What Price Extra?

Once in a while we are literally bowed down with disgust—
yes, more strongly than that—we are stricken with shame at
the none too infrequent outbursts of devilishness on the part of
some of our “black sheep” collegues in the field of journal-
ism, whose abuses of journalistic privilege are as shocking to
the newspaper profession, in general, as the results of their
mud-digging campaigns are to the unsuspecting public, who are
led to believe tales through reading the news columns of a
press which would in comparison, tend to demonstrate a spark-
ing reality in the most airy fairy tale. It is such incidents as
these, committed by the sensational Milwaukee press, both
morning and afternoon editions, which arouse the ire of those
who can see the loopholes in their front page smears, and
which, at the same time, arouses the mirth of an unsuspecting
public—and nothing more than this can place the press of the
entire state and nation in the light of a Dr. Jeykell and Mr.
Hyde situation, which, thanks to the newspapers of the smaller
cities as represented here in Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Daily
Newspaper League and the Wisconsin Press Association is not
true.

To this fiendish grab for circulation and "reader interest"
the Milwaukee papers of which we speak have for years sacri-
ficed their robe of journalistic chastity—if they ever had such,
And in the newspaper realm, the press is generally conceded
the right to pose as journalistically chaste; but there are a few
among us who prefer to sell papers by the method of the
scourge—only it is not that—but a guillotine built of black
headlines, sensational phrases, and photos. And once again
Portage "makes" a headline—and Portage people are victimized
by a relentless press which knows no bounds, even to the
grave, and appears not to care for anything so idealistic as
journalistic decency. What price "EXTRA!"

Court to Hear
Dupee Dispute

Abandonment Warrant
Served on Oconomowoc
Summer Resident

BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE JOURNAL

Oconomowoc, Wis. — The marital troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dupee, which have been in litigation in Chicago more than two years, were brought into the Oconomowoc municipal court Monday when Dupee was arraigned on an abandonment charge preferred by his wife. Judge Newton Evans adjourned the case until two weeks from Thursday in hopes of effecting a reconciliation, which friends of the couple said would be impossible.

The Dupees are a Chicago family. Mr. Dupee's parents started spending their summers here many years ago and the children still come here annually and have a wide acquaintance in Oconomowoc. Mr. and Mrs. Dupee, who have been married about 20 years, separated in Chicago about two and one-half years ago. Mrs. Dupee started a separate maintenance action and obtained a court order for her husband to contribute to the support of her and their four children, all in their teens.

Divorce Is Pending

Mr. Dupee filed a divorce action in Chicago about a year ago on the grounds of incompatibility and desertion. Mrs. Dupee filed a cross complaint, in which, according to her husband, she charged almost every kind of an offense imaginable.

Mrs. Dupee came here and until recently lived in a house rented for her by her sister, Mrs. Charles E. Kohl, who has an estate on Lac La Belle and owns much property here, including the Majestic hotel and Draper Hall. Mrs. Kohl informed the landlord in September that she would no longer be responsible for the rent and he notified Mrs. Dupee to move. She stored her furniture last Tuesday and moved into a furnished apartment in Milwaukee.

Mr. Dupee also has been living in
Milwaukee.

Arrested in Portage

Mrs. Dupee complained to the district attorney about a year ago that her husband was not supporting her and the children. Subsequently the district attorney received letters from Dupee and his sister, Helen. Dupee said that he had no income and could not support his family but that he was trying to sell insurance on commissions. His sister said that Dupee was trying to earn money and that she would help. She also suggested that Mrs. Dupee's sister was worth millions and could well afford to help Mrs. Dupee and the children.

Dupee was arrested Sunday at Portage, Wis., where he had gone with Jean Toomer, poet and philosopher. The arrest was made at the home of the late Margery Latimer, novelist, who was Toomer's wife. Dupee became a friend of Toomer

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Man, Children Drown

Glen Miller, Ont. — (P) — George Conkwright and four children of Archie Wickens were drowned Monday when Conkwright's automobile plunged into the Trent river. Four adults and another child in the car escaped.

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## Dupee Is Given Delay on Writ

### Oconomowoc Judge Tells Accused Man to Make Up With Wife

Oconomowoc, Wis.—The marital troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dupee, which have been in litigation in Chicago more than two years, were brought into the Oconomowoc municipal court Monday when Dupee was arraigned on an abandonment charge preferred by his wife. Judge Newton Evans adjourned the case until two weeks from Thursday in hopes of effecting a reconciliation, which friends of the couple said would be impossible.

### Divorce Is Pending

Mr. Dupee filed a divorce action in Chicago about a year ago on the grounds of incompatibility and deserdation. Mrs. Dupee filed a cross complaint, in which, according to her husband, she charged almost every kind of an offense imaginable.

### Follower of Gurdjieff

When arrested Dupee was in company with Jean Toomer, poet and philosopher at Portage, Wis. Both men are disciples of Gurdjieff, a teacher of a new philosophy who has a wide following. Dupee participated in an experimental colony conducted by Toomer near Portage and this, his wife has indicated, is part of her grievance.

Dupee was accompanied in court by his brother, George, who gave bail of $2,000 for him Sunday night. After the hearing had been set, Dupee talked with newspaper men. He said that the arrest had been a shock to him and he was obviously very much upset. He intimated that it had not been necessary for his wife to have him arrested in Portage, saying that he had never tried to conceal himself. He said that he had been living in Milwaukee and had been to Oconomowoc a month ago to visit his children and that he had written two of his children on their birthdays early in October.

### No Outlet for Talents

Although he did not say so in so many words, Dupee gave the impression that he believed the arrest in Portage was for the purpose of dragging Gurdjieffism into the case.

"Gurdjieffism has nothing to do with it," he said. "Our troubles began 18 years ago. We separated two and one-half years ago. I have been a follower of Gurdjieffism seven years and my wife was a member for a year and attended meetings in Illinois. My wife is extravagant in everything, from the charges she makes down to her manner of living. She comes from a talented family. Her sister, Julia Arthur, is an actress and another sister appeared in 'Way Down East.' Some of the family have permitted their talents an outlet; some have not."

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