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Show NEW 'FLU' MSG -SHOW DECREASE j Effect of Epidemic on Railroads Rail-roads Brought Out by Traffic, Report. No Basis Found for Stately State-ly ment That Enemy Agents 0 Spread Germs. 5 WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Continued im- 1 provomcnt in the influenza situation in army camps and in a number of states j. was shown by reports received today bt 1 the surgeon general of the army and the public health service. New cases in army camps totaled only 2733, with 327 deaths. The disease now- is epidemic at ..ys three camps, Lewis, Wash.; Mc-: Mc-: K'lellan, Ala., and Kearny, Cal. 7 States where the number of new cases lot reported shows a decrease include Connecticut, Con-necticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Indiana, 0; Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, North Caro- Una, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, i Tennessee and Wisconsin. In portions of 'r ather states improvement has been shown and for the country at large the peak of the epidemic apparently has been reached. Conditions still are serious in some : states, particularly Colorado, Iowa, Ke-tucky, Ke-tucky, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, rji Ohio, Texas and New Mexico. It is es-' es-' timnted that there are 125,000 cases in Ohio, with 22,000 at Cincinnati. In Mln-r Mln-r nesota bad outbreaks have been reported ": . at St. Cloud, Minneapolis and other -V towns. a Effect on Railroads. :' The effect of the epidemic on the railroads rail-roads was shown by the railroad adminis- i raHon's weekly report of traffic condl-K condl-K tions. Illness of railroad men interfered seriously, with freight movement and unloading. un-loading. Repair work at railroad shops ": also has been hampered, while a decrease in passenger traffic was noted. Reports that the influenza germs may " have been brought to- the United States ' and spread by enemy agents, possibly landed on American shores from subma-i subma-i rlnes, have been investigated, by government govern-ment agents, but no basis for them has PT been found. Investigators of several gov-jj gov-jj eminent departments declared today that v they were convinced after an Inquiry that ffl the disease was brought to this country t through the natural channels of affected ill seamen, travelers or imports and not by malicious methods. On Wane in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Although S390 ;: new cases of Spanish influenza were re- ported here today, the greatest number :" since the outbreak of the disease. Health " Commissioner Copeland held tonight to ks, his assertion that the epidemic was on the wane. ; He cited proof that the police had re-s re-s ceived fewer ambulance calls and that " the hospitals were less crowded, and explained ex-plained the increased number of cases by Arting that physicians had only just Hound time to make their accumulated reports to the health department. . Of today's to-day's cases, he said, 6o alone were re- - , ported by eighteen doctors. A Although Dr. Copeland asserted tonight j u that he was receiving many complaints A) of overcrowding in the subways, officials tf the Interborough Rapid Transit com-pSy com-pSy today told the public service commission com-mission that, because of alarm ocda-Moned ocda-Moned "by the influenza epidemic, surface, Dan elevated and subway lines were carrying ::: approximately 400,000 less passengers a day titan a year ago. Thousands of per-" per-" sons, they said, are walking to and from work. Nevada in Quarantine. RENO, Nev., Oct. 23. Under a proclamation, proc-lamation, issued tocay by Governor Beyle, the state of Nevada has been placed under quarantine against Spanish influ-j; influ-j; enza. The state beard of health is placed in control, with the state police under j. its orders to enforce its regulations. All " passenger trains entering the state will be inspected at the state line and passengers pas-sengers intending to alight in Nevada ; will be carefully examined. If found to be infected with influenza they will be - dismounted and quarantined at once. If , permitted to go to their destination they will be under observation until the period of possible incubation has passed, liable to internment at any time should the ';- disease develop. Nevada has been for-lifc for-lifc tunately almost free of the disease, except in isolated communities, and It is the M- intention to keep it so. New Omaha Cases. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 23. Health Officer ,,r Manning's report for the twenty-four hours ending at noon today shows 110 new cases of Spanish influenza and thirty ii deaths. As a means to reduco congestion of he street cars, retail stores have changed rial their opening and closing hours. The ;;: present hours axe from 9 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. LANSING, Mich., Oct. 23. Six thousand thou-sand new cases of Influenza in Michigan since Tuesday morning were reported to aflj the state board of health this forenoon. "' For the same period the deaths numbered ie f more than 150. is ; An increase in the number of cases was or' shown in virtually all affected localities. PARTS, Oct, 23. During the week end-, end-, ing Tuesday, 880 deaths were caused In .r.,. Parts by the grip epidemic. The deaths - last week were 1944, compared with 1445 the previous week. The normal rate is ,yilinois Improved. 7HTCAGa ct- 23. Although the in-Jv in-Jv lluahza epidemic is still spreading in southern Illinois, conditions in the horth- ern ahd central sections of the state ; showed such improvement today that Dr : St. Clair Drake, state public health di-Co0 di-Co0 rector, began making plans for raising the :;: quarantine in communities where condi-h( condi-h( i tions have nearly returned- to normal t Arrangements were completed today , j whereby medical inspection of all coal , ; mines and all miners will be made each day and the blood serum treatment will be administered where it is necessary. Rural districts, according to Dr. Drake, have been the hardest hit by the epidemic, the seemingly robust farmer not being able to withstand the disease as well as his brother of the city. In Chicago today 343 deaths were reported re-ported while there were 2102 new cases of pneumonia and influenza. It was stated that the rain of the past few days has been of great aid In abating the epidemic. Lifting Denver Orders. DENVER, Oct. 23. Spanish Influenza has been responsible for a total of 384 deaths in Colorado, according to reports tonight of the health board. Today's reports re-ports showed 593 new cases and seventy-three seventy-three deaths, while the total cases reported re-ported to date aggregate 10,524. Sections of northern and southwestern Colorado continued to be tho present seats of the most marked advance of the disease, dis-ease, while in Denver conditions have improved to the point where city authorities authori-ties have decided to lift the strict closing orders, in effect for two weeks, on next Monday. Reports to William H. Sharpley, manager man-ager of health In Denver, showed 3 49 new cases and twenty deaths in this cfty today. New California Cases. SACRAMKNTO, Cal., Oct. 23. Telegraphic Tele-graphic reports of 4342 new cases of Spanish influenza readied the California state board of health today. These, combined com-bined with 1342 cases reported by mall, increased the total number of cases reported re-ported in the state since the outbreak of the epidemic to 41,472. |