New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-27
CHOLERA ALARMS CUBA
The Local Situation Improves,
Howeyer-NO New Cases.
THREE sToWAWAYS ESCAPE
None Was a suspect-Incomlng
Passengers Free from Disease
and Dotv Releases Ships.


-. -,.or. current Yesterday along the
waterfront that the cholera sitHa'i'"
Rad caused alarm In Havana, thar 'ep''
,attves Of the cuban government Were III
tbis CITY watching its progress. ana 'ha' '-
-,anv more cases were discovered III ''e
civ. particularly in the districts W"e,'
ea,lormen foregathered, 'uha proo"'''
would put exacting restrictions on s'e''H
sbins arriving there from this port
A medical agent Of the Cuban govern
mont IS now In this city. II was learned
and is constantly in touch by cable Win
his government. II is contended' n""e''''
that Cuba is more likely 70 get choiera pa
tierts or cholera carriers from steam
sbips plying 10 cuba from Naples. where
the great bulk Of the contagion Is oissem-
mated
THE cholera situation ar this Port was
more favorable yesterday than n has neen
for some time Some Lneasiness was
caused when IL was learned that three
stou.aUavs had escaped from the Anchor
liner Perugia. which had been detained Tor
cnoIera. but the men were not injected
The Perugia. which has been IN port since
JJIv IA. was detained beyond the period OF
cholera incubation. and the three sjoWa-
WAYS who were locked IN the ships brig
FOR deportation 70 Naples were In good con
ditior physically some time IN the niEht
the men got out OF their place OF detention
and. il was believed. dropped of the stern
into the care Of some Italians Who were
rowing around the Perugia early IN the
DAY.
AN encouraging feature Of the cholera
situation Yesterday was the absence OF the
disease on the Cunarder Carpathia and me
Berlin. Of the North German Lloyd Line
both direct from the Mediterranean.
The Carpathia was put through careful
test. which lasted throughout the daF' ana
was released from Quarantine last night ln
time 10 20 10 her dock. She stopped al
Naples. but took aboard no Storage pas
sengers and this helped her somewhat IN
getting a clean bin Of health az this port
She took thirty CO bin passengers at Naples
but her 566 steeraEe folk were picked ND M
Fiume. Trieste and al Messina.
The Berlin. which also got into Quaran-
tine m the forenoon, remained there
throughout the day. but no trace of cholera
was found on board She was released IN
the afternoon.
The san Giorgfo which brought no steer
o7vs ago because of the illness Of a stow
away. was released. with the Principe 81
Piemonte.
The sixty passengers from the M0itke
who have been under observation nearly
three weeks We're released yesterday.
The situation, according 20 DIT Doty'
looked encouraging. The Health officer be-
Leved that with the rigid enforcement OF
the ten-day quarantine AT ports of en-
barkation the cholera importations would
soon disappear
The Oceania and the Citta di Messina will
have 10 linger while longer in Quaran-
tine. Three Of the nine cases of illness on
the Oceania were suspicious, and the liner
VIII be detained until the nature Of the
illness Is established.
The condition Of Manuel Bermudes. the
cholera patient taken 20 Swinhurne Island
from Bellevue Hospital several days ago,
showed no change yesterday.
Tie Hudson River steamboat Kennebec'
with ffty-one members Of her crew, which
was detained for observation. was released
Yesterday member Of her crew who
showed symptoms OF cholera was removed
t1 the Willard Parker Hospital
Bacte~i0lOElCal examinations or the CUT
v-as taken from Edgar Hermann ana
Louis Mack. the orderlies who attended
Fa-muces when ne was at Bellevue Hos
riral were encouraging, and IL was Thought
~ tie hospital that both men were suffer
ing merely from enterius.
Mexico City. July pa special dispatch
Co the Mexican Herald tonight from
Merida. Yucatan. says cholera has made
lis 3rpearauce there and that two soldiers
have died from the effects or the disease.
Boston. July 26-An educational cam
paign against the cholera was begun to-
day by the Board of Health. A govern
-0eut pamphlet describing the disease. its
detection and prevention. was sent 70 many
prvgicfans especially those practising in
the Italian quarters.
PHYSICIANS and undertakers were warned
TO report by telephone any cases that
might boz cholera. but the Board or Health
had heard Of no discoveries up to d late
hour.
Danzig. Prussia. July 2f.-Two women
were removed 10 hospital tonight with
SYMPTOMS of cholera There are three
other suspected cases here.