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a member of the Metropolitan.
Calumet, Union League and Rae
quet and Tennis clubs. He died In
his sixty-seventh year.
His estate is estimated at 81 ,300,-
900. including the 125-acIe summer
place. woodbine, near Newburgh.
His company does business. say
the executors, Of $4,000 900 a year.
His first wife. the former Rather.
Inc Van Duzer, of Ncwbrrgh. died
in 1913.
He married Mrs. Claire F1otow
Hyllested on November 20. 1919.
BY his first marriage there were
five children. all living. They are
Frank V. Burton. jr., Van Duzer
Burton. Margaret Burton. Mrs.
Katherine r. Johnston and Mrs.
Lucia c. r. Wing. The two sons
are executors, as are John Hoves
Burton. their uncle. and Howard
r. Clark. Of the firm.
Within . month OF HE second
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they were friendly between then
and their marriage.
These letters, documents and
memoranda" says the statement CT
the executors. indicate beyond
peradventure that for many years
she lived the life of promiscuous
woman OF adventure and was in
part, II not entirely. supported by
contributions given by or exacted
from various men, In various sums,
with whom she had the relations
of the character described"
HER VEHEMENT DENIAL.
At her home at No. +o5 Park
avenue. Mrs. Burton. a woman Of
about forty six, made this categori-
cal denial yesterday:
1T Is a monstrous fabrication!
I am thunderstruck. This is the
first I have known Of any Of the
men named. never knew than.
never had affairs. did not 1--we
with Mr.. 1urton&before we mar.
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gave Mrs. Burton securities as.
suring an annuity of $4,000. in
lieu Of dover rights.
The affidavits Of the executors
recount that Mrs. Burton was the
daughter of n German who look
residence in Chicago and became
there a stationer and later a shoe
dealer. that she was married 10 a
music teacher, Frederick Hylic-
sted and divorced him in 1908. Fol.
lows this allegation Of an affair
with a traction magnate:
Prior to obtaining the divorce
she had acquired considerable no.
toriety because her relations with
Charles T. Yerkes, deceased. for.
merly a resident OF Chicago. From
1904 to 1918 her record in the
United States and Europe is one Of
numerous relationships with divers
men"
The document says that she met
Burton in 1914 or 1914. and that
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Played With My Life. "

Gustav Philip ceased paying at
tentions and received this letter,
dated Leipzig. November 2, 1912:
My Dearest Gustav:
II beg, beg OF you TO come TO me
at once. suffer so terribly un-
der this stroke OF fate. Think,
dear Gustav. idollzed you. be.
lieved that your love and promise
10 marry me were the words Of a
man OF honor.
"If the world knew how heart
less and without conscience YOU
treat me. YOU wouldn't have the
respect Of the lowest person. You
have played with my life and
ruined II. Consider. Gustav, II
men who possess virtuous women
could treat them as you have
treated me, the whole civilized
world would be demoralized.
Schiller says. 'Abominable Is the
person who does not sacrifice all
he possesses to his honor
The woman sued for Insult" and
breach OF promise in the royal
supreme court and had occasion
to write this letter to her attorney
in Germany:
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ried. I knew nothing OF the let.
ters. They were never sent Sy
and never came to me. There was
no pre.nuptial agreement.
MY husband knew all there
was to know. l am going to figh.
these calumnies in court. I am
going to demand my share OF the
estate. He had not been himself
for months and was not in a con.
dition to make a will on March ..
1922. when he signed It. They are
trying to deprive me Of my right
full part Of the estate. They have
been against me because their
father married a second time"
In court one of Mrs. Burton's
attorneys said that the charges an.
tedated the marriage and that there
was no proof that she had not been
q good woman since. He empha'
sissd that all the revelations made
IN SQUIRT were known 10 Burton BE-
fore the marriage.
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"Your Loving Eyes.

Philip IL quoted a. having writ.
ten in Leipzig on August ~. 1910:
MY Dearest Beloved Clara:
"How happy was I yesterday TO
be With you. How happy was to
see your beautiful. faithful eyes
ana to express our thoughts YER
bally. and I feel 30 lonesome to
day. 30 much 90 I cannot express
It. wish I could come to you
now. This would b. ecstasy tor
me. How Is It possible that one
can love q human being 20 quickly!
Whatever the future. I shall never
forget the beautiful happy hours
which I have spent with you. !
thank you again for them heartily.
Dearest treasure. you have be.
witched me with your loving eyes.
Dearest heart. consider everything
most thoroughly. for II Is my wish.
and you deserve. dearest Clara, to
he happy In every respect and for
all times. For you. my dearest
heart. / wish all happiness. Low
ing you with all my heart.
GUSTAV,
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Boasted of Birth.

"It may seem arrogant and
pretentious II / make bold and
confess I only enjoy the society
of aristocracy and learned people.
not Of merchants. Consequently,
you cannot be offended that 1 did
not wish to accept your invita-
ton for your farewell dinner.
mot one in one thousand has
my birth and family inheritance,
and fewer still my knowledge Of
the fundamentals Of life. the lat
ter entirely disassociating me
from the babble OF ordinary
gossips.
WAS the rupture in our rela-
tions caused by your fear you
would be expected, as a man OF
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She Would Sue Him.

Sir: I am Mortified by the reve-
lations made to me in reply TO my
charges. which shows that the
scoundrel p. is not only devoid OF
all sense of honor. but also OF ell
moral responsibility and a base
liar. do not want an indemnity.
I am not seeking money. | am
seeking justice and my case should
be taken up by the Public Prose
cutor of Saxony. All the money in
the world could not compensate me
for the grief, humiliation and dis
grace p. has brought into my Hfe.
"If he does not Immediately re-
tract the lies he has told about me
I desire to institute a suit by which
he will be made to pay 100000
marks to be distributed among
German charities, for making my
acquaintance, pursuing me and
promising me marriage only for
the purpose Of running me, as fis
paper clearly shows.
He ruined me under promises
OF marriage and then deserted me
and he should be made responsible
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Made a God of Him.

You have so outraged my dig
nifty and pride as woman am
forced to address you in this man.
ner to get your attention suf-
ficient to read my letter. and
pray you for your childrens
sake to read It and consider its
contents.
Your last letters to me are
the quintessence OF egotism.
can only liken your cruelty to
the cruelty OF Nero going over
human affection and human life
with a juggernaut."
A letter signed Fred" and
written October IS, 1918, said:
I'm consideration Of your Ill
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honor, 10 carry out the promises
you had made to rent my apart
ment In Paris? And the pension
in Italy? And the house In
Switzerland? Were these prom
ises made to deceive me7
"Or was the rupture due TO
the evil talk of some malicious
person? No greater misfortune
exists than when a woman stands
face to face with the grand pass
ion OF her life after she Is
married What a tragedy when
q woman meets the right man
too late! What daily and hourly
crucifixion until she renounces
the law, rejects society and leads
life of complete emancipation
THE weak and colorless per.
sonalitles fade in the background
of the world. They cannot un.
derstand or credit the passions or
a few strong and scintillatiDg
personalities, passions which COM
pei them to search for their ideal
without ceasing and make sacri'
flee without limit.
II had made a god of you and
my disappointment to find you
a mere man is n severe blow.
Alas! we imperfect beings always
seek and see perfection in the
object we love. / have a rather
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ACCUSED BY HUSBAND AFTER HIS DEATH AND CUT OFF.
ROM SHARE i'm HIS ST, 100000 AS INTERNATIONAL FuRT

told me she met p. In Marienbad
a year before did. and how
he tried to make love to her.
and tried to persuade her to
leave her husband and live with
him, telling her he would deceive
his children by saying she was his
housekeeper.
"It was At Philips repeated
entreaty that I went to Munich.
He told me he was SO lonely and
nothing in the world would give
him SO much pleasure as to have
me there with him. felt sorry
for him and only went on that
account.
mo woman with delicate and
refined sensibilities likes to re-
mind a man of his promise of
marriage. An honorable man
would keep that promise, espe-
cially as we were already man
and wife bsfore God. 1t was
when I realized what . terrible
fraud and scoundrel Philip 10
that / wrote that postcard from
Rome, with the words The beau
tiful trip They were the most
ironical words I had ever written.
as he had often spoken Of the
beautiful tours In Italy we would
make"
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for my future. Such q man has
a demorslizing effect on all society.
He IL a menace to every commu-
nifty. He is a social leper and
should be ostracized from every
honorable society. His son Fritz
is also a liar about me.
'I have always qualified. both
mentally and morally. for the high
est social recognition and enjoyed
It. am we'll entitled to live as a
srande dame. / am the daughter OF
n gentleman.
Money is P.'s only God.
"P. showed me a letter from
Baronin Y. 1t contained a very
insinuating and confidential
phrase. l was disgusted and asked
him II it was customary in Ger
many for gentlemen to show
ladies' letters. said, Does q
man tell the most intimate things
of his own life to q lady he does
not intend to marry
II cannot understand what ne
wishes to insinuate by saying
I live in tho best hotels. al
ways live in the best hotels. not
in the second-class hot>ls Philip
IL In the habit Of freauenting.
"Odsa Tichay, an Hungarian.
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Queer East African Tribe
Gives Sick to Hyenas
The Kikuyus Believe the Animal is Friend
Containing Something of tine Spirit of
Their Ancestors-Force Women to Do All
of the Manual Labor.

the holes In them being made
larger and larger as they grow
older.
/ have seen women with a.
many as eighteen thick banries
through each eaA
Their carriage is graceful and
their figure. are naturally beau
tiful when young.
In common with the Nasal tribe
no Kikuyu will touch a dead body
and the hyena is looked upon As a
friend containing something o:
the spirit OF their ancestors, and It
is 10 these scavengers that theli
bodies are delivered at death-and
even before death. many OF them
being torn asunder and worried
while still alive.
When a native OF these tribes
is IL. food and drink is given till
the hope OF recovery is Ebsn-
doned. and the patient IL pu. out
al night for the hyenas.
In many instances where II IL
suspected that the Illness may
prove fatal. a string is tied ID
The toe OF the sick one, and 40
long 3 there Is an answering pull
on the string the patient Is pro-
vided with food and drink each
day. but IL there is no reply 10
the pull of the string no inve,tisa-
tion is made and the hyenas. never
far away. can take their prey.
On one occasion twenty1 five
natives were found. having been
put out by their tribe for the
hyenas that night in consequence
OF some epidemic.
They were all brought In and
nearly all saved.
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health and to prevent further
scandals I have consented. against
my better judgment. I must
ask you not to look on me a.
. friend any more. and fear
your threat to inform my wife Of
what has happened would cause
the unhappiness of an innocent
and good person.
II beg Of you therefore to be
generous and allow me to send
you remembrance of $500
francs and q Christmas present
of $500 francs.
why do you try to ruin my
sense Of duty? How terrible 1t
is. the remembrance of last eve.
ning?"
During 1910. 1911 and 1912. It
10 alieged. the contestant was on
intimats terms with Phillip.
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NAIROBI. Nav 8

NAIROBI, May 8.
TIME native tribe which has
recently caused trouble In
Nairobi. Kenya Colony
until recently called British East
Africa-in consequence OF the er-
rest OF one OF their agitators.
Thurku, believed 10 be under the
influence OF Bol.hevism. -
tribe which has the reputation
OF being treacherous and cowsrdiy
The Kikuyus in their natural
state live In Standardization Of
beehive-shaped grass huts-and
their cattle kraals are built with
much forethought and care, being
strongly guarded against maraud-
ers
This Is a precaution very neccs-
sary where lions stalk. nightly and
even by day. and where a neigh
boring tribe may make a sudden
raid and carry off much wealth
in the way OF cattle.
The men lead the lives OF hunt
ers, using the bow and poisoned
arrow. and also the spear and
shield.
The women do all the manual
labor, cult!vating the land and car.
rying all heavy loads. which ore
strapped TO their backs by strap
which passes around the fore
head.
Their babies are also carried
strapped to the back. the little
black heads bobbing helplessly
about and exposed entirely unpro-
tected to the fierce rays OF a trop-
ical sun in equatorial regions.
The ear lobes OF the women ars
developed TO an incredible, size.
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full experience on this earthly
sphere and when I find q per-
sonality which interests me as
you have I am not easily driven
from the battlefield no matter
how strong the opposition. and /
refuse to be cast off like 2 soiled
and broken toy.
Arc you going to be a traitor
and deserter? Beware, Beware
You have two daughters whose
destiny Is not yet foretold.
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A Burning Appeal.
Eventually the friendship termi-

Eventually the friendship termi-
mated.
Tho records Of the case con.
tain a letter tho executors allege
was written by Mrs. Burton from
the waldorf.Astoria on November
28. 1913. to Major Brinck at the
st. Regis. 1t was returned un-
opened. 1t said:
As q man and a father Of two
daughters. you will not desert
woman when she needs you most
and when you are responsible
for her deplorable condition.
You came into my life rs
friend and protector. and in that
guise I gave you the best had
and revealed the innermost
secrets OF my life and heart
things you were not entitled to
know unless you were prepared
to stand by me to the end Of my
days.
Our friendship has gone too
far, implore you to act as
man of honor. and not as a
coward. Are you going to let
the man servant OF your stable
put you to shame by acting with
less nobility.
You humblcd my womanly
pride and insulted me so I want
ed to commit suicide. How little
did I know what was written in
the Book of Fates the day met
you! A year ago you invited me
to 60 to America with you. At
the last moment you withdrew.
'Why7 Because you had a
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marriage, which was opposed by
his children, Burton left his wife.
They were reconcilcd but parted
finally in July. 1920. Mrs. Burton
is alleged to have made threats
that induced her husband to lnves'
tigate her. In this quest he came
upon trunk which the executors
relate contained the letters on
which their charges are based.
George F. Hurd. counsel for the
executors. aided in the inquiry, say.
ing that Burton admonished him:
III that woman ever tries to raid
my estate, place all the cards on
the table. no matter what they
show"
YERKES' NAME DRAWN IN.
When Mrs. Burton learned that
the will cut her off with a clause
declaring ample provision had been
made for her by q pre-nuptisl
agreement. she filed n contest.
Tbs agreement. say the executors.
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worth s1,3oo,ooo.

love affair with woman to
whose husband you pretended to
be friend. You knew my
quick discernment would dis
cover the situation. saw you
kiss her. I, poor fool, suffered
the tortures OF the damned.
That awful woman. with her vul.
gar face. only laughed with scorn
over the power she held over
YOU.
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TOttOWtUQ uVo Two
contained in a ty1tnkfui Of lot
ters upon which the heirs OF
Frank Y. Burton, millionaire
broker, base their case against
the effort Of Mrs. Claire Hylls-
sted Burton, his toidosc, to get .
full division of his estate.
~ NE Of the letters. dated Lon
don. March II. 1919 was
~ from Sam NJ. Power and
read:
Dear Ciair-I cannot be too for
NAL to you. SO begin my note as
you said I might. / send you tho
naughty little verses and defini-
tions which I repeated last night
and which you were so anxious to
have"
Then come series OF letters al
legged to have been sent to or re-
ceived from "Will," Fred" Major
Fritz Brinck, a German. and Gus
tav Phillip, a Polish manufacturer
of Leipzig.
Some OF the epistles are Of .
burning impassioned tone. plesd.
ing. cajoling. threatening. written
in fine literary style and in emo
tional strain. One. In which tho
recipient of the letter Is rebuked.
was written to MY Dear Clara" by
"will" from Butte, Mont. on Sep.
tember Is. 1909. II says:
"It is all right for you to plead
poverty to me and then go abroad
and enjoy yourself. but the two
facts do not fit together very well.
When I left you in Chicago last
year you gave me your word you
would be back here to settle up
matters in August. have bought
a house here. paying $1,000 down
and $500 since then. and unless
pay the balance shortly I will lose
all.
"If you had returned to America
I could have this matter adjusted
and not worry. Do you think you
are treating me fair? II ycu DO
not come back and settle up I vii.
institute proceedings to have you
removed
Legally. you never had a right
to take the position as you are not
resident of Chicago. and you
swore falsely when you said 20. I
will repudiate our personal agree.
ment and insist that the estate be
divided according to the will left
by mamma"
This letter. signed "Frttz Brinck"
and written to Mrs. Hyllested'' In
Paris, was filed:
IT am really glad you did not
Join me. Business is very firing
and I was looking forward to see.
ing and talking to you in order to
forget business figures and wor-
ries awhile. You really do not
know with what sentiments I re-
gard you. tried to telephone
you but I cannot wait that long"
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I How British Safeguard
Imperialism I'm India

the fall in the traffic receipts, but
mainly to high prices"
This does not tell the whole
story. Prices are soaring high In
India because Of the bad indus.
trial condition and because OF the
paralysis of the transportation
system due to constant strikes OF
the disaffected people. But the
taxes are imposed higher and
higher to maintain the grip OF
British militarism in India and all
over Asia.
There is a serious menace for
the whole world from the British
militarism and India. is being bled
to maintain 1t. Sir Malcolm Hal.
ley has acknowledged that the
Afghan war had cost India 49,
10000 pounds (about 0,o00,o ,oo0).
II is known to all that this war
was sought by Britain to conquer
Afghanistan and that the unrest
in India made 1t impossible to
accomplish It.
Taxation without representation
is found in India. The Ell ylish
government in India hae increased
the military expenditure, at the die
tation OF General Rawlinson, despite
the opposition Of the Indians in the
so-cslled legislative council. The
Indian members have nothing 10
say about the military expendi.
ture OF tho land. The military ey.
penditure Of India IL much more
than double the naval and military
expenditure Of Japan. 1t IL over
so per cent Of the revenue OF the
land. II has been increased from
s226, ,000, 900 to over $500 ,o00. 900.
which means the total annual In.
come OF 10000. 900 starving peopls
of india. and II In all for the .m.
plre which wishes to hold the p-o.
pie OF Egypt. Arabia. Palestine,
Mesopotamia, Persia and India un.
der It's -ubjection.
One Of the principal causes OF In.
dls's struggles for Independence II
that Indian people refuse To L.
h,ed for the sake ~ British imrar.
nI- and NJ, rr "a.
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In the budget statement OF the
government of India. presented
to the legislative assembly by
the finance member. Sir w. II.
Haley. revealed that instead OF
the small surplus for the year
which had been expected. there
was deficit Of no less than "a
crores Of rupees $4,000, ,000.
This deficit occurs In country
where the average annual in
come Is less than ten dollars
year. II the full annual income
Of over eleven millions Of people
Of India should be confiscated
then the deficit OF the budget
could be met. This Is due to the
nonco.operation movement and
paralysis OF the British controlled
economic system Of the land.
For the ten months ended last
January" the report says, IN
dia's adverse balance OF trade
was 81 crores t72.coo,noo pounds).
The chief items Of deficit or rev.
enue were customs, income tax,
salt, opium. posts and telegraph
but overshadowing all was re-
ducticn ~ sa.ono.o 600 pcurd. In
net railway receipts, due partly to
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By TARAKNATH DAS,
International Secretary. Friends Of
Freedom for India.

Almost every few days new bat
talions OF British soldiers are
being sent to India from Eng
land. On March Q, according to
our information, the Duke Of
Cornwalls Light Infantry left AL
dershot for service in India, and
others are to follow.
This is to safeguard British i'm
perialism in India. This means
mounting up of military expendi-
ture Of the British government in
India, where the people are bled
to death by high taxation and
poverty caused by exploitation.
The situation is doubly interest
ing because the government Of
India is facing bankruptcy as
well as collapse.
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WuA uW4s WAWASAs I'M
vealed by Court Ac-
ti9ns In which She
and His Children by
First wife Fight for
Big Fortune.
A VOICE from the
"A grave is come be-
tween a prominent metro
politan society woman
and an estate Of 81, ,3O0,-
600, halting her hand just
as it was extended for the
fortunel
This is the situation in
which Mrs. Claire Hyllest-
ed Burton, widow of
Frank V. Burton, the New
York cotton broker, finds
herself today. The voice
of her husband has spoken
once; the huge estate has
been withheld from her,
as a consequence, by the
courts. The woman is
preparing to renew her
fight for the money, de-
spite the warning that the
voice will sound again.
Mrs. Hyllested Burton
will defy the dead, if
necessary, to obtain what
she considers her rights in
the estate.
She was cut off without
a penny in the will of her
husband. When she moved
last week in the courts to
set aside the will, lawyers
recited part of what he
had told them to reveal if
she took such a step.
Through them, they said,
the dead man accused his
wife of international
Nir-ation and affairs with
many other men.
Following these charges
the courts refused to
grant the widow admin
istration of the estate and
appointed a special COM
mission to take charge Of
It pending a trial.
NEW REVELATIONS
EXPECTED.
At the trial Of the case,
new revelations from the
grave will be made, the
lawyers say, with specific
charges and evidence to
back the charges. The at
torneys for the estate
have made it plain that
the statements of the dead
millionaire will be ad-
vanced to counteract
every contention of his
widow.
Her husbands family has been
relentless in their pursui. on her
past. They have revealed start.
ling Incidents alleged to establish
their dispute of her claim to a
share in the estate and TO her fit
ness to act as Administrative.
A score Of letters have been pre-
sented, said to have been written t
or from the woman. as evidence of
the intrigues she is charged with.
There are. altogether. some 200
letters and other papers in the
hands OF the executors. who pro-
pose to place them on record at the
trial.
HUSBAND LEFT FORTUNE.
Mrs. Burton. on the other band
Indignantly denies the charges and