New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-17
NO ST4GNANT W1TER.
MOTTO Of Mosquito determination
COuueRtiOn-Wm Declared.

Although 4 cold day in December might seem TO
be q most inappropriate time for holding general
convention 70 consider questions involved IN mos
quito externina ton the convention that met yes
terzay afternoon in the rooms of the Board Of Trade
and transportation, AT Broadway and Fulton-st-,
was attended by large number OF enthusiasts,
some Of them scientific Investigators OF national
reputation ard The action taken was calculated 70
extend widely the war upon the blood sucking and
malaria injecting pest Il had been expected that
Governor Murphy OF New-Jersey would be the pre-
siding officer al the convention. and although he
unable 10 ne present he sent an earnest letter
promising New-Jersey's aid in the war His place
in the chair was filed by Robert " De Forest
Several men OF prominence were elected vice-Fres!-
dents. and the convention chose Henry Clay Weeks
as secretary and William J. Matheson as treasurer
Resolutions were passed authorizing the appoint
rnent Of a committee OF ten 10 make plans for hold
ing another convention 10 arrange for the orsanza
ton Of central association and 10 publish the
papers Of the first convention. Mr.. De Forest was
called away from the convention before its close,
and the committee viii be named later
John Clafin, who is president ~ an improvement
society in Morristown. \. J.. tod how the danger
Gus naIsrial mosquito Anophees punctipeDnis, had
been externinated near his summer home after
about one-fou-th Of the people living near 4 swamp
had suffered from malaria For many years the
swamp had been healthy. he said but for two years
after Italian laborers had constructed railway
through il the swamp was the breeding place for
OF the poisonous mosquitoes r or ilrne
refused
malaria vas due 70 the mosquitoes. but they were
convinced At length and the improvement society
began its work. The pond which prevented proper
drainage OF the swamp was Of and then the
swamp was drained in that way the mosquitoes
were destroyed and the Eeshborhood became
healthy again
Surgeon General Wyman was represented at the
convention by d.. II. Bailhach OF the Marine Hos
pitsl Service who said that experiments had proved
that mosquitoes almost the sole Gisseuinators
II yellow fever and malaria He described methods
for destroying the pest in houses and making
houses mosquito proof Major Golgast described
the effects Of mosquito determination in Havana
and other places in Cuba. giving figures TO show
that Il had greatly reduced the number OF deaths
from yellow fever. incidentally he said that the
United States had spent 10000 in mosquito exter-
Irination IN Havana
Dr. F. Porter Felt. State Entomologist al Albany
"a Id that he believed the State should spend about
& On 2 year IT, surveys ana experiments TO give 10
communities the best information ohtainahe Tor
~ - ss15 should carry on works Of drainage
Spencer Miller Of South Orange. said that sn,r'
were bout thirty varieties OF mosqutoes near Nv"
scrk The salt marsh mosquitoes were sometimes
tI,y,, long distances but they lived iH the grass
ard sid not often enter houses ne stiId iG no.
f..Do~5 80 Them being blown forty miles but u
sometimes rains fishes IN haIl-si7 H gu ~ ~
thE ~ - he they get there Domestic mos
9ilifoes such infest houses ne Salu, 49, i go
- 1.sr rhe houses they did not uAVei "a
Litu $50 -es5ilv in neglected roof CUTTERS. IN IN
-1re 1eff ~ here they became pariiy iilttu ~ "
- when il ralned and IN any puadle That "@S
h32esI ,,,o Of Brooklyn asked if the Introduction
~ salt water into the iakes - Je said that :
,',,15itc iuSested lake al virginia idCi ,..t -
,ra5 INTO a salg water lake ana iIle i''7'4''-9
yaG 1 NJ al. OF the rooms were several notices
arons tiaal ne ,9ld not BE- tolerated IN com
,,,,.Iig afiy more Than smallpox t,~,"
"a - - our l5r' MOTTO be. no stagEant |ataI'