The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-06-12
Apparently Another Deliberate
Attempt To Let Loose An Epi-
demic That Might Wipe Out
the Territory's Beet Supply
NO ACCIDENT, SAYS 49, I.
TERRITORIAL VETERINARIAN
Isolated Herd In Paddock Victim
Of Devilish Design-Flye Die I'm.
Two Days-List May Be Large,
Before Disease Is Checked

a Anthrax, the cattle disease which
broke out mysteriousIy among herds ON
Kauai and Oahu, has now broken out
on Maui, according to wireless advices
received by the board of agriculture
and forestry. a. 81, ..51. s.l...
The disease has appeared on the Hale.
iakala Ranch. Two cows died there Fri.
day and three more yesterday, up to six
o'clock! .-' q .eEhsFt.. sFst'tf1 "a
That the outbreak on Maui Is due to
criminal act, inoculation of the cattle
by person or persons desiring to In
jure the Territory, or more probably the
United States, appears more than prob.
able, according to the opinion Expressed
by those cognizant Of the circumstances.
DR.. J. Q. Fitzgerald, deputy territorial
veterinarian stationed at Wailuku, was
in Honolulu to attend the races. I'm
mediately upon, receipt OF the news that
anthrax has broken out on Maui, he left
for that island to take charge Of the sit
uatiOn. $3.50 .1.atF.
Independent Outbreak @'.T'
DIR. Victor Norgaard, territorial vet
erinarian, stated last night that there
was no possible connection between the
recent outbreak at the Farm Cornn
dairy in Honolulu and the one on Maui
Asked II in his opinion the Maui out
break might be due to malicious intent
he stated emphatically that it looked
that way. 49, =. : ..,,yE,E\ ~
Doctor Norgaard stated recently at a
meeting Of the board of agriculture and
forestry that, in his opinion, there was
absolutely no doubt but that the COWS
of the Farm COrnn dairy that were at
tackled by the disease had been delib
erately inoculated with anthrax germs. ,
Need For Firing Squad r i
The opinion was emphatically ex
pressed last night that the only effee
tive cure for the situation would be
straight,sho9ting firing squad. If dis I
ease can be spread with impunity among
the cattle of the Territory, upon which,
the people depend in large part for Their
sustenance, there is nothing to prevent.
the dissemination Of disease among the
people themselves. -,
In any European country a person de.
teeted in poisoning cattle or otherwise
inJuHng the country would live abou'
as long as it would take to lean him
up against stone wall. ~: q
Appeared in Paddock
The last outbreak of anthrax, Docto,
Norgaard stated, is in bunch of about
sixty cattle in a paddock below the polo
grounds. Every precadti0n is being
taken to prevent the disease from
spreading to the great herds of cattle,
on the island. Doctor NOrgaard stated
also that the cattlemen of Hawaii have
been warned to take precautions to IRE !
vent the disease gaining a foothoIdi
among their herds. '..- W "a
A large supply Of anthrax serum H.
due to arrive here by the next steamer
from the Coast, and il will be used tai
render the unaffected cattle on Maui
immune to the disease. ... 49,. =. l..
That the outbreak of anthrax on
Maui under conditions similar to that
at Moiiiih, this city, clinches the
theory of q deliberate plot against the
meat supplies of this Territory is now
the belief of responsible officials. II
is now evidently believed that unless.
the greatest care is exercised by theH
stock men of Hawaii, the dread
scourge will appear on that island. 4
The outbreak in an isolated herd on
the slopes of Haleakala fulfils predie,
ton made to The Advertiser ten days
ago by a high government officer
thoroughly conversant with the situa
ton, in which be asserted as his belief |
that the SfCad responsible for the inc.
culation of the cattle would carry IL
to the Maui herds and also the Hawaii
herds. The latter part Of the predic
ton has yet to be proved. =. Il,
No meetings Of the board of agricul
ture have yet been announced to con
sider the new and alarming feature Of
the anthrax situation but is possible !
that the commissioners will meet to
day. Human anti-anthrax serum hal
already been shipped to Maui, and DOS
sibly serum for cattle incubation, "a
large consignment of the latter BEING
happily on the way to the Islands from
the Coast. ,.. F'-T =
The Maui evidence was gone over
yesterday by the same methods used in |
analysing the Moiliili epidemic and the
same conclusion was reached-that is. |
that It is contrary to a normal anthrax
history and can be satisfactorily ac.s
counted for only by the fact that the
incubation Of the herd was deliber
Rtely accomplished. r. a Lf1. =
II Is again pointed out that the epi
dNIric appeared, suddenly and, yirulent
~, instead Of slowly and gradually as
It would do in, case of n normal infec.'
tion. No relation between the Halea.
kSla and Moiliili herds can be traced
ct present, The question of infected
food has already been eliminated by the