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Show MALADY NOW IS t WORLD-WIDE IN SCOPE, CABLES SAY Ittfi lfj By Universal Service. jUl WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. The pandemic 'mil Jhftrtter of the prevailing influenza con- .ipV "Won i5 revealed by cable reports re- r adr cved by the United States public health service and the state department, indt- jrjjj eating its presence in practically all the (( Populous centers of the glob'o. tui'C." ord from Spain, where it is believed M" JS present outbreak originated, states ittf'm "jT'seaae. with pneumonic complications, lferl atHI general throughout the counlrv. rU'l Jt 's causing increasing fatalities in Por- r " The maladv has made its appearance ics' m various parts of India and has been I f reported in seel ions of China. It is still .epidemic throughout Canada and is said bflpj o be spreading rapidly In Mexico. The j-' latter country has declared a quarantine gainst vessels arriving at Mexican ports (,r from Spain. v'r' The eiuse with which the infection is ft i carried by vessels traveling tho ocean :. M lanes In every direction is illustrated by , a dispatch from Torto Rico. Two ves-c ves-c eels from New York arrived at Pan Juan Jl'' jvlth more than half of their crews suffering suf-fering from tho disease. It was also brought to Cuba by an p) American vessel recently reaching Clan Knt' 'wc-kos. Outbreaks in the Azores, Ber-t Ber-t r muda and Brazil also are reported. ' Advices to tho state department were i$ or a similar character. A dispatch re-n re-n cewed today said that there were more p J1 cases at the port of Punta del trv ado. Azores, which is the scene of ac-"Vlty ac-"Vlty on tho part of the United States i(!t; navy. $A Another cablo announced that conditions "ere so serious In Portugal that the ati-''oritics ati-''oritics of Lisbon had called upon the ..i newspapers and public-spirited citizens of Je city to assist In raising funds to at-i at-i lviiale lhe suffering, which has become W TiTiho exl5er,nce of a vessel arriving at ' t Joon from an African port on October ( d mS Clted as showing the swiftness and i'Mi kSffi ness of the contagion. An out-Vk out-Vk -- icurrGd aboard tho ship after loav-,m loav-,m yjSmr ai1f1 while en route 109 indi-v indi-v 1 our of a total of 017 passengers ,ffS Wd members of the crew died. Rcrfl . Fl,cl Administrator Garfield announced 'MP onight that the spread of the epidemic s the coal fields throughout this coun-,j coun-,j jy had been chocked. He expressed hope if' jnat the production of coal, which has ii:;;J en curtailed to an alarming degree in fne sections on account of influenza soon will resume Us previous high standard. stan-dard. Administrator Garfield commends the United States public health service, the army and the various state authorities for their prompt and efficient response to his earlier appeals for aid. |