The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-29
DIVORCE IS GIVEN
TO SUffnhGEITE
MRS. DE FOREST MAY NOW RE.
suME MAIpGN NAME OF
0lATcH.
WHAT HUSBAND SAYS.
TELLS HOW GIRL BABY WAS
TAUGHT TO SAY .NoTEs For
WOMEN, AZ HER FIRST
WORDS.
WHAT HUSBAND SAYS

NEW YORK. March 2S.---Lee De
Forest. the wireless telegraph inven-
tor. who was arrested at Palo Alto,
Cal. Wednesday, charged with misuse
Of the mails. In no longer a "bioiogi-
cal factor" In the life Of his eminent
suffragette wife, Mrs. Nora Blatch
DE Forest.
The Supreme Court, upon decree Of
Justice Keogh. at New Rochelle. has
gfanted Mrs. De Forest an interlocu-
tory decree OF divorce. The case was
tried secretly six weeks ago. and. on
February "a, preliminary decree was
signed. Mrs. De Forest. at the home
Of her mother. Mrs. Harriet stanton
Batch, confirmed this fact tonight.
Mrs. DE Forest. It 10 understood,
named an unidentified woman in her
complaint. The testimony showed that
the wireless wizard was detected on q
fire escape near the window OF this
woman's apartment. In Los Angeles.
DE- Forekt denied the charge, and
had an attorney on hand to repre-
sent him. :.
The married life of the DE Forests
has not been Notable for its demes-
tic tranquility. since the arrival Of
their baby, Harriet Stanton Blatch De
Forest. the father declares he has been
the victim of the suffrage movement.
Soon after tho child's birth he ana
Mrs. De Forest separated, and since
that time they have made charges and
counter charges by wire between Mr:
De Forests California residence, and
his wife's home IN New York
Mey Take Maiden Name.
In the decree that the Westchester
Court has granted Mrs. De Forest,
is permitted to take her maiden name,
Nora Stanton Batch, and the baby
la permitted to be called Harriet
stanton Batch. Jr This Is an un-
rsua, provision in that the child casts
off its fathers name. At the present
time Mrs. DE Forest In receiving 700
month aitmony. She Is actively en-
Soon after the birth OF the baby, he
claims that Mrs. de Forest told him
he had fulfilled his Office as bio
logical factor" and that she would
give him $4,000 to relinquish pro-
prietary interest In the child.
II was not very flush with money
then" De Forest has said. but re-
tanned my interest--noncontrolling
though it was--in my baby
De Forest alleges that during the
summer Of 1910 he wsnt 20 shorehain
to visit his wife and mother. and
there he was served with papers In
her separation action. She charged
him with cruelty in having come home
from Europe on the Lusitania instca d
Of having taken a slow boat.
sV0tes for Women"
Speaking OF the Shoreham trip, De
Forest said: when reached there
the baby and her nurse were at the
train. Turning to the baby, the nurse
said: Say votes for women. Harriet
They had taught the baby to say
that the very first thing.
airs. Blatch, my wtfe's mother, has
no ideas for her daughters future
that do not spell suffrage. In fact. 1t
is her one object in life to place her
daughter on a sort of suffrage throne
she believes that she IL destined TO
become the great suffrage influence In
the decade to come
In addition to the preliminary sep
aration action. brought by Mrs. De
Forest, Mr.. De Forest began q divorce
suit in California. He asked freedom
on the ground that his wife had
abandoned him.
Mrs. De Forest 10 the granddAugh-
ter Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Her
mother Harriet Stanton Batch, IL
president VI the League for 6elf-Sup-
porting Women.
day took into custody Samuel 4. Ear
by, q patent lawyer OF $40 Broadway,
In connection with the cheYges agAipst
Lee De Forest and other promoters
Of the American De Forest Wireless
Telegraph Company. Derby 10 under
indictment with De Forsst and others
for alleged misuse Of the mails In
their stock -selling. Darby was re-
leased afterwerd on $4,000 bail