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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28

mas been engineered through Wall Street by
Thomas F. Ryan, and Its securities, though
now divided among many subsidiary corpora
tions are now said to amount to $1,000, 100000.
Benjamin N. Duke, owns what Is consid-
cred by many the finest house Oh Million
aires Row, on upper Fifth avenue. IL
rivals that Of Senator Clark. in size and
is regarded by connoisseurs even surpas-
sing 1t in many other respects.
The family possesses a splendid estate at
Durham, N. c., and shooting preserve in
Florida 1t is at the Durham place that Miss
Duke likes to spend most oP her time, She
Ia great lover of open-air sports She rides
and drives lot OF splendid horses. She has
steam yacht Of her own. When she came
to New York last Winter she brought six
automobiles OF her. The family possesses
thirty cars and keeps several Of them In the
South and more in Europe.
Miss Duke Is IL rather petite brunette with
a great deal OF temperament and energy. She
sings well and is a clever artist
Miss Mary Duke has been a great deal
abroad. owing to her fathers connection with
sented at King Georges court Several
dukes and princes and many lords have sued
for her hand, but without success Her father
was understood to be sternly opposed 10 these
foreign butterflies OF birth and blazon
Now she has been won in New York by one
Of the most picturesque young noblemen who
have ever come to this country.
The family to which he belongs is originally
Italian, there being at present five branches
Of the original-tree in different parts OF Italy,
Sicily and Sardinia The Amanach de Gotha
gives the Pignatellis date at least as far
back as A. D. 1102 One authority on Euro.
pean titles says the "Aragon" in the Princes
title comes not from Aragon in Spain but
from Aragona in Sicily, However, the imme-
diate family Of the Prince has passed good
portion Of its time In Spain. and the Prince
says he Is a Spanish subject The Pignateilis
became princes Of the Holy Roman Empire in
the seventeenth century when EttOre Piena.
tell, the fourth Prince OF Noja, married Clio
wanna dAragona Cortez. who had the title Of
Princess as hereditary from her father Diego
Taghavia dAragona. Another Ettore, the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28
By Sir Ray Lancaster, (. c. B., F. r. S.

by Dir Ray Lancaster, -. -. 6.s r II. >.
T WING evidence OF the known connection
between water.hreathing fishes and all
- air-breathing vertebrate animals, In
Guiding man, exists in the lung fishes OF Africa
and South America. specimens Of which are
shown in the fish gallery at the Natural His
tory Museum
The living lung-ishes are frequently left In
their native marshes without water, and those
Of South America encase themselves In the
dried mud. The African species are often
dug up and brought to Europe in this con-
dition. living dry and cured up In a hollow
bal lof mud. lined with dry slime from the
fsh's ~, which comfortably breathes air
with its lungs while entombed In the cham
her 1t has prepared for itself
The South American species is found In
swamps far UP the Paraguay River, and has
only recently became well know (althoueh
1t the first to be described some sixty
years ago) in consequence of special expedi-
tions made by English naturaIists in search
for them.
The young stages and growth from the eye
OF all the three kinds Of living lung-hsh have
now been studied and illustrated in special
publications by naturalists, who on account
OF the great popularity and importance OF
these fish. have travelled into the remote
regions they inhabit and have spent months
in observing and recording every detail of
their structure, habits and growth
There is doubt that these lune.hshea
(caled the "Dipnoi' on account of their two
modes of respirahon) have survived with
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28
Miss Mary Duke, Daughter
of the Tobacco Trust
Kline, Adds a Vew Kind
of Matrimonial
Alliance to the Remarkable
Family Collection

Before the divorce proceedings were qulpo
concluded, It became noised abroad that MT
rmke was about to take another bride When
the suit was over, the last wife, Mrs. Lillian
Duke said;
II have no longer vestige OF nara teeiihs
oeoInst Mr. Duke. and hope. with all my
heart that the new Mrs. Duke will hnd more
OF happiness In her married life than fell to
my lot
Mrs Dukes bllthesome mood contrasted
curIously with one she had displayed a few
weeks before, when she was still fighting the
divorce and declaring that she was victim
of oppression more cruel than any ever ex-
ercised by an Oriental Sultan. that she had
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28

marriage In contrast TO the many divorces
Of the season. AS long as the marriages ex-
ceed the divorces In number We may hope
for society
II really think there must be a divorce
germ that has been especially active This
year. Wouldn't 1t be a splendid thing If the
scientists could only discover this elusive
microbe? 1t would certainly rank with the
most important achievements of modern
science"
Hardly had Mr.. Duke gained his freedom,
than 1t became known that he was about o, -
wea MRS. William II. Inman, described az
the most beautiful widow of the so,,.L s .
He carried out this intention and tooE IT.,
bride to live on his famous estate of twent1, 1s
nVe nundred acres at Somerville. NJ j.. Which
is rival OF the establishment built hv pisn
Louis XIV at Versailles. They are M, Eng anp
n,d ned to- to this one place. however for I Mr
- Ne ao rIa pa'aces ana estates in other parts
iaolshtng tai ISM the Tobacco Trust more frmly on
,raanv-er ss eTo.sers IN BENJAMIN NJ Duke. who WA.
treasurer or the American ho WEB
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28

-HE Duke family. who controi lno
Tobacco Trust, and grow ricner every
J. time you light your pipe. cigar OF
cigarette, are noted for the many 'hlefeS''ns
and curious marriages they have made
Now they are going to add a new Kino ol
Ga to the family collection Miss mary
Duke, only daughter Of BENJAMIN n. puas. p}uIs.
bsa become engaged to Prince LudoVie f1gna. R,ns
telli d'Aragon, distant cousin Si .ha sne oidest
OF Spain, and a member OF one - ''0
noble families in Europe. -, +he inter.
stional ions WV variety as yet contracted by the
nnlo Pai,onG famiIy They are in position 10
Duke ia,' ,,isnce for II is estimated
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28

Their happiness was. however. shortlived
for after nine months he sued his wife for
divorce. He produced batch of very enter
tanning love letters alleged to have been writ
ten to his wife by an elderly admirer named
Major Frank T. Huntoon. while she retorted
that he spent too much time and spent 1t
too convivially in the society o. two hand
maidens named Maggie and Mary Smith
Mrs. Dukes grievances. however. must have
been considerably soothed by the 100000
which Mr.. Duke settled Oh her before sever
ing his relations with her.
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wealth and that she had been
treated as no good and con-
scientious American wife had
ever been treated before.
Her change Of attitude ap-
peared to be attributable to a
settlement that had exercised a
soothing and softening effect
upon her mind 'and tempera-
ment. She declined to go into
details on this point but smiled
happily at the thought.
II am told that the new MrB.
Duke is quite. lovely" pursued
the ex-wife, II hope she will
make Mr.. Duke a good wife. 1t
ia refraah1Or I'm heor ~ anothor
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28

acre farm near Dnrb,- y, o"Heu BOO
the war he had literally not q csn+ .he end OF
mans army had passed over his farm n"a Sher. Sa
ne went to work and grew tobacco r,, inen
James B.. had great energy as a saias' sias son'
ana ne e. sold packets Of the family tobacco ~;
ceve tho that 'einrs Cigarettes He eers was the t
IN America He was the frst to pnt ,e tbera ,asor W.
CARDBOARD boxes and the first to make w +has' tnso
oy machinery Finally he oreanine5 'hem
American Tobacco Trust of which the nuh Inc {,
lamiiy owned 80 per cent Of the Etocl 70
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28

Central Park tried the tree-exractng act with as M
There wasn't much left Of the machlne auI ~
could gather together OF the Prince they LOON p
RitzCarlton, where he making his neaaqu'stss m
IN surgeon and had him sew 1t together IN IN ,sm
the Prince running around as cheerlui ID " M
patches Of courtplaster over his face Tnen OLE
got notion that Grahame White was III anu h ~ ,hs
era fashionable surgeons at unearthy hou I'm " J
Ing, with the result that those gentlemen nave W. r5
LOT him with their very SharpeSt inStrumenls rn
Then suddenly he became another and peu'i -
realized that the great game In America We, m mar5
mobillng or hunting, aeropaning but se1hhs 10 mi
This change OF heart about soon altei de,l "
Mr.. Angler Duke who expects to inherit gIe eaysti
Duke wealth himself and has been sent sh!loh sh!t hM
OF an automobile against row OF trees ana W. ~.,,sl
other exciting adventures. Young Duke tom
TO the Prince and Is said to have had al rd i'm
ing about the engagement between his sister AA'
80. nsGl
The engagement was not mentioned 10 eo w ouet1
Prince had sailed for Europe and could no' S,,y ~ vi
about 1t. 1t is believed that he will return hres.N
wedding. probably with few heirloomS anp " ,olprs
the Pignatelli family. The procedure ssa muS nd
the case OF the wedding OF Miss Mildred she'"~
Camoys, ,ssN
When MIR. Duke, Sr. first heard OF TINS easu n
rage he strongly opposed TO it. he Dau a hsd n
many marriages in his time and most OF tne =, ,h VI
trouble This was new kind and nove'o
feared, was likely to turn out disastrousY %
The Prince, however, proved very pereuu, u, When u
usually done before II is understood tnss ,sas !
settled down he will so work in some LOVE na4
ness enterprise We may yet have 10 pay radesrrj
our tobacco cigars and cigarettes in order l" ~
sscutcheon OF Pignatelli dAragon ,rnee -
But the suggestion is made that II inc rolts ~
right way about itwe--at least the got1aI an dpyl
us-will cheerfully stand the extra ta.a us*Y
Let him authorize the manufacture OF epd pa noa
luxe brand bearing the Pgnatelli crest I au fa1ila
sold by subscription TO members OF the oeecsnted oeS
possession OF cigarettes thus indorsed '@Tatft
facle evidence OF birth and general hthe''
lions in it."
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seems to be one OF tba tbpany. Ia.
marrying members OF Tho tsaoe sa
so sas' IN mat is why he Will have
J.rah. 4. uIusn money to leave to his
Hiaoeh.er, is aeia Miss Mary Duke, who
n te,IJ IoiIs d. TO marry Prince Pigpa.
u ZEN q Aragon' She has one
brother, Angler Duke. and one 4 :
tneir uncle. James B, DuIa ID, as
no children. 1t is reasonahio nas .
expect that they will inho 70
most OF his fortune, as we'll efis ! {
their fathers. "ei' an
The growth of the Duke o.,
tune is one Of the Alad6In,a ior-
wonders OF Amerjcan lamp
merce. Old Washington nnlra Tn'
the grandfather of tbe Duke'
est heiress on rlcn-
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It Is hard to understand why
James B, Duke, the big brother,
should be so critical about broth
er Brodie's marriages. for he
has done a good deal OF marry
ing on his own account
a good many years ago James
3. Duke married Mrs. Lillian
N. McCredy, who had previously
obtained a divorce from her
husband. She accused him
Husband McCredy-of treating
her in a cruel manner, while be
complained that she was carry
ing on a lively filtration with a
young Cuban. She obtained a
limited divorce from her hus-
band, and after his death she
married lanes r. DuRa
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thoriy IN Tue line, grandee of Spain Spanish
h ueraldry mentions that the family Spain IL
hers ne called "Pinateo Aragon. but that Its
Tha fa, 10 Keep the Italian spelling OF the title
ie iather oil Prince Ludovic said to have been very
M Msai'ny man. having OF half million dollars
year income He left large family, though Prince
Is not the eldest Of the children he got
@ 'he estate to provide what in OF Europe
"oud De considered goodszed income
Wnen the Prince first arrived here Fall he threw
nsel INTO the lie OF with
ne was thrown out OF fast automobiles and horses
to Palm Beach ~
When the cabaret feature began patrons Of the
afterIheare restaurants New Prince began tn
feel IN his element He knew the Abbaye. where some
perfectly good Americans go when they
for time Of the enthusiastic patrons OF he
local copy,
There course OF riding the hood OF taxicab
In the small hours and OF doing couple
OF high flying Englishmen who here and the
Prince purchased highp automobile learned to drive
It. and then early in January while taking an outing In
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AFFORD Sucn an dliie Ia
that Miss Mary Duke alone 40
heiress to $61. 100000,
The father of Miss Mary DUKE
is Benjamin N. Duke. VINO 10
the principal member OF tne
Duke family after his brother,
James B. Duke. who actually
built up the Tobacco Trust as
we know 1t to-day-a stronger
octopus than ever, since the
United States Government tried
TO cut II up.
Brother Brodie l.. Duke Is the
most marrying member OF the
family. He has done 1t -FOUR
times.
Brodie l.. Duke gained most
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get free from his third wife, Mrs. Alice l..
Webb After a grand spree at a hotel IN
New York. Mr.. Duke and Mrs. Webb hastli5
stepped around the corner and got married
Before the honeymoon was over MT Duhe
relatives put him In a sanitarium...
According to information they collecteo' nls
bride had shot at a previous husband named
Murat Masterson, because be criticized the
way she kept house She had married ana
left Pittsburg hotel keeper named foWel'
She had done many things not calculated 10
make married life one grand sweet song;
Although she was a fine shot and rather
addicted to strenuous methods, her assaults
on Brodie L. Duke were mostly IN the form OF
promissory notes and other obligations 20
pay, ia -.
Mr.. Duke, who was sixty-two years old at
the time secured a divorce, after protesting
MANY times that he loved his little wife. He
had only obtained his freedom few months.
however, when he married Miss Wylanta "A.
Roschelle, a girl of twenty-five. OF Washlng-
TON The other members OF the Duke family
were nearly as much opposed to this marriage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-23
|S IRREGULAR DAY
 IN HE WHEAT PIT - - Crop Reports Force Buying But Goes Back on Con-
 tradicti0n

Chicago. April 22-Alarming crop re- ports from Nebraska brought about a rush of buying today in wheat. The news was contradicted. however, ani he market closed irregular varying from ssc lower 10 ls e i4 advance. Corn showed a net decline of Is O Il . 10 sse; oats finished 1sc off to Ac up, and provisions unchanged to a gain of Toe.
 A leading expert stated that enough damage already was apparent in Kan sas and Nebraska to put both in the doubtful class this year. II was de- elared the abandoned planting in the two states would probably reach 1.5oo.- 900 acres. These assertions later were specifically denounced on good author tiy as false in part and misleading IS Ia whole. Reports, too, of good rains having widespread effect tended to wipe out most of the advance due to the stampede Nearly all the strength and excitement was in the new crop deliveries of wheat. Trade as we'll IS prices Jagged so far as the May op- lion was concerned July nuctuated lIoIi 9l.V51 1s VI Pi.AV1s, ihtsiii"e oh Hi'A"' a rise of 1s e hc.
 Leaders in tho corn crowd were pos tive in their views that the edge was off the big bull market of the last few weeks. Shipping call was limited and country offerings enlarged. Cash con- cerns persistently selling deferred months had many followers among scalpers in the pit. July ranged be- tween 761sc and 76ss @ 76%c, closed T. . down at 76ssc. Spot grades held steady. No. ? yellow was quoted at S1e Wet weather developed considerable strength for oats. Outside limits touched for July were 541sc to 541 1a Co l54asc with the close 54isc. Speculative demand absorbed the offerings of pro visions and more than offset decline due to large runs of hogs here and vest Lard led the advance.
 Future quotations were as follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-23
Peary Showed the Way

From the Haverhill Gazette.
 Peary, whom we Americans have grudg- ingly honored, Is still the greater hero If polar discovery. He is the greater hero, not merely because he was the first man to touch either pole but because he in- vented the method by which a pole could be discovered. Amundsen successfully rp- piled to the Antarctic the method that Feary hy years of experiment had worked out in the Arctic. When once d correct method has been developed, the solution of any problem to which it applies be- comes comparatls ely easy. All the tray- edies which compose the history Of the Arctic exploration were examples of wrong methods, were impossible experi- ments. and by costly process of elimi- nation the right method was come by at last, the method which Peary worked out in cetail. and which Amundsen. and Scott in the Antarctic adopted-with variations, of course, but substantially. All the mus cle, the endurance, the sacrifice, the heroism in the world would not have suf- feed te conquer the poles unless the con trying brain had gradually worked out the method And such is the glory of Peary, that as a result of 20 years of fail- ure he finally devised the means, and with those means conquered the north, as Anundsen. by aid of the same means, has conquered the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-23
She Cannot Be Blamed

From Answers London The good wife was very H. so bad thai she was having serious talk with her husband.
 James," she said, in low voice. Fir case of-of anything happening to me think q man of your temperament and domestic nature should marry again, both for your sake and for the sake of oui ehiidren.'
 James dashed the moisture from his eyes ere he replied. DO you think so my dear?"
 The woman weakly nodded.
 ''1 certainly do.'' she said "Of course after decent interval''
 There, my dear, that relieves my mind of gerat burdent' he said gleefully ''I'ne little widow next door has acted very friendly toward me since you have been ill. She's not such a fine woman as you are-not so strong natured and in- telligent-but she is pretty, plump little thing. and I think I'd better give her a hint
 Next day the good wife was able to sit up. The day after she came down stairs. And on the third day she went out for a walk-and cut the little widow next door, deadi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-23
ArizOna's Radicalism

From the Providence Journal.
 The lower branch of the Arizona legis- lature has passed. by the overwhelming vote of q to 1. bill granting the full right of suffrage to women. In most states, especially in this part of the country such action would not be re- garded as particularly signlhcant one house has q way of insincerely approving an equal suffrage measure, confident that the other hoiise will promptly kill it. So general has this practice become that it excites little comment. But Arizona is a radical state. and 1t lies adjacent to California, which last year gave the bal lot to women. For these reasons the passage of the pending bill by the Sen ate seems probable, although public hear ings are to be held before conclusive action Is taken. Another illustration of Arizonas radicalsm may be found in the passage of resolution resubmitting to the people the judicial recall Nor is there much doubt that the recall will be voted back Into the constitution by a decisive majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-23
The SnnfloWer
rl IIarper's Weekly.

From Ilarper's Weekly
 There are more than 10 different species Of surtlower scattered from New England to the Gulf of Mexico and from ocean to ocean. Generally the plant is not es- teemed, but it has many valuable uses.
 Many of our Indians make bread of the seeds. It is cultivated in the south of Ell. rope sometimes as a field crop, the seeds being used as food for cattle and poultry, and also for making oil of a quality little inferior to olive. oil. It Is burned irl lamps and used in the manufacture of soap.
 Meal and bread are said to be got from the seeds in Portugal, and these. roasted, are often substituted for coffee The seeds are also used like almonds, for making soothing emulsions. and in some parts of the old world are boiled and fed to in- fants. The leaves are good fodder for cat tie; the stems serve for fuel and contain much potash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-23
Iixernool Cotton Statistics

Liverpool. April 22-Spot cotton closed in good demand. Prices unchanged to ! points higher. American middling fair, 7s7d; good middling, 6.S9d; middlng, [. .g5d; low middling, 6.35d good ordinary, 5. .93d; ordinary. 5.59dr
 Sales of the day were 10000 bales, of which 800 were for speculation and export and included 9500 American.
 Receipts, 5000 bales, including $500 Amer ioan.
 Futures opened firm and closed quiet April, 6. 45ikd; April May, 6, I'd; May-June 6. .42d; June-July. 6.42d; July-August 6.4ed August September, 6.40d; September-0e- tober. 6.37d. October November 63ii2d November December. 6321ad December. January. 6 S2d; January February. (. 3lad February March, 6.S2d: Mareh-Aprll. 6ssd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-23
Live Stock Market

St. Louis. April 2e.-Cattle- Receipts 2SO0, including 200 Texans: market 10e low CT. Native shipping and export steers, S..50GS; dressed and butcher steers, S5.50Q 790: steers under 1000 pounds. s3.5o0tG.75; stockers and feeders, $3G7.75; cows and heifers, 8. 75d4.25; canners, B 501l5.5o; bulls s4.2506.35; calves. s5@S; Texas and Indian steers, $5.50617.50; cows and heifers. g 5oG 651.
 Hogs-Receipts. 97O0: market 10c lower. Pigs and lights s5Q7.50: mixed and hutch- CTS. s7.60@79214; good heavy, s7S0ff..92l4.
 Sheep-Receipts. $500: market 10c higher. Native muttons, 5.25Q690: lambs. S 75I c50; culls and bucks, $4d5.25; stockers, SsaIt
 x Kansas City. April 22.-- Cattle=-R Receipts. 1000. including 1000 southerns: market steady. Steers steady to 10c lower, cows snd heifers steady: stoekers weak to 25c lower Dressed. beef and export steers. T50G6.50; southern steers. s5.505s7.60; southern cows, s466 25; calves. s4G7.50.
 Hogs-Recepts. 900o: market 10c lower. Bulk of sales, s7. 400l7 TIE; heavy, s77O6l :7.so; packers and butchers, s750a7. 771 F; lights, s7.25Gl7.e5 pigs. s5.25d625.
 Sheep-Receipts, s00o1S market 1oa15c Higher Lambs, ss.50Gs15: yearlings, s5.f