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Show I FIVE WIVES FREED IX DISTRICT COURT Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Dec. IS. Five wives wore freed from the galling yoke of matrimony at the regular weekly divorce matinee held In the district court today. None of the actions for divorce was defended. After enjoying the felicity of marital life for six months, Delia Scott concluded that It is not such a desirable life after i all If the husband falls to furnish the wherewithal to keep the household moving. mov-ing. She told the court that Samuel F. Scott, her husband, had not furnished her with any means of livelihood since their marriage last June, and that she l as been compelled to depend upon the charity of her parents and her own efforts ef-forts for a Hvincr. The decree was granted, grant-ed, with $50 attorney rees. Sarah Ann Derrlncourt. who was married mar-ried to Henry Derrlncourt In January. Ih'Jt. at Birmingham. Ensland, has not received any financial support from him for the past five years, according to her story. In addition to the divorce the furt allowed her to retain the custody or her minor child. Clara E. Walker was given a divorce from W. F. Walker and "Nellie M, Clark from J. IT. Clark on the same grounds as the others, failure to provide the necessaries neces-saries of life for their respective wives. - Although Mrs. Bertha Eaton Hough nought to obtain the decree of the court allowing her to resume her maiden name, Judge Howell refused her petition, as the woman has the custody of a two-year-old child She was married to Henry C. Hough at Montlcello, Mo., and he has failed to provide her and the child wIUi food and clothing |