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The Detroit times., 1916-03-03
CAN HIS SPIRIT
SIP SPIRITS?
That's Question Which Com.
plicates New York
Will Case

ALBANY. March 3.--If a man tips
the flowing bowl in this life, does he,
can he. continue his habit OF drink
ing after he passes into the here
aiteri Does he, can he, In the fu-
ture Juan Oiympian nectar or. per-
haps. sup hot spiced rum with q
dash OF sulphur In 1t?
These interesting questions were
presented to the court OF appeals
here today. One Patrick Kearney
made q will leaving several thou
sand dollars worth Of property to
his son william, provided William
gave ND the habit Of drinking intox'
icating liquors. But William died
two months after the will VIZ drawn
and two years before his father
Richard Kelly. No. ia Liberty-st.,
New York. attorney for Matthew J.
Kearney, the plaintiff. submitted a
brief to the court Of appeals. In
which he stated, quoting his author
tiles:
"The death OF william within two
months after the making or his
fathers will and without having
abandoned the use OF liquor up to
the time of his death was not a com
pliance with a condition that he
should have entirely given up the
habit OF using intoxicating liquors.
Moreover, the court certainly
cannot presume that william. is not
still able to use intoxicating liquors
and In not still using them. The be-
lief has been very widespread, IL
not indeed universal. that the spirits
OF the departed still continue to con.
sumo intoxicating liquor. For exam
pie. liquor is provided at wakes for
consumption by the deceased (Ency-
clopaedia Britannica. article Funeral
Rites. volume II. page 33D.
"The common law and the stat
utes of our state allow the use of
intoxicating liquors. and the court
cannot presume that such use would
not be allowed In any future state.
and cannot presume that tne wide
spread. IL not universal, belief as TO
such use is unfounded (Bonard's
will. l6 Abb. Pr y. s., leo, 1887
Myles A. Walsh, NO. "a Broadway.
New York. for his Glen John ~.
Cosgrove, a beneficiary under the
will. argued in his brief that any
such theory as Mr.. Kelly expounded
is pagan; that the Christian belief
is that after the soul leaves the body
NJ death they are not roioined until
the judgment day; that meantime
the body can have no taste for the
grape and the soul desires only
tnings spiritual
The learned judges OF t. court of
appeals seemed much interested.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03
petroiters at pinehurst.

PINEHURST. March 3.--Detroit-
ers who took part in the second
round Of match play here Thursday
won six contests and lost four. The
scores were:
Malcomn MacGregor lost to Spen-
Ger Waters. New York, s and 4: e.
n Jones lost TO w. 8. Vanclief,
Richmond county, to 3; +. 8. Cole.
man lost to r. a. Ralfe, South
Shore, 2 and 1: n. II. Rackbam
beat ". ID. Clark. Woodbridge, by
default; !. A. Bryant beat 8. r
Smith. Garden City. up; p. s. Dick
inson beat T.. r. Jones. Pittsburgh
5 and 4: +. L. Klingensmith beat II
s. Lesh, Philadelphia, 3 and g. NJ
J. Rogan lost to n. A. Lloyd. Cincin
natl. and 8; NJ. Sullivan teat r. J
Walsh. Greenwich, by default: II
Marks beat B. Boyce. Chicago, ]
20 2.
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GIVES FORTUNE
TO HIS MOTHER

SAN FRANCISCO. March 3d.
Frank Jones. 22 years old, renounced
an inheritance of $4,000 in favor of
his mother. Mrs. Mary Il. Jones.
Jones' father died two months ago.
leaving an estate valued at $4,000,
all OF which is bequeathed TO the
widow. For some reason Jones did
not mention his son In the will.
Therefore the will is void, and the
son Is entitled to one-half of the es-
tate. 81 am young, have good health
and am we'll able to support myself. >
Jones told Judge Graham. II wish
10 renounce my rights OF inheritance
in favor of my mother"
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03
Campaign for $30O,@
Building Fund to Be
Launched Tonight
SOLICITING WILL
BEGIN SATURDAY
Ward, DENLY and Miss
Russell to Lead Host
of Workers

Interest In the 100000 campaign
for new building for the Young
Women's Christian association
grows as the time for launching the
big city-wide canvass approaches
Friday evening. the first gun OF the
campaign will be fired AT banquet
in the Pontchartrain hotel. The ac-
tual solicitation for funds Will begin
Saturday morning.
Much of the campaign organiza-
ton has been effected under the d.
Iection Of Charles S. Ward, cam
paign director. who has conducted a
hundred successful activities OF a
similar sort for Y. w. G. A. and Y.
NJ. G. A. organizations throughout
the United States and England. Miss
Julie Russell Is chairman OF the gen
eral campaign committee. with Ed
win DENLY as head OF the mems
committee and Mrs. Theodore G.
Fletcher as head OF the women's
committee.
II Is expected that. before the din
ner takes place. Friday evening. the
organization of all the teams which
are TO take part in the canvass can
be announced. Ten teams OF men,
10 teams Of women and eight teams
OF girls viii constitute the working
force OF the 5000 900 campaign. This
win give total OF from $50 TO 800
men and women actually in the field.
Preparations are being made at
the Board OF Commerce TO accom-
modate the campaign workers in
the auditorium during the eight
Gays OF the financial roundup. Tele-
phones are being installed there and
tables and chairs are being provided.
SO that each team may have its own
table at noon luncheon throughout
the campaign.
The MONDAY luncheons will be
made the occasion for speeches set
ting before the workeN the import
ance OF completing the fund by
March IL. the last day OF the cam
paign. as scheduled Mr.. DENLY will
preside at these meetings.
The big clock which Mr.. Ward
uses In his campaigns. with a dial
marked up 10 100000 at 12 o'clock.
will be displayed at conspicuous
corner on Woodward-ave during the
progress OF the campaign. Each
thousand dollars subscribed toward
the fund will be indicated by the big
8 hand OF the clock.
Miss Marie Holmquist, head OF the
department of method OF the ma
tional board of the Y w. c. A. In
New York city. will be the princi.
pal out-of.town speaker at tonight's
banquet. Talks will be made by Ed
win DENLY, Mr.. Ward and a mum
ber Of Detroit business men who are
taking part in the campaign.
One Of the guests of honor at the
opening dinner will be Miss Caroline
u. Dow, dean of the National Train
ing school, who was for number
of years resident OF Detroit.
Miss Dow's association address
will huingly mark the close of the
nationwide jubilee celebration. and
challenge interest in the immediate
local enterprise She will be a guest
Of Miss Julie Russell while in the
city.
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population of less than 100000, the
Inhabitants called white" being
only about $1,000 The Spaniards
killed OFF the Indians and replaced
them with slaves from Africa. These
colored people are ranked different
ly here from what they are in the
United States. In Jamaica. the
colored man is considered TO belong
either TO the negro or the white
race, according 10 the degree Of
proficiency he attains In education
culture, wealth. or influence. Some
are ranked and work with negroes
i'm the fields: others are lawyers.
doctors or business men.
The lower classes are better work.
ers and more ambitious than those
In some other parts OF the West
Indies, Many have gone to Panama
or the banana plantations of Costa
Rica, where they are making good.
and even sending home money to
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03
WOMAN KILLED
BY SAWDUST

TACOMA. WISH, March "A
mountain OF water.sosked sawdust
released from its position on the top
of hill about one.half mile east
~ Fairfax crashed down the en-
hrnkmcnt. tore the strong two story
home Of J. H. skiles to pieces and
Instantly killed Mrs. skiles, who was
alone I'm her home. Her husband is
principal Of the Fairfax school and
had left home with his two sons
some time before the slide. Tho
saWdust was years in accommodating.
being the dump" OF an old aban-
doned mill.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03
NO CLOCKS IN
OKLAHOMA PEN

McALESTER. Okla. March a.
After trip through the state peni.
Tertiary here visitor realizes that
he has seen no clocks. Neither in
the administration building. the ro.
tunda nor cell houses is there a
timcpiece
Recently visitor without a
watch was escorted back 10 the ad.
ministration rooms after tour OF
the prison. He glanced at 0ne walls
looking for "A clock TO see II he had
time 10 catch car into the city.
There was none.
why, where are your clocks" he
asked trusty.
The man grlnned.
I'VE don't need any. We all have
all the time We want here" he re.
piled fhen he added: Electric
gongs announce divisions Of time
work, eat and retire. according to
the rings"
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03
~ ROGER w. sAssoN

KINGSTON. Jamaica. March a.
Once more am on the island OF ia
maica. While the winds are howl
ing and you are shivering with the
cold. !, with my coat and vest on.
am resting under the shade OF a
palm tree Every time ! come to
this island, I am struck with the
contrast between Ii and the cities
of our own great country. Although
only five days from New York, ia
maica is in the tropics, and every
thing in sight is distinctly tropical.
The tlrface Of the island Is noun
famous, the eastern part being more
elevated than the other portions.
The mountains reach 1000 to 5000
feet in height, with the highest peak.
Blue mountain, 7,423 feet. This di-
versity OF surface causes an endless
variety of vegetation mainly tropi-
cal, Of course. but semi-tropdcal or
the highlands. One reason for the
density OF the growth. in places so
thick that the traveller in the forest
must cut his wav with an ak, Is the
great number OF streams and springs
on the island
There are said to be 1000 rivers.
springs and rivulets, some Of them.
notably Cane river and Roaring riv-
er. having beautiful waterfalls. In
deed, the name of the island Ia sup
posed to come from an Indian word.
"Xamayca," meaning abundance Of
water. The island is only one-tenth
the size of Cuba, having 1907 square
miles. a little smaller than Con-
necticut. or twice the size Of Delar
ware.
There are, OF course, palms ami
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03

their families. Usually, the negro
lives from day to day. A living
comes easily here. Often they have
no rent To pay for their little palm
thatched huts. they need few clothes.
fuel is necessary only for cooking.
and much food is to be had for the
picking. One can hardly blame
them for not looking ahead and pro
yiding for the future when the pres.
ent is so easy.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03

. r....,.E-shs Plat; s nae: neat Is:SS a::. -
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03

palms and palms, the giant cotton
trees. tallest OF all the island vege-
tation. locusts. mahogany and cedar
trees and many, many others. In
the Numerous gardens and parks,
all kinds OF trees, plants and shrubs
are brought TO such perfection as
could be possible only in the Garden
OF Eden
On the plantations, bananas, cof.
fee, pineapples, tobacco. etc, are
raised. II Is a common sight to see
a Ale OF negro women, each with a
great bunch Of bananas or basket
of fruit poised securely on her head.
The negroes are everywhere
They number nearly 100000 in a
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serted that i'm addition to scribbling
poems during Office hours, Salmon's
work on the books was unsatisfac-
tory. that he made many errors in
entries, and that it was frequently
necessary for other clerks ~ the
Office to assist him with his work.
To refute a statement that his
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03

verse was either copied or "slush,'
Salmon produced several poems, one
of which was an ode to Mayor
Marx, and could be sung to the tune
of "Tipperary." The merit board
unanimously sustained the charges
of the assessors after a hearing last.
ing three hours.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03

Roger W. Babson Finds Jamaica Trop Faryland Where
Food Is Had for Picking and Fuel Is Never Needed!
Rents Are Free and There Is No High Cost of
Living Problem in This Oasis On Sea
Trip to Central America!
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03
KILLS BEAR 1fE
MILES FROM NO

TOLEDO. Ore. March 3.-A3
Nye, superintendent of the city
ter works. while on trip up
creek encountered bear. Az1(
with q revolver. Mr.. Nye pursQI
the bear and succeeded In gstt2
few chance shots. but to NO e10
Mr.. Nye's two hounds quit the ~
OF wildcat they were after ~
turned the bear back face to -
with his pursuer. who. from sh4
range. planted a bullet between q
animals eyes. The killing occury9
within three miles of town. q
The Detroit times., 1916-03-03
GARDEN OF EDEN
IN AMERICA!

OF srknsy remarkable series OF
Central tell American readers s
at
of of
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
LARGEST ORGANIZATION OF
WOMEN

The representatives of the Pleasant
Valley W. c. T. U. and the Liber-
al W. G. T. U. met September and
organized the Seward county w. c..
T. u, electing the following county
officers: Mrs. Maude Kelley, presi-
dent; Mrs. d. c. Dood, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Bertha Hayes, secretary,
and Mrs. Hattie Sparks, treasurer.
The Liberal W. G. T. U. elected
the following officers at its annual
meeting: Mrs. v. H. Grinstead,
president; Mrs. Emily Bane, vice
president; Mrs. Belle vickers, secre-
tary, and Mrs. T. B. Moore, treasurer.
The Pleasant Valley w. c. T. U. is
officered by the following women:
Mrs. Ed Scott, president; Mrs. Clod-
felter, secretary, and Mrs. Mary Full
Ter, treasurer.
The Liberal Union paid dues for
rs women as active members and
the other unions paid for %. Each
organization mothers two juvenile So
cieties-a Young Peoples Branch
and Loyal Temperance Union.
The District Convention will be at
Pratt this month and Mrs. Mary Full
Ter will represent Seward county.
The state convention will meet at
Hutchinson in October and several
delegates will attend from Liberal.
Mrs. V. H. Grinstead has been
asked to give the response to the ad-
dresses of welcome at Hutchinson.
The goal of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union is Total Abb
stinence for the Individual and Pro-
hibition for the Nation"
The watchword is: "Agitate,
educate, organize"
The National Convention will meet
in indianapolis in November.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
LANE-NIIDDLENIIss

A beautiful wedding was solemn
lied Saturday morning at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Lane, when
their daughter, Miss Margaret, was
united in marriage to Clarence Mid
dlemiss Of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The ring ceremony was used Rev.
FIR. Herman of Fowler was the Of
ficiating minister. To the strains of
Lohengrin's wedding march, played
by Miss Gertrude Lane, sister of the
bride, the bridal couple took their
places under an arch of yellow and
white chrysanthemums in which was
suspended wedding bell. The
bride entered on the arm of her
father, accompanied by her brides
maid, Miss Cordelia Middlemiss, and
her little ring bearer, Mary Margaret
McFarlane. The groom was accom-
panied by his mother and grooms-
man, Albert S. Lane. The bride was
beautifully gowned in white crepe de
chine and carried boquet of white
and yellow tube roses. The groom
wore the conventional black.
Miss Lane is one of Liberals own
girls, having been born and raised
here. She graduated from the Lib
eral schools in 1914, and has always
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
MOOSE LODGE INSTITUTED,

Liberal Lodge No. 1856. Loyal Or
der of Moose, was instituted on
Thursday night of last week. The
lodge begins its life with a charter
membership of so members. Chas.
Benz. Lopp, district director of the
order, who has been here several
weeks organizing the new lodge, had
charge of the organization work. The
lodge starts off with good bunch of
officers at the head of it. They are:
Dan Murphy, dictator; DR.. ]. d.
Welch, past dictator; Chas. M. Tuck
er, vice dictator; r. w. Dickerson, I,
prelate; Earl Manis, sergeant-at-
arms; Ray Kennedy, secretary; e. d.
Cooper, treasurer; Robt. Record, in
side guard; Clayton Malone, outside
guard; e. j. Fitzgerald, Ray Millman
and ]. w. MCGEE, trustees.
The Moose fraternity owns its own
educational institute and home for
dependent children of its members,
and includes a home for aged men,
bers, at Mooseheart, Illinois, which
was dedicated by Vice President
Marshall on July %, 1918. Mr.. Mar
SHALL by the way, is member of the
order, as is President Wilson, Gov
ernor Capper, and number of other
men prominent in the business and
political life of the country. At this
home are at present 337 children get
ting an education free of expense to
them, and they have the choice of a
curriculum of 20 vocations to select
their life work. This order was first
organized April 12, 1888, and held
as a social order until 1906, when it
was made beneficiary society under
the laws of the state of Indiana. To-
day there are nearly LOO Moose
lodges scattered throughout the
United States, Canada, Alaska, Cuba,
South America, Europe, Hawaii, the
Philippines and Australia. They
claim to have the greatest increase
in membership during that time OF
any fraternal order in the world. 1t
is a good order to belong to and we
hope the Liberal lodge soon gets
big enough membership to erect their
own home, which they are contem-
plating doing in the near future.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
EMIL L. ERIKSON DEAD

The people of Liberal were severely
shocked Sunday when the report was
spread that Emil T. Erikson was
dead. Although he had been in
poor health several months, he was
still at work in the Summers store
Wednesday, and to hear of his death
Sunday seemed almost incredible. He
had been sufferer from kidney trou-
BILE for some time but no one consid-
cred his case dangerous one. How
ever, he took to his bed on Thurs
day morning Of last week and had to
give up the good fight Sunday. Sugar
diabetes had developed and no help
availed.
Mr.. Erikson was born in Geary
county, Kansas, March 10, 1882, and
died September 10, 1916, aged "a
years, 5 months and 21 days. On
February IT, 1914, he was married
Ito Miss May Edna Smith, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. U. Smith of this city,
who with one son survives him. Be-
sides the wife and son he leaves q
mother, four sisters and three broth
ers to mourn his departure. All the
above relatives arrived in time to at
tend the funeral. Mr.. Erikson had
been with the firm of Chas. Summers
& Sons about four years, and had al
ways proved a faithful, honest and
industrious employe.
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church Monday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. H. F. Bolton, and
1nterment was made in the Liberal
cemetery under the auspices of the
Masonic order, of which he was
member. Thus passes from the scene
of earthly activity young man of
promise, devoted husband, loving
father, good friend and respected citi-
zen. His family and relatives have
the heartfelt sympathy of large
circle of friends in their bereave-
ment, and the Democrat desires to be
numbered among those who feel
sincere regret at his passing on.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15

taken prominent part in the towns
social affairs, in which circles she
will be greatly missed. The groom is
stranger to us but should be con-
graduated on capturing one of Liber-
ais most popular young ladies as a
life companion. The happy couple
left Saturday afternoon for Salt Lake
City, where the groom has a new
home awaiting them. The out-of-town
guests at the wedding were: Mrs. e.
Middlemiss and Miss Cordelia Middle
miss of Salt Lake City, R. S. and
Phil. Smith of Tallapoosa, Georgia,
Mrs. ]. D. Rice of Hayden, Arizona,
Mrs. e. M. Higday of Tucumcari,
New Mexico, and Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Lane of Dalhart, Texas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
MARRIED

Edward X. Richardson of Lorena,
Oklahoma, and Miss Florence M.
Lindley Of Plains were married at the
court house last Sunday by Probate
Judge Campbell. Quite few friends
of both parties were present to wit
ness the ceremony, most of them
coming from near Plains and Kismet.
Mr.. Richardson is a rural mail car
rier out of Lorena, near which place
they will make their home on the
groom's farm.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
SAWED INTO HIS HAND
Contractor J. B. Hubbart happe

Contractor ]. B. Hubbart happened
to an accident Wednesday that may
cost him several fingers. He acci-
dentally got his hand in front of a
circular saw in his workshop with the
result that the saw ripped into his
hand and will cause him to lose one
or more digits. Mr.. Hubbart had re-
Gently had minor accident to the
thumb on that hand, and this one
coming on top of that, right at this
busy time, makes 1t quite a serious
incident for him.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN

Seward county received .92 of an
inch of rain Sunday night and Mon
day forenoon. This wasn't very
heavy fall, but taken with the other
rains of about the same quantity dur
ing the last few weeks, it goes long
way toward helping the country. The
land is now ready for fall plowing
and considerable wheat is going in
to the ground at this time. 1t also
helps mature the row crops, of which
there will be an abundance this year.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
SOUTHWEST FAIR IN pRoevsss

SOUTHWEST FAIR IN PROGv FSS
The Southwest Fair, the big event
Of the year for Liberal and the en-
tire Southwest, is In progress this
week and closes tonight. pThs good
shower Of rain Sunday nigh, and
Monday morning made thing look
for little while like 1t might prove
a damper to the festivities, but the
clouds blew away and Tuesday
proved to be the biggest first day OF
the fair since 1t was organized.
Tuesday, however, was spent mostly
in putting the finishing touches to
the grounds, buildings, and other de-
tails that had not been attended to
before that time, and the fair proper
had hardly started until Wednesday.
The biggest drawing card and the
best advertisement put out by the
town of Liberal was the parade
staged Wednesday afternoon through
the principal business and residence
streets Of the city. The floats were
beautiful and the parade was watched
by bigger crowd than ever greeted
a circus in the town. The advertis-
ing floats especially are deserving Of
special mention as each one was a
perambulating advertisement OF the
business house,it represented. Every
float in the parade represented con-
siderable Ingenuity on the part OF its
decorators and they we're all so diff
ferent that none cold be accused OF
copying another's design. 1t would
be hard to make special mention of
any particular one without sighting
the others, h nee we will let 1t go by
saying the parade will undoubtedly
pe a regular feature Of u fair IN
the futdr, yealsl @-N
We wee informed yesterday by
! on" 2, ttc officials that he had just
hh., Nhounting the number of cars
on the fair grounds, Outside of the
enclosure he found $50 cars, inside
were 200, making total Of 450 cars
present at one time. Yesterday was
Oklahoma day and good share Of
the cars bore Oklahoma tags. thus
showing a decided courtesy on the
part of our neighbors across the state
line in sending such large delega-
tion TO attend Kansas event.
You couldn't find better display
of livestock, hogs and agricultural
products in a country where land
sells for $50 per acre than you find
this week at the fair grounds. If peo-
pie from the east could be here to
attend this and view these products
they would Immediately see the folly
of living on that high priced land
where they raise no more than we do
here, on land that costs only frac-
tion of the eastern real estate.
The attendance this year is con-
siderably in excess or last years and
1t is thought the management will
come out considerably more to the
good than formerly, and last years
surplus was over 1000. Time is not
allowed to hang heavily on your
hands out at the grounds as there is
something doing every minute Of the
day. Ball games, horse races, doll
racks, everything that goes to make
up good country fair, is represent
ed, and il you haven't been out there
up to this time you had better sneak
away from your work a few hours
and mingle with the crowd. 1t will
do you good.