Word: suede
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Five years ago a wealthy Manhattan realtor sued his wife for divorce. The charges were filth. The case was tried before a judge (no jury) and the decision was against the husband. But before the decision could be signed, the judge was elevated to a higher bench, and the case...
Sued for divorce. John Drinkwater, poet and playwright (author of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Stuart. Oliver Cromwell, Robert E. Lee, editor of The Outline of Literature), by Mrs. Kathleen Walpole Drinkwater, former actress. Charges not stated. The case is not defended.
Sued for divorce. Jose Baccardi, " Cuban rum king," by Senora Martha Durand Baccardi, in Manhattan. She charged nonsupport, and added that he " did nothing but drink . . . his own liquor. . . . When he was tired of that he would go to sleep."
General von Ludendorff, quondam Quartermaster of the German Imperial Army, sued the Munich Post because it accused him of prolonging the War.
Sued for divorce. Mrs. Marie Gerke (Marie Prevost), cinema actress, by H. C. Gerke, automobile salesman, in Los Angeles. He charged desertion. She was generally believed to be unmarried until the divorce suit was filed.