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ONE CKXT ILSAZEIBIGIS I H. A. BLACKWELL ORE A FORCES OF CA VALR CROWNED QUEEN I IS SUED BY WIFE, AT BALL OF V. KIN OF LADY PEEK ENGA GED IN A DESPERA TE "ifteen Thousand See His Mysterious Majesty Place Insignia of Honor, Slightly Awry, on Her Head. Divorce Proceedings Instituted by Prominent Young So-1 ciety Matron Against Ciub-j man High in Social Set.

7n a nn JDJ1 1 a jUILLd J1 A' JLJLJl UJLJL JUJLJJL JL Street pageant is indignities charged, MRS. MILDRED STRIBLING BLACKWELL. who has sued Marry Arthur Blackwell for divorce, alleinjr general indignities. VILWbU ax child's CUSTODY ASKED Persons Occupying Box Seats at Bal Masque Must Wear Dress Suits ise id a VI- TT II Line or iviarcn is i urungru uy Couple Separated Last April Have Been Married Three and Half Years Wedding Was Society Event. St.

Louisans ana visitors Who Watch Most Gorgeous Spectacle in History of Fete. Al! persons holding sat tickets for th ha! at the Coliseum to morrow nipht will he re-Cjuirpd tf wear dres suit unless they appear in ens-luine and with masks. Spectators whose seats arenot in be hoxes need not wear dress suits. i 1 -T 1 I I. I 1 .1 I.

I IB PBEVEHT BERLIN SMS ALLIES 1 RETREAT, iS MS a "ii. i nun jji-g Hlackwell a 1 Mrs Fred prominent in the a- (irnwnff Olieen Of the Harrv Arthur UlacL- 7 Kail before 1 'i of the IbVok liei and Statiuncry Company, alleitini een- taiors in mc: eral in.JiR nit ie. aSkin of Vtfl snec th-ir 2'Tj-ar-oM son. i-t n'fhf. She is a Si.

Louis pritl. youngcouplp ha vp bn n.rrierf m. in i 1 I 3 11 red one of the prettiest of the young- BODY FOUND IN RIVER society matrons, she is a daughter of William Stribliig. 2.1 Portland place, and a step-sister of I.adv Wilfrid Peek, formerly Kdwine Thorn-burs h. SKPI! I 1 PARTLY IDENTIFIED Battle Line Extended Into Region of Lens and Armentieres, West of Lille, French War Office Statement .11 lh rVB; I IS BURIED BY COUNTY hi mother at Kingsbury place, i Mrs.

Black well to live at 470 Lake avenue, where the co'iple txrt had resided sinc their I 1 WO Who Think Woman Mav Ariril 14 11 ri 1-1, Be Missing Sister, Consent ding, which was one of the social af-j fairs of the Easter season. Mrs. Blackwell's petition for divorce' to Burial. HKHL1N. Via A mtn 'dtn.

7. An official statrntpnt, issued tiiidniglil, avlmils that th- Frenoh jtroops have airip.l groiuifi on Hie nvpr M'iis. but it lf ela res i boo was filed bv Bos le Priest, and was' brief. She" staled Black well acted SCARS, TEETH SIMILAR with a total disregard for her feel- ings and heaped such indignities on her as rendered her condition intoler- Complete Identification Im. bnrn and In selectinj? her to the Queen of the annual ball of the Veiled prophet, the custom ami rules of ihP Court of Love and Keauty, nver which sh 1o reiarn for a rear, were carried out.

There had been much conjecture ax identity of the Queen this year, never in previous veais hml more Ivnterv been thrown about, the selector, When Miss ZeibiK. tall, -( regal in lpr sable-trimmed rohes, n'crei the Coliseum after 10 o'clock, recognized instant Iv by thousands of the spectators, and her name was passed from croup to group in a binpT. Bt.I. TIU LV IIOVAI, -ne was accunipaniul by Miss Mary 0 Jones, younger daughter of Ml. nrt Mr P.rerkinridae a first nstd- Carol O-Fa lion Miller, the 4iauunter of Mr.

and -Mrs. Joseph Oil-ran Miller, as second maul, and Miss Vera Hohn Teiehm.mn, as third maid. The ball wa a truly royal and mas-nifVent spectacle. The great 'oh-wum with its decorations of red. yellow and purple, and the gleaming: white tarpaulin stretched over the flour, the raised dais at one end with 3 huge itolden crown suspended above, was lit for the crowning P'ace of real queens and kinsts.

St Ijoui.s enioved ideal weather a cool." misty right such as acoompa-nieithe Indian summer days and although it was oppressively warm on the dance floor, those who were so fortunate as to obtain seats in bal-i-nnv or gallery waited in comfort for she'dflayed appearance of the iled Prophet and his retinue. SKF. rrowiis lined the street? possible Owing to Time auic. sue noes nor asK ior aninony, 1 but leaves it to the court whether! provision for her and her son. whose custody she asks, shall le made.

that on the tiermsn riktu wintf the army i ufiieim in h-ihh on-successfully Ranked the Franco-British allies an. I forced them to rush reinfureements to the front to avert a retreat. "For strategic reasons," says the statement. have fallen hack at poinls on the Meuse and these have been occupied by the, French, but the situation there as regards the final outcome is im- She Was in Water. ItOTIl A UK IMtOMINKNT.

Both belong to families socially lb" body of a woman, apparent1-prominent. Mrs. Hljiknell is a niecejCS years old. round in the Mississippi of Mrs. Markham.

Gliomas H. riVf.r McKittrick. Ralph Walter! 9800 Brnadw. MoKittrk-k and Hugh McKittrick. ler n'ht.

with a 2-pound sa father married rs. Thornburg h. som i of sand lied about the waist. wa years after the death of his first wife, buried bv the Hoffmeisrer is therefore a step-i i sister of Mrs. John llolliday and at 1 p.

m. today in William C. Stribling. Jr. provided by the county nutnor- Blackwell is a member of tbej ities in the buth-ran chan jred.

On the vestern-eml of the battle line. General von Boehm army is successfully executinif a counter flanking movement that ban forced the French and British to rush reinforcements 1o the front, i Severe fiphtinp is poinp on there and our attack in strength is threat-i eninfr force the enemy into a retreat. I OPERATIONS AT ANTWERP SUCCESSFUL. "The operations at Antwerp are hinhlv successful. Tb outrom has not been in doubt since our siege guns were brought to bear Kacquei ana i.

i.ouis onmry nuw, (nitlm t. 1 Ferry road His sister married a son of Nelson although Charles Mi Unite, Kennetli avenue, and her Mr. Walter 'iomweli. believed ln.dv Aldrich. former Penator from Rhode, and is the sister-in-law of John D.

Rockefeller, and a sec- ona sisrer is vne oh uk i r-1 in 1 mmm ne that of their sister Mrs Myron T. Herrick. Fnited State Am- l.ijtn Itowman. win. disappeared five 1 he fortifications.

nassaaor 10 ranee. iui 1 eeK. ago. which the Illuminated parade riPd sister became Mrs. J.

Arthur Mrs. Met in ire and I 1 't welt "The situation in the eastern arena is practically unchanged. We occupy stronjr positions from which the Russians hfive tried i He is a young Christopher lat year. visited the undertakers narlors at St. Ttuis capitalist I -Soiith M-Mflnay.

night and vain to drive us. Ihe Austrian Army is nnvtog ock ine uussiau.t and in the south the Austrian are making gains against the Servians and Montenegrins." 1 partialis i-lentiricd The boov as that 1 iwtrtMerint of rbeir sislet They went bei MAID FOUND UNCONSCIOUS; Ula.v. Decomposition had set in to, cottbi not IN HOUSE FILLED BY GAS rehTVren nd they said I clothes did no; st em similar A maid in the home of Herman any they knew their sister ow ned. Tuned. Kullv oOO.ftOO peraons saw toe pn-ade.

The crowd" haJ poured ttr.o 'the railroad and intemroiin stations ail dav. and St. Louis homes in the M'est End and on (he South Side were Verted. The crowd was densest on Cnnd avenue, from Tclede avenue to Washington. Automobiles were narked irom blocks west of Grflnd on aH intersecting streets.

The irovd filled the downtown streets from sidewalk to building line, nd while they were kept moving, and there was a great deal of fun. it iras al! orderly. The 1.500 poli-e had little trouble keeping order. t.s. I Rartokl on the Manchester road a r-iariom, en Certain abdominal scars on the the western limits or Ma t.orr(ip0n4e( with scars their was overcome b- gas and members s.jKpr Dore from an operation two of the family narrowly esc.iped year.

ao, they aid. Their sister bit focation early this morning. A nncer the onick. and tin heater broke and' flooded the house naiis ()1 the dead nomin hands wore (The mention of General von Koenm in this statement js ma nreu mn has been made in reference to him sine the official announcement that he i had been sent with a new army to reinforce the German right wing In France. It is bt-lieve-j that his troops have been held Inactive in southern 15.

larium and that ihey are fiesh for a t-rnfic attack on the allies. Tiiis report irorn the general staff was issued last evening: 'ont intious i.ut-tTanking moement against our right wing, have extended the battle front until it is now north of Arras, west of and west of Lens, Osir advance guard are in contact with the ene-ui ca a ry. "No decision has yet been reached in our counter attacks along the line between Arras. Albert and Hove." The parade, like the Veiled Tro-vvith as. 1 shori.

The feet were also very small be i.iU til.nrneH l.icu Tlioco years obi. Veil III llir. e. were ha racterist of their sister was tounu im.K bv Charles; unconscious al 6 a. m.

women said. th REFORM SCHOOL IS TWO MORE FORTS Oct. 7. The battle continues on the left wing with great violence, nnvn that has been set by the group o. men who annually arrange the fall festival.

The only hitch was when the second float in ihe parade broke down at Sixteenth street and Washington avenue, and a delay of twenly-minutes followed. novr ATcm: i irk. At Tenth and Olive streets, a lite slarm was turned in at about the time the parade passed, but no panic nsued. Float No. 10 caught fire from electric wires, but was cxtin-r before the alarm spread.

1. a folKS Bartold. a short lime nrter she nan -phev also partially es-aMiihei gone there to prepare -breakfast. S5" identity from the woman's was carried into the backyard and. set of false; after three hours" work by physicians tpttll Hn(j the body- taken from the and neighbors, revived.

river had no lower te-th. Charles awakened his brother. Her- -hev permitted burial of th body1 man. and the latter 8 wife and two tl4V mthoritie. until such children by throwinc stones at the; aa they could i vest i sra I the dis-window of their room on the seconn a P( of their sister further, floor.

They left the house by 1 he ca yin a they would. the -olv front door. thev become convinced it is The Bartolds went to the Bowman. today's official statement. The opposing fronts bae extended into HKhA r.Nr.ll Siln lIH A I AN 1 VVfcKr I ALL.

i th wu. rf Ii mil" nnr.h.a.i of c.v.lrr torr-n Tbe battle line also reaches into the vicinity of Basse, whieh JOHN T. MILLIKENI IS BERLIN REPORT parade last nicpt ano, ie-j per Boip of St. Iiuis (Yunty -aiaii .1 i'. i.

Wan to seek points of vantage rnjnK home, smelled gas 'ut pam visited the home of rs. Croinwell, the route of the parade. rnl attention to it. The house i at her rf.r,uest. to giv her the infor- 5 p.

m. all streets were wet! popu- nnPri with the fumes at the time mal ion be had concerning the body, a further efTort to establish ident- is shout seventeen miles almost due north of Arras and only a few miles from Lille. VIOLENT BATTLE ON LEFT WING. The full official statement follows; On our left wing the battle continues with great violence. The opposing fronts have extended even into the region of Lens-la-Basse, prolonged bv masses of cavalry, which are in eoniHet even to th irmentieres weM of Lillet.

maid was is- overeo of ConMoned on rage Herman Hart old is pr of. Uy Court Considers Sentence; Capitulation Only a Matter of After Trial for Hitting a Few Days, Announcement Patrolman With Auto. Via Sayville Adds. -k- in snwn. oa rinufi Hartold's drove.

stableman who siepi in i ciu-ies ctiusre 10..1 pt. nnm esc pe1 without ditnciut. sister-m-ww. Mrs. tsowman.

i the wife of Charles Bowman, a paper UTTLE PLEADS GUILTY, SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS I unH that the niii'l lived in 7 i rv -w ireieie via ac.n'iiiri ed here that John T. Millikea. IS year old. BF.RT.1N, son Jjhn T. Miliiken.

niiMionsire SayviM''. i It i On the front from ihe Somine us far as the Mense there is nothiutr to report. rts have t.een taken nior bead of a liemi'-al mipan; and a i mitip ov whs trier! in the t'ourt his morning for runnn into otorc Pat! oliiian Oiif-r Pinion boat. She visited at the Me- Juiin T.i(tl lia? Blake, I'lJuire home until five weeks aso when "Went I vlerk for the Weidlich i I VlpW she left, savin wasKoie 1 I IIC tU, LllV-'l I lirl t), ioin her husoand. Bowman elry Company, pleaded guilty to 1 her.

she said, that be put charge of stealins jewelry valued at niotor in the boat and they I.SflO fr.m. hi. in; m. 1 oiil.i continue on the'r trip. Joplin onfiilent from In r.

tf. ttnmiovei in r'owat fo would continue on w.e-. the Woevre rearion the enemy. attempted to make a new to arrp! nnr nroffrem. but its attack have been repulsed.

the (Ji-rmans Antn i. 'I'b-v .1 r- K'Ti. Kesfpi nn.l Hri b- I Je dr: inc fort mres an on em. forni.r.K I'Ci of toe id- .1. I'emoo A nil v- i efealeH in the battle or Aniro- ard.

Inst Wednesdav aft- i rfn.e -n v. For "mi i.i.is Tri.in i tot Itowo wlllcll iasij irorn nuiuri i Wa vt e-' "a herine Mrs Mrfluire four days a'ter .1 iouisamni' ii'Mj-i ieierallv clotiriT sister's denarture. had a letter arrest pursuit on the positions along the frontier from Wirballen to HiTe" Tares' Vt i vck. The liuian troops continue to advance and have penetrated u-lKe Hii'ints threatened to send ny. are "K-ate1.

Milr.hett Jo the tndustr'a! School. The announcement -He oAse iniiPr Si i se in Sri iral rllPV were innif iit from i'at lit hei sviile. nerf tT-i tne nouse ooai several t.oints into Prusia. In trenetal the Termaii ilmisila i sa "in the The .1 iid-e told reporters prtvatel the riewniPtive power r.f the that he told Mili-Ken ne wo.i'd i sieve Ktins. and were Roine to iirolial'lv wit j.h rii.

e. -ted that no oe addressed -he not at m.iudIi!. and that a hat the Ni-inei, has been terminated by a complete defeat and very pl- of da vs. ta rep losses." Half a million men are en tra red in ihe great double flanking -The a ptt 1 1 on of be only mar'pr 'if iie cement adds Juise Henninis' c'ourt today. and? senteni-ed to five enrs in the' ae Penitenti3r "ity.

"The term of the sentence was som-l by ihe "ir-ut Attorney's of- i after Little asreed to plead mail-! 'J- A rhHise of spconil dearec 'or-! JEery was nolle prossed. It hs f-ainied he forced the signature ot Wesdlbh to a check for) Mrtn io He fed from St. I oms after tahins money ani and Binkertoni selective his" arrM in Mil-' a rrest i. in; bof.eht in S. I-ouis be sent her there hiio to i he In School to Hp '-v i pa rote torn rr-j Vniing MiPiken is under par) of St.

l.ou.s i'o'int. entle t'our for reckless drlvtna. If was safd after tcniH'rature. I Letters anl tie on tn hat were returned from MetJii-re 'i I movement in nortnrn ranee, who i oe otVort to cut off and surround the French troopa near Arras and DEMOCRATIC ELECTION Tieritiire. the pn'ii PTan thr j( IMMiS'lrt Alii'iili- JUDGE, CLERK.

DISMISSED- i bis enterprise, which we begun last week, is hieing pushed A 1 1 a i 1 1 Host on MiGiiire did no' ot. based her that her s'er o.i. he the river ner S- oke ne jtnip Mi-: -en. .1 one rime wa r. est e.i the i'o iir.tr.1 Jury, so with trie utmost igor lb- invader.

Tpp a wr vuint houh i i-rman id nt Cairo, in v'h! ar se.t a Iiernocrap.c i i and taL-en "fi Slirtirtae. b-eefl 11 4 New 0'-lean New VnrK i Mill's 7 i a ibe would likeiy met 1 i i nor UKee a r-emrrn'ic election ierk at a meet, i 1 reserve troops for such an tldaeioti attempt. ho m4r wit fool The Plied rer. The new lierrnsn Armv holds tronjr position norlhwest of S4 2 5il 3 7 4 on heme brought 'olumhue. 1 -ere.

that he had twice before er ed tener tnn sentences st port r' th- advanced hn irih a far an prM. wnion i oniv 71 San i- n-' s'-. ..1 Seattle. Wash feM. tit Nor: ri 1 -p t- a tins indicates th woman was in a le-- Seo lialvestnti more than twenty mte trm the eoasi oi ine r.nsiim cnan- Sor fVel.i.

Mo i-teent Tie-la h'tl de.i hri lirown The riv ed that tHe rr -i Vv a rrer to P'o- tjT i At 2 NJ a. PfPn or-cirj on 1'iiion A sni po! 'reman ans ni -orot i -ifi i "i -iVcn a -1 T7; a trfa'vi Tor at rh -r 4 c.j. -1 a ,5 -n i Wari. Pay WOMAN FARMER. SO.

I'li'dav ap- nfkj tv" "i ta 1 a Hjni-ikai. Mo. ii r. Wash'ton. i -V Kan.

A iirrn. Ariz lasi SaT' and answer a PI oen the sp toe hea.v tbe wettern end of the Kaftl to whetber, i atitl j'innir i narfiei i.n i nih. i SLAIN WITH AN AX irtn.n,.i.. Karua! i so ine A new front, nearly 1 miie- lone, running at angles toward from foatmfis- ny 1 i tn; r-. pfe.

r-oi3ii keep tn e. se rW.I'MBH. '-t. r. crrs-mal line ot the iti kiv" na npen i or men of 1 '-V n.

a I 3 hf I nn ev-er-Of- wo'jnds were no. se able sn-i -e fmntv iorone. fi-1 nr order a 'i au'opsv. necora iixinc one from Har cor respond was lle.nl ttllS and a CHRISTIANS REPORTED SLAIN IN ALBANIA Tir1 onmn ws abn'Jt for last waf rr-e s'ne a e' I'onnei! wn- wes con-! 1ST or fn Hu- l.rt or in 2. ai't sen tee to ST in t-ie WrrVilOjje to ta a Pn of Tionneil faiipit ar nefore r.

was diem'ssed. ri vi Ta'toran. li' 5T5 'on a rat ii- jiidse the "w'e-d. mas srr, fe- a 'a 1 ee p. re 7 dav.

a'd way of town ing day rj p-y frnng neighbors. Near her bod A rk t.rown ii- "Jnd a vi Math- t-'O pou- os a Tb's is the of ftjrtoi night and nay ngnttntr and tremnamw is Keine caused by the eontinnm art i11ry fire. TROOPS CHEERED BY POINCARE MESSAGE. The troops have beep tf realty eheerefj by the eon T' I a ory me. ae of President Poincar.

who is highly elated at She masrnitv-ent of the French and their British aHf-s. Tr- end of th (feat battle of 'he Aisne. which beyan on Septem- ylf.r 2 and been rasriBS: twenty-five daya. is not yet jt hand. h.i.

n-oti-v- 2 "si sm-: 3 ri" i qi s- un the ho No ew to ilip nt-r- i fmind. An jn.inet b. 5 held. 7. MoKancr.i'r ne ki'Iir -rkst a i 4 to a r1 fit Ths s'ate-i.

s-i- been rr ard 'u re at tven. fb: '-i-en -'eer. tit-5. WOMEN ATTEND B. M.

L. LUNCHEON FIRST TIME -i 1- rf- 2-es scT.l. 4 7 lhsh-Jt l.owest temr hfrac e-ir-- fl preen-ta'ior Cf the ihe constant hehting and sr.iftinjr ot ipe mun CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY AIiniJST KERN HELD: SOLD in Vor the f-TSl a-7 1 s'crs at Ko'h rmis ar s'Hl intact ami in nonsmtv n'l-man ire i-f-knc VAT nA'N' fHAROE line of BANK DIRECTORS NAMED H'mo for tiort tl I TT rve 71 fe '-f Bates he rizht. 'T'-neia! von Muck, wnn hsoitjte! Jed UUVUJ 1 1 s----- 'bander on e.i Itedsv- decrees: a- 'ru-rfi in lork P.W K. 'i 1.

etermtr-ed to follow th ir.s'r'ictions of the Kaiser -to win or 1 r.v 1 7. Class ri -i i tk, Jerc, a -n er tj.t-erj ci Mr. INC, TON. for the Cr 1 who i ed i rrf iKO I 1 ICO a i a oc 1 nor c- v-" October it nam 'i the Reserv i a for i tn 7 ws 5 art) res.rj'r he.7T rn ft srd as foV OVW te; Jfi H-. i I'-ah HiTill! ti-lf o- r.e tr: to "i r-' H.

r.OSwprt h. a so. The are vid-ntiy e-xpectit? i sc thine from h-J cgv. al-v. whicii is 1,0 Uin? projected info this jrement for the Hit Ti'fie I) iririT long ifigcTivity.

hich hai prevailed the ir.a'J prevent standi. ha lime for c- le'jf i a I rsr a -en or r.or. No A -i Oi a-, r. frasr 'd of vt W. 1.

M. i street. nhia fcM 4 l-V Ib.i.. -5? no- cr tr.e Mir Auto to line Money. j-rve it .1 lie.

i evict a i 11 f. b). 1 a. tc 3. Ml ti hi; -ax oe bc organ ition of th mouDtl of ti rjerrriiin Army.

Th mfn reoed and with n-tt arms and hav Uer, with rKre s-i Km i to replace the grps? of horse, kiJSM in th GennAri TND. in I "nKtll kanka'kke. ILL. T. Dr small -f to is fle1 ra'd a-vtor.

directors for 4 a. r-. n1 a ra 3 T7T1-r a as f.re'i her anas tn r. JjIi. n.MlA (flPna of Vora he nave i al st 5 'n rivet- i tl'avry o'ittt He te iVv i jko German Army in Fraree.

the center find th Hjrht Rush ca! M' Krrt was arra-gri--! C-arVe Co-irt. pae'3 no rl bon-i set "r'. Jnt a ssioort ere- zr.ed 5n a-i, ar-i Kern rceajti. a foot. itaviuaf.ne a' i toe to hirTSE frnk has had little ui: for cat air' isince the eouSitt begau, aj tin mo for Preist to OiJi 1 tie dcUar, of Board loMtlspy.

ra i rrp i flcet't tl th city D.rectors; Eeo ii. put rector re bf. 1 wniSi i evenir.c p- a ilC3. Otir 'i Kack5iie was.