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IS55 y"yi PROBE GHAr'GES ACAIMST 0A"K FOREST INFIRMARY Two old women have made charges of cruelty, neglect and petty larceny against nurses and attendants of the Oak Forest County--Infirmary that has resulted in a probe bjthe county board of the administration of Supt. James Mullenbach. Already much evidence has been dug up by the Oak Forest committee, of which Commissioner Harris is president. The two women, known as "Mrs. W." and "Mrs. F.," the or iginal complainants, were taken to the office of State's Attorney Hoyne. Among the charges made are: That when Mrs. F. complained of the poor quality of the food a nurse shook her until she fell to the floor and 'that tw o nurses then kicked her until they were tired, causing her right arm to become paralyzed and covering her body with bruises. That a nurseattempted to get two gold rings Mrs. F. was wearing; be came angeied when she could not, and stabbed Mrs. F. in the hand, leav-J ing a permanent scar; that a week later anothe rnurse tried to get the rings and bit Mrs. F. on the hand in trying to make her take them off. That Mrs. W. was knocked to the floor by a nurse named "Mary," be cause she' asked to have a window closed which caused a draft on her as she lay in bed ill; that she was kicked and beaten when she renewed the re quest. That the nurses leave the institu tion early in the morning and return late in the afternoon, leaving only one nurse to look" after all the pa tients. That clothes and other jjersonal belongings are taken away from in mates and not returned. That the food is poor; that in mates are given only from one-half to three-quarters of a cup of coffee for breakfast, that there are not enough cups to- go around, and in mates are compelled to wait until cups have been collected from the bedrooms.' ' ' ' " That Superintendent Mullenbach cannot be reached to enter com plaints; that nurses have told inmates to stay away from him; that he seems to care nothing about the con dition of the inmates, but is careful to see that the nurses and attendants have good food and living quarters. TELEGRAPH BRIEFS Aurora, III. D. W. Simpson, wealthy retired manufacturer, filed suit for di vorce. Afraid to live with his wife. New York. Wm. Hammerstein, son of Oscar Hammerstein, promi nent as vaudeville manager, dead. Neon, Ky. One dead, 5 expected to die, 2-wounded, when Wm. Day ran wild with shotgun. St. Louis. Fire that started in ether house of Mallinckrodt Chem ical Works destroyed plant. Loss, $1,000,000. Washington. Believed Senate will take final vote on the canal tolls ex emption bill before adjournment to day. New York. Ceo. W. Perkins says he will not retire as chairman of the Progressive National Committee. New York. Mrs. Katherine E. Dean, corespondent in divorce suit of Mme. Schumann-Heink, says that Wm. Rapp is kindest, noblest, purest man that ever, lived. o o WHAT THE WOMEN DID The General Federation of Wom en's Clubs did the following yester day: Protested against modern fashions in feminine dress. Heard Jane Addams advise them to adopt resolutions favoring, suffrage. Expected split on this question has not yet come. Mrs. Qeorge Bass officially wel comed women to Chicago. Mrs. Percy V. Pennybaker, presi dent of Federation, last night han dled her first biennial-convention. Indianapolis wants next biennial convention. mimimtf,m&, iy-jfi--t y:.''' M