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WIFE'S EYES FLIRT, SAYS HUSBAND SUED "Her Optics Can't Behave,' New York Man's Answer to Action Seeking Separation. $500 MONTH BALM ASKED She Alleges He Deserted Her on Top of Mountain at Night on Honey moon and Forced Her to Ke turn Alone Among Snakes. NEW YORK, Aug. 1 Alleging- that While they were on their Honeymoon her husband deserted her on top of a alone among snakes and In the dark to her hotel. Mrs. Mary C. Early filed an action for separation against Joseph N. Early. The defendant is a manufac turer and heir to a trust fund of $250. 000 from the estate of Joseph Early. ' his father. Mrs. Early recites a long list of al leged cruelties, beginning with their wedding trip after their marriage in St. Patrick's Cathedral, in 1903. She says her husband has taught his children to hate her and that once when she went to see them at Riverside, where her husband lives, they threw sticks at her and told her to go away because they were "daddy's boys." Mrs. Early relates that as she and her husband climbed a mountain at Hot Springs, Va., when on their wed ding trip, they met two men at whom she glanced. Her husband, she asserts, then left her alone on the mountain. When she reached the hotel, she says, her husband told her that "she could not make her eyes behave" and waned to flirt with everv man she met "My sister. Mrs. Louis Morgan, is a tango teacher." the wife says. "One dav mv husband came home and founa my sister and I eating Camembert cheese. He threw the cheese out of the house and then put my sister out be cause he did not believe in the modern dances taught by her." In answer Mr. Early accuses his wife , r i- " on everv man who passes her. and says if she really is not flirting she gives to everyone that im pression. To humiliate him, he says, she would wear her oldest gowns to all of the social events they attended. He says she insisted upon going in bathing at Loch Arbor. N. J., with a woman who wore a bathing suit which was too higli and too tight to be decent After the wedding, he says, his father-in-law said: "Joe, you are married to a very nice girl. You will find her very lovely and sweet as long as she has her own way. But if you don't give her everything she wants you have my sympathy." "I have learned, to my sorrow, that he did not exaggerate one iota," says Mr. Early. Mrs. Early asked Justice Page to give her $500 a month alimony and $5000 counsel fees. The three children of the couple are "with their father In River dale. GIRL ELOPES, FIANCE LEFT Virginia Society Interested in Esca pade or Two Old Sweethearts. LYNCHBURG, Va.. Aug. L Follow ing Immediately upon invitations being received here for h'er approaching mar riage in Savannah, Ga.. on July 2S to Karl Gustav Karston, great interest is occasioned here by announcement of the elopement and marriage of Miss Florence Plckard. in -Savannah, to Lev .rett B. Harrison, of Nova Scotia. The marriage took place In Savannah while young Karston was hurrying from England on the Mauretania to be mar- Mr. Harrison, who met Miss Pickard when thev were students together, went to Savannah to renew his suit, which had been rejected by the young ladv while she was studying in Ger many He was successful and the couple went to St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, where they were married by the Rev. M. J. Epting. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison went to the bride's home and broke the news to her mother by asking for her congratula tions. Her father, the Rev. Dr. YY. L. Pickard. formerly pastor of the First Baptist Church, Savannah, was in Ma con where he will soon become presi dent of Mercer University. The bride left with her husband for Nova Scotia before her father's return. MISTAKE CAUSES FURORE "Married" Instead or "Marooned" Stirs Family of Chicago Man. CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Hector O. Erick son. of this city, while on business in Marshall, Mlch a small town through which the limited trains speed without stopping, to ease the anxiety of his parents sent them a telegram announc ing he was marooned and would re turn the following day and explain. The telegram reached his parents' home, announcing he was "married," instead of marooned, and Immediately there was an uproar among all his rel atives. When Erickson finally arrived home he found the doors closed. Meet ing relatives on the street, he received a stony stare and they would listen to no explanations. Finally, a friend told him of the tele gram. He caused the company tD send a corrected message, which was deliv ered to his mother, and the skies be gan to clear immediately. It is said one young woman, in particular, is greatly relieved to learn that there was a mistake in the telegram. 500 FREIGHTCARS ORDERED Chicago Great Western Places Con tract for Much Equipment. ST. PAUL Minn.. Aug. 2. An order for 500 freight cars has been placed by the Chicago Great Western Rail way with the American Car & Foundry Company for Fall delivery. The placing of the order was an nounced by S. M. Felton, president of the road, who came to St Paul for the meeting of the board of directors of the Union Depot Company. Mr. Felton said that this order would complete the freight equipment of the road. BUTCHERS SHOW SKILL Picnickers Dress Calves in Record Time for Cash Prizes. PITTSBURG. Aug. L The average butcher probably would resent the in timation that he was a "swift fellow," but Robert E. Ballinger, of McKeesport, Isn't one of that sort He dressed two calves in the contest at the annual outing of the Retail Butchers and Meat Dealers' Protective Association in Kennywood Park re cently and completed the job in eight minutes and 53 seconds. He won the $50 prize and the title of the "swiftest ever. There were other contests at the out ing, which was attended by about 8000 persons. Various athletic sports and dancing made up the remainder of the programme. There were choice roast beef sandwiches and coffee for every body. All enjoyed the picnic, the 10th given by the butchers and meat dealers. Michael Relnhart. of the North Side, won the second prize in the calf-dressing contest He completed the dressing In 10 minutes and 24 seconds, and won a $20 gold piece. William Engle, of McKeesport, finished third, in 12 min utes, winning $10 in gold. HERO SslilOREO CHARLES WRIGHT GEDDES, VETER AN OK TWO WARS, PASSES. Engineer and Secret Agent of Govern ment, Friend of Soldiers and Statesman of Note. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 1. Ciiarles Wright Geddes, who served the United cfata, no on nffifpr in two wars the Mexican and the Rebellion died here recently In the United States Naval Home at the age of 88. Geddes had a long, honorable and varied career, remarkable for its con nection with historic events and per sonages. He was born in Baltimore October 29, 1826, came to this city when a young man and took a course in en gineering at the Franklin Institute. Upon completing his studies, he was appointed a third assistant engineer in the United States Navy and was as signed to the United States steamsnip General Taylor, which was stationed at New Orleans while the yellow fever was ra,8"tnB" i At the close of the Mexican war Ged .i. a wn, promoted to be second assist ...t ctrinoor war assierned to the United States steamship Mississippi and made a memorable trip in that vessel to the Mediterranean. While at Constantinople the Missis oinni .,i..k-of1 un General Louis Kossuth the Hungarian patriot, who had just been liberated from prison by Austria, .1 . .1- v.fm tn F.nclanrt aim l .j i.i'-- Kossuth and Geddes became close friends, and when the Hungarian vis ited this country Geddes accompanied him on many or ms trips, uenerai -arhn woo nftf.rwarii killed by Jef ferson Davis in a personal quarrel, was at this time a midshipman on the Mis sissippi and became a bosom friend of Geddes. When the Mississippi returned to the United States Geddes was assigned to several shore stations on engineering duty and had charge of steamships of the Coast Survey service, in isoi n. was appointed first assistant engineer Mo ulsted Admiral Farragut in re cruiting duty. He resigned from the service in 1855 on account of ill heaitn and engaged in survey work in the West, laying out townships in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma Later, he drew part of the plans of the Treasury building in Washington. While in that city he became intimately acquainted with Daniel Webster and other famous men of the day. Mr. Geddes married Mrs. Christopher Whaley, a young widow, the niece of Senator Isaac Hayne, in Charleston, S. C, on June 4, 1861. He was offered a post in the Confederate naval service, but declined it. and made his way North with many difficulties and narrow es capes, and was placed on the staff of General Mlchler. Geddes was assigned to follow Gen eral Morgan, of the Confederate army, and to keep the Union army informed of Morgan's movements. While on this duty he was twice captured and twice escaped, the second time from the mil itary prison at Columbia, S. C He then went to England on a secret mis sion for the Government. Geddes' first wife and child died in 1862 and four years later he married Miss Nannie Hill, of Maryland, and was engaged in various positions in the de partments at Washington, until, on the death of his wife, he left the Capital and came to the Naval Home in Phila delphia. His only reward for his long service was a pension of $20 a month as a vet eran of the war with Mexico. Had he been reinstated to his rank in the Navy he probably would have held, before his death, the highest rank in the serv ice as an engineer. BOY MUST JEEL "SPUDS" Severe Sentence Imposed by George Junior Republic Court. NEW YORK. Aug. L A sentence of unusual severity is being served by one of the boys in the George Junior Re public of New Jersey, in the camp at Flemington, N. J. He must peel pota toes for two hours each day for three days. The offense, as passed upon in this miniature republic of 26 boys, was going over the head of his immediate superior to obtain permission to go down to the railroad to see the trains go by. These boys, all selected from a sec tion of New York noted for its bad boys, are reported to have taken to the art of government with much interest. They have selected their own officers and govern themselves. Court Is held once a week and then they conduct their own trials. Each accused boy se lects another boy as his counsel. There is a regularly elected prosecutor and judge. If demanded, an accused boy may have trial before a Jury of his peers. Besides being taught the art of government, they have three hours of work each morning, and every after noon for play and games. CHANCELLOR STOPS TWO-CENT POSTAGE Lloyd George Stumbling Block to Greater Cut in Inter national Rates. CHAMBER FAVORS IDEA GIFT TO GIRIL IS REPAID Police Judge, Touched by Plight, Gets Loan Returned. TRENTON. N. J. Aug. L Chief of Police Cleary received a letter recently from Miss Mary McFaul, a stenographer, of Philadelphia, which contained an amount of money equal to that given to her about two weeks ago by Police Jurfge Hulme as car fare to get her back to her home. Miss McFaul came to Trenton after finding it impossible to get employment in the Quaker City. She walked all of the distance of 34 miles to this city, where, weakened and disconsolate, she sat down to rest. Her presence was noted by a motorcycle policeman. When the story had been told at po lice headquarters. Judge Hulme went down In his pocket and gave Miss Mc Faul sufficient money for the moment. She tearfully promised to return It to him. Coal at 3700 Feet. London Star. As a result of Improved methods, seams of coal have been worked in Britain at a depth of 3000 feet, and In one mine in Lancashire 3700 feet, which means a natural temperature -of over 90. Agreement With Powers Would Have Been Popular Among British Tradesmen Who Urged Him to Favor Big Reduction. LONDON. Aug. 3. (Special.) Inter national interest has been aroused in a. statement to the effect that a ma jority of the world's governments have decided in favor of a reduction of the international letter postage rate from a cents to 3 cents.. It appears that Lloyd George was the real obstructionist to the adoption by this country at the proposal for a universal penny (2-cent) nost The general feeling is one of dis appointment It is regretted that an international penny postage, which is everywhere regarded as inevitable, could not have been reached without an intermediate stage and further de lay. That the decision of the majority of governments is not by any means in agreement with the desires of com mercial interests is shown by inter views recorded with prominent mem bers of British and foreign chambers of commerce. As recently as Thursday last the council of the London chamber of commerce adopted a resolution from their postal, telegraph and telephone committee recommending them to urge the government' to instruct its dele gates to the postal convention to ad here unalterably to a reduction of the International letter postage from 25 centimes (5 cents) to 10 centimes (2 cents). The same resolution urges the British government's delegates to ac cept as a basis of discussion on a charge of 3 cents, which, it is under stood, is likely to be submitted. A prominent member of the postal, telegraph and telephone committee ot the London chamber stated that he had been informed on high authority that the British postal officials were really quite agreeable to a reduction to 2 cents, but that in deciding in favor of 3 cents they were acceding to the wishes of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. As Great Britain has the greatest influence in an interna tional discussion on postage rates, Mr. Lloyd George would appear to be the greatest obstructionist to a measure of world-wide popularity. RURAL PROBLEM FACED IRELAND AND ENGLAND HAVE TO DO WITH FARM LABORERS NOW. SamrUp of Women Physicians. Indianapolis News. Seven thousand women practice med icine in U United State. Scarcity or Agricultural Artisans Is Be coming More Acute and Efficiency Shona Dec-line. LONDON, Aug. 3. There is an acute rural problem in Ireland as well as in England and it mainly concerns the wages and hours of the agricultural laborer. Many of the best workers on the land have left the country. Much light is thrown upon the con dition of the agricultural market in the Emerald Isle in the annual return to the Irish Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, issued today There has been for many years, the reoort states, a marked scarcity of ag ricultural laborers and it is becoming more and more acute. In 1911 there were 199.900 such labor ers, of whom 195,861 were male and 4036 female, against 231.871 in 1901, of whom 217,652 were males and 14,219 females. The general laborers in 1911 num bered 102,099 (100.960 males and 1139 females), compared with 79,035 In 1901 (76,870 males and 215 females). There has been a decline in effi ciency among Irish laborers. The best labor has left the country and farmers complain as much of the lack of effi ciency as of the dinicuity oi getting the men. On June 1. 1912. there were 1.073,238 persons actively engaged in farm work ( 810.503 males and 262,735 females). Of these 789,659 were members of farm ers' families, 160,819 were other perma nent laborers and the remainder were persons temporarily employed. Taken all around, says me repon. there are signs of a slight but steady advance in real wages. That, no doubt. Is due to a rise in the cost and stand ard of living and to a fall in the num ber of laborers available tor larm work in consequence of emigration to other countries, migration to towns and the employment of direct labor upon roads. Wages, however, are still very low. Plowmen obtain the highest. Tht- usual daily wage current m ivu was: Men, 2 shillings to 3 shillings 6 pence; women. 1 shilling b pence to shillings. , Payment by pteceworK is not neariy so common as it was iu or ov ago. The working hours during the six months from April to November are usual! v from 7 A. M. to 6 P. M., with an hour for dinner, while in Winter the working period extends Irora llgnt to darkness. A decrease is reported in the number of migratory laborers, who have stead ily declined from 20,500 in 1909 to 15, 000 in 1913. Connaught and Ulster are the only provinces in which there is any large migratory movement. 'SOFT SOAP" HELD NEED Minister Says Workers Should Make Religion Attractive. INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 2. "Soft soap" is one of the sterling assets in succeua- i t. ,,.,-1.- o finrri i n v tr tVift RpV. 1U1 k-UUI t il .. u i .. , Oscar E. Kelly, of Terre Haute, in an address at Bethany Park recently. He said that the progressive mer chant, statesman, educator or financier makes sure of his success by the ex tensive but cautious use of "soft soap" and that he always had fought the idea that the minister should be handi capped in his work by the exclusion of Scriptural soothing syrup. "The preacher, like the traveling man, must show his customers that his goods are simon pure," said the Rev. Mr. Kelly. "He must make his wares attractive, but not more attractive than the goads really are. The minister must show that salvation through the Christian religion is an Investment that pays dividends on all kinds of stock, not at the end of 20, 40 or 1000 years, but quarterly, monthly, daily and even hourly." Rock suitable for lithographic stones has been fouad la the Philippines, . Cheapest Tire Service Your tires cost you just exactly what they cost you per mile of wear. The first cost of a tire is a reliable guide only when it adds up enough real mileage wear in the end. Find out the exact cost of your tire service, and then you will know the truth about real tire economy. Today the majority of serious automobile owners understand this that is why they are buying "Nobby Treads" that is why "Nobby Treads' are called Business asis Ti ires And remember this investigations prove that with "Nobby Tread" Tires punctures are 90 less than with the average tire. Today "Nobby Tread" Tires are the largest selling high-grade anti-skid tires in the world. Based upon their remarkable mileage records lires are now sold under our regular warranty perfect workmanship and material BUT any adjustments are on a basis of Miles Thousands upon thousands of veteran motorists now use "Nobby Tread" Tires on their front and rear wheels through all seasons, because they give real anti-skid protection and the lowest cost per mile. United States Tire Company NOTE THIS: Dealers who sell UNITED STATES TIRES sell the beat f ererything. 8-DAY FETE 8000 PERSONS ATTEND ELABORATE AUSTRIAN CEREMONY. Hebrew Celebration Coats Rabbi 40,000 and He Is Obliged to Keep Conpie Six Years. "VIENNA. Aug. 3. A wedding whose guests numbered more than 8000 per sons and whose feasting continued for eight days was celebrated recently at Sadagora in Bukowina, one of those remote country districts of Austria Hungary, where mammoth wedding festivities on a scale utterly unknown in America or Western Europe are the rule. The affair at Sadagora exceeded in magnificence and lavish hospitality any function on record In that district, however. It was a Hebrew wedding. Sadagora enjoys a certain fame in Eastern Europe as the seat of the renowned Rabbinical dynasty known as the Miracle Rabbis. The bride was the daughter of the grand rabbi of this line, Aron Friedmann, and the groom, Solamon Friedmann, belongs to a branch of the same Rabbinical dynasty at Czortkow. The marriage was ar ranged by the chiefs of the two families, entirely without the knowl edge of the young people. In fact, they, met; for the tirsi time the even ing before the wedding at a prelimi nary feast, when they danced together as a sign of their willingness to marry. The chiefs had taken it for granted that there would be no hitch in their plans and had invited the rabbinical families of all the Orthodox Jews in Russia, Poland, Rumania, Galicia and Hungary. They came down on Sadagora in thousands. Many were of imposing stature and patriarchial dignity. They wore black silk caftans, low shoes and white stockings, while their ladies were attired in a sort of crinoline and adorned with rich jewels. There were some dressed in the latest modes of Paris and Vienna. The ceremony took place in the gardens of the grand rabbi's palace, guarded by mounted troops. Thousands were unable to hear or see what was going on. so dense was the throng, but all had a hand in the feasting which followed. During the eight days the commissary's books accounted for 200 pounds of fish, 600 head of poultry, 250 pounds of beef, 5000 pounds of bread, and many casks of wine. The grand rabbi was out of pocket to the extent of at least $40,000. In addition to this he presented the bridal couple with a palace in Sadagora, completely furnished and equipped with a staff of servants. He will meet the entire cost of the house hold for a period of six years, when it is assumed that the young bridegroom will have attained a position where he can support his family himself. At an expenditure exceeding $10,000,000. London will bnlld a dock ample enough to tccommodate any merchant steamer afloat ur which will be likely to enter the Thames for many, years to come. PRINCE READY MIXER Royal Student Knters Into Sports Freely at Oxford. LONDON, Aug. 3. The Prince of Wales, who has Just completed two years at Oxford, is finding his exploits at that Institution of learning under critical review in the newspapers. An undergraduate who has bad an oppor tunity, to see much of this future King of England notes his impressions in a seemingly frank manner. "Viewed Impartially." he said, "the Prince's career has been neither better nor worse than that of the average titled undergraduate. lie has embarked on many of the manly sports of youth and excelled in none. Perhaps the best comment on his good spirit and his lack of "side' was the fact that he played consistently at association foot fall with the Magdalen College second eleven. "For a long time he was the despair of his equerry, but as a concession to popular opinion, expressed and unex pressed, he has acquired some skill in the saddle, and with it some of the standing that falls only to hunting men at Oxford. "That the Trince should taks an equal footing with all in undergradu ate life was, of course, an Innovation attended, as one might expect, by ad vantages and drawbacks. Toe curious Interest with which he was pestered In his early weeks soon wore off, but the natural desire to be intimately as sociated wltii a prince so easy of ac cess was harder to kill. "Magdalen second 11 't aeeon proved far more attractive to many men than the college senior team. Lit tle or no concession hi been made to his royalty. 1 aw him the other day waiting at the door of one of the lead ing doctors In Oxford. On tho other hand, he hiut had the freedom and ease which he will never again enjoy, he has mixed unostentatiously with peo ple ef all ranks; he has endured brave ly and well the discomforts of camp life as a private, and he has been treated with a quiet. well-brd respect by every member of the university." The Prince has rather startled hie university companions lately by tak ing to the pipe and giving up. for the moment, the cigarette. A recent pic ture of him with the Oxford officers' training corpn shows the Prince puff ing at a great bulldog pipe and ap parently enjoying It. The next day. however, he left Ids regiment MEN'S Straw Hats are 85c Today at Ben Selling's Mercury up, price down.