The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-09
RICH MANS SON
IS D|S|NHER|TED;;
He SEEKS A JOB
Thomas F. ManviIIe, Jr., Now
a Chauffeur. Wants to-
Start All Over Again-Wife
Sues for Divorce.

SALIVA, KAs., Sept. 'By lnternsa-
tlonal News Service Mrs. Florence
Huber Manville. wife OF Thomas F,
president Of the II. W. Johns Manvine
company. has filed suit in Pittsburgh
for divorce, charging her youthful nus
hand with cruelty. Thus young Man
Vile gets into print again. lie isas
been there quite frequently since nc
married one OF the chorus OF THE Fol-
lies OF 1911" much to the annoyance OF
his father.
News OF Manvino's latest trouble be-
came public through an inquiry INTO
the following advertisement which ne
wrote:
''wanted;-A position with an oppor.
tunity with a capital q, by young
man with ambition, energy, experience
and a newly developed sense OF respon-
sibiity. Money no object. Reply TO
Thomas Franklin Manville. Jr. West
Hampton Beach, Long Island.
Manville is now chauiLeur tor
William s, Cooney, New York cotton
broker, with a summer home at West
Hampton Beach, He gets $aS a week
incidentally he has once more been as
inherited. this time for keeps ne
thinks.
TITS the fifth or sixth time, I'm not
sure which, my father has disinherlteu
me-" said young Manville.
II think it's going TO be permanent
this trip. He cut off my monthly al
iowance OF $500 and my salary OF SlbO
n month as advertising man Tor me
Johns Manville Co.'S ST. Louis plant
in March, 1919. Since then I've hau
TO go 1t alone" 49,
The cause OF the latest disinheritanee
is due to a difference between the
father and son, when Mr.. MRnville re-
fused to help his son get q divorce from
the wife to whom the father strongly
objected at the time OF the marriage. In
fact, most OF the difficulties between
father and son arose from the marriage,
The first disinheritanoe followed young
Manville's refusal TO quit his bride.
Now the lady in the case, known
as Florence Huber 60 those acqnaint-
ed with the chorus In the "Foilies Of
fsll'" Is bringing suit on her own ac-
count. Mr.. Manyille Is advised that
this suit will bar her from pressing
a claim against him for damages for
alienation OF the sons affections.
After ! was discharged from the
navy said Manville, y got = }ob N
My father and | never seemed to get
along very well together. We fell
out first when ! was IL years old ana
ran away from the school TO which
he had sent me.
'He was determined 10 have me IN
NGNOuts anu pun III tAhhA
ones. ran away from all OF them,
One time l went to England, working
my way on a cattle boat. Then l land
cd In Boise Idaho, where ! got 1ob
unloading freight cars for paint rae
tory. :, ,..r no,odv
could guess my age began smoking
when was IL years old and shaved
at ~. had lots Of different jobs, ex.
press driver, baker. elevator boy, bell
hop and finally clerk in hotel"
His married life began five days after
he met Florence Huber IN front OF
Broadway theater Mr.. Manville heard
over the telephone that his son was
planning TO marry chorus girl In Lon.
don. He left for Europe at once, ana
not until he reached the other SIDE
did he learn that the young man had
been married in. New York,
According to the uncontradicted WORD
Of the father, the boy was only II then.
He had told the man at the marriage
license bureau that he was %. Flor
enee Huber was three years his sem
Tor. Mr.. ManyIlle. returning post
haste, announced that he intended to
have the marriage annulled.
Fleeing before the storm, the boy
and his bride went 10 Baltimore, tried
TO get married again, failed, and finally
found n Jersey City justice OF the peace
who tied the knot for them a second
time. The next day they met MI Man
Vile,
Il told my father was married to
stay" he said. and for honeymoon
was going 10 visit thirty-five states
and get married in each one"
Lack OF funds prevented carrying out
this heroic resolve, Instead, he went
10 Pittsburgh, where, in the shipping
department OF Johns Manvilla factory,
he began learning the business Of nail
ing up boxes. He stuck II out eight
months at SIS a week
Up TO this time he and his bride
apparently had been happy together,
But In December 1913. she left him,
announcing she was going into the
movies. simultaneously she sued for
separation and for damages for allen
alton against her father-in-l law.
To show his appreciation OF this turn
OF the wheel, Mr.. Manville wired his
congratulations TO his son and sent
him a good-sized check.
THE shock was too much for me.
Manviile confessed. II decided / need
ed a little recreation after two years
steady work went out on five days
party, and, to my surprise, woke up a.
the end of 1t to find myself with my
wife"