Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-09-13

her place. Miss Kuttner, flks hImseIf.
is Socialist, but neither Of them be-
lieve in free love, although Earle says
he thinks that social ties should not
interfere with the course of true love-
He says that when he met Miss Kutt-
ner a few months ago in France both
OF them realized that their marriage
had been ordained before birth and
was to continue forever"
In order to demonstrate to their
neighbors and to the public that they
were in agreement as to their separa-
tion and that there was no hard feel
Ing between Thorn 1t was arranged
that Mr.. Earle and Miss Kuttner
should go to the pier to see Mrs. Earle
and the little boy OF when they sailed
for Europe. Mr.. Earle and brother
accompanied the wife and child to the
steamer, but Miss Kuttner did not ap.
pear. Later. when the artist returned
to his home In the village Of Monroe,
"a number of the townspeople formed
q mob and attempted to do him some
violence, but he was escorted to his,
home by the village officials. ~
Mrs Earle In All interview explain
ed that she was entirely satisfied with
the arrangement and that she and her
husband had ceased to love each ather.
before the new aafinitya appeared.
Her family In Paris are willing for her.
to return, and II she found another
man whom she cared for she would
not hesitate to marry again. Earle has
made suitable financial provision for
bis wife IN an algreeemIIent with her fIa.
ther. Referring to the criticism BY his
neighbors, Earle said be detested such
an exhibition OF Hypocrisy. but admit,
ted that he had departed from social
conventions. BE explained that he had
never thought Of taking this step until
he had read Edward Carpenters book,
Loves Coming Of Age" He said his
wife had also read this book
A Netlenal piyorss Registry,
A proposition discussed by the In
ternational Law association at Port
land, Me-, is that the divorce DEGREES
in any state be extended to all through
a registry bureau at Washington and
that divorce Jurisdiction receive inter
national recognition. "a
A1sswer # the essl TFais:
Answers to the federal suit against
the alleged anthracite coal monopoly
have been filed by the Reading COM
pany, the Reading railway and the
Pennsylvania and Reading Coal and
Iron company, Of all of which George
r. Baer is president. A general denial
u made Of the allegatia.nss, and IT Is
held that the agreements to advance
the price Of coal were brought about
In 1900 by the violence and intimida-
tion Of striking mine workers, by the
future OF state and national govern
ments to enforce the law and by the
inportunltIes Of Thu lata NJ. a! Hanna,
who, 1t Is said, was ahxlaqs to end the
strike on account OF the impending
presid dental election. 1t Is stated that
Hanna as chairman Of the Republican
national committee urged that other.
Wtse the strike would extend and the
election Of Nc Klnlay ana AA3asfasyelt
be thereby endangered and that he
(Hanna) said that he was authorized
to settle the strike through President
Mitchell Of the Miners, union on con-
dttion of 10 per cent increase In
wages. Consequently the defendant
claims that the advance In the price
of coal was in no way influenced by
the motives Of monopoly alleged in the
petition. g
The Reading company denies that II
holds the entire capital stock OF the
railway company and OF the Coal and
Iron company and a majority of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, but
admits that 1t owns "a beneficial In
ferest IN the major portion Of the
share capital Of each af the said cor.
porations," 1t Is declared that the
Reading company no longer holds any
stock Of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey, $4,000 shares having been
transferred in 1901 to the Pennsyl.
vania company. Finally the Reading
l SOulpduy cuSA1c6 tuS CuuIS0 LII ~ GU
tered into an unlawful combination to
control the production, transportation
and sale of coal,
| The Temple Iron company, another
organization Of which Mr.. BaerS Il
president also made answer to the
government suit against the coal trust.
This company denies that the coal
roads purchased its capital stock. II
admits that the. corporation acquired
several small coal mining companies,
but claims the purchasers were under
the authority of the laws Of Rennsyl.
vania and contends that the United
States courts have no jurisdiction to
enter decree enjoining the other coal
companies named from voting stock
IN the Temple company, Its answer,
| like those OF the three Readlng com.
panies, calls the governments charges
vague, indefinite. impertinent and
Bcandalous."
SCIENTsIF FIG