El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-30
JUAREZ STATION
WILL D|SINF ECT.
Tickets Issued, However,
Accepted at Bridge I'm
der Certain Conditions.


lean sanitary regulations forcing those
entering the United States from Juarez
TO submit to baths at the disinfecting
station of the United States public
health service. officials of JUarez have
announced that certificates will be
issued to those persons who have been
fumigated in the Mexican plant in
Juarez and will be accepted by the
American health authorities. permitting
the possessors to enter the United
States without restriction The an
nouncement which was posted through
out Juarez reads:
Offers Cleansing in Juarez.
''Al persons desiring to cross to FL
Paso and who, for any reason, may re-
fuse to take the bath to which they
are subjected at the American sanitary
station. may battle and have their cloth
ing disinfected at the disinfecting
plant in this city; it being understood
that the certificates issued here will be
accepted by the Americans and that
those possessing them viii be allowed
to cross the border. without restriction,
as provided at a conference with the
American sanitary authorities, in the
presence of inspector general of con-
sulates Andres G. Garcia This applies
to bundles and baggage which have
disinfection tags attached. No person,
without distinction of class or position.
will be issued a bath and disinfectiOn
certificate without complying with the
regulations"
Juarez Plant Built in Diaz's Time.
The Juarez disinfection plant has
been in operation for some time 1t
was built while Porfirio Diaz was
president The Mexican authorities
have means of disinfecting persons
and their h2pEa hT1T the TPEnlrG
the past have been unsatisfactory to
the United States authorities il is said.
Although officials have earnestly tried
to make the plant fulfil its purpose,
certain employees have been known, it
is reported, to issue certificates for
baths and for disinfection of packages
and baggage without the person going
through the fumigation process One
employe is said to have conducted a
profitable business selling certificates
ing to travel back and forth across
the border.
Juarez Certificates Only Temporary
Certificates indicating cleansing Of
persons and fumigation of clothing in
the Juarez plant will be accepted by
charge of border quarantine at the
Santa Fe bridge. only for a few days,
and always subject to final inspection
of person, clothing and baggage for
lice it was announced Tuesday morn
ing. DR.. Pierce said he was writing
consul Garcia to inform him that. in his
opinion, the proclamation posted in
JuareZ was "a little too strong" bat
that If persons applying for admission
At the port are found to be clean and
free from lice tbev will NOT he o1aran-
tined Within day or two Dr. Pierce
said the regulations will be drawn
stricter and all persons viii be passed
only upon the Judgment OF the Ameri-
r1HT M hon IA "a
Juarez tickets or not
sEnganches- Are Detained.
DR.. Pierce explained that it would
be impossible for the United States au-
JhOrities to intenigently pass on the
applicants without submitting each of
them to examination. and. when neces-
sary quarantine and anti-lice baths.
He said that all gangs OF laboring men
entering the port are required to sub
nit to disinfection. even should they
sins working in FL Paso and known to
be clearly are passed without detention
after inspection
Three Bridge Rioters Arrested.
Arrested when they crossed the Santa
Fe street international bridge Tues
day morning on a charge OF partici-
pating in the riot Monday when first
Sergt- J. Peck, of company A, 2$rd in
fantry, was injured. Francisco Niesca.
woman employed by the FL Paso
laundry, and Genaro Cisneros and
Nicolas Perez, laborers, were sent TO
the city Jail The woman denied par
ticipating in the riot 1t was said
that she crossed the dead line" on
the bridge and threw a bottle at SergL
Peck, striking him in the face She
then went back across the line and
did not cross again until Tuesday
Two Men Allotted Attack. Report.
Perez and CisneroS were identified as
being on the Mexican side OF the bridge
a time pf rho riot II c said and
were admonishing the women to con-
tinue to attack the American soldiers
and customs officers on guard at the
bridge.
DIR. Pierce Explains Method.
DR.. Pierce, United States public
health service officer. gave out the
following statement Tuesday
1T is our plan to cleanse all per-
sons who cross from Juarez to FL Paso
to prevent the bringing in of typhus
lice from Mexico. It is not so much
the cleansing of their bodies that We
insist on, but their clothing as well.
Clothing is the real conveyor of lice
and we insist that il be well fumi-
gated in the disinfecting plant The
baths to which the people will be sub
jected are not gasoline baths, as the
Impression has been in Juarez, but
merely soap and hot water baths The
system Of disinfecting the clothing is
to place If in a steam room to kill
the lice.
Distinctions VIII Continue.
TT is our intention to continue dis
injecting these people for two or three
months until we have practically
cleaned up whatever lice that might
be conveyed to Ell Paso. Redisinfect-
ing will be carried on until there is
no further danger of lice being car
ried in clothing.
The main objection we have to &C
ceptance of certificates from persons
cleaned and fumigated at the Juarez
plant is that they go from the plant
to their homes, sometimes change IN
knowingly into clothing carrying lice
and then come to FL PasO-
Monday 500 Were Bathed.
The fumi cation process is working
without interruption Monday 600
persons were bathed and disinfected at
the station and in four hours after the
plant had been opened Tuesday morn
ing 300 persons had passed through
it"
Inspecting MexicanS at Union Station.
Dr. Pierce has stationed an inspector
at the Union station and is requiring
certificates of fumigation from all
Mexican immigrants who are travelling
on trains out of FL Paso. Tickets
over the railroads will not be issued
to immigrants until they have pro-
duced a certificate from the sanitary
station at Ell Paso. The certificates
from the Juarez plant are not recog-
nized by the inspector at the Union
station
Juarez Street Cars Resume.