The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-06
Drs. Buckley and SOphian Will
Work at Dodge City.
SENATOR CURTIS TAKES PART
He COIifers With Departments
at Washington.
Disease Spreads and Death
Rate Increases.

Dodge City, Kan, Sept. 6.-Sam
Stubs, noted horseman here, says the
epidemic among horses is caused by
a small intestinal worm that perfor-
ates the intestines. One horse ex-
amined yesterday showed a bucket full
of minute worms. am so sure
Stubbs is right that 1 am wiring the
leading dailies. Horses far gone will
die. Well horses should. in my judg-
ment, be treated every few days with
turpentine or turpentine and oil to
kill off the worms before they multi
ply. At most it cannot do any harm.
And I feel certain that further dis
ease can be prevented by treating
horses not yet seriously affected. All
horses both sick and we'll should be
,reated. A. B. REEVES.
In a telegram to United States Sen
atOr Charles Curtis, the federal de-
partment of animal husbandry issues
the statement that preliminary inves-
legations under DR.. ]. s. Buckley, in
dicate that the loss of thousands of
head of horses in Kansas is due to the
wide spread of cerebro spinal menin-
gifts On this theory, DR.. Buckley,
who left Topeka last night for the in
fected district. will endeavor to check
the spread of the disease. He will
be assisted in his laboratory investi-
cations at Dodge City by DI. A So
phian, of the Research instit ute, New
York.
Every hour kilograms ara heing re-
ceived by Joe Mercer, state live stock
sanitary commissioners, in which he
is advised of the alarming spread OF
the disease. Many pathetic stories are
told by people who come 20 Topeka
from the infected districts. Now the
dread disease has attacked ihe mules
and while the number of mules l0st
has not been as large as The death
rate among the horses, none of the
animals attacked have recovered. AS
yet the germs of mening1tlS nave Lot
been found among cattle.
This morning an appeal from Pia n
Vile was received by Senator Curtis
in which G. G. Cochrane urged the
need of government assistance IN
fighting the epidemic. This was
Cochrane's telegram;
Horses throughout this part of the
state are dying at such rate tnat
conditions are becoming Vely alarm
ing Can YOU aid in securing govern
ment assistance in ascerta1-..ng what
the disease is and eliminating same
Kindly do what you can and wire at
my expense
william Hayes, acting secretary OF the
federal departm ent of animal nus
bandrv. declared that the oss of thou
sands of horses in western kansas was
due to the spread of cereDro splnal
meningitis.
.sHorses are dying in Hodgeman coun-
~ a. rate of 300 a day." declared Rep
resentative G. D. Martin, who was IN
topeka last night. The oeatn rate
in Ness county is much LARGE az
does not seem to be FARMER IN thS
district who has not been a loser ano
on every farm I visited, 1 found the
some conditions"
Rad News From Minneapolis.
Horses are dying on IKE sIeeP,
declared Alex Barber, a horse oealer
of MINNEAPOLIS, while discussing TINS
morning the strange disease that ls
moving so fatal among horses ano
mules throughout the country. Al
along the valley, at MlnneapoIls' -
mos GIasco and Lamar and other
piloa, 9iane. scores of deaths among horses
are reDorted daily. Mules are not I'M
mune. but the number OF mules al
fiicted is comparatively small IN propol-
tion to the number of horses put q
mule dies just the same and as quickly
as a horse"
b,t Incoming very serious, as those
who have lost horses by the disease
do not feel safe in buying others 1or
a while, although badly needed to put
IN the fall crop. There has been a
great depreciation in the price of horses |
and mules in this section of the country
for horse owners can not tell when
their animals will be attacked and de- |
stroyed by the strange malady.
Insecticide and disinfectants are be- !
ing freely used about the barns and |
ali are resorting to the use of turpen- |
tine and lard which is poured into the |
animals ears, which, if doing no good |
viii do no harm AS is the case in all |
other sections of the state, the veter- |
inarians here are baffied, recommending |
the disinfectants and Insecticides and !
bleeding.
live stock Commissioner Mercer today
sent kilograms to d number of prominent |
l-aterfnary surgeons in eastern Kansas,
,1rginer them to visit the western counties
such of the veterinarians who respond to
Nercer's call, the state will pay actuai
Aireadv Mercer has 40 men in the field,
but each day there Is demand for re-
and with these calls for
neIp comes the news of the spread OF |
the disease to new territory
DR.. Rogers Theory.
Or. Burton Rogers, of the Kansas State
A ericI1lf1Iral college, is in Topeka today.
He spent several days IN the western
kansas counties and made laboratory
svperi-nents concerning the ravages OF
---e strange disease
Il am of the opinion" said DR.. Rog-
srs. that the mysterious horse epi-
ienic is due to the migrations of the
roung larvaI form of the palisade
worm out from it's normal home in
he intestines into the other tissues
If the body, and particularly into the
blood vessels, and when any happen to
get into the vessels leading to certain
7arts of the brains. that a clot and
subsequent meningitis follows
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