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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19

eighth grade commencement day. The
members of the Freshman class went
out to the oil well; the Sophomores
went to LaRue's grove, the Juniors
to the Jacobs grove and the Seniors
to the Skelton grove
The eighth grade commencement
exercises were held IN the court room
commencing at O'Clock There were
sixty-one in the class and nearly all
were present. The program was
opened by piano duet played by
little Misses Margaret Pierson and
Chloris Heyl- While this was being
played the class marched in and took
their places and were seated as the
music ceased The invocation was by
Rev McHenry and was followed by
selection by a male quartette com
posed of Messrs. Bell, Hickman,
Chalk and Keraus which was humor-
Gus, well rendered and received hearty
applause.
The address was by the Rev
Heizer of the Presbyterian church.
His subject was ga Person. Every
man, woman and child is person
They are not things Dollars and the
material things of life are. things.
No matter how large a pile of dollars
i
sent the real value of anyone boy or
girl for they are persons The per
son is divided into two parts, the soul
and the body. The soul Is that part
which enables to think, to see, the
part which He educate and the part
which Is immortal The body is the
automobile in which the soul rides 1t
IS indeed a wonderful machine but
readily responds to the wishes of our
SOUL The soul must be trained to di-
rect the uses of the different parts of
the body The eyes to see the beau
ties of nature the handiwork of
God; the ears to hear and detect the
difference in sound and their mean
ing and to appreciate the harmony
IN music; the hands to perform man
uaI exercise, to play and to work; the
mind to comprehend the meaning of
words and 1anuage as we cannot think
or speak without words. We must
learn these things at school through
years of carefully planned work and
study A fine Intellect is not OF
| much use-without strong body The
body must be developed along with
the SOUL 1t must have exercise; il
must have work and play under
| proper conditions As we ride in the
automobile of our body we sometimes
take companion with US. Some oi
| these companions are Iaziness, i'll
temper and self-indulgence or we may
have pluck, energy, self-restraint ane
| the spirit of true charity. The frs
| three passengers will try to lead Us
| to wreck and ruin our auto while ths
| others will guide it into more nob1.
| and glorious things of life which vii
give a love for play and for work,
| love for art, for reading, for eiuca
| ton, for friends, for God and tn
fields and the out-of-doors which b,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19

"A meeting of the directors of the
Trego County Fair Association Is be-
ing held this afternoon Matters per-
tanning to the fair this fall are to be
discussed. It is none too early for
others besides the board of directors
to begin their planning for the fair
Commence right now to develop
something or to prepare some calf,
pig or chicken for the fair.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19
A HOSPITAL, WHY

1t Is conceded that America went
into the great world war for the ser
vice of humanity We asked neither
money or lands, save the few paltry
acres wherein to lay our dead for the
long, long sleep They gave their all
in the service of their country that
peace might return, tranquility be re-
stored and justice be established
throughout the wide, wide warning
world Weeping wives and mothers
and sorrowing sisters and sweet
hearts served with them, at home and
abroad, in camps and in hospitals or
on CORY fields of battle, and all to
the same end-the service of human
ity. The war was won speedily and
now shall the memory of the daring
deeds of our dead heroes die with
them2 Shall the sacrifices of those
days of mingled hope and fear pass
for naught and be no more remen-
bered
1t is conceded that we shall erect
in every community a fitting monu-
ment to keep ever before the mem
ory of the miracle that was wrought
in the short space of eighteen months,
and to be the most fit and appropriate
memorial it must be such as viii
serve the community IN which it
stands And to this end what could
be more appropriate than a hospital
for the relief of the sick and suffer
ing?
Do not need a hospital? +? Are any
of our people ever sick? Do we ever
have accidents epidenics Do
emergencies ever arise which call for
immediate treatment and the most
sillful and efficient nursing? Or is
1T true that hospitals are already too
plentiful and quite convenient?
One day, about month ago,
Trego county had six patients in the
nearest hospital-not to mention
other Trego county patients in other
Institutions One day, less than two
weeks ago, there We're nine patients
from Trego county in one hospital
a very good, efficient, well equipped
institution, but that very day so
crowded that some patients were 1y-
ing on cots placed in the Railways.
And all this notwithstanding there
are good hospitals at Hoisington,
Ellsworth, Manhattan, Junction City,
Clay Center, Mcpherson, Hutchinson,
Lyons and Sterling (the latter two
only ten miles apart)- Building hos
pitfalls is not a fad. There is an in
sistent demand for them. They meet
a great and growing need. 1t is i'm
possible to secure nurses and helpers
in sufficient numbers to give home
care to all those who need care II
is condition which must be met
Other cities and communities are
meeting it. 1t is a condition which we
must recognize and for which we
must prepare. 1t can be done in only
one way, and that way is BUILD 4
HOSPITAL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19
PIG RACE AT w. W. w. SHOW

At the big double show Saturday
night May 21st, vaudeville and pic
lures, some lady Will go on the stage
between acts and catch live pig
Don't miss it, Admission 20 and 80
cents, including war tax
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19
NOTICE TO THEATRE GoERs

Owing to the Garden Theatre be-
ing used for the High School play Fri
day night, ssFuss and Feathers" by
Edna Bennett viii be shown only on
Saturday night. This is some show.
10 and 25 cents.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES

Services Sunday in the English
language 1890 a. m.
Sunday School, IL 80 a. m.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19

An interesting event for this part
of Kansas viii be the Townley-
LANCER debate which will take place
at Ellis next Saturday, May 21st-
The non-partisan league and its work
will be the subject under discussion
Townley is the national head of the
league and practically the whole
thing of the league. LANCER was at
one time attorney general of the
state of North Dakota being elected
as a Lacquer He would not do as
Townley and the gang wanted him to
and broke with the league The is
sues and the men of the league are
discussed at these meetings Only
few of them are to be held in West
ern Kansas and Hill City and Ellis
ere the only places in this section
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19

Fresh beef at Bakers. Adv If.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19

just what is wrong with the wheat
in this county we are not prepared to
say, but according to the report from
the farmers there is something wrong
and 1t looks like it will take plenty of
rain and warm weather to bring it
out The wheat is short, yellow and
spindling. In fact, it looks sick The
heads are showing much of it
which is not a foot high The opinion
is that the Easter freeze did the
damage
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1921-05-19
MISS LETTIE RHOADES PASSED
AWAY

Mention was made IN last weeks
issue of The World of the serious i'll
ness of Miss LettIe Rhoades and this
week must make the announcement
of her death which occurred at the
home of her mother in this city early
last Sunday morning Though frail
in body she made a persistent effort
to gain the better of the disease but
she was unable to do So
Electa Zeviah Rhoades was born in
Cayuga county, New York, July %,
1874, where she lived until 1886 when
she came to Trego county with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rhoades.
Early in life she became a member of
the Baptist church and was a faith
full and consistent member of that
organization until her death Her
religion lead her to do good unto
others and there are many in this
vicinity who can testify to the good
deeds she has done Death claimed
her early Sunday morning, May 18th,
and the funeral services were held
Monday afternoon, the body being
buried in the family lot in WaKeeney
Cemetery The funeral sermon was
preached from the Baptist church by
the Rev. McHenry.
Miss Rhoades is survived by her
mother, four brothers, and two sis
tiers of the immediate family Her
mother and brothers live in this vi
cnty and one sister in Topeka and the
other in New York City. The reIa-
tives from a distance who were here
for the funeral were Mrs. NJ. E. Ham
ilton, New York City, Mrs. N. c. Nc
Collum, Topeka, Kansas, and Mrs.
Lois Kaufman, a niece and her child,
from Monet, Mo.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Caruso Sings Again
For Friends at Hotel
Reported i'm Excellent Voice
After Illness; Believed He Will
Re.enter Opera in Fall

Enrlco Caruso sang yesterday for
the first time since he was taken i'll
with pleurisy shortly before Christmas.
Friends of the tenor were asto'lishcd
while visiting him in his apartment at
the Vanderbilt Hotel when he suddenly
began singing selections from Mar
tha," and proved, they said, to be in
excellent voice.
Within half an hour the news that
Caruso had sung for fifteen minutes
and that his voice showed no damage
from his long illness reached Giulio
Gatti- Casazza, general manager of the
Metropolitan Opera House, and was
communicated at once to the entire
staff of the opera. While no authority
could be had for the statement from
Mr.. Gatt-Casazza or his assistant Ed
ward Zieger, it was predicted last
night that the operate season would
open in November with Caruso in his
old place in the cast.
In the last six weeks Caruso has
gained six pounds, but more important
in the estimation of his attendants is
the fact that his desire to sing has
been constantly increasing Yesterday
was the first time that he had made
anything like sustained effort,
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Two Sisters and
Dog Herrnits i'm
Hotel 3 Years
Food Ordered by Mail
Pushed Under Door of
Broom Suite; Paid $50
Rent Until 9 Weeks Ago
Both Women TubercuIar
Protest Being Sent to
Hospital When Health
Officers Force Entrance

The police and health authorities
yesterday gained admittance to the
three-room apartment in Meyers Ho.
tel, at Third and Hudson streets. Ho.
boken, where two elderly women and
dog have been in absolute seclusion
for three years and three months.
Both women are said by Dr.. F. X.
Stack, Health Commissioner, to be
tubercular. Miss Carrie Sunderland,
who is about sixty years old, was in
bed when the authorities arrived. She
was taken to ST. Mary's Hospital.
The other woman, her niece, Mrs.
Fannie Miller, who is about forty
years old, protested at her aunt's re-
moval, saying she would send her to a
hospital here. Mrs. Miller also was
taken to st. Mary's Hospital late IN the
afternoon.
Order Food BY Mail
Two days after the two women took
up their residence in the hotel Mrs.
Miller, according to Police Inspector
Daniel Kiely, was called to headquar-
ters to explain the loss of pair of
blankets in connection with her depar-
ture from the Gregorian Hotel in New
York City. Since then neither woman
nor the dog has left the apartment.
All food was ordered by mail, which
was showed under the door to be
posted. Milk was delivered daily, and
every day the newspapers were
brought Always the things were left
outside the door. Later, when no one
was about, they were taken in.
No one who knocked at the door was
admitted. The authorities gained en-
trance only by Threatening to break in
the door AS far as the hotel manage
ment and the rest of the guests were
concerned the pair we're model tenants.
There was never any noise, and the
rent-S30 week-was paid regularly
by check pushed under the door
These payments Of rent were con-
tlnuous up to nine weeks ago, when they
stopped. John Moje, the proprietor,
says the women owe him $270. He said
that he made overtures to redecorate
the apartment, but that Mrs. Miller
had said that the place did not need
it, that it was SO clean that one could
eat off the floor.
No one suspected the true state of
affairs until the Fire Departments in
spector complained of the amount of
refuse piled on the fire escape outside
the window of the womens apartment
Whereupon Mr.. Moje, who could not
enter by the door to discuss the mat
ter, climbed up the fire escape TO re-
move some of the rubbish. He looked
Continued on paqo thresl
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
. RS. honts
Drops Will Suit
And Apologies
Traction Magnate's Widow
Retracts Charges Made
Against Mrs. Thomas. fo
Whom Fortune Is Left
Collects 100000 Loan
Million Dollar Alienation
Action To Be Dismissed:
Value of Estate Doubtful

Mrs. Milla d. Shonts, in the Surro
gates Court yesterday, withdrew hel
contest of the will of her husband
Theodore P. Shonts, former president
OF the 1nterborough Rapid Transit
Company, il which the testator made
no bequest from his estate to his
widow and left the bulk of his prop.
erty to Mrs. Amanda c. Thomas, {
friend.
In withdrawing her objections to the
probating of the will, Mrs. Shonts said
she was convinced that she could not
sustain them, and also that she was
convinced of her husba ads mental ca
paclty to execute the instrument. The
widow had stated in her objections
that Mr.. Shonts was not of sound men
tai capacity when he made his will and
that he was under the undue influence
Of Mrs. Thomas.
All these statements are now with
drawn. Mrs. Shonts signed the fol-
lowing statement, addressed to whom
1T may concern
l. Mllla D. Shonts, do hereby re-
tract and withdraw without reserva-
tlon all charges that | have at any
time heretofore made concerning the
character, repute and conduct of Mrs.
Amanda c. Thomas"
There is still pending in the Supreme
Court an action brought by Mrs. Shonts
against Mrs. Thomas for 81 900 0O0
damages for the alleged alienation OF
Mr.. Shonts's affections. This action
100, 1t was lntimated yesterday, would
be discontinued by Mrs. Shonts.
Surrogate Foley, in the presence Of
attorneys representing Mrs. Shonts
Mrs. Thomas and the estate, signed ar
order dlscontinuing the will contest
and also signed an order to admit the
Will to probate immediately.
The action Of Mrs. Shonts in volun.
1arliy putting an end to what threat
ened to be a bitter litigation came 9
few days after the signing of an orde,
by Surrogate Foley directing the
Guaranty Trust Company, temporary
administrator of the Shonts estate. tC
pay over to the widow of the railroad
man 100000, representing loan tc
Mr. Shonts from his wife and acknowl.
edged by him in his will.
The only provision made by Mr.
Shonts for his widow was that she
should receive the proceeds from {
$4,000 insurance policy which he hac
maintained for her and also portrait
Of herself. He provided trust funds
tor his daughters, the Duchess dc
Chaulnes and Mrs. Rutherford Bing
ham, and left the residue of his estate
to Mrs. Thomas. Mr.. and Mrs. Shonts
had been separated by agreement some
time before his death.
With the many claims outstanding
against the estate of Mr.. Shonts, it is
likely that there will not be left TO,
Mrs. Thomas and the other legatees as
much as was first believed there woulc
be for distribution.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09

death rate The japanese average
eight to a family. over-population is
the root of the yellow peril
For more than a year | have been
receiving visits from representatives
OF the japanese government sent out
TO study the question of birth control
There have been twenty-five in all, rep
resenting various departments of the
government.
Finally came Dr. Kato, who said that
th' majority of the Japanese parlia-
ment were now convinced of the wis
dom of birth control, and that it only
remained for them to study the meth
eds of teaching it to their people. The
reports from the first agents sent to
this country, he said, were to the
effect that the only thing the Japan
ese had to learn from the outside world
to-day was the lesson of birth control
With such measures as industrial well
fare and our labor problems the Jap
anese had nothing in common, but any
remedy to decrease surplus popula-
tlon struck at the roots of their great
est national problem"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Six Million Emo
Legacy May Go
To Columbia
Appellate Court Reyerses
Decision Which Held He
Was Mental Incompetent
When He Made His Will
University Was Bequeathed
Residuary Part; Contest
Made by His Relatives

The Appellate Division yesterday re
Yersed the finding of iurv in +b.
Surrogates' Court that Amos r En-.
, was not possessed Of testamentarv "a
paclty when he executed hia will in
which he left the residue of his estate
to Columbia University, upon which
verdict the will was rejected
Mr.. Emo left an estate valued at
about s15,000O0o, and the residuarv
estate, to which Columbia University
would have been entitled if the in
strument had not been rejected. would
have amounted to about $4,000, 900.
The will contest was tried in 1915, and
the Judgment of the jury has been
under appeal since that time, the An
pellate Division hearing argument on
it year ago.
Case Must Be Retired
BY the reversal of the lower court
by the Appellate Division, whose de-
clslon is founded on the fact that the
verdict was against the weight of evil
dence, the case will have to be retired
The contestants were Amos R. f. Pin
chot, Clifford Pinchot, Professor Henry
Lane Emo, nephews of the testator;
Lady Antoinette Johnstone, Florence
c. Graves and Mary F. Emo, nieces;
William P. Emo, brother, and Antoin-
cite E. Wood, sister.
They contended that Mr.. Emo was not
of sound mind when he made his will
benehting Columbia University, il
which, it was alleged, he had shown nc
previous interest, and was under un
due influence. Many peculiarities anc
eccentricities of the testator were
brought out on the trial, which lasteo
about fifty days. One of the alleged
signs of mental weakness described by
witnesses was the continued expressed
fear of Mr.. Emo that he could not
afford certain things that he wanted to
buy, this fear being present even when
he wanted to buy some strawberries.
Judge Comments on Jokes
In one of two opinions by the APP
pellate Division yesterday Justice Page
wrote:
During his whole life he was ready
to say as All excuse for not doing what
he did not want to do that he was not
able to afford it. 1t was favorite
Joke. when in company of friends, to
refuse to make purchase Of some
cheap article and tell the salesman that
he could not AFT ord it. Notwithstand
ing this we'll known characteristic, the
same statement made in the last year
Of his life is presented as "A delusIon
evidenciug senile dementia. Tho joke
of middle-aged life becomes the tragedy
Of old age"
Justice Page said Mr. Emo by his will
showed he had capacity to comprehend
the nature and extent of his property,
the nature of the act he was perform
ing and the name and identity OF the
persons who were the proper objects of
his bounty.
"Hc undoubtedly had some weak
nesses and infrmities," the court said,
but possessed to the day of his death
strong will, business capacity, dis
cernment and dgment"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Britain Placed on War Footine
AS Farley With Miners Fails:
Triple Strike Set for Tuesday
thousands in Middle Glass Union
Enroll to Fight General Strike

LONDON, April 8lf the "Trpe Alliance general
soppage OF work by Its members is made effective
hefe Will be rush Of element
WIN he strike movement An will
an important part IN this the union
poseu mainly OF the new poor and the socaled
eho that through lack of failed to achieve
commensurate with those unon and
thy have been penazed through the living resulting
from the advances to the unionists
hen STRIKE clouds began to gather this organization started
OIL all those prepared to capacity the
hatloha emergency and its officials
or men and women had enrolled three hundred
IN all pa OF England Scotland and Wales. Similarly committees
have been formed for the of aon
men, so II the strike kings NAV be seen rnc
motor busses doctors collecting ramway tickets and
locomotives the the railway rlo conto
ber, 1919 ~ ~ 40 "p'0"t
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Reds Slay Or lmprison
20 Deported From U. S
Accuse Them of Being Anar.
cllists; Strip Rest of Their
Money at Russian Frontier

RIGA, Latvia, April 8 (By The AS
sociated Press )-Russian- radicals de-
ported from the United States, who ar
rived at Libau on April 5, aboard the
Steamship Thor, to which they had
been transferred from the American
steamship Mongolia, found the regula-
tions of the Bolshevik frontier officials
more strict than those Of the American
officials who were charged with their
deportation.
On their arrival at the Russian bor-
der the deportees were deprived of
their money, despite protests, and in
return were granted ration cards en-
titling them to food when they reached
Russia.
Out of seventy-fvc deportees who
arrived in Russia from America on
March 8, it is reported that twenty
were executed or imprisoned as an
archists because they had voiced op-
position to the Bolshevik regime.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Japan Plans Control of Births
10 Avoid War, Says Mrs. Sanger

The Japanese government itself is
taking steps to avert the "yellow peril"
by instituting national birth control
policy, according to an announcement
made yesterday by Mrs. Margaret
Sanger, leader Of the birth control
movement in this country.
Mrs. Sanger said she recently had
been in conference with DR.. Kato, head
of the Department of Medical Affairs
under the Japanese government, who is
making study of the birth control
movement in the United States, Eng
land, Holland and Germany. DR.. Kato
sailed on the Mauretania on Thursday.
"Dr. Kato told me that the Japanese
government is convinced it must estab-
lish birth control as nationwide
policy at once or fight war of aggres-
sion with the next generation" said
Mrs. Sanger in her office at 104 Fifth
Avenue. "The population of Japan is
now 57,000,000 in an area the size of
California. 1t is increasing at the rate
Of 100000 year over and above its
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Will Directs Dogs Be
Cremated With Woman
Mrs. Alberta Schneider. of
Brooklyn, Provides That Two
Pets Be Killed

81 of Mrs. Alberta Schneider, of no
Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn, more than
her two dogs. They were downcast and
felt that they were forgotten But Mrs.
Schneider had not forgotten them. She
had provided for them in her will. il
became known yesterday.
Her estate, which is valued at So, 900.
she bequeathed to her son, Bertram l..
Schneider of Great Neck, L. I. Con
cerning her dogs she said in her will:
II direct my executors to have nv
body cremated and also to have nv
dogs killed and their bodies also to be
Icremated With me-,
New-York tribune., 1921-04-09
Wounded Policeman
Carried to Dying Wife
Allowed to Clasp Hands in Last
Conscious Moments Before
Woman EXDires

Patrolman Robert Fletcher, wounded
several weeks ago by negro's bullet
and still too weak to move, was car
,ied, cot and all, through the wards Of
Newark City Hospital yesterday to a
room in the building where his wife.
Anna, was dying.
1t was her first moment of con-
sciousness since she was taken to the
hospital Monday, suffering from peri
tontis. She also was too weak TO
move. nurse elapsed their hands.
For three minutes they lay looking
into each others eyes. Then Mrs
Fletcher's lids dropped
Her husband looked a question at
the doctor. He shook his head. Mrs.
Fletcher was not yet dead, but she did
not regain consciousness again. Be
fore she breathed her last Fletcher
was carried back to his ward. At his
request an autopsy was performed.
which disclosed the cause of death
He had feared that his wife's illness
was due to her disregard of nclemenr
weather in visiting him at the hospital
during the weeks he had been there.
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