'"W'''YpnVF"- - - r -i-ft jsmr, -WrV WP'J(?fl",f ? VACCINATED IN SMALLPOX FIGHT Four Cases Found Among Negroes Brought Here From Georgia DISTRICT IS QUARANTINED in outbreak of smallpox, broUKht by migrant ncBroca from Ocorpla, was ills vtrtd early today In a downtown section, eo. bef0re daybreak 3000 persons had been iustnated by health ofllclals, who catab- Uitied a rigid quarantine. Four cases were dlscoered, nil In one home, at "OS South Fifteenth street. The tctlms were taken to the Philadelphia Hov tlUl for Contagious Diseases, together with ven other persons living In the same toue. AH of the patterns are negroes. Strict watch Is being maintained for ap . ..mnce of the disease elsewhere, as the St case was brought to this city April 30 ,"a the contagion has had opportunity to nread Kteven days after exposure Is the JSrlod In which the disease develops, before ippearlng Under orders from Director Wllmer Krusen, 0f the Department of Public Health and Charities, Dr. A. A. Cairns, thief medical Insnector of tlm Hurcau of Health, established a quarantine at 3 ?clock this morning. The three largo wuares bounded by Kater, Catharine, Ff. Utnth and Sixteenth streets were roped off nd a guard of 160 policemen was rushed t6the area by lieutenants of the nearby willce districts. Fifty physicians plunged Into the work of vaccination, which is being wrrled Into establishments where Inmates of the South Fifteenth street house worked. Host of the Inhabitants of tho quarantined KCtlon aro negroes. FIRST CASE NOT mSPOUTOD The first case of the disease, which was sot reported, was brought from Georgia April 30, when a large number of negroes trrUed. The victim was llvc-year-old Pearl Taylor. Her body was marked with the pox, but she wae never so 111 as to re quire the servloes of a physician. This fact health ofllclals regard as a menace, for the jlrl was allowea to piay in mo streets with other children. Subsequently she recovered, hut the disease had been communicated to ethers In tho house. Not until yesterday, when one of the women became violently 111, was a doctor called He was Dr. Albert Henry, and he Immedlatelj reported the presence of small pox. When health officers entered the house this morning they found the following ill from smallpox Vlpla Jones, twenty-four jears old, who was taken sick May IB; Pearl Simms, nineteen years old, who was taken elck May 19 ; Iulu Jordan, twenty five years old, who was taken sick May 20, and Lucille Walker, eighteen years old. 'whose case came to the notice of Doctor Henry yesterday. Seven others sent with them to the hos pital were Harry Jordan, Charles Jones, Anna Purncll and two daughters, Pauline and Mary ; Lucius Ross nnd Viola Ttoss. All of them came to Philadelphia from Aeh lurn, Turner County, Ga. LANDLADY DISAPPEARS The landlady of the house, a negresi named Johnson, has disappeared. She Is known to be Inside the roped area and has been vaccinated, but friends will not rceal her Identity to the health ofllclals for fear that they will tako her to the hospital. In tho midst of the work of vaccination, Doctor Cairns took time to issue an appeal to the public not to employ Southern negroes unless they are vaccinated. "These negroes come up regularly from the South and almost Invariably settle down In Insanitary places, where smallpox breeds," he said. "The public should not employ them unless they have been vac cinated. Otherwise, the public runs a great risk of catching the disease. "We nre going to vaccinate even" person working In places where any of tho negroes In this house worked. Such a task would be unnecessary If the employers had com pelled the negroes to be vaccinated before employing them." GLOOM AND JOY The quarantine brought mingled Joy and gloom to the large negro population of the district Policemen were kept busy pre venting men and women from escaping from the barred area to go to their work through out tho city Traffic fjowlng toward the roped section plred up until there were nearly 2J0 motorcars and other vehicles Jammed in the streets. All were forced to fo back. A woodwork mill at Fifteenth and Fltzwaler streets was shut down by the quarantine. Nearly 500 pupils of the James Pollock Public School for,, negroes, at Hicks and Fltawater streets, were overjoyed when It ' was announced that the school was closed. Most of the pupils are from outside the quarantine district. ' H Has. wn&ffMFm '(KwHK Am. fSmwBKffi 'IHHKm Illllll EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1917 V' , Seaside Park Mayor Critically 111 SEASIDE PARK. N. J.. May 24. Charles Watson Mathis, Mayor of Seaside Park, Is critically ill at his home here. He Is under the care of Dr. Buchanan, who says he Is suffering from diabetes and a complication ofdiseases. FOUNDED 1865 The Provident Life nnd Trust Company of Philadelphia for It years an important Jaetor ( the financial lite 0 PMladtlvMa. FOUimi AND CHESTNUT STREETS Ready Money United States Loan Society 117 North Broad St. lt S. Bth at. 1518 Oermantown aye. DRADBURN & V Correct Tnllora for Dreaiy Men To upread the fame of our fttultlrn tailoring aerv lee, we will make to your meaaure, for brief time only, a apeelal two-pleco blue aerce milt for $30 13th & Sansom Sts. &".' Hecond FountainPen? TtirWS the Point 7 i---that Satisfies When fitted to your hand by the specialist. ALL MAKES BKI'AIBED Allowance on old pens. W. G. Nichol, Agent IfllfiForWaterman's Pens No River of Doubt for the mariner whoso boat is Vanderherchen equtot. He knows to a certainty that every thing in all rlcrht. F VANDPBHFRCHPN'S SONS 7 Norlk W.ur Str.tf, JPkM"lM Pliuto hv fiutrkunst HENRY J. SCOTT BAR CENSORS PETITION DISBARMENT OF SCOTT Proceedings Before Common Pleas No. 4 Cause Wide Spec ulation in Legal Circles Tlioro was much speculation In legal circles inil.iy conroi limn disbarment pro erdlni;s which liuo been instituted npilnst former Assistant District Attorney Henry J Scott, a widely known criminal lawjer, 1 UeorKo Wciitwortli Carr and Horace Stern, memlieis of the hoard of censors of tho liar Association. A petition, scttliiK forth yharfics ncainst Scott, was filed In Common Pleas Court N" 4. by Cnrr nnd Stern on behalf of tho liar Association. Ai'i'ordlni! to tho usual procedure. If the i harttes nre considered Mllllf lently Kravp, the .ItldKes will slKii the pot it ion, and Its contents will be made public If the Judges of tho court refuse to slRti the petition the case will bo drrwed. it In nllcKcd that enemies of Scott lisuo K"t m touch with an erstwhile client and influenced him tn make chaw ked today about tho case, Scott said ' It Is a dlrt, rotten piece of business all the wn through " Mo ou think the court will allow the petition to ko through?" ' I hope so." ho replied, "1 hae n Rood answer for this, nnd I wiim to see the thhiK KO tltlOURlt." C.irr nnd Stern were appointed by tho liar Association to prosecute tho caso aRainst Scott. DOPE BILL PASSED ON SECOND READING Varc Members of House Block Attempt of Its Sponsor to Delay Action fy cl Staff Correspondent HAitmsmmu. May 2t. The strltiKcnt Vale anlldope bill was called up In the House of Ueprescntntlves and paKsed on second leadltiK today, with a few unimportant amendments. It will bo on third readluK and final passago In the House next Monday nlrcht. Itepresentntlxe Whltnker, of Chexter, who Is sponsoring the hill In the tower branch of the Onernl Assembly, Rsked that action be postponed until next Monday night, so that Its sponsors rould look oxer some amendment that Representative Theodore Campbell, who has been opposing the bill, had threatened to offer. Itepresentatlxe Cox nnd other Vnre mem bers jumped to their feet nnd demanded the passage of the bill today On a viva uee Mite, the Whltaker motion appeared to lime been carried, nnd tho Varc men demanded a dlMslon After looking around the House. Speaker lialilulu saw that the questlim of no quorum might be raised, with the possibility of ha Ing to an est absentees lie told Whltaker that he had better withdraw his motion Whltaker compiled. Mlnot amendments to the title, to make It conform to tho amended sections of the bill, were made by Whltaker Cox amended some misspelled words With theso unim portant changes Cno Mil will come up for final action next Monday After It has passed the House It goes to the Senate for concurrence In the Amendments, and then to the Governor for his signature l.lttle opposition Is expected either In the House or Senate MAN HELD UP AND IIOIIUKD Keports UelriB Beaten by Highwaymen. ?180 House Theft Reported Four highwaymen escaped with tSn nnd a t watch late, last night, after beating George Jacques, 2821 N'orth Orlanna street, at Second nnd Camlirla Btreets. He re ported the hold-up to the police of the Front nnd Westmoreland Mrects station to day. A burglar broke In a rear window of llerthn l.eute' clothing store. 6054 Market street, nnd stole 1180 worth of goods, ac cording to the report to the police. J E- Caldwell 8f (p. 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