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Show 3' MINING I II HPS People of Chicago Are Requested Re-quested to Observe Volunteer Vol-unteer Curfew. V.: WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. Three army camps did not report a single new case of Influenza today and only two, Kearny, rr'lj a., and Lewis, Wash., reported more f3 than 100 cases. The total of new cases ft, for ah camps, a statement from the of-i of-i ice of the surgeon general said, was 2375 ' against 2772 the day before. Pneumonia "7?. cases decreased from 699 to 500 and is deaths from 307 to 241.- The camps which . reported no new i cases were Wheeler, Ga. ; Custer, Mich., and Meigs, District of Columbia. Camp Dix, N. J., which reported no cases yesterday, yes-terday, had three today. jpfcjfilCAGO, Oct. 25. Chicagoans today ? were requested by Health Commissioner u, Robertson to observe a volunteer curfew commencing at 9 o'clock tomorrow night. !t: AH persons also were advised to remain ji at home Sundays in order to help check the influenza epidemic, which reports c( showed was declining. An early lifting of the quarantine restrictions which closed theaters and prohibited public meetings among other things, was pre- dieted by the health commissioner. NEW 'YORK, Oct. 25. Mayor Hylan e!& tonight called on presidents of the five '-.'!; boroughs of New York to provide laborers, ;s eauipped with picks and shovels, to help bury persons who have died of influ- enza. isi "Conditions are such in the cemeteries throughout the city that the cemetery authorities are not able to handle the situation. I have asked the health com-: com-: mlssioner to send nien to the cemeteries :0y, to assist in burying, the dead." ia DENVER, Oct. 25. A slight increase in the number of new cases of Spanish in- fluenza and of deaths from the disease Lt was revealed by reports from all parts of Colorado, made to the state health board today, which showed 69G new cases and seventy-eight deaths, reported during I? the past twenty-four hours. As a re-;5l re-;5l suit the state health board decided ' against relaxation of the preventive regu-' regu-' Jations. V la Denver new cases numbered seventy-j seventy-j one, and deaths reported today totaled : twenty. ) D n SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25. The Span-ish Span-ish influenza epidemic reaped its greatest toll of victims today, with 2007 new cases bi reported up to 5 p. m., the city board iCI-t of health announced. Ninety-six deaths also were reported today. P1J 6T. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 25. Since the .,: Influenza epidemic became general in Minnesota a month ago, 18,867 cases have been reported, it was announced tonight. a, Official figures on the number of deaths ,. from the disease are not available. Of- flcials declared the epidemic in Minne-prJ Minne-prJ sola is gradually subsiding. hi! mi PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25. Alarmed by prti the great crowds of Philadelphians who L r'SiU' Int0 Camden, N. J., tonight, H. H. r!: l"''"'s'(lcn,- of the Camden board of EuWiealth, issued an order closing every sa-loon sa-loon in the city "in the interest of the public health." The saloons had been closed for three r'- weeks, owing to the influenza epidemic, ''Ht the ban was lifted shortly before noon . tCv. It was not long afterward that lt'VgWme necessary for the ferry companies compa-nies To place iTi service every available boat to accommodate the crowds bound rffif for th New Jersey side of the Delaware ifj river. Early In the night extra details of police were called out, but the crowds !q became so great that Dr. Davis decided to put the. ban on again. By Universal Service, rt! GREAT LAKES, 111., Oct. 25. Spanish iei, Influenza has been driven from the Great Lakes naval training school. Health au-j, au-j, thorltics announced today that conditions SliIi could not bo better than at present and that the last signs of the epidemic have disappeared. , The announcement is remarkable, for IX- the reason that Great Lakes was the hardest hit oi all the armv and navy camps in the middle west. R'igid quaran-j., quaran-j., tine regulations were enforced. f4 CAMP SHERMAN, Chlllicothe, Ohio, Oct 25. Camp Sherman is now free of cases of Spanish influenza, it was an-ihcs an-ihcs nouneed here tonight. There are several .jC,i thousand cases of pneumonia under treat-,1;; treat-,1;; ment, but only forty are believed to be serious. 't VANCOUVER, B. C. Oct. 25. Interior If- towns of British Columbia, where medical -' and nursing help is small, are In the grip : of a serious Spanish influenza epidemic. At Powell river the big paper mills which BUPPi" Vancouver and other newspapers " closed down today because so many em- Ployees are affected. There were 190 f! t'ftna at Powell river today. nro 0f 200 cafiCs of the diseaso at Prince George most are reported of a vlrulojit J type. Appeal has been Issued for nurses. |