The New York herald., 1921-05-29
.STILLMANS GET NEW
ROCKEFELLER PLEAS
Brother-in-law of Accused
Wife COnfers With Her and
Guys Guardian.
STILL HOPES FOR PEACE
Lawyers, Though, Prepare for
Resumption Of Divorce Hear
ings on Wednesday.

Percy A. Rockefeller in his attempts
to halt the Stillman case has not linn
tied his efforts to pressure upon and
pleadings with his brother-in-law,
James A. Stillman. He has gone TO
Mrs. Stillman, and with her has held
conference with John Z. Mack, the
legal guardian Of the boy Guy, and
who. IL actions are indicative of fact.
has become Mrs Stillman's personal
counsellor.
How many times Mr.. Rockefeller, a
director of the National City Bank and
allied with Mr.. Stillman In other finan-
cial structures, has conferred with
Mrs. Stillman is net generally known;
but about a week ago Mr.. Rockefeller
began to sound out Mrs. Stillman's
attitude toward peace. Mrs. Stillman.
accompanied by James A. Stillman,
Jr., and the latter's chum Harold f.
Mccormick. Jr.. took Mr.. Rockefeller
to Poughkeepsie and introduced him
to Mr.. Mack.
Yesterday il was said that despite
Cornelius j. Sullivans statement and
the letter from John B. Stanchfield,
which Mrs. Stillman issued by way of
contradicting the statement. there is
still reason to bslieve a settlement pos
sible. But there will be no settlement.
1t was said, until the cooling of Mr..
Stilman's ire, generated by his fear that
hts wife was going into the movies and
turning journalist.
Despite tha fact that no reservations
have been made yet in the Poughkeepsie
hotels for witnesses and lawyers II is
expected that the hearings will be re-
sumed on Wednesday. From a source
not to be ignored 1t became known that
lawyers on both sides have reached a
point at which they confess thsy regret
having to continue. That there were
trained relations between the bunker
and his counsel because OF his counta-
nancing the efforts OF outside peace
plenipotentiar is denied by Mr.. Still.
mans lawyers. The same denial meets
efforts to verify rumors of disssnsion
between Mrs. Stillman and her counsel.
So bitter has the struggle become. IL
the attitudes Of those concerned are Gin
cere, that IL Is as much a feud now as
a matter for litigation. If even remote
relationship to fact Is to be conceded to
half the rumors abounding yesterday, It
would not be a real sensation IL certain
lawyers were TO withdraw from both
sides.
Some idea of the outside feeling that
the action and all Its correlated phases
have aroused is seen In a letter appear
ing on the editorial page of the current
issue of the American Banker. The let
ter. signed by w. @. Perry. secretary Of
the Carolina Loan and Trust Company
Of Greenvllle, S. c., reads thus:
Editor the American B1neer:
DEAR SIR--In your issue of the 23d
you argue that the selection of the
new president of the National City
Bauk was considered worth $4,S00.000
TO the value OF shares in tho bank
That is incorrect. The stock had
been depressed by the continued con-
necton with the bank Of its morally
bankrupt former president The Sc
lection OF any one OF thousand other
reputable men as president would
have done the same thing as did that
Of Mr.. Mitchell. The public do not
appreciate Mr.. Mitchell the less, how.
ever-they do despise Stillman the
more. Yours truly,
w. G. PERRY. Secretary