Her action for divorce was filed
without her knowledge by her Los
Angeles lawyers, she said, as she had
expected the matter to be delayed
until fall. She declared there was
no truth in the statement that she
was suing ' on grounds of physical
brutality; that she suffered only
"mental cruelty" from her comedian
husband.
She also asked the court to demand
from him an (accounting of their com
order preventing Mr. Chaplin from j
disposing of his interest In
moving picture films was issued by
presiding Judge Jackson and made
returnable Monday.
Mrs. Chaplin included In the list of
mental tortures to which she had
been subjected the fact that their
marriage on October 23, 1918, was
kept secret for four months, on the
ground that it would injure her hus
band professionally.
START WAR ON
J. BARLEYCORN
Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 4 War
against John Barleycorn has been
started in the home of Jamaica rum.
Two American missionaries, the van
guard of a prohibition crusade, have
just aided in the organization of the
Jamaica League against Alcoholism,
which it Is said, is to affiliate with
the World's League against Alcohol
ism, headed by the P-t. Honorable
Leif Jones, the Rt. Sir Donald Mc
Lean, M. P.; and Lord Rowallan.
vice-president.
One of the American missionaries
urged the mass meeting to follow the
lead of "I'ussvfoot" Johnson. One of
I the chief obstacles to making Jamaica
dry is the. manufactuttre of rum, an in
dustry which is said to net the gov
ernment fully $1,000,000 in revenue
annually.
