St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 4, 1908
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ON ELLIE A A OLS OG LL LL LIEN LATO LI, Oc ee rtetame NS ” [BABY WHO USED WIRE SCREEN AS PARACHUTE nn WE RED, HE TAS TO BREAK os r “a . * £ — o RO BOLE Sn ee ee I en eee DEAD WOMAN WHOSE HEIRS ARE SUED FOR $500,000 LUCAS ES1ATE Acting Superintendent of ls Blewett afnounced badecesy | the names of the five teachers who will bé sent abroad next fall. for a_ two months’ tour of Europe. They are: G. B. Morrison, Fannie B. Lachmund, Pe- ter Herzog, William P. Evans and An- Drowned Boy’s Body Recovered. The body of William H. Dennison, IT years old, wlio was drowned Sun- day -when his boat capsized, was found at the foot of Miller street Wednesday by Henry Stump of 1114 Morrison avenue, and was claimed by Samuel Morrison, the father, of 819 He estimates that 40,000 dogs in city are running around without t owners paying the tax, The idea of-the crusade is to lessen theGane “nace teres HS a al a at i 2G ee “ = . Sttenetias, fortraiiesatenc mn nee dag J “3 ree 4h an aren Ww S d 4 ; a Lh ace b> ae . AOE ABA MRIS POE Dee TR ; ‘ ty F LS Rage SF Bs PRR LOR dl e ‘4 ee be Se feebeay tao he did not use drugs, “now Gead, Wife of Joseph D. ‘RB dower interest in the estate, SO00,000 SUIT Estate of Wealthy Man Is i ; 4 Prizé in Litigation to ‘Break Will. MIND UNSOUND, CLAIM — of a y . ~ Fannie McLaran Lucas’ Heirs ~~ Dénounce Charges as | Ridiculous. os — Alleging Mrs. Fannie McLaran Lucas, Lucas, former owner of the Kinloch racetrack ‘and a well-known horseman, purpose'y permitted and induced her husband to ‘use liquor and drugs to excess that his “Mind might become so enfcebled that Bhe could induce him to will her all his property, Henry V. Lucas, her brother- inlaw, has’ Tiled suit in the St. Louis County Court to set aside his brother's will, under which Mrs. Fannie McLaran Lucas’ rélatives now have’ the $600,000 Pe Henry V. Lucas, whe fz an inspector the Street Department, names his _ ose ge and all the other mem- of both the Lucas and McLaran families as, defendants. rt L. McLaran, a brother of the late Mrs. Lucas, laughed at the charges the suit as “absurd” when told of em Thursday by a Post-Dispatch re- ter. Pressed for a specific statement ) A ding them, he said: “Everybody knew Joe Lucas, and he did take a drink when he The charges are ridiculous. . ; Calls the Suit Absurd. “It is significant that this suit was “fot filed until four years, 11 months and some days had elapsed, and until Mrs. Lucas, who is best fitted to repu- Giate the charges, was dead. Under the law, such a suit must be filed within five years after the death. sa. "It also is significant that the plaint- iff’s own relatives do not join him in . the suit, as they would were there any “Merit in it. The law requires that they be made parties, and so it is ne- Cessary to make them defendants, with _ the McLaran heirs. “The suit is so absurd that I haven’t ken the trouble to see the papers, end I only know of it sorocRh newspa- ccessful and the will is 4 “ane th tire estate will be taken from its p holders and will pass :* Ro the four bthers and the children of ahy other brothers and sisters. This P@ue to the fact that if the will is set de, Mrs. Lucas would‘have had only which would expire with her death and pass to the other heirs of Joseph D. Lucas. : E-ane petition, which is sensational, al- Or: ons at that time (when the will was ¥ -made) the mind and body of the said mee D. Lucas was enfeebled by much sickness and the use of intoxicating NMquors and drugs long continued, and he was not of sound and disposing mind, and he lacked the mental capacity to make a will. : “While the said Fannie McLaran Lu- mind and body she, ry COPS JoserH LU car Fe —— sia rad? saibidieaied Joseph D. Lucas, Dec. 31, 1901, the re- lations between them were strained and unpleasant and the said Fannie Mc- Laran Lucas, to the end that she might, against his wil! and mind, influence and induce the said Joseph D. Lucas to give, devise and bequeath to her by his will all of his property and estate, per- mitted and induced the said Joseph D. Lucas to habitually and inordinately drink and partake of intoxicating ltquors and drugs until his body and mind were so enfeebled that he was not of sound and disposing mind and lacked the mental capacity to make a will; and while in such condition of by fraud and un- due influence, practiced by herself and others acting at her instigation and in her behalf, procured said Joseph D. Lucas to execute the said so-called will.” Wealthy Brothers in Suit. Henry V. Lucas’ three brothers, who do not join with him in the suit, but who were made defendants, are J. C. B. Lucas, a retired banker; Robert J. Lucas of Normandy, and James D. Lucas of St. Louis and Carlyle, Ik With the exception of Henry, the Lucas brothers are wealthy. Joseph D. Lucas once was divorced from his wife, but was remarried to her. With the exception of the family silver, which he left to Maria E. Clayes, he left all his property to his wife. The will was witnessed by Maud Mitchell, Lena Pfeffer and Lavinia I. Selden. After Mrs. Lucas took charge of the es — = aw ick 20 Years YF : pal feel it my duty”’ writes Mrs. Martha Dingus, of Lykins, Ky., ‘‘to orm.you as to what Cardui has “done for me. : invalid for 20 years. “Nave had about every ‘women are heir to. I have I have been a chronic I reckon I disease that doctored -a great deal with a great many doc- tors, as we have traveled a great deal in search of health, yet received but ™** little benefit, and got no better. w CARDU! It Will Help You “Four months ago,’’ Mrs. Dingus continues, “T commenced to use Wine*of Cardui and since then, have been steadily improving all the time. _am now 46 years old, and am in better health t thi n I have been in 20 years, ~ I give Cardui the edit for it.’’ Just to remind you seaetnt | is prepared under modern pharmaceutical conditions, in modern laboratories, from vegetable ingredients that act on _ organs in a gentle, f A by all druggists. natural manner. Try it. aliers Tresmment fer ad Pen cas was still the lawful wife of saidyestate, but before she hud made _ the final settlement as executor, she died. Under her will she left her property to her own relatives. Many Defendants Are Named. The defendants named in the petition are: te John B. C. Lucas, James D. Lutas, William Lucas and Robert Lucas, bro- thers; Frank 8S. Hicks, William Hicks, Emily Dean, Ethel Kellogg and Alice Hager, all of California; Hattie J. O’Fallion of St. Louis, Sophia J. Schauss, Wilhelmina Junkeen, Lavina F. Sinden of New York; Octavia Ordway of Mary- land, Victor Des Reusseaux of Lincoln County, Missouri;; Alice McLaran Haz- ard of New York, Eugenia V .Jolinson, Elizabeth Ledlie, Kate J. Blair, Lena Stephenson, Ellen Kennedy, Frederick Johnson, Charles Shovey, Maria E. Clayes, Annie H, McLaran and George Clayes, the last named executor of the will of Mrs. Lucas. Henry V. Lucas, the plaintiff, is known widely In St. Louis, as are the other members of the family. In 1883 he founded the Union Base- ball League, and 1884 his team joined the Nat.onal association. He retired from baseball in 1887. A few years la- ter he became interested in bicycling, and was prominent in the League of American Wheelmen. ne 3 ee The Annual Strawberry Festival of Blind Girls’ Home Takes Place June 6. A Little Strawberry Bag is the unique invitation which announces the Afinual Strawberry Festival of Blind Girls’ Home, June 6th, at 1214 North Garrison avenue, afternoon and evening. A pro- gram of music and recitation will be given. Dainty refreshments will be served on the lawn, which will be decor- ated with Japanese lanterns. A tent will be erected for the Fortune Teller, who will disclose the past, present and fu- ture. A cordial welcome to all. BESSIE L. WANTS TO WED BELLEVILLE’S FATTEST MAN; HE WILL WATCH FOR HER Will Reveal Identity When He Appéars at Bank. Adam Friess, the fattest unmarried man in Belleville, will be in front of the First National Bank Building in that town when the clock strikes 8 Thursday night. Bessie L., who has a deeply poetic love for Adam, and wishes to marry him, wants to meet him there, and Adam expects to be there. Bessie told him about it in a letter that was written in St. Louls and mailed in Belleville. She says she caught a glimpse of his ‘‘cherub-like face’ in the County Clerk’s office, where he works, and when she heard his laugh, that sounded like ‘‘the song of a lark at sunrise on a June day,” she was perfectly infatuated. | Bessie seems to be juist as poetic when she is asleep as when she is awake. She tells him that she had a dream, in which “we wandered |together through a bower of roses besidé@ a silent sea and listened together to the te of a turtle dove. Adam has no Clear recollection - hav- ing been there, but it sounds good to him and he is going “to get himself in positien to be flagged by Bessie Thurs- day night. He has no idea what Bessie looks Iike, but he will hang around and make a noise like a lark at sunrise, or as near as he can come to it, and wait for her to come to him. QUIT POLICE FORCE, RESTORED Thomas F. McCaffrey, who resigned his job as policeman March 31, 1907, to take oy dying wife to Silver City, : been reinstated to the force a ‘and a neaiamned to the Deer Street Station Mrs. McCaffrey died in New exico, While there McCaffrey met with an —— accident and his skull was t Likes His “Cherub-Like Face” and. REE-LOVE BOND .. r Husband Who Scorned Formal Ceremony Now Wants to Be Free. HEARD EMMA GOLDMAN _ Woman Who Is Anarchist Is. Declared Unfit to Care for Their Boy. James W. Steele and Stella Campbell, or Steele, did not believe a marriage ceremony made the obligation any more binding than did a simple agreement that they should be married, according to the testimony of Steele in a _ suit for divorce in Judge Kinsey’s court. After the agreement, Steele said, the woman refused to take his name, in- sisting there was no reason for a wom- an sacrificing her name merely be- cause she was marrfed. Steele, whose address is given as 2926 Pine street, and the woman he is suing for divorce, Who lives at 809 Cherry street, Kansas City, sat facing each other in court without speaking. Steele had begun the story of his wedding when Judge Kinsey interrupt- ed him: “What do you understand by mar- riage?’ “If people intend to be true to each other, an pgreement that they shall be man and wife is all that is necessary,” responded Steele. “My views and those of my wife co- incided when we were married. We agreed to live together. It was and still is my belief that a ceremony adds no more obligation than does an agree- ment. I have seen so many marriages with a ceremony which did not last. “It was not our purpose to live to- gether for a time and then - separate. With a marriage of persons holding our opinions, I believe it is just as binding that a couple shall continue in that state until one dies.’’ “Do you know what free love is?’’ asked Attorney L. C. Dyer, represent- ing the woman. Married for All Time or May. Be. ‘Yes. But our marriage was not ex- actly what free love means. We were married for all time, course, there were no grounds for di- vorce.”’ The woman denies there was an agreement that they should be married. Attorney Dyer introduced letters writ- ten to the woman by Steele after their separation addressed to her as “Stella Campbell.” ‘Why did you address her that way if she was your wife?’ Dyer asked. ‘Because she never would take my name. That was her maiden name. She had been n.arried once before and did not take her first husband’s name. She said it was a sacrifice for a woman to give up her name and she did not propose to do so.” Ceremony O. K. for Some. ‘ “Which do you consider the right way to get married?” ‘Well, for me, the way I was mar- ried is the right way. For some other people who don’t think just as I do, probably a ceremony would be better.’ Steele testified that soon after their marriage in 1893 he discovered his wife was an anarchist. tended an anarchistic meeting in a hall on Franklin avenue when Emma Gold- man delivered an address. “My wife insisted in giving her views whenever I took anybody home with me,”’ said Steele. ‘She declared nothing short of violence ever would remove the yoke of constituted government, which, she said, was a burden the laboring men were fools for bearing when it could be removed so easily by vio- lence.,”’ “You continued your marriage rela- tions up until the time of your separa- tion, did you? Love Pades Before Separation, “No. The love between us vanished at least two years before our separation, and I did not believe it proper to con- tinue our frelations,”’ he testified. “Tt continued to live with her,” he continued, “‘because I did not want to be separated from my boy. ‘‘My wife objected to my occupation. I am a carpenter. She declared it was a disgrace to be married to a working- man. Once she said she would rather starve fo death as a lawyer than make a living as a carpenter.” The son, now 10 years old, is living with his mother in Kansas City. The father alleges the mother is not a proper person to have the custody of the child because of her anarchistic beliefs and her association with anarchists. The General Demand Of the Well-Informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physi- cians could sanction for family use be cause its component parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly ben- eficial in effect, acceptable to the sys- tem and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its excellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxa- tive for its .remarkable success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well-In- formed. To get {ts beneficial effects a!- ways buy the nts Foams s.09 si providing, of | He said she at-} BABY SrIetAsrs SCreeen ix FALL Ine A wire window screen was 22-year-old Joe Yatter’s parachute when he fell from the second-story window of his home, at 907 Elliot avenue. Having failed to prevent him falling it made amends by saving his life when he ianded on the sidewalk. Joe, as usual, was playing on the win- dow ledge Wednesday afternoon. His mother and father were in the adjoining room. The boy leaned heavily against the screen to watch a passing wagon. The strips which held the screen in place gave way. Mr. and Mrs. ‘Yatter heard the crack- ing wood and rushed into the room just in time to see Joe fall headlong from the window. The screen frame went with him. The screen landed on edge, somewhat like a life net, breaking the child’s fall. It was said Thursday that he will re- cover rapidly. ——s — UN SMITH PUSSIBLE UNDER ALDRICH LAW Banker Believes Loophole Will Never Be Taken Ad- vantage Of. St. Louis bankers expressed no sur- prise Thursday when shown Washing- ton dispatches to the effect that the new Aldrich currency law does not pro- hibit the issuance of “John Smith’ checks. . It was generally supposed that the provision for the issuance of $500,000,000 in currency during a panic or severe financial stringency placed a perma- nent ban on the Clearing House certifi- cates. This, however, is erroneous. It ap- pears the new law makes no reference to the Clearing House certificate, al- though St. Louis bankers are of the opinion that no advantage will be taken ef this apparent loophole. “The distinct inference of the new law,” said Charles H. Huttig, president of the Third National Bank, “is that only currency shall be issued in times of financial stress. Use of Certificates Improbable. “While the Clearing House is not for- bidden, I doubt whether it will ever be used again.” The law provides elaborate machin- ery for the organization of national cur- rency associations, formed of not less than ten national banks, the purpose of which is to render a basis for the addi- tional circulation of securities, including Gommercial paper, held by a national banking association. All circulation not based on United States bonds is to be taxed 5 per cent the first month and 1 per cent additional until it reaches 10 per cent. The 10-per-cent tax has proved prohibitive against the issuance of state banks and would be too heavy a burden to permit national bank emergency ctir- rency to remain outstanding. To Drive Out eee Currency The tax was made heavy in order to drive the emergency curency out of cir- culation as’ soon as the need of it had passed. Under the circumstances if an emer- gency should arise, treasury officials are of the opinion that instead of issu- ing highly taxed emergency currency, they would again resort to the issuances of clearing house certificates, which would cost them nothing. Over §$100,- 900,000 in these certificates was issued last fall. If this theory of the Treasury Depart- ment is correct the whole purpose of Congress in endeavoring to provide, the means to guard against money panics, through the Aldrich-Vreeland biil, wilt nave failed. The Department is, however, taking such steps as are required by law to prepare the $500,000,000 of emergency cir- culation notes in bienk, #o that they} may be ready to issue to any ps that} Bremen avenue. na M. Merriman. — tt one TE. EE ee ae ee ae _ —— % = . : . ae sO ger of hydrophobia. Disappointed, Washington AY. at Sixth Look Here! | $2.00 Plumes will sell for $4.00 Plumes will sell for $6.00 Plumes will sell for $8.00 Plumes will sell for $10.00 Plumes will sell for $12.00, $15,00 and $18.00 Values $25.00 Plumes will sell for « $30.00 Plumes will sell for . . Plumes come in Black and White, Willow and Plain. OSTRICH AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE? A New York Importer was quick to accept our offer of less than half. price for. his entire surplus stock, amounting to $5000 worth of Ostrich Plumes. Come down tomorrow expecting to share in altogether the most daring, as well as the most extraordinary collide: event ever attempted in St. Louis. We Promise You That You Will. Not 95¢ $1.95 $2.95 $3.95 $4.95 $7.95 $10.00 $12.00 row and Saturday. 100 “Quinine Pills,” 2 grains “Moth Balls,” 2 pounds for 500 cakes “Fairy Soap,” till gone 15c Munyon’s Witch Hazel Soap hd kgf odors, viz: Above prices good all day tomorrow and Saturday. FREE! best Syringe money can buy; they leak In a year; $1.15; %-gallon bars; white or green; 90c value Gc: *- -bar ir Brush - antie stiff bristles; 75c to If so, does it fit? talk to one of our expert save you one half or even more. good Truss as.low as 8 for eet eeee ener eeere *eeeeveeee — “a 25c “Aluminum Soap Boxes,” with hinge..... ..18¢e Double Strength Witch ae pint. ......ccsces. 108 25c Absorene Wall Paper Cleaner Peroxide Hydrogen, best @ 25c Nail Brushes, genuine b . 25c Tooth Brushes, slightly nONed...+- eevserseeerk BC = SPECIAL—10,009 ounces “Pivet’s Finest Perfumes,” Jockey Club, White o ss and Wood Violet, Carnation Pink, Lily. of the Val Flower, etc.; all 50c odors (bring your bottle); 3 owmeces for Ge r Red Rose tain Syringes—500 extra heavy, black ribbed rub- 415 Y hon double reinforced, silk insertion, and the very a 1.50 and $2 val allon, g 8 ue; %-8 one Fine Old Olive Of] Castile Semewrtn | large spond Extra Fine Old Imported Pure Olive O11 Castile fon p —The very finest in the world; contains 639% of the genuine imported olive oil; white 4%-pound bars; worth 85c pound: extra special, ae 500 pairs ea—A big snap; in fine, selid backeas jong. 1.2 value at 7 Do You Wear a Truss? Does it hold your rupture? Do not get you enjoy solid comfort? If so you are fortunate, but if not, then it will pa pay you well to come and uss men, who will give u advice free of any charge, and ‘if you need & russ, either single or double, — will fit ha so you will enjoy ease and e argest stock of Trusses in the West, carry have some 600 styles, and will easily $1, 50 A FE ew Tirkive berate ae AM ow 5 4 Few of Our Friday and Saturday Big Cigar “ Cubanas” or “Rhoda; 50 box, 81.25; 2 fer. .5e Se “Lana Vielettesy” by box only; box of 12......28¢ a “pontelias,” “Ivy,” “La Rosa” or “Diploma Grand.” 10e Clab ome “Tom Moore” or “La Preterencia™ 3 for eee eee . . Wattle Havanas;” mild, sweet and t sae: too ular to need statagge rg Maas 100 box, S150 for.. ie ee Cigar Holder and Bex Matehes Tomorrow (Friday) we will treat every customer to a delicious Soda, Orange Punch or anything you ! k treat tomorrow. Come drink with us, and ee ee 50c new one free Pound cans Joh Zc Allan's Tooth or green; mp out quickly, 50 cases Silk- 10¢ rolls; Do You Wear them at Joh ta and bes far the eldest the city, cha comfort. thi that a of o . We .. ie te all, e at our tempting Soda 1 Hera (British) Tooth Brush—Poth for have, without yt optician in St. Tose ath UNPRECEDENTED DRUG — EO TOMOBRR Never before have we made such terrific cuts in prices as we will make all over ~ big, busy Drug Store tomor- lass of value Johnson's stles, 20 styles Samédocele quad ieRener it (OC Tee Cream ountain. It's our Combe—Extra leum Poewde Purest mew | best; Sicely'per ‘perfumed: ‘Talcum, Powde Powder—Holding ne ner six of the oe ce a ene soar inate ii and a ane — ‘Prench Br rge better and as large as a Téc chamo A litt poet or Spat? Did res pay ‘right thing? dt a0 You hing? If so, you never n experience of an style. of oS 7 We carry every known and he carefully examines your eyes free and our prices 4 ‘other relia Hat} i eiesees, vith the proper lens, ion’, PY LLL AE AB PS IIL LI LE OLLI AIG ree me i ERE AOL re rpg wcitpwrige one $1.00 De Lecy’s Cin-Ko-Me and wo ons hart ven eee Ww Y TTI OE mm Y 4, yh AS 2 hak eg OCP OER EN NAG: pbs : 7 % eae F S Cee "ho tie “ 7). ae ee rae =
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