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O'DONNE[[ DENIES GUILT,
CORONER HOLDS INQUEST.

the police to believe that the woman
was lying on her back or kneeling
when she received most of her injuries.
When found by the police the woman
was in the cellar lying on the floor
near the steps. She was still alive
when they picked her UP and carried
her to her bed. Whether any Of the
blood in the bed was there before the
police put the woman in the bed, IL a
question that might have some bearing
on O'Donnells story were it known.
A brother OF the woman, Otis Hink-
ley, lives in Monomee, Wis, and has
been notified. The woman has son,
Clarence O'Donnell, is years old, who
lived with his parents, but was not at
the house at the time the crime was
committed.
The coroners inquest was held this
afternoon at 800 o'clock, the follow
ing men serving on the jury: Louis
Stebinger, 1925 Bank: Richard F. Sui
Ivan, 1928 Timea, and Frank G. Mill
err 1706 Timea. The principal wit
llSSSos DIT Cu6 iuqu6SL were. OluCcFS
Freeman, Dunn and Sheppard, DR..
Dorsey, DR.. Dimond and Herman
With.
Charges First Degree Murder.
County Attorney McManus stated
that he would file an information
probably this afternoon charg ng
O'Donnell with the murder OF his
wife, the charge to be first degree
His case will probably go to the grand
jury and will come up in the Febru
a-y term.
ODonnell came originally from Ed
wardsville, Illinois, small town neal
st. Louis where he worked for some
time as coal miner. He came te
this city about four years ago With 8
carnival company. He and his wife
were married by Justice Leindeckei
on Jan. 81, 1911. O'Donnell had beer
married before and has four children
now living, two of them married
The youngest, he said, is twenty-ont
| years old. His former wife is dead
O'Donnell's mother is living in ST
! Louis. It is said that O'Donnell hat
once attended the Christian Brother
college. st. Louis.
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Left a Clue.

Sunday School Teacher--'Now,
Kate, how did God know that Adam
and Eve had eaten the apple from the
tree Of knowledge?" Small Kate.
dess he found the Feelings in the or
chard.'
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men. and have met many of the boys on
the road that are afflicted with disorders
of the stomach as they have to put up
with all kinds of half cooked grub at the
different country hotels, which is one
cause of this dreadful disease"
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given is an unusually attractive one,
combining as it does many of the
great dramatic numbers in which
the great singer rises to the heights
of dramatic expression with lighter
ones whose charm lies In the sweet
ness and delicacy Of their rendition.
Keokuk is proud to be among the
very few cities who will hear Nine.
Claussen in concert this year. It is
the only town OF It's size that will
have this pleasure. The other cities
who have concert appearances being
st. Paul, Minneapolis, Detroit, Peoria
and New York City. The Grand
should be crowded to the doors to-
morrow night to hear one OF the
greatest Of living singers. Those who
wish seats are advised to secure them
early. Gallery seats are S1.0O and
cannot be reserved
The program follows:
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Reading Circle Meets.

The Westminster Reading Circle
met this afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. w. C. Howell. Miss Martha
Hornish was reader for the day, the
subject being Home Life Among the
Africans"
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FOR RENT-No. so4 Timea. eight
room frame house, city water In
kitchen, good barn; $4,000 per month.
John Tumedty.
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PERSONALS.

Mrs David Ayres. Mixs Mary Mar
garet Ayres and Miss Elsie Buck will
leave this month for California where
they will spend several weeks.
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FOR SALE 1900 pound bay horse,
one heavy'fre spring express or de-
livery wagon and brass mounted har-
ness. Can be seen at Rays livery
barn, 20 N. ard st.
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FOR SALE-One barber chair, two
chair case, two bowl washstand
Call today or tomorrow, 413 Main
street.
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FOR RENT Six room house at 613
North Ninth street. Gas, water,
bath and furnace. Apply G. NJ. Dun
can, It's Morgan.
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A Travelling Man Cured

P. B. Counterman, a travelling man Of
Joplin, Mo-, writes: Twelve years ago
| was q great sufferer from stomach tron.
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Nine ciaussen.

Nine Clauss an will arrive in the
city tomorrow morning and will rest
during the day preparatory to giving
her program at the Grand tomorrow
evening. The program which is here
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investigation Of Cellar.

A more extensive investigation Of
the cellar made by the police yesterday
shows that the woman circled around
the walls Of the cellar after she had
been injured. Footprints made by a
womans bare feet in the dust on the
cement floor of the cellar, together
with marks made by her bloody hands
along the wall bear this out. The po-
lice believe that she was trying to
find her way out of the dark cellar
when these marks were made. A deep
cut over her right eye would have
caused flow of blood that would
have blinded her. The blood marks
made on the walls by her hands came
from wiping the blood from her eyes.
Autopsy Supports Murder Theory.
An autopsy held by DIR. Dimond and
DR.. f. B. Dorsey yesterday revealed a
number of facts that bear out the
statement that the woman was muir
dered and did not receive her injuries
by the fall down stairs On both Of
her arms are heavy black bruises that
are thought to have been caused by
blows aimed at her head and warded
off with her arms Most of the bruises
on the head are on the forehead and
face. This fact together with the
fact that many Of the bruises on her
forearms are on the under side, lead
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FOR SALE Silver lace Wyandotte
roosters. Sch Maerz, Keokuk, Iowa,
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MISCELLANEOUS.

LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN. brakemen
wages about 500; experience I'M
necessary. Send age, postage. Rail.
way, care Gate City
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48O Acres
1922

Under the new
homestead law you
can file on a free 800
acre homestead in
Wyoming at a cost
of $1,000 and buy
1850 acres of govern
ment pasture land
adjoining for SIPS
per acre. These
lands are valuable
for mixed farming,
dairying and live
stock raising.
| Such an oppor-
tunity ought to in
terest you. Suppose
you write me for
particulars, today,
before you forget it.
D. Glenn Beaver,
&c. B. & Q. R. r.,
O4FarnamStreet
Omaha, Neb.
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/ FoR RENT.

FOR RENTING. 1923 Concert, eight
room modern house, $500 per
month. John Tumelty.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE OR RENT-14o acres.
1919 acres, 200 shocks cornfodder.
Wanted, wood chopper. 727 Morgan.
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FOR RENT-No. s2s Franklin. six
room modern house. John Tumelty.
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Unable to Account for Bruises.


O'Donnell was unable to account for
tie many bruises and wounds on the
woman's body other than that she re-
ceived them when she fell down the
stairway. This explanation is not ac-
cepted by the police as there are too
many wounds and bruises on her body
that could not be accounted for in
this way.
The mystery Of what had become of
the woman's clothes was cleared up
yesterday when the police found her
skirt and bath robe on the floor in
the woman's bed room. They were
unable to find any trace of the pint
bottle of whisky that O'Donnell says
he took home with him, part OF which
he says he offered to his wife, and
the police believe that he drank the
whiskey himself. He admits that he
had four drinks before he went home
at Ave o'clock.
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WANTED-Your repair and job work.
We do all kinds carpenter and Job
work. Address 512 North Thirteenth.
Phone Bal.
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FOR RENT Furnished room for
two Board II desired. Phone
Black 1917.
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WANTED-Girl about 16 years OF
age, to assist with homework and
care Of child. Apply mornings. 913
Leighton.
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FOR RENT-Nicely furnished large
front room, modern conveniences.
1923 Blondeau street.
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Quid Libet Society,

Mrs. James Huiskamp assisted by
Mrs. Russey entertained the Guild
Libet society this afternoon.
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Mothers Club Meeting.

The Mothers club of the Wells
district will meet in the kindergarten
room on Tuesday afternoon. DR..
Frank M. Fuller will speak on "The
Correct Feeding OF children"
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.;||ll;zZ ::
G. W. 3. hal. to Meet.

The c. w. B. NJ. OF the First Chris
tian church will hold its regular
monthly meeting on Tuesday aftec-
noon. The following committee will
entertain: Chairman, Miss Myrtle
Davidson; Mrs. Merton Morris, Mrs.
Elmer Leake, Miss Sadie Tally and
Miss Minnie Bear
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historioal Program,

FFFSeV' INcf VT 0'FFs :
The Monday Music club VIII pre-
sent historical program this even
ing for which Miss Mae Milestone
and Mrs. ]. o. Boyd are sponsors.
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First class plumber Foley,
the plumber, 421 North Tenth street.
Phone Black-153S.,
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FOR Rents Sleeping rooms, modern,
furnace heat, one and one-half
blocks from Main street. Ill North
Seventh street.
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-.lI 49,

The ThinhIe Club.
The Thimble club will be entertain
ed on Wednesday afternoon by Mrs.
John j. Crimmins, Jr.
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o 'Donnell Tells Story to Police
Says Wife Was Injured
When She Fell Down
the Stairs.
FOUND HER SICK IN BED
County Attorney Files Infor-
nation Charging O'Donnell
With Murder in the
First Degree.

Matthew O'Donnell, held by the po-
lice for the murder of his wife, 1nez
O'Donnell, Saturday night, still refused
to admit that he killed her when ques-
toned by the police this morning. His
explanation Ia that his wife received
the injuries that caused her death by
falling down the stairway leading to
the cellar.
O'Donnell was questioned thorough
ly by the police this morning but no
admission OF his guilt could be obtain
ed from him. According to his story
his wife was sick in bed when he went
home at noon Saturday, and he was
forced to get his own dinner. At five
o'clock Saturday afternoon he return
ed home and found her still In bed. He
says that he tried to talk to her but
that she would answer him only in
grunts. He suggested to her that he
get her some whiskey but she told him
| to bring her a bottle of white soda.
| Brought Home Some Whiskey.
He left the house and went down
town to get some meat for supper and
soda for her. He returned later with
a pint bottle OF whiskey and a bottle
/ of soda. When he arrived home he
found her out of her mind. he claims
that she was out of bed, had nothing
on, and that she was tearing up all the
! furniture. He prepared some no,
whiskey for her to drink and offered
it to her, but instead of drinking 1t
she threw it in his face.
Then she ran to the door leading t
the cellar stairway and pushed it open
! The door is hard to open but give:
i way suddenly after a strong push
When she pushed the door open 1t CAV
way suddenly and she fell down tn
steps. O'Donnell says that he reaches
to grab her before she fell. but missed
1 her and fell down the stairs himself.
At the bottom of the stairs he pick
ed her up and carried her back to hel
room where he placed her in bed ant
covered her UP. He then left the
house for the purpose Of calling fol
her son. After he left the house h
says that he realized that he was il
bad shape and that he would have t
be taken care of, and says that he sal
something to this effect to some ma
he saw after he left the house. 1t wa
at about this time that the police wer
called and found him near the park.
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FOR RENT Furnished room in mod
ern house. 415 North Fifth street.
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FOR RENT--A new modern five room
house, 72S South Sixth street. Call
for d. T. Bartrur at Sic Main street.
FOR RENT-six room flat, Fifth and
Johnson streets. See w. R. Ken
drick, 10 North Fifth street.
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FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Phone Black
814. 1914 Des Moines street.
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Shakespeare Club.

Shakespeare Club.
The Shakespeare club will be en-
tertained this evening at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Hazen l. Sawyer.
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WANTED Experience girl for gen
eral homework In small family. A.
H. Rich, 7o5 Franklin.
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms with
board, modern, for ladies or gentle
men; also rooms without board 70N
High.
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LOST Black fur glove. down town.
Finder will please return to this Of
flee.
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housekeeper. Apply
Mrs. A. P. ]. Ewers, 61o South Sixth.
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WANTED = Railway mai. clerka.
$500 to $3.50 month. Details free.
Franklin Institute. Dept, 1o4 F..
Rochester. N. Y.
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w ant Column
WANTED.

wANTED-Men to learn the barber
trade. BY our method you are pre-
pared for position In short time
Many jobs waiting. Tools given
Wages while learning. Write at once
Moler Barber College, ST. Louis, Mo
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06

omorrow is Labor Day and then Tuesday first
the new school Each the begins the
with clean slate and chance edua
on by means the wonderful public school that has been
achieved this S each
boy and girl show wonderful
ties afforded
any time in lettering neglectng their lessons
smiling will Tuesday
morning Make determination that smile will
help
The will school work after a
the
shirked
Beaed the Guy Ford
Bend
The editor received of Bright Eyes squirrel The
Lincoln there address
it. not
writer is received
This MoIe Corenman of the Red side
de honorable mention
o Russell Shugart OF side
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06
Little Stories by Little Folk
(First Prtze.)
War.
BY Mollie Corenman. sos South Seventh
St, Omaha. Red Side


BY Mollie corenman. sos South Seventh
St. Omaha. Red Side.
War IL one Of the most terrible things
on earth. i don't believe there has been
any greater war than the one which is
raging now in Europe.
What is the use Of war? Why do so
many young lives have to go to the
grave so early? Why does this terrible
war have to be and so much blood shed
for nothing7
Last Sunday, 1 think It was. 1 read a
paragraph in The Bee that the car of
Russia was calling for help from my be-
loved Jews" He promises them great
many things, but l think that. although
he promises them now, after the war he
will forget all these promises and not
let them have anything And the while
many young Jewish men are Joining the
army believing that the car really means
what he says. The car OF Russia is moth
ing but a cruel tyrant to the people in
Russia, especially to the Jews
In Germany It is all different In
Germany the people are all patriots and
they would all gladly fight for their be-
loved country any time they are called
on. 1 really don't see the difference II
they have one city more or one city less
But Of course, they know better than
] do and as they won't listen to what
President Wilson says, they certainly
won't listen to what I say But hope,
oh, so much, that this awful war will
stop soon.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06

and advantages they have accumulated
and to be only as good is not enough.
You must be better. You must copy only
the spirit OF your fathers, and not their
imperfections.
There was an old Boston merchant
years ago who wanted a set OF china
in Picking. You know that Boston men
sixty years ago looked at both sides of a
cent before they spent It, and II they
earned IL cents they would save II. He
could not spare a whole plate, so he sent
a cracked one. and when he received the
set there was a crack in every piece
The Chinese had initiated the pattern ex-
actly.
Now, boys, do not initiate u.s. Be bet
ter than we are. or there viii be u great
many cracks. We have invented a tele-
graph, but what OF that? I expect, II
live forty years. TO see a telegraph that
will send messages without wires, both
ways at the same time. You are bound
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06
Omaha Indians Gather for Their Big Powwow and Feast

Mrs Paul A. Themsnson president Of
the Sermo club. gave wonderful birth
day party Monday afternoon in honor of
her daughter, Merla's seventh birthday.
Al least the West Farnam street young
sters who attended the party voted It the
best they had ever enjoyed The invita-
tons read:
Laughing Water ThemRnson will call
the tribes together to participate in a
costume party Monday at 1SO o'clock. II
Red Cloud. Big Chief Hiamovi's son, Of
fers Big Chief White Shield enough for
his beautiful daughter, Rainbow. there
will be a mock Indian wedding, and the
Merry-making dance and feast will take
place at 8 p. m"
Each little guest was requested to
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06
To the Boys.

BY Morton Blum, Aged 1s Years, GO Polk
Boulevard. Des Moines, Ia. Red Side.
Wendell Phillips gave a speech July
20, 1865, in Music Hall, Boston. The
speech was follows:
Boys, in revolutionary days. they
talked OF the Boston revolution.
But what did Boston do? It sent Han
cock to Philadelphia to write his name on
the Declaration Of Independence a let
ter large enough almost for the king to
read on the other side OF the ocean.
Now boys. this is my lesson TO You
today: You cannot be as good as your
fathers unless you are better You have
your fathers example-the opportunities
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06

come in Indian attire and when he ar
rived. was escorted 90 the Indian tepees
which were placed upon the lawn. Here
the pipe OF peace was smoked and the
girls spent part Of the afternoon making
beadwork. while the boys pracuced with
their bows and arrows. Then the mock
Indian marriage was celebrated with
Rainbow katherine Entriken) as the
bride and Red Cloud bruce Cochran as
the groom After the ceremony all Of the
little Indians took part in the Merry
making dance.
When the feast was spread the room
was dsrkened and only red lights were
burned. The center-piece for the table
was a miniature pond surrounded by
grasses and trees, with little ducks swim
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06
Second Prize.)
Bob.
By Dorothy williams, Aged IL Years, III
North Twenty-first Street, Omaha.
Rlua Side

BY Dorothy Williams, Aged IL Years, 1119
North Twenty-first Street. Omaha
Blue Side.
Bob IL a dog, part bull and part terrier.
He was years old in May. We have
had him since he was weeks Old He
is a regular "neighborhood dog" 1 will
tell you of one of his experiences.
There was a family that lived near our
house who had three small children. Bob
was very fond Of them and they were
very fond of him. One day their parents
decided TO move, They moved about ten
blocks away, Bob didn't know what to
make Of it, but one day he found out
where they hal moved. He almost talked,
he was so glad. After that ne went up
very frequently, One night he went up
about 10 o'clock and the mother had TO
come downstairs and let him in. We call
him the dog tramp"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06
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3. Short ana pointed articles
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Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06
The Runaways.

BY Bernard Carroll Palmer. Neb. Red
side.
It has been a long time since / wrote 10
you so I will write now.
Once there lived two boys who were
and 70 years old One day the older was
telling the younger boy what fun It would
be to run away. so they finally agreed
upon a plan to run away. That night,
when all was quiet. they slipped out and
down the road. Soon a storm came up.
They were much afraid and got under
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06
Wheat.

BY Leland Christensen. Aged Years.
Bradshaw. Neb. Blue Side
This is the first time have ever writ
ten to you.
Wheat is one of the main gralhs around
here. It Is one OF the small grains We
have quite lot OF wheat and other
grains such as corn and oats. We have
sllo which we fill with corn fodder.
The wheat IL very useful for living
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06
Honorable MentIon.)
Accompanies Father.

By Russell Shugart, 2446 Street, Lin
coin, Neb. Blue Side.
Ny papa is a travelling man and every
summer since I was years old he has
taken me for trip with him. Last
week he took me for a trip one week
long. We left home Monday morning
A circus was here that day but the train
papa wanted us to go on went so early
l did not get TO see the parade.
We went first to Beatrice, then to Wy
more and then to Falls City. l went
with papa when he went to sell things
to his customers. Some of them said
was the best travelling man" that came
to their town. My papa sells soda foun-
tains and silver and glassware After we
were through at Falls City papa took
me to RuIo TO see the Missouri river and
the big bridge. 1t is eighty feet from
the bridge to the top of the water We
walked out on the bridge a long way,
but not half way We saw a ferryboat
take three pairs of horses and buggtes
across the river
There was a carnival in Rulo, right in
the street, and teams. could not get
through.
We came home on a night train, but
when we got started I went to sleep.
When woke up we had reached Lincoln.
We went home in a cab because the
street cars had stopped. Mamma and
my little sister Ina were glad to see US,
but Ina did not know 1 came home until
Sunday morning Mamma gave us some
supper and l soon went to bed again.
This is my first letter ! hope 1t gets in.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06

tree. All at once they heard a noise and
saw something coming. It's n bear,
said the older boy; so they ran as fast
as they could. Soon they came to a
house. They ran in and looked around
1t was their own house. Their father
asked them where they had been and they
said, we don't know ourselves" WELL"
said the older boy. Il guess we had better
not run away again" ! don't think they
had better, either do you?
Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-06

to go ahead of us The old London
physician said the way to be well was TO
live on sixpence, and earn II. We cannot
give education under tho law of noces-
sity; we can't give you that Underneath
you is the ever watchful hand OF city
culture and wealth. All the motive we
can give is the name you bear. Bear It
nobly."