Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-31
ITALIANS IN DISTRESS
THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE
MUCH ENCOURAGED.
Crescent City Suffering From Stringent
Quarantine Against All Kinds Of
Freight and Merchandise.

Inc campaign IN The interest or clStern
screening continues, and hundreds of gall
water receptacles.
The large majority of new cases and
deaths continue to be In the old infected
area below Canal street. only four of yes
terday's twenty seven new cases being
above Canal street
The health authorities, while freely ad-
mitting the situation to be serious. believe
that the disease can be controlled. the op-
portunities for new Infection growing fewer
as the area of screened cisterns increase.
, Advices came to the board of health to-
day that Rapids parish is disncined to
admit persons from New Orleans. even IL
they have spent the required time in the
detention camps. Similar reports como
from other points.
President Souchon of the state board Of
health will take up this matter today with
the parish authorities and with the repre-
sentatves of the Marine Hospital corps.
Much distress is beginning TO appear
among the Italian population grow
Ing out of the practical expulsion OF
the fruit business from Louisiana on
account of quarantines. and relief work
is one of the tasks which the Italian
societies and citizens committees will now
have to address themselves to. While the
six-day detention order of the board Of
health lasts it is expected that all the lines
which have been operating fruit steamers
into New Orleans will divert their ships to
Mobile, and this will have the effect OF
throwing a couple thousand laborers, many
of them Italians, out of employment.
The average Italian here has half a dozen
In his family, and sometimes the children
number ten or more. and with that many
mouths to feed the head of the family cam
not long remain in idleness without having
to appeal to public charity. Under the cir
cumstances the Italians who are not in the
fever district are asking that they be given
employment by the health authorities in
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in order that they may not, become public
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A meeting ofArepresentative Italians has
been held and a permanent organization
formed. A campaign of relief and of edu-
cation into the hygienic requirements of the
situation has been decided on. 1t was also
resolved to follow the advice telegraphed
by Ambassador Mayor des Planches and %
address all Italians In the city. verbally and
by circular, asking them to pay ready obedi-
ence to the regulations imposed by the
health authorities. Several thousand dol
lars have been raised for organization and
other work. All the societies have decided
to abandon the banquets and other enter
tainments they had planned and apply the
funds set aside for these purposes in help
ing their countrymen in the present emer-
gency
Health Authorities Encouraged.
The health authorities are very much en-
couraged by the excellent work that is be-
ing done at the Emergency Hospital and
they believe that when the results of treat
n.ent given there become known families
will readily consent to have their patients
sent there. V. Randazzo, one of the coh-
valescents from an attack OF yellow fever,
has related his experience in public ward
for the benefit of his countrymen. He says
when he discovered he was suffering from
the disease he followed a Doctors advice
and went immedia tely to the hospital. In
a few days he discharged as pracu-
cally well. Half a dozen others nave al
ready been discharged from the hospital
and sent to the departments and yards OF
the charity hospital to spend few days IN
rccuperation. 1t is generally agreed among
scientists familiar with yellow fever thst
on the character Of treatment depends
largely the death rate and with the treat
ment provided in the hospital 1t is thought
that there can be a great reduction made in
the death rate among the Italians.
Country is Panicky.
While the feeling here is constantly grow
Ing more hopeful there is apparently no
abatement of the excitement and panicky
feeling in the country districts OF Louisiana
and Mississippi. Local business houses are
beginning to feel the effects of-the scare
They are receiving letters from the travel
ing men telling of the cancellation of orders
in Mississippi and elsewhere because of tho
reluctance of the country people to patro-
nize stores which receive goods from in
fected districts.
cism of Gov Vardaman because of a tele-
gram sent by him in which he commended
the prudence of Mississippi merchants IN
refusing 10 take freight from thiS city. 10
meet these conditions business houses are
sending out thousands OF pamphlets giving
the results of the scientific experiments IN
Cuba and in Vera Cruz and expressions by
medical men of their firm faith in the
theory that alone by the stegomyia is yell
low fever transmitted Steps also have
been taken to dlsinfect all freight cars des-
tit1a6 " fever theory
not accepted.
Quarantines everywhere are being drawn
tighter. Even gasolene is apparently bar
red from Vicksburg. A number of the
towns in Louisiana and MISSISSIPPI pi are cut
ting themselves off from the world and
the shotgun quarantineS are being extend
ed. Guards and inspectors are multiplying
and making travel increasingly difficult.
Speed of Trains Ordered Increased.
MOBILE, Ala. July 31.-The city of Lau-
rel, Miss, has notified the officials of the
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City railroad
that it must send its trains through that
place at the rate of thirty miles hour.
owing to the fear of yellow fever contagion
Hattiesburg Miss, has sent word that no
tickets must be sold to Hattiesburg at any
point.
Crew Of Panama Steamer Held.
SANTIAGO, Cuba July 31.-Five of the
crew OF the steamer Atheniana, from Colon,
were brought ashore yesterday and placed
in the Infection hospital One of the sail
ors has since developed quite positive
symptoms of yellow fever
HAVANA, July 31.-While the quarantine
officers at Santiago were not as prompt
in handling the Atheniana case as the cffi-
cials here would wish, the heads of the
sanitary department confident there
has been no opportunity of communicating
the infection. Those in charge of the in
fection hospital at Santiago. which is under
the sanitary department, at first appear
to have been unwilling to accept the cases
from port medical officers, who are under
the Treasury Department, unless they were
demonstrated to be infectious and delay
of twenty hours ensued until an examina-
WAS held on hoa I'd he uesaAl hy a