The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-18
CITY AND RAILROAD
CLASH OVER MAN
WITH SMALLPOX
Health Department Compels
Santa Fe to Care for Sick
Passenger by Threatening
to Quarantine Station.

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A. a santa Fc railway patient.
Michael e. k%lausner. of Garden Plain.
kans.. ~ under treatment az the de-
tep,ion hospital Tor smallpox. The
santa Pc. over whose line Klausner
came to town Yesterday afternoon
took charge of tho man after "a clash
with the city health authorities. The
clash came when Dr. /. q. Rice. the
city physician. enforced the city or
dlnance requiring ANY person BRING
ing into the city a sufferer from
smallpox either Ia remoyc the patient
or To- care for him.
klnusnrr was a passenger on train
No. 2, arriving here at 2:t5 yesterday
afternoon. He was on his way home
10 Garden Plain. When near here he
began To feel al and his ticket giving
him a stopoyer privilege. he decided
To- get on and see a physician.
Arrived here. he went to Dr. @. =.
McLandross Office In M whiting
building. Casual examination was
sufficient 90 arouse Or. McLandress's
suspicion at the case. and he sent for
Dr. Rice. After careful examination
the two physicians agreed that klaus
ner had nm %undouhted case OF smnil-
poN in It's drst stage.
Acting under the ordinance. m
Rice informed Dr. Mciaudress that
II was q case for the santa Re TO take
care Of. DR.. M~cIandrcss tuok Klaus
ner 10 the detention hospital and mo-
titled ]. W Elder. the Santa Fe ply
slcian.
At 7 O'Clock Klausncr called Dr.
Rice on the telephone from the de-
tcntion house. and told him hat no
one had appeared to attend him ana
ne felt the need Of some supper.
Dr. Rice called up Dr. Elder and
the latter Is said to nave Informed
the city that the Santa Fc would
have nothing To ID with the a
That was the signal Tor action nN
the city physician. He told Dr Elder
! that Klausner would be sent back To
the station and hat the railway man
ageinent Eould be given u reasonable
time 20 act. ". "a the end Of "a rea-
sunajle time. the railroad maintained
It's attitude. the station would be-
placed unoer rigid quarantine. Or
Rice said.
Klnusner was accordingly taken
back 90 the station. He was placed
IN an out-of-the-way corner of the
smoking room. and Heaith officer
Tom Murrin mounted guard to pre-
ven anyone except railroad cmpioFef
who knew what was the matter nom
| coming In contact with him. Or RICE
said today that Klausner's cuse was al
such AN early stage thai the danger
o. Infection was virtually 1cgliJle
under the circumstance, and that
keeping the man from contact with
the general public ubVIatcd u pos
| sihle danger or a spread.
Within half an hour after Klausncr
was taken back 10 the station the rail-
road changed front. The city was re-
I lieved Of the case. and klausner was
taken back to the detention house as
a Santa Fe charge. The railroad pro-
vidsd a nurse. and today It Was said
that the Kansan Vas getting alons
an right with the proper attention.
His case is not regarded as serious.
II was said today that the santa
Fe. which foTmerls accepted the reg
ulation regarding contagious cases
brought into the city over It's line.
has lately show an inclination "a
( combat the ordinance. one result of
last nights clash probably will h'
that the city and the railroad viii
thrash the matter out and come 1,
"a definite understanding ns to who
gill or VIII not be responsible iof tn
care of such eases.