New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-21
'HOBOKEN'S BAN
ON ENTIRE WORLD
New Jersey Town Adopts
Most Stringent Quar-
antine Rules.
CHILDREN MUST HAVE
CLEAN HEALTH BILL
Families from Manhattan and
Brooklyn Are Shipped
Out of Town.

Hoboken barricaded itself yesterday
against New York City in particular
and against the outside world in gen
eral by a stringent quarantine intend
cd to protect its inhabitants from in
fantile paralysis. Only children and
adults with clean bills of health
will be permitted TO enter the city.
Three families were deportcd. every
vehicle passing through the city was
scrutinized by special police detailed
TO the Hobokcn Department of Health,
and baker. laundry and milk wagons
were compelled to join with furniture
vans in the ferryboat scramble back
to Manhattan.
Up to date there has been no case Of
irfantile paralysis reported in Hoboken.
Health Officer Joseph X. Stack says
that he and other officials purpose
TO keep the city isolated from the cpl
demic.
Cruelty Secretary Held Up.
Incidents OF the day demonstrated
that the quarantine is no respecter of
persons. Edward A. Ramsen. secre-
tary of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children in Jersey City,
started to take three children in his
automobile to the state home at Snake
Hill. A policeman stopped him at
Nineteenth Street and Willow Avenue.
You'll have to turn back" the Off
Ger said: Those three youngsters
can't 90 any further without a GER
tifcate."
Mr. Ramsen protested. explained that
he was taking the children to the nome,
where they would be safe, showed his
badge and argued-all to no effect. He
was forced TO turn and make the trip
through the Hudson County Boulevard.
Word came to Health Officer Stack
that family named Schiller mother
and four children, who lived formerly
on East Second Street. Brooklyn-had
moved into fiat at 415 First Street.
The family was sent back to Brooklyn
at once. Their furniture was sent after
them.
Sent Back to New York.
Mrs. j. Bane and three children were
discovered at 307 Washington Street.
They admitted corning from New York.
All four were weeping when the ferry
boat pulled out. They had been put
aboard with instructions to keep away
from Hoboken.
In addition to guarding the city
against the plague invasion from the
outside, the health officials continued
their programme of cleaning up the
city. Fines amounting to 1923 were
paid by l63 storekeepers and citizens
arraigned yesterday before Recorder
CarStens for violations of the sanitary
rules. All the vacant stores, tenements
and apartments have been tabulated
Notices sent TO the owners emphasize
that no new tenants will be permitted
to occupy any premises until they have
satisfied the inspector of the Health
Department that they are free from any
association with the epidemic.
All Jersey Shore Active.
Reports from other towns last night
indicated that Hoboken's precautions
are being followed by health officials
all along the New Jersey shore.
After a conference with Bernard
Merely, Director of Public Safety in
Hoboken, the Health Officer detailed
leading from Jersey City, the stair
way at the foot of Eighth Street lead
ing from Jersey City Heights, the
West Hoboken viaduct at Fourteenth
Street and Willow Avenue, the en-
trance from Weehawken on Willow
Avenue, the Hudson County Boulevard
viaduct at Park Avenue, all the ferry
slips and the end of the Hudson Ter
minal tubes.
No women with children will be per-
mitted to enter Hoboken unless the
children have a certificate from the
New York City Health Department.
No moving vans, laundry wagons, bak-
cry carts or milk wagons will pass the
health guards without certificate.
Children leaving Hoboken must have
cards showing their destination. These
cards will be used to check up the re-
turn of the children to the city.
Recorder Carsten warned the per-
sons who were fined from 81 to $40 for
keeping their stores unclean or leaving
ash cans uncovered that a second Of
fence on either charge would mean a
Jail sentence.
Commuters passing through the city
will not be molested, provided they do
not attempt to leave the railroad sta
tions.
Tony Kutey arr family arrived in
Jersey City yeste-1av % settle at 1S5
Pavonia Avenue. When he health au-
thorities learned that Tony came from
Canarsie, in the infected district of
Brooklyn, they deported the Kutey
family.
No new cases of infantile paralysis
were found in Jersey City yesterday.
MARSHALL ASKS STAY
TO PREVENT REMOVAL
Wants IN AnneaI IN Surname