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Show MISS HELEN MESOW I FOUND DEAD IN P.OOM I Oakland, Cnl., June 17. Miss Hel. on Mosow, a blind soprano singer, 'I known as the "Helen Kellor of tn9' West,'' was found dead on a couch In her apartment here late last nigh. The cause of death had not been i.1. termlned at an early hour today, a spoon found In an empty glass la tha bathroom Is to be examined to ascor-tain ascor-tain It it had contained poison. Miss Lois Schaerer, a friend ot Miss Mesow's discovered the body. -j A physician worked over tho bodyVftn! for an hour trying to restore anlma. tlon. He could not nsctium thj causo ot death. Tha spoon In the bath room, he said, smelt strongly of a quick acting poison. On a table noir tin couch was a card bearing tho name ot W. C Dohrmann, an Oakland real estato agent. The card contained thU penciled pen-ciled message: "Helen, 6 p. m.. Wnu.ed you to como to dinner thU evening, as ,t is our last night W. CD. Mrs. E. Stcg ot Mcirose, an aui.t of Dohrmnnn's sail today that sue and Dohrmann left tha noto nt Ho npartmont Sunday. "Our last night," sho sold meant that Dohrmann was leaving townfora while Miss Mesow wns wldeiy known as a singer, and for her strugslo ogalnst her Infirmity to achieve rank as a vocalist. |