BIG GROWTH IN II. S.
ENORMOUS PROGRESS IN LAST
HALF CENTURY.
ONWARD MARCH OF INDUSTRY
Commerce Bureau Report* Popula
tion of Nation Has More Than
Quadrupled Since 1850.
Washington.—Enormous growth of
the United States during the last
half century was shown in a report
Issued recently by the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce. bile
the report is for the period IS'Mi
1914, the meager statistics for the
first half of the century makes them
comparatively unimportant.
After pointing out that since ISoO
the population of the country has
more than quadrupled, being now
more than 100,000,000, the report
says:
“In the same period, however, for
eign commerce has grown from
$318,000,000 to $4,259,000,000 and the
per capita value of exports from
$16.96 to $23.27.
“National wealth has increased
from $7,000,000,000 in 1870 to approx
imately $140,000,000,000; money in
circulation from $279,000,000 to $3,
419,000.000 and New York bank
clearings from approximately $5,000,
000.000 to more than $98,000,000,000,
while for the entire country bank
clearings have grown from $52,000,
OOO.OOO in 1887, the earliest year for
which figures are available, to $174,
000,000,000 in 1913.”
“Evidences of improved social con
ditions among the people are also
found in the statistical record. For ,
example. 19,000.000 children are, now
enrolled in public schools and about
200,000 students in colleges and
other public institutions of learning \
and the total expenditures on behalf
of education now approximate $500,- |
000,000 a year, the result being a }
rapid increase in general intelligence ;
and a marked decrease in illiterate ;
people.
More than 22.000 newspapers and
periodicals are disseminating infor
mation among the people and there
is a steady growth in the number of
libraries in the country.
“Increased activity on the farms. 1
in the factories and in the great
transportation industries has also j
developed during the last half cen- \
tury. The value of farms and farm j
property increased from $4,000,- t
000.000 in 1850 to $41,000,000,000 in j
1910. the value of manufactures from
$1.000.000.000 to more than $20,000,- i
000,000, and the number of miles of
railroad in operation from 9,021 in
1850 to 258,033 in 1912.
Grief Causes Suicide.
* Sioux City. Ia.—Mrs. Addie Hoxie j
of Murdock, Fla., crazed by grief, is
believed to have deliberately thrown j
herself in front of a Northwestern
train here. The body was ground to j
pieces. It is thought grief and wor
ry over the illness of her mother.
Mrs. A. L. Armstrong, of Lincoln. I
Neb., determined her act. She was
visiting a sister here.
Fortification of Frisco Urged.
San Francisco.—In an address be
fore members of the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce James B. Phe- 1
lan United States senator-elect, advo
eated the further fortification of San ,
Francisco as a possible center of at- j
tack from the whole Pacific coast.
Loss on Monmouth.
London.—It is officially announced
that the British cruiser Monmouth,
which was destroyed recently in the j
battle with German warships off
Chile, carried forty-two officers and
698 men. Captain Frank Brandt was
in command.
Wild Deer Stricken.
Lansing, Mich. — Reports received
oy the state live stock commission
and the state railway commission de
clare that hunters in the upper penin
sula have r .<* been able to ship theii
deer, as hoof and mouth disease has
broken or.t among deer in the north
'era woe trad the railroads have re
fused to accept the arcasses foj
^shipment.
France Pays $7,000,000 for War.
Bordeaux.—The cost of war tc i
France in November was $182,154,
504. a daily average of more than
56 000,000.
Raising War Loan.
• jnice.—Extraordinary efforts are
boing made in Austria-Hungary to se
■—ire the flotation cf new war loans,
/"he emperor himself has taken the
initial step.
German Flag Over Ghent.
Amsterdam.—A dispatch from Sas
Van Gent to the Het Volk says: Gen
eral Van Manteuffel has been ap
pointed the new governor of Ghent.
He has hoisted the German flag over
the town hall and imposed a war
levy of $50,000.
British Loss 57,000 Men.
London.—England was ^staggered
by an announcement from Premier
Asquith that the British casualties in
the war to date are 57,000 killed,
wounded and missing.
Acquitted of Neglect.
Weymouth.—Rear Admiral F. O.
Troubridge, second in command of
the British Mediterranean fleet, was
acquitted by a court-martial, of neg
lect in connection with the escape of
the former cruisers Goeben and Bres
lau.
War Loan Is Planned by England .
London.—The government _ is said
to contemplate a war loan of $1,
000,000,000 at 4 per cent, redeemable
In ten years. The war is costing
Great Britain $35,000,000 a week.
GERMAN HORSES CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH.
British soldiers passing tnrough Ga Ferte with horses which they captured from the Germans in the battle
of the Marne.
DESTRUCTION IN !
■ ARM BATTLE
Explosive Shells Destroy Build
ings on Every Side. With
out Discrimination.
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FIGHTING NEAR BETHUNE
Allies Claim to Have Prevented Ad
vance of the Germans There—Kais- '
er’s Troops Hold Dixmude—Cruiser'
Emden Destroyed by Australian 1
Warship—Situation in East Prussia.
Northern France, Nov. 13.—The
battle from Dixmude to Arras is ter
rific, writes a correspondent in the
field. Churches topple down and fac
tories bum with every fresh explo
sion of a shell. No tower which
might be used for observation is al
lowed to stand. Explosive shells are
fired at these observation points and
incendiary bombs are dropped on fac
tories.
The aeroplanes are ui»erlywunab*e |
to face the westerly gales which i
have followed the period of mist that
made them almost useless and helped |
the attacking force to conceal its
place of concentration. At the same j
time nearer to one another than at any
previous period.
Strong at Unexpected Points.
The tactical fighting has brought
out quite unexpected strength at par
ticular points of support. Owing to
the small detachments Into which the
troops are divided the ground offers
natural places of concealment, and
with the protection of a wood or a
quarry a battery or two may find
itself unassailable.
Attacks can be organized indefinite
ly until the place becomes untenable
by reason of an advance in force by
either side.
The Germans never have shown
more amazing skill in the discovery
of such positions than in the last few
weeks. Their attacks from such cen
ters are delivered with great bravery.
Hard Battle Near Bethune.
A correspondent of the London
Times, describing a battle near Be
thune Tuesday night, says the allies
won a brilliant victory in that region.
He reports that the Germans ad
vanced in the early hours of the morn
ing, taking advantage of darkness and
mist. They found their way barred
by barbed wire entanglements. The
British infantrymen responded with
heavy rifle fire.
Then artillery was hurried to the
front. Shell, shrapnel, machine guns
and rifles mowed down the Germans,
cutting lanes in their ranks. When
the order was given to charge the
British answered magnificently, driv
ing the Germans back at the point
of the bayonet and capturing four
small howitzers and a large number
of prisoners.
With ^lixmude in their possession,
however the Invaders are less than
fifty m ies from Calais and much
nearer Dunkirk, and the fight they
have been putting up in the face of
tremendous losses seems to bear out
what had also been Faid, that they
will not abandon this struggle to
reach the coast unless they are ut
terly crushed:
The Germans are no longer utiliz*
ing green troops in the West Flan
ders region, but have brought up the
pick of their army, including some
Prussian guards, who attempted an
offensive movement against the Brit
ish, but without success.
French Claim Gains.
In France, from the northwest to
the southeast, there have been en
gagements of lesser importance, in I
which, according to the French re
port. General Joffre’s armies have
succeeded in gaining ground and
strengthening their positions.
The Germans continue to destroy .
bridges and railways in Belgium, but
with what object remains a secret. ,
It is thought, however, that they are
making preparations to winter in that
country, and they are taking every >
step .to prevent their plans from be- !
coming known to their enemies.
Germans Report Advances.
Berlin, via London. Nov. 13.—The j
German general headquarters issues |
the following:
"The enemy advanced from Nieu- j
port as far as Lombaertzyde, but !
was driven across the Yser. The i
eastern bank of the Yser as far as ;
the sea is now- clear of the enemy, j
"Our attack across the Yser canal
to South Dixmude is progressing.
“In, the region east of Ypres we j
have advanced farther and captured
700 French soldiers four cannon and
four machine guns.
“The enemy’s attacks in the forest j
of Argonne were repulsed."
German Cavalry for Russia.
Havre, via Paris, Nov. 13.—The Bel
gian minister of war has received in
formation from Belgium that last week
26 trains filled with German cavalry
passing through Brussels, coming from
Ghent and going toward Germany.
Large intrenchments, including
barbed wire entanglements, have been
constructed in the neighborhood of
Namur, Dave, Andoy and Liege, ac
cording to the advices received by the
minister.
A majority of the civic guards of
Brussels have deserted, refusing to
sign an agreement not to take up arms
against Germany, it is said.
German Casualties at the Yser.
London, Nov. 13. — Telegraphing
from the north of France, the corre
spondent of the Times says: "German
officers captured by the allies put the
German casualties in the battle at the
Yser at 90,000. One regiment of in
fantry which was 1.800 strong, had
only 80 men left. Five generals were
killed."
FIGHTING IN EAST PRUSSIA
Russian General 8taff Reports Progress
—Berlin Hears of Defeat of
the Invaders.
Petrograd. Nov. 12.—The Russian
general staff issued the following
statement today:
"In East Prussia on November 11
an action developed on the front of
Stalluponen. Krouglianken, and the re
gion of Soldau. Our troops occupied
Johannisberg, a small town 70 miles
to the southwest of Gumbinnen.
“Beyond the Vistula battles of sec
ondary importance occurred in the
region of Kaiisz and Neschava in Rus
sian Poland, where advance guards of
the enemy sought to progress.
"In the Carpathian region Austrian
rear guards maintained at the cross
ings on the upper San. in the region
of Sanok. were attacked by our troops.
“The siege of Przexnysl, which was
suspended during the period in which
the Aurtro-German armies were on
the offensive, has been re-established.”
Austrians Report Russian Defeat.
Berlin, Nov. 12, via London.—The
Frankfurter Zeitung has received the
following dispatch regarding the re
; ported defeat of the Russians near
| Czernowitz, capital of the Austrian
province of Bukowina:
“The Austrians made an unexpected
| movement, crossing the Pruth a few
; kilometers northward of Czernowitz.
; and suddenly attacked the Russian
, right wing. The Russians were com
pletely surprised, and after a shcrt
; resistance decided to fall back upon
their base, which seemed free. How
i ever, they were then taken under Are
| by Austrian artillery, which caused
! terrible losses among the Russian de
tachment. The battlefield was cov
ered with corpses.
"The Russians were beaten yester
day in East Galicia, being repulsed in
an action between Rosniow and Ja
bldnow.”
FINALLY DESTROY THE EMDEN
British Warship Ends Career of Fa
mous Cruiser Which Has Done
So Much Damage.
London, Nov. 12.—Two naval suc
cesses of utmost importance to Great
Britain and its allies were announced
by the admiralty.
The first was the destruction of the
German cruiser Emden. It was driven
ashore and burned after a severe en
gagement with the Australian cruiser
Sydney in the Cocos or Keeling group
of islands southwest of Java in the
Indian ocean.
The second was the bottling up ot
the German cruiser Koenigsberg near
Mafia island on the coast of German
East Africa by the blockading of the
channel to the harbor. This was done
by the Australian cruiser Chatham.
These two victories have cleared all
the high seas of German cruisers with
the exception of Admiral von Spee's
fleet in the southern Pacific, and the
British admiralty has informed the
country that adequate measures have
been taken to deal w^Th this fleet, vic
tor of the recent battle off the Chilean
coast.
Emden's Captain a Prisoner.
Captain von Muller of the German
cruiser Emden and Prince Franz Jo
seph of Hohenzollern, one of his of
fleers, are both prisoners of war and
neither is wounded, according to an
announcement by the admiralty.
The admiralty adds that the losses
on the Emden are unofficially reported
as 200 killed and 30 wounded.
The admiralty has given directions
that all honors of war be accorded t<
the survivors of the Emden and that
the captain and his officers are not t<
be derpived of their swords.
British Torpedo Gunboat Sunk.
London, Xov. 12.—The little British
torpedo gunboat Niger, which wan
built 22 years ago and has been used
as a tender, is the latest victim of a
German submarine.
The Niger was torpedoed yesterday
morning in the Downs north of the
Straits of Dover and foundered imme
diately. The officers and crew were
saved.
The Niger was built in 1892. It had
a displacement of 810 tons and was
230 feet long. Its armament consisted
of two 4.7 inch guns, four 30 pound
ers, one machine gun, and three
18-inch torpedo tubes. Its speed was
19.2 knots per hour.
18,000,000 Ready for War.
London, Nov. 12.—According to the
Cologne Gazette, the combined
strength of the German and Austrian
reserves is 18,000,000 men. This gi
gantic total includes 2.000,000 volun
teers in Germany and a quarter of a
million in Austria and the recruits of
the 1914 conscription of both coun
tries, 1,000,000 each.
* _
Rush Australians to Egypt.
San Francisco, Cal.. Nov. 12.—Pas
sengers who arrived here today on
the liner Vertura. which left Sydney
October 24. reported that a few days
before sailing 25,000 Australian troops
were embarked in 23 transports, con
voyed by 11 cruisers, and sailed un
der cover on-night for a destination
rumored to be Egypt.
Botha Routs Boer Rebels.
London. Nov. 13.—An official Pre
toria dispatch received by . Reuters
Telegram company says that Ge:a.
Louis Botha came into contact wiih
the rebel General de Wet’s command,
24 miles east of Winburg. Orange
River Colony, after a forced night
march. The rebels were severely de
feated, 250 being taken prisoners.
MAKE SPEED A REQUISITE
War Office of European Powers
Quick to Turn Down Aircraft That
Cannot Travel in Fast Time.
The speed of an aircraft in war
service is an important problem in
war service of any kind, and a con
sideration of the question will be
found in the Scientific American,
from which the following information
is derived:
There was a time when aeroplane
speed was subordinated to durability
and strength. But in those days
(three years ago) aeroplane accidents
were more frequent than they are
now. It was thought then that bi
planes would be employed exclusively
for military purposes because of their
stancher construction. Indeed, there
was even an understanding if not an
actual rule in the war offices of the
European powers that biplanes were
to be ordered in preference to mono
planes. All that seems to have been
changed. Monoplanes are stanch
..: -. . -
enough to withstand extraordinaiy
strains as the looping performances
of Pegoud and his imitators have
abundantly proved. The main consid
eration is that of speed. Slow ma
chines cannot be used nowadays; in
other words, machines that travel At
speeds of less than 50 miles an hour.
The armored machine is much sought
after. In 1912, for example, only
eight Voisins were ordered. As soon
as Voisin produced his steel, 70-mile
an hour machine, an order for 31 was
promptly placed.
NEWS BRIERY TOLD
|
INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED
CODERS WIDE AREA.
GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT
Includes What Is Going On at Wash*
ington and in Other Sections of
the Country.
«
WASHINGTON.
The Industrial relations commis
sicn will begin an investigation of
the Colorado coal strike situation at |
Denver, December 1.
• • *
Clearing house certificates issued
in large cities of the country after
the outbreak of the European war
have been greatly reduced in amount
according to a statement by Comp
troller of Currency Williams.
• • •
To guard against monopoly of the j
poultry packing industry, the depart- j
ment of agriculture has issued a j
warning to chicken raisers fo give |
encouragement and support to local
poultry packing industries in all parts
of the country.
• • *
A central committee to take charge
of Belgian relief work in the United
States and co-bperate with the inter
national committee abroad will be
designated by President Wilson as a
result of a conference between the
president and Secretary Bryan.
* • *
Officials of the Treasury depart
ment are seeking to lay the ground
work for a vigirous and nation-wide
campaign for the discovery of income
tax dodgers and the collection of un
paid taxes which some authorities
believe may mot,rv into millions.
» * *
President Wilson 'and Secretary
Bryan have decided not to fix a date
for the evacuation of Vera Cruz by
the American troops until it is deter
mined which faction can dominate
that section of Mexico sufficiently to
carry out the guarantees asked by
the United States.
• • •
The federal quarantine over Ne
braska, Colorado and' Wyoming be
cause of scabies in sheep was remov
ed by an order issued by Secretary
Houston of the department of agricul
ture. It has been determined that the
disease exists in those states only to
a slight extent.
• • •
Persistent reports that hidden wire
less stations along the coast of the
United States are serving as informa
tion bureaus for belligerent cruisers
at sea have caused the navy to join
the state department in efforts to lo
cate and destroy such stations if there
are any actually existing.
* • •
Copper shipments from the United
States to Italy, if consigned “to or
der” or are proven to be destined ul
timately to a belligerent, will be seiz
ed and detained by Great Britain.
This was announced by Sir Cecii
Spring-Rice, the British ambassador,
after a conference at the state depart
ment.
• * *
President Wilson, speaking at the
unveiling of a statue to General Phil
lip Kearney at Arlington National
cemetery, declared that “there is
nothing noble or admirable in war in
itself, but there is something very
noble and admirable, occasionally, in
the causes for which war is under
taken."
DOMESTIC.
One thousand delegates are in at
tendance at the annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor, J
at Philadelphia, which was organized
in 1880.
• • *
Representing that continued inabil
ity to ship copper to foreign coun- ,
tries will entirely stop the copper in
dustry in Utah, already seriously af
fected by the war, the Salt Lake
Commercial club has asked the sec
retary of state that efforts be made
to permit the shipment of copper in
neutral ships to neutral ports.
* * «
The old plantation songs, “My Old
Kentucky Home.” “Oh, Suzannah."
“Massa In Be Cola, Cold Ground."
are insults to the negro race, accord
ing to speakers, both negrb and
white, who appeared at a hearing be
fore the'~Boston school committee.
* « *
For the first time since the packing
industry became prominent in Chica
go packers have brought in dressed
meats from other cities. One big
firm has received a train load from
the west.
* • *
While a bomb was exploded at the
entrance of the new Bronx court
court house, New York, the anniver
sary of the hanging of the anarchists
convicted following the Haymarket
riots was signalized at Chicago by a
meeting at which more than a thou
sand persons were present.
• * *
One hundred and sixteen warships
of all kinds have been destroyed
damaged or otherwise put out of ac
tion since the war began, according j
to official admission of the various
countries.
Mariano F. Cirat, until recently
Mexican council in Philadelphia, has
appeared in the municipal court and
asked that his five children be com
mitted to institutions in that city.
Having received no salary for several
months, he is in destitute circum
stances.
• • •
Captain Le Goodierer. Jr., United
States aviation corps, was fatally in
jured and Glenn Martin, another
aviator, was seriously hurt in a fall
of about forty feet at San Diego,
California.
Barney Oldfield won the 673 mile
automobile race from Los Angeles to
Phoenix, Ariz.
• » »
The cranberry crop in New Jersey
will be about 1,000,000 bushels, an in
crease of 30 per cent over last years
crop.
• • •
Suits to recover $14,000,000 from di
rectors and former directors of the
St. Louis & San Francisco railroad
were dismissed in the federal court at
St. Louis.
• » *
Charles Dyer, vice president of the
National Dump Car company of Chi
cago, at one time general superintend
ent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe ralroad, died at his home in Den
ver.
• * •
Frederick Llewellyn Goss, inventor
of the printing press which bears his
name, died at his home in Chicago.
He was born in M'ales in 1847, and
was president of the Goss Perfecting
Press Co.
• • •
Quarantine against two Chicago
packing companies because of the i
foot and mouth disease have been j
lifted and progress toward removing j
the ban on other concerns is report- |
ed.
• • •
W. W. Chapin, who has been pub ,
lisher of the Chicago Herald since
the reorganization of the property,
following the consolidation of the
Chicago Record-Herald and the In
ter-Ocean, several months ago, has
retired from that position.
• • *
The Valley bank, the largest finan
cial institution in Arizona, failed to
open its doors at Phoenix. The state ■
bank examiner is in charge. The bank (
had deposits aggregating $2,000,000, [
but according to statements it had j
less than $30,000 on hand at the time
it was closed.
* • •
Jarvis E. Bell of New York, the
first member of the Arr'~ican com- ;
mission for relief in Belgium to re- i
turn from Belgium since the distri
bution of relief began, states that in
stead of hampering the efforts to re
lieve the starving population, the
German authorities are doing their j
utmost to assist the commission in ;
its work.
_______
FOREIGN.
Japan has promised faithfully to re- j
store the captured port of Tsing Tau !
to the Chinese.
• • *
Advices from Havana, Cuba, are
that a mutiny of Cuban soldiers has
been put down and thirty-five placed 1
in irons. They had escaped from
the fortress, Havana.
* * *
For the first time since 1700. there
has been an execution in the tower of
London, Carl Hans Lody, a German
spy, who lived for a time in the
United States, being shot.
* * *
A branch of the National Cit£ hank
of New York has opened at Buenos
Aires. The purpose of this agency is
to facilitate business between the
United States and the Argentine re
public.
• • •
Premier Asquith, in his speech at
the opening of parliament, declared
that he doubted whether war would
last as long as had been originally
predicted, but that it would last long
was certain.
• • •
The archbishop of Canterbury pre
sided at a great mass meeting in Lon
don when resolutions were adopted
calling for national support of Field ;
Marshal Kitchener’s appeal for as j
sistance in keeping the soldiers tem- |
perate.
* * *
Reports from Melbourne state that
forty men and three officers of the
German cruiser Emden. which was
destroyed by the Australian warship |
Sydney, are it large in the open sea |
on a schooner which they comman
deered at Cocos island.
• • *
I
In the British house of commons i
Arthur Henderson, the labor party
leader, has made the announcement
that organized labor felt that the
only course open was to go straight
through with the war until success |
crowned the efforts of the allies.
* * *
The decoration cf the Iron Cross of
the first-class has been con
ferred upon General Hans von Bue
ow. by Emperor William, who some
weeks ago was given the second
class decoration of this order for
military valor before Namur.
* * *
The British admiralty admits the
loss of the cruisers Good Hope and
Monmouth by the fire of the Ger
man squadron off the coast of Chile.
The names of ninety-four officers
and warrant officers on these vessels,
including that of Rear Admiral Sir
Christopher .Craddock, are published.
* * *
In Belgium all the railway employes
have stopped work under orders of
the Belgium government, thus bring
ing railway traffic to a complete
standstill and interfering with the
movement of German troops. The !
German authorities, it is reported, !
will replace the Belgians by Germans.
* • *
Following the resignation of Dr.
Aurelio Souza, president of the Peru
vian cabinet, all the other members
of the cabinet have resigned. The im
mediate political situation is uncer
tain.
* » »
After seven years of calm since It*
eruption in 1906, which was cae of
the longest pauses in its activity in
three centuries. Mow*. Vesuvius be
gan an eruption in May, 1913, which
has been constantly growing until it
has now reached an acute stage, ac
cording to advices from Naples.
• • •
England’s attitude and determina
tion to continue the bitter struggle
until all the demands of the allies are
satisfied were strongly set forth by
Premier Asquith at the lord mayor’s
banquet at London.
SHEWED
State Veterinarian Kigin De&cr oet
Symptoms of Foot and
Mouth Disease.
SIMILAR MALADY IN NEB
Lincoln,—State Veterinarian L C
Kigin has issued a warning to N
braska stock men to look out for t
appearance of the dreaded fcot a: :
mouth disease which has made .
appearance in seven central a:, j
eastern states. He describes
symptoms of this and a similar
ease so that stockmen may be ah
to distinguish the more deadly of :..e
two. He also states that dourine a
disease that spreads among Lor- -
used for breeding purposes, lias ap
peared in the northwestern part of
Nebraska and has issued notice t ..it
railroads have been notified by . m
not to ship horses out of Grant, K «.■
er, Thomas, Blaine or Cherry >u:.
ties without a special permit fr
the state veterinarian's departin'
The statement issued from t: -
state veterinarian's office is as 1
lows:
“A disease known as foot and
mouth disease which is one of
most contagious known amongst r.
inant animals has made its app<
ance in seven of the central and ea.~
era states. A report has been pui
lished that this disease has becont
so severe in St, Joseph county i .
(liana, that it will bankrupt that c
tv, and, no doubt, will work a gr*
hardship upon the state in genera
control cannot be made in Lie very
near future. The government su
at the South Omaha stock yards
been notified not to permit any
tie to be shipped out from this p*» :it
into any quarantined section. At : €
present time, it is impossible to •*
the danger that might be hov. - g
over the state of Nebraska, as -
disease could be carried in cars :
had previously carried Infected cat
tle. I make an appeal to every s- k
man and veterinarian in the sia-. f
Nebraska to be on the alerr ar. :
report any disease that might be
even similar to the foot anc: n.
disease. I wish to state, at tins h:
that this disease is very con:agi
to the human family, being transmit
ted through the drinking f mil
I want to call attention to the far
that we have a disease known as my
cotic stomatitis which has been m -
or less prevalent in the state of Ne
braska for quite a number cf year-,
especially during the months of Au
gust, September, October and Noverr
her. This disease is not con-agi
or infectious, but it is caused by cer
tain fungi on grasses or weeds in
pastures. Occasionally this disease
is called foot and mouth disease, f r
the reason that as a rule both n. •
and feet are affected, but there i.
great difference between this disc:- -
and the contagions foot anc m
disease which has been discovered in
Chicago stock yards and other e<.
ern states for which a quarantine :. . -
been established.
The symptoms of these -wo dis
eases are somewhat similar The
mycotic stomatitis shows a los; n •
the muzzle which appears like it
been burned. This area is con fir.- ’
by a line of demarkation »
cracks open, leaving on one sid of
this Die. very prominent leiior.s an i
on tlie other side, it is not afiV -
at all. This burned area or this in
fected area of the muzzle will r>
off in about ten or fifteen days T e
lesions in the mouth, in this di= .
are also very extensive, appearing i
the form of blisters at first and hr -
developing into ulcers, causing spif
fing of mucous membrane ami s t -
times tlie gums are affected to su h
an extent that the teeth become lo. s
ened. The feet are generally affected
to some extent, but not so much -r
as in foot and mouth disease.
The one particular feature that •«
characteristic of foot and mouth dis
ease is that the animal is constantly
making a smacking noise with its
lips. And the saliva discharged is
very clear and with the sun's rays
on same, will give a very glistening
appearance, and in mycotic stomatitis
the saliva is mixed with mucous and
pus which gives it an entirely differ
ent appearance. It may be diffii ult
for stockmen to distinguish between
the two diseases and therefore I
would urge upon all stockmen to no
tify L. C. Kigin. deputy state reteri
narian. Lincoln, Xeb., of any disease
affecting the mouth and feet of cat
tle at this time so that same may be
investigated immediately.
A disease known as dourire. w' ic1
is peculiar to stallions and mares ha?
made its appearance in the vicinity
of Hecla, Xeb. This disease was in
ported from some horses that t -
shipped in from the st3te of Wy<
ing. The government notified Y
department of this shipment of -
picious animals after they had te
ed several of the remaining animal
in the state of Wyoming. The tcs
they made in Wyoming showed tl- r
several were affected with the
ease. They detailed a man to as?
Dr. Kigin to take blood from :' '
head in the vicinity of H«*cla and
same was sent to Washington fcr
test. The results of this test showed
that five mares were affected with
the disease and five mares and one
stallion suspicious.
Says Wheat Will be $2 Next Fall.
Winnipeg, Maui—Wheat will brir.
$2 per bushel next fall, and l!*"
should, therefore, be the most pr -
perous in the history of Amerii an
and Canadian farming, Hon. Robert
Rodgers, minister of public works,
declared.
“Europe will produce little gram
next year, and must lock chiefly to
Canada and the United States for h r
supply,” he said. “Everything pr
duced on farms in these two corn:
tries will command big prices."
‘•Made in U. S. A.” Exhibit Planned.
Chicago.—Because a Chicago news
papennan chased all over the Windy
City before he could find a islass eye.
a big “made in America.” exposition
will be held in the First regiment ar
mory December 7 to 13. The report r
was boloed in the Philippine rebel
lion and lost an eye. He lost his gUss
eye and discovered that glass eyes
are made in Germany and that the
war cut off the supply. The object
of the exposition is to stimulate trade
In America and encourage American
manufacturers.
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