Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-22
announce SLIGHT
INCREASE Of FLU
CASES IN CHICAGO
2,635 MORE ILL OF, DISEASE IN
MILD FORM-HEAlTH OFF,
GERS SAY THERE IS NO NEED
FOR ALARM.

Chicaso, Jan. 22-Innuenza cor
'ihQ'd its spread yesterday.
Between s Il. m. Tuesday and ) u
IN. last night 100 new cases OF the
disease had been reported to Health
Commissioner Robertson, an increase
oI IN new cases over Tuesday
Deaths numbered fifty one. or an in.
crease Of fifteen over Tuesday re.
port
Pneumonia showed fewer new
eases, but more dea his There were
Isl new cases. or sixteen less than
the previous days total, and severity
four deaths, Or an increase of sixteen,
The increases in deaths should net
cause alarm, DR. Robertson said
The situation Is still under COZ
troll and the cases continue to rem4in
mild" he added WHAT told 800
women supervisors of the Chicago
Telephone company this nOcn may be
made applicable to the whole city.
told them If they promised %
get at least nine hours sleep every
day In a vain, well ventilated room
anu dressed in such a manner as rot
TO become overheated. would aele"
to keep them we'll
Four motion picture theaterS Wer'
closed during the day for failing to
comply with ventilation and SANITARY
ordinances They are at 433 North
Laramie avenue, 30 North Cicero av.
enne, 1895 North Marshheld avenue
and "oh South cicero avenue one 1t
lltS West Eighteenth street wa
given warning.
As an added procauton against rul
Their spread OF the disease germs.
Health Commissioner Robertson OF,
dered milk pastcuI cation tompsiJ
ture raised from - to l15 degrees.
New cases AT the Great LaNc'
Naval Training Station decreased che.
half yesterday. They numbered siAt,
as compared with Tuesdays total o.
us There were four deaths, bring
ing the total thus far at the station
to eleven. The total number of il
t'uenZa and pneumonia cases reported
to date Is VA
Col William y. Riuhram, in com.
mand OF the base hospital at Fart
Sheridan, issued this statement yc :.
terday:
We do not regard the infucu1
situation here as alarming. out at
1000 persons here. including ofhccrH
there have been 3t6 cases. Their
have been no deaths
A check OF the large industrial o.
adjustments yesterday disclosed the
fact that the thousands absent frop
work, suffering from the epidemic ,uc
returning rapidly The various
branches of the International Iar
veSter Company, the Western EIec.
trio Company's plants. the stockyards
Sears. Roebuck a Co, MontgomeE"
Ward 4 Co. all report that almost
their full complement Of help is bacl,
at work
Deaths in New York Fewer
New York Jan. 22-Deaths from
influenza and pneumonia in New
York City decreased yesterday white
the number Of cases increased t.lcVe'
deaths from influenza and torty-eight
from pneumonia were reported, com
pared with twelve from influenza ana
sixty from pneumonia Tuesiat
There were 462 new cases Of in
fluenza
$50 Cases in Iowa.
Des MoineS, Iowa. Jan. 22--RepDrt.
to the Iowa state board Of health yes
terday showed 100 cases Of influenza
in the state outside OF Des Moines. a
special meeting of the board has been
called Tor today to consider The ST u
ton
Cities in which the health authori
ties said the disease existed include
Des Moines Oskaloosa, BOndurart.
Odebolt. Goldhtld. Prairie City, Sven.
Russell RellevjeN, Burlington, Da en-
port. bows, Eagle Grove, Fort Dodge
Glidden, Iowa City. Iowa Falls. Nor
walk pella, Stanhope and Mystic
Camp Grant, H., Jan. -. Major
Warren J Englar, Camp Grant quar-
termaster corps died yesterday Of
pneumonia. resulting from influenza.
Breaks Out in Havana.
Washington. Jan 22,--6oo0 cases
of in duenza have been reported in Ha,
vana. Cuba the public health serv
ice was advised today by its repre-
sentative-i in that city. Further spread
Of the malady in this country was re-
ported today. Ninety-three new cases
were listed in Kansas and 2.430 in
sixteen counties of northern Illinois.