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• “Authorities Fear Influenza Epidemic Is Still Spreading.”• “$10,000,000 Fund Asked”• 817 cases reported• Fowler says doctors have been too busy to report cases to the department• The War Department has joined the Treasury and Interior and will not be brining any more war employees to Washington for the duration of the epidemic• $10,000,000 is being added to the House appropriation bill that already included $1,000,000 for fighting influenza; the extra money would go to various state and municipal health departments• Fowler is not encouraged with conditions in the city; thinks the disease is gaining headway in the city, not declining• Nurses still in need; it is believed many trained nurses are in the city working in offices for war work. They are now needed elsewhere and should volunteer their services immediately• Dr. Haralson of the Red Cross says to wear masks only in crowded conditions such as in street cars or elevators and also asks that anyone who can make their own as the Red Cross is finding it impossible to meet demands for masks• There are 40 patients at the new emergency hospital including four babies• Nurses and office help are needed at the Red Cross’s new headquarters• 60 babies and 5 nurses at the Foundling Hospital are ill with influenza – the majority of the children have been ill for more than a week• A rumor that the commissioner are thinking of closing all stores in the District is denied by Commissioner Brownlow• Dr. Fowler is considering closing bowling alleys, poolrooms and auction housesNewspaper article1,