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Show Illinois New Cases. CHICAGO, Oct. 15. With more than 10, 000 new cases of influenza reported , in Illinois todav health officials prepared to extend the order closing all night schools, theaters, motion picture houses, lodges, skating rinks and other places of public amusement- An extension of the order to include all saloons in the vicinity of the big industrial plants and a possible ban on political meetings was forecast by Dr. St. Clair Drake, director of the state public pub-lic health department tonight. All public pub-lic dances already have been suppressed. Manv day schools throughout the state ari- there is not adequate medical and, krsing supervision also have been closed. .n order closing all churches is expected before Sunday. Reports from 170 Illinois cases of over 1000 population show a total of 31,800 cases of the disease. Of these more than L. 10 000 were said to be in Chicago. There vere 183 deaths from influenza and 134 iron pneumonia in Chicago today, while Nc than 2000 new cases were reported. |