Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-29
STATE VET HOPEFUL
MALADY NOT PLAGUE
DR.. Miller of Government Serv-
ice Does Not Find Foot
and Mouth Symptoms.
THINKS NOT DISEASE

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 28.-lt appear:
improbable that cattle at Wauneta
Neb., have the foot and mouth dis
ease, according to a report received
today by DR.. J, S. Anderson, state
veterinarian, from A. w. Miller, veter
mary inspector for the bureau of ami
NAL industry. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. In his letter te
DR.. Anderson Mr.. Miller says:
at has been impossible to make ;
positive diagnosis of the diseas,
among cattle in this (Wauneta) vi
cinity. Some LESSONS have been hotec
in some cattle that closely resemble
those found in foot and mouth dis
ease. However, taking into consider
alton everything our investigation has
disclosed up to the present time, i
appears improbable the disease af
fecting cattle in this (Wauneta) vicin
ity is foot and mouth disease"
the state veterinarians Office
confidence was expressed that thu
malady is not foot and mouth dis
ease. 81
New Suspected Cases.
Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 28.-Six new
cases of infected cattle were found If
the Kansas City stock yards late, to.
day, DIR. James Fleming, head of the
local bureau of the United States bu
reau of animal industry, announced to-
| night. Effects of the inoculation Of
healthy cattle with virus taken from
affected cattle still was being awaited
The diseased cattle found today have
been in the Kansas City yards for two
weeks or more and it has not beer
possible to trace their origin While
the LESSONS are somewhat similar tc
those found in cases of foot and moutl
disease, DR.. Fleming said he woult
hesitate to diagnose the disease a:
foot and mouth until further develop
ments.
Precautions against the spread o.
an infectious disease were taken at the
stock yards today. Stock dealers aid
ed government forces in widespread
use of disinfectants. Receipts of live
stock today were somewhat lower.
Anxious in Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 28.--Facing the pos.
sibility of renewed outbreak of the
hoof and Mouth disease, live stock
men here awaited with some anxiety
today the outcome of the federal
diagnosis of suspected herds in Mis-.
souri,, Kansas and Nebraska.
DR.. S. f. Bennett, head of the
bureau of animal industry in Chi.
cago, with DR.. +. c. Day, federal vet
erinarian, and DR.. F. S. Mather, an
expert in stock plague, left here last
night to investigate suspected cattle
in the Kansas City yards today.
Meanwhile authorities here an
nounced that the precautionary
measure taken by DR.. c. F. Dayton
state veterinarian of Illinois, prohib-
iting the shipments to the stock yards
of Chicago and East St. Louis, except
for immediate slaughter, of any cat
tie, horses, swine or sheep from Kan
sas, Missouri and Nebraska, will not
be rescinded until all possible danger
of infection is believed past.
| Officials of the Chicago Unior
Stock Yards and Transit company
asserted also that their embargo or
der against live stock from all point:
west of the Missouri river will bt
effective as long as it seems neces
sary.
o. T. Hinkle,, general manager
said shipment of cattle for immedi
ate slaughter will continue. He sale
the embargo is OH feeding cattle.
Quarantine in Texas.
Fort Worth, Tex, Nov. 28.-Quar.
antine against the importion into
Texas of live stock or the skins oi
live stock from Missouri, Kansas, Ne.
braska and Illinois was ordered here
today by the State Live Stock SAM.
tary commission, effective tomorrow
The order was said to be precau.
tionary pending investigation of sus,
pected cases of foot and mouth dis.
case in those states.
Bar State Raises Bar.
Boston, Nov. 28.-Dr. L. H. How.
ard, commissioner of animal industry
said today that no permits would be
issued for the shipment of cattle from
Nebraska, Kansas or Missouri into
this state as long as there was a sus-
picion that the foot and mouth dis.
ease existed in the stock yards at
Kansas City. The most recent case