The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-10

over there at Horman's islam ;,
day waiting for examin.t;o.s% u
during all that ime thew a. and
have q thing to eat. or co., ~ Ut
suppose the government cs.s !
help 1t. but do think son. ssact
ought to be done" 'ag I
This woman's ship was sor.,
however. to be held M az. :.
hours. Others have had Ia y. I
the harbor for two or thr :. y u
while the quarantine of,cs 10y. @n
up With its work. On ons ~ . wy
detained ships. the immis,s =. .aese
Gently staged a rebellion th,...n =.
ing In the choicest words NJ .s..
different languages to d. 's 's
damage II they were not nerm Sv@s
to leave the boat. Then. =. , ss.
were not released, thew car,, A. 'aey
their threat. They broke som. ne ~, Sus
niture and incidentally thu v. .s..
pipes. Nevertheless, thew h,s '' :.
remain! there the rest Of m. 70
and the ships stewards got ev.s 10y,
charging them so cents per cun IN y, !,
drinking water. 'OF
Hard on Ship Companie.
The immigrants, moreover a..
not the only ones who ara y. =.
joying the present Situation -
steamship companies find II son IVY
~ difficult. Every day thew WV. -.
held up in the harbor means ! l,,s -.
money loss, for not only must N.Y.
lose valuable time, but thew NM: NM.
continue feeding their passen, .ss.'
One large steamship COMPANY h.,
placed one of its vessels at the Az.
posal Of the quarantine officials .,
a detention ship for immi,r,nt.
who are transferred to it for e,'
animation while the shin th,,
brought them continues on its var '
Under the emergency ruling M
craft from a foreign port can an
proach within 300 yards OF a Nsv
York pier without a permit rran,.
ed only after the most ririd IN.
spection.
One hears vague rumors that q.
steamship companies are establish.
ing their own delousing plants On
the European side, but no definite
Information seems to be availabls
on this point. Many people feel
that ID is up to the foreign govern,
ments to take the necessary pre.
cautions against the spread Of ".
plus, and to prevent any but clean
emigrants from embarking for thi,
country. The foreign governments
however, do not seem to agree with
this view. The Italian government
in fact, has even resented the
charge that any infected immi-
grants could possibly come from
Italian shores, although the fact re-
mains that they have.
To avoid the congestion IN New
York harbor, many steamship lines
are now diverting their vessels to
other ports, notably Boston md
Philadelphia. From these points
the immigrants come to New York
by rail, thus making it Necessary
for the city health department to
keep inspection squads also 1t the
railway stations. Fortunately, here
the New York Travellers Aid 60
ciety has come to the rescue and
is taking care Of family groups
while their various members are
removed from examination and fu-
migation.
Sometimes while a husband Is
sent away to be freed from YER
min." one Of the travellers aids told
the reporter, "the wife thinks he
Is being dragged of to Siberia
Then we have to rush our inter
prefer to the scene to explain the
matter to her. So many Of the
people are war refugees who have
already suffered so much that Their
anxieties are easily aroused
II the man is detained for sny
great length of time, the aids set
that the children get food and thai
the family obtains proper lodgings
sometimes as many as Is sucl
families must be taken care OF ou
of a group Of q hundred or NOR
who come through on one train
While the precautions against tn
typhus cootie are ever becoming
more systematized. the congestion
remains unrelieved at the port 0
New York. The health authorize
are putting up a valiant ngn
against tremendous handi1ps
They need more men and more "a
| cilities. Congress. they say. coul'
| solve the whole typhus emergenc!
at once by ordering cessation 0
immigration until the disease sub
sided in Europe; but congress ~
| its own reasons for desiring imml
grafton to continue. The least
then, that it can do is to authorii
an increase in the size of the forc
and working materials at Hon
mans and Ellis islands, and tnu
help to prevent the spread OF ID
nlapue