The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-08
Theaters, Also, Would Come
Under Influenza Ban.
Epidemic Reaches an Alarming
Stage in State.
ONE DEATH IN Topeka TODAY
Eight Cases in the Shawnee
County Jail Here.
All Who Spit on City Streets
Will Be Fined.


With the rapid spread of the Span
ish influenza plague over Kansas and
the report of another death and ad-
ditional cases in Topeka this after
noon, announcement was made from
the state board of health that all pub
lie meetings in this city may be for
hidden unless it is shown that the
disease is under absolute control. All
schools, theaters and places where
persons assemble will be shut up, it
was said. Similar action has been
taken in a number of other towns in
the state aft~r the disease has gotten
under headway, and the authorities
are anxious to take precautionary
measures here in time to prevent an
epidemic if possible.
So far Topeka has escaped with
only few scattered cases, but one
death today traceable directly to in
fluenza added to the death a few days
ago in which it was thought the dis
ease was to blame, adde to the an
nouncement of additional cases today
has alarmed the authorities.
Serious Over State.
The Spanish influenza has become a
serious epidemic in Kansas.
Sunday and Monday 1176 cases were
found by the physicians of the state
health today During all of the week
ended October 5. there were only 1899
cases reported in Kansas.
This does not include any of the
cases of the disease within the military
camps in the state. There were rs
cases reported among the boys in
training at the Kansas Agricultural
COLLAGE fharn -f
Camp Funston and a few in some of
the other camps. The camps and all
OF the state institutions, including the
schools have been closed to visitors. :
Ellis county has the worst out
break of the disease, 500 cases being
reported from that county alone to-
day. These are the cases where the
physicians were called in Sunday and
Monday. There were more than 200
cases in Ellis-county last week. JeweQ
county reports 14S cases today.
Close Up Lawrence.
DR.. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the
state board of health, announced this
afternoon that all public meetings
have been forbidden in Lawrence and
that the schools and shows and other
places where persons congregate have
been shut up.
Monday night Doctor Crumbine
wired the local health officer at Hays
to close all public places there and to
apply the order to the Hays normal If
deemed necessary and this afternoon
a report was received from Hays stat
ing that all girls at the normal school
have been. ordered to remain on the
campus and that the army medical
officers are keeping a close watch over
the men who are entered in the S. A.
T. C.
Late this afternoon a report was
received AT the Sfqfa hnord oP he = ,,
OF another death at Clay Center. The
name of the victim was not given in
the report.
Another Death in Topeka.
The epidemic has claimed another
victim in Topeka. Early this morn
ing Miss Mary Lannon, age Is, died at
1913 Jefferson street. Miss Lannon
was attending school here in Topeka.
Her family have lived here for many
years. Miss Lannon was taken sick
Saturday and the rapidly developing
influenza finally turned into pneumo-
mia. According to DR.. H. L. Clark, city
health officer, Miss Lannon was strick-
en- with a most severe and malignant
type of the disease.
The city health offices closed Mon
day with thirty cases on record. Ac-
cording to Doctor Clark more have
been turned in today but as he had
been too busy to check up the reports
on his desk, he could not give the ex-
act number reported today.
If influenza is spreading in Topeka,
it is doing SO far more slowly than
it has done in other cities and the cpl
demic here has been attended with a
much lower death rate than has been
experienced in other places. Topeka
is taking the ''fu'' seriously-as il
should be-and every precaution f.
being taken both to prevent its spread
ing and in, the care promptly given
those who are SO unfortunate as to
contract the disease
Enforce Splitting Ordinance Herr.
Just s25 per spit can be collected by
the city from every person who spits
upon the sidewalks or the floors OF
any street car. church or public build
ing in Topeka. And Chief of Police
Frank Harbaugh has announced that
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