New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-20
MAYOR REFUSES TO
TALK ABOUT CHOLERA
Visits Quarantine. but Denies
He Attended Any Con-
ference.
DISEASE KILLS ANOTHER
Question rs to Whether Beer Ac-
DISEASE KILLS ANOTHER
Question Is to Whether Beer Ac'
celeratss Contagion Exer-
cises Investigators of DR..
Dotys Administration.


night AZ 10 o'clock after an afternoon spent
inspecting tie Quarantine stations In com
pany with Or. Doty, DR.. Herman Biggs'
Assistant Surgeon General Golfer Of ths
Marine Hospital Service, and Commission
or LederIe.
AN ] VIII say" said the Mayor, as h"
walked down the pier 10 Commissioner
Iederle's automobile waiting ct the en-
trance. lis that went down TO Hoffman
and Swinburne islands and saw the cholera
patients"
Have YOU no opinion ~ cxprcss?' he
was asked.
'T don't deal in opinions said he; II
deal in facts"
What do YOU think ~ the situation?'
Situation? What situation? situation II
a very loose word
The cholera situat ton, the danger TO the
city"
II have no opinion 10 express was his
final word
The Navor denied. to begin with, That
he had attended any conference on the
subject Of cholera. DR.. Doty entertained
the party az dinner in his home at Rose
bank staten island. after the tour OF III
spection aud accompanied his guests 10
Manhattan aboard the Governor Flower, or
the Quarantine fleet. Neither he nor com
missioner T,ederle would talk, however,
ont OF Difference to Mayor Gaynor.
No Further Cases Develop.
The following bulletin was given ont at
Quarantine last night.
NO further cases of cholera have de-
veloped at HOFFMAN Island during the las'
three DAYS The case isolated early TINS
morning for archaeological examination
has not proved 10 be cholera. one death
from cholera occurred at Swinburne Island
Hospital this morning. The victims name
was Giuseppe Pettlnicchia, aged thirty
two years. He was one OF the passenger
from the steamship Moltke.'
bulletin issued AT Quarantine at
o'clock yesterday morning SAID
AT Hoffman Island early this morning
Domenico Rancitelll. aged slxty-eiSh'
years, one Of the steerage passengers oil
the steamer Moltke. was taken sick WIFI
symptoms suspicious of cholera. AT inc
Swinburne Island Hospital no further
deaths have occurred. On board the
anchor liner Perugia conditions are salts
factory"
The health officers not only Of New YORK
but Of the whole country may be asked tc
help to repe the threatened invasion Of
Asia tic cholera. The discovery Of five
cholera carriers among the coo lmml
grants undergoing meteorological examina-
ton at Quarantine emphasized what DR.
Doty has said about the difficulty OF con
filming the disease to the quarantine hos
ptals of ports of entry.
DR. Doty is comforting with Surgeon
General Wyman. Of the Marine Hospital
Service, to devise means for protecting
the country against carriers" A system
of general observation Is contemplated. Sc
that even after the carrier" is released
from quarantine the health authorities OF
the place where he settles may watch FOL
possible Transmission of the disease.
As yet the health authorities have not
decided how soon II will he safe to allow
former cholera carriers" their freedom
Tho case OF Typhoid Mary" now confined
10 the hospital on Blackwelrs Island
whose person radiates typhoid germs
though apparently sound and healthy, pre-
ssntS slrllldr cOHlpNcdupnS. fieI
ness has persisted for years.
But while all this was vexing the in
telects Of the Quarantine officials, those
In charge Of the inquiry being conducted
at the County Courthouse into Or. Doty's
administration were exercised over tbs
question whether beer was an acceleratol
OF cholera and other infectious diseases
| Charles Dushkind. who represents tho
complainants against the Health Oficei
~ the Port, produced a bill OF si fol
| tweuty-four cases OF beer He asked
Maurice j. DOYLE. chief clerk at Quar'n
tine. about the bin, which bore no one
O. X.
Il think II was given to tho immigrant;
Tor their comfort" explained the witness.
\ letter 10 the state Controller signed by
Dr Doty and written i'm January, whicr
was offered in evidence stated that the
crews Of ships suspected OF bearing choi
era infection had demanded that they re
ceive the usual daily amount Of beer they
were accustomed 70 on shipboard.
What Is the point Of this line Of ques
tioning?'' asked Commissioner Bulger
Beer Bad for Detained Immigrants.
II want to show that beer. is a bad thins
IN give detained immigrants" said Dush-
kind.
Il can see no objection 20 giving immi-
grants beer II they are accustomed to 1t,
said Mr.. Rulger.
A moment later the LAWYER declared that
beer was bad for cholera suspects.
Beer is bad. 7 say said Dushkind
very bad, | say, 10 give TO people who
NAV have cholera smallpox typhoid fever
or any other disease Ike that Beer makes
the cholera germ active. ] say beer is bad
for cholera"
1T has been testified here" said the
Commissioner, that beer develops cholera
germs II that Is true. IL ia good to give
beer TO persons detained as cholera sus
meets It &c better 10 have them develop
cholera while in Quarantine than IN The
open country
A voucher showing the payment Of r5,
| .s3 IS was put in evidence. The payments
were made to one company for ship repairs
between March and November, 1907 Nc
ones 90 X" appeared on the voucher
according 70 the TESTIMONY
In the afternoon Captain James Dillon, 81
the Roswell T. Flower. tho Quarantine
boarding boat. occupied the stand Captain
| Dillon explained that his boat received
patients from the ships inspected and KEEP
them, until they could he transferred to a
| boat ~ smaller draft, which conveyet
them 10 Swnburne Island. Such a patient
was removed from the Anchor liner Fern
gIa, on July Is. he said. and detained