Hollywood, Mar. 2. Mrs, James Roosevelt, wife of the son of the President, disclosed at a hearing on her application for divorce yesterday, that she had agreed to the divorce only after a long period of strained relations.
She said she had twice rejected her husband's pleas for a divorce. An immediate hearing on the case was made possible when Mr. Roosevelt did not contest his wife's action.
The trial will be continued Monday because of the {illness of Mr. Henry Kirk Cushing, Mrs. Roosevelt's brother, the chief corroborating wit-nited Press.
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