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Bankers to Handle
Loan for Rumaniia

Washington, Oct. 23.--The Runan.
ian government has arranged with an
international group Of bankers for the
conversion Of $l7j,OO0,000 Of its short
term treasury notes. 1t was announced
tonight in "A statement issued by the
Rumaniap legation here. At the same
time II was said, the question Of Ru.
manian debts 10 the United States
government, aggregatlng about $31,-
100000, soon would be taken DIP by n
commission from that country.
Concerning the question Of Ru
manian debts to the government of
the United States the statement
said we are Informed that the Ru-
manlan government has designated
two of its leading financial experts.
Mr. Eftimie Antonesco and Mr.. An.
ionlade, 10 conduct the necessary ne.
gotlatiorT with the government Of the
United States and that they VIII leave
shortly for Washington
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Redskin Traditions
Smashed by Prince.
Who Bobs Her 7'resses

Hatfield. Wis. Oct. s3.--pripees.
Newana .syficb. winDebage ~.
dian beauty ~ Hatfield. Wh., up.
set = Thousand years ~ tradition
and her avn domestic lie uhen she
bobbed her hair aDd introduced her
fellow redmen 10 napperispL Her
father. Chief Running Wolf. and her
husband. Dan Gayfisb. pui on a
war dance that made the silent for.
esis sound like 4 reunion of boiler.
makers.
After the storm had cleared Ne
wsns found herself m e,ile 10 far
NJ her relatives were concerned.
hut. not being easily disturbed. she
secepted her misfortune with q
smile and that evening she and her
little son turned their backs on the
old reservation.
Newana isn't worrying about the
future. An uncle who lived iu Ne.
brasks died two years ago and left
her SIS 900 iD rasII and u large tract
~ land. There she has gone, where
she will attempt the cultivation ~
the land that was beIuestl,ed ~
her. NewaDa II ~ years old and has
been married three years.
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Insane Man Escapes
Sheriff; Ends Life

Kearney, Neb., Oct. 2S.--fSpeciaI
Telegram Miles Wilsey, u, shot and
killed himself thig afternoon while
being transferred by auto to the state
hospital for the insane, at Hastings.
Stopping TO repair a punctured tire,
Sheriff Funk stopped down TO Jack up
his machine. Wilsey reached over,
drew the sheriffs gun from it's holster,
covered the sheriff, backed away a
short distance and then sent bullet
through his breast.
Sometime ago Wilsey startled Kear'
neyites during an early morning hour
by walking down Central avenue
wearing only straw hat and smok'
ing cigar.
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WomanSIayerto to
Plead Insanit,
Woman Who Killed Lover
Goes on Trial at
Kansas City.

Kansas CITY, Mo, oct. 23.-Tem.
porary lnsanlty will be the plea Of
Marie j.. Peggy Beal in her trial for
th" staying of Frank Warren Ander.
son, her attorney said IN his opening
statement 10 The jury late today.
The defense counsel said the night
Eefore the alleged murder Anderson
told Mrs. Beal he could not marry
her after he had asked her 10 come
TO Kansas City from Springfield, III =,
70 be married.
Don't you want 10 do what is
right" the attorney told the jury
Peggy Beal had asked Anderson.
'1'd like to, but cant because I'm
married" the jurors were told Ander-
son replied.
in the states opening statement
to the jury, Anthony =. Nugcnt, AZ.
siftant prosecutor, recited the story
Of the fatal shooting which took place
In hotel here June 3.
"The evidence. will show" Nugent
said. that the killing Of Anderson
was deliberate. that II had been
studied and planned by Mrs. Beal and
was accomplished while Anderson was
asleep"
william l.. Lasley, patrolman, first
state witness, identified book
"rhuyla, Maid OF Mars" which he
found on o table Of the room In which
Anderson WAS slain. He said the
book was opened at an illustration of
the heroine "Thuvla" standing over
'"Tarlo." whom she had stabbed.
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Reaction in Congress
Opposed by A. F. Of L.

Washington, Oct. 25.-~The political
campaign committee Of the American
Federation of Labor, In formal
statement tonight, urged voters IN The
forthcoming elections to take a stand
against reaction In congress- The
aiatemont embodied an appeal for
breaking down of the "G0mewhat pop.
nar impression" that elections only
In presidential years we're important.
and 10 regard every election az having
direct bearing on whether the nation
In the future would have congresses
favorable 10 progress on whether re.
action should govern
The statement, described ~ It's
authors MS "call 10 duty" contained
list Of the ISSUES IN the coming
elections, enumerating among ihe
questions taxation, soldier honus,
merchant marine legislation. amend
ment Of the Eseh Cummins law, i'm.
migration, federal police powers un.
employment, prosecution ~ alleged
war grafters and nrohteers and gen.
erHl labor policies
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Boy Of II l. Ilelde in Jail
Charged With Murdel

faksFsfleld' 'NIl uet 81 FfIfI
cotdsfo IL dead and peso uulnes ls
u m iall to-day charged s.th murder
Rs me result ~ shooting SUNDAY
ught Al the Teion Indian ressFNa
ton near here Accofdiug % ihe
sheriff Nom,A had 4uaFgslsd with
another lad al the caftsfa home ani
vas sieeisd later he returned with
plsiol the sheriff said ami tssan
fifns inta the carttm home relsf
Cnftetu ereRed lhs 1faF HnH was
~.
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"He Dared
Me to, So |
Shot Him"
Man shoot. Down Merchant
IIe Accuse. Of Mi.rcpre.
rcntaiiou IL Sale of
Restaurant. i.
Intended to Shoot Self

"lle dared mo %, 80 shot him.
I have wife and six children 70
support ana be robbed me
Tho FOREGOING explanation wns
given by Morris Barney, 30. 2Ois
Wills avenue afer he shot down Il.
i.leberman. merchant nj Twenty.
fourth and Decatur streets AZ $40
yesterday afternoon. lie WIS over.
powered Immediately by a p1trOi.
man on beat in the vicinity nd
held until the patrol arrived
Intended 10 XIII Himself
Barney said he intended 10 XII
hims"lf also, but that Iieberman fell
On him and before he could ex.
tric0te himself The patrolman had
Bis gun.
Four ~ the bullets in his .32 cali.
Der revolver had been discharged.
The nfth remained unhred. Two
of The bullets took effect on Neber.
man. according 10 Lord Lister hos
pit0l Attendants.
Barney told police Llebernan had
induced him 10 buy small res.
tanfant shortly after he, Barney,
came here with his family from
Lincoln.
Family Destitute.
'Llebermap told me that restanr.
ant would make a living for me"
aaid Barney, who WAS covered with
tho blood ~ his victim. IT didn't.
asked bin many times 10 give me
back part of the 1900 paid him for
the restaurant. My family was ai.
most destitute, and ] was desperate.
lie refused again when ! went 10
seo him this afternoon. pulled out
my gun and told him IA shoot him
" be didn't He only laughed"
Lieberman told police who con.
yeyed him % the hospital that he
had offered 10 give Barney some
money back, but that Barney refused
the amount he offered. lie II In n
serious condition. one bullet struck
him in the aid. and another In the
chest
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School Teacher Missing
for Seven Months Returns

Albany Mimi oct - Miss lor
raine schneider q school teacher,
who disappeared from hotel IN Min
noupolls and who later was traced "a
Denver WIS back AZ her home here
to-day after al absence " more than
seven months
Miss Schneider said that size had
planned % wall uulu Thauh sN.Nlns
day before returning homr hat that
She could not Wnii
Miss Schneider disappeared hm
Minneapolis hafauat she ihDusit she
hai killed man Mho bad attempted
ld hitarb hef
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Two Women and Man Rob
Driver of Rented Auto

III Paso. Tex, Oct. 2S.-Poliee hr
searching for a man and woman of
middle age and young woman, IN an
effort 10 solve the mysterious robbery
Of r. ]. oberkampf. rent car driver
Of this city. oberkampf told the
police late Sunday night. after walk.
ing five miles along country road
TO get 10 a telephone. that he wac
clubbed severely by young woman,
and that another woman, apparently
her mother rIfIed his pockets OF f26,
while a man. apparently the father
of the young woman, held pisto.
pointed al him
After heating and robbing him, they
threw him out OF his car and drove
~ he said
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long Changes rlag.hip..

Gibraltar, ol .a .ilV A r Nir4
admiral Andfow r i&HE tumuautsF
20 ihs rnltst sistes nAtal forces ln
tufnfsaa vateta tfsnarrel h.s Gag
ffem lhs 4 = tisb in ihe 81
8uIaef i'ttstHJsH Asat fir
usual rstFiAaHt had salaiea un thr
irsasfsF ~ nassh'Hs t8 ae aimaai
tss plaes Fha tamiHHh b de
iailst tnF aettne IH ths Waffsa
tssa fHe tsh hH lesiAf Ga thf
lhnsi siaus
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State Begins Probe Into
Livestock Freight Rates

iAnco'n, oct 81 f~-lslNfi.A The
Stats railway commissions hesAn lls
IFehc Monday into The llyestoek rate
situation IN The state
fhs inquiry tsfpFs ne Nebraska
commission. nsds an % osn lnltl.
stiss, ali - Erestly shortened
hRefytosiy interested asTssd shst TIE
tsslimany taken a. the fesisfai esln
sHis*ian hearing ahaAld 10 rsnsitafsd
n tnis one fhe nmsha tiNeHtprk -
ehsnKs throush ~ shAgklsfara -
snittea az suslgss - she stutiioH.
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lis Assured
by 7 a if
SO Declares Congressman Jo'
.eph W. Fordney Before u.
Iinois Manufacturers
Association.
Based on Sound Policy

Chicago. oct 23.--Proapsrty h ~
sufed ~ Tho new tariff law. Congress.
man Joseph W. Fordney of Michigan.
one of the authors Of the Fordney.
McCumber tariff law. declared today
before The Illinois Manufacturer NJ.
sociation.
The emergency tariff which pre-.
ceded The permanent law marked a
very decided trend In business In gen.
eral toward prosperity" he asserted.
More study and effort was given
In the framing Of the law than was
given 10 any previous tariff lsgjsa
tlon, said Representative Fordney
Mark mn Epoch.
"The flexible features of the new
law mark an epoch IN tariff making.
Upon satisfactory showing that rates
IN the new law sre too high or too
low, the means Tor impartial inVestlga.
lion and correction by executive order
are provided.
THE new law IN based on the sound
policy of protection and It's enact.
ment clears The way 10 the widest
avenue Of prosperity. That the M.
tlon will benefit materially under IT,
operation can be predicted with the
utmost confidence"
a year and half ago, the speaker
said, record. breaking ImportatioDs of
farm products sDd bank failures in
the northwest we're affecting adverse.
Iy the country's business IN general.
The emergency tariff law, he said.
acted as stOpRap and although
never was abuse Of law more pro.
life M events have established, never
was abuse more undereryed. with
the new law affordlng o just measure
bf protection, not only 10 the farm,
but TO the factory as we'll" he con.
tinnef. Increased prosperity In M
sured."
Duty on Wool Reduced.
Under the emergency act. he said,
tho duty on wool IN an average suit
Of clothes was only ~ cents and
that In an oll.wool oyercoat U.7t,
while the duty on The wool In the
new law In slightly lees.
ANY merchant who will state 20
The public" Representative Fordney
declared. that he II compelled to adj
vance the price of his goods because
VI the iperenHed duty provided in the
new act is dishonest and uutruthfm."
The speaker said the average I'D.
rates under the Mckinley
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Co, ernment Officials Are
Adrift on Coast Guard Boat

san Francisco, oct 20 The coast
guard cutter MoIave, with Assistant
Secretary c, II. Huston of the De
partment Of Commerce and other gov
efnmept officials aboard, ~ drifting
APPROX imately 800 miles west ~ llnu
oulu, with it, fuel supply depleted
according to Wireless messages te
eeNed here late to,lay by the marine
arnAftment II the san hraueiseu
chamber ~ commerce The fleet tug
slnnadin left Pearl ilagbor = ~
SUNDAY 20 give aid 60 the MoiRNe The
government officials are on q cruise
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Manager of Packing Firm
Released on 81 200 Bail

New York, ori. 2i.@h l sallnger,
ir Vice president and general man.
uFer ~ the Midland Packing company.
an lewn corporation, arrested yesler
daN as an alleged fugitive from ius'
Jice al Sioux city, Ia whore he is
under indictment for using the mails
tn defraua. va, released In fi.one hail
hy United States Commissioner hitch
rfek i1sihF Hearing in renewal pro-
crtdlngs Nas sol f0r November
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Beebee's S Statements
Denied by Howell

Franklin, Neb., oct. 23.-state'
ments made by j. l.. Beebe In a
speech at Norfolk are without sem.
blance Of truth, Il. 3. Howell said
here today. Not only did he never
express himself TO citizens Of culbert'
son as alleged, but he has never been
in Bloomfield during the campaign.
Through a mistake II was previously
stated that Howell had not appeared
IN Culbertson.
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Attorneys Deny Coal Men
Aiding State Prosecution

thaflest0wn " Va oct sl-
Charges that powerful coal lUteresl.
are AIDING TIE state financially In
the prosecution ~ G Frank kecney,
prcsideB, ~ district 80 ~ of The
United Mlns Workers were ho,ly de.
MEL hY hiiornefH representing tha
snmnnsealth Wheu adjournment
sas taken uhtt 1uastlas motnlus AZ
sumsnts for change II StnHt had
not hetu completed
kseusN went ea utAi m o.e4t
fnuFt this morulne tasfsed With ao
reaHarY isf0fa ths fa6l ia lhr killing
= tspuly shelin Muussy uuo - tha
ssseFal mtn slain lH lhs armed msrsaz
hatiia year aHa
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War Veterans Are Removed
When Fire Threatens Hospital

san Bernardin0, EaI,, OCT 2J,-One
hundred and seventy.eight disabled
veterans were moved from the govern.
ment hospital ut Arrowhead Springs,
Fix miles north Of here when . forest
fire which has been raging IN that
section for two days became 50 seri,
GUS that fire fighters said II was doubt
ful that the hospital buildings could
be saved.
Forest rangers and city lftmen con
tlnued 10 pnttle the blaze which was
sweeping along fiVe'mile front on
the southern slopes - the San Bernar.
dino mountains.
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Shipping Board TO Continue
Opcration of Steamers

Washington, oct. % The shipping
board will continue 70 operate the
government owned ships through the
United states lines untll the pending
merchant marine legislation - dis.
posed or Chairman LaslSer announced
today. Tho chalrman's announcement
followed rejection by the board ~ un.
satisfactory all Of the offers TO organ
ize a company 10 operate the shipping
board vessels
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Introducing large schemes which
might be beneficial TO the empty,
however dear 10 lis heart. lie add.
ed that he should rather hope for q
period Of quiteness tha6 one ~ fierce
controversy. HIS reference was III.
derstood 10 be 10 tariff reform.
Mr.. Bonar Law declared the Irish
constitution must be carried out.
Referring TO Mr.. Lloyd George he
said he was sure they would have
pretty stiff tussle," but he hoped
they would stilI he good friends aft
crgard.
Ministry Complete.
The meeting, an enthusiastic gatb
e1ng, WAS held at Hotel Cecil, at
tended by 439 members Of the party,
including 1b2 peers
Mr.. Bonsr Law was proposed for
the leadership by Marquis Curzon,
secretary for foreign affairs in the
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ionngsier. q. Conducts
- spiH l.ssos
,a,o.,li "'s '''' .

Bsitinore, -'on
.. Hastings, ..a.DUp. Nd j. onI,
q, Ne bs- inst entered the publi'
schools %, bis home town. SUNDAY
be rondUisd services iu ~ pnm-
Methodist Protestant church in The
manner ~ al experienced minister.
Ne j. y sOn ~ Paul Hastings ot
saiisbur,. tor -. months be has
been speaking before congregations
SUNDAYS services serr The first The
child has conducted IN baltimore
and h. rsDm nj the p,Itsfion ot
The Rev y. ~. Reynolds. pastor of
~ paUis church
His father says that The boy has
bad n1 bibIieai instruction other
Than The I,ibIs stories and passages
which have been read 10 him IN his
home and ~ sunday school.
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Southern Railway Company
Paw Morker.' Strike Bonn.

kuoNyillf Frun oot .5 l'fosl
dent Fairfax Harrison u Che southern
railway has written tpltef lo every
euplufe ~ The ssaiem frm train.
master down whu remained luyal le
ihe company during ihe fetent strike.
expressing appreciation a. them and
oIeFlHg sift ~ eilhff $3.50 On ctsh
~ flKe shafes q preferred siWk. ae
taf5llne b. rerurl here
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Thieves Rifle Safety
Boxes in Maurice Bank

Maurice Ia oct 25 Thieves Nlo
looted the safety deposit boxes Of the
Sioux County Savings bank here sun.
day night are believed 10 have obtain.
ed 4 oU0 ln money. bonds and war
savings stamps,
All telephone and telegraph wires
entering the town were cut w the
sang before they hesan their opera.
lions They escaped Ia an automo
bile
Two hnndIed safety deposit boNea
were rifled bur the thieves were m
nhle 10 get into Ihe Mnk .lfe
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r andaII Party
Sees G.. .O.P. LuIIed
by Easy Victory
Alarm Felt That Republicans
VIII BE ImperfcciIy Or
ganized Through
OvercOnfidence.
By A. X. GROH.

sisn Correspondent Tho Omshs Bss.
sidney, Neb., oct. 23.--tspecinl Tele
gram There Is a Sign and warning
to republicans and other supporters oi
the republican candidates: travel
through central and western Nebrae
ka impresses the political observer
with tho fact that the democrats have
perfected remarkably thorough or
ganlzatlon and that the republicans,
lulled 10 n false sense of security by
the siren voice Of easy victory, have q
less perfect organization In many
places.
In every city, town and villae demo
cratic organizers are at work. Most
Of them are local, directed vigorously
and efficiently from headquarters.
Besides these, paid organizers are
travelling constantly. Realization that
their fight IN almost hopeless has
spurred the democrats 10 this desper'
ate effort.
Must Register.
While sentiment In Overwhelming
for the republican candidates In the
western and central parts Of the
states touched by the Randall party
IN the ast week, II bebooves every re-
.hiDnraY @..er to register and vote.
Tho democratic organization VII get
every democrat 10 the polls and the
danger to the republicans " that their
less thorough organization and over
confidence Of assured victory might
result badly these tendencies must be
checked now.
This warning Ia sounded by such
men as Ditrict Committeeman u. j.
Myer Of Alliance, Harvey Sans OF
scottsbluff, manager of Bob Simmons
campaign for cOngress, and Tom
Nelghbors Of Bridgeport. Big crowds
have greeted Mr.s Randall everywhere,
even in places where there had been
neglect In making arrangements and
giving notice Of the meetings.
Democrats Are Active.
Democratic meetings IN the same
towns have been advertised In news.
papers, by handbils and placards
weeks in advance by It's organization
and the republicans In Nebraska need
more of Il to make victory sure.
This morning, though no arrange
ments had been made at Scottsblulf
for the meeting $50 hastily notified by
telephone, gathered in the Star thea
Ter and the speeches OF Mr.. Randall
and Mrs. Mary Hight of Chicago were
applauded.
A big committee met Mr.. Randall at
the station when he arrived In Bridge
port. Among them were Mesdames
Bruse Wilcox, w. H. Willis, Tom
Nelghbors. A. Il, Fisher 5. +. Elem.
ing. Glen Trumbo, X. II. Willis and
Mabel Mckinney, with County Chair
man Tom Neighbors. Bruce Wilcox
and Il II, Willis.
The meeting had been advertised
by newspaper notices ad handbills ana
a remarkable audience, estimated al
more than 500, was awaiting Mr..
Randall in the big Miller opera house.
Fully half were women one family
drove In from ranch 90 miles away
for the occasion
audience Il biz One,
The audience was more than twice
as large as the one 20 which senator
Hitchcock spoke I oln the same room
last saturday afternoon. II was a
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tslrt Nrisi a Aftkas i' Nefsh 80
81. nufAsF - nsitaa ksnaasia
w*es tHle ss - aa essk tlsiss w4ib
eFrass 4Nn.sl sia .fussaas =
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Bonar Law
Elected by
.Unionists
Election Attended by Large
Representation from Both
Houses Of Parliament;
Labor Il Displeascd.
Will Form New Cabinet

London, Oct. 25s--tBy T. Pt-tu
drew Bonar Law today accepted from
the King the task ~ forming n sab.
iDst and advised his majesty ~ dis.
solve parliament, which VII b. done
by royal proclamation THURSDAY,
The new prime minister will b.
ready with q list NJ the principal mem.
bers of his cabinet In time for a meet.
ing ~ the priyy council within the
nest few days.
London. oct. 23.--fBy a. P.D--Ah.
drew Bonar Law was unanimously
elected leader of the unionist party
At the party meeting held this after
noon.
Members Of the unlonist party, IN
cluding a large representation from
both houses Of parliament, met NJ the
Hotel, Cecil st 2.5G.
Andrew Bonsr Law, on leaving the
unionist meeting today, NJ which No
was unanimously elected leader ~ the
party, told tho newspapermsn ~
would accept the task of forming
nala.AiIy
Pretty stiff TussIe"
In his address, Mr.. BoDsr Law, ds
clared that this Was not tho time for
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ALost Battalion

2 There is always u Lost Rat
TALON right here IN Omaha
"a miscellaneous and valuable
company u missino pocket
books. lost iewelfy and hun
dreds Of other things that have
disappeared beyond the reach
Of their owners.
? Someone finds almost every
thing that Is lost, Most every
body i honest, The Omaha
bee Lost and Found eolums
does the rest,
Don't very when Xau lose
some valuable possession -
eal At-lsHtie 1900 luslesd'
= No matter what you ioss "a
dos, a dollar or a diamond
plh yNuF first muye i 10 pnt
an nmAhs bee "le5l and
Feunl ~ en the trad
y Losers saH b. shoossrs the
wise enss ehaoss fhe umAhA
nes "Manlh Ads and vin'
4. Can At lAuile iuea aad sak
Zoe Want "A taktf.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-25
MAN MADE. MALARIA

II is not we'll for man to get too
exalted opinion OF his handiwork.
Often 10 no sooner accumulates a
hoard To ensure himself ease and
comfort than he finds he has really
accumulated vexing problems and
deprived himself of the case he
sought.
A bulletin from the L. S. Public
Health Service informs US that the
task Of eradicating malaria has been
made doubly hard by the continual
creation Of fresh mosquito breeding
spots by impounding water either
Intentionally or unintcntionalIy-fo
instance in the course of highway or
railroad construction. Owing to this
considerable portion of the malaria
in tho country may be termed man
made"
Many millions Of dollars have been
appropriated to build highways
through portions of the country
whore the mosquito thrives on stag
nant water. Unless adequate pro-
vision shall be made for proper
drama" e OF these roads the breeding
of mosquitoes will he greatly in
creased