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2 A THE- OlvTAfiv auiUAl dgd: juli zo, j?sw NEW LEASE LAW CAUSES A RUSH ON OSAGE FIELD Omahans Hurrying to Wy oming Oil District to Start Development Before Act Becomes Effective. Oiualiai.s and Nebraskans have liegtm the rush to the Osage oil f irlrU in Wyoming. This rush lias been catapulted by the aiuiotiiiccmen that the new federal leasing law goes into ef- feet August 25. After that daU', all government hind will be least d direct from the Department of the Interior to the operator. The hind will be properly posted and after .30 days of advertisement will be put up for competitive bids at the federal land office within the district where the land is located. Go to Highest Bidder. Mining rights will go to the high est competent bidder, the mining lease being issued to such bidder from the secretary of the interior in Washington. Although the old method of stak ing out claims is annulled by the new leasing law, entrymen having placer mining filings covering lands ' prior .to the enactment of the bill, .still maintain preference right to operate on their claims until . Auprust 25. This is what is behind the sudden rush of Omaha rnd Nebraska men to the Osage fields. Must Start Development. They are working to get actual development under way before the time expires and the new leasing law nullifies their entries and sub sequent rights. Because of present money string ency, many entrymen are experi encing diffict'lty in financing, com panies to drill their holdings before the allotted time is expired. The new leasing law was passed with the intention of driving out ''wild cat" oil ventures to as great an extent as posible. Present exigencies indicate the moneyed oil speculators will have tne edge on the smaller entrymen. Republican Party Has Advantage in Sure Vote (Continud From I'age One.) Dakota, 5; Ohio, 24; Utah, 4; Wis consin 13; Wyorning,'3. Some of these states doubtless will emerge from the uncertain class vas the campaign progresses, hut OYio, the home state of both candidates, is going to be a political cockpit this year up to balloting time. New York and Nev Jersey, banner republican states since the days of Cleveland, with the excep tion of 1912, are in the doubtful list largely because of widespread wart sentiment in this territory favoring Cox Wilson Ideas Hurt Cox. ,-At the same time Cox will be weakened in New York and New jersey by his acceptance of Presi dent Wilson's sta id on the league of nations, the Irish element in both states already showing signs of dis satisfaction with the democratic nominee on this score. In this con nection it is worthy of note that democratic leaders have abondoned hope of carrying Illinois since Cox came out for the Wilson league. The Nonpartisan league creates the element of doubt in North Da kota and Minnesota. The league controls North Dakota and is said to be in a fair way to capture the balance of ' power in Min nesota. The situation there will be clouded till the league comes out fqr a candidate. La Follette Controls Wisconsin. If La Follette should remain reg- Hijar mere would be no doubt ot Harding carrying Wisconsin, and he may do so in any event, for Hughes won the state without any appreci able help from the senator. If Cox should carry all of the states classed as probably demo cratic, nc wouia nave aitogetner, 190 votes. He still would need 76 Votes. If he failed to carry both New York and Ohio he would need nearly all of the votes of the other doubtful states to round out. a ma jority. If Harding 'should realize his minimum expectations he will have 223 votes outside of the doubtful states. He would then need 43 votes. New (York alone could give him the victory without his own state, un less California should slip from his grasp as it did trom Hughes in 1916. If he carried Ohio but lost New York and California he wouljt still need 32 votes from a list of doubtful states having only 49 votes alto gether, i Cass County Assessment Increased 50 Per font . Plattsmouth, Neb., July 24. (Spe cial.) Cass county's assessment shows a 50 per cent advance over thafTof last year, according to Coun- rji .-i!c.-jui vj. i, j.' ii icy, w no nas just returned from the assessors' convention at Lincoln. Mr. Farley states that while higher than that of some counties, it is a very good average for over the state gener ally. Boy Scouts Are Honored ; At Plattsmouth Circus - Plattsmouth, Neb., July 24. (Spe cial.) Friday was Boy Scout day in Plattsmouth at the Bargains Cir cus and a large number of scouts fnjm surrounding towns were pres ent. Prizes awarded the best troops went to the Plattsmouth and Glen wood (Iowa) troops, respectively. In addition there were many other prize events and entertainments for the visiting lads. Threshing: Accident. " ' t Plattsmouth. Neb., July 24. (Spe cial.) Oscar Capen, a young farmer, "living southwest of this city, had his right arm drawn Into k thrrtking separator and badly lacerated. Favor Consolidated School. ', Plattsmouth, Nb.7 July 24 (Spe- j-Iot 1 A enprial let!on the oeo- k of Murdock yoted, W to 56, in fevoc of a consolidates fcnooi, Missionary Doctor, a Former Omahan Brings Hope to Unfortunate Lepers i i i i,'"T''''i'iriaMiiMiiiaiiMBMMmi I i wr-TPwiiiiiiii i r-- IWITfT m A partial view of the Mary L, Thirty-two years ago a young doc tor went from Umaha to tar-away Siam, dedicating his life to Chris tian self-sacrifice such as is rarely heard of in the annals of man. The young doctor's name was J, W. McKean. He is a nephew of C. F. McGrew of Omaha and his name is known throughout the world for the relief he has brought to thou sands of sufferers from two of hu manity's most horrible diseases, lep rosy and smallpox. Leprosy a Biblical Scourge. - In the time of Christ, leprosy was the horrid scourge of many people. They were compelled to live entire ly apart from their fellowmen. "Unclean! Unclean!" was their mel ancholy cry whenever people ap proached them. Throughout the centuries that have intervened thousands have been af flicted with this dreaded disease and have endured a living death before real death released them. Medical science has searched in vain for a cure. Omahan Finds It. In vain, until this self-secrificing Omahan discovered what is now pro nounced a cure for many cases of the disease. This cure is known as "chaulmoo gra'oil." In the American Year Book for 1915 is found an item that states that 23 lepers from the colony of Culion in the Phillippine islands MAN KNOCKED DOWN AND RUN OVER BY TRUCK H. Michel -Fights for Life While Police Search For Surgeon Driver "Arrested. II. Michel, 1506 North Eighteenth street, perhaps was fatally injured at Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets, at 4:15 Saturday afternoon when he was knocked down and run over by a heavy truck driven by Olaf Peter for the Peterson & Pegau Baking Co. ' He was taken in the police patrol to the Methodist hospital. No po lice surgeon was on duty at the station and first efforts of the po lice telephone operator to locate one were unsuccessful and the patrol proceeded to the scene of the acci dent without a doctor. Apparently a wheel of the heavy truck had passed over Michel's chest. When police arrived he was in a semiconscious condition but re vived sufficiently to whisper his name and telephone number. Police had not notified anyone at the Michel home of the accident 30 minutes after it had happened. First news of Mr. Michel's injuries were given to the family by newspaper reporters. The driver of the truck wa,s ar rested and ordered to drive to the nolice station. In leavinsr the scene of the accident he backed into the police patrol, crushing a fender. Chamber Discusses Alleged Disrespect to Brazil Rio Janeiro. Brazil, July 23. Al leged disrespect shown Brazil dur ing the recent revolution in Bolivia "by Bolivian citizens, who entered the Brazilian consulate at l-a raz, and seized a Bolivian who had taken refuge there, was discussed by the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon. The chairman of the diplomatic commission ofhe chamber express ed the opinion that the consul at La Paz had exceeded his duties in grant ing the Bolivian asylum, and that no disrespect had been shown Bra zilian sovereignty unless the ar chives of the consulate were in terfered with. .The foreign min ister was making inquiries on this point, the chairman stated. - Mexican Armies Ordered .To Keep Within the Law Mexico City, July .. 24. Orders have been issued to Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez, chk.f , of operation in the Vera Cruz district, giving instruc tions that the military forces limit themselves to executing the ruling3 of the civil authorities and avoid abuses, says .a government press bulletin today.' Gen. Arnulfo R Gomez, chief of operations in Tamaulipas, ' ; has re ported the routing' of the rebel leader. Manuel Larraga, near San Jose Del Pinto. . . . ' . v The bulletin announces that the strikes in Tampico and other parts of the country have been settled. Repair Church Property. Plattsmouth, Neb., July 24. (Spe cial.) A new parsonage and repairs to the church edifice totaling up wards of $10,000 is being made by the Methodist people of this city. A remarkable feature of; the undertak ing is that when the work is com pleted it will be free of debt, the necessary money having all Deen subscribed in advance. Hurt in Auto Accident. HaHings, Neb., July 24. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Otto Kuehn of Norfolk, Neb., who was here to at tend the silver wedding anniversary of her parents, the Revy and Mrs. Henry Braun, was seriously injured today in an auto accident, j Stoner village in after being treated with Chaulmoo gra oil were pronounced cured and sent to their homes. This is but one of many instances of cure. Back in 1888, Dr. McKean, young and with vision, left Omaha and sailed for Siam, an island inhabited by a primitive people who died like flies with any scourge that attacked them. Dead Cluttered Streets. When he arrived he found a terri ble epidemic of smallpox raging. The dead lay by the score in the streets of towns and cities and even along country roads. Incantations to their idols were the only means being used by the population to stop the ravages of the disease. Dr. McKean immediately procur ed cattle and made the smallpox vac cination virus. Though the people objected to it at first, they jBoon saw its efficacy and many thousands were vaccinated by virus from Dr. McKean's laboratories. Turns Then to Leprosy. Having stayed 'the ravages of smallpox, Mr. McKean set bravely to work on the big fight against leprosy which was dreadfully preval ent on the island. There were no hospitals or other facilities for com bating the disease. Today there are buildings worth $25,000 and an annual budget of $5,000 for this work wh' h is supported enthusiastically by the Siamese government. This n i r ii wage Dencnes run Of Whittlers Despite Farmers' Cry for Help (Continued From Page One.) community with a wide main street, well oiled, a park with a bandstand opposite the depot, large garages and a fine thriving air. It has only 2,000 people, yet it has 47 garage hands; in that one fact one finds something of significance. The town oracle, a war veteran, who once lived in Bloomington, philosophied: "Forty- reeven garage hands in a town of 2,000; doesn't that tell a story?" Most of them work only a day or two a week. Even men who take jobs tip the farms don't work as they used to. They put in seven or eight hours a day and then quit; the farmer can't get them to work longfr. They just stop. And the farmer has to come to town and take them to work in his auto and bring them back in the car and they insist on being paid for the time they are on the way go ing and coming. That's the reason the farmer is stretching himself and doing more work and working longer hours himsftlf. ArcrY Murderer Accused Of Still Another Crime Los Angeles, Cal., July 24. A tel egram asking if Mose Gibson, ne gro, who, according to the polite, has confessed to seven murders, ad mitted murdering Mrs. Susan B. Clark and Mrs. Laura Marshall at Orange City Junction, Fla., Novem ber 11, 1919, was received here to day by Sheriff J. C. Cline from Sher iff Lee Morris of Delande, Fla. Offi cers yesterday said Gibson con fessed he murdered one woman at Orange City Junction in November, 1919. Gibson is in the state penitentiary I at ian yuentin unaer sentence to hang September 24 for his confessed murder of Roy Trapp, Fullerton, Cal.) rancher. Sheriff Morris, in his telegram, asked if Gibson said a white man was implicated in the Orange City Junction murder. He said both Gib son and a 'white man, whose name he did not know, were suspected. Lipton Gets His Thirteenth Cat From Admirers On Board the Steam Yacht Vic toria, July 24. (By Wireless to the Associated Press.) Sir Thomas Lipton sat in the shade under the striped canopy rigged over the af terdeck of the Victoria today, di viding his time between conferences with his chief yachting advisers and listening to his secretary who read aloud the cable message and aelh grams which -poured .in with cheer snd encouragement from all parts of the world. "- Of the many presents which Sir Thomas has received from admirers since he began his fourth attempt to lift the America s Cup, the most popular variety has been cats. The Irish baronet received his 13th pedigreed kitten today. Fire Causes Big Loss in ' Hardy Business District Hardy, Neb., July "24. (Special Telegram.) The Goqdricji. garage, community ice houses.: blacksmith shop and coal hotisesJ'here were de stroyed by fire arid the hotel was threatened, but put out with little damage. The fire started in the garage and six. automobiles and a large quantity of supplies were burned. Exploding barrels of oil handicapped the firemen. Insurance on the garage and stock had been allowed to elapse a few days before the fire. Gage County Elevator Closed by Car Shortage Beatrice, Neb., July 24. (Special) H. B. Hall, manager) of the Farm ers elevator at Hoag, northeast of here, closed the plant because it "mis full to the roof with new wheat and no cats to move the grain. He says that similar conditions exist at Ellis, Harbine, Holmesville and other pointf n fie ounty Siam. amount of money represents much more in Siam than it would here and the buildings are quite extensive. Plans are being made for a $75, 000 system of hospitals, laboratories and domitories for treatment of lep rosy. Fourteen cottages, each to ac commodate two patients have been built and named in honor of Mary Stoner, a missionary in the Siam field. A large mission has also been erected for holding of meetings. All lepers are of the Christian faith. Diseased Live in Colonies. The leper community is divided into colonies under the direction of Dr. McKean, each colony being un der direction of a headman. The headmen decide all important mat ters in council, levy taxes, assign punishments and duties. The pa tients who are able to work, make gardens, farm and build roads. Lepers today in this colony do not live a life of hopelessness. With his discovery of Chaulmoogra oil, the light of hope came into the life of every jepA not only there but in all parts of the world. A great num ber, after treatment, hypodermically, with this oil, are said to be absolute ly cured. Others are greatly re lieved. Research aiM- investigation in Dr. McKean's laboratories have also es tablished the fact that leprosy is not ordinarily contagious by touch but is usually hereditary. 1 , Cox Gets Down to Work On His Formal Speech Dayton, O., July 24. Here to write his address accepting the democratic presidential nomination August 7, Governor Cox today hoped to end all political confer ences until his speech is sent to the printer. Considerable first hand informa tion ior his address was expected by Governor Cox from callers today. Shipping and general commercial affairs ' were topics he planned to discuss with Edward Hurley of Chicago, former shipping board chairman and with O. E. Bradfute, Xenia, O., former industrial , com missioner, the governor was to dis cuss industrial relations and agri cultural interests. Coal Miners of Kansas Prepare to Quit in Week Pittsburg, Kan., July 24. A strike of the' Kansas cl miners next week is impending. Alexander Ho wat, president of the Kansas min ers, asserted today. He said the miners would start cleaning up the mines Monday preparatory to a walkout. The strike, , it was ex plained, will be in protest of fines levied against the miners for refrain ing from working on Saturday. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN YOUR TEETH? "Whether you are or not, they are interested in you and are working to keep you healthy, strong and efficient. The least you can do is to have your teeth carefully examined and any needed work done in the best possible manner. Our systematized methods, highly skilled operators, protective guarantee and reasonable prices are meeting with merited appreciation throughout Omaha a,nd vicinity. 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Trimble, secretary of the Ak-Sar-Ben Exposition com pany, announced yesterday arrange ments arc completed for Interna tional Motor Contest association au tomobile races on the Ak-Sar-Ben dirt track on Saturday, September 18. The I. M. C. A. has over 200 drivers, all professionals licensed at present, according tQ, Secretary A. R. Corey of Des Moines, la. Among the drivers on the list on July 1 were Sig Haugdahl, dirt track champion; Fred Horey, Louis Disbrow, R. Burr Lairmkin, Lion Duray, Dave Coet zle, Floyd Willard, George Clark, Bill Endicott, Rowe Brainerd, Bob Maley, Les Allen, Bob Cline, Verne Soules, Jimmy Taft, Harry Gil christ, Charles Reynolds, Al Jenni son, Ray Claypool, Roy LaPlante and Jules Ellingboe. The Ak-Sar-Ben fall festival, which will be held on September 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, will be markecTalso by some of the best horse racing ever witnessed in Omaha, according to Mr. Trimble. Some of the best horses in America have been entered in the early closing events, he says. "The entries received in the 2:11 pace, the 'Ak-Sar-Ben,' for a purse of $1,500, indicates this event will be the best race of the year for the en tire middle west," declared Mr. Trimble. "The 2:12 trot, the 'Ne-Bras-Ka,' for a purse of $1,500, is another top-liner, and has 21 of the best trotters eligible to that class entered. "In these two events high-class horses are entered from Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Texas, Kansas Colorado, Arkansas, Manitoba, On tario, California, Oklahoma and Min nesota." i The steel and concrete grand stand at Ak-Sar-Ben field seating j 8,500 persons, should be completed for the fall festival, according to Mr. j Trimble. ! I Hastings Woman Injured When She Trips on Stone Hastings, Neb., - July 24. (Spe cial Telegram.) Mrs. W. E. An drews, wife of Representative W. E. Andrews, suffered scalp wounds and body bruises this afternoon when she slipped and fell on a stair way in their bungalow. She was taken to the hospital. Wahoo Community Club' Holds Outdoor Picnic Wahoo. Neb.. July 24. (SpeciaL) The Wahoo Community club held their second outdoor picnic to their members and mends on tne nign school grounds in Wahoo Friday night. The picnic was followed by a short program and the regular Friday night band concert. , Gage County Farm Near Filley Sold for $350 an Acre Reatrice, Neb., July 24. (Special.) Ferdinand Hoyle, living four miles east of Beatrice, sold his farm of 160 acres to John Dorn of the pi.lley vicinity for $350an acre. Mr. Hoyle purchased the farm, which is well improved, 14 years ago for $90 aii acre. McKenney Dentists Updike Grain Co. Asks to Cancel Its Warehouse Permits Lincoln, Neb., July 24. (Special.) The State Railway comission re received notice from the Updike Grain Co., asking that warehouse permits issued for its elevators at 10 different stations be cancelled. The Updike company takes this action after being advised "of the opinion of the rail board counsel that elevators holding public ware house permits must accept all grain offered for storage so long as there is room for it. The elevators affected ar located at Aurora-, Hastings, Clay Center, Morse Bluffs, Bruno, Seward, Goh ner, North Omaha, Eldorado- and Harvard. Up to date 25 warehouse per mits have been issued, including the one canceled by the Updike com pany. Nine applications for per mits were received Saturday, six be ing from the Bartlett Grain Co. at Nebraska City. New Orleans Grocers Sell Much Sugar fof 22 Cent? New Orleans, July 24. Granu lated sugar was being extensively retailed at 22 cents a pound here to day. One leading grocer announced he would sell as high as 100 pounds to a customer. 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During evangelistic services in his home town Love went forward and declared to the evangelist that he had clubbed his mother to death be cause she had reprimanded him for. Young Love was one of the prin cipal witnesses against his father, Henry Love, who was convicted by a jury and hanged at Owen Sound, Ont., for the crime. While the evi dence against him had been mostly circumstantial, on the scaffold the father made what was believed to be a confession of his guilt. The son grew up into manhood a prosperous farmer and the tragedy of his life was apparently buried until he attended the evangelistic You Are Ind To Visit Our Display cijK? Authentic Fair Fashions . . They are interesting as an indication of the season's style tendencies; they are most ad mirable examples of the fineness of fabric ; and craftsmanship which charactrizes Thompson-Belden clothes. We shall be very glad to show you these early arrivals whether you are a-buying or merejy looking. 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