Add to ORKG• An order closing public gathering places will go into effect to halt transmission of influenza. The Commissioner of Public Safety, Andrew Hamilton, has power to order these closings. The closings will last until October 21 unless altered. The text of the order is printed in the article, and public officials involved in the decision are listed by name.• The Common Council has given the Commissioner of Safety Power the authority to fix hours in factories and stores to reduce crowding on streets and streetcars.• Dr. Roby estimates more than 1,000 cases in the city, but this estimate is unverifiable because influenza is not a reportable illness. Four deaths were reported the previous night.• The situation in hospitals and among schoolchildren...