Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-27
DOCTOR DISCOVERS
PATIENT SUICIDE
Granger Physician Stops at
Farm House Only to Find
Girl Hanging to Rope.
HAD SUFFERED ACCIDENT

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Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 26.-(Special
Telegram. )-When DR.. Claiming
Smith of Granger stopped at the farm
house four miles southeast Of Wood
ward Saturday to call on a patient,
Miss Mary Reed, he found her hang
ing at the end of rope, suicide
victim.
Miss Reed was still breathing. The
doctor cut her down, but she died a
few hours afterward. She is believed
to have become temporarily insane.
Since the death of her parents, she
had made her home with brother,
John Reed, who left here Saturday
to attend to business affairs at Wood
ward.
Miss Reed, who was 36 years old,
was injured three years ago when
she was thrown headforemost from,
buggy.
No inquest will be held.
Shoots Anti-Saloon Secretary.
w. c. Barber, secretary Of the Iowa
Anti-Saloon league, was shot on a
Rock Island train near Valley juno
ton Friday night by Mexican from
whom he had taken two suit cases OF
Intoxicating liquors. The Mexican
fired the shot after he had jumped
from the train and it struck Barber
in the leg. Barber was taken to a
hospital, but it is not thought his
wound is serious. The Anti-Saloon
league official was returning from At
lantic on a Rock Island train when he
noticed the suit cases. He investi-
gated and found the suit cases were
filled with whisky. He sat down be-
side the Mexican and the latter ad-
mitted the suit cases contained liquor.
Barber informed him he would seize
the fiquor. As the train neared Valley
Junction the man left his seat, went
to the door and jumped off. Barber
followed him and as he was learning
out of the car the shot was fired.
Non-Partisan Primary Bill.
Senator Kingland of Winnebago
county has introduced 9 bill in the
senate Of the Iowa legislature to pro-
vide for a non-partisan primary cleo
ton. 1t would provide for the nomi-
nation of state senator and state rep
resentative and county and township
officers at non-partisan primary. The
law is similar to that of number OF
other states, he explained afterwards,
and has been found to be of general
advantage in the selection of candi-
dates Senator Kingland introduced
another bill which would revise the
Australian election ballot and provide
for listing each candidate with the
name of the party opposite the candi-
dates name. With this plan, which
is followed in Kansas and other states,
it is not necessary to have separate
ballots for each party. Both bills were
referred to the committee on cleo
tions.
Suffrage Bill Hung Up.
The woman's suffrage amendment
will not be reported out until after
the recess. Anti-suffrage forces have
asked Senator Wilson, chairman OF
the senate committee on constitu-
tionnal amendments, for hearing.
This will be given them after the re-
cess.
Wants More Flour in Sacks.
The Finley bill requiring that a
sack of -four shall contain forty-nine
pounds instead of forty-eight pounds,
which has passed the house, was op-
posed by representatives of the manu-
facErers before the senate committee
on commerce and trade yesterday
afternoon. The millers declare that
it will require them to get new sacks,
new scales and go to other expenses.
No action has been taken on the bill
by the senate committee.