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The New York herald., 1921-03-25
STATE INQUIRY IN
HYLAN RULE URGED
Grand Jury Helpless TO End
intolerable Conditions. Citi-
zens Union Says.
MAYOR Is PLANT TOOL
Crime is Appalling-Police
Department a Vehicle for
Honoring Pull"
MAYOR Is PLANT TOOL

Declaring the Hylan administration
has brought the city government to the
lowest level in twenty years. the Citi-
zens Union wrote yesterday to Gov,
Miller ana members of the Legislature
urging a legislative inquiry without
further delay.
The good of the city Of New Nork."
the letter says. demands that public
attention snail be focused on the col
lapse Of the present government Of tine
city" which. 1t r asserted. has been
characterized BY stupidity, incompetence
and the brazen exploitation of the OPP
portunities of public office holding"
If only a portion of what the Mayor
and the Comptroller have charged
against each other be true" the letter
continues, both should be removed
from office forthwith
The communication goes on to say
"The Department Of Education has
been hamstrung by the deliberate with
holding of concededly necessary appro-
priations. In nearly every department
the personnel has been demoralized.
Political or personal favoritism has re-
placed effective public servants with in
departments graft has proceeded with
out check.
THE Police Department has degener-
ated into a vehicle for honoring pull
and indulging hate. Members OF high
rank have violated the law Crimes of
violence in appalling number are per-
petrated with impunity. From almost
the first day of his incumbency the
Police Commissioner has paralyzed the
efficiency and destroyed the morale of
fine body of men.
THE Department of Public Markets
has rung with charge and counter
charge of corruption. The leasing of
docks has reeked with scandal.
'"The Mayor himself has insisted on
the appointment TO Office of men of ques-
tionable previous record. In some in
stances such appointees have been in
dicted while actually holding office. The
Mayor has been exposed by the Lock-
wood committee as a plant tool in the
hands of representatives of special in
terests
'In the opinion Of the Citizens Union
they established the overwhelming need
for an Immediate investigation by
legislative committee, which win develop
the cause Of existing intolerable condi-
tions, the consequences thereof and the
therefor. Grand Jury proceed
ings are inadequate. A legislative COM
mittee alone holds the promise of relief
The New York herald., 1921-03-25

were not averse 70 doing bit or mis-
sionary work for Florence Leeds.
II Is not improbable that Justice Nor
schanser will file his decision IN the mo-
tion for alimony and counsel fees late
Saturday afternoon or early Monday
He proposes to spend Friday night and
all Saturday studying the affidavits and
other documents given him Wednesday
by the lawyers Yesterday Mrs Stiil-
mans lawyers went 70 White Plains
again and filed additional afiidavits re-
futing the allegations Of her husband
and making additional charges against
the banker.
Ii IL said that among these new affi-
davits arc statements by Ferd Beauvais
and other attaches Of the Stillman
camp at Three Rivers. Quebec. These
statements contradict every statement
made BY the six Canadians who testified
before Dan r. Gleason, the referee in this
case. These six Canadians testified
against Mrs Stillman.
As soon as Justice Morschauser files
his decision and the papers on which he
bases ii they will become public prop
erty unless otherwise ordered By the
court And at the same time II is
planned to let the public read letters
written to Mrs. Stillman by Ferd Beau
vais. The bankers lawyers have letters
written TO Mrs Stillman by Beauvais
and they intend to use them If the ne
cessity arises In court.
Mrs. Stilman denies having received
these letters and insists that II they
were sent to her BY Beauvais they must
have been intercepted and opened. II is
understood that some of them were
taken before they reached the letter box
or were posted Mrs Stillmans lawyers
are prepared 70 fight against their in
PRODUCTION. The fact that they never
reached the person to whom they We're
written viii be the chief argument
against their admission as evidence.
Mack Active In the Case.
At the only hearing that Referee
Gleason has held John f. Mack. guar
dian ad Item for Guy Stillman, checked
the only serious attempt James A. still
man made to get his contentious of ille-
gitimacy into the record
Mr. Stillman was the star witness at
the first session, held in the rooms OF
the Bar Association in Forty fourth
street, Manhattan, December II. The
banker was asked how many children
he had
"I am the father of three children"
he replied.
Are there no others?" he was asked.
And here Mr.. Mack interrupted the
II object to this sort OF wheedling"
said Mr.. Mack. 1.-THE sole object of this
question is to get Mr.. Stillman on the
record as saying that the boy Guy is
| ask that the witness be
warned not to reply"
Mr.. Gleason upheld Mr. Mack.
The impression continues that neither
OF the Stilmans will win a decree OF
divorce. The chief fight viii be over
the child Guy.
Despite the fact that the courts are
Usually idle on Good Friday. Justice
will preside in special ses-
'ion of the Supreme Court in Yonkers
o-day. John +. Mack, guardian ad
item for Guy Stillman, said last night
hat he intended being there. and 1t is
believed that John II. Brennan of coun-
ii for Mrs. Stillman vii, attend. The
.ature of the proceedings was not made
lear.
The New York herald., 1921-03-25
Come to an Agreement.

1t then was agreed that Mr.. stilIman
should pay Mrs Stillman $4,000 a year
and that certain provisions for the
maintenance OF the older children
should be agreed upon 70 yheir mutual
satisfaction by the lawyers. Cadwala-
der. Wickersham q Taft represented
Mrs Stillman and Delaney Nicoll and
Cornelius J. sullivan represented Mr..
Stillman.
ft appeared as though the differences
Rad been amicaby settled, and their
friends we're glad the matter was not
going 70 become public gossip.
IT was agreed that Mr.. Stillman's home
should be open always TO Mrs. Sdllman
and that their relations were to be cor
dial. She was 70 pay no further atten-
tion to stories ~ Florence Leeds and
others and he was 20 listen with inn
personal interest to tales about hcr
Tho agreement existed Iess than a
month. a person who had occupied tine
position of Mrs. Stillmans counsellor.
guide and friend expressed undisguised
astonlshment when Mrs. Stiliman said
that 10000 year had been the stipu-
lated sum.
What said this friend. $3.50. 0o0s
The wife Of James A. Sulimau. prest-
dent ~ the National city Bank and
hgir 70 many millions? II r. absurd.
fbN are lnGoN@I1Nfdfe @f #oNfSeIf HIS
lawyers know DE is getting or cheaply."
And the agreement was upset Mrs
Stiilman spent much money and bought
many beautiful and expensive things
for which bills were sent 10 Mr. Still-
man. Eventually Mr. StiIman went 10
his wife and asked her 10 be less lavish
IN her buying lie accused her of ex-
travagance. Mrs. Stllman reminded
him Of his alleged expenditures on other
women. Then and there vanished the
October agreement
Mr. Stillman'S lawyers VIII contend
that the chief reason their client did
not speanate from his wife IN March
1918. was that James Stlllman. father of
the present head of the National city
Bank. was alive when Mrs. Stllmar
wrote about tile ~sanIng ~ the baby
who @ae damcd Guy. Under these cir-
cumstances they contend AR Su}lfn8n
was willing To 70 to any lengths t0 avoid
trouble and any condition tnat might
bring publicity
The New York herald., 1921-03-25
Boys status Principal Issue.

But Mr.. Stilman's cordial. frank letters
20 his wife continued whenever they
were apart, until they openly broke in
March, 1920. The person making this
known declared that they would be IN
troduced in behalf Of the boy. Guy. who
was born in November, 1913. and whose
legitimacy will be the ultimate question
to be decided
Reminding the reporter to whom he
was talking that Jay Leeds. son of Flor
ence Lawlor Leeds. was born In October
1918. and Guy Stillman about six weeks
later. he told Of a hitherto unknown
agreement arrived at 10y the Stillmans in
October. 1919.
For some time prior TO that time Mrs.
Stillman knew of the existence OF Flor
ence Leeds. At all events she had been
given TO understand that there was such
person: that she was or had been n
member Of several choruses, and par
ticularly the Chicken Chorus at the Cen
tury. and that there was at least one
other young woman with whom Mr. still
man had maintained relations more or
less cordial.
To Mr.. StIllman's attention the name
OF Ferd Beauvais had been drawn.
Because OF these suspicious on either
side there had been sporadic coolnesses
Mr.. Stillman had urged his wife to be
less gullible when she heard gossip. And
Mrs. Stillman assured her husband that
he insulted her when he permitted his
informants 70 link her name with that
Of Beauvais But the coolness con-
tinued and they agreed that II would be
best Tor all concerned II they went along
Independently Of each other
The New York herald., 1921-03-25
'HYSTERIA' A'LETTER
(, BY MRS. STILLMAN
VALUELESS in SUIT
Contents Of MisSive Said to
BE Misinterpreted and
Exaggerated.
NO WRONG IMPLIED
Cordial Messages to Wife
From Banker Prove Alb
Sence OF Admissions.
AN AGREEMENT IN 1919
Status OF Baby Guy Now Prin-
cipal Issue in Divorce Action
New Charges Filed.
NO WRONG IMPLIED
AN AGREEMENT IN 1919

II developed yesterday that the let
ter James a. sulman received from
his wife about March, 1913, which has
been characterized as an hysterical
communication. not only has been
much exaggerated and misinterpreted
but would be rendered impotent and
valueless BY the letters written in re-
ply by Mr.. Stinman to his wife.
Long before December, 1919, when
Mrs. Sullman received from her hus-
band letter welcoming her home
from Europe. the banker wrote many
fervent letters to her. The letters We're
regular every time there was a period
of natural separation. While Mrs.
sullman was in Europe or Canada and
Mr.. Stillman here in New York the
letters were regularly written and re-
ceived. They assured Mrs. Stillman
that she was "a wonderful woman, :"
"a splendid mother "a delightful
creature" and so on. They were digni-
fed, sympathetic, cultured letters.
That the mysterious letter which Mr..
Stillman's lawyers refer to as IAN hys-
terical confession" in any way implied
wrongdoing on Mrs Stllman's part was
denied yesterday by representatives of
both sides. The letter contains reference
70 Mrs. Stillman's friendship for Ferd
Beauvais. the Canadian guide, and goes
on to draw the attention of Mr.. Still
man 10 the possibility that Mrs. Still
man might have to undergo an opera
Hon
The New York herald., 1921-03-25
CHICAGO SUICIDE TOLL
is 366 FOR YEAR 1920
Failure to Get Work Is
Blamed for Many.

CHICAGO, March 24.-Statistics show
ing that 254 married persons and H.
single persons committed suicide in Chr
cago from January. 1920. to January.
1921. were given out by the Coroner
to-day
Domestic troubles and financial wor-
ries caused a large proportion of these
Deaths" said a statement issued with
the statistics "A surprisingly large
number of suicides, however, were
caused by the action Of employers in
refusing work to men over So"
The New York herald., 1921-03-25
Night Watchman Lone
Daylight Saving Enemy

DAN SMITH, a night watch
man, was the only person to
protest against daylight saving
yesterday when an ordinance
providing for it from the last
Sunday in April to the last Sun
day in September came up be-
fore the city commission in
Newark, n. j., for passage.
Smith objected to the measure
on the ground that it caused
confusion.
The New York herald., 1921-03-25
CRAIG FIGHTS PA YMENT
FOR SUBWAY CAR DOORS
Comptroller Calls Demand an
'Afterthought.'

Con'tending that tho attempt OF the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company.
through its subsidiary. the Subway
Rapid Transit Construction Company, is
seeking to have the city pay for the in
stallation of the rev multiple door sys-
The New York herald., 1921-03-25
uELr ron SING SING rArrn.

Major Lewis it, Lswes. warden of
Sing Sing announced yesterday chat 6s.
tors 70 provide paper and material 10
print thc prison ncWspapag. tnc Sine
sing BrIcijN, mad been made by H.
O-asn Gasoln teans hHat Ionh.
Saaoeufetd esd sao rrisou NHoelaiIat
of Now S3aNI Ter ppper ans Ho ap.
9.nu Ias month because or aak
FUNDS.
The New York herald., 1921-03-25
say Banker Was Influenced.

The elder stilman dicd about t8e
middle Of that month Tho bankers
lawyers VIII contend that n Was n,ccs-
sary that Mr. Stlllman assume places
IT vast business ana financial responsi.
bility that his fathers death forced him
into the public Elze. and that re dld
not dare enter such tasks as the centre
of family scandal
And on Tho other hand. StaneaRcld
and Levy will contend on behalf ID Mrs.
stillman that Afr Stlinen never con
sidercd a divorce or east the slightest
suspicion upop tAc clla Gu, nil hr
suffered his nal rs he rGarlta ssd b..
luap apArNtt0M aa vWp rcN
only I'LL noi ats alE a,liman. bu
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-11
GRAND FORKS HERALD. MoNDAY, APRIL ii, 1874

Boss Drawley.a. Ifspent rnost ofs the
summer on the road oartine ID sup
plies from AcCauleyville; made two
trips with sixteen carts, ana late in
the fall ran two t1At-boAts down the,
river. loaded with merchandise. When
the winter get in my duties kept me
Closely confined to the store, but T
managed to get all the diversion de-.
sired evenings ana Sundays. An add
ton to h p~ost-traders store was built
and wal used as . meas oon by the
ofncers, several of whom were regular
ooarders. Mr.. Bulge was employed
Is cook, and he was a good one We
lived like lords that winter. The best
edibles that Stiles could procure. or
that were to be found in the quarter
masters store rooms. were provided.
ana Bulge served them up In fine
style.
During the month Of March, word
was received that the long conten1-
plated stage line from Fort Aber-
crombie to Winnipeg would be operat-
cd early In May, and that, stage sta
tions would be built. At intervals Of Is
and 90 miles along the route. In my
f~rSighting trips down the valley I had
frequently cArnped at Turtle River, as
forded, the 1est camping place and
shelter anywhere along the route. It
was one Of the picturesque spots in
the country. ana I had spotted 1t - a
good location for . homestead entry,
when the land vas surveyed. My ex-
perience in freighting In Minnesota. in
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-11

1857 FAVE mo an idea Of the profits OF
. staSe sta&ion when patroniSed dur
ing the long winter by long trains OF
freishters. FAY for stock, and meals
fur the tsaznsers brought good prices,
and with 4 big business down the val
lev sure to set in on account OF the
opening OF the Manitoba country 70
settlement, ]. felt that It stood me IN
hand 70 secure Q suitable place TOR Q
station a. early In the spring as pos
sible. I unfolded my plans to MI.
Bulge and suggested that We form e
partnership and locate at Turtle
River. He acauiAsced Immediately.
and We. decided to sever our relations
with Mr.. stiles on tho First Of APRIL
1874. and hike for Turtle River.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-11
Feass Nose-yhis b the FIRST
so( tM6eaxdcaes py Nj. Wtnahip on
~ y1oneee experiences in North
DAloAo. The second win appear
I'm - early issue, of the Herald
Icy George b Winship.)
San Diego, Cahf., April 2, 1891

LTxE E 49,
10 the Editor:
Fifty years ago this month. being
April, 1874. VIM. Bulge and 1 located
at Turtle River and erected the first
house built north Of Grand Forks, and
practically the only habitable dorntcile
bAtwsen' the Forks and Pembina. At
Twelve-Mte-P Point. l: miles south Of
Pernbina. was . duE-out built In 1858
BY Frank LaRose, for the shelter Of
matl-cArriers obliged to stop tempo
rar4ly when billiards. were sweeping
the vast expanse OF prairie. With this
exception, the -Winship shack
at Turtle River was the first house
between the places named. THIS year,
therefore, is the semi-centenniAl OF
our settlement at Turtle River; and
contrary to general custom We came
in from'the north instead OF from the
south. / commenced moving south
ward in that year, and here I am fifty
years later, on the extreme southern
border of my country, where I expect
to stay for awhile. At least I am not
planning on another movement south
ward; skywar I'd, possibly will be my
next and final migratory excursion
but ] arm in no hurry about taking tina
trip-this climate suits me.
Fifty Yenrs Ago.
At this moment / am taking a re-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-11
ADYEk77sHMHNT.
Il the Wise

Tn March I was called to the bed.
side Of my sister in Brewton, Ala
hama. She was given up to die. and
almost dead. Talked in a whis-
per. Doctors said nothing but IN
operation would save her and she
was too weak for that. Her color was
yellow al q pumpkin and she was
filled with gas. That day I heard Of
Mayr.s Wonderful Remedy and went
and got . bottle for her. In three
weeks she was able to be about and
walked a mile to church. I am prais-
ing your medicine to everyone" It
is a simple, harmless preparation
that o the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract and allays
the Inflammation which aus prac-
tically all stomach. liver and intestin-
al ailments. including appendicitis.
One dose will convince or money re-
funded. All druggists.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-11
PIONEERING IN NORTH DAKOTA
George b. Winship and William Bulge Came To
North Dakota and Founded Famous Turtle
River Tavern so Years Ago.
Irrespective glance at North Dakota,

Irrespective glance It North Dakota,
ana particularly at the Red Rivee
Valley, q it was fifty years ago. Way
back In my subconscious mind Is
stored maps and pictures Of the Valley
and I am visualizing them In my
minds y I e a vast expanse OF
virgin prairie, through which trickles
the Red River, and its banks are
timber: I see the nucleus of Settle
ments at Breckenridge. McCauleyville.
Fort Abercrombie. Holy Cross, Geo
rgetown. Elm River, Goose River,
Grand Forks, Turtle River, Kelly's.
Biggerstaff's, and Pembina. Way
over cast Of the embryo city Of Moor.
head, at Oak Lake, I see the smoke OF
the Northern Pacific construction en-
CINE in its progress westward: I see
the steamers International and Sell
kirk. on the Red River. and moving
from point to point up and down the
banks of the river. are Red River
carts and ox-trains carrying out loads
Of Hudson Bay furs and bringing in
merchandise for the new Canadian
settlement at Winnipeg; I see Nick
Hoffman, Gus Loan. jim Mulligan and
Rogers carrying the twice-a-week
mail from station to station, with
ponies IN the summer and dog. in the
wikter: I see Jas. j. Hill making his
first trip down the Red River and
formulating plans for the. future con-
quest of the transportation business OF
the Northwest: I see capitalists from
! eastern financial centers coming in on
tours Of investigation relative to the
value and productivity OF our Dakota
land, and to determine whether or not
it were wise to finance the Northern
Pacific railway: I see sluggish little
streams, emptying their spring water
into the Red River, with now and then
a grove Of Elm and Poplar skirting
their banks, but ne timber elsewhere;
I see at the spring breakup num-
erous great pools OF water on h flat
prairie, standing for months before
evaporation made the roads pasaable;
II see occasional immigrants with
covered wagons and small bands OF
stock prospecting the most fertile sec
tons of the Valley; and I see at all
points of interest bouyant health. good
cheer, and fine prospects depicted in
the features of all the new settlers:
they r sturdy, hopeful. happy band
of pioneers. and destined to make
their new home the greatest food pro-
ducine state in the Union.
Turtle River Station.
These visions OF the past crowd
into my mind in so many forms. as I
attempt to write something about the
old Turtle River station, that I am at
a loss to know where to begin my
story. It would be incomplete as a
chronicle Of consecutive events il
something were not said about Mr.,
Bulge and myself, priof to u e1.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-11

At this moment I am taking a re
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-29
Auburn's Oldest
Woman Observes
Her Goth Birthday

Auburn. Me-. Now 2S.-Mrs. Harriet
Wight, one OF the city's oldest women
last week celebrated her Goth birthday
ct her home on Pearl street. She was
born in East Poland, 1881. the daugh-
ter of Joseph and Olive Downing
Strout. She went to the schools there
and at the age Of is years married
Tolman Wight of that place.
Mrs. Wight had three children. Mrs
Henry c. French of this city. George
F., who died several years ago. and
Mrs. Charles Jordan, formerly of Har-
rison. now of this city. There are
three grandchildren, Mrs. Clara Jor-
dan Kelsey, who is spending the win
ter at st. Augustine. Fla; Mrs. Alice
Marion Carter of Maiden, Mass, and
Marshall Jordan of Poland and one
granddaughter, little Miss Flea
more Harriet Jordan, who celebrated
her first birthday on Thanksgiving
Day.
Mrs. Wight tells Of the days when
Poland Spring was not as famous as
it is today. She says she has drank
the famous water when it had to be
scooped up from between two rocks
Poland, at the time of her youth, was
part Of the town of Bakerficjd. She
remembers the days when the great
freshet flooded the cellar of the house
she lived in. The Little Androscoggia
had overlooked its banks and TIE water
covered much of this country side.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-29
JAPAN STICKS TO 70 PER CENT.
NAVAL RATIO--DELECATES MUST
]. RECONCILE THIS WITH U. S. VIEW

ton dealing with the French view OF
what their naval ratio should be I'M
der the American limitation plan will
be presented at the first opportunity
This became known tonight following
the return of Admiral De Bon, and
his staff from Newport. r. I.
While it is no Official forecast OF
the French view the delegation is
understood to be ready to ask for an
aggregate capital ship tonnage equol
to that of Japan as compared with
the United States.
italian naval proposals which, like
those France, have been held in abey-
ance pending the settlement OF the
status of the United States, England
and Japan, are said to be based on
estimates which call for a capital
ship standing equalling that OF
France. 1t is known that this view
if held by all italian naval experts,
up to Admiral d Revel, head of the
general staff. The FRENCH views
seem to be that Italian requirements
would not be more than three fourths
Of their own.