The Washington times., 1921-03-16

original complaint. The nrst charged
misconduct; the second denied that
Guy was legitimate.
JAMES IS FOR MOTHER
Az affairs now stand. young James.
who IL attending . private school in
New York city and who Is described
a. - regular boy" Is q champion Of
his mother.
Miss Anne. who. II Is understood, Is
| in a finishing school in Massachusetts,,
visits both her father and her mother.
but the best information Is that she
Is entirely sympathetic with her
mother. Eleven-year-old Alexander
and Guy are with rs. Stillman-
Thus Stillman, master Of miIliows,
IL, fer the time. being. practically
without . home. In 20 far ~ = home
Implies . family.
Then there are the eervanta. It Is
established pretty definitely that the
by one set OF detectives. then by an
other.
Re-enforced evidence Is that the
gates of the Pocantico Hill estate,
Malbsnne, have been chained and
barred to Mrs. Stillman- 1t Is said
that, as a result. a battle royal Is i'm
minent among the employee
Should the case go on before Daniel
F. Gleason as referee all the servants
will be witnesses, IT Is expected. In
fact, 1t is prophesied that one side
will be disappointed when 1t sees some
of its witnesses testifying for the
other side
SAYS CHARGES RIDICULOUS.
Mrs. Stillman's forces did not begin
active warfare until rather late in the
game. 1t developed yesterday. As one
in her confidence described 1t, she oon-
sidered her husbands charges -ridicu-
lous." She took tho dignifed position
that It was hitting for her to do moth
ing except make a general denial and
let her lawyers prove innocence
1t was the lawyers who persuaded
her to make the counter attack. She
authorized 1t with the greatest re-
luctance, and only after II had been
pointed out emphatically to her that
it was her duty not only to herself,
but to her baby. It was the baby's
plight that finally convinced her.
Although several women were
trailed by detectives employed by her
lawyers, and indiscretions during a
period of seven years in New York
city and other places are mentioned,
| the paperss attached to her motion for
permission to amend ner original COM
| plant emphasizes one particular
young woman as the correspondent.
This young woman is not married.
Her name is not one that would be
recognized by the public.
SO that Is the situation at present
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman are in
sisting that the suits go through. But
every indication is tnat they will be
persuaded to effect a Withdrawal
though not a reconciliation by any
| means.
This, IL can be said on the highest
authority, may be effected by a media
tor. The person wNo may be ex-
pected to act in this capacity is
known to be prepared at any moment
to lay out the plan by which further
and even more disagreeable publicity
may be avoided.
PEAFUNCTORY PROCEEDING.
The strongest possible prediction Is
that the only appearance In public
after this case OF James A. Stillman
vs. Anne U. Stillman," will be in open
court before Justice Morschauser,
and that will be a purely perfunctory
affair, in which an agreement among
counsel as to various stipulations, in
cluding counsel fees and alimony.
will approve as a matter of judicial
routine.
Justice Morschauser has said he
will hear only the purely legal ques-
tons in this case that come before
him in open court, but he also has
said that court is wherever he may
happen to hang his hat. He takes 1t
off sometimes on trains. So that's that.
For the rest young James Stillman
and his father have not even seen
each other since that heated occasion
when the boy insisted upon his father
not attacking his mother in the di-
yorce courts.