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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1919)
THE BEE: OMAHA', THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 191ft YOUTH WEEPS AT NOTE WRITTEN BY DEAD GIR.L LOVE Bitterly- Deplores Failure To, Take Seriously , Her Threats of v - Suicide. Silently weeping beside the bier of his sweetheart,' Laura Kenny, 19- year-old beauty, who swallowed poi son Tuesday noon following a threat of her lover that he was go ing away, Jesse Cook, 17 years old, 1211 Pierce street, clutched a soul ful note left him by the dead girl. The note was found pressed fgain&t'the heart of the dead girl Tuesday night at the undertaking parlors of Korisko Brothers, 1-230 South Thirteenth street. .When the youthfuV lover ot the Kenny girl visited the undertaking Darters yesterday to view the re mains ot ins sweetheart, he was handed the note. He read it, then burst into tears as he clutched it. A Broken Heart" The note read: "Dear Jesse: I told you that no other man will love me but you, and 1 am going to make my word good and try to break your heart forevci "And, Dearie, you said that no one could part us, but I have found out different, so you can love, then, and you can sit down and think of what I told you when I am gone. "Dearie, you let my sister know and she will take care of me. re member that I died with & broken heart' You have my sister's address ... jim iwv, aim ivuvn, "So goodby, love. "Ana I guess you and all the Vest cf them are satisfied. Your love wift Laura to my, true love man." Sitter on Way Here. Mrs. Martha Sage, 909 Easton treet, Chillicothe, Mo., a sister of the suicide victim, has been notified and js on her way to Omaha to take charge of the body. The Kenny girl bought a vial of carbolic acid the day before with money given her by her lover, Jesse Cook. The girl and young Cook met four months ago at- the Star hotel, Thirteenth and Leavcnwoith streets, Cook said.' . "I fell in love with her," he stated, "and, ai mother is dead, I asked pa j f Laura could live wkh us. He con sented." The Kenny girl had been making , Iter home with them sipce. Only vJoWnT," He Says. . Two. days ago, Cook told his sweetheart that he was going to Atchison, Kan., with his uncle. The girl grew despondent over the threat. Cook said, and Tuesday morning began to te- e him about his going away. . . , "I joked with her," the boy said. "I told her I wouldn't be gone long and would come back to her." At this, the girl cried and ran into the bedroom, Cook told police. She was seen to come Into the kitchen again xand got some writing paper and a pencil. Several moments later Cook heard her call- from the 'bed room: "Jess, you'd better come to me or you'll never come again." Cook Is Heartbroken. I "I thought she was joking," Cook A scream from the girl, and Cook ran into the room only to find his sweetheart in agony after having swallowed a vial of poison. Police were notified, and the girl was car ried to the drug store of Emil Cer rtiak, 1264 South Thirteenth street Here she died in the arms of her lover who was administering anti dotes to her. ... "Goodby, Jess," were the dying girl's last words. Cook is . heart broken over the affair. Aged Man and Wife' . Found Dead; Children Did Not Know of Need Wsymouth, Mass., Dec. 17. Henry snd Louise G. Nutting, aged, respectively, 87 and 82 years, were found dead in their home, victims of told and privation. v Thess two lifelong companions, who daring a long and fruitful mar ried life had faced together the hap piness and sadness of life, had ac cepted proudly and without flinching the tragic hardships that marked their end, and died together with out any appeal to the- outer world for aid. Although a married daughter, Mrs. Adeline Humphries, lived as near as Brain tree, the aged parents had re frained from making known their need, even to one so near and dear With practically no food in tht house and no fuel, the cause of the deaths was only too apparent The old people even had but scant) flrttfifner Thj wnman. uraa f rum A sitting in a rocking chair, wrapped in a comforter. Her husband lav on the floor, one arm outstretched in the direction of the door, as though the end had come while he was endeavoring to' summon aid. Christmas Divorce Rush Is Under Way in Chicago Chicago, Dec. 17. The Christmas rush for divorces is on in Chicago. Court attaches say ..they can't explain this Christmas divorce rush, but say that the number of divorce appli cations invariably increases around the Yuletide holidays. Close to 100 divorces were issued one day by Judge McDonald and, court attaches say, indications are that the demand this year will be heavier ihan usual Farmers to Kill Stock Because of Cost of Feed - Lakeview, Mich., Dec. 17. Farm ers in this section are killing their horses and selling the hides on ac count of the high cost of ieed for stock. Scores of work animals used in cultivating crops during the past summer have been bought by hide dealers, the farmers, rather than see the faithful servants starve, prefer to kill or sell them. 'Horses valued at $250 a year ago are selling for from 150 to $75 now. - i ' Omaha Women Vote $1000 to National Suffrage Fund Draft for Largest Amount Ever Subscribed by Ne braska Society to Be Sent Carrie Chapman Cat ImmediatelyPresent Board to Be Retained. - A draft of $1,000 will be sent at once to lrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National Suffrage association, as a gift from the Omaha Equal Franchise society, to help win adoption of the federal suf frage amendment . v Leaders in the franchise society say this is the largest sum, so far as they know, ever sent the national suffrage organization from a Ne braska group. Mrs. Charles E. Johannes, president, conducted the short business session at the Y. W. C A. Wednesday afternoon, at which the money was voted. Mrs. Irving F. Baxter, treasurer, will se cure the draft. To Aid Favorable Action. This money, which goes, to the national organization for ' use in gaining favorable action on the amendment in doubtful states, has been earned during the administra tion of iour presidents, Mesdames E. S. Rood. I. M. Metcalf. Charier. E.' Johannes and Miss Mona Cowell. The greater, part of it came through a series of lectures given bv Dr. Fred Morrow Fling, head of ' the European history department. Uni versity of Nebraska. Memberships, oazars and parties also added to the jmCfitrles &JolMIie The recommandation coveririe the expenditure was drawn by Mrs. W. B. Fonda, Miss Ruth Mills and Mrs. Halleck Rose. It reads in part: 'Whereas, The Equal Franchise society went on record at the. state suffrage convention in 1917 to sup port the federal amendment until such time as the amendment became a national act, and Prsent Board Retained. "Whereas, The amendment was passed in 1919 and has been ratified by 19 states (increased to 22 since the amendment was drawn), and wnereas, ihe national suffrage committee through the national ores itlent, Carrie . Chapman Catt, has made a very urgent request for funds to continue the campaign for com pleting the ratification by the re maining states: "We recommend that the equal franchise board jend, with a brief letter to the national president, Car ne Chapman Catt, $1,000 for cam paign purposes." Upon motion it was voted that the present board remain intact and transact the business of the organ ization until the society shall see fit to disband or reorganize. British Deny Report That Hostile Persians Killed Off Uarrison London, Dec. 17. Official denial of the report circulated by the Rus sian bolsheviki that hostile Per sians had massacred the British gar rison of 1,300 men at Meshed, Per sia, was made by the war office today. Ihe announcement stated that this report "had been repeated to the war office without comment bv the officer commanding at Meshed three days after the alleged destruction of himself and his command." The dispatch from the Meshed com mander was received at i o'clock this afternoon. It is declared by officials here that the report was obviously bolshevik propaganda intended to stir up trou ble in the eastr particularly in In dia. Many Italian Families Adopt Austrian Boys and Girls Rome, Dec. 17. Many Italian families have asked to adopt or edu cate Austrian children being brought into Italy from Vienna to save them from starvation. Of more than 2,000 girls and boys w.ho already have arrived in Italy none thin far, it is said, is an orphan. I he little folks range between the ages of 4 and 10. You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Goes Dry s You never miss the coal 'till the miners strike. You never miss the money 'till it is gone ,and you. face an emer gency. . All through life we meet the unexpected. Whether it be opportu nity or adversity, it often finds us unpre pared. And usually we are most unprepared finan , cially to deal with, the emergency that unex- pectedly arises. Open a savings ac count today in the Sav ings Department of the First. Add to it regu larly and the unexpect ed, whether it be good fortune or bad, will find you fully prepared. ' First National sankof Omaha Straet Floor Entrance - Either Farnam or Sixteenth Street Door Established 18S7 , A Yearly Christinas Gift An Oliver Typewriter Latest model No. 9, brand new, for the Christmas season, $52 cash f .o.b. Omaha. - - - We have been able to secure only a limited amount of ma chines and the supply has been cat off owing to the factory being shut down for lack of coal. Buy NOW and save $5 from .the reg ular price. Regular price $57. Our cash discount $5. Central typewriter Exchange 1905 Farnam St. . " . .... Douglas 4121 My Heart and My Husband ADELE GARRISON'S New Phase of 4 Revelations of a Wife" The Way Lillian Managed Katie and Jim. Katie answered the summoning Deu promptly. "You vsnt something, Meesis Graham?" she asked smiling at me. "No; l m the one , who wants something. Katie," Lillian said. "Is Jim anywhere around?" "He down in kitchen helping me do dishes. We going to the movies soon as we get feexed." . Her voice expressed the strone nope tnat no task ot Lillian s would upset the plan for the "movies." My mend s eyes twinkled, but her voice was grave.. I don t want Tim to do anvthinsr tonight that will keep you from the movies, she said. "But I ve heard of a desk and drawing board that I want- to buy. I need them while I'm here with Mrs. Graham, and I find I can .get a bargain in them, But they won't deliver them, so I want Jim" . Oh. dot Teem I He Bet anything like dot so easy." Katie interrupted with sublime ignorance of her im pertinence. "I run, tell heem you vant.to see heem in dot shake' of sheep's tail! -1 feenish dishes opp qveeck, and we knot be late by movies?" Her voice was wistful. I won t keep him five minutes," Lillian promised, and before a simi lar interval of time had elapsed, Jim, awkward but with honesty rnd eagerness to please written all over his face, knocked at the door and entered. I confess I waited with curious interest to hearwhat Lillian would say to Jim. I had caught my breath with admiration at the clever manner in which the had forestalled Katie's possible curiosity by telling her the truth, which yet was not a truth. Jim would be able to go upon his errand without being annoyed by questions from his temperamen tal wife. I could imagine the life Tim would lead if Katie got an idea that he was employed upon some mys terious errsnd which he must keep a secret from her. She would have the truth out of him in no time. But with Katie satisfied,. I Knew that Jim would volunteer no further in formation to her, and as for his be traying our confidence to anyone else I knew that wild horses could not draw a single syllable from him. ' "Sit down, Jim," Lillian pushed forward a chair, and he sat down in it awkwardly. "Did Katie tell you what we wanted of youf "She said something about you wanting me to get a desk and a board from some place that wouldn't deliver them," he replied slowly, evidently anxious to get his message straight. "That's what we want Katie to think, and you must not tell her otherwise," Lillian said impress sively. ' I saw a startled look flash into Jim's eyes, but he impassively kept silent; waiting for her next words. "Mrs. Graham and I have a friend who is in serious.- trouble, Lilr.an went on slowlv. "There is a way in which we can help her by keeping a desk which belongs to her unti she is able to take care of it herself. But it must not be known to certain people that Mrs. Graham has the desk- Lillian paused, evidently for he more careful framing of her words. But I was watching Jim s open face, At the pronoun, "her" wh'ch Lillian had used I had seen an incredulous look flash into his eyes, and suspect eo that Jim had recognized the fact that the friend we were trying to help and shield was Kenneth Stock bridge. "I do not know iust vet where vou will be sent after the desk, Lillian went on. "But I want you to be ready all day tomorrow to go any where at a minute's .notice, and above all things, you must give Katie no inkling that your errand is other than she thinks. I am telling you this now so that you may real- is -wuBEMmmm i GirivriTuis COMPANY 3. B. COIt. tetb A JACKSON STS. mm? A Great "Before Christmas1' Clearance , of Women's Smart , Aooarel It means something when the Union cuts its prices, as our location, Out of the High Rent District, means money-saving values at all times. The reductions made possible by this sale are the greatest we have offered in many months. y 1 1 ' LATEST COATS This is a coat season and the majority of the models in this great "Pre-Christmas Clearance" have just been received from their makers. 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I have known always, un derstanding my little maid's volatile rature so well, that Katie, devoted as she is to me, upon several oc casions would have left my service in the heat of her tempestuous out bursts of anger-had her husband not restrained her by his rugged common sense and loyalty. , This task which Lillian had laid upon Jim would be beautifully per formed. She could have chosen no better henchman. (Contnued Tomorrow.) I Asks Recent Divorce From Man Found Dead Monday Be Set Aside ' Augusta Holmberg yesterday filed a petition in district eourt asking that the divorce granted to Peter Holmberg from her on October 24 be set aside. s ' Tuesday Mrs. Holmberg filed application in probate court to pro bate the estate of Peter Holmberg and named herself as the sole heir of his estate, valued at $3,700. Mr. Holmberg, 77 years old, was found dead in his room last Mon day, having been accidentally asphyxiated. 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