Show I POPULATION OF OP U. U S. S 3 IS 1 05 MilLIONS Census Expert Gives Figure Based on Statistics s Announced I Washington June 23 The Thc The population tion lou of continental United States s Is es estimated es- es at al h by hy J. J A. A Hill chief statistician of or the thc census bureau His calculation is based on th the combined combined com corn populations of or 1406 HOf cities and towns for or which statistics have hae been announce announced The Thc Increase 1910 Is se over o placed at about showing tho the growth of ot the country has not kept pace with previous s decades Almost complete i cessation of ot Immigration during tho the war Is tho thio chief reason assigned ned for tor I Ithe thc the falling fulling off oct In growth Other su suggestions sug sug- I were the thc two Influenza epi- epi return of ot aliens to their native o lands and amI deaths s of oC soldiers abroad and at homo home during the thc war The Thc a aggregate ate population of the cities and towns s on which thc the estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate was t made Is I This Isan isan Is la laan an an average a gain of 0 26 6 per er cent compared compared com corn pared with th 35 5 per cent In the previous d decade e ad e. e I |