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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
LOVES SISTER, WIFE SAYS MRS. N|C0DEMUS FA|NTSI
Names Her in Action for Divorce
as Correspondent.
WON'T DENY 1T, SHE ADDS
Tells How Young Girl Played
Truant from School to Meet
Her Husband.

Naming her sister as correspondent, Mrs
y;ola Todd began a suit for divorce YES.
,ardav in the Supreme Court against James
Madison Todd. a prosperous coal MERCHANT
Nth Offices on lower Broadway. whose
,oo,e has been in Morristown, y. J.
The deposition Of Joseph F B. Erdlets
:, is fled with the complaint, in which he
,od Of the affection Of Todd for his young
sisrer-in-lav and her affection for the de-
fsndant
Erdlets is a mining engineer who has
heer engaged 70 20 70 Russia 10 inspect
soroc mines. and therefore y was necessary
70 take his testimony before the trial Of
tho svit According to Erdlets, he remon-
s,rateC with Todd for his alleged conduct
,srii,r him that he ought 10 be hung.
ararerpon Todd said that his affection for
Ms Todd.s sister was so strong that he
would run away with her II it became nee
essarv Todd was also quoted as saying
tbs, he would kill Frdlets or any other
rerson who made any objections and that
~ va 1ted his wife 70 divorce him so he
could marry her sister.
Mrs Todd has two sisters the younger
~ N..'".'. MISS EA'lFl NlNl1l'r NdE ticil44"L
IN rae divorce action. The parents Of Mrs.
Todd lived A. Calumet Mich. Miss Vivian
Vas s-1 in school when her alleged rela-
lions with Todd began. and Mrs. Todd told
of hey sister playing trUant that she might
keep rryst with her more mature brother
,~-rsv Todd. n was alleged readily &C
trov'edeed his relations with Miss Vivian.
lrov~ls,our. y J. March 2S.-James
Madison Todd has not lived here for sew
e~9r Years He is about thirty years old.
and ty son Of William P. Todd. Of Hill
stree, this CITY He and his wife formerly
lived here having 2 house for a year or
more They lived quietly and did not DO
much entertaining
Todd was fond Of horseback riding. and
pe-- ou- daily for ride He never ap-
reared very strong. and people thought he
sought outdoor exercise for the benefit Of
his health. While he and his wife lived
here there was no hint Of any domestic
troubles. and these who knew them were
greatly surprised when II was learned that
VI, Todd was seeking q divorce
The Todd family Is interested in the cop
re- business and Is said 10 control mines
~ Michigan James Madison Todd has been
~ the COPPER mining district there ever
since rs lefr Norristown some four or FIVE
Years azo Another SON ". Parsons Todd.
IS m business with his father and brother
.- mining enterprises
= third son. John J. Todd. IS a paralytic,
bgr drives about in a carriage. Despite his
aA!Crion he Is the head Of the Norristown
Athletic Association and its baseball team.
which holds the baseball championships Of
Morris County.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
M'VEAGH WOULD AID TOURISTS
Asks Congress to Make Customs Laws
More Liberal.

Washington. March @.-Secretary Mac
Veagh has recommended to- Congress i'm
portant changes in the customs laws in
the interest Of returning tourists and for
e!gn visitors in this country.
He urges that Americans returning from
abroad be authorized to bring IN free Of
duty not only personal effects 10 the value
OF 800. as the law now provides, but arti-
cles for household use, souvenirs, presents
and curios He did not mention a maxi
mum figure TO cover these free importl-
lions, leaving that question 10 Congress
For the benefit OF foreign visitors The
Secretary recommended that all non-resi-
dents detained in the United states longer
than they had expected be permitted to
sand for and receive from their homes
free of duty any personal effects they had
intentionally left behind. The law now
nrovides that only such articles as were
nnavoidably or inadvertently left at homo
can come in free.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
ERLANGER DIVORCE ABSOLUTE
Final Decree Is Granted to the Wife
of Theatrical Manager
nv Teleeraph - The Tribune J


NAwburg. y y. March H-Louise r.
LANCER. wife Of Abraham L. Erlanger, OF
the theatrical firm Of Klaw q Granger
uae granted a decree Of absolute diV"raf
nv Supreme Court Justice Tompkns IN this
citv, to-day. An interlocutory decree was
e,ranted 10 Mrs. Granger about three
tn6nths ago and the justice signed the ma
The Erlangers had been married morl
10 ,ITzntv wears The couple have NJ
li,.15rln : few months ago Mrs. ETlangei
bought an action for absolute CIV, day9rc .,
HaiLil,a.S@rdent The case was heard BY
F Hail sitting as IefeTfe IN d Ns% 4 %s.
CITY. NIi,'I,icn ,rcnrpltins declined a motion
g gdsde by the defence 70 have the papers
sealed ....- x.,,, tho Neu York oA5ca
hspiT1 ctsuer attorney for the plaintiff,
9i eTe present to-day when the justice signed gnH
NE mai decree. The detence "S W.,n ION a,
6ucted by former DlStIlGt Al''i"eF "iiiia' B"
~ Ierou,e Of New YORK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
WOMEN ELECTION OFFICERS
Exercise Their Newly Won Franchise
for First Time in Frisco.

can Francisco, March 28-Women eHer
- tbA,r newly won franchise for the
,',, .,roe in the oitys history 20 day IN the
civic l' centre bond issue election. 90
r,,atr zeal IN TIER new duties proved
pleasant surprise 70 the reg tNG b one tba 81
them; W. ~ the four page pamphlet OF In
strnctionIse ~ ,iSon concerns the issue Of s.
400 900 bonds 10 erect ely hslI ana oImsl
pupHC ~ n0h non auditorium 10 be built by
ana I q Fair Company and later TO re-
vert 10 he people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
MICHIGAN WOMEN REJOICE
Legislature Passes Bill Providing fol
Vote on Equal Suffrage.

Lansing. Mich. March 2S.--The Hous,
this afternoon by vote OF 7b TO 10 passed
the bill providing for a vote at the fall
election on a constitutional amendment
granting woman suffrage. The bill now goes
10 the Governor for his signature. Governor
Osborn recommended the passage of the
bill
Every woman suffragist in the state is
worshipp!ng at the shrine OF Governor Os-
born tonight for successfully championins
the measure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
MADE IT TOO HOT FOR WIFE
Now James Ovens, Married %
Years, Faces Separation Suit.

Mrs Hattie L. Ovens, whose husband is
James Ovens, an inspector Of highways
In the employ OF the city, told In the su-
preme Court yesterday in her suit for
separation about the heat that the de-
PENDANT generated in their home at No.
1893 Topping avenue. The Bronx. Mr.. and
Mrs. ovens were married in Cincinnati
twenty-eight years ago and have two sons
and two daughters. all grown. When ovens
came into court yesterday all the others
were there.
Mrs. ovens said on the stand that her
husband used to be rnorose and sulen, but
that this disposition had given way TO fire.
ouent fits OF anger that increased every
year until year ago, when he left the
family. Before that he used 10 leave his
home 10 discipline" his wife and children
and in 1903 he remained away from home
for hve month"; ovens has put in gen.
sIal denial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
POETS WORDS IN HER WILL
Testament of Mrs. Edwards Has
Quotation from LongfelloW.
Ringhamton. n. Y, March @.-

Binghamton, n. Y, Marcn -
Re corn,orted; the world is very old,
And generations pass as they nave passed
A troop OF shadows moving with the sun
These words from the poet Longfellow.
with the remainder Of the stanza from
which they are selected, were found to con-
stitute one Of the provisions OF the Will OF
Mrs. Martha A. Edwards. mother OF street
Cleaning Commissioner William II. Ed
wards, Of New York, when that document
was filed in the Surrogateg Court here to-
dav Mrs. Edwards in explanation wrote:
IT desire 10 perpetuate the following quo
tatlon from Longfellow as best eNpreSs'hs
nv sentiments toward my children.
The stanza followed as part OF the Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29

husbands and watch their sons and daueh-
ters dancing and having good. innocent
ENJOYABLE time The mothers would act as
hostesscs. Just as II they were in their own
homes"
Mr.. Perry wants the fixed desks In the
schools 10 be exchanged for movable desks,
which could be moved back against the
walls to make room for dancing. A few OF
these movable desks, II was said at the
Board Of Education, are being tried at the
Training School for Teachers in Brooklyn
and two or three other schools.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
WON'T DELAY EASTER GOWNS

There will be no strike OF the Ladies
TeiIors' Union against the Merchants So
cietv Of ladies' Tailors and Dressmakers
~ DELAY the Easter gowns and early sum
roer costumes. Al least that was the opln-
ION Yesterday evening of f. w. Goodell,
secretary OF the society, after meeting OF
representatives Of the workers and the en-
plOyers. ca.u
Hostilities were called off. Mr. Goodeli
said, and a conference was arranged Tor
Wednesday, when q settlement u looked
for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
Iron Nerve of Woman Accused of
Killing Husband Breaks.
MOTHER WITNESS FOR HER
Withstands Jeers of Women
Prisoners, but Is Overcome
by Kind Words.

After sitting her emotions for more than
week, while she has been on trial for
her life before Judge Rosalsky In General
! Sessions Mrs Genevleve Nicodemus col
lGpSed' last night while her mother was on
the stand After sobbing Historically, she
tainted dead away, and the session which
was to have lasted until 1890 was ad-
iourred soon after o O'Clock The day had
been a hard one for the young woman de-
PENDANT Most Of her immediate family
took the stand. the session was an extra
one and for the last two or three nights
the other women prisoners in the Tombs
have kept her awake with their ieers.
The chair for yours, kid and Wait III
Frank Moss gets YOU on cross examination;
he'll twist the liver out If YOU" are some
Of the mildest taunts which were screamed
at Mrs Nicodemus from neighboring cells.
The women who were torturing her always
became quiet when any OF the attendants
We're around. but several times a keeper
coming suddenly into the tier would hear
some Of them
Mrs Ids Nicodemus, Genevievns mother,
had told Of Genevieves fondness for chill
dren and her gentle disposition. She had
told Of her love for Frank Nicodemus, the
man who married her and whom she shot
and killed Mother. she said" said Mrs.
Ida Nicodemus n youn let me have
frankie III be the happiest girl in the
world
AT frst." she continued. y wouldn't
give my consent. waited a week and
then didn't think II was right 10 spoil her
happiness so I asked her if she was sure
she loved him She said. Mother there's
not another man in all the world for me-
Then ! gave my consent"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
KILLS VOTES FOR WOMEN
Continued from first page.

four months, two were bound over TO
keep the peace and two were acquitted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
Breaks Into Wild Cries.

Genevieve sat quiet enough while her
mother told all this, but her teeth had
sunk deep into her lower lip, and when her
mother began TO tell Of coming home from
visit TO find Genevieve III and Of her
husbands refusing TO call physician say
ing She's strong girl, she'll get along all
right" Genevieve's head began to droop
and her eyes closed
so" said her mother, and her voice TOOK
cheering comforting note. such as IT
must have had when she first spoke the
words. Il said All right. lay quiet dearie,
and maybe il will be all right pretty soon.
CIenevieve dropped her head suddenly on
her arms and began 10 sob wildly. Take
me away. mother Take me away she
cried
Court attendants tried 10 battle her face
with water and Frank Moss, the Assistant
District Attorney, produced a bottle OF
aromatic spirits Of ammonia. The young
womans mother slipped from the witness
chair across the Enclosure and gathered
her daughter in her arms Genevieve
sister Mrs Herbert Patterson. came also
The we'll dressed men and women VINO
crowded the courtroom as Il at play
leaned forward
Presently the sobs ceased. The young
woman had tainted. Judge Rosalsky OF
dArAd 2 recess Genevieve was taken 10 d
rear room and attended by her mother ana
hv Ur Simon RothenherC, one OF the spec
tators She did not rally quickly ana Judse
poss1sky adjourned court, announcing 'ha'
there would be no more evening sessions
The father, two sisters and a nro,uei III
law Of Mrs. Nicodemus TESTIFIED IN her ue-
fence during the DAY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
NO INDICTMENTS FOUND
Continued from frst page.

You are required by the statute 10 conduct
your discussions upon the evidence in the
absence OF any other than yourselves. You
are required 10 keep unGlscloSed the testi-
TOny given before you. You are required
70 leave undisclosed your elaboration
what you thought. or what YOU said re-
specting any matter before you.
] have no reason 10 think, and ! do not
think, that any one Of you gentlemen has
violated single statutory provision in that
regard. 7 do not think, and have no rea-
son to think, that any one of YOU has de-
parted from the spirit Of that law, but J
have read, with profound regret, com.
ments made from time to time in the
public prints alleged to he expressive of
the views of individual Jurors with respect
70 the matter that was pending before YOU.
| recognize that there is no efficient way
TO guard inviolate the secrets Of the grand
jury room. ] recognize that II is within
the power Of persons to purport TO state
what you have said and how you have
acted with respect 10 different matters
coming before you. l recognize that there
is d strong temptation on the part of those
who are responsible for the management
Of the news papers in the city of New
York 70 print, q s interesting and readable
Of how you stood and what YOU thought,
and that the law as il stands to-day Is
Inadequate 10 reach promptly and eff -, -
" condition against public interests thus
created.
| need not ten YOU that a grand juror who
should disclose anything Of what happens
IN the grand jury room. and IL became
known that he did II, would have his name
stricken from the roll Of grand jurors
and would be the subject Of the Just and
unspeaksble contempt of an outraged COM
u1uritV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-29
Father Stands by Her.

John summerville, hey father. sara '''a'
~, . time after his daughters marr'ase
sba and her husband lived in his house
1-raot Nicoden7us was unkind 10 GenevieVe'
he said. and refused 70 give her money
FINALLY Mrs. SummervillA ordered him ou'
~ the house. Frank went, although Gene
,.,a,e uae hvsterical at his leaving. and IN
her outburst against her father seizea NJ
sunmerville by the throat.
Mrs. William B:aithwalte and Mrs. her
her, Patterson two elder sisters OF the DE-
PENDANT. said that they had seen NicodefAuS
strike his wife and that she had told them
that he wanted her 10 go on the street and
earn money for him. Herbert Patterson
her brother-in-law, testified 10 the same
state Of affairs
Mrs Sarah Heide. Of Queens, Long Island
said that she met Genevieve on an ele-
waited train and that the young woman told
her she was running away from her nus
hand because he wanted her TO go 10 At
1sntic City and do wrong Genevleve had
told Mrs Heide that her husband beat her
but that she loved the ground he walked
unon and thought his little finger worth
more than all the rest Of the world Gene
We've worked for Mrs. Heide for few
DAYS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-26
a Cuppino ittle Bird

A naturalist had been searching for
the eggs Of the little dunlin in Siberia
and came upon nest. The bird quiet
~ slipped off and began to walk
around the man, now and then pecking
on the ground. as II feeding, seldom
going more than six feet from him and
often approaching within eighteen
inches. The tameness of the bird was
almost ludicrous. She seemed so ex-
tremely tame that the man almost
thought for the moment that he could
catch her, and. getting on all tours, he
crept quietly toward her.. AS soon as
he began to move from the nest the
birds manner entirely changed She
shuffled along the ground az If lame.
She dropped her wings, as If unable to
fly. and occasionally rested on her
breast with dropping wings. as If dy-
ing. Finally when she eluded him and
darted into the underground he found
that be had lost the location Of the
nest.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-26
London's CRYSTAL Pslace.

Crystal palace WAS originally built
in Hyde park for the great exhibition
Of 1851. being afterwHrd removed t"
its present site and re-erpr'trd Al
the first state opening OF the palare 10y
Queen Victoria it was urged that the
usual artillery salute should not he
fired. the reason given being that the
conclusion would Shiver the glass roof
and the company assembled below. in
Guiding her majesty. would he cut into
mincemeat Dire were the predictions
Of the s"aremongers when the design
for the palace WAS made public. The
first gale. they said, would inevitably
wreck it. while the heat engendered by
the sun pouring its rays upon the
doined glass roof would be so terrific
that no human beings could withstand
it Consequently if they escaped IN
avalanche of glass they would be
roasted to death inside the case.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-26
Still Time To Get The
Companion for S1.75

The publishers of The Youth
Companion announce that they will
accept yearly subscriptions at Sl.75
up to the end of March. The new
rate of $500 will go into effect
promptly on April l. The large
number whose subscriptions run
over into the early weeks of the
year, as we'll as those who were UNI
able to send in new subscriptions
before January l, will have this
opportunity to get The Companion
for another ffty-two weeks at tht
old price. If you had no other
periodical for your family, The You
this Companion would be
sufficient for keen enjoyment by
everyone, young and old; sufficient
to keep you posted on theimportant
news and events of the day; suf-
ficient to give you mind richly
stored with useful knowledge. The
new departments have become in
dispensable features of the paper
The page devoted to the interests
of boys in school and college always
has an article of expert advice on
athletics by some one who speaks
with authority, whether it is foot
ball, baseball, skating, swimming,
or other vigorous pastime. The
page for girls suggests useful occu-
pations at home and profitable oc-
equations in the community, with
out forgetting that girls like to be
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thereis the family page for the
family, which in the course of a year
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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-26
A Strange Incident.

A singular episode marked the visit
of the ex-Empress Eugene to the
grave of her son. The journey to
Cape Town-it was in 1SS0-was un-
dertaken when the stricken mother
was in feeble health. There she rest
ed and then. with large party as es-
cort. proceeded north and after wea-
risome experience came near to the
place where Lulu" fell, but ordered Il
halt because she felt herself too weak
to proceed. That night. unable to
sleep, she wandered from her tent.
Ainlessly she strobe in the brush till
suddenly the fragrance Of verbenas,
hcr sons favorite flower, arrested her
attention. Guided by the odor, she
walked on. but her strength failed, and
she fell and was found unconscious by
the servants who had followed her.
Next dny they took her to the grave.
1t was the spot where she had tainted.
The verbenas were there. but they
were dead.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-26
Smart Business.

The paopls-af a country town not tar
from Edinburgh seceived shock re-
Gently. says London weekly. One
day they were startled by a lavish DIS
play on the hoardings of posters Dear
ing in large letters the announcement,
He is coming" Who "he" was or
when he was coming was nowhere
stated. and the folks were left in anX-
ietr until q week later. when another
display appeared bearing the WORDS
He is here" and the public were also
Informed that "he" was 4 mysterious
wonder who would that night appear
at the town hall and perform feats OF
magic and mystery such as had never
been previously witnessed. This was
treat indeed for the inhabitants. and
on the night advertised the hall was
filled TO its utmost capacity. The anx-
iouS moment arrived. and up went the
curtain. But, to the surprise OF the
audience. nothing could be seen ex-
cept larger poster bearing these
words: HE has gone" He had. too,
and taken all the admission money
with him. Only few of the victims
enjoyed the, joke.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-26
Books and an Impudent Rascal.

Book buying has its joys. but there
roInes Il time when wedding out" has
to be undertaken. The late Churton
Collins crammed his house with books
Then one day he realized that some
would have to go. 4 man from a book.
shop WAS sent for to look at them,
writes L. G. Collins In his memoir Of
his father. - = > The following col
loquy enSued: Have you selected the
ones you are prepared to offer price
for% They're no good to me, guv'nor.'
What. none Of them" No. not one
After u pause somebody interposed,
saying that there really was no room
for the books and that the man had
better have them for nothing. Thor.
oughly indignant, my father, however,
ut length consented. The man then re-
marked. 'That'll be half a crown
What do sou mean-what forP ex-
claimed my father in a restrained tone
Of voice. For taking them away said
the man. Leave the house. you impu-
dent rascal at last roared the justly
incensed professor And so the books
remained. "-London Chronicle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-26
Lishon,s Great Earthquake.

Each recurring AL Saints day. the
first day of November, recalls to the
people Of the city of Lisbon the most
awful event in the history of that coun-
Try or indeed In all Europe. the great
earthquake of 1855. At 8 o'clock in
lie morning on a day clear and serene
came a hollow rumbling sound. as Of
thunder. and Immediately after the ter
rible convulsion of the earth which
shook down houses and buried or
crushed 10000 persons. Many of the
churches were at the time filed with
their congregations. and each one be-
came q huge catacomb entombing its
worshipers. twenty-five successive
shocks were counted. In the city
prison 800 were killed and in the hos
pital 1000. The sea retired from the
harbor, which it left dry. and then re-
turned In a gigantic wave fifty to sixty
feet high, overwhelming MANY who had
escaped the falling houses. 1t was es-
timated that in Lisbon and It's imme-
date neighborhood nearly 5000 per-
sons bad persisted
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-01-26
Tranquility of List.

List WAS Il sweet souled character.
One day two OF his friends. musicians.
resolved to pat the maestro into. a
passion (which one OF his habits"
they inquired would most seriously
trouble him were he deprived OF itT
Perhaps" was the answer. "he
would suffer most if deprived Of n well
made bed"
The two confederateS. with louis,
bought over a servant to their designs
She was not, it was agreed. to make
his bed for that night.
List slept badly and the next morn
ing simply said. You have forgotten
to make my bed
For two days following she neglect
ed making the bed. and on the third
day the maestro simply said:
Il see that you have decided not to
make my bed. Well, let it alone.
have come to accustom myself to it,
Cri de Paris.