M A h t c o s e g t a t C o l o f he a t T b P H R s g p F t n w d t k w m i n J
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924
Mrs. Jeffries Bound Over for May Term of Court for Trial
Coroner's Jury Gave Verdic
That Death Was Caused
by Poisoning
Charged with poisoning her husband, John H. Jerries, Mrs. Molly Jerries was bound owe to the May term of court as a result of her pre-trial plea for leniency Justice John Clark yesterday afternoon at the Douglas county courthouse.
The coroner's jury after an inquest conducted by Carl Phillips, coroner, gave a verdict that the death of Mr. Jeffries was a result of poisoning.
she made sure only a few children, C. R. Peppard, in charge of the juniors at the Jellybean institution that about a week before, March 26 when Jeffries was taken sick, he noticed that Jeffries seemed one discouraged. Upon talking to him Jeffries showed his note a he had found in his dinner basket that morning.
The note read, "If it won't for you, I could be a happy woman, but my life is blue and sad. My love for you is dead and gone forever. I want you to be happy if it wasn't for Charles I would look in your face for 24 hours. I mean every word I write for my heart is sad and broke to pieces. My prayers are with you, as you have said so many mean things. I can't stand it any longer."
On the back of the note was the following short message "You old feel, you ought to go and drown yourself and I would be happy." The letter was written in pen and ink, but his face was blurred with Jeffries. Pulley testified that the junior said he was up against it because his wife wanted to rent another place and he felt that he could not afford to move. According to him, she would need after a pause stated that there was another man mixed up in the case.
The note was given to Mr. Pulley by Mr. Jeffries on Friday morning March 28, the first day that Jeffries was taken sick, Pulley having called
that morning when he found out that Jeffries would be unable to work that day. Pulley denied that Jeffries had stated that he thought he was poisoned and stated that Jeffries said that he might have caused his illness.
Dr. J. C. Rudolph, the physician who attended Jeffries testified that he considered without doubt the death of Jeffries was due to arsenical poisoning, although at the first time he thought it proma poisoning.
Prof. F, B. Dains of the University reported that after testing portions of the body he discovered positive evidence of arsenic in the body. He estimated that at the day of the examination, a day after the death of Jeffries, possibly a grain of arsenic was found in his body.
Engineers Play Baseball
Civils and Industrials Win First Games of Tournament
Although the score in each game was not close, there was a great amount of interest displayed by members of both teams. The batting and pitching were excellent and Barton; for the electricals, Freese and Heckert pitched and Leuvern caught. The civil battery was Johnson and Reese, pitchers, and T Coolidge and Taylor, catchers. Our scores were 219-84-63 and pitched and Radozinik caught.
The last game of the first round of the tournament will be played Saturday at 2 p.m. on the field south of Robinson gymnasium, between the teams from the departments of Engineering and Automation. The semi-finals of the tournament will be played next week, and the finals on Engineer's day, April 25.
Attend the Kansas Relays April 19.
Got your Relay ticket?
Martha Washington Candy
We have a fresh shipment of this famous candy every week. The price is 70 cts a pound. We shall have a special shipment a few days before Easter.
University Book Store
Harl H. Bronson, Prop.
803 Massachusetts
Pre-Easter Vacation VARSITY
"BRICK" ENGLISH AND HIS KANSANS The Big Hill Party
All for $1.00
Robinson Gym Saturday, April 12
The deater, a make-believe newspaper published annually by the journalism class of Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, recently appeared on the campus there. The paper is issued each year as a sub-
situte for an examination. The primary object of the publication is to afford students practice in handling every department of a newspaper and incidentally to amuse the readers.
Over half its members K. U. Faculty and students.
Trinity University Church
10th and Vermont Sts.
Palm Sunday 11 a. m.
Seats reserved for students until 10:55
BISHOP JAMES WISE
A snappy, red-hot dance with honest-tu-goodness music, cards and refreshments. Friday night at Robinson Gym. If you don't dance, don't worry. Card tables have been arranged in the southeast rooms.
Invitations to Everyone
K. U. Dames
Time: 9 o'clock Price: $1
The World's Record
THE Metropolitan is mutually owned by its 21,000,000 policyholders. Its assets belong to the policyholders. They are accumulated to meet policy obligations and for no other purpose. Every policyholder is a capitalist-an investor-and his interest should be recognized by legislators and commissioners. The policyholders own over $313,000,000in railroad securities; $606,000,000 in real estate mortgages; $80,000,000 in public utility bonds; $200,000,000 in Government obligations.
Business Statement, December 31, 1923
Assets $1,431,399,418.27
More than any other Insurance Company in the World
Liabilities
Reserve for Policy Obligations . . . $1,290,579,178.00
Dividends to Policyholders payable 1924 . 25,572,037.69
All Other Liabilities . . . . .
1,431,399,418.27
171,549,093.04
Increase in Assets during 1923 171,549,093.04 More than any other Insurance Company in the World
Income in 1923 396,311,664.25
More than any other Insurance Company in the World
Gain in Income, 1923 55,643,362.95
More than any other Insurance Company in the World
*aid-for Insurance Issued, Increased and Revived in 1923*
2,359,034,859.90
More than ever placed in one year by any Company in the world at 828 million dollars more than in 1923
Gain in Insurance in Force in 1923 . . . . . . . . . 1,430,697,111.00
More than any other Company in the World
Number of Policies in Force December 31, 1923 . . 30,221,727 More than any other Company in the World
Number of Policy Claims paid in 1923 430,866
Averaging one claim paid every 20 seconds of each business day of 8 hour
Averaging 8010 claims for 5 minutes of 8 hour
Total Bonuses and Dividends paid or credited to policy-
holders 1892-1923—plus dividends declared for 1924 180,294,982.83
Insurance Outstanding
ORDINARY (Insurance for the larger amounts, premiums payable annually, semi-annually, quarterly or monthly) $4,710,630,635.00
More than any other Coverage in the World
TOTAL INSURANCE OUTSTANDING . . . . 9,238,254,068.00
More than any other Company in the World
GROUP 617,467,114.00
All placed within seven years.
INDUSTRIAL (Premiums payable weekly) 3,910,156,319.00
GROWTH IN TEN-YEAR PERIODS
| Year | Income for the Year | Assets at End of Year | Unassigned Funds at End of Year | Number of Politics in Force at End of Year | Outstanding Inages at End of Year | Year |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1883 | $2,082,619.90 | $2,186,622.24 | $627,368.24 | 531,048 | $63,425,107 | 1883 |
| 1893 | 15,216,236.65 | 19,343,705.06 | 1,409,689.92 | 2,940,226 | 353,177,217 | 1893 |
| 1903 | 49,887,804.11 | 10,556,311.60 | 10,691,857.56 | 7,523,915 | 1,342,381,457 | 1903 |
| 1913 | 117,503,043.89 | 447,972,404.85 | 35,728,077.34 | 13,957,748 | 2,816,504,462 | 1913 |
| 1923 | 396,311,664.25 | 1,431,399,418.27 | 74,749,412.23 | 30,221,727 | 9,238,254,068 | 1923 |
One person in every six in the United States and Canada is a holder of a Metropolitan policy — one of the safest forms of investment.
In 1923 the Metropolitan grew faster than any other life insurance company in the world; grew in income—in assets—and in the effectiveness of its campaign for better health for the whole country.
The Metropolitan所 send trained nurses to the homes of thousands of Industries workers when they are sick. In 1923 these nurses made 2,482,919 visits.
While the average life span in the general population of the United States is $51\frac{3}{4}$ years greater than it was 11 years ago, the life span of the Industrial policyholders of the Metropolitan area is about $60\frac{2}{3}$ years the same interval. This greater gain has resulted in large part from the Metropolitan's Health Service.
During 1923 the Metropolitan distributed 33,790,840 booklets and pamphlets dealing with health, general welfare and longer life. The total number of pieces distributed to date amounts to 305,990,507.
The Metropolitan arranges for free periodic health examinations for holders of Ordinary policies. Among those who availed themselves of this privy service, with rate was found to be 28% lower than was expected for the group.
The Metropolitan cooperates with the companies to which it has issued group insurance for their employees—cooperates not only in giving insurance protection but also to promote better health, better working conditions, better living conditions and happier social conditions.
Harry Picke.
President.
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY - NEW YORK
Biggest in the World,More Assets,More Policyholders,More Insurance in force,More new Insurance each year A MUTUAL COMPANY-INCORPORATED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK