THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
HE PEST 00010
SURGEON GENERAL GORGA3
TO UNDERTAKE ANNIHILA
TION CF YELLOW FEVER.
18
BRAZIL AND ECUADOR AGREE
Guayaquil and Other Strongholds of the
Dreaded Disease Are to Be Cleaned
Up and Poison-Carrying Mosquitoes
Exterminated.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington. Yellow Jack Is to bo
annihilated.
William 0. Gorgas, surgeon general
of tho United States nnny, has made
n report to tho Rockefeller Foundation
to tlio effect Hint tho governments of
Brazil and Ecuador have conBcntod
that American physicians shall under
take tho stamping out of yellow fever
from . tho places In their countries
whero It exists, an operation which,
when completed, will mean Yellow
Jack Is dead.
Unquestionably, within u short time,
under tho uusplces of tho Rockefeller
Foundation, General Gorgas with n
staff of American physicians will pro
ceed to Guayaquil, Ecuador, and to
several localities In northern Brazil,
thcro to undertake u work of tho kind
which In llnvanu and on tho Isthmus
of Panama made tho American soldier-doctor's
fnino secure.
Naturally (ho surgeon general does
not say that ho will bo the mnn chosen
by tho Rockefeller Foundation to un
dertake tho grapple with yellow fever
In Its greatest strongholds, but tho un
derstanding Is In Washington Unit tho
United States government will be
asked to loan his services to tho
Foundutlon and Hint before long with
his follow physicians and scientists ho
will undortako tho dangerous mission.
Learned What Is Necessary.
From General Gorgas I huvo leurned
Bomo of tho details of his recent Jour
noy to South America. IIo was ro
eclved with consideration by tho au
thorities of tho countries which ho
visited, mid was given promises of help
In tho work which Is to como. While
In Ecuador and In Brazil tho general
mado a closo study of conditions. IIo
learned enough to know thoroughly
Just what must bo dono In order to
lnako successful tho effort to gel rid
of yellow fever for nil time.
Yellqw fever exists today In Guaya
quil, which is tho chief port of Ecua
dor, n town of 150,000 peoplo. Tho gov
ernment Is spending money to Improve
tho sowerngo system and tho wntcr
supply i of tho town. Improvements
hnvo been inndu to an extent that will
bo helpful In tho work of overcoming
Yellow Jack. Tho fdvor mosquito
breeds. largely near human habitations
In cisterns, small pools, and oven In
Bmall vessels of water which aro al
lowed to stand. Certain conditions pre
cedent to (klvlng out Yellow Jack must
bo mot beforo tho finishing work Is
done.
Ono thing will make tho work of
overcoming tho disease difficult, but
not too dlllicult to muko success at all
problematical. Thoro aro places In
.northern Brazil which aro Isolated and
la which It Is Biispoctod that yellow
lover lurks. Moreovor, thoro aro fro
quently cases of tho dlscaso whlchjaro
so diagnosed, tho Illness of tho pa
tlent being of such a light character
that proper diagnosis by tho local at
tendants Is not always possible.
Will Exterminate Mosquito.
Tho American pliyslclaus must traco
down every suspected case ami make
certain that tho work Is complete. Tlio
yellow fever mosquito will bo oxter
rolnated In tho linmcdluto neighbor
hoods of tho places whero tho fevor
exists. This will bo dono after tho
manner of tho work In Ilnvana and In
Panama. Then all tho known cases of
yellow fever must bo titkqu In charge,
nnd It must bo ratulo certain that every
ono of tno sick has been reached.'
Tho experiments conducted by
American medical olllcers hnvo shown
that It 1b posslblo for tho mosquito to
retain tho poison from n yollow fever
patient for C5 days. When It Is known
finally that for two months' time thcro
has been no patient from whom It is
posslblo for tho mosquito to get a sup
ply of poison, all (lunger of tho spread
of tho disease or of Its springing anew
Is passed, nnd dreaded Yollow Jack
finally will bo put Into his grave.
National Zoo Needs Money.
Congress Is to bo usked to Increase
tho appropriation for tho National
Zoological pnrk located in Rock Creek
park In tho national capital.
Tho Smithsonian Institution with Its
record of seventy years of usefulness
behind It is In churgo of tho zoologi
cal exhibits In Washington and It is
tho deslro of tho scientist to hnv
tho Washington zoo rank with Uioso of
- athcr cities of the country, und If pus
Bible, to exceed them In tho value of
Its natural history treasures.
Congress never has paid much at
tendon to this educational Institution
In Washington. Year uftor year tho
appropriation which Iiub mado has nuv
or varied from tho llxed sum of SlOO,
000. and this amount has been appro
printed regurdless of wimt men who
know said were tho "urgent nccessl
ties In the- case," Tho Washington
zoo Is ono of tho most beautiful und
most- popular resorts for tourists In
tho District of Columbia.
Tho park receives many specimens
from army and navy ulllcers und from
officers pf tho stuto department sta
iloned abroad; also from foreign dig
iltarles, either directly or through of
ficials of tills government. Any person
mny feel frco to present the park with
birds or nnlmnls, nnd If tho specimen
bo n particularly Interesting one, credit
to tho donor usually Is given In a
legend hung upon, tho cage.
Opossums From the President
The list for ono yenr contained tho
Interesting Item, "Hon. Woodrow Wil
son, Washington D. 0., 3 opossums."
I'liesc presumably wcro n gift to tho
president which he passed on to the
Zoological park. Tho following year
'resident Wilson contributed only ono
opossum. Tho most noteworthy con
tribution of this kind wns tho collec
tion o nnlmnls sent by King Mencllk
of Abysslnln to President Roosevelt
The park also contains a fine collec
tion of South American animals, a gift
from tho governor of tho state of Pnra,
Brazil, nnd n lot of Hons and other nn
lmnls of East Africa, presented by W.
Al. McMillan, tho. wealthy American
big game hunter, who hns Interests
there.
Anlmnls received from these sources
often hnvo been rare and of especial
Interest and always have been gladly
received; but tho park olllcluls, not
having means to provide suitable per
manent quarters for them, have been
compelled to house them temporarily
In such structures as could be built at
tho smallest posslblo cost. This Is es
pecially truo of tho bird collection,
which Includes many valuable and In
teresting specimens but Is exhibited
In n framo building of tho rudest nnd
cheapest construction, with tho pretty
creatures necessarily hustled together
with relatively llttlo regard for their
habits or needs.
For years tho superintendent hns
tried to point out to congress tho ur
gont nocd of a new structure, but so
far without lifting tho annual appro
priation nbovo Its prohibitive level. It
Is not cvon good business to contlnuo
tho uso of this old shack. This build
ing, llko many others In tho pnrk, Is
continually supplying object lessons In
tho ultlmato costliness of cheap tern-
porary construction. A new aviary
could bo built for $80,000. Visitors
(lila (iiilldlnrf with thn
houses for birds which nro to bo Beon
in other Amerlcun cities, such as Ujo forebodings that tlio recall of Arrcdon
ono In Philadelphia zoological park, ro- do signalizes tho refusal of Carranza
centlv completed at n cost of somo
$05,000; tho beautiful building in
Franklin park, in Boston, built la auia-
1H, which cost ubout 5150,000, und tho
great general nviory building In tho
Now York zoological pnrk.
President a Hard Worker.
With eight-hour, ImcMgrutlon, cor
rupt political practices, und ten or n
dozen other forms of Important legis
lation confronting him In congress,
resident Wilson has a mcntnlly anx
ious tlmo of It, nnd n physically hard
tlmo of It with a scoro of dally duties,
but ho mnnnges to find tlmo for rccro-
ntlnn nnd such restv ns recreation
brings, plus a comparatively atiort
night's sleep.
Tho president of tho United Stntes
gets up early, sometimes us early as
five o'clock, although It probably Is
not true that his Invarlnblo practlco Is
to rlso Bomutlmcs moro thnn two hours
earlier tltnii ut this season tho sun
leaves Its bed. Woodrow Wilson, how
ever, probably will go down In history,
If history pays any attention to de
tails, ns tho ciirllcst-rlslng president
In tho history of tho republic up to tho
tlmo thnt tho chronlclo Is written.
All presidents of tho United States
aro forced to work hard. Thoro mny
hnvo been men who held tho presldcn
tlal position who by naturo were luzy,
but naturo sometimes has to glvo way
to tho forco of circumstances. Mr.
Tart was not lazy, but ho was leisure
ly. IIo had n habit of putting off
things until a dny or so, or perhups
an hour or so, before they must bo
done. Then hoVould pitch In and do
tho work of four men nud do It without
entlng or sleeping. It Is said th. t Mr,
Toft was glad of tho clianco to bo
forced to abstain from eating because
in his presidential days he wus oyer
weight.
Works Before Breakfast.
For an hour or two beforo ho cats
his breakfast President Wilson dic
tates letters to Ills stenographer. Then
lio bus to meet callers, somo of whom
' ' - '
nro on business bent and moro of
whom nro not. An attempt has been
made recently to keep down tho num
ber of moro handshaking visitors.
Their ranks hnvo been growing la re
cent years until something had to bo
dono to limit tho handshaking attend
nnce during tho morning hours In tho
White House.
When Theodoro Roosevelt was nros
Idcnt ho met hundreds of visitors of
tho handshaking class. IIo had tho gift
of saying something nice to each ono
of them nnd getting rid of him almost
Instnntcr. Presldeut Taft could not do
this. IJu could suy tho nice things nil
right, but ho was Inclined to chat oa
his own account, and ut times almost
tho entlro morning was given over to
tho Job.
Woodrow Wilson docs not hoo any
thing like as many visitors of this kind
as his Immediate predecessors In olllco
did. Grief knows, howover, thnt ho
sees enough of them. IIo cannot Ig
nore tho requests of members of con
Kress, who put In verbal petitions In
behalf of their constituents whot aro
slghtsoelng In Washington. Tho prcsl
dent, of course. Is ono of the sights of
Washington,
Members of congress,, however, huvo
learned that; they must discriminate,
and now nono of them sends visitors to
the Whlto House unless, for sharp per
sonal nnd political reasons, ho Is com
polled so to do.
Often the Case.
"Can you support my daughter In
the manner to
tomed?"
which she Is nccus-
i don't know whother 1. can or not,
but sbo's willing to tnlto n sporting
chance,"
IS
CARRANZA ORDERS AMBASSADOR
ARREDONDO TO LEAVE WA8H-
INGTON AT ONCE.
SEE BREAK IN RELATIONS
Officials Believe First Chief Will Re
fuse to Agree to Protocol Offered by
United States Lansing Admits Con
ditions Aro Serious.
Washington, Dec. 20. General Car-
rnnza, first chief of tho Mexican ie
facto government, has ordered Ellseo
Arredoudo, Mexican ambassador desig
nate, to withdraw from the United
Stntes without delay.
This move, which has tho aspect of
a rupture of such diplomatic relations
us exist between tho Mexican do facto
government nnd tho United Stntes, cre
ated consternation among administra
tion oiliclals, who confessed they nre
mystlllcd by the unheralded action.
Arredoudo Informed his associates of
itho order recalling Idm from Washing
ton and said that ho would leave cards
at tho state department In uccordunce
with diplomatic usnge and depart for
Mexico City,
Cnrranza's move Increases tho ulartn
,of advisers of tho president. They four
that Carranza, after a)l tho surrender-
lng to his demands by the president,
uienus to reuuii tno uumiuistrnuon in
isofno spectacular manner.
The first chief's reply to the pro-
Iposals for an agreement mado In the
jAtlnntlc City protocol was to have ar
rived In Washington on Wcduesduy. in
stead there enmo word that Luis Cabrc-
Ira, one of the Mexican commissioners.
will consult with Sccretnry of tho In
jtcrlor Lane, chnlrmnn of tho American
jcommlsslon. It Is supposed that ho will
hrlng the Carranza reply.
' Tho chief fulvlKorfl nf tlio nrnnlilnnt
on tho Mexican question nro n prey to
to ngrco to the protocol and thnt tho
first chief Intends to proclnlm thnt ho
iwm not continue diplomatic relations
witn tno united Stntes so long as
(American troops remain on Mexican
woll. Under ordinary circumstances
Ul.l . t. . . . 11 .
iiiuh wouiu oe a step in uio direction oi
!wnr,
Socrntnrv Liinolni' hrnlrn hln Innrr
silence on Mexican matters to the ex
,teut of ndmlttlng the conditions In tho
iiorthcrn section of tho country arc bad.
Mr. Lansing's statement wns based
Mpon Information which has been com
jlng to tlio stnto department frpm nil
directions,
COMPLETE OFFICIAL RETURNS
President Wilson Is Given 0,116,296
Votes In 1916 Election 568,882
Plurality.
New York, Dec. 27. Complete olll
,'clnl returns on tho presidential elec
U I nr.. urn t i n
110,290 votes aud Mr. Hughes 8,547,
i-jri, u iiiurumy ui uuo,a-- lor Air. vu
Art A -.1. 1,1.-. pnnmin ... .....
son. In 1012 Wilson (Dcm.) received
'0,207,000; Roosevelt (Prog,) 4,121,030;
Taft (Rep.) 3,810,300.
Tho vote for Mr. Benson, Socialist
cundldnto for president, was 750,000,
with eight missing stntes estlmnted,
ngalnst 001.873 for Debs (Soc.) In
1012, and for Mr. Unnfy, Prohlbltlon-
ilst candidate, was 225,101, ngalnst 207,'
028 for Chnfln (Pro.) In 1012.
Tho total popular voto for tho four
icandldates was 18,038,871, as ngalnst
115,015,022 In 1012. This Is an lncrenso
of 8,593,540, nccounted for by tlio In
creased population and the woman
voto in tho new suffrage states
Tho following Is a tublo showing tho
vote by Btutes for Wilson nnd Hughes
Stato. Wilson, llughoa.
iAlnbamu 07.773
28,663
'Arizona , 33,170
lArlcnnuas 112.186
20,624
49.827
4G2.516
iviiiui imt ( bo,3J
Colorado 178.816
102,308
Pnnminllnlit (VI TOtt
1U6.614
25',794
14,011
Delaware 24,621
I !' IU1 1UU
laooreia
norma , to.ius
Qoorela ,. 125,831
Idaho 70,021
Illinois SSO.OSt
lmllnnn flRI
11,225
50,368
1,162,316
341.005
280,449
277,058
241,854
G.644
Iowa 221,099
Causae ,., 814,688
(Kentucky 09,900
OUoulsluna 79.87G
aialno GUIS
'.Maryland 138,359
C9.600
117.347
Siasacnuseus zti,!s&
tlchlK-an ,, 286,775
268,812
339,(117
179,644
4,253
369.339
nnneeoia
llaalsslppl 80,383
llsaourl 898.032
Montana 101,003
Nebraska ...i 163,827
'Novada 17,776
66.760
117.771
12.127
43,723
2C8.9S2
31.161
aw liampsmra 43,779
aw Jersey , zu.uis
ov Mexico 33,653
aw York 756.8S0
orth Carolina 168,383
orth Dakota G5.271
875,610
120,890
6I.C61
614,836
97,23.1
126,813
703,734
44.S5S
1.809
hlo 601.946
Oklahoma 148,123
Proton 120,087
q'onnBylvnnla 621.784
llhoilo Island 40.334
South Carolina 61,846
South Dakota 69,191
rrennvssoa 163,334
Texas 2S0.909
tJtah 84.025
Vermont , 22.708
ftlrclnla 102,824
Washington 183,388
WBt Virginia 140,403
Wisconsin 193,042
Wyoming 28,316
04,201
116.114
64,940
54,133'
40,250
49,359
167,244
143,124
221,32!
81.693
Totala 9,116,296 S.547,471
Wants Chinese In Hawll.
Honolulu, T. II., Dec. 20. Pornils
slon for tho entry Into Hawaiian terrl
tory of 25,000 Chinese Immigrants will
tho asked of congress by Farm Cornn
:n wealthy Chtnnnian of this city, und
J, II, Illndel, n business man,
Landslide Sweeps Train Off Track,
Llttlo Bock, Ark., Dec. 20.A land
slide near Shirley, Ark., swept n Mis
jsourl Sc North Arkansas railroad
ifrelght train from the track and
linrli'il tlio imirlim. ncrnnllni' In ronnrtu
1 I .... .1 . T -.!.. . . - '
rwuivuu 111 i.iiwu lulling
THE NEXT
BIG YEAR FOR ROADS
GREATEST PROSPERITY EVER
KNOWN FOR CARRIERS.
Eastern Roads Show the Largest
Profits In Record of Over
Billion Earned.
Washington, Dec. 27. More thnn
$1,000,000,000 net Income from opera
tions wns mndo by the railroads of
tho couutry during the year now clos
ing. Tho huge total Is the peak' of
prosperity In railroad operations, and
stands moro thnn one-third higher than
tho total of 1013, hitherto the banner
year.
Statistics gathered by tho Interstate
commerce commission complete for
nine months und mado tho basis for
circulation for tho entlro year, indi
cate that the total net income from
operations will bo approximately $1,
008,000,000. For tho first nine months
of the yenr complete returns show
$785,558,200. Even this does not rep
resent tho full amount, ns roads whoso
Income Is less than $1,000,000 aro not
Included.
Wide divergence .In receipts among
tho ronds of various sections Is dis
closed. The overburdened railroads
of tho East have skimmed the cream
of the traffic.
12 FARM BANK CITIES NAMED
Board Announces Centers Under Rural
Credits Law Loans Limited to
50 Per Cent of Value. .
.Washington, Dec. 20. Springfield,
Mass., Baltimore, Columbia, S. O., Lou
isville, New Orleans, St. Louis, St.
Paul, Omaha, Wichita, Houston, Tex..
Berkeley, Cal., and Spokane have been
chosen ns locations for 12 federal farm
loan banks. Tho 12 districts Into
which tho country Is divided wfcro un
nounccd by tho farm loan board. 1111
nols, Missouri and Arkansas nre in
district No. 0.
Tlio bank's will be established as
soon as prncucauic. unuer me inw
each will have' a capital of $750,000.
Loans on farm land arc limited by
tho law to 50 per cent of tho value of
tho land nnd mny be payable In from
(Ivo to forty years. As fast ns loans
nro made bonds will be Issued to cover
them, so that nt no tlmo under the
present plnn will a bunk's entire cnpl
tnl bo tied up In lonns to the detriment
,of other applicants.
WANTS NOTE LEAK INQUIRY
Secretary Lansing Anxious to Learn
Who Violated Confidence of
Stae Department.
Washington, Dec. 27. Administra
tion men said Secretary Lansing will
welcome the Investigation by which
Representative Wodd proposes to as
certain whether any high government
oiliclals or their relatives profited by
the Wall street upset attendant upon
Lnnslng's two Interpretive stntements
Thursday and tho Wilson peace note.
Government men Indicated they
wcro admittedly concerned over the
nppurent fact that n tip as to tho
pence note reached tho street ahead
of publication.
Banks Gain Four Billion,
Washington, Dec. 21). Resources of
tho National banks have Increased
over $1,000,000,000 since tho Innligu
rtlon of tho federal reserve system
three yenrs ago, according to tho re
port of tho comptroller of the currency.
Germany's New Submarines.
Wushlngton, Dec. 20. Submarines
of hitherto undreamed-of offensive
power and radius of action nre being
constructed .by Germany. These un
dcrscu lighting units will bo put Into
service m fast as they nre completed.
BIG DRIVE?
WAR WILL CONTINUE
King george declares for
PROSECUTION OF CONFLICT.
Bonar Law Says Statement Cannot
Be Given to Commons at
Present
London, Dec. 20. Parliament was
prorogued by King George until Feb
ruary 7. In the address froui the
throne proroguing parliament King
George . declares that "the vigorous
prosecution of the war" would be the
single aim of England until the secur
ity of Europe had been established. lie
Indicated that peace Is not yet In sight.
The king's address follows:
"Tho vigorous prosecution of the war
must o our single endenvor until we
have Indicated the right so ruthlessly
violated by our enemies and have es
tablished tho security of Europe ou n
sure foundation. I am confldent thnt
wo shall finally achieve, the victorious
confirmation of the alms for which we
entered tho war,"
An Exchnnge Telegraph dispatch
from The Hague says It is announced
semlofuclnlly that should the entente
allies In their reply to tho pence pro
posuls of the central powers leave the
door open for negotiations Germany
will make known her chief peace terms
immediately.
Tho British government will mnko
110 statement at the present In regard
to President Wilson's peace note, con
sidering it a question thnt can bo dealt
with only In communication with the
other members of the- entente.
Mr. Law was asked whether n state
ment would be made regarding the
American note. He replied :
"It must be obvious to the house
thnt this Is a question thnt only can
be dealt with In communication with
outi nllles and that it is absolutely im
possible to make a statement now."
ALLIES PUT FLEET NEAR U. S.
1
Warships Heavily Armed and Dis
guised to Be Commerce Guards
Location a Secret.
Boston, Dec. 28. The presence on
this side of the Atlantic of n formld
nble fleet of allied wnrshlps was indi
cated definitely. The vessels are
known ofllclally ns commerce protec
tors, v They nre heavily armed and dis
guised. For obvious reasons their ex
act disposition is not revealed, hut the
arrival recently In American waters
of this newest unit of the British nnd
French admiralties was mndo known
from n source that hnrdl cun be nils;
taken.
RAIL MEN GET 8-HOUR LAW
Increase in Wages Also granted
Switchmen's Union Ruling Af
fects 13 Soads.
New York, Dee. 27. An elglit-hour
dny, nn increase in wages of five cents
nn hour and straight pro-rata overtime
was granted to the members of tho
s.wltchmen's unton employed by 13
eastern nnd middle western railroads
in au award Hied here by the federal
bpurd of arbitration, which heard
their differences.
Expect Drive Against Italy.
Rome, Dec. 28. A great Austro-Ger-man
offensive against Italy Is to bo
undertaken. Tho Itnllan general stnff
has taken ofllclal recognition of tho re
port and Is prepn-rlng to meet the ex
pected attacks.
Would Call Canadians of Eighteen
Lindsay, Ont., Dec. 28. As a re
cruiting policy for Cnnadu, Sir Sam
Hughes, former minister of militia, In
an address advocated the calling out of
all Blnglo men between the nges of
eighteen und forty-flve.
BERLIN ASKS PARLE1T
GERMANY SENDS FRIENDLY RE
PLY TO PRESIDENT WIL
SON'S NOTE.
URGES CONFERENCE AT ONCE
Note Praises, U. S. Suggestion and.
Reiterates Request for Meeting of
Belligerents as First Step Toward
Ending War Falls to Give Terms.
Berlin, via Snyvlllc wireless. Dec.
28. Tlio reply of tho German nllles
to tho pence note of President Wilson
wns given to Ambassador Gerard. It
failed to nnmo nny peace terms.
- Tho reply wns In the form of n Joint
note, handed to tho diplomatic repre
sentatives of tho United States In VI
ennn, Sofln nud Constantinople, as
well as in Berlin. Announcement that
tho Germnn allies had answered tho
American note was made through tho
Overseas News agency.
Tho reply states that tho imperlnl
government considered President Wil
son's note in a friendly manner, but
that "In tho opinion of the German
government thnt great work tlio pre
vention of future wars cnu bo begun
only after tho end of the present strug
gle."
When tho time comes, snvs tho an
swer, tlio German government will bo
rcady with pleasure to collaborate
with the United Stntes.
Tho reply renews the offer mndo bv
Chancellor von Bethmunn-Hollweg on
December 21, to enter Immediately,
Into n peace conference.
The stntcment given out throuch tho
Central News ngency says:
"Tho text of tho answer to President
Wilson's note wns transmitted In
Berlin to Jnmes W. Gerard, tho
United States ambassador, nnd nlso in
Vienna, Sofia and Constantln6plo to
the American representatives.
To the Imperlnl government an Im
mediate exchnnco of views seems
the most appropriate road In order to
reach tho desired result.' The reply
Says:
'"The high-minded suirccstlon mnde
by the president of the United Stntes
of America to create a basis for tlio
establisment of a lasting ueaco has
been received nnd considered by tho
Imperial government In 1U10 friendly
spirit expressed.ln the president's com
munication.
'"The president points out that
which he has at heart and leaves open
the choice of the road. ,
"'It therefore begs, in the sense of
the declaration made on December 12,
which offered the .hand of peace ne
gotiations, to propose Immediately a
meeting of the belligerent states at
some neutral place. j
"'Also, the Imperial government Is
of the opinion thnt the great work of
prevention of future wars can be be
gun only after the present struggle of
nntions. It will, when this moment
shnll hnve come, be ready with pleas
ure to collaborate entirely with tho
united States at this exalted task.' "
Tho answer finishes with tho usual
terras of diplomatic etiquette.
ARKANSAS STORM KIL'.S 21
Four-MIle Path Cut by Tornado That
Sweeps Southern State Several
Dead at Convict Farm.
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 28. Twenty-;
ono persons were killed In a tornado
that struck south central Arkansas q't
three o'clock Teusday afternoon, ac
cording to reports received here.
Four nro known to be dead at Eng
land, 17 nro reported killed nt Koo
nnd several lives are declared lost at
tho state convict farm nt Tucker.
Tho storm is said to have swept n
path about four miles wide, and It Is
reported that several fires broke out
In tho wreckage.
DESTROYERS SUNK IN STORM
British Admiralty Announces Six Offi
cers and Forty-Nine Men Perished
In North Sea Accident.
London, Dec. 27. The admiralty an
nounced on Monday that two destroy
ers were sunk In a collision In the
North sen on December 31, during bad
weuher. Six officers and 40 men wcro
lost.
BUhop Rlchter Is Dead.
Grand Rnpld's, Mich., Dec. 28. RL
Rev. Henry J. tlchter, bishop of the
Roman Catholic diocese of Grand Rap
Ids, died thero on Tuesday of pneu
monia. Bishop Rlchter was taken to
tho hospital early Sunday night and
his condition grew steadily worse.
Mrs. Barnes Freed by Jury.
Chicago, Dec, 20. Mrs. Ivn Barnes
wns found not guilty of the murder of
her husband, James R. Barnes, by n
jury.
Downs Fourteenth Airplane.
PnrlR rim. 10. Lieut. Hertenux
.brought down his "fourteenth enemy
nli-pluno on December 24. the war oi
llco announced. Lieutenant Uerteaux
Is stationed on the front between
Chntilnes nud Hyencourt-Le-Grnuth
Gets $3,500,000 Argentine Order.
Philadelphia. Dec. 20. The United
States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry com
pony of this city announced that it
had received n $$,500,000 order for
cast-iron pipe for the Argentine gov
ersment.