Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-31

Ferry and bridge traffic between
Brownsville and MatamoroS can BE- seal
eel up tight az 4 moments notice. An act
of the county commissioners court. never
reScindcd. orders the closing of the port
for all traflf.. At the time of its pas
sage three months ago. the Intervention
Of DIR. l.. :. Mccain. acting county health
officer. prevented the stringent orders
going into effect. This fact was dis
closed by DR.. Mccain today in reply 10
criticisms of his quarantine measures
III the bridge and ferry.
Not only ann ! responsible for the
open condition of the port ~ present.
but | have actually used Discretionary
powers in interpreting the quarantine
laws 81 that i great deal of red tape is
dispensed with. said IN. Mccain To II
Herald reporter today.
Let me show YOU what | could do if
| had Il mind a. do Dr. Mccain point
ed out thar a section In the Quarantine
Laws and Regulations Of the United
States and of the State of Texas 20 The
effect that III days shall h. considered NJ
the period nf incubation of smallpox. II
could Naccinatc every alien coming 60
enter. send him back To- the other side
tO wait IA days 40 See whether the dis
caSe would break out IN him. and ii not.
allow him 10 pass then. and not until
then. What | am doing D. infinitely less
severe. | simply require each unvdcci-
mated person 10 be Ndrcimttcd AMI pass
hem straight in. A> "a statements that
We charge Il second fifty cents for rryar-
c~inatiou III tl,ISr on whom the first III
uculaiiun does not take: such i state
mcnt i lihclouS. 1Hd contains not an
iuta Of truth
In face If the tclesranS | have had
from my superior officers urgin. me- not
&, relax a particle, and % cndanger the
whole state | should TX Y pretty fool If |
Stacked of al the bidding of a few per
sons whose views are dollir-di>turtrd
II am mt the enemy of these men. vino
want the port wide open. though tttir
attitude j. unfortunate When the conn
II commissioners ordered the port closed
~ tight n u bottle | went tothc c1rr,
personally ami asked thr Commissioner
to allow me ~ keep the port open under
I >N>ttllt al llNIftilth ana vi fllliliNl.
They consented "a du this. and | an
working under their Suiferance now. bu:
they have never reScindcd the original
order. il could be put To work right now
ii il became necessary"
DIR. q. w. Fairbanks 1T the immigya-
tinn station Yesterday received 4 tclr
cram from the Marine Hospital at
Washington. warming him tu take ever,
prccaution against typhuS fever, e>p'c
tally III the ease of persons coming from
he Monterrey district. In the Puhlic
Health Report this week. Il government
weekly publication viii II chronicles ca
SEES of epidemic and contagious diseases
MI over the world. there i Il death from
typhuS fever i'll .AeuaS CalicnteS on June
-. aIarng the tvphuS reports from all
over the globe. Yet ! had q man trying
I'D enter here last week coming from
AeuaS CalicntcS. who >worc that there
was no typhn> fever there Where lhrro
i one ease Of typhus there are usually
plenty. Laredo obtained ~ anidavitS
inade bv Josephine Sisters that There
| was typhuS in Monterrey and they order
II the bridge closed n night. and re
auircd every person passing hv day To he
| liSinfcctcd with Il vermin-killing prep
1%ratiou. according to newspaper clip
| pings | have here"