Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-06
By Presidents Direction Marine
Service Takes Steps to
Stamp it Out.
AT MAYOR TAYLOR'S REQUEST
Wyman Acts Promptly and Is
sues Necessary 0rderS-City
will Lend its Assistance.
Necessary Measures 90 Prevent Spread
OF Disease Co Other Ports BY
shipping Wen Established

Washington. d. c.. Sept. 5.-By di-
rection Of Priest Roosevelt the public
health and marine service has assume
ed charge Of measures 10 stamp out the
plague I'm San Francisco. This step
was taken on request or Mayor Taylor
OF San Francisco who added that the
city would do Az that is possible toe
ward providing funds 20 carry 0a the
work. Acting promptly on telegr1phic
instructions from Oyster Bay. Surgeon
General Wyman issued vhe necessary
orders and advised the mayor of San
Francisco that the corps of service ore
fcers already on duty there would Dr..
augmented and hat additional mea
ures would Uc taken Co prevent the
spread OF tn disease.
The presidents dispatch To Surgeon
General Wymar and the latter rerv
follow
PRESIDENT TO wYMAN
Executive Office. oyster Bay ". y.
Sept. surgeon General Wymau pub
lie health and marine hospital service.
Washington.
Following telegram received from
mayor of san Francisco:
IN Wow of existing sanitary couli-
tons ID Is desired that the federal gov
eminent assume immediate charge of
measures necessary 10 era die De- ANA
preVet the spread of bubonic plague .g
san Francisco. The city will do its ut.
most % furnish funds 20 pay Tor mae
terial and labor. 10 Is requested chat
the puolic health and marine hospital
service furnish sufficient number n
medical officers.
please take action requested a
once " within your powers and COM
municate with mayor. Wire as soon as
possible. (SiRned)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Washington, Sept 8.
WYMAN's REPLY.
President Roosevelt. oyster Bav.
Telegram quoting request OF mayor
of san FRANCISCO thar Tire nu0Tfc neaftn
and marine hospital service take inn
mediate charge of measures relating 20
the plague situation is received. In
accordance with your directions lmmc-
date action viii be taken and the may
or notified. Service officers. some es-
pecially detailed for the purpose have
been cooperating with the local author
titles and measures necessary 70 prevent
spread Of the disease g. other ports by
shipping are well established. II Is en-
tirely within our power TO assume
NAoi &c VI measures necessarily TO NIdNl-
cate the disease. The local authorities
cooperating as indicated in the mayors
telegram
(SignedD WALTER WYMAN.
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service"
INSPECTING STEAMSHIPS.
San Peiro. Cal, Sept. 6.-The United
States government Is compelling rigid
inspection of steamships entering this
port. with a view q, preventing the
spread OF the pleaguoat points along tho
southern coast DIT ". A Weldon. ma
rine surgeon Of this port. acting under
instructions from Washington today,
turned back the Roanoke, as she was
entering the harbor and compelled her
20 come 20 anchor n the outside har-
Dor. He conducted a thorough iuspec-
ton of the vessel and ordered "a clean
ing out OF the rats in the lower hold
The Roanoke was then given a clean
bin OF health. Every vessel. large and
small is being rigily inspected. Not
only are the rats closely scruunized, but
the neas on them are being looked out
for.