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Show " AF M 4TPICP Ul IWIVLd Tuberculosis Killing Off the Aleutians Volcanoes Vol-canoes Is Active 1 Port Townsend, Washington. Oct. 5-The 5-The natives ,,f the Aleutian Maud are threatened with extinction because of the ravages of tuberculous, measles meas-les and pneumonia, according to a report re-port brought today by the revenue cutter Tahoma. flag.-hlp of the Ilerln Sea seal patrol fleet. Captain .1. H. tjulnlan of the cutter declared that lemedial action U imperative. im-perative. He adMK-ates assembling all the tribes and clans now scattered in Isolated camps and villages, nt some point where they may receive medical supervision. Captain Qulnlan sajs conditions in the archipelago are pathetic. The natives na-tives undoubtedly would resist concentration concen-tration and they helplessly wltne'R the extinction of their race. The Al'-utUns are fatiun for the beautiful baskets which they weac from gras-es The Tahema will make a report to the National ideographic society on the new" eruption of .Mount PJogoslov, fas-tie fas-tie Rock, on.- of the largest of the Ilogosl.-.v island-, was fr.-atly reduced in size during the year, perry Island, which disappear In an eruption tow years n?o. hns reappean-d and a new l-land ha-, hoen thrown up. The latter lat-ter ba be.-n named Tahoma Island. |