El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-27

Deeu no E4oL ana Lle port vas opelleu
at noon.
Children Refused Admission.
When the school children from
Juarez attempted TO cross the Santa
Fe international bridge Friday morn
ing. the American immigration au-
thorities required bath certificates
from all of them, which the children
refused TO exhibit. consequently they
were refused admission into FL PasO-
This stirred the wrath and indigna-
ton Of a mum Der Of the residents Of
Juarez, who collected at the Juarez
end OF the bridge in great numbers.
and the situation looked serious for a
time.
Consul Garcia had a conference with
mayor Gonzales and arranged for the
admission into FL Paso Of all persons
from Mexico who appeared 10 have
not been exposed to the reported
"typhus" fever. at least that the
American officials should use discre-
ton in passing people across the
bridge.
Take Offence Third Time.
a second time the children attempt
ed to cross and took offence at some
that the American officials required
disinfscted and again returned 10
Juarez. After further parleying back
and forth. the children made another
attempt 10 cross. and again did not
like the requirement Of the American
quarantine regulations and returned
to Juarez-
Two Find Americans willing.
4 large number Of Mexicans and
others who desired TO cross into FL
Paso collected about the bridge about
s o'clock and seemed to threaten. Mex
lean cavalry turned out and dispersed
the crowd and patroled the streets,
maintaining order
The port was closed on the Mexican
side about 10 o'clock and remained
closed until noon, when Carlos a Zen
tano a Mexican government purchas-
ing agent. and PabillO 3. Costello,
bank clerk. volunteered TO try 10
cross, IL being reported on the Next
can side that American officials had
closed the port, and these men found
that the Americans were simply en-
forcing quarantine regulations and
had not thought of closing passage.
Immediately after these two men
were passed. others began to come
across and foot passengers clogged
the bridge at about noon coming over
10 FL Paso-
Looks for stolen Horses
During the time the port was closed
by the Mexican authorities, Eulalio
Guerra, who lives at san EliLario, and
another man. and who had reported
that two men had come across the
river Thursday night and stolen four
horses from his corral and taken them
into Mexico, requested permission TO
go over and look for the enimals-
They were turned back by the Mexican
but were afterward al
lowed 10 pass over when accompanied
by a Mexican official Guerra says
the thieves were barefooted and that
he tracked them 10 where they crossed
the river with his horses
Deny Typhus Story.
Persons coming over from Juarez
after noon reported that the alleged
case Of typhus fever that caused
stricter enforcement OF the quarantine
regulations was nothing more than
that the man who died
with supposed typhus had been criti- [
cally i'll with military tuberculosis for
nine days past Some reports had II
that there were a number Of cases Of b
typhus in Juarez and that two deaths
had occurred Thursday. These re- Z
ports were denied by people from
Juarez.
Street cars were not allowed TO
cross from El Paso into Juarez be- Z
tween 9 o'clock anS some time during
the afternoon q