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The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-07
Killed Many Horses Sever
al Years AGO.
EXACT NATURE NOT YET
DEFINITELY DETERMINED
DR.. Glover of Agricultural College
Says Disease disappeared Sud.
denly and Before Scientific In
vestigation Had Been Made.

A disease recently appearing
among horses in southeastern Col
oradO is similar if not identical
with the kansas Horse Pleabue,"
of several years ago. Its exact
nature has not yet been definitely
determined. To date the disease
has appeared on nineteen farms
and is apparently spreading.
The Kansas Horse Plague orig
mated in Kansas and spread over
several states and as far west as
Granada, Colorado. 1t started
early in August and disappeared
late in September. The mortality
was quite heavy. Many horses
were saved by appropriate treat
.ment and many were killed by ex-
perimental cures" in the hands of
laymen.
The cause of the disease was not
definitely determined. In many
respects it resembled the Borna
disease of Europe which was an
infection. The disease disappear
ed very suddenly and before scien-
tific Investigations had been car
ried to definite conclusions. 1t
was quite generally thought to be
forage-poisoning proposition.
The term forave poisoning was
convenient for classifying certain
group of diseases with character
istic symptoms but was otherwise
almost meaningless. Investiga-
tions carried on by Graham in
Kentucky seemed to indicate that
this disease was analogous to
meat poisoning in the human and
caused by specific micrO-Organ-
ism and it's toxins.
The seriousness of the present
outbreak is problematical. If it
proves to be the same disease we
are at least better equipped to
control it and it is hoped that the
farmers will profit by their prev
ious experience and not fall for
every quack remedy that is offer
ed.-Geo. H. Glover, Colorado Agri-
cultural College, Fort Collins, Col
oradO.
Engineer Frank Smith OF the
A. v. Land Co., has two horses al
fected seriously. However, none OF
the land company's animals have
been attacked by the disease as
yet. j. L. Wilson just west OF the
Model Dairy farm lost one horse
and has others sick.
In the vicinity. OF Hartman and
Granada many new cases have de-
veloped during the past week and
number of horses are reported
to have died. AS yet local veter-
inarians have been unable to dia-
gnOse the disease OF determine It's
cause or origin. DR.. Glover from
the Agricultural College at Fort
Collins is expected to visit the Sec
ton and make an examination.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
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WILLARD will knock him for of poles-PREM1ER
w CLEMENcEAU
Jack will slap the old bird colder than shrimp. Jess will be
Yours until Bevo gets dangerous.LENINE and TROTSKY.
Dempsey couldn't whip Jess ouracre lot of four-leaf
W rabbits against bulldogs Me and until the Rockies
land American soil about Jack
lands Wizards
he will ouourteenpoint him.-WOODY
It's like last years of alfalfa Dempsey from
smelling salts Yours until they put pretzes-ORLANDO
loser a winner when see him. Willard looks
good from Holland So jaihouse by
Dempsey will take everything but the beating peanut
against machine loaded with mules hind knock
a red bridge the Atantc-PRINCE OF WALES
F. Snake that bridge color
be What don't know about picking winners would
library Yours until the barks back pups
If gloves bombs Jess might have laundyman
will crack him than celuod collar
big whale through quil-THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR.
Willard will walop Dempsey like prohibition the internal
That bird will leave quicker than mushroom
know me- never booted the second yet Yours until John
needs shampoo-THE WEATHER MAN.
Jack should him bowgged about and inter
mission After the kid stepping Jess will think he's sang
roof with roller won't fight to
ticket will take Yours until landlords refuse the
THE BRONX BUYER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
Heavyweight Championship
Crown Will Be Retained By
Willard; Kid Graves Thinks
Firmly Believes Cleverness Of Jess and Hard Hitting
Ability Not Offset By Nimbler Tactics Of Dempsey,
Challenger, Though First "Haymaker' Likely to
Decide Bout

day. We will take raw meat to the
ringside with US for lunch and it
will be well broiled by lunch time.
A crowd of Kansas cowboys blew
in at noon, some of them as big as
Champion Willard, and they have a
roll that would make a camel drink
every day to bet on Willard. Some
Lawrence, Kan, business men are
distributing Kansas dollar bills to
all the newsboys and bell hops and
boosting Willard.
They call themselves the Kansas
yayhawkers, boosting Lawrence and
Willard.
Crowds Rolling In.
The crowds are rolling in on
trains, interurbans and in autos.
The hotels are filling rapidly and
any kind of room brings $40 per
night and it must be taken for two
nights and paid for in advance and
you double or triple with someone
else to boot. To get a room alone
it costs Is iron men and you cough
up $50 for the privilege is a guar
antee for two nights.
Challenger and champion are
resting and their retinue of helpers
are breaking up training camps.
Each is confident of winning and
the majority of fans and writer's are
on the fence when it comes to pick
ing winner.
My choice is Willard because l
figure him to keep Jack off until
he can sink hard one over on
Dempsey's jaw. The first one to
land a SOLID punch will win this
bout as sure as you're a foot high
and I pick Willard to land it on
account of his cleverness and ability
to evade dempseys clouts long
enough to get one of his own over.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
Wilmington Defeats
Col. Salier in the
Kingswood Souls

Paul nfn W;hn ses Of '' tge Amsliesa
army defeated Colonel E. L. Salier
of Great Britain in the Kingswood
SOULS on the Henley coruse today.
Major Wilmington won by three
lengths. The time was nine
minutes, % seconds.
For the Leander cup, the Leander
crew defeated the American second
crew.
The American army eight-oared
crew beat the French army crew to-
day in the elimination trials for the
kings cup. The Americans won by
three lengths. The time was seven
minutes, forty seconds.
In the race for the Leander cup
the Leander crew leaped off, rowing
30 strokes to the minute, as against
"a by the Americans, gaining lead
of about a length. The Americans,
finding the wind annoying, steered
into Leander's waters. The Lean
der crew maintained high speed and
was nearly two lengths ahead of
the Americans at Fawley Reach.
The Americans attempted to
quicken their stroke but failed to
attain the speed of their opponents.
The Americans were beaten by a
length. The time was 8 minutes
IL seconds.
As the American and French
creme <oot the yuafer thew rereiyed
an ovation, bands playing the MAR
seillaise" and the "Star Spangled
Banner" The Americans rowed
approximately SO strokes during the
first minute with the French max
ing 81. At Temple, Island the
Americans let out and increased
their lead to a length and a half at
the half way mark. Later the
French got within length but,
rowing with great power, the Amer
leans led by two lengths at the mile
post.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
Caddock Third Man in Ring
at Stecher-LeWis Ma tch
Wrestlers Both on Hand and Stage All Set for Big
Event at the Auditorium This Afternoon; Huge
Crowd Is Looked For.

Earl Caddock of Anita, Ia, heavy
weight wrestling champion of the
world, will be the third man in the
ring at the Joe Stecher and
"Strangler" Lewis match at the
Auditorium this afternoon. Lewis
through HIS manager, Billy Sandow,
threatened to call off the bout un-
less referee living outside of the
state was selected.
Caddock, who was in the city in
conference with Gene Melady, hia
manager and promoter of today's
bout, finally consented to officiate
in case he could secure his release
from his promise to attend a SOL
diers' homecoming celebration in his
home town. The committee in
charge of the celebration held a spe-
cial meeting last night and, after the
conditions of the wrestling match
were explained, consented to releas-
ing Earl on condition that he would
hurry home in time for the evening
entertainment
No Standing Room.
Gene Melady reiterated last night
his decision that under no circum-
stances would any standing room
seats be sold. Il have guaranteed
comfort for the spectators who have
purchased tickets and will not
crowd the building so it will be un-
comfortable" said Mr.. Melady.
THE 20 tons of ice and the circulat-
ing fans will be put in operation
early~so that the building will be
thoroughly cooled before the crowd
starts to arrive" .
Large delegations from Lincoln,
York, Holdrege, Dodge and Ere
mont arrived last night for the bout.
The first. money in any large
amounts to be bet On Lewis to win
came from Lincoln and several size
able wagers were made. Stecher
still ranks the favorite in Omaha.
Joe Stecher and his wife and
brother Antoine arrived in Omaha
last night, driving down from their
home in an auto. Joe was in the
best of spirits and looking hard as
nails. He is trimming over with
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
McCaffrey Manager
Barred Indefinitely
by League Officials

Directors or the Municipal ANA
teur Baseball association at their
meeting last night at the Office Of
Park Commissioner Falconer in the
city hall upheld Secretary Isaacson's
decision in suspending Manager
Horace Rosenblum of the McCaf-
frey Motor team, for threatening to
withdraw his team from the City
league, on account of "a recent YER
dict of that body when they ordered
the protested game between his
team and the Bowen Furnitures re-
played on the ground that Frank
Mirasky was Class A player.
Rosenblum's suspension, which is
indefinite, is also based on the fact
that he failed to abide by the in
structions of Secretary Isaacson and
Frank Jacobs, the latter president
of the City league. Both Isaacson
and Jacobs, it was brought out at
the meeting, notified Rosenblum not
to use Mirasky.
The meeting was one of the
stormiest held by the amateur body
thus far. Both Rosenblum and T.
S. Mccartney, the latter hacker of
the team, were given a hearing on
the matter. However, it is possible
that the McCaffrey manager will be
reinstated before the season is over,
but nothing definitely was decided.
The directors also overruled the
decision of the City league man
ayers in the McCaffrey-Bowen pro-
test, and ordered the game to stand
as played. The McCaffreys won
the game by 2 to | score.
R. r. Bitney and Jerry Frat of
the Willard Storage Battery team
of the City league asked for their
release from the team in order to
play class A ball, but instead they
signed up with the Bowen Furni-
lures. The directors passed mo-
ton that these two men must either
play class A ball or play with the
Willards for the remainder of the
season, or they will be barred.
Player Bogue was allowed to play
with the Orchard-Wilhelm team of
the Commercial league because he
is erlploved by that firm.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
SPECTATORS
OFFER TICKETS
4 At CUT PRICES
Increasing Crowd Fails to
Raise Gloom for Holders
Of Big Blocks Of .,
Fight buckets.

Toledo, o., July 3,-The fight
crowd gathering here increased to,
a marked extent tonight, but not
sufficiently to remove the look of
gloom observed on the faces of
ticket spectators. They were in
many prominent places offering
their commodity at less than sale,
prices although the more optimistic
were holding back in hopes of
boom Friday forenoon.
One reason is that $4,000 seats is
a lot of seats, and it became appar-
ent that any one desiring to witness
the big show could do so at the
legal price. The plight of the spec
ulators in no wise indicated that
followers of the fight game are not
here in full force, for they are, and
sleeping in close quarters all over
town, hundreds in the Pullmans
which brought them here. An in
spection of the vast octagonal arena
made one prediction fairly safe, it
was said, and that was that Bay
View Park would be the hottest
place in the United States Friday,
as it was Thursday.
1t is great expanse of terrached
lumber still rich in pitch which
gathers and holds the heat. There
is, of course, no roof and the July
sun beats down in multiplied in
tensity. Thursday night workmen
gave the boards wetting down as
precaution against fire.
Telegraph linemen were busy dur
ing the day installing special wires
and one company estimated that it
would handle close to half a million
words.
The streets were thronged tonight
in the vicinity of the hotel and thea
tiers. There was something which
man found amusing in the sight of
sporty-looking individuals slipping
soft drinks at soda fountains and
looking reminiscent of New Or
leans, Reno, Carson City and the
cool Arcades of Havana.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
confidence and anticipated an early
ending to the match.
Returns From Fight,

Returns from right.
A special wire will bring returns
of the Willard-Dempsey fight to the
Auditorium by rounds. Announcer
Stevens of the Missouri Athletic
club, Kansas City, has been secured
to tell of the fight and make the an
nouncements in connection with the
wrestling match. Parker's 15-piece
Jazz" band will furnish the music.
Earl Caddock, wrestling champion
and referee of the Stecher-
match at the Auditorium today, has
political ambitions. Earl is consid-
ering tossing his hat into the ring
for congress at the next election.
Il have just one law want to be
sure gets on the statute books"
said Earl. II favor sentencing ev-
cry man to life imprisonment who
raises carrots. Not only should he
be given this sentence, but he should
be made to live on carrots. The
worst insult any man could give me
would be to offer me carrots. While
in France I had carrots for break
fast, carrots for dinner, carrots for
supper.and any time Twas hungry
they gave me more carrots"
After Second Lieuts.
Earl has another ambition since
his return from overseas. He wants
to meet every second lieutenant in
the army on the wrestling mat.
Earl says he will meet them any
way, one at a time or by squads.
II would like to get head, scissors
on every second lieut. in the coun-
try and brother, | would sure clamp
it On tight" the champion said.
The army did not treat Earl kind
ly and he is badly out of condition.
His weight is now 20 pounds less
than when he left and he has gained
7 pounds since his return. He now
weighs 172 pounds. The canned
Chow" of army life, he says, did not
agree with him.
One year ago, he says, will always
be remembered. On a forced march
with little to eat and less to drink,
he was YEARLY dragging along when
Ia COIHld Qe, much OlQer imam nlHSel1,
dropped from the ranks exhausted
Rather than leave him behind, Earl
carried his pack and permitted him
Ito stay with his command.
To Defend Title.
After the Fourth Caddock will
leave for Excelsior Springs to get
lin condition to defend his title
|" After I am in condition l will GER
|tainly defend the title as the public
demands" said Earl. II appreciate
1.-THE courtesies the public has ac-
corded ne and will do all in my
power to return them
Earl was requested to return to
France and participate in the inter
allied athletic games. He answered
lin one word. Nix" Iowa is plenty
good enough for me-" he said. 81
am now in the real estate business
and after watching the land increase
in value, l know it is the best place
in the world"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
MANY GAMES IN
AMATEUR BALL
CIRCLES JULY4
Local Sand|otters to Enter.
tain Public In Omaha and
at Nearby
Towns.

Omaha amateur base ball teams
will hold the center of the stage
here and at nearby towns on July 4,
as an elaborate program has been
arranged by the local base ballists.
The feature game in Omaha for
hrecracker day will hold fourth at
Rourke park, where the crack Ar
mours, Omaha's semi-pro aggrega-
ton, will lock horns with the fast
Lincoln Cleaners and Dyers. 1t will
be remembered by many of the anna
teur followers here that the Lincoln
aggregation won the worlds anna
teur base ball championship in 1917
by defeating the St. Paul and
Minneapolis teams of the western
division and winning over one of
the eastern cities for the worlds
title.
AS an additional attraction the re-
turns hot off the WIRE of the
world championship fight between
Willard and Dempsey will be an
nounced.
Brandeis at Blair.
The big out-of-town attraction for
tomorrow will be at Blair. where
the Marty O'Toole Brandeis Store
team will clash in a double-header
playing Herman in the opener and
Blair in the main event.
Probably the biggest crowd THAT
ever attended on out-of-town game
will be in attendance, as il is ex-
pected that nearly 700 Omahans will
be present, as the Brandeis Stores
employees will have their annual pie.
mic. Manager O'Toole announced
this morning that automobiles and
trucks will start to leave the store
about 7 o'clock.
Fontenelle park will be the scene
of three of the six local amateur
games as part of the July 4 cele-
bration to be staged there. The
first game will start at 1890 a. m,
and will be between the Union Out
fitting Co. and the Nickel Victro-
las of the City league. Two con-
tests will hold forth in the after
noon. the Willard Storage Battery
of the City league will clash with
the Riggs Optical Co. of the Amer
lean league, and the World Herald
team of the Booster league meet
the Paxton-Vierlings of the Amer
lean league. The first afternoon
game will start at 2:30 o'clock, and
the second at o'clock. A purse of
SIS are hung up for each game.
At Elmwood Park.
Three postponed games are also
booker. At Elmwood park east
diamonds, at $3.50 o'clock, the RAM
blers meet Trinkle Brothers. In the
Gate City league, the Hermansky
Pharmacy meet the Originals at
Thirty-second and Dewey avenue,
$50, and the Townsends battle with
the Omaha Print Juniors at River
view park at the same hour.
The Nebraska Power Co. of the
Greater Omaha league. will journey
to Fairbury, Neb., where they will
play Utica, Neb., team for $500
purse, and the Ernie Holmes White
Sox of the same league will play a
double-header at Plattsmouth.
Over across the big Muddy" the
McCaffrey Motor crew of the City
league will lock horns with the
Longeways of Council Bluffs at the
Athletic mark.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
Marital Objections
May Keep Biddle
From July 4 Fight
By KID GRAVES.

Toledo, O., July 3.-When Phila-
delphia Jack O'Brien arrived in To-
ledo Thursday morning he appeared
very mysterious.
He gave out word that he was
acting for Maj. A. ]. Drexel Biddle
and announced that becarNe of mar
ital objections and army duties, Mr..
Biddle would probably be unable to
be at the ringside of the Willard
Dempsey fracas and act as Judge.
O'Brien said Promoter Tex Rick
ard would be officially notified.
\When Richard was questioned re-
garding O'Brien's story he merely
said, "Therss nothing to it at all. ="
Should it be fact, no one in au-
thority knows who will be selected
to act as judge in BiddIe's stead. 1t
may mean that Frank Flourney,
Richards partner in the venture,
will be the man to take Biddle's
place, but there is "a s,rong rumor
that some newspaper man will be
asked to fill the position. Details
will not be known until Friday and
the affair will in no way delay the
bout.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
winner TODAY
IS CHALLENGED
BY N. PLEST|NA
''DoC" ElWood Posts $1,000
Forfeit for Match With
Winner or Any Other
Wrestler.

J. w. Elwood has posted $1,000
with the sporting editor of The Bee
as a forfeit in a challenge he issues
on behalf of Marin Plestina to the
winner of the Stecher-Lewiis match
this afternoon at the Omaha audit
orium. The following challenge ex-
plains itself:
81 hand you herewith $1,000 to
back up the following challenge:
Il hereby challenge the winner of
the Stecher-Lewis match today, to
wrestle> Marin Plestina a finish
time within sixty days for side
match, two falls out of three any
bet of $4,000 (ten thousand dollars)
or any part of it, and further the
winner to take all the gate receipts.
If this challenge is accepted, time
and place to be agreed upon.
IF the winner of this match will
not meet Plestina then this offer
goes for Caddock, Pesek, or any
other wrestler in America.
"Plestina is now under the man
agement of Bernarr McFadden>pub-
Usher of the Physical Culture Maya
zine, Ney York. Mr.. McFadden is
known throughout the world as, a
sportsman of the highest type and
one of our greatest opponents of
good health and clean sports
Il am just in receipt Of COM
munication from Mr.. McFadden au-
thorizing me to say that he will back
Plestina in a finish match, two falls
out of three against Stecher, Zbysz-
ko, Lewis, Caddock or Pesek for all
or any part of $4,000.
This money will be left in your
hands for ten days, which is ample
time for any of these wrestlers to
speak up.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
Today's Calendar Of Sports.

Racing: Summer meeting Of Kentucky
Jockey club. at LatOnia, Ky. Summer
meeting Of Queens County Jockey club, at
Aqueduct, L. ].
Rowing: Opening Of Henley Regetta.
on the Thames river, England. Pacific
coast championship regatta, at San Fran
cisco. Annual regatta Of New England
Amateur Rowing ssociation, at Boston.
Yachting: Annual regatta OF Lake
Michigan Yacht association, at Chicago.
Motorboat: Annual regatta Of Missis-
sippi Valley Power Boat association, at
Moline. Ill.
Athletics: National meet Of American
Industrial Athletic association, at Gary,
Shooting: Trapshooting championship
Of United states army and navy. at WASH
ington. ID. {.
Bench show: Annual show Of Youngs-
town co., Boston Terrier club.
Tennis: California sectional doubles
championship, at Los Angeles.
Boxing: Jess Willard VS.. Jack Dempsey,
IL rounds, at Toledo, o., for worlds heavy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
Chamber Of Commerce
Plans Royal Welcome
For Omaha Ball Team

The Chamber Of Commerce is
behind a movement to make next
Wednesday Allied Organizat ton day
at Rourke park. That day. Bill
Rourke's base bali team, after
month away from home, returns and
meets the Oklahoma City club.
Chamber of Commerce members are
preparing to boost for the game and
secure a large attendance.
Fl the plans as now being worked
out fully mature, the Chamber of
Commerce drum corps will headea
parade of business and professional
men, all of whom will go to the ball
park, spread over the grandstand
and bleachers, and there root for the
Omaha team. ~
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
Maps Release Turner.

Cleveland, July 3.-Terry Turner,
dean of the American league base
ball players, was given ten days
notice of unconditional release by
the Cleveland club today. He had
been a member of the local team
Is years. All the other American
league clubs waived on his release,
which was made necessary to keep
within the player limit, it was an
nounced.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04

weight championship. Jack Britton vs..
Johnny Griffiths, Is rounds, at Canton, O.
Pete Herman VS.. Dick Griffin, 10 rounds.
at Fort Worth. Mike Gibbons VS.. jeff
Smith, / Grounds, at Kansas City. john
ny Dundee VS.. Harvey Thropp, Is rounds,
at Kansas City. Harry Greb vs.. Bill
by Hughes VS.. Earl Puryear, Is rounds. at
Tulsa, Okl. Dick LOadman VS.. Walter
Stewart, 10 rounds, at Wheeling, w. Va.
Joe Lynch VS.. "Kidv Wolfe, Is rounds, ut
10 rounds, at Allentown, Pa. Otto Wall
lace VS.. kid" Carter, is rounds, at Ell
Paso, Tex.
Automobile: One-hundred- mile race at
Sheepshead Bay IN. W speedway.
Wrestling: Finish match between Joe
Stecher and STRANGER" Lewis, at Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-04
ToDAY'S FEATURE EVENT.
Wrestling match. (
3 u. m. at Auditorium


3 p. m. at Auditorium.
Joe Stecher, weight 215 pounds.
Stranger Lewis, weight 235
pounds.
To a finish, best two in three
falls.
Purse, 80 per cent of gross, es-
timated at $4,000.
Winner take all.
Doors open | p. m.
Tom Ray, Omaha favorite mid
dleweight, VS.. Charlie Lawson,
middleweight champion of the
navy.
Joe Smeal, 250-pound training
partner of Stecher, VS.. Bill Dris-
ty, Omaha heavyweight.
Referee, Earl Caddock.
Promoter, Gene Melady.
Manager, Carl Marfisi.
Announcer, Dave Stevens.
Special entertainment, Parker's
jazz band and Geographic returns
direct from the ringside of the
Willard-Dempsey fight in Toledo.