New-York tribune., 1921-03-22
Wife's Plea
To Still1nan
Is Revealed
Continued from pauo ons)


to her credit. asked her where ~ oil
came from, and she said:
Ihere'S only one man in tho u,or,a
who v would do that for me, and know
tnat there isn't another woman in the
world he would do it for" " ''N
To-morrow's Hearing Public
~, Whether Mr.; stillman himself will
take the stand tomorrow to exn1a;n
under oath the statement he Ia sa;d
to have made that his income of Of
SSoo,o00 year was cut to s22O.00o hv
taSatlon, in an effort to prevent his
wife from obtaining the s1oNOo q
mon5h temporary alimony she seeks.
could not be learned, but it was said
that argument oh the motion to in
crease the alimony was at the head
OF OF the days calendar in the Supreme
Court at White Plains. Justice Nor
schauser announced that the hearing
would be public.
John f. Brennan, one of Mrs. Still
mans attorneys, held conference with
Justice Morschauser yesterday. He
said that it had nothing to do with the
Stlllman case and denied report that
MIR. Stillman had offered to- pay $1,000
month and that the offer had been
accepted.
$50 far as am concerned" said Mr..
Brennan, "there will be hearing be-
Tore Justice Morschauser in White
Plalns Wednesday on an order obtained
by counsel for Mrs. Stillman directing
her husband to show cause whv he
should not be examined as to his in
come.
This will be the only motion that
will come up on that day, and probably
the affidavits on which the motion is
based will be made public"
Mr. Brennan said that he fully be-
lieved that the argument, which has
been postponed ever since the divorce
action became public, would take place
tomorrow. but he admitted that there
was chance of postponement.
"Of course" he said, "in an action
OF This kind you never can tell what
will explode
Peace Rumors Start Anew
If the motion is argued tomorrow
it will be the first time that any of Mr.
Stillman's counsel have appeared ir
the White Plains court in the case
Their apparent inaction and the com
plete silence of Mr.. Stilman revived
yesterday in White Plains the report
that efforts still are being made to set
tie the matter without further recourse
to the courts.
1t was also pointed out that the de-
sire Of both parties to the action te
avoid any unnecessary publicity might
result in motion for the appointment
of referee to take Mr.. Stillman's tes.
timony regarding his income in secret
in the event Justice Morschauser di.
rected him to give the testimony.
One of Mrs. Stllman's friends said
yesterday that her fathers family, of
which the late Bishop Henry Goldman
Potter was a member, were taking q
keen interest in the case and that their
sympathies were all with Mrs. Still
man.
So active was their interest, it was
said, that there was a possibility that
Mrs. Stillman's father, James Brown
Potter, who was divorced from her
mother in thirty-fve minute session
of the Rhode Island court which he did
not even attend, might return from
France, where he has been living for q
sistance.
Mr.. Potter obtained his divorce or
the ground that his wife, Mrs. Cora
Urquhart Potter, had deserted him tc
go on the stage. He dropped out OF
| society almost completely after the di.
vorce, and has been regarded as some
what of recluse. He is president anc
director of the Manchester Land Com