and 1 deaths today a larger list than titan yesterday Ayer Mass Oct 3 The most de do- do t cRIed Ide drop In the death rate at Camp 1 Devens since the influenza epidemic reached its height came today The I baso hospital r reported ported 1 11 t 1 deaths from Crom Influenza and pneumonia as compared I wi with th 33 yesterday Th There Thele rc were new I cai cases cs of oC pneumonia and 56 GG of oC i C enz enza n za I Chicago Reports 45 Deaths in Day Chicago o Oct 3 Fort Forty five ive deaths 20 of which were caused by pneumonia and 23 25 5 by influenza were reported to tho the health department toda today Eighty new nev cases of oC pneumonia and cases of or Influenza were reported Since September 25 26 when the first reported until ca case e of oC influenza was as today reports of oC 1579 persons suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing from the tho disease have been received re- re cei One Ono hun hundred red and two deaths were iere reported since that time from the same disease In the same period persons have havo died le from rom pneumonia |