The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-19
BEAT HER.
WIFE SEEKS
DIVORCE
Government Clerk Charged
With Assault IN Suit Filed
at Rockville

ROCKVILLE. Nd. July 1ss-
Charging that on April 10. 1924,
the defendant violently and
vicioubiy assaulted her" and at the
same time notified her that she
would either have to ';abide BY his
rules or get out" Mrs. Beatrice r.
Osborne. Of Remington. has filed
suit In circuit court here for an
absolute divorce from Richard NJ.
Osborne, an expert accountant in
the employ Of the Government at
Washington. She il represented by
Attorney John a. Garrett, Of Rock
vile.
The couple, so the bill sets forth,
were married in Washington on
March Z, 1919, and lived together
in that city and at Kensington
until the date Of the assault COM
planned Of. They have two chill
dren--Walter W. and Richard r.,
aged eleven and four years, re-
spectively. The court Is asked TO
award the plaintiff the custody Of
the children and to allow her coun-
sci fees, alimony and funds for the
education of the children.
Mrs. Osborne also charges in her
bill that the defendant represented
to her that the time Of her marriage
to him he was single, whereas, she
states, he was q divorced man with
seventeen-year-old child.
q. Lee LeCompte, State game
warden, has issued an appeal to the
farmers Of Marland to SOW small
patches OF buckwheat and soy beans
or millet to provide cover and feed
for game and other birds during
the winter months. Buckwheat, ac-
cording to the game warden, may be
soWn any time during the month
Eof August, but soy beans and mil
let should be sown at once. Seed
win be provided by the game war
den free Of cost.
The executive committee Of the
Woman,s Democratic Club OF Mont
gomery county will meet at the
home Of the president. Mrs. Jesse
w. Nicholson, at Chevy Chase, next
Monday morning, when plans for
conducting vigorous campaign in
the county in behalf Of the Demo
cratic Presidential and Congressional
candidates win be mapped out.
The clerk of the circuit court
here has issued licenses for the
marriage Of Herbert g. Smith,
twenty-five, Of Radio, Va, and Miss
Lena Foley, nineteen, Of Front
Royal, Va; George e. Brown,
twenty-one, and Miss Catherine N.
McLandon, nineteen, both of Wash
ingtoHl, and Robert L. Tyree, thirty.
of Alexandria, Va, and Miss Ethel
N. Gooch. twenty-nine, Of Brandy,
Va.
The State Roads Commission has
awarded contracts for the recon
struction OF the road from Chevy
Chase Lake to Kensington, a dis
lance Of two miles, and about one
mile Of the road leading from Coles
vile to Ashton, the prices being
$22. 1896 and $28,606, respectively. 1t
is understood work on both roads
will be started at once.
At the recent annual field day
and picnic Of the Bradley Hills
Community League, held ut the
Montgomery Country Club, the win
were as follows: 100-yard dash for
OOy1p \ G0A 41ASAASJt AVW-y9AU 01SA4
for men, Sydnor Falconer: 100-yard
dash for women, Miss e. Falconer;
obstacle race for boys, Henry Bar
nard; potato race for women, Miss
Helen Wilkinson; potato race for
girls. Miss Virginia Anderson: ball
throw for women, Mrs. Lush: 40
yard race for men, Horace Whalen;
220-yard race for women, Miss
| Virginia Anderson; standing broad
jump, Mr.. Carmody; running broad
jump, Mr.. Carmody; climbing
creased pole, Harry Sumner: OBJ
stacle race for men. Mr.. Harris.
The sports were in charge Of
w. G. Sumner. An address was
delivered by Professor Schultz, OF
the University Of Maryland.