The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-27
THE QUARANTINE LID PUT ON;
PADUCAH STILL UNDER BAN
All Efforts TO Lift Embargo on
Certificates Fail
.PADUCAH MUST COMPLY
WITH REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH
aY ILLINOIS STATE BOARD
DR., PALMER GIVES OUT
STATEMENT.

After numerous conferences over
The long distance telephone between
various persons ana organizations in
Paducah and the Cairo Office of the
State Board of Health, the embargo
against Paducah health certificates re-
mains in force with lttle promise OF
any change The efforts made BY the
committee. consisting Of Mayor Yeiser
and Or. III. p. Sights. Of Paducah, TO
reach an understanding with the State
Board OF Health Of Illinois by which
the Board would again accept Padu-
cab certificates. was without effect on
account of the failure Of the Padueah
Board Of Health to comply with the
Illinois requirements.
| Contrary to many Of the newspaper
reports. the state Board of Health
made no proposition whatever to the
paaucah OFFICIALS When the commit
itea called upon Assistant Secretary
Palmer. overtures were made to in
lduce the Illinois Board To reconsider
III action in regard to Paducah and
: Dr. Palmer was asked definitely the
conditions under which the board
would probably rescind Is order.
The conditions named We're identi-
cal with those required Of any other
city with the additional proviso that
certificates would not De recognized j
issued by any physician whose oeru
ffcates had been quest oned in tht
mast. unless the charges made to the
Illinois board against the PaducaI
/ physicians be proven false The dc
cision of the Paducah board Of healfl
not to comply with the regular re
uuirements Of the Illinois board ten
I minated the matter.
Since the action Of the Paduca
!, board, several propositions have bae
made to the Illinois board as con
promise measures, no one Of who
was given serious consideration
the meantime. the altitude Of the Hill
! oig State Board Of Health has bee
used as wedge by padueah either
u who favor prompt action TO preyeI
|, other sections Of the country qua
L antining against the city. a conditiC
which seems more probable in Il
light on the recent action Of the Sta
= of Tennessee in refusing TO acce
Paducah certificates.
According to DR. Palmer, the aliegt
ut interviews in which he IS representa-
dis as attempting to dictate the methC
4 Of issuance Of certificates in Paduc;
& or the personnel Of the Paducah Boa
of Health, are unwarranted, as are q
interviews in which representativ
IN Of the Illinois Board are quoted
Of criticicing individual Paducah ply
~ clans.
"The Illinois State Board OF Heal
is demanding nothing and is dictat
aid nothing" sail Dr. Palmer last mig
I'm response TO overtures from
IN ducah officials a statement Of Z
-" regular requirements for health Gel
- ficates was submitted to Mayor Yeis
lHM The embargo against Paducah cert
Gates was placed by Or. Egan af
IA thorough consideration and cannot
a raised unless the regular requi
81 ments Of the Board are lived up to
u the letter. As TO the Paducah ne
n paper report that Illinois has dema
III ed the removal Of DR. Graves 1t Is
surd on the face OF it. The allel
interview with me in which | am m;
to say that the State Board OF Hea
would recognize certificates issued
n Dg. Rivers, IL Dr. Graves were
moved; that the certificates Of
Graves show evidences Of mar
n carelessness and further. that v
/. any other man issuing certificates
certificates would be accepted in
& m present Cairo quarantine-this in
N view was never given, but Is so
n viously incorrect as to scarcely m
n denial. Whatever may eventually
u done by the Board in regard to Pt
n cab certificates has absolutely moth
20 no with such certificates admit
to Cairo"