Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-16
ATTORNEY GENE RAJ
IS INVESTIGATING
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i'm going over testimony previously taken.
The examination will be rigid, thorough
and impartial, and all these against whom
charges Of violation of tho law can be
placed will be prosecuted.
"The State Board of Health win
insist upon the people Of the infected
districts of Sussex county being vaccinht- /
ed and on violation 0f it's order being
prosecuted
"rhe attorney generals of will lend !
all aid and assistance IN IFS power 10 carry
into Of ect the resolution Of tho State
Board of lie 4ith.
BOARD OF HghTTu's ACTION.
While nothing is forthcoming from the
| members If the State Board 0f Health, /,
| it. is believed that the board had iu mind 1
at the meeting IN Dover yesterday n /
quarantine Of the infected districts until I
the vaccination called for IN their resolu- I
ton Of December 10 should be put into /
eject. The members who met AZ Dover
Yesterday argued the matter thoroughly
but it is understood decided w defer
any drastic action for perhaps 4S hours
IN order 20 permit Attorney General
ReinharJt 70 visit Georgetown and try 10
straighten matters out AZ the 'clcse of
the meeting the health oH cials issued
statement ~ the effect that the following
had been adopted
Res lived that the State Board of
Health deplores the action Of the mob
toward its representative IN Georgetown
January l3, 1920, and requests the at
torney general 10 investigate the came.
The State Board of Health further re-
quests the attorney general n lend the
services If his department in the rigid
enforcement Of tho vaccination resolu-
ton pass ed December -, 1919
ODe thing wae emphasized, 1t Is said
at The meeting Of the State Board of
Health with Mr.. Rcinhardt Yesterday.
That was that the board stood solidly
behind its resolution calling for VACCINE
tinns IN the infected dist-icts After
the conference With Mr. Rcinharlt the
members consulted again, and made its
plans. According ~ q member, Mr.. Rein
h9rdt Is ~ Investigate the charges that
persons bad refused 70 be vaccirated,
rs we'll ~ he probing n the mob action
on Tuesday night and biz office was 70
, seek q conviction
, How much time Mr. Reinhardt was
, given to push the caeca IL not known
positively. because the state Health board
members are avcrse n avinZ anything
Iiist now, but i il believed thaf some
definite action was planned ior today or
tomorrow.
People ID the Infected districts feel
pretty strongly for and against yaccina-
ton. n NJ Jones president 0f the
Board Of Health n this city. j heartily
in favor of vaccination and u working
in conjunction with the state Board
Il believe fhe good people IF hrs town
are not against vaccination be s9id this
afternoon III have been v1ccinated
eeye.al times and would not hesitate n
he yaccinatpd again. In every communi-
~ there il always 70 be found those Who
/, object fo such operations and have
them here
We are marking time and the local
board will cooperate ID every uav wlfh
the state health officials in seeing that
vaccinations are made-
james 81 Tunnei said that he had
been engaged az counsel bv the Town
, ouncil and Board Of Health uf Lewe5 70
: fight anv order u the State Board Of
Health To inforcp vaccination.
The people of Lewea DO not object 70
vaccination. said Mr. Tunnel, hut thev
believe fhat the Lewes Board of Health d
able to attend 10 its work since asst
Nay. when the disease which h2s been
diagnosed as smallpox, became prevalent
in Indian River hundred, there has been
but one case Of il IN Lewes The Lewes
. for p days and that ended the matter.
The Lewes officials have not asked for any
T help from the state Board of Health ana
the local board jurisdiction covers the
, town and ) mile surrounding ii any
attempt % dictate to the LeweS Board 81
Health apG ltS a1tho.itIes in TINS instance
Is taken N the lght u q lsurpauon of
rights.
7 tod Dr. Conweil this yesterday and
he knows how fhe Lnwes peopie feel about
1t In Georgetown the attempt p
quarantine the town i taken bS many to
: be An effort TO enforce tAe order issued
nv the Board II Health more han an
Effort ia prevent the spread ol be disease
The diagnosis OF the disease ay experts
+, has led 10 the statement hy tleIn, thsr
t Is OF very mid form. believe hat %
: percent Of our people have been vacclnata0
arywav
Some people dread vaccination rs =
makes them SicS Some Il the business
people do not feel that ;hry can altora
10 lake 3 wetk or Two oil Ia order 70 ne
vaccmated. because they 90 not oelirye
; the disease y small poN u tneEe was 10
question about It, their action might ~
: different
Il have u mind B In41 -.snsJ whom
warrant vas sworn 8st 5,aca 81 he had not
ben y4eclnated Thu, man could lily
a.ToYd TO 1syc 9p his o1fra. ting business
10 IL va1ciua.ed Dr. ConWe1 knows
about this uasr as ! told hiul yesterday
ard Of tha facts sorroUn3lnE t. The
Ic,yes way q challenging tbi, order l. the
right one and VIII Ne adjusted IN the
proper legal way
Alr Tunnel would not discuss now he
wolld 70 about lighting ans effort OF the
State Board to vAcclnste Lewes, but
one Of the Ways in which such An order
might b< temporarily stayed would be
through MA injunction from the Court Of
Chancerv. ii is sad. The man 70 whom
MIR. TunneD referred as being under
ehargcS of refusing to b vacciuated and
from whom q WARRANT Is SAID to have been
sworn out IS Waiter Roach, q lumber
contractor The attorney said thar
he was waiting ior' the hearing at the
convenience OF the State health officials
Deputy Attorney General Layton said
today that his office Was continuing its
probe of the driving of Mr. Wells out Of
Georgetown on Tuesday night He said
emphatically that the prosecution of any
one found guilty Of participating would
not he dropped but would he pushed
Concerning the request Of the State Board
Of Health for aid IN forcing the vaccination