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Suicide Recalls Sensational Affairs in Career of the Fascinating Mrs. A

for breach of promise against Yarde-
Butler. not for the sake Of pecunlary
damages, but in order to "Vindcate'
what she was pleased to call her
character by establishing in a pub
lie court of law the fact that If she
had yielded to the advances of the
Captain 1t had been under the distinct
promise Of marriage, supported by
abundant epistolary evidence. As no
damages were asked and all that Mrs.
Atherton wished was public ''virdi-
cation" there was nothing for Lord
Philllmore. the presiding Judge to de-
eide; the trial. however, remaining
memorable in the annals OF justice
through the legal opinion which h,
expressed from the bench to the effect
that promise Of marriage given by
married man to a woman who
knows that he is married. or by a
single man to q woman who is married
to some one else, is invalid, on the
ground that 1t is contrary to public
policy"
DownhIH Career.
From that time forth Mrs Ather-
toms career was downhill in a social
sense. In January, 1903, she figured
as correspondent in the suit brought
by the American actress Clara Eliza
beth Taylor Of Washington, d. c.,
against her husband, John Alexander
Stirling, of Kippindavie, a Perthshira
land owner and laird and Captain in
the Scots Guards.
Then some years later, It was in
1919, she brought proceedings for
SANDER against her sister in Law, Lady
Paul. for having falsely stated that
she, Mrs. Atherton, had been turned
out OF the Savoy Hotel at Cairo, in the
spring of 1910. on account of her con-
duct. Mrs. Atherton won a victory.
but at the cost Of unpleasant revels~
tons about her career, and was una pls
to recover any pecuniary damages be-
yond the traditional farthing, owing
to the impecuMosity of the defendant
and Of Sir Aubrey Paul.
That was the last appearance in the
limelight of Mrs. Anterior until the
tragic ending OF her brief matrimonial
adventure with Arthur Eliot, an adj
venture about which nothing was
known by the majority OF her friends
until 1t was over.
That Mrs. Atherton was in many
ways q remarkable woman 10 apparent
from the fact that her sisters and
other relatives exclusive of Sir
Aubrey and Lady Paul. remained her
friends to the last; that she retained
her hold upon the devotion and regard
of many well known men Of unblem-
ished record and OF reputation, and
that according. to the evidence shown
at the coroner's inquest Col. Anterior
had hut one longing. namely. to re-
wed her and thus enable her to re-
sumo her place by his freside as his
ever loved Vifa
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that he was an undischarged bank
rupt, and that his association with
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, in the
production of THE Better Ole" and
in other comic publications, relating
to the war. had no; proved by any
means as profitable as expected.
Mrs. Atherton was generally credited
with an independent income of $4,000
a year. But Captain Eliot must have
very quickly ascertaincd, after his
marriage, that her income had never
amounted to more than $12, 200 a year.
and that through various drafts on the
capital IL had sunk far below that
sum, Indeed, Mrs. Eliot as she had
now become, realized that her money
was not sufficient to maintain them
both in England, and had consequent
ly urged her husband to eXpatriate
himself with her, to go out to South
Africa, where they had first met, near
twenty years previously. and start life
there afresh. This did not appeal to Ar
thur Eliot. He quickly abandoned her,
to take up his residence with his we'll
to-do stepdaughters, II stepdAughters
they could be called, since they were
the children of his first and divorced
wife, by another marriage, and DELHI
erately refused to live with her again,
That she was not in particularly at
fluent circumstances at the time OF
her death is perhaps best shown by
the fact that for some months pre-
viousy she had been engaged in Aim
work.
Me- A -
cellent biHh and del!cately and
daintily reared. The house OF Paul OF
Berkeley is one of the oldest in
Gloucestershire, and the present bar
onetcy of the family. the third 10 have
been bestowed upon it. and now held
by Mrs. Athertons brother Sir Aubrey
Paul, d'l of his line, was created
more H. a hundred years ago, The
Pauls, however, are not rich, and Sir
Aubrey, after sustaining financial re-
verses, has been obliged.to seek a liv-
ing on the concert platform, as a
singer Of ballads, together with his
wife, Lady Paul, wonderfully talent
ed violinist, and daughter of the Polish
composer Wieniawski OF Warsaw. The
Pauls had plenty Of money in the
eighteenth century, when John Pau
of Salisbury became identified will
the great Loadon banking firm
of Jabez Snow & Co. through
his marriage with Miss France.
Snow, the firm becoming known
from thenoeforth as snow, Pau
4 Co. In 1854 the bank came to grief
failing for over five million dollars, and
Sir John Dean Paul, the Second
baronet of the present creation. an,
his two partners, were sentenced tC
fourteen years at hard labor In tn,
penal settlements Of Australia, fol
gross frauds. In connection with thu
wreck OF the firm.
Sir John. who Up 10 that tine he.
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Massachusetts, Statesman Declares
Sister Catherine Has Been Most Sue
cessful Member off amily-Remains
Bachelor Despite His Charms

state 60 freely provided. why, I
asked, can't something be done at
public expense for the boys and girls
who must work?
"The idea took form and we estab-
lished a method OF education by means
of correspondence. A boy, for ex-
ample. employed at mill may desire
to become a blacksmith, or civil en-
gineer or a stenographer. Blanks are
sent to him. on request, containing
questions. He answers the questions.
His case Is studied from the answers.
and he Is advised with respect to his
future occupation. Perhaps he has not
chosen the trade for which he is best
adapted.
'Then follows a course of instruc-
ton by correspondence. Students are
examined and teachers go out and
come into personal contact with small
groups of those living in the same
communities. We have had as many
as 5000 students enrolled at once,
and altogether the scheme is pracu-
cable and a great success"
What are the other two measures
which you remember with pleasure
and satisfaction Senator Walsh was
asked.
The first in Importance" he an
swered, was the change that was
made in the compensation paid to
workingmen for time lost by illness
or through accidents. An investiga-
ton that / caused to be undertaken
showed that of every dollar collected
from employers of labor to compen-
safe workingmen suffering from Illness
or accidents sixty-eight cents went to
the insurance companies and thirty
two cents to the beneficiaries, So
called.
The Roots of Happiness.
| CAS- a matter of fact, the compen-
ga ton laws were of much greater ad-
vantage to the insurance companies
than they were to the men in whose
interest. 1t was supposed, they were
enacted by our Legislature. But the
cid laws were amended and working
men are now getting the share of the
money to which they are justly en-.
titled.
The third measure goes to the very
foots ana nrst source OF human nap
piness," Senator Walsh continued. I'll
l should ask an audience, What is
government? there doubtless would bt
many answers. But l would reply tC
the question myself before any one
could stand up and begin his defini-
ton by saying that away back fam
lily or a clan settled in one spot Othei
families or elans settled in other spots
Then some families or clans discovered
that other families or clans had bet
ter land or more ore than themselves
whereupon they attempted to seizt
such land or possess such ore.
$50 families or clans combined t
protect their property and their lives
Thus governments began. 1t is still
necessary to protect property and life
But there is something else that gov
ernments ought to do. Our Declara
ton Of Independence laid down thu
great principle that all men are ere
ated equal that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienabl,
rights, that among these are life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness
Life, liberty and happiness. Three
fundamental rights. you see, and eacl
word begins with a capital letter in tn,
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them are American girls of Irish
blood. | can look back and count
forty Clinton boys of Irish parents
whose mothers and sisters helped to
put than :, Through college, A little
girI ant long ago said to nay sister:
Teacher, I am going TO leave school.
/ am to work in the mills We want,
meaning her mother and herself,
Martin [her brotherl to be a priest
Irish mothers and sisters feel hon
ored when their sons and brothers
become educated men, Two of my sis
ters worked in the mills at Clinton
TO pay the college expenses of my
brother, John. AS have said, have
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MANY other boys and girls pass
from the grammar schools into the
high schools. Their parents do not
require their help. And the cost of
their education is met, you under
stand, with money "ut OF the public
treasury. AS l thought the subject
over / saw that the state of Massa-
chusetts was not acting fairly toward
the boys and girls who were compelled
to leave school and find employment
"Unfairness was not intended, but
II existed. Education was open to all,
but only those boys and girls whose
parents could afford to let them re-
main at school could get what the
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my sisters to thank for my course at
college, which led to my degree at
Boston University Law School. did
all that I could to help myself, 1t is
true, but it was the money Of my sis
tiers, after all that paid for my tut
ton, food, hooks and clothes.
while Governor of Massachusetts,
I gave three great measures my un-
divided and enthusiastic support.
There were others, but the three are
uppermost in my mind and heart. One
pertained to education. Many boys
and girls of fourteen or fifteen are
compelled to leave school and go to
work. Right there all education stops
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by JAMES d. MORROW.

4 ZEN with no pluck and women
MI weak Of spirit would do we'll
v to- consider the case Of
Bridget Donnelly, an Irish girl, who
became the American wife of James
Walsh. ...- .. ...
As this article, which Is to be the
story Of a United States Senator. de-
velops, the eyes OF the reader may see
Bridget ponnelly but dimly through
the group in the foreground composed
OF her ten children.
But Bridget Donnelly will be present
in every line, brave and determined
woman. with love in her heart and the
rod of correction in her toll hardened
hahd--a woman who aever forgot her
religion and who taught her sons and
daughters to work.
They lived. James Walsh and his
wife, at Leominster, Mass, He also
was Of Irish birth. In those days,
more than fifty years ago, Leominster
was a centre of the comb industry.
The horns of cattle were split, heated
and pressed fiat and combs were cut
from the sheet thus fashioned.
Hts Picturesque Trade.
In a leather apron and before a fire
James Walsh heated\ the split horns
and then pressed them. Therefore he
was called a pressman. Nowadays
combs are made of cellulold and the
quaint methods and picturesque fig-
ures of the past are almost forgotten.
There were daughters and sons,
eight OF them, born to Bridget Walsh
and her giant of husband, and when
the ninth child came they named him
David Ignatius. and he, now a Senator
in Congress, is the subject of this
article.
Another son, Thomas, was born two
years later. He is known to the bar
of Massachusetts, to-day as Major
Thomas Walsh. Until recently he was
his brother David's law partner.
And SO, picturtng the family at Leo
minister, there were twelve to supply
with food and clothing. I'VE were
always poer," said David, the Senator,
to the writer. "but there are degrees
of poverty, as we'll as of riches, and
when / was years old we became
poorer than ever and thereafter always
lived in tenements."
A Fire and = DOG.
Two small houses had been bought
at Leominster. The Walshes lived in
one and rented the other. Both were
mortgaged and both were Inst TO their
owners. One burned to the ground.
The other went to pay the damages
charged TO James Walsh In court of
law because his dog frightened horse
that ran away. threw a woman into
the road and demolished buggy.
Combs about that time. fell in
price and demand for them d%indlfd
in the market. The factories, in CEN
sequence, were closed at Leominster.
Moreover, James Walsh had brought
home from the funeral Of a relative
one OF the orphaned children. Few
save the poor feel for the poor"
In the struggle of James Walsh TO
get ahead, Bridget Walsh was ever at
lis side. a mother and wife OF
strength. resolution and character
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Eliot Believed
Bearing Her Tragic Death Than Did the Divorce Proceedings Against
Duke of Westminster Who Fell Under the Spell of Her Charms

departure become engaged to Miss
William Shelah CORVALLIS West,
daughter of Col. and Mrs. CORVALLIS
West Of Ruthin Castle in Flintshlre.
1t was an engagement which, at the
time at any rate, did not meet with
the approval of the Dukes mother and
relatives. They objected to it on the
score of the Dukes youth and other
reasons. The Duke, indeed. was very
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been one of the most respected and |
popular members of Londen society,
a county magistrate and a Deputy
Lieutenant underwent all the horrors
of what was known as "transporta
tion," that is to say shipment to Aus
tralia and Tasmania. in slow sailing
vessels, cooped up in iron cages be-
tween decks like wild beasts rather
than human beings. He might easily
have escaped. For after his arrest at
his country seat at Reigate, in the
middle OF the night, and his convey
ance to the railroad station in the
morning, he managed to give his cap
tori the slip there. They lost all trace
OF him for the space of forty eight
hours, and there was nothing to pre-
vent him from seeking refuge abroad.
But on the next day but one he
walked into the Bow Street Police Sta
ton in London. surrendered himself
and served four years OF his term OF
penal servitude in the Antipodes be-
fore the remainder of the punishment
was commuted.
This is to show that Mrs. Atherton
had inherited no money 10 speak OF
Paul. the fourth baronet. the cousin
and heir of the ex-convict.
Source of Her Fortune.
Mrs. Atherton's independent for
tune. II fortune it could be called
came from a different source. and had
its origin in South Africa twenty
years ago Her marriage TO Col. Ath-
erton until that time had been per
fectly happy union, She was popular
IN her husbands regiment, and she
had presented him with two children. a
son, now 20 years Of age, who has
seen service at the front in the war,
and a little girl, who was killed in
infancy, through being run over In her
baby carriage by "a heavy dray,
Whether II was the effects of this
tragedy or something in the atmos-
phere OF South Africa, which Is par
ticuiariy disturbing ana exhilsrating
| to newcomers, Mrs. Anterior seemed
to lose her head soon after her az
rival at Cape Town. She remained
there while her husband, Col. Ather-
ton. went with his regiment up coun-
| try to the front, where wives were not
wanted.
| The young Duke OF Westminster
had recently reached Cape Town from
| England to serve on the stan OF Lord
Miner. the High Commissioner and
Governor General He had before his
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lukewarm about hIs engagement and
at Cape Town he quickly fell under the
sway Of the beauty and charm of Mrs.
Anterior. Their infatuation for one
another became so pronounced that
Col. Anterior was summoned to Cape
Town, while the Duke WAS ordered to
the front. a stormy interview between
husband and wife took place and then
Mrs. Anterior sailed for England
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-25
ALLIES ARE PREPARED
FOR BOLSHEv|K COUP

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The as
sociated powers, recognizing the pos
sibility of a bolsheviki coup while the
German delegates are at Versailles,
have prepared for such developments
it is stated in diplomatic quarters to-
day. Lenine has been in secret con.
ference at Moscow for weeks with
followers from all over Europe, 1t is
understood, and has framed elaborate
schemes advancing the causes of the
international proletariat incident
to the signing of the leace treaty.
The attempted general advance
of the Russian red armies is possible
upon the arrival of the German plen-
ipotentiaries in France. diplomats
hold. Bolsheviki forces in the arch
angel regions are known to be equip
ped for an offensive.
The bolsheviki have been eagerly
watching for the peace conference to
split. Lenine will utilize the italian
situation and the japanese grievance
to his own personal advantage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-25
Be Kind to Animals
Is Slogan for Week;
Churches to Help

BE Kind to Animals" week be-
gins Sunday and throughout the land
active campaigns will be carried on
for humane treatment of dump ami
mails and birds of all kinds. The
movement will be taken up in SER
mons in most of Pendleton's church.
es Sunday as the local side of the
campaign
The American Band of Mercy,
which Is the parent organization be-
hind this movement was founded by
George T. Angel and Rev. Thomas
Timmins. DIR. Francis II. Rowley is
president, Guy Richardson is secre-
tary and A. Judson Leach state or
ganizer
One of the organizations connected
with this big movement is the Jack
London club. which was formed to
put an end to the training of trick
animals, which is claimed to be one
If the cruelest forms of treatment Of
fumb animals.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-25

largely from some of the best known
herds in Union county. The list of
sale consignors is as follows:
W. ] Townley. Union, Oregon, four
cows and six bulls; w. i. Green,
Union. two cows and five bulls: Hut
Crimson & Sherman, Union. one COW
and two bulls; IT. y. Prather & Son,
Union. two bulls; w. ]. Green, Union,
two cows and one bull: G. G. Taalman.
LaGrande two bulls; G.. w. Delay, Hot
Lake, five bulls and seven cows; w.
G Cummings. Mt. Vernon, eight bulls;
The only consignors from outside OF
Oregon is Walter Hoover. Nez Perce.
Idaho, who puts in one COW and two
bulls. aAlla1
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-25
SHORTH0RN SALE AT
La GRANDE ON MAY |

LA GRANDE, April 25.-The won
derful growth of interest in Short
horn cattle in Union County, oregon.
and the adjoining counties. has re-
suited in a decision on the part Of the
Northwestern Shorthorn Breeders AS
ISOLATION to put on big sale of reg
istered ShOrthorn bulls and cows al
IL Grande on Thursday. May ]. 1919.
This is the first sale of the kind held
IN this part of Oregon. Something
over fifty registered animals, many
OF them good enough to win in show
rings are listed for the sale catalogue.
The cOnsignors to the sale are all
well known and successful breeders
OF purebred Shorthorn cattle and the
consignments contain an unusually
large percentage of animals bred in
Oregon. In fact, the sale animals are
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-25

You must clean the stomach and
bowels. purify the blood. each Spring.
or you leave Winters germs and Inn
purities In your blood and system.
Drive them away. clean out the stom-
ach and bowels-take HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea. n Spring Clean
ser-purifier. 35c. Tea or Tablets.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-25
Birthday of Princess
Is Celebrated Today

+ LONDON. April 25.-F1ags I
+ are flying on all government
+ buildings. and bells were rung I
= at London and Windsor today,
]. in honor of the 22nd birthday of
: Princess Mary. only daughter. I
p and third child of King George
. and Queen Mary. In addition
, to family greetings. many mes
, sages of congratulation and good I
? wishes were received at Buck
? ingham Palace from official, 1
diplomatic and public bodies
; Princess Mary was an energetic
? war worker. and is a qualified
+ V. a. d. voluntary Aid Detach-
+ ments) nurse.
? King George will give a pri-
vate dinner party at Bucking-
ham Palace tonight, in her hon
or.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-25
Decorating for convention.

Streamers in pink and green. the
Rebekah colors. and in red white,
blue and purple, the Oddfellows col
ors, are being used in the decorations
at Happy Canyon for the 1. o. O. F.
anniversary celebration which will be
held there tomorrow. Above the
platform have been placed pictures
of r. Alexander. 7. r. Wells, Henry
Taylor, Byron Coon and T.. f sharon
old members of the local lodge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-25
SOCIAL AND PERSONALS

/ THE White Flame of France" Per-
sonal experiences in war work in the
Red Cross headquarters in Washing
ton as told by Mrs, James Sturgis
proved delightfully."- interesting and
Miss Mildred Berkeley, preceding the
tea hour, sang Little Mother of
Mine" An abundance of lilacs made
the rooms most attractive and Mrs
$ z. Sturgis presided at the pretty
table.
Mrs. f. Tryon and little daugh-
ter, Marjory, left today for Portland
after a two months visit in Pendle-
ten. Mr.. Tryon is brakeman on
the O.-W. r. 4 y. and has the run
from Pendleton to Portland.
At the Baptist church tonight at
s o'clock Miss Elsie Happen, field
worker for the Columbia River dis.
trict of the American women's Home
and Foreign Missions, will give a lec-
ture. A social hour will follow and
the public is invited.
Mrs. r. Patterson arrived in Pen
dleton this morning on No. II from
Washington. d. c.. where she attend
ed the 2Sth National Congress of the
u. A. r.. held Auril IA to April 1s.
Mrs. Patterson was elected vice-pres-
ident general of the National Society
of the d. A. r. She will leave to-
morrow for her home in Portland but
is in Pendleton today as the guest
OF Mrs. F. f. Judd and of Mrs. F. W.
Vincent.
The ladies of the Eastern Star at
Hermiston are entertaining with a
dancing party this evening and sever
al Pendleton folk are planning to at
tend
The final number of the year in
the Kill Kare Klub series of dances
was a delightful event of last even
ing in Eagle e-Woodman hall "Kuest'
night was observed and about seventy
five couples enjoyed the affair, which
marked the close of the third season
of Kill Kare Klub dances. Many out
of town guests shared the hospitality
of the club folk. Charter members
form a standing committee which is
already making plans for next years
organization. so enjoyable have been
the dances. The charter members are
Mr.. and Mrs. l. L. Rogers, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. L. Vaughan, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
n. Matlock, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. E.
Pruitt. Mr.. and Mrs. A. C Koeppen
and Mr.. and Mrs. G. 1. La Dow.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Span
ish American War Veterans will meet
tonight and Mrs. Estella Weed of
Portland. department president will
be entertained by the camp. There
will be dancing, cards and refresh
ments and an invitation is extended
to all returned soldiers and sailors
and their wives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Stamey were /
hosts for a delightfully."- informal sup /
per party last evening following the ,
Kill Kare Klub dance. Their guests |