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Show ideghease ii number If cases iteb ii j chicago situation Washington Announces Amer-j Amer-j ican Red Cross Is Ready to Combat Illness ! CHAPTER FUNDS TO BE USED FOR RELIEF Congressman of Illinois Wants to Release Whisky as Reme-j Reme-j dy for Influenza CHICAGO, Jan. 23 -The epidemic of influenza and pneumonia, from which more than 10,000 persons in Chicago are suffering today, continued to spread, but there was a slight decrease in tho number of new cases reported. The death lis, however, showed a considerable con-siderable . increase during the last twenty-four hours over any similar preceding period. Pneumonia caused 13 deaths in the last twenty-four hours, and influenza 3G. New influenza cases number 208G, and the new. cases of nneumonia 251. ! Dr. John Dill Robertson, health com-micsioner, com-micsioner, continued to urge calm, saying the epidemic is in n mild form and there is no occasion for alarm. Red Cross Active. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. American I Red Cross chapters in all parts of the country are organized and prepared to combat the spread of an influenza epi- demic, it was announced today at' headquarters. Preparedness measures' were taken throughout the organization organiza-tion as early as last summer against; the recurrence of an epidemic ou a scale wlih that oE 191S- ! Chapter funds, unappropriated for. other purposes, It was stated, may be, used for influenza emergency work! and home service sections have been 1 authorized to use funds and personnel In assisting families who may require relief. Representative Sabath, Democrat, Illinois, Il-linois, todny Introduced a resolution declaring that whisky is needled as a! "cure for influenza which is alarmingly alarm-ingly increasing" and proposing suspension sus-pension for ninety days of provisions of the national prohibition law requiring requir-ing special permits and reports from druggists, doctors and others as to the use of liquor for medicinal purposes. The resolution declared Its purpose was "to the end that whisky may be prescribed and obtained for medicinal purposes without unnepessary hindrances hin-drances and delay." |