New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-03
olympic Held
In Quarantine;
2,O46 Aboard
non Ordered by Health
officer as Precaution
Against Typhus Fever;
Passengers Examined
,88 Slavs Are Detained
900 Travellers Landed:
Vessel Will Dock To-day
With Symphony Players

With Symphony Players
r.. White Star liner Olympic, from
r..,smn,on and Cherbourg, which
not been in this port in year,
:. held up in Quarantine yesterday
:, 9O46 passengers and will not be
..sssed until this afternoon.
rho Great craft. which is the second
A;,rest ship now in commission, had
20 undergoing an overhaullng for
srsvan months. and her arrival yester-
,sr MAS more like a maiden trip than
..ssual return to service. she was
s.otsd to capacity. 1t was planned by
~ line 10 dock her about . a. m. and
..rs All her passengers off by noon.
Her unexpected detention IN Quar-
.,.,ns was ordered by Health Officer
Ter 70 protect this country against
:. INVASION of typhus fever.
The holding up of the Olympic was
-.esrded among steamship men as a
;.r,runner OF an exceedingly strict
.%srsntine examination that will be
srfo-ced hereafter on all steamships
!..r, norts near infected areas Long
mentions in Quarantine. It is said. IS
snms.bing tina. incoming passengers
nus. expect and accept with reslgna-
safety First" Is Motto
\, Golfer. II is understood, Will not
nose anv unreasonable detentions.
s ,.s his motto is Safety First" and
.t;s will be paramount TO the con-
..r,ence o. travellers.
I-r.il late hour last night nothing
1sysloped aboard the Olympic TO lndl-
,,.e that there was disease among the
sssssngers. She had among her 1.l06
ff.asrare travellers lsS immigrants who
.sd come from Czecho-Slovakla and
,.ssr sections OF middle Europe, where
minus fever 5 prevalent in epidemic
+ IS said that these passengers who
ysd been exposed 10 typhus were taken
aboard without being subjected TO
srid physica. examination and the
Hsslth Officer had no definite assur~
sace tina, they were fit travellers to
land
While tire persons exposed 10 the
disease abroad showed no symptoms OF
4, Or. Cofer was not satisfied that
here were not typhus carriers among
them and he preferred to detaln the
~ssmshjn rather than take 2 chance
Several Hundred Land
After the Olympic had been in Quar-
sr;lne two hours Dr. Golfer decided to
hold the vessel until this afternoon.
&c permitted several hundred of the
cabin passengers who had not come in
contact with the steerage passengers
20 cave the vessel. These were trans
ported to the " hIte Star pier last
hlgA' on me tender frIncess, winch
vas provided by the steamship com
fany The lss Immigrants who had
come rom the INJECTED areas of
Europe were TAKEN 10 norman Island,
"ns'e ,heF VII De neia Tor ooserva-
non. mean" hlle the olympic Will be
I'm ga'eu rom s,em 10 stern.
/. oA o0arc 'he Clymplc were ninety
lafse members OF the New J ork SYM
r,D',z Oi..'es .ia "'lo 'el' 'hlS port two
ps .-is"' "s0 - pi"! III LONDON and
ais poo.;
j, :, p'''" 40" 'ooheo
mayor ii yam sent welcoming COM
re oiF lAe ponce BOAT TO greet the
sOlAeco"'ers ana 10 INFORM them that
~ T n 10 nave reception IN City
. .loa 'ne V.ympic Tor an hour and
.5o 'e..li.ea 10 tne city rms was
.~S o.i,' pa'' o. 'ne reception that was
rL out
.n iI.-OeSS drought 40 hrst and
.seoaa caoln passengers and a large
s9I-ans'.y Oh hand luggage up from the
o.smp'c' among the saloon passen-
gers were MISS Jane Cowl, the actress;
lsscha Heifetz, the violinist, and ten
members OF the New York Symphony
Inc musicians said the tour of the
orchestra had been unusually success
'ul and that they were entertained hv