Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-15
NATION TO FIGHT PEST.
President Acts on Request of the Louis
lana Governor.

President Acts on Request of the Louis
lana Governor.
The federal government will take full
control of the yellow fever situation.
Gov. Blanchard of Louisiana Friday
afternoon sent a request to that effect
to President Roosevelt, and the latter
Immediately directed Surgeon General
Wyman to take every step in his power
to meet the situation. Gov. Blanchard's
appeal to the President was the result
of the action of a mass meeting of citi-
Zens in New Orleans, at which the opin-
ion was expressed that federal control
would result in an immediate restoration
of confidence throughout the South, and
would do away with all danger of conflict
between the States over quarantine regu-
lations.
While it was declared there was no
intention of admitting that the situation
had got beyond the control of the local
authorities. it was the belief of those
present that Surgeon Genral Wyman
would be able to send a force of physi-
clans to New Orleans thoroughly equip
ped for handling the fever situation, be-
cause of their experience in Cuba, Mex
leo and at different points in the United
States, and that the government would
have the facilities for enforcing a scien-
tiic campaign not possessed by the local
authorities
President A. Brittin of the cotton ex-
change presided at the meeting. The
announcement of the action taken at
first created some alarm in the city,
which was quickly allayed when it be-
came known that the authorities had
acted simply in the belief that the prompt
action now in turning over the direction
of affairs to the marine hospital service
would almost certainly avert an cpl
/ demic.
Friday morning the launch Tom of the
Louisiana fleet, with Lieut.. Ivy in com
mand and Sheriff Nunez of St. Bernard
Parish on board, captured the Missis-
sippi boat Tipsy, in command of Cap
tain English. The captain and crew
were placed under arrest by Sheriff Nj
nez and sent with their boat to st. Ber-
nard Parish, where the officers and men
were taken to the parish prison. The
Tom was running through Lake Borgne
when the Tipsy attempted to head it off.
The Naval Reserves ON the Tom con-
cealed themselves and allowed the Mis-
sissippians to board their boat before
disclosing their identity.
The Mississippi quarantine boat Grace
was also forced to haul down its quaran-
tine flag while in Louisiana waters.
-Four other launches joined the Ma
jestic and Marie and nearly all of the
LOO available men of the Naval Reserves
are on the scene, only enough being held
in New Orleans to man the United States
steamer Stranger which is unable to
navigate Lake Borgne, but is held in
readiness to proceed to Mississippi sound
in case she is needed
Hundreds Of people are Temporarily
moving out of New Orleans into st.
Tammany parish, which is practically the
only nearby haven to which people from
the city can go. The parish has refused
to put a quarantine, and has opened its
doors to all refugees. No case of vel
low fever has ever developed there, even
during the most serious epidemics Cases
have been taken to the parish, but wheth-
er the patient died or recovered there
has never been any extension of the in
fiction. The reason for the immunity
of St. Tammany is that the stegomyia
has never existed there