Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1924, Page 18

CATIEIVFEGTON BREAKS OLT AREW 6,000 Acres Under Guard as Foot-and-Mouth Disease Appears in Texas. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., September 27.—A second outbreak of the foot-and- mouth disease was discovered late to- day in the 6,000-acre area near here which is under strict guard to pre- vent spread of the malady. Announcement of the new outbreak was made by Dr. W. R. Cotton, Gov- ernment expert from Washington, who said he had definitely diagnosed the d among catile on the Perry-McFadden ranch, near Web- ater. Tex. This ranch is slightly north of the ra¥ch of the Rev. William States Sacobs, where the epidemic first was discovered in a herd of Brahma cattl With the definite diagnosis today of the malady affecting 400 head Brahmas on the ranch of Dr. Jacob: as the foot-and-mouth disease. plans Were put into operation to hold the disease in cheek. Seventy-five men, guards, inspectors and laborers were thrown into the ranch, and before night 6,000 acres of land and 1100 head of cattle were under guard This force was expected to be aug- Monday, with the prob- ultimately 1,000 men might be engaged in the task Embargo Is Invoked. The State live stock and sanitary n issued an official quaran tine today on all of Harris and Gal- veston Counties and all that part of Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties East of the Brazos River, prohibiting the movement of live stock either within these counties or out of them. Live stock already in transit on railroads was not affected by the order. The quarantine was extended to dressed carcasses of all ruminants and their hides or wool, as well as to all prod- ucts of the soil, including hay, grain bio al products manufactured in the quarantined territory, trees, £Tass, shrubs, flowers and green house lants. P he quarantine first was extended to dairy products, but was modified durir & day to permit their ship ment after they had been sterilized and placed in containers approved by an inspector attached to the com- mission Governor Ix Summoned. During the day Gov. Pat M. Neff was notified of the progress being made to check the disease. It was recognized that the struggle wouid entail the expenditure of a large sum of money, and the governor agreed to come to Houston tomorrow for a conference. Trenches were dug today by a steam shovel for the burial of the in- fected cattle which are scheduled to be destroyed Monday, according to present plans. Probably one-half of the Jacobs herd will be sacrificed, it was stated. Poison bait was scat- tered today to kill any dog, wolf or other animal that might wander onto the ranch. All automobile traffic be- tween Galveston and Houston was Stopped except over a detour. While these precautions were being taken Dr. Marton Imes was sum- moned from his home in California, which recently was the center of an infection. He will take charge of the Bureau of Animal Industry forces in Texas during the fight to eradi- cate the disease. Plans to conserve the Fort Worth live stock market, the largest in the State, were made, and included per- mission to ship cattle from outside the infected area if they were un- loaded in daylight and promptly in- spected. There have been several theories re- garding the origin of the disease in this State. The theory that the disease had developed through contact with a number of Brahma buils imported from Mexico found little support from J. E. Boog-Scott of Fort Worth, chairman of the State live stock and sanitary com- miesion, who said they had been sub- mitted to blood tests by the federal Gov- ernment before becoming attached to the herd. It was possible, Boog: they might be “c in tt said, that S" of the disease se that @ person might | arrier of typhoid fever germs. Source Ix Sought. “We are looking for the source of in- fection in every port of the United States,” Boog-Scott eaid today. He in- dicated it was possible it might have come through the port of Galveston and been due to the operation of bootleg- gers. This theory extended to the prob- ability that germs of the foot and mouth disease might easily have become attached to the material used in pack- ing liquors from foreign countries and smuggled into Texas. A number of dis- mantled packing cases which had the appearance of having held liquor of a foreign brand have been found on the infected ranch. : Another theory, which ~Boog-Scott was careful to say was merely one of the possibilities, was that the germs had come from Japan through the port of Vancouver in eceds shipped to a nursery conducted by Japanese within @ few hundred feet of the area where the infection was first found. Tonight the members of the State Jive stock sanitary commission, the Federal forces and the State and County officials viewed with satisfaction the steys that have been taken to prevent & spread of the disease. The swiftness with which plans have been executed moved them to hope that the struggle might not be of as long duration as in other States, WEALTHY BALTIMOREAN MONOXIDE GAS VICTIM Ernest J. Knabe Found Dead in Garage Following Wife’s Death Day Before. Brecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 27.—Ernest J. Knabe, former president of the William Wilkins Company and one time president of the Knabe Piano Company, was found dead this after- moon in his garage, in the rear of his home, Fairfield, Irvington. The en- gine of an auto Mr. Knabe had been fixing was running. Death was due to carbon monoxide gas, Coroner Thomas B. Horton said. Mrs. M. Nellie Knabe, Mr. Knabe's wife, died at St. Agnes’ Hospital yes- terday, after a long illness. She had been stricken early in the summer, and three weeks ago her illness be- came 8o serious that she had to be taken to the hospital Mr. Knabe held during the war a Commission of major in the United States Army. He served in the Ord- nance Department and was stationed at Washington. Until his retirement last year from active business life he had been pres- ident of the Willlam Wilkens Com- pany; prior to this he was head of the Knabe Plano Company, which his grandfather founded, holding that poosition until the concern merged with the American Plano Company. ! France Bans Fish Exports. PARIS, September 27.—In continua- tion of the government's effort to WILBUR AND AIDES JOIN ROW ON PLAY Navy Effort to Censor “What Price Glory” Carried to Capital. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK. September 27.—The fight against the play “What Price Glory,” which has offended the eensibili- ties "of Navy officers, Including Rear Admiral Plunkett, has been carried to Washington. ‘While Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard at Governors Island was denying today any part in the attempts to censor the war play, it was made known that a copy of the play had been sent by Ad- miral Plunkett to Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, who handed it to Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer, judge advocate of the Navy, whose report is awaited by the Secretary. The latter made known further that the play in its undeleted first version had been read at the Navy Department. Wilbar Gives View. Secretary Wilbur took the position that while it was purely a “local mat- e judge advocate, using would not want to “see the uniform dishonored by people who might want to make sport of military or Navy matters.” Regarding the profanity found objec- tionable, which no longer appears in the text, Secretary Wilbur remarked that if once characteristic of the service, it was not now typical of the present Ma- rine Corps. While indicating that he was walting the report of the advocate general, Sec- retary Wilbur was inclined to the be- lief from his information on the play that there was discredit to the uniform in_connection with its presentation. It was because of this alleged dis- credit to the uniform and not because of the deleted profanity that Govern- ment officers were counted on to stop the play, under a eection of the Revised Statutes which prohibits wearing of the uniform on the stage when it tends to bring the service into disrepute. Doubts Case in Courts. A complaint still is lodged with the office of United States Attorney Hay- ward, who has not indicated any action, and is thought to believe that the case would not hold in the courts. Col. Hay- ward has refused to be drawn into the controversy. Gen. Builard’s disclaimer of any part steps to censor or halt the play, which tells the story of Marine and Army life during the war, and was written by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings of the World staff, is more pointed in that his| name was originally mentioned in | Mayor Hylan's letter to Commissioner of Licenses Quigley as among those who might sit in at a conference to consider objections to the play—a conference which Gen. Bullard failed to attend. Made No Complaint. But Gen. Bullard made clear that there had been some misunderstand- ing. He said: “I have made no com- | plaint, nor caused any complaint to be made to the mayor or any other authority on the play, ‘What Price Glory,' or any other play. Further- more, I have not been invited by the mayor or any other authority to take part in the censorship. That is all I have to say.” It was said at Gen. Bullard's office he had not attended the play, and that none of his staff had attended in official capacity as critic. Nor will members of his staff be sent to in- vestigate. The general, it was explained, had received complaints against “What Price Glory.” but from the time his name was first mentioned in connec- tion with censorship he has tried to make clear that he was not officially a party. That an Army officer sent by him had found the United States uniform held up to ridicule was also denled by Gen. Bullard. Commenting upon the effort to stop the play, the Churchman, an Epis- copalian weekly, says in the current number: “When the Mayor of New York appointed Admiral Plunkett and Gen. Bullard to censor the produc- tion, ‘What Price Glory,’ a war play, by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings, the impression was given hat the order was {ssued because of objection to certaln profane lines in the play. The public was confused. 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