AMERICAN AFFAIRS

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 12 January 1922, Page 7

AMERICAN AFFAIRS

NEW YORK HARD HIT. CHAPTER. OF TRIBULATIONS. Per Press Association—Copyright. NEW YORK, January 11. New York is having its troubles these days. To begin with the water system which was constructed at a cost of several hundred million dollars, became infected with the protozoan organism synura, which gives the water an unpalatable taste of ripe cucumber. The Water Board chemists declare themselves at a loss to remedy the matter. Usual chemical antidotes have been unsuccessful. The water is so unpleasant that people absolutely cannot drink without boiling it. English experts are being consulted. Secondly wood alcohol poisoning is recurring. Seven have died within two days, and the number since the holidays is nearly 40. Thirdly, hold ups, robberies, violent assaults, and killings continue at the rate of five daily. Fourthly, a local group of reformers has introduced into Congress at Washington, a Bill heavily fining newspapers and publishers who attempt to send betting news and tips of any kind to newspapers through the mails. Local publishers are up in arms against the movement, and have sent a large body to Washington to oppose the measure.