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Show EPIDEMIC'S TOLL 350,000 DEATHS WASHINGTON". Dec. 4. Between 300,-' Ov'0 and ;'.oU,00f deaths from influenza and pneumonia havo occurred amohg the i Chilian population of t lie United States' sliuo Scat ember 15, according to cstl- j mates today of the public health service. These calculations were based on re- : ports Trom cities and slates keeping act-unite records and public health offi- i cials believe ibey arc eonservative, The epidemic still persists, but deaths ! are nniili less numerous, according to reports reaching here. Insurance companies have been hurd : hit by the epidemic, government reports i imiicaie. ulihough there are no figures: ;iailahli; i.eri! to show total losses sus- I taiui'il by tin- companies. Tiie govern- i ment in urrcd liabilities of more than j I 7m1i)iwi.o in totmeclion with iil'o in-suraiife in-suraiife .-arrii-d hv so!. tiers in army camps, not including those in Europe. A bout ::m.'0 deaths oc.-urred in tho camps in ihe Tmird Stales, war depart- I mei'l rO'"orvis show. j |