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Show TO WATCH RATS Bubonic Plague Liable to Appear Ap-pear in Any Seaport Menace Men-ace Increasing Daily. Washington, April 22. "No seaport in the United States can truthfully say that It has no bubonic plague until un-til it has made a careful survey of its rat population," declares Dr. W, C. Rucker. assistant surgeon general of the public health service, In . a statement issued today. Dr. Rucker says plague already has appeared in three cities in continental United States, exists in many countries coun-tries with which the United States has intimate trade relations and that with the growth of foreign commerce, the menace of plague to every part on the American Beaboard Is increasing increas-ing daily. He argues as an additional safeguard safe-guard the fumigation of Incoming ships, rat-proofing measures In all buildings at seaports. |