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Show JAMES SCOTT, WHO SPENT $500,000 TO P PLAY A JOKE ON THE CITY OF DETROIT -M s ' W-v . It DETROIT. Jan. 17. Practical jok-era jok-era como and go, but rarely has ono dovoted a half million dollarB to" the purpose of putting a big city in a turmoil. tur-moil. But this is what James Scott ong a picturosquo figure In Detroit' has done. A millionaire, he long devoted de-voted hhnsolf to plajing ,,,ractic5 jokes Ho died several months "S and in hB will was found a S?nt of $500,000 to tho city of DetrSHo? tho purposo of erecting. a Hfc,aize statue of himself ami rngmoria! , ' v SBSSiBH fountain in honor of his memory. The , g clergy, citizens and civic organizations l nS? rose In anger to protest against tho Jt acceptance of the gift by the city on Hjj tho ground that Scott had not been a VW? fit person to be so honored, even at ifiK his own expense. But tho city conn- flH ell met and voted in favor of accept- .iS ance, and the memorial will be erect- HEl ed as scon as tho executor of Scott's ,k estate can sell enough real estate to tlH make up the required fund. "Jim ,flH Scott's last joko" is the costLWst on S9 record. 'Weft sVuE |