Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-01
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Workman in Delirium Tries to Step
Out of High Window at
Cooperage Plant.
COMPANIONS PREVENT THE ACT

! With the words, God made us, and
He can take us away whenever He
pleases," on his lips. Mike Morris, cooper
working In the Armour &c Co. cooperage
plant, stepped into the sill of a third
! story window of the packing plant
shortly after quitting time last evening
at $50 o'clock and all but jumped to the
| earth below. Wo-kmen standing nearby
enlisted a retaining arm In the nick of
time as the man, laboring under delirium,
! swayed perilously over almost certain
death.
Norris, who Is subject to these SPELLS
was attacked by one shortly before quit
ting time. He Is thought to have been
affected by the heat The police were
called and the man taken to the station,
where he was reported to have almost
| fully recovered last evening.
His mental condition rendered It i'm
possible to get any definite particulars
as to his personal troubles, He is a
Lithuanian and is thought by the police
to be unmarried.
Sergeant Dillon Of the night force
made the report. The man will be held
for further investigation as to his sanity.
Protest over Sub-Tr~Rsury.
| led by John Watkins. lumberman, John
| Flynn, clothier. and Chris Melcher. drug
gist, will appear before the Board of
County Commissioners at their meeting
this morning at 10 o'clock to protest the
rumored action to abolish the South Side
subtreasury. No definite organization
has been completed. but the men will
appear in a body in unanimous protest
he arftOp 10 ahnIleh h.
ury, which policy City and County Treas
urer w. G. IRE is said to favor, has
aroused considerable opposition among
local business men and citizens
VIII Foley Home Again.
William Foley son of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ NJ. Foley, 728 North Seventeenth
street, South Side, who was seriously In
jured in a fall from a tree near Thirty
seventh and Cunning streets some two
weeks ago, while working as tree sur
geon. was removed from the First Meth
odist hospital OF Omaha to his home
yesterday afternoon. In the fall he
sustained a fracture of the skull, a
broken shoulder and several other minor
injuries He is now able to walk short
distances, although In very weak condi-
ton
seymour muNlcAl EnNeENAl
The Seymour Lake Country club gave
one OF the most successful dances of the
summer last evening at their club nall
near the lake in Ralston. More than 100
guests attended from Omaha and brill
liant musical program was executed.
Theodore Lehmer Nebraska university
student and talented violinist, played
several selections with his sister. Miss
Olive Lehmer, accompanying. Misses
Georgiania Davis. Jeanne Lee and VIII
HJnt, all wei known alumni OF the
South Omaha High school. sang several
vocal solos and duets.
Police Report Fight.
Louis Masch, resident of Sarpy county.
sent a distress call to the police sta
ton last Thursday evening shortly be-
fore o'clock. stating over the telephone
that he had been slugged and robbed
OF $50 Detectives Lepinski and zaloudek
Investigated and reported that he had
been fighting with Ralph Lee. 26O4 Polk
street, and had called the police. On SIS
bond, furnished by his wife. he was re
leased later IN the evening.
CattIemen Win Game.
Manager Red" Regan Of the now ia
nous "speoulstors'' aggregation, led his
team to a II to ! victory over the
"SheePmen' nine and incidentally TO the
championship OF the Omaha stock yards,
yesterday afternoon at Rourke park
From the standpoint Of high class base
ball, the game was a two-hour sleep,
but the enthusiasm Of the spectators and
the funny antics Of the stock hustlers