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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
FRANK J. GOULD WINS
DIVORCE IN FRANCE
Defendant Asserts Claim to
Half His Fortune.

PARIS, April 1S.--Frank ]. Gould OBJ
tanned a divorce to-day from Edith Kelly
Gould. the decree being granted in YER
allies Mr. Gould alleged misconduct
on the part OF Mrs. Gould with Mario
Ca ssus. Mexican. The defendant
did not appear. but entered a claim for
about one-half of Mr.. Gould's fortune.
A few days ago there appeared in the
rews n cabled story from Paris of the
appearance in the Correctional Court Of
Paris OF Mrs Edith Kelly Gould and
Mario Casassus. and of their being fined
SO. 1t developed that this episode was
the basis of the divorce action brought
by Mr. Gould. Previously. however.
there had been rumors of developing in
compatibility.
Frank ]. Gould married Edith Kelly,
a show girl. in 1910. She was appear
ing in Havana" when Mr., Gould first
met her and had already had attracted
attention because of her good looks and
srrightliness. Mr. Gould had been di-
vorced a year before by Margaret Kelly,
but he retained the custody of their two
cl, !dren.
In 1910, while he was counting Edith
| Kelly. MIR. Gould was sued by Ress.e
| de Vo.c, who alleged that he had broker
| a promise to marry her. Letters Mr.
Gould was said to have written TO The
dancer we're produced In court. Even
tually the suit was dropped and It wa.
stated that a settlement was made out o
| court.
Jaw Gould left $50, 900 900 to his fam
| lily and Frank J. Gould received stXt
of this fortune 1t is understood that HI
has materially increased his property.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
X. Marcus will conduct the programme

K Marcus will conduct the programme
at Seward Park. There Will also De
community singing and speeches by John
r. Rathom, editor of the Providence
journal; Capt. Fraser Price, an Amer
lean who passed four years with the
British army Sergeant Moekowsky and
Corporal Klein.
One thousand agents from largo life
insurance companies who will assist the
Metropolitan Canvass Committee Will
hold an organization meeting in the
Bankers Club. 100 Broadway, at IL A. NJ.
to-day. Capt. Archie Roosevelt, Major
Guy T. Viskniskki, former editor of the
stars and Stripes, the official publication
OF the A. L. F.; L. A. Cert and j. 5.
Myrick will address tho meeting.
The New York plant OF Swift & Co.
announced 100 per cent. pledge for
the new loan yesterday when the 1888
executives and employees took twenty
eight minutes Off to pledge subscriptions.
| With the announcement OF the Bronx
quota of S4,975,600 the loan committee
| for the northern borough has adopted
| the slogan, Double our quota" and has
arranged for a loan parade this after
| noon In which $4,000 members of mill
| tary, civic, business, fraternal and social
| organizations will appear. Twenty bands
| will furnish music, and the route vii
extend from 161st street and Grand
Concourse north to 1iingsbridge road
| A score of the largest buildings in the
city. including the Woolworth and Singer
towers and the Equitable Building. anc
the stores of Arnold Constable & Co.
| Franklin Simon & Co, the Gorham Com
pany, Brokaw Bros Lord Taylor
Best & Co, James MoCreery & Co. Sterr
Bros. and Vantine & Co will be illumi
mated tonight and Sunday night, accord
ing to AN announcement made yesterday
by the War Camp Community Service
The Atlantic fleet also will share In thu
| DISPLAY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
YOUNG HENKEL 18th LEADER
Succeeds Father in G. o. II. Circles
of Gas House" District.

William Henkel has succeeded his
father, of the same name, as Republican
leader of the Twelfth Assembly district.
Familiarity known as the Gas House."
where Charles +. Murphy. leader of
Tammany Hall, got his start and still
holds the title of Democratic leader The
father was for twenty-nine years the
head of the Republican organization
there, although he was better known as
United States Marshal for several terms.
The new leader Is lawyer having
been admitted TO the bar in 1906, after
having been graduated from the New
York University Law School. Three
years ago he tested his political wings
by running for Congress In the Fifteenth
district, but succeeded only in making
a considerable dent In normal Demo-
cratic plurality of sizable proportions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
ROY WILL MAY NOT BE VALID.
Drawn Nineteen Years Ago, he
fore Daughters Birth.

A will drawn by the late Robert II.
Roy. Supreme Court Justice. nineteen
years before his death II: which all of
his real and personal property OF every
description is left to his widow, Mrs
Annie Roy. was offered for probate in
the Surrogates office. Brooklyn. yester-
day. Lawyers last night expressed the
belief that the document would be in
validated because II was executed be-
fore the, birth Of Justice Roys second
daughter. Jean.
The will makes no specific mention
Of property owned by Justice Roy and
his holdings are thought to be modest
He Is understood to have carried a
considerable life insurance. Mrs. Roy
being his beneficiary, and to have
owned his home at $50 Jefferson avenue.
Brooklyn.
Besides the widow and Miss Jean
there is a married daughter and a son,
Lieut.. Robert II. Roy. Jr.
The will offered yesterday was wit
messed by ]. Herbert Watson and Wal
ter E. Warner. his law partners at the
time it was drawn. Search has thus far
failed to bring a later will to light
Alderman Aron l.. Squires Is the at.
torney.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
DR.. HILLS PRAISES POLITICS.
More Like the Kingdom of God,
CLERGYMAN Says.

The Rev Newell Dwight Hills in an
address at the Marble Collegiate Church
yesterday said that politics is becoming
more after the manner of the Kingdom
of God.
"a statesman gives n man what he
ought to have. The politician gives him
what he wants." he said "Our plat
forms are improving because of the
statements of our leading men urging
reforms. Politics must cease to be a
thing Of selfshness and partisanship and
we are working toward that goal every
day"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
WILL EXAMINE SLAYER.
Three sanity Experts to Pass OIL
VallerO's Mental Condition,

Gov Smith has designated Drs Kieb,
Pilgrim and Smith. superintendents Of
Matteawan, Poughkeepsie and Central
Islip insane asylums respectively. to ex-
anime Alexandria Vallero Of Brooklyn,
due to be executed next month in Sing
Sing death house. to-day as to his sanity.
Vallero, who is 80 years old, was sen,
fenced by Supreme Court Justice James
Cropsey of Kings county on April 1.
1918. after he had been convicted Of kill
ing Charles Embriacco and Nicholas
Morello. two Harlem gang leaders, at
Johnson and Navy streets. Brooklyn, in
October, 1916. The alienists will report
their finding to the Governor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
Gov. sprouI Has Rheumatism.

PHILADELPHIA, April 1s.-A telegram
received here tonight from Harry S.
McDevitt, private secretary to Gov.
Sproul, who is at Hot Springs, Va, with
the Governor, said that the Chief Execu-
tve's return to Pennsylvania will be
delayed few days" Rheumatism has
settled in the left knee. which he sprained
walking through the cascades early in
the week. the telegram added. Gov.
Sproul went to Hot Springs two weeks
ago tonight to recuperate from an at
tack OF tonsilitis.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
WILL MAKE LICENSE PLATES.
Sing sing Convicts Hear They May
Get New Task.

Sing Sing prison learned yesterday
that three bills OF interest TO the instt-
tuition have Just been signed and made
laws in Albany.
One provides that prison employees In
service for twenty-five years are entitled
to DO pcnsloned on half pay. Another
allows a prisoner to visit a close relative
In last Illness or attend the funeral at
the states expense. A third provides
for tho manufacture of automobile
license plates. chauffeurs badges and
other accessories distributed by the state
10 automobilists by prison labor. A
fourth bill. requiring the removal or
female prisoner outside penal insntu-
ton for child birth. applies to Auburn
prison. but would not affect Sing Sing
unless a condemned woman should be
confined there awaiting execution
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19

DETROIT. April 1S.-When seen at his
Detroit office to-day w. C. Durant. presi-
dent of General Motors Corporation.
asked for a statement on the report
that the Henry Ford interests In the
Ford Motor Company had been taken
over by the General Motors Corporation
said such "A rumor is without foundation
and absolutely untrue,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
United States during the fourth Liberty

united StHtes uurlIB tie ioui III 1hpSAss
Loan drive.
The bands first public appearance in,
this country will be Monday noon. when
it will have the post of honor as the
musical escort in the procession which
will form at the Altar of Liberty and
march to Victory Way for the formal
dedication of that thoroughfare.
Mayor Hylan has accepted an invita-
ton from the Victory Loan Committee
to speak at the dedication exercises.
which will take place at 2 80 in Victory
Way, in the Park avenue plaza between
Forty-fifth and Fiftieth streets. The In
vitation to the Mayor was extended by
a committee headed by Martin Vogei.
Assistant Treasurer of the United States,
and A. NJ. Anderson, director of the
Government Loan Organization for the
second Federal Reserve district. after
they had conferred with him regarding
the announcement yesterday by Grover
Whalen, his secretary, as to the part ~
be taken by the police in the coming
campaign.
| After the conference. the following
statement was issued Mt Liberty Loan
headquarters:
I'm discussing n published report that
the police would not aid in the campaign
IT, was made clear that there had been n
| MISUNDERSTANDING as TO what assistance
the Liberty Loan Committee wanted
from the police. The matter was ad-
justed and the Mayor offered the CO.
operation OF the police and all the city
departments, so far as possible and con-
sstent With their duties.
| "Mr. Hylan was enthusiastic about thu
loan. He instructed Deputy Commits
sioner Wallis to give the Liberty Loar
Committee his fullest possible coopera
ton and to get Commissioner Enright
who Is in Atlantic City, on the telephone
and work out the details of the work o
the police in doing what they can L
make the Victory Liberty Loan a success
in the metropolitan district"
Ex-SoIdiers to Aid Canvass.
Two hundred and fifty discharged sol
diers who saw service in France hav
been recruited by Joseph c. Marcus
president OF the Bank of the Unite
States and chairman of the East Sid
Victory Loan Committee. They will al
in a house to house canvass Of the Eas
Side and have selected as their slogan
Our Job is not yet finished. We mus
win the Victory Loan"
Two big loan rallies will be staged 1
Seward and Hamilton Fish parks Sunda
afternoon by the East Side committe,
Gov. Smith and United States Senate
Warren G. Harding of Ohio will spea
! at both meetings. Nathan Straus wi
I preside at Hamilton Fish Park and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
FIFTH AVENUE SEES
CAPTURED CANNON
German Field Guns and Trench
Mortars TakenItO Vic
tory Way.
HAULED BY WHIPPETS
Pershing's Band toArrive To-
day-25,OOO March in Bronx
This Afternoon.
HAULED BY WHIPPETS

German guns, hauled In triumph at
the tail of American tanks and army
motor trucks, passed up Fifth avenue
yesterday to Victory Way. where they
were grouped about the huge pyramids
Of 1900 German helmets which have
been brought to this country from their
storage places in the districts Of France
formerly occupied by the Germans.
The helmets were to be worn by the
victorious German armies In their tri-
umphal parade through the streets OF
Parasitic guns we're counted on to blaze
the way for that triumph when the
great enemy offensive of 1918 had begun.
Both guns and helmets will furnish an
appropriate setting for the many cere-
monies scheduled to take place In VIC
tory Way during the loan campaign.
The tanks werc of the whippet type,
first developed by the French, weighing
seven tons, driven by Buda motors and
armed with 81 nm. guns. They are pro-
tected by armor seven-eighths of an inch
in thickness and manned by crew OF
two men, one of whom drives the ma
chine while the other operates the gun
Second Lieut. Harold ]. Ashe. who re-
Gently returned from service overseas
with the 345th Tank Battalion. was In
command.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
BLANQUET's HEAD IDENTIFIED,
Make 1t Certain Mex
lean Was Slain.

MEXICO CITY, April 1s.-Photographs
of the head OF Gen. Aureliano Banquet,
reports of whose death on Tuesday in a
skirmlsh in the State of Vera Cruz were
received here yesterday, arrived here
last night The head was positively
identified as that of the former Federal
General.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19

The guns. camouflaged and bearing
marks OF strenuous service. are of
the n nm. type, the German light field
gun, and include also a number OF
trench mortars OF various designs. All
were captured during the American ad-
vance which began July IS, 1913. and
lasted without intermission until the
moment of the armistice. There is also
Wicker machine gun made by the Colt
Manufacturing Company OF Hartford
for the United States Government. Cap
tured by the Germans in September,
1917, It was used by them until recap
tured by the American troops last fall.
The headquarters band of the A. E. F.,
better known as Pershings band, will
arrive here to-day on the L. s. S. Won
Steuban to begin a tour of the East on
behalf of the loan. The organization In
cludes 104 of the best musicians OF the
cxpeditionary force, with fife and drum
corps of forty. and is regarded as the
equal OF the famous Garde Republicaine
the French army band, which toured the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
S1,O00,561,600

Long Island and the counties
of northern New Jersey, Con-
necticut and New York State, in
cluded in the Second Federal Re-
serve district, are slated to raise
an additional $349,436,400.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19

No official confirmation of the report
that Gen. Banquet had been killed in
a skirmish near Vera Cruz. Mexico, had
been received by his family at the Cen
erals home at 33s Fourth street. Brook
Ign, up to last night, according to a
statement issued there by Robert Gayon,
the Generals secretary. He added that
efforts by the family to obtain confirma-
ton from both Vera Cruz and Mexico
City had been fruitless. Mr.. Gayon
said that, as far as his information
went, no news of Gen. Blanquet's death
had been received by the Mexican AM
bassador at Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-19
Manhattan Loan Quota
Will Be '$927,022,ZOO

HERE are the Victory Loan
quotas for each borough of
New York city:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
oId paper nrlnas state st.soo.

What becomes of the thousands OF
old pamphlets. books and waste paper
discarded by the many departments of
the state capitol? The sum of $500
turned in TO the state treasury is the
answer An averageOf 125 tons of waste
paper during the year is baled and sold
to the highest bidder by NJ. F. Blumen-
field. superintendent Of public proper
~. The high price of 60 cents per hun
dred pounds is received for the paper,
which is gathered daily.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
Recent elIIs Q. "a by Governor.

Recent Bills o. KID by Governor.
New laws approved by the governor
are:
Exempting contracts for the con-
struction of public highways and the
maintenance of bridges from the pro-
visions of the eight-hour law.
The annual meetings in free high
school districts shall be held on the
last Monday in June.
Where a free high school and COM
mon school district shall be within the
same area the principal of the free
high school shall be the administrative
head OF both schools.
Each member of the legislature at
each regular session shall receive for
distribution 100 highway wall maps of
Wisconsin; 100 highway pocket maps
of Wisconsin and 100 mounted rail-
road maps of Wisconsin.
Counties may levy taxes for the sup
port of needy soldiers of not less than
one-tifteenth nor more than one-tifth
of a mill.
Appropriating $2,4J0 TO Daisy PTS
terer of Monroe county, whose hus-
band was killed while an inmate at
the Mendoza hospital.
Counties and municipalities may
vote money for the erection of monu-
ments and memorial buildings TO SOL
diers.
Requiring the stopping of street cars
before crossing railroad tracks.
Giving power to the board of health
in cities of the third class TO establish
housing code.
Requiring the placing of warning
signs on poles carrying high voltage
wires.
Furniture and equipment used in
any business. trade or profession shall
be subject to assessment and taxation.
Increasing the salary of the chief
clerks of the legislature to $500 and
of sergeants at arms TO $1,000.
Giving counties power to erect hos
pitfalls for the treatment of the acute
insane. Counties already have the
power to erect hospitals for the treat
ment of the chronic insane.
Codifying the laws relating TO drain
age.
Exemptlng requests TO the State
Historical society from taxation.
Appropriating $500 for welcome
sign on the state capitol TO the sol
diers, sailors. marines and nurses who
served In the late war.
Providing for county aid to the
blind and deaf.
Providing for the appointment Of a
special committee to investigate the
teachers retirement fund.
Persons who have been in the EN-.
ploy of the state continuously for q
year shall be given leave of absence
of Is working days without loss OF
| pay.
Permitting employers to have the
option of Christian Science treatmen,
for employees on their request under
the workmen's compensation act. A
compulsory bill on this subject wa:
vetoed early In the session.
Appropriating $4,000 annually FOL
administrative expenses Of the state
board of vocational education.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06

and my troubles caused by that weak
ness are thing of the past. Allwomen
who suffer as did should try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. -
Mrs. JAS. RoHRBERG, go Knapp St,
N. s., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Women who suffer from any form of
weakness, as indicated by displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, Irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness or
1.-THE blues" should accept Mrs. Rohr-
berg's suggestion and give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound q
thorough trial.
For over forty years it has been
correcting such ailments. If you have
mysterious complications write for
advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
Phone companIes Hit by Order.

The minimum wage order of the In
dustrlal commission, effective August
! viii affect principally the telephone
companies and smaller mercantile es-
Establishments. Most manufacturing es-
tablishments are already paying wages
ir excess Of those prescribed by the
order. "a considerable percentage Of all
women employed in telephone ex-
changes viii have their wages in
creased by the order Of the commits
sion" said E. f. witte, secretary Of
the. commission
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
Round Up Delinquent Licenses.

An average of $1,000 a week is being
collected by the two automobile Inspect
ors appointed by secretary of State
Merlin Hull. These inspectors are Wis
iting all localities In the state and are
rounding up men who have failed "a
take out licenses for the operation OF
their cars. One man was found who had
two cars, but was trying 10 make one
set Of number plates do for both vehi-
cles. Others were found who thought
that last years license was good
enough. Each inspector - averaging
about 81 900 week and with the aid
Of the city police who are now called
to the assistance Of the department
many thousands of dollars Will be add
ed in license fees.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
stat. Disbursements, s1s,s1s,sos.

The net disbursements Of the state
# wisconsin for the fiscal year 1918
1919. we're announced as S1s.s13.-
6G9O8. The net disbursement totals
are as follows: General fund. 81 .247.-
123. 10: school fund income. 81. 49,
org. 70: university fund income. 49,
2J9.41720; agricultural college fund
income. 1851; normal school fund In
come. s1.24s. 44460; drainage fund. So
5OG.5G; forest reserve fund. S3.52s. % ;
state insurance fund. S4s. 761 81 ;
teachers insurance and retirement
fund. S136.37sss; life fund. s15, 3s2.Oa
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
g. EorsInn Students at U. Of W.

with "a students from IT foreign
countries enrolled in its student body
during the last quarter. the University
Of Wisconsin appears TO be regalning
its pre-war popularity among students
from other lands. China led with 1s
students. Other countries represented
we're as follows: Norway. q Canada.
s: Philippines Q; Brazll. 3: France. s ;
Japan 3: India. 2 Porto. Rico. 2;
Chile. ] Cuba. ] Denmark. ! Hawaii.
I =. Iceland. ] Peru. I South Africa, l:
and Spain. /.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

In the good old summer time when
fruits Of all kinds are getting ripe
and tempting, when eucumbers, rad
ishes and vegetables fresh from the
garden are too good to resist when the
festive picnic prevails and everybody
overeats and your stomach goes back
on you, then Is the time for August
Flower" the sovereign remedy for
tired. overworked and dlsordered stOmA
achs, a panacea for indigestion. fer
mentation Of food sour stomach. sick
headache and constipation. 1t gently
stimulates the liver, cleanses the In
testines and allmentary canal. making
life worth living. Sold everywhere. Adv.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
ALeadino Question.

"oh, Meestaire Soapking," ex-
claimed Count de Bustup. 81 love your
daughtaire Eet would give me re
supreme plalsure to marry wis herl"
Alright, count, but now listen {
me: Are you able { be supported In
tn manner in which my daughters are
accustomed Z supporting their hus-
bandsp
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
Telegraph Companies Must Pay More

Telegraph companies doing business
In Wisconsin will pay taxes on uni
formly higher assessed valuation, ac-
cordlng TO assessment figures for 1919.
announced by the tax commission.
The Western Union valuation has
been increased from S2,600,OO0 in 1913
to 100000 in 1919. The company
will pay tax of S43, 1924.
The North American Telegraph com
panys valuation has increased from
$500 900 in 1918 to 100000. with tax
of $5,S52.37
The Chicago and Lake Superior Tel
egraph company's assessment is $780,
900, compared witt $4,000 last year
It's tax will be S1,4oo.C9.
Assessments are made on the
amount of business done during the
year. The tax rate is approximately
.0146.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06

That money is now being diverted
into regular investment channels was
indicated by the report Of State Bank
ing Commissioner Marshall Cousins,
which showed a decrease of 81. 626. 600
in Individual and demand certificates
of deposit and an increase of 81 AS
63o In loans and discounts at the close
of business. June 30. 1919. az com
pared with May u. 1919. The total
resources Of the 79S state banks and
trust companies were shown 70 he
$40. 749 $3.50. as compared with s425.-
Gil. 653.37 on May u.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06
Figuring 1t Out.

ISNFF I'5 II ~NNs
The Income Tax Man-Is there
anything you don't understand. ma
dam?
Mrs. Grabbit-Yes. In listing my
income am / entitled to deduct the
dollar a week 1 allow my husband
out Of his salary for carfare and
lunches?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-08-06

b ~GahUcSs WIKI
caused backache
and headaches. A
friend called my
attention to one OF
your newspaper
advertisements and
medistely my
husband bough {
three bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e G ia BILE Com.
pound fer m e.
After taking two
-