Add to ORKG• Associated Press, Columbus, OH, October 16—• 6,000 new cases have been reported in Ohio, bringing the total to 70,000.• Acting Health Commissioner J.E. Bauman does not expect the epidemic to peak until the next week.• Dr. James McCurry has been placed in charge of an emergency influenza hospital in Marion.• Health Officer Kahu of Columbus was indignant about the number of exemptions from the closing ban requested. He feels that people should voluntarily abstain from public gatherings.• Police have instructions to end public gatherings they find in the city.• The total estimated cases in Columbus are 1,100. • 56 have died in Columbus.Newspaper article1,