Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-05
Cameras Barred on Italy's Frontier.

Cameras Barred on Italy's Frontier.
From the London Telegraph.
The secretary of state for foreign
affairs has been informed by his
majesty's charge daffaires at Rome
that the italian government mas is
sued regulations prohibiting the use
of cameras on the whole of the ltal-
ian frontier, where there are positions
of military Importance. and also IN
places in the interior of Italy requtr-
ing protection from spies. The posi-
tion of these prohibited districts is
always indicated on posts and plac-
ards clearly marking the limits OF
such zones.
Visitors to Italy are therefore
warned that if, after crossing the
Italian frontier, they enter any OF
those zones, they will be liable to nave
their cameras seized and be sub
iected to penal proceedings and lines
Should a plate or film be found on
visitor with the negative of a military
locality of Importance, the conse-
ouences would be still more serious.
The War on the Hookworm.
From the Journal of American Medical
Association.
In eleven southern States the cam
paign for the eradication of hook
worm is being conducted along the
most aggressive lines. For the quar-
fer ending September 30, 1913, 133, 10
rnicroscopic examinations were mace
for hookworm. This parasite OF the
human body is a bloodsucker ana
does much injury to the intestlhal
lining, where in adult life he makes
his abode for six to ten years unless
dislodged by thymol treatment. Dur
ing the three months 1851 persons
have heen treated for the disease. OF
This number 4, 447 persons were report
ed by physicians and 29,224 persons
were treated in free dispensarles con-
Quoted by the health departments OF
the State and county in Alabama. Ar
kansas. Georgia. Kentucky, Louisl-
ana. Mississippi, North Carolina,
south Carolina, Tennessee, Texas ana
Virginia. .o,o
In these eleven States there are LOAF
counties, of which AT have maze 10
cal appropriations to aid in detraying
the expenses for the free examination
and treatment. The work is very
nonular. and it is usual for fifth to
a third of the entire population of a
county to be examined to ascertain II
infection exists. In Lee county. va
9,O1S persons were recently examined
and in several counties over S'0Oo per-
sons have been examined.
In every county where this work is
conducted infection and sanitary sur
veys are made on uniform basis, so
that the health authorities may know
Just what problems confront them.
BY making comparisons with future
surveys the progress being made can
be ascertained. Approximately $4,000
a G three
months by the local agencies for the
extension of this work. The Rookie
Teller Sanitary Commission, with
headquarters at Washington, is lend
ing liberal support to the work.
Farms in the Eastern States.
From the Providence Journal.
Farming within sight of the mar
kets," the taking phrase of the advo-
Gates of the revival of agriculture in
the Eastern States, is as applicable
to Rhode Island as to New York or
Pennsylvania. Land in western New
York is selling for $50 and 500 an
acre; in Ohio the same class of prop
erty brings from. 500 to $3.50 an acre
The difference probably is due to the
fact that the Ohio people know how
to use the soil. Eastern farms, If
fortified, are no less productive than
those of the Western States; it is a |
mistake to assume that all the land
is covered with lodges and boulders
The Eastern farms also are located
near the great centres of population |
and thus have the advantage of mini
mum transportation rates and mar
kets capable of taking all that can
be raised. Comparison of the two sec
tions also brings out the important
fact that Eastern farm buildings are
to those of the West in size
and details of construction. These
points substantate the claims made
for the development of the neglected
agricultural lands between the ATTAIN
tic and Lakes Erie and Ontario.
But 1t appears that even in Iowa
and Illinois the advantages of living
near the home markets are not al
ways appreciated. The reports of con-
ditions in the West contain FREQUENT
reference to farmers who sell their
land and go to the frontiers of Canada