Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-05 | Page 6 | Flu Unable to Stop Troops

FLU UNABLE TO STOP WPS More Than 250,000 Go Overseas in September Septem-ber Despite 100,000 Cases : of Disease W Penpite the rpMomic of Bpaninh influenza... embarkation of American troop ia being continued con-tinued at the rate of more than 2SO.(MrO per month, 0nrl Mftrrh an- ! nounc?4i tmlny. th totnl mhnrkd to dnto now hnvlnc pmwd th 1.150.000 irmrk. Th Hrptinbr hlp-fnntfl hlp-fnntfl Krttdf1 ISO. 000, 1 though r of InflurnxK In campc at home ex- j Th policy of th war department In andinff evraeaa only men who hav not had tha dlneaaa and who have not hen axpoaed to It haa nvea-1 itald material rtsadjuatmenta of the ahlpplna- schedula, but haa not Intar-fared Intar-fared with tha total number embarked. NEW YORK FRIGHTENED. By United Preaa. NEW YORK. Oct. 5 Rulea for hour of huatneaa and recreation were : placed Into effect hera today by tha j New Yoftt department of health aa i tha flrat atep In 'an Intensive cam-1 v palm to at amp out Influensa. An appropriation of I&0.000 made by the atate to flirht the epidemic haa now become available. RlffM nilea have been promulgated for tha open I nil and rloalng of atorea and other bunineaa placea. Cloalna; of ehurchea, achoola and theatre. It waa atated, will not be resorted 4o unleaa the epidemic be- cornea much wore. Iurlnc the laat twenty-four boura, i jaftft new raeea of Influensa and Ifhteen of pneumonias were reported. SCHOOLS CLOSED By Aaaoelatatf PraM. CTNC1NNATI. Oct. I. A aweepln order cloalna; all achoola. theatre. Sunday achoola, ehurchea and all plaoea where people are accuatomed to con(trea;ate. either Indoor or outdoor, waa made here today by the board of bealth. Tha order followed report from practically all phyatdana In thta elty that there were approximately 4000 1 caaea of Influenaa prevalent here