Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-25
DOCTORS MAKE A BIG WAGER
Put Up $4,000 as Earnest Of Faith in
Ability to Cure Consumption.
LIFE CONVICT PARDeEED FOR CHRISTMAS
Divided Report Of,Insuranee Commits
sion II Likely to Defeat Any
LesisIatiOn at Coming
Session.
From a staR Correspondent.l )

DIES MONIES, Dec. A.-(speeiaL. )--All
doctors Of Iowa are watching the results
of a $780, 900 bet on the results of two
methods of treating tuberculosis patients.
DIR. J. w. Kline of Fort Dodge, who su-
perintends the sanitarium for the treat
ment OF tuberculosis patients by the sun
shine and open air treatment, put up
10000 that he could cure a tubercular
patient by that method, and DIR. T. II. Lind
ley Of Cedar Rapids has put up a like
amount as an indication of his faith in be-
| ing able to cure patient by the drug
method. He does not specify what the
drug is and there is considerable mystery
surrounding the nature of the drug. which
| is known only to DIR. Lindley. The terms
of tho wager are that IL either doctor cures
his patient he is to be paid the $4,000 by
the other doctor. 1t is possible that both
patients may die, in which event neither
doctor will get anything. 1t is possible
that both doctors viii cure their patients,
in which event they will exchange checks
for $4,000. II one doctor fails and the
other succeeds the successful doctor is to
get $4,000 of the other doctors money.
The patients have been selected and the
treatment is now under way. 1t is the
most novel wager that has ever been made
in the state OF Iowa. The Iowa Medical
Journal issued today tells Of the wager.
which is attracting the attention Of the
entire medical fraternity Of the state.
Pardon for Christmas GIFT.
Governor Cummins this afternoon gave a
Christmas gift in the form OF a pardon to
Thomas Smith OF Abba, who is serving
a sentence for shooting man while doing
duty as an officer Smith arrested a
drunken man. and was assaulted by hood
/ lums, one OF whom he shot fatally. Smith
was a life convict
More strict on baby Farms.
More stringent laws In regard to baby
farms may be enacted at the coming ses-
| sion OF the legislature. Senator c. c. Dow
( ell of Polk county said today that he be-
/ ueyed the baby farms should be under the
! jurisdiction OF the state and that the in
| fants born IN them should be the wards Of
| the state. He favOrs an investigation and
! charged that sufficient is known Of their
! operations to warrant an investigation and
/ II the traffic that is reported to be going
/ on is found to exist in fact. he favored
/ placing every institution under direct juris-
diction OF the state.
No Insurance LegiHIattOn.
AS a result of the division Of the In
| surance commission IN It's report de-
| ferTed dividends II Is being predicted that
the coming legislature will not pass any
/ insurance legislation. II II does turn down
the entire commission report Il will be
doing what former legislatures have al
ways done with all commission reports.
The report Of the commission was filed
with Auditor Carroll today with the res
ervation made that supplemental state
ments win he filed by Kendall and Jones.
Wants $4,000 as Balm.
Claiming SO 600 as a balm TO her wounded
feelings for a broken vow of marriage DR.
Georgia Stewart has filed q suit against
Harry s. Gray Of this city. Miss stewar
claims that Gray broke the promise Of mar
riage. That he Is indebted 70 her for S55s II
laundry bills and other bills which he sen
to her 10 pay In addition 10 the $1,000. She
claims to have been won 20 love and adore
him while she nuTsed him through a sick