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WELFARE THEATRE, MADISON

WELFARE THEATRE, MADISON
Thursday, NOV. . 7.3O p. m.
ETHEL CLAYTON
IN
BEYOND"
A aociety drama OF an English variety
Comedy
"ROILING STONES"
Friday. Nov, 10, 7.S0 p. m.
ANITA STEWART
SOWING THE WIND"
Whrl midst Broadwsys gliiterine
lights--a vision of the shadows he.
hind them.
NEWS AND SCENIC
Saturday, NoI II
230 and 730 p. m.
JANE NOyAK
IN
THE SNOWSH0F TRAIL"
A numbering drama Of Heart Tugs
and nerve shocks, showing the
Northwest and what il IL
Monday, Nov. 1S 7.S0 p. ~.
ALICE CALHOUN
IN
a GIRLS DESIRE"
Is a whimsical human story
NEWS AND COMEDY
Tuesday, Nos. IA 7.s0 p. NJ.
Mr. AND MRS. CARTER DeHAVEN
IN
TWIN BEDS"
"A laugh provoking Comedy drama
pop TUTLE
IN
SHIPPERS POLICY"
Wednesday, New. Is 7.s0 p. IN.
HOBART BOSWORTH
IN
WHITE HANDS"
4 lighting drama from start to finish
POPULAR CLASSICS AND
STARl4AND REVUE NO. 4
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SMITHFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Tracy with
George Hartford in his auto made a
"Trip 10 Belgrade and Oakland Sunday.
\ church supper was held at the
Grange Hall last Friday evening.
4 card party and social will be
held next Saturday evening at the
Grange Hall Everybody welcome
Mr. and Mrs Raymond Groves made
d "trip to Freeport. Saturday, where
they visited Mr. Groves brother. Carl
and family.
Mrs Ella Paine made trip to Wat
erVlle Monday on business taking
with her "a few friends.
Word has been received of Mrs. Eva
Bickfords intention 10 visit with
friends and relatives here.
The Misses Mildred and Lillian
Hartford have hired an upstairs rent
in the large red house that was for
merly owned by Dr. Amea at Nor
ridgeWock where they will do light
housekeeping
Mrs Herbert Berry, Peter Truedell
and Felix Siros made a business trip
to Skowhegan Monday with Flavil
Mace in Joe I.ittlefield's car.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Getchell and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Stillman are 60
Ing Ia move to New Sharon. They
expected 10 go Thursday next but may
be delayed day or two. Friends at
Smithheld are very sorry TO see them
leave
Fred Stevens made a trip 10 Angus
Ia by auto Sunday. Jay Clark went
with him
SURPRISE PARTY
Monday evening Mrs Julia Charles
was greatly surprised at her home at
Smilhfeld when some Of village book
club members all gathered at the
store and postoffice and, presented
themselves al Mrs Charles kitchen
door al once. There were twenty
one in all present The men enjoy
ed playing cards while the ladies Mere
grouped about the sitting room chat
Ing. A picnic supper was served of
sandwiches, pastry and coffee. A
celery SET, jelly sci, berry or fruit
dish also . dainty handkerchief were
presented to Mrs. Charles also cake
made by Lille Groves az this was
really birthday party postponed
from January owing to Mrs. Charles
being in Madison caring for Mrs
George Charles at that time. All en-.
jOyed the evening very much.
VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 4
the pupils OF the village school not
missing word in spelling last week
and ranking one hundred per cent
were the following names: Thomas
Andrews. Eleanor Clement, Madelyn
Bickford, Durward Clement, Myrielle
Warren. Bertha Warren.
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the two boys attending the Academy
she decided it would be more con
venicnt TO 1.-Two in their own home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley DAVIS nave
beeh visiting relatives in town
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ATHENS

There will be a dance and supper
at Grange Hall, Wednesday, NOV. 10
with music by Varney's orchestra Oh
Skowhegan. 1t is given under the
auspices of Athens Grange.
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BURNS Observation-Disclosures

Mrs. Lewis Kennedy ana Mrs. Payne
from Industry were visitors al Heble
Davis last week.
Fred Otis sawed wood for A. W.
Parsons Saturday and Monday
Mrs. Zebie Davis visited al Nor
ridepWork last Sunday
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CAHRABAssRrT HALL, no. Asso.

safnrday Evening, November II
"PHB CITY OF MASKS"
With Robert warwick
FIVE REELS
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NORTH NEW PORTLAND

Williams Bros. Motor Co., Auth0riz.
ed Ford Sales and Service, Cars,
Trucks and Tractors, North Ans0D,
Maine. tf37
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It impossible to clear Miss Richsrdsea'e
honor and grant Mrs. Rutherford Q
divorce.
at is evident that tho argumsut
which have addressed to Your Lord.
ships will result, II effect u given them,
in leaving Mrs. Rutherford bound Ii
matrimony. 1t is an unfortunate cis.
cumstance that she should thus bs tied
for life to a dangerous, violent and
homicidal lunatic, after having for many
year suffered. both In body and n
spirit, from his unfaithfulne and bio
cruelty. He Is forty .One years Of ae0
and she is forty.
"We need take little account OF bio
feelings. As regards her we are boun1
to note that during many more years,
unless death remove him or release hev,
she must look forward to lonslinASo
from which she can escape only by q
violation OF the moral law. 10 soIo
this may appear harsh and even q
inhMmnne result. but such IL the Law
Of England.
"rhe trua remedy lies outside am
court Of law; It lies beyond the scepe
of Your LOrdships faculties. slttine a
the Supreme Appellate Tribunal. II
rests with Parliament (f and when n
thinks proper to end q state Of thlns1
which In u civilized Community
and in the name Of morality imposS
such an intolersbls hsrdshiD upeS -
nocent men and womss."
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have killed me. Love me with the
strength of your being and ! will moi
fail. Come back to me when the op
portunity is given you and l Will p'
waiting rs ever
1.-The possmarK on the next is Sep.
tember II, 1918. 1t is addressed to
Colonel Rutherford in France. 1t is
written from Carshalton Place and men .
tions divorce proceedings.
Then. after an interval OF some six
weeks. there is third letter, dated
October -. also from Carshalton PLACE.
1t reads IN part:
Dear Norman: ! need not waste
words in making explanations. Your
knowledge of my nature will make you
realize what 1t has cost me to write
you these few lines. ! want to gain
my freedom with as little suffering for
you AS possible. and if, for the chill
dren's sake, you will agree to carry the
thing through with as little publicity
as possible, / will hand over the three
elder children to you. Honestly, ! be-
lieve that that would be the happier
for you, and 1t would ut least give you
some hold Oh life. l should not feel
that You were utterly broken. This is
difficult letter to write. Please make
the rest Of my task as easy AS possible
for the sake of all l have so fur borne
for YOU
"rhe next letter is dated November
I and runs:
"'Your letter of the Sd has just ar.
rived. My tender -heartedness and
generosity in the past We're generally
laken advantage of and used AS an ad.
ditional scourge to chastisc me. You
mean to fight for the children, but you
will never get them. Aou give me no
credit for what l have done for you.
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!hlnk that any one realizes that the
love l gave You can neither completely
die nor be repeated. but ! am con.
'ihced that your nature will never
change and that only unhappiness lies
with you. Please help me, for divorce
IL the only means Of my obtaining
happiness.
The witness then described how Col.
onel Rutherford admitted the doctor,
VINO went to Major Seton's body, and
said, What Is it-suicide?'
her head Colonel Rutherford said moth.
ing. A few minutes later her husband
returned with a police constable with
whom Colonel Rutherford went away,
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Began Divorce Suit
After InsunitU Verdict

Soon after Colonel Rutherford was
pronounced insane. Mrs. Rutherford
began her action for divorce, charging
that her husband before the crime had
committed misconduct with Miss Amy
Elizabeth Richardson, his cousin, who
was employed in the Rutherford house.
hold as o companion. Aud upon the
evidence of that case Mrs. Rutherford
was awarded decree last June by
Justice Branson in the lower court.
Miss Richardson Immediately inter.
vened in the action and appealed from
the verdict. protesting her Innocence
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OMEN FIGHT TO BREAK LAXV 7HAT SHACKLES
ELPLESS WIFE TO NURDEROUN MANZAC FOR LLF1
Tragic Status Of Mrs. Rutherford Of England
Might Haze Parallel tn Many States tn
This Country Under Existing Statutes

cUPPOSE that your husband q wilful murderer?
~ Suppose that husband mnay hopeessy
Suppose the State
rest Of days chained dangerous lunaic?
What would you do-you in the prime Of life?
and happiness would hang
snce the scales would doop against long
q matrnony weighed about your neck
He might die--yes-that might be the easier way
suppose-uppoe he healthy and strong physically
snly brain and mind diseased?
tu.. duorea Ia iusfiAed
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dict Of willful murder against Ruther'
ford, based on circumstantial evidence
deduced from testimony given by Sir
Malcolm and Lady Seton and by maid;
servants of the Seton. and Rutherf9rd
without particulars Of the defendant
and a brief note he was allowed to
write to his wife after his arrest and
In which he said:
"I nm sorry. The worst possible has
hnppened. Seton Is dead
The examination on remand before
ths West London Police Court was not
resumed until January 70, ave days
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after the Coroner's Jury at Kensinston
had rende,.d a., vo,d,ct ~ "vii,sul
-..,.,, - "
"uruer. At the. Coroners inquest
which opened on January II, some
dramatic testimony tending TO demon.
.trot. .ho ,,.,,.x l., ,,,h,oh Ngo,o, soton
ae 'ne ."."e1 ~, :" "H'.. 1."''' 'e~.
nad been Killed was presented.
!Clnuor Modo Enfrnnre
III, wv .' IT,
WttH Due FOTNl0tttB
Sir Malcolm Se@o, te.t,Aod That <he
I.
m"Jor nad come 10 n,s house "e aoou'
y o c.ock' january !"'
lie was shown at once TO my smok'
ing room. upstairs. Sir Malcolm
said, where my wife and l were
seated, ana we sat chatting for some
time. We talked for about an hour,
and then ! had some urgent letters to
write, and IN the same room l went
10 my writing table ana pegan 10 write
the letters.
"About 10 o'clock we heard the door
bell ring. The maid answered and
came upstairs, but I did not quite catch
the name she gave. She said Colonel
Someone wishes to speak to Captain
Seton It was Captain she said, not
Major The maid told me afterward
that she had not heard the name clearly,
but my wife heard the name as Ruth.
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be said Yes very quietly. lie was IN
a curiously calm state, as II his whole
mind had been concentrated on some .
thing which was over and he did not
care what happened after that. 1t gave
me the impression Of man who had
decided to do something and who had
done it,"
In opening the case for the prosecu.
tion before tho police magistrate Sir
Archibald Bodkin said:
"In u regrettable occurrence of this
kind one naturally looks for an expla
nation Of the deliberate conduct Of ths
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wife Was Unhappy.
She Wrote Husband

'The last letter is dated November
20. and is as follows:
~ am very unhappy. Mr.. Bird is
going to write to you about divorce
proceedings, and he may tell you that
still care for you. Candidiy, other
men would be no more than episodes
in my life to me. You were life itself.
but that does not alter the fact that
life often appears very worthless, and
l would give anything for a merciful
Providence 70 get me out Of It. don't
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Would divorce be 1ustlnedI
Women Of England have raised
their ,voice-havs literally stuffed
the ballot-boxes with an emphatic
sYES"
And still the laws say mo"
And because the laws say mo"
4 charming woman, Mrs. Alice Maud
Mary Rutherford, q devoted mother,
vell.born, well-bred, must unto the
end be shackled to Lieutenant Colo
nal Norman Cecil Rutherford, her
husband, q raving madman.
This is her story, the story on
the tips Of England's tongues-the
story that has brought a sweeping
demand for a revision Of the divorce
laws Of England-the story Of mis-
fortune which became a political Is
sus IN the recent British elections
an issue which brought out the
heaviest woman vote in the history
Of woman suffrage in the empire.
Ruling Brings Demand
for Change in Lal0s
Denial of her freedom under such
circumstances as these has brought
condemnation upon the heads OF the
law.makers. Jurists have pitied her
and the state of affairs has become
40 acute, that the new Conservative
Unionist majority will take up the
Interpretation of the English law
As applied in the case Of Mrs. Ruth
erford.
And now consider, if you please,
that in Pennsylvania and in many
other States where divorce laws are
often criticized as lax the same
condition could exist. Trivial things
conpared to the burden Mrs. Ruth
erford has to bear will give q
woman freedom from her mate, but
insanity Of her husband? No!
Criminal insanity? No! Never!
Let him steal a few dollars and
spend two years in prison and the
courts can say: "Here, madam Is
your freedom, and with 1t our con-
gratulations." =,
But let him turn murderously mad
and slaughter the neighborhood and
all you will hear is, "Sorry, madam; |;
he is your husband and you must
remain his wife," -,
ut is unfortunate but true," said
Joseph H. Taulane, a former As
sistant District Attorney Of Phil
adelphia. "Insanity after marriage
Is not grounds for divorce in Penn
sylvania. A man might spend fifty
years in Pennsylvania asylum and
his wife could have no relief. l
recall the case of Bauman vs.. Bau-
man. The man had been in an asy-
lum for ten long years. A petition
was filed in 1905 setting forth that
no had become insane in 1887 and
had been committed to an asylum
and officially adjudged hopeless
lunatic in 1900. And the Appellate
Court decided that under our laws
even this was not grounds for di-
vorce.
1T does seem an outrage, and
I believe If q man Is confined in an
asylum for ten years as a lunatic
q divorce should certainly be al
lowed. A shorter time might be un-
fair because Of temporary derange-
ments, but the law as it stands Is
unjust and I believe that Judges
and attorneys will concur with me
IN this.
Changes Made Easily
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IN 1915; was fellow Of the Royal
College Of Surgeons, a graduate Of
Edinburgh and honorary Anesthetist Of
Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.
Colonel Rutherford. prior to his men.
tal trouble. had engraved his name In
the history Of the British Army BY ex
treme valor on the fields Of France,
where he won the Distinguished Service
Medal. Both Rutherford and his victim
were officers in the Medical Corps Of
the army.
For several years Major Seton and
Colonel Rutherford were close friends,
80 intimate that Major Seton was god.
father to the Rutherfords' six lovely
children. And naturally when Colonel
Rutherford was called away to war in
the late summer of 1918 Major Setor
visited frequently at the Rutherford
home, Mill Hill. in London.
1t was during the time the colonel
was away that Mrs. Rutherford learned
more intimately of the life he had led,
and she adds these discoveries to he,
own knowledge of the abuse to which
he had subjected her, and wrote him
letters which were brought into tn,
case when her husband was brought t.
trial. He had been shell. shocked dur.
ing the war. and this was believed tc
have been the chief contributing cause
to his dementia. His first act almost
upon his return, was to 60 to q house IN
Holland Park, where he knew Major
Seton might be found, and there sho
him dead.
Then came the trial--the decision
of the Court that Colonel Rutherford
was criminally and hOpelessly insan,
and the attending sentence to life i'm
prisonment in the asylum for the crimi,
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Letters From Wife We're
Read at the Inquest

1.-THE first one. that Of July q, reads
as follows:
"'Your long letter came this evening,
heart. Darling, have you ever known
me merciless In refusing forgiveness? ?
complete the task we undertook to-
gether. l believe my love for you to
be the most vital part OF my life, for
in driving YOU out of my life ] have
suffered tortures, both mental and
physical, which must surely In the end
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SHELL SHOCK
NO GROUND
FOR DITORCE
JNd0Es
in Many Gases
WW Not Take
Plea Of Insanity

and demanding that her name bs clesssa
By judicial decision.
The Appeal Court dismissed Tie
charge against Miss Richardson and
substituted for the divorce order .
decree Of separation. Thersupon Mrs.
Rutherford appealed from that dseisisa
to the House Of Lords.
BY vote Of four to two, the tribunal
Of the House Of Lords, headed by Lord
Birkenhead. declared that Mrs. RutAes.
ford could not be divorced. The majority
decision asserts the testimony asainse
Miss Richardson to be the word Of .
parlor maid who said she obtained Il
BY hearsay. Lord Birkenhead declared
this testimony to be unbelievable %
its face.
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Said Slayer Admitted
KilIing His Friend

II am not very clear what snid on
l called out, Did you do this?' And
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accused. Deliberately because, follow.
ing shortly upon that scene ut Carshal-
ton Place, he packs his bag. and, as
rapidly as he cun, goes directly to the
house In which it is clear he thought
he would be able to find Major Seton,
and then, after Il space in. which no
sounds of quarreling or trouble of any
kind were heard, this murder takes
place. In the s, bag, Hg, @ J venture .t to thin"
ton, for among the letters in the little
packet or bundle in the bag. which will
be produced as evidence before YOU,
there are five Of them to which l wish
to draw your attention. They range
from July ~, 1918, to November -,
1913, and all Of them are letters written
by Mrs. Rutherford to her husband.
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Trial of Rutherford
Created Real Sensation,

For three weeks the Rutherford trial
had been sensation. The interest
was extraordinary and the social stand.
ing of the persons involved combined to
put the, story on every tongue.
A Coroner's jury brought in ver-
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CHANCES Made Easily
II Public Insists

II believe this Rutherford case
Will be the cause of a change in
the English laws. 1t will not be
difficult there, because opinion Is
easily concentrated. One law does
the trick for all of England. Forty
eight laws are necessary here"
Some Of the States have insanity
provisions in their laws for separa-
ton. Of men and their wives. Else.
where the bonds Of matrimony, even
though they tie the sane to the in
sane, must remain intact"
'Tis no wonder, then, that Eng
land has been jolted from her quiet,
easy pace when a case like that
Of the charming Mrs. Rutherford
has been laid open In all its horror
and pity.
1T is my cross" Mrs. Rutherford
has said, resigned to her fate
chained to a maniac for the rest
Of his days. ut seems hard, but
there Is no way Of escape"
The slain man. Major Miles Carcston
Seton. was direct descendant Of Lord
Seton, grand old Scotchman, who, with
his daughter. was the principal char
acter In Sir Walter Scott's historical
romance, "The Abbott"
Miles Seton was born In 1874. liz
had served with the army in South
Africa In 1901 and 1909 and was d
eaptain In the Cape Medical Corps
H vss made . Companion Of the Bath
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Injustice 10 Admitted
But Can't Be HELPED

In his decision Lord Birkenhead ut.
tered drastic criticism Of the divorce
laws Of England, which, he said, DelD
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-04-13
ASSESSMENTS LEVIED.

Alma-Ray Mining Co.-Levied De
cember 20, 1 mill. payable February
to c. b. Forbes. secretary. kellogg
Delinquent sale March /. Postponed L
April l.
Bear Creek Mining Co.-Levieo
February q, 1 cent. payable April t.
w. J. Sratton. secretary. Wallace
Delinquent sale April %.
Ben Hur Mining Co.-Levied Febru-
airy T. mills. payable March 10 to c.
A. Heating. treasurer Wallace. Delin-
quent sale at Saltese. Montana, April
10.
Black Traveller Copper Mining Co.
Levied February 9. ~ mills. payable
March 20 to J. r. Bean. secretary
treasurer. Wallace. Delinquent sale
April p.
Cedar Greek Mining & Development
co.-Levied March ?. mills, payable
April to William Becker secretary
treasurer, Wallace. Delinquent sale
May 3.
Douglas Mining co.-Levied March
IS 3 mills. payable April % to r. :
Clough, secretary treasurer, Wallace.
Delinquent sale May 81.
Echo Mining Co.-Levied February
20, mills, payable April z to Mae
Eva, secretary. Wallace. Delinquent
sale May 8.
Enterprise Mining Co.-Levied Feb
ruary Is, 2 mills. payable March IS to
w. A. Tuson, secretary. Kellogg. De-
sale April 49,
Friend Mining co.-Levied March IA,
5 mills. payable April % to William
treasurer. S21 Lindele
building, Spokane. Delinquent sale
April %.
Galena Mining Co.-Levied April 1,
1 cent, payable May to d. A. Gala
han, treasurer. Wallace. Delinquent
sale June 1.
Horse Shoe Mining Co.-Levied
March %, 1 cent payable April p to
J. b. Scoles, president, Mullan. Delin-
quent sale May %.
Idaho Mines Leasing Co.-Levied
March B. cents, payable April IL to
w. J. Stratton, secretary treasurer.
Wallace. Delinquent sale May s.
Imperial Mining Co.-Levied March
4, ~ mills, payable April to Homer
6. Brown. secretary treasurer. Wal
ace. Delinquent sale May 4.
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NOTICE OF sHERIFFs SALE.

Matte c. Peterson, paintiff, VS.. ]. F.
Jensen and Marie Rasmussen Jen-
sen, his wife, defendants.
Notice of Sheriffs Sale on Foreclosure
of Mortgage.
Under and by virtue of an order of
sale and decree of foreclosure, issued
out of the district court of the first
judicial district, state of Idaho, in and
for the county of Shoshone, on the eth
day of April, A. d. 1922, in the above
entitled action, wherein Matte c. Pc
terson, the above named plaintiff, OBJ
tanned a decree against J. p. Jensen and
Marie Rasmussen Jensen, his wife, de-
PENDANTS on the 18th day of April, AID.
1922, which said decree was, on the 9TH
day of April, A. d. 1922, recorded in
Judgment Book "F"' of said court, at
page -, / am commanded to sell all
that certain lot, piece or parcel of land
situated in the county of Shoshone.
state of Idaho, and bounded and de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
That certain lot or parcel of land
situated in the Southwest Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter (SWI of SEA
of Section 26, Township as North
Range 4. f. b. NJ, and further describ-
ed as follows: Beginning at a point 1896
feet inches east of the northeast cor
ner of the County Road Bridge and
designated by an iron stake; thence
East SS feet inches along the County
Road; thence North 81 feet; thence
west SO feet along the River; thence
South 73 feet to the place of begin
ming, together with all the improve
ment situated thereon.
Notice is hereby given that on the