VERA CRUZ DEAD ARE
BURNED IN STREETS
Bodies Mixed With Wood and Saturated
With Oil Are Burned by Mexican
White Cross Workers.
r
SHARP SKIRMISH ON THE BORDER
Mexican Federal* Devastate Nuevo Laredo by Fire and
Dynamite and Attempt Destruction of Inter
national Bndges, But Are Driven
Back by Americans
Vent Cruz, viz Galveston. Texas.—
Smoke Iros tuners! p> res character
ized ea* of the developments in the
Aarncu occupancy uf Vera Cruz.
Vi he* the disposition of Mexican dead
had Income a problem and Mexican
Whi'e Cram a orders had recovered
■ .4hU->-n decomposed bodies from the
rum* of the naval academy and the
barrack* last occupied by Brigadier
General Gustavo Maas the bodies.
• »o. en under the heat of the tropical
sun. were carried into the streets and
plied in heaps.
I'alrt them and among them nood
a as put and over the mass oil was
poured. Then the torch was applied
and the smoke that curled up told the
boa. laic of the defease of the last
t me of Brigadier General Maas's posi
tions
It was a. possible to bury the bodies
and the stench that rose from the
ruins of the cuarlel and the naval aca
demy made men sick The disposition
of those dead was a problem to be
solved only by the funeral pyre, and
the Mexican White Crass organization
workers here volunteered to do it.
From San Sebastian hospital a
string of funeral corteges passed at
frequent interval*. Within the build
ing Father Blanco. Father l*uo and
e*ber poewta of the parochial church
m n.stered to the dying and performed
the last rite for the dead
There are many new graves in the
cemetery and another long trench
where Maas' soldiers lie Fifty-one
dead have been buried from Ban Se
bastian. while twenty-two were inter
red by Americana m one trench near
*he customs house. Twenty three were
takes from the military hospital and
twelve private burials, bringing the to
tal Mexican dead to 111
Since the guns of the American
cruiser* were turned upon the naval
academy sixty four Mexican dead
have bees recovered from those
rains.
Appearances now Indicate that the
city sill assume something resembling
normal aspect Business houses are
bring opened and citizens are appear
ing on the Calie I adependeccia. where
are posted bulletins issued by Rear
Admiral Fletcher.
Trouble on the Border
l-ar*do. Tex—Noervo Uitio, the
itrv*#| Mexican border town oppo
wde here, to in mine, devastated by
dynamite and ftre by Mexican federal
soldiers who began an orgy of deatruc
tion which did not end until they
were farced to flee before the guns
•f the American border patrol.
Two Mexicans nre known to have
bean lulled bjr I'ni&ad State# troops,
and several wero seen to fall w hen a
marline gin platoon from Fort Mc
Intosh UK into action Several brisk
**-r nasties between the American #
and Mexican* were fought as the
Mexicans their troop train# ready to
poll out of the burning city, began an
indiscriminate Hr* across the interaa
Propmrty damage la Nuevo l a redo
wili reach $U0>.9M. Among the build
to* demroyed were the I'nitod States
**«*atol*. municipal building, pant
"•» theater the Hour mills, one of
the largest la this section of the
wogthwn*; railroad shops of the
Nattomal railway and other small >r
struct wre#
hr.Opes Arw Safe
Thmr* was no property loan in La
redo Both international bridges are
safe although rSorts to dynamite
them resulted in the death of two
mew engaged in tbe undertaking One
Vesicas was -bet by a sharpshooter
frwo the top of the water tower The
Mexican was trying to reach the end
«f 'he intemauonal foot and wagon
bndg*- Another wxa killed when he
trmd to blow up the American rail
road bridge.
When the Mexican noidier* flnsllv
f^d order «i‘ q sickly renortd In
Lofwdo. but ruardn remain through
out the cty. A serious problem was
furnished ioimifnaiion and city au
thorities by the presence here of
i.undreds of refugees from the burn
ing city, who had to be furnished
food and shelter. *
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O'Shaughnessy at Vera Cruz.
Washington.— Nelson O'Shaughnes
sy A;. < rica's charpe at Mexico City.
h:s family and staff, and Consul Gen
eral Sl:ar.kiin and his staff have ar
MAP OF VERA CRUZ CITY AND HARBOR
ri-ed in Vera Cruz from the Mexican
capital.
Hear Admiral Fletcher at Vera
Cruz reported to the Navy depart
ment:
"Cpon telegraphic requests of
,< harge d'Affaires O’Shaugbnessy. the
train left here conveying Captain
Huse. Lieutenant Fletcher and En
aten P. Todd to meet him. It also
earned the family of General Maas
and about 1*50 Mexicans.”
Find Track Tern Up.
At about five miles out. track was
found torn up for about three-quarters
of a mi'.e On the other side of the
breach in the track was a train from
Mexico City conveying the charge
d'affaires and cithers as follows:
Mrs. O'Shaugbnessy. child and
maid; Captain Burnside. Lieutenant
Rowan. Mr and Mrs. Parker. Mr. Mc
Kenna. Consul General Shanklin and
staff
"The train was in charge of chief
of waff. General Corona, two aides
and an escort of about fifty odd
troops.
'The transfer of passengers was
effected with some formalities. Greet
ings exchanged between the chiefs of
•ail Both s:des carried flags of
truce.
Berlin.—Commercial circles here
have a report that ex-President Por
tirio I tax has sailed incognito for
Mexico from Monte Carlo.
Brazil In Charge of U. S. Embassy.
Washington, D. C.—The Brazilian
flag floats over the United States
embassy at Mexico city. The stars
and stripes were hauled down, when
Charge O’Shaughnessy and his staff
left by special train for Vera Cruz,
guarded by Huerta’s soldiers.
State department dispatches said
that when the American embassy—a
huge stone castle—was abandoned by
Americans for the first time in years,
every official document, every stand
ard of arms and every personal and
government article of the Americans
was placed under the protection of the
Brazilian government.
Huerta Seizes Nothing.
Huerta according to advices receiv
ed, has not attempted to seize any
embassy effects. Unless he violates
international law he cannot secure
the arms and cartridges held in the
embassy for many months.
Secretary Bryan Btated that steps
for protection of all United States
property had been taken. Unless
rioting and vandalism should ensue,
the building is safe.
The embassy building is merely
rented. Secretary Bryan recently re
commended that the government buy
it cr some other suitable building,
for a permanent embassy at a cost of
$150,000.
1,000 “Krags” May Have Been Ruined.
The embassy occupies about two
acres of ground on an elevation, pic
turesquely situated. About 1,000 Krag
Jorgensen rifles and thousands of
rounds of ammunition were stored in
the basement and garret.
Officials here scout the idea that
these munitions of war have fallen
into Huerta's hands. They have not
heard directly regarding them, but
Secretary Bryan holds that the sup
plies come under the general order
for protection of embassy property
granted by the dictator. It is be
lieved they will be held by the Bra
zilian embassy.
It was suspected, however^that"*if
the arms were left behind, members
of the embassy staff had made every
rifle useless. The ammunition is not
fitted for use in anything but Krag
rifles, which are not widely U6ed in
Mexica.
Famine In Vera Cruz.
Washington. D. C.—Food supplies at
Vera Crs»z are running low and every
effort is being made to replenish them.
If necessary the navy will issue ra
tions to the inhabitants from the war
ships in the harbor until supplies can
be rushed from Galveston and New
Orleans.
One of the ships taking refugees to
the United States will be returned
loaded with food and clothing.
The American Red Cross has or
dered its agents to take charge In
\ era Cruz and distribute supplies
where needed. Mexicans as well as
foreigners will be aided, but only until
Admiral Badger can induce the local
authorities, if possible, to resume
their civil activity.
Further fighting is looked for when
Admiral Fletcher sends a regiment
of marines to take possession of the
Mu«na at a Bar.
Vac* On*. Me*—Victor isno Huer
ta and NeUon O'Shsufcucesav verbally
lenfhl M. ua the street ia the open
***•« of the public, the momentous
matter of the Tampico incident, on
***** bene the gunstioa of whether
American troops should force the dic
tator to reaped the fUe
After April U th- censor in Mexico
r*tf refnaed to permit me to receive
BdMdhBM u4 ail message which I
attempted to file mere rejected, with
the exception of the code dispatches
te.'th* at Huerta* desire far mar and
—
tie occupation of Vera Cruz, which
h rerarded as insignifiant.
Here. Then. :s hew Huerta dealt
» :th The que-tk n which really meant
peace or war.
With hie usual irregularity. Huerta
1* ft hi- home at aii -arly hour. He
d d not go to the palace nor did he
. leave word where he planned to go.
OSfaaughneesy received a 1,000
word cablegram of instructions from
Washington, set out to find Huerta,
making the usual rounds of the Cafe
Ciloc. where the dictator's morning
cognac is usually taken; two or three
I ' ■ --
jot her cafes. which form resting
places in Huerta’s occasional prog
ress to the palace,, and finally the
Jockey club.
It was at the Jockey club that'
O'Shaughnessv found his man, stand
ing at the bar.
“Have you your automobile out
there?" asked Huerta.
“Yes,” replied O'Shaughnessy. “My
new one.”
“Let’s go out and sit in that.” said
Huerta.
The two men left the club and j
stepped into the car.
Huerta’a attendants and bodyguard
drew aside and for three-quarters of
an hour CShaughnessy and the dic
tator argued. A photographer who
attempted to snap them was driven
away.
O'Shaughnessy spoke smilingly, but
fluerta spoke vehemently. s'Inking his
right fist from time to time into the
palm of his left hand. O'Shaugh
nessy said Huerta was not drunk.
At the conclusion of this public con
ference the charge drove away in his
machine and filed his report to
Washington.
reservoirs which supply the city with
water.
Major Smedley Butler commands
the marines destined for this duty
and he will take his own men every
one of whom has been trained as an
engineer and machinest.
Butler knows every- foot of the ter
ritory between Vera Cruz and the cap
ital. He has been over it some fifty
times since early last fall and made
maps which are now in the posses
sion of Admirals Fletcher and Badger.
Huerta Plans For Escape.
Vera Cruz, Mexico.—In the event of
a crisis. Dictator Huerta has made all
preparations for fight. His plan is
to declare that he is leaving for the
front. With him he will have a small
body of soldiers, known as the Bat
talion of the Supreme Powers. He
I will elude these, according to his plan,
and will seek refuge on a Japanese
cruiser at Manzanillo, on the Pacific
coast.
The papers print what Huerta or
ders. The probability is that in ar
ranging to escape the dictator will
cause the papers to print that there
I is great danger from the rebels on the
'Pacific and that it is necessary, for
■ him to go to the front.
It is well known that he has made
most strenuous efforts to keep the
!road toward the Pacific clear of rebels.
! The report, therefore, will be an un
| truth, but it will give Huerta the
necessary excuse for leaving the cap
ital.
• "
Delay Makes Task More Difficult.
The general staff of the army and
navy has told the president, through
Secretaries Daniels and Garrison, that
if Mexico city is seized and the rail
road to Vera Cruz guarded, this coun
try can dictate terms and restore tran
quility.
But if action is not immediate, the
president has be n told. Huerta can
gather to his support Zapata's bri
gands and m?nv of Carranza'? and
Villa's men. Then the taking of Mex
ico city will be serious.
This question is b°ing thrashed out
by the president and cabinet. If
Huerta formally declares war all
available troops will be hurried to
Vera Cruz end concentration camps
on the border.
I _
Must Not All Be Officers.
Washington. D. C.—'The bill recog
nizing the militia and putting it under
the direction of the secretary of war
I has been passed by theJ senate. It
I will go into effect immediately upon
being signed by Ihe president.
Secretary of War Garrison is in
tensely anxious that the measure
should go into effect before actual war
opens.
The bill makes a militaman volun
teer his services in the event of war
at the time of enlistment This pre
vents the necessity for his volunteer
ing again, and prevents delay in mov
ing troops.
It provides that no regiment can be
accepted unless the number of pri
vates is proportional to the offers,
the tendency in militia bring to have
many more generals and colonels than
needed, not to mention lieutenant
colonels and majors. The total num
ber of men must comply with war dv
partment specifications.
Another Clash Reported.
Denver, Colo.—A report reached the
state house that state militiamen,
und?r General John C. Chase, were
battling with strikers at Rouse, two
miles from Monscn, on the Colorado
& Southern railroad. Heavy firing
was also heard at Ludlow, north of
Rouse.
Reports are that strikers unloaded
a machine gun at Rouse in prepara
tion for the coming of the militia.
General Chase's troops, which left
Denver, detrained at Monson and pre
sumably met the strikers at Rouse
while marching overland.
1 One thousand armed strikers from
the United Miner’s ten colony at
Augilar gathered below Walsenburg to
oppose the advance of 369 militiamen
under command of General Chas’.
! Behind the strikers lay the srack
iing ruins of eight great coal proper
ties between Delagua and Grouse,
over which fighting between strikers
and mine guards had raged. One
striker was shot in a battle In the
streets of Welsenburg.
The list of known dead in the Lud
low district, where the miners' tent
colony was burned, is twenty-nine, and
it 1* believed that at least twenty
more strikers and guards lie dead in
the fields over which the fighting
raged. Scores are wounded.
Women and children were placed
in protection cellars under tents or
other places of safety.
Strikers are patrolling the Colorado
and Southern railroad between Wynne
and Rugby, fifteen miles betow Wsj
jsenburg, and parties armed with ex
; plosives are reported moving toward*
jWalsenburg.
Leader Arrested by Troops.
I Jehn McLennan, district president of
the miners, was arrested by militia
men at Ludlow as he was passing
through from Trinnidad.
Won't Agree to Mediation.
Wash;nftam. D. C.—For ,-sen medla
rs t* bete-neg tbe CaRed State* aad
Me w will not be considered by this
jpecwsaKSt- An o*er would be re
and flatly refused Tnie baa
b»-a a»oM eatgbafleany indicated by
Hecret^ry e# Bum Bryan
iaaclaUsSy fs'se." w»a bow- be char
aritftsed m«ru fro* London that
Ambassador SgrtagBIce was making
gsgi rMf1~eir toward mediation
Bryaa pc.nUd on t it we* a diplo
■t* jr .KpoaatbiUty to bare any power
«g mediator, aad doubted that they
would even tender their friendly of
fice*.
This is because the United States
does not recognize the Huerta admin
istration. >
Takes Villa at His Word.
The administration refuses to ad
mit the constitutionalists will side
with Huerta. Although troops are
hurrying to the T exas border, the
president has emphasized again that
this national)uarre! ie directed against
Huerta alone. The only reprisals con
templated are against the dictator in
Mexico city.
The suggestion came from the presi
dent himself that he has taken Car
ranza and Villa’s promises, presented
to the state department by their rep
resentatives here, at their'face value.
The cabinet has considered the en
tire Mexican situation. The report
of Consular Aent Carothers, in which
he stated flatly that Villa had assured
him that under no circumstances
would he boar arms against the United
i States, was presented in detail by
[Secretary Bryan.
Probe Report of Union at Torreon. j
| Washington has no confirmation of,
a report that the revolutionists and
federate at Torreon have agreed to a
temporary truce.
Bryan stated that no reply had yet
been sent to Carr&nsa. He expressed
satisfaction over Villa's attitude, who
said he would not take arms for Hu
erta against the Americans.
Border Guard to Bo Increased.
Almost deluged with messages de
manding more (troops along the bor
der, the war department, it is stated,
was preparing to concentrate moro
forces there.
SAYS HUERTA WIU
row TO FINISH
War Correspondent Describes
Mexican Dictator as a Man
of Iron Will.
MORE INDIAN THAN SPANISH
Perhaps the Strongest Man in the Re
public, Though Not Military Gen
ius—WHIing to Take Gambler's
Desperate Chance.
By N. C. A DOSS IDES,
War Correspondent in Mexico and Stu
dent of Conditions There.
During my stay in Mexico Victori
ano Huerta was the head of Madero's
federal army, and so exceedingly hos
tile to the representatives of the press
was he that he issued orders for the
arrest of many and-used means at his
command to hamper the efforts of
others.
One correspondent, Gerald Brandon,
was imprisoned and sentenced to
death, but was released.
At Torreon. where I first met him,
the commander-in-chief's quarters at
the Hotel Francia were two doors
away from my room; I dined at his
table and, unwelcome guest that I was,
found him exceedingly suave and po
lite.
I saw him so Intoxicated that offi
cers had to assist him to his apart
ments, and sober, reticent and frigid,
I saw him in the brotherly embrace of
Pancho Villa, praising him for his
fidelity.
1 once asked a highly educated Mex
] ican officer if Huerta were a really
able military man. “Do you know,”
he answered me, “the French proverb.
‘Dans le rovaume des aveugles le
borgne est le roi?’ (In the kingdom of
the blind the one-eyed man is the
king). Well.” he continued, “we have
no great strategist nor great military
genius in Mexico. Victoriano Huerta
is, however, the best officer in our
army; he is a man of great tenacity
and strength of character, and he pos
sesses the qualifications necessary to
a successful dictator.”
Something Like Diaz.
Huerta is much the same type as i
Porfirio Diaz, more Indian than Span
ish in blood, appearance and traits.
Educated in the military academy of
Chapultepec and having no influence
at his back, he advanced slowly to
the foremost rank of Madero's revolu
i tionary army. In that capacity he
shone, undoubtedly, for he could in
spire his forces with confidence and
fighting spirit.
Ana now wnen ne is provisional
■ president of the Mexican republic it
would be unfair to consider him as a
puppet and figurehead. He is perhaps j
the strongest man in that republic and
a man who will strain every nerve to
retain his position and solidify his
achievements. He is a man with a
keen sense for a crisis, and he is a
clever manipulator of possibilities.
With the vision of his crushed ar
mies and his own power depleted by
the successful constitutionalists in the
North, hampered by the nonrecogni
tion of this country, he is the kind of
man to take a gambler’s desperate
chance.
He sees his own salvation in a war
with the United States. He hopes to
behold his present enemies, the con
stitutionalists, rallying to preserve the
national honor. With the united fac- ,
tions he hopes to resist the hated !
•‘Gringo."
He hopes for the time when there '
will no longer be federals and consti- ;
tutionalists, but Mexicans defending
Mexico and Yluerta.
It almost eeems that he is more
afraid of Villa’s victorious army than
of an imminent blow from the exas
perated American nation.
Thinks Victory Will Be Easy.
Chicago.—Coming direct from Tam
pico, the scene of the insult to the
American flag. Don B. White, a
wealthy oil operator, who has lived in
Mexico for twenty years, arrived in
Chicago. Mr. White knows personally
both Victoriano Huerta and Zapata,
the rebel terrorizing the south of the
devastated country. He talked graph
ically of conditions in Mexico and the
possible outcome of the war.
"If the United States acts quickly
and sends a large army down there at
once,” said Mr. White, "then the war
won't last long, because they will lay
down their arms with fear. But there
must be decisive action and it must
be done quickly.
"Huerta—1 know him personally.
He can’t possibly raise more than
5,000 real soldiers and to conquer him
would require scarcely more than mere
toying.
"But the hardest fight the United
States army will have will be in the
state of Morales, which is controlled
by Zapata. Zapata ie the Agulnaldo
of Mexico. Brutish, ignorant and in
human. he is an Indian about thirty
five years old, who will atop at noth
ing.
"Zapata will have to be killed. That
will be the only way he can be dealt
with. I have ridden on trains with
him many times. He is a robber ban
dit cf the worst type, although if you
do not antagonize him he will not
bother you.
"There will never be a union of the
forces of Huerta, Carranza and Za
pata. That’s out of the question.
Each band will fight this country to
the last ditch.
"The better class of Mexicans—
those whose haciendas and property
have been torn from them by the
robbers—welcome intervention. It is
only the peons, or the poor working
people, who are fighting, and they are
so ignorant that they do not know
who they are fighting for. The Mexi
cans won’t stand up and fight. They
are treacherous, deceptive and sneaky.
They are all cowards—and their word
is no good.”
Routes to Mexico City.
Washington.—If invasion of Mex
ico should be ordered, it is believed
Mexico City again will be the chief
goal of the American troops, as in the
former war with Mexico, and Vera
Crust will be the starting point.
There are two routes from Vera
Cruz to Mexico City. One is the Ja
lapa route, taken by General Scott in
his advance in the former war. The
other is the Orizaba route, used by
the French when Maximilian invaded
Mexico.
The Jalapa route has a narrow
gauge railroad from Vera Cruz to
Mexico City. The distance is approxi
mately 300 miles. The Orizaba route
has a standard-gauge railroad and is
280 miles long.
There is only a small force of fed
erals in Vera Cruz today, under Gen
eral Maas.
The Mexican army hardly would be
able to withstand the march of the
Americans from Vera Cruz to Mexico
City by either route, according to high
military officials here. The largest
number of men Huerta couid handle
would be about 30,000.
The march probably would be fea
tured by a number of engagements,
each one marking a further advance
by the Americans.
I
In the fighting at Vera Cruz, in the
center of the inner harbor San Juan
de Uloa, an ancient stone fortress,
flew the Mexican Sag throughout the
attack. Captain Stickney of the Prai
rie sent word to the commandant of
San Juan de Uloa that he would blow
him to pieces with the Prairie’s guns
if he opened fire against the Ameri
cans, but that otherwise he would not
be disturbed. The commandant re
plied that he would answer with his
cannon if fired on. but that he would (
not begin hostilities.
Fired on Tars at Tampico.
Galveston, Tex.—American sailors
were fired upon by a Mexican gunboat
at Tampico on two or three different
occasions, and once German and Eng
lish sailors were fired upon, according
to Chief Engineer Murray of the
steamer Herbert G.* Wylie, which ar
rived here today from Tampico.
Murray said he had seen the Mexi
can gunboat Vera Cruz take “pot
shots" at cutters flying the United
States flag. He said on one occasion
cutters from an American man-of-war
and from German and English boats
went ashore without their flags fly
ing. their occupants landing and start
ing afoot toward the village of Dona
Cecelia. The Vera Cruz dropped a
shell near them.
Occupants of all three boats then
hurried back to the water front, where
they hoisted their flags in their re
spective boats, and there was no more
firing.
"No Desire for Conquest"
New York.—William Bayard Hale,
President Wilson's unofficial investiga
tor of affairs in Mexico, has contrib
uted to the World s Work an article
upholding the president's Mexican pol
icy and pointing out an important de
velopment in the character of Ameri
can diplomacy. This, he explains, is
an interpretation of the Monroe doc
trine that establishes the suzerainty
of the United States only as an ef
fective source of moral inspiration
over the nations of Central America
and the West Indies.
"Our Moral Empire In America” is
the title of the article. Discussing the
possibility of intervention in Mexico
(the article was written before the
fleet was ordered to Tampico), Dr.
Hale says:
"An American army would have no
physical difficulty in getting back out
of Mexico; nobody would use it up
before it got away: the difficulty would
be that greed and a false sense of na
tional honor would do their utmost to
keep us there permanently in occupa
tion.”
If armed intervention should be
forced upon the government, he con
tinues:
“I predict that our forces will be
ordered home just as soon as constitu
tional order has been restored, and
that, so tar as the power and influence
of President Wilson can bring it to
pass, nothing in the nature of an in
demnity, either in money or land, will
be asked or will be accepted.
PRONUNCIATION OF NAMES MENTIONED IN MEXICAN WAR NEWS.
Huerta—Oo-ER-tah.
Torreon—Tor-ray-OWN.
Villa—VEE-yah.
Hidalgo—Ee-DAHL-go.
Zacatecas—Zac-ah-T A Y -cas.
San Luis Potosi—Sahn-Loo-EES-Po
to-SEE.
TamauHpas—T ahy-mo-LEE-pas.
Queretaro—Kay-RET-a-roh. .
Coahuila—Co-a-WEE-lah.
Jalisco—Hah-LEES-co.
I Aguas CVilentes—AH-gwas Cah-leh
EX-tess.
Guanajuato—Gwah-nah-HWAH-to.
Oaxaca—Wab-HAH-kah.
Guerrero—Gher-RARE-o.
T excoco—T es-CO-co.
Tlaxcala—Tlas-KAH-lah.
Tehauntepec—Tav-WAKN-tay-pec.
Tuxpam—TOOS-pam.
Tampico—Tam-PEE-co.
Chihuahua—Chee-WAH-wah.
Cleaning Mirrors.
Take a soft sponge, cleaned of every
thing gritty, dip it into water and
squeeze it almost dry. Dip it into some
spirit of wine, and then rub it over
the glass. Next, dust the glass with
some powder blue or whitening sifted
through muslin; wipe the powder
lightly and quickly off again with a
.cloth; then take a clean cloth and rub
the glass well once more, and flaish
by rubbing it with a silk handkerchief
If the glass be very large, clean one
half at a time, as otherwise the spirit
of wine will dry before it can be
rubbed off. If the frames are not
varnished, the greatest care must be
taken not to touch them with .the
sponge, as this will discr'.or or take
off the gilding.
To clean the frames take a little
cotton wool and rub the frames with
it. This will take off all the dust and
dirt without injuring the gilding. II
the frames are well varnished, rub
them with spirit of wine, which will
take out all spots and give them a
fine polish.
STATE TO FIGHT
HOG CHOLERA
FINDS BURLINGTON WATER SL P.
PLY IN GOOD CONDITION.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Rfr
liable Sources and Presented in
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
The live stock sanitary board met
with about thirty members of the
live stock breeders’ association 2nd
agricultural editors from over the
state. J. A. Ollis of Ord introduced
a resolution asking the board to ap
point one or more men. experienced
veterinarians, to give advice and sup
ervise the work of extinguishing hog
cholera in Nebraska. The governor
said that the board has always been
willing to appoint one man for this
work but that the understanding had
been that five men were wanted for
this purpose and that he believed five
men too many. He will recommend
that one man be appointed with the
approval of the board and on recom
mendation of State Veterinarian Kigin
and J. H. Gain, head of the veterinary
department at the university farm.
Only Two Polluted Sources of Supply
The examination of water used on
Burlington trains in Nebraska, so far
as analysis have been made by Dr
Wild, director of the bacteriological
laboratory of the state board of health
shows only two polluted sources of
supply. One is from a pond at Ansel
mo which has become contaminated or
polluted and which will soon be re
placed by bored wells, and the other
is water from the Missouri river at
Nebraska City which is not properly
filtered. Wells will be completed at
Anselmo within one month. Bettei
filters or some other remedy will be
found at Nebraska City. Samples
from the following sources of supply
on the Burlington road have beer,
found pure: Alliance. Hastings, Hol
drege. McCook. Omaha. O'Neill, Or
leans, Red Cloud, Alma, Aurora
Broken Bow, Fairfield, Fairmont ant
the Burlington water works system
at Lincoln. The railroad company
also uses some water from the watei
system of the city of Lincoln. This
has not yet been examined bv Dr
Wild.
To Organize Additional N. N. G.
Organization of another regiment
of National guardsmen to fill in a Ne
braska brigade and thus assure state
troops, in the event of war, of being
sent out solidly in some division, was
the subject of a lengthy conference
between the military board members
and Governor Morehead. As a resu't
preparations went on in the mattei
and plans were perfected for apply.ng
to the war department for permissior
to make this move. It is planned tc
secure enough provisional companies
within the next few days to give m
petus to the undertaking. Companies
are in process of formation at Ord
Verdigre, Ashland. Friend and O'Neili
and bunches of young men in other
towns are said to have made applica
tion for permission to organize.
The ballot title prepared by Attor
ney General Martin for the submis
sion of the employers' liability and
workmen's compensation law. an act
of the legislature which is to be sub
mitted under the referendum to a vote
of the electors of the state for their
approval or rejection, is as follows:
"The purpose of this act is to pre
scribe the liability of employers, to
.establish an elective schedule of com
pensation for injuries received by em
ployes in tbe course of their employ
ment. to modify common law and slat
urory defenses and remedies in such
cases, to regulate the procedure for
determining such liability and to pro
vide the methods for paying compen
sation thereunder. When employer
and employe elect to embrace its pro
vision this act applies to every em
ployer employing five or more persons
including the state and its govern
mental agencies, except employers of
household servants, farm laborers and
; railroad companies, subject to con
gressional regulation.'
A number of students at the state
university have organized a oommcr
cial club, which will play the same
part to the university students as the
city commercial club plays to the city
according to plans. It will boost all
movements which will advertise the
university and squelch those which
are injurious. Prominent visitors will
be entertained by the club, and proin
inent business ■ men will also be se
cured to give addresses on current
problems for the club members. Tee
club is open to all “patriotic” univer
sity men.
Game Warden Plants Fish.
State Game Warden Rutenbeek has
returned from a trip with the state
fish car. From Fremont to Valentine
bass, croppies, .bull heads and a few
catfish were distributed. At Valentine
young trout were taken from the sub
state hatchery and were placed in
suitable waters as far west as Karri
son. Sioux county. The car will make
another trip soon to Xorth Platte and
its vicinity. Bass, croppies and bull
heads and catfish will be distributed.
Hog Mortality Great Last Year.
The rather startling statistics com
piled by the department of agriculture
showing the ravages of hog cholera
during the past year cannot be ex
plained by the hog serum department
or tbe state farm. It is admitted that
•he figures are undoubtedly accurate
but it is not explained why the disease
should be so much worse one year
han another. The figures embodied
n tbe crop report published by tbe
weather bureau show that 65 per 1,000
more swine died from the effects of
cholera in the year ending April L,
