Evening journal., 1920-01-16
Special 10 The EvenIng Journal


Will be given another opportunity TO do
SO voluntarily. No quarantine will be
established against the town at once,
and no arrests will be made today on
warrants sworn out by State health
officials against persons who have fail
ed 10 vacoinate. These are reports that
are circulated in Georgetown today.
Town Councilman Walter Roach and
| d. w SammOns, FOR whom warrants
were sworn out several days ago on a
charge OF falling TO get yaccinated. will
be taken before Magistrate Stewart
early this afternoon FOR a hearing on
that charge.
/ No warrants that have already been
taken out by officials Of the State
Health Board as the result OF violations
/ OF the boards order viii be with
dr0wn, notw thstanding reports to that
effect. The State Board and those con-
nected with the board have let IL be
known today that there Will be no
backward movement In the matter on
their part. The warrants were mhde
out on complaint OF State Board OH
cials and they can not be withtsa avn
without their consent. They will i.sist
that everything they have started De
carried through. and the hearing OF
Roach and Sammons set for this after
noon, is evidently the first move in that
direction.
1T has been learned that a bill OF
complaint directed against men In the
mob that collected at the hotel Tues
day night, and naming certain indiyld-
uals who are alleged %, have taken o
prominent part In The demonstration.
is being prepared and wlll probably De
lled some time toby with the state
'.ra. authorities.
irerc is talk OF a citizens meeting
by representative oi.'z-Es Of the town
Ia protest agains; The mob's action and
also place themselves ds citizens NJ
Georgetown right before the people
Of The state and country
The State Board Of Health al lis
meeting In Dover yesterday when the
members also conferred with Attorney
General Reinhardt. are said 20 have con
sldered the matter OF establishing
strict quarantine against the town al
once 10 be maintained untll the orders
Of the board are completely carried out
Il was evidently decided. however. o.
against vaccination, one more chance.
The following resolution was adopted
by the board at yesterdays meeting:
"ResOlved, That the StateN Board OF
Health deplOres the action Of the mob
toward its representatives, in George
town. January t3 1920. and requests
the attOrney-gener 10 investigate the
same. The State Board of Health fur
ther requests the Attorney General TO
lend the services of his department 10
The rigid enforcement Of the vaccination
resolution passed December ~. 1872
IL Is reported that II the town Of
flcials will agree 30 assist In getting the
people TO voluntarily become yaccln-
ated no quarantine will be enforced. In
case OF failure, however, 20 carry out
the State board order, a strict quaran-
tine will likely be placed on the town
within as hours, or within 70 hours al
the most. When AttOrney-General
Renhardt arrived In Georgetown last
evening he held a conference with his I
deputy. Daniel J. Layton. Jr.. which Is
said 10 have also been attended by /
Major II. C.. Stewart and other town .
officials. These officials are said 20
have guaranteed cooperation In the [.
enforcement OF the health rule.
Chester II. Wells, state health com
missioner, who was driven out OF 1
Georgetown on Tuesday ni1ht came TO
town today on the noon train He was |
accompanied by Dr. l. S. Conwell, sec
rotary OF the state board. They were
met al the station by State Detective
Elijah Lynch who accompanied the two
health officers TO Mr.. Layton's ofilce
for a conference with Attorney General
Relnhardt Mr.. Layton and others. There
was no demonstration on the street
against the health officials.
The Investigation started by Mr.. Lay
ton. deputy attorney general. on We'd
nesday night and continued all day
yesterday into the demonstration
against Mr.. Wells Tuesday night was
resumed this morning with Mr.. Rein
lardt the attorney general cooperating
Mr. Reinhardt Is assisting that the peo-
pie OF Georgetown must carry out the
order OF the state board lie makes
MS position clear In a statement he Is
sued today. In which ne says the health
avs must be obeyed and that he VIII
Use the power OF his ONCE In assist
ng 20 have them carried out.
DR.. Conwell, secretary OF the State
Board. on arriving IN Georgetown today,
tated he had nothing 10 say at that
ime. He said he came here 10 carry
.ut the instructions OF The board. He ,
hen entered the conference. where II Is !
hought details as 10 carrying out the !
rider are being discussed DR.. Conwell )
aid he might have something TO say /,
OllOwing the conference with the at
=
Some OF the best citizens OF George ,
own estimate that anywhere from 60 ,
o 90 per cent. Of the citizens have
,een vaccinated since the State Board ,
rider was issued 10 is conceded that 1
great majority OF the citizens OF the
own are not standing out against the =
,tate Board Of Health or its rules. II !
$ only a very small minority, they !
,oint out, who are obiecting and i
therefore, causing all the trouble. Ii
"The best thinking people OF the
own are indignant and humiliated." q
ne prominent citizen stated today. h
that the report should get out that the h
mob which made the demonstration v
tuesday night against Commissioner #
Wells Is representative or George 4
own" a
Il Is pointed out that there were not \
lore than $50 20 200 persons in the
hob and that IL was not made up OF 9
ONE OF the best citizens Of the town a
s was originally stated in a Whining e
on newspaper. o
Many citizens OF the town say they Ii
o not care now what becomes Of the b
lccinaiion order and arrests for vio- z
.tion Of the order, as the big issue at a