Show 18 DIE OF FLU EPIDEMIC DENIED CHICAGO March 14 U On One bun bun- bundred hundred dred tired forty eight cas cases of ot and pneumonia were reported In Inthe Inthe the 24 hours hour ending at 9 f o'clock till this morning together with ith IS Irons tho th disease It Wi waa announced by the tho health depart department ment meal tonight Repol ts that the th city Is 1 ic l the grip of ot an epidemic were forceful forceful- forcefully forcefully tul- tul ly Iy denied by Dr Herman L Bunde Bunde- Bundeson son Bunde-son son on health commissioner I I want ant to Impress the tho th public especially ho he said ald that that there therB th r ts is no epidemic but a ft serious out out- outbreak outbreak out break ot of o folds colds colds which It if neglected result In pneumonia And find possible death The Th commissioner ro I warned d against the tho promiscuous use of or cure ails cure that reports of oC o an epi- epi epi demic were ero In lunge large measure the result or of o propaganda by theIr I manu manufacturers He H said that the situation was well In hand |