https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063952/1918-07-06/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=4&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=27

Arthur Brisbane, whose editorials reached upto 20 million people, describes the spread of the influenza from Spain to Germany and now England. He calls it a democratic epidemic, and hopes it spreads to the Kaiser and his family. Brisbane also relates that President Wilson will not allow the telegraph strike to proceed.

Source: Arthur Brisbane, "On the Spot of the Moment," The Leader, Guthrie, Oklahoma, July 6, 1918.