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Show uu MRS, LAFE PENCE GRANTED DIVORCE New York. April S. Lafayetto M. Pence, former congressman from Colorado, Col-orado, and Mrs. Kathryn Soper Pence were divorced here today. 'Mrs. Lillian Lil-lian K. Duke was named in the suit Mrs. Duke was divorced In 1S93 by William E. McCreedy, a Harem coffee cof-fee broker, and in 1906 by James B. Duke, head of the tobacco trust. She lived with Duke less than a year, and he is reported to have given her $500,000 when they separated. Mrs. Pence will begin suit for $150.-000 $150.-000 against Mrs Duke, charging alienation alien-ation of Pence's affections, as soon as her decree is made final. Mrs. Pence was Kathryn Soper of Georgetown, Ky , one of the two beautiful beau-tiful daughters of Colonel Robert Soper. So-per. She Inherited a fortune from her father. In 1SS3 she married Pence, then a member of the Colorado Colo-rado legislature. He later became district attorney of Donver, and was elected to congress on the Populist ticket. He is secretary of the National Nation-al League of Democratic clubs. nn |