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Show SOCIETY LEADER SAYS HUS-, BAND BEAT HER. . f:.A-'V!,'H' 1 M '. -V;;V VWT ?&'$' ' V -1 RENO, Nev., June 5. The complaint com-plaint for divorce recently filed by Mrs. Margaret E McKlrn. the New York society woman, daughter of tho "bromo seltzer king" of Baltimore, against Dr. Smith Holllns McKim, af ter being soaled until the return of summons, has been opened, if McKim Mc-Kim does not make answer or formal appearance It will be ion days before the case can be heard. The complaint states that the couple were married In Baltimore in December, 1902: that there are no children. No property rights are Involved. No alimony is asked. The complaint, which covers several pages of typewritten matter. embodleB charges In detail of gross drunkenness and physical cruelty extending ex-tending from June, 1903, less thsn 6lx months after their marriage, to a year ago, when by the advice of her physician physi-cian she was compelled to leave him In order to prevent being a physical and mental wreck. She alleges that the phvslclau husband has been guilty of habitual drunkenness contracted by hlni lu about June, 1903. and continued contin-ued ever since, which resulted In Incapacitating In-capacitating him to the extent of making mak-ing him unable to follow any ordinary ordi-nary business pursuits or vocations of life. |