New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-18

under twelve years of age arriving from
American ports. Passengers are quar-
antined at their own expense, amount
ing to $1.50 day.
No West Point Stops.
"The Hudson River Day Line steam
ers will not stop at West Point, but
passengers may get off at Newburgh.
There may be conditions existing at
other places of which we are not adj
vised, and therefore all persons may
avoid trouble by holding health certifi-
Gates"
Owners OF many of the large estates
on Long Island have discharged most
of their servants and taken elaborate
precautions to prevent the disease
spreading to their children. Roy A
Rainey, brother of Paul Rainey, the big
game hunter, has given all but SIX OF
the fifty servants on his Huntington
estate indefinite leave of absence on
full pay and has stationed watchmen
at the gates Of the estate to prevent
any person entering or leaving with
out written permission. Mr.. Ralney
travels in his yacht to and from New
York and visits the city only when the
press of business compels him. SINH
lar measures have been adopted on
other estates, following the discovery
of case on the estate of Russell Grace
at Old Westbury. The victim is Wal
ter c. Yeates, son OF Mr.. Grace's but
Ter.
Camp Meeting Called of.
At Riverhead. the annual Jamesport
camp meeting has been abandoned be-
cause the health authorities found 1t
necessary to quarantine the children on
the ground, after they had been ex-
posed to paralysis. 1t was also an,
nounced yesterday that the annual
Chautauqua at Bridgehampton had been
called off.
Nine new cases Of paralysis were re,
ported to the State Board of Health OF
Connecticut yesterday, bringing the to-
tai TO 1926 Three deaths were reported,
all at Stamford. In Massachusetts, thir-
teen new cases were reported, making
100 since August 1. Twenty cases have
been reported from North Adams, where
extensive efforts are being made TO
prevent the spread of the plague.
Many cities and towns of New
Jersey have followed the example Of
New York and ordered the public
schools closed until the epidemic IS
under control. The school boards Of
Crawford, Elizabeth and Garwood yes
torday designated October 2 as the
date for the opening of the schools,
and similar action is expected at a
meeting of the authorities in Jersey
City in a few days. Newark, which
has had more cases than any other
New Jersey city. is expected to order
the schools 10 remain closed.
Seventy-two new cases and five
deaths were reported in the state out
side Of New York City yesterday. The
deaths included four at Oyster Bay,
among them Everett Shaw, ten years
old, son of Samuel r. Shaw, whose
country estate at Oyster Bay is one Of
the show places on Long Island, and
Miss Loretta Tompkins, twenty-three
years old.
The new casese were: Oyster Bay,
G.: New Rochelle, 5; Bay Shore, 5; four
each in Smithtown and East lslip; two
each in Fonda, Fairport, Mount Vernon,
Yonkers, Northport, Brookhaven, ANA
gansett, Quogue, Huntington, Hemp
stead and Westbury, and one each in
Port Chester, Liberty, Sullivan, Soils
Vile, Athens, Beacon, Cadosia, East
Branch. Mllbrook, Canastota. Stotts-
vile, Parksville, Highland, East Fish
d XIII, nlBn mount, Ollcd' ihOii pSVHi
Freeport, Middleburg, Waverly, Mount
Kisco, Campbell Colonial Park, Port
/ jefferson. Valley Stream, Inwood, East
/ Williston and Floral Park.
Officials of the State Board of Health
at Albany have appealed to Surgeon
| General Rupert Blue, of the United
/ States Public Health Service, for a
ruling on the action of the Pennsyl'
vania State authorities in removing
from trains at Sayre, Penn, children
under sixteen years of age bound fol
/ New York and New Jersey. These chill
dren are being returned TO the New
York State line. Complaint was made
TO the state authorities by the Health
/ Officer at Waverly.
SO New Cases in New Jersey.
Sixty-nine new cases were reported
Yesterday to the New Jersey State
Board of Health; from Newark, "a;
four each in Jersey City and Eliza
beth; three each in Gutenberg, North
Bergen, Linden; two each in Camden
Bayonne, Harrison. Crawford, and one
each in Pleasantville, Fort Lee, Wild
wood, Millburn Township, Hoboken
Town of Union, West Hoboken, Dun
ellen, Bound Brook. Springfield. Pater-
son, Pompton Lakes, Piscataway
! Woodbridge, Asburv Park, Shrews
bury, Boonton. Chatham, Madison anC
Long Beach.
One Of the cases in Butler. N. j.