Show CAN THE FLEAS AND AND RATS CARRY PLAGUE BERKELEY Cal Sept 5 The 5 The department department de do de- de of oC bacteriology at tho the State University t. Is planning a B. series o of experiment experiments ments ment on bubonic plague Th The object of th the Is to determine whether the California species cles of ot fleas neaR can transmit trans mit tho the disease through a a- common rat to toa toa a R. healthy person Fleas and rats will wUl b bo be collected from rom ships that come Into San n Francisco from Crom Oriental ports port II where plague is known to b be prevalent |