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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1021. Woman Saved From Suicide Drops From Sight Found Unconscious and Res cued, Leaves Room at Mid night Despondent Over Separation. A few hours after police surgeon battered down the door of her bed room and found a woman lying un conscious across her bed early Thurs day evening1, the woman, whose life they saved, slipped out of hr apart ment and dropped from sight. A towel across her face, a partly filled perfume bottle by her 'side, and the strong fumes of an anaesthet ic satisfied the officers the woman had ude an attempt agnst her awn life j ; . After several hours of medical treatment the woman was revived to consciousness. , Separated From Husband. She was not seen vesterdav. She is Mrs. Marie McDonald, 2010 Davenpoft street, separated trom her husband,' fhich is believed to have, been the principal motive for her 'utile attempt against her life. ..' Folice surgeons were sent to her apartment at 6:30 by J. M. Gollehon, Blair farmer, visiting his kin at 2001 North Forty-fifth street. Mrs. Thelma Sexton, 2010 Daven port street, saw Mrs. McD6nald ; leave the apartment at midnight. Gollehon told police he, met her jj'on the street Thursday and she told him her husband had left her, She :had heard he was working on the .South Side and asked ' Gollehon to id her to find him and try to effect a reconciliation. ; Search In Vain, i The McDonalds have been wed less than a year, Gollehon said. Gollehon assumed the role of Good Samaritan, told Mrs. McDon ald to get in his car and then searched for her husband on the South Side, he said. ! The search was in vain and as he and Mrs. McDonald separated she handed him a note in an envelope, saying: ' "Don't read this now. Open it and read it after while." Gollehon opened the note right away. This is what he saw at the end; Notifies Police. "I am seeing you today for the last time. I hope and pray I can act flaturai. "This is my last day. I am hearts broken. . I am going to end it all. Goodby and God bless you.", Gollehon hastened to Central po lice headquarters where he notified police surgeons who frustrated Mrs. McDonald's attempt at suicide. Mrs. McDonald came to Omaha from Fremont. She is about 40.' police say. Eighth B Graduating Class of Henry Yates School Gives Program The Eighth B graduating class of an interesting class day program yesterday 'afternoon. Margaret "Bubb and Marjorie Nelson played a piano duet and a violin duet was -cr i i n....i... vi.:.. J u .l.n Sommer. John Montgomery read the class nronhecy. , The class will was given oy Delmar Saxton. Irene Goosman sang "To the Rising Sun," and Rev. Titus Lowe addressed the class. A vnral sn!n was civen . bv Gretchen T Hi.mk.i-fl war oresented bv Gretchen Dishong, Margaret Wyman, Mary Alice Bromwell. Marsraret Bubb. Thomas Bitrclow, Tohn Montgomery. Robert . Rilev and Sanford Root. The class .ae VrA in ct.vl.ra1 mnciral tlllffl bers and a girls' chorus and boys' chorus aaaea to tne interests oi ine occasion. ' . f.'c Afn1ia Pnwnn is the Eighth graderteacher and Miss Mary rninippi airccieu we uiubis. wi jradua.ting class. .fork Rite' Masons Are n.r j t -nrx 1VCIUBCU luivipviauuu Lincoln, June 10. (Special.) JJ, M. Amsberry, secretary of state, re fused to file articles of incorpora tion for the "York Rite Masons, ne gro, also known1 as the King Solo man' Masons of Kansas. The at tempt ,;of this order to incorporate in Vphiraelra Jintlv contested bv the State- Rite Colored Masons of VphraiWa AmsWrv held that the presenj negro .Masonic order with two losses in umani ana unc m Lincoln hadn't as yet, built suuf ficient 'financial and fraternal foun dation to withstand competition. Wholesale' Arrests Made . In Chicago taxicab War i Chicago, Tune 10. One man siai , Cvfa1 iniiiri.pl 9 fl1tmhf.r of shrrOt- ; ings land many cabs wrecked, the. xoii w a xwo-aay xaxicaD war, re sulted last night in wholesale arres s of drivers for the two rival com- nanifi .. t . Th present putbreak was ' the climaf of a fertd which has raged for months. During the day de tectivts raided the office of one compiny, arrested , two men . and seized records. Later 25 drivers were pr.ctarl At a - ter hnirfll - rriarty . of operating without a cabstand license. Parachute Juniper Drowned. Hampton, Va... June 10. Private )T. Mulligan a parachute jumper at Langley field, was drowned today when his parachute was caught in an adverse wind current within but a few feet of the ground and he was carried into Black river. t Postmasters Appointed WiihiBKton. June IS. (Special Tele Itrim. Eit mMter hv been appointed Nbrlc Lillian. Caster county. Janet VT. KlUott. le eleon W. Cannon, re lnd; Matnet, Cherry county, Henry J. Block, Oeorte B. Crallln, remoTed; Murphy. Hamilton connty. Alfred M. John Kin, vie John K. Meiuaen, reattned; . Strang, Fillmore eoanty, Svalena A. 6im , merman, vice Ltllle K. Stewart, rwxlirned. Iowa Bojholm, Boone county, Harrey Z Lehman, vice Albert O. Howe, reelfned; Frederic, Monroe county, Samuel TV. Rob erts, vice Avla Oilland, reelcned: Pleaean ton, recatur eounty. Meryl B. McDowell. ' vice Pelantv T. DavlF, reaigned. South Dakota Bovee. Charie Mix i county. Jweph R.' HulL vice Joeeph A. Summer. resigned; Whitnev, Perklne county, Witliam T. Beoulex- Tie Alfred 1 H. Jteyer. raalfaee) Financial Director League of Nations :: I r K ' i , : - Boy 'Can't-Help-It' Horse Thief Goes Back to the Farm 6- '.uerbert Ames of Canada, whose photo is here shown, holds the important post of financial di rector of the league of nations sec reta'riat. Standardizing- exchange values is .one of the -big problems nqw before, him. . Howell Confers With Nebraska Congressmen " I . f National Committeeman Said To . Be : Supporting Sen ator Saunders for Omaha Postmastership. Washington, . June 10. (Special Telegram.) N a t i o nal Committee man R. B. Howell yesterday paid his respects to members of the Nebras ka delegation, including Congress man Reavis, who arrived during the morning 'from a speech-making tour in Nebraska; A. W. Jettens of Oma ha, who discussed the Omaha post office situation with the national committeeman, and Judge Kinkaid: It is understood that Mr. Howell is supporting Senator Saunders for the Omaha postmastership. In view of the fact that the civil service commission has called for an examination for postmaster at Oma ha on July 12, it will be a matter of interest to know who will take the examination. Candidates will not be required to report for examination at any place but will be rated ac cording to the formal notice of ex amination on the following subjects, with their .relative weights. Educa tion and training, .20 weights;, busi ness experience and' fitness, 80 weights. In addition to" full and de tailed information called .for in the general application blank candidates are required to furmsii the following in connection with eacfi responsible position held by them: (a) The num ber 'of persons under their supervi sion; (b) the character of the busi ness done bv the oerson. firm or Cor poration; (c) the volume of business done annually and (d) the commer cial rating of each person, firm or corporation. For offices paying $6,000, as Oma ha and Lincoln do,, the candidates must show that for at least seven years they have successfully filled responsible positions which required ability to organize, to direct, or to manage business affairs, including such positions in different branches of the postal service; candidates must also show that they have dem onstrated their; ability to meet and deal .with the public satisfactorily. $55,000 Damage Suit Against Ha den Brothers Appealed Lincoln, June 10. (Special.) Peter Mehrens of Omahafiled an appeal in the supreme court from the decision of the Douglas county district court, which refused . him $55,000 -damages against Ha'yden Brothers, Omaha. Mehrens claims the firm persecuted him by having him arrested on a charge of larceny and later on' a charge of disloyalty in order to force him to give up a lease he had for the use of the base ment of the store. Western Nebraska Backs Ogallala for Reformatory Ogallala, Neb.. June 10. (Special Telegram.) Telegrams received from Alliance, Gering, Scottsbluff, Sidney and Chappell state they unanimously favor Ogallala as the location t f 6r the state reformatory. Ogallala has 41 counties and com' Lad of 8, Who Swiped An ! other Mount Thursday to t Enter Races Flees to. I Escape Kearney. Kermit Gasaway, 8, who dropped into town Thursday long enough to steal another horse, start for the races and get arrested, escaped to his uncle's farm this morning before the juvenile authorities got hold of him. His father, Charles Gasaway, 2509 South Twentieth avenue, told the police the hoy had just come in frcm his uncle's farm at Valley for a visit and he would send him right back. f An order to go to Kearney In dustrial school, to remain till he is 21 is hanging over Kermit,' who seems unable to curb his propensities tor horse stealing. This order was placed over him in juuvenile court, April 30. Just Can't Help It. Although he is of such tender years, 'tis said he has stolen more horses than anyone else' in Omaha. It seems he just can't helo it. He had, stolen four horses before the Kearney order was made. One of these he. stole while he was at Riverview Detention home for steal in? another." ' ' . Three days after the Kearney order, above mentioned, Kermit was back in juvenile court for sealing an other horse. . 1 ' Pleas Save Him. His tender years and his parent's picas saved him from incarceration at the industrial school, where .there are no horses. ' The parents said they wduld send him forthwith to his uncle's farm, at Valley. On that condition Judge Sears let him go. Since then Kermit has been on the farm where he has two horses to take care of. and a ponji of his own to ride. But it seems stolen horses are the sweetest to Kermit. He came back to Omaha he rode in, and Thursday he found a horse and wagon stand ing at Thirteenth and Castelar streets. He unhitched the animal, got upon its back and started for Ak-Sar-Ben field. ' Going to Races. As he galloped . past Nineteenth and Leavenworth streets Thursday afternoon Detectives English and Ryan saw him. They stopped him. "Where are you going with the nag, kid?" they inquired. "Going to the racei," said the boy, "and I got to hurry." He was. putting spur to his steed again when he was turthcr inter rupted. "What's your name?" demanded the detective. "Kermit Gasaway." Back to Farm. "You come with us," said the of ficers of the law. "We know all about ypu. Where'd you steal this nag?" - . And. with Kermit astride the ani mal, the detectives leading" it, they proceeded to the police station. Kermit's father was soon on the job and early yesterday morning he took him back to the farm. Farmer Held After His Wife's Body Discovered Aberdeen. S. D., . June 10. Dan Wampler, 43, farmer, was taken into custody today for questioning fol lowing the finding of his wife's body, Mrs. Mary Wampler, 37, buried in a. cornfield near the Wampler home at Hecla, S. D. For the past several weeks neigh bors of the Wamplers had noted Mrs. Wampler's absence from her home, and early this morning a searching party located the body buried about 10 rods from the home. Wampler declared that when he re turned to his home three weeks ago his wife was gone. He said he had no idea of what became of her. Yesterday was the first time Mrs. Wampler s disappearance was re ported to officials. Wampler was brought here for questioning, but de nied knowledge of his wife's where abouts. State s Attorney William- sen, who was among the searchers who located the body at 3 a. m. to day,, said the head was crushed and that ; the body had been crudely Dunea without a casket. Man Held for Alleged Talk Ahout Bandit Murder Alleged to have made statements concerning the murder of Mrs. Mr.r- garet Foley Hyland by highwaymen last Saturday night, Joseph Gosky, Lies Moines, la., arrested yesterday by -Detective tddie Morgan on a charge of having stolen orooerty in his possession, is being held tor in vestigation oy ponce. Gosky is held incommunicado. Police are checkinz uo his state mercial club of 52 western cities all ments. . . ' boosting if to receive the new state . He may clear himself with an alibi, uiMiiuiiun. . i ponce say. , . ' - V i! .! qcss. I? New 85c Victor Records Tomorrow only we will place on sale our entire stock of 85c ten-inch, double-faced Victor records at 55c each. Sale Starts at 8:30 A. M. , - Terms Cash No Delivery No Exchanges WE TUNE PIANQg ; 1807 Farnam Omaha, Neb. Conferees Deadlocked On NavaIBudget Bill Washington, June 10. Senate and house conferees on the naval appro priation bill were reported virtually at an impasse over senate increases aggregating about $98,000,000. House conferees refused to agree to any important appropriation in ert ases as proposed in senate amend ments. Another wide divergence reported, was on the senate proposal tor an enlisted personnel of 120.000 men and the house proposal for 100,000 men. Although the conferences were be gun only yesterday, predictiens were made freely that there was no pros pect except a deadlock. Burglars recently carried away 14.UUU artihcial teeth trom a shop m London. Airplane Crash Seen by Crowd Going to Races Pilot and Passenger Unhurt But Han Slated for Next Flight Suddenly Changes His Mind. In full view of hundreds of per sons on their way to the" concluding card of the Ak-Sar-Ben spring run ning races at 2:30 yesterday, an airplane, bearing two passengers, crashed to the grbund at the west end of Ak-Sar-Ben field, turned com pletely over and wrecked the left wing, main rigging and propeller. The plane was piloted by C. A. James, with Ray Churchill, 241S ! Cuming street, as a passenger. Neither was injured. Stunts Above Track. James was doing stunts above the race track. Churchill was taking his first flight. "I had intended to take up avia- I've changed my mind." As the plane, which James was piloting to a landing, neared the ground it suddenly went into a nose dive, struck the earth and turned completely over. Crowds In Rush. Crowds rushed to the scene, ex pecting to see the mangled bodies of the two passengers. . Instead, they , saw the two men stepping from the plane smiling rue fully. The crash had knocked out their wind. Otherwise they were unhurt. The plane was brand new. James estimated the damage at $1,000. R. C. Morris, 2415 Cuming street, who stood waiting to replace Churchill as a passenger for the next flight, shook his head. "No, thanks," he muttered as he walked off. Make Building Contracts At 10 Per Cent Reduction Verbal agreements on a 10 per cent decrease in pay have been made with , contractors by building trades crafts, officials of the Building Trades council announced yesterday. Some contractors are holding out for 20 per cent reduction, according to John M. Gibb., secretary. Work is picking up, 2,000 men being now employed, with a prospect of doub ling in the next month, he stated. Private Funeral Service k For Mrs. Fred Hamilton Tallhrarers for the funeral of Mrs. Fred Hamilton, wife of the president of the Merchants National bank, who died Thursday at her home, were an nounced yesterday. They are W. T, Bums, C. T, Kountze, J. T. Magee, Sam Rums, Ed Creighton, John Madden, T. T. Stewart and Robert Shirlev. 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