The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-04
YARMOUTHS CAN
NO LONGER AGREE
Countess Asks for Modification
of Her Marriage With the
Titled BritiSher.
SISTER OF HARRY K. THAW
LATTER's TROUBLE ONE OF THE
CAUSES.

London, Jan. 3.-The Countess of
Yarmouth, who was Miss Alice Thaw
of Pittsburg. has begun proceedings for
the notification of her marriage with
the Earl OF Yarmouth. The Countess of
Yarmouth is the sister of Harry X.
Thaw.
The Yarmouth case was entered in
the defended list for trial at the coming
sittings of the divorce court 1t will
be heard in camera.
The strictest secrecy regarding the
details of the suit of the countess is
maintained. Reports that the couple
disa greed have been current and legal
sep ration has been anticipated. Meth
ct the earl nor the countess could be
found in London this morning. Tele-
grams sent to their country seat re-
NAMED unanswered.
Left Alone in Her Trouble.
Before Harry *. Thaw shot Stanford
White iH New York. thus bringing On
the family of the Earl of Yarmouth that
nOtoTiety which is so distasteful to the
English nobility there We're rumOrs that
the couple were leading an unhappy life
hut the action of the earl during this
crisis and his efforts to shield MS mother
in-laW. the mother of Harry Is. ThaW,
ON her arrival and during her stay in
England, led to the belief that be had re-
formed and decided TO treat his wife more
kindly.
Then came the decision If the countess
TO go to New York and attend the trial
of her brother 1T was said at the time
that the earl had agreed that this was
the proper course To follow. but III was
noticed that he left for southern Europe
before his wife sailed for America, and
While the countess was i'm deep trouble
he was enjoying the gay life of Monte
Carlo and Other resorts.
When the countess returned TO Eng
land after the trial of her brother, she
received a cold reception, not only from
the earl. but from all the members of his
family except the MarchiOness of Hert-
ford his mother. and the couple have
seen little of each other since that time
Grounds Not Stated.
On what grounds the countess bases
her claim for the notification of her
marriage is not stated in the papers thus
far filed with the court, but there has
been much talk of the earl's doinEs on
the continent where he spends the great
eT part of his time.
Parkhall. near Evesham, Worcestershire
ii magnificent country seat she has
leased. decorated and refurnished with
lavish expenditure. she declines 10 COM
ment on the case. The Earl of Yarmouth
could not be found in his usual London
haunts tonight, ard it IS supposed he IS
on the continent where he spends much
of his time.
II has been well known for two years
that the domestic affairs of the Var
mouths were most unhappy The earIs
companions and his manner Of living
were such that he could not give his wife
the position i'm society she had right to
expect. She supplied immense sums To
defray her husbands eXtraVagances. and
her friends say she conducted herself
with dignity throughout the troubles re-
sulting from the unhappy marriage and
her brothers difficulties
Earl Will Be Marquis.
The Hartford family. the head of which
is the Earl of HarmOuth's father and
To the head Of which the earl is heir. he
being the eldest son Of the sixth Mar
quis of Hartford. is one of the oldest and
proudest of the British nobility The no
rorietv brought upon the family through
its indirect connection with the Thaw
murder case was calling, and this climax
20 the eldest sons marriage to Alice
ThaW is a bitter pill The MarchiOnesS
Of Hartford. who has stood by her daugh-
tcr-in-law throughout her troubles, and
has eXerted herself to reconcile the cOu-
Dle is Frustrated with grief.
The countess herself has suffered from
the strain of the past year They have
advised her TO remain in England until
countess desires to return TO the United
States for her brothers second trial, and
is undecided which course she viii pur-
sue
Last summer. on the advice of Mr., and
Mrs George Lauder Carnegie, her broth
cT-in-law and sister, who were with her
TWO months the countess decided to seek
The aid of the divorce courts II was IN
tended to defer this action until the sec
ond Thaw trial i'm New York. bat the de-
lay i'm bringing the case to trial led to d
change of plans