https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93061433/1918-07-10/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=Influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=8&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=29

The Kaiser and his family are struck down with the flu, requiring he retire from the French front to his home. The addition of a prohibition amendment is stricken from the emergency food production bill by the Senate Pro Tem, Senator Salisbury of Delaware rules it is not germane.

Source: "Kaiser Bill Has Influenza,' The Evening Current. Carlsbad, New Mexico, July 10, 1918. Page 1, Column 3.