Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-15
Won BERNUTHS
SETTLE DISPUTE
OVER CHILDREN
Agreement Provides for Equal
Division Of Time Between
Warning Parents.

announcement was made today by
counsel interested in the divorce litiga-
ton of Pauline Schultz Won Bernuth
and Frederick Augustus Won Bernuth,
who formerly lived in the Oranges, and
whose troubles occupied the attention
of the Chaneery Court for some
months, ending in the husband win
been reached between the parties as to
the custody of the children, Emil and
"Fritzi," over which SO much bitter
ness had been displayed.
The agreement. which is extremely
lengthy, lovers in detail every point
upon which an issue might arise. The
effect of the agreement will be to de-
prive the court of any action, Vice
Chancellor Howell having decided that
only i'll case of disagreement would he
interfere.
The children are now with the mother
in Berkshire, Mass, where they attend
a boys school. but provision is made
in the agreement that they are to
divide their time equally by visits to
their father in New York. The ex-
penses of the trips are to be paid by
the father, while the expense of main
enanc is equally divided. Clauses as
to their schooling and control are in
serted and stipulations are even made
that the parent with whom they might
be In case of illness shall have the
right to choose a physician, with the
provision that the other shall have the
privilege of sending one to take part in
a consultation.
In case of dispute between parents
the mooted subject shall be placed be-
fore Thomas L. Raymond, ounsel for.
Mrs. Won Bernuth, and Harold Fl.
Fries, her physician. In case they can
agree The matter shall be decided by
the Rev. Ernest M. Stires. Each parent
shall have the unlimited and unrestrict-
ed right of visitation with the children,
wherever they may be. whether in
school or on vacation.
This agreement is regarded as a big
victory for the father. who was repre-
by Colby, Sommer & Whiting.
as his possession of the children was
bitterly opposed. 1t will be remen-
bered that when the children appeared
before Vice-Chancellor Howell on
corpus proceedings instituted
by the father, they expressed such a
deep-rooted dislike to him that the
court took them into his private room
and there examined them. When he
resumed his seat on the bench, the
Nice-Chancellor delivered to the mother
a scathing rebuke such as had never
been heard in that court. He declared,
that in his mind. she was the cause or
the unnatural attitude of the children.
No apparent cause appeared for the
s@dden dislike the mother tool to Won
Bernutb. as the proceedings were
markcl by the absence of any serious
charges as a basis for the original
separation. The ground on which the
dive. . was obtained by the husband
was desertion.
Mrs. Won Bernuth is the daughter of
the late Carl Schultz. a mineral water
Ian, and is one of a large family who
formed part of the social colony at
Murray Hill. Won Bernuth is a we'll
to-do automobile robe manufacturer in
New York.
This trouble of the Won Bernuths is
but one of the many that have brought
more or less newspaper prominence to
the Schultz family. About two months
ago Mrs. Schultz was married again.
this time to a German baron. and it
was reported that prior to the mar
riage a revision was made of the dis
posal of the wealth left by Schultz. The
bulk of the property went to the chill
dren.