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"""I 1 I,"- 7 - 'A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1918. . court rrhmts WWII I Mlllllll V DECREE ASKED BY MELLEN Former Railroad President Justified in Living Apart From Wife on Ground She Deserted Him. Pittsfield. Mass., Sept. 28. A de cree justifying Charles S. Mellen of Stockbridge, former president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company, in living apart From his wife, Katharine Llovd Liv ingston Mellen, on the ground that foe hid deserted hira, was handed tiown in probate court today. lne attorney tor Mrs. Mellen hrgued that she had written the 'Kitten" letters which figured in the case, merely to test the love of her liasband and show him that she bould receive the attentions of an- Itther man. Mr. Mullen lived 'in Omaha in 388-9, while assistant general man ager of the Union Pacific system, but that does not enter into the case. The chief feature ot the testimony offered by Mr. Mellen was a stack of about 30 photographic copies of letters received from Mrs. Margaret Brown of New York, the wite of H. JJouglas Brown, assistant man ager of the Vanderbiit hotel, New York, purporting to have been writ ten by Mrs. Mellen to Mr. Brown. The letters written between 191J and the end of 1914 are but a part of those Mrs. Mellen is alleged to have lent to Mr. Brown. They form the basis for Mr. Mellen's suit for a separation and a decree of living apart from Mrs. Mellen. The epistles lost nothing in their dramatic reading by John W. Crira of New York, Mr. Mellen's attor ney. , Mellen Tells of Discord. Mr. Mellen testified to his pur chase ot property in Stockbridge, Mass., and his having had an apart ment at the Vanderbiit hotel. He said that he had protested against Mrs. Mellen's frequent visits to New York and that when they con tinued he had cut off her allowance of $4,000 a year. "The conduct of the children," Mr. Mellen testified, referring to two daughters, Priscilla and Can dace, who are 11 and 13 years old, "was very bad. They were hanging around the postoflice and one was peddling newspapers in the streets. I thought the conduct improper for children whose parents were situat ed as we were." Mr. Mellen testified that Mrs. Mellen, who had an income of more than $11,000 a year from the estate of her parents, continued to go to New York and stay as long as she pleased. She went at least once a month. He kept no track of her, movements.' He only learned of hcil going throt'trh the children or thdj servants. She had no expense fori transportation when he was in ' w railroad business. Mrs. "Mellen was-hst in Stockbridge on Septem ' ber 11, 1917. i- Mr. i Me'len testified to having met Mrs. Margaret Brown in the general parlor of the Belmont hotel. New York, and having received . there the letters altered to have been writen by Mrs. Mellen to Mr. Brown. These letters were deliver ed to Mrs. Mellen's attorney. An sort .McCook Beard in New York, after 'thev had been-photographed and on demand of Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Mellen's Alleged Letters. Mrs. Mellen's alleged letters to Mr. Brown, as read by Mr. Crim, were in part as follows: "Sunday afternoon. "Douglas Dear: "Thank you so much for taking me to the Dalla Robia room on Sat urday and showing me those won. derful tables. The room looks lovely, dear. If yon could do some thing like that ever once in a while it would be lovely. There could be no talk and yet we would be seen together. "Douglas, your talk to me on Fri day noon was a little hard, but, dear, it was what I needed and my actions since then have been different. And dear it has worked wonders. M. is like a new man. I really have never seen anything like it. On Friday when he came to the hotel from his office he was like a dog that had been whipped. He sank into' a chair all exhausted. I went to help him. I said: 'You are tired. Now, would it not help you a little to talk things over with me.' He looked at me, dear. Then he began to talk. "I sympathized with him. And I tried to cheer him all I could. We went to dinner. When we had finished he said, 'I am so tired. Do you mind if I go to the rooms?' I said, 'No, by all means go.' I finished. Then' I went to the Mar shall' table and had a cocktail with them. I then went up. We sat in the salon and talked a little. At last he said, 'I am so tired I'm go ing to bed.' He went to his room. In a few minutes I followed. "The shade in the little candle by his bed was crooked. I straightened, . and for something to say said, "The v shade is on the blink." He then said: 'Kitty, Kitty, everything is on , the blink and I am all in.' He was terribly desponded. I went to him and I took his hand. I said, 'Now, took here. Don't loose your nerve.' I said, 'Buck up you will win this all right.' 'Kitty, I have not lost my nerve,' I said, 'No, and you are not going to.' Morgan's Funeral "We went to bed. In the morning he came to me. He was smiling. You would not think he was the same man. I looked at him and said, 'You are feeling better today.' He smiled and sAid. 'Very much.' Since then, dear, he has been like a new man. He has talked all his matters over with me and just be , fore he left this afternoon to at tend Mr. Morgan's funeral he came to me land said, 'How would you like to hear what I have written about Mr. Morgan's death?' (You . see it has to be sent to the familv.) He read it to me, and Douglas, dear, he was like a different man when he went away than when I saw him on Friday. On Friday he evidently thought, "What's the use? No one . cares, not even my wife.' That is the way he acted, dear, and when I vat kind to him and showed an, interest he seemed to take a new lease of life. "Now, dear, just before he left he said something about resigning. He said perhaps it would be a good time now that Mr. Morgan was gone. I didn't know what to advise him, dear. Pie seemed to want me to tell him. Talk to me about it a little, can't you? I want you to ad vise nie. I can tell you things in talking better than I can on paper. Douglas,, dear, have I not been good not to sit around the lobby? It is a terrible temptation, dezr, to linger just a little, but you didn't want it, did you? Listen, after lunch eon I shall sit just a little. You try and speak to me for a short time, will you? In the evening you would rather not have me, would you. Then, dear, if you don't want me to sit, will you not arrange to be standing outside as I leave the din ing room? Then I can have a few minutes before going to my room, and I shall feel so muc'' happier. I am silly, you know, t.id senti mental, and if I didn't see you be fore going to bed, I don't sleep as well. Don't laugh, but it's true. Well, dear, take care of yourself. and don't be too gay when you go out. KITTEN." One Letter a Week. A second letter read in part: "Tuesday "Douglas, dear: "To begin with, don't be cross with me for writing you again to day. I shall try my best not to have more than one letter a week after this. If I once in a while step over please don't mind, dear. For I know no one to go to but you, and it really seems as if I had more than my share of trouble. "I was dreadfully blue, but not a bit cross. Now this is confiden tial. He says he may be forced to resign. I don't think that, but you know when a man gets blue he thinks everyone is against him. He says to save the road he himself hag to step in and take his coat off and work like a man of 40. It is not right, dear, but he says he will have to work harder for the next six months than he ever worked be fore. Well, I should much rather have him work like that than resign and feel that his life was a failure. "He said on Sunday, 'Kitty. If I am forced to resign I shall consider my business career a failure, and, think, after 44 years of hard work.' Well, he i3 not going to resign if I can help it. When the time comes, Douglas, I shall want him to go into business." The letter is signed, "Fondly, Katherine." Zimman Confers with Firemen on Trouble Over Joining Union City Commissioner Zimman has held several conferences with mem bers of the fire department with a view of ironing out the union situa tion before he proceeds to act ac cording to the provisions of a reso lution adopted by the city council last Thursday morning. There is nothing oarticularlv new in the situation, but Mr. Zimman takes an optimistic view of the mat ter, believing that when the men have had time to consider the mat ter calmly and dispassionately they will conclude to abide by the wishes of the council. At the conference on Friday aft ernoon T. P. Reynolds, president of the Central Labor union, announced that the American Federation of Labor intended to stand by the men to the extent of obtaining an 8-hour shift, instead of the present double platoon system authorized by the legislature; also to work for an im proved minimum wage scale without any fixed maximum. "We want to give the men plenty of time to think this over before we act," Mr. Zimman announced. Three Return Load Routes Now Operate from Omaha The Omaha Return Loads bu reau, which was organized by the Omah Chamher nf fntiimsrw at tti request of the National Highway) committee ana wnicn is sanctioned bv the Council of National ntftnstv now have 100 trucks ready and are in a position to handle 10,000 pounds of light freight daily within a ra dius of 40 miles of Omaha. Th hit. reau now has three established routes over which freight can be handled daily. One route onerattn? frnm Omaha to Fremont, which gives service to tne toiiowing towns: hlkhorn, Waterloo Vallev. Jrvinctnn Rpn. nington, Washington. Kenard, Ar lington ana rremont One route operating from Omaha to Tekamah. trivincr irvirr in fal. houn, Blair, Herman and Tekamah. Anotner route will give service to the following points in Iowa: Cres ent. Honevcreek. Lnvdand. Xfi. souri Valley, California junction. Little sioux, Modaie, Mondamin, Magnolia and Logan . VAR MOTHERS TO MARCH 3N PARADE NEXrjpSDAY Accept Invitation to Take Part in Great Demonstration; New Secretary Chosen for Organization. At a meeting of the War Mothers of America heid Friday evening in the council chamber of the city nail, Mrs. Ada Brady, who is now sec retary of the American War Moth ers, res.gned her position as secre tary in the first named organiza tion. Five different nominations were made to fill her position, but ail declined. The president finally asked for volunteers and Mrs. J. P. Fitzwilliams offered to do the work. Mrs. Brady felt she could not hold secretaryships in both associa tions, although she still retains her membership in the War Mothers of America. To March in Parade. Mrs. F. E. Young, president of the organization, who has just re turned from the national convention in Evansville, Ind., gave a detailed report of the meeting. Mrs. Howard Baklrige made a short talk, inviting the mothers to ! work at the warehouse helping send goods to the boys at the front and hi training camps. She also in vited them to march in the parade on Thursday, which they decided to do, a special badge being ar ranged for them. The wives, sis ters and daughters of soldiers, who are eligible for membership in this association, though they may not hold office, were asked not to wear the badges. Mrs. George H. Best, representing the Sammy club, com posed of wives of soldiers, said the wives had arranged for the;r own badges and did not Care to be label ed as mothers , 1 . Invite Foreign Born. Mrs. F. E. Young, president, stat ed that she was also a member of the American War Mothers, but would not withdraw from the other oiganization. A number of the mothers belong to both. The even ing paper which sponsored the War Mothers of America stated recently that the organization has more than !i0& members. Less than 100 were present last night. "There has been a persistent ef fort made," said Mrs. Ada Brady "to give mothers the impression that the American War Mothers welcomed no foreign-born mothers. This is incorrect, as we are glad to receive all who have children en listed under the colors in this war, no matter where they were born. We receive only mothers, not other relatives." Omaha Naval Student Dies at Nebraska University David Dean Barrett, 21 years old, died Friday in a hospital at Lin coln, Neb. He was a son of Mr. .-nd Mrs. E. H. Barrett. 315 South Thirty-seventh street. His brother, Gerald, is at Notre Dame university. Marjorie Barrett, is a sister. The body has been received in Omaha and on Monday it will be taken to Dunlap, la., where services and burial will be held. Mr. Barrett was born in Dunlap and atended Creighton university and Leland Stanford university. He at tended Culver Summer Naval acad emy three summers. Recently he en tered a special course of training at the University of Nebraska, prepara tory to entering officers 'naval train ing school. He enlisted in the navy last May. A naval escort of eight men in full uniform will accompany the body to Dunlap. Bonds Before Politics Over the names of T. C. Byrne, chairman, and E. F. Folda, secretary, the State Liberty Loan committee has called upon all candidates tor offices ana all persons taking part In the politi cal campaign to adjourn polities and partisanship during the Liberty loan drive. I Re-Open Cafe The Flatiron cafe re-opens this week, after extensive improvements and decorations hav ing been finished. Ada C. Cooke and Paul Christiansen are the new man agement. To Serve Luncheon The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Parkvale Presby terian church wilt serve luncheon, consisting of salads, sandwiches, pie, coffee, etc., at 220 North Sixteenth street during Ak-Sar-Ben week. Dr. Edwards at Toronto Dr. Lee W. Edwards Is at Toronto, Canada, where he appears before the Toron to parliament tomorrow represent ing the chiropractic school in an in vestigation into health methods! At a similar meeting in the Saskatche wan district last year, Dr. Edwards was successful in having chiroprac tics licensed to practice in that dis trict. P Aw CHIROPRACTIC The question is often asked me: "What can you Jo for my lame back?" Chiropractically, I always look for the cause. Stiff back, lame back, sore back, or backaciie may be caused by overwork, but frequently it is a symptom of some 'eeper trouble. In fact, I can find tenderness in the jack linked with many different diseases. When we speak of "lame back," we most gen erally think of the common form known as lumbago or Muscular Rheumatism. Plasters, liniments, woolen cloths, various baths, electricity, serums and what not have been used to com bat this m'.se-y. No doubt, you have tried them all and still you suffer all because there are nerves pinched which could be relieved by the proper adjustment of the vertebrae. Case No. 875 on my record shows lumbago of five years stand ing. The correct adjustment of two lumbar vetebrae gave perma nent relief. Chiropractic has proven potent and efficient in all manner of diseases, including those of the head, stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, as well as headaches, sleeplessness, nervousness, rheuma tism, tonsilit's, bronchitis and the very large class known as "Women's Diseases." Peop'.e, young and old, and in nearly every walk of life, have taken Chiropractic adjustments, and a vast majority of them are passing the good news to some suffering friend or relative, that they, too, may be restored to good health. ' Consultation Is free Adjustments are still $1.00 or 12 for $10.00 outside calls are $2 50. Office hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. DR. FRANK F. BURHCRN (Palrrcr School Graduate) . Suite 414-19 Securities Bldg. , Cor. 16th and Farnam Sts. Douglas 6347. Lady Attendant. Floyd Gibbons, War Correspondent, to T S 1 Lecture in umana Floyd Gibbons, war correspond ent, blind in his left eye and with a shattered shoulder, received in attempting to carry Major Barry to a place of safety alter the latter had been shot, will lecture in the Omaha Auditorium Thursday nisht, October 10. telling what he saw and experienced on the western front. Gibbons, who now carries the French Croix de Guerre, awarded him for gallantry on the field of battle, arrived in the United States August 10, after three years as war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. After a period of rest and recuperation he' was induced to take the lecture platform. He will tell in word p'ctures of what mod ern warfare is like,' and exposing many of the schemes of the Ger mans. Mr. Gibbons was wounded in the battle of Belleau Wood. He was. going into action with Major Barry of the Marine corps in their ad vance when the major was shot down. Gibbors picked h'm up and was carrying him back to a place of safety when he, too, was shot by Hun machine gun bullets. On his return to this country he re ceived the message, statin that the French government had awarded him the O'mx de Gtierre. OBITUARIES. ALBERT IUCKLT, pioneer Ne hraskan, died Thursday at h's home in Hubbard, Okl. He was born In Columbus, Neb., In 1849. Twenty years ago he moved to Hubbard, where he has been engaged in busi ness. Funeral services will be held in Columbus Sunday. He is sur vived by two daughters in Omaha, one daughter in Julesburg, Colo., and three sisters. CARL O. ANDERSON. 2624 North Twenty-fourth street, 55 years of ape, died at a local hospital Friday morning. Mr. Anderson is survived by a wife and four children, Carl, Martin, Walter and Mrs. Walter Oblinger of Chicago. Funeral serv ices will be at the Crosby parlors Sunday afternon. Interment will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. J. VERN HArWAKD, Drake Court, aged 28 years, died in a local hospital Saturday morning. He is survived by his mother and a broth er and sister. Services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Hulse-Rie-pen parlors, under the auspices of Capital lodge No. 3, A. T. and A. II. Here's a New Tune to Warble During Liberty Loan Week On behalf of the Fourth Liberty loan and through the medium of the Concord club, a patriotic writer has sent a poem which will be added tn tliff sonor honk. Tt must he war bled to the tune of "I Want a Girl." Here it is: I want a bond, just Ilka the band The other fellow bought. It la a bond, and the only bond, That makes th9 kaiser hot. Good old Liberty Bond of U. 8. A., Helps to drive the hungry Hun away I want a bond, just like the bond The other fellow bought Churches Will Boost ! Liberty Loan Sunday in Patriotic Sermons At the request of the Liberty loan committee on the fourth loan drive rrank E. Mayer, e::ecut.ve secre tary of the Omaha Church federa tion, has asl:ed the pastors of all Omaha churches to co-operate with the various other forces by preach ing a sermon on Sunday, Sept. 29. which will be of a patriotic charac ter, endorsing the loan. Some of the churches and the subjects upon which the pastors will preach on Sunday are: Hanscom Park Methodist, Dr. Hair, pastor 'The Christian and the State." Cliftorl Hill Presbyterian, Rev. B k. Vandelippe, pastor "Hoarding or Saving." First United Evangelical. Rev. E A. Jackson, pastor ' Our Responsi bility to Our Country and to Ou' God." South Side Christian Rev. Ford A Ellis, pastor "What We Are Fight ng For." I owe Avenue Presbyterian, Rev A. F. Ernst, pastor "Liberty Loan RiThteousness and Peace." First Swedish Baptist, Rev. P C. Ne'son, pastor "Our Duties tc Our Government." McCabe Methodist Church, Rev Lewis F. Townsend pastor ''The Weapons of Our Warfare." North Presbyterian, Rev. J. M Wilson, pastor "How Shall We Christianize Our Foreign-Speaking People." j First Christian, Rev. J. Walter ' Reynolds, pastor "By the Bonds You Shall Know Them." , Allen A. M. E., Rev. T. A. Broad- ! nax, pastor . Liberty Bonds. Douglas County Doctors Willing to "Do Their Bit" A survey of the members of the Omaha Douglas County Medical so ciety in respect to obligation for mil itary service was taken and 401 questionnaires sent out to the mem bers of the society. The result showed 117 in active military ser vice and 97 ready to accept service when they are found necessary Eighty-five members did not an swer their questionnaires. Only 28 retused to accept military service. The 74 remaining members are not available for military service be muse of over age, sex and physical disability. A Telephone Number Worth Framing DRESHER BROTHERS DYERS CLEAfiERS 2211-17 Farnam Street 3 s 1 IPX y fJ9 ..'.?.'.v.O-.iO'.-7' V uu.4eT "V. AWW 'faita yV y 1 I Fay Lorena Herzog Teacher VOICE and PIANO Residence Studio, 722 S. 37th St. Phone Harney 7063. 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