Schools Closed To Halt Grip Epidemic

• International News Service, San Francisco, California—• The first case of influenza has been reported. He is Edward Wagner, a recent arrival from Chicago, IL. He has been removed to an isolation house.• International News Service, Chicago, Illinois—• The total dead at Great Lakes Training Station are 200. • North shore communities have closed schools and theaters as a precaution against the spread of illness.• 140 new cases have been reported at Fort Sheridan.• 350 cases have been reported in Rockford at Camp Grant, but these cases are reportedly "grippe" rather than Spanish influenza.• The Surgeon General's office at Washington reports 20,211 cases.• 22 new cases have developed at Camp Lewis. 10,700 total cases are recorded for Camp Devens, with another 424 cases of pneumonia. Camp Dix has 1,897 cases.• Camp Logan has 175 cases; Funston, 181; and Travis, 37.Newspaper article