Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-07-06 | Page 1 | Story of Shonts Separation Ture

STORY OF SHONTS SEPARATION TRUE Wife of the New York Financier Definitely De-finitely Known to Have Instituted Insti-tuted Proceedings. Speclal.lo Tho Tribune. NEW YORK. July r. Confirmation was obtained by tho Times loday of the report thai Mrs. Theodore P. Shouts has begun an action against her husband, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit company, for a separation anil for freedom from her marital obligations. Rumors that such it suit has been instituted insti-tuted have peon In elreulatlon for two weeks or more, but everyone In a position posi-tion to know anything about the matter has declined to afllrm or deny tho reports. re-ports. In splto of evident efforts to have as little publicity as possible In connection with tho suit tho Times learned today that .Mrs. Shonts's complaint has been served on Mr. 'Shunts by Justice Leven-trllt, Leven-trllt, who Is acting for the wife hi the mailer and Is now in Paris In eousulta-llon.wlth eousulta-llon.wlth her. It Is generally believed thai Mrs. Shoals, .satisfied that they cannot live happily together In America, has come to the conclusion Unit they had better be legally separated so that she will feel perfectly free to live abroad with her daughter, as she prefers to do, and he lo enjov hotel and club life horn, which, his friends say, he has found congenial.