Arizona republican., 1918-09-19
SPANISH INFLUENZA
 EPIDEMIC SPREADS
 TOSOUTHERN CITIES
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NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. lS.- Three members of the crew of a Mex jean vessel in port here have died and fourteen others are ill as a result of what is believed to be Spanish influ- enza, it was announced today by the health authorities. The vessel arrived q few days ago from a Mexican port and was held at quarantine. officials then stating that several cases sus- pected as influenza had been discov- cred aboard.
 NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 1S.-One hun dred and fifty cases of Spanish influ- enza have developed among enlisted men at the Hampton Roads naval base. Commander Bell. senior medical officer. announced today that a quarantine had been established. No fatalities have resulted so far.
 BOSTON. Mass. Sept. 1S.-NSval re- ports showed a falling off in the num- Der of new cases of influenza in the first district today. 146 as against 17o yesterday. It was announced that sixty-six deaths had occurred amonS naval men during tha three weeks that the disease has been prevalent
 At headquarters of the receiving | were reported. One death of school child due to the disease also was re- ported today. the first fatal case re- corded by the school authorities. The epidemic continues tn spread to surrounding towns and cities and in several communities schools were closed and other steps taken to con- bat it.
 Officials of the Boston elevated rail ways company, said today that i65 motormen and conductors were ill of l influenza.
 NEW YORK. Sept. 1S-The first five cases of Spanish influenza among the civilian population nere were re- ported to the health commissioner to- | day. Since the early part of July, more than 100 cases have been re- ported, all previously among men in service, coming here from foreign ports.
 NEWPORT, R. l., Sept. 1S- The steady improvement in the influenza situation in the second naval district led the commandant Rear Admiral Jo- seph w. Oman. to rescind today ;he order issued a few days forbidding en- listed men to leave Newport without a special pass. In and about this city to- day 241 new cases of influenza were reported, with four deaths
 COLUMBIA, s. C.. Sept. 1S-Several cases of influenza have been discovered at Camp Jackson. This became known today when the medical authorities is sued orders prohibiting attendance of soldiers at public gatherings and re- stricting travel on trolley cars to and from the camp to seating capacity. The outbreak is not considered serious.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s- Steps were taken today by the Emergency Fleet corporation to prevent influenza from interfering with ship production Sanitation engineers in all eastern shipyards were notified by Lieutenant I-Colonel Philip Doane. head of tht health and sanitation section of 5h, corporation, to exhaust every means tt keep the disease from the yards
 Colonel Doane in a statement issued tonight advanced the theory that tho disease which he characterized a:
 nothing more or less than old fash.
 toned grippe" was brought to tht
 United States by members of the crew. of German submarines whom, he said were reported to have been ashore a New York and other places