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    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
AVER! ill STRIKE
INDICT OIL STOCK PEDDLERS
Fourteen Concerns In New York,
ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOARD RE
LIEVES TENSION.
PLANE TRAVELS 1,400 MILES
WITHOUT STOP.
Charged With Fraud Nation
wide Roupd-up Under Way.
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PROMISE DECISION BY JULY 20
Brotherhood Official Declares Men
Were On Ver$e of Walking Out.
Now Satisfied He States.
Chlcngo, III. A decision on the de
mands of railroad employes for wage
Increase will bo made on or before
July 20 by the railway labor board,
Judge It. M. Barton, chairman, an
nounced, Tilt' award would bo retro
active to May 1, the statement said.
According to W. 0. Lee, president of
the Brotherhood of I tall road Trainmen
and spokesman for union leaders who
wore here when the announcement
wan made, the hoard'H declaration
would end all dnngor of a general rail
road strike. Mr. Lee said thlit Hecret
plans had been made by a disaffected
union element to spread the strike
through-nit the country because of the
continued delay In announcing the
wage ruling.
"The men would have quit nt night
.Tune 27"," Mr. Lee said. "It was Im
possible to hold them longer. Men of
my organization have been waiting I"1
tlently for nearly a year."
The railway board's statement de
clared that an agreement on a method
of working out the wapo problems hnd
been nrrlved at, nnd that no time
would he lost In reaching a conclusion.
105.000.COO IN UNITED STATES.
Census Bureau Estimates Population
of Nation. 13,000 C00 Increase,
Washington', D. O. The population
of continental United Slates Is esti
mated at 105.000.000 by ,T. A. IIIll, chief
statistician of the census bureau. Ills
calculations are based on the combined
populations of 1.-100 cities nnd towns
for which statistics have been an
nounced. Tbo Incrense over 1010 Is plaet'd nt
nbout i:i,O0O.(K)0, showing the growth
of the country has not kept pace with
previous decades. Almost complete,
cessation of .Immigration during tbo
war Is the chief renson assigned for
the falling off In growth. Other sug
gestions wto the two Influenza epi
demics, return of nllens to their native
lands nnd deaths of soldiers abroad
and nt home during the war.
Fighting Ceases at Londonderry.
iomionuerry, ircinnu. Alter n
reign of terror which lasted for more
than a week and which resulted In the
death of seventeen persona and tho
Mounding of two score others, Lou
donderry Is ngnln quiet. Tho outside
world has little Idea of the reign of
terror Londonderry experienced dur
ing the selge of civil warfare between
Nationalist and Unionist forces. -
An Lngllsh soldier, who went
through tho war, describing his expe
riences In Londonderry, said be had
neon noinmg in f ranco to oompnre
with the situation here.
Tho British government has agreed
to send Hiifllclent troops .hero to pro
tect an law abiding citizens.
i Solect Man to Plan Capitol.
Lincoln, Neb. Plans for the con
stn(etIon of the nw state cnpltol foi
Nebraska to bo located at Lincoln at n
cost of $1,000,000 have been ndopted
The plans were passed upon by Wad
dy B. Wood. Washington, D. C, .Tunics
Gamble Rogers, New York city, am;
Willis Polk, Snn "Francisco. Cal.. whr
constituted what Is known as tho
"Jury." Bids for construction of tho
new cnpltol wor( submitted by ten o
the leading architects of tbe Unltoi
Stales. From these ten tho "lurv" se
looted the plans offered by "Bortrnn
Good hue. As to when tho work mi i
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construction of the cnpltol will hugl
has not been nnnounced.
Coal Profits Mount.
Washington, D. O, foal production
statistics compiled by the federal
trade commission from reports submit
ted by 1.0S1 operators for the month
of March Indicate an Increase In the
profit per tori of 1!l cents, or -in por
cent. The margin of profit per ton In
March, tho commission declared, was
is cents ngnlnst Lit in February; acer
nge cost per ton was reduced -1 per
cent In the Intervening month and tho
output per working day Increased 5
per cent.
Omaha's Population1 191,601.
Washington, D. C The 1020 census
report for Omaha, given out by tbu
census bureau. shows Onmhn's popula
tion to he 101,001, an Increase of 07,
Win, This Is a gain of fi-1,-1 per c,ont
over the figures shown in the 1010
census.
Seven Perish In Fire.
Kllwood City, Pa. Seven persona
were burned, to death In u fire which
destroyed the Kraus block In Lawrenco
avenue here. Damage to the property
Is estimated nt $35,000.
Three Aviators Killed.
Savannah, On. Three murine corps
nvlutors wore killed In the fall of an
airplane at the Paris Island murine
corps Htntlon. The plane was within
100 of tho ground when It burst Into
flames and crashed to the earth.
Father of Thirty-five Children.
El Centre, Calif. Frank Vulle, 00
yvru old, u native of Mjixlcp,- became
a father for the thirty-fifth Umo when
Ids' second wife, whum he married in
IfjjHi blrUi to .hwvs4yuttiullth
child, an o!ou)-pound boy.
New York. Wltll the breaking ol
seals on Indictments charging fourteen
concerns and Individuals with fraud,
government agents let It become
known that they hud begun a nation
wide round-up of alleged wild cat
company promoters who are said to
have swindled the public out of mil
lions within (he last few months.
The defendants oil companies, brok
erage concerns and their ofllcers nnd
salesmen are charged with having
used tho innll.t to defraud. They are
alleged to have made gross misrepre
sentations and ,ii HOUR! cases to have
paid Impressive dividends out of re
ceipts on stock sales.
In one case the Indictments charged
salesmen disposing of stock of Un
crown Oil Co. falsely represented that
a snn of former President Roosevelt
was an officer of the company, which
It was claimed would soon rival tho
Standard Oil Co. In volume of business,
Sharei of this cojnpany, accordln;;
to one of the Indictments, were sold to
Investors in Chicago nt $2.25 a shuro
and to "evadi the western blue skj
law'Vlator was disposed of here at '
lifter costing brokers only 7, cents a
share.
Tho companies Involved are the
Hanger Oil Company. W. P. Williams
Oil Company, Great Western Petrol
tun corporal Ion and Crown Oil Com
pany. Throws Bomb In G. O. P. Meeting.
Sednlla, Mo. That alleged ' efforU
of certain Missouri republican part
leaders to throw tho support of tl
state's delegation to n presidential
candidate from whose cnnipalgn futnl
they had received money was not new
and that similar attempts were made.
In 100S, 1012 and 1010, was asserted
In a letter from Herbert S. Iladley.
former governor, read at n meeting of
Missouri republicans here.
The meeting was called to consider
testimony given recently In Washing
ton before tho senate committee Invest
tlgatlng presidential campaign expen
ditures that certain prominent Mis
sourlans received money from the
campaign fund of some of those seek
ing the presidential nomination ut I
Chicago.
WANT I. W. W. OUSTED.
Suit Started In Kansas to Rid State of
Organization.
Topeka, Kas. Charging t'.iat the In
dustrial workers of the world organiza
tion advocates acts In violation of the
Kansas antl-syndlcf lism law, an In
junction suit wns filed by Attorney
General Hopkins In the district court
at Eldorndo asking that tho I. W. W.
he permanently enjoined from ipaln
tabling an organization In Kansas. A
temporary writ; was granted.
Tim petition charges members nro
distributed throughout the hnrvest and
oil fields of Kansas ami that. the pur
pose of the organization Is to teach
and spread the doctrines and theories
of violence, criminal sypdlcallsm and
sabotage.
Earthquake In California.
Los Angeles, Calif. Eight business
buildings In tho town of luglewood, ten
miles sn-.ithwcst of this city, were part
ly destroyed ami scores of dwelling
houses damaged by an earthquake
shock the night of June 21. The earth
quake covered a district prnctlcally co
extensive with Los Angeles county,
with Inglewood apparently tho cen
ter ot the disturbance. Numerous
buildings In Los Angeles were slightly
dnmnged. Long Hench, Itednondo
Beach, San Po'rv Venice nnd Snnta
Monica, also reported slight damage.
Reed Denied Seat.
San Francisco, Cal. Administration
leaders won a swooping victory In the
democratic national committee when
that body recognized tho Palmer group
of delegates In the Georgia contest nnd
refused to give Senator James A
Itoed of Missouri, bitter opponent of
film Imif-im tt litiftfiiicr n nnt Iti it fun.
volition', Tho vote to keep Reed out
of tho convention was !M to 12, and
came after a long public hearing.
German War Dead 1,350,000.
Geneva. Itece'nt statistics published
In Germany on that country's war
losses stato tbrt 1,350.000 inon were
killed. There are o20.000 war wldowH.
according to statistics, 1,130.000 war
orphans and flOO.OOO nialmed or con
sumptives supported mostly by chur
Ity. Harvest Hands Get $7 a Day.
Topeka, Kas. "Top salary" for
hnrvest bands In Stafford county this
summer will he $7 and board per day.
This decision has been reached By
wheat growers of the county, who
have banded themselves together In
an effort to prevent an unwarranted
hike In wages.
Quaker Town Third In U. S.
Washington, D. O. Philadelphia's
population was announced by the
census bureau at 1,823,1f8, showing
that tho country's third most populous
city luu maintained during tho last
ten years tbe steady rate of growth It
bus had since the first federal census In
1700. The iiuinerlal Increase for the
ten years was 27-l,ir0, the percentage
ot Incroaso being 17.7, which wns
slightly lower tlaiii tho rate mado by
New York In the sumo porlod, tho na
tion's metropolis hnvlng 17.0 per cent.
1--Catherine i.tuiing, tiie lirst visitor lo ion .National park .signing tue register
2 American and Russlrn vessels leaving Novorosslsk harbor under bolshevik attack.
Perkins, celebrated flnnncler, leaving Presbyterian church in Itlverdnle-on-Iludson.
IS REVIEW OF
Much Guessing As to Action of
the Democratic National
Convention.
TWO BIG QUESTION MARKS
Attitude of Wilson and McAdoo
Puzzle Platform Issues Promise
Fight Side Parties Interesting
Irish Situation Is Grave
France and England to
War on Turk.
By E. F. CLIPSON.
Political wiseacres are at this time
ns busy In naming the nominee of the
Democratic convention at Snn Fran
cisco ns they were a short time ago In
making wrong predictions about the
Itepubllcan affair nt Chicago. Indica
tions life that most of them are guess
ing. In fact, It looks like a good old
fashioned guessing contest. If you are
lucky you win the barrel of Hour or
I the ladles' watch. Straws are no guide
to the direction of the political wind
for they are pointing In all directions.
especially straw ballots. Possibly
, President Wilson, Mr. Bryan or one
of the other party powers knows who
will lie the standnrd hearer, hut ho
Is not telling.
The big Interrogation point which
has been planted In the public mind
concerns chiefly William (5. McAdoo
and also President Wilson himself.
Tho former secretary had for some
weeks been boomed so persistently
that many political forecasters be
lieved he was going to make a runa
way race of It. But Just at a critical
time came his announcement that he
was nnj seeking the nomination and
preferred that his name should not be
placed before the convention. Ardent
supporters point out that he has not
definitely refused tho honor and are
proceeding on the theory that he will
accept 1f It comes to lilm unsolicited.
Several state delegations which have
been for McAdoo announce their re
fusal to take his declination as unal
terable ami their Intention of voting
for 1 1 1 in In the convention.
President Wilson Is the great enig
ma Just as he lias been all through
the months since his early Illness and
the ambiguous hullctljis and Inter
views Issued by his physicians. The
first interpretation of Mr. McAdoo's
voluntary withdrawal from tho race
was that the Itepubllcan platform hav
ing largely made Mr. Wilson the Issue
In the campaign, It was fitting that the
president should meet It by becoming
tbo 'opposition candidate. This view
vas considerably strengthened hy an
lntervlow which the president gave to
! representative of a prominent New
York newspaper, In which Mr. Wilson
discussed Issues hut not candidates
and stated that he appeared to be the
principal Issue. The Interviewer stress
ed the point not of the president's
complete recovery, hut of his Im
proved physical condition. Newspa
pers throughout the country have been
flooded wltli recent photographs of the
president which Indicate a fair degree
of vigor. Sources close to the White
House, notably Senator Glass, scout
the third term Idea, but the inference
gained lu many quarters from the in
terview, tbe photographs and a few
minor straws, Is that the president, If
not an active aspirant for tbe honor,
proposes to be the power behind the
olllce. Thoso upholding this view be
lieve that Mr. McAdoo sought to eliiri
lnute himself In order to give his
father-in-law a clear field. Others
modify tbe view and Incline to the
belief that there Is a divergence be
tween the president and Mr. McAdoo
on the League of Nations question.
The light In the resolutions coin
mltteo will be on the question of en
dorsing the administration's peace
treaty nnd League of Nations policy,
on the liquor Issue nnd on Ireland. A
large share of opinion Is-to the effect
that the committee, will hack the ad
ministration n Its league plan, pos
sibly Insert a mild declaration for
personal liberty without mentioning
either light wlnos or beer, also a
declaration of sympathy for subject
: UNtc.wior
nations desiring Independence, with
out any specific mention of Ireland. In
asmuch as the Wilson league cove
nant will be opposed by the Bryan fac
tion, the Democratic senators who
voted for the Lodge reservations and
by other anti-administration elements;
nnd as strong forces nro working
for a modification of the Volstead pro
hibition enforcement act, either of
these questions Is regarded" as sufll
clent to force a light on the lloor of
the convention Itself. While there are
many friends of Irish Independence In
the convention, It Is not a domestic
question, and mny go through In any
manner In which the resolutions com
mittee decides to treat It.
Both Itepubllcan nnd Democratic
candidates for the presidency will have
the usual amount of company In the
way of side parties. These are very
Interesting this year. Certain ele
ments among the suffragists are
threatening an Independent party on
account of failure of Democrats nnd
Republicans to force a sufficient num
ber of states to adopt the suffrage
amendment. Certain drj's threaten a
party because Republicans and Demo
crats are too Wet or neutral. The
wets threaten n party because the
other parties are ' too dry. Some
negroes threaten a party of their
own and propose to substitute Wllllnm
Hale Thompson, mnyor of Chicago, as
their patron saint. Instead of Abraham
Lincoln. Radicals, each one of whom
Is a party to himself, are going to try
and unite under the banner of the
"Committee of -IS" with much enthu
siasm for Senntor LaFollette of Wis
consin for president ; notwltly?tnndlng
the f'ict that the senator In all his
past periods of dlsgnintlenient over
the actions of his party, bus overcome
his disappointment and remained
"regular."
. F.dltor Hearst, who failed to dic
tate the nominee of the Republican
party and whose counsels seem to
have lost some of their weight In the
Democratic party. Is trumpeting loud
ly for tbe formation of a new party.
M Vyor Thompson, who wns a Repub
lican until defeated for national com
mitteeman and until the supreme court
of his state heaped an Indignity upon
him hy knocking out a primary law
under which his machine had been
successful, Is said to be building a
springboard to make some kind of a
Hop. Editor Alexander Moore of
Pittsburgh, a rampant Progressive,
has come out for Harding. Senator
Polndexter, who was regarded by
many as the only real "Bull Moose" In
the senate, has announced bis Inten
tion to support tbe Republican ticket.
Neither the Hnrdlng-Coolldge forces
nor those who will nominate a candi
date nt San Francisco, manifest much
perturbation over the various Inde
pendent parties threatened. Their at
titude seems to lie serenely that of
"the more, the merrier."
The more conservative branch of or
ganized workmen, as represented In
the American Federation of Labor,
closed a two-weeks' annual convention
nt Montreal, Canada, .Tune 10, Sam
uel Gompers, the re-elected president
of the organization, succeeded after u
stormy opposition from the friends
of Ireland In securing an Indorsement
of the League of Nations without res
ervations. The opposition was against
the covenant because of the view that
It guarantees the Integrity of the Brit
ish empire.
Labor's program as formulated by
the convention demands follows:
Ratification of the peace treaty.
Government ownership with demo
cratic operation of the railroads.
Curb on profiteering and high cost
of living with Jail sentences for prof
iteers. Right to strike and abolition of com
pulsory arbitration and antl-strlke leg
islation. Hands off m Mexico by the United
States government.
Indorsement of the Irish republic.
Right of collective bargaining.
Advances n wages wherever neces
sary to mnlntaln the American stand
nrd of living.
Shorter workday If necessary to pre
vent unemployment.
These recnmmendntlons will he
launched against the Democratic con
vention nt San Francisco, with a
strong effort hy President Gompers
and other lenders to secure their In
on otlk-iai opening day.
3 Funeral of George W.
corporation In the plntform. The ex
ecutive council of the federation also
wns Instructed to consider n plan for
procuring control of a number of daily
newspapers to represent the cause of
labor.
If no strikes occur and present con
ditions of production continue, there
Is less prospect of n famine In soft
coal next winter. The United States
geological survey announces tbnt pro
duction so fnr In 11)20 Is about 30.
000.000 tons ahead of the same period
last year. The action of the Inter
state commerce commission In pro
viding more cars nt tbe mines and In
granting preference and priority or
ders for the transportation of soft
coal have had a favorable result.
Nevertheless, forehanded people,
wnmed by the experience of ln'st win
ter, nre laying In' coal wherever pos
slhle Coal prices show no Inclination
to drop.
Although a condition very much
resembling civil wnr has existed for
more than a week at Londonderry,
Ireland, with rioting, street barricades
and casualties mounting Into the hun
dreds. It Is not believed tbnt It Is the
match which will touch off the great
conflagration Involving Unionists. Na
tionalists and Sinn Felners. While
conditions have also been bad In Bel
fast and a few other plnces and the
general situation Is regarded as grave,
It Is pointed out that the disturbed
areas are the centers of violent par
tisanship and frequently .subject to
turbulence. The government state
ment says that such outbreaks nre to
be expected and do not Indicate that
a state of war throughout Ireland Is
Immediately Impending. The railroad
situation, wherein the employees re
fuse to operate trains carrying sol
diers or military supplies Is t lie most
serious with whlcji the government has
to deal. The authorities have made
two thrents against the strikers. One
to operate the trains with troops, and
the other to stop rail traffic entirely.
The course of near events appears to
hinge upon the -rovernment's ability Jo
handle the transportation crisis.
Wltli the ending of the armistice
between the French In Cillcia and
Mustaplia Keiual Pasha, leader of the
Turk Nationalists, came the announce
ment of n conference between. Mar
shal Foeh of France and Sir Henry
Wilson, British chief of stnff, nt which
If was decided to wage a strong cam
paign against the Turks, Neither
France nor England being willing to
send more soldiers, It Is reported that
Greece will furbish the troops and
the two allied countries most of the
ofllcers. As a reward Greece Is to
have Smyrna. The Turkish situation
Is regarded ns ir serious one. The
pence treaty practically abolished the
Turkish empire, parceling the rich
est portions among the allies and con
fining the Turks to a small district In
Asia Minor without n port, which
leaves them ringed by Greeks, Armeni
ans nnd other hostile nationalities. A
realization that this would occur was
responsible for the revolt under Kem
nl. The total French casualties dur
ing the temporary occupation of,
Cillcia were 0.000 men. Including Ar
menian troops, and 124 ofllcers. Al
ready the British have suffered heav
ily from Turk attacks, although their
casualties have not been announced.
Troops are on the way to meet Kemal'5
forces, which are sold to have ad
vanced beyond Ismld In tho direc
tion of Constantinople. Last week
British ships were reported bombard
ing the nppronches to Ismld.
American Red Cross units are en
gaged In handling refugee work for
southern Russia from Constantinople
nnd general relief work In Polnnd, tho
Baltic stntes. Montenegro, Alhanln,
Serbia, Ozecho-Slovakla, Greece and
Italy, but activities of the United
States In foreign countries aro rapid
ly being curtnlled. Outside of Ger
many, the only military mission of the
United Stntes Is tbnt beaded by Col.
W. N. Haskell, which was assigned by
President Wilson In November. 1010,
to assist the near East relief commit
tee In Its work in Asln Minor. In Ger
many .'10 United Stutes ofllcers nre
serving on the Inter-nllled high com
mission, being Included among the 771
officers who, wltli 10,031 enlisted men,
constitute the United States army of
occupation.
NEARLY ELEVEN HOURS IN AIR
Started at Omaha With New York As
Destination Loses Way and
Lands Near Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa. AH American non
stop aeroplane records were broken
when the Larson all-metal plane which
left Omahn at 5:00 Sunday morning,
June 27, landed nt the air 'field
,nt Pine Valley, Pa., fifteen miles
from here, at 8 o'clock Sunday
night. According to Larson, the actual
distance flown totalled 1.-100 miles, nuil
was made In u few minutes loss thniv
eleven hours. An Impenetrable fog
made landing nt Pino Valley necessary.
Heavy fog and adverse winds caused!
Larson and his pilot, Bert Acosta, to
gether with Wallie Bugh, mechanic, to
lose their way several times. Fog was
encountered almost Immediately after
taklng the air at Omaha, and prevail
ed throughout the entire Journey. Lar
son said that, had they not lost their
bearings so many times, they would
have landed In New York without it
stop.
The plane In which the trip was
made Is a modified German Fokker. It
Is constructed entirely of metal. Tln
wings, fuselage and cabin nre covered
with drawn aluminum, which Is some
what finer nnd lighter than rolled
aluminum produced In this country.
The monoplane Is powered with nn en
gine of 1S." horsepower. It is fireproof.
Jail School Board Members.
Chicago, 111. Nine members of tbo
Chicago school board and their attor
ney were found guilty of contempt of
court by Judge Klckhnni Scanlan, ami
seven were sentenced to short Jail
terms, while nil drew fines ranging
from $2"50 to $7fi0. All the defendant
appealed.
The case grew out of the removal of
former Superintendent of Schools.
Charles 12. Cliadsey.
Dr. Cbadsey was dismissed by the
board a few months after being em
ployed. He appealed to the court and
was relnsfated. Tbe board then dele
gated all his authority to Assistant
Superintendent Mortenson, nnd Dr..
Cbadsey then resigned.
Nebraska Beauty Gets Divorce.
Cincinnati, O. Mrs. Margery Wat
kins Foster, 33. dnughter of tbe state
historian of Nebraska and who before
her marriage was known ns the "Sun
flower Beauty," end referred to by
newspapers as Nebraska's most beauti
ful woman, wns grunted a divorce from
Amos P. Foster, Cincinnati nttorney.
Mrs. Foster's home wns In Lincoln,
. where, she met her husband when he
I was football co'cb at tbe University
1 of Nebraska.
1 Mrs. Foster was awarded custody of
their 0-year-old boy. She will return,
to her former homo in Lincoln.
Condemn Clgarct Smoking.
Des Moines, In. Use of clgarets by
women was condemned by the general1
federation of women's clubs at tbe bi
ennial convention In this city. Resolu
tions reciting that the clgaret habit ap
parently Is Increasing among women
nnd the use of tohacco is harmful to
them were adopted. Resolutions
urging nn educational campnlgn against
the use of clgarets by men and asking
state authorities to prohibit the snlo
to minors also were adopted.
Shrlners to Build Orphans' Home-.
Portland, Ore. One of the Important
nets adopted at tbe annual reunion ofj
the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mys
tic SliHne hero last week wns a plan
proposed by W. Freeland Kendrlck of
Philadelphia, retired bend 'of the or
der, for a home for friendless orphans,
and crippled children to cost about
$2,000,000.
Aged Couple Killed By Cow.
Council Bluffs, la. Mr. and Mrs-.
Andrew Llddell, both nearly 80 years
old. nre dead from Injuries received
when gored by nn angry cow nt their
farm near 'i reynor, la. They were
among the wealthiest and best known
farmers In Pottawnttamle county.
Young Aviator Killed.
Volga, S. D. Martin llergh, 21. of
Volga, was killed and Lieut. John
lloag of Minneapolis was Injured when,
a plane in which they were making nn
exhibition flight crashed to earth from
n height of 000 feet In a field just out
side this town.
Alleged Lynchers Indicted.
Tlnliitli Afliifi ififllnltnmntu rlinrrvtrif.
i murder wns returned ngnlnst three-
men for alleged participation In tbe
lynchlng of three negroes here June
in. The trio is being held nt the coun
ty Jail without ball.
Yellow Fever In Salvador.
Washington, D." C. An epidemic of
yellow fever In the northwestern part
of Salvador, near the Guatomalen bor
der, was reported to tbe state doping
inent by the Snlvadorean legation, it
was announced at the Pan-American
health bureau.
Advices to the legation sny forty
nine cases bad been discovered nnd
of these seventeen had proved fatal.
The Infected district, the ndvlces say,
had been Isolated nnd no sperad of
the disease was anticipated.