Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 18, 1920, Page 9, Image 9
Hula' , .HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 18, 1920. . , ... TO PATIENT OF MADISON IS GRAVE PfiOBLEM County Officials Encounter difficulties In Disposing of U-Um Wha Lives In Iso- lated Shack. ' Madison, Neb April 17. (Spe cial.J Officials of Madison county are encountering' difficulties in their effort to dispose ..of the case of Charles Young, who occupies a soli tary. shack near the county poor farm and whose case has been diagnosed by University . of Ne braska medical officials as leprosy. r County officials aid Father Walsh of Battle Creek are endeavoring to obtain' Young's admittance to leper colony conducted by Catholic sis ters on an island in the Mississippi river in Louisiana., The question of advance payment of $5,028 to tKat institution raises legal questions, one of 'which is whether this county can pep for a patient in an institution outside of Nebraska. ! 'f Confer On Transportation. ,tit;J jTyler, county attorney, has gene to Lincoln to confer with the rate board of health on the matter of transportation J or Young if he should ie taken to Louisiatfca. which wouiq require a special railroad car. Sheriff. C. S. Smith is the only visitor to the bleak Habitant of the unfortunate man. The sheriff goes 0lt' three times a week, taking words of cheer and provisions. The county i paying for an expensive medicine ht!ch1s said to be the only pre , seriptioo known, to science for the treatment of leprosy. Afflicted In Cuba, 'ouog believes he became alflicted while serving with the army in Cuba during the "Spanish-American war. His case has been taken up with ihe War department, whose ofc fiCll admit that he is a just charge of the government. The War depart . meat has advised county officials that an appropriation for the con struction of a leprosy hospital has bften allowed by congress. They added that no site has been selected, but that when the hospital shall have beett.f established, Johnson will be admitted. - The Catholic sisters,. writing from thr Louisiana institution, stated that they were confident Johnson can be cured of his terrible affliction. An effort is being made to have the state of Florida share in the ex pense, as Johnson's yrife is now a resident of that state and he was a citizen there before coming to Ne braska. ' -v Happy Benner Estate, . Appraised at $474,893, , LeFtWKolly toSon Ml.-.' V " ' The, estate left by the late Happy Theodora Van Wyck Benner is worth $474,893, according to an ap- 'praicement filed ir Douglas county cottrt'yesterday, . It is nearly all in valuable farms in .Otoe, Filmore and Johnson counties, Nebraska. f- Mrs. Benner died suddenly in'tier apartments, Park avenue and Leav enOfth streets, last -summer." She j wti:a daughter of United States Senator Van Wydr.-Sbe left her estate to 1ier only son. Russians and Japanese Mix Aiwa Amur With Heavy toss Vladivostokr April 17. (By the Aasdclated Fres$.)t-Beavy fighting between , Russian and Japanese forces continue at Khabarovsk, at the?lriouth of the Amur river, and casulties suffered, b each side are heavy according to reports received here..; . . - 1 V' . -. Towns along 4he . Ussuri river branch of the . Trans-siberian rail ' road,", north of here, are held by Japanese, but hundreds of Russians havragain started guerrilla warfare in,the hills. ' Arrests of Russians by Japanese here continue, but government build ings are being returned and the red ft (? is reappearing. Workmen Quit as protest ; irM' Occupation of French : Copenhagen, April 17: Reports from Oppeln, upper .Silesia, say the town is without water or light be 1 cause of a strike of the workmen in protest against 'the French occupa tion, in advance of the plebiscite in this, district. The , message alleged the" occupying troops are arresting and. ill-treating numbers of citizens. A--,general strike throughout Si lesia 4 threatened, the advices add. John Reed, Author, In Jail ' In Finland for Smuggling - " Washington, April 17 John Reed, an American magazine writer, who war, reported recently to have been executed in ' Finland, is in jail at Abo, Finland, on acharge of smug gling, aee6rdig to advices ixom the American charge d'affairs at Hel slhgfors made public tody by the State department. . Germany Faces Financial c Collapse Within One Year Berlin, April 17. Financial and economic collapse confronts 'Ger many within a year if the people do not realize the situation of the coun try and reform their methods of liv inr. eaid Dr. Wirth, minister ofthe treasury, addressing the budget com mittee of the national assembly to- dayr Campaign Speeches Made by Senators Johnson and Norrls David City, Neb..vAoril 16. Tak ing for his general text the problems that. the United States had fallen heir to as a war aftermath, Senator Hiram Johnson addressed an audi ence that taxed the capacity "f the community building here. He said lie wanted the power that hadbeen conferred on President , Wilson a greater power than was bestowed on any other man in the world repealed, and he demanded that the spotlight of public opinion be cast x A. on government administration. Sen ator Johnson argutd for a budget system in expenditures in public funds. , West Point, Neb., April 16. Speaking here in the interest of the candidacy of .Senator Hiram W. Johnson, Senator George W. Norrls declared it his belief it was neces sary to elect Senator Johnson presi dent if this country is to maintain its independence of government and promote the liberty and freedom of its people, i Senator Norris said Johnson was a representative of the common people, without funds with .which to wage, a presidential cam paign ' sucn as nis opponents are conducting." - GAS STRUCK BY OIL DRILLERS AT CRAWFORD Nebraska Town "Oil Mad" as . Well Explodes in the - Heart of the '. City. CraWfor.d, Neb.. April 17. (Spe cial Telegram,) Citizens of Craw ford 'and other western Nebraska cities vfhere drilling fofoil is in progress ayei. "oil mad" today. Values on land believed to be iu the oil strata doubled, and trebled within the past 24 hours and oil speculators from the Wyoming fields are hurrying to this locality and wiring friends to obtain leases'" for them. Business practically suspended here today and people from miles in every direction nave visited the oil Well being drilled by Fv M. Staple ton, a local banker, and W. H. Cole man, on High School Heights, in the heart of the city. The drillers today punctured a vein of a gas pocket and the' ensuink explosion was heard for eight blocks. - v Set Well on Fire. Mud, sand and water were thrown which could be seen for miles after dart! iff".' Stapleton announced, inime- to a height of 70 feet ar.d the derrick fdiatcly after the gas pocket, was ana grouna tor a a.stance ot su leet .j. lhat drilling would be con were covered with mud. The ground tmaed in an effort to find oil-bearing is covered with heavy traces of oil that burns freely. i Several oil companies have been ine flrnier managed to extract organized anions his bit from tnr- well and the roafrlhave ina(u 1IO .tfort to drill, but all from the escap-!rg gas, which can be heard Tor a considerable,, dis tance, indicates a heavypressure. The well was seUon fire by an adventuresome nwmlr of the crowd who doubted that the well contained gas. Workmen were still working at a late' hour to sap the will and extinguish the huge, roaring flame, local people, who rt t arc nipidly preparing to start drill ing at once. ..'North and west of Crawford several companies ?re now drilling and are preparing to in crease their drilling crews and work night Snd day. .' flighting den. Adv. Fixtures fiurgessG ran- Beatrice School Heads . v , Granted Wage Increase Beatrice, Neh., April 17,-r (Spe cial.) The board" of education ha iiu leased the salary of Superintend A. J. Stoddard from $3,000 to WM a year. The salary of Principal Gil bert was increased r6 $2,700 for the coming year. He formerly received $1,500. - Black Hand fficiencyV' Chicago, April 17. Efficifnty and up-to-date methods of bookkeeping have been introduced ill the "black hand" business, it 'was revealed ic the trial of 12 Italians, 10 men and 2 women, in the federal court here. Complete and Competent Home Furnishers .. "N ' 't Trli ff -Vii r" i ' i '-rV N " W ' i . .i ....... 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(Spe- IaL Showers in this section Fri ' y night put fields in such condi tion that farmers cannot work. Un ,'leia dlry weather comes "soon plant ing tP corn crop wilf tie delayed. 15 WorknMn Killed Jfadrid, April if. Fifteen work tnen;were killed and 80 wounded doting recent labor disturbances in tlul ' Asturias region, according . to report received here. Order has hts restored everywhere, it is an- ' -" 1 l Ml II III I ' Nzvo Shipments of Reed Furniture In Artistic Colors Combinations of Blue and Gold, and Brown and Gold are truly beautiful. 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